The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JULY 17, 1848,

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.-.—CRITICAL Toned rok
APPROncoinl GIC.TRAL htmermos.—For tie Luellen or thrth rthe.
(thes the gtharecy eArmaele), the importance of the questiona din,'
cussed and the meaeurce announced at the halfleariy rune. „__,
logs has been constantly increasing; but the inlet e.t a the iv;
wbi h we apprehend roust be handled at those non about to tth,
place will be felt to rise beyond that of any former period, ss,„,
several managers of the raiiway body have to report to their„viz
tors, and to take council with them, upon • state cf affairs quite th
peecedeated; and on the course pursued by both the future oceanic.
of thin enormous may of property will ua • great Men:Akre drpftt.
It ie not merely the immediate consequences of a time of doubt and
dlstreesthat gives peculiar i haracter to the deliberwions okkis wee..
A new feature may now be area clearly di fined by the expsensth e,
the last year or two, which affects • question of wider bearing .d
that of any temporary rise or fall In receipts ; and ought to ban a
material weight in determining the future course of pot.? . ~,,
councils of all the extant railway corporation.. The principle c.
which collateral branches and extensions have hitherto beth„,„,—
moted was the amumption that, if not a direct entree of mil C."...
*elves, they were at least a cure means of increasing the g,,,,,,, ~,,,r.....
on the main lints. It Is now quite evident, however, Mat, , ttef'..
cal rule, the assumption wan cereineuus. In a lam projeethe 0„,..._
the branch line, U expensive in Ito construction, hat beta5...477
bring nothing, either diiectig or indirtcly, to its wens, ~,,,wh
can be deemed any nuttioent compensation for the eon ~
which it bee been made. The public ormsenience is im 630:
promoted, but the railway proprietor is out of pocket by etioth....
)experience bee now pretty well decided Ohio the v 7, lee of such meg
works and of other exteurions and li.vy undertakings ..,,4 oui..
lions of various kind., as means of defence against the v.:- Z.:
menta of rival concerns. The enaaehled condition which has rmutoi
to all from this ruinous proems can hardly fail to teach he rep,*
of reviewing the causes of what must now be seen to have .thcilTe
mere chpppuint.fitt, and in a state of finance which tin, en th.
welly damaged the external credit arid internal resources of railway
presserty. The object of nil concerned in it having been to obtain s
profitable return on the Puma invested, they the ..,.6
now avoid the conclusion that the policy hitherto pegthi
has not been eimeintent with the true principle of re
essiocboth iadtijonrec.b...Anidnd i,th.rmaiaoyukbeTh. hthromelintlatirautetiou.
ttel.partaZta
from this proof will not be thrown away ; that a mherer and meg
practical tone will henceforward charactr-rise the management of egg
great undertakings: and that at the forthcoming seas we say
hear a determination clearly expressed on all mien hi study the enp
end of these association., which has been Gus yeare in a great dmag
thrust into the background, and to try in g od mane what ea% t.
done to recover the income of a property which has nue rend* l a
cleans of decline alarming enough to Its original promoters, buts,*
diasudrous to there who came in by porchuse at high pftmii...'t
(minded on a conlitlCllM in the maintenance of the earlier rates ca.
vidend, which, had the property been wisely managed, then i...
reason whatsoever to suppose would have been disapponthies pin,
°wily as it has been.

FOREIGN RAILWATIL—HARLINORN AND BREMEN:—
The St 'Almost (Dutch paper) states that a company is in treaty with
the government to obtain the 00t1C1* 1. nectsiiiry to the anaNida,
anent of a railway from liarllngen to Bremen suit Hamburg LT L..
warden and (ironing a, wirh abi web to t treebt by MID
Zweite. The works on the Jurbisc andTournay have been teem.
gwneed with great wtivity. The invedsgaiuuar of the rimet
=Genoa appoinied to decide mon the best means of fieuitstuer niigf
communication between France, Belgium, and Germany, h.., been
suspended since the revolution of February.. At the de' of tsr
government of the republic the comm.]. will corm recommence a
sittings. It will meet at Brimeels, and the reptmentstite of the
republic has reot iced full powers to saga such sgrecuienti LS may to
strived at.