The Express.
London, England, 1851-08-27 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING,_ AUGUST 27, 1851.

there arc clearly great principles of public policy, ;
aid important questions of public convenience, at
stake, if railways be, indeed, what Lord I'ALME it-
STUN said the other day they were—works of a pub-
lic character. What they arc we shall see.
Now, to ns, it seems that England is large enough
for both North Western and Omit Northern; sod •
that there ought to be al much profit as room for
both. The alliance of the *forth Western with the
Midlands has not saved it from a falling dividend ;
nor have the increasing hostilities of the Eastern
Counties and the Great Northern, since Mr. Waia-
losiins's re-accession to power, restored a dividend
to the former or prevented a small dividend being
earned by its rival. 0: these four companies only
one pays a decent dividend; and it is clearly alarmed
for the continuance of what it does at present pay ;
for, whilst defending its northern strongholds to the
laat ditch, it is in the west pushing into distant
Wales with its leases and guarantees. Its chief
tributary, the Midlands, is ill-rewarded by the tena-
city of its al:lance. And the Eastern Cuuntiestiounders
on in a hopeless plight.
But, with bad thus begun, worse remains behind.
Mr. GLYN consoles himself, and tries to do as much
fur his constituents, by referring to the large re-
serve fund with which the North Western can
carry on these wars. "There," says Mr. DENISON,
skilfully turning round on his flank, " there, in that
very statement, you have a specimen of the animus
that directs the North Western. We aro to be
starved into submission, and by our submission cer-
tain important districts are to be kept under tribute
to Mr. GLYN." And, no doubt, this reference to the
reserve funduf the North Western had not Mr. GLYN'S
usual felicity ; it indicated, too, a firm determination
not to yield, though peace was on his lips. Whereas,
on the other hand Mr. DixisoN, amidst the cheers
of the Great Northern proprietary, declares that to
the last extremity he will fight against those
alliances by which Mr. GLYN has endeavoured to
monopolisoilistant fields not geographically his; and
that, if the spirits and endurance of his constituents
give way, he will resign their confidence rather than
surrender what he deems their rights.
But now for the dispute. So fur as bystanders can
accurately pick it up, it seems to be this :—Mr. GLYN
says, let us share the territory or the traffic up to
certain points ; but beyond these points the country
must be mine, because certain alliances carry me
thither and exclude you. No, replies .Mr. DEstsos ;
let us share the traffic wherever both can, by the
natural routes open to them, get. The former sys-
tem would divide the public into a•lseripti ;Aber—
into the taxable subjects of one or other, or of both,
railways ; whilst the latter would make revenue a
tax on consumption ; fur, under its operation, the
public would pay either railway as they preferred to
WIC it. The former would give competition up to a
given distance from London ; then arbitrarily deny
it to all beyond a line kid down on the maps of the
North Western and its allies, not by the le-
gislature or any impartial body, but by them-
selves; whilst the latter (having produced an
arrangement as to fares, just as the sellers in
every market have an agreement expressed or
implied ns to price) would place at the service of
all that could be reached. a competition in civility, in
punctuality, in comfort, and in all those other points
which the involuntary customers of certain
other railways south of the Thames feel the neces-
sity of such discipline as wholesome competition
alone effectually and permanently produces. 'f here
can, we think, he little doubt on which side public
convenience lies.
But these alliances are, it may be said, facts. No
doubt they arc ; but facts accomplished to interpose
between certain towns and those advantages of con-
veyance and communication which would otherwise
naturally flow front lines which have been constructed
by their shareholders on the asauinption that Parlia-
ment would protect them in following out to their
legitimate conclusions the other routes in connection,
if not by alliances ur leases or guarantees, by what is
much more important to the public, by lines of
rails.
It is very true, that Parliament has not provided
for the free use of those lines by Companies not so
allied with them. It has, however, given them the
right to run over the lines at certain rates; what it ,
has failed to furnish them with are the means
of procuring water wherewith to propel engines,
and with station accommodation when the terminus
has been reached. But these defects, now discovered
by experience, Parliament, when fairly appealed to,
will, of course, supply; for their renownl is only car-
rying out the principle it imposed on Companies,—
viz., that their rails should be open to all comers.
Such a remedy would, no doubt, be a clumsy one;
but to that, or something like it, things must come,
unless these disputes are amicably arranged.

The anniversary of Louis Philippe's death has been
celebrated in some few churches to-day, without
much ceremony. Very few persons have attended'
'the sentare,
A statue has been erected, at Fontainebleau to
General pestnesne, who teas killed in the barricades
•in June, INS. It was inaugurated with much pomp
ton Sunday, in the presence of M. Boulav (de la
)(earth?), the vice-prossident of rho recblic, MM.
Drouyn de Lhuys, Bavoux, and Pepin Ilalleur,
representatives of the people. M. Godin is the
sculptor.
Considerable sensation has been occasioned in the-
atrical circles by a report that the Minister of the
Interior had interdicted the performance of a posthu-
mow play of Balzac, called " Mereadet”, or " Le Fal-
sely", which has been lately produced at the
Oymnase. An order was in fact sent to the manager
to suspend the play in consequence of some complaints
' that had been made. But M. Leon Faucher, aware
of the odium that would attach to any inconsiderate
interference with the work of such an author as Bal-
m, immediately read it himself. Some alight era-
sures have been I believe made, but the play is in the
bills of to-day.
A seizure was made yesterday at the Cafe de Foy,
at the corner of the Chaussdc d'Antin, of thirty-sts
head of game, the possession of which before the
shooting season commences is an offence against the
law. The proprietor pleaded in extenuation that at
the banquet given by the Prefect of the Seine to the
Lord Mavor of London, at which M. Carlier, the
Prefect of Police, was present, there was plenty of
game on the table, as was proved by the official bill
of fare in the columns of the Ifoniteqr. Of course
the plea was inadmissible, and the game was con-
fiscated.
At the Bourse to-day the Five per Cents. fell 33e.,
closing at 94.93; and the Three per Cents. fell 2.k.,
and closed at 56.82.

letter to the Adjutant-General of the army when
called on for en explanation of his pecuniary affairs.
Another poor fellow, in like pecuniary dif-
ficulties. fearing he also would be brought to
trial, put an end to his existence, to escape what he
looked on as a disgrace. The " Mess System
Committee" recently appointed are said only
to have met once : it is believed the majority of the
army arc in favour of compulsory messes in regi-
ments, under proper restrictions as to expenditure.
Two warrant officers (one a riding-master, and the
other a deputy-assistant-commissary) have just had
commissions as lieutenants on the invalid establish-
ment conferred on them by the Court of Directors.
The medical warrant officers number many highly
qualified men —men who have for mouths acted as
assistant-surgeons—yet not one of their body. has
ever had a commission conferred on is re-
ported that Mr. James Hume is likely to be ap-
pointed chief magistrate of Calcutta. :Mr. Danvers,
junior magistrate at Bombay, has been suspeuded,
pending a reference to the Court of Directors, anent
the disclosures recently made betere the wheel-tax
commission. Speculation is already rife as to
who is likely to be his successor! Mr. L. C. C. lti•
vctt, third police magistrate, is, it is said, to be no-
minated inspector of jails—a new appointment just
about being created.—The Lascar recently convicted
in the Calcutta Supreme Court has confessed that
the native commander of the clipper Ariel had been
bribed by a native merchant to fire the vessel. He
steadily refused to name any others who were en-
gaged with him in the arson. Could the truth be
come nt, it would no doubt be proved that every
vessel bitterly burnt had been so designedly for a
consideration.—Upwards of 4,000/. have been sub-
scribed at Calcutta for the purpose of building a new
Sailors' Home.—The station of Loodhiana is to be
abandoned, it having been found vcry unhealthy.
Drs. Boyd and Hooke arc to revert to the
rank of surgeon, Drs. Don and Cahill becoming
superintending surgeons in their room. The two
latter gentlemen were at home when vacancies oc-
curred in the grade of superintending surgeon, when
the two former were appointed. It has been decided
by the Court of Directors that Drs. l)on and Cahill are
entitled to the rank of S. S., being seniors in the ser-
vice to Drs. Boyd and Rook. These latter are said to
have paid respectively 2,0001. and ;3,01101e. towards pur-
chasing the step which they have now lost!—Dr.
Collum has been confirmed as deputy-assay-
master at Bombay, and the berth of same grade
held by him at Madras is believed to have
been offered to 1/r.ltyan of the Bombay army.—Capt.
H. J. Willoughby, paymaster in Seinde, has been
transferred to Poona in the same grade, vice Heath,
who has vacated on promotion to his regimental
majority. Captain Curtis, Ist Lancers, has succeeded
Major Skinner as deputyjudge-ads ocate-general.
Colonel Cumming, 20th Bombay Native Infantry,
has gone on sick leave to Australia. Lieut. Ward,
Indian Navy, has gone to Calcutta, for employ-
ment on survey duty. The proposal of Capt. French to
reduce the annual subscription to the Asiatic Society
,has been rejected by a meeting held on the 14th, 1
voting for, 2:i against, the measure. The coals in
the Hon. Company's shed near Culaba were a few
days back discovered to be on fire: they were
speedily extinguished. Upwards of 22,000!. have
been expended by the Board of Conservancy for the
improvement of the native town. Up to yesterday'
evening the fall of rain for the season amounted to
02 inches, and the monsoon is reckoned likely to be
a most favourable one. A nephew of the late
Dwarkanauth Tagore has just been converted to
Christianity, and baptised at Calcutta.
Just before the departure of last mail a report was
spread abroad by a Bombay paper to the effect that
Goolaub Singh, of Cashmere, and throe orfour British
officers, had been murdered by a nephew of the Ma-
harajah's. and that the said nephew had unfurled the '
banner of revolt and defied us. Shortly afterwards
the like story was circulated by a north-west paper,
and people began to think there might be some foun-
dation for the tale. 1 did not notice it in my last,
as I placed no faith in the report. It turns out to
have been totally unfounded. Mahanijah Goolaub
Singh is alive and kicking, and the host of officers
who had gone to Cashmere on pleasure parties had
all returned to the Punjaub, highly delighted with
their trip, and speaking in glowing terms of the
courteous reception and treatment they had met with
at the hands of its ruler and people. A foray had
been made by is party of hill horsemen into the
Dhera Ismael Khan district about the 4th July, at-
tacking a marriage party and killing a couple of
them [red carrying off a fely others. They were pur-
sued by the police and a party of the sth Punjaub
cavalry, overtaken and dispersed; four of the free-
hooters were killed, and the prisoners rescued from
their hands. The head of our police was killed. Sick-1
nese to a great extent prevailed in the 61st and 98th Foot,
Peshawar, and each corps had lost a number of men. ,
The really sickly season had scarcely properly com-
menced ; it was feared it would be' a dreadful one. '
We certainly appear to have chosen a very insalu- I
brious spot for a cantonment, and the sooner it is
abandoned the better. The horses of the murdered
Captain Grantham had been recovered in the hills,
but the murderers had not been traced. Lieutenant
Wilkinson, 28th N. 1., had died of dysentery. The
weather was fearfully hot. At Mooltan the weather
was delightful, and as a matter of course little sick-
ness prevailed. A shower of rain had fallen early in
July, but scarcely sufficient to wet the ground. At
Lahore a violent squall of dust and rain occurred on
the Bth, 9th and 10th, and the river payee had over-
flown its banks and inundated the country for a
great distance around. The bridge of boats gave
way, and ten were sunk by the rushing waters. It
was rumoured that six additional assistant commis-
sioners are to be appointed to the Punjaub, one of
whom is to be Ensign W. D. Arnold, 58th NJ., a
very talented young. officer. Colonel Stcinbaek, of
Goolaub Singh s service, has resigned, in consequence
of having been placed under a native commander on
an expedition of which his corps formed a part ; his
resignation was at once accepted.
Scinde, as usual, supplies but little news. The
arsenal, at present in the fort of Bukkur, is to be re-
moved to Sukkur, the fortress to be converted into a
jail. The river steamers were nearly all on their
upward trip to Mooltan, betwixt which place and
Kurrachee there is to be a regular monthly commu-
nication. The Indus river had risen to an enormous
height, and threatened the town of Khyrpore with
innundation. The people were alarmed for their
safety, and many had flown to Sukkur. The new
canal, just built by Meer Ally. Moored, had been
burst through ; fortunately the river fell again with-
out doing any further damage. There was some ra-
ther severe sickness in Upper Scinde, while in the
middle and lower districts of the province the people
were healthy:
A rumour is given by a Calcutta paper that a con-
spiracyfor the forcible liberation of the ex-dewan
Moolraj from Fort William had been discovered, and
'the papers containing the names of the conspirators
and particulars of the plot are said to have been
handed up to the Governor-General. The arsenal was
to have been fired, and in the confusion Moolraj was
to have been liberated and carried off by the conspi-
rators ; all who opposed their flight to be put to the
sword. A precious plot this, on paper; but I doubt
if any body of natives would ever have had the
spirit to have attempted to carry it out.—A native
woman has been hung at Madras for murdering her
children ; and at Bombay we have had a man " done
to death " for murdering his kept mistress, who had
left him because he would not marry her; the un-
fortunate woman was some months advanced in
pregnancy.—The ship Sons of Commerce has just
been wrecked near Aden. She was laden with coals
for government. The crew were all eared except
three, who foolishly landed on the coast; the dead
bodies of two of them were afterwards found cruelly
hacked ; the third had not been heard of. It is high
time some severe punishment was inflicted on the
fiendish tribes near Aden for their cruelties to
Europeans who fall into their bands. Is it not
strange that so many vessels, coal laden, should be
wrecked just as they reach their destination ?

The following extracts, taken in connection with
our correspondent's statement, will show how con-
tradictory aro the statements abroad as to the
Nizam's affairs :

The Bombay Times says :
We learn by letters of the lit instant (July) from Hyde-
rabad, that Suraj-001-Moolk has been reinstated in the
effice of prime minister to his highness the Hiram. He is
an able man, and well up to his work ; he expects to be able
to satisfy the clause of the British government, and so pre-
vent any portion of his highness's dominions being taken
' possession of.! He wishes to discontinue the farming system,
and introduce that followed in British India. The char
will tend doubtless to the prosperity of the country ; the
farmers cared neither for the people nor the country, but