The Express.
London, England, 1856-07-19 00:00:00

INAUGURATION OF THB FIRST ROMAN

RAILWAY.

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British capital and British perseverance have at
lest succeeded la sompletlag the abandoned enterprise of
preceding disheartened speculators, and, by the opening of
the first line of railway in the Pepal dominions, have ren-
dered a tangible reality what the Rowena, after the delays
and diseppolatmeate of nine year', had begun ke regard se
• mere fanciful myth. Oa the Ith inst. the mina bungs-
ratios of the lime teems Rome to Prthostl—whieh, although
only a distance of 21 kilometres, is impotent, as being the
fret mean of the line destined to join Rome and Naples—
took plan at the provisional matinee, outside the Parts
Maggiore. Cardinale Antoselli, ikeretaty of Blab; Cesium,
Bishop of Framed; fattiest Secretary of Memorials; end
Robert!, President of Rime and Caesarea, took their seats
at one 'Mock en an elegantly adorned stand, where places
of honour were misread for them and the other Wanton
of state, the Pope's household printer, sad the members of
the diplometie end saanieipal bodies, who had been invited
by Mr. York, the priecipal director and ezeipatra of the
line, to take part In the ceremony, together with the Roman
nobill y, the °Mein of the French and Roman garrisons,
and other favoured individuate, including • fair proportion
of ladies, all destined to perform the trial trip, to the great
admiration of the crowds of Ramses collected as speetaton
le the stride on the other side of the line, and bordering
the read for miles is every spot commanding a blast&
view of the train.

A tasteful 'hap.' having been erected at the terminus,
Monsigoor Palermo, the Pope's autistic, appeared in pore•
titled vestments before the sitar, aid after Balers Brie-
thew, well awig by the choir of San Michele, proceeded to
*verde with holy water the trophies of took and emblem
Cu died before the chapel, as well as the rails themselves,
end them, /stank, to the alter, waited whilst the two lo-
comotives, one of which is eased St. Pins, Mussed slowly
on parallel lien, with with its staff of drivers sad stokers,
and gaily decorated with flags and flowers, to realms the
bishop's benedidlos. Deep silence prevailed II the power-
ful teonsten wept up to the appointed spot, and awaited the
consecrated drops from the Prelate's hand, bat the Wyss of
the spookier', the heisting clasper cf a brew band, end
t►e fall voices of the choristers chanting the Ambrosias
hymn, soon indicated that the ceremony had approached Its
aeademion.

After the benediction their miasma the cardinals,
prune minister', diplomatits, sad other rusts got into
the six carriers forming the train, and started for Frucati
amidst the @poison of all the spectator', acd the unmiti-
gated w oder of the greater part of them, to whom a Vain
la moil.s was as novel a sight salt wauld have beea to their
assumes who easstruoted the sqa•deete now towering is
frowning ruins over the resistless invasion of stem. We
whirled over the desert columns on the level of the
Claudisn equedeut, sad arrived 'muttony at the Frascati
station after having passed through a tunnel 280 metres
in length carried through the Telenet" rook at a
cost of Wiesen francs per cubic foot. The muni-
cipal auttoraies of the town, and, I verily believe,
every one of the inhabitants, besides an Infinfty of coeetry
folks from afar, were awaiting the arrivel of the Maim, and
the cardinals Wag got into their earrisges, with •n snort
fir the Ileuretery of State, we were all supplied with con-
veyances to take as to the Te rlonia Ville, when dinner wee
prepared for 160 person', ander a long marquee, tastefully
deorrated, sad ecjoying such a prospect u Frascati alone
can effno.

The municipal anthoriCes of Frascati had sestritated
Wifely to the embellishments of the bulky. In the mehl
otimpartments approaching the villa were insciip
Mona in honour of Pio Non°, the Minister • f Peblle Works,
the Council of Administration, and John Oliver York, Esq.,
Chevalier of the Legion of Minour. In four niches were
allegorical staters of Agriculture, Navigation, Metallic
Indostry, cad Commerce, with apt Inscriptions; and medals
were distributed, coined in honour of the event.

Mesawbile, the visitors Wag =Meted he the casino of
the Torloais Villa, where the Duchess of Poll, the deices
daeghter-is-law, did the hocours with imamate paw, the
Carole al &cratary of 81st* made a tweet% ',enemies of his
approbation of the undereskiog, and of the great pismire
it gave him to confer, in the name of his Holiness, the
cross of the Order of St. Pins on Mr. York, tbe general
contractor, Mr. Raliogue, the chief engineer, and Mr.
De Vitry, the admicistret.ve &goat ; and gold metals on
Signors Altobelli and Priederish, engineers of the Rome
and Frascati sections. Great applause inside the ruin.,
and bead. sad thorns*. 'Weide, followed this core
sway, after which, everybody having When lees
sad champagne, Cardinals Aato&elli and Roberti re-
turned to the wawa, did were sec mpanied in a
special train bark to &me by Mr. York, who got up to
Frascati again is time to find hie guests comfortably seated
at table, Cardinals Allied sad Cagisno occupying the plasm
of honour in the .antra. The Pope's health having been
drunk, appropriate trochee wore made by Cardinal Alti, ri,
who defended the Roman tow:meat from the Impatatioa
of being opposed to true progress, which he welataisted to
be ism p:rable from the interests of the chore& ; and by the
Chevalier Visconti, sad other orator., both in prom sad
verse, MSG'S bring most convenient ;Weir valves for
Italian enthusizthe on similar occasions. Mr. York,
having received a well-deserved ovation iron the
estembled company, conducted his guests once more to the
Frascati ratios, and conveyed them nfely back to Rome,
where a still graver number of spectstors than in the morn-
log had collected to witless the snivel of the train, the
Pape blanelt bwrlsi Choate that direction for his after-
am'. drive, although he was too early for the unwonted
spectacle.

It to now to the tittered of tte company to open the line
a fuss the Ne plitan frostier al loon as possible, in order
to ereste an outlet to what is as yet merely an excursion
lies for Roman holiday seekers, or foreigners runnicg op to
Friss:rad to v&t the villas and the ruins of Tussahs's'.
I Three years are allowed by the government concession kr
be 'Meilen of this line, during whirl period share-
holders are guarantied 7 per cent. lousiest for their
money, aO,OOOl. being deposited fior that purpose, and
when the line le open to Naples it is supposed that the in-
created trams will reader ell further guarantee suprirdsoos•
The disuses from Frascati to the Neer olitsn froutkr is 130
kilos. , passing round the Alban bill by the towns of
Marino, Albano, Geom.., and Wield, which track,
eltbeegh twelve kilometres longer then that through
Colossi, is more sdvantageous, as being a well cultivated
district with a population of 70,000 iababitanti. The branch
line to Porto D'Ausio will diverge frets the Frascati line at
Ciampino, it carried Into effeet, w►ich is most likely to
be thew', is it !a a favourite idea of the Pepe's, end would
only regain, twenty silks of rail through a level country.
Should this p:aa be realised, and the Neroniaa harbours
rendered @permeable again for large vessels, it is probable
that the limp from Rome to Civita Vecchia will be aban-
doned, s'elsoegh the concemios is already granted and the
cautfoo mosey paid by the Cssavalee'r company.

Nu Y. rk, the spatted *securer of this ant railway hi the
Papal dominions, has proposed to the Roman severamest
sma laportast imprommeente is the Banal City, la ess-
ssaios with the establishment of a mistral railway statism
opposite the Oeiseteuse, in the beighbourhrodl of the Beth.
of ;item, *kWh yet he offers Musks aratisible by a heed-
s/me Wert, es a asadeastion of the Corso, sniffles through
the sinew ad dirty Lass between thsCaphol sad Trojan's
Pees, bat eirefelly avoiding ivory et4ost of aatiqaariaa
istereet. The semerestiose seminary ter this great under-
teldep would ho metals to Sfrig to light maker additions
tells Vatiamilleireum is the way of itemise, Warms sad
imstriptleas, Is befog the Wry centre of sadist Beat.