The Express.
London, England, 1847-06-17 00:00:00

ment of a good road &croak 0.. narrow space which
separates the Don from the Volga, where they
h nearest, the metals of Sibaia, the metals
rilercoduce of Northern Russia, might be conveyed
at little expense to the shores of tie Sea of A:of.
But to this day the communication is effected by the
clumsy process of taking in pieces the rude barks in
which the produce of the north and east is Boated down
the Volga, transporting them with their freights across
the isthrous,thenreaturtructing and launching them in
the Don. The consequence is, that trade languishes all
along the coast from the difficulty of procuring exports
from an interior of almost unlimited extent and pro-
ductivenem. To complete the mischief, a meddling ob-
structive system of restriction, exaction, and:monopoly,
drives trade from the coasts. The following resume
with which M. de Hell winds up his chapter on the
trade of Odessa shows the fatal effects of neglecting
internal .00mmanication and imposiag exorbitant
duties on trade :
Oa examining a general table of the exportation of
Odessa we see that during Napoleon's wars its 00111".11T00,
completely stationary, did not exceed five or six millions of
rubles. After the event, of 1815, during the horrible dearth
that &elitist all western Europe, the exports rue in 1817 to
more than thirty-eight millions. In 1818 they fell without
any transitioa to twenty millions. During the war of 1828.9
they sank to 1,673,000. After the treaty of Adrianople,
Southern Russia being encumbered with an excess of produce,
the exports again rose to twenty even millions. After this they
varied from twenty to thirty, until 1839, when they reached
the highest point they ever attained, namely foety-eight
salons. We have already explained the causes of this fac-
titious augmentation. From these data we see that the
activity of the trade of Odessa has alway arisen out of for-
tuitous circumstances, which are becoming more sad more
rare, and that it is by so means the result of the progressive
development of agricultural resources. The country is,
therefore, completely stationary.
M. de Hell's analysis of the trade of Astrakhan
and Bessarabia leads to the same conclusion. Com-
pare the progress of southern Russia, since 1815,
with that of New South Wales (the country which
from physical constitution and produce moat nearly
resembles it), and though New South Wales has been
but indifferently managed, and, certainly, has not
been exempt from mad speculation and its con-
sequences, the difference between free industry and
government meddling, will be made conspicuous.

itattitt.
The ANCIENT CA)NCESTII.—The filth oomeeet took
place last eveniog, dnder the direction of the Berl et
Cawdor. The muse was entirely German andtteline,
out • Angle Eardish composition ; and the eel, pieta of
Sandal's was the air Total Take," frees " Samson,"
sung to
weedy to recogniOssammerluarbelrek, and sung in mak wry that it
was recognise it. It wee 'bawled out
ike • pike pekeedy4 with many notes elaborately
.spun
out mil elleneersd till key Mumsimedide. It is evident
that Nat l'imbek kern itafileg et lad 1. He after.
wake meg Deniennes "Adelaide; in a sok parer style
than last ruse, having complately diseeded a number of
embellishments and changes of the tot Wish were justly
mauled. Stsradtgl sang several pieces very admirably ; par-
ticular a hymn from Himmel's mend cantata, "Du Zairian
aid Oott ;" and the at"Se it del," from Rigbini's Etna
nal UAL" Mare Caredori Allan gsveSplemere in
an air Ikea the o era of " Angelica," by the ode-
brand deal of Heade]. It might have.been be at air
in one of Handers Italian operas. She always a bravura air
by Paddlo, " Idol ram," with an obligate asampaohnent
as the ellseket, admirably played by Mr. MBank Mae.
Brae keg the ememdcely difficult air, " Inhale mew
ke4L bekesteg to the part of the Citill Of FICA the
▪ Mune Wasik" She transposed it • Wel below the
original hey, bat gave it with issmande
Ides Why digitized to muck edmetiege her fine
cutest. vas. Is. pun tom in Mosert's arena,
Belk mire limmo. sills ;" • Weeded sempodtion, not
behm~egej kite ewe gen% het written in order to
be tnlsaTimd isM isms gars by somebody else—a thing
wWh Bacot, waft be Ids lolly bread, appean to hate
kegnimity deee. The pregramme •so contained the oft-
=isekeries Ikea abider Orfeo," the finale to "
dl Tile," an enseellegly pretty trio from the
Angelis" of Camara*, extremely well
Candid Allen, H. Lackey, and St=
ad Mild ether pikes et pm. merit: the whole
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