The Express.
London, England, 1859-02-21 00:00:00

2111 710P0311) )X1113117011 OF 1561

The following letter has bees addressed by Sir
Conk P. Roney to the Chairman of Council of the foolety
of Arts:
'London, Feb. 16, 1869.
" Sir —Retorting to our moat convereatom on the subject
of the Exhiti.ion of 1861, I dethe to ooavey to pa, by
Imter, my colvictioa that it cannot fad to menet a number of
tort~arre to this country, who would not have thought of
amiott Yen in 1861.
" Isekivet the etedadat of the ;past may chow, they
us, la my Wad, signet valualso as affording indications
of what easy be dew If a large and cwp: ohansive spew
for aareettag visite' to w mom all part, of the world, la
1861 be canted Into effect.
" I will give you my rename.
" 99106 1961 various railway, on theCentlatat, coavtrging
men or Ws towards this country, have bees opened, and
MITIEMI others of great importance, bath is respect of @bonn-
ier minor rows and of opening now districia, will be tam-
BBeddta, the eon to railways have now keened to
appreciate -booking, retaneakkete, and eacersitn
trade at Mord rake, whin they would Lot look at a bw
'Ts 1
back.
han the prod of this vtthia my personal lownistige. I
wee IMMO! MSS per, when It weasathromed that the Great
Bastes was to ran to Poised, in the United States, to
make arrangements for throodb Wen and excursion-firkin
be the rampre by her. The system was to extend as
only heewA the United does, but also
wd,
Bulleein GermeW, esti Belgiainti7e
' bethillthe say &Sadly talowni hp di nowene
rilway compaine with which 1 nomembeleil, sad ma-
sildsrable faculties and redeetioas were oared by acne of
them. Therefore, what we agreed to in the we. of this ship
would, beyond all doubt, be approved on ths more extensive
.Yla' Tie we. of our own railways affords abundant proof of
travelling development since 1861. The total winter of
passimgrs conveyed on thorn that yen was 8.5 millions ; in
1857 there were about 140 minions; and thew numbers are
constantly on the burvan, at a rata of proponioa latmairely
beyond the addition' mileage opened each year.
You trawl fan Lotion to Aberdeen, a Me-
Wee of now
early6oo miles, be sixteen hours ; sad you p
Within; 111 fur north ea lawman. In 1861 the railways
did not enema beyond Edinburgh end Glasgow; and it re-
wired sweeten boom to roach thee places hem London.
" Owing to the expected completke of the sew railway
tegwatocurease=hatchntLtnotornalu. rivtlusid mitte
erate n Op
ett ::
Wing between Cable and Pare will to cut of, the short
POtafeiwarney benne the capitals of Frances:4 liaglXl
will to the anima of mixt per be effected in ten hours, and
al • coat, be a Ina akespameager, nearly IL km than at
t.
preme
" Ia 1961 the commeakotha leetwew Lanka and Dublin
will be completed twice a &peek way la Ili be..,, mein
penalise adrlf. Ilea minute kr all avoided* delays biped
that time, etmil at bras about 110 per mat. cheaper thee they
were in 1861. At that time the rUlw.y system was oelybe-
earths to he developed in Ireland. By the end of next
year it will be extended slant he its farthei western,
earthen, and soothers With
"As remota the American ocalthent, the number of per-
son who cane to Europe every year is lardy on the in-
owe esamaally la rummers. in 1861 thee were not more
than 76 seem panages from America to Europe. Yet, in
LW year Wail its commercial deresion, then we mo-
wn& of 150. Dating this year there will be nearly 260
(the heel, et Leer cast. cheaper than in 1861), and I
law not the bt that there will be, on teraver-
egs of 1861, • fart-reamer keine Borne he the
United Wise or Geode, and a similar Assam leaving
(Wads or the Vatted Stew tor Europa, ix these • week.
la the Bemoan musette thin will be an excise oldie pen-
W. htetater Wow it.
"Rowdies ere easeplie railway systems ntendier from
New Tack, Bootee, Poetkad andQuiebeo, the pots lot the
Alden Ire Meson; as far wee an thallleatesippi sad beyond
h. In 1661 they did sot extend Wand a third of this de-
base Mae New Tooter Bally and thin was so railway
hem slam Portisad or Quire.
" Leeks is at only 80 to 36 dap hem our chid
cities of India, there is now a weekly commennicatios.
la Nil it was monthly, la shout 46 dap. Australia is
shoat 00 days se compated eib 100 in 1861. By the ad-
WOMB is stria eavigostoo, the melee to and hew ter
Wee ladle& colonies have been thriun,shed by amely a
third of what they ware be 1861. Ns now have well organ-
ised skeet coneweinwin to South Americo, which SY not
mkt is 1141. fflee same as regarda on African Wank&
" la short, look be whet part of the world we may, we we
Mussed iraWliesti ensanakvion. Every oat of these
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teals 1/1111114, Banbad, sad el ran fey itireednitc h resat
inatrupolia, ilitrekati Mark that aslidw,
without mina word es tbe isereseed laic sew Gas
for travel, or is the reduetka of fares Oki Mss what
plate almost totivereally, eufdeleat les been aid le prase
that the ;statistics of the pat cannot from ais shirks as
to what may be expected J the Exhibition of NM less la
it—s I belie., it ern have-features every whit or aanevales
as, though ibilkriag in mazy mopeds fiVISS, Ica Via peed.-
moor of 1861.
" Les me sagged that the trail° arreagennais kr this
P.:WC= M begs is Amyl! time. Minute, wink as well
as complicated uaterael oreenteetion will be necasery, es that
we as he flair, temple, aad explicit as regards the
tuoeaylilnal this busiDeu must be a geed system et
aramomah ha the aocommodatiou of the armor
rq 11011-14-Lindon. But your own experience is
lithollingit mks kEasecees•ry for ma to do are then
wear 1111.-airre imiN poen faithfully,
"C. P. ROM.
" Q Ilholindle Mo. Be,t Chairmen of the
Owed d feelety of Atte."