The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-12-27 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN CANADA

a:an 1,,
tan RAILWAY LINEB.—The many unproductive
eTway enterprises in which Boston capital has been
barkedit'l).
~appear to be traceable to the forgetfulness of
uinal Principle which the Canadians are now carry-
tlj mit. This is, that the interest of railways requirA
L„lt they shall remain exclusively great trunk lines.
cAgth of line has become an importaat element in the
'brans of success There most be the means of collecting
agaecuving traffic at each extremity of the line,
Welt
tem as from a vast extent of country. The, in-
Li, ed establishment of a line of communication between
porevrPool and this p mrt, and again between Boston and
d
paraand by the Grand Trunk Railway Company, should
tir,—"lg arrangements ba consummated, it is a recogni-
t,-n of this truth. It will not do to depend on casual
azl.PPlies• It. the natural currents of trade and commerce
sk9•lllmwatehed and uncured for, the least energy and
t 0 Put forth on behalf of counter interests, will suffice
antura aside supplies. Connecting lines must be held,
some sort, from their beginning to their end
ports to adult of the fair application of a uni-
or system reaching to the sources of traffic,
sureexlending so far toward them as to en-
hat we have stated may be found the reason why so
o One our railway lines really pay, and why more than
11,1 i °1 the schemes that have been grandly inaugurated
sees"eon miserably thwarted. It has come to be a
pa,'itY that we shall put onrselves info the closest
htustale connection with the whole exis'ing net-work of
Itae,7';l3's ; we must ad t a centralization of system
tli:_ramr to any we have yet practically acknowledge l.
comprehensive views" will do nothing for us,
eat
_e2ncession is not the thing It is the highest in.ter-
, el shareholders that these princip'es should obtain a
e-ZteeFTo3itive recognition ; that we should not_i.tiiee
wide n' with having simply " conneetinz lines." 1.1 •
p.p,, distribution of the shares in many of these non-
rerg railway schemes is regarded. and properly
is 4rded, as interfering with that effective action which
irapte"isite ; but were shareholders more generally
hyoressed with the conditions which generate traffic and
ihte2T merchandise, this knowledge would result in less
thsitere
rice with those who are seeking to accomplish
LierY object —Boston Evening Traveller Dee 1.
Rttetill SUPERIOR RAILROAD.—In our columns notice is
aetisiot-at an application will be made, at the ensuing
°f Parliament, for a Charter authorising a coat-
11_,Y to construct a railroad from the shores of Lake
°f eettr-im. into the V‘ alley of the Assimboine, with a view
Paciertately extending the same to the shores of. the
f
the p0e,1,. A similar project was urged upon the notice
Es 1851, in 1851, by the same party, Allan Ma!,
With ; and upon the petition of others, conjointly
At th iniself, a bill was introduced into the legislature.
ntaht!'t Period the project was viewed as somewhat
4 e 0,2. Nevertheless, when the bill was referred to
direetittee and their attention more particularly
Phsefivu;to the region of country through which the pr?-_
lleforertahilway would pass, and oiler information laid
f6tlte ;`"eln relative to the advantages offered by the
Practi:n cpestion, the committee were convinced of the
faaourcability of the scheme. But whilst reporting in its
ht the they declined to recommend the passage
!,-at „ Proposed act at that time, and stated
mlat, they were reluctantly obliged to report
tilatare'n their opinion the application was q Foe.
114 s et: Since that period the circumstance, t
'het% try have materially changed. Railroadshaveh
as` th'ilaertaken and completed, nearly as great in lentjt
ashat "w Proposed. As to the propriety of granting
lires'en-;Call the parties now applying for it, we are not at
deer ed upon to express an opinion. The intro •
eahl°dllo" the -proposed measure the Legislature.
It ona d 110 harm." In all probability it will lead to
euuite action relative to the assumed rights and
tolo,,'Res of the Hudson's Bay Company, which under
.elajw-r " their alleged charter of the Second Charles,
&Natal Lan that country lying to the westward of the
•3_r it isl'es. That country is eith'r a portion of Canada,
Power 1:10- If it is, then our Legislature have the
Litis-h`°, grant a charterif it is not, then
.the
;04 rarliament must be asked to make it a no.rtionf
the or erect it into a new province. The validity o
thra. Charter
Itho'go the letters of a correspondent of this journal,
Maintains that, even though the charter should
e
pronouncedeona valid, still the claim set up by h
fir rIY to power or dominion over any. portion.n
law country alluded to, has no foundation i
411,,1 ‘eason, or justice. We trust that this will be
theaiestablished when the measure is brought before
fittvq:eßislature. The people of Canada have been
lakes,ejled to this trudi, that westward of the great
etilti::rs an immense country susceptible of the hip lest
Ifirder-i''°l3, and requiring only facilities of
.access Mir
a'ata ,I°:Pen it out to population and production. •
.s Wes recommended to send a party of engineersro to
t (In Lac, to survey a line of railway thugh our
to.:rn Possessions, and the details of expenses attending
welt" Riven. had the gentleman ever visited that
ntaknern Country, he would have known better how to
leak- Calculations for the proposed work If he will
lie
w!tito the journals of the Rouse, of Assembly of 1852.
411 find some information relative to the p mints where
the waY would start from Lake Superior within
that
,&itish territory. It may be well also to inform him
Lb, ond du Lac, his proposed starting point, is within
truth the
Sates of America, about 200 miles distant
hunt Lae nearest British territory ; that a city is being
raiiroth4e, and is called " Superior City," and that a
pa" ise in the course of construction between it and
1851:111,s upon
the Mississippi, and will be finished in
Me;,,,a,ild there is no doubt but that it will be extended
tailro`r Pambira, a distance of 400 miles further. A
truisiaaLl from
200 Lake Superior, passing wholly within
territory, could reach the same point by a route
rea. lies shorter, and have, as we are informed, no
glot:r engineering difficulties to contend with.— Toronto
fast

by that Year the sum expended on account of Polish exiles
'R4,s;s"Ontry %Nis £5,092. In the previous year it seas
Put,
sum of
t 376 Lie EDUCATION IN GREAT BRITAIN.—The
.0
elec6CIQ was expended last year on account of pubic
tion in Great Britain.
114 44i; er from Rnl G. —A ce ,taP anyin g the President's Message
4
the Russian charge d'affairs at Washington,_
418 Par? saYs•'—" His Majesty the Emperor accepts, for
lent to the conditions under which the United
theSt
ates con-
Proporttue abolition of privateering, viz . thatprivate
PINERY of the litibjec's and citizens of the contracting
live ea shall, in time of
Itt
warb,ybe respected by their respoc_
it as this declaration."
those of all the powers which
DSOs, REFINERY EXPLOSION AT MONXERIDGEIRONWORES,
a4kts " nave already reported in the NORTHERN
t the e Particulars of the recent explosion of a refinery
aateedlo.M°nlthridge Ironworks, by which a poor. fe'low.
iwnclaelat'"oiliwarsr.d.D. Dickinson of Hunslet, lost his life. The
thedemia Dickinson was held at the Court House, on
evid Y) before Mr. Blackburn, coroner. After hearing
I.4b(lnt 11..elle('; he Said he thought there could be no doubt
ittp„""e Verdict. It did not appear that anything couldl
ttleetested to prevent these explosions, exeept the employ
verdiergreater vigilance and care. The jury returned
Accidental death."
tleatito7 teh:PITAL CONVICTS AT Mainsrove.—The execu-
Yo,nt ell
h. Who tww°erperisoone.rst, Dedea Redanies and Thomas.
d of murder at the late assize
t,hors',l"unty of Kent, has been fixed to take place on
-°,l` na, January 1. In ordinary course, the execution
nait-laredieiar, who, it ill be remembered was convicted of
wa% a Corporal of the 49th Regiment, in which
'eeouci private soldier, would have taken place on.
stile.
13;ehed ,nlarket day after his conviction, but, as that. p
e4ble7orbe..Cehristrnas day, of course it was felt imprac-
NY IN "I sentence to be carried into effect on that
rder " prisoner Redanies, who was convicted of the
iberrna Young woman to whom he was engaged
histo
otill,t,jetio-enul,lci her sister, under the usual course, as
th the trialuto not take place
.until the day following that
She sea, of the other risoner, would not have had
'Qte haenee uPen him carried into effect until the day
and Mr. Palmer, the under sheriff of the
eer "on whom as the deputy for the high sheriff,
,511side-nßement of all these matters devolves, therefore
h-411vietred it expedient that the execution of both the
l'Pisooers s should be fixed for the later day. Both the
joTitt aPPear quite resigned to their fate.
41:141,:lioPf—eaTieuduRin CotiNT An intimation, which has
the journals,nv— of an application by the
f:(1 earoiPeeleuch to the court to disentall his Greraatnstaotvyisn.
4h etioh thine Park baronies, has given Yery glt is hoped
,*,..lllll„Luiighout his wide border domains.
soli3 extend this judicious movement to his estates
,!41 the where the entail laws are no favourites, and
ti,„4rgo %owns, at present suffering from
.an Odious
will obtain relief. As a counterpoise tothis.
este°otelt is rumoured that a very extensive emigration
.4tes. Plated next spring from the duke'sEskdale
,54,14401te is greatly to be regretted, and would be
eer,,Dted b 'essery, were a different system of management
4-"Dreti Y the landlord. The wide range of country
I-013 °rids
.40,000 acres, and as there are only 134
ate ho• resident families, consequently every one of
1,0, °rile g it have a comfortable holding of 300 acres or so
tqleh t'; instead of being driven out of a country_ in
!I n the
receive little encouragement to remain. Bi
I;llv,Puri'taisn,,nut be accomplished, owing to a system of
la reh even which prevails in the disposal
Thus
farms, to
Nyhusiti, 43' consideration must give way% Scotland
Ee wouj"e services of a remarkably fine race of men,
tko'.date:,'.€lo, honour to any country, and wide tracts in,
I).`tivai- "aciesdale, and Teviotdale, at present
.not halt
'ilVeeed, are doomed for the present, to remain unim-
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