Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-09-04 00:00:00

Nanajee has kept the Besnms of the Badjee, the rightful
heir to the property of the deceased chief, in close con.
finement in the Zenanah, so that none likely to take steps
relative to:rescuing them from confinement, or restore to
them their property, could obtain access to where they
were. It cannot be said that Nanajee is not a venturous
traitor, he staked his all, which is not a little, upon the
die. His game might have been played so as knot to
have entirely deprived him of the sympathy of those he
fought against ; but, like every leader the present insurrec-
tion has brought to notice, he seems unable to resist that
propensity to cold-blooded, dastardly murder, which
seems to take possession of .most natives simultaneously
with their_achieving;power to:gratify it,

RAILWAY& IN VIE UNITED:ISTATE3 AND CANADA.—
When matters hare come_to the worst with railways, and
the causes traced, a better system of management must
follow. To this it has come on the New York and Boston
lines, which have been driving a reckless competition, and
now admit their folly. The proposed remedy is an
increased tariff and decreased speed. This may do much
towards a sounder development, but it is too late to
remedy the radical defect in the. whole system of American
railways, which have been constructed on the go-ahead
principle by different companies without a uniformity of
gauge. The case is totally different in Canada, where the
provincial gauge is ;five :feet six inches throughout.
In England the public are not well-informed on the
subject of Canadian railways; they evidently regard
the Grand Trunk as complete, and the present broken
traffic arrangements as indicative of a test. Nothing can
be more erroneous. As an illustration, the severance at
Montreal of the line in two until the 'Victoria-bridge is
opened ; the want of a western terminus at London ; the
non-connexion at Kingston with the river transit, and the
same at Montreal with the city wharves ; and, although
last not least, the non-existence of wharfage at Quebec
for shipping. All these works are in progress, and when
completed, then, and not until then, will the results of the
traffic be a solution of the prospects tested by a weekly
statement of receipts and expenditure. In the latter the
reduction will necessarily be very large in the two items
alone of transhipment and steam ferry-boats at Montreal,
as well as at the other: places in cartage and detention.
It is now, also clearly demonstrated that, with the pro-
vincial aid thrown at the back of all, the Grand
Trunk will be completed (with the victoria-bridge, from
St. Teomas to London, including also interest o f
money) under eight millions sterling for 900 miles
of railway, all of which, with the exception of the
40 miles below Quebec, will be highly productive when
united. Without the outlet to Portland and Quebec over
the bridge, the portion between London and Montrael
would be confined to local traffic unremunerative, as the
western through traffic would still be sent over to Boston
and New York. Of the river steamers between Montrael
and Quebec. Torrance's passenger liners have ceased to
run ; the Montreal has been lately burnt, and the Montruo-
renci sunk in a collision with the Quebec. Like the
steamers on the Hudson River from New York to Albany,
they must succumb to the railways. But it must not be
presumed that the Grand Trunk can carry one tithe of
the goods that move from east to west, and vice versa
there will be enough to spare for both railway and pro-
pellor and railways. • The comparative statement of
produce via the St. Lawrence Canal for July, shows a
decrease of one-third in 1857 as compared with
1856. The total upward tonnage of sailing vessels
and steamers for the month were—..for 1856, 53,333
tons, and for 1857, 52,936 tons. These official
statements show the great traffic, which exists
amidst the stagnation and reduction which• has
prevailed this year. In the same month of July the
upward tonnage of goods was 16,509 tons, and downwards
by canal 44,304 tons. This, be it observed, is the slackest
month of the year; it will, not, therefore, be found to be
far wrong, in estimating the future goods traffic at double
that of passengers when the Grand Trunk is in full
working gear, while the progress made in public favour
which has followed the Canadian Ocean steamers in their
second year, is a fact established in corroboration of the
success of the St. Lawrence route to the Western States.
caut2 vtaizipest. LO anu from Europe. The
several railway schemes projected in Lower Canada may
be considered as at an ead, excepting for the purpose of
local political agitation. The North Shoreßailway would
not pay working expenses, and this applies to all exten-
sions below Quebec; for here the Olean- Navigation with
the Trunk line begins, and connects at Sarnia and Detroit
with the Michigan and Wisconsin, and the Far West.
railways. Portland is destined to be the winter port of
the Western States, and will rapidly increase in impor-
tance and wealth. Quebec has equal capabilities, but the
inhabitants want both enterprise and capital, and have no
ideas beyond timber and local prejudices.—Toronto
Correspondent.