The Sun.
London, England, 1852-04-26 00:00:00

TILE SUN,

BRITIS'-I NORTH AMERICAN RAILWAYS.

TO THE EDITOR OF THL SULV. • •
Stia—The ready, and constant eteentiett you ?aye
given to the varieus interests of our moriceee ;eat lea '
spread coloaial possessions, perticuierly by repeettefly
pointing. out the importance or the .resat link route, ave.-
able for settlement and prefitehle inveetennet throughout
therhole breadth of ear North American doenteions, from
the Atlantic to th© Pacific!, eucaureges me to heap that
you will contrive evert is these mosttitits to efferd
space before very long for the insertion of the few re-
marks I connider necessary to make in real), to the very
able and specious letter that appeared on the 16th mho
in the columns of your highly va!uable jeurnal, told was
signed, .‘ One much interested in the Celcniee"
Since the publication of my Later to a hice this corre-
spondent of yours refers the Hon. Mr. Chandler, the
deagete from New B utile-tele lahs arrived in this coati-
„ea, and your old acquaintance the Hint. Ma Ileent, from
Nova Scotia. may be expected in x few days, as he is
Dow on hie wea. here on board the C eeela stetern•reeil-
eacker, due i.:11 the 26!--it inst.. and thus, sit co lilt, Haan.
Mr. Hit eks has been for tom,,time past in lleelentl,
the present Colonial S creterY will have the advantage
f a 4.rst' •
hiehlyeglia d rnen of,
commutehiation with the three letviinz, iso
in rny .Fornbir: (-petiole the three
motte, important coloniee of Gt eat '...iritem•
Fortunately ately for us, for Sir John ekinetor, arid for
these gentletnc.•n,
the delegates on North Awer;ean Red-
ways, we have, now at the head of the affairs t f dale
mighty empire a higia•mindLdtoblemAn, who hes riot
only had toe x;-.ecitneo ot a Cohltoiel Minister,
oaving held let responsible office hitneelf, but
who, moreover, has had the talent to aatiover, and the
v.i;uoln to proclaim in hie place in the House of Feert,
the great value to this country of-thiswhole of our
North American
possessions—and sure am I that your
norrtetspondeet, "much interested in the C olorties"-e-need
net have any apprehension that "a a itish,
Parliament"
will be asked even to " stiffer the right and peoperty of a
cr;mpeny to be trifled with, who h;qo subscribed their
eaVal on the faith of certain advantege.s and privileges
being ceded to them." As regards the. vat iety of. plies to
which your correspondent alludes, that h.avejteen sub-
tnt
ted to the toed and Izeperiel Legieletures, to ;he-in-
jury of the St. Andrew and Quete c lice, I will not tot.
tempt to waste your time, nor intrude upou your space
fiat entering into - any detail or explanations -of
them—the more so, as I am not the least
inclined to dispute these points, • and am
tittle ready to conc. de to that .company the merit of
being the ti:tst in the field in active railway matters, and
of having nobly dated to go to Work, whilst (ohm only
talked. lam also quite willing to admit that the New
Brunswick Company deserve every encouraaement as a
oold local bot'y employed in cie litable lou loneesures—
that it is in the power 4,1 of our Government, with jus-
tice to other colonies, to confer upon it—but having said
so tnuch, I regr. t I cannot go further in any agreement
with your correspondent; all other matters I must hold
open to discussion. And first I will refer to his remarks
concerning myself. Your correspondent says that I
affect not to be aware of the existence of an under-
taking, &c., &e, now in actual progress." Now
two of the paragraphs to which I allude was intended
as an • advertisement in favour of the company,
calling itself the St. Andrew tuff Qiebec Railway Com-
pany, in my opinion merely un nom de guerre. The joke
might perhaps be excusable, but if a wilful misconcep•
tion of my letter has been assumed to insert an adver-
tisement without payment, or for any other improper
purpose, such conduct is surely unworthy of any re-
spectable party. I are quite unaware of any affectation
oil my part either of knowledge or of ignorance, nor em
I aware of any part of my letter from which your cote
respondent can have drawn his inference. That a com-
pany existed calling itself the St. Andrew nod Quebec,
Railway Company I was quite aware, and I lorppeued
te return from North America with Captain Robinson,
son-in-law to Admiral Owen, who your correspon-
dent is aware, I dare say, are both much
interested in its suecess; but I was not aware, nor am
I new aware. that beyond the province of New Bruns-
wick this company had any authority, any land, or arty
Acts, either ot the local or Imperial Legiflature is their
favour—arid. I rather guess, as our brother Jonathan
would say, they have none ; on the centretty • I sl eel's
understoot! that the chief object of the railway was to
rap the rive r St, John, near Woodstock, and teue carry
away from its rival, the tuwn of 'that name, the trade.
which now flaws into it, to the town of their patron,
St. Andrew. 1%7,4. wit,, I ever aware, nor hats your col--
re-flow:tent ct tiv;aced me, that this comoarly weuld
coenect by a " trunk line" the .'• whole of British North
America," seeing that Sr. Andrew's is quite out, ot
the lines from Halifax to Quebec, and sever having
heard that Halifax and St. Andrew's—or mere properly
I should say Nova Scotia and
_New Bruneeittk—had
even ever cornmueicatt.d with each other on such a pro
ject. A trunk line, indeed, from Haliai to the United
States sea ports might pass tbrcugh St. Andrew's, :but
no emperical trunk line to connect the British provinces
ought ever to take that most rottliciabout route., The_
only advantage that I can see the St. eYndrew's and
Quebec line could Ove,the provinces would be to connect
them, if they wished, with the Bay of Fundey—carne
would say a . very questionable good ; however,
Sir, as the Honouraole, and what is better,
the highly talented Mr. Chandler is here, as well as
the other delegates, no doubt that justice will be dune
to ell parties, and I hope also to the mottier country.
The colonies till have my best wishes, not merely on their
Dan account, but on our:, and I trust, wi h your cartes-
poedent, that WI local petty jealousies will be laid aside,"
even those of the " St. Andrew and Quebec Railway
Cumaan3 ," and that they will not consider the compl,-
tiou o' their uudertaktug " estieuttal to the interests of
the colonie., and their permanent connexion with the
British Crown," but allow that other lines may be of
equal, it nut greater, celenial and Imperial importance.
I am, Sir, See.
AN ENGITISIIMAN.

LONDON,

HER, MAJESTY'S THEATRE,
Tc,e Queen,atcempsnied by, Pince Albert and
hunourtd this theatre with her preserve on
Slt-urchy night to witness the opera of Norma.
Thaoks to her Majesty's good hate, which does not
tolerate the introdueti9n of a ballet-divertissement be-
tween the acts of a tragic opera,. .13,,thini'm ina,iterpiece
was heard Veith-double zest, and the brilliant perfor-
m Ince of Millie. Cruvelli, as the Druid pristess, was
even more warmly *ppreciated than on the night of
her first appet.;rance. Lab!ache was in sp'endid voice,
and Gardom's remarkable improvement in force And
energy was generally remarked. Mdlle. Crtivelliwas
recalled several times in the course otthe performance.
After the opera a new divertissement, entitltd La Fete
des Rosieres, was produe,d, for the rentree of Mdlle.
carothia itosari, who .experiet cad a highly flittering
reception Mdlle. Rosati danced to 'perfection, and
I er pantomime was pretty and Expressive... Her pas
-.de fascination, and in her grand pus with M. Ma-tia,
s,hey iotrbdue,d a number of steps remarkable not less
for daring originality than for the easy grace aid
dexteriv with which they were. accomplished.
Rosati. was ,pplatidfid thron with the greatest
warmth. Her Majesty the Q4een remained till the
termination of the opera.
ROYAL ITALIAN OPERA.

There, w.ls a good ;hou=e on Saturday to witnos
Doniz-tti's I Martiri, which was substituted for the
Prophete. The q)phuse bestowed upon Madame
Jo!neone, Tambeiiik, arid lionconi, in the grand
finale to the third,ate,t, and upon the first two in the
”verwheltning diet of fourth, was quite deatecing.
Madarrie Jallienne may be considered an accepted
favourite. thving conquered her nervousness; she
has now uncontrolled possession of her resources, and
r voice comes out with immense 'effect, even against
the unrivalled high notes of Tatnberlik, -who, by his
performance in/Maritiri, has raised hirn,ell to a
i,osition beside the. first tenors "diforza" of whom
the records of. the Opera make tnention. It is due
to the management to add, that every precaution was
used to the publiC acquainted with the fact of
!h-! ineiitable.postponement of the Praphete, and that
all who 11,d purchased tickets were alioAett the choice
of rteeiving their money back or of using the pri
vil,ge a second time,. whenever the deblit of Made-
moiselle Wagner shoul4 take place at the Royal
Dalian Opera.