The Sun.
London, England, 1852-08-10 00:00:00

GREECE.

It is stated
.in a letter from Athens that a Greco.
French eompany has made propositions for establish
ing a railway from Athens to the Pirmas. This wil
be the first railway in Greece.

• EXPERIMENTAL TRIP TO PARIS.
On Saturday last an interesting trip took place for
the purpose of ascertaining the practicability of effect-
ing an improved system of communication between
London and Paris by way of Dieppe. On the map
this route is evidently the shortest, forming nearly
a straight line, through Newhaven, Dieppe, and
Rouen, from the one metropolis to the other. Hi,
therto this route has been little used, mainly on account
of insufficient steamboat accommodation across the
Channel, and incomplete arrangements for connecting
the Landon and Brighton Railway on one side, with
the Paris, Rouen, and Dieppe line on the other.
During the greatly increased traffic of 1851 the di-
rectness of this route, and its cheapness, attracted
crowds of passengers, but the steamboat and harbour
arrangements were found to be such as called for
decided improvement, in order to render it perma-
nently a favourite with the public. Since that time
the attention of practical men has been a good deal
directed to the subject, and efforts are now being
made to place the communication on a better footing,
On Saturday morning the chairman, directors, and
officers of the Paris, Rouen, and Dieppe Railway left
Paris by an express train, and reached Dieppe in
three hours and a half; and on the same morning the
chairman and officers of the London and Brighton
' Railway left London to meet them by an express
' train, with which they reached Newhaven in less than
an hour and a half, the total railway distance being
thus got over in five hours, excluding, of course, the
sea voyage, which is the chief difficulty of the route.
For the purpose of rendering this as perfect as pos-
sible, a new description of vessel was tried, possess-
ing qualities and arrangements of an unusual
kind. Instead of the close cabins down in the
hold of the ship, where passengers are usually con-
fined, the vessel carries her first-class passengers on
deck in a large and luxurious saloon, surrounded
with plate glass windows, where they are thoroughly
protected from the wind and waves, and yet enjoy
an extensive view, having abundance of light and
the most perfect ventilation. 0 wing to the peculiar
construction of the vessel the motion of the sea is
much less felt than in steamers generally, a result
which has been accomplished by making her of un-
usual length, so as to prevent pitching, and by a
• proportion of beam and height which diminishes the
• rolling, With this vessel, called the Wave Queen,
the Chairman of the Brighton Railway, Mr. Laing,
M.P., and several other gentlemen made the passage
• from Newhaven to Dieppe, with a strong south-
• westerly breeze and a considerable sea, directly on
the beam—circumstances regarded as exceedingly
. unfavourable for the voyage—in 51 hours. It is
believed, therefore, that the whole route from London
to Paris may be accomplished in from 91 to 101
hours, excluding stoppages, and that, allowing time
on each side for embarcation and dabarcation, it may,
wide good irrangerneats, be completed in from 10 to
11 hours. The joint meting of directors already
alladed to was t) consider eig
then triode of
fcarryingi° 0n,,.
InV
this object. Tha or and authorities
Meisr3. Simon, I"un'e Dachatel Ygee tu
and la Peyriere—were present on the French
side; Mr. Laing, M.P., Air.
Scc. on the
other ; anie
d Captain Claxton, -./4,
Slight,Cantain Ford,
Mr. Scott Russell, Mr. Farquhar, ;Tie scientificoth, other scientific
gen tielnee,
were also presen.: to make
the vessel and test her seagoing quAlities.e 13Tahsseargeesuilut
of their deliberation is, we uncleratand, the conviction
-
that the arrangements which have hitherto existed
are very defective, end a determination to open the
route with two
or more fast steamers, having the it-
proved accommodation for passengers which the
Wave Queen possesses, and to run them in combine.
tion with fast trains, so that this route, which is the
shortest in point of distance, may be rendered the
shortest also in point of time.

ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY'S
MEETING AT LE WE S.
GLess, &c.—ln no case were we more pleased than
.
in the many new Inventions in glass,
tare, who
Messrs. Cogan and Co. of 48, iejae.,,ter-Zr
introduced by
original
have a'; lest succeeded in perfecting 1
ss for the
notion in producing every article of g 1 a 1 t 4. , #1
dairy. All who keep dairies are greatly inueeLe,,,
us
Captain Stanley Clrr and other gentlemen for tit 1e
endeavours in bringing this cleanly material before
the consideration of the society and the public at a
cheaper price; and we think much credit is also due
to M.!ssrs. Cogan and Co., for the readiness with
Which they adopt tiny really useful and practical wag-
gattion. On looking ut the German pans, recorn-
mended by Captain Carr, and now imported by this
house, we
Perceive they are made of bottle glass,
somewhat deeper, tbouch of smaller diameter, than
ones the English 0 '
generally 'lied, and are sold at 2h.
per doz.
, instead of 365. English pans were also
shown, of the same
size and price, of the light green
metal. Stout pan,, made of plate glass in its
rough state, and
now reduced to the same price, ap-
pear to us naore durable' being the same
substance throughout. In different degrees of
temperature there mast be less breakage, as
the es their
and contraction is equal through-
out ; their stoutness must also make them
less lieble to the electricity of the air and in ever
respect,y
we should prefer them for our '
r own use to
any other kind we have yet seen.
v'nv,Then,they have
or separat•
re : L ~d Camoys'
milkcream-po--
'frozn')' crerm ; - lactaonre-t°enri's
ing , for testieT
of milk ; a most in -
the richness , . .
genious glass
pail, of the a erdinay siz_, protected at the bot-
tom-e basket, and with a portable
with a loose
weiod an accompaniment to
bale and hoop of ' •
.eure which was a,so exhibited;
their patent glass "
' the one shop. nby teem at
the principle i 3 the same as
the Great Exhibition, but much improved as to
strength and working ; after which we were shown
butter slabs, made of glass ; butter presses ; butter
dishes, dairy shelves, glass ventilstor3, bee glasses,
and a variety of other articles, for which we
have not space. Oa the Castle-green a Flower
Show Was
held, and here was erected
Messrs. Cogan's glass pavilion, that
the notice of her Majesty Crystal
so often at the
Palace. On the counter were displayed flower vases,
from ls. to 12 guineas the pair; glass for hothouses,
of all substances and sizes; eueumber,grape striking,
and other garden glass ; their small models of the
Great Exhibition ; and the film pee, of which 2,0,000