The Sun.
London, England, 1862-10-20 00:00:00

MR, GLADS 7 ONE ON THE AMERICAN

STRUGGLE.

The following correspondence has taken place
between Mr. Mosley, of Manchester, and Mr. Glad-
stone, relative to the speech of the right hon. gen •
tleman at Newcastle :

if Manchester, Oct. 13.

" Sir,—A great deal of misapprehension exists in this dis-
trict regarding what you are reported in the Times news-
paper of Thursday last to have said in the Town-hall, New-
castle, on Tuesday evening, when speaking on American
affairs.

" People here have interpreted your words to mean that
our Government intend to recognize the Southern States of
America, and as a consequence the whole trade in cotton
and cotton goods is thrown into a state of doubt and uncer-
tainty that has had the effect of completely paralyzing it.
" This is not all ; your speech has induced the counter-
manding of orders already sent abroad for cotton, and the
suspending of others on the eve of being sent, thus stopping
supplies of that which our population stand so much in
need of.

"It would be most desirable to know if what you said
had not the meaning put upon it, and that it was not your
intention to say or infer her Majesty's Government contem-
plated recognizing the Southern States of America, and I
trust you will not consider me intrusive in asking an expla-
nation, as the subject is one of national importance, which
should not be left in doubt and uncertainty, as at present.

" I beg, therefore, you will grant me a reply, as your
silence may bear the interpretation already put on your
words.

" I have the honour to remain, &c.,
" THOMAS MOSLEY.
" To the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, M.P."

"11 Downing-street, Whitehall, Oct. 16, 1862,

" Sir,—l am directed by the Chancellor of the Exchequer
to acknowledge the favour of your letter of the 13th inst.,
and I am to state that his words at Newcastle were no more
than the expression in rather more pointed terms of an
opinion which Mr. Gladstone has long ago stated in public
—that the effort of the Northern States to subjugate the
Southern ones is hopeless, by reason of the resistance of
the latter.

"I am, Sir, your obedient servant,
" CHARLES L. RYAN.
"Thomas Mosley, Esq,"

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BAHIA AND SAN FRANCISCO.
The report of the directors of this company states that
the fourth section of the railway was opened, after official
inspection, on the 4th August last. Application for the
capitalisation has been forwarded to the Imperial Govern-
ment at Rio in the usual manner, and in the meantime his
Excellency the Brazilian Minister in London agreed to a
provisional capitalisation for £231,896 10s. 6d., being ac-
cording to the mileage rate, with the view to payment of
interest from the day of opening. Payment has been punc-
tually made of the guaranteed interest, due 30th June last,
upon the amounts previously capitalised as the expenditure
on the first, second, and third sections—viz., £954,865 18s.;
the half-year's interest amounting to £33,420 6s. 2d. The
progress made on the unfinished works, now confined to the
fifth and sixth sections, though somewhat retarded during
the rainy reason, has been very satisfactory. The report
of the engineer-in-chief enters into all the necessary details
coming within his department ; the result of that report is
his conviction that the railway will be opened throughout
during the month of January next, and that the total expen-
diture will be within the amount of guaranteed capital. In
this conviction the directors participate. The call of 30s.
per share has been duly met by the shareholders. The dates
of the two remaining calls, each of £1 per share, will most
probably be, as 'stated in the last report, in January and in
April of next year. The maintenance and working of the
railway by Mr. Watson, the contractor, have been ccnti-
nued and will be so continued, under the conditions of the
new agreement made in June, 1861, until the end of Decem-
ber, 1863. The traffic has not yet materially increased, the
opening of the fourth section having been too recent to
afford returns indicative of its effects. The directors, how-
ever, have every expectation that by the time the working
of the whole line falls into the hands of the company, after
the year of maintenance, the traffic will have conside-
rably developed itself. In the meantime the attention of
the provincial government is being directed to the construc-
tion of roads in the interior trending towards the stations
and terminus of the line.

Mr. C. Vignoles, the engineer-in-chief, states in his report
that the whole of the rolling-stock has now been sent out,
and has before this reached Bahia. He hopes that some of
the surplus capital may be applicable to increasing the
rolling-stock. His convictions are that the railway will be
finished and the line opened to the end of the first 20 leagues,
near Alagoinhas, in the beginning of the coming year. He
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concludes his report by expressing his satisfaction with the
continued efforts and good faith of the contractor, and with
the vigilance and exertions of the principal resident engi-
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HULL AND DONCASTER.
The three companies contending. for the possession of the
country between the Hull and Selby line and the Great
Northern, in order to connect the two and materially shorten
the journey from Hull to London and the west, are said to
be agreed upon the following plan :--The North-Eastern
Company are to apply for powers to construct a line from
Thorne, on the South Yorkshire line, to Staddlethorpe, on
the Hull and Selby the shortest distance of any scheme
yet proposed, and one least likely to interfere with navigable
rivers. The South Yorkshire will thus obtain direct access
to Hull, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire will also have a
junction with the Goole line. The scheme will effect quite
as much saving of distance as the Askerne project of last
year, the only difference being that the proposed route is a
few miles eastward near its southern terminus, and will
enter Doncaster over a less crowded line of railway.

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pslaceon Tuesday railwayatG rtehern-oluagsvh,
the
cutting
Berwick of the
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counThtey
county town, which is situate about th
jetted line. The bill authorising its forme middle of the pro-
last session by a local company of
promoters, ation was obtained
the North British. The line will be 201 miles long,
by
will, with the Dunse branch, connect the east es
and
inland trunk lines of the North British. Including
and the
branch of 8/. miles, the connecting line, whichli then the
cuts ac
a country hitherto unopened by railway across
will be 291 miles in length. The Dunse branch ulenaicati°llles
east coast line at Reston, and the junction with the leaves the
(or Waverley) route will be effected at Newsteed, a
little to o
the south of Melrose. The works on the Berwickshire Rail_
way will for the greater part of the route be easy, but at the
west end, after crossing the Leader, they will be of a very
heavy character, the Tweed being crossed by a 'viaduct (-)f
130 feet in height. The ceremony on Tuesday attracted
1 large assemblage, After an address by Sir H. H. H.C.