The Sun.
London, England, 1849-09-12 00:00:00

SYNOPSIS OF THE PRINCIPAL
FRENCH, BELGIAN, GERMAN, AND
AMERICAN RAILWAYS.
Tte following are the names and number of miles in
length of each railway,viz.:—French Railways—St. Ger-
mains, 111 miles; Versialles (right and left bank), 24-i;
Strasburg and Basle,B7; Paris and Orleans, 82; Paris and
Rouen, 84; Rouen and Havre, 59 ; Avignon and Marseilles,
33; Montpellier and Cette, 161; Mulhausen and Thaw,
111; St. Stevens and Lyons, 31; Orleans, Tour, and Bor-
deaux, 80; Orleans and Vierzon, 1441; Boulogne and
Amiens, 95; Paris and Lyons, 320; Great North of
France, 337; Lyons and Avignon, 142; Paris and Stras-
burg, 410. Belgian Railways —North line, Brussels to
Antwerp, 274 ; \Vest Line, Malines to Ostend, 76*;
East Line, Malines to the Prussian frontier, 82k;
.South
line, Brussels to the French frontier, 51; Ghent to the
French frontier and Tournay, 48; Tournay and Jurbise
and Landen and Hassell, 48 ; Braine-le-Compte to
Namur, 41.; Sambre and Meuse, 60; Louvain a la
Sambre, 53; Namur and Liege, 49k; Great Luxemburg,
84. German Railways—Leipzig-Dresden, 711 t; Leipzig-
Magdeburg, 72 ; Leipzig-Ho, 96 ; Berlin-Cothen, 96 ;
Berlin-Potsdam, 18 ; Berlin-Stettin, 89 ; Berlin-
Frankfort-on-Oder, 48 ; Berlin-Hamburgh, 175 ; Halle-
Esienach, 120; Hamburgh-Bergedorf, 10; Altona Kiel,
63; Magdeburg-Halberstadt, 30; Brunswick-Hanover,
40; Hanover Harburg, 110; Hanover-Bremen, 80;
Cologne-Minden, 190 ; Cologne- Aix-la-Chapelle, 54 ;
Cologne-Bonn, 20; Dusseldorf- Elkerfeld, 17; Frank-
forto M. Wiesbaden, 26 ; Franitfort- on-the-Maine-
Manheim, 48 ; Frankfort-on-the-Maine-Cassel, 104 ;
Manheim-Carlsruhe Kehl, 70; Bexbachline, Manheim-
Sarrbruck, 65 ; Augsburg-Lindau, 87; Augsburg-Munich,
45; Ausburg-Hof; 220; Nuremburg-Furtb, 5; Bam-
berg Frankfurt on-the-Maine, 25; Vienna-Glogg-
nitz, 53; Gloggnitz-Trieste, 350; Nordbalm Vienna-
Prague, 500; Prague-Dresden, 115; Dresden-Gorlita, in
progress; Frankfort-on-the-Oder-Breslau, 200; Breslau-
Frieburg, 40; Oppelrn-Crakau, 90; Bud weis- Ger mur-
den, 120. American Railways—Portland, Saco, and
Portsmouth, 50; Concord, 35; Boston and Maine, 56;
Boston and Maine Extension, 17; Boston and Lowell,
26; Boston and Providence, 41; Boston and Worcester,
44; Berkshire, 21; Eastern, 54; Fitchburg, 50; Nashua
and Lowell, 14; New Bedford and Taunton, 20; Nor-
wich and Worcester, 59; Western, 156; Taunton
Branch, 11; Housatonic, 74; Hartford, Newhaven,
and Springfield, 63 ; Stonington, 48; Attica and
Buffalo, 31; Auburn and Rochester, 78; Auburn and
Syracuse, 26; Buffalo and Niagara, 22; Erie, 446;
Harlem, 26; Hudson and Berkshire, 31; Long Island,
96; Mohawk and Hudson, 17; Saratoga and Schenec-
tady, 22 ; Schenectady and Troy, 20 ; Syracuse and
Utica, 53; Tonnawanda, 43 ; Troy and Greenbush, 6 ;
Troy and Saratoga, 25 ; Utica and Schenectady, 75 ;
Camden and Amboy, 61 ; Elizabeth-town and Somer-
ville, 26; New Jersey, 34 ; Paterson, 16 ; Beaver Mea-
dow, 26 ; Cumberland Valley, 46 ; Harrisburgh and
Lancaster, 36 ; Hazleton branch, 10 ; Little Suluylkill,
29 ; Blossburg and Corning, 40 ; Manch Chunk, 9 ;
Minehill and Schuylkill Haven, 18 ; Norristown, 20 ;
Philadelphia and Trenton, 30 ; Pottsville and Danville,
29; Reading, 94 ; Schuylkill Valley, 10 ; Williamsport
and Elmica, 25 ; Philadelphia and Baltimore, 93 ;
Frenchtown, 16 ; Baltimore and Ohio, 188 ; Baltimore
and Susquehanna, 58; Baltimore and Washington, 38 ;
Greeneville and Roanoke, 17 ; Petersburg and Roanoke,
60 ; Portsmouth and Roanoke, 78 ; Richmond and
Fredericksburg, 61 ; Richmond and Petersburg, 22 ;
Winchester and Potomac, 32 ; Raleigh and Gaston, 64;
Wilmington and Raleigh, 161 ; South Carolina,
bia, 202; Central, 190 ; Georgia, 147 ; Lexington and
Ohio. 40; Little Miami, 40 ; Mad River, 40 ; Madison
and ludianopolis, 56; Champlain and St. Lawrence, 15 ;
State Railways, Columbia, 82 ; Portage, 130 ; Central
Railway, 110; and Southern Railway, 68.