The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-04 00:00:00

BRIGHTON RAILWAY.

This magnificent undertaking is very nearly c°111;
pleted, and will be opened throughout in a few days,
the great delight and accommodation of the publi_ej:
co ;
who are put to frequent annoyance by some of the
proprietors. One of these people, a Mr. Capps, or Capti°
in
renders himself particularly obnoxious by his conduct
the booking-office, sometimes keeping passengers
long that the time is up for the departure of the cod
before they can get their tickets ; on other occasions 'l3,
tually refusing the money because the time is
er
although two hours are allowed by the Directors to ripe
form a journey of only thirteen and a half miles ! in.
disappointment thus created excites very just jo,
dignation ; and is, of course, injurious to the ;ht
terests of the Railway Company who pay heav'elt
for the use of these coaches, amounting per 'leo!!
to about twelve hundred pounds—a sum which
0,
be saved immediately the line is opened to Brighi°o.
This circumstance operates no doubt on the feeling e:‘
bited by Mr. Captious, who is indifferent 3b
",°3-
the Railway, in the forlorn hope that those who are "to
appointed may go by one of his three-legged coaches
town in something less than seven hours.
Notwithstanding the time taken to perform the journel.
to Hayward's Heath by the coaches, passengers are 0,1:
veyed to London by the railway in less than four 11001;'0
and when the line is opened, the whole distance wind 't
travelled in about two hours ! Indeed, we understan
is in contemplation to have one train perform the jour°o-0,
in about an hour and a-half from London to Brightlic,
This will be a wonderful accommodation to the VI"04
especially to those whose time is limited. A Peibe
can go down and enjoy the sea breezes or or
bracing air of the Downs for about eight tine
nine hours, and be back to London in the tlive
now occupied travelling on the dusty road !
have before impressed on the Directors the expechebef
of making the fares as moderate as possible, and •
may depend on a large return. In this ensewe
proper liberality will prove its own reward. 0,
have now travelled on the line repeatedly, and, c-
from personal observation, bestow our unqualified Isligeir
on the management. Everything is admirablf,,,,,
pointed—always excepting Mr. Captious and tc
e'
ill
and when the whole line opens, London
fly to Brighton, to enjoy the splendid et;4'
°i
tions of that first of watering places. 1111e' P
tempest prevails from the south-west,
ies tsaeacce°: the
Brighton presents a scene magnificently sublin-700
mountain wave rolling onward in all its stormy tort
It will be worth a " Jew's eye" to go down and be re'
such a spectacle for one hour. The I'ol4 n
duced
miles—nearly a direct line.
about two miles by the railway, being only

THE NEW ROUTE TO INDIA ly THE
co
PHRATES.—The Commerce publishes some private to
respondence, dated Aleppo, June 10, 1841, which stil'had
that the English steamboats, Nimrod and Nitocris, 'of
arrived at Beles, on the Euphrates, after a navigation
ot
sixteen days, and a distance of 375 leagues. Lieutellil
Campbell, who commanded the expedition, had Wer
oe
tamed that both the Tigris and Euphrates are navigle
for large vessels, and that those rivers present a lit!
passage to the British possessions in India. "pomace,
.D stolen from M. Lascaris, at Alexandria, in the year I°
continues the writer, " contained important inf°llTe-
tion collected by this gentleman,' who wasfesu-
spatched by the Emperor Napoleon to explore 3
the
potamia and the Euphrates, in order to ascertain the
possibility of discovering a passage to India by riff
Orontes. The British Ministry determined to Yeti is'
those plans. Colonel Chesney was deputed on this
11'ecl
sion in the year 1835. Great Britain then ascertsos,
that the Orontes, which falls into the Mediterranceb.)
was navigable as far as Latakia (the ancient Anti°outb
That the ancient harbour of Seluccia, situate at thenl
at 0
of this river, could be rendered an excellent harbo_vard to
small expense. That it was easy to make a road s,
Aleppo, and thence to the Euphrates through the "all„l-
-and that the distance, 45 leagues, could .be casii3l,nor
versed. A coal bed was discovered at the foot of Mounthis of
rus, 10 leagues from Tarsus. Near this coal bed, whic_liae,
considerable extent, has been discovered an iron :stir-
which gives 60 per cent. of metal. These mines
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wrttebry
crouni
antde
se dt bytt
the
ek
journey woods omf
agyrebaet Tmalaudee.
froli'nh e
j3°eles, "
Liverpool in 34 days—viz., from Bombay to 13 e to
thFily thattitq,.ll
Liverpool, 15 days. The letter concludes by star....b to
days ; "from Beles to Alexandrette, 3 days :
there is no doubt but that in a few years the Eno' and
monopolize the trade of Bagdad, Bassora, Aleppo'

•
all Mesopotamia. •
It is pleasant enough to consider the ehllngeaSs
that a linen rag undergoes by passing through vari°to
hands. the finest pieces of Holland, when W°rli, he
tatters, assume a new whiteness more beautiful than the
first condition, and often return in the shape of Iclo',,tta.
to their native country. A lady'S chemise may be
morphosed into a billet-doux, and come into her P°ss-rs,
sion a second time. A towel, or napkin, worn to tatteit,..
may be taken from a dunghill and converted into a vanki
able piece of furniture in a Prince's cabinet.
Manuscript.