The Sun.
London, England, 1847-05-04 00:00:00

THE NEW FRENCH LINES.

The following appears in the last number of the Journal
des Chemins de Fer : -" We are at present able to give some
details relative to a combination, already spoken of, by which
the new railway companies would be enabled to continue
their works without compromising further the interests of
their shareholders. The terms of this combination are sail
to be these :-1. The State is to have an estimate made of
the works already concluded or in course of execution; it is
to engage, in case it should not have been able by next year,
to come to an understanding with the companies, to reim-
burse the cost of all the works executed from the present
time. In this way, if the companies should not be able to
arrange with the State for a change in the contracts, they
would be sure not to lose more than they could do at present,
were they to abandon the works. The companies would still
preserve the advantage, in case railway matters should again
get into repute, of profiting by
.the revival of confidence. At
present, the subject of discussion is to decide on the value
to be attributed to the works, and on the sums which the
State should keep in its hands. Right or wrong, the
Minister of Public Works is persuaded that he could
not obtain from the Chambers a vote favourable to any
system which should diminish the amount of caution
money held by the State. We do not agree with the
Honourable Minister, but we admit that if he believes that
be cannot get a definitive measure adopted, that proposed is
acceptable as a temporary one. It at least has the advantage
of clearly axing the present position of the companies, and
of opposing an insuperable barrier to any further fall, as it
will then be easy to fix the real value of the share of each
undertaking." '
In allusion to the above, a Paris correspondent states that
the negotiation can scarcely be said to have advanced so far.
For the Lyons Company, up to Saturday morning, nothing
whatever had been decided, the Minister still appearing to
vacillate, and being evidently afraid to bring the matter
before the Chambers ; and by the report of the general
meeting of the Dieppe Company, held on Friday, it will be
seen that nothing had been determined on at that time in
heir case.

THE GERMAN RAILROADS.
A letter dated Leipsic, 27th ult., mentions that during
the last year there were conveyed by the German rail-
roads 16,412,229 travellers, and 31,533,939 quintals
of merchandise, which produced a sum total of
54,646,232 f. (2,185,8491.), and represents an increase
of 16,431,208 f., that is, 43 per cent. over the preceding
year. At the commencement of the present year,
it is said that 592 German miles were regularly
open to traffic, of which 26 miles are tram lines, 173
miles belong to various Governments, and 419 miles to
29 private companies ; the longest one runs from Berlin
to Breslau, with a branob to Hennesdorf ; the next is the
Ferdinand North Railway, 41 miles, extending from
Vienna to Brunn. Olmutz, Leipsic, and Stockeran ;
the Berlin and Hamburgh, 36'58 miles ; the Upper
Silesian (from Breslau to Myslowitz) 31 miles ; the
Budweis, Lentz, and Korse line, 26.13 miles ; Berlin
and Stettin, and branch to Stargard, 22.62 miles ;
Berlin to Cothern, 20.51 miles ; the Berlin, Pots-
dam, and Magdeburg, 19.63 miles ; the Vienna and
Gloggnitz, with branch lines from Modling to Lax.en-
berg, and from Vienna to Bruck on the Leitba, 16.14
miles ; the Magdeburg and Leipsic, 16.1 miles ; the
Leipsio and Dresden, 15.48 miles ; the Altona and
Kiel, 14.29 miles ; the Saxo-Bavarian (from Leipsic to
Retchembach. with a branch), 1413 miles ; the Rhe-
nish (from Cologne to Aix-la-Chapelle and the Bel-
gian frontiers), 1P57 miles ; the Thuringian (from
Weissenfels to Weimar), 11'50 miles ; the Saxo-Si-
lesian (from Glogau to Sagan), 9.67 miles ; the Breslau
and Freiburg, 8.96 miles ; the Cologne and Minden
(from Deutz to Duisburg), 8.54 miles ; the Madgeburg
and Halberstadt, 7.534 miles ; the Taurus (from Frank-
fort to Mainz and Wiesbaden), 5.85 miles ; the Rends-
burg and Neumunster, 4.41 miles ; the Dusseldorf
and Elberfeld, 3'57 miles ; the Anhalt and Bern-
burg, 2.32 miles ; the Cosal and Ratisbon, 4.25
miles ; the Bonn and Cologne, 3.95 miles ; the
Gluckstadt and Elmshorn, 2.22 miles ; the Hamburg
and Bergedorf, 2.17 miles; and the Nuremberg and
Furth, 0.91 miles. Twenty out of the thirty-eight states
of Germany have railways at present. There are only
two railways which are completely finished, and pro-
vided throughout their entire length with double lines—
the Leipsic and Dresden, and the Magdeburg and
Leipsic. The number of tunnels on the German lines
open to traffic are 16; of which 5 are on the Rhenish
Railway, 2 on the Wurtemberg, 4 on the South Aus-
trian (between the Gratz and Cilley), 3 on the North
Austrian (between Olmutz and Prague), 1 on the
Bavarian State line (at Erlangen), and 1 betweenenish
Leipsic and Dresden. The longest is on the Rhenish,
at Konigsdorf, between Cologne and Aix-la-Chapelle,
being 5,160 feet.

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Ilishopsgate-street, London.
We understand that Captain Glascock, late of the
Tyne, has declined to accept of the letter of thanks proffered
him by the French Government, for the salvage of a barque
belonging to that nation, on the 25th of December last. It
is said that the gallant officer grounds his refusal upon the
fact, that neither the services of his officers nor crew have
been acknowledged by the French Government; and the
communication forwarded to himself is worded so indefinitely
that, except it be accompanied by full explanations, it would
be impossible to say to whom it referred.—Devonport Te-
legraph.
Mr

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day, at the private view of the Royal Academy, for the large
sum of 2,500 guineas.

COURT CIRCULAR.
The Queen and Prince Albert honoured the rehesisal
of the Concert.. of Ancient Music, at the Hanover-
squere Rogens, Witt, their p!esence yesterday. The
Royal suite eonsisit d Of the Connteks of Charlemont,
Hon. bliss Kerr, Hon. Nlts Cavendish, the Earl of
Morton, Lieutenant-Colone the Hon. C. B. Pnipps, and
Colonel Bouverie.
The Queen gave a Concert yesterday evening all
Buckingham Palace.
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Drawing-room, whore her Majesty and Prince Albert
received their illustrious visitor.
The company began t.) arrive at the Palace at nice
o'clock, and were ushered up the grand sta.rettse to the
Green Drawing room and Picture Gallery. The party
numbered between three and four hundred of the prin-
cipal nobility and gentry, and amang the earlier arrivals
were the Marquis u' Lansdov, ne, the Duke and Duchess of
Buckingham, the Marquis of Anglesey, the Duke of
Richmond, Earl and Countess Grey, Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Sir
Harry Smith, Sir Robert and Lady Peel, Sir James and
Lady Graham, Right Hon. R. L. and Mr. Rogers.
At a quarter before ten o'clock the Queen and Prince
Albert entered the Grand Saloon (which was fitted ap
for the performance of the Concert), accompanied by
their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Kent, and the
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, and his Serene High-
ness the Prince of L?iningen, and attended by the
Ladies and Gentlemen of the Royal liousebad in
Waiting. The Lord Chamberlain and the Lord Steward
preceded her Majesty and the Prince, and conducted
them to their seats.
The royal and distinguished guests having followed
the august party into the Saloon, and having taken
their seats, the concert commenced.

The following was the programme:—
PARTE PRIMA.
Quartetto—"Ah se giusto oh ciel tu sei," Madame Grisi,
Mdlle. Alboni, Sig. Gordon, e Tamburini (Tapered!)
—Rossini.
Aria—" Elena o tu ch'io chiamo," Mdlle. Alboni (Donna del
Lago.)— Rossini.
Romanza—" Sets! stir la terre," Sig. Gardoni (Don Sebas-
tian.)—Donizetti.
Duo—" Dal ciel disceso tin angelo," Madame Grisi e Sig.
Mario (Le Illustri Rivali.)—Mercadante.
Aria—" Vieni o tu," Madame Castellan (Catarina Comte.)
—Donizetti.
Quartetto—" Alla Triniti beats," Madame Grisi a Mdlle.
Alboni, Sig. Mario e Lablacbe.—Palestrina.
PARTR SECONDA.

Quintetto—" 0 Dio di pieta," Madame Castellan, Madlle.
Alboni, Signors Gardoni, Tamburini e Lablache (I Diln-
vio universale).—Donizet ti.
Aria—" Quando guerries," Madlle. Grisi (I Briganti).—
Mercadante.
Duo—" Qui fret voi," Signors Tamburini e Lablache (Elisa
Claudio).—Mercadante.
Melodie--" Le secret," Signor Mario.—Schubert.
Duo—" Lasciami non t'ascolto," 4.ladame Castellon a Madllw
Alboni ( —Rossini.
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Quintetto—" Sento oh Dio," Madame Grisi e Madlle. Alboni,
Signors Mario, Tamburini e Lablache (Cosi fan tutte).—
Moaart.

Mr. Costa presided at the pianoforte. Refreshments
were served to the company during the evening in the
Green Drawing- room.
After the concert, a sumptuous supper was served to
the illustrious party in the State Dinner-room. The
tables were very tastefully ornamented, and were bril-
liantly illuminated with wax lights, in numerous candel-
abra of silver gilt.
The following had the honour of receiving invitations:
—His Serene Highness the Prince of Leiningen, his
Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe Weimar, his
Serene Highness Prince Lowenstein, the Austrian Am-
bassador, and Countess Dietrichstein, the Belgian
Minister, and Madame Van de Weyer, the Bavarian
Minister, and Baroness de Cetto, the Portuguese
Minister, and Baroness de Moncorvo. Mr. De Mosses
Sarmento, General Prince Castelcicala, the Neapolitan
Minister, the Hanoverian Minister, the Wurt• mberg
Minister, the Prussian Minister and Madame Bunsen,
Madlle. Bunsen, the Brazilian Minister and Madame
Marques Lisboa, the Danish Minister and Countess de
Reventlow, Countess Hilda Reventlow, the Turkish Mi-
nister and Princess Callimaki. the American Minister
and Mrs. Bancroft, the Netherlands Minister, the Saxon
Minister and Baroness de Beust, Prince and Princess
Lichtenstein, the Russian Minister and Baroness de
Brunnow, and Madlle. Olga de Lechuer, the French
Charge D'Affaires and Countess de Jarnac, Baron
Roller, Le Conseiller Dietz, Count Alfred Potscki,
Baroness de Speth, the Mexican Minister, the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury, the Lord Chancellor, the Lady in
Waiting on the Duchess of Cambridge, the Gentleman
in Waiting on the Duke of Cambridge. A large number
of the nobility were also honoured with invitations to
the concert.

A Cabinet Council was held at three o'clock yesterday
afternoon at the Foreign Office. It was attended by
Lord John Russell, the Lord Chancellor, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl of Minto, Sir George Grey, Vis-
count Palmerston, Earl Grey, the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer, Earl Auckland, Sir John Hobhouse, Lord
Campbell, Viscount Morpeth, the Earl of Clarendon,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Right Hon. T. B. Ma-
caulay, and the Right Hon. H. Labouchere.
The Ccuncil sat an hour and a half.

A deputation from the factory operatives of Lan-
cashire and Yorkshire, in favour of the 'Fen' Hours Bill,
had an interview with the Earl of Clarendon yesterday
at the office of the Board of Trade.
The Attorney-General had an interview with Sir
George Grey yesterday, at the Home-office.
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners for England had a
Committee-meeting yesterday.
Dispatches from the Governor of South Australia
were received yesterday, at the Colonial•office.
Dispatches were sent off yesterday evening, from the
Colonial-office, for the Governor •General of Canada,
and also for the Governors of the other North American
provinces.;

FRENCH PLAYS.
ST. JAMES'S THEATRE.
M. Regnier, of the Theatre Francais, and Mdlle.
Denain, of the same theatre, made their debilt for the
season, at this theatre, last evening, in the comedy of
Les Demoiselles de St. Cyr. It was the first appear-
ance in England of Mdlle. Denain, and she cer-
tainly bids fair to become a favourite. She acted
the part of Charlotte, the heroine the senti-
mental heroine—of this favourite comedy, and acted
it beautifully. She is an accomplished artiste, and per-
fectly understands the stage. There was no attempt at
point-making, but, on the other hand, there was no slur-
ring over particular passages. The character was acted,
as a whole, beautifully, and correctly, and artistically.
It was one of those performances, the very perfec-
tion of which sets criticism almost at defiance. Where
the performance is perfect as a whole, it is
impossible to particularise any particular portion as
more perfect than perfect, and such is the case with
the Charlotte of Mademoiselle Denain. A more evenly
perfect piece of acting we have never witnessed.
Regnier as Hector de Couloy, the thoroughly well-bred
fool, yet selfish withall, the highly-polished-plated man,
was admirable, and the acting of Duvergier as the Count
de Saint Harem, the fashionable egoiste, who, however,
has a heart, and can occasionally be unselfish, contrasted
admirably with that of Regnier, and set it off in the
highest possible colours. Regnier in this character is
unapproached and unapproachable ; he combines the
richest vein of humour with the most perfect polish, and
is the very beau ideal of a foolish gentleman.
perhaps the most difficult character to embody in the
whole range of the drama. The comedy was followed
by scenes from Moliares
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MAGAZINES—(CONTINUED.)
DOLMAN'S MAGAZINE.
It is interesting at this moment to learn explicitly
what the Roman Catholics themselves think of their
exclusion from the Government scheme of National
Education. Dolman's Magazine for May fully satisfies
the curious in this particular. The article relating to
the conduct of the Ministry, and the proceedings at the
Catholic Institute, are evidently dictated in a tone of the
bitterest indignation ; nor really, upon reflection, can
this cause any very great astonishment. The editor
pursues his double serials of " Sick Calls" and
" The Penal Laws," the former describing an inci-
dent occurring in a hospital, and the latter
depicting the miseries endured by the Catholics
in consequence of those atrocious laws whicho
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