The Sun.
London, England, 1846-09-10 00:00:00

RTHE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 10, 1846.

terbury with Dover and Deal, for the accommodation of '
the public, is ab.olutely necessary.
ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—We cannot consider it very
creditable to the enterprise of Liverpool and Manchester,
that those towns do not possess the advantage of a tele-
graphic communication, either with each other or with
London. In the United States, places of much less com-
mercial and manufacturing importance than either of
them have had this advantage for a considerable time,
and there is no doubt that there will before long be an
uninterrupted line of telegraphic communication from
New Orleans to Buffalo—from the mouth of the Missis-
sippi to the shores of the St. Lawrence. In this country
the electric telegraph has existed for some time on the
Great Western and South-Western Railways and more
recently it has been introduced on the Midland line.
How is it that the directors of the London and North-
Western line—the originators of railway enterprise in
England—are behind the rival lines in this respect? or
that two great corn m uni ties like Manchester and Liverpool
have not pointed out and urged the advantages of tele-
graphic communication in such a manner as to insure its
adoption? We trust that the subject will be taken up
without further delay, and that before long London,
Liverpool, and Manchester, three of the most important
cities in the world, will possess at least the facilities of
communicating with each other which is possessed by
places immeasurably inferior to them in importance.—
Liverpool Times.
FURNESS LINE.—It is now pretty generally known
that the above railway is open to the public, and that a
steamer plies, twice a-day, betwixt Fleetwood and Piel
Harbour. During the last week fifteen hundred pas-
sengers arrived at Piel Harbour by the steamer from
Fleetwood, the greater part of whom travelled upon the
railway. Previous to the opening of this communica-
tion, this part of the country—Rampside, &c.—was
little known; and we may safely state that a greater
number will have trod this isolated ground in one fort-
night than has done since our earth was visited with the
deluge. On Sunday last five hundred persons visited
Furness Abbey ruins, more than two hundred of whom
lunched or dined at the Abbey with Mr. Parker, of the
Sun inn, Ulverston, who has taken the refreshment
rooms at the railway station at Furness Abbey.—Kendal
Mercury.
CROSSING THE CLYDE.—At the last meeting of the
town council of Glasgow, in reference to the motion to
memoralise Government to appoint a royal commission
to inquire into the best mode for crossing the Clyde by a
railway bridge, and which was under discussion when
the council adjourned last week, Mr. Bryson wished to
know if it was true that a royal commission had been
already issued for the purpose of disposing of this
question of crossinz the Clyde. If any gentleman could
inform that this commission had been really issued,
it would be useless to take up the time of the
council in discussing a subject which had already been
disposed of. The Lord Dean of Guild, Leadbetter, was
about to communicate the information on this subject,
which he had received since last meeting of council.
The memorial on this subject, agreed to at the recent
public meeting, had been presented to Lord John Rus-
sell, and the interview which the deputation had with
his Lordship was of such a nature as to give a perfect
conviction that this subject would bo taken up ant set-
tled ; but as there was now a new railway board, to
which had been transferred all the powers of the Board
of Trade, the memorials which were sent up from Glas-
gow on the subject of a railway crossing the Clyde had
been remitted to that new board, to be attended to by
them. He had the satisfaction to have received an ac
knowledgment from Lord John Russell's secretary to
the same effect, in reply to the memorial of the Mer-
chants' House on this subject. In these circumstances,
he thought it unnecessary to persist in the motion which
he had submitted to the council last week, as the public
discussion had served all the purpose. Mr. Leadbetter
read the reply to the Merchants' House, which stated
that the memorial would be referred to the newly-ap-
pointed Railway Board for their immediate considera-
tion. He continued, " I know from information I have
obtained that the opinion of Lord John Russell is,
that the question is of such importance that
it, should be settled by an independent tribunal. My
opinion is, that when the subject is referred to that
board, they will put themselves in communication with
the authorities here." Mr. Bryson—" I wish it then to
he distinctly understood from the Lord Dean of Guild
that no royal commission has been appointed." Baillie
Whitehead then gave notice for next meeting of council,
that they should memorialise the Government to the
effect that, whatever commission is appointed, they shall
not consider the question open as to crossing the river
below Stockwell-bridge.

RAILWAY TRAVELLING IN
AMERICA.

It is the greatest country in the world for railways
and rivers. China is celebrated for its canals, but this
country must be allowed the pre-eminence over all in
railway and river accommodation. Every state in this
Union being sovereign as respects all internal measures
and interests, such undertakings as railways, canals,
manufactories, and the deepening of rivers, form the
chief business of their legislativeve liberations. There
are now thirty of those states in the Gracd Union, each
having its own Parliament and Parliamentary ma-
chinery. The expense of getting Bills through these
legislatures seldom exceeds a few hundred dollars each,
and sometimes not more than one hundred dollars (201.);
whereas the expense of a Railway Bill in the English
anti-Irish Parliament invariably amounts to about one-
eighth of the entire cost of the undertaking. The Ame-
ricans are very economical in making their railways.
They do not delight in magnificent depots or entrances,
and they never lay more than one track. The opposite
trains set out at opposite ends of the track in such hours
as enablts them to meet at an arranged point on the ,
road, where their a collateral lie-by, and the first-arrived
train turns into this deviation until the other comes up,
when, after the engineers supply themselves with fuel
and water, and the passengers take some refreshment,
both trains proceed on their respective routes. The in-
terior of their railway carriage is different from yours.
The American carriage is a long omnibus-built apart-
ment, capable of holding fifty persons; it is fitted up with
a series of well-cushioned seats; each seat holds two per-
sons; and right through the centre of them is an open
passage for the egress and ingress of all who wish to
move. While the train is in full motion, at twenty
miles an hour, the collector or conductor walks all through
his long train of carriages,:surveying his passengers, col-
lecting their tickets, &e. The company generally con-
sist of one-half ladies, who have in these railway con-
veyances no exclusive seats or rooms. They are perfect
heroines in travel. An American lady, married or un-
married, will pass, unaccompanied, 300 miles in the rail-
way cars or steam-boats; in this they are perfectly safe
from the slightest molestation; the most respectful bear-
ing is manifested towards them by the other sex. The
fact I state is no small compliment to the good manners
that prevail in American society. The Americans are
passionately fond of travelling. Those who can afford
it go off from their own homes on a tour for two or three
weeks, during which time they will pass through several
states, make visits to their friends scattered through se-
veral cities, and then to return home to resume again
their laborious occupations. Even the factory girls dress
up and take a trip to Niagara Falls, or Saratoga Springs,
or some other summer rendezvous, and spend the pro-
duce of a couple of months labour ere they return. The
mass of the people here are the spending classes, and
.they spend their money generously—aye, and elegantly
too—among themselves. It would vex a lady aristocrat
of England, even though she were a saint and read her
Bible, to see these factory girls and plebian farmers'
daughters " cutting shines" at the summer watering
places. It would make the teeth of an Irish " absentee"
water to see these " low" people banquet, and feast, and
mix in the merry waltz, without the slightest fear of that
animal so peculiar to Ireland, a " landlord." The peo-
ple here understand the "Poetry of Pig" right well, and
they keep their muskets and rifles well oiled, and their
powder very dry—a custom always observed by those
who are in the enjoyment of liberty; when they labour
they know it is for themselves, and they scruple not to
enjoy a little of the pleasure of life as they pass on from
the cradle to the grave.

RAILWAY SHARE MARKETS.
BRISTOL, SEPTEMBER 9.
STOCK EXCHANGE.—The sales are—Caledonian, 15% —Ditto, New,
11. I Is. 3d.—Manchester and Leeds Extension, 2% p.—Midland, 140
—Newcastle and Berwick, 28 —North Staffordshire, 33. E p.—Port-
bury Pier and Railway Company, lA —Taff Vale, New Quarters,
1/. Bs. 9d.

CHEERING NEWS FOR THE NARROW GAUCE....." We
learn," says the Builder, " from what may be consi-
dered competent authority, that a new narrow gauge
engine, far superior to the present narrow gauge loco-
motive in speed and power, has just been completed. It
is stated to be equal to an average speed of 60 miles per
hour with a train of twelve carriages, of about sixty-
six tons.