The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

TILE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 29, 184€

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
N:-,W2dAEKET HOUGHTON. MEETING.
TUESDAY NIGHT, 12 O'CLOCK.
In the course of the evening a good deal of business was
transacted on the Derby, at the following prices:
Bto 1 agst Van Tromp (t) 33 to 1 agst Mathematician (t)
18 to I agst Epirote (t) 40 to 1 agst Marpessa colt(t)
25 to 1 agst sis. to Cobweb c 40 to 1 agst Miss Iris c (t)
30 to 1 agst Planet (t) 40 to 1 agst Bingham
30 to 1 agst Glentilt (t) I 40 to 1 agst Liberator
33 to I agst Old Port (t) Isoto 1 agst The Aver (t)
33 to 1 agst Horn et the Isoto 1 agst Crozier (t)
Chase I 50 to 1 agst Kingof Naples (t)
1,000 to 15 agst West India Planter
1,000 to 15 agst Oregon—(taken)
1,000 to 15 agst Ingoldsby—(taken)
1,000 to 10 agst Eryx—(taken).
'We stated in our last report from the Heath that the
early commencemert of the races, rendered indispens-
able by the number of events to came off, had inter-
lured with the settling, and, we might have added, made
Mr. Tattersall's sale a mere ceremony ; no one had time
to attend it, atid, in consequence, several lots of well-
bred greybou9ds were withdrawn. To prevent a similar
inconvenience on Wednesday, on which day it was ex-
pected there would be at least a doz.'n races, it was de-
creed by the Committee of the Subscription-rootn that
the settling for the day's race: should take place to-
night. There were a few " Discontent?' to this sr
rnngement, but by the majority it was approved and
ac- iron.
The Handicap for the Nursery Stakes, for which forty-
five horses were named, has closed with the following ac-
ceptances :

CITY IMPROVEMENTS.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE TIMES.
Sir,—lt is very desirable that the extensive plans con-
templated by the Common Council for providing the
City with thoroughfares adapted to the greatly increased
traffic should be fully and fairly submitted to the jud-
ment of the public, and I am persuaded they would havc.•
met with more favour in the notice in the Times of
Saturday last, had not the writer been misled by the
very defective account which has been given of the pro-
ceedings in the Court of Common Council, in which the
speeches of those only who misunderstood and misre-
presented the plans were reported, whilst the statements
of the members of the committee in reply were entirely
omitted.
In order, therefore, that the merits of the plan should
be fairly placed before the public, it should be stated,
as was shown in the court, that the line respecting
which it was proposed to give the notices necessary for
an application to Parliament in the ensuing session,
is only such part of a much more extensive plan
as there was time to prepare the requisite estimates for.
The entire plan, which was exhibited and explained in
the court, will show how groundless is the surmise
that " Ludgate-hill and the Poultry are to be as
crowded as ever, but there is to be relief for Budge-
row." On the contrary, both Ludgate-hill and the
Poultry will be relieved by large coliateral thorough-
fares, which will receive a full share of the traffic with
which they are now overcharged. The very line almost
which you propose, " from Blackfriars- bridge," not in-
deed "to St. Paul's," but close to it, and so north-east-
wards to the Exchange, &c„ is a part of the plan, with
a view to relieve Ludgate-hill, Cheapside, and the Poul-
try, and to give you, Sir, an easy run from Printing-
house-square to the Bank. As an accessory to this line
will be the street continuing Tudor-street, opposite Earl-
street, Blackfriars, to the gate of the Temple in King's
Bench-walk, and which, in connexion with the other
portions of the line, will considerably relieve Fleet-
street.
This north-east line will cross diagonally the direct
east and west line from the top of King William-street,
along Cannon-street, to the south side of St. Paul's
Churchyard ; and it is for a portion of this line that ap-
plication to Parliament is at present to be made. Can-
non-street, St. Thomas Apostle, and Budge-row may be
to many, as you term them, "places nearly unknown,
except by name," but if they lie in the direction along
which the most serviceable large thoroughfare can be
made, the obscurity imputed to them can be no objec-
tion; it is not for their own sake that they are to be cut
through. Let any one reflect on the number of vehicles
passing from Ludgate-hill into Cheapside, already filled
with those from Holborn and Aldersgate-street, and say
if, when on the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, they
were enabled to go straight eastwards, or north-east-
wards, by the proposed new principal thoroughfares,
would it not be a very effectual relief to Cheapside and
the Poultry ?
I believe it was some time since recommended in the
Times that whatever was done should be a part of a
large, effectual, and well-considered whole. This is what
the part now to be applied for professes to be. One ex-
pression in the article of Saturday may perhaps cause
misapprehension, where you say, " the enormous sums
that must be asked for." No sum is to be asked for;--
the means are to be provided from the City's revenues.
As to the lateness of the time, there may be offered in
excuse, the great labour of preparing the plans and the
estimates of the property to be taken, for this as well as
for other improvements net at present adopted; and in
consequence of the new standing orders relative to Bills
for public improvements, by which it is required that
the notices shall be given a month earlier than hereto-
fore.—l am, Sir, your obedient servant,
A MEMBER OF THE IMPROVEMENT
Oct. 26. COMMITTEE.

st. lb. et. lb.
Daughter of the Star ..,. 8 7 Bella Donna
Circassian Maid ...... .. 8 2 Prizeflower filly ......
Ellen Horne
Zipporah colt
Crozier..
Agnes;
Pink Bonnet
Dipthong 7 9 Galata filly 6 9
Sultana
ENTRIES FOR WEDNESDAY.
Handicap Sweepstakes of 30 sovs. each.
Free Lance, Bst 71b—Mowerina, Bst 51b—Peasant, Bst 31b.
Two paid forfeit.
Sweepstakes of 10 sovs. each. Winner to be sold for 701.
Maid of Lorette, Pocket Venus, Bedouin, Hollowback,
Retuli,cro, Jollity, Little John, Little Julia, Mouseling, Win-
tonia, Queen of the May.
Handicap Plate of 501. A.F.
. .. -

Age st. lb. Aga st. lb.
Gm:juror '3 9 0 Duc-an-Durras ... 4 8 1
Alamode ...... 5 8 10 Master Stepney ... 4 7 10
Beaumont
Kesheng
Board.-school Miss 5 8 sMowerina 3 7 5
Giantess
Best Bower .
Rowland
Doctor Husband 5 8 I:Mr. Mansfield 3 6 10
Subscription Plate of 504 Winner to be sold for 3504
~.. ...

Collingwood, 3 yrs—Vert Vert, 2_ yrs—Vice Consul, 2 yrs
—br f by Theon, dam by Wanton, 2 yrs—Blackcock, 2 yrs—
ch c by Hetman Platoff. out of Toga, 2 yrs.
Sweepstakes. T.YC. Winner to be sold for 150/.'

African. -aged—Bishop of Romford's cob, 6 yrs—Cocoa-Nu
5 yrs—Carrissima, 4 yrs—The Mangler, 4 yrs—Caroline.
4 yrs—The Slayer's Daughter, 3 yrs—Hereef, 3 yrs—Zu-
leika, 3 yrs—Tell, 3 yrs—Curiosity, 3 yrs--Nell Cook, 3 yrs.
WEDNESDAY.
Match, 1,000,-B.C. Bst each.
Mr. Greville's Alarm .
Mr. Mvttcn's Sorella
Betting-6 to 4on Al irm. Won by five lengths.
Handicap Sweeps of 30 sovs. each, 10 ft, if declared. Las
mile and a dis. of B.C. (5 Subs., 2of whom declared.)
Mr. Bowes's Mowerina, Bst slb
Lord Chesterfield's Free Lance, Bst 71b
Mr. Merton's Peasant, 7st 101 b
Betting-6 to 4 agst Peasant, who cut out the work to
the Duke's Stand, where it was taken up by Free Lance, the
mare lying up. At the cords she went to his head, left him,
after running a few yards, and won easy by a length.
Match. 500. Ab. M.—Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser beat
Lord Glasgow's Miss Sarah, Bst'7lb each,
Even betting. Won by three lengths.
Sweeps of 10 sovs. each, for two yrs old colts, Bst 71b; and
fillies, Bst. 41b. First half of Ab.M. Winner to be sold
for 701, &c. (10 Subs.)
Mr. Marson's Bedouin (Marson)
Mr. Mostyn's Jollity
The ficllowing also started, but were not placed :—Lord
Caledon's Maid of Lorette, Mr. Pedley's Pocket Venus, Lord
Chesterfield's Hollowback, Mr. B. Green's Bendigo, Mr.
Gratwicke's Little Julia, Mr. Merton's Mouseling, Mr. Wor-
ley's Wintonia, and Lord Normanby's Queen of the May.
7 to 4 agst Jollity, 3 to 1 agst Bedouin, and 5 to 1 each agst
Bendigo and Little Julia. Bedouin made running all 69
way. Won easily by a couple of lengths, and was claimed.
Wintonia was third, and Queen of the May fourth.
Match, 150 soya.; 100 ft. First half of Ab.M.
Mr. Payne's Sir Francis, 4 yrs, 7st 10Ib (Nat) 1
Lord Strathmore's Secundus, 5 yrs, Est 71b 2
5t04 on Sir Francis. Won by two lengths.
Match, 500, h ft. D.M. Lord Glasgow's Conspiracy received
furfeit from Lord Strathmore,s Brocardo, Bst 71b.
'klatch, 200, h ft. T.Y.C. Colonel Peel's Garry Owen,
Bst, beat Mr. Mostyn's Winchester, 7st 121 b.
7t04 on Garry Owen. Won by a length.
Handicap Plate of 50 sovs. for three yrs old, &c. A.F.
Sir C. Monck's Flattery, 4 yrs, 7st 81b (Simpson) 1
Mr. Mostyn's Ennui, 3 yrs, ist... 2
The following also ran:—Sir J. Hawley's Alamode, Mr.
Wigram's Keshing, Lord Albemarle's Beaumont, Mr. West's
Rowland, Mr. Worthington's Dr. Husband, Mr. Shelley's
Campanile, Mr. King's Ridiculus Mus, and Mr. Oates's Mr.
Mansfield.

(Nat)

Betting-3 to 1 agst Ennui (t), 3to 1 agst Flattery, and
5 to 1 agst Alamode.

Riduculus Mus made play at a good pace, followed by Mr.
Mansfield, Campanile, and Dr. husband, the others lying off;
Dr. Husband retired at the bushes, and Ennui took the second
place, which she held into the bottom—she then took up the
running, followed by Campanile, Flattery third, and gradually
catching them. The race up the cords was closely contested
by this trio, Flattery winning on the post by a head, and not
more than a neck between the other two. Ridicules Mus
was fourth.

Match, 100, h ft, A.F.—Lord E. Russell's Dulcet, 4 yrs,
Bst 71b (J. Marson), beat Mr. Mostyn's Wilderness, 3 yrs,
7st 51b (Abdale). 7t02 on Dulcet. Won by half a length.
Subscription Plate of 501.; for two yrs old colts, Gst 71b;

three yrs, Bst 101 b. T.Y.C. Winner to be sold for 3501.
Lord E. Russell's f, by Theon (Hutchinson) 1
Colonel Peel's 'Vert-Vert, 2 yrs
Mr. Barnes Blackcock, 3 yrs
Mr. Rolt's Coßingwood, 3 yrs 4
Lord Exeter's c, by I-letrnan Platoff, out of Toga, 2 yrs
Betting-6 to 4on Vert-Vert, sto 2 agst Theon filly, and
4to 1 each agst Blackcock and Collingwood. A remarkably
fine race between the first three, the Theon colt winning by
a head, and the favourite beating Blackcock by a neck.
Match-500 h ft, T.Y.C.—Mr. O'Brien's The Traverser,
Bst, received from Mr. Merton's Idas, Bst 101 b.
Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, for three yrs old, 7st 71b ;
four, Bst 21b ; five, and upwards, Bst 71b. The Winner to
be sold for 120 sows., if demanded, &c. T.Y.C.
Sir J. Hawley's Bishop cf Romford's Cob, 6 yrs (Butler) 1
Mr. Wyatt's The Mangler, 4 yrs 2
The following were not placed :—Mr. Merton's African,
Mr. Minor's Carissima, Mr. Archer's Caroline, Mr. Hes-
seltine's the Slayer's Daughter, Mr. Wigram's Hereer, Mr.
Crofton's Zulicka, Mr. S. Smith's Tell, Sir J. Gerard's Cu-
riosity, Lord Albemarle's Nell Cook.
Betting-5 to 4 agot Bishop of Romford's Cob, sto 2 agst
African, and 4 to 1 agst the Slayer's Daughter. Caroline,
with the Cob and Mangler, in waiting, made running to the
cords, where she gave way to her follower, and the Cob
taking the lead, kept it. Won by a length and was claimed,
Caroline a respectable third.

Sweepstakes of 100 sovs. each h ft. T.Y.C. (3 Subs).
Lord Orford's cby Clearwell—Angelina, Bst 21b (Butler) 1
Duke a Bedford's Free Gift, Bst 71b 2
Betting-3 to 1 agst Angelina colt. Won in a canter.
Match-200, h ft. A.F. Duke of Bedford': Leopard, Bst
41b, received forfeit from Lord Eglinton's Lycurgus, Bst 71b.
Match-300, h ft. T.Y.C. Mr. Merton's Jumble, 7st 91b,
received forfeit from the Duke of Bedford's Bridle, Bst 71b.
Match-300, 200 ft. Ab. M. Lord Eglinton's Eryx, Bst
710, received forfeit from Duke of Bedford's Eothen, Bst 51b.
Match-500, h ft, Bst 71b each, T.M.M. Mr. O'Brien's
GI imston received 100 sow. forfeit from Mr. Gully's Pyrrhus
the First.

BETTING ON THE NURSERY STAKES IN THE MOANING.
The field against six.
7 to 1 agst Mr. J. oAporne's Agnes.
10 to 1 agst. Mr. Mostyn's Crozier.
12 to 1 agst Sir J. Hawley's Vanity.
12 to 1 agst Duke of Rutland's Bella Donna.
12 to 1 agst Mr. R Boyce's Dr. Goodall.
14 to 1 agst Lord Chesterfield's Prizeflower filly,
Sultana was backed in the evening at 4 to 1.
The mist was again so thick this afternoon that the racing,
except as a source ofspeculation, was deprived of its interest.
The difficulty under which the jockies laboured on the first
and second days was obviated to-day by bush-harrowing the
course on the fiat, and strewing tan parallel with it from the
Ditch to the Red Stand ; this enabled them to keep the track,
and prevented any fear of their going out of the course. The
racing commenced at eleven, and was not over until five.
SALE OF BLOOD STOCK.—Doctor Hill, 40 guineas; Leba-
non, 60 guineas; c. by Colwick, out of Czar's dam, 105
guineas; c. by Colwick, out of Agnes, 15k guineas; and
Broadsword, 20 guineas.

LONDON YACHT CLUB.—Tuesday this acquatic
club held their monthly meeting, at the club•house,
Strand. Several motions were made in reference to time
for tonnage of yachts, and John Heseltine, Esq., of Brom-
ley, and George Hunt, Esq., of the City, were admitted
members of the club. The annual dinner of this club is
fixed for the 18th of November next.

PRESENTATION OF THE BELT TO THE CHAMPION OF
THE THAMES.—On Tuesday Robert Coombes, the cele-
brated sculler, was presented with a richly made belt, to
be worn by him as champion of the Thames. The cere-
mony was performed at the Queen's Arms, Dartmouth-
street, Westminster.

PEDESTRIANISM.—SMITH AND HANDLEY. —John
Smith (the Regent-street Pet) and John Handley (of
Nottingham) tested their speed on Tuesday at Boxmoor,
over 120 yards of ground, for 201. a-side. Smith lost
nearly a yard and a half at starting (an unusual point
with so admirable a tactician), and Handley, who ran
strong and well, was first throughout. Smith, however,
drew on him, and at the winning kerchief was within a
foot of his man.

PUGIEISM.—YOUNG REED, OF LONDON, AND
JEMMY MASSEY, OF SEEFFIELD, FOR 501. A SIDE.—The
contest between these men was brought to an issue on
Tuesday, near Hampton-in• Arden, Warwickshire. The
men met in a muddy field, at twenty- three minutes after
two. Sixty rounds were fought in 1 hour and 18 mi-
nutes, during which Reed proved himself the better
tactician, although considerably inferior in physical
strength to his provincial antagonist. His style of getting
down, too, was anything but pleasing to those who were
anxious to see a gluttonous mill. Eventually, Massey,
who had evidently long lost what little patience and phi-
losophy he possessed, in his endeavours to fix his shifty
opponent, gave away his best chance, and by hitting his
man when on his knees, elicited a decision from the re-
feree that he had lost the fight, and with it the money
of his confident friends and admirers. The punishment
was pretty equally shared, Reed having received it
heavily on the ribs and left loin, while Massey's damage,
but slight, was entirely on the neck and head.
Lord Morpeth, on Friday last, was present at some
private experiments in mesmerism, at the house of Mr.
Braid, the surgeon, in Manchester. Yesterday (Mon-
day), the Noble Lord, in his capacity of Chief Commis-
sioner of Weeds and Forests, paid a visit to Birkenhead,
where be insp2ctcd the portions of the shore which are
within the category of "Crown lands."--Liverpool
Standard.

r COMMUNICATION WITH THE
PACIFIC.

(From the Liverpool Standard.)
We have noticed a work written by Mr. I.ll`Geachy,
Crown Surveyor, Jamaica, in which he propounds a plan
of rapid communication, by steam navigation and rail-
ways, between the eastern and western hemispheres.
The author has evidently devoted much of his attention
to the subject, and his suggestions appear to us to be
well worthy of the serious consideration of the Board of
Trade, and of the general mercantile community. The
plan embraces, in the first instance, what it is assumed
may be accomplished by continuous lines ofrapid steam-
ship and railway communication along the coast of North
America, from Halifax to Tambo Bay, on the west side
of Florida, thence to Havannah, across the island; thence
to Jamaica, and thence to the Isthmus of Panama, which
it is proposed to cross by railway, and thus obtain ready
acces!, to the Pacific Ocean. He properly considers, that
if such a scheme were carried out (either by a great joint
stock company, or by the concurrent operations of the
respective Governments through whose territories the
lines of railway would pass), Panama would become the
grand point of commercial concentration.
The subject recalls to memory a project which we
have entertained for many years, and which, though
much less comprehensive than our author's, would, we
think, accomplish more effectually one of the prime ob-
jects which he has in view, and if completed under Bri-
tish auspices, would be of incalculable advantage, nor
only as regards our trade, but as affecting our national
and colonial security in reference to the whole of the
western world. A railway (as proposed by Mr.
M4Geachy) across the Isthmus of Darien, would, un-
doubtedly, be highly advantageous, but our plan would
comprise, in addition to this—or rather as the more im-
, portant—a canal of sufficient size to admit of the pas-
sage of the largest ships. The idea is by no means new,
and we had long hoped that our Government would have
taken the project up; but though it has been frequently
talked of from time to time, over a series of years, it
appears to have again fallen into abeyance. Some years
ago the Admiralty ordered a survey of the isthmus
with a view of forming a communication between the
two mighty oceans, and the late Captain Forster, R.N.,
of the Chanticleer gun-brig (son of the Rev. Mr. Forster,
of Woodplumpton, near Preston), was appointed to con-
duct the expedition, which he did successfully to a cer-
tain point, when his death* deprived his country of his
further services. We are not aware of any further
effort having since been made on the part of our Govern-
ment to renew the survey, and arrange for the purchase
of the requisite land. All travellers, however, who have
crossed the isthmus, and amongst them latterly Captain
Liott (the superintendent of the Royal Mail Steam Packet
Company) concur in opinion that a railway may be
formed at no very extraordinary cost, and there can be
no doubt but that, with the engineering experience and
appliances of the present day, an ample ship canal may
be formed, a choice of several points more or less eligible
also presenting themselves. The difference in the levels
of the two oceans (of, we believe, about 70 feet) would
form no obstacle, as locks might as readily and
safely be employed as in our ordinary canals, not-
withstanding the respective breadths of the two oceans.
The isthmus is but thirty miles across at one place, and
the highest land not above 640 feet above the level of the
Pacific. It is said that a company of French gentlemen
contemplate the project of a communication between the
two ; but it does not appear that they have yet com-
menced operations, and it is high time that England
should adapt the motto "carpe diem," and bestir herself
while she may. She has but few possessions, and these
comparatively minute and far between, on the South
American continent—namely, Demerara and Essequibo,
British Guiana, and Honduras. The recent "doings"
of the United States of America, and their grasping at
new territorial dominion in Mexico, California, &c., ren-
der it imperative in us to endeavour to obtain by fair
means, a further footing in that country. Our proposi-
don, therefore, is that a strip of land of some consider-
able breadth should, after survey, be selected for a slip
canal across the isthmus, and that negotiations should be
made by our Government for its purchase, and if possi-
ble its integrity under the flag. The canal might then
readily be formed either by the Government or a joint-
stock company. The purchase could, in all probability,
be easily effected, for the Government of Panama is
proverbially poor, and the commerce which such a canal
would bring to themselves would be an inducement to
accede to moderate terms.

The advantages of sucii a project appear to us to be
so obvious as to supersede the necessity of detail.
We should, in the first place, hold the key to the Pa-
cific and its boundless shores on the west of both the
American continents, and a ready access for European
shipping would be afforded to all the ports in the North
and South Pacific, from California (or even farther north)

to the southern extremity of Chili. No ship, sailing or
steam, bound direct to Valparaiso, Lima, or Guayaquil,
would require to double the stormy apex of the South
American continent, Cape Horn, if this canal were opened
out to them. To reach most of the principal ports, they
mould save some thousands of miles of sailing. Our own
ships might pay a moderate toll for passing through the
canal, and foreign: rs something more. All, indeed,
would gladly pay a considerable sum to save time, tear
and wear, wages, &c., and at the same time the western
coasts of the Americas would be commercially ap-
proximated, and the trade probably doubled. Direct
steam and sailing conveyance could also be had from
Panama to Canton, and also to New Zealand and
New Holland, &c. Another grand advantage of a ship
canal over a railway across the isthmus would be
that the expense, inconvenience, and loss arising
from trans-shipments would be entirely done away with;
and Panama would, moreover (warehouses being con-
structed), become a grand depot for British and European
goods and manufactures, as well as for American pro-
duce,—to be dispensed as required throughout the several
countries in the two hemispheres.

• This amiable young man was drowned from a canoe in
the Rio Chagre, but whether through the treachery of some
of the natives, or by accident, was not precisely ascertained.

THE RAILROAD TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
(From the New York Herald.)
Since we first gave this subj,,ct our attention, we have
examined it in all its details, and the more we have
examined it, the more we are convinced of its great
importance and benefit to the United States in a com-
mercial and political paint of view, and as the means of
accelerating the progress of civilisation over the habitable
world.

On the one side we have Europe, with a population
of nearly 250,000,000 of human beings, and a super.
ficies of 4,075,425 square miles ; and Africa with a
supposed area of 12,000,000 square miles, and a popu-
lation supposed to amount to 60,000,000 ; making a
population on one side of us of 310,000,000 of people.
We then cross over to the continents of North and
South America—the former of which contains an area
of 9,078,000 square miles, and a population of 33,748,000;
and the latter an area of 6,676,000 square miles, and a
population of 15,497.840 people ; both containing a
greater quantity of cultivatable land than the rest of the
world besides. The most direct route from Europe to
our continent is from latitude 50 north to 41.
' On the other side of us we have, at a distance of some
5,000 miles from our westernmost boundary, the whole
of Asia and Australia, comprising an area of 18,243,000
square miles, and a population of over 706,000,000 of
human beings. The population of Europe, on the one
side, is above the 40th parallel of north latitude, and on
the other side two-thirds of the population of Asia lie
north of the 20th parallel of north latitude. Mr. Whit-
ney proposes to connect Europe and Asia by steam
across our continent, by means of a great railroad to the
Pacific—passing over a distance of some 2,400 miles,
through a territory, now a wilderness, containing a soil
unequalled for richness and fertility, but which cannot
be settled by civilised man, in consequence of the want
of channels of communication. This railroad would
make us the centre, and be itself the thoroughfare for
both.

Let us see how much it would shorten the communica-
tion between England and China as an example.
The sailing distance by the old way, around the Cape
of Good Hope, is generally computed to be 18,000 miles,
and taking from four to six months to accomplish it, By
a railroad across the United States the distance would be
as follows, viz. :—•

. - -
From England to New York 3,000 miles,
From New York to the mouth of the Co-
lumbia, or to San Francisco Bay
From either of these places to China direct 5,400 „

Making the total distance 11,400 miles.
Or a saving of more than 6,000 miles in point of dis-
tance. Let us see how much quicker in point of time
the connexion-between these fai distant countries would
be by railroad. At fifteen miles per hour, as is proposed
for the steamers, it will require eight and a half days
from England to New York, or other ports.
But say
From New York to the Pacific, 3,000 miles,
by railroad, at 30 miles per hour, allowing
one day for detention .
From the Pacific coast to Chang-hae in China,
mouth of the Yang-tee keang, which crosses
the great canal, where all the commerce of
the vast empire centres, is 5,400 miles ; at
15 miles per hour (which can be performed
as easily on the Pacific as 12 on the Atlan-
tic), allowing one day for coaling, &c l6 „

From London, via New York, to Chang-hae... 31
As the voyag as now performed takes at the least four
months, or 120 days, we have a saving of 89 days in
favour of the railroad.

These tables refer to the communication between
Europe and China. Let us see how it would affect the
communication between the United States and China.
The distance between New York and
China, as the voyage is now performed,

18,000 miles.

By railroad, &c., from New York
to the Columbia 3,000
And to China 5,400-8,400 miles.
()days in
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which
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twenty ; so that, in fact, we would be within twenty-
one days of China.
The plan by which Mr. Whitney proposed to construct
this road is by disposing of the lands, for money and
labour, in such amounts as shall suit the ability of the
settler, so that every man in our country, however small
his means, and all the over population of all the old
world, can have a home, with industry, of plenty, com-
fort, virtue, and happiness, placed directly in the centre
of all the world, and on its grand highway. It appears
to us that this project must succeed—that it must draw
to it all the enterprise of the world, it is so grand, and
the results to be produced so stupendous, so sure, that
the mind on investigation cannot resist it, and we believe
that when it is commenced, a rush will be made fur the
land ; that settlement and population will precede it,
and if once begun must go on, and cannot be stopped.
We also believe that Mr. Whitney's plan is the only
plan, and the only means by which 4 eau bo done.