The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-25 00:00:00

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AFR EN CH OPINION OF THE RUSSIAN
RAILWAYS;

The Siecle has a long article upon the subject,
summing up in this way :
"The whole matter is stamped with Russian despo- 4
tiem : thus, of the 18 members of the Council of Admi-
nistration, 10 are Russians, and are attached more or less j.
to the suite of the Emperor ; 2 are natives of Holland, 5
are Frenchmen, and England is only represented by 1
member. In every deliberation the Russian opinion will I 2:
always prevail, and the foreign admiuistrators will more 21
over rarely be present at the sittings of the council ;it 4
may be affirmed, without fear of falling into error, that
their names only figure as a matter of form; The admi li
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nistration of these railways will be entrusted in the most •
absolute manner to Russian functionaries. Now, with-
out wishing to recall all the accusations of corruption and °
venality long since brought against all Russian officiak,
we will cay that a man must be a decided optimist to 2
find in this orgauisatinu all the guarantees that are gene-
rally expected in great enterprises. Moreover, does the
financial and industrial position of France favour the
proj-ct ? Have we completed our branch lines. or even 5(1
all our principal lines ? D 'es not Algeria reit for theit
commencement of ber network? Shall we not be called 5:
upon shortly to estal li.h the transatlantie line of steamers, V
no long adjourned? Does not the actual rate of chscsunt
still weigh heavily on trade, and wool lit be wise, or even 4
patriotic, to incur the risk of creating another monetary f
, crisis by burying hundreds of millions in the steppes of
Russia ? It is said that only a hundred millions will be ;
asked from the Bourse of Paris; but is it not to be fea,reit
that the shares, once created, will be sent to our market
for negotiation and exchanged against our capital ? We
distrust great enterprises that commence in a petty nian lc
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ner ; they are like those black spots, almost impercep-
tible, that are observed at sea in tropical regions, and
which infallibly extend into the most, terrible hurricanes.
We repeat that these Russian lines are simply strategi-
cal, that the most important commercial points are ut 61
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terly neglected ; that the civil and commercial state of
the nation does not yet authorise the e4ablishment of .
railways, for nations do not at once attain the lev,l of it
modern ,progress, and Russia has much to effect be- 3.
fore her population can travel, me nufacture, exchange,
or even consume with freedom. Not only the line
obtain little traffic, but they run the risk of being very
badly directed, and we do not see what remedy would
exist for shareholders in Western Europe. Finally, our
monetary position is not sufficiently well established,
our wants are too considerate to periiiit us to lend to
onr neighbours, without danger, a portion of the wealth
without which we can create nothing at home."

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A man was killed on
Saturday on the line of the Oxford, Worcester, and
Wolverhampton Railway, at Woodside; mar Dudley,
a train passing over him. The deceased was crossirg
the line at a point where a public road crosses it on s
level, when a train came along the lino from Dudley,
and at the same moment another train proceeding in a
contrary direction approached. The deceased saw Only
one of these trains, and was looking at it with his back
turned towards the other when ho was observed by the
driver of the train, who blew his whistle. The man, a
miner, named Millington, did not hear the alarm, and
was consequently knocked down and cut to pieces. At
the inquest, since held, the jury returned as their ver-
dict—" Tbatthe deceased came by his death accidental y ;
at the same time they must reprobate in the strongest
terms the conduct of the directors of the Oxford, Wor-
cester, and Wolverhampton Reway Company in not
properly protecting the public. The Jury also expressed
a hope that the company would compensate the widow,
and we understand they have forwarded a sum of 151.
to the widow.