The Sun.
London, England, 1857-04-22 00:00:00

THE EUPHRATES RAILWAY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, April 9. —The concession 7,
the Euphrates Railway, obtained by General Cheot
ney, may be considered as a rival of the pt oject
tr
the Suez Canal. When the latter scheme is it
alised it will also beto the benefit of Europe, bilLs
has not the same objects in view as the Eup,llloll,
Railway. It will indeed connect the two Cola
news of Asia and Europe together, but it will not
create trdffic and intercourse in the' interior of
~ vast district. Now, when the rail way traverses "
country, new life will be generated throughogur
Trade in Syria is but a tedious process as yes,' I°,o
everything has to be brought by caravans to t;
sea coast, a most expensive mode of conveyntei
and exposed to all sorts of risks and hazards. Bu
then the whistle of the locomotive shall be hear
dy
as fleeter than the dromedary and more untiring.l
speeds from Seleucia, the commerce of Syria, Per6/o°'
and India will come to its call. The distance fro
Bassora to Bombay is only 1,600 English roin'ij
whereas from Suez to the same spot is at least 240
miles—making a difference of 1,390 miles ancl,3,ter
same difference is to be taken into account'for other
Indian and Chinese ports.
General Chesney's line is traced out, as aboe
alluded to, from Se'eucia, a small place on the
Syrian coast in the Bay of Antioch ; thence it VIO
run towards the valley of the Orontes along- t"0,3
great table-land to Aleppo, and from that Pl3O
to the Euphrates. The length of the above Dil
is computed at 220 miles as far as the town a
Balis, from which the road will extend pa 11"...
with the Euphrates to Raka, Selibe,
sApboutui-tSwerialli,tHheit.rivAert,
strike
sOl7l
that forms as it were the water-shed between tu
eastwards towards Bagdad, and traverse the P. 15,!,;
leaveSua' the Anab,
bank and
of the
Euphrates and the Tigris. From Bagdad the hill;
will return towards the former river, crossingir
below Babylon, so as to touch at the towns of P'?;3,
shid Semara, and Suke Sheyuk;then sweePl4
on to Kerne, where the' Tigris and Euphrates bleu
into one stream, it will keep side by side with
_l',
Chatel Arab river/as far as Bassora. The comr7t
have no intention, for the present at least,
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carrying the line any further • that is to say, Or
Persia and Beloochistan, to Hyderabad.

THE _RUSSIAN RAILWAY ROBE `CRY

SCHEME.

The discreditable practices adopted by the sPe"-e
la‘ors interested in the Russian Railway sell.na
have received further illustration yesterdaY'
uy
scarcely a doubt appears to be entertained in to
quarter that a deliberate plan has been fornleu.,,vo
entrap subscribers by inducing respectable Pertces
to act unsuspectingly the part of decoys. Tile c 7/ it
mentioned on Monday are unquestioned, and, Ibed
were necessary, fresh details could be furnis se
which would probably fix the responsibility theto
attempts in a manner to leave no uncertaintY a.O.
their design or origin. In consequence of the .00
posure there has been an almost total disinelill,tpg
to do with the hares, and the price of I
to-day on the part of the dealers to have
to I Pen
mium was entirely nominal. Such as have 'lwo
bought are believed to have been taken by Par en.
acting upon orders-from Vienna. One case iS T.
toned of a mercantile house writing froth Puller-
on behalf of a friend—whether a clergyman
wise is not stated—to know how he could illecse
20,0001.—apparently the favourite sum—in t"
shares in London. The rejoinder was that, as to
be
is a French purchaser, his best course will dot
apply for an allotment in Paris, where the qua .',l,he
to be disposed of is known to have ben bey
urilik,_dt
capacity of the market, and where, in the
event of the allotment not being granted, he e:11,',71
eventsall obtain them on the Bourse.---Tintes (1`
Article. or ot vest