The Sun.
London, England, 1857-09-26 00:00:00

occasion.

It may be that the interview may be for very
beneficial purposes—that the Emperors may be
desirous of diminishing their standing armies,
and applying the necessary expenditure to the
development of the natural capabilities of
the Nations under their respective sway. It

will, iudeezl, be truly fortunate if such be the
case. We have, however, seldom, if ever, heard
of the consultations of monarchs being for the good
of their subjects. They are generally devoted to
the best mode of bridling public opinion, and
placing "Kingcraft" in the ascendant ; of
crushing some eilailiitioa of independence, or
enforcing more stringent regulation-. Should it
be otherwise, it will at least have the claim of
novelty to recommend it. We trust it may
be so ; but we confess that we distrust all such
proceedings, and "fear the Greeks even when ten-
dering gifts." A meeting is also appointed between
the Cal and the Emperor of AUSTRIA, That
will, probably, be to procure the assent of
the latter to the arrangements previously entered
iato on the part of Russia and France. It is not
a very dignified position for FitANcis JOSEPH,
but as it is the best he can obtain, we suppose
that he must be oontented with his lot, and eat
his leek with all possible equanimity.

Why are railways such an everlasting topic for
grumbling I That 'ordinary shareholders should
grumble seems reasonable enough ; their dividenth
in the majority of cases would make any investor
•omplain ; in some cases next to nothing, and on
the average hardly above 3 per cen t. But what
the travelling public, have to grumble about it is
hard to understand. The report of Captain
CiALION to the Committee of Pr ivy Council nc,w
lies before us, and it is impossible to glance at it
ever so cursorily, without rene wed astonishment
at the vastness and general excellence of our rail-
way system. It is not to b 3 exp3cted that news_
paper readers will trouble themselves to wade
through oolumns of statistics, we wi 11, therefore,
present them with soma of the principal facts.
To begin with that of the cast; of course the great
standard for sums of money, short of infinity, is
our National Debt—.•the amount author ised to be
raised for railway capital is but the trifle of ten
millions short of half that almost fabulous sum of

himself illustrious by his conduct in the present 1 money 1 The capital actually raised is nearly
rebellion in India. General HAVRLOOR has re- OWN hundred and nine nail/ions ! The number
eeived 1001. per annum as a good service pen- of miles opened, 8,635, my not appear abso-
OiOn L Had he been a dancing or music-master lately very great, after such enormous figures,
to one of tke Royal Family he would have re- yet they would traverse the principal width of the
ceived double the amount out of the fund pro- island nearly thirty times ; and " Bradshaw " is
Tided as the reward for " literature" (!) Had witness that such a network of iron roads is to be
be been a German mercenary or one of the aria- found only in England.
‘.t9eracY; with what is ordinarily termed " a Ib is, however, whea wa look at quantity and
:handle to his name," the cousin-german of a suality in regard to paesang,era and goods' trafE3
" Gold-Stick-in-Waiting," or any of the hangers- that we are struck with the prodigious magnitude
:on about the Court, who could bring " back of our present system of travelling and carriage.
•sta T 9 influence" to bear, honours would have been Nearly ONR MI7NDRED AND THIRTY MILLIONS of
5 ;
ished in abundance. But he was merely "one passengers travelled last year by railway ! All of 1
•tifethe people," one of the middle class, who are ex- these were whirlei along at from twice to four
• it
.pectedlopayforeverything, but to receive nothing, times the speed of the best coaches of thirty years
',444,4'' 'nu whom the income-tax presses most ago ; while they saved, practically, more than half His Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief and. the
sffesPrely, because an equitable adjustmeut of the or three-fourths of their time, a considerable part Duchess and Princess Mary of Cambridge and suite, in-
,_.
. eluding the Lady Geraldine Somerset, Lord Burgeersh,
70418 impost is refused, And there is a also of the cost of travelling, and were spared Baron Knesebeck, Col. Clifton, Col. Maude, Ike., arrived
testes of poetical injastice in the course pur- most of its discomforts. How rare a thing now at the Royal Ship Hotel, Dover, on
Thuisd ,y, from-
' trued towards HAVELOCK. He is just brought i Calais and Paris, in the new mail packet Prince Fie le-
j
•s a night on the road I—unless it be, indeed, the rick William, specially ordered for the service. Captain
within the tax;
receives the minimum amount rorraczaz!ater half of one on the railroad itself, Scuithett attended their Royal Highnesses across the
' that will render him a . Channel, and they were eeceived at Dover under a salute
contributor on the lowest giving -;";-::,. nearly a day more at one or the other
scale !
end of your journey. And then the safety. Au furnished by
mender M'llvvaine, and a guard of honour I .
from the heights by the Admiralty Superintendent, Com-
Cielleeral HAVELOCK Walla f . the 25th Regiment, commanded by Col. !HOD. , RCCOM-
orget that, not- occasional railway crash, almost always followed
• d by the excellent band of the regiment. After
' withstanding his aJal and high panie.
qualificatioas that quickly, like other misfortunes, by a seemed or a dinner at the Ship Hotel, to which Captain Smithett
taeglit to have ensured promotion, lie had the honour to be invited, the Rapt Duke and his
was poi- third, are apt to preduee an imeression of imam-
witted to linger twenty-three. years me m a ,i, .. military attendants proceeded to London. Their Royal
UL city i the fact is that in 185 G one per son, only out
Otani. He had attained the ripe age of 43 bet°, a Highnesses the Duchess and Priecess Mary of CambrHge
of every sixteen millions and upwarie who tr..t- and suite
rd
e Dovera f
toeur
ele' Tier is dTa
The
. night,Commander-
he aud ar-
e received the command of com rived
hilenf :land hoilsyaidee-dey-eamp have' been on a visit to
pally' 411c1 it veiled by railway sustainel fatal injury from
was for his skill as an interpreter that he obtained mines beyond . .
cams the Imperial Camp at Chalons, and have been the guests
his own control. From the
the rank tblit enabled him to save the An lc- ea of the Emper.,r in the field.
Uses not more than ono in foir hundred an'l
Inch o'l E.-olpire from destruction He has nut fift, •
or whatever, Of We have reason to believe that a', the Privy Council
fifty-eight thousand sustained any serious injury held at Belineral yesterday a Royal proclamation ea;
isened, setting apart a day for national humiliation and
been a carpet knight, basking in ladies' smile,
course we step into a rail-
prayer in coneequence of the unfortunate events arising
tiYi'ag at soldiers ; and therefore the hi;Lest ' way carriage with the chance of nearly half 'A fromthe Indian mutinies. The day selected for this
- ho'aours cannot be anticipated. He has simply million to
one in favour of our prfe,-.... purpose would in all probability be Sunday, the 4th of
Oztober.
Inerit to look to, and that invariably withers ura safety, and of moreAPOTFIECAUIES' HALL—The f, lowing are the names
to one in favour of safetytthoanoursilxivteeesnl milf slei'ietu's-
der "the cold shade of aristocracy." of geuthmen who passed their examination in the science
Ju Edens rewards possess very beneficial infl - ray may be brought nearer
perfection, of course and practice of medicine, and received Certificates to
practice, on Triursday, S?pt. 21: —Tnomas Henry Ter
and, so much the bettor; but it must be own3d. thole
(mks. Every man looks for the prize,eery, HArfax, Yorksuire; James E.lis, Lendport, Pert-
sea ; Selby Nortou, West Malting, Kent ; Alfred
however adverse the chances, still he takes these facts border on the marvellous.
•
nel'', however remote, into account. It inspires The goods traffic is itself a w3nder. Tme miuster, Hereford ; William Ramsey Williams, Car-
• Barlett Johnson, Somerebam,
Lint with new zeal, bestows indomitable courace tonnage of all vessels entering the Ilait el Kin,- narvon
HuntingdonshireNorth Wales;
; John Prytheroh, enerchy
,-..and resolution. He identifies himself with Lis dom from all cyantriee last year (including their
' LI inedd,
Anglosea; Thomas Stephen Baker, Moreton-in-the
leader, and feels that the entire corps are honoured repeated voyages) lia,ieti ; Rinse Robert Siccawa,
.. Royal Navy.. .
was eight and one quarter mit-
bxr Roderick Murchison is still sojourning in Ger-
in the recognition of his services. He has Bleated /ions nearly that of all vessels clearing outwards'
caany ; her ladyship is staying at St. Ann's )Eiill,