The Sun.
London, England, 1844-04-19 00:00:00

FLANDERS MAIL.

BRUSSELS, APRIL 14.—Lord Dorchester, with his fa-
mily and suite, have arrived at Brussels, on his way from
London to Saxony.
The capital required for the construction of a railroad
from Bonn to Coblentz is estimated at 3,500,000 dollars,
and shares to that amount will be issued. The share-
holders in the railroad from Bonn to Cologne are en-
titled to 876,000 dollars in the shares. There remained,
therefore, only 2,624,000.
On the 22d instant the subscription in the cities of
Bonn, Coblentz, and Cologne, amounted to 19,012,300
dollars.

Our communications with England by the mails are
very important, both with respect to our commerce and
because they contribute to make some addition to the
public revenue. On this account we call the attention
of our readers to a letter, written by a German, and
published by the English Globe, though we do not pretend
to answer for the accuracy of the statements it contains.
The writer observes on the absurdity of the present sys-
tem in the transit of letters for Germany, sent by way of
Ostend. Thus a letter from London to Aix-la-Chapelle
sent by this route pays twenty-pence postage; whereas
the same letter, sent by way of Calais, to the extreme
frontier of Austria, pays only fivepence. A letter to
Frankfort, sent by way of Ostend, also pays twenty-
pence ; and sent by way of Rotterdam, it pays eight-
pence. The writer of the letter ascribes the continuance
of such a state of things to Belgium, to which it is much
more profitable than to England.

AN ACCOUNT OF THE KANSAS.—" A chief of the
Chilocathe band remarked that the Indians showed mercy to
the white men when they first came across the great water
and were weak and could but just get up the bank. The In-
dian was then like the trees, erect and strong ; the white
man like the grass, easily bent, and waving with the wind.
The white man came to the Indian four times with his hat
under his arm, and asked the Indian to have mercy on him,
for he was poor and needy. White man say, when Indian is
poor and needy, he would have mercy on him as long as grass
grows and water runs. Indian then let him come on the
land and live ; he now wanted white man to remember his
promise, and have mercy on the Indian, for he was poor and
needy, and not remove him any further."—Transactions of
the Aborigines' Protection Society.
RAILWAY ENTERPRISE. —Scarce fifteen years have
elapsed since railways became a fact to the public under-
standing. Blunders innumerable have been committed,
money has been wasted by millions, yet have they spread
in all directions over the face of the island. They have
set the pattern for half the world, and from English
workshops has a large portion of the materiel of foreign
lines been furnished, even before the permanent form has
been attained, while struggling forwards towards the
perfect state. And all this has been done, not by a go-
vernment, but by individuals. The first and foremost
work of civilisation is the making of a road. The
making of roads, which will put a final close to
the large mass of cruelty annually inflicted on horses—
which substitutes steam for muscle—is a far higher
triumph of civilisation. What railways have really
done for us in labour-saving, we have yet no statistics to
verify ; but the annual accumulation of capital thereby
must be of a largo amount. What they have done to-
wards the progress of- national education, in breaking
down provincial prejudice, is of still greater value
What they will do, when they shall emerge from their.
infancy, and attain their full growth, fills the heart with
thewith
hope to think of. The steam-boat has bridged
ocean ; but it is the railway that spans the land, and
will ultimately make all men brethren.—The Railway
Record.
AMERICAN MERCY...—Jonathan's heart of dollars
has somewhat relented. The white man sentenced to be
Quadroon hanged in Louisiana for aiding the slave in an at-
tempt to escape from bondage, is not it seems, to be executed.
He is only to be publicly
whipped. Hence, the American
L ati4 may retain its significant stripes.—Punch.