The Sun.
London, England, 1850-08-19 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN CANADA.

An American paper says—" The Canadians are
bestirring themselves very actively upon railroad pro-
j,cts, and
.seem disposed to invest a considerable
amount of capital for the extension of their railroad
system. The Champlain and St. Lawrence Railway
Company have got their Bill through the Council at
Torun te, .and the friends of the enterprise firmly be-
lieve in the speedy extension of the road. The com-
pany have commenced breaking ground. This route
i$ a short one; '23 miles in length. Over a more fa-
voutable c.,untry no road could pos-ibly extend. The
survey presents a dead level grade from beginning to
terminus, free from a single hollow or embankment
of more than four feet in depth, with the exception of
two small ravines which it crosses and intersects. The
road has been in operation for fifteen years, from
Laprairie to St John's, and will now extend to Rouse's
Point, et the head of Lake Champlain. The people
of Montreal seem determined to establish and
extend lines to connect their city' with Quebec and the
Lower St. Lawrence, with their eastern townshipS,
with the states contiguous—viz., New Hampshire,
Vsrmont, and New York, and through these with
the ports to Boston, Portland, and New York." The
lkiontreal Herald says—" Thus uniting in one com-
bined operation, the traffic both of the Ottawa and
the St. Lawrence, will convey to Montreal, in one
uninterrupted line of communication, peculiarly her
own, the commerce of the west, of Western Canada,
and the western lakes, and of the great and growing
mining- establishments on Like Superior, the lumber
trade of the Ottawa, and all the collateral brandies of
trade growing out of it or connected with it; the
produce of the extensive and fertile peninsula lying
between the Ottawa and St. Lawrence, on the line
embraCed between Grenville on the former, and
Prescott on the latter river; and, lastly, the
resources and trade of the natural ' back country'
of Montreal, comprised in the counties of
Terrebonne, Two Mountains, and Ottawa. All
this. it is contemplated to effect by the projected ex-
tension of the Montreal and Lachine Railroad to
Grenville and ilswkesbury on the Ottawa, and from
thence to Prescott, on the St. Lawrence." With the
gr.-at combination t f river, lake, and canal naviga-
tion in Canada, one enterprise is much required by
the people of Montreal. They wish to cut a canal to
connect the waters of the St. Lawrence with Lake
Champlain. Some fault is found with the proprietors
+or not carrying on this affair, and the Government
has been urger to take the matter up, and to complete
the canal. It is propcked to pledge the tolls and the
cre tit ( f the province to accomplish the work. A con-
nexion between Quebec and Montreal is also pro-
posed. 'fbis would be effected by a junction with
the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad, at Mel-
bourne, on the Sr. Francis River, and seems very fea-
sible. 0--her projects are also advocated •adth much
z-al. They are all connected with the network of rails
in the United States, as will be seen by some further
descri'`ion of them. There , is, first, the St.
Liwience and A:lt:attic lisilroad,i commencing at
Lo.'gueuil, °pp( site to Montreal, and which pro-
gretnes daily and rapidly to its termination at Port-
bind,
in th, A•atP Ilf Altine ; secondly, the St. Law-
rsnee and Lake Champlain Rsilroad ; and, lastly, the
1.....ke St. Louis and Province Line Railroad, pro-
jected to commence at the Indian village of Caughna-
waga and to extend to the frontier, there to connect
vvirti the Montreal and Plattsburgh line,
and by such
connexion communicate directly with the Ogdens-
burgh Rai:roid, and the flourishing town of Platts-
burgh on Lake C,:;,n,phiin. This line will, doubt-
lessly, be continued fr,rit Plattsburg to Whitehall, at
the southern point of Lake Chain} lain, and ultimately
form a 4ii.,ct lice 4 euinniunictlion between this
city and Montreal. From the remarkable facilities of
commuoicstitin with Montreal, by the Montreal and
Lachine R.,alroad, and by ferry from Lachine to
Ceughraw2gP, the Canadians cannot help regretting
that this last mentioned line of railroad had not been
the first commenced.

ALMEREA, AUG. 9.—The Yrtnce de Joinvale, Dun-
kirk to Ml:wiliest wsa cranCed ga Tonecervellot Beach
on the 7th init.; Crew BilIed•