The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-06 00:00:00

the latter place will, probably, become a rival to Liiee
pool.— IV/ !Amen. nrpeargr
KENTISH LINES.—The county of Ken',
likely, in the next session to absorb even a large! ITring
e
of attention as to railways than was devoted to it dorm`
the last session. No fewer than five lines clePa.
with each other have aeared First the Seuth-East
pp then the North Kent, fo lowed by the Great li.T4 te
ruospherie, the Central Kent County (Braithwai:e :4);t:tb,
lastly, the Central Kent (Rennie's). The '-e is
Eastern relies upon the comprshensiveness 0' ,
sehcin s ; the North Kent upon its st:Pererit):
direct line ; the Croy=don, or Great Kent AnnosPe ,
upon the superiority of its mode of propulsions
upon
choice of district ; the Central Kent Coue,sY,
local and landed interest ; while the Cella.'" II
(Rennie's) relies for support on the desirablenes',Qtj
central line. The projectors are prepared toot Iticoe
upwards of twelve millions in the coustruction
ibr
railways. From the various schemes non' beferetoiel
public the capital required for the different COP the
is as follows :—The South-Eastern, 3,500,00 true.
North Kent, 3,300,000/. ; the Great Kent Atule6Pe.,‘
2,500,000/. ; the Central Kent County (13raithle4
1,500,0001. ; and the Central Kent (Rennie 's) I,s°'
—Grand total, 12,300,0001.
It has been suggested that the amount of subset;
nidl
now being gathered in for the lludson eitlujelaileil
should be invested in founding almshouses, to be
" 'rho Hudson Almshouses " for the widows "of
dren of those who may lose their lives in the set
railways, y
or b scciden upon them.
Last week two trains, consisting of 112 carriPere:'ole.
veyed 7,000 children on a pleasure excuriion ftew
mingharn to Derby.
relth.
A requisition is now in course of signature oteo
Mr. Hudson to take the management of the
Counties Railway. it
is s°
The opening of the line to Guildford has,
reduced the price of coals to 103. per ton. ta3ti°
Arrangements have been made for an 50i1,711
of the Brecon and Merthyr with the Welsh ini':ntrsC°
LAND COMPENSATION.—The following are (soft
from the report of the Select Committee of tilejersti'l
of Lords, appointed to take into eooslbii.bilg
the practicability and expediency ests og to
some principle of compensation to be .111,,a
owners of nal property, whose lands, a`t;;;;
be compulsorily taken for the constructiot!„ tavo,
ways :—..W ith respect to the land, &c., actua,bealor:
the witnesses who were examined state that tei the't
ketab'e value of the property taken they eat le ill
valuations a per centege, on the ground of the 53.. es wit
compulsory. The amount of this per .enrage vc:ovittee
the view of the different witnesses; but the oco°
are of opinion that a very high per centage,
ing to not less than 50 per cent., ought to be givenollerli
pensation, fur the compulsion only to which the -di,tillac
bound to submit, the severance and damage h'iligalltb°'
considerations. Public advantage may roloir! the 011
private considerations to be sacrificed; but as it '5Li
ground upon which a man can justly be dePric‘,es, tbot
property and enjoyment, so in the case of railwkiliers, t't
the public may be considered ultimately.the gtterrst°
immediate motive to their construction IS lbe•uof
the speculators, who have no right to thecomphigi resP(l,
obliged to purchase at a somewhat high rate 100
of carrying. on their speculation. It is also to be °oriel
that the price of the land purchased, and the c°t $50%
ton for that which is injured, form together hu,.00
proportion of the sum required for the constrlainedu;
railway ; so that no apprehension need I,e entethesPeco
discouraging their formation, by calling uP°"
lators to pay largely fur the rights which the'
C.
O
over the property of others." the ,
WAINFLEET AND LINCOLN.—Mr. rage, a 114: e
pany's engineer, having examined the haven detertri,ii;
fleet and the adjoining coast, with a view Wl•neoll3!'a
its capabilities as a port of commerce for sil-eeelp'.l:
and the adjoining counties, reports, " That at tide 9,519
tively inconsiderable expenditure it may IsIv''0511;
able for the class of vessels frequenting the burden 0,4
that, with additional works, ships of greater thsgrti..,i
be accommodated. Situated at the entrance .o 0001,0
estuary of the Wash, close to a channel haYincigbyses-.0
to 18 feet of water at low water (which is use, 2,501,1 v
as a place of refuge in heavy gales), and heilli!,woulu.v%
nearer to the open sea than Boston is, yeas it, a 01.vcilr
enabled to make or quit the proposed port 5", 01161,00,
of time always valuable, and in numerous cos' "t0130`,,/
able. And that these advantages may be openin
I would recommend that the proposed Lioc°,;joce "hol
should be extended from' Wainfleet to that I'd-Kate-4
thuS cargoes might be obtained at or
of ett
es
from the latter port when the prevalence co
Jowl!, the
winds cause delay to ships passing up an nt of
,t,j
Boston channels." The description and ate,501,117
sea works which I would recommend to be tia01:0
shall be laid before you when the surveys alitti e 113'
nervations which I have directed to be made et
shall be completed. s have Olt
PROJECTS AND DEPOSITS.—Thirty r
said to be the amount required in deposi?„,i'co,oP:oo,
projects, representing a total capital of
The correct account, obtained by a laborious e°oo of
gives, we understand, 332 schemes brought( capitsy
the 30th September, 1845, requiring a grb°„,s; to Vivi'
270,950,000/., on which 23,057,4991. will I:ts fret),"
posited. But this does not include 137 PrctiAe;) notrh'ere
narily noticed, but of which, of course, we
the capitals, they not having been publis",;-(0. es ;igit
have been, therefore, in fact, 469 new se"-jo
jetted. Thus much for the English projeet roe'
matters, 66 have appeared up to Sept. 3' tiOt
190,010,000/. ; deposits, 17,095,4501. tipe.srs,
TRAFFIC.—From our official retur it 11.-
n sr fetes
the amount of traffic for the last week 00 -,,ente" oe•
-mites of railway, was 152,6344 thus seee".. 13? 0
69,8851. for the conveyance of passengers olf oisisegle;
for the carriage of goods, and 59,3851. flif red•-'1"
and goods together, not respectively anport ie t yeir
an increase over the corresponding week ef
27,0831.—Railway Chronicle.
RELIGIOUS PERSECUVI°I
RUSSIA. con ill° al
The persecution, says the Journal des Debel ilio
cent number, against the Polish Catholics iS coal/ of
with greater barbarity than ever, if we °I fro°
following report, which we borrow chiefly at'
Univers : tis
in orP
" On the 23d instant the Polish refugeesnberch -were
tended a funeral service, celebrated in the whe
Roch, in honour of the forty-seven nuns lc, I*l3ih
recently martyred in the town of Witebeso cred4
refinement of cruelty that one would refuse tf beliereco.
had not witnesses in every respect worthy ebii,bell
tested the fact. This convent had been e,te tt'e otif
time immemorial near the town of Minsk, Seties oero'
mates fulfilled, among the people, the satilecidretif
Sisters of Charity. They instructed the en'a 00
vided for the widows and aged, and assistefottall3boto
by the fruit of their labours. They had, 111100 of trieci
for chaplain a priest called Michclewics,
creatures whom tyrannical governments itotirwretchyio
to fill the chief offices of the church. This, irOjo
ing become bishop, apostatised, and wished 1:;.1 fr
his guilt the holy sisterhood. After besettlise,;'s
every kind of way, and vainly resorting to Prool
suasion?, and threats, perceiving that he, Cby 0'40:
tain his object, lie determined to punish( orr°'ltio
During the night, by his orders, Cossacks t re them
the convent, seized the nuns the anstictedijol‘,
brutality, bound them with cords, and Corlitloal )'t
thus to Witebesk nearly twenty leagues
ce. tior
compelling them to walk the entire disr sehistetiperli
place they were confined in a convent re pr.°,olo
nuns, in the capacity of servants, or vrtej otwpillf
speaking as slaves. Those who are acquallimeci !us°
profound ignorance, dissolute morals' ;Ito I'o4o
fanaticism of these Greek nuns can form 5 ,istergt
the dreadful treatment which the Basilian 005-glf
the eV •
compelled to endure. Forced to perforn3 _of s er ear
offices, supplitd with a quantity of black toe/ tijoi
sufficient to support nature, each of theta 70 that,
ceived regularly every Friday fifty lashes' 0114tri tio;
ads
attenuated bodies were covered with wou these root
yet they showed even more courage undehr.t 01004
circumstances than their enemies exhi,`"lretthe g ogr
Encouraging each other to suffer patiently 03_. The boll
God, they persevered in the Catholic relit; heal the,
of the apostate Suinayko increased. fie eau% seat teriol
and self-devoted creatures to be ironed an oasis,
galleys. Their nourishment had latter',"
tire of bps)!
half a salt herring daily, with a small In aof bp
This diet was now changed to half a Plthas'lred
bread, with the same quantity of water, cope octiao
suffering from hunger and thirst, they wiefnecourt iu
act as labourers to the masons employe,' Orr
the Episcopal Palace. Several of theta welijoe toreflir
the river up to their necks, and froto_sistedhlteitie!',
plunged under the water, because they P.' boor aoi
ing to apostatise ; others condemned to ~not, solo as e
were placed where danger was most ira°3hit of I:l,eseverfo
in many instances ; finally, eig hied the
of
their eyes torn out. Their faith surmou.l3
*bitty
of
trials, not one of them gave way, thouga_ "s"eveattoi
eot
sunk under their sufferings. Among ibe,tio
tri
yet survived, after the death, or rattier
stesied s.uch /1,0
these thirty martyrs, three only Vs,jort whit. 10,
strength to avail themselves of an oeee. sbrseo pa? t
scored of escaping their unmoefrittehde P:r,egnir beeett:eseescicatterft%
schismatic nuns who guarded them havingie, coebiel
sible from ebriety after one
upon certain of their fetes, they wand 0104 tiled
climb over the door of their prison, " it
unobserved. It was not without reg the io the t
abandoned their companions, and rcnooonfcseervicespraihioej
dying with them, but they hoped to be „ "as e_fot -ea
faith and to their country • naoreover,e',"with ',,,ers
that Europe should be made' acquaint
_Ol o
transpired. After encountering a tb°ll;trith:sleot.ille
hardships, they succeeded in entering fp :At Pleed
,141
of them, the venerable superior, is nettuvtve
lieate
Paris. It is this lady from whom w_e froni „al
above facts and which we also take Jr," 0
the d
journal the 9Troisfillai." observes • 0 pot! re
"These facts appear startling, sossto ror
des Debats, "but, unfortunately'. whe:,,e pare% Pis
concerned, everything is credible. 4"
be ortbeti°ligi°neig
solved to brine. all his subjects to t any re. 5,00
on
Church. The Autocrat will not tolerateo ,rof
his European states except his own.oweycr:
_„erot,be
treated as rebellion. We will nefl, , the M'itrolia.`ip
Europe to join in a crusade aga01::, retort' tb'reatltit
Russia, and we have no desire CO s-v
Outers be 511,0,
times when God's creatures cut each to see „totiet2
the name of religion. We would_ L'o bosid
of tolerance, which has triumphed 1535• To g
the a kep
period
dp
whenc o f those Catholic odious
ieexsecl e
sebr;,oyeepdp
ebk
;top
sword the Christian sectarians of Itlti)o'es Sri
bad means of preventing the Eersee
Russian policy and orthodoxy
T,u~'ts•Did
A et,' I
INDISPOSITION OF Mo. sourok, vett
regret to state that letters were read r of thii,
lear.:l,ol
hail, announcing the sudden indispo it_trariat.ae ai!„l,oda
City magistrate. Its character eve
e-.dieg
it is so serious as to prevent him preside arta
Police-court next week, as
Times. proviou.

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