The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-03 00:00:00

FURTHER GLANCE at EUROPEO

RAILWAYS.
(From the Railway Chronicle.) tch
In a former number we presented our readers with a eed
of some of the principal Continental railways, and shay e;
.;
that there existed, or would soon exist, a grand trunk hal
extending from Lisbon to the Russian frontier. We 1-1,(1)es
propose to take a further glance at these ; and upon
view we perceive that, in addition to the one ahead). in or
there are two other trunk fines, destined soone.rl
later to traverse Europe, under the auspices of that sPirntile
enterprise which will one day make the different parts of
world as accessible to one another as now are the several pre
vinces of individual States. od
The first of these achievements may be called the gra',
line from the mouth of. the Tagus to the Baltic, or from
tut're
fe,.
Atlantic Ocean to the Gulf of Finland, when, at some
day, it shall be continued to St. Petersburgh and the baw
of the Neva.
The second of these European highways, and not the legte
important, will be the central line, which, beginning frain et
mouth of the Loire, touching at Paris, crossing the
Mayence, traversing the interior provinces of Gernelie,
that is to say, Hesse, Thuringia and Saxony, visiting
and passing Breslau, will find its goal in Poland, near W 1
ieiee,
andjoin on, at Petrickau, to the Warsaw and Cracow
(3,
now in the course of formation. From Warsaw this g ( e.O
line will, in all probability', be extended into Lithunia:v
aof
White Russia as far as Moscow, and even further, bY
meeting the great navigable artery of the Autocrat's ee
nions, the mother of Russian rivers, the Wolga.
credited'
Let us inquire what parts of this line are already
what parts have their execut ion esiured, and what rest 01- ecs
in project and speculation. Impnrit z•s, in Fr l'e Franco the '1) •
rts,
camp-ised between Nantes and Saarbruck, embracing „,0
is conceded, or about to be. The formation of different ties
has commenced upon an extent of 553 miles. conslit
more than half of the grand whole. Between Seal-Val; and 4
Mayence there is a gap of 75 miles, but it will be tilled itil'r of
an early period, if the declaration of the French Mini'. ro.
Public Works in the Chamber of Deputies, that the (hold;
meats of Germany were willing to prolong the .9.: r,erice,
line, on the one hand to Manheim, on the other to 313),e
fort
is worthy to be believed. Between Mayence and Frs:l:eel-
there exists a line, called Mont-Taunus, 25 miles long' 'T
ing the branch to Wisbaden. tlSof
Between Frankfort and Leipsic there is another hiat:ol,
141 miles; but after the treaty that has been conch* :e to
tween the German principalities of Saxony and Thureilio),
1844, the formation of a railway to supply the wantiq-
is tolerably certain. It is true that the execution of his
is
portant section proceeds but languidly, which must liie)f
buted to the absence of unity of action, resulting fr, pa
piecemeal Character of the territory ; nevertheless, t°l
will connect, by the most direct route, the two in°:e ere
portant commercial towns of Germany, where inerchavee
nually congregate at the greatest of the known fairs'
e
tb
and Frankfort id
The district between Leipsic and Dresden is provid
a railway about 77 miles4on. ge
1 n •
Between Dresden and Breslau the distance -4 enders
A railway betwixt these two points is now melangesor es
completed at one end as far as Friburg, at the other
Liegnitz. relish
From Breslau to Warsaw only the part between the,. e or
capital and Petrickau is in the course of constrii?'l°,l;oot
opened for public traffic. The part completed. 1140!
twenty-five miles in length, and that which is ill Peeled
about a hundred. The total length of railways ohs
nearly 250 miles.
We shall forbear to speak of the section betwixt lbeVtilweee'n
and Moscow, which is nearly equal in length to that gin
Paris and Warsaw, for no company has as yet been for de
with the intention of bestowing a railway upon it• b eie 14,
rest, its execution is an event that is not at all pro
er
the present, and one which no coal temperament 'o:elr'epeo:
look for, so long as Russia remains under a G°ser
which has no desire to bring its ignorant and
ehd oettoe.
subjects into contact with freer and more enlighten: tof 1
The third European trunk railway, which, in es,
wor 00,
portance, we place on a level with both its sister .oio
start from Bordeaux, traverse Central France, an„,d,',lrtniesti,
at Dijon and Beaune, to another line, which eri" ' ecils
at the Rhine, at Basle; from Basle it wilt proceed, llef Coe;
bausen, to the Lake of Constance; from the Lakeeo, eed.es,;
stance it will descend into the valley of the Dan,ry.
rive at Vienna, taking on its way Ratisbon and s,'"et
leaving Vienna it will turn towards Presburg, .11 feel,
Bude, and afterwards be coptinned to Debreezyn, 13er,
Hungary on the one hand, and on the other to id eee
grade and Bucharest, to the mouth of the Danube, 41 for
we may hope, as far as Constantinople, by Varane nett oti
But this is precisely the line which is least aelesee!dt
in France, through the whole extent between 13°F The Yiet
Dijon, not so much as the plans have been taken',e ceinu,,
between Dijon and Basle has been presented to tole retoea-
of Deputies, and will most likely be voted at the °
ment of next session. Dssle e to
In the Grand Duchy of Baden, the line between epOP 110
the Lake of Constance, by Schaffhausen, will be Prt fro! t
the Legislature during the autumn of this year; ty of °lie
Lake of Constance, as far as Ulm, there is no eeer Goicee
railway for the present. Further on the Bavale
ment refused to see any necessity for supplYinge'e railel%tes
the Danube with the incomparable advantage el 7e erirs'ef
The section of this line which traverses AusLr'-iecot ";#
with even less rapidity, for the Imperial Govern_ the °ll
tematically opposes the construction of the line fOni., 030 ,:eir
Persons who are well informed upon the subject ae,ee to e
reason for the stoppage at Vienna is, that before tealiicele
attention to the Upper Danube, Government are e
bring the capital into communication by railways' lotig
Baltic, the Adriatic, and even the Black Sea. is ad for
From Vienna, in the direction of Hungary, t' I teel
line, the Vienna and Raal, which has been COnifeesp-
some time, and which they are now extending t° tibe
Debreczyn, over a space of nearly 300 miles. er pit
We do not know whether any line for the ee''''deoe
is yet projected. To carry such a project into e gelds tee
among the different Governments of Wallachia,e tor
and Servia will be indispensable. Let ne h°P of theft
liberal-minded princes who now sway the destiniesoe filer
habitants of these regions will recognise the inline shear
of railways towards the enriching and civilisiq 000
people. Let us hope, we say, that the monarchs °` criorlo•
kingdoms we have just named will take such the
will be requisite for bringing their territories wit/Vitt:4ol red
ence of our third grand European high road. tiono°ol
has to be brought to reason on this subject. It lice, eel
that the young Sultan has a strong aversion to .`": ioo3' 110
has declared that he will tolerate none in his d?Arngreatiletred
ill-mannathe snorting of a locomotive engine did he
ear
do sound under the walls of the Seraglio theilee;
do not yet despair of seeing a railway atatinleelde.eod
phorus, spite of all obstacles ; and if we were„ teee' tee
to his Ottoman Sublimity, we should stronguen- 1111;11
him to leave off toying with concubines, all,d,htuelopPhille-',
tion to the improvement of his country ana 1", worthy
its population, as being pursuits infinitely Leer"
respectable.
-neer r COPY

A wit v,„ e Ird
THE WAR or THE STRZETB.--s. - vioie-coo
war has lately been raging with tremendous „t see,,, to
tween the paviours and the populace. The gq; fotolrote
contention has been Fleet-street, which ought I postel,lo
be called Thermo lee for never was that fang°l9Teriolo
stoutly defended than the thoroughfare betweeno ro,, er.
and Ludgate-hill, within the 1 ast fortnight• e eeeor'-0 a
took possession of the ground unexpectedly in th throe
ria
single night,'and by the next day 00' had stebb,°4oon
strong fortifications of bricks, behind which theYA icett.4,ol
resisted the approach of the enemy. The peeolac-pianoura
on the spot with their heavy, luggage omnibuses:he Os, wel
an attempt was made to force a passage • hot tsiteeksoce
had taken their measures so effectually, that the Pee per lose
utterly impassable. Baffled in this attempt, no ra,sl6
turned their horses' heads up Fetter-lane; and so the lieTav
effort to penetrate into the City by cutting: acreo moot ...°;ec3
of Holborn ; but here, again, they met with Oleo CooPs;g Pt
nate resistance from the paviour party, wh° vlton P3,soeiOg
to gain possession of all the principle metropo.! tints et, io'
the same moment. Some of the unfortunate 'o,cl), el' the
to make good their retreat, fell back towards Lett bereoftee
tending to escape along Piccadilly; but eviastete O.
paviours were found to have made themselves o
e. le e
passage,d which
pp they
ee , barred against
C ity eivne r.Y °li; ea ds fit'°„e 00'
the
_t diserviiice
paviours, had no other course than to surrender •,143 &Too
We have not heard what has been the result 01;na vo°os.
but from the number of horses we saw do spas been
overturned, it is certain that an enormous less ve
tamed by the populace.—Punch. SO 00
1' OS el n' i ,
READINGS IN NATURAL HISTORT.--- ~, A '' i,
The stag is a railway ruminant, and belongs ';'•hoorh°f°oo o'
herd that may be seen loitering about the neig'"head, oit
the Stock Exclaange. The railway gag h°4 1115 there 15e$ lj
branches, but he sheds a new branch directulf, owl iire,
premium. He is exceedingly fleet of foot, e
.u., 80851 the
once off there is no catching him. Some railt,..7 that 0.444
however, distinguished by a sort of waddle, linire 07-04
lame duck of the Stock he,r,e the ,r6ret tor!
stories told of the various forms assume '-'•7 d will , otee
-stag, for the animal is exceedingly cunning, 11. n railer:o.n the
to any artifice to keep out of danger. T.ted bears ,
often causes great annoyance to the bulls le; 7. .„.0011
neighbourhood of the Stock Exeaange.---rui co' .CO°'-elf•
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON 'Ol evetiirigoi Pi
ATMOSPHERIC RAILWAY LINE.-011 MOlldaYfinarti-r: irhoei
Payne, the Coroner, held an inquest at the P'-' b'
• el oleo1 $
Guy's Hospital. on the body of Charles Julil ,
iie ll5
met his death from injuries which he had receiveeneyei_ noel
the waggon trains passing over his legs while hose lie ,00
labourer on the London and Croy-don AtmesP n, th ,',reeo
in the course of formation. Mr. John Braxto
~ in I_,l the
surgeon, deposed
nddepoons
eedo,tchloactktlot
ne deceased
ue n day
instant he was admitted. The deceased
right/ 31005
severely from a compound fracture of the ,thecweh
foot. lie was suffering severely from 011atue; te °belol.
were administered, and he rallied a little. 11-
_'icf-t leg ~ tily
Mr. B. Cooper was sent for, who took off thuActee t'en,clocli
the knee, and a portion of the right foot..
_fi vie ideel°
deceased became very weak, and lie died auen,f Acc
in the morning. The jury returned a verdi ' u
eting
Death. night
tb. ronugelieLastof
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SMALL DEBTS ACT.—A very regmucesr;l:sofsor:t!bei_eveitilloi4tor
of the Commissioners of the Court of
trict, which comprises upwards of 20 parishep
," to tas:ild to
yesterday, at the Court-house, at cotsrl!) Act, 'OO6ll
consideration the provisions of the Small p.i.ri to t-11e C 01114,3
discuss the propriety and necessity of aPPe'l '0 doe ce '
n c moo eat
Mr. B. Carter was called to the chair; aedt
_lov
i_noi in Council to extend the provisions of the Act tenoitle°o tat
the Court-house not affording sufficient
eat cA'2O ~tiot,averil•
the large number of Commissioners proslira,noe,tye'svreere
took place to the concert-room of the Adroiesotilutioo, that !il,
Clarence-street. Mr. Talmadge moved a_r desirable c. t(icii:
ing the opinion of the meeting, thatait 717 irietoriekt on et
powers and provisions of the Act 8 (1
should be fully extended to this Court, I be PreParethernro,
its jurisdiction ; and that a meinoria
to eninrge del°-'ed
the di6tra to 11,,
Majesty in Council, praying her Maj
diction of this Court for the recovery et '
&Rigor'. w"' i,
and damages not exceeding 201. This reso,__A
UFOar
THE LEAGUE BAZAAR.--The ire for fret
tireer
unanimously, and the meeting then sepr.irrt;au,te
exec?
fixed to commence on the 15th Octo,%ete.or. '
1 style °.,,tiotel;;
Hall is to be fitted up as t
ai hall in the 1„ the sol" Me ce
tecture, with gorgeous decorations, oo'retii, Italia:4 0
dence of Mr. Grieve, ccenic artist
esitl,:andii
debts
aro
House and Drury lane Theatre,
obtained alto° f cove or
such high satisfaction and tion e -., JP y
mendation for his decorative transforrna t r Ll'clie' irstla'
Blanches c i relii .5.,,
den Theatre. A meeting of the nog, °II tii3eln
Committee took place at the Free-tradee
_t, ow
_,,ats.
when upwards of fifty ladies were pr
makingse"
the gentlaetntliannivesoPaott..cg;
yeti. eery
• 1., COMMe • 00 of,
Manchester
theiri]lial
Guardian.praiseworthy
The herring season has fair j t , forty qi, at PO to
bollt t Friday and Saturday the Brighton boa siv,:arrasoll:ale stroee 0
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