The Sun.
London, England, 1845-10-07 00:00:00

CONTINENTAL LINES.

ORLEANS TO JoIGNY.—The Minister of Public Works has
ordered surveys of this line to be immediately commenced;
and in order to accelerate the operations, has ordered it to be
divided into two parts, one from Orleans to the River Loing,
and the other from the Loing to Joigny.
CAEN To CHERBOURO.—The department of Calvados has
voted the sum of 3,000 f. for the preliminary surveys of a
line between Caen to Cherbourg, with a branch line to Gran-
ille.

BORDEAUX TO BAYONNE.—The Prefects of the departments
of the Gironde and the Lower Pyrenees have announced
that a preliminary enquete has been opened for the line be-
tween Bordeaux and Bayonne.
DOLE TO LONS-LE-SAULNIER.—The Minister of Public
Works has authorised M. Delarue and other engineers under
his orders to conumnce surveys on the line, at the expense
of certain private persons who have offered to supply the
necessary funds; also the. preliminary surveys from Lons-le-
Saulnier to the limits of the department of the Ain; this
latter work, however, being at the cost of the State.
CORBEIL to MELUN.—A Company has been formed for the
purpose of obtaining the concession of this line. The parti-
culars have not yet been published.
DIEPPE TO FECA3IP.—The statutes of this Company were
examined by the Council of State on the 30th ult., and the
royal ordinance, approving of the concession, has been pub-
lished. Mr. Newman, engineer-in chief of the Havre line,
has been appointed engineer of these branch lines, and the
works are to commence in a few days. It is supposed that
the two branch lines will be opened on May 1, 1847.
NORTHERN OF FRANCE.—The board of Directors of this
Coinpany, with Baron James de Rothschild as President, has
delegated its powers to a committee composed of five of its
members, viz.:-Messieurs P. Hottinguer, E. Pereire, A.
Thurneyspeu, Marquis Delon, and M. Caillard, sen.
LINE ROUND PARIS.—The Government has authorised the
preliminary enqu'ite for the line which is to unite together the
various termini of the railways from the provinces termi-
nating in Paris.
PARIS TO STRASBURG.— Two new companies have been
announced for this line, one with Admiral Arnous as presi-
dent, and the other with Admiral de Heide. The first-named
admiral is the president of the Company from Creil to St.
Quentin, of which Malachy Daly, of the Place Vendome, is
the banker; and the second has just been united with the
company called " Les Riverains," composed of persons inte-
rested in the lines in the several departments through which
the line passes.
BORDEAUX TO THE SPANISH FRONTIER.—A new company
has been formed for this line, passing through Bayonne, with
a capital of 25,000,000 f., divided into 50,000 shares of 500 f.,
of which the fourth part is reserved to the Spanish subscribers.
The surveys have been made with great care, and the exe-
cution of the line is declared to be without any difficulty.
MULHOUSE AND THAUN.—The number of passengers on
this line, from the 6th July to the 21st September, was
l&,398; the receipts during the same period amounted to
10,808 f. ; showing an increase for the present year, compared
with the corresponding date of 1844, of 11,115 passengers,
and of 4,486 f.
STRASBURG.—Upon the section between Strasburg and
Colmar the number of passengers, from the 7th to the 21st
September, were 6,401, and the receipts 6,784 f. ; showing an
increase, in comparison with the corresponding period of 1844,
of 3,166 passengers, and of 1,770 f.
CECIL AND SAINT QUENTIN.—A new company, half English
and half French, has been formed for undertaking this line ;
capital 35 millions of francs. It has taken the title of " Com-
pagnie de l'Oise."-
PARIS AND OEsAv.--Since the announcement that the sub-
scription list would soon be closed, there have been demands
for shares to the number of 45,000, and on the last day they
increased to the number of 80,000.
BORDEAUX AND CETTE.—M. Berlin, chief engineer of the
department of the Haute Garonne, has been appointed by
Government to report upon the two proposed plans of this
line between 13eziers and Cette.

ZURICH AND BALE:--A subscription has been opened for

the construction of this line at ZuAch, Vienna, Berlin, Frank-
fort, Genoa, and Milan. Capital 20,000,000 of francs, to be
divided into 40,000 shares of 500 francs each. The projectors
of this company are residents at Zurich. M. de Negrelli is

the engineer. -
SCHLESWIG, HOLSTEIN.—On the 18th of September, ex-
actly one year after the opening of King Christian VIII.
Baltic Sea Railway, the Rendsburg and Neumuenster
Railway was opened with' the usual ceremony. In the
incredibly short space of five months this line has been
completed, with the exception of the terminus at Rendsbuig,
through the zeal of the direction and engineers. Everything
seems to show that the newly-opened line operates advanta-
geously for the traffic in West and South Schlesien ; and at
the same time, its construction having cost no more than
900,000 marks (43,750/.), there is little doubt that it will
afford a good return.
SWITZERLAND.—A conference of the statesmen and engi-
neers of the cantons Tessin and Piemont is being held at
Turin, for the purpose of constructing a railway through Bun-
den to the Bodensee.

NUREMBERG AND BAMBERG.—The Royal North Railway
from Bamberg to Lichtenfels is to be opened on the 15th
inst., and the journey m:y then be performed in three hours.
MOEDUNG AND LUXEMBERG.-011 the Ist of October this

line was opened with the usual ceremonies.
TELEGRAPISS.—Major von Mageru has left Vienna, com-
missioned to undertake and commence a telegraphic commu-
nication between Trieste and Venice. With respect to the
great projected lines of telegraph, the commencement is to be
made on the line between Vienna and Milan.