The Sun.
London, England, 1842-11-07 00:00:00

PRUSSIA.

BERLIN, OCT. 30.—The Committees of States, in
their sittings of the 221 and 24th inst., were occu-
pied exclusively by the consideration of the great
system of railroads proposed to be executed under the
dividend guarantee of the Government. The debate
was adjourned on the first, and brought to a conclu-
sion on the second day.
hi the report published by the State Gazelle of
this debate the names of the speakers are not given,
nor is any attempt made to g►ive even the speeches
separately. Nothing is stated but the general tenor
of the arguments advanced, and the issue of the division.
The only speaker whose speech has been honoured
with greater prominence in the report is that of the
Minister of Finance, who pointed out• the great ad-
vantages which Prussia, more, perhaps, than any
other country, might anticipate from' the realization
of an extensive system of railroads. The disadvan-
tages of her geographical position, he said, would in a
great measure be remedied, while the facility given
to internal communication would act as a material
protection to domestic industry against• foreign com-
petition.
The members were then successively called upon
to express their opinions, and though tor the general
principle of the proposition there was all but una-
nimity, yet a number of doubts and hesitations arose
as to the details of the plan. Several members, while
they admitted the importance of railroads, insisted
upon it that the improvement of •the common roads
was a matter of at least equal moment. Some were
for giving greater extension to the proposed plan,
others for confining it within narrower limits. By
some it wa3 questioned whether the establishment of
a railroad in the province of Posen was at all to be
wished for. Several members also expressed their
belief that on many of the proposed railroads the in-
come would be very inadequate, and the Government
would in consequence have to incur, with respect to
those railroads, a permanent outlay.
The great majority of the assembly,,however, were
zealous in advocating the general advantages to be
looked for from a comprehensive system such as had
been proposed, and urged the danger in which Prussia
would be placed if she allowed other nations to get
the start of her in the march of improvement. Among
other advantages to be anticipated would be flak., that
with a good system of railroads, the whole monarchy
of Prussia would be supplied with salt from the pro-
vinces of Saxony and IVestphalia, whereas at present
several of the more distant provinces stood indebted
'for their supply to foreign countries.
The Presiding Minister declared that the opinion
of Government coincided entirely with that of the
members who had advocated the equal importance of
the more ordinary means of internal communication.
Indeed, the experience of other countries showed that
the establishment of railroads did not tend to diminish
the traffic on roads running parallel with them, while
on those roads leading to railroads the traffic had
greatly increased. In support of this view, reference
was made by one member to the astonishing increase
in the navigation on the Elbe, between Hamburgh
and Magdeburgh, since the opening of the railroads
between the latter city and Leipzic, Dresden, and
Berlin.

The discussion having been exhausted, the Presid-
ing Minister summed up the debate, and, in conclu-
sion, demanded from the assembly an answer to the
to the following question :
"Ts the execution of a system of railroads, to con-
nect the centre of the Prussian monarchy 'with the pro-
vinces, and these with one another, and 'which, at the
same time, in its main lines, shall communicate with
foreign countries, looked upon as an urgent necessity?"
The 98 members present were then each in succes-
sion called on to answer " yes" or," no" to this ques-
tion, when there appeared 90 ayes and. 8 noes.
The sitting was then closed.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
HERNE BAY STEEPLE CHASE.-THURSDAY.

Sweepstakes of 10 sous. each, with 60 added. Four
miles across the country. (5 Subs.)
Mr. A. M‘Donogh's ch g Vanguard (Owner) 1
Mr. 11. Scott's b g Nimrod (Owner) 2
Mr. J. Ball's Student (James) 3
Mr. Tilbury's Goblin (Bretherton) 4
Mr. Anderson's Negro
Such was the order in which the horses came in, Van-
guard winning by about a length. It then came out that
after the horses had started some additional flags were
put out, and that all went on the wrong side of one of
them except Goblin, whose owner, therefore, claims the
stake 3, which were ultimately awarded to him, the others
being distanced. Neither the management or the deci-
sion is calculated to increase the popularity of the Herne
Bay Steeple Chases.
LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY
The following quotations are merely nominal :
DEnwir.-8 to 1 agst A British Yeuman-18.to 1 agst
Murat-23 to 1 agst Winesour-25 to 1 agst
33 to 1 agst Aristides-35 to 1 agst Amorine-40 to 1
agst Napier-35 to 1 agst Cotherstone-40 to 1 agst
Languish colt-40 to 1 agst Newcourt, and 50 to 1 agst
Lvcrtun. -

OAKS.-7 to 1 agst Maria Day-10 to 1 agst Wee
Pet-13 to l Testy-20 to 1 agst Sister to Coronation-
-20 to 1 agst Laura filly, and 25 to 1 ugst Sister to
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