The Sun.
London, England, 1842-01-13 00:00:00

RAILWAYS IN FRANCE.,!

The question of reloads in France is discos sed at
great length in one of the French commercial papers,
chiefly with reference to the clause in the Speisi h from
the Throne, in which the King declared it 'at the
Chambers should consider the means of rest t ring en
equilibrium between the receipts and expense irs of the
State, without touching the military organizat: tots of the
country, or deferring the execution of the gr eat public
works, which are understood to mean the railroads.
The article in question would ;how that the :preserva-
tion of military organization in its present s *ute is in-
consistent with the completion of the ptlb; is works,
and the restoration of equilibrium to the bu feet, now
that the sinking fund is pledged for five years, .:and that
recourse has just been had to a new loan, the I terms of
which have still ten_ months to run. The p!- si‘,which

is attributed to the Minister of Public Work P, begins
by classifying several grand lines of railway Al '3 lignes
d'etat, or " Government lines," which ought. v.. 3 be in
the hands of Government, like all Royal r, )at Is. Of

these lines, there are five proposed, and th., connect
Paris, from which they all commence, r, rAT )ectively
with the Belgian frontier (with a branch to JJoulogne
and Calais), with the Mediterranean by I ions and
Marseilles, with the ocean by Tours an 1. Nantes,
with the Spanish frontier by Bordeaux and ,Bayonne
and with the Eastern frontier by Strasbur g. With
respect to the particular portions that are to be accom-
plished first, the Minister proposes the An b-Belgian
line, which is preferred to all the rest, and e two ex-
.

tremities of the line from Paris to the Me:] it srranean
—that is to say, the part from Paris to (2 lw alon-sur-
Saone by Dijon, and the part from Tarasco, a to Mar-
seilles. Subsequently, however, tire line fror s Paris to
Chalon-sur Saone seems to have been deferrt td for fear
of rendering the Eastern departments discor tented, as
they might conceive the direct line from Par; ato Stras-
burg was abandoned. The localities jot crested in
the roads would, according to this plan, con tribute the
land, the Government would execute the tens sce work.
stations, &c., while private speculators would ay down
the rails and furnish the engines. The cho ie •of the
particular lines which are to be 'first complete • if is disap-
proved by the paper in question. With respe ie tto the
priority which is given to the line from Paris to the
northern frontier, it is observed that Belgium is', already
covered with railroads, and that by this new I ne An- '
twerp might gain at the expense of the Frenc 'a ports.
The line from Paris to Lyons is considered tt be far
more important. The means of executing the project
are spoken of merely as a roundabout way of re turning
to the system of carrying on • these works by • the Go-
vernment, which was rejected by the Deputies five
years ago. Thus the part reserved for private t specula-
tion is thought to be a mere illusion, on accouta tof the
great improbability of a Company being formed , merely
to lay down rails. If the Government begins to make
the terrace• work, it will be compelled to lay do wn rails
to transport the materials, so that, however spec ions the
proposal may be, it must end in a Governmen t under-
taking.

The Constitutionnel has the following •"A nu-
merous deputation, composed of Peers, Deputie ,' Generals,
among whom it is said, were three Marshal, I, and mem-
bers of the Municipal Council and Chat& te: : of Com-
merce of Strasburg, waited, on Saturday m outing, upon
the President of the Council and the Minis ter of Public

Works, to confer on the projected railroad L etween Paris
and Strasburg direct, and to express tl e unanimous
wish of the inhabitants of the eastern department for the
establishment of a communication which «• ill contribute
so essentially to the military defence of 3 ?ranee. The
question was discussed in a strategic point jot' view, and
also with regard to its commercial advan ages, by the
military men, merchants, and landowners , present, and
all of them retired extremely gratified wit ;h -the recep-
tion of the President of the Council."

The National maintains the truth . )f its state

ment concerning a collision between the sol di ers of the
59th of the Line and the Second Light 'dal tt ry, which
has been contradicted by the Ministerial ,Vve n ing paper,
and says that a soldier of the corps, wh o d .ed of his
wounds, was interred on Friday. Several o tht rs, it adds,
are in a state of dagger.—The Temps men ..A.c .ns a report,
that, during the collision in questioni a ; K,idier of the
Second Light Infantry was thrown from th wiedow of a
house, near the Barrier, into the street. ' This dsnurnal,
in contradiction to the Mesgager, says th 'lt it was-the
59th of the Line, and not the 11th, which w. concerned
in the fray ; and that this corps is waitin . every day
for marching orders, for which other.motir of a poli-
tical nature have given cause.