The Sun.
London, England, 1845-09-06 00:00:00

EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON.

The peculiar situation of the Edinburgh, Leith, and
Granton Railway is so marked with usefulness, that we
need not to plead excuse in entering fully into its
merits. The railway takes its rise from the station at
the North Bridge, and passing by a tunnel under the
New Town of Edinburgh, branches off to Granton Pier
on the left, and to the Leith Docks on the right. The
Granton branch is near completion, and when this valu-
able portion is open to the public, we shall then avail
ourselves of the opportunity thus afforded of dilating
upon its merits. The true interest of the Leith branch,
however, is not known ; but when known, must be
highly valued. Rails are to be laid round the docks of
Leith, which is an advantage not attained in any sea-
port in the kingdom. But there is a branch which
oiverges from the main line to the station lately pur-
chaz.ed for the use of the railway, consisting of nearly
700 lineal yards of quay on the north side of the
upper harbour, on which large warehouses can be erected,
and vessels can run alongside, and not only discharge or
receive their cargoes without the expense of carriage,
but also with this great advantage—of not being exposed
to bad weather. The Leith Dock Commissioners, tieing
quite alive to the importance of this railway, have it
under consideration to deepen that part of the upper har-
bour, and by the formation of flood-gates above and be-
low this portion of the harbour, ata very trifling expense.
very extensive dock room will be formed for large ves-
sels. which, being always kept afloat, will remove many
obstacles to the use of this portion of the old harbour
existing at present. Much credit is due to the energy
and spirit that has been displayed by the board in carry-
ing out their plans, and it is very much to be regretted
that the public attention has not been drawn at an earlier
period to these plans, which it has ever been their object
to carry out.— Scach Railway Gazette.

THE GRAND JUNCTION RAIL-
WAY, AND PRINCESS ROYAL STEAMER,
FROM LIVERPOOL.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Sin,—ln Bradshaw 's Railway and Steam Navigation.
Guide for this month, it is announced, at page 63, that
" The Princess Royal, with passengers only, sails from the
Egremont Slip, Prince's Pier•head, Liverpool, every. Wednes-
day and Friday, punctually at 5 30 P.m., on the arrival of the
train which leaves London at 10 A.M., Birmingham at 1 45,
and Manchester at 2 P.m."

The appointments of this ship are published, in the adver-
tisement I allude to, more prominently and attractively than
those of any other.
Relying on them, I changed the route by which 1 intended
travelling to Scotland, and came here yesterday by the London
mail train, especially mentioned in the Guide, that I might
proceed by the Princess Royal to Greenock, and keep engage-
ments I had made for this day in Edinburgh.
The arrival of the train at Liverpool is advertised for 5 10
r. 31. ; it was about this hour when it reached the opening of
the tunnel adjoininr, the terminus. Besides the time usually
occupied there in collecting' the tickets from the passengers,
there was a detention of the whole train (a long and heavy
one, pith a multitude of passengers) for fully five minutes, in
a search far the portmanteau of one gentleman, who quitted
the train at the entrance of the tunnel ; and it was half. past
five ere the body c f the passengers were set free at the
other end.
Others, with myself, hastened as fast as we could be driven
to the Pier. head, but the Princess Royal had just left, and was
then about 50 or 100 yards distant ; and though we hurried into
a boat t overtake her, she did not slacken her pace, nd the
police assuring us that our attempt would be fruitleass, we
desisted.
I have thus been subjected to very great inconvenience, if not
loss ; and as others were in the same predicament, and as
greater evil may yet occur from similar causes if uncorrected
I venture, through you, to suggest the necessity of either
al ering the terms of the advertisement, or that the Princess
Reyai should not depart until the arrival of the train for which
the advertisement led me and others to believe she would wait.
I was told that this train had recently been la e on seas ral
occasions ; but as the time varied only from twenty to thirty
minutes, that there was no doubt the steamer would wait for
its arrival, which, in the advertisement, was made, apparently,
a condition of the steamer's departure.