The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-01-11

\ ing as the reflection may be 10 Russian national
vanity" says Northern Bee, there is no help for
but to let foreigners come in and supply the capi
| tai The Ony consolation Ia, that in spite OF the
part they would take in it, il would nevertheless
| main q national work. and all the advantages would
be the side of Russia. 1t is possible that in the
frst year Russia would have to make up the def
cheney I'D the percentage guaranteed but the great
| gain that would arise from the many hundreds of
millions that foreigners would sink in the Russian
| soil would accrue 10 Russia's increased commercial
activity, and at the end of eightyive years. if the
| government DID not buy them up sooner the coun-
try would come of itself into gratutOus possession
of several thousand versts of railroad. with which
other branch lines built by national skill and CAPT
This is what the best written Russian journal saws
| on the subject Of railways in Rusaia, and for any
one that is DESTROYS of unremunerative employment
| Tor his capital in the developement of Russian re
sources il is very convincing and impressive; equally
so 1t ought to be for all who may ave been thinking
| Of eDbarking their money in the Pereira specull
tion as an investment. Whatever the eatrepreneurs
Of The lob may put forward in its avor, there s no
| Russian TO be found with impotence enough to
assert that the shareholders would ever Get more
than The five per cent guaranteed by the govern
ment. And what non Russian, that knows ANYTHING
Il Russia, will be 80 sanguine as to say they will
| certainly get as much?
A Railway from Rustcnulx to varna, by
Shumla.
The Imperial government Informs capitalists that
u Is proposed to construct railroad which, pass
uR tnrOuBn al Important place IKE Shuma, COn-
Meeting thus Varna with the Danube and ending at
Rustcbuk would likewise unite the Danubian Prn.
c,palities with Varna- This route would diminish
the distance between Oorstantinope and Vienna by
one hundred bours; it would Obviate the difficulties
which navigation encounters at the mouths of the
Danube, and would consequently be of great advsn.
tage for the future,
The advantages and conditions granted to the
company which would undertake this line are as fol-
lows
1. The railroad will bear the name of Imperial OF
tomsn Railroad and will be subject to the regula-
tiona of the empire.
q When the surveys on the spot will be finished,
the company will receive per cent guarantee the
rum which will have been fixed for the expenses of
constructing the line.
8. The company will have the right of cutting
rautonsy the wood required for the cOnst Tuetion
in the forests Of the State, situate in the enyirons of
VarDa ard Sbumla.
State and necessary for the construction Of this line
VIII be likewise given gratuitously to the company.
For the private property through which the line will
have t., run, price will be fixed according to the
regulations, which price will be repaid to the CON-
S. The materials and machinery which the com
pany will bring from abroad for the construction
and the working of the railway will be exempted
from the Customs dues.
8. The Imperial government has the intention of
transforming into a maritime port the Lake of
VaIna, which offers all the advantages of large
Z. The moment the company receives the grant
1t VIII have to deposit sum equivalent to Q per
cent on the capital, on which the Sublime Porte
will have guaranteed an interest of per cent
g. II on the capital on which the Sublime Porte
will have guaranteed an interest of per cent for
the construction of the railway and the port. the
profits, after the deduction of expenses, should
pass per cent, the surplus will not belong to the
company but will be, in the first instance employed
to repay the paid as guarantee by the Imperial
government, and after this shall have been done,
the profits exceeding s per cent will be divided
e0UaIIV hetWepn the Snhlima Porte and fha
pany.
8. The concession will be granted at most for
ninety nine years. The company will most dimn
ish this term, as well as the interest to be guar
teed, and which will besides give the most fav x
conditions in other respects to the Imperic S..ole
ment, will have the preference At the .-s Os she
its dependences ' will in Seso%e, 's gS " rad with ali
Of the sublime Porte. AS for 20 "a the property
accessories the Imperial gc .,s gines and other
at fair valuation al and onatons in ou tb sas re
at the time OF the sesss;on ,se''eo I'D the nrmanS
G""no FL: rstltt,on to the Kur,. Mur,n
-, lslrnds.
lteSs Ityy. 2t) correspondence OF London Timesl
n ID with extreme regret that have TO report the
Temporary failure Of Captain Ords expedition to the
Kuria Muria Islands, whittier he proceeded from
this place with the vessels Beng and Philip Dean
about Two months month ago t9T 1ne Of Working
on three of those islands. Every possible precau-
ton and foresight bad been exercised to insure the
successful issue of the undertaking. and there is
every probability that Captain Ordis exertions
would have been amply rewarded had not an event
which he had control frustrated his project.
After making the islands in safety, and land.
ing most OF his implements, &e., and common
cling operations, 1t appears that his tent was
surrounded at A. N. Of the 22d Of October, BY O
body of 100 armed Arabs, who, having first de-
manded what his object was, and learning from
him. through the interpreter that it was to collect
guano from such Of the islands had been ceded TO
her Majesty by the lmaum of Muscat, and that he
possessed an exclusive right to that privilege, i'm
mediatty and in the most peremptory and insulting
manner. ordered him to quit the islands within one
hour. The islands, they avcrred, were never Q de-
pondency OF the lmaum, but belonged TO their chief,
Who resided at Marbat, on the mainland adjacent,
without whose authority no person had any right TO
| set foot on his territory.
Captain Ord at the time had only one European
| (his second assistaDO and ten men with him,
but was subsequently Joined by his first as
sistsnt (Mr. Smiih) and twenty more Of his own
men, chiefly natives Of India. Even with this
force II would have been the height Of rashness to
attempt any opposition, and Captain Ord seems to
have q ted with equal determination and prudence
in the difficult position In which he was PLAYED He
warned the Arabs Of the certain retributon which
would follow any attempt at further violence, and
hs anG he and pU was
prepared TO sail with the Bleng and Philip Dean TO
Bombay the 10Th Of October. Mr.. Smith, &C
coupenied by the hired coolies taken from this,
started on the same day in two boats and reached
Alden in safety on the 18th Of November.
II Is deeply 70 lie regretted that his scheme has
failed, for the present at least; but IL the same
energy is brought to bear upon it again, and ade
quate protection supplied either by her Majesty or
the Indian government, there seems every proba-
bity OF its eventual success.
The Corn Weld of the World.
Prom the Iondon Chronicle, Dec. n
Some statistical returns respecting the yield OF
the late harvest in different countries Of Europe,
| Africa and America were published in our columns
yesterday. The importance Of the subject 10 which
ttese statements refer il is impossible 10 exaggerate.
From them we have TO ASCERTAIN not merely the
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