9 DECEMBER 1865, Page 2

The idea of pneumatic railways is to be tried on

a considerable scale. A railway on that principle is to be constructed im- mediately under the Mersey, to connect Liverpool and Birkenhead. Such a communication is urgently required, and if the work can be done at any reasonable expense, and the company will concede low third-class fares, say one penny, it ought to be magnificently remunerative.