A railway run, down the right bank of the Rhine from Basel through Freiburg. Carlsruhe, and Darmstadt to Frankfurbam-Mayn and Wieebaden. Thu line is to be continued from Frankfurt to a At Frankfurt this trunk line is joined by the Cassel railway, cli ilc connected by the Thuriogian and Westphalian lines with central and northern Germany, and by the Wurzhurg line with the Reveries railways. At Ilrucheal, a little north of Carlsruhe, it is joined by a branch line with the Wiirtemburg railway system. A French railway runs down the left bank of the Rhine from Basel to Strasbourg, whence a line runs to Paris. Farther down a line, in connection with the ParinStrubsgerg line, skirts the left bank of the Rhine from Spires to Mayenoe. In the Prussian territories a railway join. Bonn to Cologne, whence a short line running west connects, the Rhine with the belgiaa railways. From Deutz, opposite Cologne, a railway runs aloeg the right bank of the river to Duisburg, whence it turns east ward, connecting the Rhine with the Hanoverian and Prussian lines.
The Rhine is crossed by pontoon bridges, or bridges of boats, only at Cologne, klasenee, Mannheim, and a few other places; and the railways that eklrt its hanks have as yet no point of junction. An iron bridge is about to be constructed over the river from the Fnuikenplats In Cologne to the wharf near the railway terminus at Dente. It will rest on three massive piers and two abutments, leaving four openinrs for the pamage of the water each 313 feet in span. There is to be no opening In the arches, their height above the water being sufficient to admit vessels to pass. The bridge is to be divided
loogitudinally into two equal divisions, one for the passage of trains and the otte r for general traffic and use. The height of the bridge is to be reamer than the level of the railroads on either aide of the river, In order not to impede the navigation ; but at eaoh end a move able platform will be constructed, with powerful machinery for raising and lowering it with a whole train to the levels of the two railroads respectively, so that there will be no necessity to unload or change carriages.
It1110 is a Dutch settlement, on the Island of Bintang, which lice opposite Cep. Romania, one of the promontories with which the Malay peninsula terminates on the south. The islaud of Bintang is a little larger than that of Singapore, and contains about 300 square melee, with a population of abont 13.000. The Dutch first established %hematites here in 1785, and in 1el3, after Jaya, Malacca, cud the other Dutch colonies bid been restored, the Dutch government took niesion of the town of Ithio in order to secure the Malacca trade; but tie fouodatioe of the town of Singapore and the rapid growth of that British colony has frustrated their design : yet Ithie is a thriving plasm A large quantity of gum and term japonica is exported. The town and fortress of Ride Is situated on the muth•west coast of the island, at the entrants of a wide inlet, called the bay of Tanjong Mang. The harbour Is good and safe, but its entraoce is rendered dillionit 'ad dangerous by a Dumber of small rocky Islands. Rhio is In 60' N. lat., 104' 25' E. long.