The Express.
London, England, 1859-08-23 00:00:00

RAILWAY FRACAS IN SCOTLAND.

A dispute which, in its inconvenient multi to the
public, has cast into the shade the scent competition of the
death Welters and South Coast Companies, has pilwailed
during the pest fortnight between the Scottish Central and
thottith North Eastern Raton Compatie at their joinable
at Perth, by which the through trifle of all prams travel-
ling to the north of Scotland hoboes adroitly impeded, and
great delay occasioned in the tranandmion of the mails.
Happily the foterfereuee of other =speaks Wrested,
end threats of legal proceeding on the part of riser-
cheats, the delivery of whose- pods has bees de-
layed. bare induced the belligerent parties to enter Into
artenementi whereby, pending negotiates' for the per-
manent setthipent of the goalless at I we, ell trate will
alin=lirdsilh Perth, vitamin salering from the oh-
to which it has been sattleetol shoe the Bth alike
present month.
The cizonsestances of the case ere altogether so extraordi-
nary, sad the inconvenience which the travelling nubile
suffered ohne the disputa lasted was so enormous, that •
brief statement of the facts cannot fail to be Interesting.
The line of the Scottish Central Railway extends 320
yards north of Perth station, the nee of which has been
for avoid years, under a pecuniary arrangement,
common to the Coated Company, who built it, the North-
Eastern Company, whose line from Aberdeen joins the
Central Company at the point referred to, and the Edin-
burgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway. In the recent mean
of parliament the Central Company applied for powers to
levy a toll upon all passengers brought by the North Eastern
Company over the 320 yards of railway north of the Perth
station; and on the 7th instant the Roue of Lords granted
these powers, and also passed other clauses iropn open
the North Eastern Company the payment of a co le
sum of money, alleged to be their proportion of an outlay
non works at or near to the station.
The Scottish North Eastern Company affirm that theas
dames are so worti.d that they either may or may not use this
320 yards of railway, and that if they deem fit they may alto-
avoid entering the Central Company's station at
Fatah. As soon as the bill had received the royal went on
the Bth instant telegraphic instructions were ant down to
Perth by the spots of the North-Eastern Company in
London, ordering all trains for the south to stop at the ter-
mination of their line proper, and devoting their loco-
men,e superintendent to cease sending angina into Perth
station as had been the custom, to convey the northern
testes forward. The consequence has horn that, from the
Bth instant until Saturday lea (when, as already stated, an
amicable arrangement was come to), all panniers from
the south, on arriving at Perth, have been compelled to
alight from the carriages in which they had travelled from
London, end, shoe making • circuit of nearly three-quarters
of • mile through the town of Perth, to rejoin the railway
at • point 320 yards north of the Central elation.
The leconventeace or such a necessity at any period of the
year will be manifest ; but during the past might, when
so many families have been going to the moors, the trouble
and annoyance it has occasioned as soareely.be imagined.
It has frequently happened that • trate his armed from the
south with from 160 to 200 poinengwe, many of them
ladles and children. On reaching the station at Perth
every person has been compelled to alight, and, gathering
tartar, their luggage as well as they could, make the beat
of their way through the town to the extremity of the
disputed line, where the North-Eastern Company had hastily
put together a few bards, and formed a temporary oaks
tor the reception of passengers. The supply of flies and
carriages of every description at a quiet place bk. Perth,
under such circumstances, of course fell short of the demand;
and it boa been no uncommon ocourrento to observe an

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wheelbarrow contained the moot precious article of bar
wardrobe, and sometimes a peer of the highest rank
the best of his way, carpet-bag in hand, to keep pareatli
some more fortunate traveller who had secured for himself
the "teat oat, on the wand."
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Thepassteger traffic tae not along suffered. During the
whole of lest week the sidings at Perth station were blocked
up with several hundreds of waggons of goods, none of
which the diaputing companies would send forward; and
singular inconvenience arose in many instances from sports-
men having sent down their guns and shooting equipments
by luggage train, which were thus detained. The Poet-office
authorities were the first to take active measures in the affair,
by instituting actions against both companies for delaying
the moils; and it Is believed that this circumstance has con-
siderably facilitated the efforts of those gentlemen who have
been instrumental in bringing about the present amicable
arrangement between the disputants. At all events, it is to
be ho fed that a speedy and final adjustment of the whole
matter will be brought about, and that the two companies
will be spared the scapdal sad diagram wig.* must attach to
them if they again subject the public to the unnecessary and
irritating annoyances they have lately suffered by the un-
warrantable manner in which the carrying arrangements of
both railways base been disturbed in the prosecution of a
purely boil squabble.

HIGH Pilate FOR LANG. A portion of the
Westbury and Benbary estates of the late Bon. W. M. Noel
was offered fan male by amnion at the Bristol Commercial
Rooms, by Mr. J. P. Williams, ou Thursday last. The
prima realised were the hinheet known for many years.
With the exception of three lota the land wee all sold The
Wsetbery land, 2211 ears, fetched 2,3901., or over 1061. an
sore; the Henbury land, 40 111011111, 3,3181., or 831. an acre;
and some lands near Tborebury about fit SA acre.
COST OP PRINTING PARLIAMENTARY PAPERS.—.
It appears from a return recently issue/ that the cost of
printing report@ mid paper. presseted to parliament by ooni-
mend of bet Majesty during the siesta. of 1828 amounted to
29,7311. Ba. 6A. than distributed:—War Baru-meat,
2,9831.6 e. 7d.; India Board, 2.16 W. 6a. 31.• Admiralty,
201. 134.4 d. lone Oaks, 2,1741. 11e. 10d.; bands' Of-
fice, 7671. 0.. 64.; Treasury 3,2831. 2e. ild. ; Board of
Trade, 6,0184 19s. 10d..• and 'the Irish government, 9,641/.
1.'35' The sum of 29.7311 84. bd. le szolasiveof the print-
ing ordered by the two haws, which is,
Luminous nature, math saasa only that at cord-
awn of Jo es :stem of
thcourse,
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TSB 1.088 OP THE ALMA.

(From the Shipping Gazette.)

The following is the report of Mr. Jame Miller,
late first officer, and others, of the ship Alma, 1,187 tons
(Captain Muer late master), al Belfast., from Calcutta for
hilauritlus, which was wracked on the 6th use on the middle
ground, eastern or Aurae Chained of the River Hoogbly,
the capers, his wife and &lid, Lientessist Buck and lady,
sad his servants (passengers), Mr. Lang, • pilot, end 14 of
the mew, drowned
The Alma left Calcutta as the 6tb, la tow of a steamer,
fi Mary timit. The Alma's mew numbered In all 82 hands.
It was vary wet, dirty, thick maiming, the wind N.W., fresh.
The steam-tug towing use plunging vary much, and the Alma
also had a pelt deal of motion. The tug left them .boat
hat past 2 p.m. She was not cut of, but the ship's
dwboard hawser paned, and she shot away to wind-
er.* of the steamboat. The sea was all this time lacreasing,
sal the ship was pitching heavily. When they parted with
the abler they had topsails set, with foresail, jib, and
Cr. The floating light wee riding to the obi, tide, but
ater could not tell how long the ebb tide bad run. The
rad, which had been westerly when the tag parted, was
now southerly, so that from laying down the channel, the
Alma went off aerate it, being obliged to tack to the west-
ward. Upon this tack they continued about 20 minutes,
daring which one forstopsail burst, a staysail was carried
away, and another staysail burst. The ship was in charge
of the pilot, Mr. Lang, who at this time was aft, on the
poop. The sea hit the ship on the bowsprit end, end the
inner jib wee disabled, es that they had nor*: forward
but the foresail. They teenaged, however, to get the ship
round on the starboard tuft, stood across the channel. bat
was not going mach
i= re water. The Scaling light
err in eight, its berg qiimalN.W. of the ship.
The Alms, about -pest 4 pr., Min Mei en the star-
board tack, struck heavily alert the rearriggrg abaft the
beam, and she lodged van the beak. She several times
lifted and struck spin. Mr. Lang, the pilot, then shouted
to put up the maintop gallantril, to ears the ship screen
ithe continued to stirs, end was sea completely dud. He
hied several times to get her before the wind, bat felled.
When she wee settled on the bank, the pilot gave orders to
wand the pumps, whir the carpenter' however, had not
time to do, and be (witness) received orders to ohm sway the
boats, as this would be quite u much to do r there was time
for. He let to work to get out two mail bort; the lee
boat on the port side was re planet*, whir,
with the 11•111114111011 of 16 or 18 sr, was, after
great diMoulty, launched. At this time the captain' was aft
on the poop, about the mirrors; end Ids fatally, consisting
of • lady end one child. were with kir The pilot
was else on the poop. By this period the ship had stink up
to the poop deck, so that all commtutiostion was cut off be-
tween aft and forward. There were • number of men aft in
the poop, sad they could not get fix-ward. The ship was
going over on her port beam the whale time. Bbe did not
roll, but settled over. It was about 80 ranted' after the
ship struck that they succeeded in getting the Seat boat out,
which they attached to the ship by a rope. Five seen got
into her, with directions to take her aft, for the purpose of
saving those who were on the poop. The boat wig sheltered
to leeward of the ship against the sea, but there wen •
strong tide sitting down against the boat, widely driving
it spinet the ship, obliged the rope to be out off, and thee,
In consequence of the heavy weather, it was found
elute to get the boat aft, as bed been endeavoured. The
that drifted away to the &Z., deer of the ship altoge-
ther. There wen six oars he her, but no thoweffs ; she wee
therefore =rewash's, and wee never nearer the ship than
half a mile after the Ur had been cat. She was riding
the sea quite light, being very buoyant. He could me
three oars pulling. He thought if the boat had been pos-
maned of thowella, end otherwise prepared, she could have
taken the people off the wreck. He could give no reason for
the abeenoe- of the thowelle, except that they were seldom
kept in the boat, bat in a locker in the fore cabin. The part
of the crew then on the forecastle now commenced to launch
the other small boat, which was the jollyboat ; they would
not have got it off, but she went off the forecastle head
herself, ping to windward. All who were forward,
excepting three men who were up in the maintop,
_got
into her. The jollyboat had Ave oars, but no thowslk •
however, one of the men had five or six thorns in his
jumper pocket, and these, with some others roads out of •
camp noel which floated by, served them to pass their oars.
Ids shortly afterwards saw the longboat, which had been
Seated off the ship's Ise before they got the second boat our,
la the water near him. He secured it to Ale own boat, and
prevailed on four In the jollybut to take =Ws of It, lent no
others volunteered to get in. It would horrid 20 parsons.
The wreck at this time was distant from thorn about two or

a;;;eOttiorownliiiti;tl windward.HZlt been pro
appointed. and a reactant number had got in to mot her, '
he thought the whole on the wreck might have been saved.
The longboat was decked over and ne oars nor any thowell
trylat her. As it was he took the toughest, which wee quite
t, is tow, intending, if possibk, to take her to the after
part of the wreck, but every effort that was made for this
wpm was rendered fable by the heavy sea. He wee
obliged at length to cast it off. At this time, about an hour
after the ship struck, he could see the people on the deck of
the wreck, which was lying on her beam ends. The longboat
floated towards the wreck, picking up the carpenter, who had
jumped overboard from the ship. They in the jolly boat
stopped where they were till half-peat nine, a.m., having in
the meanwhile mete repeated efforts to get close to the
wreck in the hopes of saving those clinging to it, bat all
without avail. As soon as the tide came in they pulled to
the light alp, and were taken on board of her. Nothing
has been heard of since of Captain Mance, his wife and
child, three apprentices, one of the crew, Lieutenant Rock
and wife (passengers), Mr. Ruck's servants, and pilot, Mr.
Lang. It was his impression they were all drowned. •
seaman, named Charles 611111110t1P, states he was below when
the ship struck. He was ill. He rot on deck as they were
getting out the mooed boat. He was washed out of the
and found himself at the mercy of the
kw:evtlei.ginte caught hold of • small piece of wood,
and swam about till it was nearly dark. He dece-
iver& found a spat, with the assistance of which he got to
lead the next day.—William Jones, the ship's carpenter
states that when the ship struck the pilot gave orders to riser
the heath away. The mate and crew were getting the wee-
therbow over, heaths ship sunk Nilo+ that the boat floated off
her Mdse. All the people forwsrdgot into her exceptthree, who
mint into the foretop, leaving the captain's party, the pilot,
leadsmen, and fine os and a beyon the poop. The leadsmen
end captain were @Mating to the mate to pull for the long-
boatothich had floated off the chocks, and come for them who
were Wt. When they sew the boats could not near them, the
captain asked the pilot where he tght they had better go ;
the ca
the the maintop. TM Oot took the child to the
mainegging ; it was quite ea Maud, end ha (the carpenter)
canted it to the maintop. The pilot followed the two ladies
and captain into the top. They all sat huddled together upon
the masthead. From that, as the mast went ander water,
they west to the maintopinastiseed and topgallantmast, sod
remained there till about half-past 9, when the topmast broke,
and they were all thrown into the water together. He saw the
captain swim after his wife and child, and then lost sight of
them altogether. Ile (the carpenter) could not swim et all;
be got on the maintop. The steward and himself saw some
one swimming. It proved to be Mr. Rock. Re saw the pilot
(Mr. lam) on • spar under the maintop. Theses was jerking
blot against the mast. They could not get near him to assist
him. There were altogether ten men on the wreck. They
were eventually rescued by the boats of the Nimrod and
Como, which entered the port on the 6th. They were all
hauled from the wreck by a line into the boats."
A marine Inquiry toot place at the Muter Attendant's-
office, Fott Wilikm, on the 25th, to investigate the Mecum-
SWUM of the lore of the Alma' when the surviving portion
of her mew were examined, the Commissioners present being
Captain T. Hill, first assistant muter attendant; Captain F.
Laycook, of her Majesty's brig Minx ; Mr. T. Smart and
Mr. W. Davis, branch pilots. The prooeedings Limed two
days. Up to the departure of the last mail the commissioners
lad not presented their report.

BALE AT VAUXHALL GARDENS.—Yesterday after-
noon a vast number of pumas were attracted to Vauxhall-
gardens by the announcement that the well-known theatre,
orobeetra, dancing platform, firework gallery, fountains,
status, vests, do., would be sold by auction. The duty was
confided to Yr. R. C. Driver, who made a few preliminary
obervatices upon the history of the gardens, exprewing at
the suns time his bellef that many of the articles would fetch
atom than their intrinsic worth in consequence of the interest-
ing associations connected with them. This prediction was
not, however, verified. For a deal painted table with turned
legs, one of the original tables made for the gardens in 1754,
which the auctioneer said was store than a hundred yarns
old, and would last a hundred more, a Cloth of a fir
offered half-a-crown, but at length it rose to 9a., and was
knocked down at that figure. The large painting of Teepee,
in France, which was highly lauded by the auctioneer as
being conaiderably better than when it was first painted, was
knocked down at the insignificant sum of 21. 7s. ; while an-
other painting, quite as large, and apparently.. good, realised
only 30e. The large historical painting in the coffee-room,
representing the King of Sardinia with the Order of the Garter
being introduced by Prince Albert to the Queen, brought only
33e., notwithatandiug Unawareness of the monomer that the
likenesses were very striking while an equeetrlan picture of
the Emperor and Empress of Femme at a hunting party, with
the costume of Louis XIV., was disposed of for the ridiculous
same of 37a. The great filature of the day's sale was " the
satire erection of the elegant circular orchestra, with mina-
nail, leaded cupola roof sad gallery, Amerkan stout and oyster
bass, with the fittings, shelves, sad two his, engines and '
pipes, metal top counter, stairs, frontispiece and pipes, and
machinery of organ, bellows, duo., two figures on pedestals
supporting shell sounding-board, four looking-glass panels,
Ho." For this majestic pile a gentleman of the Jewish per-
suasion offered 234, hat several persons seemed to be sez6w
stoat Use lot, and the pries ma up to 99L, at which sum it
was knocked dews. The master pliuLaut kit dewing
brought 631. There were la ea 274 Iste, sad many of them
were knocked down at the lowest conceivable prices. The
whole of the ankles parahred are to be removed daring the
plead week.