The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

It is stated that the Kendal and Windermere Rana's"'
is about to be leased to the Lancaster and Carlisle
Company.
►SOUTH WALES RAILWAYS.—The Vale of Neath Rag-
way Company are proceeding with the necessary prelimi-
nary surveys for securing railway communication with
the rich and important mineral district of Cwmdare and
Cwmamman.

THE ST. HELENS CANAL AND RAILWAY, half-yearlf
statement of aceouots shows that the canal •traffic has
produced £8,300. and the railway 412;355,, making.?
grand total of £20,655. The nett surplus for the hall'
year is £5,199.

The project for leaeng the Northwestern to the North
Midland Company is said to be strongly opposed by need/
the whole body of shareholders in Lancaster, who are fullt
convinced that the line will eventually pay, and pay well
too, the receipts being gradually increasing.
The Morning Herald intimates that the differences be•
tween the London and Northwestern and Great Norther!,
Railways have been amicably settled, and that equal farm
will now be charged to and from the towns of York, Leeds,
Wakefield. Doncaster. Lincoln, and Peteruorough.
The Northwestern (from Skipton to Lancaster) share'
holders have rejected to hand over the working of the rail-
way for a terin of twenty-one years to the Midland Rail'
way Company, and have appointed a committee to watch'
over the interest of the line, as well as to make other ne
gotiations.

MANCHESTER. SHEFFIELD, AND 'LINCOLNSHISS
RAILWAY.—The standing orders were complied with ill
this case for limiting the tolls now leviable upon the
Trent and Mersey navigations and Macclesfield Canalt
accommodation on such navigations to be given to the
Manchester. Slit-ffield, and Lincolnshire, on payment of
the tolls demandable by the North Staffordshire.
NEWPORT. ABERGAVENNY, AND HEREFORD RAIL;
WAY.—The works on this line were formally commeneett
yesterday week, by cutting the first sod' at the intendee
cutting at Ab-rgavenny and at Llanvihaneel. The lint
is to join at Pontypool the Newport and Pontypool finer
which is now completed and nearly ready for opening'
The new line will pass through Abereavenny and Llsn'
vihangel to Hereford, a distance of 32 miles. _

...
KENDAL AND WINDERMERE.—The. accounts of tbii
company submitted to the proprietors at the hall...yeller
meeting, on Saturday, showed that £202.777 had been re'
ceived on capital account up to the 31st of December, in'
eluding £2.075 during the half-year, and £212 378 eV
pended, including £5,501 during the half-year, leaving
balance against the company of £9 601.. The revenue se:
count for the half- year, ending 31st I)..rember. states that
£5,977 had b, ee received, and £2.248 expended, leavia
a balance of £2,729. out of which £1,231 is deducted for
interest on debenture bonds, and £1,054 for interest 00
preference shares and banking account, leaving a balance
of £1,444, which added to the balance of reserved profit/
from the opening of the line (£2.717) makes a total of
£4.171. The proposed' dividend, at the rate of 55. Per
share, would absorb £1,117, and leave a balance for the
next account of £3,044.