The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-05-04 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

SHREWSBURY AND CHESTIER RAILWAY.-ln the case
of the petition of the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire
Company, in favour of dispensing with the standing orders,
on behalf of this company the select committee have de-
clared they may be dispensed with.
THE LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN CC,APA.NY and
the Birkenhead, Lancashire, and Cheshire Junction people,
we hear, are likely to become friends once mare, under an
agreement by which the latter line will be worked upon,
much the same terms that the former work the Cheiter
and Holyhead. We presume that the London and North-
Western board will not drop their Birkenhead scheme tilt
they secure the sanction of the shareholders of the Birken..
head Company to the agreement, which it is stated to ea,
has been come to.-Morning Herald.
TRAFFIC RETURNS.-The traffic returns for the week
ending April 25, on the undermentioned English lines of
railway, are as follow :- 1852. /851.
London and North Western .. £45,488 - £43,964
Midland
Lancashire and Yorkshire 15,636 .. 16,222
London and South-Western 11,044 .. 11,127
London and Brighton.
Great Western
South Eastern
York and North Midland
Manchester, Sheff. and Lincoln 6,285 .. 7,112
Bristol and Exeter ..
York, Newcastle, and Berwick., 13,576 .. 12,160
Shrewsbury and Chester..
Shrewsbury and Birmingham BO2 .. 626
Eastern Counties and Norfolk .. 15,098 .. 14,001
Great Northern
Chester and Holyhead..
North Staffordshire 4,809 .. &WO
Leeds Northern
South Devon 2,017 .. 2,237
South Wales 1,504 .. 918
The total receipts on the above lines being £210,383,
against £201,715 in the corresponding week of last year ;
the increase is shown to be .£8,668. The number of miles
open on the above line was, in 1852. 4,2621, and in 1851,
4,141 showing an increase of 121 miles.

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THREE DAYS ON BOARD A STEAM-SHIP,

NOT steaming away from our own land, after numberless

atheus, and indefinite waving of white handkerchiefs from
the shore and quarter-deck ; nor yet homeward-bound,
with all the bright anticipations of a speedy reunion with
those whom we love, and those who love us. Nothing
of the kind.

One day in the autumn of 18.16, the writer was instruc-
ted to proceed, with all possible speed, to a lonely spot on
the north-eastern coast of Ireland, where, during the pre-

le noblest, if not the noblest, vessel
in the world had run ashore. The weather was fine, the
night had been comparatively calm,—a mistake in the
reckoning, or an imperfection in the chart, bad led those
in charge to take a wrong course. The consequence was
that the ship was run on shore, fortunately in a place
where a high bank of sand had been raised, but imme-
diately beside rocks of the most dangerous character,
which at high tide are barely covered. Everything in
and around the Great Britain was utter confusion. The
peasantry for miles around had congregated to the spot,
fr assistance in abundance was at hand to remove the lug-

gage of the passengers, all of whom—as indeed all who
were on board at the time of the accident—luckily escaped.
We spent the whole day on the deck, a hope being then
indulged i❑ that she would be got off by the next tide.
Never, perhaps, were the feelings of disappointment, dis-
may, and hope, so completely blended as upon that occa-
sion. The commander was the very picture of melancholy,
and, save in giving occasional directions to those near him,
scarcely a syllable escaped his lips. The tide flowed and
ebbed again, leaving the fine ship high and dry, notwith-
standing the exertions used for her release ; and we left
her, participating in the regret which the disappointment
had caused.

Another day—it was in the spring of 18-17—being near
the spot, and having some leisure time, we paid a second
visit to the Great Britain. The attempt to move her off
from her position bad been abandoned during the winter
months ; and there, sure enough, she lay a perfect bulk.
The waves aroused by many storms had washed her sides,
and everything which had given her, desolate as she was,
the morning after the wreck, a certain degree of splendour
and an air of life, had been removed. The rust had ga.
thered over her, and ruin was imprinted everywhere.
A solitary individual was in charge of her, from whom we
obtained permission to pass through the saloon, and in-

spect what had been her superbly-fitted apartments.
Only in her dimensions was there any trace of that mag-
nificence which had excited but a few months ago, feelings
of admiration. As to her chances, they scorned at a sad
discount : the hull had been much damaged, the return-
ing tides had only more firmly imbedded her, and looking
down from the engine-room, it might be seen that sbe
heArater to a considerable distance above her keel. It
w PIIF truly melancholy spectacle.

Still another day—during the week just past—we were
again on board the Great Britain, in Wellington Dock.
Hundreds of people were there as well as we, inspecting
the noble proportions, the tasteful fittings and decora-
tions, the splendid machinery, and all the requisites of
a first-class steam-ship. All were loud in praise of what
they saw. To our own mind, the contrast she presented
with our recollection of the hopeless derelict of Dundrum
awakened other feelings than those of admiration for
the preparations around us, however magnificent or well
contrived. These attested British skill ; that taught a
nobler lesson—the results of British perseverance.
Simple as are the facts above stated, what if they con-
vey a worthier moral still ? What if they arouse us to
reflect that, however grand, however we may deem our-
selves well fitted to battle with the storms and ills of life,
" not to us " is due the merit, and that a simple
accident may reduce the noblest craft to a desolate hulk ?
And what if they still further induce us to consider that
there is no position so forlorn; but from out of it
perseverance, under Providence, may sooner or later
relieve us ? G.

DEPARTURE OF THE GREAT BRITAIN•

According to previous announcement, this ocean steam-
ship left the Wellington Dock at 9 10, a.m., on Saturday,
with about 180 passengers on board, and a large quantity
of goods for the season. A great number of spectators,
assembled on the pierhead, seemed much gratified at the
manner in which she cleared the dock and steamed down
the river. She reached the Bell Buoy, unassisted by her
sails, about 10 10, a.m., thus making a run of thirteen
miles in the first hour ; at 12, noon, she was off Ormes-
head ; at 1 30, p.m., Point Lynes ; and at 3, p.m., she
was telegraphed off Holyhead. The passengers were much
pleased with the arrangements, and no less se• with the
absence of the noise and unpleasant motion so much com-
plained of in many screw steamers. Her engines worked'
smoothly and with great accuracy. We understand- that
she will return from New York on the Ist of June, and be
again despatched hence on the 26th. One interesting
feature in her arrangements is the improved princiiple of
launching the boats. By an ingenious contrivance they
are lowered into the sea in a horizontal position and so
simple is the machinery to effect this, that a eabin-boy
could perform the operation. She has a sufficient num-
ber of boats to contain the whole of the crew and as many
passengers as sbe is likely to carry. In Captain Mat-
thews she her an able commander.

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April 4.—At 2, a.m., abreast of Greenock, set on full
speed.

April &—Distance run, 220 miles. First part, light
breeze; latter part. heavy westerly sea.
April 6.—Dis. 240 mites. Light breezes, fore and aft
sails set.

April 7.--Did. 255 miles.. Fresh breezes, heavy wes-
terly sea, all sail set.

April —Db. 314 miles._ Strong breezes and. heavy
weather, carrying all sail.

April 1-1515.244 i miles. First part, fresh breezes, all
sail set ; latter part, fore =craft sails only.
April 10.—Dls. 107 rant*. Strong gales and heavy
westerly sea (steaming only)1

April 142 milbs. Strong gales and heavy
westerly sea (steaming only.)t _

April 12'.—Dis. 170 miles.. Strong gales- and heavy
westerly sea (steaming only),
April 11—Dis. 195 miles. Strong gales- and heavy
westerly sea ;: latter part,. fore and aft sails sat.
April 14t—Dis. 250 mires.. Hirst part, lied airs ; latter
part, fresh breezes, all sail set.

April 115,—Dis. 27 milts. Fresh breezes, all sail set.
April 16:--Dis. 214' miles. First part,. all sail set ;
latter part, strong gales and heavy head sea.

April 117.—Dii; 168; miles. First part,. strong gales
and heavy westerly sea 4: latter part, moderate weather
(steamiag only). At 2', a.m., of
lay too. ollightship ; at
a.m., set on all speed for
Staten Island ; and at 6.30,
a.m., aachored at Quarantine Dock.

DR.. SHERIDAN

MUSPRATT ON

ALLSOP'S BITTER ALE.

We have as great an objection as other persons to ba
poisoned, either by deleterious drinks or adulterated arti-
cles. of food. But we cannot believe in all the " Death,
in the Pot" storiesoirculated by parties professing to be
chemists. A crusade has recently been made by certain
of these would-be- savant against alleged adulteration ;.
and most astounding discoveries have been made, tending
to.excite our wonder that one-half the population of this
country have not long ago been destroyed by arsenic, and
other poisons, whichithey are proved to have been bathe
daily habit of swallowing. The most recent discovery of
the kind was one calculated seriously to disturb our faith
in the genuineness of that admires/beverage, Bitter-Beer.
Large quantities. of strychnine,in seems, have lately been
imported into, this. country ;, and strychnine is bitter,
ergo, the sage conclusion has been arrived at, that it must
be used in brewing bitter ale. Such is the stoat which
has been circulated by the. London Times and Daily
News. We-are glad, however,,so far as one eminent firm
is concerned, to be enabled bo lay before our readers the
following letter from one of the most eminent chemists of
the day, Dr. Muspratt, of Liverpool, which is calculated
thoroughly to restore their confidence in the popular ar-
ticle, brewed by Messrs. Allsopp and Sons, of Burton