The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-08-04 00:00:00

exertion and perseverance, and caused
but, notwithstanding tl
of the line will be

ese impediments, this important part
nished by the early part of March. ac-

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.eport of their enginee

ever, under these circumstances, to open
as far as the Star, at Hooley-lane—upwards of 1.
London ; and further from a point to the southward of .die,
tham, to the Three Bridges, near Crawley—a distance of
miles ; so that the journey between London Bridge ai
Brighton may easily be accomplished in four hours, as mm
than half the distance will be traversed upon the railroad
The directors have been in communication with some of tht
most influential coach-proprietors, both on the Brighton and
other roads, who have expressed their determination to avail
themselves of these advantages. The whole of the works are
progressing very satisfactorily, and the directors confidently
anticipate. they shall be able to open as far as Heyward's
Heath, a distance of 37 miles from London, by midsummer
next, and, throughout, to Brighton in the early part of next
autumn." It was farther stated that the total cost of the
line would not exceed £1,800,000, i❑ raising which the direc-
tors would have recourse to another call. The Shoreham
branch, already opened, bids fair to be profitable, and every
thing attached to the undertaking is in a prosperous and sa,
tisfactory condition.

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NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—On Monday last the
directors of the North Midland Railway placed upon this
line third class carriages. To the humble portion of the
community it will, undoubtedly, be a great accommodation,
as the rate of charge is only one penny per mile.—Doncaster
Gazette.

DANISH RAILWAY.-It is not generally known that a
railway from Altona, two miles from Hamburgh, to Kiel, in
the Duchy of Holstein, has been projected, and is about to
be constructed, under the auspices of the King of Denmark,
with a view of effecting a communication between the North
Sea and the Baltic. Mr. George Watson Buck, engineer-in-
chief to the Manchester and Birmingham Railway Company
has been selected as the engineer to the undertaking.

ROBBERY By A BIRD.—A respectable sheep farmer, near
Fort Augustus, has sent to us a communication, of which
the following is the substance :—After a walk over his farm,
at the beginning of this year's lambing season, and on a very
,warm morning, he had fallen asleep on a high hill. On
wakening, he found that his broad blue bonnet, and a yellow
silk handkerchief, which he had placed beside him, were both
missing. At first he suspected they had been taken away
in sport by some-person on the farm ; but, on inquiry, every
individual on the farm and neighbourhood, who could pos-
sibly have approached the spot, denied all knowledge of the
missing articles. Some weeks thereafter,_ our correspondent
and a party were ascending a very steep and dangerous rock
on the farm, to destroy the nest of a glede (kite). Great
was his amazement when the first article taken out of the
nest was the missing yellow silk handkerchief; then the
broad blue bonnet, with three eggs most comfortably en-
sconced in it; next appeared an olii tartan waistcoat, with
tobacco in one pocket, and Orr's Almanac for 1839 in the
other, (the Almanac having the words, scarcely legible, " J.
Fraser" written upon it); then came a flannel nightcap,
marked with red worsted " D. C. J.;" a pair of old white
mittens ; a piece of a letter with green wax, and the Inver-
veruess post-mark ; an old red and white cravat ; and a
miscellaneous assortment of remnants of cotton, paper,
cope, &c. This bird must have been carrying on its larce-
nies on a large and miscellaneous scale.—lnverness Courier.

CONSUMPTION.—Dr. Latour, of Paris, has published the
following rules for preventing the advent of consumption in
those who are predisposed to it :—A consumptive patient
should inhabit a dry, airy locality, well exposed to the influ-
ence of the solar rays. Residence in a large city predisposes
to consumption. A temperate climate should be chosen,
where the variations of the temperature are neither sudden
nor frequent. Travelling, and particularly sea -
attended with decided advantage in the early stage of co,
sumption. The patient should be warmly clothed, and
covered with flannel from head to foot. He should
habitually some moderate exercise, as walking, riding,
exposure to the open air and sun's rays are absol
necessary. He should exercise the mind in a moderate
gree, but avoid all strong moral emotions. He must renounc
any profession which requires strong muscular exertion
bent position of the body, residence in

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and finally, the food should be rich anduaut
nourishin

THE SIIREWSUURY PEERAGE.—By an act of parliament
procured by the great Duke of Shrewsbury (a protestant,
whose heir was a papist), it was settled that the heir
in all cases should at the age of twenty-one be called
upon to declare his religion : if it were protestant, he was to
take the estates in fee, that is, discharged of all entails; if
popish, lie was to take them for his life only without any
power of disposing of them. The present Earl of Shrews-
bury is a papist, and has no son. His brother, the late Mr.
Talbot, who lived separate from his wife, a very amiable pro-
testant lady, (now Mrs. Berkeley), died leaving a son and
daughter, and these he left to the guardianship of a popish
priest named Doyle ! So the young heir by Mr. Doyle was
taken off to Rome, and Mr. Doyle procured an order from
the Court of Chancery to take from Mrs. Berkeley her daugh-
ter also. Young Talbot (now about ten we believe) has lately
returned to England, and Mrs. Berkeley being naturally de-
sirous to see him, asked leave for him to stay with her for a
month. This was refused by Mr. Doyle, who consented
however to allow the mother an interview in his presence.
Whereupon Mrs. Berkeley has applied to the Court of Chan-
cery, praying for an order to compel Mr. Doyle to give her
the liberty she requires. How the Lord Chancellor will de-
cide we know not ; but this we know, that a more flagrant
specimen of popery's real spirit never was developed than in
this case. Here is a popish priest who has induced poor Mr.
Talbot on his deathbed to deprive a mother of her children,
and give them with the prospect also of the guardianship of a
great property to him ; and then this priest proceeds to keep
the son so completely under his own eye, that he will not
allow that mother (because she is a protestant) liberty to
speak with him, save in his presence ; what an awful but in-
structive story ! Who now will say that popery, whose priest
can thus act, whose magazines and papers and public advo-
cates can defend such conduct, is changed into a tolerant and
enlightened system ? Alas those who do so, must, to use
scriptural language, be under "strong delusion that they
should believe a lie."—Protestant Magazine for July.

WESLEYAN METHODIST C0N.,,,..
nual.conference of this religious community commences
Wednesday in Brunswick-place Chapel, Newcastle-upon-
Tyne. It was expected that the Rev. Robt. Newton would
be elected president for the ensuing year. During last week
the stationing committee, consisting of ministers elected by
the several districts in England, Wales, and Scotland
for the purpose of preparing a rough drauos.
ers' appointments for the next year.
son officiated in the absence of the pres..
philus Lessey, who has been incapacitatet
discharging the duties of his office. On Si
seven o'clock, the Rev. Daniel Walton p,
John, c. iv., part of the 18th verse.—" Pei
out fear." At half-past ten the Rev. R.
travelling preacher in the connexion, delivere
and highly edifying discourse from -Hebrews.
the Ist verse,—" Therefore leaving the principles or r
trine of Christ let us go on unto perfection,
noon another service was conducted by the
and in the evening Dr. Hannah, Tbr
Wesleyan Theological Institutic:.,
discourse to a crowded congregation fru.
68,—" Then Simon Peter answered him, Lo.
we go, thou hast the words of eternal life." Simnel
were held in the various chapels of the town and the surround-
ing villages, and in Gateshead, Sunderland, North and South
Shields, &c. On Monday morning, at rive o'clock, Mr. W
R. Williams, one of the young men intended for examiner'
previous to being admitted into full connexion, preaci'
Brunswick-place Chapel. Other religious services
daily. Next Sabbath day the newly-elected ores'
preach in Brunswick-place-Chapel, at half-pas.
morning, and Dr. Bunting at six in the eveniiih,
day collections will be made in all the chapels towaru,
fraying the expenses of the Conference. The examination
of the young preachers who have completed their term of pro-
bation will take place in Brunswick-place Chapel on Monday
and Tuesday evenings, the 3rd and 4th of August; the ordi-
nation will be on the following evening, and the charge will
be delivered by Dr. Hannah on the evening of Thursday s'
6th. Out-door services are also to be held; and there
reason to hope that the proceedings connected wit)-
ference will be attended with great moral arid -
fit.—Halifax Guardian.

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AN IRON EXPRESS COACH, FOR (
DESERTS.—The want of a vehicle of this c
lang been considered a desideratum by Euroi
j
in their toilsome ourneyings across the arid
deserts of Egypt and Arabia, through which tr
is carried on and travellers must pass, to keep
commercial relations between many eastern
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importance of this intercourse becomes daily
as our readers are aware, by camels and dr
wooden carriages of any description were utte
it was found impossible to discover any specie
could resist the intense heat of those district
splits and rends the best seasoned timber, so as to render
useless after a few days' travelling. But travellers and corn
menial activity have increased so much of late
Was evident something must lie done to facilitat
objects, and Brstish ingenuity has found out a
coming the difficulty by substituting iron lin
a carriage has been constructed, under the
Waghorn, by Messrs. Theodore, Jones, and
fields (the patent iron wheel manufacturers
will hold six persons, their stores, water
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the smallest portion of wood nits oonstri
wuk, the wheels, shafts, flooring, bench
wrought iron bars, either flat or round ac

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revellers or

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required ; as, for instance, the flc
flat bars in two rows, one row runs
the machine, and another row lies acre
the bars are set at two inches asunder, which 1
torn openco le up freely,ikea net-work,
to driveork,thisoisutdotnhee thoontllaoiwr
air to come
through the top valves. The whcile of the boc]
covered with the best sort of storm stay-sail ca
of wooden or leather panelling, the roof fir
that of the tilted waggon. There are two shy
for one horse, but are so constructed, that tw
may be yoked to the machine, all three abreast ;
will,appears, be quite sufficient for the ordinary v
There
it ereare hair cushions placed oil the benches
seats
quite as comfortable as those of any other
machine is hung on the centrical spring principle
charges the weight from the horse, and thre
wheels—this is another great advantage in a
In fact, the excellence of this new machine ma
up in a few words—viz. strength, lightness, dura,‘:
ness, and ventilation. It will thus afford, wile
fully into operation, a safe and comfortable cony
travellers, despatches, and the lighter articles of ,:t, ~,,,, (;;.
and is likely to be the means of opening extensively tlmt
easy intercourse between Palestine, Persia, Arabia, and
Egypt, which is greatly wanted, and would vastly extend the
bounds of human knowledge, commerce, and civilization.—
Morning Herald.

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