The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-10-27 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—We understand a reduction in
the fares, and an alteration in the time of the trains starting
is contemplated by the directory, to commence on the Ist of
November.—Chester Chronicle.

COMPARATIVE RAILWAY CHARGES.—On the London
and Birmingham line the charge per mile by the mail train is
3'482d. ; by the first class 3•214 d., and by the second class
.2.143 d. with closed carriages at night ; by the third class
trains now to be established the fare will be about 1.55 d. On
the Grand Junction the fares are—by the mail train 2'Bd. ;
first class 2.5 d. • second class 2•ld. ; and third class 1.339 d.
On tl e Great Western the charges for the first and second
classes are respectively 2•875 d, and 1•75 d. On the London
and South-Western the fares by the mail and first class
trains are the same, namely, 2.624 d., and by the second class
1.75 d. The Liverpool and Manchester fares are—mail train
2•55 d., first class 2.36 d. ; and second class 1.77 d. ; no third
class. On the Eastern Counties the three classes are seve-
rally, 2•857 d., 1.714 d., and 1.142 d ; and on the Birmingham
and Derby 2•5 d., 115 d., and 1.25 d. The Manchester and
Leeds fares have no fractional divisions, being 3d., 2d., and
ld. On the Midland Counties the first class charges are 2'sd.
(previous to July last they were 3d.) the second class I•sd.
(formerly 1•875 d.) ; lie third class fares on this line appear
to be the lowest in England, being no more than 0•75 d. The
only parallel to this scale is on the Ulster line, where the
second class fares are precisely of the same amount, namely,
0.75 d. (there is no third class) the first class being I•sd. On
the Arbroath and Forfair, and some other Scotch lines, the
third class fare is about 0'9807 while on the Edinburgh and
Dalkeith the second class is 0'96., the first being I'2ld. On
the London and Croydon the fares in January were 2d., and
1.5 d. for the first and second classes respectively, but these
rates have since been considerably increased. On the Green-
wich they are 3.2. d. and 2.139 d. On the North Union the
first class is 2.43 d., and the second 1.62 d. ; and on the Lei-
cester and Swannington 1•8948 d. and 1.342 d. On the Leeds
and Selby there are three classes at 2.5 d., 1.859 d., and 1.3 d.
On the Newcastle and North Shields a ail-train at 2•669 d.,
a first class at 1.779 d., and a second class at 0.889 d. The
Manchester, Bolton, and Bury line presents a considerable
disparity in the charges of the two classes, the fares of the
first being 3d., and of the second I.Bd. On the Bolton and
Leigh they are 2•44 d. and 1.77 d.—Railway Times.
The Belgitin Government has determined to adopt a new
kind of rail on their railways. These rails are heavier and
will be more expensive than those at present employed. This
attention of the Belgian Government to the improvement of
the form of the rail on their railroads is well worthy of imi-
tation by the directors of the English railway companies.—
Inventors' Advocate.

Four of the brass guns brought up from the Royal George
are now again in service on board the Bowe.