The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-08-07 00:00:00

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ICE CONSTANTLY ON SALE

AT
THOS. PORTER'S SALMON VAULTS,
No. I. ST. JOHN'S FISH MARKET,
AT ONE PENNY PER POUND.

riIHOMAS DISMORE, SILVERSMITH, 35, BOLD
STP.RET, LIVERPOOL.
PLATE:
LONDON-MADE SPOONS and FORKS at London
Prices, namely, Fiddle pattern, 7s. 2d. per ounce ;
King's pattern, 7s. 4'l. per ounce. The following are weights
recommended, but may be bad lighter or heavier :
FIDDLE PATTERN.
Oz. S. d. £ s. d.
12 Table Spoons 30 at 7 2 .10 15 0
12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2.• . . 7 3 4
12 Table Forks 3O .. 7 2. • ..10 15 0
12 Dessert Ditto 20 .. 7 2 .... 73 4
2 Gravy Spoons —lO.. 7 2.• 311 8
1 Soup Ladle lO .. 7 2 .... 3 11 8
4 Sauce Ditto lO .. 7 8 ... 3 16 8
12 Tea Spoons 10 .. 7 8•• .• 3 16 8
1 Pair of Sugar Tongs ••••••••."'.O 15 0
4 Salt Spoons .................... 1 0 0
1 Fish Slice ...................... 2 10 0
Silver Tea and Coffee Services and the best Silver-edged
Plated Goods, &c. &c. &c.
If for Exportation, a drawback of is. 6d. per Ounce on
Silver Goods.

NORTH UNION RAILWAY.
FIFTH ANNUAL MEETING.
SIR THOMAS D. lIESKETH, BART. IN THE CHAIR

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS.
TN laying before the Caere' Meeting of the proprietors an
_IL account of their proceedings during the last year, the
directors have first to express their regret that the present
state of the works does not realise the expectation of their
entire completion at this time, confidently entertained by
the engineer and themselves up to the period of the last re-
port. The unusually long and severe frosts of last winter
interrupted all progress whatever for an altogether unex-
pected length of time, and these were succeeded by such wet
inclement days and stormy nights as made it often impossible
to keep the men on the works, and even subsequently and
up to the present time almost tropical rains and storms have
repeatedly deluged the country, washine down the newly-
formed slopes, scouring out 'the fresh-laid ballasting, and by
keeping the heavy clay bottoms of the deep excavatious and
cuttings in a state of constant puddle, greatly adding to the
difficulties of working.
The Directors, however, conceive that they only do justice
to their principal contractors, Messrs. Mullins and M‘Mahon,
in stating, generally that notwithstanding the impediments
briefly explained, they have made great and highly creditable
exertions to keep the time to which they pledged and bound
themselves for the execution of the works in their hands, the
31st of July last, and that they express deep concern at their
want of success. On the first of their contracts, the Ribble,
crossing the valley south of Preston, the bottom of the deep
cutting through Penwortham was cleared about the latter
end of June, though slips in the slopes of the excavation
rendered this work extremely tedious; and the dressing off
of these slopes, and the ballasting and completing the per-
manent way is now proceeding very satisfactorily, and with
as much activity as the great demand for bands at this season
will allow,—the progress of this part of the work being ma-
terially assisted by a logomotive engine, provided by the
contractors, and used on the temporary lines. In noticing
the state of the Ribble Viaduct, the Directors only wish
they could bear as satisfactory testimony to its progress, as
they can to the excellence of the workmanship and to the
general appearance of strength and stability, which charac-
terises the whole of this magnificent structure. Four arches,
however, of one hundred and twenty feet span are now
keyed, and confident expectations are held out by the en-
gineers that the fifth and last may be keyed by the end of
this month, and the spandrills and parapets are proceeding
so as to be completed at the same time.
The Directors must state their opinion that on the next
contract, the Yarrow, Mr. Mackenzie has been guilty of in-
excusable delay and negligence in the performance of his en-
gagements, and though a considerable portion of the line,
viz. that part extending from Leyland to the north of the
Yarrow Valley, is completed and finished off, it is evident
that the whole of this contract, notwithstanding the unfa-
vourable season, might have been completed had the work
been carried on with proper energy; and, in consequence,
the Directors last month determined to put in force the
powers of the contract against Mr. Mackenzie, in order to
compel, in this manner, a more speedy progress. This was
especially requisite as regards the timber viaduct over the
Yarrow Valley, which the fall of the culvert over that river
in October last has rendered necessary, and as it was ad-
mitted by the contractor himself that all the legal conse-
quences of this unfortunate occurrence strictly attached to
him, and the Directors notwithstanding deemed it advisable
and right to consent at once to a liberal and amicable settle-
ment with him, in the hope of securing, by his promised
activity and exertion, the completion of this contract at the
stipulated time, lie is certainly not now entitled to any fur-
ther indulgence. 'l'he steps taken have already been effectual
where increased activity and progress were most wanted,
and the Directors will not fail to continue their best efforts,
and to employ the most decided measures. if needful, to pre-
vent any delay in the opening of the line arising from this
contract.
On the Douglas contract, looking at the quantity of work
to be done when it came into the hands of Messrs, Mullins
and M'Mahon, the Directors consider that the progress has
been on the whole good, although the late unfavourable sea-
son has of course materially retarded these works, notwith-
standing the unwearied and persevering attention which has
been given to them. The masonry, with the exception of
the bridge over the Chorley turnpike road, of which the arch
is now turned, is nearly all finished, and the only work left
of any consequence is the bottom lift of the excavation near
this bridge, which a week or two of fine weather will enable
the contractors to run with ease into the embankment at
Chapel-lane bridge; when the whole of the permanent way
will be soon entirely completed.
A tedious and rather expensive operation has been going
forward on the line south of Wigan, viz., raising it for a con-
siderable distance to the level requisite to effect the junction
of the two lines in Wigan : but this has now been effected,
and without stopping or in any degree interrupting the traffic
in either passengers or goods. The double line of Railway
between Wigan and the Liverpool and Manchester Railway
at Parkside has also been completed, with one trifling excep-
i, ifei9tlA/WhiTaOieliarussealil Lee fganteniidutgrul
branch line to the important coal fields at New Springs in
the township of Aspull, and they are prepared to open it to
the public simultatifously with the main lines to Preston.
In concluding this account of the progress of the works
since the last annual meeting, the Directors must repeat the
expression of their great regtet that it has not been found
practicable to secure the very large revenue which the pas-
senger traffic of this summer would have afforded; although
the probable delay is not. nearly so great as has often, not to
say almost always, occurred in works of similar extent and
without the same grounds of excuse. 'They see no reason to
doubt the assurances they receive of such a rate of progress
in the little that is still left unfinished as shall render it both
practicable and perfectly safe to open the whole line to Pres-
ton about the latter end of next mouth; and in order to se-
cure this object the proprietors may be assured that every
possible exertion will be made on their part and that of the
engineering department.
In every other respect the Directors will be fully prepared,
immediately on the completion of the Railway, with all that
is requisite for the most active proceedings in the Carrying
Departments.
As regards Passengers, their views have been cordially met
by the Directors of the Liverpool and Manchester Company
and their able and experienced Treasurer; and a plan of
joint operations has been devised, by which all the incon-
venience and delay at present complained of at the Parkside
Junction, will be entirely removed, and the conveyance of
the passengers may be accomplished in a mode as complete
and efficient, as sate and economical. Each Company shall,
it has been agreed, find the moving power on its own line,
(an arrangement the expediency and advantages of which
the Directors think experience will soon demonstrate) and
each Company will find its own proportion of the carriages;
all which will be conveyed uninterruptedly through between
Preston, Wigan, Liverpool, Manchester, and the regular
intermediate stopping places. In conformity with this ar-
rangement, contracts with builders in Lancaster and Pres-
ton were entered into during the past year, for an adequate
supply of first and second-class Railway Carriages, of the
most approved and complete description, and at the same
time the Liverpool and Manchester Company commenced
building their proportion exactly similar in plan and appear-
ance. Most of these, and the Horse-boxes and Lurries for
gentlemen's carriages, are now ready for delivery, and the
Directors are happy to be enabled to say that they cannot
speak too highly of the manner in which both sets of car-
riages have been executed, and that they will all, they be-
lieve, be found fully equal in workmanship and materials, as
well as appearance, to any that have yet been secured by
Railway Companies. The plan of Locomotive Engine
which was, alter a great deal of discussion and inquiry, at
length adopted by the Board, is the same in all respects as
that which is working so satisfactorily on the London and
Birmingham Railway; and all the machinery has been con-
structed, as it was for that Company, under the superintend-
ahce and responsibility of their contractor for power, Mr.
Bury. In this most important department, also the Direc-
tors sincerely congratulate the Proprietors upon the effici-
e:rcy and perfection of execution which has been thus secured;
. Bury's reports stating that the whole of their ample sup-
ply of passenger-engineshay been which are all now nearly ready for
deliver •
Lave executed throughout in the most satisfac-
tory manner, and that no part of the machinery exhibits those
failures and imperfections. which inevitably occurred at first,
from want of sufficient skill and
experience on the part of some
of the manufacturers„•
but which have occasioned so much in-
convenience and loss to all other Companies. Complete Sta-
tion Buildings, both at Preston and Wigan, with comfortable
and ample waiting-rooms, offices, and every other accommo-
dation for passengers; alaaiTa and secure
substantial carriage-house;
and beildings for the rep
in use--have been planned, and will deposit of engines not
entirely completed; when arrangements
e must of them soon be
tare made for at once
furnishing them in the most complete andeeffi:ient manner,
8. h
with- all the requisite tools, implements Directors
are in communication with the Liyerpoosotl
convenient let Manchestert
Company relative to fixing upon the m
to the public for the departure of trains on the opening othtuhres
entire line; when the time at present occupied in the journey
between Preston and Liverpool and Manchester will be at
once reduced to considerably less than one-half; an hour and
a half being, the Directors anticipate, sufficient for their first-
class trains to perform it with uniform regularity and punctu-
ality. Arrangements are also completed with the leading Pro-
prietors of the North Coaches; and as soon as the entire
opening of the Loudon and Birmingham Railway (which w!ll
probably take place about the same time as that of the North
Union Railway) shall have finally decided the hours of the
Railway travelling to and from the South, the Directors will
immediately confer with the Directors of the Grand Junction
Company, as to the best arrangements for an efficient com-
munication with their trains. This last-mentioned branch of
the North Union passenger traffic, has been shown, by the
experience of the last few weeks, to be considerably larger in
amount and value, than the most sanguine calculations had
anticipated.
With regard to the conveyance of Goods, arrangements
have been made for placing this branch of the business, on a
scale of mutually equitable tolls, in the hands of an experi-
encedwho has provided himself with
carrier, Mr- argreavee,
a sufficient supply of engines, waggons, &c., to enable him to
carry it on very extensively, and of whose activity, and long-
established connexions, the Company will thus at once have
the benefit. In consequence of Mr. Hargreaves' views of the
extent to which this branch of the traffic may be carried, his
conviction of which is sufficiently shown by his willingness to
become liable to heavy aedinereased warehouse rents, the
Directors have been induced to erect larger warehouses, both
at Preston and Wigan, than they had at one time contem-
plated, and complete and suitable arrangements for an exten-
sive goods traffic will be shortly ready at both these places.
Nothing but a conviction, founded upon experience, of the
good policy and ultimate economy in providing thus amply
and liberally for the carrying department in all its branches,
and of securing, at whatever expense it may require, the most
perfect and substantial execution of every part of the works
connected with Railways, would have induced the Directors
to incur any expense beyond the estimates (amounting in all
to £480,000) for which they stated their expectation of com-
pleting and bringing into operation the North Union Rail-
way and its branches, &c., a total length of twenty-five miles.
When, however, the Proprietors are informed that their Rail-
way, with all the arrangements and provisions -above men-
tioned. will still be completed for an expended capital of little
more than half a million, for less than one half' the total cost
per mile of the Liverpool and Manchester and London and

Birmingham Railways, the Directors think this small increase
of outlay will not be grudged or considered unwarranted. It
must also be borne in mind that not only is the traffic in pas-
sengers and merchandize of all descriptions thus fully and li-
berally provided for in Preston and Wigan, but that all the
costly complete stations and entrances into Liverpool and
Manchester, of this latter Railway are secured to the North
Union traffic on the fair and equitable terms agreed upon with
that Company, upon the system of mutual co-operation and
exchange which has been described.
Since the last general meeting of the Proprietors, the con-
tracts of the works of the Lancaster and Preston Junction
Railway have all been let, and measures taken to ensure a
speedy completion of this valuable ally, and important further
extension towards the north of the great westerly line of Rail-
way communication between England and Scotland. Two
other sources of traffic, the Preston and Wyre, and the Long-
ridge Railways, also appear to be fastadvancing towards com-
pletion, and when opened for public use cannot fail to prove
feeders to the North Union Railway. The act to give au-
thority to the arrangements made last year with the Bolton
and Preston Railway Company, and which agreement was
particularly described in the last report of this Company, has
now received the sanction of Parliament; having been at
length rendered by that Company strictly conformable in its
Provisions to the terms of this agreement, which was very far
from being the case when in the form in which it was first in-
troduced into the House of Commons and printed. It au-
thorises a line of Railway between Bolton, Chorley, and
Euston upon the North Union Railway; and it provides this
Company in a very satisfactory manner with a Railway coin-
munication with the Lancaster Canal north of the Ribble
Valley; an arrangement of great importance previously to
the completion of the Lancaster Railway, and which appears
likely ta lead ultimately to the whole of the north and south
traffic, both by Canal and Railway, passing over a certain
portion of the North Union Line, and of course contributing
an important addition to its income.
Having thus called attention to the varied and certain
sources of valuable traffic from which the income of the North
Union Railway will be derived, and to the further improve-
ment in its prospects during the past year, the Directors think
it necessary to repeat the opinion they have always entertained
and so often already expressed on this subject ;—as its cor-
rectness will now be ascertained in a very few weeks by the
surest of all tests, that of actual experience of the capabilities
and resourses of this important undertaking.
A balance sheet, made up to the 30th of June last, and au-
dited by two of the Directors, is laid on the table, in conform-
ity with the 154th section of the Act of Parliament.
THOMAS D HESKETH, Chairman.
Liverpool, 3rd Anyust, 1838.

RESOLUTIONS.
The Advertisement calling the Meeting having been read,
The Annual Account of Receipts and Expenditure, made
up to the 30th June last, and regularly audited, was submit-
ted to the Meeting.
The Report of the Directors to the Proprietors having been
read,
Moved by Mr. MOON, seconded by Mr. JOHN CROPPER,
Jun., and
Resolved,—That the Report now read be adopted and
printed, and a copy seat to each Proprietor.
In consequence of remarks having been made by one of the
Proprietors upon the conduct of Mr. Earle, one of the Direc-
tors of this Company, it was moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER,
Jun., seconded by Mr. DANIEL MATHER, and
Resolved unanimously,—That this Meeting cordially ap-
proves of Mr. Earle's conduct, and that the Proprietors de-
sire to express to him their thanks for his attention in the in-
terests of the undertaking, and their full confidence in him
as a Director.
The Secretary announced that pursuant to the provisions
of the Act, the following Gentlemen cease to be Directors this
day, viz, :—Mr. RATHBONE, Mr.E.CROPPER, and Mr.
BEVAN.
Moved by Mr. JOHN CROPPER, Jun., seconded by Mr.
ROBINSON,
That T H EORODE W. RATH BONE, Esq, EDWARD
CROPPER, Esq., and REECE BEVAN, Esq., be re-
elected, and that they are duly elected by this Meeting, Di-
rectors of the North Union Railway.
Moved by Mr. Hoßm3y, seconded by Mr. EWART, and
Resolved,--That these Resolutions be printed and circula-
ted with the Report among the Proprietors, and also in the
usual Liverpool and Preston Newspapers, and Wigan Ga-
zette.
(Signed) THOMAS D. HESKETH, Chairman.
Moved by Mr. J. MATHER, seconded by Mr. ROBERT
MATHER,
That the thanks of this Meeting are justly due to the Chair-
man and Directors for their unwearied attention to the inter-
ests of the Company.

113ROFESSOR SWEDOUR'S HYGEIAN HERB
PILLS, for the effectual extirpation of every species
and symptom of the SYPHILITIC DISEASE, and the
disorders arising from improper treatment.
Prepared and sold by the sole Proprietor, at
No. 42, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL.
in boxes at 2s. 9d. and 4s. 6d. each.
Warranted not to contain COPAIBA, CUB EBS, or any
deleterious ingredient.
*** With each Box is given a Treatise on Venereal
and Syphilitic Diseases, with observations on seminal weak-
ness &c. &c., containing hints worth knowing by those who
are, or have been sufferers to this dreadful and devastating
malady.
Dr.'DAVIESON continues to direct his attention to those
disorders arising from the too free and indiscriminate in-
dulgence of the passions, which not only occasion a numer-
ous train of nervous affections, but also entails on its votaries
all the enervating imbecilities of old age. In that distressing
state of debility and deficiency, whether the consequence of
baneful habits, excessive drinking, or any other cause by
which the powers of the constitution become enfeebled, he
offers a firm, safe, and speedy restoration to sound and vigor-
ous health.
It is a melancholy fact that thousands fall victims to the
venereal disease, owing to the unskilfulness of illiterate men,
who, by the use of that deadly poison, Mercury, ruin the con-
stitution. When the great Doctor Swedour became Pro-
fessor at Leyden University, he conferred au invaluable be-
nefit upon mankind by the discovery of his grand Panacea,
for the cure of this deplorable complaint. Never did a dis-
covery excite a greater sensation, it *as sought after with
avidity, and used with undeviating success in the most
, minute and intricate cases of the delicate complaint, for the
cure of which they have been so long celebrated. The fame
of these Pills throug.hout Germany, caused their speedy in-
troduction into almost every country. The certainty with
,e dernietevAttfa.Thiit (at IfiIWAY
was entertained. What medicine can be more appropriate
than that which has given such general satisfaction ? The
ygeian Herb Pills root out every particle of insidious poison,
purifying in their progress the whole mass of fluids. They
not only remove the disease, but renovate by their action
the different functions of the body expelling the grosser hu-
mours, and in a manner so mild and imperceptible as to
convince the most sceptical of their astonishing and un-
equalled powers. They neither contain mercury uorany other
mineral, and may be taken without the slightest suspicion
of discovery—they require no restraint of diet, loss of time,
or hindrance of business, but effect a complete cure, without
the least exposure to the patient. At any period when the
slightest suspicion may exist, it will be well to have recourse
to the Hygeian Herb Pills, for when taken before the dfsease
has made its appearance it acts as a certain preventive, by
moving the complaint effectually and secretly. The deplor-
able state in which many persons have been when visiting
the proprietor, from the use of mercury, renders it impera-
tively necessary to caution the public against that dangerous
mineral when injudiciously administered.
These Pills should form a portion of all Medicine Chests,
by sea and land, and ought never to be omitted by. any person
going a long voyage or journey, their properties are such
that neither heat nor cold will injure their quality, or pre-
vent the due effects on the constitution.
Dr. Davieson will attend daily at his residence, from Eight
in the morning until Ten at night, (on Sundays from Nina
till Two,) where he gives advice to all applicants taking any
()ibis preparations, WITHOUT A FEE.
Letters (post-paid) enclosing a remittance, answered by
return, and Medicines punctually transmitted to any ad-
dress either by initials or name,.
No. 42, SEEL-STREET, LIVERPOOL.

His Grace the Duke of Devonshire arrived at Chatsworth
louse from London, on Friday, the 27th ult.

The company of proprietors of the Great Western steam-
ship, from Bristol to America, have called a public meeting,
for the purpose of increasing their capital to such an amount
as will enable them to place several similar steamers upon
the station.—Bath Gazette.

A gentleman having lately taken the wrong seat iu one of
the railroad carriages, was presently accosted by the rightful
owner with " I beg your pardon, sir, but lam 80." " Are
you indeed ?" said the intruder, I should not have thought
—but I find I am myself 79," and immediately moved to the
nest seat so numbered.

HINTS TO MEDICAL MEN.—At Moscow no natives act in
the capacity of apothecaries, this being a profession entirely
confined to Germans. To prevent medicines being improper-
ly made, and mistakes on the part of the ignorant and care-
less, of which many fatal instances occur in England, par-
ticularly in giving oxalic acid for Epsom salts, so soon as it is
known that any medicine has been made up wrong, the shop
where it was prepared is shut up by the police. Every pre-
scription received by an apothecary is retained by him,
entered in a book, and, for greater security, a ticket is also
given with the medicine, addressed to the person ,for whom it
is intended, explaining its nature, the name of the physician,
and the exact time when it was sent to the invalid. This is
a prudent regulation, and similar measures of precaution
ought to he adopted in England, or enforced by legislative
enactments, as it would prevent impositions as well as acci-
dents. Something worthy of imitation may always be found
even among those nations who are least of all to be copied
generally, and in other respects anything but models of con-
duct. Even the Turks are to be commended for a marked
humanity to all animals, and who might cause many who
claim the character of christians to blush for their neglect of
a virtue practised by infidels.
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•
A NUPTIAL ENVOY IN CIRCASSIA.--I Could nOtSUffiCient-
lv admire the courteous bearing of the fine youth who had
been delegated by his brother to conduct his bride to her fu-
ture home. He leaped from his horse, and, after respect-
fully saluting her, in a manner that would have done honour
to any one of the most gallant knights of the middle ages,
drew his sword, and proceeded to make a long, and I dare
say eloquent, oration ; but, as, it underwent a double transla-
tion, I have no doubt its force and spirit were proportionately
injured. He commenced by praising her beauty, comparing
her eyes to diamonds, her cheeks to the roses of Arianoi,
(Persia,) and her form to the graceful antelope. Neither did
he forget to eulogize the virtues and bravery of the bride-
groom,
thhies
eber,u)trhaegre—etfh etinumbert
so
ef
fenweanriliieksehcelehnasdmslain iwhon
called him lord, the fertility of the country she was about to
adowas to
as
mi
evtarsets
e flocks e andkrshe n
turningherds o ft whichhe point
e i she
ofhe
his sword alternately to the four quarter's of the globe, swore
he would protect her safely till he could deliver her to his
brother, even at the sacrifice of his life and of the lives of his
escort, should it become necessary—a declaration responded
to by the whole band with loud acclamations.—Spencer's
Travels in Western Caucasus.
A MULL CANDLESTIiK, 50 YEARS AGO.—At a funeral in
the island of Mull, about 50 years ago, a considerable assem-
blage of the gentlemen of the country attended. A large barn
was prepared as the sleeping place. A row or range of beds
was made on both sides of the barn—hay and straw eovere
with blankets, and each gentleman, as begot drunk, was car-
ried to bed by persons in attendance for the purpose. There
was present aDr. Maclean, a medical gentleman, remarkable,
in those days, for his sobriety and great decorum of conduct.
Finding he had taken as much wine as was good for him, he
proceeded to the great bed-room, (the barn,) holding in his
hand a lighted candle. He knew that his berth was next to
the person who had last been carried out. Having no candle-
stick, he looked around him for some convenient place in which
to fix the stump which he held in his band. The only place
which he could find was the ear of the friend'who lay drunk
and asleep in the berth next to him. He approached him,
and having dropped some tallow from the candle in the man's
ear, he.fixed the burning stump there, undressed, and fell
asleep,. The candle continued to burn, fixed in the socket
of old Kenneth Beaton's ear. A servant entered the room,
and seeing the flame from Kenneth's ear, he had no doubt
it was some snpernatural light, for old Kenneth was supposed
to hold intercourse with the world of spirits in no ordinary
degree. The servant rushed out to call the minister to witness
the flame. The minister cause; but by this time the flame
had disturbed poor Kenneth, who, turning in his bed, ex-
tinguished the flame, and the stump of the candle was found.
next morning in his ear.—Lord Teignmouth's Sketches of the;
Coast and Islands qf Scotland.