The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-26 00:00:00

HOUSE OF LORDS.-SATURDAY

Lord STANLEY expressed his regret that the proposed
bill for the allowing the use of sugar and molasses in dis-

sure,•sne

a select committee,

be referrec

The noble lord also wished to in-

quire-what would be the course pursued on Monday by
the Marquis of Lansdown, with respect to the Irish policy

of the-Government ?

The Marquis of LANSDOWNE assured the noble lord that
the house should have ample opportunity of considering
the Sugar and Molasses Bill. With regard to the Irish
policy, he had already stated that his intention was to
move for certain papers on Monday ; vn which occasion
it would be competent for any noble lord, if he chose, to
raise a discussion on the whole Irish question.
Lord BROUGHAM was anxious to know when the mea-
sures referred to by the Marquis of Lansdowne would
come on ; and, passing to the poor law, dilated on the

sat down expressing his hope that central superintendence,
the corner-stone .of .the system, would not be interfered
with.

The Marquis of LANSDWNE explained, that it was not
the intention of the government to impair the efficacy of
the original bill, but solely to give additional facilities to

RAIL W

AFFAIRS.

The sale of the Stockton and Hartlepool to the Leeds
and Thirsk for £240,000 has been unanimously confirmed.
The Taw Vale, having declined alliance with the Bristol
and Exeter, have concluded an agreement for lease to the
South Western, the latter guaranteeing 5 per cent.
It is now decided that the submarine electric telegraph
shall be laid down across the channel from England to
France.

By the proposed extension of the Eastern Counties
Railway to Guildford-street, Gray'slnn-road, from Tot-
tenham, the Middlesex House of Correction will be con-
verted into a railway terminus.

The Railway Tit;zes says that " the attempt to re-open
negociation between the London and North Western and
Great Western Companies are likely to prove unsuc-
cessful."

A few days since, when Captain Coddington, the new
inspector-general of railways, was proceeding by a special
train from London to Exeter, a speed of seventy-two
miles an hour was obtained on some parts of the way.
The Doncaster and Peterborough Loup of the Great
Northern Railway has been let to Messrs. Peto, to be
completed by the Ist Feb. 1848, under a penalty of £lOOO
per week for non-performance of contract.
The Queen's Speech was received in Sheffield by elec-
tric telegraph by five o'clock on the evening it was deli-
vered. The London and North-Western Railway will
soon ena le us in Liverpool to use even greater despatch
than this.] _

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Tuesday evening, as
a girl (aged twenty) was attempting to cross the Eastern
Counties line, at the Whittleworth station, an express
train rushed upon, and instantaneously killed her. Her
head and one arm were completely severed from If& body.
The special meeting of the Reading, Guildford and Rei-
gate came to no results, and was adjourned to give the
directors the opportunity of concluding, if possible, an
agreement with the South-Eastern to lease the whole line
at 41. per cent. and half profits.
The Great Western, the North Western, and SOUth
Western Railway Companies have offered the ASsociation
for the Relief of Distress in Ireland, to convey on_their
respective lines, without charge, the supplies of food, &c.,
which the association may send for shipment at the various
ports of Liverpool, Bristol, and Southampton.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Monday morning, before day-
light, on the line of the Liverpool and Bury Railway, now
in the course of formation, a waggoner fell across the line
of rails, and his waggons ran over him, when one of his
legs was cut off, and the other shockingly mangled. He
was instantly.removed, and surgical aid procured, but he
shortly after expired.
THE EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The Corpora-
tion of Preston intend offering a determined opposition io
the East Lancashire Company having a separate entrance
into Preston, by crossing the valley of the Ribble and
making a new bridge. The reasons alleged are the non-
necessity of the undertaking, and the serious manner in
which it would interfere with the proposed public
walks.
CHESTFR AND HOLYHEAD.—The two first miles of
the line out of Chester being completed, the use of it has
been granted to the North Wales Mineral and Chester
and Birkeithead at £2OOO per annum, which sum is to be
increased to £2500, if the combined traffic of the two
companies amounts during the period of its rental (six
months) to £31,200, The portion of the line in question
forms the connecting link between the railways which now
enter Chester. •

ACCIDENT ON THE LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN
RAILWAY —As the nine o'clock train on Friday morning,
was proceeding from Liverpool to Manchester, owing, we
believe, to the accumulated snow, it ran off the line about
Rainhill. In the last carriage was Mr. Jack, of the Com-
mercial Bank of Liverpool, and several gentlemen .going
as a deputation on the affairs of the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincoln Railway. This carriage was thrown into
collision with another standing by, and the consequence
was a severe fracture, of one of Mr. Jack's legs. Mr.
Jack was immediately brought back to Liverpool, where
he received prompt surgical assistance, and we understand
he is doing well.
LONDON AND NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—An ex-
press train, conveying the Queen's Speech, left the Euston
station, on Tuesday, at 22 minutes past 1, and reached
the Leighton station, 41 miles distant, at precisely 2
minutes past 2, having thus travelled 41 miles in 40 mi-
nutes ? From Leighton to Wolverton it followed the
half-past 12 o'clock stopping train, and was also delayed
at Weedon by a goods' train, at Rugby to set down a pas-
senger, and near Brandon by overtaking the 11 o'clock
train from London which it followed slowly to Birming-
ham ; but, notwithstanding these delays, the 112 k miles
were performed in 23/4. hours. Exclusive of the delays, the
speed throughout was 60 miles an hour while running free
A meeting of 3000 persons was held at Glasgow, on
Wednesday, for the purpose of strengthening the hands
of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway Directors in per-
severing in the discontinuance of Sunday trains. Hugh
Cogan, Esq., occupied the chair, and the platform was
crowded by an array of all denominations of clergy, be-
sides a great number of highly respectable gentlemen of
the city. Among the clergymen on the platform, were
the Rev. Dr. Hill, Professor of Theology in the University
of Glasgow, Rev. Dr. Wardlaw, Rev. Dr. Reid, Professor
of Church History in the University of Glasgow, Rev. Dr.
Smyth, Rev. Dr. King, Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. Dr.
Symington, Rev. Dr. Willis' Rev. Dr. Bates, Rev. Dr.
Black, Rev. Dr. Craik, &c. &c.
' NORTHERN COUNTIES UNION.-0111' readers will see
that the Northern Counties Union (late the York and
Carlisle and Yorkshire and Glasgow Union) is a sort of
cross or diagonal line, uniting the Lancaster and Carlisle
on the west with Mr. Hudson's line on the east. It:ex-
tends from the Lancaster and Carlisle at Tebay to the
Darlington line at Bishop Auckland, and from the Leeds
and Thirsk line at Thirsk to the Lancaster and Carlisle
line at Clifton. It has 119 miles sanctioned, and has
powers to raise £3,000,000. They will see that these lines
form a sort of transverse table, by which some of the
traffic of the eastern lines may be transferred' to the
western, or vice versa. On this account both lines attach
importance to them, beyond what would, in all probability,
be their intrinsic importance, looking only to their own
local traffic. Our readers will also find another group of
lines, adverted to at the meeting, and which have a similar-
character—the Liverpool, Manchester, and Newcastle-on -
Tyne Junction (with which is amalgamated the Lancashire
and North Yorkshire,) extending from Preston and from
the Leeds and Bradford to the Richmond branch of the
Great North of England, promoted by the Manchester
and Leeds Company, and proposed to be Amalgamated
with the Northern Counties Union, the total length being
50 miles, with a capital of £1,400,000. In this mass of
lines it will readily be imagined that some economy ought
to be exercised, and that it is most desirable that in
carrying out the joint scheme, the greatest amount of
accommodation should be given at much less expense
than was proposed in the fever of last year. A reduction
of cost and of capital is accordingly proposed, and the
great subject of discussion was, which lines should have
the preference in construction. The report of the directors
to proceed with their proposed reductions, was carried by
a considerable majority, and the proposal for amalgama-
tion was also carried.—Railway Chronicle.

FOREIGN 6• :COLONIAL INTELLIGENCE.

OVERLAND MAIL FROM CALCUTTA,

The Calcutta mail of the Bth of December has been re-
ceived by extraordinary express, with papers from Bombay
of the 15th of December; Madras, 18th of December;
and China, the 26th of November. The news brought by
this mail is in the main unimportant. The Punjaub re-
mains tranquil, and the British army, it was said, would,
about the middle of December, march from Lahore. It
is rumoured that it will make a halt some march or two
from the capital to. watch the immediate results of its re-
tirement before falling back on Ferozepore. Just as it
was supposed, the most satisfactory conclusions had been
attained. It is stated that unquestionable evidence has
transpired of there baying been an understanding betwixt
the Rajah Lall Sigh, Vuzeer at Lahore, and Sheik
Emaum-ood-deer, the Cashmerian insurgent leader, with
the purpose of keeping Gholab Singh from taking posses-
sion of his new dominion. Should this prove well
grounded, it will materially affect the concluding portion
of our arrangements.

Lord Ha;dinge was still within our lately acquired
dominions, in , progress to the westward. Lord Gough
had left Simla for Urnballa.
A hurricane of unusual violence, by which much loss
has been occasioned to the shipping interests, occurred.at
Madras on the 25th November. Similar visitations at
this season of the year are frequent on the eastern side of
India, from Calcutta to the line ; they are almost unknown
in the Arabian sea, on the western shore of the peninsula.
The weather was becoming cool and pleasant.
THE BOMBAY MARKET, DECEMBER 15, 1846.—The
dulness which prevailed in our 'import market, at the
close of our last issue; has continued unabated throughout
the fortnight. The exchange continues at 2s. :Id. to 2s. id.