The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

It is said that briefs to the amount of £50,000 have been
landed to leading counsel in railway cases.
On Friday a man engaged in repairing the rails at Park-
aide, on the North Union line, was run over by a pas-
senger train and killed.
An amalgamation of the Lancaster and Preston June- '
tione
with the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, was agreed
11Pon by the two companies on Wednesday.
Mane majority of the Manchester shareholders of the
hester and Rugby have agreed to unite with the
Macclesfield and Lichfield Company, and to go to Parlia-
Ment as one body,
The cuirent estimate now formed in the city of the
amount payable as railway deposits, shortly after the as-
sembling of parliament, is not less than £10,000,000, in
all Probability not much short of £12,000,000.
• The Times of Thursday has given a list of 879 railway
companies which broke down in the first stages of puha-
?entail/ proceedings. This is a great lesson of what is to
ve_expeetefl in the remaining stages.
4 l'he Shropshire Union has been formed by the consoli-
s'a,t ion of the Ellesmere and Chester Canal, the Shrop-
.Vire Canal, the Birkenhead and Shropshire, the Trent
Worcester
Junction, the Shrewsbury and Worcester, and the
and Crewe.
THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE NORFOLK RAIL-
A.Y.—On Tuesday the adjourned inquest was continued.
mineral Pasleywas examined. The jury returned a ver-
dict f .
Accidental Death, caused by the imprudent con-
uct of the engine-driver in going at an excessive speed."
The Bradford, Manchester, and Liverpool Direct Rail-
be returned tb- the shareholders who have paid up their
el°l3o,its in full, and defaulters who do not pay up their
Quota of lOs a share will be publicly exposed at the end of
Mouth.
From the Smyrna papers we learn that railways are at
Present the order of the day in Turkey. Of three pro-
lected lines, which should respectively connect the Turk-
t!ii capital with Smyrna, Varna, and Adrianople, the rela-
lye merits are earnestly discussed. The impartial news-
PaPer decides in favour of the Smyrna line.
AMALGAMATION.—A meeting was held at Manchester
?,n the 12th instant, at which it was agreed to amalgamate
the Manchester and Rugby Direct and the Churnet and
ollythe Railways. Both, however, have to go to Parlia-
kent, and the successful one will join their capital to that
Of the other.
At the Rolls Court, on Wednesday, the injunction ob-
tained by Mr. Cooper to restrain Mr. James Battersby
from selling or otherwise parting with certain shares of
4Lock standing in his name in the books of the Birming-
ar° and Liverpool Grand Junction Canal Company, was
dissolved.
The Manchester and Birmingham Company, in con-
Ile/lion with the London and Birmingham Company, have
agreed
to proceed to Parliament with their proposed ex-
eeensions, and to contribute to the Buxton, Matlock, and
Midlands £190,000, to the Shropshire Union £200,000,
and to the Manchester and Hyde £75,000.
see Tia, e Railway World states that numerous applications
ueing made in Moorgate-street, London, and near the
-eck Exchange, for offices which were vacated during the
Panic a few weeks since, and that there is an appearance of
bristle in all railway neighbourhoods, which contrasts en-
eeuragingly with the state of affairs a month ago.
curis mode of annoyance on the part of share-
°olders who consider themselves wronged by provisional
terarnittees has been exhibited in London. Placards have
teen carried about, on which is inscribed the name of the
4°Pany considered delinquent, together with the names
or such of the committee-men as are best known in the
u'etropolis.
COGENT THREAT.—The Erewash Valley have
threatened their defaulting shareholders in a rather origi-
i'' fashion. The secretary says, " I am, therefore, ne-
e-
essitated to inform you, that unless the sum of £2 is
ttid on or before the 22d inst., your name will be fur-
ed to one of the principal and most pressing creditors
Of the company."
ra LENIENT DEVICE.—A gentleman affected with the
besides mania a few weeks since, which affected so many
sides himself, applied for shares in a certain company
and f • .
ailed in paying the deposit. A few days ago he re-
ce ve-d
s a very touching circular, which is calculated to go
*me to the feelings, even if it does not succeed in reach-
l°Fe the a
Pocaet. It offers to surrender the letter of appli-
cation for the trifling sum of three shillings per share,
fa?V tut , expresses the reliance of the committee 'on the good
fil, and honourable understanding which they are justi-
e° in believing dictated the application for shares., '
A RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday morning, the
',Zan train f:om Derby to Leeds, and which is due at the
chesterfield station at seven o'clock a.m., arrived at the
station at Chesterfield at a most terrific speed, and al-
h "
lMigh the steam was shut off near the Horns public-
t.°llse, which is at a considerable distance from the sta-
itie the train, in consequence of the rate it was then go-
g, was unable to stop ; and at this moment a mineral
trai
le., 0, which was crossing in order to get from the down
ti,""e to the up one, was run into with fearful violence by
Passeneer train from Derby, by which means the en-
"'lie of the latter was thrown off the line, and it was almost
!Miracle that none of the passengers were either killed or
wounded. Several carriages wefe broken to pieces.
At a meeting of the Lancasr anCarlile Railwa,
neld in this town on Wednesdayte, then eports stated that
the total amount received to the 31st December, amounted
130 and the expenditure to £663.637, leaving a
llalance 'of ,X 217,493. The Chairman said, that out of
6,000,000 cubic yards of earth work, 5,000,000 had been
Completed, and that the masonry was in a very forward
State. He might venture to say, with the knowledge he
had himself of the state of the work, that unless we should
have a very wet spring, there seemed every reason to be-
lieve that the railway would be opened about the begin-
g or middle of July ; and, if so, no railway of equal
7•eegth seventy miles long, would have ever been Coln-
Itileted in so short a time. The report was carried with-
the on, and there was great unanimity throughout
meeting.
daCiiEseEit AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY.—OLI Satnr-
Y ItSt a meeting was held at the Euston-square Station,
ni;.'on, at which were present the Chairmen and Deputy-
airtnen of the London and Birmingham, the Grand
C?,aetion, and the Chester and Holyhead Railways, the
1. airman of the Chester and Birkenhead Railway, and
agreement
Lewin Mozley. The result of the conference was an
weetnent for a lease for seven years of the Chester and
lesirekee,ollead Railway, to the Chester and Holyhead Rail-
Cap‘-'ompany, on the following terms, viz. :—On the
tai stock of the company, five per cent. for the first
for six per cent. for the second year ; seven per cent.
mthe third year ; and eight per cent. for the last four
ops This This agreement is, of course, subject to the ap-
44°' of the proprietors. There can be no doubt, how-
-I,' bu
BOSt tat it will be affirmed.
',APE h
TON, NEWARK, AND SHEFFIELD RAILWAY.
r• John Denniston, the secretary of this railway, has,
oenderti date the 16th instant, written a letter to the editor
London Times, correcting an erroneous impression
‘Lige Present position of this undertaking. He states—
tied Your published list of defunct railways, you have in-
ed the Newark and Sheffield Railway, and its exten-
at4 to Sleaford. lam happy to say that these schemes,
krb further extensions, are all alive, and ready to go to
of , Lament with every prospect of success, under the title
less he Boston, Newark, and Sheffield Railway,' which
P 05•413 Per cent. of its capital paid up, and ready for de-
les ltwith the Accountant General, and is, moreover,
nntlell on most favourable terms to the Sheffield, Ashton-
trneer-I-Yne, and Manchester Railway Company. It is
the as was published at the time by the directors, in all
eeet'-'°ndon and in most of the provincial papers, that the
hour were deposited with the clerks of the peace a few
rnorrs too late, but long before business hours on the
ern,,nie after the 30th November, and it can be clearly
One I' that,, the delay in deposit of the sections (the plans
eoed•°.°K of reference being in good time, and all other
by
vitions of standing orders complied with) was caused
beir felonious abstraction from the printer's office, an
or_ urrence which was entirely beyond the control of the
"laters or those representing them."
App LICANTS FOR SHARES. There is something
the sing in the desperate efforts that are being made by
eve lectors of the bubble railway companies to obtain
Whoa trifle, however small, from the pockets of those to
eicr shares have been allotted. Every kind of inge-
ting 8 device has been resorted to for the purpose of get-
the encßieh at least to cover the preliminary expenses of
asheeTtmerous abandoned projects. Threatening and
(lph,nll[2g have both been tried. The allottees have been
eser'ct2Fel.to through their fears, their sense of justice, and
thiV, their sympathies. Some companies have asked ten
ern,inge a share as a preliminary deposit, hoping to
ese;:s,e their dupes with the prospect of going to Parlia-
tbe in the ensuing session. Others have openly avowed
or hollowness of their schemes, but have demanded two
tetigtee shillings a share as the price of letting the unfor-
itrett6 applicants escape from the liability in which they
t4l,:'old they have involved themselves. A very enter-
Lite miscellany, to be called the Curiosities of Railway
to{ nature, might be made up of the various letters of al-
eetittleet, and subsequent communications that have been
end
ttiee the.applicants for shares during the railway mania,
ia°jol? Panic which has succeeded it. At first there was
te f4tone of indifference as to whether the shares would
tlnlesse ° 11P, accompanied by an off-hand intimation, that
Wow, ethe deposit was paid by a certain day, the letter
a,ppli' 13e cancelled and the shares disposed of to other
iberal ta• Soon, however, the allotments became more
esoe„e2l,. aount, and less stringent in their' conditions.
tun me
was allowed for paying the deposits.
esvia
oi:rAY REVENUE.—The traffic receipts for the past
Pereas "'s amount to upwards of £3,680,000, being an
4844. ease
£600,000 on the corresponding halt year of
Paieghar titling out of consideration the London and Bir-
ttpeeiptarn, the Grand Junction and the Midland, whose
Iffieultior know,
have largely increased, but which are
Cc:l3' attrib "mParison owing to the
oftamalgamaions we
he foll utP a large portion of the inhrease £600,000
t °wing lines, and in the following proportions :-
47,,./,‘stern Counties, £40,000; the Great Western,
Ittie ; the Blackwell, £lO,OOO ; the Brighton, £20,000 ;
Mar°n):4°n, £27,000; the South-Western, £13,000;
thateinatehester and Leeds; £36,000 ; the Newcastle and
e ShePe' '19,000 ; the Preston and Wyre, £7,000;
attern, Id and Manchester, £23,000; the South-
tOeNortlf 4...8,000 • the Taff Vale, £6,000; and the York
tllraifw alidland, £21,000. The total gross receipts of
be_on for the United Kingdom for the year 1845
11,100,2 almost £6,650,000, showing an increase of
:i'?oo,6l', or 20 per cent. over those of the year 1844 ;
4,40 eon or 37 per cent., over those of 1843, and
The the' or 54 per cent. over those of 1842 ! These
4he Most
rki., encouraging prospects for future enterprise.
therefortasne be
railway property of Great Britain may
,11 re St the reckoned as worth from 20 to 25 millions
tte°ther ...._rpresent moment, than at this time last year :
hay towth ds' a clear increase of that amount has been
t Some e Productive capital of the country, It is true
lemrg „e. addnal lines of railway have been opened
an eont period, but their amount is small, and is more
reene'oterbalanced by the omission of certain items of
not included above.—Railway Chronicle.

DEPOSITS ON MR. HUDSON'S LINES.—Mr. Hudson
has announced that none of the companies with which he
is connected, the Midland, the Eastern Counties, the
Newcastle and Darlington, &c., which are opened and
paying dividends, will take a farthing deposit, in respect
of their applications to Parliament for extension, which
the companies being able to make out of their surplus
profits, an undertaking to that effect from the directors is
all that the standing orders require. This will greatly
reduce the total amount of deposit required, which, in-
stead of being £14,000,000, or £15,000,000, will be in a
very small compass.
FALL OF A VIADUCT.—About six o'clock, on Friday
morning week, twenty-eight of the pillars which support
the great viaduct of Barentin, on the Rouen and Havre
line of railway, which rose more than 100 feet above the
level of the ground, fell, with a tremendous rumbling
sound. Fortunately no person was injured. The loss is
estimated at 600,000 francs, and a delay of several months
will be caused in the opening of the line. The now fallen
viaduct was commenced in the spring of 1844, since which
time from 200 to 300 men have been employed upon it,
and was so nearly finished, that not more than 40 were
still at work. This was a colossal structure, formed upon
27 arches, each of 150 feet span, formed of brickwork, as
well as the pillars, on socles of stone. Its entire length
was about 500 yards, and now scarcely any portion of it
remains standing. The cause of this vast destruction can-
not be ascertained. The loss, it is said, would have fallen
on the contractors, Messrs. M'Kenzie and Brassey,
solely; but the company have agreed to bear half the loss.
PAYMENT OF THE RAILWAY DEPOSITS TO THE Ac-
COUNTANT-GENERAL —The Railway Times has the fol-
lowing on this subject :—There will not be any crisis.
We know of a certainty, that in the operative part of the
payments for deposits this is the process. Take Messrs.
Glyn as bankers to a large number of the railways. They
and all other bankers have accounts at the Bank of Eng-
land. Assume that they have to pay into the Cowl of
Chancery a million of money ; no money passes ; the
bankers give a check upon the Bank of England ; this
check, probably for £lOO,OOO, is taken to the Accountant-
General, who receives it as cash; ten such transactions
complete the million, and not so much as a bank note has
passed. As to the difficulty in raising the money, the
answer is self-evident ; the bankers have not to raise the
money, it is raised before they have to pay it; it is already
raised and paid into the hands of the bankers ; and as a
fact, it is curious that after all the assertions so amply
supplied to the public, it is fully expected that the pay-
ment of deposits into the hands of the Accountant-
General will not much, if at all, exceed the amount paid
last year.