The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-06-29 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS,

There is no truth whatever in the rumour circulated by
the Worcester Journal as to any apprehensions about a
bridge on the Trent Valley railway,
There was a grand ceremony on Thursday, at Helm-
shore near Haslingden, on the occasion of laying the
foundation-stone of the viaduct there, on the main line of
the East Lancashire Railway.
IMPORTANT DECISION.—The committee of the House
of Commons on the Leeds and Thirsk (Leeds, Durham
and Newcastle Extension), and the York and Newcastle
(main line improvement and extension) have decided that
the preamble of the Leeds and Thirsk Bill was not proved,
and that the preamble to the York and Newcastle Bill
was proved.
LANCASHIRE RAILWAYS.—The Manchester, Wigan,
and Southport Railway Bill passed the Standing Orders
Committee of the House of Lords, on Saturday last.
The Ormskirk branch of the London and North Western
Company also passed the Standing Orders Committee of
the Lords on the same day. The Liverpool, Crosby, and
Southport Railway Bill passed the House of Lords on
Friday week, and only waits the royal assent. _ _

FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE CROYDON RAILWAY.-Mr.
Buckmaster, a remarkably fine young man, aged only
nineteen years, was in the act of crossing from a hay-field
to his father's tavern on Thursday evening, when a pilot
engine on its way to town at a rapid pace struck the young
man, who was thrown to a distance of several yards with
his skull fractured to a frightful extent. He was removed
to Guy's Hospital, but was found to be quite dead.

CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.-011 the ques-
tion that the Chester and Holyhead (Extension at Holy-
head) Bill be read a third time on Thursday last, Mr.
Hume moved that it be read a third time that day three
months—on the ground that the Government ought not
to spend money on Holyhead Harbour; and being con-
tended by other honourable members that by the bill a
money partnership was established between the Railway
Company and the Government. On a division, the third
reading was carried by a majority of 90 to 30.
OPENING OF THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—The
Trent Valley Railway was opened on Saturday, with great
ceremony. At Tamworth the trains were received by a
large concourse of people and bands of music. A com-
modious tent was beautifully fitted up for the reception of
the company, who were entertained at a sumptuous cold
collation, to which 1500 persons sat down. Mr. Tootal,
chairman of the company presided, and among those pre-
sent were Lord Sandon, Lord Ingestre, Lord Anson, Sir
R. Peel, Mr. Hudson, Mr. Cardwell, the Bishop of Lich-
field, Sir P. Egerton, Mr. G. C. Legh, &c. Sir Robert
Peel made a very excellent speech on the occasion, and
proposed " Success to the Trent Valley Railway," coup-
ling with it the names of G. C. Glynn, Esq., C. Lawrence,
Esq., and the Directors of the North-Western Railway.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.—A man of the 'time
of Robson, a joiner, of York, attempted to get out of a
carriage on the Whitby and Pickering railway, before the
train had actually stopped, last week, and he fell.
Several carriages passed over one of his legs, and after
amputation bad taken place tha t day he only lived a few
hours. John Maw, a guard on the York and Scarbro'
Railway, whilst stepping either up or down one of the
carriages, whilst a train was in motion from Scarbro' to
York, and near the Heslerton station, on Monday last,
accidentally fell to the ground, and received severe inju-
ries by some of the carriages passing over his legs. He
was removed to the county Hospital at York, where he
expired the same evening.
SAVING OF TIME BY TILE TRENT VALLEY LINE.—The
saving of time to be effected as between London, Liver-
verpool, and 141anehester, by the opening of the Trent
Valley line, will be nearly as follows:—The present 6h.
15m. morning down train arrives in Liverpool at 3h. 15m.
and allows the commercial traveller who desires to return
to the metropolis the same day, 1 hour and 15 minutes in
which to transact his business. The Trent Valley line
will enable him to arrive upwards of an hour sooner in
Liverpool, and leave nearly an hour later; so that, in fact,
he will have, for the performance of his duties three hours,
when he now has but an hour and a quarter. The 6h. 15m.
morning train to Manchester arrives at 2h. 40m., and, as
the express train leaves that town at 4h. 55m., the travel-
ler who requires to return on the same day can therefore
remain two hours and a quarter in the place. By the
Trent Valley line he will, starting from Euston-square at
the same time, viz., 6h. 15m., arrive in Manchester about
'ten minutes before two o'eck, and be able to leave by
the express train, which is, we understand, to depart abbut
sh. 40m. and arrive in London about 1011. 30m., so that
he will be allowed to remain in Manchester near four and
a quarter hours and reach London half an hour sooner
than by the present up express train. The ten o'clock
Post-office express mail train will, with fourteen stoppages,
run from London to Manchester within six and a half
hours, and to Liverpool, with twelve stoppages, within
seven hours. The five o'clock afternoon express train will
run to Mjlnchester in a few minutes over the four mid a
half hours, and to Liverpool in.Lve _hours.