The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-11-20 00:00:00

WARRINGTON

CAUTION TO RAILWAY SERVANTS.—In the course of the
last Session uf Parliament the Grand Junction Railway Com- '
puny, in their amended Act obtained power to punish, in a
summary way, any of their servants guilty of any negligence
or misconduct, whereby the lives or property of any person is
endangered. On Thursday the first case upon which pro-
ceedings have been instituted, at the instance of the company,
came on for hearing before William Hall, Esq., at Warring-
ton. The defendant, JAn Runsell, a Points-man, having
charge of the points on the Grand Junction Railway, oppo-
site the Vulcan Foundry, at Newton, was charged with being
in a state of intoxication while on duty, on the line, on Sun-
day last. The defendant pleaded Guilty to the charge, and
in mitigation of punishment, said, he had only drank two
pints of ale, and that every thing under his care was admit-
ted to be in perfect order on the day in question. Mr. Wag-
staff, after reading the 21st section of the "Ist and 2nd V lc-
TORIA, cap. 52, which enacts, that if any engine-man, or other
person having the care or charge of any engine upon the
railway, or it any other person shall be upon the said railway,
or works, in a state of drunkenness or inebriety. or shall do
any act or be guilty of any negligence or misconduct whereby
the life or property of the company, or of any other company,
or if any person is or might be injured, or endangered, every
such offender shall pay a sum not exceeding ten pounds/'
proceeded to say that Mr. Swift, the clerk to the company,
instructed him to press for a conviction in the full penalty,
as such was the present state of the trade that if the company
discharged the defendant he would immediately be taken into
the employ of some rival company. Mr. Hall agreed with
Mr. Wagstaff, on the necessity of having great-attention and
sobriety observed by the engineers' and other persons in the
company's employ. And it was quite necessary to make an
example of offenders. Mr. Swift ( who entered the room at
this stage of the proceedings) said, that, as this was the first
case in which such proceedings had been instituted, and as
the defendant had expressed some contrition for his miscon-
duct, he thought he might venture to ask from the Bench,
some mitigation of the penalty. Mr. Hall ordered the de-
fendant, (who admitted he was in receipt of a guinea a-week
wages) to pay a fine of one pound and costs.
Ditchfield, a fireman, for similar misconduct at
the Warrington Station, on Sunday the 11th instant, was
convicted in the penalty of £5, but at the suggestion of Mr.
Stubbs, one of the Warrington magistrates, Mr. Hall was
prevailed upon to mitigate the penalty, to two pounds and
costs. The defendants in both cases, were, in default of pay-
ment, ordered to be committed for three months.

WARRINGTON POLICE ACT.—Mr. Joseph Wagstaff was,
on Thursday, elected clerk to the Warrington police com-
missioners. No other candidate was proposed, Mr. Bayley
having withdrawn from the contest.

GREAT EXPORT OF Goons TO AMERICA.—The shipments
of manufactured goods to the United States ate, the season
of the year considered, very extensive. The New York
packet-ships -get nearly full cargoes ; the Sheridan, which
sailed on Wednesday, having had upwards of £l6OO freight
on board. The packet-ship Columbus, which will sail this
morning, has a full cargo of manufactured goods; and the
packet-ships George Washington and United States will, it
is expected, be quite full also.
" Hannay and Dietrichsen's Almanack, Astronomical
Ephemeris, and Book of general Information for 1839.—We
are positively at a loss for words to express our astonishment
at the unparelleled comprehensiveness of the Almanack just
published by Messrs, Hannay and Dietrichsen, for the ensu-
ing year. There is scarcely a subject in the usual routine of
events to which we do not find reference in this book of 100
pages, at the iusignificant cost of 6d ; a sum which positively
can little more than cover the price of the paper. The bio-
graphical and chronological tables are exceedingly interest-
ing, particularly those for the present year. The tides,
eclipses, Ste. are duly noticed, and the progress of Eneke's
comet during the remainder of the present year, and Gam-
bart's in 1839, are traced by diagrams of the heavens. We
have the list of the royal households; the House of Lords,
giving the titles of the Peers, the family name, the motto of
the Peers, and dates of creation ; the House of Commons is
given twice, first alphabetically, secondly arranged by the
places the members represent; the whole of the army list,
giving the Officers' names alphabetically arranged, (a desi-
deratum long wanted) with the dates of Commission, and
the appointment the officer holds; the navy list is given in
like manner; the bankers, provincial and metropolitan ; the
corporation dignities; ambassadors and consuls ; universi-
ties; the list of fairs throughout the kingdom is by far the
best ever printed; and in short, as we have before observed,
information upon every possible topic of interest is afforded
to the public in this most useful pamphlet. Messrs Hatioay
and Dictrichseu have certainly put all competition out of the
field, for, we should say, it would be impoosible for any
other firm to produce a similar compilation at five times the
cost."—Morning Chronicle, Oct. 28.
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