The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-16 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

WHITEHAVEN RAlLwAv.—The portion of this line
lying between Whitehaven and Harrington was opened
yesterday.
In Tuesday's Gazette, among the " declarations of
dividends" is., the " Tring, Reading, and Basingstoke
Railway."

ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.—During the late election of
Chancellor, no less a sum than £25 was received in one
day for communications per telegraph between Cambridge
and London.

RAILWAY STATION.—The first stone of the central
railway station at Carlisle, at the terminus of the Lancas-
ter and Carlisle line, one of the largest in the kingdom,
was laid on Monday.

The inhabitants Of Durham, at a meeting convened by
the mayor, have resolved to petition parliament in favour
of the direct line of railway from Leeds to Newcastle,
through the city of Durham, which is proffered by the
Leeds and Thirsk Company.
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY. ^At a
special meeting on Monday, the draughts of bills now
before Parliament were approved of, to make branch lines
to Knottingly, Knaresborough, and Boroughbridge, to
purchase the Market Leighton and another canal, and to
make stations at Harrogate and Hull.

YORK AND NEWCASTLE RAILWAY. Draughts of
bills were approved of at a special meeting for the main
line by a deviation passing through the Tean Valley to
Durham, to make the Pelan branch and a central station
at Alne, to enlarge the Wearrnouth Dock, to purchase
the Hartlepool Dock and Railway, and to amalgamate
with the Newcastle and Berwick Company.
NEWCASTLE AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—At a special
meeting draughts of bills were approved of for the
East Coast line and branches, the Cramlington and Percy
Main branches, and for amalgamating the York and
Newcastle with the above railway ; also authorising the
creation of 62,000 shares of £25 each, deposit £5 per
share.

RAILWAYS.—By a parliamentary return of the proposed
amount of capital and of the sum authorised to be bor-
rowed, in the railway bills deposited with the Commis-
sioners of Railways for the present session of parliament,
it appears that the amount of capital is, £82,553,150;
amount to be borrowed, £41,314,259—making a total of
capital and loan of £123,867,409.
LEEDS AND BRADFORD.—An experimental trip to
Keighley has been made amidst much rejoicing. Num-
bers of the inhabitants of Bingley and the neighbourhood
were present. On alighting at Keighley, the directors,
engineers and contractors proceeded to view the works in
the field above the road, where a stone station-house is
being. erected.
THE PROFITS ON RAILWAYS.—Mr. Henry Houlds-
worth, the chairman of the Manchester and Leeds Rail-
way Company, at their half-yearly meeting, held on Wed-
nesday, expressed his belief that if the amount of capital
invested in railways at the present day were compared
with the interest received, the result would show that no
more than 6 or 61 per cent. was received as a return for
that capital.

INTEREST ON LOANS.-It is stated, upon good autho-
rity, that the London and North-Western Company have
obtained all the money which they are open to take at
five per cent. The amount thus borrowed rather exceeds
£600,000. The Great Western Railway Company have
advertised their wish to receive tenders for loans, in sums
of not less than £1;000, for a period of five years at five
per cent., or for a period of seven or ten years, at fbur
and a haft' per cent. It is also said that others of the
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blishea 'Companies are now receiving loans at five per
cent. for five years.

BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—At a special meet-
ing held at Bristol on Thursday, the draughts of two bills
now before Parliament were approved of, to make a branch
railway from Lyng, near Taunton, to join the Wilts,
Somerset, and Weymouth Railway, at Castlebury ; and
also to make a branch line from Bleadon to Glastonbury.
It was mentioned that an agreement had been made with

the Exeter and Crediton Railway Company, which had
been subsequently repudiated and rejected by the propri-
etors of the latter railway ; but it was thought that a par-
liamentary committee would set the matter to rights.

The meeting, in the meantime, sanctioned that agree-
ment, in accordance with the wish of the directors.
Mr. Crampton's engine, the "Namour," is now at work
on the London and North-Western line, and working
most satisfactorily—making much steam, and fulfilling
expectations. The exclusive virtues, as they have been
called, of the broad gauge are thus rapidly transferring
themselves, it seems, to the narrow gauge. Mr.
Crampton's 7-feet wheel narrow-gauge engine, with a
low centre of gravity, has now been tried for several trips,
and it is reported by those who travelled with it to be
quite steady in its motion at speeds between 50 and 60
miles an hour, which it does easily and comfortably. On
Thursday it took the regular train of nine carriages to
Wnlvprtnn. 521- miles. in an llntur_nnd__nnnytpr'.

ning ; but this includes the time in ascendhig the Euston
incline, and in getting up and slackening speed four times
for the stoppages—the travelling speed being often above
a mile a minute. It was, we understood, to take the ex-
press last night.—Railway Chronicle.
MANCHESTER, BUXTON, MATLOCK, AND MIDLAND
JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The half-yearly meeting of this
company was held at Derby on Wednesday, the Hon. G.
11. Cavendish, M.P., in the chair, when a report was pre-
sented which states that although unexpected difficulties
have been encountered in obtaining possession of the
land, the company have now obtained it, with trifling ex-
ceptions, from Ambergate to beyond the Matlock-bridge.
All the works throughout the district are now under con-
tract, and it is expected that a considerable portion of the
line will be opened in the course of the year. There is a
balance of ‘120,325 in hand, which will render a call for
the present unnecessary. Interest for a year and a half

on the deposits at 4 per cent. will be forthwith paid pur-
suant to the company's act up to Midsummer next. The
Chairman expressed every confidence in the ultimate
prospects of the line, and condemned in strong terms the

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provisions of Mr. Strutt's bill, who should have carried
out the principle of non-interference he propounded with
respect to factory labour as regards railways. The report
was adopted, and the formal business having been trans-
acted, the meeting was declared special, and the deviation
bill for improving he line approved.
MANCHESTER. AND LEEDS RAILWAY. —The half-
yearly meeting of the company was held on Wednesday,
at the Palatine Hotel, Manchester, (Mr. Henry Eloulds.
worth in the chair), when a report was read, from which
it appeared that the receipts this half-year have been
£187,524, as compared with £184,136 in the correspond-
inc, half year of 1845, during which period the opening
of Ashton branch has tended to increase the receipts,
and of the Sheffield and Manchester and Leeds and Brad-
ford to diminish them ; the receipts having been also ma-
terially affected by the reduction of the fares under the
new. Parliamentary maximum clauses imposed upon the

company last session. The directors recommend a divi-
dend of seven per cent., leaving a balance towards the
next half year's account of £41,124. Looking to the
amount of capital that will be required within the next
two or three years, the directors think it right to allow
interest at the rate of five per cent. for all calls paid in
advance. The various extensions of the line are de-
ns nroceedinff most satisfacto!ily.,,anl.lit is pro_

SCrllJett uts prouveun.E, ---
posed, in consequence of the extended district belonging
to the company, to change the title to the " Lancashire and
Yorkshire Railway Company," and to hold the meetings
--ularly on the first Wednesdays in March and September.
-hairman, in the course of a few observations which
.fie made, alluded to Mr. Strutt's bill, and expressed his
opinion, that if the system of reducing tolls was carried
much further, it would be impossible to get parties to
make railways, as they had only paid six and a half per
cent. on an average. The report was adopted, the divi-
dend declared, the directors re-elected, and the various
bills promoted by the company approved.
EXTRAORDINARY SCENE.—A series of meetings in
connexion with the amalgamation of the Oxford and Bir-
mingham Junction Railway with the Wolverhampton, and
the former to the Great Western. was hold nyi

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Saturday afternoon, at Birmingham. There was a very
• • • - -

It the first meeting the chairman, 111

....untz, (chairman of the company) refused io7 put
a motion of Mr. Mozley, of this town, for increasing the
directors. He said it was illegal, though Mr.
4. assured him that it had been drawn up by the most
distinguished legal gentlemen. The chairman still re-
fused, and Mr. Mozley peremptorily required him to put
the resolution. In the face of hisses and sarcasms the,

number of

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chairman persisted, and, at length, Mr. moziey
the adjournment of the meeting till five o'clock.—At four
o'clock, the meeting adjourned from February. 27th, was
held. Mr. Mozlev said. addressing the chairman, the
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poini on which the meeting was adjourned a rortuignt ago
related to the retirement of four of the directors in their
stead. You would not areeo- to this. I wish to know
whether you have changed your mind ? The chairman
died in the negative.—Mr. Turner proposed the retire-
lirectors. The chairman re-
Mr. Turner put the resolu-
Tied amid loud cheers.--Mr.

ment of

iiozley informed the chairman candidly, that he was about
to propose a resolution, as an amendment, on the motion
for the adoption of the report : it was a vote of want of
confidence in the directors. Fifty per cent. of the capital
had been called in in five months, and the property had
been sold below its value, and the shareholders were of
opinion that the directors had had their own ends to

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The motion was seconded, and carried unani-

illy.—At five o'clock the adjourned meeting from two
o'clock was held. The chairman still persisted in his de-
termination not to put the resolution.—Sir J. Verny put
the resolution himself, expressing his surprise that gentle-
men who had been declared not to possess the confidence
of their constituents should so cling to office. The reso-

lution was carried.—Captain Carnegie, M.P., proposed a
resolution rejecting the amalgamation with the Wolver-
verhampton Company, and repudiating the sale of the
Oxford and Birmingham Junction to the Great 'Western.

• The chairman refused to put tne
Carnegie put it himself, the chairman and directors hay
in g to endure many emphatic remarks on their coudue
—Mr. Mozley put a resolution that Sir .1.
,nd five other shareholders be empowered to put their
-nes to a petition to Perliamcnt in the name, of the
'ng, the chairman having strongly protested against
Mozley proposed a resolution to the effect, that
' '-otructed to endeavour to bring about an
-c the line to both companies
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conded the resolutio:
the resolution.—M

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consent to withdi
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ion of the court, whatever it may
I have no authority to withdraw
13ut we, the shareholders, give
m determined to set law and
Le shareholders equally at de-
. (Tremendous cheering.)—
resolution, which was ctumied
us peals of applause.

Mr. Mozl

March 16, 1847.

THE GOVERNMENT ON EDUCATION.

By the Uovernment education scheme of 1839, all the
money voted by Parliament for the purposes of education
was ordered to be dispensed solely by means of two soci-
eties—the National Society and the British and Foreign
School Society. This was so far well, and afforded a
reasonable degree of satisfaction that the •education to be
imparted, partially through the assistance of the State,
would be materially scriptural and moral.
But the Government now propose to do more, and that
Wholly in a wrong dWection. They propose to unloose
the hands of the Committee of Education, so that their.
grants shall no longer be confined to those two Institu-
tions—in other words, that they shall be open to Roman
Catholics, to Socinians, and to every sect which it may
seem good to the Committee to patronize.
That aid to Romish and " other " schools is contem-
plated, is made abundantly clear by the following letter,
recently published in the Tablet, a Romish journal:—
" THE PRIVY COUNCIL AND THE CATHOLIC INSTITUTE.
" " Committee of Council on Education,
Privy Council Office, Downing-street, Feb. 5, 1847.
" Sir,—The Lord President of the Council has had under his
cons iderationyour letter of the 23d ult., representing the claims
of Roman Catholic schools to participate in the Parliamentary
grant for the promotion of education in Great Britain.
" I am directed by his Lordship to say, that he will bring
under the consideration of the Committee of Council on Edu-
cation any application (accompanied with all requisite particu-
lars) which may be made for assistance towards the erection of
Roman Catholic, as well as any other, schools. - Their Lord-
ships may thus be enabled, upon a careful examination of the
constitution of the school, to determine whether, under their
present minutes, they can, grant such assistance.
" I have the honour to be, Sir,
" Your obedient servant,
" W. KAY SHUVPLEWORTH.
" Charles Langdale, Esq., 10, Mansfield-street."
That the Socinians expect to be included, is evident
from the manner in which they are coming forward at
Leeds and elsewhere, and in the journals conducted by
them, in support of: the Government plan. '
Now the excitement created in 1839 by the first of Dr.
Kay Shnttleworth's schemes was only calmed-by the final
assurance of the Government of that day, that,the, sums
voted by Parliament should be dispensed solely through
the two Societies—the National Society and the British
and Foreign School Society. The public had thus some
assurance that none of the assistance granted by the
State would be given to propagate either' idolatry or
So cinianism.
That assurance, however, is now about to be departed
from. And it is a just and grievous ground of complaint,
that so important a change is proposed to be made with-
out a single vote of either House of Parliament.
In 1839, Sir Robert Peel and Lord Stanley in the Com-
mons, and the Archbishop of Canterbury-in- the Lords,
most emphatically protested against leaving the whole
decision of so great a question to a mere " Committee of
the Privy Council." Lord Stanley moved an Address to
the Crown, praying for the dissolution of that Committee
as an unconstitutional body. That motion was defeated
by the Government, but only by the narrow majority of
280 against 275. In the Lords, the Archbishop carried a
similar motion by a majority of more than 100 votes.
Now, hOwever, the existence of that same Committee
is patiently submitted to. But why ? Merely because it
is seen to confine itself to the simple and useful duty of
aiding and inspecting the existing schools of the Charch
and the British and Foreign School Society. But if it
overpasses that line, and attempts once more to promote
Popish and Socinian education, it can hardly be but that
the jealousy and fear which was awakened in 1839 will
revive in full force and intensity.
To this point, then, we would draw the attention of
our readers, and would beg of them to direct their influ-
ence on the Government. Limiting the grants for edu-
cation (as hitherto) to those two Societies, the' facilities
offered to avail themselves of the national resources can
scarcely be too many or too great. The education may
not, in all respects, be what we wish ; still, how prefera-
ble to the ignorance it will dispel ! But if the Govern-
ment insist on proceeding to teach Popery and Socinian-
ism by means of the NATIONAL funds, we trust an outcry
will be raised against it adequate to the extinction of the
unworthy and most Autichristian proceeding.—Record.

A ROMANCE IN STAGE LIFE.
During the drama of the " Battle of Sedgemoor" at the
Adelphi Theatre, Glasgow, on Tuesday evening week, an
occurrence took place which, for stirring interest and ro-
mantic story, far outdoes all such dramatic fictions as
" The Wife of Two Husbands," " The Fatal Marriage,"
or those numerous misadventures and mishaps in con-
nection with love, marriage, and triumphant virtue, which
are put upon the stage to " fill the pause and give the
fancy play." The facts of the case, which have been
communicated to us by an eye witness, and which can be
authenticated on the best authority, are as follow :
While on the above evening the business of the play was
going forward, and while one of the favourite actresses of
the Adelphi was performing her part—indeed we need not
hesitate giving the name (Mrs. De Bourgh,) as the whole
matter is now kept no seen t by the parties interested,—
a tall handsome man, with a military air, in the pit, was
observed to look very uneasy, for a few minutes, to gaze,
earnestly at the stage as if the lady had engaged his fixed
attention, rising several times from his seat during the •
time, until he at length apparently satisfied him Self with-
his scrutiny, when, to the astonishment of all around, he'
exclaimed at the pitch of a stern military voice, " My wife,
by Heaven ! My Eliza!" Not knowing the cause of this
sudden outburst, the spectators for a time appeared at a
loss whether to treat the affair in joke or earnest. See-
ing, however, that the gentleman was perfectly sober, and
eaquite
lasyseen wayseedr to wonder
seinoiiit dhiswearsi andnn aontnceuedrrtiolo,s,ftittaddress, their merriment
curiosity which
wlfai rhiwlaweecdat,srtesai nnsdnwor
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deugi r lihr ea
d
been thus pointedly addressed had e
n
to leave the stage. The play, howeveorc,) tb-
standing this, but the occurrence excited ta inoo„n
arked
attention. On- hearing of the matter, Mr. Istint ";r. the
manager, at once proceeded to the place where the gentle-
man sat, in order to ascertain the cause of the unlooked-
for interruption that had been given to the evening's
entertainment, and inquired his meaning for the ex-
pression he had made use of. " I tell you," said the
gentleman, " that lady is my wife, whom I have not seen
these nineteen years. I have been abroad, and during
that time have not heard from her; I thought her dead ;
and can you wonder I was astonished ? " But," said the
stranger' " who are you that inquire ? " Mr. Miller re-
plied that he was lessee of the theatre—that he had a
respect for this lady, who had now been in his corps dra-
matique for three years, during which time her reputed
husband, Mr. De Bourgh, had died, and as he felt
an interest in the reputation of this lady, as well as for-
the good name of all the members of the company, he
hoped the gentleman would not wantonly make a state-
ment to injure her character. " Married ? " exclamied
the stranger, "to another. My Eliza married! But I
must see her immediately, she is still my wife." Mr.
Miller asked the name of the gentleman, who said, "My
name is Lewis, Lieutenant Lewis, sir. I've come direct
from Liverpool, after having been on foreign service with
my boy, her boy, sir. He is 22 years of age, six feet two
inches high. You shall see him, sir." Somewhat doubt-
ful and yet surprised at this recital, Mr. Miller inquired,
the maiden name of the lady. " Stanley," said the
lieutenant, " Elizabeth Stanley." After these interro-
gatories, Mr. Miller proceeded behind the scene to
satisfy himself as to the truth of the representation,
when he -found it at once verified by the actress, who
had by this time recovered from her faint. And now
for the sequel. The parties had a meeting, and such a meet-
ing! our fair readers may form some idea. After loving
embraces and hurried explanations, during which the
lieut. seemed to have lived over again his first three years
of marriage, the following statement was elucidated, which
was highly satisfactory to Mr. Miller and the other parties
who had the fortune to be present at the scene :—Thef
had married when young in England—he, at the time, a
private soldier, she a rising member of a theatrical com—
pany in the town of —. The fruit of their union was a
fine boy. The regiment was ordered abroad, and in vain
the young soldier applied to have along with him his lov-
ing wife. The stipulated number of women to go
iceir
with
the regiment had been made up, and, as a fa
child, then three-years of age, wasi permitted
the
mttedltagpusareCco of
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laccom-
pany his father. They parted, a d during
years, had not seen or
need we
each:
wohdoetrhaetr.
the remarkable
nature the other dead,
nature of their first encounter ?. He had risen in the army
by steadiness and good conduct to the rank of a lieuten-
ant, and, consoled by the company of his boy, had not
married. She, about eight years after the departure of
the vessel with the regiment, had been positively informed
that her husband had been killed in battle, and she was
married again. The second husband died about eighteen
months ago ; and thus ends our strange eventful story.
But no, we are in error, the tale is not yet told. On
Wednesday morning last,' the happy pair, accompanied
by a respectable body of friends, the happy pair, both be-
ing of the Catholic perpasion, appeared before the Rev.
Mr. Gordon, who, after hearing the particulars, again
formally re-united two whom fortune and the chances of
war had put asunder.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE,

Mr. George Watts, p---1.78----"--horse, St. Leger, that ran
second in the Liverpool Grand National Steeple Chase,
has been purchased by Lord Strathmore for 1,000 guineas.
A leAmous DAY'S SPORT.—Several gentlemen of the
sporting cognoscenti from Whitby, attended a greyhound
course at Harwood. Dale, on Wednesday, when they
killed the extraordinary number of ten hares and twenty

sheep.
HOOTON.—On Saturday week, the sportsmen hunting
with the hounds of John Massey Stanley, Esq.' invited
him to meet them on the grounds in front of Hooton
Hall, when Mr. Joseph Aspinall, in a feeling speech, pre-
sented to him, in the name of his brother foxhunters, a
gold horn, very elegantly engraved over with two original
designs of the most exciting scenes in the field,the cry,
and the death, between which are emblems of the chase
and on a ribband running spirally round the space between
the mouthpiece and the lip of the horn was incised a suit-
able inscription.
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day last, the amyl

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Watmough's Tip, Mr. Sherlol