The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-22 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

Itis understood that the Stockton and Hartlepool Railway
will be ready for opening early in October.
PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—The number of pas-
sengers conveyed on this line during the week ending on
Wednesday, was—first class, 6821 ; second class, 918 ; third

rlass, 23531 : making a total for a week of 3'
HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—
tember 7 to September 13, inclusive
Passengers (4044,) parcels, &c
Goods, parcels, sheep, &c.

Traffic returns from Sep-

£482
253 7

£735 12 11
-Traffic returns for the

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY
week ending 12th September.

Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails £2792 0 101
Merchandise and Minerals previbus week .... 434 010

AYLESI4URY RA ILW AY:—On Thursday the half-yearly
meeting of this company was held, when a dividend of Bs.
per share for the half-year was declared. The traffic was
said to be rapidly improving. Nothing else of interest
transPited.
GLASGOW AND PAISLEY JOINT RAILWAY.—We have
received the following analysis of the traffic on this line
during the first 50 working days, ending the Bth instant ; and
as they resolve some interesting problems as to the effect of
fares on the different classes, we readily give it a place in our
columns :
Passengers carried 101,192
Amount, including cash for small parcels £3,444 8 61
Average passengers per diem
Ditto • cash ditto
Receuts per mile per diem
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Of the passengers carried there were—
First class, at is., 13,581, or about 13.42 per cent
Second class, at 9d., 43,696, or about 43.18 per cent

Third class, at 6d., 43,915-, or about 43.38 per cent.
The amount received, excluding small parcels and a few half-
fares, was—_ _

First class, £679 is Od, or about 19.73 per cent
Second class, £1,63S 12s Od, or about 47.61 per cent

Third class, £1,097 17s 6d,

or about 31.88 per cent

—lt will thus be seen that the first and second class passen-
gers equal 56.6 per cent., and the cash received from them
67.34 of the whole. These are high ratios compared with
some of the returns on the English lines, and prove that in
fixing the fares at the present rates, the directors have acted
upon sound principles, both in accommodation and price.
The second class appears to be the most productive, but, in
considering the expense of conveyance, various important
elements must be kept in view, which raise the profit on the
better classes ; one of these need only be attended to at pre-
sent, viz., the tax, which is nearly 8 per cent. on the Ist, and
15 per cent. on the 3rd class.—Greenock Advertiser.
RAILWAY FROM ENGLAND TO SCOTLAND.—Sir F. Smith,
the government commisfioner, 'lifter inspecting the east
coast line, arrived at .Newcastle on Tuesday. He has now
completed his inspection ; for the propoSed west line not
having been surveyed he could do nothing there, and the
midland line he examined on his way to Edinburgh. He will
shortly, therefore, make his report. The opinion he will
offer as to the best line cannot, of course, be known yet, but
it will be looked for with sonic anxiety by the projectors of
the two competing lines. The engineer of the midland line,
we understand, has proposed a branch to Glasgow from some
point near Melrose; up the Tweed and down the Clyde, and
measures are already being taken to have it surveyed ; but
the commissioner had no opportunity of examining that part
of their project, though he may probably do so on a future
occasion.—Scottish Standard.
The line of the Newcastle and North Shields Itailway was
-'ay inspected by the crown commissioners, Sir Frede-
rick Smith and Professor Barlow, and by Mr. Alderman
Thompson, M.P. The directors, with marked courtesy,
fitted out a special train for the occasion, and the distin-
guished strangers were pleased to express their unqualified
approbation of the works, as well as with all the arrangements
of the line.—Newcastle Journal.
PLYMOUTH AND EXETER RAILWAY.—We have received
an account of Mr. Rendel's plan for a railway from Plymouth
to Exeter, to join the Bristol and Exeter. and thus commu-
nicate with the metropolis. The length of the line will be
about 421' miles, and the estimate is £674,138. We need
scarcely say that such a line would be of great importance,
and likely to prove profitable ; while it must be advantageous
to the intermediate lines. By the junction witi the Bristol
and Exeter, the great port of Plymouth will be put in COM-

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munication with all the rest of the country, by Means of the
Great Western, Bristol, and Gloucester.—Railway Times.
OPENING OF THE NORTHERN AND EASTERN RAIL-
WAY.—On Tuesday, the 15th, this railway was opened to
the public as far as Broxbourne, in Hertfordshire, nineteen
miles and a quarter. It branches off from the eastern coun-
ties, at Stratford, and follows the course of the river Lea,
passing through Lea Bridge, Tottenham, Edmonton, Pon-
der's End, and Waltham, at each of which places is a station.
It is one of the most level lines out of London, and by the
general agreement of all whb have been upon it, one of the
easiest for travelling. The stations are pretty, without being
expensive, and the works seem to have been carefully exe-
cuted. Some delay occurred in one. of the train -

from the deficiency in the number of locomotives and car-
riages supplied by the contractors, so that the running of the

evening train has been necessarily suspended for the present.
RAILWAY INVENTION.—We understand that a very sim-
ple but very important invention is about to be patented by
some eminent engineers, relative to the propulsion of railway

carriages.
LOAII3ARDO-VENETIAN RAILWAY.—This work is to com-
mence in Venice itself, by a viaduct 3800 yards, or above two
miles long, over the lagoons. It is to consist of 252 arches,
is to carry the railway, paths for foot-passengers, an aque-
duct, and the gas pipe. The expense is estimated at £lBO,OOO,
and a large revenue is expected from it. Three short tunnels
have to be made upon the line.
RUSSIAN RAILWAYS.—GeneraI Tcheffkine, head of the
mining engineering department in Russia, is now over -here
on a special mission to inquire into the English railway sys-
tem. He is sure to meet with every facility in his inquiries,
and we trust that the results will be beneficial to our manu-
facturing interest, as rails, locomotives, &c., will be wanted.
The General is desirous of beink acquainted with our engi-
neers, as he has a commission to engage engineers for the
great railway from St. Petersburgh to Moscow.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE

DONCASTER RACES, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16

SWEEPSTAKES Of 200 soiis: each, h. ft. for two-
fillies, Bst

Red-ho
Col. Anson's bay, La Gitana, by Ish

Lord Eglinton'sbay, Chivalry, by Muley

ears-old

subs.)

Nat) 1

Moloch

THE SELLING .STAKES GI 10 sovs. each, with 30 added by
the Corporation ; three-year-olds, 6st. 121 b. ; four, list. ;
five, Bst. 71b. ; six and aged, Bst. 101b.—St. Leger Course.
The winner to be sold for 200 sovs. if demanded, &c. (8
subs.) . -

Mr. Clark's b. c. Alonzo, by Mulatto, 3 yrs .... (Francis) 1
Mr. Fairlie's ch. h. Abraham Newland, by Malek, G yrs 2
THE DoNcisl'Eß STAKES of 10 sovs. each, with 50 added by
the Corporation, for horses, &c. bona fide the property of
the subscriber or hisconfederate ; three-year-olds, fist. 101 b. ;
four, Bst. ; five, Bst. 91b. ; six and aged, 9st.—Two miles.
(7 subs.)
Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Sampson, Cetus, 4 yrs (T. Lye) 1
Mr. Bowes's ch. h. Epirus. by Langar, 6.yrs 2

Mr. Orde's b. f. Queen Bee, by Liverpool, 3 yrs
Mr. Stephenson's b. f. Panacea, by Physician, 3 yrs ..
THE FOAL STAKES of 100 sous. each; h. ft. for three-year-olds,
colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 31b.—Mile and a half.—(lo subs,)
Mr. Bowes's br. c. Black Beck, by Mulatto .. (walked over)
THE CORPORATION PLATE of £6O, for three-year-olds, 6st.
101 b. ; four, 7st. 12th. ; five, Bst. 51b. ; six and aged,
Bst. 121 b. Mares allowed 31b. The second to receive 24gs.

—Heats, two miles.
Mr. Heseltine's b. f. The Shadow, 4 yrs... (Heseltine) 1 1
Mr. Milner's b. h. Humphrey, by Sandbeck, 5 yrs.... 6 2
Mr. Fairlie's ch. h. Abraham Newland, by Malek, 6 yrs 5 3
Mr. S. King's bl. c. Tom, by Tomboy, 3 yrs ...
Mr. Osbaldeston's gr. c. by The Saddler, 3 yrs .
Colonel Synge's b. c. Polydorus. by Priam, 3 yrs

THURSDAY, SEPT. 17

The GASCOIGNE STARES of 100 sovs. each, 30 ft. for three-
year-olds, colts, Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 21b. The winner of
the St. Leger to carry 51b.' extra.—Leger Course. (3 subs.)
Lord Westminster's b. c. Maroon, by Mulatto (walked over)
A CCP, or PIECE OF PLATE, given by the Stewards, with 50
soya. added by the Corporation ; three-yr-elds, ist ; four,
Bst. 31b. ; five, Bst. 101 b. ; six and aged, 9st. The winner
of the St. Leger Stakes 31b. extra. From the Red House,
and once round. Two miles five furlongs.
Mr. Orde's Bee's-wing, by Dr. Syntax, aged (Cartwright) 1
Col. Cradock's b. c. The Provost, by The Saddirr, 4 yrs.. 2
Mr. Johnstone's br. c. Charles XII., by Voltaire, 4 yrs.. 3
Lord Westminster's b. c. Maroon, by Mulatto, 3 yrs.... 4
Duke of Cleveland's b. c. Sampson, 4 yrs
Mr. Thompson's ch. f. Vermillion, by Bedlamite, 3 yrs 6
Won cleverly by a length.

SWEEPSTAKES of 200 sovs. each, h. ft., for three-year-olds,
colts, Bst. 71b ; fillies, Bst. 31b. St. Leger Course.
Mr. Bowes's br. c. Black Beck, by Mulatto 1
Lord Chesterfield'a br. c. Molineux, by Mulatto 2
Black Beck took the lead, was never headed, and won easy.
SWEEPSTAKES of 20 sovs. each, for two-year-olds, colts,
Bst. 71b. ; fillies, Bst. 41b. T.Y.C.
Mr. Allen's ch. c. Belgrade, by Belshazzar, out of Alice.. 1
Col. Crauford's hr. f. Ermengardis, by Langar 2
Mr. Bell's b. c. Thirsk, by Voltaire, dam by Whisker 0
Lord Westminster's b. c. Satirist, by Pantaloon 0
Gen. Yate's br. c. Simoom, brother to Siroc, by Camel 0
Mr. Wrather's gr. I'l by Belshazzar, out of Hackfall's dam 0

Won by half a head

BEE'S WING.—The performance of this extraordinary
mare are equal to those of her celebrated sire, the " Old
Doctor." Her winnings are as follow :—ln 1835, at two
years old twice ; 1837, six ; 1838, -seven ; 1839, eleven ; and
this year, nine—making thirty-seven times. Out of -this
number, reckoning the Queen's Plates, Gold Shield, Silver
Waggon, and Gold Cups, she has won an equivalent to 22
cups. Her sire (Dr. Syntax) from the year 1814 to 1823,
started -49 times, won 36, lost 13, and out of the 36 times
winning gained 20 gold cups. It is 62 years since a seven
year old won the Doncaster Cup,.when it was carried away
by Lord Rockingham's Phocion.