The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-09-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

JOURNAL OF THE MONEY MARKET.
•
THURSDAY EVENING.—The excitement in the Stock SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNF
Market has rather abated but prices may be noted a shade MANCHESTER RAILWAY.
lower. Consols left off at 871 buyers for money and 87-1 to It is always painful to us, as supporters of
tak the r
8 for account. Bank Stock was 168 to 70. Exchequer Bills tern, to observe the directors of any undering, compelled
10s. to 12s. premium. to resort to legal proceedings to procure the payment of calls
In the Foreign House the closing quotations for Spanish and it must be equally painful to those gentlemen themselv
Active with the overdue Coupons were 21/ to ;
NO
Portuguese to have to adopt that course. There are few companies
Five per Cents 31 to 1, the Three per Cents 21 to 1-. Bra- share list at the outset does not contain some portion of
zilian 79 to 80. Mexican Old Bonds 25 to 6, the New 28 to proprietors; and, in dealing with such we much Kerr'
; Colombian 211 to 2;1. Dutch 24 per Cent449l to 50, the general principle, the plan of forfeiting all shares in
Five per Cents 981 to 91. Belgian 98 to 100. as promptly as the act of parliament allows. Cases,
London and Birmingham Railway. Shares were C 6 to_B, will arise where such a course cannot, in justice tr
Great Western 13 to 14 premium. South Western 514 to 21 body of proprietors, be submitted to, and
where i
per share. North Midland Old Shares 19 to 17 discount, the would be almost equivalent to a surrender of the t
New 1 discount to 1 premium: Brighton 12 to 11, Black • and the case of the Sheffield and Manchester Rail,
wall 2 to 11 discount. closed during the late trial's at our assizes,- appeal
FRIDAY 'EVENING.—The funds continue on the decline be one of this peculiar class.
and consols are falling off to 86i recovered only to 874 for We shall
contending parties, which appe:”—
llnot here enter-jut° the merits of the que
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money and 87+ to a for account. Exchequer bill.
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as. premium. The depression was in some degree attri-
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anted to the necessity of selling out certain bull accounts, of
whom actions have been brought.
res are only anxious, a:
which, as usual in such cases, advantages were taken by some publ'c journalists, to defend the interests of the undertaking
itself, which may perhaps be damaged in the estimation 01
of those possessed of the secret which do not seem at all
reconcileable with fair and honourable dealing, although so some parties by the proceedings in question. It cannot be
far as the stock exchange and stock gambling where a
denied that a necessity for compulsory resources to effect
' .
that whirl, onsibt to be spontaneous on the part of the -1-
code of morality takes, they may be considered as all in
regular order.

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holders of any railway in course offormation—viz. : the prom[
SATURDAY EVENlNG..—Although the • in payment of calls—tends to create an unfavourable impressio
funds is far from having subsided, and the fluctuations i agitation the upon the public mind, as evidencing a disorganized or disc
n tisfied proprietary ; and our present object is, whilst offerin
prices were not inconsiderable to-day, consols finally settled a few words of advice to the belligerent parties, at the stun
down pretty nearly the same as yesterday. The closing time to chew that such disorganization does not exist to tli
quotations were 87 to 1 for money and 87.1- to g- for account. extent which is alleged by the opponents of the undertaking
Exchequer bills 10s. to 12s. premium.
and that by a cordial and united effort on the part of the di
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PRESTON AND LANCASTER RAILWAY.—The shareholders not will, in a very short period assume a sound and health]
in this comny h additional
resolved, by an overwh majo- position in.public estimation.
rity, to establish an additional train on Sundayselming .
From the information conveyed by our repot
trials it is evident that the Sheffield and Manch
ME COUNTY ASYLUM.—The improvements in this noble has from its commencement had a "drag" upo
building are fast progressing. The roof of one of the two In the outset it had a number of proprietors wl
additional wings is on. and the whole 'pal --... I._ _____,...._

soon oe complete.
This alteration will be a source of great comfort, as at pre-
sent the establishment is much pressed for want of room.—
Lancaster Gazette.

Lord Morpeth arrived on Friday at the Adelphi Hotel,
and left the same evening by the Post-office packet for Dub-
lin.

The steam-ship Liverpool has been renamed the Great
Liverpool, to distinguish her from steamer belonging to
the Peninsular and Oriental Company, named the Liverpool.
The Great Liverpool will sail from this port on the 28th
instant, to take her place in the line to Egypt.
MR. WINTERBOTTOM, OF STOCKPORT.—WC omitted on
Wednesday to state, that the suspicion entertained that an
individual residing at Newmarket, in Monmouthshire, was
Mr. Winterbottorn, turned out to be entirely unfounded.
As may- be readily conjectured, the party in cApa‘tion felt by_
no means flattered,lsn discovering,that heinid been tallei for
a man who had .absconded on a. charge of forgery.—Man-
chester Guardian.

LYTHAM AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The annual meeting
of thi; important agricultural society was held at Lytham on
Wednesday last, and we are most happy in saying that the
exhibition of stock, farm implements, and green crop speci-
mens were in the highest degree satisfactory to its numerous
friends and supporters. A dinner afterwards took place at
the Commercial
.Inn, at which the following, among many
others, were presentl—Lord Stanley, M.P., R. G. Hop-
wood, Esq., Starkey, Esq., R. Earle, Esq., Capt. Jones,
J. Paley, Esq., T. B. Crosse, Esq., the Hon. R. B. Wil-
braham,.M.P., E. G. Hornby, Esq., J. Cunliffe, W. Raw-
storne, Esq., Ellison, Esq., J. Benn, Esq.
LETTERS BY THE BRITISH QUEEN:—The agent of the
British Queen steam-ship, at Portsmouth, has informed the
agent in Liverpool, that a small bag was received at-Ports-
mouth on the morning of the Ist instant, which was put on
board, and that no ?nail for the British Queen was received
afterwards. He further states, that a large hag, containing
the London morning mail of the lst, was,put on board the
Small steamer at Southampton, and went on board the Bri-
tish Queen along with the passengers • no mail was received
at Southampton in the coin se of the Say afterwards, to go by
her. It may, therefore, be fully concluded, that all the Li-
verpool letters which were posted for the British Queen, up
to post time on Monday evening, 31st ult., went by that
vessel.

THE LIVERPOOL FEMALE ORPHAN ASYLUM..—We hear
with great satisfaction that the liberal support given to the
Liverpool Female Orphan Asylum,-lately projected, has en-
abled the committee to take a spacious and convenient house
in Upper • Stanhope-street, and to commence receiving
children into the institution. The children are required to
he between the ages of eight and 'eleven years, to be de-
prived of both parents, to be destitute of means of support,
and born in Liverpool or within seven miles. The prayers
as well as the bounty of the public are due for the success of
the benevolent and holy purpose, and we trust to see it as
extensively useful as its active promoters can desire.
POPULATWN or LIVERPOOL.—The annual report of the
Registrar-General of births marriages, and deaths in Eng-
Jand, has been published. It appears from the return, that
the total number of births in the year ending. the 30th of
June, 1839. in the district of which Liverpool is the centre,
and which, in 1831, contained a population of 218,233 souls,
-was 9683, the total number of marriages 3452, and the total
number of deaths 8467. Of the persons who died 2045 were
infants under 12 months, and 4239 of the whole number were
under five years. Of those who died at the greatest age 202
reached the age of from 70 to 75; 151 that of from 75 to 80 ;
88 that of from SO to 85 ; 49 that of from 85 to 90 ; 12 that
of from 90 to 95 ; 2 that of from 95 to 100 ; and 1 that of 100.
The district from which this return is made includes several
parishes and townships adjoining Liverpool, so that it is im-
possible to tell from it whether the mortality within Liver-
pool proper bears so high a proportion to that.of other towns,
as in the previous return ; but taking the whole district, and
comparing it with a similar district in the neighbourhood of
Manchester, the rate of mortality appears to be pretty much

the same. In the Liverpool di-stria, the deaths we're 8467
in a population of 218,233 ; whilst in the Manchester district
the deaths were 9276 in a population of 236,935. The Li-
verpool district includes an area of 38,060 acres, and com-
prises, besides Liverpool and West Derby, the township's of
Aintree. AlLefton, and Bootle-cum-Linacre, Childwall, Faza-
kerley, Ince Blundell, Kirkdale,.Litherland, Little Crosby,
Lunt, Netherton, Orrell and Ford, Sefton, Thornton, and
Walton-on-the-Hill, the chapelries of Everton, Garston,
Great Crosby, Kirkby, and Wavertree, and the extra-paro-
chial places of Cioxteth and ToNteth-park. --Of the families
resident in this district, 1446. are employed chiefly in agri-
culture, 20,456 chiefly in trade, manufactures, and handi-
craft, and 21,124 in other pursuits, making a total of 43,026.
THE Rev. HUGH I‘l‘/SIEILE AT BELFAST.—The Rev.
Hugh M'Neile preached a very 'interesting sermon in St.
Ann's Church, Belfast, on Sunday last, to a crowded con-
gregation. It was a fine specimen of biblical exposition and
chaste pulpit eloquence, which riveted the attention, dining
the delivery, of all, even the Most thoughtless person pre-
sent. The sermon was not in aid of any of our public cha-
rities, but a kindness conferred on the vicar and congrega-
tion. His text was taken from the Epistle to the Hebrews,
2d chapter, and part of the Bth and 9th verses—" But now
we see not yet all things put under him ; but we see Jesus,
who was made a little lower than the angels, for the suffering
of death, crowned with glory and honour." The rev. preacher
commenced his discourse by reading from the sth verse,
which is a quotation from the Bth Psalm, thus giving St.
Paul's interpretation of it, as referring to Christ. He then
read the Bth Psalm, showing the prophecy concerning him,
and went on to demonstrate, by a chain of reasoning peculi-
arly his own—namely, the fulfilment of the first two portions
of it, that Jesus was the man who was made for a little while
lower than the angels, and that it was he who had suffered
death and had been crowned with glory and honour. The
third part of the prophecy yet remained to be fulfilled, the
putting of all things under him, which St. Paul declares we
have not yet seen. This the preacher contended had refer-
ence to the second advent, the coming of the Lord Jesus
Christ, as predicted by the angels at the time of his ascen-
sion—" Ye men of Galilee, why stard ye gazing up into
heaven? This same Jesus which is taken up from you into
',leaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go
into heaven ;" thus introducing the millenium, or that pe-
riod, by whatever other name it might be called, illustrative
of Christ's personal reign upon earth.—Dublin Evening
Packet.

of the I

Its progress.
Lo were, from

. the circumstances of the times, unwilling to proceed with it
execution ; and since these were gat rid of their place 1
never beea filled up with bona-fide and cheerful hold
Hence, during the progress of the works, arrear

have accumulated, and the undertaking has worn an appear
ance of financial weakness greater than we think it is i
reality afflicted with..
.....

The, object of the directors in instituting those proceedings
for the recovery of calls, which we reported in our publication
of last Tuesday, appears to have been that of ascertaining
their true position with respect to a number of shares, pur-
chased under peculiar circumstances by a gentleman con-
nected with the undertaking, and which, we are informed,
comprise about a seventh part of the entire capital of the
company. Upon these shares considerable arrears are due,
and the fact of their non-enforcement has been pleaded by
some other shareholders as a reason for withholding payment.
Were this,question-7-4he question as to the ownership of the
disputed shares—onee• settled: hi it doubtless will be. one

THE CALEDONIA, STEAM-SHIP.-ThiS fine vessel, the
third of the line of royal mail steamers to run between this
port and Boston and Halifax, arrived on Sunday morning,
in lfii hours from Greenock. She was built by Mr. Charles
Wood, at Dumbarton, and appears to be in every point equal
to her predecessors of the same line, the Britannia and Aca-
dia, which have already proved themselves admirable sea-
boats, and have accomplished voyages across the Atlantic
hitherto unequalled in speed. As these vessels, though
turned out by different builders, are of equal length and
breadth, and consequently, of the same tonnage ; and as they
have engines precisely alike, the iatter built by the celebrated
Napier, of Glasgow, the description we come time ago gave
of the• Britannia, supersedes all necessity for a notice of this
new specimen of the naval architecture of our northern neigh-
bours. They are in reality sister ships in all their hulls and
equipments, the only difference being me
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way or other, by the 'result of the proceedings now pending,
a great portion of the difficulties -under which the' directors
have hitherto laboured would terminate ; and they have ac-
cordingly been compelled, in the best exercise of their judg-
ment, to appeal to a legal tribunal to effect such a settlement.
With the particular merits of the question, as between the
holders of these shares and the direction, we repeat that we
have nothing to do. It is imperative upon Me company to
endeavour, by every means placed in their power by the act
of parliament, to carry the undertaking into operation rod
they cannot do this without a bona fide proprietary, able and
ready to contribute from time to time the necessary funds.
, We should, however, greatly r6joice if this object could be
effected by a friendly negociation between the parties; and,
should the company even have to make a sacrifice of some
portion of their claim, and take back the whole of the dis-
puted shares, we are firmly of opinion that the mere fact of
these disaffected shareholders being got rid of, would infuse
such a spirit of unanimity and energy into th

portion, that the directors would soon -experience little cliff
culty in re-appropriating the whole on favourable terms.

The great 'lila' of the-shares, we are confidently assured
are now vested in the hands of strong and bona fide holders
whose confidence in the merits of the undertaking experi

ence and-examination are daily increasing. A considerable
amount of the calls in arrear at the date of the late half-
yearly statement has been since paid up ; and we have no
doubt that the present satisfactory progress of the works,
even under existing difficulties, will, before long, enable those

proprietors who have adhered to their shares, under circum-
stances of great discouragement, to congratulate themselves
upon the result of their constancy and judgment. This im-
provement, we are assured, is even now taking place in the
position of the company, notwithstanding any unfavourable
impression which their being in a state of litigation is calcu-
lated to produce ; and we are confident that a prompt arrange-
ment of difficulties would not only ensure at once the pros-
perity of the shareholders at large, but might even be the
means of materially advancing the interests of those who are
now in hostileq!ollision with the undertaking in which they
are themselves embarked.

Whilst throwing out this suggestion to the dissatisfied por-
tion of the proprietary, we List urge at the same time upon
those parties in arrear, who have no legal, or imagined legal,
objection to pay up, the gross and glaring impolicy of their
conduct in delaying to do so. The Sheffield and Manchester
railway is not, we are aware, regarded as a popular line.
And why? Passing by the fancied difficulties of its construc-
tion, the main reason of its not being in favour with the pub-
lic, is its apparent disfavour in the estimation of its own pro-
prietors, as manifested in their rel

ance to pay up thei

calls with promptitude. Let the shareholders, as a body,
make a move. Let the present arrears be wiped off, and the
directors enabled to push forward the works already commen-
ced with the requisite vigour, arid then it will probably be
found that popular opinion will show itself a little changed.
Let this be done, and then we venture to say that the shares
of the .Sheffield and Manchester railway will assume some-

thing like their real value in the market, and the question
which has recently been so hotly litigated, and which pro-
mises to furnish further pickings for the gentlemen of the
long robe, will, in all likelihood, settle itself without their
costly assistance.

Another and an important advantage would result from
such an effort on the part of the well-affected shareholders,
which would not be without its effect upon the prospects of
the undertaking. A. considerable portion of the works bein
now let, the directors, it must be

:vident, have a certain

aety in the .carving
ad -decorations of the head and stern. The Caledonia has
. fine female figure-head, and the carving both on her bow
and stern exhibits good taste and execution. As the Caledo-
donia is a fac-simile of the Acadia, which was expected from
Halifax and Boston, her appearance in Formby Channel
caused a bustle amongst the pierheaders, includingthe news-
catemrs, who were looking for the Acadia. Mistaking her
for the latter vessel, several boats put off to meet her. Two
got alongside, au4 the sharp fellows in them did not disco-
ver their mistake, although " Caledonia " was conspicuous
on the flag at the main, until they were'asked from the steam-
er, whether the Acadia had been telegraphed ! The Acadia,.
however, did not far exceed the period of her anticipated ar-
rival, for (as it will be found) she reached the river on the
same night. The Caledonia is now receiving her coa's on
board, and will sail hence on Saturday next for Halifax and,
Boston. The fourth . and last of the four ships which will
complete the line—the Columbia, was launched on Saturday
last, abbot an hour before the starting of the Caledonia from
Greenock.

ascertained sum to provide for the carrying on of those works,
and must requlate the amount of proprietors upon whom
they can depend for prompt payment. It will, therefore,
materially,lessen the-presure for money to individual share-

holders, if the preseia arrears are satisfied and the entire
proprietary come forward to support the directors with funds
to enable them to progress i❑ their arduous duties. The
nature of the line is such as to enable the directors to extend
the payment of calls equally, or to the whole period allowed
for completing the works ; and even should the question
between the litigant proprietors and the directors remain for
a short period unsettled, an energetic and united effort on the
part of the remainder would enable them to complete and
bring into working—and; we believe, profitable working—a
considerable portion of the line out of Manchester without
any inconvenient pressure for money.
We are quite aware, and we shall shortly endeavour to
prove the fact, that i❑ sterling merit, as an investment, this
line is inferior to very few of its rivals, and that its shares
ought to rank as high as those of any undertaking, which has
not had the guaranteed test of experience in working, We
say that we shall endeavour shortly to prove this fact ; but in
the meantime the shareholders should assist our efforts with
the public by paying up their calls at once, and thus proving
that they too have confidence. Let them do this, and then
we venture to predict that not only the danger which ever
attends " a house divided against itself" will pass over, but
that they will find themselves in possession of a sound mar-
ketable property, instead of what is now little better than a
mere liability.

We propose, in an early publication, bringing more fully
before our townsmen the claims of the Sheffield and Man-
chester Railway to a portion of their support. Independent
of its merits as an investment, the opening of this line, as a
communication with a large and important district hitherto
almost shut out from the port of Liverpool, will confer great
benefits upon the commerce of our town ; and we shall en-
deavour to dissipate, by a fair and candid statement, those
prejudices which we cannot but perceive exist against this
useful and important undertaking in our own market.

NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Mr. Jackson of, Pimlico,
who had the Belper contract, and who has been very exten-
sively employed at the Derby station, is engaged to erect a
warehouse for the company in Chesterfield, by the side of the
station. It will he forty-two feet square, and constructed of
stone. Mr. Jackson has also engaged to erect warehouses
upon a similar plan at the respective stations of Masbro',
Barnsley, and Wakefield.—Leeds Intelliyencer.
NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.—Traffic returns for the
week ending sth September :
Passengers, parcels, carriages, horses, and mails£3olo .17 3
Merchandise.
410 1 7
Minerals

£353 0
HULL AND SELBY RAILWAY.—Traffic returnl 10s
front
august 31 to September 6, inclusive :
Passengers, (4286,) parcels, ikc
Goods, sheep, &c., about

£553 6 E

Total £770 12 8
RAILWAY YO MACCLESFIELD.—The Birmingham and
Manchester Company have determined to complete this
branch without loss of time, and there is reason to expect
that it will be open simultaneously with the main line to
Crewe. When the Bramhall contract (6i miles) and the
Macclesfield contract (3+ miles) are taken, the whole of the
company's-Contracts will •be completed. The distance from
Macclesfield to Manchester by the railway will be reduced to
about 16i iniles.—Stockport Advertiser.
NEW BRANCH RAILWAYS.--The fast increasing town of
Heywood, near Bury, is about to derive considerable advan-
tages in the way of traffic with the neighbouring towns by
constructing a branch railway front the Manchester and
Leeds railway, at Blue Pits to Marland-road, Heywood, a
distance of about two miles, the cutting has already been let,
and in a few months the population of Heywood, amounting
to upwards of fifteen thousand, will be fully possessed of the
advantages of locomotive transit. The branch railway to
Oldham, which the Manchester and Leeds railway company
are empowered tolorm by an act of parliament passed July
Ist, 1839, will shortly be in course of execution from junction with the main railway at Hillock, Chadderton, to i present intended termination near Lower Manchester-street,
Oldham, a distance of a mile and a half, the estates are now
undergoing a valuation preparatory to being purchased by
the directors.
From the last half-yearly report of the directors of the
Glasgow and Ayrshire Railway, it seems evident that they
have it in contemplation to execute forthwith the branch
railway between Kilmarnock and the main line. A pretty
general opinion prevails that the engineers, if their hands
were once free of the Glasgow and Ayrshire line, may turn
their attention to its extension as far as Girvan. —Ayr
Advertiser.

The banks in this town have unanimously resolved upon
closing their establishments every Friday afternoon at one
o'clock, to commence on Friday next, the 18th instant. We
understand the practice of closing the banks earlier on blank
post day has been pursued in Manchester and other large
towns for some time, without inconvenience to the public.—
Newcastle Journal.
MR. GEACH.—This infatuated man, who was lately con-
victed offdrgery, and sentenced to twenty years' transporta-
tion, passed through Bristol last week, on his way to Devon..
port. Having been subjected to the usual discipline of our
gaol, he said, on leaving it, that he would rather endure 40
years' transpostation than six months' imprisonment therein.
On arriving at Devonport he was put on board the Lord
Lyndock, convict-ship, lying in the sound. This vessel will
convey him to Van Dieman's Land.

The miserable hacks of the expiring vvhig
n-radical govern-
-)n t have put forth a statement that ,the Duke of Beaufort
th
Liverpool and Sandwich, and other members of
govern-
ment
Earls of
the upper house, are about to deSert their colours, and join
the service of Mr. Daniel O'Connell's masters. The whole
statement is without the' hadow of foundation.' The wretched
whip faction, instead of gaining political strength, is every-
its supporters, as Lord Howick knows, and has
where losing,
had the manliness to declare.
ILFRACOa MBE.—A very shocking accident happened here
on Thursday se'nnight. A young gentleman about sixteen
years of age, of the name of Cayley, was climbing,one of the
highest cliffs under the Torr, when he lost his footing and
fell down a height of at least 100 feet ; he was picked up by
a man who was fishing near the spot, perfectly insensible ;
his head was much bruised; one of his legs and arms broken,
and his ancle dislocated ; his friends have little hopes of his
recovery. It is quite a miracle that he was not dashed to
pieces by the fall.—Bristol Journal.
DArrt.—A portrait of Dante, by Giotto, has been recently
discovered in the pantry of the prison at Florence, which
was. recently a chapel attached to the residence of the po-
desta. It had been completely covered with plaster. The
poet is painted in the flower of his age, with a calm majestic
countenance.

OPENING OF THE COVE-HILL RAIL:WAT—MELANCH
ACCIDENT.—A considerable number of persons assemble,
Tuesday to witness the opening of this railway, when

regret Co say, an accident occurred, in consequence of t►.
end of one of the waggons having given way, and conse-
they, with eight men upon them, set off at a feh,
down the inclined plane and along the line for a consider
distance, when they ran off the rails, and precipitated tht
men with fearful force on the road. On inquiry at the In-
firmary, it appears that one man received a concussion of
the brain, and another has had his leg broken; still, how-
ever, under the circumstances, it is almost miraculous a
much greater amount of injury was not sustained.—Belfast
Chronicle.

4uently

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RAILWAYS INTO SCOTLAND.-Sir Frederick Smith, the
chief commissioner appointed by government to report on
the projected lines of railway into Scotland, arrived in this
town on Saturday, and on Monday proceeded along the
Newcastle and Carlisle Railway to Hexham, and thence
along the projected Midland Line by Hawick and Galashiels
to Edinburgh, which city he reached on Wednesday. It is
understood. that the commissioners would return by the East
Coast Line, and are expected in Newcastle on Wednesday in
next week. They have received the evidence of the various
parties in support of the projected lines, and by a personal
survey made themselves perfectly acquainted with the dis-
trict; hut, of course, no opinion can have yet been given.
The town councils or Perth, Dundee, and Aberdeen have
memorialised the treasury, praying that the commissioners
may be authorised to survey the country on the north side of
the Forth, and to report on the best line for connecting the
principal and commercial and manufacturing towns iu the
north of Scotland with Edinburgh and Glasgow. The re-
sult of this applitition has not transpired.

ACCIDENT ON. THE BIRMINGHAM AND GLOUCESTER
RAILWAY.—As the nine o'clock train was coming-up from
Birmingham on Tuesday morning near to Defford; and about
14 miles from Cheltenham, the engine and two carriages were
thrown off the- line, in consequence of the rails which had
been turned for another engine to go upon the line having
been left in that pqpition.,
ortunately, before any material
njury was done, the engine Was stopped. None of the pas-
enzers were injured.