The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-03-02 00:00:00

otatO crop of Overage quantity,. or even one in-
" 'anted in looking

.n-itely ben,
)r. To pr

we the people of these portions of

)37 famine

there is too great reason to

,he realized capital of the empire must be

very heavily taxed in the year upon which we have

ust entered

ions and the visitations of Provi-
they bear so palpable an evidenep,

it
.and are fighting against. anything .like
a correct ,exemplification. of the working of that
new system of politico-economical polity of which
British statesmen have of late become enamoured.
We have free trade in the main articles of food with
all the world, and high prices •at the .same time.
The Pox pares loaf is iiot 'cheapened; the British
farmer. is not, as a necessary consequence of free
trade, ruined ; and they manufacturing interest is
not rejoicing in the agrandizement, which was pre-
dicted by the opponents, and certainly hoped for
and sought, as its result, by the advocates of the
repeal of protection.

have fot

`We would not. have the agricultural classes ima-
gine that the danger with which they were menaced
by the measure is past, because it has not crushed
them during the past Year; that, because, prices
haVe not been reduced below a profitable rate
already, they are not to be so reduced. The calcu-
lations made of extensive foreign supplies are not
proved to be fallacious because those supplies have
not overwhelmed us up to this period, large although
they have been, Europe has required all her own

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.

politicians have exhibited an amount of igno-
rance upon the subject which is wholly inexcusable.
Our transatlantic brethren possess a vast continent,
containing within its limits every variety of climate,
capable of rearing almost every product suitable
for the wants of man, and possessed of great na-
tural facilities for their transport to the seaboard.
A large portion of their 'soil is as yet in a virgin

state; and, unlike the worn out soil's of Europe, it
is known to produce crops with the minimum of
human labour. Hitherto, grain cultivation in Ame-
rica has been discouraged by the want of markets
for its consumption ; but, with the prospect now
held out to its enterprising farmers, we may expect
to see a largely increased amount of capital and
labour devoted to the developing of the hitherto
neglected resources of the country. When this is
effected, and the produce of that increased capital
and labour is fully directed towards Europe, its vast
extent will most fearfully disturb the dreams of our
politicians and of that portion of our native agri-
culturists who are at present hugging themselves
with the belief that free trade measures are not to
fall upon their condition with any serious weight.
We quoted, last week, from the eity-artiCle of the
New York Morning Herald of the 4th of February,
a statement which we shall here repeat. Speaking
of the remov

ad of the restrictions which have
hitherto depressed American agriculture, the writer
says that the two states of Indiana and Illinois
alone "can, if pushed, with favourable seasons,
produce enough to supply our whole demand for
consumption, leaving the production of breadstuffs
in all the other states tO"supply any foreign demand
that may arise." With regard to the article of
Indian corn,-of which the exports in 1846 amounted
to 470,136,375 bushels, he remarks :
"This grain has heretofore been but little known in
Europe,- and we have been compelled to consume at home
the immense crops annually produced. Necessity has
"ht about its introduction into the . 1 markets

Le principa

have existed. against it as an hrtiele of human food having
been completely removed. It must hereafter be a very
important staple article of export, no matter what may be

he state of

he Rlropean harvests

As an economical,

nutriciOus grain, it is superior to every other in existence,
and will prove as great a bles=ing to the poorer classes. of
Great Britain, as it has ever'been to those of this country.
Tha eArnritintinn of nnwn in th. TTll;+nrl Sfal-ne bac linan

heretofore about four times as large as that of wheat, and
with twelve months' notice, or in a twelve month, the
cultivation eovld be increased to such an extent, that,
under favourable circumstances, the production could-be
nearly doubled. This grain is grown to great perfection
in every section of the country. At the extreme north,
and at the extreme south, it reaches early maturity, and
is free from those disasters and diseases which nearly
every other grain is almost annually visited with. The

tivation of Indian corn, and the yield frequently reaches
in that section, one hundred bushels of shelled corn per
acre. It is the safest, and with a yield ranging anywhere

can dev

rates now eurren

soil apprwrial

ion, enormous

prices re•
,r 1 of thA

It may he urged that the imports into this coun-
try of this corn *ill only supply the void created by
the destruction of the potato, and that its consump-
tion will cease with the close of our present calamity.
Those, who so argue, however, are doomed to dis-
appointment. The taste of our population once
familiarised with an article, whose nutrative quali-
ties are so great, will not be so easily satisfied with
the watery and uncertain vegetable with which it
has hitherto been satisfied. The British and the
Irish settler in America soon learn to place their
dependence upon their corn crop, and forget the
potato. The price, too, at which the American
farmer can afford to raise corn for this country, 50
cents, or 2s. 2d. per bushel, must enable them to
beat down that of every other species of grain w
which it comes into competition

And whereas plans of such harbour of safety, inner
harbour, and pier, have been prepared by the orders of
her Majestigs Government :
And wheTeas her Majesty's Government have required
from the said Company, in consideration of the benefit
they will derive from the said pier and inner harbour being
'voted to the exclusive --- t' C npany, . subject to

the use thereof by her Majesty's Government, that the
said Company should contribute towards the expense of
the said works the sum of two hundred thousand pounds,
which the said Company are willing to do if authorised
by Parliament."

It goes on to ask for powers to build steam-boats,
to navigate them, to charter or hire them, or to
contribute towards the expense of their building
or construction, by any company or companies,
demanding for these purposes the power to raise
additional capital.

So far the anguis in herba is not plainly percep-
tible. A railway company, or any other company,
contributing the funds required for its construction,
may legitimately ask from government the exclu-
sive use of any inner-pier or harbour which may
be in its possession, although it seems strange that
a public work, undertaken by the state, should be
thus bartered, to the damage of public interests.
Harbours of refuge, it is presumed, are •public
works. Their location was determined upon with
a view to the benefit of the shipping interest of the
whole empire, not exclusively for the steamers to
be built or hired by a railway monopoly. A com-
munication from Mr. C. W. Williams, addressed
to a contemporary, inclines us to suppose that
either her Majesty's government are hoodwinked
in this matter, or that a job is in contemplation.
We quote a portion of the communication in ques-
tion, which will be more intelligible to our readers
than a dry recital of the act itself:—
"The Government, it appears, have been induced to
expend near a million sterling in the construction of an
Asylum'or Safety H ' - H-Ivhead f t 1

_ _arbour a, _or ne genera
Jenefit of all her Majesty's subjects, and in which, it
would be presumed, all "vessels would receive equal favor
and accommodation. _

"Bp some arrangement, however, between the Govern-
ment and the Holyhead and Chester Railway Company,
(the particulars of which are not before the public,) and
in consideration of the supposed benefit which the Rail-
way Company would derive therefrom, it was deemed
advisable that the said Company should contribute
towards the expense of the said works the sum of
£200,000, which the said Company are willing to do if
authorized by Parliament.'

" The plan of the proposed Harbour and Works is now
lodged in the Private Bill Office, (a strange mode, by
the way,-of giving access to the plans of a public and
national Asylum Harbour, and enabling theth to judge of
its merits and competency.) An examination of this plan
at once brings the fact to light, that the Railway Company

..
do not contribute a single shilling towards such Asylum
or Safety Harbour ; that even more than the above sum
of £200,000 will have to be expended on objects intended
exclusively to benefit the said company, and not only
foreign to the purposes of the asylum harbour, but abso-

lately injurious'tolts value and efficiency ; to such an ex-
tent, indeed, as virtually to deprive it of any claim to the

character 0!

ler colmir of accommodation
to the public, aiid' with the view of carrying passengers - and
her Majesty's mails to the farthest possible point, a pier

of 2,006 feet in length is to be run out into this asylum
harbour, by which the entire eastern portion is separated
and formed into a well-sheltered inner harbour.

" The position of this pier, and theiact of its not only
seriously contracting the area of the harbour, but of its
occupying the entire of that space where alone shelter
could be obtained during the northeast gales, is enough
to show, that the contribution of £200.000 by this private
company had much better be entirely dispensed with.
" When, however, it is stated, that this inclosed inner
harbour, together with its 2,000 feet of trading pier, is to
become the private and exclusive property of the railway
company, it is manifest that her Majesty's Government
cannot be aware.of the effect of the arrangement made
with this private company.
" That there be no mistake in this. matter, the express
Iterms in which this is stated in the bill are as follows,
(clause 17:)—" And be it enacted, that the said inner har-

We feel then, and we Must tell the British farmer,
that a vast reduction of the value of his grain and

vegetable crops is before him ; and, notwithstand-
ing the existing state of markets, that reduction is
approaching him more rapidly than he imagines.
Well informed and thoughtful men in the United

States calculate upon an increase of exportation of
food during the year up to the end of June, 1847, of

fifty per cent.* least
year. be doubled

. That increase can, in another
and thus all the advantages of an

abundant harvest to the British farmer will be swept
away by its rush into the markets of this country.
It may he well also -to glance at another difficulty
which' is approaching our doors. What are our
prospects of a• sufficient quantity of butcher's meat
during the next few years. The stock • of pigs in
Ireland and Scotland is almost exhausted. In some
parts of both countries not a, cotters' pig is to be
seen, having been hurried to market as pork, because
there was nothing left to feed them with.. In Great
Britain itself-there is a great decrease in the quan-
tity -on hand from the same cause. Perhaps there
never was a time when the farmer throughout the
country had less young stock to consume their
coming hay crops, it having been found more profit-
able to selloff their calves than keep them through
an expensive winter. Here, also, America steps in.
That our astute brother already sees in prospect
John Bull driven to the consumption of his beef,
his pork, his lard, his butter, and his cheese, is

tour and pier, and quays and works connected with the
said pier, as shown on the said plan prepared under the
direction of her Malestu's Government, as, when the same

)eciively form' ed'and constructed, shall be tht

, -
perty of, and vested in, the said company for their sole
and separate use." Her Majesty's Government having,
however, the free use thereof,

" When it is understood, that this pier offers the only
available ground for trading purposes, or where a vessel
of any kind could lay alongside in safety ; and that_ the

where.vessels would be sfe while receiving passengers or
goods, it will be very difficult to distinguish this case from
that of an absolute monopoly of the harbour. So fully
do this company appear to think they may secure their
own terms, that this privilege of entering the inner bar-

such use said cpmpany sl

;erruptec

impeded in . -
the use and enjoyment of the same."
So glaring an inroad as this upon the privileges
of the public, certainly cannot escape the notice of
parliament, or to meet with the sanction of any in-
fluential section of the legislature. The whole
is monstrous; and must be scouted so soon
as ever its features are made apparent.

thing

evident from the excited state of the markets for
these articles at the date of our last advices.

We have not left ourselves space to enter upon
the other branch of our subject—the effect of free
trade thus far, and the prospect of its future effect
upon our manufacturing interest. We shall take
another opportunity for this inquiry.

There is one important portion of the Liverpool
Sanatory Act, which presents, beyond all others,
really practical difficulty. Sewering, draining,
cleansing, and other matters important to health,
we can easily chalk out a plan to. effect. We have
only to tax ourselves to accomplish them. But
interference with the property of individuals is

not so easily to be managed, justice
`•iduals being fairly meted out

Lose inc

The Cottage dwell-

festive -in Their construe

lion, so far as their sana-

We refer our readers to the report, as full a one
as we could give, of. the two days' discussion be-
tween the Rev: Joseph Raylee, of Trinity Church,
Birkenhead, and Mr. Miall, editorof the Nancon-
formist journal, upon the subject. of the grounds
by which the connexion of church and state is
defensible. It is not necessary for us to give an
opinion upon the question at issue ; and we leave
to the' reflecting portion of the public to decide
which of the able controversialists has -made out
the best case. Of that result we have no doubt.
Few impartial men can read the whole discussion
through without being satisfied that .Mr. Baylee
has thoroughly vindicated his position, and that
Mr. Miall has done little more than prove how easy
it is to rant in print, to hurl anathemas against an
establishment, to gratify the ignorant or flatter the
vanity of conceited-sectarianism, and how impossi-
ble it is, upon a question, of. this nature, to put
aside the teachings. of aod'S. Revealed Word.
. .
Our -business here; however, is not to discuss

the subject, but to r

Chris

and chivalrous exertions on this'occasion. Assent
has long wanted so able and fearless an antagonist ;
,ake if dissent will not regret having
The report will tell to
:assioned reader in the closet, whatever
nay have .been its effect in a public assembly.

we mis

provok

I this encounter

mdition is

Zany of them,

,
ever, are incapable of being altered to .fulfil either
the requirements of the Act, as appliCable to new
erections, or the requirements of the public so far
as the health of their inhabitants is concerned.

aunot ast

he owners of

. .
The Rev. Hugh M'Neile will preach at St. Bride':
Church on Sunday evening next, when a collection wil

louses

ice of their property,- at the,.erection of
:have winked, if Ave have not promoted
in,thnes bypast. . We must be just, whilst we
are striving .to be humane and wise.

sacruk,
which we

ue Matte it,t-
There is. More flour in Liverpool at present than the
lOcal want usually served by that market would take off
in eighteen months.
CusniTA-nLE SoclETv.—The demands on the funds of
this excellent institution continue very urgent. The visi-

James D.
Henry Daveney, St. Bees

BY LETTERS DIMISSORY.
Robert Warburton, 8.A., Exeter College, Oxford,

PRIESTS.
Samuel Johnson Butler, 8.A., New College, Oxford.
Wm. Dry, 8.A., King's Hall and College of Brazenose,

Oxford

Gilbert Henderson Philips, 8.A., Brasenose College,
Oxford.

George John Piccope, M.A., Bras2nose College, Oxford.
JOhn Willington, New Inn Ilall, Oxford.
Thomas Rigbye Baldwin, 8.A., Sidney Sussex College,
Cambridge.
William Baker, B.A. Christ's College, Cambridge.
John Brame, 8.A., St. John's College, Cambridge.
John Howard Cressy Wright, 8.A., St. John's College,
Cambridge.
Frederick Brealey, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge.
• Thomas Clarke, 8.A., Queen's College, Cambridge.
John Gray Goodriek, 8.A., Catherine Hall, Cambridge.
Henry Mayers, 8.A., Trinity Hall, Cambridge.
George Henry' Nicholls, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam-
bridge.

Edward Parker, BA., St. Peter's College, Cambridge.
John Marratt Taylor, 8.A., Magdalen College, Cam-

Efienezer Bates, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
William Bennett, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin
Dani(

teliffe Chater, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
Ambrose Edward, 8.A., Trinity College,

Mantle Huntington, 8.A., Trinity College,

The.priiper bourse to
such property, it appears to us, was most judiciously
pointed out by the • Rev. Hugh. M'Neile, in his
speech at the Meeting of the. Health Improvement
Committee, on Friday night. The rev.. gentle Man
proposed, in 'order to aid these owners, whose
means do - not allow them to make the requisite
improvements—a'nd there are many such—that the
Corporation• should advance money in such cases,
to be repaielby instalments.
_ln the next place, he
urges the 'Manta, 'for their own safety, to get rid
of any demur on the part of their Landlords to
make such improvements by offering them a trifling
increase of rent to cover the expense.
Pwellent'as'these suggestions are, and dictated
by the usual consideration and good judgement of
the rev. gentleman, there is one other which we
would impress upon the attention of the Council,
as applicable to those cases, where the property oc-
cupied by our poor is absolutely unimproveable.
It is admitted] that Liverpool is in want of good
and wide • streets, to serve as ventilators to its
crowded localities. We have omitted many oppor-
tunities of effecting this desirable object ; and
now, when we are at a loss what to do with masses
of wretched property in various parts of the town,
it ought. to, be attempted. Mr.' Samuel Holmc
showed clearly that the Cook-street project could
be carried out without a loss to the Corporation ;
and if it could be done there, with valuable pro-
perty to deal ,with, it could be done in such locali-
ties as Vauxhall Ward. A few good business
streets would be better paying property than the
existing erection, which would be displaced.

rekeving 1207 families; consisting of 4716 persons, •
The Rhadamaathus, steam-transport; Master Com-
mander Aylen,- is ordered to proceed to Literpool aS'socin
as her defects are made good. at Davenport, to convey
seed, grain, and potatoes for Scotland.
THE ALBERT DOCK.—During February 38 vessels with
a total register of 15;871 tons entered the Albert Dock-
-32 of these were docked on and after the 14th of-the
month. Of this number 21 have had their cargoes dis-
charged and eight of the remaining vessels are very nearly

March 2, BA

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•
supply, and may have little to spare for some time The most extraordinary proposition, which ever ORDINATION AT CHESTER. LIBERAL HONESTY.
. •
to come. The potatoe disease has raVaged many . came before Parliament and the iublic,l Is one . .. --
The following gentlemen were admitted into holy orders TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
districts whose population was equally dependant which has just been proposed by the Chester and on Sunday last, by the Lord Bishop of Chester, at the SIR,—I cannot help calling year attention to the report
with our own upon that root ; and the deficiency, : Holyhead Railway Company, in a Bill intituled Cathedral, Chester. of the discussion on Friday evening, contained in the
Georgeo(John Banner,
which it has caused, must be made up by an ex- "A Bill to enable. the Chester and Holyhead. Rail- DEACONS. • . "liberal journal" of Saturday. Throughout the whole
tended cultivation of grain. This, even with a way Company to make certain extensions of, and •8.A., Brasenose College, Oxford. of Mr. Miall's address, in that paper, there appeared to
I irkland Glazebrook, 8.A., St. Mary Magdalene be a continual "applause," "great cheering," and "hear,
more than usually abundant crop at home, will alterations in, the Line of the Chester and Holy- Hall, Oxford. hear;" and if you will take the trouble of referring to the
tend in some measure to prevent any sudden de- head Railway Company, and for other purposes." Matthias Henry Beaumont, 8.A., Catherine Hall, report of Mr: Baylee's -beautiful, 'manly, and unanswer-
cline to arise from-European competition. The title, of itself, is a modest one. Like a lady's- Cambridge.able a3.gunients; disposing of every point raised, and
To America, then, we must look as alone capable, pOsteript, however, or like certain noxious mem- Vrancis Patrick Fleming, 8.A., Magdalen College, crushing to. pieces every assertion'of the " specious" and
Cambridge. "comprehensive" imagination of his opponent, from the
cient quantities to produce any sensible effect upon project is in its tail, com
`:'or a year or two, of exporting bread-stuffs in suffi- hers of the creation, the gist and the sting of the
Richard Deodatus Harris, 8.A., Trinity College, Cam- beginning to the end of that report, it would seem there
P rised in the words which bridge.
was not a single expression of feeling and approbation ;
prices in British markets. In their past calculations we have quoted in Italics. Edmund Clay, 8.A., Trinity College, Cambridge. • and I only appeal to every one that was present as to the
of the 'effect of free trade upon the prosperity of The preamble of the Bill recites : William Brownrigg Smith, 8.A., St. John's College, correctness of the report in this particular. I care not
our native agriculture, the productive power of bothfor assent or dissent in a matter of this kind, for truth and
"And whereas her Majesty's Government purpose to Cambridge.
the United States and the Canadas has been rated form a harbour of safety at Holyhead; and, with a view Arthur Stock, 8.A., Pembroke College, Cambridge. religion will prevail, but I think it is the height of dis-
farGe_ors_e Frederick. Weston, 8.A., Christ's College, honesty that when a Speech is reported, it is done par-
our too low ; and some of the most prominent a of increasing the facility of the said communication with ___
Ireland, also purpose to make a pier and inner harbour to tially and unfaithfully..—l am, sir, &c., politicians have exhibited an amount of igno-
communicate • railway with the said : John Wilson, 8.A., Clare Hall, Cambridge.
William Angell, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
C,ambridge.
ONE THAT WAS PRESENT.
ranee upon the subject which is wholly inexcusable.
' -
And whereas plans of such harbour of safety, inner
Our transatlantic brethren possess a vast continent, harbour, and pier, have been prepared by the orders of Peter Bennett, 8,A., Trinity College, Dublin.
John Williams Cotter, B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. The Countess of Ellesmere, Lady Mary Brackley, and
containing within its limits every variety of climate, her Majesti‘s Government : Lady Alice Egerton have'arrived in Belgrave-square, from
capable of rearing almost every product suitable I And wheYeas her Majesty's Government have required William Carter, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
William Doyle, B.A. Trinity College, Dublin. Ratchford House, near.Cobham. Lady Mary's acconche-•
from the said Company, in consideration of the benefit ment is daily expectedletake place.
for the wants of man, and possessed of great na-
they will derive from the said pier and inner harbour being William Ellison, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin.
tural facilities for their transport to the seaboard.
devoted to the exelnsivet 1143 A of the C.nmn,nv_ snioeet to ..•
qeoreePyyme Jennings, 8.A., Trinity College, Dublin: xvltcriv%sndit.n.aesZLestcrday, that the Rev. Mr,
yi: h.. h r. ........-.;.•.4,..4 A t.,.1.

It was stated in Chester yesterday, that the Rev. Mr.,
Wood, Rector of Middlewich, has heen appointed Arch-
deacon of Chester, in the room of the late Yen. Unwiti
Clarke, of Eastham.

Cheltenham, says the Railway Chronicle, is the Phi-
lippi at which the North Western and Great Western
meet again to renew the contest of 1845, with this im-
portant difference—now, the Great Westerly have to de-
fend—the North Western to attack.

On Saturday, Miss Outeridge, who, as may be seen from
a paragraph elsewhere, has been charged at Bristol with
arson, was discharged from custody, the evidence not hav-
ing substantiated the charge. The decision gave great
satisfaction.

From'experiments lately made at the Agricultural- In-
stitution of St Germain, it appears that a sheep which in-
creased in weight a kilogramme and a half a month, in-
creased double that amount in the same space of time
when three kilogrammes of salt (about the tenth of an
ounce) were added each day to its food.—Galignani.
The annual address of the Royal Caledonian Curling
Club, contains some curious remarks on the prospecti-so
advantage of railways to curlers or skaters, and proposes
the appropriation for skating purposes of sheets of shall.-
low water in juxta-position with the Caledonian Railway,
and other lines, for the use of the curlers in Edinburgh
and Glasgow ; the club itself numbers 7,000 players. •
In the October of 1845' Sir Robert Peel cut the first
sod of the Trent Valley Railway, and it is positively fixed
that the line shall be opened on the Ist of May next.
The making of a railway 491 miles long within a year and

......
a half reflects great credit on the contractors, Messrs.
Brassey and Co. The coals and stone of the valley may
be carried to Liverpool, and thence exported to wherever
the sun shines.

-one of the on dits of Chester is, that Minor Canon
Yarker, of St. Michael's Church, Chester, has been ap-
pointed Vicar of Neston, and_ that Canon Eaton, of St.
Mary's, Chester, takes the living of Eastham. There will
thus be no vacancy in the list of Minor Canons. It is also
said that the Marquis of Westminster has appointed the
Rev. Mr. Longville, of Hoylake, to St. Mary's, vacant by
the preferment of Canon Eaton., The appointment of this
Rev. Gentleman will be hailed with satisfaction by the
inhabitants of Chester.

TAHlTl.—Dispatches have been received by the French
government from Rear Admiral Bruat, dated Tahiti, No-
vember 12, stating that on October 30, November 7 and
12, engagements took place between the native insurgents
and the native allies, the latter being supported by the
troops established at V nost of 13' •-• The skirm'-'

de,
___unnsbes
were occasioned by the necessity in which were placed
both parties of the Indians of penetrating into the valleys
for food. In the course of them, twelve men of the French
troops and their native 21- were ~tr

_ "iites ..ounctec, _Ae greater
part only slightly. Several important chiefs- had made
their submission to the Protectorate, but that did not
appear to cause any change in the disposition of the
insurgents, and Rear Admiral Bruat was of opinion that
they would not lay down their arms until after the arrival
of the expected reinforcements.

ORIGINAL TRAFFIC ESTIMATES AND PRESENT TRAF-
FIC RETURNS.—The establishment of a railway in any

district creates a traffic which, under the old system of
communication, was never thought of. In all cases where
estimates have been taken of the traffic through a line of
country, double the gross amount arrived at is allowed on
all hands to be a reasonable calculation of expected
traffic on the new railway: If, however, promoters of
railways were to multiply -the actual returns .by five
or six, and put down !the sum total' thus arrived
at as their expectation of traffic, they would, even
in these days, be laughed at, and yet they would
be justified by experience in making such calculations,
and entertaining such expectations. The promoters of
the London and Brighton line, when before Parliament,
estimated the number of passengers likely to pass over
their line at 4.,500 per week. No doutt, this was con-
sidered a large calculation at the time, but what' has ex-
perience shown ? why, that it was totally inadequate.
The average weekly return of the number of passengers
on the Brighton line is upwards of 313,000 ! This, it is
true, includes the Croydon passengers ; but, deducting
one-half for them, what an enormous increase upon the
original estimates is left ! Again, in• the-case of the South.
Eastern Company, an immense a wonderful increase
has taken place: The original estimates of fhe pro-
moters when the line was before Parliament were, fat;
r
passengers, six thousand per week. The '€'l'"
average is upwards of 22,000 per week, or betay four
times the original estimate. When the Great We,tern.

passenger traffic to the extent of 8000 persons per week.
The present returns show an average of 45,000 passengers
per week, or nearly six times as many as the original
estimate. The same increase is observable on most of
the other lines of the country, with the exception of the
131ackwall and the Eastern Counties. In the case of the
Blackwall, the estimate was for 35,000 passengers, and in
that of the Eastern Counties 40,000 per week. The actual

returns now are about the same as tho original estimates
—Railway Monthly Magazine.

MARRIED,

UHKISTOPHER, BENN, of the Branch Bank of
and, to Miss ELIZABETH WILSON BOLTON, of WS-

FASHIONABLE RESTAURANT
LOUNGE_ 17_ CLAVTON-ROTT

and SUPPER
ARE.

Those who have not yet visited the ORIENTAL DIVAN
should not omit an opportunity; for thearrangements not only
surpass thnso of evinn7 hnt tbnyinntik nrp nfthe

choicestkinds. An excellent Steak, cut in the London style, is
charged 9d., and it may be finished with a half-pint of splendid
Amontillado Sherry, or fine-flavoured Port, for. One Shilling.
The Oriental has been flattered by the following notices from
our local Press _

mises which•Feeny
se elegance with which it is fitted, the- promptitude a%
neatness with which everything is served up, render it th
most fashionable restaurant.—Standard. • •
The Restaurant, Clayton-square.—We have. no doubt the pro;
witches, keep both to the ear and the hope.—Mercum.
The dinners and suppers cannot be excelled for variety, or
lowness of char,ges.---Albion.
It consolidates the reputation of the proprietor as a caterer
for the public.--Moil. t,h,einzairsl.uiendwei
nll
i,aublidei.k e
TAilmacelie, th'
Suitable to all classes;
BILL OF FARE AT THE makes.
tthoe
FASHIONABLE