The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-06-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

(From the Railway Times.)
GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY OPENING.—This weelc
has been one big with the happiest hopes to the
shareholders of the Great Western railway company, no le
than three openings having been made on the lines connect-,
with this splendid line. Great have been the exertions of all
parties engaged in thin undertaking, and heavy the ca
made upon the shareholders, but we trust that there is n
one of them who, with the prospects now before them, won '
willingly have diminished his stake by a single farthine%
With parties acquainted with the statistics of travelling, th
Great Western railway has ever been a favourite, and we b ye
been informed that so much more disposition is there in h
west country people to travel, that the present truffle aster
tained by the number of coaches licensed, is, in comparison
to that on the Birmingham road. as three to two, or fifty
per cent more, although we should certainly have expected
that the preponderance of population to the north would have
produced a difference the other way. In a short time the
Box Tunnel will be completed, and in the meanwhile we con-
gratulate the shareholders on Monday's proceedings, the har-
binger, as we firmly believe, of many years of prosperity,
and increasing dividends. The traffic on Monday was very
large, and although that day was a holiday, we have no doubt
that even the receipts on that occasion will soon be daily sur-
passed.
BRISTOL AYD EXETER RAILWAY OPENING.—In ano-
ther part of our paper will be found a full account of the in-
teresting proceedings at the excursion made by the directors
and shareholders along the Bristol and Exeter railway, pre-
paratory to the general opening. The greatest satisfaction
was expressed by all parties, and although no day has yet
been fixed for the commencement of the public traffic, yet it
is evident that the state of the road is such as to allow us
to anticipate an early date,---we are informed within a week.
When the company assembled they were unanimous in ex-
pressing the obligations of the shareholders and the public
to the chairman, directors, engineer, and secretary, for their
exertions in carrying out this magnificent undertaking, which
will be equally productive of benefit to the district through
which it passes, and the parties who have invested their ca-
pital for its formation. The west of England has now seen
the beginning of the railway system, and it is our most an-
xious wish that it may derive as much advantage from it as
has already accrued to the northern districts ; we hope to see
it extending through the fertile agricultural county of Devon
to the mining riches of Cornwall, and to see the Bristol and
Exeter the parent of as many divergent branches as the Great
Western itself. The merits of the Bristol and Exeter rail-
way we have sometimes had occasion to impress upon our
readers : for the future we confidently believe that they will
speak for themselves, in the most gratifying of all language,
good dividends, and that the lease will be found as beneficial
to the lessors as to the lessees. There is a large amount of
population and wealth in the country through which the rail-
way passes, and a wide field for the extension of feeders and
the supply of traffic. The thirty-four miles now ready will
soon tell their tale, and in the meanwhile the company are
makiwg every effort to carry out their line to its full extent.
The shares will not be long before they feel the effects of the
present impulse, and both the original holders and recent
purchasers will find reason to congratulate themselves on
the nature of their investment, for even the present dull
state of the market will not be able to depress securities of
such intrinsic value. The line from Bristol co Bridgewater,
34 miles, excited the admiration of all present on the occa-
sion—nearly four hundred persons, who were loud in their
praises of the extreme smoothness of the road, and rich and
beautiful country through which it passes. In the opinion
of railway men it was the best 31 miles they had ever travel-
led upon. We dismiss the subject of the Bristol and Exeter
railway for the moment, with great delight at seeing how
fully the directors have been able to redeem their promise to
the shareholders, of getting the permanent way laid before
the first of June.

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of the Cheltenham and Great Western Railway to Cirences-
ter, and, accordingly, on that day the ancient town was pla-
ced in direct railway communication with London. To the
inhabitants of that district this is matter of congratulation,
but still more to the shareholders of the company who have
had great difficulties to contend with, and who must now feel
inspired with the hope of at last reaping the fruits of their
arduous exertions. We know nothing more harrassing than
the anxious interval between the passing of a railway bill and
the period of the completion of the line ; so that we appre-
ciate the influence which this event is calculated to have in
encouraging the shareholders, and restoring the marketable
value of their property. We do not, however, look to the
result of this opening as a measure of the traffic on the line,
because it is not until its completion to Cheltenham that its
full value will be seen, as the grand connecting link between
the northern and midland counties and the west of England.
equally as the high road from the metropolis to the active
population around the railway. Seven trains daily run from
Paddington, and eight return, while two intermediate stations
provide for the local traffic. A good beginning has thus been
made, and it must lead to a long era of prosperity, such as
will well repay its staunch supporters.
RAILWAY TRAFFIC, &c.—The particulars of traffic upon
the various railroads in England and Scotland, twenty-nine
in number, for the last week, that is to say, up to the date
to which the respective returns are made, show the following
results :—The total receipts were A. 74,428! of which there
were £60,961 for passengers, par.uls, carriages, horses and
mails, and 13,466 for merchandise. The jJondon and Bir-
mingham Railway took £17,396; Great V estern, £8,630;
South Western, £7,005
Grand Junction, £7,881; Liver-
pool and Manchester,£4,34o ; Manchester and Leeds,
£3,225 • Midland Counties, 2,625; North Milland, £.3,702 ;
London' and Greenwich, £2,284 ; York and North Midland,
£1,368, &c.

On Friday, the Queen held a Privy Council at Bucking •
ham Palace, when the five pound gold piece was submitted
to the Queen and approved of.

It is very generally rumoured that Lord Melbourne has
been for some time averse to the measures pursued by Lis
colleagues, and among other things that he would have re-
signed a month ago could he have brought a majority of the
quarter-day men over to his way of thinking. But taking
this to be so, what must be thought of a prime minister who
allows himself to be thus overruled, and thus to become, in-
stead of the leader, the fag-end of his party ?
MUNIFICENT DONATION.—Sonic benevolent individual
has forwarded to the Rev. J. S. M. Anderson, chaplain to
the Queen Dowager, and minister of St. George's Chapel,
' Brighton the munificent donation of £l,OOO, to be distri-
buted by him for :he benefit of the town and county.

The Rev. W. H. Woodward, minister of the Independent
Chapel, Eign Brook, Hereford, delivered a farewell address
to his congregation on Thursday evening last. It is under-
stood that he is about to be ordained a clergyman of the
Church of England. In addition to great talents as a pub-
lic speaker, Mr. Woodward is devoted to scientific and lite-
rary pursuits.

No fewer than ninety petitions from this county against
the ministerial proposition for altering the Corn-laws have
up to this time been presented to the House of Commons.—
Worcester Journal.

THE GROWING CROPS.—In most of the southern coun-
ties the Wheat plant is already in ear, and present appear-
ances give ample promise of an early harvest. Respecting
the probable yield, it is of course much too early'to form an
opinion; a full average breadth of land having, however,
been sown, we may, with moderately favourable weather,
calculate on at least au average produce. Notwithstanding
the drought which has prevailed during the greater part of
the last fortnight, the crops of barley and oats are described
as wearing a healthy aspect. Beans and Pecs, we are in-
formed, are likewise looking uncommonly well, and should
we now be favoured with a few days of showery weather, the
slight injury which may in some instances have been sus-

tained for Want of rain, will soon give place to increased
luxuriance.—Mark Lane Express.
SHAMEFUL CONDUCT OF MINISTERS.—Let us not be
taxed with inhumanity in rejoicing at the approaching disso-
lution of the ministry. Their death will be the life of the
country ; and as to inhumanity, follow the atrocity of their
conduct in leaving no possible resource untried to escape
from the coup de grace of last night, or rather this morning,
by bringing down Lord D. Hallyburton, M.P. for Forfarshire,
more dead than alive, to vote for them, if you can ; save,
indeedi from their own annals, which are full of such revolt-
ing expedients. His lordship, who has been for some time
in a most precarious state of health, was inhumanly brought
down to the house, to-be carried by attendants into an ante-
room, and then wheeled in an easy chair to divide, and then
carried back to his carriage—perfectly helpless, and seemingly
unconscious and unwitting of what was going forward—with
an utter disregard of all the common feelings of decency on
the part of the—in very truth—de'structives. Loud marks of
disgust followed this graceful exhibition ; but fully to explain
the depth of disgrace in which ministers steeped themselves
by this most revolting act, would be to offend as much
against delicacy, and feeling, and manhood, as themselves.—
Morning Post.

The Duke of Cleveland has subscribed no less a sum than

£lOO,OOO to the Coppoek fund for the ministerial candidates.
His grace's dukedom was given for his support of the reform
bill, but so great an act of ministerial favour seems also to
give the whigs a strong claim upon his long purse, more es-
pecially considering his advanced age and the opposite poli-
tics of his conservative son and heir, Lord Darlington, who
is thus ;mulcted by his father's liberality.—Record.
THE GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY—We are much pleased,
and we think the public will have great reason for gratulation,
to find that our respected townsman, Braithwaite Poole.
Esq., has been appointed to the management of the goods'
department in the carrying concern of the Grand Junction
Railway Company. Mr. Poole is generally known as a gen-
tleman of high standing in society, and very much esteemed
by all classes ; and his selection for the discharge of this im-
portant and responsible office, in the due execution of which
the inhabitants of the great commercial cntrepot of Liverpool
are so deeply intepested, will be admitted to reflect great cre-
dit upon the discrimination and judgment of the directors.

ATTEMPT AT MURDER, AND SUICIDE.—On Thursday
afternoon, about 5 o'clock, a man of the name of William
Sears, labourer, residing at 42, Richmond-street, Paddington,
London, came home, and sent the little girl who acted as
servant out with the baby. The little girl had not gone far
before she heard cries of murder in the house, and on the
police gaining an entrance they found the wife lying appa-
rently lifeless on the floor, and .the husband with his head
nearly severed from his body. There are not the slightest
hopes of the woman's recovery.
Edward Clubbe, the murderer, is not recovering, as stated
in our last, but still continues to have those frightful fits to
which he has been subject since his conviction, some of which
last from six to nine hours. He is evidently deranged.—
Carnarvon Herald.
MARRIAGE 0? LORD JOHN RUSSELL.—The noble Secre-
tary for the Colonies will shortly lead to the hymeneal altar
Lady Fanny Elliott, second daughter of the Larl and Countess
of Minto. The ceremony will be performed at the close of
the present season. The noble lord is in his 49th ) ear, and
is a widower, having married in 1835 Lady Ribblesdale, who
died in November, 1838, leaving a son and daughter by his
lordship. Lady Fanny Elliott is in her 26th year.—Morning
paper.

AFFAIR or HONOUR IN GALWAY.—The duel fought
between Mr. Lynch and Mr. Kelly, of Ballinasloe, has ter-
minated fatally. Mr. Kelly, after severe suffering, expired
on Thursday night. One of his seconds, a gentleman named
Dillon, promptly surrendered himself to the authorities, to
abide the issue of the inquest.
FORTUNATE ESCAPE.—WINDSOR, TUESDAY.—Mr. Van
Amburgh, who has arrived in this town, for the race week,
with his splendid collection of trained animals, had a very
lucky escape from an attack of the lion at the time he was
exhibiting in the den with the lion and tiger yesterday morn-
ing. These two animals, a short time before the exhibition
commenced, had an angry scuffle with each other; but all
animosity between them appeared afterwards to have ceased.
While Mr. Van Awburgh was lying down by the side of the
lion, with his head close to its mouth, the animal's enormous
tusk inflicted a wound upon his forehead, just above the eye,
from which the blood flowed pretty copiously down his face.

PROBABLE Loss OF THE SHIP GOLCONDA.—On the 20th
of August last, the 37th regiment Madras native infantry
sailed for China from 'Madras, in the ships Golconda, Thetis,
Minerva, and Sophia. The Golconda was the head quarter
ship of the regiment. Lieutenant-Colonel William Isacks
commanded the troops, and Captain John Bonnor Neeve was
second in command. There were twelve other officers in the
Golconda, and 355 soldiers, including camp followers. The
regiment consisted of 1100 men, all of whom arrived safely
in China (except the detachment on board the Golconda),
and have lately distinguished themselves in the capture of
the Bocca Tigris forts, &c., hut no tidings whatever have
been received of the fate of the Golconda. A letter from
Madras says, there remains not a doubt that she foundered
in a typhoon which occurred about the time that she must
have been in the China seas. Dreadful as the loss of the
President will be, how much more lamentable, in point of
numbers, is this frightful calamity.

BAPTISM BY IMMERSION.—This very i nteresting ordinance
was performed in the Parish Church of Bradford, on Tuesday
last, by the Vicar. The case was that of a young woman of
19 years of age, whose parents were Baptists. She being
attached to the Church, bat participating in the feelings of
her parents as to the desirableness, if not necessity, of im-
mersion. had stated her wish to Dr. Scoresby, some weeks
before, to be baptized in the church, if she could have the
sacred ordinance administered in that manner. The church-
wardens, with their accustomed attention to the scriptural
injunction to have all things done "decently and in order,
provided for this, and similar occasions, a font, on:the model
somewhat of an ancient Egyptian bath, cut out of a solid
block of stone, and amply sufficient for the convenient im-
mersion of an adult person. The young woman being pre-
pared by some female friends who attended her, as witnesses,
in the vestry, in a dress fitting for the occasion, over which
was thrown an ample cloak, was conducted by her friends to
the font, where (the circumstance not having transpired) a
small select congregation of persons' piously interested in the
impressive sacrament were assembled. The font was as-
cended by temporary steps, whilst the descent into the
water was by stone steps within.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF ASTLEY'S THEATRE BY FIRE.
—We regret to state, that shortly after four o'clock,on Tues-
day morning the southern portion of the metropolis was
aroused to a state of excitement beyond description, by the
outbreak of a fire most awful in its ravages—the total de-
struction of the above place of amusement. Astley's Theatre
is now reduced- to a heap of ruins, while the destruction of
property amounts to several thousand pounds. It appears*
from the best sourcts of information, that the fire originated
in the stables, which joined the north end of the theatre
facing Stangate-street, and which is supposed to have been
occasioned by some defect in the gas. There were three
watchmen employed in the interior of the theatre, besides a
fireman; the duties of these men, it is said, were to attend
to the interior of the theatre. It seems they were first
alarmed as to the existence of the fire by it breaking in a vast
mass into the body of the theatre. Although engines that
were connected with the theatre were brought into play, such
hold had the fire obtained, that it defied the utmost efforts of
human power to stop it. They instantly rushed out of the
place and alarmed the inhabitants. As may be imagined,
indescribable confusion took place. Messengers were sent
in all directions for the fire engines, which arrived in quick
succession; however, by the time they got to work the
entire building presented one body of fire. At six o'clock
the destruction was completed, only the bare walls being left.
We could have wished that it had been in our power to say
that every individual escaped, but unfortunately such was not
the case. Shortly after the fire had in some degree been
subdued, one of the female servants was missing. She was,
however, seen to jump out of one of the back windows over
the stables, and it was supposed that she had been taken into
one of the neighbour's houses, but as no tidings could he
obtained, a painful anxiety was manifested, and all doubts of
the poor creature's fate were removed by the discovery of
her remains at half-past nine o'clock, which were placed in
a she'll, and removed from the spot of her death. Out of the
great number of horses belonging to Mr. Ducrow, three only
have been destroyed, besides a " learned donkey." The
number of persons who are reduced by this unfortunate ca-
lamity to poverty are about 200, 80 of whowasm were in the re-
ceipt of a weekly salary. The treasury saved as far as
concerned the receipts of the previous night. The fire is
supposed to have originated in the stables from an excess of
gas. About two months since the theatre had a very narrow
escape from destruction by a similar accident. Mr. Ducrow
is insured, we understand, in the Royal Exchange, Phcenix,
and British fire offices. This the third time the theatre has
been destroyed by a similar calamity. The first time in the
life of Mr. Philip Astley, the second time about thirty-five
years ago, when Mrs. Davies, the wife of the partner of Mr.
Astley jun. fell a prey to the flames. Several of the houses
in the Westminster-road and Amphitheatre-row are damaged
at the back. The amount of the property destroyed is seve-
ral thousands. Great praise is due to the police of the L
division for the service they rendered on the occasion. On
entering what was the circle, fragments of the scenery and
machinery were observable, also a portion of the superb
chandelier which occupied the centre of the ceiling, originally
presented by his late royal highness the Duke of York to the
late P. Astley, valued at that period at five hundred guineas.
A number of small houses and tenements in the rear of the
theatre were burnt, together with the property they con-
tained. The estimated loss is considered to be upwards of
£20,000.

PRICES OF TIMBER AT LIVERPOOL

'l'W 0013, Deals, 120 stand. m. duty paid Duty.
Archangel £l9 10 OP 30 0
Memel 18 0 19 0
Gothenburg l4 10 - - 16 0 : Not above 16 ft
Wyburg l6 10 - 18 0 I F.XI9. B. P. 2.
Petersburg l3 10 - 19 10 I 21 feet.
PLANES, per foot of 2 inches thick. I £22...e2 108
Danzig, Deck
British American Pine - 0 21
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Danzig, 4 feet £8 0
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&SAITO GANT, per foot of 1 inch thick.
Honduras i—
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JAK PLANKS, British American none
NAKwoon, per cubic feet
STAVES, per 1200.
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and 5,1 feet long ..........
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TIMBER, per cubic foot. s. d. s. d.
Oak 2 4 2 9
Pine, British Amer. common . • 0 0 0 0
red 1 7 2 3
yellow
Danzig,middling 2 1 2 14 '
Memel, middling 2 1 2 14
Riga, red 2 4-- 2 5 .
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