The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-01-05 00:00:00

from Mr. Gray for assistanc

oranch to Lan-
- , and including this, the- line will be sixty-one
miles long. A very handSorne silver spade, with rosewood
haft, was presented on the occasion to Lord Morpeth.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-011 Friday, a severe acci-
dent occurred upon the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway
near Kendal, by which a man and two horses were killed.

It appears that whilst the man was engaged removing
some earth from one part of the line to another, he had

crossing the line when the train which leaves 'Preston at
half-past nine in the morning came up and
,killed both
horses and man, mutilating the animals shockingly.

is mentioned in HWapath's Journal, thaiAlt

:ephensOn, C E., has invented
_a three cy'lind,

one with two outside cylinders acting both to,
le same way and in the same 1 IMIIIP nr.l n

in the middle of the axle, at right
id crank pins of the other cylinders.
--micity of either of the

The middle Cylinder is double the
other two. The COndpnastfinr.

place at the highest velocities.
miles from
North Union liner Tuesday
train leaving Wigan at
last
i-Wig"l" When 'epassengerlead proceeded a short distance
a past six for the south
-along the line, it came in contact
R .1I LWAY ACCIDENT.—An
with a coal train which
accident
about occurredfour o n the
was corning down a branch to the main line, but which,
owing to the dense fog, -was not distinguished. The
crash was awful," two waggons were smashed to pieces,
and the engine was forced upon a third. The stoker per-
ceiving a collision inevitable, jumped off the tender, and
the engineer laid himself down amongst the coke; and
both escaped with slight injuries. One of the guards was
a little bruised, and some of the passengers suffered a few
scratchei. The man who was in charge of the coal wag-
gons has been taken into custody for npirit,t. of dnf,. ~.

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he omitted to make any signal whatever.
At the banquet given by Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey,
and Mackenzie, the contractors, in celebration of the
it r

1 ata3 were starea in a speech from Mr. Mould, the con-
tractors' superintendent. In the blasting of rocks no less
than 4,800 barrels, or 201) tons, of gunpowder had been
used. The patent fusees alone,. if put on a line, would
reach4oo miles. The number of nights during which the
men worked was 152,147. The number of horses em-
ployed was 10,500. No fewer than 400,000 yards required
blasting, as it could not be removed by any other means.
The number of bridges on the line was 219 ; of culverts
230, and of viaducts 500. The greatest number of men
employed was about 10,000, and the number of workmen
\ltozether wns equal to 3,000,000 in one day ; whilst the
raged 100,000 cubic yards per mile. The
number of wagons employed was 2,200, which, if ex'-
tended in a line, would reach nearly five miles ; and the
temporary wheeling planks, placed end to end, would ha-
tend to 35 miles.

excavations as-c

PI7DSEY DAWSON, ESQ.—At the banquet on the occa-
sion of raising the first sod of the North Western Rail-
way, on Thursday, Lord Morpeth, in propoSing the health
of Pudsey Dawson, Esq., Chairman of Directors, thus
alluded to that respected gentleman :-4` Gentlemen, I
atinir if rirrll4- fn

ing any more raihi

.NA CM Will, 110
doubt, anticipate my toast, since it is one that I venture
to propose without the leave of your worthy chairman.
It is his good health I ask you to drink (cheers). lie tat;

iig of 1

mean in his public cha-
racter—with the high, the noble, the patriotic, the Chris-
tian, and Protestant Whig of 1688 ; and after your wan-
derings among the fogs and mists of Liberalism, we shall
3rl,loaurve
ltohre
happiness,
dshiponth eaind oekyoaunrdchio utnhter y
daylightt he sayfeotf E, onf seeinggla
Scriptural Church."
,yiln;gtry WlOl7 frkyvvr, ,-,c 41_

Whatever opinion the presen
pr
"neiples of the Church of Rome, there is no doubt that

soon for-ce the whole sul et on .t 1
religiousYluid; therefore, the mow

a mon

)per

srepresent, a sceptac may sneer,
scorn, IWNeile's letter, hut a

THE DESTITUTION IN -IRELAND
(From the Morning Chronicle.)

a aramo are,
are the really alarming facts in the present condition of
Ireland ; but with regard to these facts, it is important to
keep in mind that the strong representations which reach
us . refer to less than a third.of the area of the country.
We are not at present in possession of the numbers em-
ployed in the various counties,.but we may recal attention
to the conclusions furnished by a return which we_pub-
fished on the 20th of-Novembeast, and which had refe-
rence to the middle of that month, when there were
150,000 men on the public works. From that return, it
appeared that more than six-sevenths of the whole num-
ber were employed in ten counties of the south and south-
west. They were thus distributed :

1. Clare

Men
.. 23,89;►, or about one in three of the able

le population
one in three.

one in four

one in seven

one in seven

one in eight

one in ten

one in twelw

one in twenty

sequence of tieing overworked; and the Financ,e Cole
mittee were authorised to afford him temporary assistant'
Certain alterations were then agreed to in the staff of the
Industrial Schools, with a view of rendering its efficieuel
greater ; and the annual examination was announced, for
. 1

Monday
Schools,

)06 children in the Industrial
212 are labouring—under divers

There are

and of these

committee were authorised to select and recommend a list
of officers for the warehouse No. 4, at Albert Dock, re-

oorrdered dutiesthat
on
na general bonderagolods should
f
warehoused in the Albert Dock
warehouses,- ;and for the due exportation of the said

tat au. va 411 G aixlU guuun.
A portion of the letter of the American Chamber of Com-
merce, of the sth November, recommending that vessels
discharging in.the Albert Dock should. have a preference
of berths in the Saithouse and Canning Docks was re-
ferred. fiftpr cnrnn Prmvarcalinn +n +l,n tiatthnily_rnete+,...

Sub-committee, the other portions of the letter having
occupied the attention of the Warehousing Sub-commit-
tee. It was reported that the table of rates for the Albert
Dock received the signature of the Mayor, the Chairman
of the Dock Committee; and the nenior magistrate, on-the
29th ultimo. The Chairman called the attention of the
committee to Prince Albert's coat of arms, handsomely
executed for the banquet-room, on the occasion of- the
visit of his Royal Highness to Liverpool, which had been
placed on the eastern wall of the committee-room, and
was intended, with the approbation of the committee, to
be .permanently fixed there. On one side of the shield
tloats the union jack, and on the other the ensign of St.
George.• It adds very much to the appearance of the
already elegant room, in which the Dock Committee hold
their rneetinos.

FINAL MEETING OP THE HIGHWAY BOAIIIL—On
Wednesday, the final meeting of the Commissioners of
Highways, preparatory to the transference of their powers
to the Corporation, was held at the parish office. Ple
sum of five guineas a-piece, was ordered to he paid to
Messrs. Davis and Cunningham, the surveyors, for extra
services in 1844. Mr. Walthew-presented a report on the
state of the Green-lane Water Worlis, from which it ap-
peared that the well was 185 feet in depth, that water
could be obtained to the amount of 800 gallons per minute,
and that the" total cost of the works was £70,000, £50,000
of Which had been borrowed. In a few days, the report
stated, the engine would be at work, and the water would
be conducted to the reservoir, and the board were con-
gratulated on the fact that the 'water from Green-lane
might be very much increased hereafter, and that it
might be made to supply fountains for the use of the poor,
and troughs for the use of cattle. A report from analysing,
chemists was also read, stating Ahat the water at Green
lane was good, but that it contained less magnesia than
the 'Harrington water. On the motion of Mr. Aspinnil•
seconded by Mr. Procter, the board recorded their sense
of the diligence and engin.eering talent displayed by lkir,;
Duncan, assistant to My. Simpson, and they recommend
e;
him to the authorities in order that his' services might n°'
be lost to-the town. A vote of thanks was passed to gr.

John✓l-lolmes, who had for so r

- our iue 1)111114.1Se ()I nuv...;,,,t
portrait of Mr. Holmes, with liberty for him to presei
to whatever public institution he pleased. A voW
thanks was also passed to the law-clerk (Mr. Deane)t
to Mr. Capes Ashlin, the treasurer.