The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-06-12 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE'

PRESTON AND WY RE RAILWAY MEETING.—The general
meeting of this company was held on Monday, Sir Hesketh
Fleetwood, Bert., in the chair. The chairman stated that
there would be a steamer put on to run between Fleetwood
town and Ulverstone, and another between Fleetwood and
Belfast. The secretary mentioned that the former would
run twice, or at least, once a day. He said that Captain
Denham's report of the harbour works would ba sent to:the
shareholders with the director's report, and adverted to the
Patent Screw Light House, erected by Messrs. Mitchell and,
Son, of which a diagram and specification were given by us
in our number for April 25th, and said that it had answered
its expectations most admirably. Others, he said, were
erecting on the same prinCiple. He observed that there
could be no doubt but that the railway would be opened the
first week in July. To a question by Mr. Philpots, he re-
plied that of the £5O shares the issues had been to the amount
of £130,0007.and of the new, or £25, to the amount of
£90,000. On the motion of Mr. Philpots, the six retiring
directors were re-elected. Thanks were voted to the direc-
tors, secretary, and engineer, anda very handsome testimony
to the zeal and ability of the secretary was given by Mr.
Elwin.—Railway Magazine.

DIRECTORS? POWER TO SUE FOR CALLS.—An im-
portant decision was on Monday. given by Lord Abinger in
the Court of Exchequer, in the case of the Edinburgh, Leith,
and Newhaven company against Hibblewhite, with respect to
the power of directors to sue for arrears of calls. His lord-
ship held that after a declaration of forfeiture of shares had
been made by the directors, they had no power to sue for
calls on them until that declaration had been negatived at a
general meeting. But of course the defaulter could be only
freed from his liability by the confirmation of the forfeiture
at the meeting. If the meeting should not sanction the de-
claration of the directors, he was liable, and might be sued
directly after.—Railway Times.

The Manchester and Birmingham railway was opened to
Stockport, nearly six miles,.oll Thursday week.--Manchester
Guardian.

WEEKLY RETURN OF TRAFFIC ON RAILWAYS.
(From the Railway Magazine.)

(1)11113fitg Entrlit4elltr.

TUESDAY, JUNE: 9.—Wind S.S.E.

ARRIVED.—Laura, from the Cape of Good [rope—Grass-
hopper, Lez, from Messina—Black-eyed-Susan, Watkins, from
Marseilles—Vigilant, —, from Ostend—Nordshon,
from Danzic—Auguste, ,from Ostend—John Seim
from Charlestown—Duncan, . from St. John, N.B. ; sailed
14th May—Jane, —, from Seville- Pursuit, -, from St.
John, N.B.—Harrison Chilton, M'Gregor, from Savannah.
SAlLun.—lda Cornelia. Schink, for Amsterdam and Harlingen—
Herald, Myers, for Baltimore—Maria, Krohn, and Hoffnung, Soar,
for Elsinore—ldee, Cooper, for Hammerfest—Valcrosa, Mera, for
Havana—Maria, Moller, for. Iceland—United States, Barr, and
Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, for Philadelphia—Ranger, Merrill. for
Portland—Otte Sodekende, Petersen, for Stavanger—Martha, Mar-
tin, for Alexandretta and Beirut—Minerva, Adams, for•Virg,inia—
Beiram. Woollier, for Con t intinople, &c.--Troy, Hawes, for
Dordt—New York, Barstow, for New York—Pouline, Sehrewbeg,
for Ostend—Phoenix, Maak, for Rostock—and Agnes, Muir, for
St. Petersburg.

London, Berm, from Calcutta, at this port. On _3rd May, in
lat. 33, long. 36, spoke the Phoenix, hence to —. On sth inst.
at 6 30 p.m. Cape Clear bearing W.N.W. 9 leagues, spoke the Great
Western, (steamer) from Bristol to New York

Wm. Russell, Bruce, from Pernambuco, at this port; sailed sth
May. The Mary, had sailed for Paraibo, °Ail the Golden Fleece,
was to sail the next day for Paraiba. The Esk would sail in a few
days for Liverpool
Kingston, -, from Bonny, at this port ; sailed 3rd April, and
from Fernando Po sth April. The Kingston confirms the report of
the destruction of the Thomas Parsons on the 25th Feb. and all
the people on board. The doctor of the John Taylor was killed,
being on board the Thomas Pars Ons, at the time. Three of the
crew were saved being on shore.

Medora, Harrison; Kirkman Finlay, Scott, and Regular, --,
hence at Bombay
Lady Feversham, Webster, from London, at ditto
Wild Irish Girl, Gerald, from the Cape of Good Hope, at ditto
Cybele, Fitchett, hence at Demerara
Mala, Sproule, from New South Wales, at Valparaiso
The Wilson, Heap, hence for Montreal, at Whitehaven, making
two inches of water per hour
Fenella, Wakeham, and Don Juan, Shires, cleared at Gibraltar
for Liverpool 27th May
Earl of Errol, Wade • Providence, Hutchison ; Ast!ey, Starling,
and Elizabeth, France, hence at St. Petersburg
Julie, Alwardt, and Erbgrossherzog Paul, Stredeman, hence at
Warnemunde

Countess, Garrett, and St. Anthony, Woherg, hence at Kiel
Salust, Brane, hence at Brake
Jantina Engelina, Eblin^. hence at Helvoet.
Cleopatra, , from T.rinidad for this port, at Dublin
Propontis, Wise, hence at Cadiz
Pioneer, of Plymouth, for this port, off Cape St. Vincent, 23rd ult.
Fairy Queen, of this port, for Belfast, off ditto ditto
Litherland, , hence to Singapore, was spoken sth April, in
lat. 23 S. long. 25 W.
Kate, Barrett, hence for Rotterdam, off Dungeness
Diadem, Todd. sailed from Leghorn for this port 23rd May, and
Mary Walker, for Pembroke 27th May
Clementina, Wootten, hence at Malaga

WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10..—Wind N.W. moderate.

ArtßlvED.—Melanie. I'aitas, - from Senegal—lsabella,
from Santander—Ariel, —, from Licata—llazard, Chureliward,
from Smyrna—Josko, --, from Trieste—Anne, , and
Pakenham, Lloyd, from Amsterdam—Adriana, Bok, from Rotter-
dam—Frances, . , from Ostend—and Wassily Willikey,
rat, from St. Petersburg.

St. George, Williams, from Calcutta, at the Cape.of Good Hope
Pomona, Asplett, sailed from the Cape of Good Hope for this
port 19th April
Rothschild, Luckett, sailed from Bombay 9th April ; Lancaster,
Jefferson, and Hero of Malown, Grundy, on the 12th, and Mary,
Macauley, on the 25th—all for this port
Delhi, Herbert, hence at South Australia
James Holmes, --, from,Sincapore, at ditto
Helvellyn, M'Clean, hence and Hobart Town, at Sydney, N.S.W.

. _
North Briton, Adams, from Dublin. at ditto
Wm. Carey, , sailed from Sydney. N.S.W. for this port pre-
vious to 14th Feb. The Georgiana and Britannia were loading at
Sydney, N.S.W. for this port 2;th Jau.
Arethusa, Christian, hence at Mica, and sailed 26th Feb. for
Islay
Andes, Brocklehank, from Sydney, N.S.W. at Valparaiso
Wm. Prowse, Prowse, sailed from Valparaiso for Huasco 22nd
Feb.
Hebden, Fowler, hence at Trieste
Grace Darling, Crockett, from Port-an-Prince, at ditto
Helen, Taylor, from Pernambuco, at ditto
Clio, Massam Saneto, Dent, and Marys, Bravey, hence at St.
Petersburg
Felicity, Aekers, hence for Lisbon, at Milford, with loss of fore-
topmast
Dorothy Gales, Bantam from Ceylon, off Falmouth
Vernon, Denny, and Windsor, Nesbitt, from Calcutta,_ off Ports-
mouth

Galston, Watts, for Manilla, has put back. leaky
Crown, hence for Bombay, was spoken 7th March, about lat.
18 0 N, long. tla 0 W. The Bahamiztn, hence for Calcutta, was
spoken 12th March
Charlotte, -, hence for the Mauritius, was spoken 7th April,
in lat. 2s 0 8, long. 52 0 E
Cliffivd, Sharp, hence for China, was spoken 4th instant, in lat.
490 N, long. 10 0 W
Mary Marsden, Williams, from Arica, at this port; sailed sth
March. In lat. 32 0, long. 37 V, spoke the William Brown, hence
for New Orleans.

'THURSDAY, JIINZ 11.—Wind West, moderate.
LetterS per Overland Mail from Bombay to 30th April; for the
remainder of Ship News see gth and 10th June.

Aaaivsu.—Euphrasia, Picovich, from Finnic—Adcona, Bar-
ron ; Favourite, Brooks, and Thames, , from Marseilles—
Redbreast, Bence, from Malaga—Sarah Maria, Potje, for Rouen—
Feliz Destiuo, , from Belfast—Dandy, Thompson, for Har-
wich—and Brothers, Evans, from Poole.
SAILKL.—NicoIa, Palmer, for New Orleans—Cheshire Witch,
Davidson, foi Leghorn—Pocahontas, Higgin, for Baltimore—Archi-
mides, (steamer) for the Clyde and. Amsterdam—Adirondack, Hack -
staff*, for New York—Washington, M'Lay, for Quebec—Charlotte,
White, for Jamaica—Ann, Jardine, for Narva—Denmark, Frost,
for New Orleans—Cumberland, Hatch, for New York—Elizabeth,
Neagle, for Newfoundland—Warsaw, Sheffield, for Madeira—Vir-
ginia, Talbot, for Havana—Wm. Rodger, Nicholson, for Halifax
and Pugwash—Robert, Lawson, for Demerara and Santa Martha—
Norval, Wright, for Rotterdam— and PensamentO Felix, &intro,
for Oporto.

Wm, Sharpies, Jones, hence at Bombay 2gth April
Eleanor Lancaster, Cowley, ditto, at ditto 30th
Romeo, , from London, at ditto
Bucephalus, . , from the Clyde, at ditto
John Bull, Ormond, from New South Wales, at ditto
City of Poonah,Wilson, sailed from ditto for Liverpool 27th April
Theodosia, Cushing, hence at Saugor 17th April
Mary Imrie, Boyd, horn the Mauritius, ditto
Hindoo,Mawson, sailed from ditto for Liverpool I3th April. and
Lady of the Lake, Ettles, from Calcutta for Liverpool 2nd April
James Matheson, --, from Sincapore, at Baukck
Duncan, Wardle, from Sidney, at Manilla
Letitia, Black, sailed from ditto for Manilla 26th April
John Knox, , hence to Bombay, was spoken 9th Feb. i❑
lat. 36 S, long. 28 W
Volunteer, M'Minn, hence to the Cape of Good Hope, was
spoken luth May, in lat. Is N, long.
Astrea, Lirantier, hence for Vera Cruz, atthe Cove, lost foretop,
mast and jibboom in a gale on Sunday night 1
Gerolamo, Ivancovich, hence at Rio Janeiro
Akkeboom, Potjer. and Antje, Ilazewinkel, hence at Helvoct
Nile, —, from Valparaiso, at Swansea.
CALcurrA, April 16.—The Miranda, Thompson, for Liverpool,
the Indiana, for , put back 11th instant, leaky
ZOLTHAMP, June 2.—The Anna •Margritha, Stuit, for Liverpool,
in going to sea, took the ground.