The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

Oct. 12, ISt?.

IRISH COMPENSATION CASE.---A mud cabin having
been purchased to make way for the works of the Nevel
branch, the tenants at will made a claim of £2O for their
interest. On the claim coming before the magistrates,
last week, evidence was given that the fee simple of the
cabin was worth £B, but .£i would amply compensate the
parties (who were only tenants at will) for any trouble
they might be put to. The magistrates awarded the
claimants XS for their interest, thus giving them an
amount equal to the value of the freehold. Some of the
Irish companies are suffering fearful extortions in this waY.
AMBERGATE RAILWAY.—We mentioned last week that
something was on the tapis, and we can no* say that de-
putations from this company and the Great Northern
met yesterday, and, we believe, came to

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most expensive and of bad gradients, going to places
already served by other railways. By this means the
capital would be reduced from £2O per share to about
£8 per share, and no call made for a very considerable
time. The Great Northern- to take the line on lease on

advantageous terms, a guarantee in perpetuity, with the
option of taking Great Northern shares at par when, that

line is opened from London to York.
GLIMPSES THROUGH THE PRESENT GLOOM.—TiIe
more general good to be
.expected from the universal
weakness that seems to have disabled the railway body, is
one that we had almost ceased to-hope for while its powers'
continued in full vigour. The debility, we trust, may act

—Herapath

as depletion sometimes will on the human subject—bring
it, namely to a cooler state, and subdue the quarrelsometendencies, and over-swelling ambitimf which have been
distracting it of late years, and which; indeed, are one
cause of its present diseased state. It may, at least, be

expected that we shall have a pause in the'career of rivalry
and strife between neighbours, to which many of the bur-
dens they now find it hard enough to bear are solely due.
That which might have qugTested by wise reflection
and reasonable views '-lbed• from the

will surely b
We may

strict lessons of adversity. to be spared the
annoyance of seeing Parliament, for the next session at
least, converted into an arena for the members of the
railway body to • worry each other in. If they have not
been taught by hard experience to repent of this plfgnadty,
they will, at all events, one may presume, be compelled,
by mere want of power, to keep the peace awhile: If not,
the country will most certainly " bind them over." The
motion going on in all quarters against the outlay' of rat
way capital already pledged—inconsiderate as it is in mall'
respects, and in its sweeping design especially—may-haVe
this proportion of good amidst a great deal of error, that
it will insure a strict eye being kept upon the rash engage-

anxiety now expressed and felt may insure a hearing, too,
to certain truths as to the wasteful manner in which
" competition " in railway making has been invoked,
which have been vainly urged by sensible persons, while
the mischief was being applauded by men claiming the.
title of statesmen. The public will now perhaps consent
to be taught that it is not in any way for the interest of
the country to spend three millions in making two rival'
lines for a traffic that could be amply served by one at'
the cost of one half the money. And it will be proper
to point out how much of the outlay, now so loudly com-
plained of, has been promoted solely by the determina-
tion of the public, of Parliament and of the Government
to hear no reason on this point, but to follow, through
thick and thin, the formula and watchwords of certain
would-be philosophers. The times are apt for reading
some lesson on this head,—not that anything new remains
to be said, but because what has formerly been said and
disregarded may now be listened to, in the presence of
the events that illustrate its truth but too clearly.—Bail-
way Chronicle.

RAILWAY RECEIPTS:
week;
The following are the receipts of railways for t11:44
returns
at is to say, up to the date to which the res
e made:—

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Dublin and Kinistown
Dundee, Perth, and Aberdeen
Edinburgh and Glasgow
Eastern Counties and N. Eastern
East Lancashire
Eastern Union and Ipswich and,
Bury

0 0 0
1126 1 0
2447 13 11
1045 9'll

;erot.26 1 1199 5 0

;ow-and Greenock

21 121

)6 14 1
2135 15 6

Southern and Western

Great Western
Lancashire and Yorkshire
Lancaster and Carlisle
Loudon and.North-Western
London and Blackwall
London & Brighton, South Coast
London and South-Western
Manchester and Leeds, &c
Manchester, Sheffield, and Lin-
colnshire

184 0 1
102 19 11

11665 7 0
10212 4 4

0 1 8
8' 6 4

Maryport and Carlisle
Midland, Bristol, and Birmin,
ham

258'23 16 11

Midland Great Western (Ireland)
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle, Berwick, and North
Shields
Norfolk

2446 15 11

North British....
Paris and Rouen
Rouen and Havre.

2046 18 11
2724 6 11
9000 , 0 0
3222 0 42

Slirewsb-nry and Chester
South-Eastern and Branches
South Devon
Taff Vale
Ulster
Whitehaven Junction
Ydrk, Newcastle, and Berwic
York and North Midland, &I

' 683
2 12049 11 7
Is ' 1736 18 7
2 1724 19 0
oss 13 11
2 220 14 1
2 12040 0 0

COURT AND

FASHION.

Her Majesty, Prince Albert, and the Court arrived at,
Windsor Castle on Tuesday evening, after an absence 01
four months. The inhabitants thronged the long wall i,ll
the park, and greeted her Majesty with .a most enthesi"
astic welcome after so long an absence.
It is stated that the court, after a sojourn at the castle
of not more than three weeks or a month, will proceed
Osborne for a short period, returning to Windsor to seen
the Christmas holydays.
It is also stated that her Majesty will probably Pg
shortly a brief visit to Claremont, to enable the Prince
Consort to enjoy a few days' shooting over the well'
stocked preserves of the King of the Belgians.
The Earl of Auckland arrived at the Admiralty on Sa'
turday from Knowsley.
The Earl of Ellesmere and the Bridgewater Trustees
have commenced the re-building of Bridgewater House on
a splendid scale. The noble Earl and Countess. and the
Ladies Egerton, have left Worsley Hall for Harrowgate•
The Earl and Countess of Wilton closed their visit to
the Duke of Wellington, at Walmer Castle, on Thursday-
The Countess proceeded to Brighton to join her youth-
ful family, and the noble Earl came to town.
The Queen Dowager, accompanied by the graiiral
Duchess Ida and the Prince and Princess of Saxe WeSs.
left Marlborough ILouse on Saturday morning ibru,ra.
port, where her Majesty embarked that afternoon on uua

the Howe (man-of-war), for Madeira.
THE REPORTED MARRIAGE OF THE DUNE AND gISS
BURDETT COUTTS.—IF is DOW stated, upon the authority
of an inmate of the Palace, that the idea of the marriage
of the " Hero of a Hundred Fights " to Miss Burdett
Coutts originated in the domestic circle of royalty. 11T,
great Duke, having received a royal command to dine Witr
'the Queen, the conversation, amongst other topics, inci-
dentally turned upon the rich heiress, in the course of
which her Majesty, struck by a sudden thought, jocularlY,
suggested that Miss Burdett Coutts imd•the Duke of WY"
lington would make a good match. This singular notion
caused a hearty laugh, and is the real foundation of the
reports relative to the anticipated marriage of these Wel'
known personages.—A correspondent of the Augsburg
Gazette gives a rather more plausible origin to the ru-
mour. He says that Sir Robert Inglis, who stayed there
a few days, flatly contradicted the report of the approach-
ing marriage. The whole rumour, said he, originated In
mere joke. Miss Burdett having called upon the Daft
with a large sum of money for the erection of Churches
in
the colonies, the Duke praised her generous liberality,
adding, playfully, " You deserve to be a Duchess," to
which the Marquis of Douro, who was present, remarked;
" You see, Miss Burdett, my, father makes you an offer.

LAW

INTELLIGENCE

wittil
The judges, clerks, and other officers connected
the county courts are henceforth to be paid by salarice
instead of fees—the amount of which, in each case. i 9 tv
be fixed by an order of her Majesty in Council. This ig
a highly necessary alteration, if, coupling with u, the
scale of fees to suitors be also reduced, among who.
we have as yet heard but one complaint as to the exorbl-
tancy of the demands. It is necessary not only to render
justice speedy and safe, but also cheap.
ATTORNEYS' PRIVILEGE IN THE NEW COUNTY
COURTS.—The first decision on this point is reported la
the Law Times of Saturday. It was given in the cog'
Thompson v. Harding, heard at Solihull, Warwickshire?
before John Barker, Esq., barrister-at-law, in the absence,
of Mr. Trotter. The decision was, that an attorney sue'
in the County Court is entitled to his privilege of being
sued in the superior court of which he is a member.
honour, after referring to the 67th section of the new
County Courts Act, decided notwithstanding the language
of that section, the privilege of attorneys was not therebi
taken away, nor could it be taken away by any act o
Parliament, unless attorneys were therein mentioned by
clear and express words.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
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CHESTER RACES.
On Thursday the Mostyn Stakes were won by Th
Spaniard, beating Vale Royal, Wiseacre, and Free Trader
a Free Handicap of 10 sovs. by Ellerdate, beating The
Sailor and Brown Fly; the. Saracen's Head Handicap 1"
Hector, beating Christopher and four others ; and the
Selling Stakes by the Rhine, beating Vesture and three
others. On Friday. the Leviathan Stakes were won bY,
Swallow, beating Sagacity, Philosopher, and Delor ain
the Grand Staud Stakes by Ribaldry, beating Jest an
five others ; and the Chester Handicap Stakes by Master
Downes, beating Romance and three others.

LYTHAM COURSING MEETING.—The first coursios
meeting for the season took place at Lytham on Wedn!q:.
day and Thursday last. The following is the return •
.
Derby Cup for Puppies won by Mr. A. Graham's Edudi
tion ; Mr. Jebb's Tarina running up. The Clifton C1,1,g;
won by Mr. Eden's Euterpe ; M. Garvin's Gladia'
running up. The Talbot Stakes, won by Mr. Ridgic,,co
Old England ; Mr. Hulton's Lucifer running up. ~ t 5
Lytham Stake, won by Mr. Crarven's nisi ; Mr. Pe'
leus running up.