The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-09-15 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGEA CB.

The opening of the Richmond Branch of the Great
North of England Railway, took. place on Thursday.
The cutting of the first sod of the North Staffordshire
Railway, on the 23rd instant, is to be celebrated by a de-
jeuner, a procession, and a ball.
The gauge of all railways hereafter to be constructed is
to be 4 feet inches in Great Britain, and 5 feet 3 inches
in Ireland.

A Parisian bank, much engaged in railroad speculation,
is understood to have suspended its payments. Its lia-
bilities are said to amount to 10,000,000 of francs.
THE MENAI TUNNEL.—This tubular bridge is to be
450 feet long, 30 feet high, and 15 feet wide, offering
13,500 square feet of rigid surface (exclusive of the width
underneath the roadway) to its resistance.
On Monday last, a stoker was killed on the Nottingham
and Lincoln Railway. A spring underneath the engine
snapped, and the engine oscillating, he was thrown, and
so injured that he died in a few hours. None of the pas-
sengers suffered.
On Wednesday, as a number of excavators were working
in the tunnel of the Chester and Holyhead Railway, which
runs under Upper Northgate-street, Chester, a portion of
the roofing fell in, and buried four of them. All were
more or less injured; and one of them, named Joseph
Gough, was taken out lifeless.
WINGS V. STEAM—On Wednesday a large number of
persons assembled at the Queen's Arms, Ashton, to wit-
ness the result of a pigeon match against a railway train
upon the Leeds branch of the Ashton Railway. It ap-
peared that a wager had been laid, that the pigeon, if sent
off at Manchester when the train started, would arrive at
Ashton before the train. The pigeon arrived at home
three minutes before the train and won the wager.
RAILWAY PARCELS AND THE SPY SYSTEM.—The
59th clause of the Bristol, Birmingham, and Midland
Counties' Railway Bill, recently before the House of
Lords, enacts, "That it shall not be lawful to include in
one packet several parcels of various sorts, and intended
for various individuals, but it shall be lawful for the
Midland Railway Company to charge for each such par-
cel, although they are enclosed in one packet." How
are they to ascertain that there are several parcels in one
packet ?—why, by the outrage of opening that packet !
This clause is the most iniquitous one we have read for

years.
THE NORTH-WESTERN.—The North-Western, (late
London and Birmingham,) North and South Branches,
starts 22 trains daily from the Euston station. Of these
1 takes passengers through to Carlisle, by means of the
Midland and North of England Railways. 3 to Durham,
3 to Shields, 5 to Newcastle, 7 to York, 8 to Leeds, 4 to
Derby by Birmingham, and 8 by Rugby, 7 to Manchester,
8 to Liverpool, and Chester, 4 to Lancaster, 3 only as far
as Birmingham, 6 to Northampton and Peterborough, 4
not farther than Rugby, 2 to Aylesbury, 1 to Tring, 1 to
Blisworth, 1 to Watford, and 7 for Leamington and War-
wick. On Sundays the number leaving London is reduced
to 7.

The meeting of the South-Eastern passed off satisfac.
ALARMING PROCEEDINGS IN IRELAND. torily, and a dividend of 17s. on the paid-up shares, and
Bs. 6d. and ss. Id. on new shares respectively, was de-
The present crisis, and the measures taken by govern- dared. The receipts of the half year were stated to be
ment to meet the emergency occasioned in Ireland by the £193,058, and the disposable balance only £70,515. At
failure of the potatoe crop. have brought about a number the corresponding half year of 1845, there was a disposable
of influential meetings of the landed proprietary of the balance of £85,322 on receipts amounting to £160,402,
county of Meath, Cork, &c., at which every precaution (aide Railway Chronicle, pp. 1,259 and 8,227.) The
possible has been resolved upon for alleviating the pressing earnings per mile in 1845 were greater than during the last
distress. In the meantime the intelligence received half year—more work was done, receipts were greater, but
through the provincial papers of last week with respect to the profit absolutely less—and as this profit was not so
the progress of popular discontent continues unsatisfac- large as to be quite satisfactory, nothing could be done
tory. Thus a letter from Borrisakone in the Nenagh but to re-adjust the fares; and the proprietors, notwitb-
Guardian communicates the following : standing a slight protest, submitted with good grace to the
"On Saturday last, Mr. Geraghty, of Dublin, barrister, change. Authority was given to issue bonds to a large
went to the lands of Middletown, near Borrisakone, to amount.
auction some wheat which he had under seizure for three MANCHESTER AND LEEDS.—The 20th half-yearly
half-years' rent due on the premises. Some hundreds of meeting was held on Tuesday, at Manchester. The direc-
countrymen assembled on the lands, and effectually put tors report that the receipts of the half-year, after de-
a stop to the sale, as Mr. Geraghty did not like to pro- ducting working expenses, are £95,449, which, with the
ceed under the circumstances. The country people were surplus, makes £146,110. Out of this sum they recom-
well armed with pistols, and fired three shots when passing mend a dividend of 31 per cent. for the first half year on
through a bog, as a token of triumph. A similar occur- the £lOO and £5O shares, and (for the first time) on the
rence took place a few days ago in the parish of Eglish. £6 55., or six-sixteenths, and the £2O, or fifth shares, and
It appears that Mr. Prendergast had some tenants under also the usual 2s. per share on the £25, or quarter shares,
seizure for rent and arrears; he did not proceed with the subject to the deduction of all income tax. These divi-
auction on account of the numbers that atteneed in a dends amount to £83,621 lls. (X 21,471 more than on any
menacing manner. They were also well armed with former occasion), and with £28,053, payable for interest,
pistols, and if the sale had gone on it is probable they leave a balance of £34,453 ss. 4d. to be carried to next
would have been used." account. The report entered at great length into the con-
The Cork Constitution gives the subjoined account templated policy of the directors. The report, and fifteen
from Clonakilty. It is dated Sunday week : resolutions based upon it, were carried unanimously
" This town was last evening subjected to a visit from FLEETWOOD, PRESTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNC-
the mob of lawless fellows who have been threatening TION RAILWAY.—The first general meeting of the share-
this peaceable neighbourhood for some time, having levied holders in this company was held on Wednesday at
some contributions from the neighbouring gentlemen. and Preston. The branch to Burnley had been lost, but
threatening to come again. They arrived in town, and would be renewed in the ensuing session with every pros-
proceeding to a baker's shop, they produced an order for pect of success. The length of line authorised to be con-
bread, which appearing to be a forgery was refused. For- structed at present was sixteen miles, and the capital bad
tunately Sub-Inspector Grant came up, and, by deterrai- been reduced to £270,000, which was divided into shares
nation, prevented any further proceeding. From the of £l2 each. After defraying all expenses out of the de•
great numbers then collected in town, it was thought ad- posits, there remained a balance in hand of upwards of
visable to bring out the military, consisting of Major £7,010. Upwards of 15,000 shares had already been re-
Hill and 60 men of the 54th Regiment. Having remained gistered. The report was unanimously adopted. The
in the street for some time, the mob retired, many of them remuneration of the directors was fixed at £5OO. The
having drunk deep of something stronger than water. A directors were authorised to apply for an act, next session,
meeting of magistrates was held this day, and an applica- to construct the branch to Burnley, and also to take
tion has been made for a party of dragoons, as informs- steps for setting out the line and purchasing land, so as to
tion was received of a large meeting to be held to-mor- be in a situation to commence operations at the earliest
row." _ _ . ~ possible neriod.

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The Kilkenny Moderator publishes a highly inflam- THE BUTCHER AND THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH....-.
matory threatening notice, which was discovered posted One day last week a rough-spun country butcher, whose
on the chapel gate of Johnstown, on Sunday week, con- travelling companion was a dog, took a ticket at one of
taining awful denunciations against landlords who distrain the stations on the Midland Railway for Birmingham. It
for rent. was shortly afterwards ascertained by the officials that he
On Sunday morning week an atrocious notice was posted had a dog in the carriage with bim. On being remon-
oppot:itd the house of a respectable farmer at Askeatoe, started with, and told that he must pay for the dog, he
near Limerick, threatening him and all farmers, if they refused, and a regular row commenced, in the course of
paid or demanded any rent until after Christmas with the which the butcher got out of the carriage, and the dog
" death of Dawson," and warning them of " plenty of followed. Here the disturbance was renewed, and the
powder and ball." war grew fiercer, when all of a sudden the train started.
On Monday a large number of persons paraded through The butcher, forgetting his indignation at the parties,
the principal streets of Birr, and one man carried a pole turned round and jumped into his place again, followed by
with a loaf. They called at the residence of Thomas his dog. The train went on, the burley man of beef
Hacket, Esq., a magistrate, and stated that they had nei- laughing as though his ribs would crack at having "done
ther food nor employment. Mr. Hacket told them that the beggars," told the whole affair to the passengers with
the magistrates were aware of their destitution, and that glee, and concluded by saying that they might "tallyscope"
every means were being taken to alleviate it. Seventy about him, he did'nt care ; he had done 'em, and they
special constables have been sworn in to preserve the peace. could'nt tell 'em at Birmingham before he got there, he
OUTRAGES.—The Rev. Mr. Waller, a clergyman of the was sure. On the train arriving at its destination, a gen-
county of Limerick, and a gentleman of large property, tleman in a blue buttoned-up-to-the-throat livery, with
has been threatened with injury, for unkindness to the trousers, and sundry hieroglyphics on his collar, touched
poor. On Sunday week, some stands of arms were forcibly the butcher on the shoulder, and said, " Sir, you have a
taken from various houses in the neighbourhood of Bource, dog with you, for which the fare has not been paid ; you
county of Limerick.—The county people in the neigbour- must either fob out the needful, or I take you into cus-
hood of Coonagh, near the city of Limerick, have cut the tody." The " tallyscope," as the butcher called it, had
road across, as an indication, says the Limerick Chronicle, arrived at Birmingham first, and the poor fellow's feelings
that if they will not obtain employment, they will do may be better imagined than described.—Nothrighant
mischief. Mercury.
The Dublin Evening Post, a Radical paper, speaking RAILWAYS AND SABBATH OBSERVANCE.—It has been
of the distressed position of the Irish gentry, says that pleaded, however hypocritically, in times past, that there
they are liable, particularly in the present year, to be was a very extensive class of the people whose avocations
mulcted by fraudulent tenants. With ti,e exception of kept them confined in cities from Monday morning to
potatoes, last year and this have been right good seasons Saturday night, and whose health required some occasional
for the farmers. All produce—live stock and dead—wheat, change of air ; therefore, it was urged, that it would be
oats, cattle, sheep, pigs, have run up from 15 to 25 per very bard to deny to these parties, because of their
cent.—nay, higher. The exportation of this stock to poverty, the occasional relief which their health rendered
England, notwithstanding open ports, and unlimited free necessary. Such being the plea, the Divine Giver of all
trade, is greater than ever has been remembered ; yet, skill and wisdom has been pleased to enable men to de-
there does appear to exist a sort of compact amongst the vise such machinery as will accomplish in an hour the
small, snug farmers, to refuse rents on the plea of the ge- same amount of locomotion which formerly occupied half
neral distress. That these last have suffered to some ex- a day. A man may now transport himself far away from
tent cannot be denied. But, it is undeniable, on the the bustle of towns, after leaving his avocations on Satur-
other hand, that the great majority of those who have not day evening; and may return to his duties at an early
sublet for con-acre are better able to pay their rents now hour on Monday. The plea, such as it was, from a sup-
than for many previous years. But they are not paying. posed necessity is gone. We are not speaking, indeed,
And this we consider is one of the most dangerous ale- with commendation of those " Sunday excursions" which
ments in the present condition of the country. commence on Saturday and end on Monday. We merely
The Dublin Mail confirms this statment, and adds, remark that steam has, in fact, taken away all kinds
that the Government are in possession of official state- of pleas in defence of Sunday travelling as necessary.
talents that riotous processions of the kind alluded to are Even the mercantile argument that the mails must travel
compi,sed partly of farmers so far from want as to on Sunday, to enable the Liverpool merchants to receive.
be in comfortable circumstances; and partly of labourers, on Monday the London letters of Saturday, has vanished.
able at the present to earn an honest subsistence, either in The mail can now reach Liverpool very easily in eight or
the course of the usual demand for labour, or on the nine hours of night passage. In every way, then, all
works laid out for the emergency. Of one such of those apology for Sunday travelling, is taken away by the ap-
mobs, which made its appearance in the county of plication of steam. Yet. instead of being glad and grate-
Mayo, there were ascertained to be a large number (our ful for the obvious practicability of now entirely abolish-
informant states three hundred) who were at that time ing all such desecration of the Sabbath, we are eagerly
receiving wages and support in the public works set on perverting this new gift of God, to the general breach of
foot by the Government; and who, therefore, could bis laws, and dishonour of his merciful ordinance !
neither feel nor apprehend the misfortune which they af- GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.
ft cted to deprecate. ----On Tuesday the first ordinary meeting of the share-
It is said to be the intention of the Lord Lieutenant to holders of this company was held at Glasgow ; Mr. John
sanction the assessment of a million and a half, to be em- Learlbetter in the chair. After the reading of the notice
p!oyed under the provisions of the Relief Act. calling the meeting, and list of registered shareholders,
.........
Mr. Logic, the secretary, read the report, which was of
Considerable length. It recommended the amalgamation

STATE OF TRADE

MANCHESTER —The markets since our last have remained
firm, and prices have been fully maintained ; in some instances
advances have been demanded and acceded to by purchasers,
but the business has beeil limited in consequence. For print-
ers, 27. inch, whose ruling price a few weeks ago was 5s 3d, an
advance of 40. per piece is demanded ; and for 60-reed calicoes
an advance from 4s. 6d. to 4s. gd. per piece is asked. With re-
gard to the other descriptions of cloth, we refer to our prices of
last week. Yarns are flat.

of the Company with the Glasgow and Ayr Company :
" Tnat the amalgamation between the companies shall
take effect on the completion and opening of the main line
of railway." That the dividend payable to the sharehold-
ers in this company shall be according to the following
scale, viz., so long as the dividend to the other ordinary
shareholders in the Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company
shall continue at the rate of 7 per cent. (their present di-
vidend), the dividend to the shareholders in this company_

shall be at the rate of 5 per cent., and the dividends of
day, have had a better demand for Flannels to-
day, at prices much the same as those of the previous week. this company are to increase or diminish a quarter per
The wool market has been slack, and the business transacted
cent in respect of every increase or dimunition of a half
has been upon a very limited scale. Middling priced wool is
extremely scarce, and difficult to meet with. per cent. in the dividend on the ordinary shares of the
ii UDDERSFIELD.—There has been a fair amount of business Glasgow and Ayr Railway Company, unless the dividend
doing to-day. Good dark styles are still bought up very readily.
There is no alteration in prices. of that company shall exceed 10, or be reduced to less
LEEDS —The kind of goods calculated for the coming season than 5 per cent., in which event each class of shares is to
being principally delivered direct to the merchants, our markets participate in the excess, and to suffer equally from the
at both Cloth Halls continue to be thinly supplied, and in con- dimuniticn, as the case may be. Not more than two-
sequence of the goods sold there do not indicate the true state thirds of the capital is to be called up, without the con-
of the market. Fine beam cloths, double milled cloths, and sent of the Ayr Company, unt;l the borrowing powers
cloakings, of new tastey shades, are the principal articles sell- conferred by the act shall have been exerci-ed. The act
ins. Prices are steady. Business in the warehouses has been •
rather better this week with the houses connected with the having only received the Royal assent on the 13th inst.,
home trade, but the foreign houses are doing little. it had not been possible to ascertain the amount of the
Brunroan.—There is hardly so much doing in combing parliamentary expenses. The deposit of £2 lOs has been
wools as we observed ten days ago. This is in some measure paid on 46.651 shares,amounting to £116,627 18s. Of that
accounted for by the wool combers in the town and neighbour- sum £90,000 has been invested in Exchequer Bills at
hood of Keighley being out of work, and seeking an advance of prices ranging from 12s. to 16s. premium—and the ba-
price for their labour, which the masters have not yet complied lance of £26,627 lOs. is in the hands of the company's
with. The demand for tops is very active, but there are few on
hand, and the higher prices are readily submitted to.—Yarn bankers. To meet the current expenses, however. money
Market : The demand for Yarns is very steady, and the spinners has been drawn from time to time by means of a credit
are generally working to order; but as no general advance, account with your bankers, which will now be repaid."
equal to the increased cost of labour and the disproportionate At a special meeting, held immediately afterwards, the
price of wool, compared with yarns, can be realised, there is a amalgamationaiiyproposs
dw,itahn
dt haegGreleadsgtoow. and Ayr railway was for-
strong feeling in favour of decreasing the pt odUction, but not
lighting up.—Piece Market : The business doing is an average m
one, and the prospect of a continued demand, probably both A RAILWAY SMOKING SALOON.—Within the last few
with the home trade houses and the shippers, without any ap- lays, a novelty has been introduced on the Eastern
prehension of lower prices. Counties Railway in the running of a very handsome
LEICESTER.—The demand for goods for the home trade con- carriage, termed a smoking or excursion saloon, which,
Unties active, and the hands are fully employed. Yarns are from its elegant and peculiar construction, has excited
in price. Wools are firm. The stocks of
of so great, and it obtains a small advance.
tiles
interest. In size and form of build it much resew-
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pies the royal carriago's on the Great Western, 50uth-
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.W.haeniscuthefarn, and other railways. The peculiarity of a portion
trade is even worse this week than last, the drawer and Pants- of the Cambridge and Newmarket traffic suggested to the
loon branch cannot be considered as improved, and the hosiery company the formation of such a description of carriage,
trade has considerably revived at Godalming and io London,
but in the counties of Hants, Berks, and Bucks, it is quite ex- eceturtraeirn.ly
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tinct. The bobbin net trade may still be considered as ashade m
improved, and the cotton warp lace trade has again, with some aBoUt thirty feet, the ends being converted into a kind of
of the manufacturers, retrograded, but not to the extent that it open lounge. It runs on six wheels, which are fitted
bad advanced, with Adams' patent bow springs. The internal decora-

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