The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1836-04-15 00:00:00

ULSTER RAILWAY.

( From the Northern. Whig.)
The report of the committee of the House of Commons, on the
Ulster railway bill, has just been printed; and, as it contains
some information that his not yet been made public, we shall
mention, as briefly as possible, the most interesting statements
in the report. It will be understood that these statements rest
upon the evidence of the various witnesses examined by the
committee :
The Comilany.—The capital is £600,000, divided into 12,000
shares of £5O each.
Present traffic and means of conveyance.—The water commu-
nication, by the Lagan canal, extends only half the distance
between Belfast and Armagh; and is fregnen►ly interrupted, in
summer, from want of a sufficient supply of water, and in winter,
by frosts. On the various parts of the line, the present traffic,
by land and water, is 84,000 tons annually ; the passengers by
hired conveyances are upwards of 200,000; and the persons on
foot. 700,000.
Estimated expenditure and income.—The following estimates
have been made with all possible care :

EXITS E.
All expenses, till the completion of the work, £A3,447 13 2
Annual expense of the Railway when completed,
cording to sufficiently proved calculations, £l,OOO
V' mile—distance 36 'English miles 36,000 0 0
PASSENGERS, Brc.
Number of Passengers expected, annually,
Goods, (exclusive of live cattle. coal, limestone, lime,
lumber, and unmanufactured materials, the traffic
in which will very much increase on the formation
of the Railway), 60,000 tons

ANNUAL INCOME.

For Passengers,
For Goods
Live Cattle, &c., as above,
Conveying Mails and Parcels

45d,0b0.

£7,813 0 0
1:),000 0 0
7,750 0 0
2,500 0

£t)3,063 0 0
Z 6,000 0 0

Annual expenditure as above,

Net annual income to the Company,

£57,063 0 0

These statements far more than warrant the committee in
saying, as tney do in their report, that " the calculations
proved in evidence have satisfactorily established, that the
revenue will be sufficient not only to support the annual charge
of the maintenance of the railway, but allow a profit to the
shareholders for their capital invested." The calculations have
been made, without reference to any extension or branching
of the line, either of which would be advantageous. Already,
however, a branch from Armagh to Dungannon is in contem-
plation ; and the main line may he extended, in a direct line,
to join the Dublin and Drogheda railway ; and in a western
,direction, to Monaghan and Enniskillen.
Charade?, B'c. of the Line.—The report says,—" There is
not any engineering difficulty to be encountered in construct-
ing this railway ;" —and that " the country, in an engineering
point of view, is generally favourable to the construction of a
railway, there appearing. to be no difficulty to encounter in the
execution of it." The curves are all struck with a radius of a
mile and upwards,—with one exception, where the radius is
half-a-mile. " The gradients are generally favourable."
The foregoing are the facts, as contained iu the official re-
port of the Commons' committee, which it is important for the
public to know: and we feel gratified to find, that they are so
very satisfactory. Supposing the company to have to advance
the entire sum of £540.000, the estimated net income of £57,000
would produce to the shareholders about 91, per cent.—a very
handsome remuneration for their capital. But,.it is sufficiently
well ascertained, that such an advance will not be required.
We understand, that it is the intention of government to encou-
rage works of this description, (and, we are sure, that en under-
taking in Ulster will meet with not less support than one in any
other part of Ireland,) by lending one-third of the money, at 3
per cent. interest, with an additional 2 per cent., payable yearly,
the whole of this sum to be thus paid off in 30 years; and ano-
ther third, free of interest, for 30 years. Now, supposing this
to he the case, in the present instance, of which there is- little
doubt, the government will advance £lBO,OOO, on which £3 of
interest, and £2 of a sinking fund, that is, 5 per cent., or £9,000
will be payable annually, for thirty years: they will, also, lend
an equal sum, free of interest, for 30 years. Deducting, tere-
fore, £9,000 from the calculated net income of £57,000, we shall
have £48,000 to be divided among the shareholders;—that is,
about '26 per cent. on the money advanced. •
Let us suppose; however, that only one half be lent by the go-
vernment, that is, £270.0(;), and at three per cent. interest. In
that case the annual deduction from the income of the company
would be a little over £B.OOO, leaving to be paid to the share-
holders about 18 per cent. on their money paid in.
This is a very gratifying prospect; and. considering how be-
neficial the work must be to the north of Ireland, the employ-
ment which it must afford to a large number of tradesmen and
labourers, and the vast permanent advantages which it is calcu-
lated to extend to the town of Belfast, and to a large and pros-
perous district of country, containing several thriving business
towns, viz.:—Lisburn, Moira, Liirgan, Portadown, with others
contiguous, it is highly satisfactory to observe that the under-
taking is also likely amply to compensate those individuals
m ea who
come forward to support so important and useful a public -
sum.

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DEATH OF THE SIi.TAN of SiNO A rwts:.--liussain Sah,
better known as Tuanko Long, Sultan of Singapore, died at
Malacca on the 2d of September. He was interred the follow-
ing afternoon with military honours, minute guns being fired
his Highness the pension of 1,30,t: disy.
might be
corresponding with the number of years he hilaigduaitrtaii.le.d. BY
the demise of
will now revert back to the government. That a pro • 'tn.
shOuld be made for the Sultan's family seems reasonable; but
w theiri
th ;i
government, it is likely to
abdetinetalgtiVl3,i.nlinsitsitufitneadl finally
yis atodn‘ivihteertill hsismfsaem ii
dispersed, and so far from any probability existing are.
beiog benefited liy the liberality of govtehteri
calculates withan,
n ovv.i(lowof
promote a disgraCeful amour only of
notorious character—a Malacca Klin
states thatKlin named Tomby
certaintygninnia
duiiionigt
rhaitsianteodt
as a reward f his intrigue. A report
Kadier, who, it is stated,
oaotdmfoarltaucric ea,
also improbablebelieved
himself so much with the Sultan
the latter to order the betrothed during his lifetime as to induce
that the young lady had always t of his daughter to him ; but
ays entertained the greatest aversion,
nay, the most hostile
feelings,
for the wretch, although with .
mother the ciher
rcumstance of such
con-
venient cloak.—Singapore
affiance seived only as a
Chronicle, Sept. 12.
WILLIAM GOOFY IN.—This gent] - • man, whose name has been
so long familiar to the World of letters,(
th by the number and po-
pularity of his literarY labours, paid
on Thursday last, having but am month before
debt of nature
80th anniversary t The deceased was a nativereof completedisa( his
Cambridgeshire, where he was born on the 3dof 'I.
in
March, 146,
and was the son of a dissenting • '
minister, for which profession
he was himself designed:

LIVERPOOL ASSIZES.

NISI PRIUS.-TUESDAY.

FARNWORTH AND OX V. L'tON•
Verdict for the'plaintiff.—Amount of damages referred.
HAZLEHURST V. BROWN AND OTHERS.
Mr. Cresswell and Mr. Wightman appeared for the plain-
tiff, and Mr. Alexander for the defendants.
This was an action brought to recover the cost of the Hale,
coasting vessel, and the loss of her profits up to the present
time; she having been run down by the Or up steamer, in
the Menai, off Bangor, in the month of October last.
The defendant admitted the accident. and the counsel for the
plaintiff suggested to his lordship that they should go for 'the
cost of raising her, that step tieing necessary in order to clear
the navigation of the river., , •
His Lordship wished to know if the plaintiff would have been
liable to an indictment if he had not. cleared the navigation.
Mr. CRESSWELL was not aware whether that was the case or
nut.' The cost of raising her was about. £1,200.
Edward Morgan deposed to being the master of the schooner
Hate; on the 10th of October last she was bound to Runcorn
with a load of limestone. He had been beating about some
time, and was obliged to return to Bangor through stress of
weather;l about five o'clock in.the morning with the wind blow-
ing N.N.E., the mate called out " a vessel a head,", when he
immediately put the helm to starboard. :He believed the ves-
sel to beat anchor, as she had no lights hung out, which is usual
with steamers at night. - When at two cables leng,th I disco-
vered the vessel to be a steamer, going at the rate of five or six
knots on hour, and immediately she came upon the bows of the
schooner, which instantly went down, and he with his crew
jumped aboard the steamer.
Thomas and John Roberts, seamen on board the schooner,
corroborated the master's evidence. . .

John Morris, one of the crew on board the Ormerod on the
night in question, was on deck, and called out to the steersman
(when he saw the schooner) to put the helm to starboard. They
were about a quarter of a m►le distant from each other at that
time, and the Ormerod was going at the rate of five or six knots
an hour. He perceived the alteration of the Orinerod's course.
The vessel came in contact immediately after, and the schooner
went down. The crew got on board the steamer.
Cross-examined by M-r. ALExeN DE R.—He was receiving 245.
a week from the plaintiff's attorney, and was promised a hand-
some allowance in the event of the action being won.
By Mr. Ctiasswzu--His pay was £2. 10s. per month when
on board, and his keep besides.
Mr. Dane, broker, of Liverpool, deposed to the schooner hav-
ing once been his property, and that he sold it in May; 1831,
for £520. There was an expense afterwards in her outfit of
about EA/
Cross-examined.—The vessel was forty or fifty years old. Sbe
had been used in carrying. slates. He believed this was not the
first time that she had visited the bottom of the sea.

Jsaac Fisher deposed to having been accustomed to the sea
about 25 years. When vessels met each other, they ought al-
ways to leave the vessel on the right side when they had the
wind free. Steam-boats were always considered to have the
-wind free. It is the practice of steamers always to carry a light
from dark to daylight.
This was the case for the prosecution.
Mr. ALEXANDER, for the defence, said he was glad to find the
demand now made had assumed a more reasonable aspect. Ori-
ginally the compensation demanded had been £2,000 for the
price of the vessel and her weighing. The defendant's case was
this :—That, having weighed anchor some time between five
and six in the morning, he observed the schooner in question
right a-head of him. He was aware of the usual rule in such
cases, and acted accordingly. The vessel seemed to be coining
right down on to them, and he instantly starboarded his helm,
when, to his great s.trprise, the vessel, which seemed to be drift-
ing, ported her helm, and was coming right on to them. He
tten immediately to save her ported his helm, when to his asto-
nishment the vessel, still determined to come into collision, star-
boarded her helm, and, in consequence, in less than tiro minutes
they came into collision. It was necessary, in order for the
plaintiff to recover damages, that they should be satisfied that
he was purely and entirely in the right. He called
George Blaekstock, the mate of the.Ormerod, who deposed to
starboarding his helm in order to.avoid the schooner, and, she
still coming towards him, to porting his helm. to avoid her. The
Hale again altered her course and came on to him, when he
ordered the engine to be stopped and reversed to avoid a colli-
sion. 'The schooner was very deep. .
Patrick /Wiliam, the engineman and the fireman, deposed to
the master ordering the engine to be stopped and reversed.
Mr. GassswELL replied.—He submitted that the truth was
on the side of the plaintiff's witnesses; he lamented that he
never knew a case of this description in which there was not a
great deal of hard swearing on one side or the other.
His LORDSHIP summed up, and the jury found for the plain-
tiff £5OO.
Mr. ALEXANDER inquired where the -vessel was, as it became
theirs now ?
His LORDSHIP said it would become theirs on paying a rea-
sonable salvage, which was three-times more than the vessel was
worth.