The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-03-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLiUEACE.

The first-class fare from London to Birmingham
the same as the second-class was in 1844.
The Direct London and Manchester Railway BM'
been rejected on standing orders. a gr
On Friday the Standing Orders Committee resolve kbe
dispense with compliance with the standing orders inA
case of the Runcorn and Preston Brook Line, and the ""-
will therefore be proceeded with.
The YORKSHIRE AND GLASGOW UNION
with which the Leeds and Carlisle line is now an°l:s4
mated, was read a second time on the 14th instant,

referred to the committee of selection. f the
On Friday the Standing Orders' Committee of
00,
House of Commons decided that in the case of the .10°
ton, Newark, and Sheffield Railway these orders ou
not
THE to be
GA dispenseduG E
owith.imissioN.—From a converustiell
which took place on Friday night in the House of CI;
mons, it appears likely that the whole of the evideil..
taken by the Gauge Commissioners will be laid before tu°
house in the course of a few days.—Railway Record. the
We are informed, upon good authority, that some of tR.O
most influential men of Liverpool are exerting theniseltd
to effect a settlement of at least a moiety of the differedt:
between the Great Western and London and Birmingb*b"
Companies.—Railway Standard.
BRISTOL AND EXETER RAILWAY.—Thehalf-yeer~
meeting of this company was held at Bristol on We.ii°"o.
day. The half-year's earnings stated by the Great 17 t
tern Railway Company to be due the 13th December
was £48,538 12s. A dividend of £1 Bs. per share was for
clared on the 15,000 whole shares, free of income-tax,

the half-year ending on the 6th of April ne%,t.,A.uertillyrert.
EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON it, Y.l
Last week a special meeting of the Edinburgh,
Granton Railway Company was held at Edinl3o,..rgbAi Bud
air agreement for amalgamation with the Edinuu,t'' We
Northern Company was unanimously cenfirirtem•
are sorry that we cannot find room for the details.
Railway Record.
CALLS.—Upwards of £289,500 will be called up
month, in connexion with seven lines only. Their nareto
and the total amount for each are as follow :—Gre,4
Grimsby and Sheffield Junction, £24,000; Leeds o'.
Dewsbury, £40,000 ; Dublin and Belfast Junctiooni
£32,000; Chester and Birkenhead, £12,500; Lynn Band
Derehasn, £65,000; Lynn and Ely, £40,000; Bristol
and Exeter, £73,000.
DISCOVERY OF IRON-STONE AT PATRICROFT_.,.
sinking the deep pit for coal at Patricroft, near lvno•
chester, a bed of iron-stone, three feet in thickness,.
been found, at a depth of 800 yards, which has since °no ,
analyzed, and found to contain no less than 80 per e,cett
of pure iron. Large iron works will be comtne'bett
immediately.—Mining Journal. [lf there be really ° err
of iron-stone, such as described above, at Patricroft,tboo
will be more in that district, and it will prove the °goo
important discovery for this county since the introdue"
of power-looms.—.E.L.S.] T„,
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE MANCHESTER AND .--„,orlf
RAILWAY. WAKEFIELD, 'THURSDAY AFTERI4%tet
MARCH 5.—A fatal accident occurred on the Manebe:ej,
and Leeds Railway this afternoon, in the Summit Tanst
It appears that the train which leaves Manchesit,e.ftelf
twelve at noon reached Littleborough station irnmec";#
after the departure of a luggage train. The pasre-nor
train left Littleborough at the usual time, althOugh
senger who got in there called the attention of the stattler,
master to the danger of starting a train so soon °IOC
luggage train. The passenger train proceeded, and °eh°
passing thr,,ugh a long tunnel called Summit Ton°4a/
tremendous crash was felt by the passengers, and asford
as the screams and shouting consequent on the B°l pfit
had subsided, it was ascertained that the break an o}
carriages (in one of which was the guard of the 4ltlf
had by some means got detached from the luggage :,00,
and had been left behind in the tunnel. The Ins,:gerf
train had gone on, and the guard, apprehending aa"orp
had left the carriage in which he had been ridisgviof
was standing on the np line of rails when the trail Ile
to Manchester came up, and killed him on the spot•
tunately none of the passengers were much injured... or' •
GREAT WESTERN.—On the 3rd inst. a collisiolior
cured near Swindon, between 2 and 3 o'clock a•tn• loci°
fireman was precipitated from the engine by the
escaped uninjured. An inquiry is to be instituted., ce?
M IDLIN D.—On the 28th ult., a collision took Pie trO,
the railway at the Syston station, between a luggage-her;
from Leicester, which had stopped at the station tetolr:
some waggons attached, and an express train. Tne,eoftb,,
was knocked down and severly injured. The guarndiatrl
express train had seen the luggage train, and imp °, be
put on the break, while the driver let off the steal'u'tioo:
owing to the slipperiness of the rails, these Prele tl/4
proved unavailing. Seeing a collision inevitsbe;so
guard threw himself off; he received severe fractorthrol
was for some time insensible. The stoker wa°,,,,dricj
off, but, we are happy to say not seriously hurt.
escaped unhurt. The front of the express engl.t isto
much broken, but the carriages attached to 14pfr7,
scarcely injured, and thil gentleman travelling h`01(
escaped unhurt, and resumed his journey in
hour.
OP
THE QUEEN'S THEATRE, MANCHESTER _
was
yesterday week by Mr. Sloan and a very talented co stag,
The house has been almost entirely rebuilt--,rtnne clees
lowered, and the pit greatly increased in size. as bli,ol
rations are of so splendid and classical a character cent
created quite a sensation. They are designed ana.,etot
by Mr. G. Jackson, whose excellent taste as an a' t, tiof
a designer is also shewn in the relieved ornllvet,,joesetet
amphitheatre, and by the numerous splendid 5P.!:.'„c1385,,b1
Cortepier manufactures displayed at the recent isl''e (1)"
Exhibition for the exposition of arts. There is lit" tied
but that the season will be a successful one. c sole"
TEETOTALISM.—The success of the temper opPro.
is truly astonishing and truly gratifying. as ,tbteepiPeor4
effects must result from the abandonment of Arito'ott
h bits by all classes of society. The inveterateo"otloti
will soon stand alone, an object of scorn anti leraleitb#
no longer countenanced as a good fellow, nor tfi.ice froil
the score of conviviality, he will piss his life or :idea soh
out friendship, pointed at as a thing to be scovpitied ttiO
despised, and stagger into a premature
grave °fitted bpd
unwept. Although the health must be ben 0001
adoption of temperate habits, yet great caution_ooo,o
observed, as a sudden absence from stimulants liver,h.,
produces so altered an action in the stomach' to suet,
biliary secretions, that constipation may ensneit rota
earnestly recommend that excellent aperient vr I till
Pill of Health. hs. r
PAINTING.—During the past week we 11.111,epentiligipt
pleasure (through Mr. Revell, the owner) of 'lll,ting.,,e,
Miss Knibb's, Duke-street, a number of Pasts, er.,
principle of which are the works of living artists'
ode
hers of the Royal Academy, and which, in Poi 01 14
' cellence, will equal any private collection
no jes'este4
paintings we have hitherto seen. There are the grojiSlni
five from the pencil of Etty (now undoubted' that Dr,501,
living artist), in all of which are exhibited ,rbe 1k.114 frt
effect usually characteristic of his style-
be
Judah is a surrising production, and maY:ectife.lo'los
one of his best: it is accurate in drawing,.l7the e°4obe'off
and shade, and poetical in concepllfinn, wheTripitat.,atriehoteirirooecro
isw would
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notas w istuhfrewhichsuffer
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comparison.the w o r k sTobf
esteemedfii e specimens
mastersb y
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