The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
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is continued in this number, and is fully as figurative
Mitt- hyTeib—oliCar-a—s-FlTeTlid -Of Dr. Marsh-
man is a tribute.of just remembrance to a truly great
and worthy man, who for many years laboured with un-
remitting assiduity as a missionary in India. " The
Angels of Life" is a very superior poem, descriptive of
.Poetr}•, Learning, the Domestic 'Affections,. and Reli•
kiwi. Thereview-of Wilkinson's "Manners and Cus-
tomsof the Ancient -Egyptians" contains some curious
particulars. The Adventures of Frank Hartley" forM
a very interesting tale, illustrative of Indian life. The
miscellaneous infor-mation in the Asiatic is copious, and
interesting. . . • •

Parbury.3 Oriental Herald and Colonial Intelligencer.
April, 183 S.
This magazine resembles the preeeding in its general
charaCter. It contains a faithful digest of such informa-
tion as must be of value to all who are interested in the
affairs of the British India Presidencies, and of the
Eastern nations generally. The present number con-
tains-an excellent article on " The Culture of Silk in
Bengal." " The East India Voyaaer" this month con-
tains useful advice to outward hound cadets. We have
next..a brief memoir of •Dr. Marshman, in which the ca-
reer of that eminent Orientalist and missionary is re-
viewed with candour.. " The Best Abused Man in In-
dia" is accompanied with a portrait of the subject, Mr.
Stocqueler, editor of the Englishman. newspaper. The
usual copious selection of Oriental news is appended :
much of this is of a very interesting character.

The Sunbeam.—A Journal devoted to Polite Literature

and Music. Part 2. March, 183 g. London: Berger.
We have before noticed this very spirited periodical,
whiCh is one of the cheapest published. Its contents are
extremely varied, embracing tales and essays, posthu-
mous papers of celebrated au+ hors, original poetry, trans-
lations, sketches olscenery, extracts from popularbooks,
correspondence, criticisms on the fine arts, poetry, paint-
ing, music, and sculpture, with other articles Of. a mis-
cellaneous character. We should add that each number
is embellished with a piece of music by some of the most
popular composers of the present day, as well as from
the old masters. The present part contains the follow-
ing :—" The Spring Time has come," (Spohr,)' " The
Highland Chief," (Barnett,) " The HawthOrti Tree,"
(Bochsa,).and " Sweet, thine heart is like that river,"
(Plumstead.)

Hood's Own, or Laughter from Year to Year. Part 1.
January, 1838. --LondOn : Bally.
• We received this part of Hood's inimitable "comicali-
ties" at a very late period last month. We are glad to
find in this number many of our old friends. The prin-
cipal attractions are, " The Pugslev Papers," " A
Report from belOw," " The last ,Shilling," and "Black,
White, and Brown." The. illustrations are,, of course,
rich in every variety of humour. The work must have
a large circulation. •

Pickwick abroad : or, the Tour in France. By G. W.
M. Reynolds.. Illustrated with steel engravings, by
Alfred Crowquill. London : Sherwood. Part 3.
This is a republication from the Old Monthly of the
series of papers which we have noticed in a preceding
article. The style is very fascinating and the illustra-
tions abound in humour. Some 'of the ad►-entures re-
lated in the preseht part are ora highly ludicrous. cha-
racter. The sketches of " Life in Paris" afforded in
this work will be found of great utility to the traveller.

Sketches in London. By the Author of " Random
Recollections." No. 7.

Mr. Grant, in this. number, introduces us to the work•
houses in London, giving us some details respecting the
inmates, statistical calculations, the system of farming
out paupers, romantic incidents in the lives of some of
the inmates, and the operation of the new poor law bill.
The plates are exceedingly well executed and afford a
view -of " Workhouse Dinner," and of " Out-door
Relief." The- misery of each scene is of a very touching
character.

The Works of Jeremy Bentham. Part 2. Edinburgh:

Tait. 1834.

To those who are admirers of the Benthamite system
of political-economy. this will be found a remarkably
neat awl cheap edition of the works of the great master
of that school of philosophy.

A Trip to Wales ; or, the Steam.packet Companion
from Liverpool to Beaumaris, Bangor, Caernarvon,
and Conway. By the late Richard Llwyd. Chester :
Party.

This is a very interesting vade mecum to the traveller
who may wish to visit the northern counties of the prin-
cipality. It is written in a lively, gossiping style, and
gives a description of the Menai, the Snowdonian moun-
tains, the lakes and vallies, the castles and mansions,
and the other principal objects of attraction in the neigh-
bourhood Visited.

The Poetical Works of Richard Llwyd, the Bard of
Snowdon, comprising " Beaumaris Bay" and other
Poems, with a Portrait and Memoir of the Author.
London : Whittaker and Co. Chester : E. Parry.
1837.
This interesting voluMe comprises several very ad-
mirable compositions from the pen of a self-taught
scholar.• In the words of the dedication, " they are the
production of a man of humble birth and subordinate
station in society, but whose genius, with a commenda-
ble perseverance, burst through the shades 'of obscurity
aial eventually placed him in a respectable rank with the
literary characters of the age." The memoir which is
prefixed to this complete edition of Llwyd's Work's is a
very interesting piece 'of biography, front.the perusal of
which our young friends especially will deriVe consider
able benefit. It will show them how to master diffi-
culties in every station in life. R. Llwyd, Esq., was no
less celebrated as a herald and an antiquarian than lie
was as a poet, and he was frequently consulted by the
nobility and gentry on complicated questions of i,ene-
alogy. To our Welsh friends, in particular, the'poetical
remains in the volume before us will be very acceptable,
especially as they are enriched with so many Valtiable
notes

ON THE ESTIMATED. AND ACTUAL COST OF THE
GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY.

(From the Railway Times.)

SIII,--it is very currently reported, and is universally -
lieved, that the Grand Junction .Raitu;ay is the only one that has
been executed for the estimate. I have, in some measure, been
acquainted with the proceedings-of that Company, as well as
several others, from their commencement; and have, as a Share-
holder, become possessed of their published reports, hut arrive
at a very different conclusion. Instead of making assertion~, I
have subjoined a few queries that will illustrate my ideas on this
sulject.

if 1 am mistaken, I shall be happy to be set right ; hut, if I
am right, the public ought not to be deceived, and apprised of
the true state or the case.

Query I.—Was not the etimate for the Grand Junction
Railway made, and the capital raised for the line laid out in
part by Mr. Stephenson, and the remainder by Mr. Hamrick,
f9r which the fist act of parliament wasobtained in 1833? And
did they not subsequently, at Mr. Stephenson's recommenda-
tion, apply. for, and obtain, an act to alter that portion of teh
line designed by Mr. Rastrick, to the extent of nearly forty
miles, on the ground that it would effect a saving in the con-
struction, of somewhere about £250,000?
Query 2.—Besides the preceding alteration in the line of di-
rection, was not there a considerable alteration made in the in-
gradients or levels of the said railway from the parliamentary
section, in order to avoid making a tunnel near Preston Brook;
whereby about £70,000 were saved, and the line thereby made
to rise at the rate of 50 feet per mile, instead of 18 or 2U, as at
first designed • _ .

Query 3.—When the original estimate was made—Had the
Grand Junction Railway Company then made any arrangement
.-with, or was it even contemplated that the Liverpool and Man:
.chester Railway Company should be at the expense of building
and providing all the requisite coach-offices, warehouses, en-
gines and coach sheds (charging the Grand Junction Railway
a rent for them, of course ?) Had not such arrangement been
made, would they not have had to incur a similar outlay (if the•
traffic was of equal amount) with the Liverpool and Manches-
ter Railway :Company, whose stations were stated by Mr.
Booth, in his evidet;ce in an appeal against the Barton. poor's-
rate, in 1833, to have then .amounted to £175,000; since that
time considerable additions and improvements havebeen made
(independent of those for the Grand Junction traffic), therefore
say _ £200,0001 • ,

Query 4.—Was not the Gland June- •
tion capital 1,040,000?
Their Report. just published, states
their expenditure to have been 1,607,490'
Is it not evident that they might have
borrowed or incurred debts to the

amount of
Query s.—lf the preceding queries command an affirmative
answer, will not the account stand as follows ?
Spent, as per half-year's Report, to
end of 1837 £1,607,490
Deduct purchase of the Warrington
line, not included in the original es-
timate - •

Total cost of Grand Junction Railway
The original capital being

£1.542,020
1,040,000

. ,
Actual excess of expenditure to end
of 1837 £502,020
Add saving by alteration of line (sea
Query 1) 250,000
Ditto, by alteration of levels (sea
• Query 9,) 70,000
Dittb, by renting stations, instead of
building them (see Query 3) • 200,000

Total -excess, had the work been executed
as originally designed, and for which
the estimate was made. being about
98 percent. on the £1,040,000".••• £1,022,020

Lastly,—Are the works on the Gtand Junction RailwayeVen
now completed ?
A PRACTICAL RAILWAY ENGINEER.

• It may he alieged that the original estimate did not ex-
tend to the purrihase of locomotive engines, coarhes, &c.,
which are comprised in
,the gross expenditure of £1,607,490.
But, even if it were so. has not that been the case with another
railways yet executed?