The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-01-06 00:00:00

RAILWAY

INTELL/UEACE

LEEDS AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—This line has
amalgamated wit: the Yorkshire and Glasgow Union,
which was looked upon as its chief opponent.

On the Sheffield and Manchester Railway is one of the
highest bridges in the world, being the wooden bridge at
Broadbottom, whilh is seventeen feet higher than the
Alenai. It is not, however, so high as the bridge at
Basle.

The South Devon Line of Railway has been frequently
traversed by a locomotive engine and tender, during the
past week, over the once called unfathomable swamp of
Cockwood. The distance has been accomplished in from
sixteen to twenty minutes.

The Grand Junction Railway Company have advertised
for contracts for the erection of a new passenger-station at
Eccles. The preparations for the improvement of the Lime
street station are drawing to a close—the property has
been sold—and the works will, we believe, shortly be
commenced.

CAMBRIA AND GRAND JUNCTION RAILWAY COM-
PANY, CONNECTING SOUTH WALES WITH LIVERPOOL,
MANCHgSTER, &c.—We learn that this company have
made a complete re-deposit of their plans and sections
with the board of trade and clerks of the peace of the re-
spective counties, and intend prosecuting the undertaking
with vigour.

A RAILWAY COMPENSATION CASE.—FRANCE.— A
very important question at this moment engages the at-
tention of the Courts in Paris—being no less than a trial
of the claim of the road—carrying interest between
Rouen and Paris, to compensation in consequence of the
competition they are exposed to by the railways between
these termini. The case will be argued on the 7th of
January.
FRENCH RAILWAY SPECULATION.—In the eleven
months of 1845, the sums lodged in the Paris Savings'
Bank have been 34,987,113 francs (X 1,399,484), and the
amount withdrawn 47,624,817 francs (E 1,901,992), being
an excess withdrawn of 12,637,794 francs (X 505,512).
This is attributed by the authorities partly to the long
strike among the journeymen carpenters, and partly to
the speculation in railway shares.
The King of Sweden has authorized the cons'ruction of
railroads in Sweden. The principal lines will be from
Stockholm to Gottenburg, Stockholm to Istad, and Stock-
holm to Upsal and Gefle, with various branches. The
English Consul-General in Norway is authorized to con-
struct the road between Christiania, Ojeren, and Aljosen,
in the event of his being able to form a company for that
purpose within a delay of six months.

The Directors of the Midland Railway Company, it
is said, have resolved to allow the sum of fifteen shillings
a week to the family of the late Mr. Stubbs, police•ser-
geant, of Leeds, who lost his life in the late accident,
until the youngest child is ten years of age; after that
ten shillings a week to be allowed until the youngest child
reaches the age of fourteen, to be paid weekly in the
Leeds pay-bill.
The " Battle of the Gauges" last year, like other
battles, was rather costly ; it is estimated to have cost
£120,000. It is now known that one side. viz.. the Lon-
don. Worcester, and South Staffordshire narrow gauge
line, promoted, by the London and Birmingham, against
the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton broad guage
line, promoted by the Great Western, expended nearly
£60.000 out of £131,450 received for deposits.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—Last Monday two la-
bourers on the South Eastern line, near Ashford station,
were working a lorry up the line, when a coke train from
Folkestone came up with them. The driver of the en-
gine blew the whistle, snct did everything in his power to
give them timely warning of his approach ; but it appears
the men either did not hear him in time, or did not con-
sider the danger so imminent, for they did not make pre-
parations to clear the line till the train was too much ad-
vanced, and before they could get the line entirely clear
the buffer of the engine struck one of them, and be died
in a very short time.