The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL NEWS.

The Bishop of Manchester has entered on the occupa-
tion of the mansion at Sedgley.
The Rev. W. Robert Bridge Arthy has been appointed
to the perpetual curacy of Sutton, in the parish of Prest-
bury, Cheshire.
THE VACANT BISHOPRIC.—We have heard that Dr.
M'Neile is very likely to be chosen for the vacant bishop-
ric of Down. This would be an excellent and praise-
worthy appointment.—Derry Sentinel.
Miss Burdett's new church at Westminster is in a for-
ward state, and will be consecrated early next year. It
will contain from 2000 to 3000 persons, and the majority
of the seats are free.

The election for Lord Rector of the University of Glas-
gow took place on Wednesday, when Mr. Macaulay
was elected by a majority of 255 vo es to 203 over Col.
Mure. The former had a majority in all the four stations.
ON DlT.—That the Bishop of Lincoln preached for the
Church Missionary Society, on its Jubilee, in one of the
country churches of his diocese—the Dean and Chapter
having refused the cathedral for that purpose !—Can this
be true ?—Church and State Gazette.

TUE BIBLE SOCIETY.—Two meetings of the friends of
this society have been announced to be holden in Cam-
bridge this week. The Lord Bishop of Chester will pre-
side at the former meeting, and the Very Rev. the Dean
of Bristol at the latter.

Mr. Kennedy, the Secretary of the National Society,
has been appointed to a Government Inspectorship, and
Archdeacon Sinclair has been prevailed upon to take
the Secretary's place, pro tempore, till a successor can be
chosen.

The Marquis of Exeter has presented the munificent
sum of £5OO to the Additional Curates' Society, in con-
sequence of a statement to the effect that unless a great
increase takes place in the Society's income before Easter,
1849, the terminable grants, forty-six in number, must
all expire. _ _

PROPOSED ADDITION OF TEN BISHOPS AND ONE
HUNDRED CLERGYMEN TO THE COLONIAL CHURCH.—
The Right Rev. Dr. Tomlinson, Bishop of Gibraltar, who
is at present in this country, has addressed a letter to the
Archbishop of Canterbury, suggesting that the approach-
ing anniversary of the first era of the Prayer-book shall
be made the occasion cf a great and simultaneous effort
on the part of the Church of England for the wider exten-
sion of its ministry and services abroad. He proposes,
therefore, that on Whitsunday next a collection should
be made in every church and 2hapel through the empire.
THE BISHOP OF NORWICH ON CATHOLICITY.—III the
course of a sermon preached by the Bishop of Norwich
on the occasion of the Church Missionary Society's Ju-
bilee, his lordship is reported to have said :—" The text
told them truly that the body was not one member, but
many, that all Christians had Christ as their common
head of the great universal Catholic Church, so that all
who professed to be his followers ought to do all they
could to carry out the principles of Christ's holy reli-
gion far and wide. This was the one great object for
which tley were then met together. True, indeed, they
cane] it the Jubilee of the Church of England Missionary
Society ; but what was the Church of England but an
integral part of that universal Church composing the
great congregation of faithful people, a wheel in that great
machinery, whereby men might be directed for the salva-
tion of their souls to the merit of Jesus Christ."
PASTORAL ADDRESS OF THE BISIIOP OF LONDON.—
The Bishop of London has issued a pastoral letter to the
clergy of his diocese, calling upon them tcs do their ut-
most in their various localities, to remove the ascertained
causes of the extension of the cholera. " A line of duty,"
he observes, " in which the clergy may render themselves
eminently useful, and which is surely in close correspon-
dence with the nature of their office : for if to visit a sick
parishioner and to minister to his recovery be one of their
plainest duties, it is still a more blessed work of charity
to rescue, under the blessing of God, whole masses of
their poorer brethren, from the inroads of disease. In-
temperance and filthiness," says his lordship, " are too
frequently the result of want, and unless something be
done for the relief of extreme indigence, it will be an
empty mockery to 'ell those who are borne down and
crushed by its weight, that they would be lesp miserable
if they were less filthy." His lordship, in concltpion,
dwells emphatically on the necessity of combating the
fallacy that cholera is contagious. " Let it, then, be one
object of your pastoral visits to remind those members of
your flock whom Providence has entrusted with the means
of alleviating the misery of their fellow-creatures, that a
portion of their charitable expenditure can hardly be more
safely or properly directed than towards defraying the
expense of cleansing and ventilating the miserable abodes
of those by whose labour they are directly or incidentally
benefitted."

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

The formal opening of the Liverpool and Bury railway
took place on Friday. At Bolton a sumptuous collation
was laid out, and several excellent speeches were made.
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ended 11th November, 1848 :—Coaching traffic,
£927 9s. 9d. ; parcels, £47 2s. 3d. ; goods and cattle,
£247 ls. ; boats, £ll7 lls. ; total, £1,339 4s.
The London and North Western railway company have
appointed a committee of engineers to discuss by what
means the comparative deterioration of the permanent
way, caused by heavy engines of different classes, may be
ascertained.

NORTH-WESTERN.—A further extension of two miles,
running from Skipton, and uniting the Leeds and Brad-
ford with the Lancaster and Carlisle, has just been opened.
The works on the branch to Poulton are proceeding
actively. The part just opened gives access to large slate
quarries.

CHESHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The directors have
given notice to parliament for power to sell or lease to
the London and North-Western, the Chester and Holy-
head, or the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway Companies ;
or to amalgamate therewith, and to enable the two latter
companies to take shares.
From official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on 4,167 miles of railway, was
£194,798, thus accounted for :—X89,473 for the convey-
ance of passengers only, £55,903 for the carriage of goods,
and a remainder of £49,422 for passengers and goods
together, not respectively apportioned; being an increase
of £24,710 over the corresponding week of last year, when
the mileage was 3,309. The average earnings per mile
were £47, whilst in 1847 they were £5l.
MANCHESTER, LIVERPOOL, AND NEWCASTLE - ON-
TYNE JUNCTION RAILWAY.—The meetings of the share-
holders in this company were held on Wednesday, at
London, Mr. Leeman in the chair, when the chairman
recommended the passing of a resolution, empowering the
directors to negociate with the landowners of the line for
a final settlement of all the claims, and also empowering
them to negociate respecting the engagements existing
between the Manchester and Liverpool Company, and the
Lancashire and Yorkshire Company, and the Northern
Counties Union Company. After some discussion, a re-
solution to this effect was unanimously carried, and the
balance-sheet and accounts presented at the last half-
yearly meeting was approved. '
FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENY.-011 Friday evening the
express train from London to Datchet was proceeding on
its way, when a ballast-engine was recklessly moved from
a siding, although the express train was five minutes over
due, and the result was an immediate collision. A man
named Creed or Perry, who was riding on the ballast-
engine, was so jammed up among the machinery that it
was impossible to extricate him with life, and the guard
and several passengers of the express train received very
severe contusions, but so far as could be ascertained there
were no broken limbs in the latter cases. Two of the
directors of the line, Mr. Reid and Mr. Lacey, were in
the train, but escaped unhurt. The driver and firemen of
the ballast-engine have been taken into custody to await
the inquiry which must necessarily ensue.
GLASGOW, DUMFRIES, AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—
From the financial statement of this company it appears
that the total estimated cost of the line is £1.192,0.10.
The parliamentary estimate, exclusive of plant or interest
on capital, was £1,200,000. The amount expended on
the works to the Ist of November is £557,586, total ex-
penditure to be provided for, £634,454. The Gretna
junction to Dumfries, and distance of 24 miles, was opened
on the 23rd of August last, and is worked by the Glasgow
and Ayr Company. The other portion of the line from
Dumfries to its junction with the Glasgow and Ayr line at
Cumnock, is 41 miles in length, but there are only 14
miles of it between Sanquhar and Cumnock yet contrac-
ted for. This company is to be amalgamated with the
Glasgow and Ayr company, and by the terms of amalga-
mation the stock of the original shareholders is restricted
to £433,333, and the Glasgow and Ayr Company are
authorised to create and subscribe new stock to the extent
of LC260,000 tx..warde the undertaking.
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THE CONWAY TUBES.—The final operation of lowering
the second tube bridge at Conway, for the return line to
London on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, and the
placing it on its permanent bed, was accomplished on
Wednesday. The ponderous mass of 1300 tons was sus-
pended on chains, 2 feet above its permanent bed, for a
period of ten days, during which the engineers and pilots
were engaged in adjusting the. bed-plates and rollers and
masonry for its support. The tube was likewise length-
ened 12 feet, by the addition of six feet of similar tube to
each end of the mass so raised : this additional length
alone weighing upwards of 60 tons. Under the direction
of Mr. R. Stephenson, Captain Claxton, and Mr. Clark,
the whole bridge, with its permanent way for the passage
of the trains, complete and ready for use, was then gra-
dually lowered by means of the hydraulic presses which
raised it, on to a bed of red and white lead, spread over
the creosoted timber, which equalized the weight on the
cast-iron bedplates and rollers, to allow for the constantly
varying length of the tube from changes of temperature.
The tube is now in use for the transit of the trains.
YORK AND NORTH MIDLAND RAILWAY.--It appears
from a financial statement of the affairs of this company,
that the share capital on which dividend is payable out of
the revenue, comprising the whole of the consolidated
stock and the East and West Riding shares, on which the
full amount is now called up, is £3,147,500. Of this
amount, however, £250,000 will not be entitled to divi-
dend until next half-year. The amount of loan is at
present £1,023,931. The amount expended on the lines
which have been constructed or purchased up to the pre-
sent time is £4,290,415. The directors compute the
amount required to complete the works (after deducting
the value of surplus land) at £330,000, making the gross
expenditure of the company it about £4,620,000. The
whole, when complete, will give a total mileage of 211
miles (exclusive of the Hull and Selby lines) at an average
cost of £20,000 per mile. The gross annual traffic to be
derived from these lines is estimated to produce £520,000,
and the working expenses will amount to £137,000. The
interest on debentures will be £66,281 per annum, and
the annual rent of the Hull and Selby and Bridlington
lines, together with the interest on the debentures on
these lines, is £76,572. After deducting these charges, a
net income of upwards of £240,000 will remain applicable
to dividends, being more than 71 per cent. upon share
capital. The rate of interest at present paid on the de-
bentures of the company is at an average of nearly 5 per
rent.

YORK, NEWCASTLE, AND BERWICK RAILWAY.—From
the financial statement prepared by the directors of this
company, it appears that the total amount expended on
works to the first of November instant is £5,375,483, and
the estimated gross sum which will be required for the
completion of the works now in progress and o' those pro-
posed to be executed is £1,869,228, making the gross
amount to be ultimately raised £7,224.711, or, including
contingencies, £7,300,000. This amount can be realised by
calling up what remains unpaid on the extension shares
Nos. 1 and 2, and by borrowing £1,500,000, including the
existing mortgage debt of £722,073. When all the works
have been completed, the aggregate length of the several
lines will be 300 miles, and the directors calculate that the
gross income will not be less than £1,040,000 per annum,
or £20,000 per week ; the annual charges for working ex-
penses, £300,000; interest at four and a half per cent. on
borrowed capital, £69,750 ; rent of Great North of Eng.
land, and interest on their debentures £151,400 ; rent of
Hartlepool Dock and Railway, including interest on de-
bentures, £39,880: total, £561,030: showinz a clear an-
nual profit of £478,970, which, after yielding a dividend of
seven per cent. per annum upon the share capital of
5,750,000, will leave a surplus income of £76,470. In es-
timating the prospective gross amount of the company at
£1,040,000 per annum, the directors rely upon the follow-
ing considerations. The revenue now produced by the
traffic upon the 270 miles of line at present in operation is
after the rate of about £720,000 per annum, or £13,846
per week.