The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-08 00:00:00

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

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The cricket match at Lord's,w
between the Gentle_, ne;
and the Players, was brought to a conclusion on e-90
day, in the presence of a great number of nobilitYt
gentry. Although the Gentlemen were on the 60 ro•
disposed of for 31 runs, still in the end they wefeen'tb,°
claimed the victors by a majority of 27 runs. -`:dtsl'
efforts of Mr. A. Mynn this result may be mainli -(1 be
buted, for whilst in the second innings he obtain eight
runs, he was instrumental in the demolishment of °
wickets.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS,

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On Monday the opening of the Leeds, Dewsburl.lo,3o'

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Manchester Railway, now called the Dewsbury Sectie,
the London and North-Western Railway, took Plo''',,
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On Tuesday the Chester and Holyhead Railwat'ool
the exception of 31 miles adjoining the Mena' °c,,
wasppened throughout for goods and passenger tr°l"stpae
The*Fidow of a man killed some time back, by seds
falling upon him from a viaduct constructing on the t tbe
and Dewsbury Railway, obtained £5OO damages a t
York assizes last week. at
A guard of the Caledonian Railway, suspeet'lseo:,
the wheel of a carriage was on fire, leant over to
it ; his head came in contact with a bridge ; '
pitched off, and killed on the instant.
In consequence of the numerous accidents, the Ti°cllirei
and Birmingham Railway Company have ordered laced
nometers to be made, with a view to their being '55 t°
in the hands of all the guards along the line, 5°
establish uniformity of time. dry
Eine thi°

THE NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY.—The ens- of o'4
vers, to the number of 120, on one of the divisions_,9oP
line, have given notice of a strike, unless their (lei; 6,05
some of which it is said are quite unreasonablet,Bl.,6oP;
plied with. About a month ago the drivers de at the'
an increase of wages, which was granted them,
are not satisfied. bee ofs'
A few days since, the cap was blown from the ,e
boy who was a passenger in one of the trains 011, t!' g bib;rtir!

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hbtyedloouknihnugrot,utanodf
rtehceovcearrerdiage in which hileiec7hoegl'i
gow and Edinburgh Railway, and who was diverv-b ,
instantly opened the door and leaped out,, l'''ioclol;
ladsael
il
alighted
the train was proceeding at full speed; but nbe h
the cap for w
risked his life. oot og
From official returns it appeats that the e.,ni,,,,,,, vi,fi'
traffic for the last week, on 4045 miles of raw—,,' live':
£220,265, thus accounted for :—.£120,102 for the wave':
ante of passengers only, £49,178 for the carriage e, goo 0
and a remainder of £50,985 for passengers antereas
together, not respectively apportioned ; being all 4 Ye_pllr;
of £lO,OBO over the corresponding week of nog r
when the mileage was 3025. The average ear ii
mile were £55, whilst in 1847 they were £66. ~,,, if_iegke
EAST LANCASHIRE RAILWAY.—The ninth
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general meeting was held on Monday at Pu:Acerin's:
report stated that the state of the works between ~ oral.o
ton and Burnley and Colne, and on the LiverPO'tbat
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kirk, and Preston line, justified the expectatioiro of Po
East Lancashire Railway would be co
the course of four or five months the mein d. It lor
complete nom 00
decided " that a dividend of 5 per cent. per.,..,l'oifiredtto
the half-year ending 30th June last be new "'tinder ;7 ;
the quarter shares of the company, created ~, ld'_„,
provisions of ' The East Lancashire Railway Ac',.e COw,
to vis.
and the Preston Extension, by a resolution of!ado 1
pany passed on the 30th July, 18472' A rescd_ores s
adopted unanimously, declarieg 1,080 whole 'lie
1,015 quarter shares forfeited. ri, Air Nvil/41:',--- tbe
HUDDERSFIELD AND MANCHESTER .."" FridaP4,o"
special jury case, tried at York assizes, en rsleY, ' rs-
28th ult., in which Messrs. Nowell and
way contractors, were the plaintiffs, and t_h defendloo,
field and Manchester Railway Company then £lso' vet
involved, we understand, no less a sum thav to refoi
The action was brought against the compalni.,.a.s, rail be,
damages for their illegally seizing the plai to' 01150
Hatt: Huadeo,
plant and works on the above-named railwn;itiffs soot
sides what is claimed in this action, the io, for
claim of the company upwards of £loo,vu__ eyes Eva
done and materials supplied. A verdict wa'
the plaintiffs, damages £150,000 toSmatterso
'and all til
to Mr. Currie, by whom the action
_d be ,tbe
issue between the plaintiffs and defendants,oa_any
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the London and North-Western Railway (-; 14! I;igata '
Huddersfield and Manchester Railway being am
in their stock), are to be decided. subject

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