The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-10-10 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

A survey is at present making for a line of railway from
Darlington to Barnard Castle.

A portion of the Great Northern railway, including the
loop in Lincolnshire, is to be opened on the 17th inst.
The opening of the Shrewsbury and Chester Railway,
the first Railway communication direct from Shrewsbury,
is announced for Thursday next.

THE ROTHER VIADUCT.—The jury at the inquest ac-
companied their verdict with an expression of their opi-
nion that " the foundation of the arches was insufficient."
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAlLWAY.—Traffic for the
week ending 30th ult. :—Coaching, £1,487 ss. 3d.; parcels,
£7B 4s. 10d. ; goods and cattle, £lB5 lls. Id. ; steam-
boats, £l7B 95.: total, £1,929 10s. 2d.
The through traffic of the Peterborough branch of the
London and North-Western Railway has been entirely
stopped by the floods, which, we understand, have carried
away one of the timber bridges.
We are sorry to have to report an accident to the via-
duct over the River Dane, of the North Staffordshire
railway, by the falling of four arches, in consequence of
an unexpected settlement in the foundation of one of the
pieFs. _

Another accident occurred on the Great Western rail-
-1 way on Tuesday. An engine ran into a coal truck, cutting
it in two. The only persons who sustained any injury
were a passenger, who received a slight cut on the head,
and one of the guards, who was severely bruised.
Mr. Macgregor, the chairman of the South-Eastern, is
restored to health, and able to attend to business; he was
present at Dover to receive the Queen of the Belgians on
her arrival on Tuesday, and attended her majesty in a
special train to town.
On the forenoon of Wednesday, the third arch from the
east end of the viaduct of the Manchester, Sheffield, and
Lincolnshire Railway, which crosses the Wicker at Shef-
field, fell in. The arches immediately adjoining it on the
west side, had their centres still remaining beneath them,
and consequently were safe.
LIVERPOOL, MANCHESTER, AND NEWCASTLE JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—The adjourned meeting of this com-
pany was held on Tuesday, and, after a stormy discussion,
a resolution was unanimously passed for the return of 14s.
per share, on the Ist of November next. The directors
undertook to carry out the resolution if they possibly
could. The meeting then adjourned till the 24th instant.
At the half-yearly meeting of the Manchester and
Southport the report was adopted. The portion of the
line (three miles) connecting the Liverpool and Bury, was
expected to be finished next month, and to be opened
simultaneously with that line. it was not yet determined
whether the extended time for finishing the line would be
required.

From official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on 4,119 miles of railway, was
£224,988. thus accounted for :—X115,384 for the convey-
ance of passengers only, £51,124 for the carriage of goods,
and a remainder of £58,480 for passengers and goods to-
together, not respectively apportioned; being an increase
of $25,196 over the corresponding week of last year, when
the mileage was £3,271. The average earnings per mile
were £55, whilst in 1847 they were £6l.
SAFETY OF RAILWAY TRAVELLING.—The Queen in
her late journey from Scotland travelled over 500 miles by
railway, and, when it is known that over this distance
Her Majesty was conveyed, without any previous notice.
at the rate of 35 miles an hour including stoppages—at a
rateamounting to but not exceeding at any time, 50 miles
an hour, over a country rising twice to an elevation of
1,000 feet above the level of the sea, and descending, at
intermediate stations, nearly to the level of the sea, and
so conveyed without the slightest alarm or cause for dan-
ger, we may be permitted to say that the railways of Eng-
land, under their present system of management, have
reached an amount of perfection, regularity and security
unsurpassable, and almost unhoped for.
FLOATING OF THE SECOND GREAT TUBULAR BRIDGE.
—Active preparations are now being made, under the
superintendence of Mr. Stephenson, M.P., and Mr.
Clarke, his assistant, for floating the second great tube
over the Conway into its proper place, prior to being
finally fixed upon the grand piers and abutments to-mor-
row for the thorough transit of the trains. The six pon-
toons, on which the tube will be cradled during the
process of raising, are in readiness. They are of gigantic
dimensions, each being 95 feet long, 25 broad, and eight
deep, capable separately of sustaining 400 tons, though
the real demand made upon them will be only 220. The
castings at the pier ends are completed. and the hydraulic
machines for lifting at the right time of tide are ready.
The total weight of the tube is 1300 tons, formed of
rivetted iron plates ; span over the river 400 feet, and its
inside width 14. The tube in juxtaposition with the new
one now to be lifted has been up four months, and during
that period has been subject to the daily transit of express
and heavy trains, and from observations made as to the
effect procuced, it appears that the deflection does not
extend to the 16th of an inch.

AGRICULTURAL REPORT.

In most parts of this country and Ireland farmers
complain of heavy rains ; and as in mountainous and late
situations a great many Oats are still out, and some
Wheat, this portion of the crops is certainly in jeopardy.
We subjoin extracts from the latest letters which have
come to hand, from which it will be seen that little men-
tion is made of the Potato crop, the Belfast letter alone
alluding to the quality :
Newcastle-on-Tyne, Oct. 7.—Although we have to
note some improvement in the weather this week, still it
has not been what is termed good winning weather, not-
withstanding that within the last two days some quantity
of Oats has been housed, but they cannot be fit for mar-
ket before the spring. A considerable deal of injury has
been done by the rains of last week by sprouting, and
altogether our prospects are much less cheering than they
were three weeks ago.

Great Yarmouth, Oct. 7.—The weather is fine, and
farmers begin field labour for Wheat seeding, which in a
few days will affect supply.
Peterborough, Oct. 7.—We have a good supply of
Wheat, Oats, and Barley at market; but the Oats that
are still in the fields have taken much harm during the
week.

Cork, Oct. 7.—The weather this week has been bro-
ken, and much rain has fallen since the 4th ' • however, as
there is little Corn standing, no injury of consequence
arises therefrom. Wheat is a wretched crop in quality,
and in quantity not half a crop ; and unless we be largely
supplied with foreign in the spring, prices will be sure to
run high.
Limerick, Oct. 7.—The market has been more libe-
rally supplied by the farmers, .with all descriptions of
Grain ; the quality and condition showing the extremest
range observable for many years.
Waterford, Oct. 7.—A good deal of rain has fallen
since our last, and the condition of farmers' Grain is not
so good as last week ; the deliveries are but moderate on
the whole. Indian Corn has been but little looked for
here this week, for the reasons mentioned in our last, and
also owing to the people living more on Potatoes, the
main crop of which they are now digging out.
Belfast, Oct. s.—The weather has become unsettled
and unfavourible for the harvest in the few late districts
where it is yet to gather in. The reports as to the Potato
crop are not worse than they were, which is the most I
can say for them. The supplies of Grain are gradually
increasing, but it would seem, from the inferiority of the
quality, as if the farmers were disposed to thrash out the
worst of their stock in the first instance.

IMPORTANT NOTIFICATION BY THE GENERAL
BOARD OF HEALTH.

Friday night's Gazette contains a notification from the
Board of Health respecting the cholera. It is of extreme
length ; but the following brief extracts are of such uni-
versal application, and so important to be borne in mind
at the present moment, that we hasten to place them
before our readers: _ _ _

"To HOUSEHOLDERS. - Householders of all classes
should be warned, that their first means of safety lies in
the removal of dung heaps and solid and liquid filth of
every description from beneath or about their houses and
premises. Though persons long familiarised to the pre-
sence of such refuse may not perceive its offensiveness,
nor believe in its noxious properties. yet all who desire to
secure themselves from danger should labour for the
entire removal of filth and the thorough cleansing of
their premises ; which also the law will require of each
person for the protection of his neighbours, as well as for
his own safety. _ .

Next to the perfect cleansing of the premises, dryness
ought to be carefully promoted, which will of course re-
quire the keeping up of sufficient fires, particularly in the
damp and unhealthy districts, where this means should
be resorted to for the sake of ventilation as well as of
warmth and dryness. _ _

Particular attention should be paid to keeping the feet
warm and dry; changing the clothes immediately after
exposure to .wet.; and maintaining the sitting and bed-
rooms well-aired, dry, and warm.
It.may be necessary to add • a caution against the use of
cold purgative medicines, such as salts, particularly Glau-
ber salts, Epsom salts, and Seidlitz powders, which taken,
in any quantity, in such a season, are dangerous. Drastic
purgatives of all kinds should be avoided, such as senna,
colocynth, and aloes, except under special medical direc-
tion.

If, notwithstanding these precautionary measures, a
Person is seized sudsienly with cold, giddiness, musea,

vomiting, and cramps, under circumstances in which in-
stant medical assistance cannot be procured, the concur-
rent testimony of the most experienced medical authority
shows that the proper course is to get as soon as possible
into a warm bed ; to apply warmth by means of heated
flannel, or bottles filled with hot water, or bags of heated
camomile flowers, sand, bran, or salt, to the feet and along
the spine; to have the extremities diligently rubbed; to
apply a large poultice of mustard and vinegar over the
region of the stomach, keeping it on 15 or 20 minutes ;
and to take every half hour a tea spoonful of salt voltaile
in a little hot water, or a desert spoonful of brandy in a
little hot water, or a wine glass of hot wine whey, made by
Pouring a wine glass of sherry into a tumbler of hot milk
—in a word to do everything practicable to procure a
warm, general perspiration until the arrival of the medical
attendant, whose immediate care, under such circum-
stances, is indispensable.

THE PROPHETIC HERALD

STATIONS OF TH]
ON THE IST 0,

ed Service Magazine.)
Dried, the last-named is that M
regiment is stationed.]
56th—(1st batt.) Corfu.
(2d batt.) Cephalonia
37th—Ceylon, Chatham
38th—Halifax, N.S., Boyle
39th—Preston
40th—Galway
41st—Buttevant
42d—Bermuda, Isle of Wight ;
Reserve batt., Bermuda.
43d—Templemore
44th—(1st batt.) Malta
(Reserve batt.) Malta
45th—Cape G.H ope, l.of Wight ;
Res. batt., Cape G. Hope
46th—Liverpool
47th—Clonmel
48th—Dublin
49th—Dublin
50th—Dover
51st—Madras, Chatham
52d—Hull
53d—Bengal, Chatham
54th—Antigua, Jersey
55th—Dublin
56th—(1st batt.) Gibraltar
(2d batt.) Gibraltar, I. of
57th—Enniskillen [Wight
58th—N. S. Wales, Chatham
59th—Templemore
60th—(1st bt.) Bombay,Chathia
(2d bt.) Dublin
61st—Bengal, Chatham
62d—Du ry
63d—Newcastle-on-Tyne
64th—Clonmel
65th—N. S. Wales. Chatham
66th—Barbadoes, Kinsale
67th—Gibraltar, Portsmouth
Reserve batt., Gibraltar.
68th—Galway
69th—Malta—Portsmouth
70th—Cork
171st—Naas
Reserve batt., Canada
72d—West Indies, Sheerness
,73d—Cape G. Hope, Fermoy
74th—Dublin
75th—Kilkenny
'l76th—Zante—Portsmouth
Reserve batt., Corfu
77th—Portsmouth
78th—Bombay, Chatham
79th—Canada, Mullingar
80th—Bengal, Chatham
81st—Preston
82d—Devonport
83d—Fer_,oy
84th—Madras, Chatham
85th—Waterford
86th—Bombay, Chatham
87th—Weedon
88th—Trinidad, Traleo
89th—Birr
90th—Ashton-under-Lyne
91st—Gosport ; Reserve batt.,
Cape of Good Hope
92d—Limerick
;93d—S is ling Castl
94th—Madras, Chatham
95th—China, Londonderry
96th—N. S.Wales, Chatham
97th—Jamaica,Isle of Wight
Reserve batt, Jamaica.
98th—Bengal, Chatham
99th—N. S. Wales, Chatham
Rifle Brigade—
(lst batt.) Caps of G. Hope,
Bristol
(2d batt.) Canada, Isle of
Wight
Reserve batt., Quebec.
COLONIAL CORPS.
Ist West India Regiment—Jamaica
2d Ditto—Windward and Leeward Islands.
3d Ditto—Demerara, Sierra Leone, &c.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Ceylon and Hong Kong
Royal Canadian Rifle Regiment—Canada
Cape Mounted Riflemen—Cape of Good Hope
Royal Newfoundland Companies—Newfoundland
Royal Malta Fencibles—Malta
St. Helena Regiment—St. Helena

JOSEPH B.AYLEE

E BRITISH ARMY,

'CTOBER, 1848,

• (From Colburn'a Unit
[Where two places are mentic
which the depOt of the
Ist Life Guards—Hyde Park
2d Ditto—Windsor
Royal H. Guards—Regent's Pk
let Drag.Guards—Cahir
2d—Piershill
3d—Nottingham
4th—Manchester
sth—Birmingham
6th—Dundalk
7th—Brighton
Ist Dragoons—York
2d—Athlone
3d—Bengal, Maidstone
4th— Newbridge
6th—Dublin
7th Hussars—Dublin
Bth—Newbridge
9th Lancers—Bengal, Maidatn.
10th Hussars—Bombay, Maid-
stone
11th Hussars—Hounslow
12th Lancers—Cork
13th Lt. Dragoons—Longford
14th—Bengal, Maidstone
15th Huss.—Madras, Maidston
16th Lancers—Norwich
17th—Dublin
Grenadier Guards—
(lst batt.) St. John's Wood
(2d batt.) The Tower
(3d batt.) Portman-Bt. Bar.
Coldstream Guards—
(l at batt_) Weedon
(2d batt.) St. George's Bar.
Scotch Fusileer Guards—
(lst batt.) Chichester
(2d batt.) Wellington Bar.
Ist Foot—
(lst batt.) N. Scotia, Abrdn.
(2d batt.)—Birr
2d—Dublin
3d—Limerick
4th—Winchester.
sth—(lst batt.,) Mauritius
Reserve batt., Mauritius,
Isle of Wight
6th—(lst batt.,) Cape G. Hope

Reserve b'att.
son's Bay 3 co.'s, Fermoy
7th—Halifax, N.S., Youghal
Bth—Bombay, Chatham
9th—Newry
10th—Bengal, Chatham
11th—N. S. Wales, Chatham
12th—Weedon _

Reserve batt., Mauritius'
13th—Belfast
14th—Newport
15th—Ceylon, Brecon
Nth—Corfu, Guernsey
17th—Chatham
18th—Bengal, Chatham
19th—Montreal Castlebar
20th—Canada, isle of Wight;
Reserve batt., Canada
21st—Edinburgh
22d—Bombay, Chatham
23d—Halifax, Isle of Wight

Reserve batt., Canada
24th—Bengal, Chatham
25th—Madras, Chatham
26th—Cork
27th—Glasgow
28th—Devonport
29th—Bengal, Chatham
30th—Manchester
31st—Athlone
32d—Bengal, Chatham
33d—Manchester
34th—Gibraltar, Nen agh
35th—Mullingar

Oct. 10,184 g.

I THE LIVERPOOL FINANCIAL REFORMERS'
_ _

(From the London Times.)
The Financial Reform Association has put out a tract!
No. 1. In other days Tract No. 1 carries the mind raPidil
forward to Tract 150, or the 100 tons of tracts or there'
abouts circulated by the League. Still a tract is a tracl+
and stands upon its own grounds. The tract before us is
• about the least respectable, both in argument, subject,
and tone, that we have ever seen ; and if any very great
change is effected by the forthcoming series, it will either
be owing to a marked improvement on No. 1, or it will?
very discreditable to the taste and good sense of this
country. In the first place, the tract is not original. ;
note modestly insinuated at the foot of the third page tear
us what we already knew, that " for the greater part °f
the following details, the Association are indebted to ,a
useful little work entitled Sketches of her Majesty s
Household,' which contains, in addition, a great deal °t
very curious information. The facts themselves, however
TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
—that is to say, the appropriations of this expenditure
DEAR SIR,—In reply to the letter of a subscriber, I _
are based upon official documents, which received the
sanction of the House of Commons at the time of fie:
beg to state that no Liverpool subscriber need be sur- Majesty's accession to the throne." The little work 0
prised at any delay in the publication of the second vo- question certainly is a " very curious" little work, and 0
lame of the " Prophetic Herald."
those who have a taste for low gossip we dare say it is in.
It is very painful to bring one's private affairs before teresting enough. It is written apparently by some mein'
the public; but the letter referred to makes it right that I ber of the household exceedingly low in the multitudinous
should state what I hope is amply sufficient to justify the and miscellaneous list, and who so far from thinking him'
delay.
self overpaid, or otherwise favoured by the State, believe;
Two years since I was commissioned by the Lord that his merits and his services are vastly underrated, en
a
Bishop of this Diocese to found a college for the educa- feels that Castle service, like most other service is no in'
tion of candidates for orders, who would at the same time heritance. Such is the book republished almost bodily
attend to the pastoral care of the poor of Liverpool, so Tract No. lof a great financial reform agitation.
far as that duty could be performed by lay assistants. But why should the present allowance to the Sovereign
lam thankful to say that the Birkenhead Theological be the very first subject selected ? Is it that the royal al'
College has, under the direction of the respective local lowance contributes materially to the present increasini
clergy, provided in this manner for 40,000 people, and rate of national expenditure ? The tract itself shall au-
paid nearly 150,000 visits, during the first twelve months timer that question. It tells us in the first page that the
of its existence.
" annual governmental expenditure," which in 1835 had
By the blessing of God that number is weekly increasing. been reduced to £15,884,649, is now increased by one-
To accomplish such a task without one farthing assist- half, amounting this present year to £24,280,804; and on
mice from any public fund ought to be quite a sufficient turning over the leaf we find that the present royal al"
reason for any delay complained of by the subscriber. lowance, against which the whole twenty pages of the
In addition to this I have had the charge of a populous tract are directed, has not increased at ill, but was set-
district, and I feel it due to my sense of its responsibility tied at its present amount by act of Parliament in 1837'
to say that its duties are attended to. The total expenditure of the country has enormously in'
It has pleased God to visit me with severe family creased; so the Liverpool gentlemen Reformers NO;
afflictions, which took me three times to Ireland within mence operations by throwing all the odium on just thet
ten months, and left but little power to compose essays particular part of it which has been perfectly stational
and papers on prophetic subjects. all the time. Nor is that the only reason why the Civil The illness of some contributors to the " Herald," and List should not be thrust foremost into the quarrel. It
other casualties deprived me of the assistance promised by was settled in 1837 as a definitive arrangement for her
some of the best-known students of prophecy in the Majesty's life. It was a considerable reduction upon tie
kingdom.
greatly reduced Civil List of William IV. That reduction
Under those circumstances but one of two ways was was made under circumstances which aggravated its force,
open to me : either to return the few subscriptions paid it being notorious that, without any fault on her part;
in for the second year, or to defer the completion of the no Sovereign ever stepped to a throne with less property of
volume to such a time as the arrangement of my other af- her own than the present Queen. Last, as was fully ar-
fairs would allow. The former would have saved me more gued and entirely admitted in the debates in both houses
than £5O, as the casualties amongst more than 700 sub- in 1837, the Civil List is not a pure grant to the Crown,
scribers will cause a loss far beyond the money I have re- but a very inadequate compromise for hereditary revenues
ceived.
to a much greater amount voluntarily relinquished byThe latter I felt to be the more honourable fulfilment of George 111. As Lord Melbourne intimated on introdue.
my engagements, and lam now ready to go to press with ing the bill iuto the Lords, if the Sovereign were now mss"a new number of the " Herald," and to continue it with- ter of the hereditary revenues, he might follow the elate'
out any further delay.
pie of Henry VII., and so economise his expenditure le
I may add, that I have never had in my hands any me- to save money enough for the corruption and ruin of tb
ney received from subscriptions. Every body acquainted public liberties.
with publishing is well aware how the expenses connected But nothing can be more disingenuous and equivocal
with it more than absorb any ready money paid by sub- than the mode in which these gentlemen treat the subjeeP
scribers.
They first give, or profess to give, all the offices, salaries'
I take this opportunity of returning my grateful thanks duties, and items in the Civil List, and then professing to.
for the forbearance of so many subscribers and friends leave the details of economy to the Legislature, coolly CID under so long a delay.
down the Civil List to half its present amount. Instead
Amongst more than 700 individuals not one has acted of £385,000. their proposed future allowance to Queen
as I regret to say the one who has written to you has Victoria is £200,000, and to future Sovereigns £150,000.
done.—Your faithful servant, The project will of course be exceedingly captivating.
catalogue of several hundred offices and departments'
some with large salaries and antiquated titles, can easdl
be proved a ridiculous superfluity. If there is one point
which people can't understand, it is what occasion their
betters have for so many servants. Everybody wants one
servant more, but thinks a few more a wicked waste of
labour. The master of one servant-of-all-work 14)&0
with indignation on an establishment of three maid-see'
vents and an outdoor man, whose master in return 0
disgusted at the sight of a coachman, a page, and a groom'
The scale of odium goes on till nearly all classes are united
in reprobation of the few who sport " masters of the
horse," and half-a-dozen separate tables. Analyze ant
wealthy nobleman's establishment, and it will be found
quite as much above the common intelligence as the Civd
List. But very few Englishmen wish. or at least profess
to wish, the degradation of our nobility and other wealth!
men. Very few would set bounds to private accumulation.
Yet it is a public and a patriotic object to secure that the
Sovereign of the people shall tower above all the nobility
and wealth of the land. She has hardly that pre.erni.-
Hence that we should desire to see ; for there are at least
a dozen men in this country with more money and more
virtual patronage at their disposal than the Sovereign:
Cut the Civil List down to £200,000 a-year, and you will
forthwith find your Sovereign reduced to a second-class
noble, and royalty swamped in an irresponsible and, most
probably, factious aristocracy. How long the country
would endure its new tyrants it is not our present purpose
to inquire.
What is the use or motive of parading details when no
detailed proposition is ventured ? What is intended, for
example, by the following consecutive notices ?
" Ladies of the Bedchamber—eight, at £5OO per annum
each
" Services honorary. Required to keep her Majesty
company, upon the average, for a fortnight, three
times in the course of each year. When in atten-
dance they dine at her Majesty's table.
" Maids of Honour—eight, at £3OO per annum each
" Services also honorary, being regarded as compa-
nions to her Majesty, with whom they reside by
turns, two at a time, each being in attendance
about three times in the course of the year, for
four weeks at a time. They also dine at the
Queen's table when at the Palace.
" Bedchamber Women—eight, at £3OO each
" May be considered as the above—perfect sinecures,
their duty being to associate with her Majesty for
14 days at a time, each of the eight taking it in
turn. They also dine at the royal table. Since
1845 there has been an extra bedchamber woman
appointed."
We are wholly at a loss to know what is hinted, or de-
sired, by the writer. Does he think that ladies in actual
attendance upon her Majesty should have no remunera-
tion for their necessary expenses ? We will venture to'
say there is not one of the whole twenty-four who is not
out of pocket by her office. Any west-end milliner will
say that a maid of honour might spend £3OO a-year on her
dress alone. But the writer insinuates more than once
that the nobility are wealthy enough to discharge these
offices gratis. There could not be a more foolish or mil'
chievous suggestion. It would deliver royalty bowld
hand and foot to the power of the aristocracy, the aristo-
cracy of rank and of wealth. Merit would soon be out of
the question. Nobody would be qualified for her Ma'
jesty's service or society unless he possessed a good in-
come. We are sure that neither the Sovereign, nor the
moderately wealthy, nor unendowed excellence, nor the
people at large, would tolerate such a principle. But We
are at a loss to know what else is insinuated in the word!
we have quoted. If they have any other import we sheltie
like to hear it.

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