The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-14 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

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Seven arches on the Ardwic*k Branch of the Manchester
and Leeds Railway fell in on Wednesday morning. This
branch was in course of construction.
The damage done to the engine, carriages, &c., by
the accident on the Caledonian Railway, will exceed
£2,000.
Mr. Thomas Wright, of the establishment of Joseph
Locke, Esq., M.P., will shortly proceed to Barcelona, in
Spain, with engines, carriages, tools, materials, &c., for
working the first railway in that country.
The Great North of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool
Railway, and the Hartlepool Dock Companies, have autho-
rized the leasing of their concerns to the York, Newcastle,
and Berwick.

The Chester and Holyhead Railway Company received
their report announcing that the Conway tube had been
safely floated to its destination, and that the line for the
entire distance to Holyhead, saving the passage of the
Menai Straits, might be ready by the Ist of May. The
directors were authorised to subscribe to the Steam-boat
Company.

DELAY OF A MAIL TRAIN. Considerable anxiety
prevailed in Liverpool on Tue day morning, in consequence
of the non-arrival, until about four hours after the usual
time, of the early mail-train from London. The delay was
occasioned by the upsetting of a luggage train from the
south, containing heavy iron girders, about nine miles
on the other side of Crewe, and both lines of rail
became so blocked up in consequence that the mail train
could not pass, and had to wait the arrival of the 6 30
up-train from Liverpool, when the mail, passengers, and
luggage were transferred from one train to the other.
TRANSMISSION OF MONEY BY RAILWAY.—At the last
meeting of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Mr. Chubb
exhibited an iron box for the transmission of money, bul-
lion, &c., on railways. A wrought-iron box, lined
throughout with hard steel plates, is locked down at the
terminus to a strong iron plate in the guard's carriage.
- The-key of this lock, and also the key by which access
can alone be obtained to the interior, is kept at the prin-
cipal terminus by the officer who has charge of the cash.
Each station-master is provided with a key, which opens
a small lid at the top ; when he has money to send, he un-
locks the lid, places his bag of money or parcel in an open
drum underneath, moves a handle which turns the drum,
and the cash is dropped inside. Before lie is able to take
out his key, he must move the drum back and see that the
money is gone. It will be observed that he cannot leave
the lid unlocked. When the box arrives at the terminus,
it is unlocked from the frame, taken into the office, and
placed on a similar frame there. The cash-keeper only
can, with his key, then get access to the money.
BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE JUNC-
TION RAILWAY.—The following letter has been sent to
us in reference to a statement made at the recent meeting
of this company :
" According to the pblished reort of the meetin of the
Birkenhead, Lancashireru and.Cheshipre Junction Railway Cm-
pany, Mr. Lloyd, the solicitor to the company, in answer to a
question relating to .t'55,000 lent by the Directors to the Bir-
kenhead Dock Company, stated, that the transaction took place
before lie became solicitor to the railway company. It being
well known that prior to Mr. Lloyd's appointment our firm
held that office, it has been inferred, and considering the im-
portance of the transaction, not unreasonably, that Mr. Mal-
laby or myself were cognizant of it, and advised the directors as
to its legality, I therefore lost no time in writing to Mr. Mal-
laby to ascertain what he knew of the matter. Owing to his
being in France I have but just received his answer, which is,
that he wag totally ignorant of the loan until after the first
meeting of shareholders under the amalgamation bill had taken
place. As to where or how the loan was made lie is still quite
in the dark. Had lie known it, he would at that meeting have
strongly protested against it. I have only to add that my own
ignorance on the subject was and is equal to that of Mr. Mal-
lab). am, Sir, your obedient servant,

J. TOWNAND,
Liverpool, March 7, 1848. For :Wallaby and Self.
RAILWAY " SPRINKLER."—On the Stonington rail-
way they carry a " sprinkler,'! for the purpose of watering
the track and road bed, thereby diminishing the friction
of the cars upon the track, preventing the boxes and jour-
nals from being heated, by keeping away the dust, pre-
serving the paint and varnish by not having to clean the
cars so often, relieving the passengers from great annoy-
ance, and taking from the brakesmen a large share of their
labour at the through stations. This improvement has
horn fnily tts.af x 2,1 .

vcuaa 11.4,3 y it-ntru tor the past two months upon the road,
nod found to be popular with travellers. It requires about
2,000 gallons for the Stonington road (47i miles.) The
machine io attachochtu the train behind the uaaal water.

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tank, and is under the control of the engine-man by
rope attached to a valve which he shuts and opens at plea-
sure. When it is in operation not r particle of dust ap-
pears inside or outside of the cars. In warm anddry
ther the car windows can be left open without objection•
This is a useful invention where there are tracts running
through sandy districts.—Providence Journal.
BIRMINGHAM AND OXFORD JUNCTION.—THE Nat
OF THE GAUGES.— RENEWAL OF HOSTILITIES.-1"'"
half-yearly meeting of the proprietors of this Company;
adjourned a second time from the 4th instant, was hew
on Saturday, at Birmingham. It will be recollected that
the object of the last adjournment was to receive the re-
sult of the negotiations stated to be in progress between
the dissentient shareholders of the Birmingham and Oi"
ford 'Company and the directors of the Great Western,
founded upon the propositions made by Mr. Dobie,
solicitor to the former body. After a long discussion.
Mr. Mozley moved "that the Great Western Company
be forthwith formally called upon to deliver to the share-
holders of this company who have paid their calls, the
securities now due to them under the agreement of the
12th of Nov., 1846, and in all other respects to
.carry out
that agreement, and that Mt. Dobie write to them 11,-.
quiring their compliance with such demand within one
week from t'ns date." This resolution was carried, and
the meeting was adjourned to the 23rd instant, at the
Adelpbi Hotel, Liverpool. After this meeting, an ad-
jOurned special meeting was held, to consider a bill .to en-
able the company to make deviation lines from Leaming-
ton to Warwick, &c. A resolution, moved by Mr•
Mozley, that the bill should be opposed, was, carried, of
was another, •that the present solicitors of the company
be no longer employed, but that Messrs. Colmore and
Beale be retained as such. This meeting was also ad-
o urned to the smile day and place as the other.

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.
LINCOLN.—The parliamentary committee litive report-
ed that Mr. Charles Seely was not duly elected for this
borough, on account of bribery.
Mr. humtrey, the eminent Queen's Counsel, is about to
oppose Mr. Hobhouse, at Lincoln, with every chance of
success.

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CARLISLE ELncrtoN.--On Monday the committee de-
clared the election of Mr. Dixon, for Carlisle, to be void,
on the ground that he was a government contractor at the
time it took place ; and that Mr. Hodgson's' election.
for the same place was void, on account of bribery by hill
agents.

LYME REGIS.—In the House of Commons o, Tuesdap
Lord Ashley, as chairman of the Lyme Regis Electiop
Committee, reported to the house that Mr.'Alidy, the
sitting member, had been duly elected. The committee
also made a 'special report, complaining that Mr: Attwood
had been in the habit of bribing the electors who would
vote for any candidate he might recommend. They,
therefore, recommended that a law might be passed tip
better securing the freedom of election of members of
parliament.

BEWDLEY ELECTION COMMITTEE.—The committee
have declared that Mr. Ireland was not duly elected for
the borough of Bewdley. That it was proved to the com-
mittee that Edward Price was bribed in the sum of Xlh
by James Banks, an agent of the said Mr. Ireland; butit
was not proved that the act of bribery was committed with
the knowledge or consent of the said. Mr. Ireland. That
the said Mr. Ireland, by his agents, was guilty of treating
the electors for the purpose of corruptly influencing
them.

KINSALE ELECTION.-At the nomination on Thursday
the show of hands was declared in favour of Mr. 'Hawes,'
and a poll was demanded in favour of Lord Clinton. At
night, about fifty fellows armed with bludgeons, assaulted
the house of a man named Sisk, in which it was known
that some of Lord Clinton's humbler supporters were-
located for protection. Having broken in the door the,.
dragged out three of them and carried them off. Imme-
diately after Mr. Fitzsimons, the conducting agent of hie
lordship, had informations sworn before a justice of the
peace, and having got the aid of the military and police,:
recovered the parties " kidnapped," and again placed
them in Sisk's house, which was defended by troops. Tha
polling was to take place on Saturday. The result WO
give in another column.

FREE TRADE ANl;lEPUBLlCANlSM.—Reptiblicanism
and Free Trade don't appear to comport exactly in France-
It will be noticed that the English labourers on the rail-
way, and the English workers in the mills, have been mi•
ceremoniously dismissed from their employment. The
supremacy of home industry has been rather widely vindi-
cated amidst the revolutionaryfuror. No fraternisation
has been evinced, so far as labour is concerned—no pro-
pagandism if we except the re-diffusion of the labourers'
in the, old localities as unemployed paupers.
_This act
was exceedingly mean, heartless, and unworthy, consider-
ing our hospitality to foreigners, and levelling 'principle.
where they are concerned. It is with much justice the
Standard remarks on this soleti=m, under the regime 0
republicanism :—" It is perfectly disgraceful to the Gn•-
vernment of France and to the people of France, tha
multitudes of poor men, invited to the country to add to
its convenience and its wealth, should be driven out,
naked and penniless, like repelled invaders, as the English
labourers have been, and this at a time when every third
shop in London is (thanks to free trade) filled with the
produce of French labour. This, however, must soon
have an end, and its end will be the end of " free trade.'
THE RASCALITY OF THE RADICALS.—We are mom
anxious to impress upon our readers the fact, the'cliselo-
sure of which appears the most important result of the
recent inquiry. That the Radicals bribed we were well
aware, so that the proof of that was no "disclosure" te,
us. however it may have been to such simple-minded.
persons as believe in the purity of Liberalism. We ,~erg
not prepaied. however, for proof so positive of the infe"
mous practices which appear to have been resorted ;to br
the Radicals for the purpose of falsely proving what they.
perceived they could not truly prove—the commission of
bribery on the part of the Conservatives. It is clear,
from the evidence of their own witnesses, that the " Li-
berals " resorted to the treacherous practice of trying
some treating or bribery in the name of their opponent*.
and tried bribery again to induce the parties to stick'~
to the stories so shamefully trumped up. ComMent were
superfluous ; the facts speak for themselves. What other
inference can be drawn from the unanimous decision that
bribes had been proved, but not-against Mr. Bolling or
his agents ? We declare our conviction that. the whew
history of electioneering iniquity never exhibited anr
thing so nefarious and infamous as the proceedings of tee
" Liberals" at the last election.—Bolton Chronicle.

SATOF TRAE.
MANCHESTER.—OuTr mar ket duringD the present week has
been in a most unsatisfactory condition, there having been an
almost total suspension of business for the continent. The ex-
treme depression to which we alluded on Tuesday, produced
by apprehensions regarding the present political movements in
France and other countries, as well as by the monetary diffi-
culties prevailing in various parts of Europe, continues undi-
minished. Continental shippers are operating only for imme-
diate and pressing orders, and these operations are confined W
the narrowest possible limits. The cessation in the giving
of continental orders thus removing from the markets one
the most important classes of buyers, the consequence•is a de-
gree of stagnation which throws a general gloom over the dis-
trict. In the present state of the market, nothing like a defi-
nite statement can be made regarding prices, which are veil
fluctuating and irregular. Many producers show no disposi-
tion to make any material concession, believing that as politi-
cal excitement abates, confidence will be restored, and tradn
again revive. The Greek buyers who a few weeks ago we!'
operating freely, are now limiting their purchases very consi-
derably. The home trade, although somewhat better than it
was some weeks since, is yet far from being satisfactory,
considering the advanced state of the season. A very. great di-
minution in the employment of factory hands seems inevitable,
from the present aspect of our commercial affairs.
ROCHDALE.—The flannel market this week was better at:
tended. Several manufacturers sold more goods than for severs;
weeks past. Prices for both goods and Wool are much tha
same as usual.

LEEDS.—The woollen trade of this town and neighbourhood
remains in a somewhat inanimate state. Speculation appears
completely discarded both by merchants and mantifacturers
and the latter do the largest portion of their business to order.
We may add, however, that although little is doing either in the.
home or the foreign trade, prices are steadily maintained, and
there are no heavy stocks of goods on hand.
BRADFORD.—Wool: There continues great tininess on the
part of the buyers. Noils and brokes are only made in limited
quantity, and command full prices. Yarns: The demand 1!
steadily on the increase, with very reduced stocks on hand, and
those of numbers not in immediate request. Pieces : WS
cannot remark any marked improvement. The recent revolu-
tion in France, and the nisturbances in London and Glasgow,
have engrossed the attention of the merchants, who appear dis-
posed to pause till things have assumed a more steady aspset'
as it is yet too early to buy for any but the spring season, which
is not usually of great moment so far as quantity is concerned.
HALE FAX.—Pteces : Our market this day has been veil
nearly at a stand ; scarcely anything doing anti w very-few Inir
ers attending. Yarns still continue in the same languid state.
Wool very quiet, but much the same in price.
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annuciaxsoFtiaEtDa.v—erlagl
son of the year. Prices are without any alteration. .. •
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sewthio
Now' NG HA .—Lace: There have been but few salei effeetto
this week, and those of small amount. The home demand aP
pears to remain in the same inactive rtwe as for a long 07 past. Passing political events will not tend to its reviVa,s;
Some foreign orders are in course of execution, for the Leipei'
fair; others have been suspended, or are countermanded until
confidence is restored. The vital interests of the people enge
ged in every department of trade, including those of the arti;
zans themselves, are now depending upon the maintenance 01_
peace abroad and quiet at home. Any serious interruption
either, would so injure or destroy credit as to withdraw the
means necessary for giving regular employment to the open:
tive classes. It is fortunate that there is not much surpit
stock in this market ; yet prices are so unprofitable as to induvw
a less rather than a larger production. Hosiery : There is lit-
tle change to notice in the trade, since our last, although tsu
hear, on some aides, talk of a slight improvement; but the
must be very partial, and confined to a few particular goods, se
we cannot learn that there is any improvement to warrant tbe
giving out of more work. On the contrary, there is still, eveP
at this period of the year (which ought to be the busiest), evell
disposition to curtail and reduce stocks on hand, because, for
the present, our trade will have to depend upon the home met;
kets, and these are in a very stagnant state, with a demand_,
scarcely sufficient t 3 carry off' even the small of sew"
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now producing.
LEICESTER.—The home demand continues in the same dui/
state as it has been for some time, and there has scarcely be
l
anything done in the warehouses. The French revolution, an
the failure of several large continental houses, has put sreoP:i
plete stop to our European trade, and we do not as yet beat,
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any American orders having arrived. There is but little doi
in yarns; spinners complain of not being able to obtain c.
price at the rate they must give for wools. Forced sales lit
made at extreme low rates. Wools continue steady, witbor
alteration in price.
GLASGOW.—The riots, in the earlier part of this week, had
the effect of literally suspending business • and, althougb_t
prehensions of their renewal no longer exist,' our market has 1,
no means recovered from the interruption. It would apl.7;
that the present condition of France, a
and its possible or pro b-.
results, are extensively regarded in very favourable aspect"
merchants here and on the continent. Business with Gernir
Holland, Italy, and the Mediterranean is almost suspenufa;
and every post, so far from bringing its usual list of orders.
manufactured goods, conveys recommendations to cancel,
possible. orders in process of execution. In other respcetsr"
;ii,
more settled anti hopeful feeling continues to gain grai'
The country trade increases as the season advances, and the
is now somewhat more activity in the wholesale warebennnie
A fair amount of business has been done this week, soy
staple descriptions of grey cloths, the calico printers beints,4o
principal purchasers. Prices of goods remain without ma.t_eo,'"vy,
alteration. In cotton wool, spinners operate very sPa"l"tres,
and a deCtine of about id. per pound may be quoted this iv,:ima
Money is plentiful, and the rate of discount fee approved r"
continue s at five per cent.