The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-05-13 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The Hull and Selby Railway Proprietors agreed, on
Friday, by an icr.rnense majority, to lease their line to the
York and North Midland Company.
The distance between London and Birmingham (110
miles) was lately performed in an hour and forty-five
minutes.

The Railway Record says, that by further improve-
ments and more confidence, the distance between Liver-
pool and London will be completed in four and a half
hours.

The report of a railway meeting, held at Portsmouth,
on Wednesday evening, was transmitted to town by the
electric telegraph, being the first example of the telegraph
being used for such a purpose. The operation was com-
pleted in little more than half an hour.
MIDLAND RAILWAY ENGINES.—The Midland Com-
pany have been running an excellent new engine from
Leicester to Rugby during the last fortnight. The dis-
tance is exactly 20 miles, and with a load of 19 carriages,
it has been accomplished in 21 minutes ! This certainly
is good work.

One million six hundred and fifty-four thousand five
hundred shares, embracing a capital of forty-three millions
one hundred and five thousand pounds, are offered to the
public, for the formation of thirty-three new lines of
railway in all parts of the world, in one newspaper of the
3rd instant ! ! !

The electric telegraph on the Paris and Rouen is com-
pleted. It is said to be the intention of our government
to lay down, in conjunction with the Chester and Holy-
head, a continuous line of wires between London and
Holyhead, embracing Liverpool, Manchester, and Bir-
mingham.

STEPHENSON'S IRON TUNNEL ABOVE GROUND.—
One of the wonders of the day is the scheme of Mr. Rohr.
Stephenson to pass the Menai. He proposes to do it, in
the Chester and Holyhead Railway, by means of two cast
iron tubes, rivetted together, of an oval shape, twenty-
five feet high by fifteen broad.

May 13, 1815.

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terms of
PRESTON AND LONGRIDGE RAILWAY.—An Wallet;
ment was last week made for the sale of this rail Riding
hare. eloi
the
agreed
Prestonupo,nCalri tehl r3ose ,7asn. dp
e Nest
s a
elusively of the recently declared dividend, and a ba....
that sum as premium on each of the new £l2 sin;
created at the last general meeting. This sum will;et
paid in the scrip of the new company, or in cash, sub)
to a discount of £lO per cent.
THE BOARD OF TRADE ON RAILWAY AM ALGAMAIIIe
—The board have issued a report on this subject for the
purpose of guiding parliamentary committees in their
, d
a.
cisions. The report is advers! to the proposed amaiga'-er,
tion of the Grand Junction, Liverpool and Mancliest,
and North Union railways. It is also opposed to
tot
lease of the Sheffield and Manchester, to the midAto
and Manchester, and Birmingham companies; un7'rbe
the amalgamation of the Manchester and Leeds with •ee
Hull and Selby and the Bolton and Bury comPan."l
The board is also against the union of the Chester,rbe
Holyhead with the Chester and Birkenhead. It 01" r,
seen from a paragraph elsewhere that the Parlian3entswio
Committee have rejeoted the bill for the union of tbe t .0
latter companies. The Board of Trade has reported id
favour of the amalgamation of the Birmingham as
Gloucester and the Birmingham and Trent Valley.
RAILWAY PARLIAMENTARY BUSINESS.—The
week has been fertile in Parliamentary events. Tbiert,
have been proved in committee the preamble of the ;),),
lowing bills :—Grand Junction (Potteries Branch)
Southampton and Dorchester; the Whitby and ri,ck:th
'
ing ; the York and Scarborough • the York and .0:,19a,
Midland (Bridlington Branch); Hull and Selby (or' p
lington Branch); Exeter and Credlon ; Soutnararte
and Dorchester Chester and Holyhead (Mold Brane_bn)i
Chester and Holyhead; Shrewsbury, Oswestry, s,be
Chester ; and Edinburgh and Glasgow Branches ;-`O,
Scottish Central and Leeds and West Riding Jun :
The following have been thrown out on Standing Ordetsr,
Glasgow Harbour Union ; Kingstown and Bray ;
pool, Ormskirk, and Preston ; and the Midland Brune"-of
The Standing Orders have been suspended in the
the Irish Great Western (Dublin and Galway), and the
pensed with in the Cambridge and Lincoln, and in
• coo'
Birmingham and Gloucester, provided no right is
ferred on the Midland to take lease.
The
BIRKENHEAD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.--..,
re
Birkenhead and Manchester Bill was again brought bei°
d to
the House of Commons on Wednesday, and referrelje
the Standing-orders Committee in the usual course• at
promoters of the bill have been able to do this, ann'ie
the same time, bring themselves within the rules of t.e b
house, by abandoning those parts of the line on Whil).
they were thrown out on the standing-orders; ";tn:hest,
the part between Warrington and Stockport, ariliiae
also, between Chester and the junction at Eton. The "
will now run from the Birkenhead and Chester, at "tll
Sutton station, and join the Grand Junction at the Sour,
of Warrington, thus giving, from Birkenhead and Chesten,
a complete communication, by means of the North iirneg,
Liverpool and Manchester, and Kenyon junction lin._
with the populous manufacturing districts of Lancashooll
&c. That part of the original line covered by the sect:of
bill happens to be the only portion in which any .he to
work or engineering difficulty exists ; the extensionery
Stockport and Manchester requiring works of a of
light and inexpensive character. Should the promotbeeritie
the bill be successful, of which there seems to
doubt, in inducing the Legislature to pass the present bilk
doubt,
the whole of the line would be completed simultaneou
the year which mould elapse between the passing of
present bill and that for obtaining the act for the brave be
being necessary for the heavy works contained in

revived measure.—Railway Magazine.
5,n1b16
CHESTER AND HOLYHEAD RAILWAY.—The pre-- 0,
of this bill having been proved on Wednesday, the Oe
mittee proceeded to consider the clauses. On ciao.' 0,
being read, Messrs. Stevenson and Rendall, e,
gineers, were examined at length relative to the Pr°P°B,e4,
construction of a bridge across the Menai Strait, at
,nts
tannia Rock, to support the railway carriages. DeP°D)je.
recommended the formation of two large tubes or cY
ders of iron, to be supported by the rock in the centre ore
the shore on either side, The tubes would be, from ris
to shore, about 900 feet in length, and about 25 feet L'tbe
feet in diameter; and as the length of the tube fronl,ere
rock to the shore would not exceed 450 feet, they red,
satisfied that no additional support would be requirist,
although the chains fixed to sustain the temporary P
form might, and probably would, be left as a further tat
curity.—General Pasley expressed his concurrence ru,tist
plans detailed by the engineers, and stated his beliefl'oo
the tubes would be found thoroughly secure. The ela itl
was agreed to.—Mr. Austin explained the positl by
which the promoters of this project had been Place ni
the directors of the Birkenhead and Chewer ComP3-0;
who, after agreeing to an amalgamation with the rirlea
company, bad broken their engagement. The lea,,roed
counsel read the correspondence and resolutions 1,3",i,e-
-during the early part of 1844, showing the terms and
racter of the agreement, which was pending when BPOO,
cation was made to Parliament for the bill, and c the
merited in strong terms on the " dishonesty " °f 010
Birkenhead Company in withholding the minute-beoj
which they were asked to produce in evidence. It sc°, of
seem that after the agreement had been ratified, '0—ng of
the shareholders had a notion that the bargain was rifineri
the most satisfactory kind, and they therefore deeiew
sanctioning the proceedings of the directors of the 13ir ore
bead Company, in a spirit (said the learned counsel) 01 la
worthy of the Pennsylvanian than the Englishman. rig'
courts of law no agreements of this kind could be re de-
nised, and therefore he looked with confidence to the ay
cision of the committee on this occasion. On Wed.,,lle- or
the learned counsel examined William Potter, -5 I"the
Liverpool, as to the nature of the amalgamation, an tbo
committee adjourned to Thursday. On 'PliursdaY,
committee set aside the amalgamation.
•etorl
SHARE-GAMBLING.—In order to prove the deseri, ,50
of people who write for shares, and who get rheMiedY,
pledge ourselves to the following 'l' h e butler of a
pstea
of our acquaintance, with many a hum and a ha, requ't to
that she would look out for onother, as he was a"tid for
retire from •` service " altogether. On being pre'e,,ber
his reason, he said—" Why, ma'am, I have been 1%14'
fortunate in railways: I have made .£1,000.' y " 131,,11.0
could you have made so much ? " ‘• Why, ma Beirrf
dates my letters from house, and it b • 'n a 'll'
your
swell situation, I gets my shares ; for, if they Max's,— I`lo
quiries, you know, ma'am, I answers them myself. ,nos
doubt this inimitable " Blaises " does not stand 8',:7; if
no doubt he will be found when the calls are require, to
we mistake not, the Directors of some lines will ba°
" call " very loud indeed.—Era.

THE CO[ RT 4 FASHIONABLE IVOR
LP'

The Prince of Leiningen arrived at Buckingham t-t, lacer
on Monday, from Brussels, on a visit to her I‘l9:le3"st,
On Wednesday her Majesty held another levee at It
James's Palace, which was most brilliantly attended,i'„ad
is now confidently stated that the Queen has abso""
t
her intention of visiting Ireland this year.
Alber
On Thursday evening, her Majesty and Prince mie;
honoured the St. James's Theatre with their pre' most
On the occasion of Rivers last appearance—thi6 oyei
amusing comedian appeared in four of the French I) Re'
which obtained for him his great popularity
quenters of these entertainments—her MajestY an age'
illustrious consort appeared to derive the greatest 8,-cor
ment from his acting, and were frequently aln;os‘.otl
vulsed with laughter. Oa Thursday aftt rnoon her M8)804
visited the Queen Dowager, at Alarftorouttit Ii()°,,e;48:1
in the evening she attended the Italian Opera, ace- sad
nied by his Serene Bigness the Prince of Leiningea,
attended by hrr suite. with theci her
Gs'
The Court remained at Buckingham Palace untdarin'
turday, and the Queen and Prince Albert have, oo•
the week, freely participated in the gaiety of the 'ea.rice9l
Her Mjesty and Prince Albert, with the rric,e
Royal and Prince of Wales, lett Buckingham Pala -tiati
Saturday for Cowes, where they will remain
Thursday. 00
er,
At the Covent-garden Theatrical Fund D.B- ace„
• the Duke of --- and an°`'-

Friday, the .Juke of Cambridge presided, and at. he
her Majesty's continued kindness to the fund;
scriptions were about £lOOO. to
The operative jewellers of Birmingham intendoe
Apd
sent to her Majesty and Prince Albert a vah",')(o- r
unique specimen of their handiwork. The prese"' r eto(
Queen consists of an armlet, a brooch, a pair °,.t of,
drops, arid a buckle ; and that for Prince Abe
of 0/-
seal, key, and chain, afrer the substantial fashion
" fine old English gentleman."