The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1851-01-28 00:00:00

HORTICULTURAL.

Beechwood Seedling Potatoes.—This fine early seedling
was tried by us some time since, and answered admirably,
being earlier than the early Kemp, and a more mealy and
better- flavoured sort. Not having heard of it for the last
two years, we imagined it was lost ; but we find the hol-
ders have been raising a stock, and are now offering it for
sale. A sample which we have just received fully bears
out the good character we formerly gave of this potato.
By the advertisement it will be seen that Dlr. Tynan, of
Great George-street, is the owner of the whole stock.

NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS.
The Gazetteer of the World. Fullarton and Co

We have received the second division of this important
work, and must confess the pleasure it has given us in
examining its closely printed pages. No similar work has
ever before been attempted on the same complete scale,and
nothing but the great reduction in the price of everything
connected with bookmaking, could have enabled the pub..
fishers to offer the public so valuable a work of reference
at so trifling a price compared with its importance. As
far as we have been able to test this Gazetteer. it brings
us up to the present state of geographical information,
even to the description of the smallest town in the world.
Some particulars of the publication will be found in an
advertisement in another column.

ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

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contributions not later than Saturday; and written
on one side only of the paper.
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llenry.—We are not aware Of the lelithyosauri having
been found in any other than the Blue Lius formation.
Your fossils from America most probably belong to other

genera.
J. Deacon.—We strongly recommend you not to move
plants of any value now. Many herbaceous plants will
bear much exposure to frost ; but it is better not to risk
them, for frosty weather would prove a severe trial even
to well-established plants, should it now visit us.

ADJOURNED SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BIR-
KENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE
JUNCIION RAILWAY.

A meeting of this Company was held at the Town-
hall, Birkenhead, at one o'clock on Saturday, to deter-
mine on the subject of station accommodation at Birken-
head. The meeting, which had been twice adjourned,
was presided over by
JAMES BANCROFT, Esq., who stated the nature of the
correspondence which had passed between that Company
and the North Western. lie recommended that a Bill
be prosecuted, notwithstanding the probability that ar-
rangements would be made with the North Western
Company. This course he advised as an alternative,
should there arise impediments in the way of a satisfactory
arrangement with the other Company.
Mr. W. JACKSON, M.P., suggested an addendum to
one of the resolutions binding the Board not to take any
further steps in obtaining the bill, should it be necessary
to go so far, without bringing the matter before the
shareholders.

Mr. TREVOR, of Chester, thought the proposition of
the hon. member for Newcastle did not go far enough,
He thought that no arrangements with the London and
North Western Company should be finally concluded till
the shareholders had been appealed to. (Applause.)
Mr. CHARLES HOLLAND protested against trusting im-
plicitly to such accommodation as might be furnished by
the North 'Western Company, and referred to impediments
thrown in the way of their traffic recently by the other
Company, and he thought an adjournment of the meet-
ing would be desirable.

•Mr. KNox thought that the meeting, to be consistent,
should require that the further arrangements and particu-
lars should be laid before the proprietors. lie also thought
it would be well if, when next they meet, the heads of the
former agreement referred to were read over. He was
afraid that, whether good or bad, it was now under the
seals of the companies, and could not be altered •, but hav-
ing arrived at that position, he thought it only due to the
proprietors that the particulars of that agreement should
be stated, that they should see whether the company
really was in a position to take traffic from Chester to
Manchester without the control of the London and North-
Western Company. (" Hear, hear," and applause.) Tt
was stated, he thought, at one of their meetings that such
was the fact, that the present agreement between the
companies made them perfectly independent in that res-
pect. He went on to'complain of obstruction on the part of
the North-Western as concerned the Shrewsbury Compa-
nies' traffic, amounting to total exclusion, and advised the
Birkenhead Company to get into Manchester entirely in-
dependent of the North-Western.
Mr. Rum:AE:4s advised the company to assume an
independent position, and asked to have the agreement
which had been referred to as subsisting between the
North-Western and Birkenhead , Lancashire, and Cheshire
Line for the providing by the former of station accommo-
dation at Manchester be read,

The CHAIRMAN replied that the agreement had been
brought there with the view of having it read over that
day. The clause in the agreement to which Capt. Huish
had referred in his letter as sufficient for arranging the
subject of station accommodation at Manchester was, that,
if they applied for that accommodation, the terms should
be settled by arbitration. (" Hear !") Then, as to
the rumours and strong observations which had been
made by their old friend, Mr. Knox. (Laughter,)
It was not true that the company had made arrangements
with the through traffic committee of the other companies
to conduct the iron on to Manchester. He went on to re-
fute the charges implied against the North-Western
Company.
Mr. GIBSON read the agreement where it was ordered
to be left for the perusal of all the shareholders.
The CHAIRMAN said the board had arranged before-
hand, that if there was any difficulty with the question.
the meeting should be adjourned tiil the last day of
February, when the half-yearly meeting would be held,
which could be made special for the purpose.
Several proprietors expressed their satisfaction at the
chairman's statement. anci the meeting was then ad-
iolzrnect,