The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-03-28 00:00:00

POLITICAL MISCELLANY.

Viscount Mandeville, son of the Duke of Manchester,
has come foiward as a candidate for the representation of
Bewdley.
DERBY ELECTION.—The committee have decided that
Mr. Strutt and Mr. Gower were not duly elected, and
that the last election was a void election.

The Globe noticed Lord J. Russell's speech on Tuesday
as the music of the swan (which is said to sing when it is
dying.)
HORSH AM.—The parliamentary committee have de-
clared John Jervis, Esq., not duly elected, and that by
his agents he was guilty of bribery at the late election.
THE GAME LAWS.—Mr. Colville's bill has been read a
second time. Its principal feature is to enable occupiers
of land to kill hares on the same, without a game cer-
tificate.

AYLESBURY.—The committee came on Tuesday to a
decision, declaring Lord Nugent duly elected, and unseat-
ing Mr. P. Deering, on the ground that he was, by his
agents, guilty of treating.
In the House of Commons, on Friday, Mr. Hudson
complained that the Chancellor of the Exchequer never
gave a straightforward answer to questions that were put
to him. -

MONMOUTHSHIRE ELECTION.—The election for this
county took place on Friday. There was no opposition to
Captain Somerset, who was returned. The hon. and gal-
lant gentleman was proposed by J. E. W. Rolls, Esq.,
and seconded by Samuel Homfray, Esq.
There is no truth in the report that the Duke and
Duchess of Montpensier had been ordered to quit London
by the English Government. They left in consequence
of an invitation to Madrid, brought by the Duke d'Ahn-
mada from the Queen of Spain to her unfortunate sister.
It.is generally understood that the preient Solicitor.
General, Sir David Dundas, will be appointed to the office
of principal clerk to the House of Lords, vacant by the
sudden death of the late lamented Mr. Currey. It is also
rumoured that either Mr. Watson or Mr. Romilly, the
son of the late Sir Samuel Ramilly, and the present mem-
ber for Devonport, will be appointed Solicitor-General in
the room of Sir David Dundas.
' A meeting of Roman Catholics was held in London on
Monday, when the following resolution was moved by Mr.
Lucas, the proprietor of the Tablet newspaper. It was
to the following effect :—" That the meeting views with
the greatest distrust the bill to enable her Majesty to es-
tablish diplomatic relations with the holy see, in conse-
quence of the sentiments notoriously entertained by the
majority of the members of the legislature to make use
of the holy see for their own purposes in this country,
but particularly in Ireland." The resolution was seconded
by Ward. Esq., late a clergyman of the Established
Church, and carried unanimously. Other resolutions
condemnatory of the measure were passed. Among the
several speakers who addressed the meeting was Mr. Thos.
Steele, the faithful asociaLe and co-agitator- tho Iwto
Mr. O'Connell.
DR. BOWRING OUTWITTED.—In the Commons, on
Thursday, when the house bad become tired with the
debate on Mr. Bright's motion for the repeal of the game
laws, a member moved the adjournment of the debate,
which was negatived by a majority of 87 to 82. On this
Dr. Bowring observed, that as it was a most unusual
thing to refuse to adjourn a debate when the motion to
that effect was supported by 80 members, and as the ma-
jority in this instance, moreover, was so small, he felt
himself justified in moving now that the house do adjourn.
(Loud cries of " Hear, hear," from Mr. Thompson and
'hon. gentlemen in his neighbourhood.) Mr. Bagge, amid
answering cheers from the opposition benches, at once
seconded the motion. The Speaker volubly put the
question, declared that the ayes had it, and immediately
left the chair. Roars of laughter were heard from all
sides of the house, for the consequence of this proceeding
was to render the motion " for leave to bring in a bill" a
dropped order ; and it would appear that the hon. and
learned member for Bolton bad not anticipated such a
result, and was therefore palpably out-manoeuvred. The
house, amid much merriment, at once adjourned.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

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absent on the continent—Mr: Dobie read a
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the Great Western Co. He had called on the
latter company to deliver the securities to those share-
holders who had paid up. The reply was a reference to
the chancery suits pending. The Great Western were
willing to perform the agreement (they said) according to
its real construction. He had accordingly taken the suit
off the file in chancery, but the Great Western had subse-
quently obtained an order to amend their bill, and the
amendments went to give it a totally different complexion
—rendering all amicable arrangement hopeless.----Mr. L.
Heyworth thought the Oxford line would be of no use to
the Great Western unless the broad guage were put upon
it, and moved that the meeting should authorise the di-
rectors to aid the Great Western Company in obtaining
from parliament the broad guage on-the Birmingham and
Oxford railway.--Air. E. Mozley seconded the motion,
but it could not be put, as no notice had been given.—
Mr. E. J. Mozley then proposed to petition parliament to
the effect that certain bills before parliament, on behalf
of the Great Western Railway Company, did not contain
such clauses as were necessary for the purpose of carrying
out their agreement. This was adopted unanimously.
The chairman said he would do his utmost to bring about
an amicable arrangement, and several shareholders ex-
pressed their confidence in his exertions.—Finally,—the
meeting was adjourned to the Ist of April, at Dee's Hotel,
Birmingham ; and the general meeting, which was to have
been held immediately after the present one, was also ad.
journey to the same time and place.
The first sod of the Liverpool and Southport Railway
was cut on Friday, and the event was celebrated by a
dinner at the Waterloo Hotel. The line will be completed
in three months.
The Lancaster and Preston Railway leave all their mat-
ters in the hands of the Board, as the canal company have
filed a bill for the completion of the agreement for the
lease.
FARES ON RAILWAYS.—Mr. Bankes gave notice, in
the House of Commons, on Friday. of his intention to
move on an early day, a resolution for the purpose of se -
curing a diminished rate of charges to the public upon all
railways in the United Kingdom.
The accounts presented to the half-yearly meeting of
the South-Eastern and Continental Steam-packet Com-
pany enable a dividend to be declared of Bs. per share.
The service seems thoroughly adequate for the demands
lately made' upon it. The report was adopted without
comment.
THE DUTCH RHENISH RAILWAY.—A meeting of the
shareholders in this line was held on Saturday, for the
purpose of signing a requisition to the directors not to
persist in the call which they have announced, as they
trust that the funds in hand will enable them to meet any
present and pressing engagements.
LIABILITY OF PROVISIONAL. COMMITTEE-MEN.—AII
action was brought, at the Leicester Assizes, this week,
by Messrs. Baily and Co., the highly respectable adver-
tising agents of Cornhill, against Mr. Thomas Macaulay.
to recover the sum of £972 7s. 6d., the balance of an ac-
count for printing and advertising for the Midland Union
Railway Company. The trial lastednearly two and
clays,
resulted in a verdict for the defendant.
From official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on upwards of 3,668 miles of
railway, was 157,8951., thus accounted for 848/ for
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the conveyance of passengers only, 46,9561. for the carriage
of goods, and a remainder of 41,0911. for passengers and
goods together, not respectively apportioned ; being an
increase of 21,4661. over the corresponding week of last
year, when the mileage was 2,711. The average earnings
per mile last week were 431., whilst in 1847 they were 501.
The directors of the Liverpool, Manchester, and New-
castle Jimetion Railway request that the shareholders will,
for the present, suspend their judgment, and personally
attend at the extraordinary general meeting, on the 30th
instant, vvhen they will have an opportunity of forming
their own opinions as to the proceedings of the board.
They, add, that they Aill then he prepared to point ,out_
many inaccuracies in,the statements Contained lathe re-
port ofthe committee, and to justify -every act which they
have &lie s',4;;# Ltyuct hi2.B bMI (:011. -cited as at
resent.