The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-06-09 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A shocking accident happened on
last Monday week, on the Grand Junction. Railway, near
Bridgford. Patrick Moore, one of the policemen in the
employ of the company, and forffierly of the Stafford station,
was in Mr. Henry's rickyard at four o'clock in the after-
noon, with some men with whom he had been drinking,
when he heard a train approaching, and it being his duty to
show himself on the line, he ran down the bank for the
purpose. lie attempted to cross the line, but the man on
the engine shouted, and just as Moore turned to look, the
buffer of the engine struck him on the breast, and threw
him with great violence into the ditch. Strange as it may
appear, he survived the shock until half-past two o'clock the
folio% ing afternoon. From the investigation of the case it
was evident that no person was to blame but the unfortu-
nate deceased himself.—Stal'ordshire Advertiser.
INCOME TAX AND POOR-RATES PAID BY RAILWAY
COMPANIES.-It has been computed that the amount ob-
tained by the government in the shape of income tux from
the various railway companies throughout the country will
very nearly reach £lOO,OOO per annum ; and it is expected
that before the income and property tax act expires, it will,
by the now gradual extension of the several lines, consider-
ably exceed that amount. It was stated by Mr. Saunders,
the secretary to the Great Western Railway Company, in
his examination lately at the Oxford sessions (in an appeal
by the company against its being assessed to the poor at
£3OOO for the two miles the railway passed through the
parish of Goring), that the amount of income tax paid by
this company alone was £10,450 for one year, ending April
5, 1842. The inhabitants of many small parishes through
which the lines of railway pass have been very materially
relieved by the various companies being assessed to the relief
of the poor according to the estimated profits upon those
portions of railways lying within their respective boundaries.
In the comparatively small agricultural parish of Goring,
the Great Western Railway Company have now to pay upon
each shilling rate made in the course of the year the sum of
£llB 18s., thus relieving the rate-payers, sonic three or four
times a year, to this large amount on their contributions for
the support of the poor. . . .
The progress the Sheffield and Manchester railway is making
appears from the reports which are published in the provincial
journals of the meeting Leld last Wednesday to he or the most
gratifying description. 'lle purpose of the assembly was to
receive the resignation of the late board of directors, whose
period of office had, under the, provisions of the new act of
parliament, expired, and the account rendered of their stew-
ardship on the occasion of their retirement could not fail to
have impressed the shareholders generally with the obligations
under which they lay for the skilful and businesslike manner
in which their executive have superintended the undertaking.
From the statement made it appears that the time has nearly
arrived when the shareholders may expect to receive a proper
return for the capital embarked in the railway, it having been
constructed quite within the limits of the estimates first made,
and being now so close to a completion that the traffic of the
line it is expected will be in full operation in the beginning
of 1843, the contractors work, as alloted, having been agreed
for the latter end of 1844. The number of directors who re-
tired at this meeting was 13. and, as they were all eligible for
re-election, it was proposed, with the view of accommodating
the interests of the proprietary, that en equal number of gen•
tlemen of Sheffield and Manchester should constitate the re-
duced directorate of 10; and to them was left by the retiring
corps the measures to he pursued relative to the issue of new
shares for £450,000, and the raising of the additional sum of
£150,000 by way of loan. powers for which are given in the
act of parliament lately obtained to extend and carry out the
objects of the company. The question of recommendation
to the shareholders, either on the propriety of making a junc-
tion with the Sheffield and Rotherham Company, or with the
North Midland Company, or whether, independent of these,
an attempt should be made to gain a line from , Sheffield to
Chestertiuld, arid so come in with powerful competition for
the London traffic, was also left for tire consideration and re-

port of the new board ; and the spirit of fairness and candour
which pervaded the whole of the day's proceedings gives much
promise of future management. A very salutary suggestion
was made and acted upon in reference to the expenses of the
board, which may serve as a hint to other companies, and
that was for a limit to be put to them, the amount in the
?HS NEW SECESSION IN EniNuutton.—The number of present case not to exceed £lOO per year; a‘ bile it was also
ministers within the bounds of the presbytery of Edinburgh agreed that none of the directors or officers of the company
who have at present
. seceded from the establishment amounts should travel on the railway free of charge, except it is satin
to 29, leaving 21 still remaining.
Of
secederstbe2i9rsof y
13 are
are factorily known to be for tic business °lithe company.
parish ministers, and tie other 16 a. re nini
to state, g
thate
sacra parishes. To those who are in the slightest d
with Edinburgh, it is unnecessaryere A 13LA," t'
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the tosrupi. ;ors nanny ien a popular minister in any of possesaion a Liam uty...v...,.., .
our city churches. If weexcept Mr. Bennis, and perhaps hares are occasionally found, but this is the first black one
Mr. (flower, and Dr. Muir, who is a fashionable rathertliaii
which we have heard of. It has several peculiarities besides
a popular preacher, there is not one of the number whose
its colour; the head and general figure bear some resem-
audience, on ordinary occasions, exceeds a couple of hundred blanee to those of the feline race, and its ears are, singularly
peadiai ; whereas the majority of those who have seceded situated. Its hair is short and shining, and not unlike the
hod Large congregations, and these, it is said, have to a con- fur of the cat. It was found lying dead un Lancaster moor.
siderabk: exteut at ceded with their ministers.-6'cohanon. —,,Viejfield Mercury.

MM distingulahad and truly bensvalent lady
took her departuro from Faris. 611 Wedueitlay the 2lith ult.
Duriut a %%Ulu month, Mra. Pry has boon fully occupied in
publics religious services, visiting prisons and schools, and in
holding meetings at her own apartments for charitable and
pious purposes. Persons of all ranks and denomsnations have
frequented her meetings and soirees, and she has laboured
with unwearied zeal to do them rood.

VITALITY IN THE WIRE-WORM.—A short lime ago, Mr.
E. Ingamelis, of Eastville, picked upwards of 200 of these
destructive insects from cabbage stalks which had been
recently ploughed up, and kept them closely shut up without
sustenance. On opening on the 22d ult, the receptacle in
which they had been enclosed (after a period of five weeks).
they were found to be all living. They have since been
separated, one part being fed upon a slice of raw potato
whilst the others are destined to live upon air, with the view
of testing their vitality.

THE WEATHER IN TILE WEST OF SCOTLAND.—The,
wsather continues cold and unfavourable to vegetation, with-
out any signs of improvement. Saturday, rain fell heavily
during the day and night. Sunday was dry, and the wind
blew fresh from the north-east. In the distance the top of
Benlomond was to be seen covered with snow, a circum-
stance which rarely happens on the 4th of June. This unde-
sirable state of the weather, we observe, is beginning to
affect the different grain markets in England and Scotland.
by giving an impetus to speculation as to the result of the
coming harvests.—Glasgow Chronicle.

BOINEY, SUSSEX.—AS Mr. and Mrs. Renville, nn elderly
couple, residing at Old Malthouse Farm, in-this quiet village,
were sitting at supper on Thursday evening, the door was
opened by a party of ruffians, six in number, having their
faces covered with crape. Two of them immediately seized
Mr. Renville, and two others compelled his wife to unlock
the drawer where their money was kept, while the remaining
pair kept watch. They found about £lO in the house, with
which sum they decamped, having first locked the inmates
into the parlour, in order to prevent pursuit. Active steps
have been taken by the East Sussex constabulary to discover
the thieves, who it is conjectured live in the parish, but
hitherto their attempts have not been unsuccessful.

INCENDIARY FIRE.-Yesterday morning, as Mr. Farrant
was driving with Mr. Daily past Tylancl-farm, on the Ro-
chester-road, he saw a sainfoin stack burst into flames, and
a man run away from it, up a lane leading to the Warren.
Mr. Farrant immediately galloped in pursuit, and overtaking
the man, apprehended him. Ile proved to be a stranger in
this district, knowir'- nothing whatever of Mr. Hills, the
owner of the stack. He confessed that lie had done it from
a desire to be sent out of the country, as he v, a,. starving, and
could not obtain employment. Ile was taken to Boxley
cage, where he is now in custody. His name is George
Brown, a gardener, from Bradford, Essex. The stack was
entirely consumed, but was insured in the Sun-office.—
Maidstone Gazette.

PLAYERS OF INTERLUDES.—This curiously entitled bill
is to be read a second time this day (Friday) in the House of
Commons. The object of the measure is to remove from
the theatrical profession the appellations of " rogues and
vagabonds," and there is an alteration in regard to penalties
to be imposed for acting interludes, &c., in unlicensed
theatres. The act George 11. is to be repealed, and other
provisions to be made in lieu thereof. It is proposed by the
hies shall

be discontinued on the payment of a fee of 20s. at the time
of passing of the act. After the passing of the act, a penalty
of " not exceeding" £5O shall be recovered for each offence,
the whole which to be given to the poor of the parish
where the offence was committed, whereas by the act now in
force a moiety of each penalty is allowed to the informer.

CURIOUS CIRCUMSTANCE.--An act of theft of a very
odd description took place here in the early part of the week.
A dress cap belonging to a lady having been laid out in a
green to bleach, wai soon afterwards missing. This excited
considerable surprise, as the premises were surrounded by a
high wall, and therefore not accessible to any earthly visitant.
The natural surmise therefore was, that it had been borne off
by some sylph to the aerial regions. This notion gave place
to another, that possibly it bad been purloined by a black-
bird which frequented the garden, and was much noticed by
the family. Accordingly, the nest was examined, and the
cap found safely deposited. It is not easy to imagine what
could have induced the sooty stranger to have committed an
act so foreign to its ordinary habits, unless, perhaps, it might
fancy it should " warble its native wood notes wild" more
mellifluously when its nest was enriched with the elegant
trappings of female fashion.—Kelso Chronicle.

The fifth annual meeting of the Royal Agricultural Societ}
of England was held on Monday se'nnight at their rooms in
Hanover-square. Earl Spencer was unanimously re-elected
President of the Association. The report stated, that 1,436
members had been added to the list in the past year, making
the total number seven thousand ; there had been a further
investment of £l,OOO capital, making the funds of the
society £7,700, and leaving a current cash balance in the
banker's hands of £1,200. It was announced, that the
society intended to give four prizes, of £5O each, for the best
essay on the several counties of Norfolk, Chester, Essex,
and Wiltshire. The annual festival of the society would be
held at Derby, in July next, and at Southampton in 1841
The receipts of the half-year, ending 31st December, 1842
were £4,441 ; the expenditure was £3,758 ; balance, £683;
and there was a balance of £573 to be paid by the Society,
for expenses of the festival at Bristol. The report was
adopted unanimously. The reading of a list of prizes
awarded and offered closed the proceedings.

INTEREST'S G FA CT.—There IS at present, in the posses-
sion of an individual in this place a male canary of about
fifteen years of age, that is unable to feed itself, and to whose
musical powers ill-natured time has put a complete strip.
On the same floor, but in a separate apartment, is another
male canary, a son of the aged bird. This young one being
allowed to leave his cage early in the morning, and fly about
at pleasure, is in the practice of visiting his old friend, and
kindly feeding him as birds teed their young; and this he
does several times in the course of the day. He also perches
on the cage of his progenitor and sings with great spirit, no
doubt to cheer up his old relative in his declining days. The
old bird has a particular way of calling on this prop of his
old age when he requires his services, which are always given
and received with mutual satisfaction. Vk hen the young bird
is in any way obstructed from attending to the call of the
other, he appears to be very angry, and expresses his dsi-
pleasure in a certain noisy and screaming manner, which is well
understood by the inmates of the house.—Aberdeen Herald.

DISTRESSING Occenii.vser..—On Monday a lad named
Abbot was waiting near the centre arch of Waterloo Bridge,
for the purpose of conveying a young couple who had just
returned from being married at Lambeth Church, with some
of their friends, on board the ballast engine, when a dreadful
crash was heard. Several persons, on looking over, saw the
poor boy bleeding from the head it' a frightful manner, num-
bers rushed to his assistance, when it was discovered that
the injur es had hi en inflicted from a granite kerb-stone
which had been thrown by a man from the top of the buidge,
and blunt diately afterwards he started off at full speed
towards the Strand, and escaped. The stone was lying on
the top of the bridge, and it is sui posed that the thoughtless
fellow intended to splash the unfortunate boy. He was
conveyed without delay to a surgeon's, where, on examina-
tion, the skull was found to be completely driven in. He
was thence put in a cab to Le renio..ed to Guy's Hospital,
but expired before reaching that institution. The deceased
had formed oac of the vedding party, and his poor mother,
who witnessed the catastrophe, was in a state bordering on
distraction.—London paper.

LIST OF NEW PATENTS FOR MAY.—TO James Hesford,
Great Bolton, millwright, for improvements in the manu-
facture of certain bowls or rolls. Sealed 2nd May : six
months for inrolment,—To Edward Moievkoad, of Thorn-
bridge, Derby, merchant, and George Rogers, Chelsea, gent.
for improved processes for coating metals. Sealed 4th May ;
six months for inrohnent.-_—To James Rouse, of Wednrs-
bury, Stafford, for an improvement or improvements in the
mode or method of manufacturing welded iron tubes. Seated
9th May ; two months for inrolment.—To John Tappan, of
Fitzroy-square, gent. for certain improvements in machinery
for preparing and spinning hemp, and such other fibrous
materials as the same is applicable to.—being a communica-
tion. Sealed 15th May ; six months for inrohnent.—To Ro-
bert Alexander Kennedy, of Manchester, cotton-spinner
for certain improvements in machinery for grinding and
sharpening cards, used in carding cotton or other fibrous
material. Sealed 15th May ; six months for inrolment. To
John Lucena Ross Kettle,ofUpperSe
inyn omuler-setorteiestt,ruPetoi:tn-
man-square, Esq. and William Prosser, jun. of Shaftsbury-
terrace, Pimlico, gent. for improvements
of roads, and in carriages to run thereon. Sealed 16th May ,
six months for inrolment.—To Joseph. Birch, of City-road,
engineer and machinist, for certain improvements in machi-
nery for printing on cotton, silk, woollen, paper, oil-cloth,
and other fabrics and materials ; and certain apparatus to be
and in preparing the moulds and casting surfaces for print-
ing ; and for certain modes of preparing surfaces, previous to
the design being delineated upon them. Sealed 16th May ;
six months for inrolment.—To Joseph Mazzini, of King's
road, Chelsea, gent. for improvements in typographical print-
ing, combining the advantages of moveable types with the
stereotype process, by substituting, for distribution, a special
font for each new work, by means of a pneumatic machine
for casting, and an uniplane machine for composing,—being
a communication. Scaled 16th May ; six months for inrol-
uieut.

STATIONS OF THE BRITISH ARMY,

(Front the United Service Journal.)

[Where two places are mentioned, the last-flamed is that at which

the Depdt of the Regiment is stationed.]
Ist Lite Guards—Hyde Park 31.th—llengal; Chatham.
phut Ditto--Windsor 40th Foot—Bombay; Chatham
Royal 11. Guards—Canterbury 41st—Madras; Chatham
Ist Drags Gds.:—Canada; York 42d—Malta ; Isle of Wight
2d—Manchester 43d—Canada; Enniskillen
3d—Dublin 44th—Bengal ; Deal
4th—Dublin 45th—Cape of Good llope,Ports.
sth—Dubliii 46th—St. Vincent; Athlone
6th —Piershill , 47th—Antigua; Boyle
7th—Maid.tone, C. G. Hope ' 48th—Gibraltar; Guernsey
istDragoons—:Birininghain ' 48thz,-,calesitta; -Chatham •
2d—Exeter 50th—Bengal ; Chatham
341—Bengal ; Maidstone 51st—N. South Wales ; Canterb.
4th—Exeter 52,1—New Brunswick-; Athlone
6th—Leeds s..d—Belfast
7th Hussars—Brighton 5.1 th—llublin
Bth--York ; Chatham
9th Lancers—Bengal ; Maidst. 56th—Cork
loth IlusAaris—Cabir 57th—Madras ; Chatham
11th Hussars, Dublin 58th—Chathain
syth—Trinidad ; Jersey
12th Lancers— Glasgow
13th LightDragoons—llonnslow (WH(IA battalon.)— Dublin
14th—Bombay ; Maidstone ~2tl batt.)—Jamaica; Newry
15111 Hussars—Madras; M'stone 61st—Dublin
16th Lancers—Bengal; M'stone 62d—Beitgal ; Chatham
17th Lancers—Nottingham 63d—Madras ; Chatham
Grenadier Guards (lot hatt.) 61111—Halifax; Tralee
St. George's Barracks, 65th—Bolton
(2d batt.)—St. John's Wood. 66th—Edin b rgh
batt.)—Tower 67th—Weedon
Coldstream Guards—(lst Batt.; 68th-,-Canada; Perth
Nti indoor. 69th— Mullingar
(2il battt) Portman-at. Barracks 70th—Canada; Waterford
Scotch Fusileer Grils—(lstbatt) 71st—Canada; Isle of Wight
Wellington Barracks. 72d—Dublin
(2il batt.)—Wincliester 73d—Newport
Ist Foot (Ist batt.)—Gibraltar 74th—Canada; Cork
(2d hatt.)—Canaila ; Kinsale. 75th—C. 'a G. !lope; Chatham'
2d Foot—Bombay ; Chatham • 76th—Devonport
3d—Bengal; Chatham 77th-7-Jamaica, Tilbury Fort
4th—Madras; Chatham 78th—llornbay ; Chatham

sth—Fermoy 79th—Gibraltar; Aberdeen
6th—Portsmouth 80th—N. S. Wales; Canterbury
7th—Gibraltar; Brecon. 818t—I3arbadoes ; Athlone
Bth—Manchester ' 826—Jamaica; Castlebar
9th—Bengal ; Chatham B:td—Canada ; Armagh
lOtit--Bengal ; Chatham
11th—Dublin.121,—maurus ;
Isle of Wight.
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ttaat 86th—Bombay;
Stirling. ; Naas
istChathamhal Chatham
18th—Bengal; Chatham 87th—Mauritius; Paisley
11th—Canada ; Londonderry
15th—Chester nth—Canada ; Clotimel
16th—Manchester 90th—Ceylon ; Dublin
17th—Aden ; Chatham
18th—China ; Chatham
20th—Bermuda ; Isle of Wight
19th—Cephalonia ; Dover
21st—Madras ; Canterbury Sheerness
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95th—Ceylon ;
TA—Bombay; ,Chathani 95th—N.S.Wales ; Canterbury
2:ld—Canada; Isle of Wight 97th—Corfu; We of A ight
2tth—Glasgow With—C'-' Winchester

NI 'Minor (2d haft.?--lialitax'
sth—Mionas 90- mina; --
Chatham
99th—N. S. Wales ;
Itith--China ; Chatham
27th—C. Good Roue; Ride Brigade (tst batty-111ilta
28th—llornbay ; Chatham N.S.
Ist W. lint. Regt.—lletnerat a, &c
zgth—Bengal ; Chatham ISt—Jamaica
lOth—llalifax ; Galway 3d—Sierra Leone
Ilst—Bengal ; Chatham Ceylon It itles—Ceylon
12d—Leeds Cape Mounted Itidemen—Cape
3d—liar!radoes ; 'I enipleinore of Good Hope.
4th-LNortliampton R. Canadian Ride Iteg.—Catiada
gh—Martidius ; Clotanel Royal Newa. Veteian eompiny
sth—Litneriek .
—Newfoundland
7th—Newcaatle-upon-Tyne. Royal Malta Felicities—Malta
Ith—Corfu; Hull St. Helena Regt,— St. Helena.