The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-04-18 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS

CHIEF COXIMISSIONER OF RAILWAYS.—This office,
vacant by the resignation of Mr. Strutt, has been confer-
red on Mr. Labouchere, president of the board of trade.
The Great Western Railway Company have resolved to
carry parcels not exceeding l2lbs. to distances not ex-
ceeding 20 miles for sixpence, including delivery.
At the special meeting of the Derbyshire, Staffordshire,
and Worcestershire the auditors' report reflected most
unpleasantly on the late directors.

BELFAST AND BALLYMENA RAILWAY.-011 Wednes-
day this line of railway was opened f')r public traffic. The
government inspector went over it on Friday week, and
expressed himself perfectly satisfied with the works. The
total length of the line, including branches, is 38 miles.
At the annual meetinc, of the Paris and St. Germain
sted
- Railway a dividend at the rate of 8 per cent. has been
Cb ft, declared. The indemnity for the late havoc on the line is

as yet unpaid. Each shareholder is meanwhile to receive
an acknowledgement of the dividend at 5 per cent inter-

From official returns it appears that the amount of
traffic for the last week, on 3,663 miles of railway, was
£167,913, thus accounted f0r:—£79,288 for the convey-

ante of 'passengers only, £47,040 for the carriage of
goods, and a remainder of £41,585 for passengers and

luting we

of last

year, when the mileage was £2,812. The average earn-
ings per mile last week were £46, whilst in 1847 they were

THE CONWAY TUBULAR BRIDGE.—TIn Conway tube;
1,300 tons weight. was raised 14 feet on Monday, and it

now within eight inches of its permanent level. The
presses raised the weight at the rate of 12 feet per hour,
and acted perfectly. Only ten men were engaged in the

Since then the tube has been raised-and fixed in its
oice ; and we understand a party of the directors intend
to accompany the first train which is to pass through thi
extraordinary bridge to-day (Tuesday.)
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nuts, &c., that their services would be dispensed with for
the present. Should the company not be better supported,
in all probability a great number more will be discharged,
the expenses being so considerable, nearly 3000 persons
being employed on the different lines and the London

in variot

April 18,1801.

If Par°
take the parties concerned into custody. --.4! „„ or
threaten another with immediate personal vioien"',nt
offer to strike, the constable should interpose and Prevo- „
a breach of the peace. If one draw a weapon upon it
ther, attempting to strike, the constable should take or.
into custody. If a party charged with a misdernear;
escape out of custody, he may be pursued iminedis'eb'e
anywhere ; if he take refuge in a house, the doors real 44,
broken open after a demand of admission, and after 119" g,
fication by the constable of his office and object in eemil!
Every special constable shall have, aercise, and
not only within the parish or place for which ke
entiresa
have been appointed, but also throughout the iF
county for which the magistrate who appointed hin'
justice of the peace—all such powers, authorities, al,
advantages, and be liable to all such duties and resP°l%
bilities, as any constable within his constablewick'
virtue of the common law or by any statute or statute.