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 formerly of the Stafford station,
was in Mr. Henry's riekyard 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. He 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
following afternoon. From the investigation of the case it
was evident that no person was to blame but the unfortu-
nate deceased himself.—Staffordshire Advertiser.
INCOME TAX AND POOR-RATES PAID by RAILWAY
COMPANLICS.—It has been computed that the amount ob-
tained by the government in the shape of income tax from
the various railway companies throughout the country will
very nearly reach £100,060 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
£3OllO 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
• 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 agriculture! parish of Goring,
the Great Western Railway Company bare now to pay upon
each shilling rate made in the course of the year tile stun of
£llB 18s., thus relieving the rate-pu'yers, some 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 held last Wednesday to be of the roost
gratifying description. The purpose of the assembly was to
receive the resignation of the late hoard 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 ou 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 (Attie
line it is expected will be in full operation in the beginning
of 1845, the contractors work, as slimed, 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 an equal number of gen-
tlemen of Sheffield and Manchester should conatitiate the re-
duced directorate of 10; and to them was left by the retiring
corps the measures to be pursued relative to the issue of new
'hares for £450,000, and the raising of the additional sum of
£150,000 by way of loan, powers for which arc 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

Chesterfield, and so come in with powerful competition for
the London traffic, was also left for the consideration and re-
port of the new hoard ; 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 suggestio❑
was ruade and acted upon in reference to the expenses of the
board, which may serve as a hint to other companies, and

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that was for a limit to be put to theta, the amount in the
present case not to exceed £lOO per year; while it was also
agreed that none of the directors or officers of the company
should tra►el on the railway free of charge, except it is satis-

faetorily known to be for the business °tithe cmnpany

(A BLACK lIARa.—Mr. Atkinson, of Lancaster, has in his
possession a hare completely black. White and spotted
bares are occasionally found, but this is the first black one
which we have heard of. It has several peculiarities besides
its colour; the head and general figure bear some resem-
blance to those of the feline race, and its cars are singularly
situated. Its hair is short and shining, and not unlike the
fur of the cat. It was found lying dead on Lancaster moor. ,
—Sheffield Mercury. )

INCRNDIARY FlRE.—Yesterday morning, as Mr. Farrant
was driving with Mr. Daily past Tyland-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 Inin. He proved to be a stranger in
this district, knowing nothing whatever of Mr. Hills, the
owner of the stack. He confessed that he had done it from
a desire to be sent out of the country, as he was starving, and
could not obtain employment. He 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 Sen-office.—
Maidslorie Gazette.

PLAYERS OV 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 arid
vagabonds," and there is au 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
present bill that all suits in force to recover penalties 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 of 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 Lere in the early part of the week.
A dress cap belonging to a lady having been laid out in a
green to bleach, %as 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 had 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 nut 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 lumina meeting of the Royal Agricultural Society
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 1,136
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 tour prizes, of £3O 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 1811
The receipts of the half-year, ending 31st December, 1812
were £4,411 ; the expenditure was £3,738; 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.

THURSDAY, JUNE B.—Wind South, fresh.
ARRlVED.—Tamenend. Lovett ; Ann Rankin, WArthur ; No.
nantum, King; Georgiana, Toole ; Fotomac, ; Lord
lington. M'Rae ; St. Lawrence, Chase ; Mattakeeset, Taylor, and
Herculean, Holmes, from New Orleans—Rothschild, from Apala-
chicola—Limena. Freme, from Nassau—Magnolia, and Amity,
from Barbadoes—Ellen, from Pernambuco—Elizabeth, Nelson,
from Mobile—Elizabeth Bentley, and Indus, from St. John, NAB,—
Elizabeth, from Yarmouth, N.S.—Maranham, Fleming, from
Charleston—and Amelia, Alexander, from Laguira.

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Great Western, (steamer) Hoskin, from New York, at this port ;
sailed 28rd May Same day, at 3 p.m. spoke the Columbus, run-
ning into port. On the 7th instant, spoke the Raliance, coming up
channel
Frances, Radmore, from Scilly. off Falmouth, and proceeded for
Liverpool
Sultana, Rowell ; Cordova, Moire. and Brothers. Freer, hence
at Havana
Walpole, Thomas ; Rappahanock, Drummond ; Ann Armstrong,
Bolton ; Hudson, Page; Hilali, Hammond ; Villa de Paris, Pritt ;
Jacob Fennel, Hasty ; Delaware, Patten ; Fanny, Nilson ; Glen-
doveer, Parsons; Robert Parker, Dwight; Gondola, Rennie; Leila,
Higgin ; Caledonia, Varney ; Rockall, Higgins ; Halcyon, Patten ;
Michigan, Hasty ; Caledonia Brander, Maloney ; Talleyrand, Hea-
ley ; Pennsylvania, Gross; Mount Vernon, M•Manus; Espudola,
Barstow; Garonne, Sagory ; Yorkshire, Black; Medemseh, Chase;
Berlin, Crocker ; George Hallet, Holmes; Prince of Orange, Der;,
Caipian, Patten, and Clarissa Andrews, Colby, hence at New Or-
leans

Bowditch. Crowell ; Athens, Cliase; Ontario. Holmes ; Alaba-
ma. Wood; Colchester, Withers; Emblem, Withers; Alexander,
Andrews ; Kalamazoo, M`Cerran ; Roger Sherman. Nichols ; Jos.
Cunard, Kidd ; Rockshire, Jackson ; Splendid, Crocker; Washing.
ton, Wilkie: Jupiter, Rose; Ayrshire, Barker; Princess Victoria,
Thomas; Britannia, Vero; Liverpool,Heran, Afghan, Black, and France% Ann, Cookson, hence amt Mobile
;
Superior, Allen, and Ambassador, Knight, hence at Apalachicola
Charles Joseph, Moran, and Havre, Carpenter, hence at
Savannah
Conqueror, AVAuley ; Oceanus, Bournie ; Belvidere. Wambersie,
and Empire, Swaysey, hence at Charleston
Stephen, Luonan, Baxter; Merchant, Murphy, and lanthe,
Porter, hence at Baltimore
Thomas P. Cope, Miercken, and Georgiana, Behm, hence at
Philadelphia
Caledonia, (steamer) and Brazil, Andrews, keuce at Boston
Sovereign, Broomhead ; Good Intent, Whldburn ; Miracle, El-
liot ; Canada, Adams, and Auckland. Williams, hence at Quebec
Abbotsford, hence and Londonderry, at Philadelphia
Josephine, hence at Sincapore
Casaiopea, Hodgson, sailed from the Mauritius for this port 13th
M arch
Canopus, from Calcutta, at St. Helena
Mary & Susan, hence at Apalachicola
Sarah, Robinson, from Mobile for this port, was spoken 11th ult.
in lat. 32, long. 62
Maryland, from New Orleans for this port, off Havana sud ult.
Sarah & Arsilia, from ditto for this port, was spoken 30th April,
off Double-headed Shot Keys
Chimboraza, White, hence for Lima, was spoken 21st Feb. in
lat. 41 5, 10ng,79 W.
Themis, Brown, hence at St. John, N.B. in lei days.
Oporto, Wilkie, hence for Almeira, off Tuskar 4th Instant.
Penryhn Castle, Thomas, hence for Nantes, at Beaumaris, with
cargo shifted.
Haidee, hence at Newfoundland

LONDON GAZETT.E.—tuEsbnv, Jusk G.

BANKRUPTS

Frederick Singleton. Liverpool, merchant, June 16, at It o'clock,
July 10, at 11, at the Bankrupts' District Court, Liverpool; solici-
tors, Mr. Garcy, Southampton-buildings, London ; and Mr. Whitley,
Liverpool' official assignee, Mr. Cozeuove, Liverpool,
Joseph Whitmore, Strand, London, a proprietor of the " Illus-
trated Weekly Times."
John Ryon, Strand, London, a proprietor of the " Illustrated
Weekly Times."
Thomas Stripling, Colchester, coachmaker.
Thomas Waller, Preston-next-Faversham, Kent.
John Nimroide George, Upper Berkeley street, Marylebone,
London, bookseller.

John William Carleton, Upper George-street, Bryanston-square,
London, bookseller.
George Tattersall, Noble. street, London, hosier.
William Slade. Bridport, Dorsctshire, bootmaker.
William Densem, Bath, tailor.
William Reynolds and John Tertius Fairbank. Sheffield, builders.

INSOLVENTS.
John Howard, Westham, Essex, agent.
Thomas Lowe, Devonshire-street, Kennington-lane, carpenter.
William Powell, Bedwellty, Monmouthshire, carpenter.
Edward Oldrey, Totness, Devonshire, slater.
John Crawford Read, King.street, Snow•hill, London, clicker.
Joseph Barnard, Leighton Buzzard, straw-plat dealer.
William Dean Kelsall, Ashton-upon-Mersey, Cheshire, butcher.
Patrick Augustus Boyle. Cardington•street, Hampstead-road,
London, surgeon.
Henry Mollenhauer, Liverpool, molasses boiler.
Nathaniel Gammon. Canterbury, butcher.
Robert Simmons, Sevenoakes, oilman.
Richard Tennessy, Newington-causeway. London, seedsman.
James Hall, Beighton, Derbyshire. sickle grinder.
George Christian, Liverpool, mathematical instrument maker.
Thomas Abnett, Leicester, rope maker.
Frederick Parker, Birmingham, First Lieutenant half-pay R.M.

MEETINGS OF CREDITORS FOR LIVERPOO
JUNE. E
g, Golborne, Dobbs and Co., (proof and div.) District Court,
10, Thomas and Edward Williams, (tat)••• • Ditto,
12, Nicholas Tuite, (2nd) .. Ditto,
13, Gustavus Wulff, (2nd). Ditto,
13, Thomas Lunt, (proof and div.)
13, John Lutas, (Ist). Ditto,
14, Richard Goolden, (proof and div.).. Ditto,
14, Edward Everall, (audit) Ditto,
15, John Evans, (audit)
is, Thomas M'Enteer, (audit). Ditto,
is, James Meadows, (audit)
15, David Hughes, (proof and div.) ..