The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1846-02-03 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

We understand that the deposits paid to the Accountant.
General, up to the present time-, are between six and
seven millions only.
New stations are now erecting on the Chester and Bir-
kenhead line at Limekiln-lane, in Tranmere, Rock-lane,
and nearly opposite to Bebington Church. The Hooton
station is also to be enlarged.
The Liverpool, Birkenhead, Parkgate, and Holyhead
Junction Railway, and the Birkenhead and Holyhead
Junction with Mold Extension Railway, have amalga-
mated for the purpose of going to parliament this session.
The Trustees of the Weaver Navigation have deter-
mined on opposing all railways which propose any inter-
ference with the river ; and they have h2en influenced in
their decision solely by a desire to maintain the surplus
revenue, which i;`available in aid of the country rates.
The deposit for the Liverpool, Ormskirk, and Preston
Railway has been paid into the Bank of England, and the
petition for the bill was presented to the house on Mon-
day. As this railway was before parliament last session,
it will take precedence of the other lines projected since
in the same direction.

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A fatal accident occurred on
Friday morning on the South-eastern Railway. As the
half-past nine o'clock train from Dover was passing be-
tween Pluckley and Headcorn, the stoker of the engine,
named George Taylor, imprudently crossed over the lu.g-
ga4e van to the neat carriage. on the top of which be
stood up. The guard beckoned him to get down, but his
head came almost immediately in contact with one of the
bridges, and he was killed on the spot.
PROVISIONAL COMMITTEES AND THEIR ENGINEERS
—STAFFORDSHIRE ttAILWAY.—In the Court of Ex-
chequer, on Saturday, a rule nisi was granted to show
why Sir John Rennie, the engineer of this line, should not
deliver particulars of his claim to two of the provisional
committee, whom he had sued for £3,774 4s. " for work
and labour done" in surveys. In a similar case, with the
same engineer, against the Leeds and Carlisle Railway
Company, it was decided in the Court of Exchequer, on
Tuesday, that an engineer is not bound to give particulars.
In this latter case the claim is for a balance of £6,855 out
of £12,855.

THE BITTER FRUITS OF OFFICE.—we hear that,
during the past week, two of the many gentlemen of Hull,
whose names were so frequently to be met with in the
lists of provisional committeeme•', last year, have been
served with about no less than a hundred writs. Within
the last few days the booksellers' shops have been more
than usually crowded, and " continental tours"
ported to be in great demand. A certain " doctor, _ -
said, has advised a friend patient to try a change of air,
as the summer and au'umn were too cold for his consti-
tution, and this remarkable and unseasonable wintor too
hot !—Hull Packet

are re-
it is

THE MANCHESTER, BOLTON, AND BURY CANAL
NAVIGATION, AND RAILWAY COHPANY.-A meeting
of the proprietors took place on Friday—Mr. James
Brancker in the chair—for the purpose of receiving the
report of the committee, and appointing a clerk in the
place of Mr. Hawkshaw, resigned. The report stated
that it was intended to apply to parliament ; Ist. To raise
£120,000 for working stock. 2nd. To extend the railway
fiom New Bailey-street, Salford, to near Blackfriars-
bridge, Manchester. 3rd. To extend a branch to the
vitriol works on Kersal-moor. 4th. To amalgamate with
the Manchester and Leeds Railway Company. sth. To
take a share in the Liverpool and Preston, Mancheser
and Southport Railway. The total railway receipts of the
past half-year were £25.664; the expenses, £8,930,-
1 leaving a surplus of £16,727. The canal had left a sarplus
of .Es,74s,—making a total of £22.472. With deduction
of interest, &c. there was left disposable net proceeds of
£16,793. A dividend was thereon declared of £2 Iss. a
share, payable on the 20th instant ; and this, on 6.087
shares, made £16,722 155., leaving a small balance. The
capital account shewed a balance of £17,401. It was
stated ttat the £60,000 deposits on shares was in the bank,
and about to be applied to the liquidation of the company's
debt, which would save the shareholders four and a half
ver cent. on that amount. The report was passed. Mr.
Kynaston objected to the proposed amalgamation, and to
other matters, but it appeared he was in ignorance as to ;
facts. On the motion of the chairman, Mr. Hinmers
was unanimously appointed clerk, at a salary of £350, in Sago ..
the room of M;. Hawkshaw. It was stated that there Sausages . .
were 120 shares on hand which would produce a bonus of Spirits, Foreign
£2 each, the present value being £209 a share. It was Brandy .....
agreed that the committee should dispose of them to the Geneva
best advantage. Mr. Hawkshaw explained that the Leeds Other Foreign
company was in a very prosperous condition. Thanks Tapioca,
were then voted to the chairman and the meeting Tongues
separated.

CLASS 1.
Articles of Food

STATE OF TRADE

Canary

MAxene.sTs a.—The tree of this district up to Tuesday last
was rather improved in tone, and a fair extent of business was
transacted at the full currency of the previous week. Some
very considerable operations have been entered into for India
account, and the prices of the better qualities of 66 nd 72 reed
G. E. long cloths have imprrvect. T. cloths and heavy long
cloths ate also in improved request for the Greek and Cape
markets, and prices are advanced a trifle. Since Tuesday last
there has been less doing for the general trade. the o e rations
for the home market being very contracted, almost all parties,
both buyers and sellers, appearing to be anxious to await the
settlement of the great questions of commercial policy which are
now engaging the attention of parliament. Any lengthened
delay in the final decision of these important matters will have
a disastrous effect up,,n the trade of this district. Fears of the
po,.sibility of a general election, which at this season would
have a pernicious eff.•et on commerce, are alarming many of
our m..rchants and manufacturers. We regr, t to have to re-
port the failure, this week, of a house engaged here in ti,e print
trade, whose liabilities we believe do not exceed £lO,OOO. It is
said the cause of this embarrassment lay in a loss of some
.e 12,500 by a railway speculation. A manufacturing establish-
ment has also given way. the extent of debt being reported at
about £'35.0(0, and we understand the assets are very meagre.
We quote 26 in. 64 reed printers, at 4s. 4d. to 4s W.; •7 in. 66
reed ditto at 4s fid. to ss. 3d. ; 72 reeds at ss. 4&d. to ss. pd.: 36
in. 66 reed shirtings, at 7s. 9d. to s. 73d.; 36 in. 72 reed ditto
at cis. 3d to 10s. ; and 4a in. G. E. India long cloths, 66 ree 's, at
8s ^3d. to gs. tsd. ; and 72 reeds, at gs. 9d. to 10s. lid. per piece.

Carraway

Carrot
Clover
Leeks

Aluslard

Onions

llneourner

portion.. ......... .
Cotton goods, made up.
Hats, beaver and silk

ROCHDALE.—Rather mo,e business was doing in flannels on
Monday, here being a better tttendanci of buyers, hut no im-
provement took place in prices. In the Wool market there was
not much change. Dealers asked higher prices for them, but
the manufacturers refused to give.

LEEDS.—WC cannot report any cha,,ge of moment in the state
of the Woollen trade since our last publication. The markets
remain very quiet; and probably there will he no material alter-
ation either in the produce or the demai,d until the new tariff
question is settled. Should the measures pass in its main fea-
tures, as proposed by Sir Robert Peel, it is generally expected
that we shall for some time at least experience a brisk demand
for woollen and mixed goods for both the American and he
continental markets. The warehouses have been but thinly at
tended by buyers this week, the only goods in request being of
the coarse and heavy kinds and tweeds.
fIUDDERSFIE L D.—We had a very still market here on Tues-
day, and there was no change in prices of manufactured goo's.
Those for spring wear are inquired after ; and on the settlement
of the new line of commercial policy, there will doubtless be a
good trade. Wools are a shade lower.

CLASS 4.
Miscellaneous

tilt ADFORD.—Wool.—There has been more inquiry for Comb-
ing Wools, but we do not hear of more business being done;
the prices sought have been a barrier*o more extended ope a-
tions. Sh rt Wool and Nulls are actively sought after. without
alteration in prices. Yarn.—The demand for Yarn is steadily
increasing, and the stocks in the manufacturers' hands ge-
nerally small. This augers well for an early amendment, which
we hope will not only extend to increased consumption, but
also improved prices. There is some inquiry made by the
shippers, and we hope cre long to report gem nil activity.
Pieces.—The measures introduced by Sir Robert Peel appear to
be generally well received, and tend to inspire confidence that
ere long we shall he again in prosperity; the business doing is
fully equal to the season, and prices firm. •

.
HECKAIONDWIKE BLANKET MARKET.—We have no improve-
ment to report of this market this week, the mildness of the
season, and the warlike speeches of a few firebrands in America,
has completely paralysed the trade of this d,strict.

One of Tom Thumb's diminutive ponies died on Satur-
day, near Falkirk.

_ .
THE ALETHORAMA.—This interesting exhibition is
still open, and continues to at'ract deserved attention.
We have already said that it consists of a series of living
views, displaying nature in miniature. The best-managed
portion of the exhibition which we have seen is that of a
shipwreck. The thunder and lightning are extremely
natural, and when the ship is struck the struggle, of, the
mariners amongst the waves are displayed with unequalled
exactitude. The introduction of two swans is also most
successful. After gliding majestically on the surface of
the water, they raise their feathers, turn and stretch, and
raise their necks. and duck their heads, so much resem-
bling nature, that were it possible to magnify the figures
to the size of life, without decreasing their present effect,
we would defy the most skilled naturalist to detect the
deception. It may be interesting to the public to know,
that the whole work was executed by one of the most ce-
lebrated Dutch attists, and occupied him forty years. He
died twenty-five years ago, having amassed an immense
fortune, his works never having been equalled on the
Continent, or, we may add, in any other part of the
world.

PAPIER MAcHEn,—A large quarto, " On the Use of
the improved papier macho in furniture in the inte-
rior decoraf ions of buildings, and in works of art," has
been placed in our hands, and certainly, until we had pe-
rused its preface, and glanced over its pictured contents,
we had no conception of the number of purpo-es for which
paper was available. Every possible description of orna-
ment for ceilings, cornices, pannellings, mouldings, &c.,
&c., can be made from it at a cost which, compared with
stucco work, is not equal to hail, and which from its light-
ness, durability, and susceptibility of high finish, is more
than twice the value of any composition in the nature of
plaster that could, under any circumstances, be wrought.
Its applicability to the ornaments of furniture of every
description, especially to that rich class of furniture, the
taste for which is now reviving, namely, the renaissance
or Louis XIV., is at once obvious, and it is a subject of
congratulation to the public, that by its means good taste
mar be iadulged in every article which ornaments a room
without incurring any expense worth speaking of. One
of the instances in which its application will be most ad-
vantageous to persons of moderate means, is furnished in
mirror and picture frames. The composition which hereto-
fore formed the ornamental portion of these articles, and
which the slightest shock fractured, will now be replaced
by the ever-during Papier Mache, and thus will be ren-
dered not alone lasting, as well as more beautiful, but
the risk of breakage, in respect to the plate of glass which
they surround, arising from the additional weight of the
heavy pretty ornaments, will be wholly obviated. It is a
most interesting, as well as a most useful discovery, and
deserves all the patronage which a public, anxious to pro-
mote its own interests as well to encourage ingenuity and
good taste, can afford to dispense. The mantif ictory, in
Liverpool, is open to all persons, and we can safely pro-
mise whoever visits it a treat of no ordinary nature.
THE WEATHER.—The extreme sensibility of the human
skin renders weather, of alternate damp and frost, a se-
vere affliction upon many of our fair readers, who suffer
considerably from cutaneous irritability in the face. The
extraordinary efficacy of Rowland's Kalydor in allaying
all tendency to inflammation in the skin, is no less es-
teemed than are its peculiar virtues in enhancing the
beauty of the complexion I Those, whose face or hands
are at all unpleasantly affected by the weather, should
immediately have recourse to ROWLAND'S KALYDOR.—.
See advt.

Telescopes - - - - - -
Thread, unenumerated
Vellum

DUTIES TO BE REDUCED

CLASS 2.—Agricultural
Seeds, viz.:—

CLASS 3.—Manufactures
Boot Front,:

Men's Boots and Shoes.
and others in like pro-

- straw .. ..
- bass, cane, or hair,
___

exceeding 22inrhes
- not exceeding 22 in
Linen _ manufactures,

Lace Thread and Pillow

Platting of Straw
Silk tnanufactures*
Woollen Goods, made up