The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-10-10 00:00:00

RAIL WA Y INTELLIGENCE

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY RXTENSION—Another
meeting is convened on the subject of the proposed ex-
tension of the Eastern Counties Railway through this
town ; and as we hear that the report of that eminent en-
gineer, Mr. Locke, fully confirms the estimates and views
of Mr. Clarke and Mr. Bruff, which have already been
before the public, as to the main line to Norwich and the
branch to Bury, we have every reason to hope the project
may be carried out. We understand also, that as a direct
line to Barwick is contemplated, the proposed branch to
Shotley will not be proceeded with.—lpswich Express.

DURHAM AND SUNDERLAND RAILWAY.—A meeting
of this company was held on Friday week. From the fi-
nancial statement circulated amongst the shareholders, it
appears that the revenue, from all sources, during the
past year, has been £36,199 9s. 6d., and the expenditure
£30,260 Bs. 7d., leaving a balance of £5,939 Os. Ild., of
which £3,283 has been already paid in two dividends, in
December, 1842, and June, 1813, and £653 9s. Ild. ex-
pended in relaying a portion of the line, and other im-
provements, leaving £2,002 11s. of profit undivided. The
receipts for coals during the year have been £24,252 16s.
Bd., from passengers and parcels £5,708, and from gene-
ral merchandise £1,006 13s. 9d. A dividend of £lO was
declared.

SHEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—The half-
yearly general meeting of this company was held at Shef-
field on Wednesday week. With respect to the creation
of the new stock required by the company, the chairman
proceeded to inform the meeting that by their new act
they were invested with power to issue new shares to the
amount of £450,000, and when a sufficient amount had
been paid up, to borrow a further sum, to the amount of
£150.000. It was therefore proposed by the directors,
that 18,000 quarter shares, of £25 each, and should be
issued at par, with a guarantee of 71 per cent. per annum
on the amount to be called up, for a period of ten years ;
that £2 per share should be paid on the Ist of November,
1843; £2 on the Ist of February, 1844 ; £2 on the Ist of
May, 1844 and a further £2 (making £8 in all) on the
Ist of August, 1844: the remainder was to be called in
as the directors should appoint ; that the shares should
be offered pro rata to those original shareholders who
have paid up their old shares to the amount of £B2 10s.
per share ; and that the directors should be empowered
to dispose of such as were not taken up, to the public.
The report stated that the works upon the whole line,
with the exception of about 650 yards forming the Shef •
field terminus, were now in active operation, having been
contracted for at prices considerably below the estimates
of Mr. Locke. and in consequence of the late depression
in the iron trade, and the consequent low price of rails
chairs, the company had been enabled to effect a saving
upon the parliamentary estimate of £50,000. The traffic
receipts from the Ist of January to the 30th of June,
amounted to £2,391 16s 4d., the ea penses (including
maintenance of way) to £6,459 5s 7d., leaving a balance
in favor of the company of £2,932 10s. 9d.. The pas-
senger traffic, from the 31st of December, 1842, to
30th of June, 1843, was £8.530 lls 7d. and the total
amount received from all kinds of traffic between: the
same two periods was £8,391, 16s. 4d., leaving a balance
in the banker's hands of £21,632 4s

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

LATEST BETTING AT MANCHESTER

Friday Evening

Several fluctuations have transpired upon the important
handicap race of Tuesday next. Since our quotations on
Friday last, Whistle Binkie, Lady Sale, and Alice Haw-
thorn, may all be classed as hors de combat; Trueboy
and Artnytage's friends have both stuck firm. On Mon-
day Shocking Mamma and Blackdrop were each in great
force; yesterday we noticed the last named backed at 10
and 12 to 1 ; Mr. Heseltine's lot, in ponies, at 6 to 1, and
a little money put on Trueboy at 6to 1. As are are so
close upon the day of the race, we imagine the latest
figures and offers will be more acceptable to our sporting
friends, than occupying their time with a ramble over all
the shuttlecock work that may have crossed our path dur-
ing the week, we therefore sans ceremonie dash on to the