The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-06-11 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

ENORMOUS PASSENGER TRAFFIC.—The number of
passengers conveyed on the line of the Manchester and
Leeds Railway, during Whitson week, exceeded 110,000-
On Thursday, the royal assent was given, by commis:
sion, to the Lancaster and Carlisle, the Blackburn and
Preston, the Catlisle and Maryport, and the Northern
and Eastern (Newport deviations) Railway Bills.
YORK AND SCARBOROUGH RAILWAY BILL.—TbiS
Bill was read a third time in the House of Lords on Tues-
day evening, and passed. The length of the line is about
42 miles, with a branch of rather more than six miles ; the
estimated cost is £260,000.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The Earl of
Lonsdale takes a deep interest in the success of the Lan-
caster and Carlisle Railway, a considerable length of the
line of which runs through his estates, both in Cumber-
land and Westmorland. It is understood that his lord.
ship will cut the first sod in the projected line, in the
neighbourhood of Shap.
A small line of railway in the North of England bad an
arbitration as to a contractors' accounts. An action bad
been brought, and 77 issues raised. The arbitration
lasted nine months of almost continuous sittings, the
claim being a balance of about £1,600. The arbitrators
awarded about £BOO, besides a proportion of the costs of
I the reference, which were taxed at £7,400. The arbitra-
tors' fees alone were £1,200. The successful claimant
had to pay one-fourth of the expenses.
EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANDON RAILWAY.--
This bill was read a third time on Friday, in the House
of Commons, and on the same day carried to the House
of Lords and read a first time. To-day it will go before
the standing orders, and, there being no opposition, it is
expected to be passed through the forms of that house fill..
mediately. We perceive, by the Edinburgh papers, that
the tunnel will be contracted for on the 20th instant ; and,
when these works are completed, this railway will become
an object of great interest.

The House of Commons has, during the past week,
passed the Stratford (Eastern Counties) and Thames
Junction, the Slamannan Junction, the Croydon and
Epsom, and the Taff Vale Railway Bills, the Ashton,
Staley-bridge, and Liverpool, the Sheffield, Ashton-
under.Lyne, and Manchester, the Edinburgh, Leith and
Granton ; and the House of Lords has passed the
York and Scarborough Railway Bill. The Edinburgh
and Glasgow Railway Bill, which stood for a third reading
in the Commons, on Thursday, was, for some irregularityr
referred back to the standing Committee.
EXTENSION TO THE TRENT VALLEY RAILWAY.—WS
learn with great pleasure, that in connection with the line
of railway from Shrewsbury to this town, surveys are now
making, with the sanction of the Grand Junction Com-
pany, by their engineer, (Mr. Locke) with a view to con-
tinue the line rid Rugby, Northampton, and Bedford, di-
rect to London. The original Stafford and Rugby line
(Trent Valley) will become part of this great scheme ; and
the line through Bedford to London will be made in com
mon with a company already existing to make a railway
from London to York.—Staffordshire Advertiser.

NEW LINE OF RAILWAY.—On Tuesday morning, some
of the North Union Directors arrived at Blackburn, and
proceeded, in company with some of the Blackburn and
Preston Directors, towards Burnley, for the purpose of
viewing the intermediate country over which it is intended
to form a new line of railway. The line is being surveyed,
and men are placed upon the road to take an account of
the traffic, preparatory to publishing a prospectus. There
will thus be, with the Blackburn and Accrington extension
line, the Yorkshire and Lancashire, and the Blackburn,
and Todmorden, four railroads projected eastward 01
Blackburn. The surveyor for the Blackburn and Tod-
morden line has been surveying the country in the vicinity
of Accrington.

SHEFFIELD, ASHTON-UNDER-LYNE, AND MANCHES-
TER RAILWAY.—During the three last days of the Peet
week, the various stations on this line of railway have
been literally besieged by pleasure parties and other tra-
vellers, for greater or less distances along the line. The
following is a statement of the number of passengers
booked on Saturday last. Manchester station. 3,783,
Ardwick, 5,485; Gorton, 902; Fairfield, 951 ; Ashton,
6,279 ; Duck infield, 1,818 ; Newton, 1,028 ; Broodbot-
tom, 481; Glossop, 388 ; making a total of 21,091 pas-
sengers in one day. A serious accident occurred at the
Ashton station, during Saturday afternoon, which
proved
fatal to an old woman, who had come from Manchester
by the three o'clock train.

THE RAILWAYS.—New railway projects are being
started every week, and the variety of lines proposed to
be constructed in ccnnection with the city of Worcester,
and in the alrr cst immediate locality, is sufficient to puzzle
anybody. After having been hitherto altogether cut off
from direct railway communication, we have now no less
than five different lines proposed to be brought actaally
into the city of 'Worcester, viz., the Birmingham and
Gloucester branch, the Oxford and Wolverhampton line,
supported by the Great Western Company, the Worcester
and Warwick—or rather now we believe we must call it
the Worcester and Weedon—line, proposed by the Bir-
mingham and London Railway Company. the Grand
Connection line, and a line to Cardiff, which was talked
about some few months ago, and which has now been re-
vived. rhiA last mentioned line is the only one of the
five which has not been fully before the public.—Wor-
cester Herald.

GIGANTIC RAILWAY.-A metropolitan paper announces
a railway project drawn up by the Emperor of Russia, for
connecting St. Petersburg, by means of a gigantic railway:
with Odessa and the Black Sea. The line, which would
extend to the astounding length of 1,000 miles, has to
pass over Ostrow, Witepsk, Nogatshef, Kiew, and Baits
—an undertaking unparelleled in ancient and modern
history. It has often been argued that the extent of the
Russian empire is too great, that its capital lies too far,
north, and that even the northern and southern parts of
the empire are of too heterogenous a nature, preventing
any real political or social amalgamation. These asser-
tions are incontrovertible, and may have suggested to the
monarch the great idea to connect the opposite poles of
his great empire by this endless, as it were, line of road.
It is stated, in fine, that the immense sums required for
such an undertaking are to be raised by a foreign loan, the
guaranteed interest of which, however, is to be less than
5 per cent.

LONDON AND YORK RAILWAY.—A general meeting
of the provisional committee for the construction of this
new line of railway was held, on Friday, at the Hall o
Commerce, London. The Earl of Winchilsea occupied
the chair. Mr, J. H. Astell, the chairman of the acting
committee, stated, that that committee having been ap-
pointed for the purpose of adopting measures for amalga-
mating the two companies then before the public ; namely,
the great northern Company and the London and York,
vid Lincoln, Company, each having in view the connect-
ing the metropolis with the city of York, and ultimately
with Edinburgh, by means of a railroad, had so far sac"
ceeded in their object, that henceforward the two CO
panies would act together in an harmonious spirit. rib
committee had also appointed Mr. Locke, the engineei.r;
to decide upon the merits of the respective lines. ir''''
noble chairman said he fully concurred in all that the re'
port contained. Upon the motion of Viscount Howie%
M.P., seconded by Sir G. Strickland, M.P., the repo'.
was then agreed to ; as was a motion appointing a cnvi,,,;
mittee of twenty.four gentlemen, with full power to to
all necessary measures to carry out the undertaking.
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MANCIIESTRR . AND BIRMINGHAM BAILWA • ,
special meeting of the shareholders of this line of railway
was held, on Thursday last, in Manchester, at which t
following resolutions were agreed to with but ten dis-
sentients :
"Thatand three quar
company shall be divided into one share of £4O
of shads who
ter shares of .elO each, and that every proprietory
July next, shall be
shall be registered as such on the Ist day ofharjeuthen standing iti
every existing share of £7O in the capital of the sai_d_
considered as entitled in respect of each s_
lieuor his present share of
his name Ito one share of .e4O, (in
_eio shall be issued and offered to
" That one quarter share
be registered as such on the first du/
every proprietor who may be
or
iginal share then held by hini,.?,
of July, in respect of
_e2eper share shall become due and paYau'i
which a deposit (
of August next, and on which quarter share
the the first day
of the capital represented thereby shall be millet.
4700 upon which no furtherfcati
the remainder
times
That the remaining quarter sharesbari bsehesamsllhabadelleib.sse
las may be deemed at such a time or
~ That the holder of such quarters
time to time to receive dividends thereon in proportion to,t.b,,h
amount paid up at the close of the period in respect to whin
such dividend may be declared; and, in all other respects, ";,
proprietors of such quarter share shall participate in an Po'
leges and advantages in the like proportion.
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powers and provisions of the company's such times 'be act at on such terms hall
and conditions and in such manner as s_.
considered most conducive to the interests of the comPaDY" d
r The Chairman (Mr. D. Waddington,) brought forWil,-
two resolutions, in which the directors sought to be em.
two
powered to take such measures as they may deem %oft
advisable for the purpose of promoting the constro,f,,ot
of any line extending into, through, or heyond the vtber
Valley, in the direetion of London, and also of anY °"
id
line of railway extending from the intended MacelesiP.nle
Branch of the company to or near Buxton, and for I its
lo take the necessary steps for applying to parliaosen;ith
the next session, for powers to connect this railway ;di.
the Liverpool and Manchester in such manner as til
rectors may deem wisest. ued entitledun de
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Gunwo.—The demand for African has been if-L."111w
and advanced rates paid.. At auction 290 tons of Acidj
boe were sold at £lO 7s. Gd. to £lO 10s. for dark gre/6;l:
and 160 tons from Angrapiquena at £lO to £lO 120.•
_ p.
per ton for bright brown, to be delivered in bags-
Pe
vian has been fetching £l2 10s. to £l3 10s. per to-der
private contract, but for arrival there are sellers Ila-
these rates ; and many ships are near at hand. A.t a-
tion, yesterday, the cargo of the Anne, from leu r
sold at £9 ss. to £9 15s. per ton, to be delivered one
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before the 3d of July next.—Journal of Conamerc
Saturday.

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