The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-10-29 00:00:00

ABERDEEN RAILWAY.

CAPITAL, £900,000, in SHARES of £5O EACH.
DEPOSIT, £1 PER SHARE.

PROVISIONAL COMMITTEE.

Thomas Blaikie, Eq., Lord Provost of the City of Aber-
deen, Chairman.
The Right ilon. the Earl of Errol, K. T., Lord-Lieute-

nant of Aberdeenshire.
The Right Hon. the Lord Forbes.
The Right Hon. the Lord Panmure.-.
The Right Hon. the Lord Lovat.,l
The Right Hon. the Lord James Hay.
Sir R. Dalrymple Horn Elphinstone, Bart.
The Provost of Dundee.
The Provost of Arbroatir:
The Provost of Montrose.
The Provost of Forfar.
The Provost of Brechin.
Alexander Bannerman, Esq., M.P. for the City of Aber-

deen.
George Duncan, Esq., M.P. for Dundee.
James Duff, Esq., M.P. for Banffshire.
John Adam, ESQ.. of Scobbach.
William Adam, E:41., of Hanna.
Captain Barclay, of Ury and Allardice.
David Blaikie, Esq.
John Blaikie, Esq., of Craigiebuckler.
Major-General Bvres, of Tonley.
Newell Burnett, Esq., Aberdeen.
Patrick Chalmers. Esq., of Auldbar.
Lewis Crombie, E&q , one of the Bailies of Aberdeen.
'William F. L. Carnegie, Esq., of Spynie and Boysack.
Patrick Davidson, Esq., Aberdeen.
Robert Duff, Esq., of Culter and Fetteresso.
Thomas Abercrombv Duff, Esq., of Haddo.
Duncan Davidson, Esq., of Tillychetly.
James Farquharson, Esq., of Invercauld.
James Farquhar, Esq., Hallgreeen, of Kincardineshire.
James Parquharsonn, Esq., Manufacturer, Auchinblae.
Colonel Fraser, of lnverallochy and Castle Fraser.
Robert Grant, Esq., of Tillyfour, Convener of Aberdeen-
shire.
Colonel Gordon, of Park, Convener of Banffshire.
Alexander Gibbon, Esq., of Johnston.
John Gordon, Esq., of Avochie.
Andrew Gammell Esq., of Drumtochty Castle.
John Taylor Gordon, Esq., of Nethermuir.
James Hadden, jun , Esq.. of Aberdeen.
Frederick Holland, Esq., Aberdeen.
John Angus, Esq., City Clerk of Aberdeen.
William Innes, Esq., of Raemoor, Convener of Kin-
cardineshire.
Alexander Jopp, Esq., Aberdeen.
James Kilgour, Esq., Aberdeen.
Clemets Lumsden, Esq., Aberdeen.
Alexander Morrison, Esq , of Bonny and Montblairy.
Isaac Macray. Esq., Mail•coach Contractor, Aberdeen.
John Morrice, Esq., of Kincardineshire, Merchant, Lon-
don.
David Balfour Ogilvie, Esq., of Tannadice.
Alexander Pirie, jun., Esq., Aberdeen.
Henry Paterson, Esq., Banker.
Colonel-Turner, of Menie, C. 8., Royal Arillery.
Major George Thomson, C.B , Bengal Engineers, of
Fairley.
George Thomson,7jun., Esq., Aberdeen.
David Wylie, Esq.. Banker Aberdeen.
BANKERS IN LONDON.
The Union Bank of London.
ENGINEERS.

William Cuhitt, Eaq., F. R. S., Great George-street,

. .
London.
Alexander Gibb, Esq , Aberdeen.
PARLIAMENTARY SOLICITORS.
Messrs. Johnston, Farquhar, and Leech. 65, Moorgate-
street ; and Messrs. G. and T. W. Webster,
.1, Old
Palace-yard, Westminster.
PHIS Railway will connect the North of Scotland with
A all the proposed and present Railways in the South
and led directly from Aberdeen to Edinburgh and Glas-
gow. Its length will be about 50Imiles, and the distances
from Aberdeen to the foliowiag important places will be
as follows : viz.,

MILES
To Edinburgh. via Arbroath, Dundee, and through

Fife....

- 125

Do. via Forfar, Perth, and Stirling..
To Glasgow, via Do. Do. Do 152
Do
_ . via Dundee, Perth, and Stirling 157

The rosition of Aberdeen among the towns of Scotland
is next in importance to that of Edinburgh and Glasgow ;
and with the view of adopting the Line best calculated to
unite Aberdeen with these and other populous cities, and
to secure the most favourable communication with the
South, Mr. Cubitt, after a careful personal survey, has
reported his decided approval of the Line now proposed,
and which may be described as follows :—From Aberdeen,
by Stonehaven, Druinlitbe, Laurencekirk,Marykirk, Dub-
ton, near Montrose. and Bridge of Dun, near Brechin,
to Froickheim and Guthrie, points about seven miles from
Arbroath and F.,:far, in the present Line of Railway to
these towns.

Mr. Cubist has further stated, that this Line is also th
most favourable as regards the expense of construction,
and that his estimate of £900,000 is fully sufficient for
completing the undertaking, including the plant and every
other expense up to the opening of the Railway.
The Company will be in a situation to submit evidence
to Parliament that the traffic will yield a return of eight
per cent. to the Shareholder.
After the act is obtained, interest at the rate of four per
cent. will be alowed upon the calls from the date of pay-
ment until the Line is opened for traffic.

The Parliamentary Plans will be completed in time for
deposit, so that application may be made to Parliament
for the act next session. _

Copies of Mr. Cubitt Report and Sketches of the Line
may be obtained at the Company's Office, 2, Moorgate-
§tmt; London. where applications for the remaining

Mr. S:erndale Bennett has been engaged to conduct
one of his overtures, and to play. at One of the Litcrpool
phillprmonic concerts in December.

TO THE SHAREHbLDERS
OF THE
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

GENTLEMEN,—your chairman has obligingly, but in a
manner personal to myself, furnished you etch with a re-
port of the proceedings at the recent special general meet-
ing of the company, which was attended by twenty-five
persons, including reporters and elerks,.and held for the
purpose of voting away £lOO,OOO (which must be bor-
rowed) to the Kilm, mock, Dumfries, and Carlisle scheme.
He has also kindly repeated what I had previous!), men-
tioned, namely, that I am (by inclination, not from ne-
cessity) the holder of only one share of the company's
ock ; and he might haVe distinctly stated that I am (in
place of insidiously saying that " I was") vice-chairman
of the committee of management of the Caledonian Rail.
way Company.
He might have further info' med you of the fact, that I
purchased that one share of your stock, for the purpose
of bringing on a late occasion to the aid of your board of
management, on a vital question, a considerable amount
of support ; and he might have added that, at a late gene-
ral meeting of the company, the holder of that one share
was solicited by the secretary, and had the honour of de-
clining, to propose a rote of thanks to the chairman.
So far, gentlemen, for the information, personal to my-
self, furnished by your chairman in his recent letter,--
such a course, perhaps, not being likely to promote a
friendly conference with the promoters or the Caledonian
line, as promised to Mr. BLACKADDER by your chairman.
But—

He has not acquainted you, either in his recent address,
speech, or h tter, with the amount of your stock held by
the gentleman who spoke at the late meeting against your
granting £lOO,OOO, and who concluded by adhering to tha
protest. _ _

He has not informed you how highly successful were
the committee of the Ki►marnock, Dumfries, and Carlisle
scheme, when they "sat in London for the purpose of as-
signing such shares, in limited numbers, to such parties
of respectability as should apply personally, or by letter
accompanied by reference !"
He has not told you what number of shares of this Kil-
marnock, Dumfries, and Carlisle project, have been ap-
piled for or allotted, nor what amount of deposit has bees
paid thereon.

He has failed to acquaint you with the amount of monied-
' interest taken in this scheme by the districts around Duca-
-1 fries, Kilmarnock, and Annan, through which the pet line
is proposed to pass; nor has he said that the noblemen
and gentlemen, proprietors of the soil, have agreed to the
line being taken by the best and most direct route.
He has not told you how deeply interested himself and
some of his colleagues, and the generality of the officers of
your company, arc in the success of the Edinburgh and-
Berwick Railway, the Glasgow and Ayr Railway, and the
proposed Kilmarnock, Dumfries, and Carlisle Railway.
He has not shown you that, as chairman of the Berwick
Railway, it is his duty to draw to that line all traffic pass-
ing to and from the north of your railway—to the great
loss and detriment of the railways lying to the south-west
of the island.
He has not alluded to the powerful interest and high
recommendations that the proposed Caledonian line, as a
direct line and national benefit, is likely to command.
He has failed to remind you, that the committee of
management of the Caledonian company are the trustees
of a large sum of money, raised for the purpose of obtain-
ing an act of parliament for the formation of thejine.—
And, finally,
He has not said that there is to be any limit to the es-
pen di lure of your company's funds in opposing the Cale-
donian railway bill.
GENTLEMEN,—Your chairman having altogether omit-
ted to avert to these particulars, 1 take the liberty of
bringing them under your notice.—And am, your obedi-
ent humble servant,

WILLIAM GRAHAM.

THE FAN PROPELLER.—A beautiful little steam-boat
of 50 tons, called the Mystery, has just been launched at
Greenwich. propelled by another newly invented means
of propulsion from the stern, without the unsightly dis-
figurement of paddle boxes, and which bids fair to eclipse
every other kind of sternal propulsion which has yet been
patented. This propeller is similar to the fans or sails of
a windmill, but with this difference to all other propellers
fixed at right angles with the stern, that she has a hori-
zontal movement at the will of the steersman, and thus
becomes both propeller and rudder; it will turn horizon-
tally, without affecting its vertical motion to the extent of
half a circle—and so beautiful is its action on the vessel,..
that she instantaneously answers the slightest movement,
and can be turned round and round with great rapidity in
the water, as if fixed on a pivot. The fan on this princi-
ple can be applied to sailing vessels of any size, even to
line of battle ships—and its action, being entirely beneath
the water, is perfectly free from any accident or damage.
- ing Jourrol.
IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF THE STEAM-WHISTLE.
—lt is well known that one of the most common causes
of the explosion of steam-boilers h's been the want of g
arflicient qua rtity of water in the boiler at the time that
the beat u iderneath was very great. In many instances,
the deficiency of water has tesulted from the negligence of
the attendant engineer, combined with the fact that nq
alarm wa3 given, previous to the moment of explosion, of
the exact state of the water in the boiler. Happily, an
efficient and simple exponent of the depth of water in the
bo ler at the time of working, and which will act as
powerful alarm in case of danger, has just been applied
to the steam-boilers at one of the largest manufacturing
establishments in the neighbourhood cf Leeds. By af-
fixing a small pipe in communication with the interior of
the boiler at that point below which it is well known to be
unsafe to allow the water to be Consumed in the genera-
tion of steam, and at the top of such tube putting one of
t"e common whistles that are attached to the railway 10-'
comotive-engines, a eery efficient alarum, as we have al-
ready said, is forme ; for as soon as the water within the
boiler has been consumed below the point where the pipe
enters the boiler, the steam will rush up the pipe, and
thence into the whistle, giving a timely warning of the
deficiency of water in: the boiler.

DANGEROUS FEAT.—On Saturday evening week is
large crowd of persons were collected in Sacville street,
Dublin, in consequence of seeing two young men stand-
ing on the top of Nelson's Pillar. One of them, a fine
young fellow, about sixteen or seventeen years of age,
began to ascend the pillar, and, after " tugging away" for
some time, he succeeded in getting on the capstan, which
is placed behind the colossal statue of the great naval
hero. From this position it was not very hard to ascend
the figure itself, which the lad accomplished, and, hav-
ing looked around him for a moment, he seated himself.
with the greatest apparent complacency, on the head of
the figure, where he con'inued several minutes, waving
his cap. He then raised himself, and stood on the head
of the figure, first on both, and then on one foot, in which
perilous situation he remained for several minutes, while
the most painful anxiety existed among the observers for
his safety. Having descended, his companion, who ap-
peared somewhat his senior in years, and who was dressed
in a frock coat, went through a similar evolution, and
then both ascended the figure together, and, taking hold.
of each other's hand, they stood, with one leg each, for
a considerable time, on the granite head of the immortal
Nelson. It was blowing a strong breeze, and it was pain-
ful to witness the dangerous position of the youths at this
moment; but they descended without any accident, and,
on coming into the street were loudly cheered. They re-
fused to give their names, nor would they say if the feat
was done for a wager, which is suppose] to be the case.
EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCE.— On Thursday
morning, about seven o'clock, as a man and woman were
passing alongside the Irvine river, beneath the Milton-
bridge, about three miles from Kilmarnock, they observed
a hat and veil tied on a parasol stuck in the ground a
short distance from the water's edge ; and, on looking into
the river, they perceived the bodies of a gentleman and
lady, in comparatively shallow water, and about ten feet
from the bank. These bodies were found to he attached
by two handkerchiefs, (red and white,) knotted together
and tied round the arm of each. Beth were welldressed,
and bad the appearance of persons moving in a respectable
rank of life. Inside of the gentleman's hat was an ad•
dress written thus :—" H. J. Atkinson, Esq., , King-
street, Cheapside, London," close to the maker's name,
G. Taylor, Birmingham. No papers were found on the
person of either to afford any further clue. The gentle.-
man w's dressed in a black coat, black vest, with under
satin vest, trousers of dark blue doe-skin, with boots.
He was of a ruddy complexion, and nearly sixty years of
age. The lady was about the same age, attired in a black
silk gown, a Donstable bonnet, a boa round her neck,.
black silk gloves, with a plain gold ring on her finger. In
her pocket were a fruit knife, tooth pick, gold pin, satin
pin-cushion, a watch seal, with the word " Kate" en-
graved thereon, and one or two other trifling articles.
On the gentleman were found a plain and rather old-fash-
ioned watch, three gold seals attached by a black silk rib-
bon, with the lettrr " B " engraven, a silver pencd-case,
a gold ring on his finger, one shilling and sixpence is
silver, and twopence halfpenny in copper in his pocket;
also, a gold tooth-pick, in an ivory case, The part
of the river where the bodies were found is not above
three feet deep, but beneath is a deep pool. There was
not the slightest mark of violence perceived on either of
tihheaitrabloaddiy andes
.On making inquiry in town, we understand
gentleman answering to the above descrip-
tion, came on Tuesday to reside at the Commercial Inn.
Kilmarnock, having arrived by railway from Glasgow.
They brought two trunks, but gave no address. They
seemed to have no acquaintances in town; but took
frequent walks in company along the streets, and ap-
peared to live most agreeably together. On Wednesday,
after taking dinner, they left the inn, about five o'clock,
p.m., intimating to Mrs. Wyllie that they would probably
be late, as they were going to take a moonlight walk.
They paid their bill that day, and no person, so far as is
known, has arty el aim on them in this neighbourhood_
They lived as man and wife, and, wherever they have
come from, have kept their names a strict secret. From
the small sum of money found on their persons, they ap_
peared to have exhausted their means so far, but the
valuables they possessed could have afforded them the
means of lirelihocd tbr some time longer. The keys
faund on their persons answer the trunks; but the requi•
site authority has not yet been ob'ained fot opening these
receptacles.— Kiimarnook Journal.
UTILITY OF CONSTANT STUDY.--In my you& I was
very much devoted to reading ; and even now, old as I
am, I employ in it all the moments of leisure left me I y
State affairs. The things of this world are too nun e-
rous for a man who lives in the ninth story of his palace
ta be able to know them. If he reads books, and there
rms himself of the actions and proceedings of the an-
cients, he will find the means not to make many mis-
takes in his administration. For more than fifty years
that I bare reigned, I have committed but few errors, and
I owe this advantage to reading.—Table Talk of the Em-
peror Kong-he.

HALLOW Eve.—lt will be seen by a proclamation of a
novel character, in hnnther column, that great prepare,
tins are waking for the celebration of this day.