The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-08-15 00:00:00

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LAW INTELLIGEKCE.

11G. tr*
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—CARLISLE, A-
(Before Mr. Justice Erie and a Special Jfir
WILKIN V. SCOTT.—DILAPIDATIONS OF A
.I"ii.,•Cnt
HOUSE.—The action was brought by Mr. \V"1"to
Rector of Bootle, in the county of Cumberland, 0,
cover from Mr. oon, the late incumbent, a Om bad
between £l4O and £155, for dilapidations, £6O haj;
paid into court by Mr. Scott, as an ample sum for
o°
quisite substantial repairs. The rectory had been
by the late incumbent in 1839, and the present recto'
entering it, found almost the whole of the wood '
aa w°
a state of dry-rot, and certain outbuildings in a bdie,
of repair. The principal witness was Mr. 11rci
site
Newcastle, who estimated the amount for requlbio
pairs at £147 Os. ; the estimate of Mr. Gr• 11° 6
was £147 2s. 9d. • that of Mr. C. Armstrong, •15.43,4
the part of the defendant witnesses were called c°r jot,
that the building could be put into complete repala
sum considerably under £5O. The jury returned
dict for the defendant.

Ili
The August assizes commenced on Saturday at 1A
ter. The calendar we are happy to say, is ligu:iirot
procession of the sheriff, Sir T. G. Heskethc,noo
Preston, en route for Lancaster, took place in the int''"„pte
Mr. Bouverie's new bill for consolidating the baiors-t
laws, restores, in certain cases, the power of orre
mesne process. ,
_we
COUNTY COURTS.—In a discussion which tool'
the House of Lords, the Lord Chancellor incident 9,t
pressed his hope, that before long a plan would be au`i'tir
by which the fees in the county courts would be reu
one-half.
In the appeal made by the Duke of Brunswick -„t
the King of Hanover, for setting aside an instrewe'rir
which the defendant was made guardian of the pr°,P,e de
the plaintiff, the House of Lords have confirmed tn;coo
sion of the Master of the Rolls, that as the mete' rio,
plained of was an act done by a foreign sovereig ode
in his own country, it could not, therefore, be r
subject of a suit in equity here.

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

4_
A correspondent of the Times animadverts on the
gular fact that the Great Northern Railway hare :14
a newspaper to publish their own reports.
Shrewsbury can now calculate upon having the ti
from Chirk opened in a short period ; indeed theof I
stated is the first week in October. The last arch to
Dee viaduct will be " keyed " in the course of the P
week.
The shareholders of the Lancaster and Carlislegai
adopted their report without much discussion of the red'
tents. The passenger traffic appears to have inel'ititic'
and, indeed, the only unsatisfactory matter, is their.e,,idd,
of the line with the Lancaster and Preston. A
,71efort
of £1 per whole, and 4s. 6d. ner third share was la v
and plenary authority was given to the directors
settlement of the Lancaster and Preston question. ,00
ATROCIOUS CONDUCT OF AN ENGINE DEll„ questions
net!,
the East Lancashire Railway works, at Tunnel I; f 0`;
Burnley, on Friday week, the driver and ste"e"enein
Medusa locomotive were drinking, and had left the 5010/
in charge of the cleaner, whose name is Rhodes.d,wOr
persons in authority came down to the engine, ee,„ tsl'hee,
ing to 'go to the " tip end" at Rose-grove, wna,
thither by Rhodes. Shortly after Rhodes lisc,:"engA'n-
driver, named Whittle, came down, and finding p10`"„
gone without him, he was very much vexed, se croe
formidable obstacles on the rails to obstruct the
its return. On the engine's return, with a truck e` tot,
it was cast off the rails, and Rhodes was throntree"
ground, and had his arms and thighs broken. 'IA"; r,
in the truck the Rev. T. G. James ; his hrel,"felt'tet
James, of Liverpool ; Mr. Donaldson, the engi,,ne`,"o3le"
line, and another gentleman, all of whom
escaped. Whittle has been committed for trial', of crof
PRICE OF RAILWAY SHARES.—On Friday a veyervte
siderable. depression took place in the price of is
the railway shares. The immediate cause of tll,,l;
reduction in the dividends by some of the lealw:,,lers"ll
which is producing an influence on opinion cecsijeclo",j
beyond the intrinsic value of the difference. The °n e".l
tion of the dividend at the meeting of the Loe'd
North-Western Company on Friday being re"„ceorref;
per cent., or at the rate of 7 per cent. per all d0..2
duced a considerable sensation, and sent the sher'; per,
4or 5 per cent. The idea that had been for a 10'4' port/
attached to this line that it would permanently hae hit
dividend of 10 per cent. on the capital invested
coal
much more influence than the decrease merits, betiseclbot
is quite clear that it is to a considerable extent e 9.05
the expenditure upon new branches and extens;
yet become productive. The holders in that and w W.,
lines shou:d, therefore, be cautious not to at? tjr,
property away under the influence of a panic vehicn,,iste
are always parties ready to foster and sustain for Di'
puTHErposes.
LONDON AND NOTH.WESTERN DIVIDE- 460d'
shareholders in this company had the satisfactionvrA
ing that the dividend declared at the meeting on uce_;;lo,,
was real—actually payable from the bond fide as Toy
earnings of the line, and not got up for show hYrP..4ll6'
the " ingenious devices" of financial generalship, o.;;:tatz,
financial jugglery—a resort to which species of till %pile
dexterity might possibly, if the directors had conde. tb
to such shifts, produced a larger nominal dividend foe th'
nonce, but would have proportionately endanger otiO
high, the unsullied, and universally trustpd renuai,b •
t•
which they peculiarly pose... and rpr apl
forward dealing. Whatever might have been tic'
rent temptations to an evasive course of conduct ,e 1
instance, the directors may rely on it that they bat in pre'
the path not only of honour, but of true
seating an undisguised, unvarnished, unexa
ggrucl lookirg
ment of what, considering all incurobrances, 1,1 a
iont
afthe tremendous occurrences of the year, Is the Vic'd
for which their constituents and themselves have oecor:
ample reason to be proud and thankful.—Rai/icaYnd; the
THE STRIKE OF ENGINE-DRIVERS.-011 Mct artbsi
following notice was posted on the premises of the „ea
prudencl,d
state,
Western Railway Company :—" Euston Statiom_reker,
7, 1848.—A statement having appeared in the
s 0;
newspaper of Sunday, and been copied into the I ";7080Y
this day, to the effect that at a meeting on FridaY.,?; D°o;
of the engine-drivers and firemen employed on pi edthil
don and North-Western Railway, it had been alleingssiqe"
it was the intentioa of the directors to use the c 9 of
ag
tion as the means of ultimately reducing the wag
Men, I am instructed to declare that so far from tit'tictlid
the case, it is their intention, in every instance" seers
carry out the regulation by which engine-urn' cieo"2o3
firemen are to be successively advanced as vacant t, re
occur in the classes above them, and that it is'"ereoll,tr
never has been, the intention of the directors leorth'io
the number of the men employed in these clas,,,se'e'olo
rate of wages.—R. CREED, Secretary." On 'linden l're,
adjourned meeting of engine-drivers on the Le,'" l'avee,
North-Western Railway was held at the Rad`rgidiog a-
Hampstead-road, to consider the question now' ()if,
tween them and the directors. Mr. James 13r,?The•
pied the chair, and 150 drivers were present. 1 "cnocet'bi
man read a speech; which recapitulated the gr'eoposfrVe
suiting from the new classification of wages Prrrr
Mr, M'Connell, the superintendent of locomotive bot
are perfectly satisfied, he said, with our wages' the rthe
move is made because we see in the backgroue ,sa to „t 5
object of the new system—that of being subject7,os,
caprice of the superintendent." A variety of! ate I°oo
were made to show that great danger resulted I°,oy. to
lie from the course being pursued by the eon:Pi-ende'et'
resignations had been sent in, and the men 10 the 0 old
adhere to them.—After thanks to the Chairram!ns
ing separated. It was expected that negotiatinces.
have been set on foot to terminate these differie-of t"tioo'
men however refuse to give way, and the velicoe,igastbe
from Rugby to Carlisle, have forwarded their re that d to
A letter was read from Northampton, stathlgliduccivi,
engine drivers and firemen there had been bat .lied
withdraw their notice from a misrepresentatioevercelos;
had since recalled their withdrawal, and were joia,r,b&
to resign if they had only bread and water for 6 pubPitii
MIXED GUAGE.—A pamphlet has just 111' eso
on this subject by Joseph Locke, Esq., I‘l'„,:eaterear°
shown that the remedy of mixed gauge is 3 ft:s the evil'
than the break of gauge, Mr. Locke next go'', the
for both :—" With the view, then, of avoidim9yetecTii to
which must necessarily arise to the railwaYntenti°oo
such extension of the mixed gauge, it is rnY ?into t'tbree
show your lordship that, for a far less sum the ove_
about to be laid out on the mixed gauge Mild 00125 ill°
lines I have named, a railway of continuous 39st se pol°
gauge may be completed between the south co
inetecoot
North of England on the one hand, and the the bj; 15
and the whole of the North of England, tg,itig.,th the
Western line, on the other. The mode of tor o.l` (101!'
simply by laying the narrow gauge concurre,ll.o Don,cbts
broad gauge from Oxford through Readin.,
miles'
,i0(1
and from Reading to Basingstoke—in all 77 or a ib-e an
might be done either by independent linAedejit• be hf
gauge; and although the latter would, I acoUldittle
evil, it would be much less in extent than it e hrocu7
,
any other arrangement, short of altering the from 0, v
to the narrow. The narrow gauge must he oat 9 rot
ford northward ; but why lay the broad Oleo elPtbo
proposed by the Great Western Company' net. iiiorearrol
at the outset (from the mixed gauge, "s, the 1104'
£BOO,OOO sterling ? Why not, instead, of the,..,etie
gauge from Oxford to London, at one-third
_erethe
If this were done, the Great Western coulkirent,velt`soll
ally compete in the north, if that be their oci to ilco
North Western, than they can ever clincPheamee't t!le
breaks of gauge at either Rugby, Wol by
mingham, or Oxford ; and, for the south '''',,odeboce tai
Great Western carry out the pledge ofteti3asings.ct,,
chairman, to lay the narrow gauge from
_st aistrlnof:
a cost of less than £lOO,OOO,
Reading ; and thus the north
waneiullsdoubtehsitc7entaevtehre. ';‘,180111,v;
ance and expense of any break of gauge v!"_,l, tbes,,,fio.
then, my lord, is this suggestion—so obv!ou'in'tersj'estel
est, simplest, and best for the loublteGreat bee 9
adopted ? Must it be confessed that the
„oirmit'njis,e
relying on the conflicting decisions the
Parliament, hopes, year after year, to e- `` hold, a a c
.1 e one Alu
gauge further to the north on
Southampton and Portsmouth on the
owned, that whilst that company is Chas
efultl,oA).,
sions, for its own (supposed). advantage, a
betweetk f, To
the introduction of the mixed ge"le , get rip of t
and Oxford, which would almost
theentire )...tensiooanc.it
other.ergi4v ester,
difficulty which affords a pretext for
rne that iltdr
broad gauge ?It was the Great Westc cou e coal
ti
itnliteerefexrceepwtiitohn at
eglui
na
egse the 51sge'hol
piny that is now seeking to introduces brn0,700,17;
order to avoid, as it is alleged, tile
_e at
041).
really in order to multiply breaks of g,il!g- `eompa b
remote from their own line ; and yet tl isle and 0101
dtchcelanrionrgth.tliaaitL4xed
t, 0
• to apply Ivey ",s
to construct and to work, hesitates themso
03_111,
alone contend that a mixed gauge is stmt ~ the c:-•001'
to their own line, where no one pa
have control over it." [This wen
published by Mr. Webb, of this town