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

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS

OF TOE
EDINBURGH AND GLASGOW RAILWAY.

GENTLEMEN,—Your chairman has obft.:ingly,•hut in a
manner ours-as! 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 icy twenty•iiic
persons, including reporters and clerks, and held for the
purpose of voti,:g awe £lOO,OOO (litticii must he bor-
rowed) to the Kital mock, Dumfries, and Carl7sle scheme.
He has also kindly rer.ateffwitat ; had vreviousy men-
tioned, namely, that I um (by inc:no,Von, not from ne-
cessity) the holder of only one share of the company's
ock ; and he might have distinc, s'alcd that lam (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 infot med you of the fact, that I
purchased that fme 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 c,msiderableamount
of support; and Ile might hare added that, at a late gene-
ral meeting of the company, the haler of that one &hare
was solicited by the secretary, and had the honour of de-
clining, to propose a vote of thanks to the chairman.
So far, gentler:en, for the information, pa,s:rilti to my-
self, furnished by your chairman in his recent letter,—
such a course, perhaps, not being likely to promote a
friendly conftrence with the promoters of the Caledonian
line, as promised to Mr. BLACK ADDER. by your chairman.
But—

He has no: acquainted you, either in his recent address,
sreech, or tter, with thc amc:ont of your stock held by
the gentlemln who spoke at the lwe niecCril- against your
granting £lOO,OOO, and who concluded by adhering to the
protest.
He has not informed you how highly successful were
the committee of the Kilmarnock. Dutufrie:4, and Carlisle
scheme, when they "fat in London for the purpose of as-
signing such shwes, in limited numbers, to such. parties
at respect ihility as should apply pet-tonally, or by letter
accomon'ed by reference !"

lie ins not told you what number of shares of this Kit-
Tuarnook, Domftif-s. and Carlisle pr6j,et, have been ap-
pi led for-or allated, uor what amount of deposit has been
paid thereon. _

He has faded to acquaint you with the amount of monied
interest taken in this scheme by the districts Around Dum-
fries, Kilmarnock, and Annan. through which the pet line
is proposed to pass ; nor has he said that the noblemen
and zentl men, proprietors of the soil, have agreed to the
live being taken Ly the beat ond most di,set.rowe.
He Ip,s not told you bow deep-'y interested himself and
some of his colleagues, and the general;!y of the officers of
your cornpa,y, are in the success of the Edinburgh and
Berwick Railway, the OlPs4ow and Ayr Ralwav, and the
pro:,osed 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 !'lluded to the powerftll interest and high
recornmendatinns that the. propcsed Ca!erloniaa line, as a
direct line and national henefit, is li!iely to command.
He has faited to tet&nd yon, that the cummitteer of
mana4ement of the Caledonian company are the triWees
of a large snm of mo-iey, raised frir thp purpot? of obtain_
in; en act of ii,lr:iainent for the formation of the line.—
Mid, filially,

. .
He Iris not said that there is to b. any limit lo the ex-
penditure of your company'sfunds in opposing the Cale-
donian railway

GENTEN ,--Y LEM our chairman hating altogether omit-
tM-to a eft to these particulars, I t.l%e the liberty of
bringi,tg them under your notice.—And am, your obedi-
ent humble servaia,

WILLIAM GRAHAM.

THE FAN PLIOPELLER.—A b-autiful lit•le stem-boat
of 50 tons, called the 31b.sfery, has just been launched at
Greenwich. propelled by another newly inven!ed means
of profafaion from the stern, without !he onsichtiv dis-
figurement of paddle boxes, and which bids fair to eclipse
every other kind of sternal propulsion which has yet been
patented. This propeller similar to the fans or sails of
a windmill, but with this difference to all other propellers
fixed at tight angles with the stern, that she has a hori-
zontal movement at the will of the s'eersman, and thus
be,omcs both uropeler and rudder; it will turn horiz3n-
t thy, without affecting its vertical motion to the extent of
half a circle—md so beautlnl. is its action on the vessel,
that she instantaneously answers th« slight: St movement,
and can be turned won,' and round with great rapidity in
the water, as if fixed on a pivot. The fan on this princi-
ple can he applied to sailing vessels of any size, even to
line of battle ships—and its action, being entirely beneath
the water, perfectly free from any accident or daniage.
Journal.

IMPORTANT APPLICATION OF THE STEAM-WHISTLE.
—lt is well known that one of the most common causes
of the expl,)sion of steam-boilers h s been the want of a
ifficient qualtity of water in the bailer at the time that
the heat u nieriteath was very great. In many instances.
the deficiency of water has resulted from thenegligenee of
the attendant engineer, cornbilicd wilt the tact that no
alarm wa; given, previous In the moment of explosion, of
the exact sate of the water in the ILippily,. an
efficient and simple exponent of the depth of water in the
bolvr at the time of working, - and which will actas a
powerful alarum in. case of danger, has just been atiplied
to the steam-h olers at one of the largest manufacturing
e.tablishtuents in the ntighbourhcod of Leeds. Be 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 lo-
c motive-cagines, a aery efficient &arum, as we have al-
ready said, is f“rtne ; for as soon as the water within the
boiler has ben consumed below the point where the pipe
enter, the boi`er, the steam will rush up the vipe, and
thence into the whistle, giving a timely warning of the
deficiency of water in the boiler.

DANGEROUS FE 'Cr.—On Saturday evening week a
large crowd of persons were co!lected in Sacville street,
Dublin, in consequence of seeing two young men stand-
ing en the top of Nelson's Pillar. One of them, a fine
young fellow, shout sixteen or seventeen years of age,
began to ascend the Pillar, and, :titer " tugging, away" for
some time, he succeeded in getting on the capstan, which
is placed behind the colossal wattle of the great naval
hero. From Vu,: position it was not very lard to ascend
the figure itself, which the lad accomplished, and, hay-
ing looked around him fora inoment, ho seated himself.
with the greatest apparent complacenc:;, on the heed of
rho figura, where he con:inued sere-rit minutes, waving
his cap. He then raised himself, and sood on the bead
of the figura, first on both, and then on one foot, in which
perilous situation he remained for several mintEes, while
the most painful anxiety exived 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 cant, went through a similar evolution, and
then both nsceuded the figure together, and, taking bold
of each other's hand, Curl 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 cf the conths at this
moment; hut 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 tie hat.
was done fur a wager, which is supp:-sed to he the case.

EXTCIAORDINA RS' CIRCUMSTAVCE. —On Thuisrlay
morning, about seven o'clock, as a man and woman *ere
passw
•g alongeidn. the Irvine river, beneath the Miffrt o-
bridge, shoo thrf e miles from Kihnar nook, they obsYried
a hat and veil tied on a parasol stuck in the ground a
short distance from Ilse :voter's edge ; and, en looking into
the river, they pereeived the bodies of a gent!eiwn anti
1-idy, in comparatively sl.o.Pow water, and about te feet
from the bank. These bo,lcs were found to by attached
by two handkerchiefs, (red and white,) knotted together
anti tied round the assn of eaeh. Both were well dressed,
and had the appearanu of persons moving in a resocen,ble
rank of life. Inside of the graleman's hat was no • ad-
dress written :—" IL J. Atkinson, Esq., King-
street, Cheap,id,-. London," close to the maker's liable,
G. Taylor, Wrmingham. No papers were found on ' the-
person of richer to senora nny fintly'r 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.
Ile was of a ruddy complexion, and neatly sixty years of
age. The lady was about tho same age, attired in a black
silk gown, a Donstable bonnet, a boa round her neck,
black silk glove?, with a plain gold ring on her finger. In
her pocket were a fruit kife, 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 gentFroal wet...! found a plain and rather old-fash-
ioned watch, three gold seals attached by a black silk rib-
bon, with the getter '• B " engraven, a silver pencil-case,
a gold ring on his finger, one shilling and sixtlenoe in
silver, and is orence halfpenny in copper in his pocket ;
&so, a gold tooth-pick, in an ivory case. &e. Tie part
of the ricer where the bodies were found is not above
Circe feet deep, but herratts is a deep pool. There was
not the slightest murk of violence perceived on either of
their bodies. On making inquiry in town, we understand
that a lady and gentleman answering to the chose descrip-
tion, c:nne on Tnosday to re&de at the Commercial Inn,
Kilmarnock, basing arrived by reilway from Glasgow,
They brought two trunks, but gale no address. They
seemed to have no acquaintances in town ; but took
freqoent war=s in company along the streets, and ap-
peared t•) live most ngreeably together. On Wednesday,
after taking tlitincr, they left the inn, about five o'clock,
p m., intimating to Mrs. W'yliie 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 cl,im on them in this neighbourhood.
They lived as man and wife, and, wherever they' have
came from, ha: e kept C:eir names a strict secret. FrOm
the small sum of money found
on their persons, tiler ap-
peared to hive exhausted their ratans so far, but the
trvulhies they possessed could have afforded then) the
means of livelihood for sonic time longer. The keys
fauna on attic persons answer the trunl:s; but the requi-
site authority 1 as net yet been chained for openhigoliese
receptacles.— Ki'marnock Journal.
UTILITY OF fr ONSTANT STUDY.--In my youth ITW,s
very much des to • re- tling ; anti 1-:n n,w, old as
,on, i enlpl,,v is it ;11 the moments of Lisure lett re -1 y
State affairs. The things of this world are too in t-
r.ots for a man niio lives in the ninth story p, lace
to be at& to know It he mails brows, r.nd'o here
ions himself of the avticros and proceedings “f the an.
he will find the not to make many' rig is.
takes in his:admitils,ration. For tomoo than fifty- tent.s.
that I have rei-ntol, I have contniti:::,4l ts,•‘v rtrn,s•;atitl
I use th'S advantage to r Tab:e 'jal 0j:.431.5n:-
pl'or Ka:,., he,

y ,
UAL T.CIV EVE.— it wt:i ue seem by a proc)i;nl;ll.)trof
r.ol el character, in otioti.er etthin,, that ;rent pferttra-
lions arc making for the celehratiou of this day.