The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-11-17 00:00:00

RAILWAY PROJECTS.

There can be no doubt that railways have become the most
popular, as they will in all probability, eventually be the most
profitable, investments of surplus capital. Taking advantage
of these circumstances, certain speculators have in some in-
stances put forth scheMes, and puffed them into notice, for the
unworthy purpose of making a profit by selling the shares at a
premium. It has happened that within the last few weeks pro-
jects have been set atioat, to complete the whole of which would
require the enormous sum of thirty millions sterling. That
some of these plans are ill digested and impracticable it re-
quired but little foresight to discover. Hence they have rapidly
sunk in public estimation, and the shares in them, having been
forced by fraudulent means to a high premium, are now at a dis-
count. The fact that, in many instances, the requisite steps
have not been taken for going to Parliament in the next session
for an act has doubtless tended to dissipate the delusion. The
public mind, as regards railways, is daily becoming more healthy
and rational, and the abandonment of wild and visionary specu-
lations cannot prejudice those excellent plans, which promise
not only a safe and profitable investment of money, but which
will inevitably improve the districts through Which they pass.
and promote the comfort and convenience of the inhabitants.
Of the latter class are several contemplated railways in this
district, notices respecting which appear in our advertising
columns.

The projectors and promoters of the Great North of England
Railway, it will be seen, intend to apply to parliament fur an
act to construct that part of the hue from Newcastle to Leeds,
which lies between the Tyne and the Tees. The company
have also put forth a well-written address, containing much aci-
mirable argument and many interesting facts. The project,
since its first commencement, has been highly popular, and
meetings in its favour, at which resolutions were passed approv-
ing of the conduct of the provisional committee, have this week
been 'odd in Newcastle and Sunderland.

Another project, of which our columns contain the requisite
legal notice for an act of parliament, is the formation of a rail-
way from Merpeth to North Shields, with two branches, the in-
tended route of which is set forth in the advertisement. The
company for constructing this railway was formed at a meeting
of gentlemen friendly to the project, held at the George Tavern,
North Shields, on Monday last. The proceedings were very
unanimous; a great number of shares were taken in the room,
and a determination was evinced to effect the object in view
with all possible expedition.
The next announcement to which we direct attention, is the
notice of application for an act to construct and maintain a
railway extending from Newcastle to North Shields. Of the
great public convenience, and the certainty of profit arising
from this railway. we have before expressed our opinions most
strongly. There is, we believe, no short line in the kingdom
upon which the number of passengers is so great. The advan-
tages of a railway between Newcastle and Shields are almost
incalculable; it will, for all practical purposes, unite North
Shields to Newcastle, and the inhabitants of oth towns will
mutually partake in the benefits which invariably result from a
means of frequent communication, at once safe, cheap, and ex-
peditious.
In addition to these projects, now fairly launched, others are
in contemplation. It is proposed to establish a company for
effecting a continuous railway communication between Leeds
and Edinburgh, by viay of Newcastle and Glasgow to be called
"The Great Anglo-Caledonian Railway." To effect this great
object provisional committees are in course of formation in
London, Leeds, Newcastle, and. Glasgow. The Leeds end of
the line is in course of being surveyed by Mr. Leather, and
Messrs. Nicholas Wood and John -Blackmore arc taking the
levels on that part of the line which will extend from the point
of departure on the Newcastle and Carlisle railway to Glasgow.
In enumerating the new railway plans and projects in this
district, we must not forget the Brandling Junction, to connect
Gateshead, South Shields, and Sunderland. For this work an
act of parliament has been already obtained, and we un lerstand
the share list is rapidly filling. A second railway, over the
same district, is also projected under the auspices of the directors
of the Stanhope and Tyne, the entire amount required for the
formation of which has been already subscribed.
In addition to those above mentioned, several other railways.
all important to the counties of Northumberland, Durham, and
Cumberland, are in rapid course of formation. We need scarcely
mention the Durham Junction, the Durham and Sunderland,
the Blavdon and Hebburn, and the Newcastle and Carlisle
Railway. The directors of the latter, it will be seen, liave given
notice of their intention to apply to parliament in the next ses-
sion, for an act to construct a bridge over the river Tyne, near
Elswick. Newcastle will, when these projects are completed,
be entirely intersected by railways, the beneficial effects of which
to the prosperity of the port, it is impossible to calculate.—New-
castle Journal.

BEAUTY.—Remember that, if thou marry for beauty, thou
bindest thyself all thy lire for that which perchance will neither
last nor please thee one year; and when thou halt it, it will be
to thee of no price at all, for the desire dieth when it is attained,
and the affection periaheth niter' it is satisfied.
Such is the scarcity and demand for turnips in the metropolis,
that 100 guineas were given for a field of seven acres a few days
since in the-vicinity of Hertford. The average price in Covent
Garden market is about Gs. per load.

IMPORTANT TO PRINTERS.—By the new at for regulating
weights and measures, the sth and 6th Win. IV. cap. 63, sec. 31,
it is enacted that from and after the Ist day of January, 1836,
any person or persons who shall print, or if the clerk of any
market or other person shall make any return, price list, price
current or any journal or other paper. containing price list or
price current, iu which the denomination ci weights and trea-
sures quoted or referred to shall denote or apply a greater or less
weight or measure than is denoted or implied by the same de-
nomination of the imperial weights and measures under and
according to the provisions of this act, such person or persons,
or clerk of the market, shall forfeit any sun. not exceeding 10s.
for every copy of every such return, price list, price current,
journal, or other paper which he or they shall publish, one moi-
ety of the penalty to he paid to the informer, and the other to.
the treasurer of the county, riding, or division, &c.
FIRES AT GoVEIINMENT 13VII.DINGS.—Great complaint is
made by the London firemen generally of what they consider
to be the extreme meanness, not to say injustice, of the whig
government, in not giving them the slightest gratuity for the
important aid rendered recently at the fire at the Penitentiary,
as likewise for the still more valuable service rendered, and
many day's arduOuS toil undergone, at the memorable confla-
gration of the Houses of Parliament last year. They justly
observe that, the buildings being uninsured, the offices by
which they are paid would not have been in the least suffereis
by their total destruction, and they think it hard that, after
having worked severely for days together in the public service,
they are left without a farthing of remuneration. This conduct
they bitterly and strongly contrast with that of former govern-
ments, fiom which they always received just and liberal treat-
ment in all cases of fires breaking out in government offices,
and in particular they mention that when the fire occurred at
St. Janie S's Palace some yetrs back, each fireman present re,
ceived from seven shillings to one guinea, according to his rank
and the service rendered. But as respects the fire at the Houses
of Parliament, even the men belonging to the Loudon establish.
ment, who at a great personal risk- saved the Speaker's mace,
received not the slightest reward. The hardest case is, how-
ever, that of John Hambleten, an engineer of the same esta-
blishment, who, while playing • an engine on the Speaker's
house, was buried by the sudden fall of a part of the roof. He
had his leg dreadfully fractured in two places, was much bruised
in the body, and is to this nay a cripple. A memorial was ad-
dressed in his behalf to the Commissioners of Woods and Fo-
rests, which was backed by the committee of directors of the
fourteen combined great insurance companies, and yet the com-
missioners rejected the claim, assigning the extraordinary
reason that because the office made it a rule to provide perma-
nently for any man injured while in its employ they considered
he had no claim for compensation. Such beggarly economy
may in the end prove most expensive, by rendering the men in-
li.fferent to incur the least risk at fires where the property be-
longs to the government.—London raper,

NOVEMBER 17 1535.
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THEATRE-ROYAL, LIVERPOOL. -0*

114-R. LACY begs leave respectfully to inform his Friend,
.11:11. and the Public that his FAREWELL BENEFIT will
take place TO-MORROW, (Wednesday,) the 18th instant, whea
will be presented, by the kind permission of the Author, idr"
Kuowle.s' New Play of
THE BLIND BEGGAR OF BETHNAL GREEN.
Young Small M r Lacy,
(His last appearance on the stage.)
Lard Wilford Mr. Stuart.
Peter (youno. Small's Servant) Mr. Baker.
Mrs. Trusty ( Hostess etihe Queen's Arms. Rumford) Mrs. Clarke•
Queen Elizabeth Mrs. Stanley.
Kate..(Daughter to Strap the Cobler)..Miss Chaplin.
Bess..(the Beggar's Daughter). .Mrs. Shaw.
After which, a new Grand Pas de Deux,,from the Opera of "Le'
Dame Blanche," by Mr. J. Ridgway and Mad. Marie. •
Overture—Tancredi—Rossini.
To conclude with, on this occaglat, and for this night only', a
pastoral, comical, historical, Wagical Burletta, written by a
Gentleman of Liverpool, called
OTHELLO;
OR, THE MOOR OP VENICE, TRAVESTIE.
Otbello..(Moor of Venice, formerly au independent Nigget
from the Republic of Hayti)..Mr. Raker.
lago,.(othcllo's Officer, once a native of the Gaultee Moue;
tains, Count, Tipperary, Province of Munster, Kingdoln of
Ireland)..Mr.4o. Horneastle.
Cassio.. (a Yorkshire Gentleman, Lieutenant to Othello, a maa
of no note, but still an injured man, rather in liquor, or the
liquor rather in him).. Mr. Slaiter.
Desdemona..(a very good-natured Lady, wife of Othello, and
not a bit too well treated by him)..Miss Chaplin.
Emilia..(a lady in attendance on the latter)..Miss Stanley.
Ghost of Desdem:ena..(with a few expiring notes).."'*
Tickets to be hadlf Mr. Lacy, 52, Stafford-street, London-
road; or of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office of the Theatre, I'l%o
whom places may he taken from Ten till Three.

MISS CHAPLIN
Has the honour respectfully to announce that her BENEFIT
is fixed for FRIDAY EVENING next, the 20th .t, on which
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occasion, by permission of Lieutenant-Colone : radshaw, and
the Officers of the 77th Regiment, the MI TARY BANV
will attend the Theatre, and, in the course the Evening, Pl 4/
several favourite Overtures, &c.
(N FRIDAY EVENING next, 20th instant, will be.
ki performed Mrs. Covvley's favor* e Comedy, (not seta
here these four years,) called
A BOLI.)'STROKE FOR HUSBAND 1! !
Don Carlos Mr. Stuart.
Don Caesar Mr. Baker.
Don Julio Mr. W. Howard.
Donna Olivia (first time) Miss Chaplin.
Donna Victoria Mrs. Shaw.
.Mrs. Clarke.
To conclude with the Grand Operatic Drama of
GUSTAVUS THE -THIRD;
OR, THE MASKED BALL.
Gustavus 111 Mr. Chaplin.
Oscar....(his page)....Miss Chaplin.
Colonel, Lillienhorn Mr. Frazer.
Captain Ankarstrom ....Mr. Horncastle.
Arvedske , Mrs. Stanley.
Tickets to be had of Miss Chaplin, 11, Great Nelson-street
east; and of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office of the Theatre,
where places may be taken. _

STlTART,respectfully announces to hi <ends and
I.VJL the Public that his BENEFIT will ke placP °
MONDAY next, the 23d instant, when will b performed Sba?v
speare's Tragedy of
HAMLET, PRINCE OF D MARK.
Hamlet.... (first time at this Th e)....Mr. Stuart.
To conclude
THE BRIG ND.
Alessandro Massaroni Mr. Stuart.
(With the Ritornelli of "Gentle Zitella.")
Tickets may be had of Mr. Stuart, 28, Bridport-street; et
the Standard-office ; and of Mr. Parker, at the Box-office. ._

THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTEE.

ITALIAN OPERA CaVP,INY.

MR. LESLIE, Proprietor.
THE Nobility, Gentry, and the Public of ,Manchester Boa
X its Vicinity, are respectfully inform that the Delis')
Opera will commence its Season •at th above Theatre, r
SATURDAY next, the 21st instant, when me of the most cot'
brated and New Operas will be perfor ed.
PRINCIPAL PERU MERS.
Prime DonneMa me Finklor,
(From the Italian Opera ondon and Paris.)
Signora Corri Paltoni,
(From the Royal Theatres Naples and Milan.)
Miss A. M. Leslie.
Seconde Donne—Signora Faustini, Miss M. Herres.
Primo Tenore—Signor De Val.
Primo Basso Cantante—Signor Paltoni.
Primo Buffo Cornieo—Signor Martini.
Altro Basso—Signor Giubilei.
Altro Tenore—Signor Troyano.
Maestro al Cembalo—Signor Shepens.
The Choruses and Orchestra will be full and complete.
Further particulars will be given in future advertisement!:,,
Stage Manager—LUlGl MARA

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