The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-05-21 00:00:00

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

The Edinburgh, Leith, and Granton (late the Newha-
ven) Railway Bill passed the committee on Thursday.
The Chester and Holyhead Railway Bill was read a
third time and passed the House of Commons on Thurs-
day night.
The railway from Oxford to Didcot will be opened on
the 10th of June. _

The railroad between Brunswick and Hanover is to be
opened on the Ist of June next.
The experiment of an atmospheric railway is about to
be made on a line 21 miles in length, from London to
Croydon.
The Railway Record hints at the probability of a new
London and Birmingham Railway being formed under
the auspices of the Great Western and Grand Junction
Companies jointly.
DEFEAT OF THE BOLTON, PERCY, AND HARROGATE
RAILWAY BlLL.—This bill, after having been for six days
under the consideration of a numerous committee of the
House of Commons, was rejected, on Thursday last, by
the votes of eleven to one. There seemed to be a very strong
feeling amongst the members of the committee in favour
of the Leeds and Thirsk line.
RAILWAY FROM SHREWSBURY DIRECT TO BIRMING-
HAM.—A new and important feature has arisen in the pro-
jected railway communication through Shropshire. The
promoters of the railway from Shrewsbury to Wolver-
hampton, have arranged with the Directors of the Lon-
don and Birmingham Company that the line of the for-
mer company shall be extended through the densely-popu-
lated districts of Cosely, Tipton, Dudley, and Oldbury to
Birmingham.
LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—We under-
stand the engineers are now surveying a line of railway
from the Lancaster and Preston line, keeping on the west
side of the town altogether, crossing the canal near the
Canal Company's packet-station and Meeting-house lane,
a short distance below the Friends' Meeting-house ; then
crossing the Lune near the Gasworks, and again coming
into the present line near Williamlands. We learn that
this will cause a saving to the company of nearly £20,000,
and, in addition to avoiding the great curve by Skerton
Mill, will be half a mile shorter than the parliamentary
plan.—Lancaster Guardian.
YORKSHIRE RAILWAY s.—The new lines of railway in
Yorkshire, at present projected, are the following :—From
Leeds to Harrogate and Thirsk ; the Bradford and Leeds
(Valley) line; the Bradford and Leeds (Short) line ; the
Halifax, Bradford, and Leeds line ; the Dewsbury and
Leeds line ; the Bolton, Percy, and Harrogate line ; the
various branch lines from the Leeds and Manchester
railway, in connection with the Huddersfield Canal
Navigation ; the Lincoln and Wakefield Railway ; and
the York and Scarborough Railway. These ten new
lines will require for their construction about five millions
sterling.

GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY.—The line of the con-
templated Great Northern Railway (a meeting respecting
which was held in London on Wednesday), according to
the plan, proceeds from the metropolis to St. Neot's,
where there is a branch to Hertford ; to Stamford, Gran-
tham, Newark, Retford, Bawtry, and Doncaster, thus
keeping close by the great north road. From Doncaster
the line proceeds to South Milford, where it terminates,
and joins the York and North Midland, proceeding in a
straight direction to York. At or near Pontefract there
is a branch line to the North Midland ; and there are also
branch lines to Lincoln, Huntingdon, and other principal
towns.

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE OFFICERS OF THE RAIL-
WAY DEPARTMENT OF THE BOARD OF TRADE.—This
report, for 1843, has just made its appearance, with a Co.
Pio" appendix of statistical matter. It appears that there
has been a beautiful illustration of the safety of railways
under good management. About 24,000,000 persons have
been carried an average distance of fifteen miles each, and
out of them only one passenger has lost his life, namely,
on the North Midland Railway, on the 12th of January,
1843. The state of the accidents for the last four years
stand thus :

Killed. Injured.
1840, last four months of ...... 22 131
1841, for the Tear ..
1812.... 14
. •
..
1833 . .
These accidents comprehend all sorts of a public nature.
It appears that 944 miles of railway were
opened during 1843. inspected and