The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1848-06-20 00:00:00

RAILWAY AFFAIRS.

The traffic on the Chester and Holyhead Railway, for
the week ending June 10th, was £769 12s. 7d.
The Tiverton branch of the Bristol and Exeter Rail-
way was opened for traffic yesterday week.
The Bolton, Blackburn, and West Yorkshire Railway
was opened on Monday, with one line of rails.
A train of no fewer than 53 carriages conveyed on the
Eastern Counties Railway, on Monday, a great number
of holiday visiters to the metropolis.
Within the last week, numerous parties have been
served with writs for payment of calls on Irish railways.
This is not the course adopted by English companies, and
is moreover a very foolish one.
Grain, cattle, food, and merchandise for the London
markets, viii the Eastern Counties Railway, for the week
ending June 10 :—Beasts, 2,048 ; calves, 102 ; sheep,
8,263 ; pigs, 601; grain, 12,912 sacks ; flour, 5,834 sacks ;
meat, 182 tons ; poultry, 16 tons ; fish, 190 tons ; fruit
and vegetables, 210 tons ; beer, 163 tons ; wines and spi-
rits, 105 tons ; wool, 52 tons ; general merchandise, 2,255
tons; milk, 20,204 quarts; bread, 71 cwt.
From official returns it appears that the amount of traf-
fic for the last week, on 3,791 miles of railway, was
£185,320, thus accounted for :—£97,028 for the convey-
ance of passengers only, £47,885 for the carriage of goods,
and a remainder of £40,407 for passengers and goods to-
gether, not respectively apportioned ; being an increase of
£4,142 over the corresponding week of last year, when the
mileage was 2,957. The average earnings per mile were
£49, whilst in 1847 they were £6l.
THE LATE RAILWAY COLLISION AT CREWE.--William
Carey, the bandmaster is still upon the invalid list, but is
going on well. Henry Cos, paymaster's clerk, is still
confined to his bed. Joseph Lynch, colour serjeant, is
in bed, and in a serious position ; he is, however, going
on pretty favourably. David Woodhouse, the drum-
major, although still lame, was sufficiently recovered to be
able to go to barracks on Saturday. Captain Harvey is
going on well. Captain Bethune is going on well ; he
was out yesterday for the first time. Lieutenant Burden
is going
.on well, but is still unable to walk. Lieutenant
Gaynor is going on well. Ensign Smith also is better,
and has been out. Lieutenants Daunt and Bluntish, who
have both removed from the Queen's Hotel, Manchester,
are going, on satisfactorily. The non-commissioned offi-
cers have been removed to private lodgings ; the officers,
with,the exception of Lieutenants Daunt and Bluntish,
still remain at the Queen's Hotel.

LIVE FEATHERS.—A fellow who had absconded front
Manchester, was discovered a few days since sowed up in a
feather bed on board an emigrant ship on the point Qf
starting for the United States.

LINE OF PACKETS
''IC. For NEW YORK,
Mi. SAILING ON THE
• /an ELEVENTH OF EVERY MONTH.

SHERIDAN, G. B. CORNISH lOl2 tons.. 11th July.
GARRICK. T. SHIPLEY 1004 tons. lth August.
ROSCIUS, IV. M. P. MooRE 1150 ..11th September
SIDDONS, EDWARD B. Coss ... tons.. 11th October.

To inture punctual,"
after the 9th of each m h.
These ships are all of the first and largest class, builltin the
city of New York, of the best materials, and with such improve-
ments ss to combine great speed with unusual comfort for pas-
sengers, and they are commanded by men of experience and
abihty. The rate of Cabin Passage is fixed at TWENTY-FIVE
POUNDS, without wines or liquors, but those stores can be
obtained on board.—Apply to

tailing, no Goods will be received

STEAM COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
LIVERPOOL ANDDUBLIN.
'-`40.41. THE DUBLIN AND LIVERPOOL SCREW STEAM
/110 SHIP COMPANY their fast
• for DUBLIN, as under :L Trafalgar Dock
THIS DAY, June 20, at 12 o'clock, Night.
THURSDAY, June 22, at 12 o'cl —ght.
SATURDAY, June 24, at ock, Afternoon.
TUESDAY. June 2 6 o'clock, Evening.
THURSDAY, Ju , at 8 o'clock, Evening.
For Freight apply
Mc.CLUNE and TAMPLIN, Columbia-buildings,
Brunswick-street, Liverpool.

INDIA.
The Society also grants Policies to parties proceeding to. or
residing in India, at lower rates than any other Office, the Pre-
miums on which may be payable either in London or at the
Society's Office in Calcutta.
Annuities of all kinds, as well as Endowments for Children,
are granted by the Society.
The usual Commission allowed to Solicitors and others.
JOHN CAZENOVE, Secretary.
AGENTS FOR LIVERPOOL :
Messrs. CAZENOVE, TAUNTON. and MOLYNEUX,
Peters' Chambers, Rumford-street

LIVERPOOL WOOL SALES.
On THURSDAY next, the 22d instant, at the Brokers' Ofhce, 25,
Temple-street,
250 Bags Spanish Frontier Lisbon
160 Bags Egyptian
50 Bags fine Entre Rios
WOOL.
80 Bags Smyrna
60 Bags Donskor eece
50 Bags Bue Ayres J

650 Bales.
Apply to

W. GREAME and Co., Brokers.