The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1845-04-29 00:00:00

NO. VI.-THE OBSERVER

The Observer is the property of Mr. Clement, the
owner of Bell's Life in London. The Observer is a
journal which publishes no country edition on the Satur-
day. but appears on the Sunday morning, and is chiefly
circulated amongst the upper classes. Great expense is
incurred in obtaining the very latest intelligence up to the
hour of going to press : thus if any event of importance
occur in London or its vicinity even so late as twelve
o'c ock on Saturday night. nr very early nn 5t...) ay
moirning, the Observer will be sure to record it. And
this is not done in a few words. The most minute details
relative to the occurrence—be it an accident, an offence,
or any event of moment—will be given with the mention
of the fact. The reader of the daily journals on the Mon-
day morning will invariably perceive numerous quotations
from the Observer.

The circulation of this journal is not extensive. It is
now under 5,000 copies. Its advertisements are, how-
ever, numerous and well paid ; and it is an especial organ
for the insertion of " Births," " Deaths," and " Mar-
riages."

The principal editor is Mr. Doxat, a gentleman of ex-
tensive information, great experience, and considerable
learning. Mr. James Grant, the celebrated author of
" Random Recollections of the Lords and Commons".
" Impressions of Ireland", &c., is one of the chief writers
engaged upon the Observer. The notices of new works
and theatrical reviews in this journal, are written with
great talent and impartiality, and are quoted as good
authority.

THE XANTIIIAN MARBLES.—Our readers are doubt-
less aware that an enterprising English traveller has res-
cued from impending destruction those beautiful produc-
tions of classic art, which were discovered by him in Asia
Minor, at a plAce which cccupies the site of the ancient
Halicarnassus—the whole being now deposited in the
British Museum. They have been found on inspection
to rival the most splendid efforts of the best periods of
ancient sculpture, and to vie with the celebrated Elgin
marbles in beauty and perfection. They present, amid a
variety of objects, statues of sea-nymphs and deities, of
the most perfect design and execution, and we understand
they have already furnished our English artists with many
models for the exercise of their skill. Among other in•
stances, we have been much struck with an exquisite
group of the Graces executed as an engraving on steel by
Messrs. Perkins and Bacon, as a label for an article of
deserved fame and reputation, which has but too often
been imitated and counterfeited bar unprincipled empirics.
We allude to ROWLAND'S celebrated KALYDOR for

beautifying and the complexion! Further
particulars of which appear in our advertising columns.

RAILWAY INTALLIGEACE.

The directors of the Grand Junction have made satis-

factory arrangements with the different authorities for
crossing the river Mersey at Runcorn, and have, in con-
sequerce, abandoned the branch by Marsh Gate.—Rail-
way Chronicle.
It Is in contemplation to run a line of railway betwech
the town of Tipperary and the city of Cashel, with ex-
tension (if requisite) to Holy Cross and Thurles, thereby
connecting the Limerick and Waterford line with the
Great Southern and Western.

LANCASTER AND CARLISLE RAILWAY.—The 'works
on the Lancaster and Carlisle Railway, in the neighbour-
hood of Penrith, are progressing most satisfactorily, and
are in a state of great forwardness, notwitlistandit:g the
difficulties that have been encountered. Considerable
proeress has also been made with the bridges across the
rivers Eamont and Lowther, both of which will presently
be arched over.

PRESTON AND WYRE RAILWAY.—A. special meeting
of the shareholders in this line was held at Fleetwood, on
Wednesday last, to decide upon the bills for the proposed
branches to Blackpool and Lytham. After a long discus-
sion upon the general management of the concern, the
branches were approved of, and the directors authorised
£200,000 for the purposes of the company. Three Man-
chester gentlemen are to be admitted to the board as soon
practicable.
The East India directors have resolved, before private
companies start into existence, to have the whole continent
of India surveyed with the view of laying down a general
system of railway communication. A proposal has already
been made to an eminent engineer to proceed to India for
the purpose of undertaking the necessary survey : and in-
structions have been given to the Governor-General to
lend all the assistance in his power in furtherance of this
stupendous work.

NEW RAILWAYS—YORKSHIRE AND LANCASHIRE
LIST.—Toe Huddersfield and Manchester line has passed
the preamble. The Huddersfield and Sheffield Company
have also passed their preamble. The Barnsley Junction
has been thrown out in committee on the preamble.
These lines are in connexion with the Sheffield and Man-
chester. The Hewood Branch Extension of the Leeds
line and the Burnley Branch have proved their preambles.
The Oldham Branch is still in committee. The Black-
burn, Burnley, Accrington, and Colne has been recom-
, knitted to have clauses restrictinz the tolls inserted, in
compliance with the recent orders for the day. The
Blackburn, Thrwen, and Bolton-preamble is proved.
THE EAST COAST RAILWAY.—The object of this line
is to supply an important link to connect Great Yarmouth
and the eastern coast with the western, midland, and
northern districts. Commencing at Lynn it proceeds by
Sutton Bridge, and Holbeach, to Boston, joining the Bos-
ton branch of the Cambridge and Lincoln line, and passes
by Spilsby and Louth, to Grimsby and the Great Grimsby
and Sheffield line. Such a line will bring the markets of
Norwich and Manchester nearer to each other by 25 miles
than any other line, and will give extensive local accom-
modat;on. Mr. Fulton has surveyed the line, and finds it
practically a dead level, without works or embankments
of a serious nature. Sir John Rennie is engineer iii chief
of this line, and the proposed capital is £J,000,000.—
Railway Chronicle.
YORK AND CARLISLE, AND DURHAM, WESTMORE-
LAND, AND LANCASHIRE JUNCTION RAILWAY --On
Wednesday last, a meeting of the provisional directors of
the York and Carlisle, and Durham, Westmoreland, and
Lancashire Junction Railway, was held in Kendal. An
executive comn ittee was appointed to have the manage-
ment of the affairs of the company, and to allot the shares.
It was stated that the applications for shares were immense
—and a limit was placed upon the number of shares that
any one party could receive, in order to prevent specula-
tion, and to insure their extensive distribution. We
understand that the Durham and Lancashire Junction
Railway is now amalgamated with the York and Carlisle
Company, and all the companies affected by the new line
cordially co-operate with it, viz., the Lancaster, Carlisle,
Stockton and Darlington, and Great North of England
Railway Companies.—Lancaster Gazette.

FATAL RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—A railway accident,
which terminated fatally, occurred on the Lancaster and
Preston line on Thursday afternoon, near the Scorton
Station. It appears that the unfortunate sufferer was a
Mr. Hoyle, tea dealer, residing on or near the Green
Area, Lancaster, and was intending to return to his borne
by the first and second class train, which leaves Preston
at four p.m., and which would be consequently due at the
Scorton Station soon after half-past four. It would seem
that the deceased had felt himself pressed for time, and in
consequence, in order to insure his reaching the station
and so saving the train, he got upon the line, and was in
the act of attempting to cross it, when the train came
suddenly upon him and knocked him down, the wheels of
the engine passing over his thigh, and literally separating
the limb from the body : he was also otherwise mutilated
arid crushed, but his sufferings were speedily ended, his
death having been almost instantaneous. Verdict of the
coroner's jury, " Accidental death."
UTILITY OF THE ELECTRIC TICLEGRAPH.-011 the
19th instant, a gentleman, a passenger by the twelve
o'clock down train to Bristol, from the Paddington ter-
minus of the Great 'Western Railway, discovered, shortly
before the train arrived at niugh, that he had lost his
purse, containing Bank of England notes to the amount
of £9OO, besides £2 lOs in gold and 8s 6d in silver. Im-
mediately on the arrival of the train at the Slough station
he proceeded direct to the office of the electric telegraph
in a state of great excitement, not knowing whether he
had been robbed of his money in the railway carriage, or
lost it before he entered the train. Information of the
loss was instantaneously transmitted to the superintendent
of the electric telegraph, at the Paddington station, who
immediately proceeded to the booking-office where the
gentleman paid for his ticket, where the purse and its
contents were found untouched. Within five minutes
from the time of the loss being made known at Slough,
the gentleman had the satisfaction of knowing that by
means of this extraordinary invention his property was
safe, and shortly afterwards received it by the following
train. It will be recollected that by means of the electric
railway the murderer Tam'll was apprehended and brought
to justice.

EDINBURGH, LEITH, AND GRANTON.—Deputations
from the respective hoards of the Edinburgh, Leith, and
Grant on and Edinburgh and Glasgow Railways have met,
and all differences that existed between them have been
mutually and satisfactorily arranged. The land in Canal-
street is immediately to be made over to the Edinburgh,
Leith, and Grantor), in exchange for the accommodation
they afford the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the North
British in permitting their junction at the southern ex-
tremity of their station, at the north bridge. The com-
pletion of this station will afford unknown facilities to
these valuable undertakings. The Granton branch will
be open in July or August next, and the Leith branch,
with the great tunnel under the new town of Edinburgh,
will be completed by the Ist of May, 1846, by which time
the station will also be formed for the accommodation of
the Edinburgh and Glasgow and the North British, which
companies Cully expect to complete their works by that
date. Satisfactory arrangements have also been entered
into with the Town-council of Edinburgh, as regardk the
construction of the tunnel under the Custom-house, in
Drummond-place. We are glad to find that the proprie-
tors have now the certain prospect of having the railway
completed, and are likely to be amply remunerated for all
their trouble and anxiety.