The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-08-06 00:00:00

August 6, 1844.

RAILWAY IIVTELLIGEACE.

A raiissa-y- from Lynn to Leicester isl announced in
hurnet Valley line.
connection with the proposed s C
-
Meetings have been held in the cox.. se of the week in
favour eterborough,
of the London and York Railway at s"
y,s
and in favour of the Eastern Union Railway at Ips.ch.
inotrra OAntiltru Friday
fora,ya hntinellupe u influential preliminary meeting ?as held
purpose of taking effective steps to
a railroad from Dublin to Athlone and Longford.
A prospectus for a new line of railway from Newcastle-
11P211;TYne to Berwick will be issued in the course of a
- uaYti, the object of which is to conduct the route
nearer to the to s of Moreth, Alnwick, and Belford,
than the line previously annopunced.
FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE GREAT WESTERN RAIL-
':
"••-Between 11 and 12 o'clock on Sunday night, James
ss'rclitb, Use driver, was killed near Iver-bridge, near West
Drayton, where the body now lies. It is supposed that
the unfortunate man was going along the luggage to speak
to the guard.
NEw RAILWAY TO PRESTON.-Sir John Mc.
IlTie" t" has been appointed engineer of this intended line.
The present intention of the promoters is to join the
of the Union railway at Farington opposite to the junction
Blackburn and Preston line. From Blackburn and
the East of Lancashire t Liverpool this will be a saving
in distance of fourteen oro sixteen miles.
The Leeds and Selby Company have declared their
usual dividend of £2 10s. per cent. The York and
North Midland having given the necessary notice that
they will at the expiration of six months be prepared to
tiny the Purchase-money for the Leeds and Selby line, it
ii thought there will be only one more meeting prior to a
issolution of the company taking place.
During two days of last week, the transit of all goods
Whatever from Leeds to Manchester and Liverpool, by
railway, was suspended, owing to some misunderstanding
betwixt the North Midland Company and the Leeds and
/Inzhu ester Company. One large mercantile establish-
Leeds has taken legal aovice on the matter, as to
Rio is responsible for the loss sustained by goods missing
.Rihent.
, sslis,
din il, - - -.. ON THE BANKS OF THE THAMES.. --
bire House of Commons, on Tuesday night, the
her of Lincoln brought forward a Bill " to empower
to fs, sjestY's Commissioners of Woods and Forests
land•-;‘,411 a terrace and embankment, with convenient
of th
brid r
sflogriPvleaces for the public, on the Middlesex shore
friar's Tham es, between Westminster and Black-
riOw vje4cTED
Pao gee'"
RAILWAY TO SOUTHPORT.-There is
prospect of there being shortly constructed a
railWaY line - commencing at the Euxton Station, on the
North Union iilway, at its junction with the Bolton
and Preston Line, and passing through or near Eccles-
ton, Mawdesley, Raiford, and nearly in a straight line to
Southport, being a distance of about 144 miles. The
Principal landowners appear favourable to the undertaking,
And surveys are now being made.
NORTH UNION RAILWAY.-We take the following ex-
tract from the report presented at the half-yearly meeting
on Thursday last :-The gross receipts from the united
railways during the last six months are £38,212 17s. lid.,
and the total expenses amount to £21,979135. 9d., leaving
a nett profit of £16,233 4s. 2d. Out of this sum the di-
rectors are enabled to declare a dividend at the rate of
£2 12s. 6d. per cent. for the six months on the stock A.,
and of £1 Os. 3d. per cent. on the stock B. ; amounting
to £15,966 18s. 7d., and leaving a small surplus of
£266 ss. 7d. to go to the credit of present half-year.
SHIPLEY TO BLACKBURN.,..
00ktccit:dnolcipay RAILWAYIast,
a raee FROM
tI g
of
gentlemen resident in
Skipton was held for the purpose of supporting such a line
of the said Railway as would prove most advantageous to
the towns of Bingley, Keighley, Skipton, Colne, and
Burnley. It appeared to be the unanimous opinion of the
gentlemen present, that a line to run from Shipley, along
-valley of the Aire, via Bingley, Keighley, Cross Hills,
bSejuskoiririnpna,tbtoihwen, Broughton, and thence by Thornton,
was ti3a ila, and Foulridge, to Caine, and on to Burnley
Raw-
the mos e.i with branchaanchest er froman Accrington
, to Raw_
d Bury Line, would be
(11'urcesda
ST.
HELENS AND RUNCORN GAP RAILWAY.-The
proprietors of this line held their annual meeting on
come report
Y last, in the Clarendon-rooms, in this town; P.
theiernall' Esq., M•P., in the chair. The directors, in
, regretted to announce a decrease in the in-
for the last twelve months, attributable to the sus-
Pensionprece; of the coal trade in the early part of the present
d.The decrease of income, as compared with the
£497 rlg Year, was £BB9. The expenditure bad been
E 396 A• 8d• less ; and the deficiency for the past year
to the
Pour pounds per cent. interest had been paid
however bondholders. The trade on the line was now,
receipts' recovering, and in a cheering state. The total
cbar e of the year were the total
3s' 7d: X 11,435 16s. Bd. ; leaving a total loss of £396
!Lig (held Under the authority of a special general meet-
Canal co'n January last) an arrangement with the Sankey
two are t raPanY had been finally concluded, whereby the
Chair be united. In re l to Mr. Elias Mozely, the
bait ram) said he had no doubt but the deficiency of this
that thethe
plaigeaar WOuld be made up in the next. He then ex-
tate of the simple contract debts, and added,
cent.
.I.l?assenger traffic had this year increased ten per
elected ;and
warda, ne report was adopted. Messrs. Greenall, Ed-
Fosbery, retiring directors, were then re-
ef Air And liiir. Thomas Parr was elected in the place
boanaess. bsseorse
Crossfield, deceased. This closed the
Cliaa„,
sharehold
On Tho 4 AND BIRKENHEAD RAILWAY COMPADY.-
rY, the adjourned half-yearly meeting of the
o.ri three •
ion,Jack t., was held at the Clarendon-rooms-Wm.
Port nwf;r la the chair. Mr. Mallaby read the re-
tne railway h
ch the directors congratulated the proprietors
IMPortant measures, affecting the prosperity
of
he Purcha ' "ing Passed the legislature,-the act of
also rapid; railway f se of Monk's Ferry • that for constructing the
roils
structin Chester to Holyhead ; and that for con-
S the dock • Y The
auependitur
was the s at Birkenhead. tunnel was
Y aPProachin to completion; and not only
the ProsPerit f hg .
Ice present race: ° fit hg line rendered more secure, but
ipts had been carried at a considerably
rip cing the ~:, and sanctioned the policy observed of
g...!tooths,
csoza.
The passenger traffic for the past
11i,34sitood thosP.ased with the corresponding period of
£9915 is 2 88. 7d ':1844, passengers, 126,055. amount,
and £l4
sas gd • ,win ow
- •
s , sho , passengers, 99,782, amount,
conveying ', os 10d. 'than increase of 26,273 passengers,
Were ag6;055 passe receipts for the six months for
ing the i'7" 3s. 9d ,‘,Zers, for parcels mails and rents,
balance,--`e and for" th
..... l
ine]
be declared of interest tere was expended in w.ork-
_,_. e £7732 Ps. Bd., leaving a
4415 16s 6d deal Tgne'l3 2s. 5d., from last half year, of
ev,
.are; but, _ directors recommended that
10 _ o 0 shares for 25 sh a divi-
-Bs. dand 4s. per
per £5O share,
as there w.as ss. 3d. due on each of the
a that the ame interest on calls unpaid, the amount
an tsed clared on t
a balanc would shares would be 3s 3d. per share,
The dividendbe payable on Tuesday, the 18th inst.
take £4406 ss. Od., thereby leaving
taarked
income te of £lOO9 lls. 6d. applicable to payment of the
ix and for general
ii e frompurposes. The Chairman re-
..n that their small line would be benefitted by the
Chester to Wrex am, which had just receive
h • d
the
royal ascent, and would open out a traffic from the
Mineral districts. The directors had no reason to doubt
the fulfilment of the contract with the Chester and Holy-
head line. The net receipts of their line produced within
a fraction of three per cent. upon the paid up capital.
When the tunnel was completed, he expected they would
be able to charge each passenger fourpence additional for
the increased accommodation afforded, and this, with the
increase of goods traffic, he expected would realise a
further sum of one per cent. The directors, on the whole,
had much to be pleased with, and nothing to be dissatis-
ted with ; and it also gave them great pleasure in being
enabled to state that the whole of these improvements
iiidditional
would be effected without calling upon the shareholders for
i
pecuniary assistance. Funds hid been raised
e sale of their surplus land. The chairman con-
calre(Lh7
proposing that the report be received and
calt-ri"- 'Mr. White seconded the motion, which was
mati-Z,anirriously. In reply to Mr. Trottnan, the chair-
Octobe- he expected the tunnel would be opened early in
elected direin
Mr. Will: The dividend recommended was agreed to, and
Jackson, and Mr. Chr. Bentham were re-
THE eters.
ulne;al The meeting then separated.
GRAN
vstoyuatlo h JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY.-The
meeting of the proprietors of this cora-
room, i Place on Thursday last in the Cotton Sales-
.... . n this town • John '
.
k;hairtnan sais , Moss, Esq., in the chair. The
letll, that u
. that everything was so fully stated in the
htaii paid be no
.need make no lengthened observations.
- "w a g•ratifYin' to the time,t was to him, that they
coosioua., little bi-* h• and a prospect of its
eat ing
Zare "
reietea-tmlle alluded to the increase of
.fares
of the
receipts hchester s.obliged to make on the openinggothther
n, antiaucti Birmingham line, which reduced ei
itioathes illustratr which also a high scale was adopted- 1
eatl:crease of
charle of the effect of competing lines, viz.,
n
Were „aecoransedges on the public, with little or n
then'- "°a• re ation. After a year of struggle, they
an • cavern:,
ir receipts
increased g from their position as
.to. . .
on „,teighboors , traffic, and were in negotiation with
safely aol.,°r a general reduction of charges, both
ttire'tP• If, ho u goods, to such extent as they might
• beta to
them therever, the increased traffic did not se-
ere,. y t.o retracr 10 per cent., the board would be at
se-
be n with s, e their ste H eller, • "Y coomet„ Ps. ad they not b
Ari 'lied een inter-
• "a• b on at ' ' have
ii... 1 ion, their line might now
tire ' bus
acZnistaae Parliamett4 present
more than two-thirds the
te ben'‘'
in' theS' alld th had placed them under differen
r eeti erniieiv. eY ad now only to do the best they
:9r ann he ~,,`.! and the public. At the last guar-
ermines,raoseduast.called on to consider the question
oe_parate atom_ smile
lattio.
for Passengers at the Liverpool
deciderlate with utl. 1,,_ ales had urged the necessity of a
on th other b're_board had been too much occupied
tors would .e best v c
coo:4lng matters, to enable them to
they leave th -se to -. ' if the ro rie-
the' would fo h •e matt Pursue ; but p P
•ntere rt with er in the hands of the directors,
repoirt StS of all
.ollsi
der what should be done for
bee • The of
• Parties...... Captain •
le n i.,9s ._,, eipss for' tt. -sus . n h then read the
sa i J,421, 12s 2d the six months just ended had
Ti• 4 C°rlSe • . alth
alto qttence np L gh the interest was £l,OOO
(41813
I:Int excee °
t e dividends being paid quarterly.
Pea 4 the ded that ofperiod
88. ses wer eo,
of
x.,,,the corresponding
hT working
be 9d' on the
X 84,09 3 1u,336 ?s. 6d.
The
111 120
added "e oiserationss. 5d,, leaving a profit of ,
ace" ths
„„_ Wit I,i' 811rplo of the half-year, to which must
---,stet. ...• ' oe inte 8 of £12,628 ls. ld. from the last
and
17orks ,_
ourirtest on loans expended on Crewe and
tivtlts bein:ln,ed ed to £2,607 4s. for the half-year,
diviti,l4l 58.5 u
10d ti,cted gave a total available balance of
board end of £2 • rhe
re los.shareholders received a quarterly
the s,cce°,`'n mended P r share on the 15th May, and t e
'llai ‘l. --" quarter a dividend of the same amount for
divideeinaini„., t aayable on the 15th August. The
Of s '4l, would o be
carried forward, after paying the
tiOdity ~.. v an:iount to £10,876 ss. 10d. The amount
"4 elling was 7s. sd. per £lOO share. The

traffic in the merchandise department was stated to be
again larger than in any previous six months, and, in
order to provide for this, the directors were increasing
their permanent complement of waggons. The leading
features of the agreement with the London and Birming-
ham Company were then stated as follows :—" That the
two concerns shall remain separate and distinct as at pre-
sent, but shall unite for mutual protection. That the
Loadon and Birmingham Company be at liberty to pro-
secute the Holyhead and Birti:frihead lines, with any
branch south of Birmingham ;—the Grand Junction any
`'ranch north of Birmingham. That the London and
Birmingham Company, with the concurrence of their
Shropshire party, shall withdraw from the guarantee of
the Shrewsbury and Birmingham line; the Grand Junc-
tion Company, with the concurrence of their Stafford
shareholders, undertaking to make a line to Wolverhamp-
ton, and to guarantee 4 per cent. on the capital, and an
equal division of further profits ; the Shrewsbury and
Birmingham shareholders, under the same conditions as
the Shrewsbury and Grand Junction, having an option of
half the capital, the Grand Junction Company taking a
lease in perpetuity, and working the line in a manner
convenient to that part of the country. That the Trent
Valley, or Stafford and Rugby line, shall be prosecuted
by the London and Birmingham, Grand Junction, Man-
chester and Birmingham, and Trent Valley party, on the
terms already agreed upon between Mr. Moss and the last
named, and as subsequently explained to the London and
Birmingham Company, unless the latter can induce the
Trent Valley party to agree to other terms ; the London
and Birmingham Company being at liberty so to do, so
far as regards the Grand Junction Company, provided
the latter are not by such new terms called on to make
any sacrifices which the London and Birmingham Com-
pany do not equally make : the Grand Junction using
their best endeavours to secure fair terms in the arrange-
ment between the London and Birmingham, and the Trent
Valley promoters. That if the Holyhead line is made,
the Grand Junction Company shall not, either by a dis-
proportionate reduction of rates to and from Liverpool,
or by arrangements with the Irish steam-boat proprietors
thence, compete for the Irish traffic, but leave it to take
its natural course. That neither company, except as
above, shall engage in any new enterprise, without the
previous consent of the other; that they shall mutually
co-operate and assist each other for the accommodation
and increase of the joint traffic ; and that each shall, as
far as possible, direct over the line of the other all its
legitimate traffic." The document further proceeded to
state, that a committee should fix the prices over both
lines, always having a reduction in view as far as practi-
cable ; and to make other arrangements for the efficient
joint working of the two lines. Any difference arising to
be left to the arbitration of three directors (not proprie-
tors) chosen by each board, and their umpire. Some
progress, it was added, had been made in carrying into
effect the portions of the agreement relating to the Trent
Valley lines. Arrangements had also been nearly com-
pleted with the Postmaster-General for increasing the
speed of the trains, to take place on the 15th instant, so
that the journey between London and Liverpool would
be increased about half an hour. and between London
and Carlisle more than an hour. The directors also in-
tended to apply to parliament for authority to connect the
district of the Potteries with their line ; and the satisfac-
tory state of their finances would enable them to try the
experiment of a reduction of fares. The bill for regula-
ting railways had been so altered, that the measure need
no longer be viewed with apprehension. With regard to
the clauses securing certain advantages to the government
and the public, the directors had resolved to adopt the
recommendation of the select committee ; and it was their
intention, as soon as practicable, to put on third-class
trains at a penny a mile, for the conveyance of the poorer
classes.—A resolution approving of the report was then
carried.-1 he Chairman said, that at the corresponding
period of last year they finished with £6OO, and now they
had £lo,9oo.—Messrs. G. H. Lawrence, James Gilfillan,
and Thomas Booth, were elected directors in the place of
Messrs. C. Lawrence, G. Winter, and C. Turner, who
retired by rotation, and were not eligible for re-election.