The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-02-15 00:00:00

By WILLIAM FOTHERGILL COOKE, Esq

.
CONTENTS : - Objects of the Treatise—Distinguishing
Characteristics of present Railways—Evidence before Select
Committee—Advantages of Telegraphic Communication—
Mode of Working the Blackwell Railway by the Electric
Telegraph—Description of the Electric Telegraph—Plan for
a " Telegraphic" Railway—Course of an Express Train—
Ballast Waggons—Permanent Obstruction—Crossing of two
Trains—Description of Signals—Concludihg Remarks on
Single Way—Mixed Lines—Scottish Junction Line—lrish
Railways—Advantages common to Single, Mixed, and Dou-
ble Lines—Public Confidence—Reduction of Stock—lncome
fr m Telegraph--Alertness--4daptation to Wants of country
Lion—Conclusion:
p ion--Conclusiolvi. '- , -
- - London : Simplon, Marshall, and Co. •

DAWBARN AND DAVIS,
110, BOLD-STREET,
BEG leave to call the attention of the Fashionable World
to their SPLENDID Assemblage of
FULL-DRESS VESTINGS,
in the richest and most novel designs, express! dapted for
the forthcoming WELSH BALL, in honour!) the Prince of
Wales.

110, BOLD-STREET,
DATVBARN AND DAVIS,
TAILORS and DRAPERS.

BANKRUPT'S STOCK

OF LINEN DRAPERY,

SILKS, SHAWLS, DE

LAINES,

AT WILLIAMS BROTHERS, WATERLOO HOUSE,
/%
Waterloo-place, top of Church-s eet.
WILLIAMS BROTHERS have the pleasure of an-
nouncing to their Friends, and t üblic in general,
that they will be enabled to offer to their otice the remaining
and most valuable part of
M`PHEARSON AND CO.'S STOCK

THIS DAY, (TUESDAY,) THE 15TH INSTANT.
The former part having given so much satisfaction to those
who have been fortunate enough to purchase, renders an
early application desirable.

By Her Majesty's Royal Letters Patent

THE PATENT FELTED CARPETING & DRUGGETS,
(MADE WITHOUT SPINNING OR WEAVING.)
rrHE Public are respectfully informed that is now, at
No. 10, SOUTH JOHN-STREET, Canni Buildings,

Four doors from Lord-selitt
An Establishment for the SidE of the
PATENT FELTED CARPETS AND DRUGGETS,

&c.,
which, on account of their Durability and Economy, when
compared with other Manufactures, have lately engrossed so
much of public attention.
STAIR CARPETINGS and TABLE COVERS in great
variety.

HAVE YOU SEEN

THE DRESSI.•NG CASE

FOR
HALF-A-CROWN

AT THE
LONDON DRESSING CASE ESTABLISHMENT,
No. 5, ST. GEORGE'S C44/SCENT ?

PIANO FORTES, New and Secciid-hand, only a little
more than half the usual 'prices. ' Guineas.
A fine Cabinet, 64 octaves, in Rosewood, usual price _ _

. . . _ .
84 Guineas , 55
Ditto Ditto 50
An excellent Cabinet, by Wornum, 6 octav- , cos •
60 Guineas
A delightful Cottage Piano, in Rosew..d
A ditto Ditto, ' . Zebr - ood .....
A ditto Ditto, 'i R. -wood, elegant 4O
A ditto Ditto, .. I tto, hi octaves,
Second-hand.
The above Instruments have been selected with a
view to Exportation, and are iwarranted fit for
any climate.
A Second-hand Square Piano, by Broadwood
A Ditto Ditto 10

CASH given for Second-band Instruments, or taken in
Exchange, by GEO. SHADE, 4, BERRY-STREET, Liver-
pool, where may be had NEW MUSIC, and all the new and
popular Songs, on Hire, by Day, Week, or Month.
WILLIAM PITT,
WHOLESALE PAPER DEALER and STATIONER,
No. 2, STRAND-STREET, LIVERPOOL,
HAVING received the appointment of Agent for the
1.1. Sale of WALKDEN'S INKS and INK POWDERS,
manufactured by COOPER and PHILLIPS, (l e WALE-
ciipt
DEN, PARRY, and TERRY,) N 0.5, Shoe-lane, ondon, begs
to acquaint the Trade in general, that they be supplied
with every description, in large or small antities, on the
same terms as from the Manufactory, in I46ndon.

W. PITT embraces the present tiPportimity to thank his
Friends and the Public for the verv)iberal support he has
received since his commencement ipibusiness, and begs to
assure them that it is his utmost ambition to merit the confi-
dence of all who may be pleased to honour him with their
patronage. _

N. 8.---Merchants and Shipping Orders particularly
attended to, and the full amount of Excise Drawback allowed
on all Papers and Stationery for Exportation.
Account Books Ruled and Bound, to any pattern, and on
the most approved principle.

MACKIE and GLADSTONE'S—SCOTCH and IRISH
WHISKY STORE
WELLINGTON BUILIWNGS,
No. 46, SOUTH CASTIA-STREET.

LIST OF PVCES
SPIRI S.

ff Per Imperial Gallon.
Finest Islay Malt Whisky. ..... £o 16 6
„ Campbeltown Do. Ol6 0
„ Old Scotch . Do.
, Old Irish Do.
Full Strength Do.
Good Irish Do.
Best Cognac Brandy
~ Old Hollands
„ Jamaica Rum ...... .. 17s. and 0 14 0
Bristol Gin
PORTER AND ALE.
Per Dozen.
Quarts. Pints.
Best Dublin XX Porter.. £0 4 6 £0 2 9
Best Irish Ale
„ Edinburgh Ale 0 7 0 0 4 0
„ Burton Ale
„ East India Ale 0 6 0 0 3 6
Altos Table Beer 0 210 0 0 0

Prices of Admission :—Centre Dress Boxes, 3s. ; Side
Boxes, 2s. 6d. ; Pit, Is. 6d. ; Lower Gallery, ls. ; Upper
Gallery, 6d. Second Price at Nine o'clock :—Centre Dress
Boxes. 25.; Side Boxes, Is. 6d.; Pit, Is.; Lower Gallery,
6d. No Second Price to the Upper Gallery. Second Price
will be taken for Children under Twelve years of age to the
Boxes only.

Dorss to be opened at Half-past Six, and the Performance
to commence at Seven o'clock precisely.

On THURSDAY next, the 17th instant, an ENTIRE✓
CHANGE of Performance, for the BENEFIT of Mr. W.
D. BROADFOOT, Director, when, with a desire to afford
the Liverpool patrons a last opportunity of witnessing the
original London Spectacle of MAZEPPA ; OR, THE WILD
HORSE, it will be produced with its gorgeous accessories,
&c., for this occasion.

On FRIDAY next, a DRESS SPECTACLE, for the
BENEFIT of the INFANT ACTORS.

LIVERPOOL BANKING COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN,lhat the ANNUAL
GENERAL MEETING of' the PROPRIETORS
will be held, at the Clarendop Rooms, in South John-street,
on TUESDAY, 22d February instant, at One o'clock, and
that at such Meeting a motion will be made to rescind so
much of the Rules or Laws of this Company as prevent any
Proprietor from holding more than Fha Hundred Shares in
the Capital Stock, and for a modification in the number of
Votes to be allowed at Public Meetings.
By order of the Directors,
WILLIAM WILSON, Manager.

TOXTETH-PARK SEWERAGE AND PAVING
BILL.

APUBLIC MEETING of the INHABITANTS of the
EXTRA-PAROCHIAL PLAGE of 'I OXTETH-
PARK will be held, at the PUBLIC.(iFFICE. in St. James's-
place, on TUESDAY next, the 15tb Instant, at Eleven o'clock
in the Forenoon, to take into consideration the expediency
of applying to Parliament for,an Act for the better Paving of
the said Place, and for the Sewerage of certain parts thereof,
when the Draft of a Bill, prepared by a Sub-committee of
the Board of Highways, appointed for the purpose, will be
laid before the Meeting. Dated this eighth day of February,
1842. ALEX. SMITH, Jun..
Chairman of the Board of Highways.

EASTERN COUNTIES' RAILWAY COMPANY.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that a SPECIAL GE-
NERAL MEETING of the SHAREHOLDERS of
the COMPANY will be held on TUESDAY, the 22d day of
February instant, at One o'clock precisely, at the Company's
Station, High-street, Shoreditch, London, for the purpose of
determining upon raising all or any part of the Moneys au-
thorised to be raised by au Act, passed in the fOurth year of
the reign of Her Majesty Queen Victoria(' entitled, " An
Act to amend and enlarge some of the prihisions of the Acts
relating to the Eastern Counties' ROWay, and to authorise
the Company to raise a further Suf Money, for the pur-
poses of the said undertaking ;" and also for the purpose of
determining upon the modes and terms of raising the same
by the issue of New Shares ; and the said Meeting is made
Special, for the above purposes, and also for the purpose of
declaring forfeited certain Shares of the said Company, and
for confirming the forfeiture which has been made and de-
clared, by the Directors, of certain Shares in the said Com-
pany=-- _

HENRY BOSANQUET, Chairman.
THEODORE W. RATHBONE, Deputy-Chairman.
Offices, High-street, Shoreditch, Feb. 10, 1842.

VIC T OR I A B
CASES-STREET,
THREE DOORS FROM CLAYTON-SQUARE.,

A T H S,

LIVERPOOL.
Conducted by RICHARD BIRDAtInd co,

TERMS

A Warm Water Bath .. 2srod.... 12 for 20s.
A Vapour Ditto 3s. 0d.... 6 for 15s.
A Medicated Ditto 3s. 6d.... 6 for 18s.
A Hot Air and Sulphur Ditto 3s. 6d.... 6 for 18s.
Cloaks, Couches, Blankets, and Hot Towels included

GPHILLIP and SONS, PROFESSORS OF MUSI.e
• 3, Myrtle View, Christian-street, Islington,Literpool.
G. P. and his Two SONS (the unrivalled Brotbers) return
their sincere thanks to the Ladies and Gentlexien of Liver-
pool and its vicinity, and also to their Friends in Carnarvon-
shire, Anglesea, and the Isle of Man, for leir distinguished
patronage.
G. P. and SONS have had the ho ur to perform several
times before the Earl of Sefton and it John Gerard.
BALLS and QUADRILLE PARTIES supplied with a BAND
of any number of Performers.

NA—MILITARY BANDS supplied on the shortest
notice, with Uniform or Plain Dresses.

The successive rains during the last month csused a great
deal of sickness among the troops encamped round Paris.
The symptoms have been principally those of scarletina, but
in their progress they assumed a more serious character, as
out of 15 men of the 15th regiment taken into the hospital at
Chaconne. four died on the day they were received, and two
the following morning.

A YORKSHIRE FRIEND.—I may be allowed to particula-
rise the kindness of Mr. Mullins, the senior member of the
circuit, who grasped me warmly by the hand, and offered me,
as a mark of his esteem, to swap horses with me on the spur
of the moment. It was very old, and slightly lame in one
leg, but the friendliness of his feelings was made equally ma.
nifest by the offer as if I had accepted it, which, however, I
declined doing, as I was unwilling to deprive him of the ser-
vices of so long tried a favourite. Mr. Mullins is a native of
Yorkshire, and retains a considerable share of the accent of
that beautiful county.—The Northern Circuit, from Black-
wood's Magazine.

THE CHANCES OF WAR : THREE BRITISH MARAU-
DERS SAVE A FRFNciI ARMY FROM CAPTURE.---Souls,
after this disastrous defeat, continued his retreat on the day
following, with all possible expedition up the valleys of the
Lanz and Guy ; but he was now in a most hazardous situa-
tion ; his troops were all worn out with excessive toil ; his
fighting men were reduced to thirty-five thousand ; Foy,
with eight thousand whom he had rallied, was retiring up
the Guy towards Zuhiri, entirely,- 'separated from the main
body, which was slanting down towards the Bidassoa ; and
the baggage, artillery, and caissons could scarcely be hoped
to be preserved, while recrossing the rugged summits of the
Pyrenees. Graham, with twenty thousand, was ready to
stop him on the side of St. Sebastian ; and it was only by
an extraordinary exertion of skill and coolness that his army
in these circumstances, was preserved from total ruin• t;1e
directed his retreat, not by the valley of Bastan towards the
Puerta de Maya, as d'Erlon had entered, but by ty:oefdPet h
ae
of Donna Maria towards the Elisondo and the vallde
Upper Bidassoa. At the latter pass, Lis rearguard
and
stand in a very strong defile to gain time for theeer ht ft ere artillery in their rear to get on ; but Hill turned
a after a
of the gorge, and the Dalhousie the rigrlt__ from their
vigourous resistance, the enemy were c! ! cuvery severe
stronghold in utter confusion, and
loss. Meanwhile, Byng pushed on,
captured a large and valuable convoys °_! 455. Welling-
rapidly advancing, re-occupied the
ilwreja r
enclosed Soult's
andi In 0 :tnEsl,i soannddo,
ton's troops had now almost ot impossible for
main body in a net, from which it see
him
aonfd their
him to escape; for his soldiers, unconscious
in
danger, were grouped close g.q...
British divisions and one
row valley of Estevan ; three
were on his right flank, con-
Spanish, under Wellington, Were
Hill was close.behind him ; Dalhou-
at Estevan ; and Graham
con-
cealed by the mountains ; a Marta' which he had just won ;
ale held the pass of head Done
_f the: valley;
the light division
the only other exit from the valley to
to close . .
Ya
and tliiii
was marching Dispirited and worn out as his men
would,By n g w a
ins at
two
1, Maya,
hours,
es seformid-
ablesurrender
Vera and Echallfir• th
bfock tuee
hcyond victoriousi condition tofot
troops,
pas]:
hee rocks from bheishinindenwthrnicmh
seemed eddefiiniesev'itable. Soenheodpehfyulthwas the English general of
were, Soult w
he surveyed screened
valley,
• forth to capture Soult himself, who was seen riding
issuing ai
defendedln n°
in a careless way along its bottom, lest the catastrophe should
such a result that,
awaken the French army from its perilous dream of security,
and issued the strictest orders that no man should show him-
self from behind the ridge which concealed them from the
memy. At this moment, when every bosom beat high with
exultation at the expected glorious trophy of their valour
they were so soon to obtain, in the surrender of a whole
army with a marshal of France at its bead, three British
marauders issued from their concealment to plunder the
valley. The sight of the red coats was not lost upon Soult.
who instantly perceived the imminence of his danger ; his
whole army was immediately put in motion, and hurried to-
wards the passes leading to the Lower Bidassoa, which they
got through just before the Spaniards under Longa, or the
light division, could come up to close the terrible defiles !
Such is war : the disobedience to orders by three soldiers
saved France from the greatest calamity, and deprived Eng-
land of the greatest triumph, recorded in the annals of either
IllOnarthYA--.4ltion'e Hiejory of the French Resolution.