The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-10-24 00:00:00

NEW PASSENGER SHIPS.

Tnn BLrE JACKET arrived on Friday in the Mersey,
from Boston, under the command of Captain Oliver
Eldridge, er a very successful run, as will be seen by
the following extract from the journal of one of the pas-
sengers :—"Oct. 3rd, one o'clock, a.m., took our departure
from Boston Light, had the wind from S.E. during the
day, which drove us to the N.W. of Seal Island. The
wind hauled to the S.W. next day, and we were obliged
to beat seven hours to clear Seal Island, which we passed
at six o'clock, p.m., 4th. From thence had light westerly
winds, averaging 200 miles per day, until 11th, when we
took a gale from the south, and ran 360 miles in 24 hours.
On the 11th, we were in lat. 49.57, long. 37.01, and on the
12th, lat. 61.07, long. 27.40 by observation. After this
time the wind continued light from the west, and we
made Cape Clear on the morning of the 16th, just 12 days
and 22 hours from Boston, allowing for difference of time,
and 11 days from Seal Island. Saw Tuskar Light the
same evening, which we passed in 13 days and 18 hours
from Boston, and next morning sighted Holyhead, 14
days and 4 hours from Boston, with a good prospect of
arriving at Liverpool the same day, when the wind hauled
to the N.E., and commenced blowing a gale which in-
creased to a hurricane, and we were over two days between
Bardsey and Holyhead. 19th Took a pilot off Point
Lynas, at three o'clock, p.m., but the wind being fresh
from S.W., he declined taking the ship in the river before
morning. A combination of circumstances thus length-
ened our passage to 17 days, which we felt almost positive
of making in 14 but a few days since." The Blue Jacket
was built in Boston, and is sister to the celebrated Red
Jacket, whose recent performances to Australia and
back we have already noticed. Like her, she is
destined for the Australian emigration trade, for which
her fine capacity and accommodations highly recommend
her. During her voyage she proved herself perfectly sea-
worthy, and although she encountered two severe gales,
she neither lost sail nor spar, and has beaten almost every
ship that sailed for weeks previously. Before leaving the
vessel the passengers presented an address to Capt.
Eldridge for "his gentlemanly conduct, which served to
render the voyage so agreeable, and we shall ever remem-
ber with gratitude his many kind attentions to us."
THE ANNANDALE.—A vessel named the Annandale,
which lately arrived here, and is now lying at the north-
east end of the Prince's Dock, is an excellent proof of our
national skill in turning out "clippers." She was built
by Messrs. John Nicholson and Co., of Annan, on their
own account. She is a model of symmetry, and, it is
stated, of strength also, for she is firmly iroukneed
throughout, and copper-fastened. Her dimensions are—
length of keel, 230 feet ; over all, 250 feet ; beam, 32 feet;
depth of hold, 18 feet 4 inches; tonnage, 1,150 old and
750 new measurement. She is extremely sharp on the
water-line, both fore and aft. Her spars are lofty, and
she is rigged much in the style of the celebrated Aberdeen
clippers. She is built entirely of Scotch larch—which will
render her extremely buoyant, and, probably, with her
extraordinary length, give her unrivalled speed. With
all her sharpness, she is said to have great stowage capa-
city. Her deck is flush, with two houses, one amidships,
the other aft, containing excellent cabin accommodation.
She is intended for the East India trade, and is now
being loaded by Messrs. Imrie and Tomlinson for Bombay.
THE SHILIMA.R. The enterprising owners of the
White Star Line of Packets have lately purchased the
new ship Shalimar, a worthy consort of the famous Red
Jacket and Mermaid. The Shalimar was built at St.
John, N. 8., expressly for the passenger trade, and is,
therefore, designed with width of beam and great height
between decks. Her model, which is full at the waist,
is sharpened at each end, so as to combine steadiness of
motion with fast sailing. She is a very large-classed ship,
her dimensions being—Length, 203 feet; length over all,
225 feet; breadth, 40 feet; depth, 23 feet; carpenter's
measurement, 1,467 tons ; register, 1,402 tons. Her
arrangements on deck comprise a topgallant forecastle, a
large well-built house amidships, and a full poop aft,
with a commodious erection on that, which includes the
chief cabin entrance, and a very comfortable smoking-
room, with stained glass windows. She has plenty of
deck-room for passengers to promenade, and her high
bulwarks will shelter them in heavy weather. The chief
cabin is an elegant apartment, upholstered in dark polished
woods, mahogany, rosewood, and walnut, with a rich bead-
work of satinwood marking the panels. In the cornice
d&corations, the " white star" is conspicuous on a red
ground. There are berths for a dozen passengers, with
baths and every other sanitary comfort attached. The
forward part of the poop is fitted to accommodate thirty
second-cabin passengers, and twenty of the same class are
located in the house amidships. In these apartments the
improved plan is adopted of making the meal-rooms apart
by themselves, and placing the state-rooms, with their
sleeping berths, along corridors attached; and the cabins
are, by the aid of numerous windows and spacious sky-
lights, cushioned seats, convenient tables, and rich paper
hangings, rendered as light, airy, and as agreeable as
could be desired. In the deck-house are more bath-rooms,
and the whole forward part of it is occupied with a large
" kitchen," divided into two cooking galleys, one for the
passengers, the other for the crew. It is fitted in berths of
two, with a large family berth on each side of the centre
division. In the aft and forward ends of the deck-house,
and in front of the poop, are covered companion-ways,
leading to the 'tween decks below, which have a height of
eight feet in the clear. Here as in every other part of
the ship, the cabins are well finished, and unusually spa-
cious, and light is secured by means of large ventilating
shafts, skylights, deck-lights, and other appliances. The
midship portion is appropriated to first-class passengers,
in berths of two, arranged on each side of a passage way,
and the fore and after ends to intermediate passengers.
The general arrangement is on the ordinary plan, with the
state-rooms ranged along either side of the vessel ; but
there is observable a useful novelty in the intermediate
portion of the ship, which consists in several of the state-
rooms being fitted with berths for eight or ten people,
made on the telescope principle, so as to slide quite out of
the way, and give great room in the apartments when not
required for sleeping purposes. The Shalimar is adver-
tised to sail for Melbourne on the Ist November.

BIRKENHEAD, LANCASHIRE, AND CHESHIRE

JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY,

AT the half-yearly meeting of the company, on the 20th
of August, after the report of the directors had been read,
a committee was appointed, on the proposition of Mr.
Edward Harper, to inquire into the state of the company's
affairs, and to suggest what line of policy should be pur-
sued for the future; and on Saturday last the adjourned
half-yearly meeting was held at the Monk's Ferry Hotel,
for the purpose of receiving their report. Mr. Alderman
Bancroft, of Manchester, chairman of the company, pre-
sided. The report, after stating the course of proceedings;
and acknowledging the assistance which the committee
had received from the chairman, directors, and officers of
the company, proceeded to say :—" The result of the inves-
tigation has satisfied your committee that, in the future
conduct of your affairs,' it is clearly the true interest of
the shareholders to cultivate friendly relations with the
Shrewsbury Companies, and to attract and bring over
both lines of your railway from the whole system of the
Great Western Company the utmost traffic which they
can contribute. The committee find that, since the com-
mencement of the year 1851, the Shrewsbury and Chester
Company has obtained three acts of parliament for run-
ning powers, or for the amendment and extension of those
powers, over the lines of this company, and in each case
the applications have been based on alleged obstructions
to their traffic, chiefly in the direction of Manchester.
The bills, when before parliament, encountered the oppo-
sition of your directors, but were, nevertheless, passed.
These measures, combined with the withdrawal, in 1852,
of the bill for leasing the Birkenhead line to the three
companies, now forming the Great Western Company, have
weakened the mutual confidence in each other of the direc-
tors engaged in those hostilities, and the committee, whilst
deploring the existence, ascertained by them, of continued
mistrust, on the part of the Great Western board, towards
some of the directors of your company, have laboured assi-
duously to remove it, and they trust not altogether in vain.
One of the first impediments to a good understanding and
harmonious action for the future,appeared to be the existing
litigation with the Great Western Company, and your
committee have endeavoured to bring about a friendly
settlement of this litigation, which they trust may yet be
attained by mutual concessions. Another impediment,
which was found to involve considerable complexity, pre-
sented itself in certain agreements between the London
and Northwestern Company and this company. (See
Appendix A.) The first agreement is dated 21st Nov.,
1860, and was made under the authority of a clause in
this company's act of 1847, by the provisions of which
your company abandoned certain lines supposed to be in-
jurious to the London and Northwestern Railway Com-
pany, for the construction of which Legislative sanction
had been obtained, and for which abandonment an equi-
valent concession to this company was intended to be
made. Your directors also obtained the right of using
the lines of the former company between Warrington and
Manchester, paying to them fifty per cent. on the gross
receipts, according to mileage, for all traffic carried by
your trains over the London and Northwestern Railway.
Considering that this agreement was intended by your
board to obtain for your company for ever the same inde-
pendent access to Manchester for all traffic passing over
your line, which the construction of your own branch
would have placed in your hands, the committee are of
opinion that this was a most advantageous agreement to
the Birkenhead Company. It was, however, soon after
construed by the London and Northwestern Company as
excluding all traffic from their line between Warrington
and Manchester, which was not brought in the proper
waggons and carriages of the Birkenhead Company itself,
thereby preventing any Manchester traffic from passing
in the carriages and waggons of other companies. Under
an agreement made subsequently to the former, and dated
21st June, 1851, (see appendix B,) the Birkenhead Com-
pany acquired the right to forward other carriages than
those of your company, subject to the condition that they
were not to charge for the through traffic from other lines
lower rates than those which might be taken for the local
traffic ppssing over your line, without the previous consent
in writing of the London and Northwestern Company. The
effect of this agreement upon the through traffic from the
Shrewsbury companies was, of course, to annihilate it.
This latter agreement is endorsed on the former one, and
has the official seal of your company attached ; and your
committee think it right to state that such agreement,
although twice presented for confirmation at general meet-
ings, has not received the sanction of the shareholders.
The committee doubt the legal and practical value of this
agreement, and think it is incumbent on the board to as-
certain the extent of their legal rights, under the first
agreement, with regard to traffic coming from other com-
panies. One of the effects of the stipulation, by which
your directors are compelled not to charge for foreign
traffic lower rates than those imposed on the local traffic
of your line is, that the London and Northwestern Rail-
way Company are enabled to fix a more moderate scale of
charges on the traffic of their own line from Manchester
to Chester than you are permitted to charge by your
shorter route. Thus, for Salop goods, fifty-two miles,
from Manchester to Chester, via Crewe, the London and
Northwestern Company charge : First-class, Bs. 10d.;
second-class, lls. 441. ; third-class, 13s. ; fourth-class, 175.;
fifth-class, 245. Forty miles, from Chester to Manchester,
via" Warrington, the Birkenhead Company charge :—First-
class, lls. Bd. ; second-class, 13s. 441. • third-class, 16s. Bd.;
fourth-class, 20s. ; fifth-class, 30s. The traffic derived by
this company from the neighbouring lines is shown by
the returns in the appendixes which were furnished by

the secretary to this company. When the communication
between your line and the Warrington and Altrincham
Railway, at Walton, shall be completed, the Great Wes-
tern Railway Company, however, may be able, without in-
terfering with any agreement, to carry their traffic by_the
use of their running powers in the direction of Manches-
ter; but your committee feel that it would have been.
more satisfactory thay the traffic passing through Chester
towards Manchester should be carried by you on terms
perfectly equal and just, so as to invite and secure the
traffic of both the London and Northwestern and Great-
western systems."
. _

The report, after alluding to the favourable prospects of
traffic, and remarking on the inadequate remuneration
received by the company for terminal charges at Birken-
head, continues r—" The committee deem it most desirable
to endeavour to arrange, as far as practicable, with the
Great Western Company, to work the trains of both
branches of your railway, and to provide the establishment
for carrying on the whole trade of the company on specified
and satisfactory terms ; and they have the pleasure to re-
port that the board have, with the entire concurrence of
your committee, entered into negotiations, by means of
which they trust this desirable object may be attained..
In conclusion, your committee recommend to the share-
holders, at the ensuing election of directors, to place on
the board four gentlemen unconnected with past differ-
ences, who are likely to aid in the. results aimed at,—
namely, to secure absolute impartiality in the reception of
the traffic of your railway, and to promote economical
management."

The CuenmeN having stated that the report of the
directors had not yet been adopted, owing to the adjourn-
ment on the last occasion, called upon Mr. Edward
Harper to move the adoption of the report of the
committee, which, he supposed, would come before them
in the shape of an amendment to the adoption of the
original report. _ _

Mr. Hasps thought the best plan to adopt- would be
to receive both the reports; and enter them side by side
for the consideration of the future board.. He would
move, " That the report of the directors, and, the report of
the committee of shareholders now prodaced, be received,
and entered on the minutes of the company.'
Mr. WILLIAM EvArrs, of Manchester,. one of the com-
mittee, in seconding the proposition, bore testimony to
the cordial manner in which the board, of directors had
facilitated their investigation.
Mr. W. JACKSON, M.P., put it to Mr, Harper whether
the last clause but one, recommending that both branches
of the railway should be worked by the Great Western
Railway Campany, would not be giving a great prepon-
derating influence to that company over the North-
western, and whether such a position was not inconsistent
with their policy to show no favour to any particular com-
pany, but to receive all alike. He wished to know
whether, when the Great Western had running powers
over their line, the same privileges would be conceded to
the North-western and the Holyhead Companies, if de-
manded by them.

Mr. E. ilinPrA replied that he was particularly anxious
to secure, both to the London and North-western and the.
Holyhead Companies, the same privileges that were pro-
posed to be accorded to the Great Western ; and he
thought there should be an express stipulation that those
companies should have the privilege of carrying their own
traffic, unless it were satisfactory to them to be carried
by the Great Western, at whatever rates the Great
Western carried their own traffic, on the branch lines or
this company. He was himself prepared to embody that
in the report now submitted, but it was thought it might
probably impede negotiations with the Great Western,
and that it ought to be left to the board, to see that no
exclusive privileges should be enjoyed by any. _

After some -discussio,_. as an
amendment that the words be struck
out of the clause as to the running powers, and the words

Mr.-Jec & SON -113
"Great Western

" adjacent railways" be substituted. Mr. Asia. seconded
the amendment.

This led to a further discussion, and on the questiott
being put to the vote there were found, for the amend-
ment, 15; against it, 56. The proposition of Mr. Harper,
that both reports should be adopted and entered on the
minutes, was, therefore, carried.

The next subject was the election of four directors in
the place of the following, who were eligible for re-
election :—Messrs. A. Howard, T. F. Maddock, James
Gandy, and Peter Dickson. After a lengthened discussion,
the following were elected :—Mr. William Atkinson, Mr.
S. D. Darbyshire, Mr. Edward Harper, and Mr. William
Evans.

The retiring auditor (Mr. J. Tyrer) having been re-
elected, a vote of thanks to the chairman terminated the

proceedings

COURT AND FASHION.

MB. SAMUEL PHILLIPS, the editor of the " Hand-book
to the Crystal Palace," died suddenly at Br

'ghton on

Saturday week, from hemorrhage of the lungs, i; his 39th
year. Mr. Phillips was a well-known writer in Black•
wood, the John Bull, Morning Herald, and other Con-
servative publications. He had been long suffering fro=
con sumpt iv e symptoms.
THE LORD MAYOR of London and the Lady Mayoress
have accepted the invitation of the Mayor and Mayoress of
Doncaster to a ball at the Mansion-house in that town on
Thursday, next. The dinner to be given by the Mayor
and Corporation of Leeds to the Lord Mayor of London
will take place on Friday next.
Tnli DUCHESS or GLOUCESTER, now the only surviving
child of King George 111., has arrived at a very advanced
age, and a short time ago her health was in a very pre-
carious condition, but her extraordinary constitution got
the better of the malady, and she is again convalescent.
With the view of improving her health, her royal high-
ness went to Brighton about a fortnight ago, and has
enjoyed the fine weather on the coast, taking carriage
airing twice a day on the cliffs, and frequently driving on
the pier esplanade. She has received several dis-
tinguished persons now staying in Brighton, to pass the
evening with her at her suite of apartments at the 13g4f0r4

Tag EABLi,OB ABINGDON died a little before ',- o'clock on'
Monday evening, at Wytham Abbey, about three miles
from Oxford. His Lordship, who was in his 71st year,
was Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire and High Steward of
1 the borough of Abington. He is succeeded by his son,
Lord Norreys, who represents. Abingdon in Parliament:

SPORTING _INTELLIGENCE.
•
BETTING AT MANCHESTER—FIimsy

Although the bookmakers in this market have nearly
to a man discharged their liabilities on the Cesarewitch
Stakes, the settling is not by any means perfect. The
supposed defalcations were, however, much lessened to-day
by one of the absentees making his appearance, and paying
in full all his creditors present ; that he had the means to
settle has never been doubted. A report is fast gaining
ground that one gentleman who was intrusted with a large
commission to back Muscovite has gone to reside on the
Continent, and has no intention of meeting the claims
upon him; but it is to be hoped that this report is un-
founded. Since Tuesday, the betting upon the Cambridge-
shire Stakes has undergone considerable change; Rattle
has receded in the market, and Orinobo has advanced from
Btolto4 to 1; Scherz has also much improved. Yes-
terday, Helena became friendless, 40 to 1 being offered in
good quarters ; to-day, however, we saw 20 to 1 taken
rather freely. A good deal of inquiry was made about
Quince, and received support at 25 to 1. A few invest-
ments were made upon the Derby at the odds quoted.

CA.3II3EIDGESIIIBE STAKES.
4 to 1 agst Mr. Stanley's Orinoco—taken.
Bto 1 „ Mr. Dennett's Rattle—taken.
100 to 8 „ Baron Mollendorf's Scherz—taken freely
20 to 1 „ Mons. Aumont's Hervine—taken.
20 to 1 „ Mr. J. Osborne's Helena—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Greville's Quince—taken.

25 to 1 Mr. W. Smith's Little David—offered
25 to 1 „ Mr. Duke's Stonehenge—offered.
30 to 1 „ Mr. G. Mather's Prime Minister—tk.
33 to 1 „ Mr. I. Day's lanthe—taken.
33 to 1 „ Mr. Hobson's Claret—taken.

35 to 1 ~ Mr. Batson's Khadidjah—taken, aft. off

THE DERBY

10 to 1 agst Mr. Bowes's Grweulus Esuriens--taken.
100 to 8 „ Mr. Osbaldeston's Rifleman—taken.
100 to 7 „ Lord Derby's De Clare—taken.
25 to 1 „ Lord Eglinton's Dirk Hatteraiek—taken.
26 to 1 „ Mr. Howard's Oulston—taken.
25 to 1 „ Mr. Merry's Lord of the Isles—taken.
33 to 1 „ Mr. F. L. Popham's Wild Dayrell—taken.

The Hon. G. W. Fitzwilliam has been elected a member
of• the Jockey Club.

The Usurer, 2 yrs, has joined H. Boyce's string, at New-
market ; and Donald, 2 yrs, has arrived at W. Martin's.
Mr. George White, of Newcastle, has purchased 'Capt.
Skipworth's two year old filly Fanny Fern, by Slane?.
_ .

Kir. H. Baker has named his brown yearling filly by
Gameboy out of Maria, Alma ; and ribay colt foal by Cowl
out of The Chicken's dam, Capucine.
Mr. Thos. Carter, one of the oldest and most extensive
trainers, as well as one of the most extensive breeders, in
France, has removed his establishment from Lamorlaye to
Chantilly.

The Jockey Club has recommended to the managers of
provincial races where the Newmarket rules are in force,
not to allow any exception to the rule for claiming any
horse which may run in selling stakes.

Mr. Barrett's-horses, consisting of Haco, Daffodil, and
colt by Old England, out of Dauntless, 2 yrs, have left
Young King's stables, Stockbridge, for W. Goodwin's, at
Newmarket, where in future they will be trained.
Count Branitskey's Zanoni (formerly Running Rein)
died a short time ago, of inflammation of the lungs, in
Russia. Jenny Lind (the dam of Hermit), also died, in.
the Count's stud, in Russia, a week or two ago.
Mr. Disney has disposed of his yearling colt Artillery to
Mr. Morris, for a specified period, viz., till after the St.
Leger, 1856, in which race, as also the Derby, he is en-
gaged. The terms are a secret. Artillery is by Touch-
stone out of Indian Warrior's dam.
Mr. Copperthwaite's Early Bird was struck out of the
Cambridgeshire Stakes on Wednesday last, after figuring
for some time as first favourite for that race. It is sug-
gested by many of his backers, who thought to "pick up
the worm" with him, that in future he be called the
Decoy Bird.
A Free Handicap, of 500 sovs. each, h ft, Cesarewitch
Course, has been proposed for the Craven Meeting, 1855,
with Stockwell, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b ; Muscovite, 6 yrs, Bst 121 b. ;
Rataplan, 5 yrs, Bst Sib ; Virago, 4 yrs, Bst 51b ; and An-
dover, 4 yrs, Bst 11b. To close this day. If only two
acceptances, to be a match.
At the sale of Mr. Knowles's brood mares, at Tattersall's,
last week, Palmyra (the dam of Tadmor, Talfourd, Baal-
bee, &c.) was sold to Mr. Blenkison, for 600 gs.; lodine,
by lon, to Mr. Hartley, for 390 gs. ; Queen Anne (the dam.
of Kingston), to Mr. A. Johnstone, for 360 gs. ; Lola
Montez, by Slane, for 350 gs., and Deminus (the dant of
Alfred the Great), for 105 gs., to Count de Barace, t 6 b
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