The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-12-12 00:00:00

Y OF CANADA

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Cusack Roney I
ative Assembly

is divided into

e from Toronto to aarma, ana tnere is also tut;
ridge, which is included in the agreement with the
ctors. The length of the Toronto and Montreal
is 345 miles, and the total cost £3,000,000. The

on this section is £1,035,000.

contracts provide that the line and all its appurtenances
shall be equal to any first-class English railway, and
superior to any now known or used in America. The
bridges are to be of masonry or brickwork, with iron
tubes across the spans. All these are on the principle
of the Britannia-bridge across the Menai Straits, in
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The stations and all of

brick or st

covered with s.

ate or metal

The contracts

also include a supp., carriages, waggons, snow
ploughs and workshop,. and, in short, every article required
for efficiently working the railway. The contractors are
bound to pay the entire interest on the capital stock, as
well as on debentures of all kinds, until the delivery of the
railway to the company. The Belleville and Peterborough
line is 50 miles in length, and the cost is to be £400,000.
The works on this section, and upon every other section of
the Grand Trunk line, are to be of the character above
described. The Belleville and Peterborough section will
not be commenced until the money and labour markets
are in a more favourable condition for carrying on
great undertakings in Canada. The Toronto and Sarnia
section is 172 miles is length, and the contract price
is £1,376,000, of which £576,758 has been expended.
The Quebec and Richmond section is about 100 miles in
length, the contract price £650,000, and the province
guarantee is £250,000. The contract price for this section
is less than for the other sections of the Grand Trunk.
The stationhouses are to be of wood, and the surface width
of the railway two feet less than the other sections—
namely, 16 feet instead of 18 feet. The foundations of all
large structures are for a double line. The Trois Pistoles
line is 153 miles in length ; the contract price £1,224,000,
and £459,000 is the amount of the province guarantee.
The contract price for the Victoria bridge is £1,400,000,
with power to the engineer-in-chief to certify for the pay-
ment of another £lOO,OOO, if, at the completion of the
work, he is satisfied that that additional sum should be
paid to Messrs. Peto and Co., the contractors. There will
be about £200,000 expended on the bridge in 1854, and it
is intended to expend from £200,000 to £250,000 in each
year during its construction. With regard to the opening
of sections of the railway, he stated that the line from
Montreal to Brockville, about 125 miles in length, is to be
opened in September, 1855. The line from Quebec to St.
Thomas, 40 miles, on the Trois Pistoles section, will also
be opened in September, 1855. The section from Brock-
ville to Kingston, about 50 miles, and from Kingston to
Whitley, about 140 miles, in September, 1856. The line
from Whitley to Toronto about 36 miles, will probably be
opened in September, 1855. The section from Toronto to
Stratford, 90 miles, will be opened on the Ist of October,
1855. The Quebec and Richmond would shortly be
opened, so that, exclusive of the Montreal and Portland
line, 292 miles in length, an additional length of 390
miles is expected to be opened for traffic by next autumn,
making, with the 292 miles at present in operation, 682
miles. The total capital of the Grand Trunk Railway
Company is £9,500,000, and the length of railway
finished and under contract is 1,112 miles—namely, from
Montreal to Portland, 292 miles ; Quebec to Trois Pistoles,
153 miles : Quebec to Richmond, 100, miles ; Montreal to
Toronto, 345 miles ; Belleville to Nterborough, 50 miles ;
and Toronto to Sarnia, 172 miles. Of these the sec-
tion from Montreal to Portland is open, the Quebec and
Richmond about to be opened, so that 290 miles of ad-
ditional line will be finished in 1855, and 297 miles in
1856, making together 979 miles. The company tem-
porarily suspends the making of the remaining 233 miles.
The number of miles entitled to the province guarantees
is 724, and those not entitled to it 388. The amount of
the province guarantee is £1,811,500. The shareholders
of the Grand Trunk Railway have paid on account of
shares and bonds £3,721,900., including the capital paid
for the Quebec and Richmond and the St. Lawrence and
Atlantic lines. The total amount of capital subscribed on
the Grand Trunk proper is £8,083,600, and the amount
paid on such capital is £2,171,900, of which a very small
proportion is paid in Canada. On £7,246,000 of the sub-
scribed capital the shareholders receive share certificates
for shares of £25 each, and are entitled to debenture cer-
tificates to the same amount ; of which one half are
province debentures and the other half company's deben-
tures. The £837,600 capital remaining to make the
£8,083,600 does not carry province debentures. The
latter sum consists of £4,181,400 stock, £2,090,700 com-
pany's bonds, and £1,811,500 of province debentures.
There has.been paid up on stock £883,156, on the com-
pany's bonds £053,327, and on the province debentures
£735,417. The remaining portion of the capital of
£9,500,000 consists of capital raised prior to the amalga-
mation by the following companies :—St. Lawrence and
Atlantic—in shares; £246,000, in bonds of the province,
£400,000, and other bonds, £233,000, together, £879,100;
Quebec and Richmond— in shares, £305,000, bonds,
£lOO,OOO, and Toronto and Guelph shares, £132,800,
together, £1,416,400.

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INCREASED CONSUMPTION OF TEA.--On Saturday, a par-
liamentary paper was published, from which it appears that
in the ten months ended the sth November, 1852, the quan-
tity of tea entered for home consumption was 47,122,979 lbs ;
in 1853, 49,800,5471b5. ; and in the present year,
51,461,3181b5.
A HAPPY FAMILY.—JUDKIN V. FIELD—This was an
action for assault. Mr. Judkin was the clergyman of
Somers Chapel, St. Pancras, and had married the widow
of Alderman Laiuson, who at the time of her marriage to
the plaintiff had five daughters by her former husband,
the eldest of whom had married the defendant, a surgeon
in Great Marlborough-street. Family differences had
arisen, and the plaintiff forbade the defendant's wife to
come to the house ; but on the 10th of June last, notwith-
standing that prohibition, she came there, and a scene of
great violence took place. The next day the plaintiff re-
ceived a letter from the defendant, demanding an apology ;
.and on the following day, the defendant went to the
plaintiff's house, forced his way in, and committed the
assault for which the action was brought. 'The case was
tried in the Queen's Bench on Monday, and the jury gave
a verdict for the plaintiff, with £5O damages.
On pious TRIAL.--At the High Court of Justiciary,
Edinburgh, on Monday week, two respectable merchants
in Fort William, Messrs. Henry and William Ainslie,
were charged with having, on the 17th or 18th of August
last, assaulted William Crawford, one of their shopmen,
and robbed him of above £lO in notes, gold, and silver. It
appeared that Messrs. Ainslie considered they bad grounds
of suspicion against Crawford, having missed a good deal
of money and articles from the shop ; and being about to
part with him on Monday, the 15th of August last, they,
before paying him his wages then due, about £9 10s.,
questioned him as to various supposed thefts, and asked an
examination of his trunk. To this, however, after some
delay, Crawford reluctantly consented, when about £lO in
money was found in his possession, which he said he had
brought with him from Edinburgh a twelvemonth pre-
vious ; but several pounds in silver were wrapped in a
paper, dated July, 1854. Messrs. Ainslie then took pos-
session.of Crawford's trunk, in which were various articles
they believed their property, and locking the money in it,
gave him the keys till the case should be investigated.
Two days after Crawford secretly recovered posseSsion of
his trunk, and put the money in his pocket. Meanwhile,
the Ainslies were endeavouring to get the aid of the
authorities to examine Crawford ; but the sheriff-depute
was non-resident, the sheriff substitute was on the con-
tinent ; the interim-substitute did not take up the case,
the procurator-fiscal was indisposed, was six miles distant,
and was unable to attend at Fort William till the 19th.
The Ainslies, on the Wednesday, finding Crawford had
recovered his money, employed two of their portexs for 24
hours to watch him, and at length, on Thursday•eveniug,
the 17th, they laid Crawford on the floor, and took, or
attempted to take, the money from him. To prevent his
shouting they put a pillow over his mouth, and after this
lie appeared insensible, on which they sent for a doctor,
who, after he had applied restoratives, found such marks
of consciousness in him as led him to believe that the in-
sensibility was feigned. On the Friday, Crawford went
to the Fiscal's, and informed against the Ainslies, and the
result was that these gentlemen were put on their trial for
assault and robbery. On the close of the evidence for the
crown, the Solicitor-General abandoned the case, and the
Lord Justice Clerk directed the jury to return a verdict of
not guilty, which they did.
Ma. SIDNEY HERBERT ON TUE WAR.—On Wednesday,
a meeting of the parishioners of St. Paul's, Knightsbridge,
was held in aid of the Patriotic Fund, the Hon. and Mr.
Mr. Liddell in the chair. Mr. Sidney Herbert, in mov g
the first resolution, said that, being a parishioner, he felt
it his duty to attend the meeting. Allusion had been
made by their rector to the discipline of the army, and the
high moral qualities that had been displayed by all since
its arrival in the East. It had been his fortune during
many years, from the position he held,to become acquainted
with its internal administration, and he was well aware
how improved had been the condition of the men. The
thaw, however, that had taken place was not entirely
visible to the 'public ; but since the arrival of our army in
Turkey the veil had been drawn aside, and the character
of the British soldier had been brought conspicuously to
view. It was supposed by some that the education which
the soldier had received and the comforts he had enjoyed
at home would have unfitted him for the labour of a cam-
paign and the arduous duties of war, but a practical
answer had been given to those who had such anticipa-
tions. Circumstances had shown that. while acts of the
greatest bravery and heroism had been displayed, the men
who had exhibited them possessed the tenderest feelings,
as had been proved by the letters from privates and non-
commissioned officers connected with the army. He, a
few days ago, had an interview with a gentleman recently
returned from the Crimea, who stated to him that he was
surprised at the extraordinary discipline that was manifest
among all the regiments of the British army, and who
also observed that, while enduring the greatest fatigue,
not a murmur was heard, not a single court-martial had
been held, and there had been no complaint of neglect of
duty. He was a few days ago reading the despatches of
the Duke of Wellington of the campaign in Spain, and
there he found that the Duke was constantly remarking
that severe punishment was necessary to keep up the
discipline of the army. How proud, therefore, ought they
to be of such an army, the condition of which he believed
wasunexampled in the history of this or ofany other nation !
He had also seen letters from a lady holding a high posi-
tion among those who are attending the hospitals at
Scutari. There he is told not a word is uttered to offend
a lady's feelings, though there are 4,000 beds in the various
hospitals. All the attentions paid to the men are received
with the greatest thanks, and, though many are suffering
the most excruciating pains, not a murmur nor complaint
was heard. Much, however, as they must admire these
moral qualities in the men, they must not forget their
high military qualities, for he believed there had scarcely
been an instance on record where these were so conspicuous
as at the battle of Inkerman, where a small band of men
were arrayed against a numerous and disciplined army.
While column after column were brought up against our
men, they stood their ground. The battle was not one
where there was any particular strategical movement, but
each man believed that the battle depended upon his own
individual heroism and exertions. The people of England
would depreciate themselves if they did not afford those
bran men all the assistance in their power.