The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-04 00:00:00

WIGAN

WIGAN INSTITUTION.—There is no institution which has
so great a claim on the public for support as the one which
is founded for public instruction and public amusement.
We therefore sincerely trust that our townsmen will come
forward and lend their aid towards liquidating the debt which
has been incurred by the committee in their endeavours to
render the Institution for the Diffusion of Knowledge at
once an ornament to the town, and a valued source of in-
struction to that class of society whose pecuniary means are
so limited as to debar them from obtaining a school educa-
tion.

EMBEZZLING WEFT.—Two women, named Betsy Min-
tier and Mary Connor, were brought before the bench
yesterday (Monday) charged with embeszling a quantity of
weft given out by Mr. John Litler, agent to Mr. James
Buckley, manufacturer. It appeared the defendants bad
been on " the spree" during the greater part of last week,
and in order to raise a continued supply of funds to " accom-
plish their great design," sold as much of the weft as would
work a cut, to some dealer in " old iron" in the Scholes.
They were remanded to Wednesday for further examination.
DEATH OF J. H. KEARSLEP, ESQ.—II is with a melan-
choly feeling of regret, that we announce the demise of our
highly honoured and valued townsman, John H. Kearsley,
Esq., formerly one of the representatives in parliament of
this borough. His death took place on Sunday morning last,
at Higher Hall, near Leigh, in the 59th year of his age. Mr.
Kearsley had been for three years residing at this splendid
mansion, and bad been suffering from severe indisposition
for a considerable time past.

SABBATH OBSERVANCI ,
signified their fixed determination to inflict a fine on every
individual brought before them for drinking on the Sabbath.
with a view of enforcing a more strict observance of the

—The boron

Lord's day. A young m-an, named Thomas Lea, a weaver,
was brought before the bench yesterday, for lying in the
street drunk, during ~.divine service, on Sunday forenoon.
The customary fine ofss. was inflicted. It is a fact, that al-
though the weavers are in such a destitute condition, more of
this class are fined in Wigan for being drunk than any other.

THE POOR RATES.—The assistant overseer of this town
is totally unable to collect a great portion of the amount due
from the borough, on account of the prevailing distress.
by the magistrrtes, who
circumstances connected with the cases ; and

Numbers are forg

every weeb

investigate t

there are many who even refuse to come forward and state
the reasons why they are unable to pay the rates. Of this
class, 28 persons were summoned before the magistrates
yesterday, and 32 for non-payment of the gas rates.

RAILWAY INTELLIGENCE.

CONTRACTS LET ON THE SHEFFIELD AND
MANCHESTER RAILWAY.

We understand that the directors of the Sheffield and
Manchester Line have just succeeded in letting two more of
their contracts upo❑ very advantageous terms. One of these
is the Etherow Viaduct, which has been taken considerably
under the estimate of the engineer; and the other the Wood-
head Contract, a length of seven miles, which has also been
let under the estimate. The contractors are Mr. Joel Bux-
ton, and Messrs. Miller and Blackie, of this town, both of
whom have before executed contracts for this company, and

given the highest satisfaction

EMPLOYMENT OF PAUPERS UPON A CONTRAUT BY THE
SIIEFFIELD AND MANCHESTER RAILWAY.—We under-
stand that in consequence of some delay in getting possession
of the land, Messrs. Buxton and Clark have not yet been
able to set to work an additional number of hands. It is sa-
tisfactory to learn that the men who are employed work
very heartily, and have already made surprising progress. It
is moreover stated that they are able to earn from ls. 6d. to
2s. per day, but as they become more accustomed to the la-
bour, we trust they will be able to improve upon this. The
Board of Guaiilians, with a view to the employment of a
greater number of men, have requested the directors to let
another contract, and we understand that the question is to
be considered at the meeVng of the directors on Monday
next.—Sheffield Independent.

A correspondent of the Railway Times remarks of the
Manchester and Birmingham Railway,—
" You are aware, that under the new agreement the Grand
Junction Company work and provide all things requisite for
all the traffic of the Manchester and Birmingham Company
between Crewe and Birmingham. The Manchester line is
therefore a mere branch, 31 miles long, instead of being (as
originally designed) a main trunk of something like a 100
miles (inclusive of its branches.)
" And yet, for this mere shadow of its former self, the
directors (of whom, by-the-bye, there are about a dozen,
who divide £3OO amongst them) have already appointed a
manager at a salary of a thousand per annum; a treasurer,
with six hundred ; a goods' traffic manager, with £4OO ; a
storekeeper, with £2OO a book-keeper, with, I think, £300;
a resident (besides a "consulting ") engineer, with £3OO ;
making an outlay among these higher functionaries of about
£3OOO per annum, in addition to the directors allowance on
the one hand, and to the salaries of the subordinate (and,
perhaps, really working) members of the establishment, such
as superintendents of engines, of police, &c., on the other !
" Surely this monstrous evil ought not to be allowed to
continue even for one half-year."

[The above, we must say, is a pretty fair staff for the ma
nagement of such a concern as the Birmingham and Man-
chester Railway, shorn as it is of its once magnificent
pretensions. But all connected with the direction of this
undertaking arc large gentlemen ; and we can wonder little
at any extravagance they may be guilty of.—Ed. L. S.]

TIME BARGAINS IN SHARES.—The publication of a
clause in the new bankrupt act, which will shortly come into
operation, has caused some uneasiness among the dealers in
shares. This act will reach most of the parties usually en-
gaged in time bargains, and the clause particularly alluded to
provides that all certificates shall be void if the bankrupt,
" in any gaming, or wagering, loses £2O, or within one year
next preceding his bankruptcy has lost £2OO by any con-
tract for the purchase or sale of any government or other
stock, where such contract was not performed within one
week after the contract, or where the stock bought or sold
was not actually transferred or delivered in pursuance of
such conduct." A more decisive death-blow to time bar-
gains can scarcely be conceived.—Railway Times.

EFFECT OF HIGH FARES.—The Black;a11 Railway Com-
pany have this week lost upwards of £l2O by the raising of
the fares, as compared with the corresponding week of last
yesr, while the number of passengers has diminished from
46,034 to 27,551.

THE LEEDS AND MANCHESTER JUNCTION WITH THE
MANCHESTER AND LIVERPOOL RAILWAY.—The utmost
exertions are making by the former company to complete
their part of this important work. By the end of this week
the centres of eight arches will be fixed in the immediate vi-
cinity of the intended station, Hunt's Bank, whilst in nearly
every part of the Junction line equal exertions appear to be
making. The Liverpool company, however, appear to be
much more sluggish in their operations, as an immense num-
ber of houses have yet even to be pulled down, It would
seem to be impossible that the Liverpool and Manchester
company will be able to complete their part of the under-
taking in anythipg like the time that the Leeds and Man-
chester appear certain to do.—Leeds Mercury.
Respecting railway affairs there is little to notice this week.
The Eastern Counties meeting was to have taken place to-
day, but as the late wet weather has interrupted the hoped-
for completion of the line to Colchester, it stands adjourned
to the 28th of October, it being thought desirable to have the
line opened to that point before the shareholders go into a
discussion of the prospect of their investment.
The West London Railway Company have not yet conclud-
ed the arrangement to carry on the works, the Manchester
shareholders requiring time to consider the proposition made
relative to the issue of new shares. Another meeting is to be
held to hear the determination they come to, when it is pro-
posed, should the acceptance of the terms be declined, to
give the public the option of coming in to the assistance of
the directors.—City Article--Times of yesterday.
; Great N't, estern
Ths following are the receipts of railways for the past week
—that is to say, up to the date to which the respective returns
£14,632 ; Brighton, ' X 4,523 ; Hull and Selby, £1,062;
are made i—viz., Birmingham, £17,262
Leeds, erby, 2,214 ;
Eastern Counties, X 1,077; Birmingham and D '
Great North of England,
South-Western, £6,657; Manchester and
i land, £4,822 ;
Edinburgh and Glasgow; £1,998 ; North i\id £5,018 ;
Greenwich, £735 ;
land Counties, £2,841 ; and South-Eastern,
; Mid-
. are told, upon highly-
spelt:et:ye waYutilitilei
authority,
v thatEttE N, T
entirely new description of
Sa
neWri
railway carriage has been invented,
man at Hammersmith, which by a professional gentle-,
aid of steam, at an may be propelled, without tho
miles per hour, with extraordinary speed, exceeding, SI2PY
or the possibility of comparative safety, without oseillatioll,-
axletree breaking, and turning over by the loss of a wheaorPl
and which will, no doubt, worked upon a most simpleprinOpie,
mode of railway ordinary,
eventually become the ,
travelling NM the co-
for short distances, f .• •
cumstance that the't d
struc e
and kept in railroad and carriages max OC cO4l
in repair at less than . expense.ll
a fourth of the usual

EXTRAORDINARY ATTEMPT AT MonnUlt.—An extraor
Binary..
and most inhuman attempt.was m
by a man named James Mailers, ade on Sunday last,
or Mallard, to murder his
wife, at Hemingford, Cambridgeshire. )Mailers his
father-in-law lived next door to one another, and on Sunday
afternoon, during divine service, whilst all the persons resid-
ing in the house adjoining his own were at church, he enticed
his opportunity,
his wife, who is pregnant, to the brink of a well in the back
part of the premises, and, watching when
the unfortunate woman's attention was engaged, he seized
her suddenly and threw her headforemost
fall inthe pto the
creature' our well, which
is about 10 or 12 feet dee
andp, as there was not ore than five
. In the
ms
head came upwards,
feet of water in the well, she was enabled to keep her mouth
above the surface: Seeing that his object was not likely to
be effected, the murderous wretch jumped down upon her
1 and endeavoured to trample her under the water.er
During this attempt the struggles of the woman for life were
dreadful ; and each time that her head rose above the surface
she made use of the brief breathing space to beseech him in
the most agonizing tones to spare her, promising that if he
would desist from his design she would not mention a word
of what had happened. He replied that he had gone too far
to stop, and she would hang him if he spared her life. Moved
I at last, either by the fear that somebody
pity and helped her
would arrive, or by
pity for his victim, he relented,
out. The moment she was inside her bedroom, she had the
a
presence of, mind to lock the door,ot He tried to get into the
room, but not succeeding made ".
his escape. When the mon-
ster's father-in-law returned from church the circumstances
became known, and the magisterial authorities having be,
made acquainted with them, the poor woman's deposition
was taken down, and a warrant issued for the apprehension
of the prisoner, who is
Times. supposed to have COMO at London.—