The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1838-10-16 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

EASTERN COUNTIES RAILWAY.—Within these few days we have been along the line which is under contract as far as itomford, and on the entire distance the utmost activity prevails. From Do;-row, near the Mile-end-road, where the temporary terminus is to be, the ground is• cleared of the houses and buildings which have hitherto impeded the operations of the company ; but we qinderstand that this part will be commenced and finished forth With. For a considerable distance on the London side of the Regent's Canal the embankment to carry the railway is in course of formation. A brick and stone bridge, of a substantial and handsome design, is nearly completed over the canal, between which and the river Lea the ground is fenced off, and the road bridges, four in number, in course of execution. From the river Lea to Ilford the whole'of the brick-work and masonry is finished; with the exception of; in a few instances, the parapets and coping. The embankments over the Stratford marshes will be shortly completed, the permanent rails being already laid on a portion of it. and for a considerable distance in the cutting by tilarvland-point. The company have employed on this par! of the line two powerful locomotive engines, in place of horses, for drawing the earth-waggons. In the Stratford marshes they have a contrivance to facilitate the tipping of the earth-waggens, which consists of a moveable stage of about forty feet in length, on which are laid two lines of rails corresponding to those on the embankment; one end of the stage rests on the embankment, the other end is supported by frame-work on wheels. On this stage the waggons are run, and the contents tipped with great rapidity. The brickworki and masonry is generally to be praised. For a considerable distance on the London side of Ilford (where a station is to be made) the permanent rails ate also laid. At Ilford the company are proceeding with great spirit, all the houses and buildings being cleared away,-and the excavations proceeding rapidly. The works, as far as Rumford, are being carried on with the same activity, and by the time the earthwork between Stratford and within about a mile of Ilford is finished, (which alone remains to be done,) the line from Ilford to Rumford will be completed; so that within a very few months from 'the present time the public will be able to avail themselves of this line as far as Rumford, and from the immense traffic on the great eastern road an immediate and profitable return will be made to the shareholders.—Cirii Engineer's Journal.  lIIISH LIGHT Houses.-The expenditure' on these concerns last year was,-.-Arran Island, £706 16s. 7d.; Cape Clear, £607 ss. 7d. ; Charles Fort, £lO2 Ba. 5d.; Clare Island, £920 12s. 83. ; Cork, £334 9s. 41.; Derry, (two budding) £5920 16s. 4d.; Duntnore, £166 ss. 5d.; Eagle rslancl, (two building) £3450 16s. 43.; Howth Pier, £2BB 16s. lid.; Kinsale, £BO3 10s. 50.; Kilkadrin, £BO6 12s. 7d.; Killybegs Harbour, (building) £3739 35. 11d.; Loophead, £438 I Is. 43.; Lough Swilly,•£4o4 194.10 d.; Larne, (building) £2087 12+. 50.; Mutton Island, £369 2s. Id.; Skelligs, (two) £l4ll 19s 2d.; Slyne Head, (two building) £5lBl I ls. 24.; Sligo,• (three building) £3613 14s. 10d.; Tusker Rock, £687 14s. 11d.; Tarbert, £913 17s. 100.; Valencia, (building) £284 10s. 91; Wicklow, (two) £845 4s. 9d.  BRUTAL MURDER OF A SON BY A FATHEIt.—A foul and most unnatural murder was perpetrated at Heaton Norris, in the borough of Stockport, during the night between Saturday and Sunday week. The victim is a young man, twentytwo years of age, a power-loom weaver in the manufactory of Messrs. Hole, Lingard, and Cruttenden, and his destroyer is his own father! The dreadful deed was committed in the excitement of intoxication. The following are the particulars :—Charles Miller, the prisoner, is about fifty jeers of age, and a shoemaker by trade. He lived with his wife, the deceased, and two other children, in Stone lane, and kept a dgsht tookin place between question he was beer-house, called by the sign of the Whiteite Horse. He was qhabituallygaddictedi st ow ifqe ,u,ao nr .d sOonniteh lev onri the father and the son. The former went to his workshop, up stairs in the beer-house, and returned with a sharp knife, which he used to cut leather. On meeting with his son, he instantly stabbed him in the left breast with his knife. The young man, on receiving the wound, turned his face to the wall, and the blood flowed against it with great force. He then walked the length of two paces into the bedroom to the left, fell on his face, and expired. The prisoner has been committed,