The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser. — 1847-01-05 (Liverpool, Merseyside, England)

RAILWAY ACCIDENT.—AI; accident occurred on the  - ishop of Sodor and' Man, formerly  JVCI uy. . Wigan. When the passeng THE Bisnoe OF IVIANenusT.B...--wo hiwo.onom.,oa :half-past six for the south had proceeded a short distance the intention of government to make Lancashire into a along the line, it came in contact with a coal train which separate see, under the like of " the Diocese of Mulches- was coming down a branch to the main line, but which, ter." In addition, we may state that the Warden and' owing to the dense fog, was not distinguished_ The Fellows of the Collegiate Church of M  , ••••••., anchester are con- crash was awful, two waggons were smashed to  . , -- ...— ~...,,„„ „,„,, ~m,,,, (fie see of Manchcs- and the engine was forced upon a third. The stoker perter will be in the province of York. Mr. Murray, of ceiving a collision inevitable, jumped olf the tender, and Chancery-lane, has been appointed Registrar for the new the engineer laid himself down amongst the coke, and diocese. The annual income of the t» ,1,,,,, L ,_ _ ~.. ~ f L„,.,_ , ... .. .. . .  at,500 per annum. ---'l.' .41 Ottill IJAVU uut.o uut ,peu wirn sugnt injuries. One of the guards was - .1 . £4 a little bruised, and some of the passengers suffered a few On Thursday, a gentleman came before Mr. Yardley, scratches. The man who was in charge of the coal wagat the Thames Police Office, to complain of the conduct gons has been taken into custody for neglect of duty, as of the Rev. Bryan King, the rector of St. George's-in- •he omitted to make any signal whatever. the-East, who had refused to read the burial service over At the banquet given by Messrs. Stephenson, Brassey, the body of the applicant's sister-in-law. The dispute is and Mackenzie, the contractors, in celebration of the between the Rev. Bryan King and his nr.),.;.1,;„,,,,... in onenine of the " ' -at- 'C— - -consequence of the innov _uancaster ana ,arlisle," the following - c.-.....i.0i.r., Lii ~.....__ _ ations he has introduced in the facts were stated in a speech from Mr. Mould, the conservice of the church, and the numerous vestry meetings tractors' superintendent. In the blasting of rocks no less held on the subject must be fresh in the recollection of than 4,800 barrels, or 200 tons, of gunpowder had been our readers. It is understood that the rev. gentleman used. The patent fusees alone, if put on a line, would has determined not to perform the funeral rites of the reach 400 miles. The number f nights during which the church over the corpse of any one supposed to have committed suicide. Hence arose the men worked was 152,147. The number of horses empresent singular appli- ployed was 10,500. No fewer than 400,000 yards required cation to the bench. The deceased had been found blasting, as it could not be removed by any other means. drowned, but there was no evidence to lead to the sup- The number of bridges on the line was 219; of culverts position that she had destroyed herself. Mr. Yardle said he could not interfere. y 230, and of viaducts 500. The greatest number of men employed was about 10000, and the number of workmen