The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-07-10 00:00:00

THE CHAMPION or THE SEAS, belonging to Messrs. Jas.
Baines and Co., sailed on Thursday, on her second voyage to
Melbourne, with a heavy mail, 500 passengers, and a full cargo,
in which is included several railway carriages, and a quantity
of iron rails, for the railway between Geelong and Williams-

town.
THE LIVERPOOL BANKS.--The Union Bank has declared a
dividend of 3 per cent. on the capital stock of the company
for the last half-year.—The Royal Bank, on preference shares,
has declared the payment of interest after the rate of 5 per
cent. The Borough Bank has declared a dividend of 7 per
cent. on the paid-up capital of the company, for the last half-
year.
COMITY VOTERS.—Persons entitled to vote in elections for
the county would do well to remember that their claims to be
put on the register must be sent to the overseers of the parish
in which their property is situate before the 20th instant.
Those already on the list, and who may have changed their
residence, must also give the overseers notice of their proper

place of abode. -
SERIOUS ASSAULT.—A Greek seaman, named Antonio
Fascoritch, was taken into custody on Friday, for assaulting
Michael Hanley, a labourer, in the Bramley-Moore Dock.
Pascoritch struck Hanley a violent blow on the head with a
lump of coal, inflicting a severe wound on the head. The in-
jured man was conveyed to the Northern Hospital, where the
wound was dressed.
AT some vitriol works at Ratcliffe-bridge, Lancashire, on
Wednesday night, Robert Chadwick, one of a set of men work-
ing during the night only, was found lying on the floor in a
quantity of vitriol, about two inches deep, which had flowed
over from one of the boilers. He had stumbled and fell. and
a suffocating gas had generated with such rapidity, that he
could not rise again. He was nearly insensible when rescued
by his fellow-workmen, and survived a few days only.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—On Wednesday, Thomas Eves, aged
nine years, son of Peter Eves, was playing with a number of
other youths about some timber heaps at the south end of the
town, when a large piece of wood fell and crushed him very
severely. He was promptly removed to the Southern Hospital,
where it was ascertained that the lower part of his body and
his thigh had been dreadfully crushed. Nothwithstanding
every exertion to safe the life of the young sufferer, he died at
an early hour on the following morning.
DETERMINED SUICIDE.—On Tuesday, an inquest was held
on the body of Robert Bullen, aged 47, late a bailiff in the
County Court, who died from the effects of a wound of the
throat inflicted by himself. It appeared that in March last
the deceased cut one of his fingers, and, inflammation ensuing,
wastold by a medical man that amputation would be neces-
sary. This preyed so much upon his mind that he cut his
forearm very severely with a razor, with the intention of
bleeding himself to death. This attempt on his life failing,
he inflicted the wounds from the effects of which he died a
few days since. Verdict, " Temporary insanity."
HOLME'S BANK, ISLE OF MlN.—Much dissatisfaction is
expressed at the late "break down" of a suit in the Manx
Chancery-court, in which an action was brought to recover the
penalty of 00,000, on a certain bond given ey the late James
Holme, for the payment of notes issued by the bank under
the license of the Clerk of the Rolls, and the Receiver-
General of the Isle ofi Man. It is supposed that an appeal
will ultimately have to be carried to the House of Lords.
The money realised from the personal property and assets of
the deceased, at present, cannot be much less than £lOO,OOO,
and it is suggested that £77,000 should be set aside to meet
preferable claims in dispute, snd costs.
JUVENILE BURGLARS.—At the Police-court, on Friday,
two lads, named William Collier and John McGlone, were
sent to gaol for three months, fir% the following impudent bur-
glaries. At three o'clock -on Friday morning they were ob-
served to go to the house of a Mrs. Thompson, in Giklart-
gardens, to open the shutter, take out a pane of glass, and
steal a cap. They then went to Ring's sugar refinery, in
Ford-street, where they stole a coat and waistcoat belonging
to some of the men who work all night. The latter articles
were soon missed, information was given to the police, and
the prisoners were taken into castody with them in their

possession.
STEAM FROM LIVERPOOL TO HAVANA.—The Havana, a
magnificent screw-steamer, of 1,500 tons, built by Mr. Laird,
is to be despatched•on the 17th inst., under the Spanish flag,
by Messrs. G. H. Fletcher and Co., of Covent-garden, in this
town, as the pioneer of a line of steam vessels to sail monthly
between this port and Havana. The Havana, whidi is under
the command of Commander Grinda, R.N., has been construct-
ed especially for this trade, and is expected to achieve another
victory for her eminent builder. The cabins are replete with
every possible convenience, and the passengers •are provided
for in the most comfortable manner.
THE HAT HARVEST is now general in this district, and the
crop promises to be most abundant, notwithstanding the late-
ness of the spring. In the various townships in the vicinity
of Liverpool, including West Derby, Knott's- Ash, and the
Prescot and Knowsley districts ; also Walton and the sur-
rounding country, The grass is nearly all cat, and a consi-
derable quantity of hay has already been housed, The yield
is above an average, the grass being very thick at the bottom,
and moreover better in quality than in former years, the late-
ness of the season having contributed to its .shooting up ra-
pidly under the influence of the genial weather which we have
had during the last few weeks, and being cut before it could
be parched by drought. The corn crops lodk remarkably well
especially the wheat, which is generally strong, and in full ear'

EXTRAORDINARY CHARGE AGAINST AJEWELLER.--ISaae
Cohan, a silversmith, of Park-lane, was brought up at the
police-court, on Thursday, charged with 'buying stolen pro-
perty. It appeared that Mr. James Smith, a person connected
with the American mail steamers, lost a gold watch value £lB,
whilst he was intoxicated in Jamaica-street, on Saturday night.
Subsequently a boy, named Sloan, gave the watch to a well-
known thief, named Peter Duff, who sold it to Cohan for £l.
The policezmade inquiries from Cohan, who at first denied all
knowledge of the watch: They got hold of two boys, however,
who had seen him purchase it from Duff, and confronting
them with him, obliged Cohan to confess that he had pur-
chased it. The police then threatened to-search the premises,
when he told them that it was no use, as he had already
melted sown tue watch. nun, moan, ana uonan were vow-
mitted for trial.
ROYAL MERSEY YACHT CLUB.—A sailing-match for the
grand Challenge Cup, of £lOO value, will take place to-day,
on the Mersey. The Cynthia won this prize in 1853, and it
was won from her by the Coralle last season. The following
is a list of the yachts at present entered:: —Coralie, 35 tons,
Mr. A. E. Byrne; Zilla, 21 tons, Mr. G. Harrison; Surprise,
16 tons, treasurer R.M.Y.C. ; Seabird, 33 tons, honorary
secretary R.M.Y.C. ; Windward, 16 tons, Mr. W. Sinclair ;
Mirage, 18 tons, Mr. G. Woodward ; Spray of the Ocean,
8 tons, Mr. T. Brassey, jun. The Iron Duke, City of Dublin
Company's steam-ship, will, we understand, be granted for
the use of the members and their friends to accompany the
race. Theclub held their monthly dinuer.at the marine sta-
tion, Birkenhead Ferry, on Tuesday, the rear-commodore pre-
siding, Six new members were elected and others proposed.
POSTAGE -or MERCANTILE CIRCULARS.—The following
letter, relative to the postal transmission of mercantile cir-
culars has been published :—" The Postmaster-General has
decided, upon a reconsideration of the question, to admit
mercantile prices current to the privilege of registered
newspapers, for transmission abroad ; and any renewed
application which may be made on behalf of prices current,
which have been declined by the Postmaster-General as not
entitled to the privilege, will be at once submitted to
Lord Canning. In the meantime, prices current, purport-
ing to be periodicals, may be sent to the United States
at the periodical' rate, one in each cover. They can,
of course, be also sent to the other countries referred to.
It must be understood, however, that the department cannot
ensure that these publications shall be regarded as periodi-
cals' in the countries to which they may be sent."—(Signed)
T. HILL, General Post-office, London, 4th July.
THE LATE ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES IN 141TERPOOL.—
In one of the superior courts last week, an action was
gained against Brown, Shipley, and Co., finally(nom against
the Bank of England,) by a Frenchman, Sul, who
cashed, in Paris, a stolen £5OO note, and claimed to have
the note honoured. The evidence was complete, that the
Liverpool police had served on St. Paul, as a well-known
money-changer in Paris, notice of the robbery, of the num-
ber of the note, &c. ; that the note was cashed after that
notice had been served; and the excuse is, that there are so
many of such notices, St. Paul and his clerks could not read
all, and had no memory of this particular notice ! We do
not, says a contemporary, remember so excessively stupid and
wrong a verdict ; and we are disposed to attribute the
verdict to the manner of the Chief Justice (Jervis), who
ridiculed the witnesses, among others, Keogh, an active
officer of the Liverpool police, with whose brogue" his
lordship found facetious fault. Verdict for the plaintiff, £534.
Execution to be stayed, but no points reserved.
SUDDEN DEATH of A PUBLICAN.—John Lynch, publican,
33 years of age,. Fontenoy-street, was found dead in bed at
about one o'clock on Friday morning. On Monday, some men
were drinking in his house, and one of them called for a quart
of ale, which was supplied; but finding that his customers
would not pay, he took back the liquor, when one of them,
Anthony M`Teigh, a private in a militia regiment, took up a
tumbler, and threw it at the landlord, striking him in the
mouth, breaking two of his teeth, and cutting him severely in
the lip. The offender was taken into custody, and was brought
up before the magistrates On Tuesday for the assault, when
the deceased appeared against him. The result was, that the
militiaman was fined 20s. and costs, or to suffer a month's
imprisonment in default of payment. Subsequently, the
deceased was affected with nervousness, and remained in bed
all day on Wednesday ; but as it was supposed that his ill-
ness was the effects of drink, no medical man was sent for.
ST. MATTHIA ScnooLs.—On Tuesday, the children at-
tending the schools connected with St. Matthias' Church,
Great Howard-street, and a large number of friends and
visitors, sat down to tea in the schoolrooms, which were taste-
fully decorated for the occasion. The Rev. Vincent Sheldon,
the incumbent, presided, and opened the proceedings with an
address showing the necessity of education in that neighbour.
hood, and detailing the improvements that had been made in
one of the schoolrooms. The education given in the schools
was passable, but far from sufficient. He found that the low
rate of payment now made by the children, threehalfpence
and twopence, produced during the last year £l6 6s. 4d. The
total expense of supporting the schools during the year was
£lB6 2s. 10d. The excess was partly met by subscriptions
and donations, and by an annual grant of £6O from the old
churches committee, leaving, however, a balance of £26
against them. The committee had resolved that the rates of
payment shall be raised ; that the number of paid teachers
should be increased, and that the quality of education should
be improved. He concluded with an earnest appeal to the
audience to assist in carrying out the object they had in view.
The meeting was also addressed by the Rev. R. Watson,
vice-president, a Fellow of Queen's College, Cambridge, and
several other clergymen. During the evening a number of
glees and rounds were sung by the children.
PRESCOT FLOWER AND POULTRY Snow.—On Wednesday
the third annual Floral, Horticultural, and Poultry Exhibition
took place in a large field at Parkside, Prescot. It was made
a holiday in Prescot, all the shops in the town being closed,
and the church bells rung merry peals at intervals during the
day. A numerous assemblage of ladies and gentlemen gave
additional interest to the scene, and two excellent bands of
music also imparted much animation and pleasure to the day's
proceedings. The company, which was estimated at several
thousands, consisted to a great extent of parties from Liverpool
anti the neighbourhood, who continued to arrive in succession
at Huyton, by railway, and who were conveyed thence to
Prescot by omnibuses, and other conveyances, which ran
during the day. The exhibition of flowers was in every respect
equal, if not superior, to that of the two former years, whether
as regards the quantity, variety, or quality. There was a
choice variety of fruits. In vegetables there were some mon-
' ster specimens, more especially in rhubarb, lettuce, and cab-
bages. There were also some fine potatoes, the Earl of Derby
carrying off the prize for the best kidneys. The show of
poultry was superior to any that had preceded it. The exhi-
bition -included noted breeders from distant parts of the
country, as well as the immediate neighbourhood.