The Express.
London, England, 1864-03-14 00:00:00

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.

The report of the directors has been issued.
Sines the Let report the Great Western, West Midland,
and South Wales Companies have been worked as one
system, and the accounts of the united undertaking are
now, for the Sint time, presented in a combined form.
There accounts having been made up to the 31st January,
in pursuance of tie provisions of the acts of parliament,
the usual comparison of the receipts and expenses on
✓evenue account cannot be deduced from the printed state-
ments. The following may, however, be stated as the re-
cult of as analysis which has berm prepared of the revenue
and expeoditure for the six mouths ending 31st January,
, 1864, as compared with the same period audios 31st
I Jaime", lB6.l.—Revenue (1864).—From paseengers,
&c., 7g 0,3211. (decrease 13,3131.); from merchandise, coal,
dm., 773,0281. ((increase 94,2640 ; from parcels, ware-
house rent, ice., 56,2141. (increase 541714; total,
1,599,563/. ; total immense 99,9711. Expenditure—For
maintenance of way, 168,3 CW. (increase 2,8061.); locomo-
tive expenditure. 190,5161. (ineresee 7,3771.); teethe expen-
diture, 311,6001. (lemmas 1,1=11.); and all other ex-
penses, 73,610/. (iocrente 11,17 W.) ; total, 744,0.'11.;
total increase, 22,987/. The balance, after providing
for interest and all fixed and preference charges,
will admit of the payment of dividends at the rate
of 3/. per cent. per annum on Great Western Consoli-
dated Stock ; at the rate of 11. 13e. per cent. per
annum on West Midland (Oxford) Consolidated Stock ;
at the rate of 1/. 10e. per cent. per annum on West
Midland fe (Newport) Consolidated Stock ; and at the
rate of 3/. percent. per annum no South Wake Consolidated
Stock, leaving a balmiest of 6,384/. 17.. sd. to bemired for-
ward to the credit of the current half-year.

LOSS OP THII LJTERPOOL AND Naw YORK PACKIiT
SHIP LCCT THORPSON.—IzyczpooL, SATURDAT.—By tin
arrival of the mail steamer China on Monday last we re-
ceived accounts of the arrival at New York of several ships
from this side of the Channel in a very crippled condition in
consequent, of the fearful gales which swept the Atlantis
in the early and middle parts of the last month. This
morning a telegram was received here by Messrs. Caleb,
Gritoshaw and Co., the American emigration agents, of
whose bee the Lucy Thompson was ona stating that the
French barque Deo Cognate had put into that port and just
leaded eighteen of the crew of the ill-fated American
vessel The crew were at once communicated with by
telegram, and the results of the inquiries are as follows:
The Lucy Thompson, under the oommaad of Captain
Crocker, with a full manned ship of forty.eight men, left
New York for Liverpool on the 6th of February last.
A few days after leaving New York the vessel encountered
very severe weather, the sea frequently sweeping the decks.
The storm, or series of storms, continued with thabated
fury, and some days prior to the 23rd ult., when the vessel
was abandoned, the ship had been making water rapidly,
having no doubt sprung a leak, and when Captain Crocker
and his crew left her—both commander and crew being
much exhausted by exposure and working the pumps—abe
had six fest of water in her hold. When the vessel was
abandoned she was 800 miles to the westward of Cape
Clear. The crow were picked up by the Deo Cognate
sad the T. M. Mills, the latter ship proceeding to New
York with the remainder of the crew, while, as we before
stated, the Deo Cognate landed eighteen at Qiiseastown
this morning. A rumour was prevalent hem this afternoon,
stated to be founded on the strewth of • telegram from
Queenstown, that Captain Crocker was killed, whilst
another 'aye that he was drowned. The Lucy Thompson
was owned is New York by Mama. Thompson and Nephews,
and was a 1,575 toe ship. We understand that the vessel
was partly, if not wholly, insured.
EXTRAORDINARY BAPTLNN. -- In one of the
aurae* of Jnngbuozlau, Bohemia, an intact was baptised.
• Jewess acting as sponsor cm the occasion. The priest, of
course, knew nothing of this circumstance. The rite having
been duly performed, the sponsor, as usual on snob coca.
Mons, entered her name in the baptismal register. Subse-
quently the priest became acquainted with the religion of
the
her sponsor. Legal proceedings are now being taken against ;
.

Homeopathic Practitioners, and the Medical
IProfession generally, recommend cocoa as being the most health-
ful of all beverages. When the doctrine of homeopathy was first
introduced Into this country, there were to be obtalsad noon-
paratsons of cocoa either attractive to the taste or acceptable to
the stomach . the out was either supplied in the crude Pato or
so unskilfully manufactured as to obtain little notice. J. Epos,
of London, h •essepathie chemist wee induced, in the year UM,
to turn his attestion to this subject, and at length succeeded,
with the assistance of elaborate machinery. in bring the first to
produce an article pare In its composition, and so refined by the
perfect tnturatlou It receives to the process It passes through, as
to be most acceptable to the delicate stomach. Per 'sacral use
Eppes cocoa Is distinguished as an invigorating, gratefal break-
fast beverage, possessing a mast delicious aroma. Dr. Hassan,
to hie work Adulterations of Ycod," says :- -Cocoa motels' a
greet variety of Important nutritive principles: every levedient
wearer, to the growth and netnews of the body.' Again :
As a nutritive cocoa stand' very much higher than either coffee
or tea." Directions two tempoocsful of the powder in a break-
fast • up. filled up with tolling water or Ina. Secured in Us
lined t lb., s lb., sad I lb. packets, labelled sad sold at la. 6d.
pot to.l
. by Orecers, Confeetkeas, sad Chanalsta.-(Advertima
mest.