The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-09-05 00:00:00

THE QUEEN has been pleased to approve of Don. En-
rique de Vedia as consul at Liverpool for the Queen of
Spain.
FLOWER Snow.—The last of the season will be held
on Thursday next, at the Botanic Gardens. It is rumoured
that it will far surpass all previous displays for brilliancy
and novelty.

THE NIAGARA, British and North American Royal
Mail steamship, Captain Shannon, took her departure for
Boston, on Saturday, with the usual mails, &C.
BURGLARY.—About noon, on Saturday, during the ab-
sence of the family, the house of Mrs.W. H. Banks, of Breck-
field-terrace, was entered by means of false keys, and a
quantity of clothes, plate, and other valuable property,
amounting to about £5O, was stolen.
IMPORTANT SANITARY FACT.—The water in various
parts of Hampshire is remarkably pure, and has a very
rapid action upon lead. Sir Raymond Jarvis, of Ventnor,
states that whilst the thick lead pipes used for supplying
his house with water were rapidly decomposed, he has
found gutta percha altogether unaffected. On a recent
examination of a large suction pipe for one of Sir Raymond
Jarvis's pumps, which was put down about four years ago,
it was found that the gutta percha was as sound as ever.
Samples of water from various parts of the country have
been procured by the Board of Health, with a view of
testing their action upon lead. The diseases peculiar to
some counties will doubtless be found to arise from the
use of leaden pipes and cisterns.
THE SUBMARINE TELEGRAPH COMPANY held their
half-yearly meeting on Thursday, at the London Tavern,
London, Lord De Manley in the chair. The report stated
that, by the liberality and kindness of the French govern-
ment, a uniform plan had been established, which would
admit of messages being transmitted without stoppage or
delay from Cornhill, through Paris and Strasburg to the
different towns in Germany; thus Vienna and Ulm (on
the Danube) were placed in instantaneous and unbroken
communication with London. In future, despatches com-
ing from the continent will have the advantage of being
forwarded without any interruption to Liverpool, Man-
chester, Leeds, Hull, Glasgow, Edinburgh, end all the
large manufacturing towns of the north of England and
Scotland, and, by means of the submarine cable of the
British Company, to Ireland. A dividend of 3i per cent.
wasjeclared.
DWRY, WABBENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR RAILWAY.
—The seventeenth ordinary meeting was held at the Cla-
rendon-rooms, on Tuesday—Mr. Francis Shand in the
chair. According to the report the traffic return upon the
lines continues to show some increase over that of the
corresponding half-year of 1853, although the addition
anticipated from the opening of the Newry and Ennis-
killen line to Goragh Wood has not been realised. The
liabilities of the company have been so far arranged, by
conversion into debentures, bearing five per cent. interest,
as to get rid of all disputes, with consequent legal charges,
amount outstanding, with the exception of
v Bill, is now reduced to £278 3s. Bd. The
man said that since the management had passed into
Lands of the present board, they had reduced the lia-
bilities from £40,000 to about £26,000. It remained for
Lem, at some future day, to bring their property into a
The report was unanimously

and that

aore satisfactory stab

WEST DERBY GUARDIANS.—The weekly meeting was
held at the workhouse on Wednesday. Present —Mr.
Edwards in the chair, Messrs. Ledger, Brown, Heyes,
Pitts, Jeffries, Jas. Birch, Abrahams, Siddely, Alpass,
Lunt, Wensley, Kirkus, and Shaw. The minutes stated
the balance to be in the treasurer's hands £2,701 ls. 7d.
The reply respecting Mr. Lynass's appointment as assis-
tant-overseer of Little Crosby was ordered to be postponed
for a week. An order from the Poor-law Board, autho-
rising additions to the workhouse, at a cost not to exceed
£3,200, was received. The cholera being severe in Hygeia-
street, West Derby-road, it was resolved that Mr. Taylor,
of Everton-road, be appointed as house-to-house visitor in
that street and neighbourhood for one month. The
tender of Mr. Birch for potatoes, at 2s. 6d. per bushel, was
accepted. The number in the workhouse was reported to
be 587, against 597 in the corresponding week of last year.
The number in the hospital was stated to be 55.
MANSLA.I7GIITER ON BOARD IN AMERICAN SHIP.—

On the 16th of last month an inquest was held at New
York, on the body of Nicholas Cook, a sailor, who had
been one of the crew of the packet-ship Yorkshire, who
had died, as it was alleged, in consequence of brutal treat-
ment received by him on the voyage from Liverpool to
New York. From the evidence adduced, it appeared that
the deceased, who was a German, had been beaten, kicked,
and otherwise grossly ill-treated by the captain and by
the mates, instructed to do so by the captain. That the
vessel had been six weeks on the voyage, and that deceased
had died from the ill-usage he had received on the voyage.
The jury rendered the following verdict :—" That Nicholas
Cook came to his death by brutal and inhuman treatment
on board the ship Yorkshire, on_ her last passage from

Liverpool to this port, inflicted by William Chile, first
mate, William Lancaster, third mate, aided and abetted
by Wilson, boatswain, and Charles A. Marshall, captain
of the said ship." Captain Marshall, the only one of the
:I present, was committed to the Tombs, to await
ion
of the grand jury, and warrants were issued for
.est of the others. _ _ _

_ _ CEERYSOSTOM'S ScnooLs.—A tea party, in celebra-
tion of the completion of the enlargement of these schools,
was held at the room in Mill-road, Everton, on Tuesday.
There was a crowded attendance, between 300 and 400
being present, amongst them Mr. William Brown, M.P.,
who is chairman of the schools committee. After tea the
Rev. J. lrlcaught, the incumbent of St. Chrysostom's,
made an interesting speech concerning the progress of the
schools, in which he alluded to the fact that the scholars
had the advantage of receiving promotions from
them to the Collegiate Institution in this town,
and thence to the Universities. Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P.,
also spoke,
.enlarging upon the vital importance of extend-
ing education, more particularly to the lower classes, and
showing that, by the adoption of the decimal system of
coinage, those classes, whose time for attending school was
limited, would save three-fourths of the time at present
taken up in learning arithmetic, which time might be
employed in applying themselVes to other branches of
education. The meeting was subsequently addressed by
the Rev. Dr. Hume, the Rev. Mr. Moore, Mr. Councillor
Woodruff, and other gentlemen, followed by select pieces
of music. •

ROYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.
—The annual meeting for 1854 was held at Burnley, on
Wednesday and Thursday. The trial of farm imple-
ments took place on Ridge Farm, in the occupation of
Mr. B. Chaffer. Among those present were Sir T. G.
Hesketh, Bart., Rufford-hall ; Randolph de Trafford, Esq.,
Croston-hall ; Charles Towneley, Esq., Towneley-park ;
R. Towneley Parker, Esq., M.P., Cuerden-hall ; T. Towne-
ley Parker, Esq., Astley-hall, chairman of the council ;
Rev. Towneley Parker ; Rev. R. H. Fielden, Rev. R. M.
Master, and many of the clergy of the district ; T. H.
Whitaker, Esq., the Holme ; W. Roberts, Esq., Thorney-
holme ; J. Barnes, Esq., B. Chaffer, Esq., &c. Soon after
the ploughs had got fairly to work, the weather became
unfavourable, and to the close of the proceedings there
was cold, driving, and incessant rain. The trials seemed
to give entire satisfaction. The show of cattle, horses,
sheep, pigs, poultry, seeds, &c., on Thursday, was held in
a spacious field near the East Lancashire Railway Station.
The,show of cattle was very fine, as was also that of poul-
try. The day was favourable up to about one o'clock, and
there was a considerable attendance of visitors. The din-
ner took place in the lecture-hall of the Church of England
Literary Institution, Market. street, Burnley.—Manches-
ter Courier.

ROBBERY BY A RAILWAY EMPLOYES.--At the Man-
chester Police-court, on Thursday, a young man, named
John Baxter, was charged with stealing two parcels con-
taining money belonging to the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway Company. The prisoner was in
the employ of the company as parcel clerk. He had the
charge of the parcels, and had to enter them in a book.
On the 31st of July last there were two parcels, one of
which was directed to Mr. Longhurst, Yarborough Hotel,
Grimsby, containing £2l 168.6 d. This sum consisted of
a £2O bank note, £1 10s. in gold, and Gs. 6d. in silver.
It was in an envelope, and therefore any person handling
it could see at once that it contained coin. Some other
parcels that were sent on that day also contained money,
but they were not in actual cash—being in bills or cheques.
Mr. Smith, the cashier, sent them down to the prisoner to
go by the 4.45 train. These parcels never reached their
destinations. Mr. Ross, the secretary of the company,
said, that when Mr. Smith informed him that the parcels
had not arrived, he sent for the prisoner and questioned
him respecting them. He said he had the signature of
Marshall the guard. He produced the book, and turned
to the date of the 31st of April, which had the appearance
of being recently written and rubbed over with some
person's hand, which caused him to be suspicious. He
turned over the book until he came to the entries on the
31st of July, in which were the names of Longhurst and
Massey, to whom the parcels had been addressed. There
was a good deal of blotting and scratching, and he asked
the prisoner to explain it, on which he said he had never
seen the entries before. On further examination he found
that a piece of the leaf had been cut out, and another
piece containing the real signature of the guard Marshall
pasted in its place. A still further examination of the
book showed him that in an earlier part of the book
Marshall's signature had been cut out of the leaf, and on
comparing the piece pasted on the first leaf with the hole
in the other leaf, he found them to correspond. He then
gave the prisoner into custody. At the request of Mr.
Levett, the company's solicitor, the prisoner was remanded
until Thursday week, with the understanding that he
would again be remanded until the following Saturday.—
Manchester Courier.

LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIE RAILWAY.—The report
of the directors, to be presented at the half-yearly meet-
ing to-morrow, states that the total amount of share and
mortgage capital chargeable on revenue for the half-year
ended 30th June last is as follows, excluding leased lines :
—Ordinary capital, £8,34060; guaranteed 6 per cent.,
£794,040; guaranteed 4i per cent., £258,720; Manchester
and Southport capital,. £13,395 ; loans and moneys in
advance of calls, £2,707,534 ; total, £12,118,349. The
net expenditure on capital account during the half-year
has amounted to £108,788 10s. Bd. The Manchester and
Southport line from Wigan to Southport has progressed
considerably, although the expectation of using it this
summer has been disappointed. During the half-year,
£151,660 has been borrowed or renewed; £253,170 has
been paid off or transferred, and the total mortgage debt
on the 30th June was £2,695,441 6s. 3d. The average
rate of interest is £4 3s. per cent. The revenue account
shows the following result :
Receipts during the half-year, including
those of the Sheffield, Barnsley, and
Wakefield line, and proportion of the
North Union line £474,997 6 2
Deduct amount received for working the
traffic of the Blackburn line

7,926 8 5

£467,07016 9
Add two-thirds of receipts of Preston and
Wyre line 15,743 18 1

£482,114 14 10
The receipts on revenue account (excluding the Preston
and Wyre and Blackburn lines) have been—Prom passer)...
gers, goods, &c., £467,071, against £151,700 in the
corresponding half of last year; anti the disbursements
have been £201,091, as compared with £188.1:13. The
balance of revenue applicable to the paymeW., of interest
and dividend and other Axed charges is £2f,0,026 14s. 4d.
It is recommended that a dividend at he rate of 31 per
cent. per annum, less income taxi 'de declared on the
general siAres, leaving a surplus of £13,;9017.. 34. to be
varritti t 9 the lAgt moot.