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

—The annual licensing meeting for the Prescot
division was held on Tuesday. One hundred and thirty-
six applications for renewal were granted. There wer
twenty-five applications for new lice

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THE EXCHANGE NEWSEOO3I.—The committee, acting
upon a memorial of the shareholders, ha; • -* '
that, in future the room will be closed at
Saturday, the newspapers being removed at
cept on the occasion of a foreign arrival, when the room
will be kept open until eight, p.m.
INCREASE or SALA.EIES.—At the meeting of the Health
Committee, on Tuesday, the salaries of the following offi-
cials were increased :—Mr. Ashcroft, from £l2O to £150;
James Wilson, from £52 to £7O; Thomas White, from
£2lO. to £240 ; J. Hughes, from £BO to £9O ; J. 111`Fadzen,
from £7O to £80; Thomas J. Nicholson, from £1 ls, per
week to £7O per annum ; and two apprentices from £32 to
£6O per annum.
ST -

AN INQUEST was held on Wednesday, ou the body of a
London gentleman, named Varnish, who had been stopping
at the Angel Hotel, where he died, on Tuesday, from the
effects of an injury he received in Dale-street, where a bale
of cotton fell on him from a cart.

given notice

tive, p.m., on

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RAGGED SCHOOLS, SOHO-STREET.--The children had
their annual country treat on Monday last. They went
first to the Zoological Gardens, and thence to a field in the
neighbourhood of the lower Breck-road, where the remain-
der of the day was enjoyed in earnest. •

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THE SCOTS GREYS .—Her Majesty's recently purchased
steamship Himalaya arrived at Scutari, after a rapid pas-
sage from Liverpool of 10 days 22 hours, on the 7th ult.,
and, having received orders from Admiral Boxer, pro-
ceeded on the following morning to Koulalie, a cavalry
barrack about three miles up the Bosphorus, on the
Asiatic side. A stage having been constructed by Captain
Kellock, something similar to the one used at Liverpool,
the whole of the Scots Greys and remounts, numbering
370 horses, were disembarked in nine hours, without acci-
dent, and the horses apparently in as good condition as
they were in when embarked at Liverpool. The loss on
the voyage amounts to one, a horse of some 18 years of
age, whose lungs could not stand the change of climate,
or the excessive heat which was experienced during the
passage out. On the evening of the 11th the colonel had
a parade in full dress. It was really a fine sight to see a
whole regiment, after a journey of 3100 miles just as fit
to go into action, and gallop over a squadron Of Cossacks,
as they would have been the day after leaving Notting-
ham. Colonel Griffith and the officers were so gratified
at the result of the voyage, and so pleased with the atten-
tion that had been paid to, and care which had been taken
of, them, their horses, and men, that they presented to
Captain Kellock, and Mr. Lane, the purser, a handsome
piece of plate, with a letter of thanks and a suitable in-
scription, expressive of their feelings at the termination of
the voyage.

Mrs's NEW ScnooLs.—On Tuesday, the cere-
mony of laying the foundation stone of these schools was
performed by the Mayor, J. B. Lloyd Esq., at the corner
of Roscoe-street and Back Knight-street. The cost of
the proposed building will be about £3,130, of which
£2,843 had been already received, leaving a deficiency of
about £3OO, to cover which a collection was made, after
which the proceedings terminated.

NEW PATEEM—the following patents amongst others
were sealed in the week ending the 30th August. Ellis
Marsden and John Marsden, of Liverpool, engineers and
brassfounders, for improvement in pumps. John Parry
jun., of Liverpool, for improvement in mills or machinery
for grinding or cutting bones or other like substances.
John Thomson, of Newton-le-Willows, sugar refiner, for
improvements in centrifugal apparatus used in the manu-
facture of sugar.

THE SCRiW-STEA.NER PETREL, the property of the
Clyde Screw Steam-packet Company, started down the
river Clyde on a trial trip, on Monday last week, with a
large party on board. The results were highly satisfactory,
the vessel having run the measured distance between the
lights at the rate of 13 knots an hour. The Petrel sailed
for New York on Friday.

MARINE APPOINT3IiNTS.—Captain Philip Quayle, (son
of Captain Quayle, of the Mona's Queen,) formerly com-
mander of the steamer Whitehaven, of this port, and lat-
terly chief officer of the New York and Glasgow screw
steam-ship Glasgow, has been appointed by Messrs. Lang-
trys and Co. to the command of the Belfast and Liverpool
-amer Blenheim, in the place of Capt. Fitzsimmons, who
charge of the new steamer Waterloo, now build-
ing for the same proprietors. Captain William Cumming,
of the Glasgow and Liverpool steam-ship Princess Royal,
has been appointed to the command of the New York and
Glasgow screw steam-ship Glasgow. Captain Craig, of the
on his return home from the next voyage to New
IC, joins the consort-ship New York, now receiving he'
pinery on board, in the Clyde.

Tux TEMPERANCE LINE. "--The unfortunate emi-
grants who shipped with the insolvent firm of Griffith,
Newcombe and Co., at London, have addressed a memorial
to the Colonial-office, setting forth their destitute condi-
tion on board the Jane Green, one of the Temperance Line
of Australian Packets, lying in the London Docks. The
petition states that there are now on board the vessel
about 150 souls, a portion of whom entered the ship
on the 16th ult. On the 20th the food supplied was
the gift of a private person. On the 21st but one
entire meal was served out, the residue of that gift; and
on the 22nd no rations whatever were afforded until nine

o'clock in the evening, when two kind friealbTcZghCig
half-quartern loaves. On the 23rd the rations were re-
newed by order of the Commissioners of the Bankruptcy
Court, which allowance will be discontinued this day, and

Captain Cumnihlg's
3ss has not yet been

the passengers ordered to leave the ship. They add, that
the greater part of them are entirely destitute, through
having to wait two and three months in London, owing to
the delusive guarantees daily given of the ship going to
sea. There are several other victims at this port almost
in as pitiable a condition, and no doubt, if applied to, the
Emigration Commissioners will also take their case into
consideration.

THE CITY or PHILADELPHIA.—This magnificent new
screw-steamer arrived here, from the Clyde, on Saturday
night week, having made the run from Greenock in sixteen
hours. On Monday she entered the Wellington Dock,
took on board a large cargo, and went into the river at
noon on Tuesday, On Wednesday, at one o'clock, she
started on her first voyage for Philadelphia, with upwards
of 400 passengers. A large party accompanied her some
distance down the Victoria Channel, and returned about
five o'clock in the steam-tug Independence. The City of

LITERAIIT INSTITUTIONS OF LANCASHIRE AND CHB-
SHIRE.—The Earl of Ellesmere threw open his grounds.
at Worsley, on Saturday week, to the members of the Lan-
-hire and Cheshire Union of Mechanics' and Liter-

Philadelphia is a handsomer vessel than the previous ships
of this line, and her fine proportions make her look less
than she really is. She is barque-rigged, and her spars are
capable of carrying a large press of canvas. Her cabin
.nificent, and berths can be made
_ She is commanded by Capta.
Robert Leitch, late of the City of Mane-
SELECT VESTRY.—The Rev. P

accommodation

re mag

meetin

this body on Tues

)r Campbell presided
lay, when Mr. Hughes
1 the subject of the labour-test at the vagrant
He said that if the parochial authorities erred at
all in their management, it was on the side of severity;
and he thought the strictures of Mr. Farnal were unde-
served. The Chairman said that he partly agreed with

nor was most

anxious to enforce

the tabour test to the utmost point, without being inhu-
man. Mr. Farnall happened to be there while Mr. Hughes
was away, but it was impossible to judge of a system by

They were

house of correction, nor were the labour sheds; they
intended to keep people from starving in the streets,

sorted a

lere we

THE TOWN

270 in the corresponding
The principal increase was in

—At the meeting of the

a the borough during ti

inst 223 in the previous

rage of about
six yea*

creased prevalence of bowel complaint. In the nine dis-
tricts from which returns have been received, the deaths
from diarrhoea rose from 53 in the previous week to 71.
Cholera rose from 20 to 36, of which Scotland Ward gave
m diarrhoea and 16 from cholera, being nearly
if of +" whole. Of those who die from diarrhoea.

; I o,sn,(

satisfact

nere naa been an incl.,
oad. The Medical-officer
lent in the cleanliness of the streets lea(

'WEIL SHON

Wednesday, . the

a numerous attendance of the leading inlabita'nts of
town and neighbourhood. The specimens of wheat,
barley, potatoes, cabbage, brocoli, savoys, mangel
Eel, &c. were very fine, and testified to the care that
been taken in their culture. There were also very
samples of apples. nears. neachis. anrienta melnria

;here wa

'ere als,

In album,

Institutions, who assembled to the number of about 2,000
from Manchester and about fifty different places around
it. Under the management of Dr. Hudson, of the Man-
chester Athenmum, and of the secretary of the Manchester
Mechanics' Institution, a charge was made for entrance to
the grounds, and a profit secured upon the railway.tickets,
the funds so accruing to be devoted to the purchase of a
library. A delightful day was spent, two bands being
present on the lawn before Worsley-hall ; and the Coun-
tess of Ellesmere, Viscount Brackley, and the junior
members of the family, came outside in the evening to
witness the dancing on the terrace.

SELECT VEsmi:—The Rev. Rector Campbell presided
A the meeting of this body on Tuesday, when Mr. Hughes
heed the subject of the •labour-test at the vagrant
1. •He said that, if the parochial authorities erred- at
all in their management, it was on the side of severity, and
he thought the strictures of Mr. Farnall were totally un-
deserved. The chairman said that he partially agreed
" ighes. The governor was most anxious to
abour-test to the utmost point without being
Farnall happened to be there while Mr.

..gbes was away, but it was impossible to judge of a
system by mere cursory inspection. They were bound to

look after two interests—the
ratepayers, and the interests o
house was not a house of correction, nor were the labour
sheds ; they were intended to keep people from starving ii
the streets. That system they were pursuing,
LEGAL ABSUBDITY.—In the Court of• Bankruptcy, on
Thursday, in the case of Richard Beckett, formerly
currier in Dale-street, in which a dividend o
pound had been declared, Mr. Rymer

)3. in the

bankrupt. applied to have the dividend reduced to 15s. in
the pound, so as to entitle the bankrupt, under the divi-
dend-clause of the act, to an allowance out of the estate.
He thought it a hardship that the poor bankrupt, who
had paid the whole amount in the pound, should, by so
-c 11

men who came there not having half-a-crown nor a
shilling, received an allowance.—Some conversation took
place between Mr. Rymer and the commissioner (Perry),
but ultimately. Mr. 11 VIII Pr'q rnnnnel urn .2 vs n - nnss nnA

and costs allowed out of the estate
Ttrp ANTATT' AT. T.Tr-rpvcrra, Cne

aore satisfactory

and Thursday, the annual session for the granting of
licenses for this borough was held at the Sessions-house.
The magistrates ,on the bench were Wm. Brown, Esq.,
M.P. • T. Crosthwaite, Esq., Adam Hodgson, Esq., T.
Henderson, Esq., R. V. Yates, Esq., G. H. Lawrence, Esq.,
Thomas Bolton, Esq., The list of applications included
nA • T 1

24 in Everton ward, 10 in Kirkdale ward, 28 in Scotland
ward, 3 in Vauxhall ward, 4 in St. Paul's ward, 1 in Ex-
change ward, 3 in Castle-street ward, 4 in St. Peter's
ward, 7 in Great George ward, 9 in Rodney-street ward,
9 in Abercromby ward, 6 in Lime-street ward, 12 in St.
Anne's ward, 27 in West Derby ward, 12 in South Tox-
teth ward, and 8 in North Toxteth ward; total, 170.
There were also 4 applications for billiard and bagatelle
licenses. Mr. William Brown said that they were doubt-
less aware that, for the last two years, a select committee
of the House of Commons had been sitting on the question
of beerhouses and the licensing system. They had pre-
sented their report, which the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer had promised to look over very carefully and to
bring in a bill on the subject next session. As to the
intentions of the Chancellor ha could say nothing. The
regular business was then proceeded with, the magistrates
sitting till half-past three, when they finished the applica-
tions up to No. 11 ward (Abercromby,) 106 in all. Of
these only' two were granted, namely, Thomas Flint Cad-
man, in Whitfield-street, Everton, and Richard Roberts,
Regent-road. On the following day the applications for
licenses in the remaining wards were heard, but no new
license was granted.

Docir COMMITTEE.—Mr. Charles Turner presided at the
meeting of this committee on Thursday. The surveyor
requested authority to let the Salisbury Dock run dry upon
Tuesday, the sth September, for the purpose of cleaning it.
The authority was granted, subject to a conference with
the harbour-master. In the warehouse department, the
following promotions took place, consequent on the
appointment of officers to the Stanley warehouses :—Mr.
Cunliffe to be manifest and check clerk, at £175 a-year,
and Mr. Lee, principal cooper, to be also vault-keeper, at
£175, in the room of Mr. Cunlife. Letters were read from
Messrs. Nicholson, Kinnersley, and Whalley, declining
the situations allotted to them in the Stanley warehouses.
In the marine department, the sub-committee reported
the death of Mr. Griffith Mitchell, formerly keeper of the
Point Lynas telegraph, a pensioner under the board, and
Mr. White, late master of the Coburg Dock, also a pen•
sioner. A letter was received from Messrs. D. and C. Mac-
Iver, agreeing to take the quantity of land allotted to
them by the board, and from Messrs. Humble, Grayson,
and Co., requesting that a place should be assigned to
them, as a shipbuilding-yard, at the north end of the
town, as near the graving-docks as possible. A long letter
was read from the Liverpool Steam-ship Association,
stating that, while duly sensible of the advantages of the
proposed new landing-stage, therwould_suggest that more
central dock accommodation should be given to coasting
steamers. The secretary was directed to answer the letter,
stating that the suggestions had received, and would
receive, the serious attention of the committee. This
closed the general business.
WRECK OF THE MINERVA. STEAMER.—The dangerous
channel inside the Skerries rocks, near Holyhead, has
proved fatal to another fine steamer. The Cork Com-
pany's paddle boat Minerva left here for Cork on Tuesday
afternoon about two o'clock, and at 7.40 struck on tne
rock, which lies just off Harry Furlong reef, where the
screw steamer Olinda was wrecked in January last. The
weather at the time was calm, but very hazy, so that the
buoy which distinguishes this sunken rock could not be
distinguished. The vessel was going at full speed, and
the shock tore her hull open, so that she began to fill
rapidly, after drifting off the rock. There were about 50
passengers and 22 of a crew, in all 72 persons on board.
In consequence of the Nimrod being laid up for repairs,
the Minerva was the only boat on the station, and she
had in consequence a very large and valuable cargo on
board. The captain had the five boats promptly launched,
and the crew and passengers got into them. They left
the Minerva about 8.30 in company, but soon got parted
in the darkness. The screw-steamer Mail happened to be
coming here from Dublin at the time, aiso inside the
Skerries ; and the attention of Captain Cooper, her com-
mander, having been attracted by the shouts from one of
the boats, he stopped his vessel, and, after searching for
about two hours, managed to pick up two of them, with
the greater part of the passengers and crew on board.
The other two boats, on board of which were the captain,
chief mate, and others, were not discovered. One of them
subsequently landed in Lemaes Bay, and the other was
picked up by a smack and towed into Holyhead. There
was thus no loss of life by the accident. Among those NI ha
were received by the Mail was Mr. John Ripley, of Heath-
bank, Wallasey, and that gentleman has since testified. his
gratitude by presenting £25 for distribution amongst her
crew. Many of the passengers on board the Minerva were
persons who had acquired a competency in America, and
were returning to spend the remainder of their days in
their native land, and who thus lost all they possessed,
for no luggage was saved. and they were not of that class
who take the precaution of insurance. Immediately on
Messrs. Wilson and Son, the agents for the Cork Company
in this town, becoming acquainted with the disaster, they
telegraphed to Cork, despatched the tug-steamer Inde-
pendence in charge of Captain Staveley, of the Nimrod,
to the scepe of the accident, but there was nothing of the
wreck to'be seen, as she had sunk to, 18 fathoms water.
Arrangements were also made for forwarding the passen-
gers who had arrived here to fleir destination, via Dub-
lin, and everything was dOrt'e by the agents to remunerate
them for their loss that was possible. The Minerva was
a first-class steam-0,34, of about 950 tons and 420 horse-
power, construeted about seven years since, by Messrs.
Thos. Vernon, and Sons, of this town, for the Cork Steam-
ship Comrany, expressly for the service in which she was
ef,,,,alPlWed. Last year she was lengthened about 30 feet
\1441"' adding to her tonnage
":eerhauled. She was one of the swiftest and hest ap-
ipointed channel steamers belonging to this port, and her
commander, Captain Rochefort, a man of care RiAl exile,
deuce.

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, AND GENERAL COMMERCIAL ADVERTISER.

iTHE QUEEN has. been pleased to approve of" Don En-
rique de Vedia as consul at Liverpool for the Queen of
Spain. _ _

FLOWER Sirow.—The last of the season will be held
on Thursday nett, at the Botanic Gardens. It is rumoured
that it will far surpass all previous displays for brilliancy
and novelty.

THE NiAG.uu, British and North American Royal
Mail steamship, Captain Shannon; took her departure for
Boston, on Saturday, with the usual mails, &c.

BumenAny.—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, and 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 ak per cent.
was declared.

NEWRY, WARRENPOINT, AND ROSTREVOR RAILWAY.
—4oe seventeenth ordinary meeting was held at the Cla-
n, n-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 fdr arranged, by
conversion into debentures, bearing five per cent. interest,
as to get rid of all disputes, with consequent legal charges,
't the amount outstanding, with the exception of
-w Bill, is now reduced to £278 3s. Bd. The
since the management had passed into

the hands of the present board, they had reduced the lia-
bilities from £40,000 to about £6,000. It remained for
them, at some future day, to bring their property into a
The report was unanimously

WBST 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 697 in the corresponding week of last year.
The number in the hospital was stated to be 56.
MANSLAUGHTER ON BOARD AN 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 followinm verdict :—" That Nicholas
!I 1

UOOK came to ms (maul by brutal and inhuman treatment
on board the ship Yorkshire, on her last passage from
Liverpool to this port, inflicted by William Cline, 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
accused present, was committed to the Tombs, to await
the action of the grand jury , and warrants were issued for
the arrest of the others.

ST. CHRYSOSTOM'S SCHOOLS.--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. INYNaught, the incumbent of St. Chrysostom's,
made an interesting speech concerning the progress of the
schools, in which he alluded to the -

'act 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 1834 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. 111.
Master, and many of the clergy of the district T. H.
Whitaker, Esq., the Holme • W. Roberts, Esq., Thorney-
holme ;J. Barnes, Esq., B. &O'er, Esq., Soon after
the ploughs had got fairly to work, the weather became
unfalourable, 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 EMP,LOYEE.—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 16s. 6d. This sum consisted of
a £2O bank note, £1 10s. in gold, and Os. 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, £8,344,660; guaranteed 6 per cent.,
£794,040; guaranteed 41- 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 £168,788 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 accouu
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 ~.2474,997 6 2
Deduct amount received for working the
traffic of the Blackburn line • 7,926 8 5

Ovo-thirds of receipts of Preston and£467,070 16 9
•
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—From passen-
gers, goads, &c., £167,071, against £151,700 in the
corresponding half of last year; and the disbursements
have been £201,091, as compared with £188,113. The
balance of revenue applicable to the payment of interest
and dividend and other fixed charges is £289,026 14s. 4d.
It is recommoaded tlipt a dividend at the rate of 31 per
cent. per annum, loss income tax, be declared on the
general shares, leaving a surplus of £13,590 176, ad, to be
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