The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-12-18 00:00:00

AUDACIOUS BURGLARY-

ON Sunday, a daring burglary was committed on the Port-
sea premises of Messrs. Emanuel, goldsmiths, situate on the
Hard, facing the harbour, and within one door of the dock-
yard gate, where a strong force of police, under Lieut. Hall,
R.N., is constantly on duty. On the left hand side is the
provision establishment of Messrs. Chambers, and on the
right the army outfitting establishment of Mr. Woods- Mr.
Ezekiel Emanuel's family retired to rest between 11 and
12 o'clock on Saturday night, at which time the premises
were safe. Between 1 and 2 o'clock, he was disturbed by
some noise, which caused him to get out of bed, but as he
saw from his chamber window lights moving about the
neighbours' houses, he attributed the noise to their lodgers or
other inmates, and went to bed again. He was again dis-
turbed in about half-an-hour afterwards, and again got out
of bed and looked down upon a glass cupola which lights the
sitting-room communicating with the shop, but seeing no
light there, and still hearing, as he fancied, his neighbours
moving about, again retired to bed. It would appear that
this must have been the time the robbery was in progress.
On one of the servants going down at half-past seven o'clock,
and entering the sitting-room which leads into the shop, she
found the doors of the latter partly open, and implements of
housebreaking lying upon the floor. She hastened to call her
master, who found that a burglary had been committed. The
thieves had evidently been disturbed, and most probably by
his looking through the glass cupola, under which it is sup-
posed some person was set to watch, who, of course, could
see Mr. Emanuel, while the latter could not see any one below.
On examining the shop Mr. Emanuel found the window cleared
of gold rings, chains, pins, brooches, and other portable small ,
jewellery, the value of which cannot at present be accurate's-

estimated, but may be stated at one if not more thousands of
pounds, however. All the chests of plate, chronometers, job
watches, bracelets, and other jewellery, left for custody or
repair, being locked up in the strong room, escaped depreda-
tion. It was discovered that the thieves had effected an
entrance in the first place by the bottle store of Messrs. Antill
-and Peters, which is in Wickham-street, immediately in the
rear of Messrs. Emanuel's house. This they accomplished by
forcing the staple of the padlock ; they then climbed the lad-
der, and reached the-store, in the gable or slopingtoof of which
they made a passage large enough for a boy Or a slight man
by removing the battens and tiles. This admitted them on
to the gutter of the roof of Mr. Emanuel's workshop, which
is detached from the dwelling and separated by a yard. They
took off the tiles of this roof so as to adniit-a man's body, and
thence broke:through the ceiling of the-workshop, and, with-
out stealing'Jany of the valuable plate or chronometers strewn
about thatbroom, descended the stairs, crossed the yard, and
wrenched•open the kitchen window shutimrs, by which means
they entered the house, and got into the sitting-room and
shop. fThe fanlight over the -shop door the burglars covered
with it'sheet of brown paper to -prevent reflection into the
street -from the interior while they were at work. Vault
renders the boldness of the robbery-and its success more than
usually remarkable are the extreme publicity of the establiah-
mett, the security and respectability of the adjoining houses,
and-the fact that there are -20 persons living in the :house-so
•cleringly plundered, some of 'whom were directly >o-ver -the
rractnis where the thieves were t,t work.

MAN MISSING.—A yotrig,toan, named WiWarn:Rider, veid
who had taken a berth as passenger on board the Albert
bound for New Voik, has been missing.since Friday.
THE CARGO OF nit COTTETITITTION.—One 'thousand four
hundred and fifty barrels of flour have been 'saved out of the
cargo of the ship Constitution, Capt. Sharman, lately burned
and sunk in the river.
CHILD SCALDED 71'0 ',DEATH.— On Saturday. last, Charles
Albert Frost, aged four-and-a-half years, SO7l of Charles "Frost,
painter, Birkett-street, ',Soho, was so severely- scalded that
died from the effects bfthe accident on Sunday ferenoon.
FATAL FALL PR=. HOUSE.—On Saturday, about mild-
day, a man named Richard Hirst, who lived• in Crown-dciarrt,
Eaton-street, Windsor, accidentally fell%from the roof of a
house on which be was employed, and received such ikittries
as caused his death; in the Royal Inflrinp.ty, to which he !had
been taken in the-course of the same afternoon.
SUDDEN Deav-2,-.—On Sunday, a -.child eight years of age
died suddenly in London-terrace, in thebouse and presence of
her father. She had from Friday complained of illness, and
had been attacked-with vomiting- and purging, but no
sequences were. apprehended till Sunday morning, wlresi an
accession of violence in the symptoms created an alarm, and.
shortly afterniid-day she expired.
PROGREfiII ,aI.,DRUNICENNESS AITeVIOLENCE.-1-Yetterday
morning, the number of parties brought before the police
magistrate, on' charges of being drunk and disorderly, was
unusually great,, even for a Monday. morning. -Besides the
ordinary cases,for.drunken uproar which came on fori investi-
gation, there =.wore also many for attempts at•-stabbing,
although none-of-the latter were.ef a-very seriouscharacter.

FATAL ACCSILIENT. —On Saturday last, as a -painter,
named Samuel Williams, aged 40, was going on
board a -ship in the Brunswick-dock, he accidentally
fell from a ladder; and in falling4,btrack against tlie!quay wall
and rolled into-the water. Ike ARC immediately .get out and
carried homt-Where he was attended by Mr. P. KeEpeurgeon,
Great George-street. The injuries -he had received, however,
were so severe, as' to baffle medical skill, and Williams died
from concussion of the brain, in the course of the afternoon.
Annivam -or ;"THE COMMODORE PERRY.—Yesterday, the
large and splendid new ship Commcdore Perry, belonging to
Messrs. .James" 3aines and Co.,.:arrived in the Mersey, from
Bombay, ?bringing with.•here the. largest cargo ever shipped
from Bombay for Liverpool. Among the items embraced in
the cargo, are+B;32o bales cotton .1,074 bales w0ci1,196 bales
hemp, and 340 !bales madder-roues; 3,771 bags seeds, 1,198
bags myrabolams,-4199 bags saltpetre, 321 bags cocnluaindieus,
7 cases beeswaxjard 101 packages :green and white etones.
THE Cstuaresix PHOTOGRiPME. Desirous of affording
every facility .to 411 • classes . for 4iewing Fenton's' lbeautiftil
Photographs of ',interesting SOODES and celebrated dharacters
connected a/Mit-the Crimean war,. Messrs. Agnew havelowered
the charge for admission to sixpence for adults andlo three-
pence for children.. At.,night the galleries are !brilliantly
illuminated with .gas.. As a means.Of interesting and anstruc-.
tive armament tinning the holidays, this exhibition presents
numeronsfattracticuus. •

INSTEMTEIVE AaIq'SRMENTS: FOE CrIIE CIIRISTMAL HoLI-
DAYS.—Undcr the title of " Sunday Queries," Mr. Henry
Greenwood, tot .Canning-place, in thisitesvn, has just published
a second terse of brief, Scriptural tees, conveying in a clear
and succinct rforra, :numerous facts' in connection litrithisaonid
history Ind teaching. He has alsojust issued a series ,t what
he denominates "Historical Quartetts," to be used as:a game
for young people. By means of these, companies .or small
parties may be both inatructed and entertained. The literary
-y ortions of these lueries and instructions ore contained i two
portable and tastefully got-up boxes,, th-5 whole being. orna-
.rLental as well .14E usefal.

ALLEGED MITI o.FrPaii3l-OIL.--Arogif.rday, a Malt maimed
tiames Cooperoloeidingiin,Gascoyne,street,was brought before
he Police-court, tliarged with having .aiquantity of iniscel-
i laneous property in his ,possession; a -.considerable portion, if
1 notthe whole, of Itrilich mite- suspected to. have been stolen.
Onc,lf the detective.officer.s,aud .a police-constable, in cense-
quence of informatka they ?lad received,,; to the, pri-
sonees house in sear la of ,a,,.'earrel of palm-Oil which had beam
stolen. On searching Lis premises, they fourA a quantity of
gas-piiing, a number c( brass taps, some lead, and a barrel of
oiipwllich the constabSe said '.lie took to be:-tmin oil. The
prisoner; a somewhat respectable-looking man, said he came
honestly by all the things in ibis. possession, awl could prove i
this. 11€ was remanded till this morning.

ANQVIXR STABBING CAsE.--I.esterday, ,young man,
emmed John Grimes, was brought before lkir. Mansfield, the
stipendiary magistrate, charged with stabbing, avian named
Joim .Canimbell, a painter. From itise evidence it appeared
that the,prisemer and another man-were fighting, en:Saturday
Meat, one,of the streeta off Whiteehapel. Campbell was a
speetator alopg with others, and while he, was tlius,engaged,
the prisoner-ran at him and struck him rover the ear and on
the head, with a knife. He was also wounded on the hand. A
surgeon ,who: dressed Campbell's wounds .sated they,wexe in-
cised wounds,s,uein as would be initiated:with a knife. For-
tunately sone -of them were deep. Mr. Mansfield-said the
attempts atassassivation by means of stabbing•were becoming
so frequent in Liverpool, that something must be done.to,put
a stop to them. So far as he was concerned, he should, do:his
utmost to pat a stop,to so dangerous a practice. For-thisnnr--
pose, he was resolved:to send every case of the sert•whieh came
before him, for trial. The prisoner was committed for trial.
TUE Royal, CILUWE.—This beautiful steam-ghip made a
trial-trip on Wednesday.and Thursday. She steamed out of
the river on Wednesday 'morning, and on getting over the bar
the engines were put eel fall speed, and she went at the •rate
,of nine knots au hour, en ,a pressure of 131 lbs., the engines
making seventy-five revolutions per minute. It had been the
:intention to proceed the sari day under canvas alone, but,
owiug to the prevalence of heavy fog it was impossible to do
so, WA she lay off the Bell-buoy during the night. Morning
brongitt with it a clear day, and a light breeze springing sep
no time was lost in hoisting the screw and making all sail,
when she went at the rate of 14:knots. She answered to her
helm :in :beautiful style, and, when doff Puffin Island, was put
about with,every stitch of canvas set. Her dimensions are :
Length over all, 336 feet ; breadth ofteam, 42 feet; depth of
hold, 26 feet inches; length of poop, 109 feet; length of
saloon,loo feet; 22 state rooms in saloon, and 10 ditto below ;
length of house, 90 feet; length of forecastle, 67 feet 4 inches.
This beautiful vessel is now on the berth at the south-east
corner of the Wellington-dock, where she may be inspected
by the public.

A STALE TRICK DRlPEA.TED.—Yesterday, a tall burly and
bold-faced fellow named James Gannon, was brought before
the police magistrate, charged with attempting to defraud
Mrs. Fanny R. Fowler, a boarding-house keeper in Pitt-street.
From the evidence of Mrs. Fowler, it appeared that the pri-
soner, and two other men not in custody, came to her house
on Saturday night in a spring cart, bringing with them a
seaman's chest, which they deposited, while at the same time
the prisoner's companions intimated that they were sailors
belonging to a ship just arrived in the river. The prisoner
demanded a sovereign from her, as commission for bringing
two boarders to the house. This she refused to give, on the
ground that she did not know how long they might remain.
He then said she must give him twelve shillings as the least
and cart hire for bringing the men and the chest ashore, and
to her house, as the men had not got their wages yet. To
this she made no objection, and the two seeming seamen went
away on some pretext or other, the prisoner remaining to get
the money. While she was passing the chest, something in-
duced Mrs. Fowler to open the lid, when she discovered that
it was filled with old straw, stones, and other rubbish. On
making this discovery, she gave the prisoner into custody.
In answer to the charge, Gannon said he knew nothing what-
ever about the other two men, and has he had not got
any money, he consequently had not committed any crime.
He further said he had been in the employment of Mr.
Thomas, in Water-street, but was at present out of a situation.
He was remanded for a week, that his companions might be
traced,