The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1855-11-20 00:00:00

minated in a campaign or two. On the contrary, the elements
of strife seem only thickening and gathering round us ; but
some consolation may be extracted from the knowledge
which such a state of things brings with it, and that is, that
the elements of strife were stored up, and sooner or later the
storm must have burst upon us.

The interest of the war in Europe seems over for the present
season, and its vicissitudes and triumphs seem once more
ranging themselves around the footsteps of the commander
and the army who absorbed the glory of both in the first cam-
paign. (hum PASHA. and his brave battalions are sustaining
in Asia the renown they acquired at Silistria. Tidings of im-
portant victories in Georgia have reached all parts of Europe,
and complete a year of military disasters to Russia, sadly sub-
versive of her vaunted martial prowess.

In London the coming season promises to be a more lively
one than the last, and happily, notwithstanding some mone-
tary arrangements here and there, and the lingering and
exhausting pressure of taxation, there is less cause for gloom
than in the events which heralded the Christmas of last year.
The theatres are all agog with play and spectacle, or such a
combination of both as renders it a hard task to say where the
one begins and the other ends. At Sadler's Wells, the
" Comedy of Errors" has been revived with good effect. The
Adelphi is happy in the efforts of Madame CELESTE. In the
Standard, the bold attempt to revive the taste for NAT LEE'S
extravagant heroics has met with some success in the revival
of "Alexander the Great." The turgid declamation and in-
flated sentiment of this bombastic tragedy met with a tolerable
reception, although some points of it were too strong for
swallowing, and produced outrageous laughter in the
audience.

MYSTERIOUS CASE OF ALLEGED

ROBBERY.

THREE men, named John Rea, Thomas Rea (brother of the
former), and John Lennon, were on Friday, and, by adjourn-
ment, on Saturday and yesterday, charged before the sitting
magistrates, in the police-court, under the following somewhat
singular circumstances: —A few days ago the American ship
Libby sailed from this port for New York, but, having struck
upon the bar, she was obliged to put back. On being taken
into the Sandon Graving-dock, it was ascertained that she had
sustained so much damage that she would require re-coppering,
although she had only been newly coppered about three weeks
previously. In accordance with the usual practice, the copper,
on its removal, was to be loaded and taken to Messrs. Moss
and Co., who were to furnish the new copper sheathing. On
Thursday five loads were passed out of the dock gates, but four
only found their way to Messrs. Moss and Co.'s yard, the fifth
being taken by a person named Lawrence • Connor, and the
three prisoners, to the store of Mr. Ellis, of Dutton-street,
where it was bought by the manager as old copper, and a
cheque for £25 15s. 4d. paid for it. On looking at it the next
day Mr. Ellis perceived that it was comparatively new copper,
and suspecting dishonesty, he gave information to the police,
which led to the apprehension of the prisoners ; but Connor
could not be found. Mr. Campbell, who appeared as the legal
adviser for the prisoners, explained that they knew nothing
of the copper further than having been employed by Connor
to -take it to Ellis's. The police stated that Connor, the
captain, and mate of the ship were not to be found at present,
and the whole affair seemed to them (the police), mantled in
mystery. In reply to his worship, the officers said they could
not find out the owners, consignees, nor agents of the vessel.
There was some gentleman named Young, whom they had
heard about, as having something to do with her, but at pre-
sent they were totally ignorant of anything more, as the
captain and all belonging to the ship seemed to have abandoned
her. On hearing this statement, his worship adjourned the
case until Saturday, when the captain (Captain Bishop) and his
mate appeared for the purpose of stating what they. knew of
the matter. Mr. M'Elroy, master-shipwright, explained that
they were prevented from attending on the previous day
by business at the County Court. Captain Bishop, on being
examined, said he knew nothing about the prisoners. He di-
rected the mate to cart the copper to Messrs. Moss and Co.'s,
but certainly gave uo orders as to any other place. He did
not know the man Connor. In reply to Mr. Campbell, he
said Mr. Ellis had been repaid for the copper which had been
got back from him. Alexander, the mate, was also examined..
He said he gave no directions to any person to take the copper
to any other place than Moss and Co.'s. On Wednesday
evening he saw the prisoner Lennon with a cart at the dock
quay, and he was told that he had come for the copper. Sup
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time he could not be quite sure. Mr. Ellis, who had bought
the copper, stated that he had that morning received
money he had paid for it back from the captain, who told
him
it had been left at the ship. Mr. Campbell contended that
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there was no criminating evidence against his clients, and ap-
plied for their discharge, but Mr. Tobin, one of the magis-
trates, observed that the ease was still so involved in mystery
that he must remand them until Monday, by which time the
police, he trusted, would have succeeded in finding Connor.
The brothers Ilea were admitted to bail on the representation
of Mr. Campbell that a near relative was dangerously ill.
This ease was regnmed yesterday. before Mr. J. A. Tobin
and Mr. W. Earle, when the prisoners were brought up on
remand. The first witness called was

Mr. W. Hone, agent for the Boston underwriters, whose
evidence was not of importance in reference to the case.
Detectives Marks and Kennedy said that on Saturday
evening the prisoner Lennon told them that the mate of the
ship had got of the money which had been received for the
metal, and that the• dock-gate man had got a sovereign
out of it.

Edward Toole, foreman to Mr. WElroy, stated that on
Wednesday last, he got £9 from Lennon to give to the mate,
which he did. He (witness.) had no acquaintance with Len-
non, who came to him at the graving dock and gave him the
money to give to the mate, which he did.
Fox, the dock-gate keeper,. denied that he had got any
money.
After some further investigation, the evidence did not further
connect the prisoners with the robbery, and they were all dis-
charged. •