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

AUDACIOUS BURGLARY-

Orr 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 accurately
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 lessrs. 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 sloping roof 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 admit a man's body, and
thence broke through the ceiling of the workshop, and, with-
out stealing any of the valuable plate or chronometersstrewn
about that room, descended the stairs, crossed the yard, and
wrenched open the kitchen window shutters, by which means
they entered the house, and got into the sitting-room and
shop. The firrilight over the shop door the burglars covered
with a sheet of 'brown paper to prevent reflection into the
street from the interior while they were at work. What
renders theholdness of the robbery and its success more than
usually remarkable are the extreme publicity of the establish-
ment, the -security and respectability of the adjoining houses,
and 'the fat that there are 20 persons living in the house so
dazingly vphindered, some of whom were directly over the
morns 'where the thieves were at work.

MAN- MISSING.—A young nian, named William Rider, aged
S, who had taken a berth as passenger on board the Albert
Gallatin, bound for New York, has 'been missing since Friday
Tint CARGO OF barrelso thousand four
hundred and fifty of flour have been saved out orthe
'cargo of the ship Constitution, *Capt. Sharman, lately burned
•and sunk in the river.
Tama) SCALDED TO IDEA.Tii.-011 Saturday last, Charles
Albert Frost, aged four.and-a-haif years, son of Charles Frost,
pakiter, Birkett-street, Soho, .was co severely scalded that he
'itied from the effects Of-the accident on Sunday ferenoon.
FATAL FALL FRO li A 'House.—On Saturday, about mid-
lay, a man named Richard Hirst, who lived in Crown-court,
Eaton-street, Windsor, -accidentslly fell from the roof of a
litouse on which he was employed, and received such -injuries
,as caused his death,in 'the 'Royal Infirmary, to whirl he had
been taken in the course of the same afternoon.
SUDDEN Dzazn..---Ou Sunday, a child eightyears of age
died suddenly in London-terrace, iu the house and presence of
her father. She had from Friday complained of illness, and
had been attackedwith vomiting and purging, but MO ill con-
sequences were nprehended till Sunday morning, when an
accession of Tielettee in the -symptoms created an-alarm, and
shortly after inid-day she exceed.
PROORESS -OP DatniaRNFESS AND Vior.Excx.Yesterday
morning, the number of parties brought before the police
magistrate, on ,charges of being drunk and disorderly, was
unusually groat, even for a Monday morning. :Besides the
ordinary casester drunken- uproar which came on for investi-
gation, there •were •also many for attempts at -stabbing,
although none of the latter were of a very serionseharacter..
First. AcrranM4r..:-.. On Saturday lait; . as. a painter,
named Samuel Williams, aged 40, was going on
board a ship •in the • Brunswick-dock, .be accidentally
fell from alaxider and in Uling, struck against-the quay•wall
and rolledinto the water. He was immediately got out-and
carried homelwhere he-wasattended by Mr. P.;Belly, surgeon,
Great George-street. The injuries he had Teceived, however,
were so severe as to - balk medical skill, and:Williams died
from concussion of the-brain, in the course of the afternoon.
ARRIETAT, 'THE COLMODORE PERRY--,Nesterday, the
large and splendid new ship Commodore Perry, 'belonging to
Messrs. James Baines .and Co., arrived in thellersey, from
Bombay,bringing with her the largest cargo-ever shipped
from Bombay for Liverpool. Among the itemshembraeed in
the cargo, are-8,320 bales cotton, 1,074 baleswool, 396 bales
hemp, and:34o bales •madder-roots ; 3,771 bags- seeds, 1,198
bags nayrabolams, 499 hags saltpetre, 321 bags-co.:mists indicus,
7 cases beeswax, and 101 packages green and whitestones.
Tar ;Onrezzary PHOTOC-RAPHS. Desirous -of affording
every facility to all-- classes for viewing Fenton=s -beautiful
Photographs -of interesting scenes and edebrated-characters
connected .with the Crimean war, Messrs. Agnew has lowered
the charge for admission- to sixpence for adults and to three-
pence for .e.hildren. At, night the galleries are ilailliantly
illuminated with gas. As.a.means of interesting, and instruc-
tive amusement during the holidays, this exhibition presents
numerons.attrartions.
INSTRVOITVE AMITSRMILFTS FOR THE CZEJSTATAI TIOLI-
DAYS.—Underthe title of -" Sunday Queries," Mr. Henry
Greenwood, of .oanning-plaee, in this town, has just...published
a second series of brief Scriptural texts, conveying in a clear
and succinct form, numerous facts in connection ,Withsacred
history and teaching. He ham's° just issued:a series-of what
he denominates.'" Historical guartetts," to be used aaagame
for young people. By means of these, companies .er small
parties may ,bebsth instructed: and entertained. The:literary
portions of thesequeries and instructions are contained intwo
portable and -tastefully-got-up -.Loxes, the whole being orna-
mental as well as,useful.
ALLEGED THEFT OF PALS-o.M.—yesterday,. a zaaninamed
James Cooper, residing in Gaseome-street, was brought before
the Police-court,,aarged with having a qtrantity.of -miscel-
laneous property iin his possession; a considerable portion, if
not the whole, of which was suspected to have 'Wm.-stolen.
One of the detective-officers and a police-constable, in .conse-
quence of informatim they had Teceived, went to the pri-
soner's house in search of a barrel .of palm-oil which lad,been
stolen. On searching his premises, they found a quantity of
gas-piping, a Dumber of brass taps, some lead, and a barrel ,of
oil, which the ,eonstable said he took to be train all. The-
prisoner, a somewhat respectable-looking man, said he came
honestly by all the things in his Neaession, and could prove
this. He was remanded till this morning.

ANOTHER STALBEIXV CASE.—Yegtealan a young man,
named John Grimes, was brought before Mr. Mansfield, the
-stipendiary magistrate, charged with stabbing a man named
.17,0hn Campbell, a painter. From the eqidence it appeared
*that the prisoner and another man were flghting on Saturday
night, in one of the streets off Whiteehapel. Campbell was a
spectator along with others, and while he %vas thus engaged,
4he prisoner ran at himand struck him over the ear and on
the head, with a knife. Re was also wounded on the hand. A
surgeon who dressed Campbell's wounds stated they were in-
cised wounds, such as would be inflicted with.a knife. For-
tunately none of them were deep. Mr. Mansfield said the
attempts at assassination 'by:means of stabbing were becoming
so fretinent in Liverpool, that zomething must be done to put
a stopto them. So far as he .vias concerned, he should do his
ntanoatlto put a stop to so dangerous a practice. For this pur-
pose,hewas resolved to send every case of the sortevhieh came
before for trial. Theprisoner was committed for trial.
Tsss Borst CHARTER.—ThisfDeautiful steam-ship made a
trial-tripoli Wednesday and Thursday. She steamed out of
the river op Wednesday morssing,.and on getting overtthe bar
the enginesovere put on full speed, and she went at the rate
of nine knotsan hour, on a pressure,of 13k lbs., the engines
making seventy-five revolutions per 'minute. It had been the
intention to proceed the same day 'under canvas alone, but,
owing to the prevalence of heavy fogat was impossible to,:do
so, and she lay ciff the Bell-buoy duringlthe night. Mornivg
brought with it.aglear day, and a light 'breeze springing qp
no time was lost n hoisting the screw and making all sail,
when she went at the rate of 13k knots. She answered to her
helm in beautiful style, and, when off Puffin Island, was put
about with every WWI of canvas set. Her dimensions are :
Length over all, 336 feet; breadth of beam, 42 feet; depth of
hold, 26 feet 6 inches; length of poop, 109 fee; length of
saloon,loo feet ; 22 state rooms in saloon, and Io,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 he inspected
by the public.

A Sris,E TRICK DEresisp.—Yesterday, a tall burly and
bold-faced fellow named James Gannon, was brought before
the poliee magistrate, charged with attempting to defraud
Mrs. Fanny H. 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 farther said he bad been in the employment of Mr.
Thomas, in Water-street, but was at present out of a situation.
He was remanded for a wed, that his companions might be
traced,