The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1861-01-01 00:00:00

demand: and sth► The Proclamation adduced

General 'Montauban to the inhabitants of Pekiii,
Making known to theni the only terms of sur-
render which the V'renel Wdilla ateept:
These docuthents fife) or dotirsei tod 104
traescriptien in a letter, but it is only fair to statd
the account given by General Montauban of
the sacking of the Palace is a very circumstantial
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The position of the I3ourse has undergone no
change Whatver for the better. Rentes closed
yeAterday at 47f: 6c.) being 10c, below the price
of the preceding day, The 41 closed at ME 630.

ALARMING FIRE AT ST. ANNE'S
CHURCH, STANLEY.

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6tlt inka, Annb's (Ant liht Stalilei; 'tit bile Via
threatened the entire destruction of the sacred edifiee.
It appears, that a few weeks ago a ne v apparatus for
warming the church was put down. This consists of a
stove, which is placed outside the building, on the south
side, and in connection with which are pipes and flues
which paswunder the ground floor, and dung thb aisles,
float t#o:s Nbt,l3bitAkr thb stitfacb. Oh Sunday last, the
store had heel,lighted In the usual
clinicli; and, in anticipation of a special service for this day
(New Year's Day), the fire had been allowed to remain.
Yesterday afternoon, about
ithe hour named above, Mrs.
tariker;,Wiee of isitxgeo„, who resides ini-
mbalateli ofiPosit6 i 6 tile litirth; iAakiding,st
drawing-room window, and saw flames issuing frOrn bns
of the windows of the church. She immediately caused
the fact to be communicated to the Rev. Mr. Gardner,
the incumbent, and in a few minutes that gentleman
and a number of oth^r persons ran to the building,
and on the being opened, the interior pre-
sented a dense mass of flame and sintike, tithe
esiiebiallY in thb itnh2edifite locality where the
pipes and flues 'enter the building ftom the store; The
flames had already broken thiough the flooring, and
the pews and furniture in connection With thern Were iii
Colitsii of 68ti§iimptioiA: the 66 hid nlsd ascended to
the ceiling, yid the Ulla Wring hoitimiiiiicated with
the windows, all the panes in one a tnerii Wei e entirbli
destroyed. With the assistance of the neighbours, whd
most creditably assisted in supplying water, the fire was
nearly subdued in about an hour, but not until a con-
siderable amount of damage had been done. Had it
not been for the fortunate discovery of the fire there can
be no doubt but that the entire edifice would have been
destroyed: We understand that the church is fully
insured in the Queen Insurance Company. From the
pebuliar construction of the under-ground apparatus, it
was deeirled adfitable to have officers on the watch during
he whole of the night, fdr fear the fire might be
smouldering and again burst out.

THOMAS WINSLOW AGAIN-VAUXHALL-

ROAD MORALITY.

This individual, who has been so frequently before
the public since June last, was up yesterday at the Police
Court in a new character, as the prosecutor of two females,
named Margaret and Jane Higgins, sisters, for stealing
a gold watch from him. The prisoners, it may be remem-
bered, were servants in the house of the late Mrs. James,
on a charge for whose murder Winslow was tried and
acquitted, and since that time they have resided at
Winslow's in the capacity of servants, add one of them,
as will be seen by the admission of Winslow, lived with
him as his wife. The case excited some interest. Mr.
Cobb appeared, for the prosecution; and said : I appear
in this case on the part of Thomas Winslow, who does
not appear as the prosecutor himself, but as the executor
of the will of the late Anne James, of Vauxhall-road. I
here produce the probate of the will granted to Winslow,
and he prosecutes under that, as he has no more personal
right to the watch that was stolen than I have. He was
in possession of the watch and chain under the will, and
held these articles as executor only. The articles were at
my office up to Monday last, and then he came and claimed
them under the probate, and I gave them up to him. The
prisoners were the servants of the late Mrs. James, and
they continued in the same position in Winslow's service.
If Winslow owed them anything for wages, they could
not take property that belonged to Mrs. James, and of
which Winslow was the executor only. The prisoners
might be under the impression that they could seize on
property belonging to Mrs. James, for salary due by
Winslow to them, but it was a mistake, and they were
guilty of felony. I will prove that the prisoners took
the watch by force from Winslow, and pledged it for
£4 ; and I think, sir, you will find it your duty to send
them for trial for the felony. He then called the fol-
lowing witnesses to prove the case. Detective-officer
Graham said—l took the prisoners into custody, when
one of them said Winslow gave it to her, and the other
said she pledged it for £4 to raise money for Winslow,
and at his request. Thos. Winslow was then examined.
1.1,....17s I .... true executor male prat of Anne J miles under
the probate; on Monday I got the gold hunting watch,
and in the evening of Wednesday the prisoner Mar-
garet tore it eut of my pocket against my will. M
Lightfoot cross-examined the witness, and he admitt
that she acted as his wife, although they are not.
married. He did not give her the watch ; pays her
no wages. She gave the watch to another man. To
Mr. Cobb he said : I did not give them any
authority to pledge the watch. For the defence, Patrick
Molloy was called, and said—l was in the house on
Wednesday last ; the mother of the prisoners had been
there for seven weeks, and they wanted to send her home.
Winslow gave Margaret the watch to pledge, to raise
money for that purpose. Mr. Cobb—On your oath,
which of the ladies is your sweetheart ?—Neither. Mr.
Cobb : Don't you live with one of them as your wife ?
Yes, with Elizabeth.. Mr. Cobb : Did you ever live
with the other as your wife, also ?—Never, in my life.
Had you not improper freedom with both of them ?
No. But you live with one of them as year wife?--
Yes. Mr. Raffles : I can't convict in this case, as I
cannot rely upon the evidence. I must discharge the
prisoners. The prisoner Margaret then said—l did not
like to tell all the troth on the trial about the poisoning ;
I wish I had, now. The p • prisoners were then dis
charged,
Mr.
scharged,
Mr. Raffles remarking that Winslow had been tried
and acquitted for the offence,, the woman had no right
to make such an observation.

LIVERPOOL EYE AND EAR INFIRMARY, MOUNT..
PLEASANT.—Consulting Surgeon, Dr. Hugh Neill,
F.R.A.S. ; Surgeons, Dr. R. Hibbert Taylor, Dr. Nevins,
T. Bickerton, Esq. ; Assistant Surgeon, Robert Batty,
Esq. ; Treasurer, J. G. Livingston, Esq. Report for
the week ending Dec. 29, 1860 :—New cases : Eyes,
46 ; Ears, 14. Prescribed for and received surgical
assistance : Eyes, 139 ; Ears, 58.

THE GREAT ROBBERY IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF
FLORENCE.—The interest in political events and charac-
ters is at the present moment completely absorbed in the
the general sorrow felt in the city of Benvenuto Cellini,
at the great and audacious robbery perpetrated late last
Monday night or at a very early hour on Tuesday morn-
ing, in the Sala Della Gemrne, or Hall of the Jewels,
in the National Gallery of the Uffiza. A hundred and
ninety-one rings, of which many are amongst the most
precious known in the world—one the work of Ben-
venuto Cellini;, the head of a warrior, enamelled and set
in diamonds ; vases ornamented with rubies and dia-
monds ; the richly wrought handles of other famous lapis
lazuli and jasper cups; the celebrated green cameo, with
its ruby setting—a booty, in short, which the fficial
*journal represents as not less than 1,000,000 f. in value.
but which, it is whispered, may be rated at thrice that
sum—all this has disappeared at one fell swoop, and as
yet no traces of the plunderers have been discovered.
The ring belonging to Cosmo de Medici is alone valued
at 250,000 f., on account of its immense topaz. It was
at first reported that the famous onyx cup, perhaps the
most precious article in the whole Hall of Jewels, was
gone with the rest; but this, it appears, is not the case,
the robbers having only torn away its silver ornaments.
They have also left the casket of rock crystal that
belonged to Pope Clement Vll.—the work of Valerio
Belli, as well as the cup of Diana of Poitiers, as-
cribed to Benvenuto Cellini. It would appear that the
robbery must have been long pre and it
was carried out in the most systema The
thieves first entered the gallery, by
at the door usually entered by •
arcades of the Uffizi Lunghi. 1
landing-place on the stair, when
rcctly to the gallery, they fore
the first vestibule, which it
various busts and stet

rope ladder through I
went alone the roof ol

lery until they got to
of Jewels is situated,

through the skylight,'