The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-15 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF £31,000, IN BANE BiLLS, 1
IN LIVERPOOL. •
CAPTURE OF THE THIEVES.

Yesterday morning, John Scott, one of the detective
police;brottght up two well-dressed persons, before Mr.
Raftins, at the Police-Court, charged with having stolen
£li,ooo,id bank hills, from Mr. Haigh, of the firm of
itests. Haigh & Co.; of Old Hall-street, on Saturday
last, about twelve o'clock. The prisoners gave the
names of James jay. and Thomas Lee, and Mt. Snow-
ball dpreated for theM. The ease *as peettliai ; and
Certainly Scott showed a great dealof tact, and deserves
credit for his sagadity. The following are the factS of
the case. Scott said,—betWeen three and four on Satur-
day, I W 0,5 at the qenerat Postoffice,when I saw the
prisoner Jay, looking at a piece of paper, that appeared
to me to be a receipt for a registered letter: I suspected all
was not right, and watched him for some time, when he
was joined by the other prisoner. I followed theni into
Whitechapel ; when they observed me they ran away ;
I followed ,and caught one in each hand; a London
officer named Spiddall, who was doWn here, came up
and assisted me; and I took them to the Police-Office, in
Hatton-garden, and locked them up .as suspicious per-
sons. Soon after I ascertained that Mr. Haigh, of Old
Hall-street, had been robbed of £11;000 in bank bills,
some time before I took up the prisoners, and I then
suspected that the prisoners had been concerned in the
robbery,' and that they had sent off the bills to London.
then went to the Postoffice, and found that a parcel
had been registered there for London just before I saw
saw the prisoners •at the Postoffice. The London
officer, Spiddall, and Mr. Haigh, then pro-
ceeded to London, and it appears they have succeeded
in' getting all the bills in the registered letter that was
sent front Liverpool.. 'lnspector Horn said Mr. Haigh
and the officer -Went to London, and' the police had just
received a telegraphic message, that they had got the
registered letter in London, which contained all the
bills ; it was directed to one of the, prisoners' wives in
London; who is in custody in London, and therefore he
would ask a remand of the prisoners. Mr. Snowball
objected:to a remand, as he said there was no evidence
against them. Suppose there was a woman in custody
in Landon—there was no proof that she was the wife of
one of the prisoners. Scott I found writing, and an
envelope on one of the prisonets„similar to what was on
the registered.letter ; and I know the prisoners: to be
London Bank thieves. Inspector Horn said Mr.
Haigh was • going to Messrs. Heywards' bank
with a book containing the following bills—one on
Frederick Hirth .and Co., London, dated Ist May, due
4th August, 1860,, for .45,500; a ditto, on Uhthoff and
Co., London, dated Ist May, due 4th August, -1860,
for £4 500; a ditto, drawn by Craven .Bank, Burnley,
dated 11th May, 1860. due 4th June, 1860, in favour
of H. Knowles and Son, on Dimsdale and Co., for
£245 ; a ditto, drawn by R. Wildman, on Dimsdale
and Co., in favour of ThomasViseman, due 27th May,
1860, for £4OO ; a ditto, drawn at Melbourne, by the
Bank of Australia, upon the Bank of Australia in
London, at sixty days' sight, due 7th July, 1860, for
£619 ISs. 10d.; all endorsed by Thomas Haigh and Co.
He had them in his pocket-book, and it was stolen out
of his pocket about 12 o'clock, 'but he did not miss the
book until he went to the Bank ; Scott had not, how-
ever, hoard of the robbery when he arrested the pri-
soners. Mr.. Snowball addressed Mr. Raffies, and con-
tended that there was no evidence to warrant a remand,
but his Worship was of a different opinion, and remanded
both prisoners for further examination.

SURGERY_ NEW ORLEANS.—The New Orleans
Cresexid, in describing a bloodless duel betireen 'two
individuals of that city, says.:—" We will mention, as a
singularly long drawn out coincidence, that this was the
fifteenth duel, conclusively, in wbich Dr. Canter Was•on
the field as Surgeon, without his man being hit, cut, or
Burt in the slightest degree, Dr. Berthelot, who
was the other, surgeon on the field, is almost as
lucky with his men. fle has had several of his patrons
badly winged, but hai always put them on their pins as
good as new, and has yet to lose a man in the duellistic

way.
THE BODNDARIES OF FRANCE AND PIEDMONT.—It
appears that the fixing of , the new boundaries between
France had Piedmont is nearly completed, owing to the
activity of the engineers employed in the operation. The
fort on Mont Cenis' alone gave rise to some difficulty.
The Emperor is said to have demanded that the fort
should be comprised in the French possessions, on the
ground that it was the French government which had
originally constructed it, at its own expense. M:Cavour
had the audacity to claim it as being necessary to the
defence of Piedmont.' Can it be against Piedmont's.
liberator? To put an end to the dispute, it was deter-
mined to demolish the fort—Lotter from Paris.
AN IMPERIAL PRIVILEGE TO' A BLIND CAPTAIN ON
HiS MARRIAGE.—" An interesting marriage;" says a
Vienna letter, "has just taken 'place. ins the-eh erg- of
the Palace here, in presence of the Emperor, the Em-
press, several members of the Imperial family, the Court,
and" many civil end military functionaries. The conple
were a pensioned captain of cavalry, named Leiders-
dorfet, Who lost both eyes by a sabre stroke in the Hun-
garian war 'in 1819, and Mdlle. Liba, the 'orphan
daughter' of an officer. As a Wedding portion, the
Emperor granted them the privilege of opening a tobacco
shop in the Faubourg of Josephstedt."
WILLS A BEQUESTS.—Dowager Lady Leigh—The
will of the Right Hold. Margaret., Dowager Lady Leigh;
William Hen* ry,ll-Bairolfingfi'fliitullbliuls.RkVaV6lll
Chandos Leigh, the sons, and the Hen. Edward Turner
Boyd Twistleton. the executors. The personalty was
sworn under £14,000. The deceased baroness was
relict of Chandos. Lord Leigh, who died in. 1850,
General Sir T. M‘Mahon, G.C.B.—The will of Sir
Thomas flirt., a Knight of the Grand Cross
of the Most Hen. Military Order of the Bath, late of
Bryanston-equare, but who died .at N 0.,. 10, Great
Cumberland-street, on the 10th of last, was proved
in the principal registry on the 7th of May by Dame
Emily Anne lif'Mahon, the relict; Colonel Sir Thomas
Westropp•M‘Mahon;.the son.; and Captain J. K. Wed-
derburn, the son-in-law, three of the.etectitorS, power
being reserved to the Right Hon. Eyre Baron Clarina,
and to Eneas Macintosh, Esq., the other executors
nominated in the will, which bears date the 3rd of Sep-
tember, 1852. The personalty was sworn under
£35,000. Sir Thomas has left to Lady M'Mahon, his
relict, a life interest in the whole of his property, real
ani personal ; the furniture, plate, linen, ese.; and
carriages he has bequeathed • to her absobitely, together
with an immediate legacy of £l,OOO ; :and, upon her
decease, beeneathes to each °flier daughters a sum of
£4,000. .The residue to be divided between his two
sons, Sir Thomas and William M'Mahon: The will,
which is confined within narrow limits, is drawn up in
a truly business-like manner. It is attested by James
Freshfield jun. and Henry Helps, both of New Bank-
buildings. Major-General W. H. Law—The will of
Major General William Henry Law, late of '26, Pall-
mall, who died on the 29th of March, was proved
in London by his nephew, IQ:toms George Law, and
George Rush, Esq.,.of Craig's-court, Charing-cross, the
joint executors ; personalty sworn under £14,000. The
charitable institutions are as follows, to each of which
he leaves £5OO :—St. George's Hospital, St. Mary's
Hospital, Westminister Hospital, Cancer Hospital,-
Tlrompton ; United Service Institution, Soldiers'.
Daughters' Home, and the Cambridge Asylum for
Soldiers' Widows.—lllustrated News.
AN.trzYcatlyNATE CoureE.=A case of more, than .
ordinary intere,t, has been heard before the Nottingham
magistrates, which should ho a warning to young per-
sons not to be too rash in precipitating themselves before
the hymeneal altar. A young man, 19 years of age,
named William Packer, who bore upon his countenance
incipient marks of matrimonial care, applied fia advice
under circiunsteuces of an extraordinary character. Hp
was accompanied by a young girl, just 18; whom he
stated was his wife, and wire appeared much distressed.
The young man stated, in dolorous' accents,
,that on
Mimi*, last he got married, at St.. Clituch,,to
the interesting, young female at his side, but owing to
the hard-hehrtedness of an uncle of the bride, the
honeymoon was• spent most unhappily. The bride it
appears has been living with her uncle, Mr. Bucknall,
for several years; the marriage had taken place without
his. consent, and now he would not allow the young
woman to have some goods which belonged to her. In
consequence of this, the poor creatures had neither
money nor goods, and were obliged to sleep the first
night on the hearthstone before the fire ! He (bride-
groom), applied to the union, but failed there, and as a
last resource went to the police station on
Tuesday night. Mr. Superintendent Raynor sent De-
tective Langtoru to iasta;ss ;se, the CaFe, and•he found
Nligs much the same as described by the yowl; man.
The applicant inquired whether he could claim the
goods which belonged to his wife.—Mr. Fclkiu replied
that he was entitled to the articles, hut was of opinion
that a private reconciliation between the parties would
be more desirable. The uncles a stern-looking elderly
man, when asked why he objected to give up the goods,
replied that in the first
,place he did not think the
marriage was legal. The youthful benetlict proved to
a certainty, by witnesses and certificate, that the wedding
.was a bone fide one. The bench having intimated that,
the objection was disposed of,- the old gentleman said
that the goods in question belonged to him, be having
maintained his niece for some time. He thought it was
a most foolish marriage, and did not wish to have any-
thing to do with the' youthfuleaffenders. The poor wife
here beganto shed tears copiously, while theiold gentle-
Man waxed sterrier`eierY moment. After some_treuhle
the bench 'prevailed upon the uncle to allow' them to
have the goods, and thus stint housekeeping,, telling
him that if he persisted in his obstinacy the application
'would take adegal form. The result was received, with
some applause. The luckless pair then left the court,
the husband seeming to be conscious that the first little
difictilty in his matrimonial career had been Snr-
mounted.—Nottiskehain Journal.,
THE FRENCH •Esintess AND nix BONNET.—The
Inperial Eugenie would have' that bonnet, and no
ober; but there was a difficulty. ,MadaMe 'Hortense
Millard had not given in her adhesion to the Napo;
lonian ideas; she was still .Orleaniet—pure blood.
however, an emissary from the chateati was appointed
toconduct the negotiationg between the Court, and the
atliers of Madame Babillard. Madame' R. conceived
the idea of inflicting a blow on the dynasty -of the
prrvenus. The Empress was to Wear the bonnet on a
giten day at a review on the plain of Satiety, which was
to take place at two p.m. It was calculated that the
Enpress would leave St. Cloud at one p.m. Now, at
thit, very hour there was to be a great choral festivity
inthe neighbourhood of London, at which, certain of
tle Orleanist Princesses wore to assist, with their atts n-
&it ladies:. It Was therefore arranged that at one p.m.
pacirely all the' Orleans ladies were to make their ap-
parance in public, each one wearing a ehapeaU rasp .
as conceived by Madame B. At 115 p.m. the. intern-
game would be telegraphed to Paris; but by the time
1 the contents of the telegram could he spread about that
capital, the Empress would. be fairly ese. route for the
unitary solemnity at Satiny. It would he too late !
remarkable 'conspiracy was actually carried out ;
aid although superhuman efforts were made
.by the
Penal Court to hush it upAll that could be accomp-
lihed was to keep all mention of it out of the French
pipem-,-Once a Week,