The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-09-15 00:00:00

was :leaving her service,_ and intended to
return into England, unless,. he succeeded in
suiting himself in this city. lie__ left
_the.
villa. The countess gave herself
,no further
nerkeerh regarding hith, and *rote to Eer tiferid§,
froth Paris,: begging • them to proptire atnothcr
servant. for_ her in: his plate. on Monday
flight last, towards dne O!elock; the Countess was
lying half -asleeP and half awake in her_ bedroom,
whieh was feebly illuminated: by _the light of a
hight-lainp, when suddenly she was roused by-a
slight noise, which at once fixed her attention.
Soon after the door was opened from the outside.
The countess 'was terribly alarmed, but she did
not move. She observed the man hesitatea little
at first, before advancing; bat, after having
paused for some instants, he entered, went straight
to a secrctaire, opened it without forcing the lock,
the key being on the top of it, rapidly ransacked
the contents, and seized upon .a sum of 10,000
francs in bank notes, and stole off without even
closing either the desk or the chamber door. The
Conntessonost priidently, had never stirred, but
she was able to e±anline the Person- of the thief,
and althmigh he had taken the precaution of put-
ting a blouse over his clothes, and donning a hat,
*hbse broad rims overlapped his face, she
recognised him -Perfectly. It tats John, her
fortner servant. The robbery 3,i'-as intimated to
the police in.the course of the morning, and they
succeeded discovering the hiding place of
the servant, which was,,.in A furnished house in
the. district of-St. Honor(a and in regaining-posses-
Biwa of 10,000 francs stolen... .Thee thief was
handed over to justice: It-is believed that he is.
connected with a band of English thieves, who
for some tii'ne past have. let their presence in
France, and especially in Paris, be known by
numerous delinquencies, and who are also, it may
be added, suspected of having been concerned in
the late extensive robbery at Notre DaMe. I
cannot succeed in recalling to mind the precise ,
circumstances in which the duel above.referred to ,
Was fought,- or in identifying the names of the
principal personages concerned ; but probably
some of your readers maybe more successful.
I may as well add to the preceding the account
of the.robbery of another lady, which took place
in circumstances which I think I have never heard
paralleled. In this case, however, a Spanish lady
was the victim, and I borrow the facts from a
Spanish journal called the Discuscion.. One day
lately a lady entered one.of the churches of Seville,
and after _having drawn near to the tribunal do
penitence, she went to prostrate herself before the
altar, to receive the Holy Communion. Near to
to her was another lady, who was also in front of
the Holy Table on the same account. The pre-
Occupation or the former, however, did not
.Preverit her from • feeling a hand, apparently
'seeping to introduce itself into her pocket ; she.
tuned her. head to the side where her neighbour
"-s, thinking that it must be she who was
toarching in her pocket, but she saw her with
•her eyes raised to Heaven, and her hands crossed
on her breast. The lady, whose pocket was in the
act bf undergoing examination, seeing her neigh.'
hour in this attitude, _reproached herself bitterly.
for having harboured such a suspicion against,
one who was praying with such great fervour.
Itut after the lapse of a few minutes she became_
really sensible that a hand had been introduced'
into her pocket. She again looked at her devout
neighbour, and observed her hands still in the
tsam. e position as on the first occasion, and herself
apparently imploring pardon of God. After the
communion both ladies rose from their recumbent
Positions, and quitted the Holy Table. The former,
on, looking into her pocket, at once perceived that
her purse, which contained four or five pounds
(130 francs), had disappeared. She ran iinme"-
diately after her . fellow. communicant, and
caused, the woMan,,, whoSe hands were still
joined on her breait, to be arrested. -She was
-searched, and the purse and its contents was found
in; her posSession. Bet, surpriSing to relate, she-
had four arms On further examination, the
wretched shameless thief was found-to have two
wax arms, made in admirable imitation of the
nature), members.

One has been made familiar with'such adapta-
tions for perpetrating thefts in omnibuses and
rail-
way carriages, but it is the first instance, as I have:
said, of which- I have heard where the system
his been introduced into the sacred precincts of
religion. it is to be hoped that .the culprit did
ot belong to the Anglo-Parisian band of pick-
Packets'iiho are givi'lg the sergens de police of
tais metropolis, so-much trouble, as we have seen
at present.'
''there is still a great dearth of transactions on
.thy Bourse, .and the variations in prices are not
'worthy of notice.

SUDDEN DEATH.—A female, named Anne Jane
MTonatd, about thirty years of age, who resided in
Saltney-street, fell dead whilst speaking to another
Woman in the house:, •
Yesterday was the anniversary of the opening, thirty
rears ago, of the 14verpool and Manchester Railway--
the first railway- constructed -in the world. What,an
extraordinary development of the system we have since
teen

BODY FOOD.—The body of a man named Thomas
Collins, fifty-one years old, was found in George's Basin
Yesterday. He was a hawker of hardware, and broke
biz teetotal pledge a few days ago, and it is supposed he
fell into the water when not sober.
FIRE IN CASTLE-STREET.-.-At about ten.o'clock last
night a fire was diseovered on the second floor of the
Premises situate at 19, Sweeting-street, Castle-street.
The premises are occupied by Messrs. Arnold, Leeke,,
and Roscoe, general brokers, and at the time of the fire
contained several samples of oils and spirits. Fortu-
nately. the speedy arrival of the fire- brigades, under the
direction of Messrs. Hewitt and BArrett, prevented any
Material damage being sustained.
• Citritcll MissioNs.—Last evening the annual meet-
ing. of the Birkenhead Church Missionary Society
."'as held in the Argyle Rooms, the Rev. A. Knox, 8.A.,
tresidin. • The, report having been read, the Lord
idisliop of Mauritius made a very interesting Speech on.
e state of Christianity in the island forming his diocese.
Irc related a number of touching anecdotes, and con;
eluded by appealing to the audience for individual aid
cn -behalf of the Church Missions. The Rev. Charles

- godson addressed the meeting, as did also several other
Ministers and gentlemen. The audience was very large,
and -listened most attentively to the several speakers. A
tolleetion was made, and the receipts realised, we believe.
a considerable amount. . .
A STEAMBOAT ON THE WOODSIDE SLlF.—About
llalf,past twelve o'clock yesterday morning, whilst a
fresh gale blew from the west,' and the tide was running
oatwards at a rapid speed, the Lord Morpeth, one of
the Woodside ferry-boats, was washed on the Woodside
slip by a heavy swell. She immediately struck, and
''as fond to be fast. The passengers conducted them-
''Ave:(yery well ; there was no great excitement to speak
"61, arid in a short tim3 they were all transferred to
another boat and landed in the usual spot. The boat, of
eourse, remained where she struck ; but, we are happy
t 9 learn, that, with the exception of a breakage at the
rudder of no consequence, she sustained no strain or
4aMage. During the next tide the boat was got off the
Slip.
Fr:',7 DAYS' " OUT."—CARLINGFOILI? LOUGH.-
14 great question with the hard-worked citizens of
this and other large cities is as to their ,‘ out " during
The summer months; and having spent a very pleasant one
-IYself, my experience may perhaps assist some to deter-
-11.15''10 as to their pleasure trip. On a lovely afternoon I
4 911m1 myself on board the steamboat for Warrenpoint
.2:1c1 Newry, and after a pleasant passage we entered
Carlingford Lough and steamed up this beautiful bay,
the E e esstrevor mountains lying on the one hand, and
the Carlingford mountains on the other, both towering
into the clouds. The first object that attracts the.
attention is the view of the old castle at Carlingford, on
the south-east side of the bay, and on the opposite side
another ruin called Greencaitle, the Donnybrook of the
1161ghboarhood. A little farther on and the neat and
eaeerful looking village called the Quay of Rosstrevor
?c'es into view, Rosstrevor itself being completely shut
14, except the tower of the Established Church, and the
spire.,, of the Roman Catholic Chapel, which appear
7e've the wood. Warreppoint, as it stretches itself
I.%°_ng the shore and forms the innermost harbour of the
passing
Is soon sighted, and in less than hour after
',a;3,ing the :Rock Lighthouse at the entrance we are
relief
in the dock. Here we :find to'our great
-13!4ef a capital hotel,newly and well fitted up,
raltuate on the shore, with a southern aspect, coni-
uallding a beautiful- view of the Carlingford moan-
aTins) and attended by English servants. This is
desideratum the want of which we believe was
10ugfelt at this delightful watering place ; but owing
nowenergy and enterprise of Captain Williams, is
tries suPplied, and English tourists will find at the
al llotel all their wants anticipated. Cars and
'ls to the various peints—Meath, Carlingford, Ravens-
a.k> Narrow-water, Rosstrevor, the quay, the Wood-
house, Rilkeel, and Newcastle—are here ready to start
te,a_. moment's notice, on most reasonable terms. The
e
'herY, presenting features strongly contrasting with
ta:, Other, abounds with beautiful landscape, which
The °4IY be appreciated by those who have seen it.
fer..r drive from Ravensdale across the mountain to the
gilt at Narrow-water, and that from Warrenpoint to
—'llll_kur 1, along the north-east shore of the bay, is
Passed in interest and beauty by anything we
..ale ever seen.