The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-12-14 00:00:00

EAST INDIA RAILWAY LOAN.

The East India Railway Company have notified their
desire to borrow P,500,000 on 5 per eetit: deberftdres,
at par, redeenfable in five years, With an option to the
holden tO defiland a iefiewal fdr a second term of five
year:

I'ifteetic.thoitsglit afy etigdted oft the tie*. lilies
for the didetibe of ortstiloiithi

The itibotpniatitili of the Tipperary Artillery into the
Royal Artillery is strongly objected to in a letter in
to-day's Times. It is a War-office measure, and does
not originate with the Horse Guards.
Mr. Reresford H0pe,.11.P., and Sir Arthur Elton
have written, to the Guitrdian newspaper declaring
opfluons adv,crse te, Mr: Pi.si•aelite iebently announced
policy of hlitirbh
The China mail, via Marseilles, is due in ton on to-
day. The Shanghai dates of this mail should be Oct.
22nd. Shanghai is the nearest mail packet station to
Pekin. The arrival of the mail at Marseilles has not
yet been telegraphed.

ANOTHER JACK SHEPPARD.

DARINU ArivENtußts. O 1 A GAOL-
ErttAltEß:

CLEVER CAI nn-it OF' A R S NERi
•
-WHO NOW AWAITS HIS TRIAL AT
THE ASSIZES.

John Robinson, the prison-breaker, who is now con-
' fined at Kirkdale Gaol, awaiting his trial on a number
of indictments, escaping from Dartmoor Gaol amongst
the rest, is about. ,thirty years .of age; Act is a tall,
mnscnlir creature, ef,the bull,cloa rather than the
thie, ,th the physiognomy of 'fom sayers iii the areria,
or of the most disfigured of the heroes of the English
ring, and with a countenance which strongly reminds
'the observer of the most brutal and determined of the
banditti and murderers hung and unhung. He is
celebrated in the annals of crime, and a little of his
history may be interesting. He is about five feet nine
inches high, stoutly made, with dark brown hair, irre-
gular features, a low, slanting, irregular forehead, broad
cheek bones, and puffy round cheeks. Ile has broad
shoulders, an expansive pliest; and muscillar leg'S, arid
arnisi Add, td this a cast ill the left eye', add his like:
'fess A Coriii3lefe.
.He was born something over a quarter of a century
ago, in the city of York. In his early infancy he was
associated with thieves; and in an inconceivably short
space of time he was known to his inveterate enemies,
the police, as one of the wildest, most troublesome, and
incorrigible of the city Arabs. Nothing definite is
known of his parents. It is surmised, however, and not
Without reason, that the hearthstone was the school in
Which he -ins trained in the mysteries of his profession.
He• maintains a prominent position On the.pOlide records
of York, and he was freqtiently an unwilling
.gdest at
the gaol. The governor and assistants remeniber
his preebatir, dexterity, and perversity pretty well. At
length York became too hot for him. He was now an
adult, and dexterous in all the departments of his
profession, from picking a pocket to garotting a
lord. He had known hard times, and moments
of prosperity ; but it was evident that if he
wished to maintain his reputation without the uninvited
assistance of detectives and newspapers, he must change
his name for an alias, and remove from the scenes of his
boyhood and the companions of his youth, to some dis-
tant,
_secure, and more profitable sphere; Accordingly he
left.Yotk; and *as nietanlorphOsed ilitd the tiOrlinliitions
andlord of the "Lord Raglan," at Newton Heath, near
Manchester. Here for years he enjoyed the society of
his friends, sheltered and assisted the unfortunate and
the "hunted," aml traded on his own account in perfect
security, and without attracting attention or giving rise
to the slightest suspicion on the part of his old enemies.
However, it is a long lane that has no turning; and
the retreat of Robinson was discovered. His house
became known as the rallying home of the thieves
and burglars of the northern towns. From York, from
Sheffield., from Birmingham, from Manchester, and occa-
sionally from the towns of the south and west of
ngland he was irisited by his frlendsi former associates,
and brothers by profession, ftom Whom he received the
title of my "Lord Raglan," of Raglan Hall, Newton
Heath, by which he is best known to the class amongst
whom he has moved,—in short, his house became famed
as a rendezvous for the worst and most desperate
characters. But circumstances and the police obliged
the shelterer to seek shelter in his turn. About six
years ago he visited his native city, and "got into a
little trouble" for a burglarious offence. He was
sentenced to fourteen years' penal servitude. •Somehow
or othet—it is not very Cleat how—he speedily obtained
his freedom. Iloweveri he was again convicted five
years since, and sentenced to twenty years' penal servitude
in Dartmoor gaol. That gaol is notorious for the intri-
cacy of its locks, the numeral and real strength of its
bolts, and the height of its walls ; and those in attend-
ance on prisoners there are generally the strongest and
sturdiest of Yorkshire turnkeys. Robinson was always
a desperate individual, especially when his liberty was
at stake; and he had a few compatriots in the gaol
of the same character as himself. In consort they
Watched and obtained a favourable opportunity to pick
the locks.' withdraw the bolts, scale the walls, and em-
brace the freedom of the fields. On a dark winter's night
the turnkey was violently, almost fatally assaulted,- and
the prisoners made good their escape. This occurred in
April last. A hue-and-cry `Was raised, Robinson, for
he was the worst of the escaped convicts, was advertised
in the police records, but no trace of his whereabouts
was discovered for months. In May, however, P.S.
Mooney, of the Lancashire comity as 011
duty in tne neighbourhood of Fairfield. One evening
he met an individual under tattier suspicious circum-
stances. He had never seen him previously. He scru-
tinised him as a detective can, made up his mind with-
out the slightest proof that the stranger was " no good,"
and finally handcuffed him, and took him into custody
on the charge of " being about to commit a felony."
Next morning the " stranger " made his appearance at
Basnett-street Mice Court. The presiding magistrate
was Mr. Preston. The detective told' his story ; and
the prisoner made such a plausible defence, combining
the pathetic with the indignant, that the kind magis-
trate immediately voted him his freedom unconditionally.
Robinson, however, could not keep his hands at rest.
Ile appeared to imagine that he was the light-fingered
child of misfortune, and the pet of adversity—to-day
enjoying the spoils of a robbery, to-morrow suffering on
its accounts In a few days after the date of his dis-
charge by Mr. Preston, 11. S. Moss met him on the high
road, driving along two fine, fat pigs. Moss did not
relish his appearance, and after a bit of circumlocution
he concluded that the pigs were stolen. Robinson found
himself again in the clutches of the law; and previous
to his examination before the county magistrates he was
recognised as the escaped convict. In due course he was
transferred to Kirkdale. Knowing the determination of
this desperate character to be free made the officials more
wary of him, and he found it next to impossible to
escape. However, invention is the child of circum-
stances. He hit upon one of the most original plans
ever heard of in order to recover his freedom, and carried

it into execution cleverly. He conceived no other idea
than that of turning maniac. He talked incoherently,
looked wildly around, took no notice of the officials in
his presence ; screamed, laughed the wild laugh of a
madman, and occasionally muttered such nonsense as is
heard only in the asylum. He was examined by the
surgeon, who concluded that he was really delirious,
if not irrecoverably mad, and he was forthwith
sent to Rainhill Asylum. He remained there some time,
and hopes were entertained of his ultimate recovery!
One night, however, he escaped from his custodians
and successfully mado his way to his old retreat at
Newton-heath. This was his second or third escape
from custody. An officer, however, recognised him,
and atteropted to take him into custody; but with the
assistance of his brother, James Robinson, who also
awaits trial, he daringly assaulted and eluded the
officer. The assault was very dangerous. Strenuous
efforts were put forward to recapture him by the police
authorities, but their efforts proved for a time fruitless.
Stratagems were invented, but it was of no use. The
police ,were baffled in every direction. His portraits
were freely distributed amongst the officers of the forces
of the kingdom, but all was of no avail. At length,
however a detective in the county constabulary, resident
in this district, became acquainted with one of the pri-
soner's " talleywomen," residing in Peter-street, Liver-
pool, Her house was known to all the criminal train;
and she appears to be a little notorious for the assistance
she has more than once rendered to escaped convicts.
It was thought possible that she might know Robinson's
whereabouts—but what if she did ? Would she give
any clue to his enemies ? Not very likely, the reader
will think. We should have thought so too, and so we
believe would everybody else but detectives. This
detective determined to turn the lady to "some good"
once in her lifetime, even against her own consent, and
with the assistance of a Manchester "Bobby," he con-
cocted and carried out the following stratagem, which
our readers we are certain will coincide with us in
thinking is one of the cleverest ever conceived. We
have read the "Experiences of London Detectives,"
but, in our opinion, it has never been equalled.
However, we will proceed. It was, as the novelists
say, on a dark, foggy, gloomy, and cheerless night that
the detectives, attired in the most ragged, dirtiest,
shabbiest clothing obtainable, met in Basnett-street,
LiverpOot They disfigured their faces and rendered
their clothing, if possible, more miserable in its appear-
ance, and finally linked their wrists together by means
of a handcuff, and proceeded stealthily to the abode of
the "lady" in Peter-street. The door was immediately
opened, and the strangers claimed assistance. "We
have just escaped from gaol, and you must shelter us."
The patriotic woman scrutinised them closely, and seeing
I their manacles and wretched appearance, welcomed them
heartily to her home and board. " Where did you
escape from ?" "Kirkdale." " When?" "Why, just
now." "What were you in for ?" "Oh, a little bit of
affair in —street." And then they told how they
" sold" the turnkey at Kirkdale, scaled the walls, and
safely, arrived, through the coming and going throng, at
her door. At length they claimed the acquaintance and
friendship of Robinson, adding that if they could but
get to him they would feel satisfied and all right. The
landlady in her glee immediately produced a letter
his address at Sheffield.
from Robinson, containin"
Can we take it ?" "g
Yes." And the detectives
secured the letter. An attempt was then made to break
the handcuffs; but their efforts proving unavailing, it
was determined that they should go to a certain black-
smith, residing in a certain street not far away, and as
he did little jobs of the sort for suffering humanity, get
him to do the business. They left, unlocked the hand-
cuffs,the next train proceeded to Sheffield, where
and by
they had the tifi..catioolhitobfascekcutorinkg,ißobinsonhis
rthal-e, where- he
retreat. He was D. ought
, make the surgeon believe that he was
again managed to
a maniac. He fore,
was, therZ' sent to Bedlam, near
London. He returned about a fortnight ago, in order
to be tried at the assizes. Since his return he appears a
little better, but he has stated over and over again that
he will carry on his little game in court, and get himself
removed permanently to an asylum. Hov he will carry
out his intention remains to be seen. The gaol surgeon
now pronounces him perfectly sane,

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