The Express.
London, England, 1853-09-19 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF IVATCIIES AND JEWELLERY AT

SHEFFIELD.

On Saturday morning Mr. B. Cohen, dealer in
watches, jewellery, and fancy goods, High-street, Sheffield,
discovered that during the preceding night his shop had
been plundered of valuable stock worth upwards of 3001.
An entrance to the premises bad been effected in a remark-
able manner. Mr. Cohen's house, which is adjoining to
and in the rear of his shop, opens into a narrow court—a
thoroughfare leading to the back premises of the houses on
one side of York-street. The maid-servant, it appears, in-
advertently left the window-shutter of a parlour on the
ground-floor (an outside shutter) unfastened, for no force
had beta employed to remove it from the window. The
window was ono that did not open, so the burglars had re-
moved two panes of glass, and cut away the vertical bar of
wood that had divided them. The aperture thus formed
was only 91 inches from top to bottom and 12 inches wile,
but it was large enough to admit the body of a child. A per
eon of small stature had evidently been lifted through the
hole and opened the outer door. There were stains
of blood on the window, as if the individusl had
been cut by the bits of glass remaining in the window-
frame. The thieves, having obtained admission into the
parlour, had forced open an inner door and thus got into
the shop. Their subsequent conduct is inexplicable. They
were literally surrounded by valuable property of the most
'easily-portable nature, spread out is tempting array, and
yet not a tithe of it had they in the least disturbed. They
stole from the shop window 19 silver and 12 gold watches,
a tray of gold seals, keys, and chains, and containing up-
wards of 60 gold pencil-cases ; and another tray bearing a
gold bracelet, three carbuncle drops, and a quantity of
gold brooches. Several rows of watches equal in value to
those taken away were allowed to remain in the window.
In the money drawer, which was not locked, there was a
sum of 61. in silver. That also was left untouched. The
burglars conducted their operations so adroitly that none
of the inmates of the house were disturbed, and they got
away front the premises unobserved.

DIMINUTION 01' PAUPERISM.—On Saturday a re-
turn to the House of Commons, prepared by the Poor-law
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and of the number of adult able-bodied paupers in the re-
ceipt of relief on the same days.
and Wales, on the Ist July, last year the number in receipt
of relief was 800,172, and on the Ist July last 743,639. After
deducting the increase the decrease was 56,333. Of able-
bodied paupen the decrease was 17.002. The nunlike in-
door and out on the Ist of July, 18.2, was 121,882, mud on
the Ist July last 107,880. Allowing for the increase, the
diminution was 17,002 or 13.7 per cent. The decrease of
paupers generally was 7.1 per cent. Of the able-bodied
paupers relieved on the lit July last there were 40,471
widows and 2,610 mothers of illegitimate children.
PROPOSAL TO CONFER THE FREEDOM OF THE
CITY OF PERTH ON LORD PALNERSTON.—In reference to
tile proposal to confer the freedom of the city on Lord Pal-
merston on occasion of his passing through l'erth to attend
upon her Majesty at Balmoral, we understand his lordship
has agreed—in the event of his being in the locality, which,
however, is still uncertain—to accept the compliment pro-
posed for him. We feel assured that upoa this sulject hut
one opinion prevails in the city of Perth, and that it will
afford the very highest gratification to every citiz.n—should
circumstances permit it—to have Lord Palmerston's name
inscribed in our books as an honorary fellow tit Oren. e
are also glad to be able to say, that should his lordship be in
Perth, there is some reason to believe that he may ho pre-
vailed upon to accept of some more por tile! demonstrators
01 the high esteem in which he is held by ail classes of
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ccmtrunity.—Perilishire Ccuricr.
MEMOIRS of IIAYNAU.—A publisher at Gratz, in
Styria, has given to the world a biography of the late
Marshal Ilaynau—that " immortal hero, as he is called
in the advertisement. The author is said to be a general
of high reputation in the Austrian service, and the pub-
lisher affirms that the popularity of the work made a new
editioti necessary on the second day of sale. 1