The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

DARING BURGLARY AT RA'

On Friday morning, at an early hour, Ravens-
worth Cutle, the seat of the Right Hum. Lord Ravenswurth,
situated about four miles from Newcastle, was burgle-
namely entered, and jewellery of the value of 3004, and
1001. in 61. Bank of England notes and sovereigns, were
carried away. The rooms into which the burglars entered
were a bedroom occupied by the Hen. Mr. and Mrs. Thos.
Liddell,'a dressing-room adjoining, the library, and a small
drawing-room. Those rooms all lie at the west end of the
Castle. Between 11 and 12 o'clock on the previous night,
the doors of the Castle were secured, and the family, in-
eluding_ Lord Itavensworth, the Hon. T. Liddell and his
lady, Mr. Robert Liddell, and the servants, retired to rest.
At 3 o'clock in the morning the Hon. T. Liddell, who
was rather unwell, had eccasson to get up, and seeing the
door of his room open, he looked round, and at once
du-
covesad that the room had been robbed. Au alarm was
immediately raised, and on a search being made it was as-
misused that • quantity of jewellery, consisting of gold
witches, seals, rings, lockets, penciLeases, dtc., belonging
to Mrs. Liddell, had been removed from the dressing-table
in the bedroom during the night. Mr. Liddell's dressing.
room had also been entered and • large quantity of valuable
jewellery stolen from a large box, which was broken open.
A piker lay in this room, and, as it had been removed from
the library by the thieves, there can be no doubt bat that
was the instrument with which the box was forced open.
From this large box a smaller one was taken, which
contained 1001. in sovereigns and 61. Bank of England
notes. Upon an examination being made of the premises
it was found that the burglars had entered by the win-
dow of a water-closet at :he west end of the Castle, and
escaped by the window of a small drawing-room. No
one in the Castle appears to have been disturbed by the ea
truce of the thieves, or to have heard any noise whatever
in the house, which is rather remarkable, as Lord Ravens-
worth's bell rang, and was answered at half-past one o'clock
in the morning.
Immediately after the discovery of the robbery the groom
was despatched upon horseback to the county police station
at Gateshead, and Mr. Superintendent Thompson, with a
'amber dollars, proceeded to the Castle, and searched
diligently in the district, but did not succeed in tracing the
thieves, though it was impossible that they could have tra-
velled far from the place. During the day the small box
which contained the 1001. and which was stolen from the
dressing-room, war found under a haystack upon the farm
of Mr. Robert Robson, about • mile from the Castle.
This burglary has created • great sensation in the
neighbourhood, as it is well known that there is at the
present time • large gang of burglars infesting the
counties of Northumberland and Durham. Such is the in-
crease of crime in this town, and so numerous are the bur-
glaries and robberies where the criminals escape, that there
are at the present moment notices of modes upon the books
of the Town Council for the appointment of • stipendiary
pollee magistrate, and a large 84de:ion to the constabulary
Mu of the borough.
The above is the second burglary at Ravensworth Castle
in the.yeu. The first occurred in January last, when 261.
was stolen from the lion. Adolphus Liddell, the youngest
son of Lord Ravensworth. On that occasion there was
every reason to believe that the robbery was committed by
one of the servants, who was discharged some time after-
wards ; but in the present instance not the slightest sus-
picion attaches to any of the domestics, though some pee-
-1 son well acquainted with the premises must have been con-
cerned in it. The polies are, of course, endeavouring to
detect the offenders.

CLERICAL.

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Roy. John Burn &natio, to Holy Trinity Curacy, Dot►
abater.

Stnythies Beevor, to Rampton Curse?, Cam-
bridgeshire.
Rev. Thomas Bibby, to Norton Perpetual Curacy,
Gloucestershire ; value, 511.
Rev. Benjamin Morgan Cowie, to be Rulsean Lecturer
(1853), University of Cambridge.
Rev. Edward Sheppard Craft, to Wootton-Fitspaine
Curacy, Dorset.
Dr. Max Muller, to a Lectureship in Modern Literature,
University of (Word.
Rev. Chas. John William Ord, to Bottisham Curacy,
Cambridgeshire.
Bev. John Benward Travers, to be Governor of Alford
Grammar School.

BAT. Wm. Mark Wray, to Netherbury Curacy, Dorset.
Bev. 0. P. Vincent, M.A., to the Curacy of White Bod-
ing, Dunmore, Emma.
Joseph O'Leary, Big , to be Vice-President of Queen's
College, Galway.
Rev.: Edward Morris Pridmore, to Breage end Gennoe
Vicarage, Cornwall ; value, 7601., patron the Crown.

TACANCIAN:
PICUTITVAL CURACY --TUCkisgUall. Cornwall, diocese
Exeter ; value 1501., patron the Crown and Bishop of Es..
ter, alternately, Bey. E. N. Pridmore, promoted.
CHAPLAINCY. Bath Union, Somerset, stipend 100/.,
testimonials before January 14, Rev. 11. S. Jervoia, re-
signed.

SEIIIOUS ACCIDENT TO LORD AUCKLAND.—OD
Tuesday last, as his lordship was returning on horseback
from Ramsey to Bishop's Court, he overtook, and, in kis
usual kind manner, entered into conversation with a farmer
of the parish of St. Michael, returning from the fair, when
unfortunately the farmer's horse became restive, kicked,
and struck his lordship on the ugh: leg, causing a com-
pound fracture of the limb. ilis lordship with great pre-
tence of mind remained quiet in the saddle until the car-
riage, which had been at Ramsey with Lady Auckland and
her daughters, came up, into which he was reseed and
driven to the palace. Medical gentlemen were immediately
in attendance, and set the limb. Although his lordship has
suffered severely, theepmptonts at present are all favourable.

MINES

MONDAY BYININO.
The market for English mines to-day has been
'more active, but there is no great change in prices.
The demand is chiefly for South Caradon, West
Caradon, West Ding Dong, Trelawney, North Dam-
sel, St. Day United Mines, Kilbricken, Tamar Con-
sols, West Providence, Linares, and Altcn. The
prices ruling to-day are as follows :—Alfred Consols,
13; Wheal Arthur, 261; Baboon, 12; Kilbricken,
61; Linares, 81, 1 ; Langford, 255., 265.; Alten, 41;
Clive, 6,1; Tamar Consols, 31, 3 ; West Caradon,
213, 220, ex div.; North Damsel, 22a. 6d., 231.;
Nanteos, 13; Vale of Towey, 285.; South Tamar, 51,1
3; East Tamar, 275. 6d., 305.; Cwmystwyth, 210, cx
div.; Worthing, 31, 3.
The public are evidently coming in as buyers of
the gold mining shares, to which speculative atten-
tion is at the same time almost exclusively turned.
Business was active to-day to the close, and prices
left off with a very favourable appearance. The sti-
mulus to-day was chiefly traceable to the continued
favourable accounts from Australia, which drove up
Colonial Gold to 43 to 3 prem. Great Nugget Vein
shares left off 6 to 61 prem., and all descriptions
were more or leas inquired for.
Rhymney Iron shares again rose 11.• •
The non-official quotations are : —Peel River Land
awl Miami. 14. to prem.; Wallsr go, to
prem.;Australian Mutual, to prem.; Austra-
lian Consols, 3 to 1 prem. ; Burns Creek, 3 to 3
prem. ; Monarch Mine, 3to 3 prem. ; L'Aigle d'Or,
par to I prem.; Garnett and Moseley, par to 1 prem.;
Lewis Hill Raage, 1-16 dia. to 1-18 prem.; Barossa
Range, 13a. to 255. ; Pongeband. 2 to 3 prem.;
Jamaica Copper, 3 to 1 prem.; Carberry West, 1 to
1 prem.; Connemara, 3 to 3 prem.; Glenaulin, par
to 3 prem.; Great Wheal Vor, par to 3 prem.; Ken-
mare, 3 to 1 prem.

THIS DAY —Two o'CLocx.

The gold mining share market is a shade flatter
to-day, although prices generally are well supported.
Colonial Gold reached 41 prem., but have since fallen
back again. Port Philips are also rather weaker.
Australian Agricultural shares mark 295 to 303;
South Australian Land, 70 to 74 ex div.; Van Die-
men's Land, 23 to 25.

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Lou or LUZ BT Plar..—Yesterday, Mr. Baker
held inquests at thej.ondon Hospital on the bodies of two
young women, aged respectively 19 and 16 yeses, who had
lost their lives by the accidental ignition of their dress. The
younger was set on fin while standing over the fireplace,
but the elder, who was in the service of a maiden lady, re-
siding at No. Arbour-square, Stepney, had been left in
ears of the house during the absence of the mistress on the
night of the 24th ult., and after the family returned home
she fell asleep in an easy chair before the parlour fire.
About three o'clock on Christmas morning the family were
aroused by hearing loud screams. Another domestic ran
down stairs into the room and found the deeeued enveloped
in a mass of flame. The deceased exelsimed, " Oh, Mrs.
Miller, for God's sake, save me." The deceased then ran
into the passage, where three large mats were wrapped
round her, but before the fire could be extinguished the de-
ceased was very shockingly blackened and charred over
, various parts of the body. deceased was conveyed in a
cab to the hospital, where she expired on Wednesday last.
The jury, in both cases, returned a verdict of " Accidentil
death."

FATAL CAB CouleioN.—Yesterday Mr. Bedford
held an inquest at the Artillery Arms, Rochester-row, on
the body of Archer Groombridge, a cabdriver, aged 48.
Alfred Viz, 144 V, deposed that about half-past two o'clock
on Friday last he was on duty in Millbank-street, when he
observed a Brougham with two horses preceding towards
the prison, and also raw a cab, driven by the deceased,
coming in le opposite direction at the rate of about eight
miles an boor. ibe two vehicles then came in contact,
the jerk throwing deceased off the box oa his beck in the
roadway. Witness observing that the deceased was in-
toxicated took him to the police station after he bad been
examined by two medical men, who were of opinion that
the deceased had received no injury from his fall. Mr. G.
Pears*, surgeon, of Regent-street, Westminster, stated
on the day in question he was called upon to attend
the deceased, who was intoxicated, but after witness
had administered:wine stimulants he became much better.
He (witness), however, upon hearing that deceased
had fallen from a cab examined his head and
chest, but found no *juries, and he then said, 'All
right, master; I have been only lashing all day."
About 11 o'clock at night he was again called to attend
the deceased, but on his arrival found that he had expired.
He had made a post mortem examination of the body, and
discovered an extensive fracture through the bone of the
skull, the vested on the right aide of the liver being highly
congested. He was of opinion that death had taken place
from apoplexy, caused by the fracture. By the Coroner—
The fracture would be produced by a person falling on the
lower part of the spine without the head touching the
ground. inspector Beckerston and other witnesses having
given testimony as to the intoxication of the deceased, and
also as to his treatment at the police station, the jury were
about to return their verdict, when Richard Tovey, a la-
bourer, came forward, and contradicted the principal points
of the constable's evidence. After a long discussion be-
tween the jurors, the inquiry was adjourned until Thursday
next.

AUSTRALIAN EIfIGRATION.—A company, called
" The Port of Southampton Emigration Company," has
been formed, in order to establish at Southampton a line of
emigrant ships to the Australian ports, on the plan origi-
nated and so successfully carried out by Mrs. Chisholm,
carrying one class of passengers only, at one uniform rate of
passage mosey. It is :the intention of the promoters to
despatch a first-class vessel once every month or six weeks,
which vessel will volitive', sail within three days of the
date advertised, full or not full, thneby insuring to the
passengers a certainty not now attainable by any vessel
from any port in the United Kingdom. Each vessel will be
fitted up with ail the recently-invented improvements. The
provisions, all of fint•rate quality, will be supplied for each
ship by one house, thereby securing, as far as possible, in
addition to a liberal dietary scale, a guarantee of unques-
tionable quality, u in the event of the committee of
management receiving a just complaint from the passengers
of any ship, the house supplying such ship will not be again
employed.
SOUTH EASTERN RAILWAY.—Otoss traffic receipts
for the week ending Jan. 1, 1863, 15,0761. 12a. 6d. • ditto,
Jan. 3, 1852, 12,8641. 17s. 81. Increase in 1863:2,4211.
14s. Bd.

THE HVBMARINE CABLE FOR DENMARE.—It is
stated that the submarine cable, IS miles lung, that wu to
be sunk across the Great Belt to Nyburg, has failed in its

TIM REPORTED DEATH OP MR. MEALD.—There
is no truth whatever in the paragraph that has been going
the round of the papers respecting tue alleged death of this
gentleman. By a telegraphic despatch which has just
been received from Southampton, it would seem that one
of the Peninsular and Oriental steam-vessels has brought
the gratifying intelligence that Mr. Meld and his part)
had safely arrived at Cadiz.—Eveninq paper.
Tile CONDEMNED CRIMINALS AT YORIi.— The
prisoners Alfred Wad lington and James Barbour, who
were sentenced to death at the late assizes, have been re-
moved to the condemned cells, where they will remain
until the day of execution, which will probably be fixed
for next Saturday. Whether a reprieve will arrive before
the time or not for Waddington remains to be seen ; but
there can be little doubt that Barbour will end his career
con a public scaffold.—Leede Mercury.