Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-12-22 00:00:00

ATTEMPTED ROBBERY OF UPWARDS OF:L'lnlttl«,.

Daring Friday night week, a daring robbery anise
attempted at Roscoe Place, the extensive stove grate =zip--
factury of Messrs. Stuart and Smith The firm pay warm,
on Saturdays, and it has been their customs to draw realer
for that purpose on Fridays, leaving it secured at 17.7.tera
one of Chubb's rates. On Friday night, npwarda le-
e-n.OOO in cash was so left in the office safe. Next merle -
ing it was discovered that an attempt kad been mada• ta
carry off the safe and its contests entire. The thievee Imo'
for this purpose dragged a hand truck and wheeillaamotre
front the yard up a ladder to the second floor, on veLtleak.
the office is situate. and had entered by forcing open 'ester
door. They had succeeded, by the use of bars of irceaaalter
removing the safe from its position and turning it n port
edge, so as to slide it upon the truck, when it seeximetae
have overbalanced or fallen forward with such force Sheet:
the upper back edge teem° so severely wedged irate tniesta
wood framework above, that all the etTeets of the thieraaa
to remove it were furthet baffled. In this state of efiziems
the thieves, as is evident from the marks of violence erre
the sefe,attempted to break it open with a sledge 'lemma:ea
but faired. Two desks were broken open in the
but their contents (inclnding about £6 in loose cash veves
not removed. The sledge hemmer and bar of irere Lad,"
been taken from one of the workshops, and the truck areE
barrow from the yard. No other property about the Tree—
misea had been ei-aurbed. A variety of eireamstencees=
point to the attempt at robbery having been made bar nose'
persons thorougly acquainted with the premises, and va'aka.
the fact of the lerge sum of morey being in the safe. Ease
satiefied was Mr. John Smith of this, that he celled alea-
werkanen together, and, offering a reward of £5O, appeal:el,
to them to aid him to bring the guilty persons to jaatriera
The workmen share in the opinion of their employereaexeit
each is their indignation at the daring and atrocious azea„
that hopes are entertained that evidence will he fored,
earning, which will lead to the detection of the offraiceer

BRITISH ANT) FOREIGN SCHOOL SOCIETY.—At the aurizza
ex,raination of stu:lcus and pnpil. teachers just terminates.
nearly 300 young persons of both sexes were cauditktes;:
either for certificates of merit or for Queen's scholarshirsi.
Of this total 32 are already occupying echoola of

Portance in various localities,' while nearly 100 haxas
received antY,intrnen!s to schools in different parts of t?Crs•

country. The increasing and pressing dematid for realm-
efficient teachers is a happy omen for the educatioraA.
prospects of the land, a^.d. it is one which the committxk'
of this society is doing all in its p riser to meet.
THE ST. PANCRA3 TR kGEDV.—Since the inquest, tlac-
police have been using the most active exertions to vnd'ea.l--.
your to trace the relatiyesof the man aid woman ni•'s

were found under such tragic circnniganc,.s at Mr. II Arr.zek.
coff,e house, Drummond-srreet, London. There is somr

little mystery attached to the visit of the female who, om.
Weineslay morning last, called at Mr. flarpsi 's to see thae,-
holy of the female, and who described as a remarkabie
lulus nature in the deec-i_sel female thas she had the grect-
and first toes of her right foot webbed. She looked hagrk
at the deceased, and was overcome by her f,!elings.

she recovered, she was asked to look at the body of ten
min, bat this she refused to do, and lef ,pr mein ~7f
return the same evening with her husband, but she hasauk-
been since seen. After she left, the man in charge of tom.
body looked at the ',deceased female's foot and found it s.*i.
described. The supposition is, therefore, that there is, 15...
relationship between the females, and that from some en:es
do not wish their connection with the deceased femalf,
be known, as it was also stated by the pe. son who ce..l;e:-.4.
that her sister (the supposed deceasei), a few years
was on tertus of peculiar intimacy with a Frenchman ate`
large property in Parie. Tao female alluded to abovs'saaii
she saw her sister about five weeks ago is Paris, but shik,
made no further communication.
TIT E OLDHAM CORP iIIATION WA TERWORKS.—Arocy—
TRATIoN CASE —T'he arbitration between the .01assan:i
Cul:oration and John Skelton, Esq., for the purpose as?-
determining the amount to be paid for the purchase z
certain land required by the corporation in the construetiesn
of their reservoirs at Pictborne, was lately held in Mr.r.i
ch ster, the arbitrators being J. G. Blsckburne, A5a;.,,..
F.G.S., of Oldham, on behalf of the corporation, areiLf
George Branson, Esq., of Manchester, on behalf of
Skelton, and J. W. Leather, Esq , C.E., of Leeds, was fitse•
umpire. The amount claimed by Me. Sielton was .1-,;&,01$1t
bat a hint was thrown cm': that £6,000 might be accent 4,..
but no less. One of the hi4'iest valuations of the lam.
was by one of Mr. Skelton's witnesses, Mr. T. If. Fish/mu
of Mancin.ster, who valued it at £9,057 19s.
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and the lowest, on behalf of the corporation was by-l„
C. E. Cawley' CE, of Manchester, namely, £2,475. The
Corporation offered Mr. Skel'.on £3,300, which he deelimaelE
to accept. The award of the umpire has just been receiree
by the town-clerk, and the sum to be paid by the corpora—
tion is £3,2G5. If theaward had be.n anything mom-

than the amount offered by the corporation, they33-03TM';
have been liable to the whole expenses-of the arbitratlern ;
but as it is, Mr. Skelton wilt have to pay his own enste,
which, it is understood, will amount to nearly ..EL,Nri.
Mr. Blackburne's original valuation of the land, before
corpora ion applied for power to coestruot tin works, Tr.a.,
£3,126 14s.
SALE OF STOCK AT WE NTWORTH WOODROUSE.--Zn
consequence of Earl Fitz eilliam being about to reside iecii
his Irish estates for soma time, his large lord exeeltemit
stock of cattle, horses, Sze., at Wentworth Woodhoua
comprising upwards of 550 lots, was on Thursday alle
Friday sold by aueien, bj Mr. Tilburn, of Dines-item.
The silo attrictel a very large company e ich dey, includ—
ing Tautly ex eusive dealers and farmers from distant part e,'
of the country. The fat sheep fetched from 353 to 5s
each, and the fat beasts from £l3 to £25, being the fuli.
market prices. Tee highest sum obtained for a half-reed..>
horse was 47 guineas, and only one et the thorough-breZ
horses fetched as much as 60 guineas, but this woe osvissg-
to his lordship having selected the best animals to pharlse-
'in his stud elsewhere. The prices on the second day
were :—Ewe lambs, 25s to 283 a head ; wethor larase
about 21s; Leicester ewes, in lamb, 533 to 54e; &reit
South Ddwns, 443 to 465. The store beasts fetched go e 4
prices, one fine Alderney cow and calf realising £23, rtsr
several others £2O each. Two short-horns cud Io.;eiTAR
stock were knocked down at low ptice3, bulls realising onleyF
£3O, which were said to have cost more than double that
amount. This result was attributable to the stock havitse
been visited by disease during the summer. The bifirliage-
for the agricultural horses was very spirited ; several need
animals realising upwards of 63 guineas each, and the
pigs sold well, the highest figure obtained being £lO
MSLANCHOLY Loss or Six SE&ME v.—WO (Ayr Adm.-,
tiser) are very sorry fo learn, from a private letter, th
six men of the barque Mary Anne, Captain George Aiemsfie-
andre, belonging to Jersey, which sailed from Troonttau.
Buenos Ayres, in August las`, were drowned while floe.
vessel lay off the latter port, on the sth October.
appears from the master's statement, that on that day 'lit:.
had gone ashore in the gig, accoapaniel by David Wh;l3-4.,
seeped mate, Joseph Ross, Alexander Patterst-zoi,
A. 8., William Warren, James Queen, ordinary searee'x.„,,
Daniel M'Ciallan, cook, and Henry Curran, boy. Aisdime
they had had four hours' leave, the men all returned at-

5 o'clock, p.m , to rejoin the ship. Captain Alex:anal rac.
having further business, did not accompany them, buz.
gave the boat in charge to White, the second mite. The'
men were never heard of again, and after the lapse of thaw•
days, the boat was discovered three miles below the ataig.„,
head uppermost, and without oars, sails; rudder, &c.,
low the misfortune happened is unaccountable, as those
was perfectly calm at the time, and for some days act:easel—
lag. With the exception of Warren, all the lads belong da
to Ayr, and it may be some consolation to their relatiree. tau
know, that in the opinion of the captain, a better cream.
never stepped. Their chests were delivered up to *a,
British Consul ; and although at first some difficulty was:
experienced in getting psi-mission from the Spanish autae—
ritiec to inter them in the English burying ground, it
difficulty was ultimately overcome, and on Sunday, the .I*4:
November, the poor fellows were decently consignee ars
the grave by the captain and the remaining portion of tht:
crew, in presence of many strangers.
A WOMAN SAID TO BE 109 YEARS OLD.—The-e is an a
lady, now living at Sutton•oa-Trent,naiesel Ann Hardwilit
who is stated to be in the 110th year of her age. .1-74-
maiden name was Eaton, and she was bore at Soutwar•.
CAlinghim, near Newark, in the year 1747. She la
lived in the same house she now occupies for 93 yezrz
having entered it as a maid servant at the age of 17, ale.
she was afterwards married to her employer, Mr. Willi-az*.
Hardwick, farmer. Her husband's death took place
years ago (he being then much her senior), at the age ap.
83. Her youngest son, Mr. William Hardwick, as— a,t.,
Sutton, and is 67 years of age, and the eldest daughter
85 years of or, and resides at Balderton, near Newark...-
The daughter visited her aged parent during last sprier
and the old lady met her and walked with one stick,
the daughter hobbled with a couple. The first exclametinar.
Mrs. Hardwick gave was, "Eh! my lass ! Pm glad to sew
you." M-s. Hardwick'a furniture, and the dwelling, ;.s 4
complete unison with the age when she first entered :nes--
domicile. She has been able to attend to her business
her lifetime, and is in the enjoyment of good health noaai,
and even protests against any assistance in making
hie-
own bed at the present time. Up to within the last taws:,
years she was able to knit and sew without spfctacicea
can still see to pick a pin off the floor. Old Sill Steaks
aged 82 years, was, until lately, Mrs. Hardwick's wait Jar.
maid ; but the old lady thought she could dispense witta
her services, and in 1856 declined being attended to by Inv-
and has meat strenuously resisted any assistance. Sla-1,-hea
properly cared for and looked after by her frierals, rime
relatives in the village. On speaking with the centmaa.."tAgg,
she now and then ejaculated, " I think Gad has forget-Wit,
sae," and alluded to her long pilgrimage on earth,—
Doncaster Gaut*.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE-YESTERDAY,

LIVERPOOL.
IVIFORE MR. R. GLADSTONE.
A SEMMON—NUT IN A STONE !—Edward Devlin, described
es a cart-owner, and driver, was brought up by police-officer
286, on a charge of having assaulted him, and also for an
assault on a person named Silvester Sermon. The officer
said he was going up Park-lane, near where the prisoner
has some stables, when he observed the prisoner beating
the complainant in a savage manner. He had hold of him
with his teeth, worrying him as a dog would a cat.
Witt)/Ps interfered, when the prisoner turned on him, and
kicked him severely in the legs. Sermon said the prisoner
ill-treated him without any cause. The prisoner said the
last witness interfered .with him in his stables, and he was
only putting him away. He was fined £2, or in default
of payment, one month's imprisonment.
DESERTING A SHIP. —A sailor, named Henry Bradley,
was brought up by Superintendent Murphy, of the Sailors'
Home, on the following charge :—lt appeared that on the
24th of November he shipped on board a vessel called the
Georgiana, and got an advance note for £5, which he got
cashed, and then ran away. On the 16. h December he
shipped on board the ship Akber, belonging to Messrs.
Shalcross and Co., and received £2 10s. aovance, and also
absconded. These facts being proved, the prisoner was
sent to jail for two months, with hard labour.
CHARGE of Asseurea—Mr. Norton, described as a corn
dealer and warehouse keeper, was charged by police officer
164 with assaulting him, It appeared that on Saturday
evening two persons brought some wheat to the defendant's
store, but he, not thinking all right, called the t fficer, and,
after some consultation, the defendant sal i he would give
the men in charge on suspicion of stealing the corn. The
officer called a comrade, 471, and after some conversation
they agreed to take the man themselves. The defendant
then went to take the officers' number, and, as the latter
alleged, he struck him on the side of the face. Mr. Bluck,
for the defendant, cross-examined the witness, who said
he knew the defendant to be a respectable man,
and he might have summoned him. He dragged
him through the streets the fame as he would
drag any one Blsek addressed his Worship
and contended, in strong lar page, that the officers had,
in the first instance, refused to take the men into custody
on the charge of Mr. Norton ; then, when they took him
on their own account, Mr. Norton merely wished to ascer-
tain the officer's number for the purpose of reporting him,
when the officer dragged him like a felon through the
streets. He then called a youth, who said he saw the
whole affair. He swore that Mr. Norton only put his
hand on his arm to take his number. The officer asked
the witness if he did not see the defendant strike him in
the jaw? and he raid, "No, but I saw you strike him."
His Worship said, the police had a right to take the men
into custody on the charge of Mr. Norton, in the first
instance, for if there was any responsibility attached to it,
he was liable. He did not think that Mr. Norton had
acted altogether with erudence after the police had taken
the men themselves, but uncer all the circumstances, he
would discharge mr. Norton.
A POLICEMAN DISMISSED.—John M'Hugh, late police-
officer 822, was brought by Superintendent Sibbald, on a
charge of having assaulted polite-officer 485, on Saturday
night. Mr. Sibbald said, about a quarter to two o'clock
on Sunday morning he found the prisoner drunk on his
beat. He told him to go home, as he was unfit for duty.
He refused to go, e hen witness remonstrated with him ;
but instead of taking his advice, to go home, he usel most
blasphemous language. He then called officer 485, who
advised hint to go home, bat instead of doing so, the
prisoner flung his hat into the street, and flew at the other
man, and assaulted him violently. The prisoner said he
had no language to express what he felt. He really did
not at all know what had taken place, as he eid not
remember a rartiele of what had happened. His head
was altogether out of ord 3r when ha took any drink. He
was extremely sorry for what had taken place. Mr. Ride,
one of the chief superintendents, said the prisoner joined
the force on the 28th September, anl had been reported
several times since for beirg under the influence of drink,
and was, on one occasion, fined 2t. He was not reclaimed,
and when he c mmitted the present offence, he was under
a month's notice to leave the force. His Worship fined
the prisoner £2 for the assault on the other constable, and
directed hint to be dismissed from the force
BEGGING IMPOSTORS.—Two men named John Johnston
and Joseph F. Beresford, were brought up by officer 82,
on a charge of being begging impostors. From the evidence
of the officer and other persons, it appeared that the
prisoners were in Great Howard-street, on Saturday even-
ing, going from shop to shop, soliciting subscriptions for
Captain Allen (one of the prisoners who assumed that
name), alleging that he was shipwrecked, and lost all his
property in a vessa called the Dart. They hid a certifi-
cate, purporting to be signed by two magistrates, at
Kingstown, Dublin, one cf whom was represented to be
Mr. William Hutchinson, who is not a magistrate, but the
Harbour Master at Kirgstown. This document had the
names of se- eral Liverpool merchants attached to it, as
subscribers, all of which were forgeries. The prisoners
had also a book, in which the names of several persons
were entered, as subscribing for Captain Fisher, who was
shipwrecked ; all forgeries. The prisoners were remanded.
A. boy named Jacob Michaele, was remanded on a charge
of having stolen a gold brooch, value £4, from a Mrs.
Ferguson, the stewardess of the ship Emerald. The boy
came frcm New York in the vessel.
PACKING BOTTLES.—Two men, of the names of William
Weir and Michael Collins, were placed in the dock,
charged with stealing a quantity of bottles from the ware-
house of Mr. Cannington, glass and bottle manufacturer,
Vauxhall-road. It seemed that on Saturday Collins went
to the warehouse, and obtained an order on purchase for
eight dozen, each of two descriptions, of bottles. It was
the duty of Weir, who was employed in the establishment
for three years and a half, to pack the bottles, and Collins
took the order to him. In the morning he took one
crate, supposed to contain eight dozen bottles, away, and
in the evening he returned for the other crate. Mr.
Canningtcn, having cause to suspect that all was not
right, secured the services of Detective-officer Laycock,
and had Collins arrested the moment he quitted the
premises. When the crate was unpacked it was found to
contain twelve dozen and odd betties in place of eight
dozen, and the fleet crate was also fund to contain some-
where about the same quantity in excess of the order.
Collins, when arrested, said that he did not know
the quantity in the crates, but that they should be no more
than eight dozen in each. Mr. Bluck appeared for the
prisoners, and urged that a guilty knowledge had not been
proved against Collins, and that it was not shown that
Weir had counted the crates before delivering them.
The prisoners were discharged, His Worship not deeming
the evidence sufficient to warrant a conviction.
STEALING CORN FROM A Wennuousz.—The two men,
Buxton and Furlong, porters, who were remanded on
Monday, on a cha ge of steeling corn from the warehouse
of Messrs. Seger and Tunnieliffe, Regent road, were
brought up and committc d for trial. They were defended
by Mr. Black and Mr. Campbell.

BEFORE moss. HOLT AND CROPPER.
William 1114111aLien, a iumper, was fined £2 10.1. for an
assault on William Roberts.

BIRKENHEAD.
BEFORE W. JACKSON AND R. BRYANS, MO.
A SIXPENNY Tuzap.—John Brown, alias Welsh, who
was remanded on Saturday last, that enquiries might be
made abut him, was again placed in th dock on a charge
of being found in the house of William Perrey, in Brook-
street, and stealing a sixpence thei.efrom. From the
evidenca adduced it npp3ared that Mr. Perrey }rears
a small shop, the entrance to wh eh is from
the same door as that which leads to the ()diet.
parts of th 3 house. On Friday last, he (Mr. Perrey) was
coming from the kitchen to the shop, and on passing the
parlour he heard a drawer beirg shut, upon which he
looked and saw the prisoner there, with his hand on the
handle of the drawer, who, directly he found he was detecte,:,
put back a sixpence he had taken out of it. Being unable
to g‘ve a good account of himself, he was given into custody.
When the prisoner was before the magistrate on Saturday,
he stated that he was only just front Ireland, and if the
magistrate would forgive him ho would go back to Ireland
again. Appearances, however, were against him, and he
was remanded until yesterday for inquiry, the result of
which was that the prisoner was found to have been in
custody, for felony, at Liverpool, no longer ago than ;he
7th instant, but, for want of evidence, he was discharged.
The Bench said it was qu'te evident that the prisoner had
not told the truth, and as he could not give a good account
of himself, he mast go to the Home cf. Correction for six
weeks, with hard labour.
POACIIINC.—James Burgess, a tall strong looking fellow,
who said he was a striker, and employed at the Canada
Works, at Birkenhead, was charged with being found upon
the land of Thomas Brocklebask, Esq., at Storetor, and in
the act of setting snares for game. The case was clearly
proved by Thomas Jones, one of Mr. Brocklebank's game-
keepers, who caught him in !he act of setting snares in a
plantation called the Cow Hey, on Saturday list, at about
twelve o'clock noon, ashen he tock him into custody, and
upon searching hint found twenty-eight snares in his
possession. Fined 203 and costs, or twenty-one days hard
labour in Chester Castle The prisoner preferred the
latter, and was sent off shortly after.

ACCIDENTS CN IRISH RAILROADS.—A return from the
ocroners of Ireland since 1846 of all accidents to labourers
or others employed in the construction 6f railroads in
Ireland or other public works, gives 69 as the total num-
ber of accidents by the falling in of embankments of
earth, the blastiLg of stones, and other cognate cauEe3.