The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-02-16 00:00:00

EIGITT 11UNDRED POUNDS NEARLY TAKEN

At the Lambeth Police court, on Friday, Joseph
Simpson, a young fellow, *ell known to the police, waS,
placed at the bar, for final examination, on a charge of
being found on the premises of the London Gaa Company,
in Vauxhall walk, breaking into the counting litilise, and
also attempling to unlock a safe, which contained £Bod
in cash. From Mr. Solomon's statement, and the
testimony of the witnesses, it appearea that on um
morning on Saturday, the 31st of last month, between
the hours of two and three o'clock, the prisoner and
another man were seen on the premises of the factory
near the counting !wive, and the prisoner was secured:
but his companion wade his escape. When asked his
business on the premises, the prisoner at first said
that one of his companions had thrown his hat
over the wall, and he had merely come for it, ,but at the
time he was wearing a cap. He afterwards said he had
called to see " Tom Bowling," one of the workmen, but
no workman of that name was einpk.yed there. On exa-
mining the counting house, it was found that a crowbar
or " jemmy," had been used to break the boxes open,
and that five or six shilings worth of postage stamps
were taken. It was als ) found that efforts had been made
to forca the iron safe open, and a skeleton key was found
in the lock. Had the prisoner and his companion suc-
ceeded in their object in forcing open the safe, they
wouid have obtained no less than £BOO in it at the time,
£6OO of which were sovereigns, The prisoner was fully
committed for trial.

ILLNESS or Mu. TLIACKELRAY.—We regret to say that
Mr. Thackeray 'was seized with illness at Halifat ott
Wednesday, and was unable to lecture either on Wednesday
or Thuisday.
"Sir Robert Peel corrects an error which occurs in the
report of his speech on Thursday night. He writes—" I
s3i3 that Mr. Adderley invited me to attend a public meet-
ing at the Saltley Literary Institution on the occasion of
its inauguration ;' whereas I am made to say, 'on the
uccasion of a jolitication,' which latter word, of course,
nev,T passed my lips.''
CoNvEnsioN TO ROME.-The Weekly Register anntyrreaft
on authority, the conversion to the Roman Catholic fa.th
of the Rev. T. S. Living, M.A., of Oriel College, Oxford,
and late curate at Truro, Cornwall. The same paper
mentions that the Princess Bariatinski, one of •the mosb
distinguished ladies of the Russian Empire, and mother of
the General C.mmander of the Army in the Caucasus, has
also been received into the Roman Catholic Church at
Rcine.

THE EVACUATION Of GlTEECE.—According to reports
from Athens, the anniversary of the landing of the French
occupation was celebrated at Nauplia by a Te Deum, and a
ball afterwards, at which the French admiral and officers
were present. The Moniterer de la Flotte says, it is thought
that the embarkation of all the men and stores may be
completed by the 15th to the 18th instant, and that the
troops will have returned to Toulon by the Ist to the 3rd of
March. The French expeditionary corps in Greece amounts
to 1,860 men.
Pooa ETA YDN.-Tho benevolent sympathy evinced for'
some time past in behalf of the relict and orphans of the
late ingenious scholar, Mr. Joseph Haydn, the compiler of
the •• fictiooary of Dates," and the " Book of Dignities,"
has at length proved happily successful, as many as 292
votes being given to one of his children at the meeting
(held on Friday at the London Tavern, under the chairman-
ship of the Lord Major) of the governors and friends of the
Royal Asylum of St. Ann's Society. very little short of 300
votes placing this child second upon the list of the nine
successful bly candidates.

FlRE..—Yesterday morning a tire broke out in the cotton
sheds belonging to Messrs. Juinson and Co:, situate in
Neptune street, off Great Howard street The fire brigade
from Temple court station, with Mr. Superintendent
Hewitt, were quickly at the scene, at which time the fire
was raging most furiously. There being an abundant
supply of water, combined with the great exertions of the
fire brigade, the fire was soon extinguished, and the
adjoieing property was saved. The sheds in which the fire
was first discovered, and to which it was confined, were
destroyed, and much of the cotton was partially destroyed.
The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained. The
premises with their contents were insured, and the
insurance will more than cover the damage that has been

sustained.
Pfi. NAL SETTLEMENT.—SinCe the substitution of penal
servitude for expatriation, various suggestions have been
made as to the most suitable position within the kingdom
for the establishment of a depot, where might be combined
proper security, extensive room for manual labour, and
isolation. The west coast of Ireland has long been pointed
to as deserving the attention of the Government ; offering,
as it does, sites for the establishment ota penal servitude
station, and in particular Clare Island and Innishturk,
in Clew Bay, have been severally named as presenting
all the advantages and resources for. such a depot. Clare
Island, from its extent, contiguity to Westport, and
the main land, and its " everlastng bulwarks," was deemed
the most suitable. We are aware government officials
reported favourably thereon, but up to this, there has been
perfect silence on the subject. We now refer to the subject
iu order to provoke enquiry; whether or not it is the inten-
tion of the Government to establish any such settlement on
the Irish coast.—Mayo Constitution.