Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-08-01 00:00:00

thejustice of setting this,right
Ho wiry."

truly, WILLI

Sir Robert Smirke, says the Atheneum, 1
place among the Forty Academicians. Sir
some years past retire a: from the active duti
sian ; and in giving up his seat in Trafalgar
now set an example of self-respect and self-di
cover his old age with new distinction. 7
ought to be followed by other resignations
point out individuals, fo-
deserves an oaken erol

Robert had fo:
ies of his. profee
square he ha:
Lenial which wil
This resignatioi
We need no
us. Sir itober
act ; and if hi

courage as for artistic 'skill; theY Will:not 81
pass into oblivion. Two seats among the
vacant—one painter, one architect ; and the s
commenced as to who shall be carried fill

forty are now
trife. has already
to the chairs of

Leslie and Smirke. Will the painter of tl
and the " Evening Gun" be seated in the

Will the hero of-the Gothic revival succ
When these places are filled, 'two associates
Should not Faed come in.? Will .jealou
Raphaelites exclude Holman Hunt ? We s
4.

cett to Smirke
must be ehoser

sy of the pre
hail see.

select committee appointed to prep
the charge of the disembodied militia. of 01
Ireland from the Ist April, :1859; to the 31
have estimated the number of men for 1859

and the cost at £462,850, as ---aialnSTo'
£432,990.

The paddle-wheel steam sloop Gladiator,
Hickley, left Plymouth on Wednesday even!
Indies, but returned to the Sound at 6.3
morning. This unexpected return is attri
understanding . between . the commander ai
Immediately on her arrival, Commander Hic

6, Commander
ing for the West
30 on Thursday
•ibuted to a mis-
Lnd the master.

terview with the Port Admiral, Sir Barth
Subsequently Captain W. Steward, of the
pregnable, and Captain Hall, went on boas
to investigate the circumstances.

igtan Reynolds,
flag ship Im-
•d the Gladiatoz

• A.FOOL AND MS MONEY.-At the Thames Police-cou rt,
on Saturday, Anna Hall, alias Ann Gilligan, a well-known
thief, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with stealing a
canvas bag containing £145 in Bank of England notes and
£3B in gold from the person of Mr. Christopher Snacken-
berg, a retired publican, residing at No. 8, Old Rutland-
street, New-road, Stepney. Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, con-
ducted the prosecution, and said his client, on his way to
the London and Westminster Bank to deposit £lB3, was
unfortunately robbed of the whole of it by the prisoner and
five other infamous women in that horrible and notorious
place, Angel-court, Back-road, Shadwell, where the pri-
soner kept a brothel. The prosecutor was also plun-
dered at the same time of a receipt and a deposit book
relating to £250, given to • him by Messrs.. Whitbread,
the brewers, who had been informed of the robbery, and
. would of course stop the book if presented to them.
Mr. Snackenberg said he went into the Angel public-house,
in the Back-road, and treated the prisoner and other women
with liquor ; and after he left the house, the women, of
whom there were six, began pulling him about and hustling
him, and they robbed him of his canvas bag, containing
one £5O note, eight £5 notes, and another £5 note with his name endorsed upon .it, and 38 sovereigns. The thieves
also stole his book, showing that Whitbread and Co. were
were
indebted to him £230, at the same time. Mr. Selfe : When
orfifteen you your canvasmnitt e
sb abg
fand book
vs
oa n e
e? Wh
us ittnl eess
mAe o nlt
at emn
sure they took my money and. bag. Mr. Selfe : What upon
earth took
_you to such a dreadful place as Angel-court ?
Witness: The prisoner asked me to give her a drop of gin.
I said I was upon business, but she dragged me into tM
house, and afterwards into the court. Mr. Selfe : Are you.
sober ? Witness : Yes, lam quite sober. Mr. Selfe : You
speak very thick, and in a confused and hurried manner.
Were you, sober viten you lost the money ? Witness : No,'l
was not quite sober, about half and half. Mr. Selfe : Are you
a married man ? Witness : Yes, and the father of eleven
children. Polite-sergeant Thompson, No. 21 K, said that after
the woman, had robbed Mr. Snackenberg they escapedthraugh
the vile houses in Angel-court, and got over a low wall, and
thee passed through somo houses of a similar description in
Victoria-place. He believed some of the thieves hadtone
to Chatham, and Portsmouth with the notes and gold. Air.
Selfe said that Mr. Snackenberg was the greatest simpleton
ho had met with for many years. He reinalided the prisoner
until Saturday, next, and hved the pale would capture her. '
confederates is the robbery. ,