Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-20 00:00:00

ROBBERY OF FOUR THOUSAND POUNDS.

On Thursday night last, a d.ring and successful robbery was perpe-
trated in the branch office of the bank of Upper Canada, which is
situated in the western wing of the Parliamen•-building, and cash to
the amount of 16,000 dollars carried of. Since the late removalof
the seat ofgovernment to Toronto, the bank has occupied an apart-
ruent in the building, fitted it up as an office, and placed a cashier
(Mr. Cummins) in It, with funds to m et the payment of goVernment
Warrants, allowance to M.P.P.'s, salaries of the officials, and other
expenses. The officials are paid on the last day of each month,, and
‘a meet this espanditure, over £4,C00 were brought up to the Parlia-
ment ilotve on Thursday. The perpetrat,rs of the robbery must
have been aware of this, which has led to the supicion that none but
Persons will aequainted with the fact have accomplished the deed.
It is said that Mr. Cummi a left the offbe at the utudhonr.on Thurs-
day, leaving all as he believed secure. Next morninr, on returning,
he Was started to observe the door of the safe open, the tin b,.x inside
riatd of its valuable contents, and the cash ab traded save about
r2OO or £3O) in silver and gold, which lay in a corner, and which,
t Drobab'e, escaped the notice of the robbers. Upon fnrth'r exa-
liguation it was found that the entrance was effected by breaking a
Portion of the glass next the brass catch of the window, and then
lasing the latter up. On look'ng,about the window 500 dots. in 5
dollar bills were found underneath, either dropped or thrown down
YurPosely by the thief. - The cash carried off consisted Who:Via' U.C,
bills. As yet no clue has bee.l Otained.—Tor,:nto Gi;be.

NRW COMMUNICATION' BETWEEN IRELAND

AND SCOTLAND.

• A new and most delightful pathway for the tourist and th.! lover of
the picturesque has just been Marked oat bat wean the north of Ire-
land and the Higbianda of Scotland. This will b 3 highly advantage
ens in another point of v ew,
,as, forming one ,more :npianecting link
between the sister islands. The route has bem suggested by, the
completion of the railway from Belfast to Portrush, atherto an =-
Pretending little fishing - vnlagar but-growing daily in ex;ent, and
lilely even to Wm a more prominent place. The facilities which
nature has provided for the erection of a great safety, harbour for
vessels sailing by the 'norlh channel point out this as indispensable.
The work is more than half done by a chain of islets in the very line
la which the ennalkment should lie to form t e harbour, with en-
trance and safe lying for vessels of any amount of to= ge. The sail
ft'orn Po -trush to the chinning little sillage of Gban occupies about
eight hours, only two of which may be said to be at sea; for, as an
American traveller remarkei, it was exactly like sailing down the
Mississippi when pa sing through the Sotind of Islay and Jura, and
"t4e ',When rounding Eandale and entering, the lovely Bay of Oban,
.When the boat stops, tha Caledonian and other comfortable hotela
effer to, the travel er an excellent cuisine and a Highland welcome.
The trial trip was performed on Friday morning by a first-class stea-
mer, the Stork, belolgng to the Glasgow ant Belfast Company,,com-
Manded by an Intel 'gent active officer, Archiball White. Har first
'Passage was performed within eigtst hours; leaving Portruch atlen
41.111-, she arrived at her destination (Oban) before /fix pm. This
established her route to be the quickest and cheapest to the High-
lands and Western Islands Her days of sai!ing are fix.d,for Tuesday
and Thursday, enabling the traveller to avail himself of the steamer
Which goes to Staffa, lona, ,or proceed by coa-h or steamer to any
.Part of this romantic and beautiful country.; Oban being the head
quarters of tourists from al parts of the world to see lona and Staffs,
It will now be in their power to visit, and compare the Giants' Cause-
way en the Irish coast with the celebra'e I balsatic colimns of iden-
tical form and matter. The delightful jmrney then pre en t s itself of
publin, Wicklow, Cork, Killarney, &c., by rai;ways equal in conduct
and in safety to any English or Scotch. On Monday. the I,ne was
opened by through ticket to Oban and back for fabulous sums is point
of cheapness ; and the public will, on the slightest consideration,
adopt it as their route, if bent upon eJoying the beauties of the
northern and north-western scenery of Ireland and Scotland.--
,Saunders' News Letter.