The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1852-04-06 00:00:00

THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD, TUESDAY, APRIL 6, 185

POLICE COURT, YESTERDAY.

ROBBERY.—Anne Metcalf was charged with stealing
£lBO, the property of Redmond M'Carthy. The prose-
cutor, who is a native of Wexford, had passed from Aus-
tralia to California, and recently returned, leaving his
wife and family there, to bring out a daughter originally
left with his friends in Ireland. On Saturday evening he
met the prisoner, and treated her to a glass of ale ; he had
then on his person six fifty-dollar pieces, four Mexican
doubloons, two American twenty-dollar pieces, two Cali-
fornia ten-dollar pieces, and two other coins. In a state
of intoxication, he wandered about during the night; and
at six in the morning he entered the house of an old man
in 'Maguire-street, to warm himself. The nrisoner entered,
and exhibited a fifty-dollar piece, and the prosecutor, who
had fallen asleep, missed his property on waking. The
prisoner was remanded for a week.

STEALING A WATCII.—Mary Storer, of 6, Russell-
street, accused Joseph James of stealing her watch. The
prisoner was remanded till to-day.

ROBBERY.—Mary Sum merfield, charged with stealing
a purse, containing four sovereigns and some silver, the
property of William Downey, was sentenced to three
months' imprisonment.
A Susricious CHARACTER,—James Welsh, one of a
gang from Dublin, was charged with entering the house of
William Hill, Richmond-row, with two others. Prosecutor
met them on the stairs, and as they could not give a satis-
factory account of themselves, he gave one in charge, while
the others effected their escape. Sentence, two months'
imprisonment.

PICKING POCKETS.—Mary Clarkson charged Maria
Murphy with picking her pocket. The prosecutor lives at
Kirkdale-road ; and while purchasing a piece of mutton in
St. John's market, on Saturday night, she felt the pri-
soner's hand in her rocket. On searching, her money,
seven shillings, was gone; and the prisoner, on being
taken, was seen to drop 3s. 6d. She was committed for
trial.

DEATH OF THE HON. ALEXANDER RANKIN.—We
regret to announce the death of the Hon. Alexander
Rankin, of Miramichi, member of the Provincial Legisla-
ture of New Brunswick, on Saturday last, while on a visit
to his brother, Mr. Robert Rankin, at Bromborough-hall.
Although from his retiring disposition he was compara-
tively little known here, there is not a fireside in New
Brunswick where his name is not a " household word."
Blessed with great wealth, and endowed with feelings of
the highest Christian philanthropy, his charities were un-
bounded. During the great fire at Miramichi, his house
was a refuge for hundreds of the destitute, and his efforts
to alleviate the terrible and sudden misery arising from the
conflagration were unceasing. As a merchant he was the
" very soul of honour." Seldom has so good a man passed
from among us, for he was, in truth, the essence of a
Christian and a gentleman.

ARTISTIC DESIGNS ON PAPER.—The Exposition of
Works of Industry and Art has at least effected one good.
The beautiful specimens of French papers then exhibited
seems to have instigated into the British manufactures a
spirit of rivalry that has already led to increasing excel-
lence. The paper decorators of old encompassed but
dauhy forms, indifferent in detail, and unskilful in design.
A higher branch, however, now emulates our artizans,
and patterns equal in regularity of printing, and as rich
in colouring and variety as those imported, are daily
being produced, while their cost (never beyond one-half
those obtained for foreign works) are not in the least en-
hanced. indeed, we were shown, at Messrs. Cuffley and
Heighway's, of Hanover-street, an indescribable variety of
such chaste styles, that we may say paper-staining ought
now to be termed "water-colour painting," and we doubt
not that those who are connoisseurs would look over their
stock with a pleasure equal to that with which a lover of
art would inspect a gallery of the productions of our
ancient pictures.

NKRUPTCY