The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-01-04 00:00:00

POLICE COURT. -YESTERDAY. - - ESTERDAY.

CHARGE OF BURGLARY BY A SERVANT.—Ann Morris
was brought before G. H. Lawrence, Esq., charged with
stealing a £lO note belonging to her master, Mr. Pope,
of Berkeley-street, with whom she had lived as servant
for some time. On the 15th ult. she was under notice
to quit, when a £lO note was placed by her master in a
drawer. She left a few days after, and went away, when
the note was missed. It was stated that she had changed
the note after leaving, and on her apprehension a key was
given up by her which fitted the lock of the drawer, from
whence the note had been taken. She was committed
for trial.

BRUTAL ASSAULT ON THE MASTER OF THE BLIND
ASYLUM BY TWO OF THE INMATES.—Yesterday, two
young men, named respectively John Allen and Edward
Toulman, inmates of the Blind Asylum, were placed be-
fore the magistrates at the Police-court, charged with an
unprovoked and brutal assault upon Mr. John Adden-
brook, the master of the asylum. It appears ;that, on
Saturday evening last, the inmates of the asylutn were
permitted to go out to see their friends, and about half-
past eight o'clock the two defendants returned to the
asylum. About a quarter to nine o'clock the master was
informed that there was a disturbance in the yard, and on
going out of the house to ascertain what was going on,
he saw several of the inmates standing in groups together,
and the two defendants standing in another part of the
yard by themselves. On the complainant approaching
them, the defendant Allen asked him who he was, when
he replied that he was the master of the asylum. On this
Allen observed, " I will do for you,' at the same time
striking him and knocking him down with a stick which
be had in his hand. In doing this Allen was assisted by
Toulman, who seized hold of the complainant's clothes,
and tore them to pieces. As he attempted to get up, the
defendants violently knocked him down a second time,
and a female servant, who came to his assistance, was also
struck by the defendants with their sticks. Information
was given to the police, who took them into custody. The
magistrates severely reprimanded the defendants, and
afterwards imposed a penalty of 4'5...0n each, and in default
of payment they were committed to gaol for two months.
ASSAULT ON A POLICEMAN.—A respectable looking
man, named James Evans, was yesterday charged at the
Police-court by officer 628, with assaulting him in Low-
hill on Saturday evening last. About one o'clock in the
morning the officer saw the defendant in Phythian-street,
in a state of intoxication, ringing at the door bells of
several houses, and on desiring him to go home the
defendant refused and began to abuse, him. He struck
the officer twice, and told him that he did not care a
straw for either the police, the mayor, or magistrates.
The defendant was fined ten shillings and costs.
ROBBERY OF BANK NOTES BY PROSTITUTES.—Two
women, named Susan Kelly and Mary Ann O'Brien, were
charged at the Police-court yesterday with robbing a
young man named Lewis Adelburg, a clerk in a merchant's
office, in this town, of the sum of £lO5 in Bank of Eng-
land notes. It appeared that, on Saturday evening, the
prosecutor was with the prisoners, at a public-house in
Whitechapel, and that when there the prosecutor was in
liquor. A young lady, who was serving liquor in the bar
at the time, deposed to the prisoners asking her to change
he notes, which she declined to do. The prisoner were
remanded to this day.
CHARGE AGAINST OMNIBUS CONDUCTORS, OF DE-
FRAUDING THEIR EMPLOYERS.—Three men, named
respectively Archibald Campbell, Henry Holden, and
James Davidson, in the employ of Messrs. Busby, the
extensive omnibus proprietors, of this town, were brought
before the magistrates at the police-court, yesterday,
charged with defrauding their employers of various sums
of money which have been received by them from different
passengers in fares. Mr. Dodd, solicitor, appeared on
behalf of the prosecutors, and the prisoners were defended
by Mr. Bluck, solicitor. The case of the prisoner Camp-
bell was taken first. Mr. Dodd, in stating, the case, said
that for some time the Messrs. Busby had had good
reason to believe that they were robbed by some of the
conductors of their omnibuses, and that their returns
were not correct. They, therefore, took steps to ascer-
tain the truth of their suspicions, and the result was, that
in the cases which he (Mr. Dodd) should lay before the
court, the actual returns made by the prisoners differed
to a considerable extent with the money which it would
be proved they had actually taken. On the 29th of De-
cember, by the eleven o'clock journey from Scotland-
road to the Queen's Dock, there were twenty-two pas-
sengers carried, and only eighteen accounted for by Camp-
bell, leaving a deficiency of seven. On the following day,
by the half-past three journey, Campbell again had twenty-
two passengers, and only accounted for twenty, and on
Saturday last, by the half-past twelve o'clock journey,
there were 28 passengers and only 12 accounted for,
leaving a deficiency of 16. These cases had only been
selected, amongst many others, by Messrs. Busby, with
the view of putting an end to a system by which
the complainants believed they suffered very seriously.
A person named John Hughes was then called by
Mr. Dodd, and he stated that he was employed by the
Messrs. Busby to go and check the number of passengers
on the 29th, 30th, and op Saturday last. He deposed to
these being the number of passengers each day, as stated
by Mr. Dodd. For this number he saw the guard paid.
John Russell, a clerk in Messrs. Busby's office, deposed to
receiving the returns from Campbell on the days in ques-
tion, and said that he only received for 18 passengers on
the 29th, 20 on the 30th, and 12 on the Ist of January.
The charges against James Davidson and Henry Holden,
guards of the omnibusses running between Moss-street
and the Pier-head, were then preferred. The evidence in
these cases was similar to Campbell's case. All the pri-
soners were fully committed to take their trials at the
sessions.

CHURCH MISSIONS : ST. SAVIOUR'S.—The incumbent
of St. Saviour's Church stated, on Sunday last, that it
was his intention (D.V.) to deliver a monthly lecture on
the Home and Foreign Missions of the Church of Eng-
land. The first of the course is to be given on Thursday
evening next, divine service commencing at seven o'clock.

IRISH SOCIETY. - The claims of the above valuable
society were ably advocated on Sunday week, in the
Parish Church of St. Nicholas, by the Rev. Rector
Campbell, when the sum of nearly £2O was collected.
We understand that the next anniversary of the Irish
Society is to be held in Liverpool early in March.

THE REV. SAMUEL MINTON has announced his in-
tention of delivering a course of lectures in St. Silas'
Church, upon the book of Joshua, on the Wednesday
evening after the first Sunday in each month. The course
will commence to-morrow with an introductory lecture
upon the authority and value of the Old Testament
Scriptures.
RAILWAYS OPENED IN 1852.—1 t appears that the
aggregate length of new railways opened during 1852, was,
in England and Wales, 342 miles ; in Scotland, 17
miles ; and in Ireland, 103 miles : total, 4621 miles.
HERMAN PHILIPPE DE MERODE, nine years of age,
and the only son of Count Werner de Merode, and
nephew of Count de Montalambert, while amusing himself
a few days since by sliding:down the banister of the stair-
case, lost his balance, and fell. He fractured his skull,
and died after three days' severe suffering.—Galignani.
PROPOSED MAIL LINE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES
AND THE WEST INDIES.—An arrangement is about to be
effected between England and the United States for a re-
gular mail between the United States and the West Indies
generally, and points on the coast of Mexico and northern
coast of South America, at which the British mail packets
touch. To the British West Indies, the United States
single rate of letter postage, which must be prepaid on
letters sent from, and collected on letters received in, the
United States, will be ten cents. where the distance from
the mailing-office is under two thousand five hundred
miles, and twenty cents. where the distance exceeds two
thousand five hundred miles. To the West Indies, not
British, Mexico, and South America, the British postage
of twenty-four cents. the single rate, also required to be
prepaid, will be added to the ten or twenty cents. 'United
btatcs rate, according to distance above.

LATEST INTELLIGENCE.

MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 3.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

PENINSULAR MAILS

The Madrid steamer arrived at Southampton this (Mon-
day) morning, with the above mails, and advices from
Gibraltar to December 24th, Cadiz 25th, Lisbon 29th,
Vigo 30th ; Oporto no communication.
LISBON, DEC. 29.—The Portuguese fundholders were
much disgusted with the conversion of the Portuguese
debt into Three per Cents. A portion of the internal
debt was also decreed to be converted into Foreign Three
per Cents. for railway purposes. The new Tariff was in
press, and would, it is said, disappoint all who looked for
a reduction of duties and suppression of contraband trade.
Exchange on London 544-, with a scarcity of general
takers.

Lisbon Bank notes at a discount of 21 per cent.
The British squadron was still at Gibraltar.
Exchange on London, 501 to 50-i-; Spanish pillared
dollars al to 21 per cent. prem.
The Emigrant ship Africa put into Lisbon, partially
dismasted, bound to Australia.