The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1853-12-20 00:00:00

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 1853.

I LIVERPOOL BOROUGH SESSION'S.

at the
THE Quarter Sessions were opened on Tuesday, the
Sessions'-house, before GILBERT HENDEBSON, FS(t,
recorder. The prisoners were fifty-seven in nallwa.4r,
fifty-three for felony, and three for misdemeanor. ae
John Bibby was chosen foreman of the grand jull•
ed
Recorder, in his address to the grand jury, congrataus`
them upon the small number of prisoners, vvhich
owing, he thought, not only to the general prosPeritl
;
the country, but to the vigilance of the police. The ea'
to come before them, he said, required no particular, COalg.
ment, but, with reference to stabbing cases and Ple',„
pockets, he thought that they should not be too liga"i'
dealt with, for thieves, like other people, doubtless spec?:
lated upon the mildness of their punishments, whit':
when light, often emboldened them to commit' further
crimes. At present the gaol to which they were sent...t
no solitary places of confinement, and in prisons %La;
the inmates were associated together, and the hard Irr,
almost nominal, the terrors of imprisonment bad t
little effect, particularly on hardened offenders.
Recorder, in delivering his charge, made reference to theh
practice of summarily dealing with notorious piekPatv
and imprisoning them for short periods. The 0n1Y.7,1
he said, to deal with them was to send them to a W-
tribunal, where they would be dealt with as they were
him not only in a way to put an end to their career, v
effectually to discourage the practice in others. , meet
THE LATE EXTENSIVE COTTON ROBBERY.-1B;
for
the facts of which were recently laid before the
was disposed of on Friday. John Wood was indicted f 4
stealing forty-three bales of cotton, the property v
employers, Messrs James Seddon and Co., and I`Tu_llicci,
Hindle was indicted for receiving the same ith a
knowledge. Wood was warehouseman to the prosectita',
and the allegation against him was, in substance, that
having charge of the cotton as servant of Messrs. Seddeleid
allowed the same to be taken out of his custody on far%
order for delivery being presented; he himself having beL,
a party to the forgery. Mrs. Hindle is the wife of
Hindle, the keeper of the Golden Fleece, in Sir Thonius
buildings, and the charge against her was a guilty Purtg:
pation in the transaction, in receiving and assisting.to
rs
pose of the property. The jury found both priLatt2d.
guilty, and a previous conviction was proved against
Wood was sentenced to six years' penal servitude, and lw_.°."
Hindle to nine months' imprisonment to hard labevi.l,;
Mr. Brett, the counsel who conducted the prosecution, se'
there was also an indictment against John Hindle, hus.
band of the female prisoner, but, as he was a prisoner in
Lancaster Castle, the case would not be taken until next
sessions. The trials terminated about four o'clock on Sa-
turday. Of the sixty prisoners tried, eleven were condemned
to various terms of penal servitude, three were acquitted,
and the remainder sentenced to briefer periods of inner
sonment.

THE COLLEGIATE INSTITUTION

DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZES.

ON Friday, after an examination extending throngll°..,,
gt
the week, prizes were delivered to the most deservlM.
pupils of the Collegiate Institution, prior to breaking uP
for the Christmas holiday. The distribution took Pl.aeebly
' 'the large lecture-hall, the body of which was occulw",„d
the boys, and the galleries by their parents, friends:
relations. The Rev. Rector Campbell presided ; 311
amongst those present were—Mr. J. B. Lloyd, the MOTrrs:
Mr. Wm. Brown, M.P. ; Mr. T. B. Horsfall, '
Adam Hodgson, Josias Booker, J. Rawdon, Dr. Itions":1;
John Campbell, Procter, Wm. Danson, Wm. Eva.,ns'
K. Rounthwaite, Alderman Cooper, and Councillors lee'''.
Dr•
Halhead, and Tyrer ; with the Rev. Dr. Hume, 8ev',.,0-
M`Neile, Went, Barker, and Anderson. The followlmr
was the award of prizes :
UPPER SCHOOL PRIZES,
12.10100;
SPECIAL PRlZES.—Senior divinity medal: J. H.
certificate, Wainwright and Widdowson. Senior meta
tical medal: Widdowson.
CLASS PRIZES.—Ist class: J. H. Rawdon ; certificate,vd?'
Arthur. 2nd class : G. Rawdon transferred to Walker, vd.
class: Classical—Booker and taw, equal ; certificate,
wards: Modern—Mitchell; certificate, Johnson. 4th Clsob
Classical, Cooper; certificate, Pater: Modern, TathatS•
class: Rounthwaite; certificates, Brown and Conor•
class: went; certificate, Jeffrey. Preparatory Cla"lor
7th : Tarhet ; certificates, Carpenter, also E. P. joneSbole,
arithmetic. Bth: T. Lockett; certificates, Young, an,ritt.
for writing. Lower Bth : Makin ; cert:ficate,
clout's prize : J. Fi. Rawdon. Old pupps' prize: D.
....5.7,006
EXTRA PRIZES.—Given by Mr. Underwood : 01"1. "f•
Brown, and W. Aked. Given by Mr. Porter • Sint e. 4
Bartlett,' Jeffrey, jun., and Pater. Given by 5.1 r. 11,17i5;
Mictiod. Given by Mr. Sattler : Johnson and R. I.litifl•
certificate, Mitchell. Given by Mr. Sears: Walker; "
ADd
cates, Pater, Booker, Clough, Jeffrey, sen., H. RawdOn'
Hodson. Given by the principal : Pater; certificates, HUGO
R. Aked, and F. Jeffrey.
MIDDLE SCHOOL PRIZES. a';
SPECIAL PRlZES.—Divinity medal: R. Worthington;,Twit.
tificate, Winsor. Nominations to upper school : B. "• rtiO•
son. Historical and geographical medal : W. Swift;
~,c1,00;
cate, J. S. Brunn. Mathematical prize: B. W.
certificates, hl'Alaster, Newlands, Johnson, StoreY, .tter
W. Eckersley. French medal: E. T. Brunn ;
M‘Master, A. Eckersley. Drawing medal : Boustead ; t7O.
tificates, B. W. Wilson, Bottomley, T. Swift, R. J.
Swift •/°`
Penmanship medal: Christian ; certificates, W. ',mast
Clay r,
dan, Robinson, 0. P. Clayton, W. Eckersley, D. no'—
Braithwaite.
er CLASS PRIZES.-Ist class, Potter, scholarship:
rgast
certificate, E. Arthur. 2nd class, prize o f books Rog ersOP
certificate, M' Master. 3rd class, prize of books; u • Nicht)l:
son; certificate J. Nicholson. 4th class, prize of books
Pearson ; certificate, Coughtrey. sth class, prize of W„l,,
Crowe ; certificate, Gath. 6th dabs, prize of books: Hr
certificate, W. Eckersley. 7th class, prize of books : Andre
certificate, H. Holmes. Bth class, prize of books :
Jones; certificate, T. P. Lewis. Principal's prizes: Arch
and Swindon. French master's prize: H. Carter. Mr..,•
Cox's prizes : Crowe and Brock. Principal's prizes: +'
Dunlop and W. Swift.

LOWER SCHOOL PRIZES.
SPEC/AL PRlZE4.—Divinity nrize • G Tickle • certinCatej:
C"nage'
J.
l'arkir"3°"• ivomtnation'to micuae isurivvi
A. Lcbley. His; orical and geographical prize: G. Cranage;
certificate, G. Tickle. Arithmetcal medal : J. A. LobleY;
certificate, Ist class, Joseph Lee; ditto 2nd class, E. Bucklep
ditto 3rd class, Roberts, Hicks. Penmanship medal:
Parkinson, transferred to John Lee; certificates,
Shaw. _
Sutton,

EXTRA SPECIAL PRlZES.—Principal's prize : G. Tickle;
certificate, J. Turner. Head Master's Ist prize : J. A. Lolnyi
Head Master's 2nd prize :D. Nott. French prize, givell
Mons. Sears : Ist, J. Nicholson, transferred from
Lobley ; 2nd, J. Lobley ; certificates, Ward and War', pa
Drawing prize: Joseph Lee, transferred to G. Tickle, ',—
having held it before.
CEUTIFICATES.-ISt, John Lee; 2nd, Malcolm; 3rd, Ditclfr
inson.

CLASS PRIZES.—]St, llolyneux, scholarship :—.Bt caa,:'
J. Parkinson : 2nd, James Gillison. 2nd class: prize,. 11 f„
dieton; certificate, Wellinzton, Lobley. 3rd class :
Whitham ; certificate, Dickinson. 4th class prize, A. Wei.,
more; certificate, Lucas. sth class : prize, Lawton
tificate, Beezley. 6th class: prize, E. J. Jones; certil,cl,,,
H. Jones. 7th class : prize, Nicholson ; certificate, Wl*
burne. Bth class: prize, Thornthwaite; certificate, lc
Hughes. 9th class : prize, James Shaw; certificate, B.
Mitchell.

CERTIFICATES.-18t class certificate for improveznenV:,
writing : Bettis : 2nd ditto, Fort; 3rd ditto, Sheriff; 4th cl!.„_
Ellis; sth ditto, Stafford; 6th ditto, Pinnington ; 7th titan'
Day; Bth ditto, Taggart; 9th ditto, Holt. Certificates.l;
ornamental penmanship : Alltred, Newall, Turner, Sloy.
Hughes. Certificate for mapping : J. Parkinson. J. l'l,ll„ciiefo
son, Smith, Clarkson, Shaw, Hughes, Tickle, Nott, ""
Alderson, Witham.
EVENING SCHOOL PRIZES.
Algebra, Geometry, and Mensuration: Walter BittbiCa...ter
prize. English Grammar and Composition :C. Loftus, 13115..
J. Davies, certificate. Geography : W. Humphreys, cerjar
cate. Proficiency in Arithmetic: Galletti, certificate.
is
provement in Arithmetic: G. Trimble, prize. ProficieTo
Penmanship: R. Jones, prize. Ornamental Drawing 401,
the round : C!Pherall, prize. Perspective Drawing: Cor"ar-
prize. Landscape Drawing :E. Young, prize ; Smith,tificate.