The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1841-10-12 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

ANOTHER FIRE.—On Friday night, about half past nine
o'clock, a tire broke out in a cotton drying kiln, a small two
story building, on the west side of Tempest-hey. In a few
minutes two engines and several water-carts from the tire
police station, were on the ground, and the fire was put out,
a small quantity of cotton only being damaged.

There has been a strike of the bricklayers on the Man-
chester and Birmingham railway, employed at the Manches-
ter terminus. There are about 300 in number. The cause
is, that the contractor thought fit to employ three or four
nobsticks, as they are called. These men, with their la-
bourers, could have earned near £lOOO in the week, if em-
ployed. What a loss for such a trifle.
POPULATION OF CHESTER.—In the city of Chester, ac-
cording to the late census, the population has been gradually
increasing. Of inhabited houses there were 4,800, uninha-
bited 406, building 291, females being within the city 10,667,
males 12,708, total 23,375. The population in 1801 was
15,052; in 1811, 16,140 ; in 1821, 19,949; in 1831, 21,363.
MUNIFICENT LEGACIES TO THE PUBLIC CIIARITIES
or LIVERPOOL.—Mr. William Shaw, who diediat West
Derby on Tuesday last, has left the munificent sum of £2,000
to the following public charities :—namely, to the Blue Coat
Hospital, £500; to the Infirmary, £300; to the Dispensa-
ries, £3OO ; to the School for the Blind, £300; to the School
for the Deaf and Dumb, £300; and to the District Provi-
dent Society, £3OO.
FATAL ACCIDENT.—An accident of a fatal nature occurred
on Wednesday afternoon last, about half-past one o'clock, at
Burt:en, near Bolton. It appears that three men were en-
gaged in sinking a coal mine for the Earl of Bradford, and
had
got about seven yards in depth, and were in the act of
putting in the second ring, when a quantity of earth, from
the sandy loose state, ran in. John Longworth was com-
pletely embedded, from the position in which he stood, but
the other two men happened to be standing upright, and were
covered with the e,rth up to their necks. They were im-
mediately extricated ; and, although injured, were not se-
riously hurt. Longworth, however, was not got out for more
than an hour and a half, when he was found quite dead. He
has left a widow and three children.

FATAL. ACCIDENT.—WIGAN.—On Saturday evening last,
a poor man, named Thomas Moorfield lost his life at one of
Mr. Blundell's collieries, situate in the Mesnes, Wigan. Ac-
cording to the evidence given before the borough coroner, on
Monday, the deceased, who was a browman, having finished
his labour, was returning home, but was fortunately was
called back again by his fellow-browman, who had taken his
place, when he had got about 100 yards from the pit • and,
whilst passing the engine, and endeavouring to avoid collision
with some part of the machinery, the fly wheel on the other
side caught his clothes, and dragged him round, and crushed
him dreadfully. Of course, the poor fellow died directly
after being extricated, leaving a wife and child, who live at
Pemberton, to lament their loss.
DLSTRUCTIVE FIRE.—Ou Friday, about twelve o'clock, a
fire broke out in the premises of Messrs. J. P. Kirby and
Co., refiners of tallow for machinery, &c, Bridgewater-
street. Information was speedily brought to the fire-engine
station, bottom of Temple-street, and seven engines and a
number of water-carts were instantly turned out, and arrised
in a few minutes, though .from the combustible nature of the
materials, and the crowded state of the adjoining buildings,
not before no fewer than nine houses in Watkinson-street,
(behind Bridgewater-street, and running parallel with it)
were on fire. The fire originated in a shed in the back yard
of the large dwelling-house in Bridgewater-street, occupied
by Messrs. Kirby, and in which their works are carried on,
and the wind being from the northward and westward, the
destruction was principally in Watkinsori-street. A more
rapid or alarming fire has not occurred for many years, but
it was happily extinguished in a short time, without loss of
life, after however the entire destruction of the property in
the yard, and of much of the wood-work of, and furniture
in, the adjacent houses. Mr. Whitty and Mr. Hewitt, with
the whole of the fire-police, were present. Three engines
were stationed in Bridgewater-street, and the others in Wat-
kinson-street. A nipe was got to play from the upper back
window of Messrs. Kirby's dwelling-house, having command
of the flames, and by which those proceeding from the shed
were principally subdued in half-an-hour. At the height of
the conflagration, the flames rose to a great height, and
formed a sea of fire which threatened to swallow up the
neighbouring buildings. The kitchen and back kitchen, and
the rooms on the second floor over them, of the dwelling-
house, and which immediately adjoined the shed, had the
windows burned out, and the timber of the floor much
charred. The outer wood-work of a house up a court in
Johnson's-buildings, in Watkinson-street, and facing the
shed, was also burnt out. The oil, tallow, and coal-tar not
burned in the shed, ran down the channel in the latter street,
and blazed up so high in its progress, that it set fire to seven
or eight houses, burning the window frames, and causing
the greatest alarm amongst the inhabitants, who in the con-
fusion threw out and broke much of their furniture. The
The wooden gable end of Dempsey's large bonded timber-
shed on the opposite side also became ignited, but was saved
by a dexterous and daring removal of the outer boards, and
pilings of the top, and the playing of the engines. Several
cotton warehouse just above it, and immediately contiguous,
were in great danger. Nine houses, three of them of three
stories, and the others of two, had their windows, doors, &c,
SO much burned, that they are boarded, and rendered for the
most part uninhabitable. There. had been no fire, we are
informed, in the works of Messrs. Kirby and Co., for a
fortnight past, and the origin of the fire is not accounted
for. A man who was rolling over some casks first disco-
vered it, and gave the alarm. Insurance had been effected
on the premises in which the fire broke out, but whether to
the amount of the loss we could not ascertain. It is but jus-
tice to the fire police and their directors to say that they
were exceedingly active—many of them at the risk of their
lives. What with the tar, smoke, &c, they were very soon
as black as sweeps. We have been unable to obtain any
Probable estimate of the entire or individual loss.

14Ell nltfrl'ANl4 ii4LIPAY RFRAftiltftiri,W6 WV§ gritit
phifiAtiro, do untgiutiang thgt Mr. Hewitt, an exaellent gea-
man and a, gentlemanly utan, has been appointed to the
command of this well known, ste4mer.

THEATRE Roy L.—The opera of Norma has been excel-
lently got up. It is a work of great merit, and has delighted
all who have heard it. It will be repeated this evening. Mrs.
Wood is eminently successful as Norma. Madame Giubilei
is a charming danseuse. Mr. T. Lee may be looked upon as
poor Power's successor.

%We have known the Rev. J. W. Gowring personally for
several years, and we can add that we have derived much
benefit from the intimacy, as we do not remember having ever
been acquainted with a clergyman of his years who was so
learned in the Scriptures. Mr. Gowring, when minister of
St. Matthew's in this town, published two or three useful
little works. We beg to call attention to the " Appeal" which
appears in our advertising columns, and can assure the
Christian public that it is a case of an afflicting and peculiar
character; what private fortune he had was lost in a day, and
he is now reduced from comparative affluence to absolute
want.

Part of his Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's suite and
household arrived at Mr. Feaviour's, the Clarendon Hotel,
Newington Bridge, on Thursday last, on their way to Dublin.

Knowles's new comedy, entitled " Old Maids," is adver-
tised for to-morrow, (Tuesday,) at Covent-garden Theatre.
Mr. George Vandenhoff has the principal part in it. Chas.
Mathews, Henry, Madame Vestris, and Mrs. Nisbett are
also in it; so that it will, probably, run.
DEAFNESS.—Those who require Mrs. Gardner's aid will
still have an opportunity of doing so, as her departure from
Liverpool is postponed until November. Her skill in many
cases, we believe, has been manifested in a most extraordi-
nary manner.

NDSEER'S PICTURE.—A very exquisite specimen of this
admirable artist is now exhibiting, gratis, at Mr. Linnecar's,
Bold-street, previous to being sent to London. It repre-
sents Prince George of Cambridge's favourite pony and dogs.
We cannot spare room to notice it at length,—but when we
declare it to be a first-class picture, we shall only be saying
the truth.

M A RCROFT'S YSTER-ROOMS.—That most wholesome as
well as tasty shell-fish, the oyster, may be had in great per-
fection at the above rooms.

Several persons who had claimed to vote for the north
riding of -Yorkshire, for shares in the Great North of England
Railway Company, have been struck off. It was held that,
being members of an incorporated company, and the shares
being declared by the act to be personal property, they were
not entitled to vote.

It is thought that the verdict against Sergeant Lefroy, at
the Liverpool assizes, as chairman of the Central Railway
Company, for £1,900, at the suit of Vigil°lles, will be set
aside. The sergeant was not a shareholder in it, merely a
committee man.

Miss Romer and Mr. Wilson, at the close of their Cork
engagement, went to visit the lakes of Killarney, and gave
the Killarney folks a concert on Tuesday night, whidh wAs
brilliantly and fashionably attended, Killarney being fuller
than it has been for many years. The vocalists return to
London immediately

THE PORTICO CONCERTS.—The first concert given in this
new and pretty room came off last night, and was very well
attended. The duet of " Meet Again " by Miss Stott and
Mrs. Armstrong, Bishop's Chorus, and The Chough and
Crow, were encored. The singers seemed greatly to exert
themselves, and we have seldom seen a musical entertainment
pass off with more spirit. The room looks extremely well
when lighted up. We expect these concerts will, when
known, be well supported.
LIST OF PASSENGERS PER PACKET-SHIP STEPHEN
WHITNEY.—The tine ship Stephen Whitney, Captain W.
C. Thompson, which sailed from New York on the 14th ult.,
has brought with her the following passengers :—Mrs. Ogden
Haggerty, and servant; Mr. and Mrs. Hessenbergand ; Mr.
Hammond, New York; His Excellency Colonel Todd, Envoy
Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Russia; Mrs.
Fairfield and daughter, New York ; Mr. Williams, England ;
Mr. and Mrs. Wood, and Mrs. Torrence ; and Dr. W. H.
Stokes, Baltimore.

IMPORTANT TO SHIPBROKERS, CUSTOMS AGENTS AND
OTELMS.—We have heard that in consequence of the com-
mon practice of shipbrokers, customs agents, and others,
to usurp a branch of the business of the legal profession, in
the preparation of bills of sale, or transfers of vessels, and
other documents, it is in contemplation to bring persons so
offending under the surveillance of the laws, and to subject
them to the penalty of £5O, to which they are liable for each
offence, and which we are told is unmitigable.
LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTION DISCUSSION
CLASS.—The popular discussions at this institution continue
to be carried on with much spirit and animation. On Tues-
day evening last the question " Do the Arts and Sciences
contribute to the Improvement of the Moral Character ?"
was concluded, and decided in the affirmative. We are in-
formed that to-night a very interesting and important ques-
tion will be discussed—" Are Theatrical Representations
injurious to Society ?" We believe Mr. Charles Willmer
will take the affirmative, and Mr. Thomas Stuart, son of
Mr. Stuart, of the Theatre Royal, the negative. The sub-
ject being one of so much interest, the discussion will, no
doubt, be well attended, as we believe tickets of admission
may be had gratis on application at the library of the insti-
tution.—Mr. Stuart, senior, gave an excellent lecture on
" Hamlet" on Friday evening. He was greatly applauded
throughout.
THEATRE-ROYAL, MANCHESTER.—" La Sonnambula "
was performed at this theatre, to a house crowded to excess,
on Saturday last. Mr. and Mrs. Wood, as Elvino and Amine,
were greeted with a warmth of welcome on their entrance
which must have been highly gratifying to them. During
the opera they were most rapturously applauded, and the
effect of the performance was greatly heightened by the
finished and exquisite singing of M. Giubielli and Miss Poole
in the characters of Rodolpho and Liza. Bellini's opera of
" Norma " was announced for representation, for the first
time in Manchester, on Saturday next, in which the principal
characters will be sustained by the popular vocalists who
appeared in " La Sonnambula."

FOSSIL lilimAlNs.—We are happy to find that a litho-
graphic drawing of the Fucoids, lately discovered at Storeton
Quarry, by John Cunningham, Esq., of Liverpool, has been
executed, in a masterly style, by Messrs. Maclure and Co.
This circumstance is a certain indication of the industry of
our local geologists ; and we have great hopes that the public
spirit of the inhabitants of Liverpool will induce them to
patronize the attempt to preserve a memorial of this noble
relique, and that the time is not far distant when these
specimens of the works of nature will be duly appreciated.
This work was executed under the directions of Mr. F.
Marrat, geologist, Arcade, Newington, and by him dedicated
to Sir William Massey Stanley, Bart., the owner of the
quarry ; and we beg leave to recommend it to the notice of
our readers.

EXTENSIVE RoaßEnY.—Yesterday two women of the
town, named Ellen Wynn and Ann Roberts, were charged,
at the Police-court, with having been concerned in robbing
an American, named Thomas Kelly, of £l7O, in sovereigns,
and of a small sum of foreign money, in dollars. Kelly,
who seemed to bear his loss with great good humour, stated
that he arrived from New York on. Friday morning, by the
Roscoe, packet ship, and procured lodgings in Stewart-street.
On Saturday he went about the town, and in the evening,
when going as he thought to his lodgings, he missed his way.
By some means or other he found himself in a court, where
he was suddenly set upon by about twenty prostitutes, who
soon eased him of his wealth, which he had concealed in the
waistband of his pantaloons. He said he was perfectly sober
at the time. The police were alarmed, and the two prisoners
were apprehended, one of whom the prosecutor identified ;
and in the pocket of the other some of the foreign coin was
found. The case was ultimately remanded till to-day, to
give time for further inquiry.

ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A SERVANT.-At the police-court
yesterday, a young woman, named Bridget M`Gervey, was
charged with having robbed her master, Mr. Stephen
Fletcher, publican, of Simpson-street, of £2 10s. The com-
plainant stated that on Friday night last he deposited £Bl 10s.
in a drawer in his bed-room ; the next day he took £lB from
it, but did not count the balance to ascertain if it was correct.
In the course of the day the prisoner went out of the house
to buy some fish, and on her return, two hours afterwards,
she was in a state of intoxication. This circumstance excited
the complainant's fears for the safety of his money, and on
counting it he found only £6l, leaving a deficiency of £2 10s.
The drawer was unlocked, and there were no marks of vio-
lence upon it.—The prisoner in defence said she could not
have stolen the money, as Mrs. Fletcher was in bed the
whole morning, and must have seen her if she had entered
the room. The complainant said this statement was false.
Eventually the prisoner was remanded till this day, for the
production of Mrs. Fletcher.

NOTHING VENTURED NOTHING WON.—Last Thursday
an Irishman called at a gentleman's house in Fairfield, and
requested charity. He was at first told to go away, but as
he was most importunate, a few cold potatoes were offered to
him, in the vain hope of getting rid of him. However fond
Paddy might be of potatoes, it seems he did'nt like them
cold, for he made no bones of requesting the attendant to
put them in the oven to warm them. Being unsuccessful in
this application, he asked for a bit of bacon, but with the
same result, as the family are of the Jewish persuasion.
" Could'nt ye give me, then" said he, " a bit of could mate
to mak th' praties go down dhe hetthar ?" " No, I can't,"
was the appropriate reply. " I'd be oblegated to ye for a
bit o' hutther an' a dhrop o' milk to 'em, bless yer hearts."
Paddy's request was granted after some grumbling, and
when he had made a meal sufficient for a ploughman, he said
if he might'nt be considered too bould, be would jist ax the
lady of the house for a gown for his wife, and a pair of shoes
and stockings for each of his five children who were walking
in the mud ! Human patience could endure no more, and
Paddy had the door slammed in his face, exclaiming, " If
ye've nothing else to give may ye never want."
ROBBERY SW A SHOPMAN.—A remarkable good looking
and well-dressed young man, named Thomas Jones, was, on
Friday, placed at the bar of the Police-court, on a charge of
having stolen some articles from the stock of his employer,
Mr. John Rogers, draper, St. James's-street. It appeared
that on the Tuesday previously, Mrs. Rogers had observed
that the prisoner was wearing white cambric pocket handker-
chiefs unhemmed, and suspicion being raised that all was not
right, a police-officer was sent for, and his two portmanteaus,
which were in the upper room over the shop, were searched,
he offering no objection. There were found in them a bor-
dered shawl, above a yard of a black silk handkerchief piece,
a stock, a pair of gloves, two singlets, and three yards of
woollen plaid, Mr. Rogers's property, the whole of the value
of £3 12s. 9d. Mr. Rogers stated that he had received a
very good character with the prisoner, who had been with
him since the month of June last. He was committed for
trial at the sessions.

TESTIMONIAL TO THE TIMES.-At a meeting of the
Committee of the Liverpool Guardian Society, held at the
Clarendon-rooms on Thursday last, a resolution was passed
expressive of the thanks of the society to the proprietors of
7'he Times, for the valuable services rendered by them to
the mercantile community and the public, in exposing and
frustrating the recent fraudulent conspiracy, as exhibited in
the trial of ' Bogle v. Lawson,' and for their disinterested
public spirit and integrity in refusing to compromise with
the plaintiff for a trifling sum the action which they have so
successfully defended with unparalleled perseverence rnd assi-
duity, at an unprecedented precumary sacrifice. The sum of
ten guineas was sent as a contribution from the society, in
aid of the fund now being raised for a testimonial in favour
of The Times.

COMMITMENT.-At the Police-rout on Friday, three girls,
Margaret and Ellen Monks, and Catherine Quirk, and
Robert Welsh, a boy, were placed at the bar of the Police-
court, on suspicion of having been concerned in stealing a
quantity of goods from the shop of Mr. Ralph Cooke, draper,
80ld-street. The male prisoner had been in Mr. Cooke's
service for about two months, as shop-boy, but some articles
being missed he was discharged on the previous Tuesday. On
the following day a rich bordered shawl was also missed, and
information was given to the police. Complainant and a
police-officer then called at the boy's mother's. They found
him at home, and he confessed that he had taken two silk
umbrellas, six shawls, and a dress-piece. He afterwards
went with them to a house in Hill-street, Brownlow-hill,
where they found the three girls. Some pawn-tickets were
found in the house, and one of the girls (Margaret) went out
and brought two of the missing shawls ; another went out
and returned with the two umbrellas, from a cellar in Rupert-
street. The greater part of the other goods were found by
means of the tickets at Mr. Brown's, Copperas-hill, and
Mrs. Grindrods, Brownlow-hill, pawnbrokers. They had
been pledged by one orother of the.prisoners. Some articles
were also found in Margaret Monks' box in the cellar in
Pellew-street, where her mother lived. The boysaid he had
sold the articles to the other prisoners. They were all com-
mitted for trial at the sessions.

THE MANUFACTURING INTEREST AND SIR 110.

BERT PEEL% GOVERNMENT

To all except the advocates of sweeping and ultra " liberal"
changes in our commercial system, the concluding paragraph
of her Majesty's speech will, we are satisfied, be read with
feelings of entire satisfaction. To the manufacturing por-
tiOn of her subjects especially, who complain of the operation
of the present system of corn laws, it conveys the impression
that the subject of such a modification of that system as the
altered circumstances of the times and the community re-
quire—such an alteration as is likely to prove satisfactory to
the friends of agriculture and commerce as well—will occupy
the prominent attention of her ministers during the parlia-
mentary recess ; and with such an assurance, we believe
firmly—notwithstanding all the vapourings of agitation—that
the sound and respectable portion of the manufacturing body
will be disposed to rely with perfect confidence.
The Morning Chronicle indeed—the organ of that baffled
and despicable faction which has so recently been prostrated
beneath the feet of a nation's contempt—bnappalled by any
fear of consequences, and unblushing amid the infamy which
is at this moment attached to the very name of whiggery in
every country and tribe, from the walls of Canton to the
backwoods of America—has boldly promulgated a course of
agitation for the approaching recess, by which this confidence
is to be overthrown, and her Majesty's earnest hope of se-
curing " the permanent happiness and contentment of her
subjects" is to be frustrated. A system'of terrorism and out-
rage is deliberately pointed out to the manufacturing body.
The ferocious ruffianism of hired mobs is the instrument by
which this organ of a party, which so lately paraded its ex-
clusive loyalty to the throne and constitution, proposes to
dictate the settlement of those great questions, affecting the
permanent interests of millions, towards which the Sovereign
requires the calm and deliberate consideration of the national
council. But the manufacturing body, to whom this infa-
mous advice is ofiered, are not, we venture to predict, dis-
posed to embrace it with the same eagerness with which it
is suggested. The manufacturers of Great Britain, deeply
prejudiced as they may be upon the corn law question, are
scarcely disposed to overlook altogether the claim of other
and important questions upon their consideration. The
wildest of them, in their secret soul, are scarcely prepared to
attribute all their sufferings to the operation of this one law ;
and perhaps not one i❑ ten of those who clamour loudest for
its repeal, would accept that repeal at the price of the resto-
ration of Lord Palmerston to the Foreign Office, Mr. F.
Baring to the Exchequer, the Mintos to the full enjoyment
of their nepotism, or the morning oracle of the Cobdens and
Bowrings to the lucrative and congenial occupation of chro-
nicling their various and disastrous blunders.

The manufacturing interest, we trust, are by this time
convinced of the suicidal policy which for months past they
have been pursuing. It is imperative upon them now, we
think, to disenthral them from the tyranny of a contemptible
and factions clique amongst their own body, and to assert
their proper position amongst the great interests of the coun-
try. By such an opposition to the government of Sir Robert
Peel as is suggested by the frenzied oracle of whiggery, they
have nothing to gain. They may unsettle our commercial
fabric, and retard the return of commercial confidence ; but
they will most assuredly fail in getting up any national ebul-
lition upon the question of the corn laws, which can be turned
to their own permanent advantage—even upon the presump-
tion that an ultra measure of free trade in corn is really de-
sirable in their eyes. On the other hand, a candid and cor-
dial co-operation with government, o►► the part of the manu-
facturing interest, would, we are confident, be productive of
important and highly beneficial results, and tend materially
to the restoration of the manufactures of the country to a
state of sound and permanent prosperity.
There can be no doubt that a vast and beneficial impulse
can be afforded to industrial pursuits of the community by a
judicious and firm administration of the foreign affairs of the
country. Much is to be expected from negociation ; much
from the establishment of a sound system of banking; but
infinitely more, we are convinced, by a return to cautious
and prudent measures on the part of the manufacturers them-
selves. The reckless increase of production which has of
late attended every temporary gleam of prosperity, must be
checked, if necessary, by legislative enactment; the unprin-
cipled piracy of patterns and fabrics, which lowers the repu-
tation of British productions in every foreign market, must
be put a stop to ; and protection afforded to the exertion of
skill and ingenuity, by an extension of the term for which
the copyright of designs is secured to the manufacturer and
calico printer. The character, in short, of the British pro-
ducer of manufactured goods must be raised. We must oc-
cupy a higher status in foreign markets. We must aim at a
loftier reputation than that of being only the largest and
cheapest manufacturers in the world, and endeavour to esta-
blish that infinitely more valuable name of being, at the same
time, the most skilful and the best.

That all this is capable of being achieved we are quite
satisfied ; but we are as confident that we cannot approxi-
mate even towards its achievement, by the adoption of any
such course of policy as that which is aimed at by the agi-
tators of the anti-corn law league. It is not a mere stimu-
lation of manufactures which is required by the country,
but the securing of manufacturing industry upon a perma-
nent basis: and that object no mere tampering with the
price of agricultural commodities—no extension even of
foreign demand—can realize. The aim of a Conservative
government must, and we trust will, be to change the direc-
tion—the tendency—of manufacturing exertion ; to guide it
towards a course in which profit to the capitalist, and at the
same time, remunerating wages to the artizan may be relied
upon : and in the attainment of such an object the manu-
facturer must go hand in hand with the government; and
must be content even to submit to temporary inconveniences
—to lay aside unworthy prejudices, and, if necessary, to aid
in devising restraints of a legislative character to protect the
body to which he belongs, and more especially the working
classes, whose interests and very existence are bound up in
its prosperity, from the consequences of the recklessness and
inordinate cupidity of a portion of that body !
Towards the consideration of measures of this character
we would earnestly direct the attention of our manufacturers,
during the parliamentary recess. We know well, that even
in the midst of the agitation into which they have permitted
themselves to be dragged, the conviction in the minds of a
large class in the parliamentary districts has been daily
gaining strength, that the real source of their suffering exists
in the system itself ; and we think the time is approaching at
which one measure at least, which they have hitherto most
strenuously resisted, would meet with a calm and impartial
consideration from the most prejudiced among them, if
brought forward in a practicable and moderate shape. We
allude to a measure for restricting the hours of labour in
factories. That such a measure would be of infinite value to
the manufacturers, as a body, we are fully convinced ; and,
without resorting to any unnecessarily exciting mode of ad-
vocating its adoption—which, we believe, has more than any
other circumstance retarded its progress in the public mind—
we shall endeavour on an early occasion to offer a few consi-
derations in its favour.

MUNICIPAL REVISION.-FRIDAY

CLOSE OF THE PROCEEDINGS.
The recalling of the voters objected to in the wards of
North and South Toxteth, and the delivery of a variety of
decisions on reserved cases, occupied a considerable portion
of to-day. Several were struck off for non-attendance,
as well as for not having paid their rates in full. When the
lists had been finally gone through, Mr. Wilkins begged to
return his thanks to the Mayor, Town-clerk, and Assessors,
for the ability and integrity with which they had discharged
their duty. Mr. Snowball also joined in this expression of
opinion, after which these gentlemen respectively returned
thanks.

THE RESULTS.
The following Is the result of the revision of the list of
claims :

EXTESTSIVE ROBBERY OP PLATE, JEWELLERY,
&c.—MYSTERIOUS CASE.

On Saturday, Mr. Richard Thelwell, late carrying on a
most extensive business as jeweller and silversmith, in St.
Ann's-square, Manchester, was brought before the borough
magistratss, Messrs. Maude, Walker, and Armitage, on sus-
picion of being concerned in a very serious robbery which
was committed on his premises about seven weeks ago,
when property to the amount of 49000 was stolen. A man
named William Moobay, was placed in the dock along with
him, who had been employed as a porter in the establish-
ment. Owing to the singular nature of the charge, and the
amount of property in question, the case excited the utmost
interest, and the court was crowded to excess. Mr. Thelwell
was sometime ago made a bankrupt, and the robbery had
been committed at the time the assignees were in possession
of the property, and when the bankrupt and his friends were
in treaty for the purchase of it.

Mr. Saunders, the solicitor under the fiat, appeared in sup-
port of the charge. Mr. Thelwell was defended by Mr.
Greene. barrister. In stating the case, Mr. Saunders said
the robbery had been committed on the 22nd August last.
The assignees under the fiat were chosen on the 12th of May,
when a person named Norton, a jeweller, in London, on be-
half of himself and several others, applied to the assignees not
to proceed to the sale of the property forthwith, but allow it
to remain as it was, merely selling by private contract, to
give the friends of Mr. Thelwell an opportunity of coming
forward and purchasing it in one lot. The assignees, know-
ing that when the property was under Mr. Thelwell's control,
a previous robbery had been committed, two valuable com-
munion services being stolen, felt that there was some danger
from repeated attempts of the kind, and employed a watch-
man to remain ou the premises all night, and afterwards all
day on Sundays. He did so for three weeks, and was then
discharged from further attendance on Sundays by Mr. Thel-
well's order, without the knowledge of the assignees. The
robbery was committed on the third or fourth Sunday after-
wards, when the man was absent. Suspicion attaching to
Mr. Thelwell, it was found that on Saturday, the 21st Aug.,
the day before the robbery, he had taken his place by the 3
p. m. train from Manchester to Parkside (the place of junc-
tion to London), not in his own name. Thence he had gone
to Lancaster, also in a wrong name, and on being asked to
account for this circumstance, said he had gone there to see a
friend, and then that he had gone to see a young woman. He
had left Lancaster on Sunday afternoon by the train, which
arrived at Parkside in time to meet the 7 p. m. train from
Manchester to Birmingham, and by that train he had pro-
ceeded to London. In investigating the robbery it had been
found that a large heavy box had gone by that train from
Manchester. On the morning of the robbery,during the hours
of divine service, a woman saw two men carrying a box along
Half Moon-street (a retired street near Mr. Thelwell's
shop). They were traced into King-street, where they got
into a coach that was waiting, and drove to a place very near
the house of the prisoner Moobay, in Hulme. The box
could be traced no further than the railway station on Sun-
day evening. Superintendent Sawley, of the Manchester
police, proceeded to London, where, after some difficulty,
he found Mr. Thelwell, on Tuesday evening, at the White
Horse, Fetter-lane, in company with Mr. Horton, and two
persons who said they were from Birmingham. Sawley told
Mr. Thelwell his suspicions, and advised him to go back to
Manchester directly, which lie did. Nothing beyond a very
strong suspicion was entertained until Friday, when a
letter was received from Mr. O'Brien, a magistrate of the
county Sligo, accompanied by a copy of depositions taken
before him, from which it appeared that a man named Pat
Rafferty had been there, charged with stealing £7O from a
James Thelwell, the brother of the prisoner. Thelwell
gave a very suspicious account of the way in which he
became possessed of the £7O ; and Rafferty, whose sister
had cohabited with James Thelwell, afterwards made a con-
fession, implicating the two prisoners and James Thelwell,
(who had been employed as porter by his brother,) in the
robbery in St. Ann's-square. He stated that the £7O had
been handed over to him as his share of the property, vari-
ous portions of which had been sold in Derbyshire and other
places ; and a fruit speculation had been there entered into
by himself and James Thelwell. A quantity of this fruit
was traced to the possession of the prisoner Moobay. On
the premises being examined after the robbery, it was evident
that no force had been used except from the inside. It, was
pretended to be said that a box-lock had been broken open ;
but the box had been regularly and carefully unscrewed, not
a bit of wood remaining in the worms of the screw, which
would have been the case had it been forced off. It was
suspected that there were duplicate keys, and that the pre-
mises had been entered in that way. This was strenuously
denied, but it ultimately turned out that there were dupli-
cate keys, which had been missed since the time the com-
munion plate was stolen. Beyond all doubt, the robbery
had been committed by parties well acquainted with the
premises, as was shown by their taking the valuable property
and leaving the refuse.

Superintendent Sawley, an officer of police, Thomas Lee,
the private watchman on the premises, and Mr. Gillow were
then examined. The latter stated that he was employed by
the assignees to keep possession of the property. When he
first went the watchman was only employed in the night ;
but, on the 26th June, Mr. Whitmore, one of the assignees,
gave instructions to Mr. Thelwell to put a watchman on on
Sundays. Mr. Thelwell afterwards said to witness that it
was very unnecessary, as he had not been in the habit of
keeping one either at nights or on Sundays. The watchman
was put on on Sundays, and was paid by Mr. Thelwell on
behalf of the assignees. On the Saturday evening prior to
the third Sunday of the watchman being employed, Mr.
Thelwell said it was very unnecessary, and it was only in-
creasing unnecessary expense to the estate ; witness told him
he certainly ought to know best, but said that if the assignees
knew of the watchman being discharged they would find
great fault. lie was afterwards discharged from Sunday at-
tendance, unknown to the assignees. During the Sundays
he watched Mr. Thelwell and his sons let him in and out, as
they did until the 13th of August, when the assignees exclu-
ded them from the keys, and let the watchman in and out.
On the morning of the robbery he was let out a little before
half-past seven, and the premises were left perfectly secure.
The keys were in witness's possession all day till he went to
let the man in at night. when he found the premises as de-
scribed.

Cross-examined—Did not inform the assignees of the
watchman being discarded on a Sunday. Did not inform
Mr. Hobson, by whom he was immediately employed, but
concurred wi h Mr. Thelwell owing to the experience he had
had, by thinking it an unnecessary expense on the estate.
The reason was this : Mr. Thelwell had then every expecta-
tion of coming forward with security to take the stock, and he
would have made more of it for the benefit of the creditors
than the assignees could possibly have done; and witness
knew that if he had told the assignees of the discharging of
the watchman on Sundays, they would immediately have
closed the shop, and not given Mr. Thelwell another chance
of coming forward with security. The reason for not in-
forming the assignees was out of friendship to Mr. Thelwell.
He told him it would not do to let the assignees know,
otherwise it would put a stop to the whole negotiation. Did
not think Mr. Thelwell was acting incorrectly. He acknow-
ledged he was remiss in not informing the assignees that the
watchman had been discharged on Sundays immediately after
Mr. Thelwell had been excluded from the premises on the
13th August.

Re-examined. Mr. Thelwell's negotiation with the
assignees had not closed on the 13th ; one part of it was that
Mr. Thelwell would have to pay expenses.
The letter from the Irish magistrate, and the depositions
taken by him, having been handed up to the bench, Mr.
Saunders asked to have the prisoner remanded, till the
parties could be brought over from Ireland.

Mr. Greene opposed the remand, as far as Mr. Thelwell
was concerned. Mr. Thelwell had shown every disposition
at all times to give all the information to the police, or to
appear at any time when the court thought proper to call
him before it. In point of fact, there was not the slightest
evidence in the word against Mr. Thelwell.
After a conversation the magistrates consulted, and then
said that without expressing any opinion as to the proba-
bility of his being implicated, and thereby affecting his
character, they felt bound to call on him to find two sureties,
in £lOOO each, for his appearance on that day week. Moobay
was also required to find sureties for his appearance on the
same day, when the parties in Ireland, whose evidence has
led to this disclosure, will be brought forward.