The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1847-11-16 00:00:00

Nor. Id; 1447.

THE SHARPERS AT BOW4STREET.—At Bow-.street Po-
lice-office on Thursday week, Barr, Ralfe, and Brewer,
' three of the sharpers who fleeced Mr. Kerie, the West
Indian, of £1,450, were brought up for re-examination.
Willi ban Dobson Lewis, " gambler by profession," de-
tailed how Mr. Kerrie bad been robbed. When Barr had
lured him from Cremorne-gardens to a cigar shop in Lit-
tle Russell-street, and the other rogues had introduced
themselves ; the prosecutor was induced to play at cards,
Barr to be his partner. The cards had been so arranged
that Mr. Eerie-was made to feel confidant he should win
the game; some of the men offered to bet against him;
he hesitated, becmise he thought it was not proper to
take them at a disadvantage ; but at last he wagered six
to one, Barr also betting with him ; the sharpers won the
game, and thirty pounds from their victim. Barr was
Quite disconsolate, for, through Mr. *Eerie's over confi-
dence, he had betted on the cards. The gentleman con-
soled him, had further meetings, at which he always lost,
the unfortunate Barr participating in his ill-luck. Barr
thus completely gained the other's confidence and soon
knew all about his affairs. The pillaging of the "flat "
went on swimmingly till the rule of " honour amongst
thieves " was infringed, and then Lewis informed against
his associates. The prisoners were remanded again for a
week.

NOVEL DIVERSION.—The Puke of Devonshire and a
distinguished party were recently on a short visit to Teln-
plenewsam, the seat of Meynell Ingram, Esq. Among
the entertainments of the occasion. was what we shall take
upon ourselves to term " egg and ladle race." It is thus
—A number of wooden ladles are procured for behoof of
the ingenious and distinguished nobleman. These have
each an egg deposited in the bowl. Every fair competitor
then takes a ladle, and being ranged side by side, with
arm and ladle outstretched, waiting for the signal. The
distance is measured, say 100 yards, and the condition is
that the winner must arrive first at the goal without drop-
ping.her egg. On the interesting occasion referred to, a
very spirited contest took place. The exact number of
fair runners the report does not name ; but when the sig-
nal was given, off started the high-bred and lovely dames,
pu3hing each her ladle and egg as far before her neigh-
bour as possible. Miss I—m took the lead and kept it
nobly till within a few yards of the winning post, when
she dropped her egg, and suffered Miss W—t to win
the prize. The remainder were not placed by the judge,
although it is said some placed themselves, and were at
waslea behind.
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diamond ring, which the happy victor suspended from her
neck by a massive gold chain. The ladle was, of course,
suspended in—the kitchen.—Leeds mercury.
REVERSE OF FORTUNE.—On Tuesday, a middle-aged-
man, of highly-respectable appearance, named John Ber-
wick Whitby, and who was formerly one of the largest
woollen manufacturers in Bradford, Yorkshire, was
charged at the Thames police-office, with stealing alb.
of wool, the property of the St. Katherine Dock Company.
It appeared that the prisoner had been reduced from a state
of comparative opulence to one of the greatest and most ne-
cessitous indigence. He had become bankrupt, his mills
and other buildings were sold off, and he came to London
with the wreck of his fortune, to commence afresh ; but
ill-fortune still pursued him, and he lost about £1,600 by
a recent woollen transaction, which completely ruined
him. Under these circumstances, being well known in
the woollen trade, he picked up a scanty livelihood by oc-
casionally purchasing wool for different individuals, and
in this capacity was constantly in and out of the wool
warehouse of the St.. Katherine Docks. Mr. Broadway.
the deputy storekeeper of the warehouse, observed the
prisoner put.some small quantities of wool in his pocket.
The prisoner having been taken and searched, 201 b. of
wool was taken from him. John Mumford, the superin-
tendent of the St. Katherine's Dock police, said he had
reason to believe it was extreme destitution that had led
the prisoner to act as he had done. A number of highly
respectable gentlemen attended, and spoke of the pri-
soner's previous character in the highest terms. They
considered him the victim of misfortune. Mr. Yardley
underth e rotheemb sanction of
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committed the prisoner to take his trial for the felony.
BORNEO CHURCH. MISSIONARY INSTITUTION. —Oa
of Tuesdaythis
society,
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tnye,r general
stmant:hengd of
Archbishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, for
the purpose of founding a clerical institution, church, and
mission school-house in Borneo,.was held at their cham-
bers, Waterloo-place. Letters were read from the Arch-
bishop of Canterbury and the Bishop of London, cot firm-
ing the appointment of the Rev. S. F. Montgomery, M.A.,
and other clergymen as missionaries to Borneo. It was.
stated that a meeting of the committee had been held a
few days previously, at which Mr Brooke had attended.
Mr. Brooke, it appeared, hed described at considerable
length the present state of Sarawak, the preparations he
had made for leaving Borneo for the reception of the
missionaries, and his views as to their future career. From
this account it appeared that the fixed Malay population
of the town of Sarawak amounted to nearly 10,000, be-
sides the Dyaks, who inhabit the neighbourhood, and a
considerable number of Chinese. Everything seemed
most favourable ; but Mr. Brooke insisted much upon the
necessity of quiet and cautious conduct on the part of
missionaries, so as to conciliate the sympathies of the
natives without offending their prejudicies. With due
precaution he considered the extension of Christianity
amongst the Dyaks would eventually be rapid, and that
a foundation might be laid at Sarawak for the future con-
version of the natives throughout the whole Indian
Archipelago. The Earl of Ellesmere was elected presi-
dent of the committee.
MELANCHOLY CASUALTY AT SEA.-We have to re-
cord a very painful calamity, involving the loss of a vessel
and the greater portion of her crew, which happened in
the Bristol Channel a few nights since. We are informed
that the crew of the Fanny of Chepstow, Wheeler master,
bound from Milford to Gloucester, while off Crow Point,
near the former place, on Tuesday, observed a p"."
quantity of cork floating about over a large extent or da_a;
tance, and on steering in the direction of it, fellow
was build'e
discovered on which a man was lashed. The p9or ere
was immediately picked up, and gruel and spirits w
0,
I romptly administered to recover him. The humanity
Captain Wheeler having been successful, the poor fawn
related a most pitiable story. He was, he stated, Ovate of
the brigantine Dedden, of London, bound from Faro to,
Liverpool, laden with a cargo of cork ; and the vessel
during the heavy gale which prevailed at the end of last
week had become full of water. The crew were at the
pumps for several days, during which the vessel forged
towards the land, till on Monday night last, when the
hull, no longer able to withstand the shocks of the cargo
which had got loose in the hold, began to break up. The
crew,, in this extremity, lashed themselves to bundlts of
cork, and then committed themselves to the winds and,
waves. The captain had his wife on board with him, and
probably preferring to meet death from which she had no
escape, with her, remained on board the sinking ship,
which eventually foundered in the middle of the night,
about ten miles west of St. Ann's Light. The mate added
that for several hours the crew, who were five in number,
floated so close together as to be able to converse andtheer
each other up against the worst. A sharp look-out waS,
therefore, kept from the deck of the Fanny, and in about
half an hour after the mate had been rescued Capt. Wheeler
had the gratification of descrying another man floating
half a mile to the eastward, and bearing down, succeeded
in saving him. This poor fellow was also very much ex-
hausted, and singularly enough was bleeding from two
wounds in the feet, resembling the bite of the sucking
fish; but he is unconscious of the manner in which they
were caused, as he says benumbed with cold, and worn
out by toil, anxiety, and exposure, he fell into that stu-
pour which precedes death. Captain Wheeler, with com-
mendable humanity, remained on the ground all day,
tacking about amongst the floating cork, in the hope of
saving the remainder of the crew.; but he saw nothing of
them. From inquiries which have been since made, how-
ever, it is almost certain that the poor fellows have per
ished. Their two shipmates who have been thus wonder-
fully snatched from sharing their watery grave, were al'
most naked. One of the men belongs to Portsmouth,
the other to Liverpool, and the captain and his wife to
North Yarmouth.—Gloucester Chronicle.

DARING ATTACK ON DR. BOWRING, M.P., AND HIS
BROTHER.—The two highwaymen who attacked Dr.
Bowring and his brother, on Thursday week, in Glamor-
ganshire, and plundered them of £lOOO in gold, notes,
and silver, have been apprehended. They are both Irish,
and their names are Richard Mahoney and John Lloyd,
desperate-looking fellows, who had been employed at the
,Llinvi iron-works, of which Mr. C. Bowring is the resi-
dent director. Immediately on the daring attack being
made known in the neighbourhood, all grades turned out
to scour the mountains for the ruffians. Of the large
amount stolen nearly all has been recovered; £662 15s I0c1•
was found on the prisoners, and notes to the extent of
£l7O were subsequently discovered in the Cwne Nulty-
wyn Wood. Mr. C. Bowring was in the habit of dravP
ing money of the bank every Thursday for the workmen's
wages, and it appears that the prisoners made the most
deliberate preparations for the robbery, as they had pur-
chased the pistols on the previous Monday, at the shop_of
Mr. Moses, in Swansea. They were brought before Vie'
count Adair, and a full bench of magistrates, for examina-
tion, at Bridgend, on the 2nd instant. The Messrs'
Bowring were the principal witnesses, and fully identified
them. Mr. C. Bowring said he had procured the money
at Bridgend Bank for wages. He placed it in a bag in
the boot of the gig, in which also rode his brother Dr. 13.
When they got about half way to Bowrington, they sam'
the two men approaching them. " When (continued the
witness) they came close to us they separated, one on each
side of the gig, and when they got about a yard or two,
from our persons, they each presented a holster pistol al
us. The prisoners are the two men lam certain.
Lloyd said, " your money or your life." Mahony repeated
the words. Lloyd then held the pistol to my breast; i 6
was cocked, and his finger was on the trigger. He after'
wards said, " Mr. Bowring, I want your money, not yos
life." I replied, " I can't resist, I'll give you the mono'''.
and I stooped down to reach the bag. Both pistols- were
presented the whole time. I opened the boot, and the
strap of the bag hung out, and Lloyd pulled the bag oat'
I ought to mention that when I stooped Lloyd sale'
" Give me the two, bags." T used to carry the money ill
two bags, but on the present occasion, I had it in one'
: After Lloyd got the bag he went on for a couple of yards'
and then turned round and shot the horse in the gig lir
the head. It dropped dead. The prisoners then made 0
through a field on the west side towards Margam, carry-
ing the bag together. I immediately went to a fal7i
house near at hand and made known the robbery, a.O"
borrowed a horse and galloped to Bridgend and gave in-
formation. A number of our workmen and neighboar.!
went across the mountains during the evening in purl
ol:
of the prisoners." They were both apprehended late th°
same night, and were identified.—Dr. Bowring, 10j
corroborated this testimony, adding that the coolness 4v.;
the robbers was wonderful. Before they got the bag. Pi
pulled out his own purse to give to them, but they tone
no notice of it. He expressed his sincere thanks to t.'l
inhabitants of all grades for the assistance they rendered
in pursuing and apprehending the prisoners. The art
of each was proved, and the evidence being completer Ms
magistrates committed both_the prisoners for trail pt v"
ensuing assizes.,