The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1840-05-26 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-MONDAY.

Thomas Hunt, Joseph Scavey, Charles Quin, boys well
known to the police, with Catharine Maguire and Susan
Maguire, mother and daughter, were placed at the bar on a
charge of having been concerned in robbing the house of a
Mrs. Robinson, who lives in Argel-street.
A police-officer stated that on Friday he received informa-
tion of the robbery, and went in search of the parties. In
Argel-street he saw Catherine Maguire and a lad named
Kirk go into a pawn-shop : when they came out he followed
them into Scotland-place, where Maguire called her daughter
out of a cellar and spoke a few words to her ; but before he
could arrive the daughter got in, and four lads run out. He
pursued them along Gay-street, where he took Scavey and
Hunt ; the other two made their escape, but on Saturday af-
ternoon he apprehended Quin, who was one of them. The
same afternoon he apprehended the Maguires, and on search-
ing the cellar in which they lived he found a portion of the
stolen property wrapped in a bundle in the cupboard. When
he took it down, the daughter said to Hunt, who was present,
" Oh, my God, Hunt, you had no business to bring these
things here : I told you how it would be."
Mrs. Robinson said the robbery was committed about
seven o'clock on Thursday evening, whilst she was in the
kitchen. One of the boys, she was told, had entered the
house, but she did not see him.
Mary Williams, servant to Mrs. Robinson, said that as
she was in one of the rooms, she saw Quin go up stairs, take
the articles, and deliver them to another boy, who stood on
the steps, but she should not know him again.
A man who lives neighbour to Mrs. Robinson, said the last
witness informed him of the robbery, but on going to the
house he found that the parties had escaped. He followed
them, and saw the boy Kirk running away with the bundle,
but witness could not overtake him. Witness had noticed
the prisoners loitering about the premises for some time in
the afternoon.

A youth stated that he saw Quin and Kirk throwing stones
opposite Mrs. Robinson's door, and that, after amusing
themselves for some time, Quin went'up the stairs.
Miss Robinson confirmed the statements of the other wit-
nesses, and added, that she ran after Kirk as far as Great
Nelson-street, but could not overtake him.
Mr. Rushton asked Mrs. Robinson what property had
been taken?

Mrs. Robinson replied, a pair of sheets, a pillow case, a
blue jacket, and some other articles. They were all found
except a bolster case and one sheet. The property produced
belonged to her.

Catherine Macguire, in defence, said she was not in her
house when the things were brought there and that she had
never seen them.

The officer stated that there was other property in the
bundle which had not yet.been owned.
Mr. Rushton ordered Susan Macguire to be discharged
and the other prisoners to be committed for trial at the next
sessions.

EXTENSIVE ROBBERY ON BOARD THE PACKET-SHIP

CAMBRIDGE.

John Wi!liams, second steward of the Cambridge, New
York packet-ship, was charged with having stolen the sum
of 116 sovereigns from Mr. Kenworthy, a passenger on board
the vessel, and the sum of eight sovereigns, the property of
another passenger whose name did not transpire.
Captain Bursley stated that the prisoner's duty was to
attend in the cabin. About a fortnight ago, Mr. Kenworthy,
a passenger, missed a purse containing 116 sovereigns, and a
strict search being instituted it was found concealed in the
prisoner's bed. .On Saturday morning last, another passen-
ger missed eight sovereigns, exactly in the same manner, and
suspicion attaching to the prisoner, his hammock was searchd
and the money found. Neither f the passengers were pre-
sent, but he (the captain) conceived it his duty to bring the
case forward.

Mr. Rushton enquired when the money was found in the
first case ?

The Captain replied about the middle of the passage, and
in the other case when the vessel was off the Great Orms-
head.

Mr. Rushton said a grave question of jurisdiction arose in
these cases. The Cambridge was an American vessel, and
the robberies were committed upon the high seas. He was
of opinion that he had no jurisdiction.

The Captain repeated that in bringing the prisoner before
the court, he only wished to discharge his duty to the pas-
sengers and to the owners of the vessel.
Mr. Rushton said that was a very praiseworthy motive,
but nevertheless, the prisoner could not be detained here.
He might be tried in the United States if the parties thought
fit to take him there. However, there was no proof whatever
of a felony, therefore it was not necessary for him to decide
the question of jurisdiction. He should discharge the pri-
soner; but if the captain and the American consul thought
they could take him to the United States, they might. The
prisoner might move for a habeas corpus, but that was his
business.

The prisoner was then discharged.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY IN SOUTHRILL-PLACE.
John Maclay, the servant man at Mr. Andrew Browne's,
of Southhill-place, Toxteth-park, whose house was mysteri-
ously robbed on Sunday morning week, was brought up for
re-examination. It will be recollected, that whilst Mr.
Browne and his family were at church, some individual suc-
ceeded in finding a canvass bag, which had been left in the
pocket of a shooting-jacket, and in which had been deposited
no less a sum than £1499 Os. Bd. This large sum had been
brought from the office on the preceding night. The shooting-
jacket was placed in a wardrobe. On the return of the fa-
mily from church, it was found that the bag was taken away.
The servant man was in the house at the time when the rob-
bery was committed. The circumstances, in their first as-
pect, were exceedingly mysterious, but the indefatigable
exertions of Mr. Dowling and the officers of police have been
particularly successful, and the intricate web is completely
disentangled. All the money, except £l5O, has been reco-
vered, and even that small sum the police do not despair in
finding.
Mr. Davenport appeared for the prisoner.
Isabella Bowes, a maid servant in the family, was the first
witness called. She stated that on Monday morning, the
day after the robbery, the cook, herself, and ,John (the pri-
soner) went into the garden in order to search for the money,
After they had been engaged in this occupation for some time
without success, Miss Browne desired the prisoner to go into
the grove and search there. He put on his hat, and witness
saw him get over the wall into the garden belonging to the
next house. There was a garden on each side, and the pri-
soner went into that to the left of Mr. Browne's house, and
she believed he went afterwards into the grove, but did not
see him. The house next doo,r.was not tenanted.
Mr. Dowling.—Do you recollect any conversation taking
place with the prisoner that morning in the kitchen I—Yes
(answered the witness) we were talking with him many times.
When I caine down stairs he was very low, and I said to him

" John, what is the matter ?" He -replied, "If I was like
either of you girls, I would give £30." I said to him,
" What need you care about it ; we do not mind ?" To this
he replied, " Oh, your temper is different to mine," and that
he was nervous.

Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—This conversation
was about eight in the morning. The prisoner had been in
Mr. Browne's service aboyt six months. Some questions
were then put to the witness relative to the visits of two
young men to the kitchen, but it appeared neither of them
had been there for some weeks previous to the robbery.
Mr. Rushton said he felt bound to say that no young
woman could have given her evidence with more propriety
than this witness. She had given it in a manner that did her
credit. _ _

Judge, a shoemaker, and the keeper of a cellar in
which second-band shoes are exposed for sale, was next cal-
led. He stated that the pisoner came to his wife and said to
her that if they would deny that he had ever been there,
should any body come to enquire after him, he would hand-
somely reward them. Witness's journeyman was present all
the time, and could relate what the prisoner said.
Patrick Barratt, a journeyman in the employment of the
last witness, was then called. He said that on the Friday
before the robbery about two o'clock, the prisoner came to
his master's cellar, and bought the pair of shoes now pro-
duced, with whi h ha went away. He came again on the
Monday morning afterwards, between two and four o'clock,
and asked if that was the place where he had bought the
shoes on Friday. Witness said it was. The prisoner then
said " If any one comes here to enquire after me, deny me,
for Christ's sake, and I will handsomely reward you." He
said, at the same time, he had bought the shoes for a nephew
of his that lay in the same bed with himself. He did not try
the shoes when he bought them.
By Mr. Rushton.—Did he say anything on Friday, when
he bought them, as to who they were for?—No, he did not.
When was the first time he mentioned his nephew ?—On
the Monday.
Was it after or before he had asked you to deny him
Before.
Did ha say anything more about his nephew ?—He said he
had bought them that his master might get his nephew into
service.
Did he speak of his nephew in any other way ?—No.
Did he say anything about his nephew besides ?—Not a
word.
Did he say whether the nephew had been doing anything
or not ?—He did not.
I am speaking of the Monday ?—I beg your worship's par-
don : he said that his nephew had robbed his master of £l9O.
and that he had a heavy impression upon his mind in conse-
quence.
Who had ?—This man—that the lad had robbed his master.
Whose master ?—His own master, I dare say, but I did
not ask.
And that he had a heavy impression upon his mind ?—Yes.
Can you recollect the exact words he used ?—Yes : those
were the exact words he used.
Did he say that the nephew had a heavy impression upon
his mind ?—No, that he himself had a very heavy impression
upon his mind, which he had not ou Friday when he bought

the shoes.
Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—Did he name
Friday, and say, I have a heavy impression upon my mind
now, or I had on Friday last ?—No ; he said he had had it
since he was there before.
Did he make use of these words ?—Yes; I am sure.
Where was it you had this conversation with him ?
Sitting in the cellar.
You are a shoemaker I—Yes.
Did he not say he had bought these shoes for a poor
friend ?—No, he said he had bought them for a nephew of
his, his sister's son.
When was it did he say that the boy had robbed his mas-
',er ?—Since he had been there on Friday.

What time was this ?—We were at dinner : I dare say
was between two and four.
Had he the shoes with him on the Monday when you had
this conversation?—No.
What brought him there ?—He came to ask if he had
bought the shoes there on Friday, and my master and I said
he had. He then said to my master, ' If anybody comes
after me, for they will come, in the name of Christ deny it,
and I will handsomely reward you,"
Are you in the habit of seeing him ?—I never saw him be-
fore that day.
Then he was a perfect stranger?—He was nothing else,
sir.
Do you mean to say he said this to you who never saw him
before ?—He said it to the whole three of us, my master, his
wife, and myself.
You were all equally strange, then dare say we were.
John Jerrison was next called and he said—l was working
on Monday last in Southhill-place, at Mr. Rigby's house, at
which Mr. Willock formerly lived. It is next door to Mr.
Browne's. I was working upon the house painting the block-
ing, and an apprentice was painting the cornice under me on
a ladder. Two of our men, who were working at another
place, came for some tools which they had left in the house
one of them told me what they wanted,
I shouted to them ;
and they said, " now we will take the throstles' nest."
Mr. Rushton.—Was there a throstle's nest in the garden?
—There was.
Had it eggs or young ones in ?—lt had young ones. We
then went and got the tools.
Did you go into the garden afterwards ?---.We did.
What took place there ?
flew
went to the nest, and the
birds were out of it. One away, I got one, my two
shopmates got one each, and ew
the apprentice said one had
flown across the garden. We all four went to look for this
bird, and in looking under, some mint-bushes I found a purse.
I jumped up and said I have found the money." I had
heard of the robbery before, and had rand the bills. One of
the men said, " There is nothing in it." " Isn't thee ?"
said I. With that we shouted—and they might have heard
us in Mr. Browne's garden—that we had found the money.
We
went
out of the garden into the house : I sat down upon
the floor and opened the pne. [The purse was here pro-
duced, and the witness identified it.] I ope.ned it, and found
a draft for £1226 145., a check for 4:8 ode, a £lOO note, and
others. I put them all in the bag again, and we took it to
Mr. Browne's. I rung the bell, and asked the servant whe-
ther Mr. Browne was in. She said " No," but that Miss
Browne was.. I then said, " I have found the money lying
upon the ground." The servant shouted, " MSS Browne,

the money is found." I gave Miss Browne the bag with
the money in it, and she said it was a good day's work for
her.

Mr. Rushton told the witness he had behaved very well,
and inquired where Miss Browne was?
Mr. Dowling said he understood she was unwilling to ap-
pear before the court.
Mr. Rushton.—But she must.
importance to dispense with her.
Mr. Browne.—She only handed the money to me, sir.
Mr. Rushton.—That may be, but••we must have the money
traced, and the whole thing explained. You must take a
coach for her, or else I must issue a summons to compel her
attendance.
A messenger was then sent for Miss Browne, and in the
mean time the case proceeded.
Mr. Browne stated that the money and the bag had been
left in the pocket of a shooting jacket.
Jerrison was then recalled, and further examined by Mr.
Rushton. What state, inquired the magistrate, was the bag
in? It was damp.
Where was it ? It was in the centre of the mint-leaves,
and it had rather bent the sprigs.
Do you think, from what you saw, that the purse could
have been accidentally thrown there? No.
Was the top of the plant closed? There was a small
opening ; but after I had taken the bag out, I did not make
it much larger than it was before.
Are you of opinion that it could have been thrown there ?
It could not.
Cross-examined by Mr. Davenport.—How far was the
throstle's nest from the bag ?—About 15 yards.
Might it have been thrown from the window ?—Not from
the position in which I found it.
Was anybody with you when you found the purse ?—Yes ;
three more individuals, the two painters and the apprentice
boy.

The case is of too great

Before you opened the pulse you said, "I have found the
money."—Yes.
Before you had put your hand upon it ?—lt was in my
hand.
Mr. Rushton reminded Mr. Davenport, that the witness
had previously read the bills containing a description of the
purse.
William Mercer, one of the painters alluded to, confirmed
in every particular the testimony of the last witness.
Isabella Bowes was then recalled, and in answer to ques-
tions she stated that on Sunday she was in the drawing-
room, and took up the shoes produced. She said to the pri-
soner, " John, whose shoes are these ?" but he did not
answer her. He had one in his hand at that time, and wit-
ness had the other.
Ainsworth, the police-officer, was next examined. He
said he received information of the robbery on Sunday after-
noon, and immediately went with Mr. Dowling to inspect
the premises. The first place they were shewn was the
breakfast-room on the first floor, in which there was one
window looking into the garden. There had been a bit cut
out of the bottom sash with a knife, but no person could have
done it from the outside. There was also a mark at the bot-
tom of the sash just in the centre of the window, as if some-
thing had been shoved in to make a prize: in the top part of
the sash there was a piece out, but no corresponding im-
pression upon the window. After Mr. Browne had shewn
them the five bed-rooms, in all of which the drawers were
open, they were shewn the top room of all, in which the
coat had been hung from which the money was taken. Mr.
Dowling then called in the servant maid, and she made state-
ments just the same as that to-day. The prisoner was next
called in ; Mr. Dowling asked him what he knew about the
robbery. He said he knew nothing, but he would tell all
that he did know. Mr. Dowling then cautioned him; and
he began to say that when all the family were gone to church,
he got his coat and hat on, and was also going to church,
when he saw two pairs of boots lying in the passage, one of
which was his master's, and the other belonged to another
gentleman ; he took them up stairs, but was not two mi-
nutes ; that when he was just at the top he thought he heard
some one in the rooms, that he listened for a minute or so ;
that whilst he was there 'Bella called out to him and he
went down immediately ; that, he and her went into the
garden to pick some gooseberries, when the bell began to ring,
and he went to church. When he returned from church
there was some conversation between 'Bella and him, and
the other servants, as to the disorder in which the rooms
were, and he said he heard a door up stairs clap ; 'Bella said
she thought she heard it too, and they went up stairs, when
they found the shoes produced, and the drawing-room win-
dow open. The prisoner showed witness were the shoes
were found. The window was open and the blind down. The
stool that was in the window recess was removed. Mr.
Dowling asked the prisoner how high the window was open,
and he pointed out the height of one pane or about 18 inches.
Witness received the shoes from police-officer 124.
Cross-examincd.—l found nothing in the prisoner's room.
By Mr. Dowling.—Did you remark any thing peculiar in
the shoes when you removed them ? The upper parts were
wet, and the remainder daubed with sand.
Did they appear to you to have been worn ?—No.
By Mr. Davenport.—Did you try them upon the prisoner ?
—No.
Have you any doubt that they are too small ?—I am sure
they are too small.
By Mr. Dowling.—Did you examine the wall under the
balcony at the back of the house ?—No.
Is it possible for any man to get over there ?—Not without
making an impression or mark ; but there was neither a mark
nor a scratch.
Mr. Davenport.—lf a man had been without shoes there
would have been no mark ?
Mr. Rushton.—The shoes were found in the rbom.
The Witness.—l should say that a man in his stocking
feet would leave a mark, for it is cemented.
By Mr. Dowling.—Are there not shrubs growing on each
side of the wall?—There are.
Are there any marks of any one having trodden upon those
shrubs I—Not a bit.
B Mr. Davenport.—Could any one, with the assistance
of another person, get through the balcony ?—No person
could be lifted up without leaving an impression upon the
wall.

Is it half a yard higher than the height of a man ?—lt is
higher.
Have you measured it ?—No.
Police-officer 124 said he was on duty there on Sunday
afternoon, and that he brought the shoes produced from Mr.
Browne"s house to Mr. Dowling's office. The servant maid
gave them to him.
Isabella Bowes said they were the same shoes she found in
the drawing-room.
Mr. Browne stated that the house had not been painted
for two years, and that he had received the bag, with its con-
tents, from Miss Browne, his sister. He described and
identified the money.
Mr. Rushton then addressed the prisoner, and after giving
him the usual caution, asked him what he had to say ?
The Prisoner.—Nothing.
Mr. Rushton.—lt will be necessary to have the exami-
nation of one more witness, and then I shall commit you for

A short time afterwards Miss Browne appeared, and her
evidence having been taken, the prisoner was committed.

LADIES ON HORSEBACK.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE LIVERPOOL STANDARD.
SIR,—I was so much pleased with a letter which appeared
on this subject in the Morning Chronicle one day last week,
that I now beg your insertion of it in the columns of your
valuable paper. Of course, the localities and so forth named
in it, are not applicable to this neighbourhood, but the gene-
ral tenor of it will equally suit all places.—Your's, Z.Z.Z.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE MORNING CHRONICLE.
SlR,—Allow me to suggest to such of the fair equestrians
in Hyde-park as do not extend their ride beyond certain
limits, that it they would go a little further, in the direction
of Notting-hill or thereabouts, where the air blows fresh out
of Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire over genuine country
fields, they would not only double the benefit they receive,
but (what is not always the reward of a virtue) very quickly
become sensible of it. Change of the air is half the good of
exercise—there is a perceptible increase of its purity in those
quarters; and it is, furthermore, a satisfaction to the mind,
of equestrian or pedestrian, to know that they have got be-
yond the region of houses and manufactories, and look fairly
upon the clear and beautiful face.of nature.
I cannot express to you the pleasure I receive daily this
fine weather from seeing the number of young and lively
women whom the new fashion has' mounted on horseback ;
nor how much it adds to it to reflect that the fashion was set
by the Queen. Most of these fair Hippolitas think of it,
perhaps, as a fashion only, though a pleasant one, and one
that is accompanied with the good luck of doing a service to
their health and spirits. But its benefit is far beyond that.
These sprightly riders are the future wives and mothers of a
class of society, the habits of which are too apt to render
them sedentary and languid, to the great detriment not only
of themselves, but of the pale and inefficient generations that
follow them. The present fashion helps to counteract these
results. It knits the muscles, purifies the blood, disposes to
the cheerful exercise of other duties ; and when the time ar-
rives for these young ladies to be mothers themselves, people
will- be glad to see them quit the horse a while for the chariot
or the barouche, as she who set the fashion is now doing, till
the appearance of certain stout and animated little strangers
shall warrant their resumption of it, and commence a new
and promising generation. I need not add, what we may all
hope and look for, of a like vigorous sort, and of incalculable
importance to the nation, from the quarter to which so many
obligations will have been owing. Such speculations may
make the superficial " smile ;" but the good-hearted, the
patriotic, the profound will smile still more, and rejoice
heartily to see a fashionable amusement become the source of
lasting and noble advantages.
I am, Sir, your constant reader,
NICOPHILUS.
P.S.—Let me add how agreeable it is to observe that her
Majesty knows also the value of walking—an exercise that
may be kept up under the most " interesting" circumstances
to the last, and which is of the last service to them too. By
the way, lam no admirer of ladies on " fiery horses." They
should be on creatures as gentle as themselves, and then all
goes well.

Robin's Royal Filters will be found the most valuable
addition to every residence. From a long trial of their
merits, we are confidently enabled to recommend them as the
surest mode of filtration extant.—See edvt.

The Kilnwick Percy estate, near to York, and the pet
property of the county, is announced in our columns this
morning for the first time. This sale will create an excite-
ment that has never been surpassed throughout Yorkshire.
Mr. Robins seems to have exceeded himself in his power of
description : his announcement is very clever ; but he cannot
say too much of it. We agree with Sir Walter Scott's lines
as applicable to Kilnwick Percy—
" There is nothing left to fancy's guess,
You see that all is loveliness."

WRECK OF THE ROYAL GEORGE !—What a most splendid
achievinent is the blowing up of this noble first-rate man of
war, after having been imbedded for fifty-seven years several
fathoms deep in the dark recesses of the ocean ! and thus—
to
say no more—securing a clear anchorage for other vessels.
It is somewhat remarkable that nearly about the time this
magnificent specimen of our wooden walls went down—up
came another first-rater—that transcendant medicine, AT-
KINSON'S INFANTS' PRESERVATIVE I which has not only
kept its head above water ever since, but as much of it has
been sold as would have fairly floated the Royal George ;
and as many lives in all human probability have been saved
by it as would have manned a fleet.—See advt.
ENGRAVING ON STEEL.—Messrs. Perkins and Bacon
have unquestionably brought this style of engraving to a
degree of perfection, which cannot be equalled, much less
surpassed, by any other nation. We have just inspected a
specimen of their skill, which is so surpassingly beautiful,
as to exceed all expectation, and almost all belief. It ap-
pears that the proprietors and inventors of an article, which
stands deservedly high in favour with the fashionable world,
finding that the marks and labels of their productions were
imitated to a considerable extent, particularly on the comti-
nent, have sought and found the resources of native talent
and native art a protection against the frauds of unprinci-
pled foreigners, and Messrs. Perkins and Bacon have, at
their suggestion, produced a specimen of perfection in the
art of engraving on steel, which will effectually set all imita-
tion at defiance, and secure the public against the possibility
of fraud and deception. When we mention that, amid a
number of designs the most beautiful, varied and chaste, the
specimen includes an inscription of no less than 30,000 let-
ters engraved In a style so exquisitely minute that it can only
be read by a magnifying glass of considerable power ; and
when we add, that the distinguished and fashionable article
—for the protection of which so much industry and talent are
called forth, is no other than ROWLAND'S CELEBRATED
MACASSAR OIL, we feel that we have stated enough to
interest the public for this admirable production of English
art, as well as for the zeal and energy of the spirited pro-
prietors and inventors of this indispensable requisite for the
toilet—at whose suggestion this beautiful label Was designed
and executed.—See advt. •