The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1833-11-22 00:00:00

poor people, as the worst consequences were feared. To
their extreme delight, however, the water began to abate
about noon, and at three o'clock, by the prompt means
used, it had fallen so low as to allow some men to ven-
ture in and clear the rubbish, and learn the fate of the
22 individuals who were engulfed. We are glad to
state, that out of the number, eighteen were extricated
alive before Saturday morning; the efforts of the men
were continued, and• by Saturday afternoon the bodies of
the four unfortunate beings who were drowned were
found : their names are George Nt.t.ter, aged 23, who
was only very recently married ; Jusedh Batey, aged 24;
Jonathan Wear, aged 20; and a youth named William
Gallantry, aged 13 years.
The news of this distressing occurrence soon spread in
all directions, and the loss of life was at first magnified to
such an extent as to occasion the deepest feelings of com-
miseration throughout the district. We are informed that
as soon as the intelligence was conveyed to Whitehaven,
the Earl.of Lonsdale immediately gave directions that any
number of men in his employ, or any of his machines, en-
gines, or whatever else might be requisite, and could be
made available, should be entirely at the service of Mr.
Curwen. Mr. Peile and his'son arrived at Workington
promptly, and communicated the above most liberal offer,
and immediately proceeded to the place where the mis-
fortune had occurred to give the men employed the bene-
fit of their counsel. The people of Workington were
highly gratified by this mark of his lordship's kindness
and humanity, and the owner of the mines will doubtless
regard the offer as it deserves.
An inquest was held on Monday, before W. Bragg,
Esq., coroner, on the bodies of the unfortunate persons,
and at two o'clock in the afternoon the jury returned a
verdict of Accidental Death.

As well as the distressing loss of life upon this occasion,
we understand that the pecuniary consequences will he
serious to the proprietor, and also to the people of Work-
ington. Mr. Curwen's loss is roughly estimated at £2,000.

LONDON POLICE REPORT.

MANSION HOUSE.

There was an incident of rather a remarkable kind in the
evidence in a common case of pickpockets at the justice room
on Monday :—Three boys, named Nathan, Jacobs, and Clarke,
were brought before the Lord Mayor, charged with having
stolen a pocket handkerchief from a person who belongs to the
Potteries,. in Staffordshire. Nathan, who was the youngest,
was the boy who most adroitly whipped the handkerchiet out
of the complainant's pocket, hut, clever as he was, he was both
seen and felt, whilst the other two endeavoured to act as a screen
to him. The mother of Nathan, an industrious poor woman,
who has a large family, and sells fruit in the street, declared
that her son was so completely in league with the other prison-
ers that a reformation upon this side of the water was quite im-
possible. She was, in consequence of the public nature of her
calling, in the constant habit of observing the manceuvres of
the pickpockets, and Vie three boys at the bar were " off and
on" every gentleman they came across. When they committed
the last robbery, she ran after Clarke, whom she considered
the worst, and seized him. He pummelled her desperately, hut
she grabbed him so tight that he could not escape. She after-
wards went into a bear-house, where Jacobs was sitting with
three other thieves, each of whom was able to take his own part,
but she lugged him out, and gave him into the custody of the
police. Her own boy had been ruined by these two, and there-
fore she did not care to what hazard she exposed herself for
retribution sake.

The Lord Mayor observed that the case was a most mean-
choly one, and asked the complainant whether his-employment
was such as would permit him to attend to a prosecution at the
Old Bailey?
The complainant said his absence from his business would be
extremely,disserviceable to him.
The father and mother of Nathan begged that the man who
had been robbed should be bound over to prosecute the three*
culprits, of whose guilt there was no doubt.
'the Lord Mayor refused to comply with tho request, in the
first place, because of the revolting exhibition of parents giving
evidence against their own child, and in the next, because of
the injury to which the person who had lost his handkerchief
would be liable if a prosecution were enforced. Cruelty in
either ca.,e w mld be attributable, particularly as he could send
the prisoners to Bridewell, where they would be strictly kept
for three months, and every effort would be made to reform
them.

Mrs. Nathan said that Bridewell would do no good, and again
besought his lordship to send the boys to the Old Bailey; but
The Lord Mayor, with evident disgust, rejected the appeal,
and sentenced the boys to solitary confinement for the above
stated term.