The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1844-12-31 00:00:00

RAILWAYS AND THE BOARD OF TRADE.

Parliament, in its wisdom, says the Railway Record,
has appointed the Board of Trade to the onerous duty of
arbitrating between all competing lines of railway. Ga-
zette notices have issued from the board, declaring its in-
tention to investigate the relative merits of competing
railways, and, pending this investigation, a long manifesto
against the sincerity and honesty of the i entletnen con-
stituting the board of investigation appeared in the Times
newspaper on Monday last. The article, which is not
editorial, bears strong evidence of having emanated from
some of the" monopolist" party, seeking to be considered
as. p sAessing a vested interest in existing lines, wl'cls
they have so often laid claim to that at least they imagine
they possess it. Though no decision of the Board of Trade
has yet been published, it may readily be imagined that a
committee of ministerial officers, acting in the capacity
of guardians fur the public, will be a most unpalatable tri-
bunal for the old railway directors or " dictators," to
submit to, who, conscious that such a tribunal will consi-
der the public weal of more consequence than sharehold-
ers' dividends, tremble by anticipation lest they should
not be allowed to hold their own, and seem to think that
bombast and insult are the best protective measures they
can fortify themselves with. If the writer had allowed
roason to be his guide, he would have seen that the board
of trade must have taken the course that he deprecates so
strongly. Their position and mode of treating the present
railways must be similar to the course adopted by the le-
gislature towards the turnpike trusts on the introduction
of railways. The public advantage must be considered,
the private interest sacrificed. More direct lines, where
they afford a more decided benefit to the commu,!ity,
cannot be allowed to remain in abeyance because they
are hurtful to the profits of existing circuitous rail-
ways. More improved systems of working must he
adopted, whets ascertained to afford very great additional
security and advantages, and an extended arid wise
policy would encourage improvements instead of
st eking to disparage, and also making them the vehi-
cle of attack on a government board, whose position
and integrity of action render them beyond the suspicion
that the writer of the Times would insinuate against them
of being influenced with a preference for and interest in
some " new patent." There is no doubt that this is
meant for the Atmospheric Railway—an invention which
many first treated with contempt, trusting to the security
of their imagined unassailable position ; but, subsequently
became alarmed at the progress it was making, and then
employed every means to bring it into disrepute ; opposed
it in both houses of parliament, but without success, and
without being able to establish any one point against it.
Is it the reflection that the melancholy accidents on the
Midland Counties and the South Eastern Railway (which
could not possibly have occurred with the new system)
may militate against their interest, which induced the
ungenerous remarks we have had occasion to notice ? Or
is it disappointment to find that they are unable to check
public opinion in favour of the system of working that
they denounced—for several hundred miles of railway
now seeking parliamentary powers are proposing to work
atmospherically ? Doer the writer fear that such com-
panies have a great claim for preference at the hands of
the Board of Trade, who, with equal or superior liner,
say—" We are well convinced of the perfection of the at-
mospheric system—our engineer recommends us to adopt
it. Every proof given by the line at work in Ireland is
such as to convince us, beyond any doubt, of its perfect
success. There are seventy miles at present under con-
struction (nn the Croydon and SouttihleD„aetivnoonsp.hßearlilevvav
and part will be opened before we begin our lines. We
offer velocity, cheapness, and perfect safety to the passen-
gers, and no annoyances to the proprietors where. the line
passes ; at the same time, if any unforeseen circumstances
prevent the possibility of adopting
sys-
tem, we offer to give the locomotive. The time has
passed when interest and monopoly can be allowed to
check the onward course of improvement; arid the best
security for public patronage is now to make such changes
of system and arrangement as will ensure the greatest
amount of accommodation at the cheapest rate, the re-
compense for which will invariably he found to consist in
the greatest return for the capital invested.

SALT OF GurAt:o.—On Friday, a cargo of guano, com-
prising about 550 tons, from Smith's Island, off the coast
of Africa, a considerable distance from lcliaboe, was sold
by suction, at Glasgow, arid brought 13 Gs. Gd. to
£4 7'. 6d. per ton in bags. The quality of this description
is inferior to the averstz.e from Ichahoe, and th, few ves-
sels which were loading at Smith's bland were expected
to clear away all the guano to be found on it.

Dec.3l, 1841.

RELATIVE EMPLOYMENT FROM AGRI-
CULTURE AND MANUFACTURES.

The return for Great Britain (exclusive of Ireland) Set
forth the occupations of 6,851,045 persons, out of a Polin.
lation of 18,655,981, the rest being women and children,
and unemployed dependents. The total number of atilt
males whose occupations are returned is, however, but
4,248,914, who may be taken to constitute the heads of
families in this country. This bears out the usual Pro'
portion, which allows to each head of a family
an average
addition of three for wife, children, servants, and depend"
ents. However much the employment of women and
children may come in aid of the industry of a country.
it needs no argument to prove that the most valuable oc-
cupations are those which employ the adult males, the,
beads of families, upon whose well-doing the comfort in
the remainder of the population must chiefly depend. Itf
is especially in this respect that the superior advantage°
agricultural employment consists. In the manufacturing
districts a man sends his wile and children to the mill;
and each individual of the family swells the number et
the manufacturers in the occupat'on returns. In the
agricultural districts adult males are chiefly employed;
and it is, therefore, but common justice to take into anti
count their families, who, with themselves, are supported
by the cultivation of the soil, though figuring to a 0"
small extent in the commissioners' abstract. Let us refer,
then, once m re to this important document, and strike
the balance between manufacturing and agricultural ne'
cupations.

Allowing for an error admitted by the commissioner,'
agriculture in Great Britain employs 1,559,278 person'►
and manufactures, of all kinds, 1,140,906; leaving 8
balance of 418;372 in favour of agriculture, as regards in"
dividual employment. But, of the above number, the
adult males employed in agriculture are 1,265,264; whilst
the adult males engaged in till our manufactures are but
579,446: agriculture, therefore, maintains 685,818familiet
more than manufactures. In other words, agriculture i!
this country provides for the subsistence of 5,061,1?56
human beings. and all our manufactures combined main'
tain but 2,317,784, showing an excess in the value of
agricultural employment over manufacturing of 3,743,272
persons; and, were the Irish returns to be added to this►
the d'sproportion would be infinitely greater. Coin-
rnerce and trade, in all their multifarious avocations, only
employ 1,459,963 male adults, or 194.691 more than agri-
culture ; but the Irish statistics would also turn this scale
in favour of agriculture. The disingenuous art °Utile
Leaguers generally induces them to mix up the numbers
employed in trade, commerce, and manufactures alto-
gether, and thus, by false comparisons, they have circu-
lated the numerous stet's ical fallacies which have been
too readily swallowed by their credulous supporters. The
commissioners' returns, however, clearly establish that,
even inlthe manufacturing portion of the United King•
dom, more than twice as many people are supported by
agriculture than by manufactures. If the interests of
agriculture and manufactures were really opposed to each
of t er, as the Leaguers frequently assert, and arpear to
believe, though they as often deny it, this would still be
an unanswerable argument against sacrificing the greater,
interest for the sake of the less.

But the avowed object of the league manufacturers is
the extension of our foreign exports ; and, even should
there be any truth in the allegation of divided and opPcis'
ing interests, the manufacturers for the home and colonial
markets must be arrayed on the agricultural side, leaving
the small fraction of those engaged in foreign exports
alone to oppose them. The annual value of our manufac-
turers has been variously estimated, but certainly at least
two thirds of the whole are consumed at home ; and of
the remaining third exported a very large proportion IS
absorbed by our own colonies. Of all our various manu-
factures there is only one which alleges that it depends
more on the foreign than the home market, and that is
the cotton manufacture. Now, how many adult males
does this boasted cotton manufacture employ ? Butlittle
more thin one-tenth of those engaged in agriculture—viz.
138,112. of whom considerably more than half must 10
reality be given to the home trade. At tae outside, those
engaged in manufactures for the foreign export market
cannot exceed 120,000, or, including their families,
480,000. The real case of the league, therefore, is, that,
for the sake of promoting a trade wt job now gives sub-
sistence to 480,000, we are to sacrifice, or materially in
jure, an interest which directly maintains 5,061,056, and
indirectly supports upwards of 2,000,000 of those depen-
dent on manufactures. This is the policy of the league
apostles—the new lights of free-trade philosophy ; of its
wisdom, as well as of the honesty or sanity of those who
promulgate it, we may now leave our readers to judge.

THE NEW ROYAL EXCHANGE.-OPENING

OF LLOYD'S.

An important step towards the complete occupation of
this edifice by its former tenants was accomplished on
Thursday by the great commercial establishment known"
as Lloyd's taking possession of their splendid and corn'
modious apartments. It is now seven years within sonle
ten or fourteen days, since, by the destruction of the old
Exchange by fire on the 10th of January, 1838, they were
of their apartments. They certainly have gained
most materially by the change, though in the interval,
they have been exposed to great inconvenience by the
narrow accommodation afford! d to them at the Old,
South Sea House. The rooms they now occupy have
been so rec,ntly described that it is unnecessary to notice•
them now in much detail.

Tne great room in which the banquet was given is now
fitted up with three ranges of mahogany tables and seats,
each table accommodating four underwriters. M the
n,rth end is a lobby entrance, divided from the great
t
room by a screen, having a small loom nr cnclusur. d
and left for hats, great coats, &c. The warming an
lighting of this room are considered for business arrange-
ments as perfectly successful, whilst, to provide against
the inconvenience of dark and gloomy weather, two hude.
lights are suspended from the ceiling. The only remark.
we Irive heard made amongst the occupiers was, that the
chandeliers are considered too plain and slender for s'
consistent effect with the room in which they are hung.
The Commercial Room and Captains' Room are fitted
up with .sea s nd benches of mahogany, and richly carved,
mahogany stands are placed all round the roam, for the
reception of newspapers from all parts of the world.'
The Captains' Room is the coffee•room department or
the establishment. Here there is a bar, with kitchen
and offices attached, for supplying merchants and the sub-
scribers with coffee, sandwiches, &c.
Lloyd's Committee, under the superintendence of Mr.
G. R. Rubinson, their respected cha,rinan, met for the
first time in their board•room on Saturday last. In con`
sequence of the holidays not much business was transacted
in Lloyd's that day, but their rooms were a good deal
crowded by the subscribers and their friends ; and the
increased accommodation and convenience were subjects
of much satisfactioa and congratulation.

IRON TRADE IN WALES.—W. Crawshry, Esq., In
anticipation of an increased demand for railway iron, hog
determined on the erection of an extensive steam rail-mill,
in addition to the already numerous rolling-mills at the
Cyfartha Iron-Works, the cutting of a foundation of which,
was commenced on Monday morning. It is to consist 01-
a double set of rolls, saws, and shears, and other necessary
appendages for the completion, if necessary, of upwards
of 2500 tons of finished rails per month, and all to be
worked by one steam-engine of very large dimensions on
the long pre'sure principle. A great number of fresh
hands have been employed, and many will be, as Mr,
Crawshay is anxious that the whole should be ready in slit
months time. This extensi,e addition to the work is
estimated to cost, at least, £25,000, and will give ',Oar
employment, when ready, to about three hundred persons',
A new bar-iron rolling-toil, also consistii g of two sets 0,
rolls, was started at these works for the first time on
Friday morning last. This addition will give employment
to a great number of fresh hands. Swansea Journal.
EXECCTlON.—Notwithstanding the great exertions
made to otita'n a commutation of the sentence, the exe-
cution of Mary
ci Goenaalitlioapd,
Chesterefxotrli.tbliotene
exhibited
utahrteduerddreteoi
tey. Treiolfeanttclri
culprit.
r bl
since
ie,nrtoccrooaknl‘frir'Oatm Chester Castle to the place of exenw
tsaHiiroresincere,nriii:nl front of the City Gaol, took place at midnight 0,
Friday. On parting with Mrs. Bennion, the matron ot
the Castle, the culprit was much excited, and expresSed
her fervent thanks for the kindness she had invariabll
c -ived at her hands. After partaking of some coffee she
retired to rest, but her slumbers were lion and torbeelt
and, at en early hour on Saturday, she again engaged it/
devotional exercises with the re-pected chaplain of the
Cagle. In the course of the morning Mrs. Haswell NI
governor's wife) supplied her with some refreshineri!'
when she broke forth into lamentations for her past int'
guides, but expressed her conviction that she should en°
he in heaven, where, she alleged, her fattier had gone
At 11 o'clock she received the sacrament of the Lorel;
Supper, and appeared to engage in the service with ron,cl;
feeling, continuing her devotions till 12 o'clock, when tno
executioner made his appearance, and proceeded to pinn)s
her, an operation to which she submitted with the 031,
perfect docility. She appeared, however, to be inwer'',,
convulsed, and suffered so much from exhaustion of bon/
that it was found necessary to carry her to the gallows 0 0
the chair on which she had been seated. A last farel'ie
was then taken of her by the chaplain and M.. 111,;0'
and immediately the platform fell, and she soon ceased g,(
live. The culprit would have been twenty-one years a
age next March. She was short of stature, and what In";
be termed good-looking. She wore a black stuff drel,
and plaid black and white shawl. It may be remembers
that, sornefew months previous to the murder°, Mr. Gallop'
his wife was found with her throat cut, when heraelf P:.
her unhappy daughter were the only inmates of the hon!:;
and public opinion prematurely fixed the murder of,nof
mother also on Mary Gallop. The latter, however, P.,s•
throughout, utterly denied having had any particips.o"
in Mrs. Gallop's death.
SEASONABLE FESTIVITIES. —The gaiety that reign
supreme at this festive season, when friends and 10e0
assemble at the social board, or whirl in the giddy U 1 IN
o! the dance, induces both sexes to be more than usn.a •
di sirous of shining in personal attraction, and to devneer,
greater share of attention to the twilet. It is, ht this Par
ticular season, that the virtues and singularly haPPY„,yO
pert of those auxiliaries of personal beauty, Rovvid'icrop
KALYDOR, ROW LAND'S MACASSAR OIL, and er ;
LAND'S ODONTO, Shine pre-eminent in their Pnw-aot
while the white and swan-like neck, the rich luxurLie,
tress, arid the pearly set of teeth form admirable troPrin_„o
of their inestimable qualities ! Ttie august patro._::,
canceded by our gracious Queen, and the several (i'„ro
reigns of Europe, together with the beaut:es which sno
the circles of princely and regal magnificence; 50°., of
the infallibleave
cb
aerffiacciaecr:ril.
everidodtiheeal
confirmationtethesem itwith creative
p perfection,
experience
ti
ande. e e
specifics,
Riven them a celebritY
cr
zl
e. d They
world
;hatvhee lays of Bvroti, and the voice 01
universal press, have proelaia.ed the incomparable
toes of the " Oil Macassar," and of its accornPW
are celebrated
preparations.
in theprop fillet:mi.:tour,.
et the poet;tile 113.'tobiee

bee. 31, 1644.

MERCHANT SEAMEN'S FUND.

On Friday, a meeting of the masters and owners of
'Vessels belonging to this port was held at the Under-
Writers' Committee-room, pursuant to the act regulating
the Merchant Seamen's Fund, for the purpose of appoint-
ing fifteen persons as trustees of the monthly money pay-
able at this port, and for the management of the Sc anlan's
.f.,lospital. There was a considerable attendance, and W.
rotter, Esq.' was called to the chair.
The CHAIRMAN stated the object of the meeting, and
read the account, from which it appeared that on the Ist
January, 1811 there was a balance in hand of £1142, and
that the total receipts for the past year were £9,237. The
sum of £7,750 had been paid in pensions, and the other
payments amuonted to £527, leaving a balance of £960.
The admission of seamen, widows, and orphans, during
the past year, had caused an increased expendi•ure of
£l3l 18s. He then stated that thirteen of the trustees
Were eligible for re-election, but two had to be appointed
In the place sof Mr. Lyon and Mr. Willis.
The thirteen were re-appointed, and Mr. W. R.
Sandbach and Mr. Bulley in place of the two named.
The CHAIRMAN then called attention to other matters,
A bill had at the close of last session of parliament been
brought in for altering materially the administration of
the fund for the future, and the adoption of which would
seriously affect the shipping interest of this port. The
fund here was larger than that of any other port in pro-
Portion to its extent. Liverpool, in fact, had 2-7ths of
the whole capital, while its shipping was in the proportion
had if of that of the whole kingdom. This accumulation
Lied arisen from economical management, some casual
revenue, and chiefly from the better collection made, and
to a great extent derived from ships e r ployed in long fo-
reign voyages. It was right that the Liverpool seamen
who were exposed to the vicissitudes of foreign climates,
and became sooner worn out, should have a higher rate of
Pensions from their own accumulated contributions. The
bill in parliament did not propose this, but the throwing
of the whole receipts and capital of all the trustees into
one, and to make a scale of pensions,—for seamen under
9 years of age when worn out, £4 a-year,—and exceed-
ing 63, £B. It also proposed so give a gratuity to widows
under and over 45 years, but children were entirely omit-
ted. He and Mr Atherton had made a calculation, and
found that if this scale prevailed (and had for the last
two years) the interest of their capital of £2,000 would be
sufficient to meet all the pensioners admitted in that time,
leaving their large receipt of £6,387 during the past year
to answer all the previously granted pensions, which were
constantly dropping off. He believed that, supposing
that
scale to be prevailing now, two-thirds of the money
distributed among the pensioners on the Liverpool list
would have to be dispensed in various parts of the coun-
try. The ground for the alteration was that a seaman
sailed from various ports in his life, and that he probahiy
Paid to the port which bad these accumulations during
the early part of his life—that he then went to ports which
Were worse provided, and tnat his claim, being on the
place where he last served, was made on a poor fund,
while he had been contributing to a rich one. He
believed the contrary was the fact, for men sailing
on foreign voyages, where they were proved to have
less wo k than on shorter oses, very seldom left
Liverpool to go into coasting ports, and that the re-
verse was rather the case ; and therefore thi▪ s particular
ground did not exist. Beside, there was no port in
which there was more employment for men disabled at
sea, but capable for other service on shore, than Liver-
pool ; for they all knew that the business of watching and
/W Ping ships was for the most part performed by dis-
abled seamen at this port. Now, the bill required thatra
man, before he bea claimant, should have paid the merchant
Seaman's duties for not less than fifteen years, of which
the last nine months should be within three years of the
date of his application for a pension, whereas, in the admi-
nistration of the Liverpool fund, no such restriction was
}imposed, but if a man had been at sea and subsequently
Worked on shore his claim was continued.
By a calculation made, in place of £5OO bei▪
ng paid in
two years to seamen admitted, under the new bill only
'364 would have been paid, and the same results would
have taken place in the case of women and children.
The fund had been humanely administered, yet the fund
had admitted of all the claimants being provided for to
the extent of about £7OOO a yeal. The increase of re-
ceipts this year was £6OO, and he thought the same rate
°f pensions might be continued, if they were allowed to
administer their own funds as hitherto. He suggested
that the shipowners and shipmasters of Liverpool should
not tacitly admit of the change, but make a remonstrance
is government to have the fund of this port preserved se-
Partite. As the Liverpool shipping was equal to k of the
shipping of the whole kingdom, this would form a fair
Eanund for asking the government not to have the Li-
verpool fund mixed up with the funds of all the other
Places. It seemed to him that the bill was opposed to
good policy, because a seaman, when abroad, knew that
there was a fund in Liverpool for his wife and children;
to fall upon in case of accident. This tended to keep the
man steady, and attached him to the port and the ship
but the tendency of the bill would be to throw overboard
all these considerations, and to deprive him of all ground
of Preference.
Mr. ROTHERHAM said, the difference in the expendi-
ture under the new bill (.£5OOO. a year), would become a
tax on the parish of Liverpool. The mode of giving the
Pensions here tended to attach seamen to the port, and
the pension to his widow and children was a premium on
his morality.
_ After some further applications, Mr, J. N. Wood said
that if they were deprived of this fund, it would make a
difference of 2d. in the pound in the rates of Liverpool.
After a long conversation, a committee consisting of
Messrs. Potter, Rotherham, Kendall, Gibb, Tomlinson,
Ashley, Tyrer, Cotesworth, Chapman, and
Dixon
appointed to place themselves in communication with the
wasi
Shipowners' Association, as well as the authorities of the
town
t respecting the provisions of the proposed bill, and
is probable that a public meeting of the inhabitants wil
be the result.

AsT CLASSIFICATIONio, OF THE POPULATION p~OOF
ARTHOLOMEW'S DISTRICT, LIVER-

The following classification was made in the present
by the curate of St. Bartholomew's district, vsith
the view to direct the attention of the public to the
wretched and destitute condition of the population of that
Portion of the town of Liverpool. The district comprises
between ten and eleven thousand inhabitants, half of whom
are Roman Catholics. The wretchedness and poverty,
especially of those that dwell in the courts and cellars,
are indescribable. It is only by actual inspection that
any adequate notion can be formed of their real state and
circumstances. If, as all must acknowledge, it is a dis-
grace to any civilised community to allow human beings
1? drag out their existence in such filth and misery, surely
" is much mote so to a community like Liverpool, where
such immense resources, arising from its corporate pro-
Petty, are appropriated and expressly intended for the
general good and improvement of the town. The phy-
cal and moral deterioration of the population inhabiting
St- Bartholomew's district, caused principally by the want
0.,f proper sewerage, drainage, and effectual cleansing of
he streets and courts as well as by the over-crowded
state of their dwelling-houses, no fewer, in many instances,
L`uuti three or four istinct fami li g
lies vin in the same
"onse, surpasses anything of the kind that the writer has
How vier
in any other part of Europe except Italy.
ever deplorable their condition is, still a great deal
~nw gcod might be done among them even in a religious
"Int of view, were the clergymen of the district supplied
With pecuniary means to relieve their bodily /ants and
necessities. They very much regret to be compelled to
say, that they have not at present any funds at their dis-
posal to meet the numerous cases of distress that con-
utly apply to them for relief, as spiritual pastors of the
district. No religious impressions can be expected to be
Produced on the minds of a people living in such a state
°f
moral degradation, except their bodily wants be first
attended to. The present appeal, therefore, to the
healthier classes of the community in behalf of their
Poorer brethren, will not., it is to be hoped, be male in
i_nt,r.t• But especially is this appeal made to those wealthy
,i'clviduals that carry on very extensive works in the ion-
fuediate neighbourhood of the church, as soap-boilers,
tanners, ironfounders, and starch-manufacturers, and who
r_t''e not hitherto. with one honourable exception, done
4,llYthing to assist the ministers in their strenuous exer-
4."uns to alleviate the crying distresses of the poor.
The compiler has drawn up his report with great mi-
nuteness, giving the returns under a separate head for
each street in the district ; but as by this method it occu-
rs considerable space, we have taken the liberty to throw
into the following form, whic shows the result more
clearly, and, we believe, with equal correctness

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th
pr urch of England I 46 2 59'471 35064 97 70 173 o 529
°testants who attend 1
ir:,,P° Place of worship 2B 13101 0 21'11I 31 37 '6O 1 203
40
k rnan4senters Catholics
Ranters
4.11 x '
ed marriage., i. e.,
half Roman Catholics
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03f 84
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98 291 :7
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I; NO notice is taken in this report of the number of dis-
reellting and Roman Catholic families that attend their

gento notice is taken in this report of the number of dis-
riog and Roman Catholic families that attend their
inesPective places of worship. As regards the few dissent.
hg, families that live in the distlict, most of them Ro-
n attend their own places of worship ; but of the Ro-
ii;o Catholic families, it may safely be asserted that no
v,,:tre than one-third of them, if so many, attend public
The
on the Sabbath day.
-the curate of St. Bartholomew's (the Rev. Evan
11,,"Les) is deserving of much credit for the care and labour
AV "as bestowed in the preparation of this statement.
,ivoe trust his example will induce others to take up the
trijk, so that we may have similar returns for every dis-
t of the town. A general view of time population of
of v"Pool, drawn up upon this plan, would be a document
'verY considerable intere.t and value.

- - - --
icer,ll,°ll,BEßY.—A public-house, No. 61, Walnut. street,
°Y Miss Mary Williams, was robbed on Tuesday
t :if"tag, of a cash-box containing £32. The robbery was
ected by
two confederates. One of them entered the
tlat at half-past five, took his station at the bar—the
81ah
:bcoc being then upon the connter—and called for a
tat of ale. Whilst he was drinking it, the other entered,
tile a room adjoining, from which the bar can be seen,
we called for a quart of ale. bliss Williams incautiously
etttrl,t into the cellar to serve the last customer, and dur-
her absence the other had secured the box, and de-
tow.l3,,ed Without emptying his glass. His confederate fol-
.'', and then the robbery was discovered.