The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1835-04-17 00:00:00

"TO THE. RIGHT HONOURABLE LORD JOHN RUSSELL.

" We, the undersigned inhabitants of the town and neigh-
bourhood of Liverpool. address your lordship at this important
and eventful period for the purpose of expressing the admira-
tion which we feel for the perseverance, energy, and talent
which have characterised your lordship's parliamentary career.
"The resolution which your lordship has succeeded in carry-
ing in the House of Commons relative to the appropriation of
the surplus revenues of the Irish church has our most cordial
concurrence, and claims from us the warmest expression of our
gratitude. •
" We congratulate your lordship upon the happy prospects
which (through your efforts) now begin to dawn upon ourcoun-
try, and, in common with the majority of the people of this great
empire, ,we ardently•hope that your lordship will be speedily
-
recalled to the councils of his Majesty."

The first signature attached to this splendid effusion
of loyalty and gratitude is that of " W. P. Freme," whose
patriotic example, is followed by " Win. Earle, jun.," and
"Godfrey Barnsley, of India-buildings and Brougham-
terrace"—we copy from the address the professional
location'and private domiciled the latter gentleman from
a feeling that we never can be too particular in matters
of impokance—among the names of lesser note are those
of " Swinton Boult, ' Cohlan, Rushton, J. D.
Thornely, James Mulleneux, Thomas Bolton and others
who hate "'Cog, lords, and commons," and every other
approach to triunity except Three per Cent. Consols.
y dint of great exertions in the course of the afternoon
about one hundred and fifty names were collected, but the
table whereon the address lay was fitiictly guarded, lest
by any chance.a tory or an employe of the STANDARD
should happen to be taking notes for the edification of the
public.. On the approach to the table of a gentleman
supposed to be one of our establishment, the cry of " A
spy in the camp"(!) became loud and general among the
guardians of this sacred scroll. Are the addressers of Lord
John-afraid or ashamea of being known ?—But that is
their business, dot ours.

BOROUGH SESSIONS.

TUESDAY.—(Before the RECORDER, MAYOR, BAILIFFS, and

" Bench of Aldermen,)
Louis San Martin.,-The trial, of this rascally.Spiniard, for
robbing the Wellington Hotel, in Dale-street, of a gold.watch,
came on to-day, and 'occupied the court a considerable time.
We gave the particulars of this and various other robberies
com►uitted by the prisoner. at hotels a few days ago. The jury
found him Guilty, and the Recorder sentenced hi►n to fourteen
years' transportation.
A second indictment was preferred against the prisoner for
stealing a silver snuff-box from the King's Arms kiotel, in this
town, but as he was convicted on the first charge, the trial was
not proceeded with.
Ana Nicholls, 31; was indicted for having stolen eleven sove-
reigns, two half-sovereigns, and some silver, from the dwelling-
house of William Hawthornthwaite, publican, Crosby:street.
On the 9th February, the prosecutor, having occasion to go to
Prince's Dock, went first to his bed-room, where he saw his
money, about £l4; "safe in his drawer, which he locked; his wile
also locked the bed-room door, and put the key in her pocket.
They went to the dock, the wife returning about twelve o'clock,
and the prosecutor about f►ve. A ferriale servant bad been left
in the house. This individual stated, that in the absence of her
master and mistress the prisoner, ,who had formerly lived in the
house, came in and said she wanted to fetch a fiddle, which had
- belonged to her husband, out of the top-room. Her husband
had been a seaman, and had died at sea, about fifteen months
before. She took away the, fiddle, and came back again for a
tea-caddy, which she sa►d was iu the room in which the money
was depos►ted! Sbe went up stairs, and remained about half
an hour; on her return she stated that the door was locked.
•Shortly afterwards'a lodger, Gilbert Wallace, came in, and of
him the prisoner borrowed £2 for the purpose of purchasing fur-
niture in order to take in lodgers. On the discovery of the rob-
bery, the prosecutor went with two officers of police to the pri-
soner's dwelling, about thirty yarAs in the rear of his own house.
During the search the prisoner , was seen endeavouring to se-
crete something, and on her hand being forced open, it was
found to contain gold to about the amount lost. To account
for this it was alleged that she was in the habit of cashing notes
for sailors. Some keys were found upon her, but none which
fitted the bed-room lock ; but the key, of the bed-room was found
to correspond with a luck on some part of . the ,prisoner's pre-
u►ises.

Much merriment was caused by the examination of the pro-
secutor and his wife, particularly of the latter, who, by the an-
swers she gave to the counsel for the defence, seemed fully de-
termined to stand. upon the "rights of woman." Could she
read or write? • Why that had nothing to do with the matter.—
(A laugh.) Could she spell her own name? Perhaps not, as
it ought to be spelled; (it appeared that her husband was in the
same predicament.) She could spell her own name, but this
here (with a toss of the bead towards her husband) was such a
long one that she did'nt know how to spell it.—(Much laugh-
ter.) Had she not been to a fortune-teller about this robbery?
Yes, she had. And consulted her ? No, the fortune-teller had
consulted her.—(Laughter.) Well, well; and what had she
said ? She had told her to go home again ; her money was not
far otf.—(Langhter.)
The jury finally acquitted the prisoner, and she was forth-
with discharged.