The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1843-01-13 00:00:00

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3rd of October)

quantity of flour (21 sacks) was stolen from a warehouse in
Frederick-street, called " Thomas's," in broad day, the pro-
perty of Messrs. Archer, Daly, and Co. It was traced to the
premises of a man named Stewart, in Arley-street, Vauxhall-
road ; the contents of the sacks being found in bulk in a
room above, by police-officer Kehoe. Four or five men had
been engaged in the robbery, having opened the warehouse
door with a key previously provided, and loaded and lighted
ivery. Two of them were
re convicted and sentenced

to transportation at the '1

another of the party, named Christ())
a look-out hail been kept both hei
whence the flour had come), was pia,
The prisoner had been apprehended

24th of December,

at a village in Westmeath,
by the head constable of that coon
the carter and others, that led to
two, was given, and showed that the prisoner had assisted
the others in loading and lighting the flour. He made a long
statement to the effect that he was merely employed by one
of the others as a labourer on the occasion, had been paid in
the usual way, and had soon after gone to Ireland to see his
wife, who was lying dangerously ill. He was committed for
trial.

same evidence of
of the other

DEATH BY BEING RUN OVER BY A CART.—An inquest
was held on Tuesday, before Mr. Curry, on View of the body
of Henry Gossage. John Keaslev, a mariner, said, that on
Saturday evening last, he was passing along Dale-street in a
spring cart. Just as he passed the end of Cheapside he saw
a cart coming down that street laden with coal. The cart
was drawn by two horses, and the deceased was the driver.
The deceased had hold of the chain horse by the bridle. The
horses were not restive, but going steadily along. They were
turning into Dale-street just as the spring cart was at the
end of the street, when the chain horse shyed, and the de-
ceased let go the bridle in order to get clear of the wheel of
the spring cart, and went behind the chain horse and sud-
denly fell, and the near side wheel of the cart passed over
his body. Witness jumped out of the spring cart, and raised
him and helped to carry him to a doctor's. Witness did not
think the driver of the spring cart was at all to blame.
Other witnesses saw the deceased falling as described. He
was taken to Mr. NVhitley's, surgeon, and thence to his
lodgings, in Highfield-street, where he died in about three
hours after the accident. The widow of deceased said he
was a porter, and had never driven the horses but once before.
He was 31 years of age. The surgeon, ilr. CrippF, who
attended the deceased after the accident, was of opinion that
the cause of death was rupture of the bladder, produced by
internal violence. 'The jury returned a verdict of " Acci-
dental death," and laid a deodand on the cart wheel that
passed over him of 10s.

DEATH BY FALLING FROM A S PAGE.—An inquest was
held yesterday, before Mr. Curry, on view of the body of
John Ritchie, a man aged 57 years. Thomas Thompson, a
boarding-house keeper, said that, about three weeks ago, be
was standing on the quay at the Prince'
the deceased, whom he knew at some d
upon him to come up, asking him whethe
sel in the middle of the dock was the Star.
planks placed on the quay, the other ends of which rested on
the gaff of the sloop. The deceased went on to the end of the
plank that was on the quay, and stooped down to look at the
name of the vessel. The sloop had a quay berth, but was
rather low in the water. There were men in the hold
trimming the coals; and whilst the deceased was standing
on the plank, the vessel listed over to one side, and the ends
of the planks on the gaff fell down, and the deceased and
another man, who was also on them, fell down on the
deck of the sloop, a height of about 16 feet. The deceased
felt on his face, and the other man on the top of him. The
other man got up directly, and the deceased remained lying.
Witness ran for a police-officer to bring the bearing barrow.
On his return he found the deceased had been picked up,
and was partially insensible. The bearing barrow was
brought, and deceased was taken to the Northern Hospital.
The accident happened on the 20th December. He became
gradually worse, and died on Tuesday last. The jury re-
turned a verdict of " Accidental death., '
DIARISM. —About midnight on the 4th instant, the
entire rick yard of R. W. Barton, Esq., of Caldy, about
seven miles from Birkenhead, was destroyed by fire, the act,
no doubt, of an incendiary. In consequence, Mr. Barton
offered a reward of £lOO for the conviction of the of-
fender or offenders. Since the fire, a farm labourer, named
Peter Evans, was apprehended, and after undergoing two
examinations before the rusgistrates at Birkenhead, was fully
committed to the next Ci ester assizes for trial. The first
witness examined was John Wharton, a publican, re-
siding at Caldy, and close to Mr. Barton's stack yard. After
describing the situation of the stack yard, and the produce
which it contained; he stated that on the night of the fire,
the prisoner was at his house, where he remained until about
half-past eleven at night ; that about that time he left the
house, when witimss let him out of his house and bid him
good night. He then locked his house up, and was about
getting into bed when he perceived the stack yard to be on
fire. This was about ten minutes after the prisoner left the
house of witness, and at the time he left there was no appear-
ance of fire. On witness running to the stack yard he found
the stacks on fire in four different plsces, and in ten minutes
all were in flames. If the prisoner had walked home at the
time the fire was blazing, he would have been about Caldy
Common, and must have seen the fire. He was not at the
fire during the whole night. Mr. Richard Davies, farm bai-
liff to Mr. Barton, stated that he was at the fire, and there
were burned five stacks of wheat, one stack of oats, one of
hay and clover, a farm cart, a cart loaded with straw, and
eleven hundred yards of timber. The value of the property
was from £9OO to £lOOO, and was insured. The prisoner
was di ;missed from the service of Mr. Barton on the sth of
December, in consequence of some steves of oats being
missed, and one of the fires was in the hole in the stack from
whence the steves were taken. Other witnesses confirmed
these statements. The officer who apprehended the prisoner
stated, that on e searching his bed-oom h found a waistcoat,
in the right hand pocket of whichr were two pieces of lr
matches. This witness, in reply to a question from M cifre.,
Parsons, who appeared for the prisoner, stated that the dis-
tance from the fire to the residence of the prisoner, was
about a mile and three quarters, and up hill nearly all the
way. After the examination of the special high constable of
the Hundred of Wirral, Mr. Parsons contended that there
was not sufficient evidence to send the prisoner for trial, but
the magistrates thought otherwise and committed him.
IMPOSING ON A FEMALE SERVANT BY ETTERIN
lIER A " FLASH" NOTE.—On Wednesday, a stout rough.
looking man, named Lawrence Nugent, was brought before
Mr. Rushton, on a charge of being concerned in uttering
to a female servant a "flash" £5 note. The complainant,
Mary Hart, said she was in the service of Mr. Thomas
Harrison, merchant, who resided at No. 18, Great George's-
square. She bad an acquaintance in Cheshire, and about
six weeks ago the prisoner came to her master's house with
a message from her—that being the first time she had seen
him. On Friday last, a man, whom she did not know, called
upon her with a note from a man named Thonias Stovas,
(whom she knew,) in consequence of which she went to a
public-house in Fontenoy-street, where she saw Stovas.
The latter informed her that he had enlisted, and that he was
short of Ils. to make up £1 9s. Od. to pay the smart. He
added that he had a brother who lived at Edge-hill, but was
on his death-bed ; that he should not like to mention the
matter to him, otherwise he could get the money from him—
and that if she would lend him the amount, he would call
that night and return it. She was induced to lend the money,
and then returned home. On the same night the prisoner
and Stovas came to her, and asked her to put her bonnet
on, and go with her to some place where they would change
a note—to pay her—Stovas remarking that he had two £lO
notes and a£s note. She went with them to a house near
St. James's Market, where they (the men) called for some
drink, for which Stovas paid, but did not get change for any
note. The prisoner and the other went out one after the
other to get change, as they said, but came back pretending
they could not get the note changed. The prisoner, it ap-
peared, had at one time possession cf a note. She then
went out along with them towards her master's house.
When she reached it and stood at the door, Stovas came
up, leaving the prisoner at the corner of the street, and
asked her if she could change the note herself. She said she
had not so much. He then asked her if she had any small
change, and she said she had some, and took him into the
kitchen, where she handed him two sovereigns and five shil
lings, receiving from him a note, which he called a £5 note.
She was in a hurry to get him out of the house, and did not
look at it particularly at the time, but, on getting him out,
immediately perceived that it was a " flash" note. She
next day went in search of the prisoner, but could hear no-
thing of him. On Monday afternoon, he came to the house
intoxicated and she asked him where Stovas lived. He said
he would tell if she would pay him. She agreed, and went
with him to a public, house in Thomas-street. The prisoner
spoke to the landlord, and then went into a small room.
Meantime she asked the landlord if he knew where the pri-
soner lived, and he replied that he lived next door. The
Prisoner then came out, and, to hor enquiries, said that he
lived three miles and a half off, in Toxteth-park. He then
pretended to show her where Stovas lived, and took her
through numerous streets, but at length ran away. She
went next night to the prisoner's lodgings, in Thomas-street,
and found him in. He took her to Richmond-row, where
she found Stovas's lodgings, but learnt that he had gone to
Manchester. She called a police-officer, and had the pri-
soner taken into custody. The prisoner, on his way to bride-
well, told the constable that he knew that the note was a bad
one. He denied in court that he knew the note was bad ;
and said that he had never tendered it, and had given it
back to Stoves at his own request. He was committed for
trial.

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RAruwAys.—Mr. Richard Dawson, of this town, has
published in a contemporary a letter 'iving the traffic on the
respective railways for the two last half years, ending 31st
December, 1842, from which we make the following ex-
tract :

Ist January to
30th June.

Ist July to
31st December
X. s. d

s. d.
Arbroath and Forfar 4,218 12 31
Birm. & Derby Junction. 28,706 16 11
Birming. and Gloucester. 42,398 2 81
13randling Junction 20,273 11 11
_Chester and Birkenhead 14,088 12 6
Dublin and Kingston 20,282 19 7
Dundee and Arbroath 5,959 5 0
Eastern Counties . . 29,039 15 4
Edin. & Glasgow, 16wks 33,716 16 3
Glasgow, Paisley, and
Greenock ..
Glasgow, Paisley, Kilmar-
nock, and 'Ayr 26,076 3 2 .. 27,933 16 7
Grand Junction
Great North of England. 32,064 12 11 .. 36,719 5 0
Great Western .... 319,678 14 6 .. 358,631 13 61
Hayle
Hull and Selby
Liverpool & Manchester. 111,673 18 7 .. 115,587 0 2
London & Birmingham.. 403,117 1 9 .. 424,405 2 10
London and Blackwall .. 20,519 13 9 .. 22,951 19 4
London and Brighton .. 64,315 8 1 .. 103,348 5 7
London and Croydon.... 10,992 11 5 .. 9,134 13 3
London and Greenwich.. 22,189 18 8 .. 20,744 9 4
London &S. Western .. 140,276 5 4 .. 170,525 4 0
Manchester & Birming.. 10,613 3 2 .. 49,547 14 2
Manch , Bolton, & Bury 14,695 18 .. 15,241 231
Manchester. and Leeds .. 112,059 14 9 .. 118,525 10 9
Midland Counties
Newcastle and Carlisle
Newcastle and N. Shields 9,202 19 2 .. 10,147 15 3
North Midland
Nordh Union
kern and Eastern
Preston and Wyre 4,839 15 7 .. 6,330 18 9
Sheffield and Manchester 6,717 17 7 .. 5,831 4 0
3,333 12 4 .. 32,215 15 4
South Eastern & Dover
Taffe Vale (from August,
Ulonly five months)
ster
York and North Midland 40,,467 5 7

50,418 4 9
22,555 19 5
14,298 13 5
22,296 0 0
6,707 4 11
26,484 6 2
59,615 16 8

23,044 19 8

22,840 11 2

13,668 18 2
10,765 10 7
45,994 18 10

.2,099,326 10 111 £2,391,2,099,945 2 3
326 10 114

4,491,271 13 21
1,796,508 8 11

teduct 40 per cent. for working expense

Iles it will appear that on thirty-eight
railways, for which returns have been
given, the gross receipt for the twelve
Froonths is
n) which deduct 40 per cent. for ex-
penses

£4,491,271 13

1,796,508 8 1i

Leaves to be divided amongst the proprie-
tors the sum of ..

£4694,763 5