The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-10-21 00:00:00

12. Lime-street
13. Saint Anne's
14. West Derby
15. South Toxteth

Rigby None
.. Jones Harvey
tPlumpton None
Ambrose Lace Jordan

16. North Toxteth Sheppard None
* We heard last night that Mr. Robinson does not come
forward again.
t We have not mentioned Mr. J. Smith as a candidate,
anticipating his retirement before the Ist of November.
BOY RUN OVER.—As a cart loaded with coal was passing
Chisenhall-bridge yesterday, a lad, about twelve years old,
seeing a stone before the wheel of the cart, went to remove
it, when unfortunately his foot slipped, and the wheel passed
along his leg and ancle, horribly mutilating both. The un-
fortunate sufferer was removed to the Hospital.
EXTENSIVE ROBBERY.—Yesterday, two men and four wo-
men—Charles Livingston, John Wilson, (real name Blake,)
Margaret Rowlands, Elizabeth Simpkins, and Elizabeth Jen-
kins,—were placed at the bar of the police-court, on a charge
of having stolen a quantity of boots and shoes from a shop in
Park-lane, while the family were at church. A young-woman
stated that she lived as servant on the premises, which were
kept by Mrs. Mary Nichol. She left the house at a quarter
before six o'clock on Sunday evening. No one else was in
when she left. The back door was fast, and leaving the gas
in the shop burning a little, she shut the door, which has a
snap-lock. She returned at a quarter past eight o'clock, and
found the door open and the place in darkness. She became
alarmed, and on procuring a light found that the shop had
been broken into, and that the shelves had been stripped of a
large quantity of boots and shoes. A statement of the
missing property as handed soon afterwards to the po-
lice, and printed and distributed next morning amongst
the pawnbrokers, was then handed in. It included 31
pairs of women's boots, and men's, women's, and chil-
dren's shoes—amounting in all to about 46 pairs.—In-
spector Savage stated, that on hearing some information
of the robbery, he went to the prisoner's, (Margaret Row-
lands,) who keeps a public-house in Frederick-street, corner
of Dickenson-street. A man of whom he was in search had
left the house, but he found in the cellar, under a cask, eight
pairs of women's boots (produced.) He observed that Mrs.
Rowlands was uneasy, and wished to leave the cellar with
something she had in her hand, but he would not allow
her, and she afterwards dropped a bag, containing a
number of pawn-tickets (produced.) The boots were
identified by Mrs. Nichol, as her property. A shawl, in
which some of them were, was also produced, and though
not at first missed from Mrs. Nichol's, was identified as also
her property.—lnspector Fresh also went to the house, and
amongst a quantity of rags found three pairs of boots,
which were identified, and also two pairs more under a large
cask. Another inspector found others of the articles on the
same premises.—A little girl, servant to the prisoner Mrs.
Rowlands, said the two male prisoners lodged in the house.
Livingston and the other man both came to the house on
Sunday night, and brought the boots and shoes. They
asked her mistress to allow them to be put into the cellar,
and she consented, and told witness to take them there,
which she did. On Monday she was sent to: bring
them out of the cellar, which she did. Mrs. Simpkin
and her mistress were in the kitchen, and also Living-
ston. The females tried some of them on. (It afterwards
appeared that the two females had each a pair of the
boots on when they were apprehended.) The witness, by
direction of Mrs. Rowland's, afterwards pledged another
pair.—A considerable number of pawnbrokers, with whom
boots had been pledged, were then successively called. With
all of them a pair or more of boots had been pledged—chiefly
by the prisoner Simpkin (who had a child in her arms), and
was generally accompanied by one or other of the female
prisoners, against all of whom the evidence as to participation
in the robbery was sufficiently strong to satisfy the bench.
The whole of the boots, &c., produced were identified by
Mrs. Nichol, or some of the family ; and all of them were
recovered with the exception of about six pairs. The pri-
soners were all committed for trial at the sessions. One of
the male prisoners, in particular, is well known as an old
offender ; and Mrs. Rowlands, it will be remembered, was,
last year, tried, convicted, and suffered six months' imprison-
ment for being concerned in stealing or receiving a carpet
which was found in her cellar.

The King of Bavaria has established Chambers of:Com
merce in each of his towns.

Leave of absence to an officer cannot now be given withoul
the express sanction in writing of his Grace the Duke o
Wellington.

The Castellano of Madrid states, that a priest of Rivadavia
has just died at the age of 112. This man, during the Atter
years of his life, made seven meals a-day, smoked ih the
same period twenty-four cigarettes, and took half an ounce
of snuff.

Doubts are now expressed by several of the French jour-
nals whether, after all the enormous expense that has been
incurred relative to the Artesian well in Paris, it can be made
of any practical use. A few days ago the water was said to
be as clear as crystal, but it is now stated that a good deal of
sand is mixed with it.