The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-07 00:00:00

BURGLARY, AND ILL-USAGE OF INMATES

At about one o'clock on the morning of Tuesday last, the
family of the Rev. Mr. Cowban, of Aiston, at the time con-
sisting only of his housekeeper, her niece, and a little girl,
were alarmed by the barking of the house-dog, and by the
noise of people at the back of the house, as if breaking into
it. The niece got to the window of the bed-room in which
they were sleeping, and said she could see a man. Immedi-
ately afterwards, the window of the lower room was smashed
in by means of some heavy instrument, and three men en-
tered and made their way to the bed-room door, and de-
manded to be admitted. The housekeeper, a woman ap-
parently between fifty and sixty years of age, who was,
naturally enough, very much alarmed, said, that if the men
would spare their lives, she would open the door. The men
having induced her to open the, door, one of them immedi-
ately, in the most dastardly manner, struck the poor woman
a violent blow on the head with some heavy blunt instru-
ment, as she imagined, by the poker. They then asked her
where the money was, and she said, if they would not injure
her she would show them where it was. She accordingly
went with them into another room in which there was a desk
with some money in it. This they broke open by means of
the poker, and got about £3O in gold and silver.
Whilst two of the ruffians remained with the housekeeper,
one of them returned into the bed-room in search of the
niece, and brought her out and struck her, and asked her
how much money her master had, whether he had a £lOO or
not ? and she said she could not tell. The little girl who was
in the room, upon the first alarm being given got under the
bed, so that she escaped any maltreatment. The niece had
two very serious wounds on her head, and she was otherwise
much hurt about the body.
After having obtained the £3O, the property of the Rev.
Mr. Cowban, the burglars inquired of the housekeeper, whe-
ther there were any watches in the house, and the reply was,
that the master had the only watch there was with him.
They also inquired if she they took
money upon her, and re-
plying in the affirmative, they took from a box belonging to
her the further sum of Ss. or 9s.
At this time the candle by some accident or other went
out, and this being Mr. Cowban's sleeping apartment, and
t the meanwhile,
er, g
et
of course having a bed in it, the housekeeper got under it to
secreen herself from further violence. In
counterpane
about
the niece having wrapped a
through this room into the chapel adjoining, and with which
this room communicated. Thence she made her escape across
a field to the nearest house, which would be about two or
three hundred yards distant, and raised an alarm. At this
house five masons happened to be stopping, and they imme-
diately set of to arrest the depredators, but, on their arrival,
the tliieves were gone. The housekeeper, whilst under the
bed, overheard what they said, which was to the effect that
the women having got away, it would not be safe for them to
stay any longer, and they forthwith decamped. The burglars
are described as having been dressed as mechanics, and as
having been considerably advanced in liquor. Before they
left the
premises they broke a number of glasses in the lower
rooms. They were in the house altogether not more than a
quarter of an hour or twenty minutes. Unfortunately, the
Rev. Mr. Cowban happened to be away from home that
evening, which is very unusual with him ; and what renders
the circumstance of the robbery still more singular, is the
fact that the money stolen hail only been received the day
before. A party has been taken into custody on suspicion of
being concerned in the robbery. He was examined on Wed-
nesday, before Mr. Cunliffe, at Messrs. Pilkington, Walker,
and Co.'s office, in Chapel-walks, and remanded for further
examination.—Preston Chronicle.

The Court of Queen's Bench has recently decided that
" one overseer of the poor cannot bind another without his
consent or authority."

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UNIVERSITY AND CLERICAL INT'ELLIGENCEs"
(From the Oxford Herald.)
In a Convocation holden on Thursday last, the Rev. Alex-
ander Thurtell, M.A., of Caius and Gonville College, Cam-
bridge, was admitted ad eundem.
In a Congregation holden at the same time, the following
Degrees were conferred :
BACHELOR AND DOCTOR IN DIVINITY.
Charles Atmore Ogilvie, late Fellow of Balliol College,
Regius Professor of Pastoral Theology, grand compounder.
DOCTOR IN CIVIL LAW.
Rev. Anthony Grant, late Fellow of New College, Bamp-
ton Lecturer for the year 1843.
BACHELOR IN MEDICINE, WITH LICENCE TO PRACTISE.
Thomas King Chambers, Christ Church.
MASTERS OF ARTS.
George S. 'larding, Brasenose College, grand compounder.
Richard Eddie, Brasenose College.
Rev. Charles James Quartley, St. Edmund Hall.
Rev. Anthony Raincoek Harrison, Queen's College.
Rev. Charles Walter Bagot, All Souls College.
Rev. George William Hutchins, Magdalene Hall.
Rev. David Jones, Jesus College.
Rev. Henry Western Piumptre' University College.
William Sandys Wright Vaux, Ballot College.
Rev. Edw. Bowles Knottesford-Fortescue, Wadham Coll.
Rev. Harcourt Norris Torriano Bustleld, Worcester Coll.
BACHELORS OF ARTS.
Edward B. James, Queen's College:
Richard It oope, Wadham College.
Benjamin Centum Kennitott, Oriel College.
Richard Meredyth Richards, Merton College.
Henry John Sawyer, Merton College.
George Shaw Munn, Trinity College.
Henry Nethercote, Balliol College.
In a Convocation holden in the afternoon, for the purpose
of electing a Perpetual Curate for Holme Cultram, in the
county of Cumberland, the Rev. Joseph Simpson, M.A., of
Queen's College, was unanimously chosen.
In a Congregation holden on the 20th ult., James Morris,
Esq., of TriLity College, Dublin, M.A., was incorporated of
Brasenose College.
CAMBRIDGE PRIZE POEMS.—Mr. Henry James Sumner
M.A., scholar of Pembroke College, has been adjudged both
the Chancellor's and the Camden Medals. The subjects
were " The Birth of His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales," and " Caesar ad Rubiconem constitit."—Cambridge
Chronicle.
On Thursday last, Mr. Edward Bouclier James was elected
a Taberdar, and Mr. George Henry Heslop a Scholar, of
Queen's College.
The Rev. Alfred Hackman, Chaplain of Christ Church,
has been presented by the Dean and Chapter of that Society
to the Perpetual Curacy of Cowley, in this county, void by
the resignation of the Rev. Thomas Chamberlain.
The Rev. Charles J. Collier, Head Master of Henley
Grammar School, has been appointed by the Lord Bishop of
Oxford a Surrogate for the diocese.
The Rev. Charles Deedes, 8.A., formerly of Merton Col-
lege, Rector of West Camel, Someisetshire; has been pre-
sented to a Prebendal Stall in the Cathedral Church of
Wells.