The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1842-06-14 00:00:00

LOCAL NEWS,

PORTICO.-Mr. Russell's lecture on Character, at the
Portico, is expected to be well attended. A great treat may
be anticipated.

BODIES FOUND.—On Friday morning two boatmen
picked up a body which was floating near the light-ship, and
which turned out to be the body of Robert Grierson, aged
30, who had been missing three weeks.—On Saturday morn-
ing a body was picked up near the Rock light-house, which
was identified as that of James Taylor, aged 28, who, live
weeks ago, was with another man upset from a boat in a
squall while returning from New Brighton.

CAUTION TO BATHERS.—On Thursday last a young man
named Edward Smith, aged nineteen, was drowned whilst
bathing near Beacon's Gutter. He could not swim, and was
wading in what he probably supposed to be the level shallow
when he suddenly plunged over head, but immediately rose
to the surface, and again sank struggling in the water. A.
man with only one arm went to the rescue of the youth, and
endeavoured to push him into the shallow with his feet but
could not succeed. The body was taken out of the water in
a few minutes, and means were used to restore animation
but without effect. An inquest was held on Saturday, before
Mr. Curry, and a verdict of " accidental death" returned.
MELANCHOLY ACCIDENT.—it is our painful duty to re-
cord the death, by drowning, of Master Thomas Cram, son
of George Cram, Esq., of Everton-road, and a pupil of the
Rev. J. A. Wilson, of May-place, West Derby. It appears
that the deceased and two of his companions had separated
themselves during play hours, on Saturday afternoon, from
Mr. Cadman, the assistant master, and the rest of the young
gentlemen; and that the two elder ventured upon two large
doors which'had been taken a few days previously for a tem-
porary purpose, and inadvertently lett at the edge of a pit in
a field adjoining the premises at May-place, all approach to
which Mr. Wilson had specially and recently interdicted to
his pupils, except in his own company or that of the assistant-
master. When they had proceeded a little way the boards
began to sink, upon which one of them, who was able to
swim a little, made for the bank, which he succeeded in
reaching, but Master Cram seems to have gone almost im-
mediately to the bottom. The survivor lost no time in giv-
ing the alarm at the house, which was only at a short distance
from the fatal spot, and assistance was procured in a very
little time, but the body was not recovered until Mr. Cad-
man, who had been seeking for the missing young gentlemen
in another part of the premises, came up, dived into the pond.
and, after two or three efforts, found it, and brought it to the
bank. As soon as the body, which might have been from ten
minutes to a quarter of an hour in the water, was deposited
upon the bank of the pit, immediate measures were taken to
restore animation. Meanwhile two medical gentlemen had
been sent for, Mr. Latham, from Wavertree, and Mr. Hill,
from the Old Swan, and when the body bad been conveyed
to the house, all the means recommended by the Humane
Society for the restoration of suspended animation were per-
severingly employed for two hours by the surgeons and their
attendants, but, we regret to say, without effect. An inquest
was held upon the body yesterday (Monday), and a verdict
of accidental death was returned.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT.—It will be remembered
that about twelve months ago, two of the clerks employed
by Messrs. John Bibby and Sons, Wapping, absconded from
their employment, and immediately afterwards some defal-
cations were found in the accounts. Notice was given to the
police, to whom a description of the parties was handed, and
they have since been on the look out for them. Their names
were Joseph Webb and Roger Dauber, both about 35 years
of age. On Friday morning, about half-past one o'clock,
Inspector Maddocks apprehended Dauber, while he was
walking from this town to Edge-hill, where it appears he re-
sides, and the prisoner was taken before Mr. Rushton.
Mr. Edwards, cashier to Messrs. Bibby, said that the pri-
soner was shipping clerk, and had to make out the freight
notes, &c., and Webb was collector. For some time pre-
vious to their absconding, he (witness) had frequently ob-
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April some defalcations of monies paid for freights and not
accounted for, were discovered, and on the former day Webb
absented himself, and has not yet been found. The prisoner
left soon afterwards. The witness read a list of amounts
paid to the prisoner by Messrs. Samuel and Thos. Ashton,
which he had paid over, with the exception of £2 165., to
which he had given a receipt. Another sum had been re-
ceived in December last, and not accounted for. The books
had also been falsified. The parties who had paid them to
him were not, however, at hand, so that direct evidence of
the fact could not be immediately adduced. Other sums
were also deficient, but the particulars had not yet been ob-
tained. Under these circumstances, Mr. Rushton re-
manded the prisoner until Saturday, advising Mr. Edwards
in the meantime, to go over the books, make out a statement
of e defalcations, and bring up the necessary witnesses.
The prisoner, who was before considered a respectable man,
said, on being apprehended, that he had paid over all he had
received to the cashier and to Mr. Jones, another clerk in
the employ. He was accordingly remanded.—On Saturday
he was again brought up, when the following evidence was
read against him :—lt was Isis business, amongst other things,
to receive money and pay it over to the cash-keeper, with a
statement. On the 6th April, last year, he handed to the
cash-keeper a statement setting forth that he had received
£56 10s. 2d. from Messrs. Ashton and Co. On the 7th April
Mr. Edwards, the cash-keeper, had a conversation with him
respecting the other clerk who had absconded. Mr. Edwards
went to another part of the office for a few minutes, and on
his return, found that the prisoner had departed. On the Bth
April, Mr. Edwards received a letter from the prisoner, which
set forth that he (Dauber) " had availed himself of the term
culling." mr• Edwards proceeded to Messrs. Ashton's
office and there discovered that the amount paid to the pri-
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soner was £59 6s. 2d., and that he had, consequently, re-
tained £2 16s. On Friday Inspector Maddox met the pri-
soner in Canning-street. Mr. Maddox accosted him, and he
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of the hearing, the prisoner's wife, a well-dressed, lady-like
individual, who wept bitterly and appeared overwhelmed
with distress, applied to Mr. Rushton for permission to see
her husband, which was at once granted.