The Liverpool Standard, and General Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1854-07-04 00:00:00

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offered to commerce, except did which was carried EXTENSIVE PLUNDER Or Il 1101.1.-....-- __
Murphy, Ann
i up, and Sarah Rodgers—the first
named
on immediately with Russian ports, there is no , a servant n the Angel Hotel, Dale-street, t'
apparent reason to apprehend any serious derange- 1 other two charwomen, living in Prince's-street, •
ment of those gigantic mercantile transactions in , brought before the police magistrates charged with having
which Great Britain is engaged. I stolen a great many articles, chiefly provisions and otli
In the cotton manufacturing districts, the ac- furnishings, the property of Mr. Towers, .
tivity which we noticed last week has been since ' Angel Hotel. From the evidence it appeared that, in
household
I consequence of the frequent disappearance of such articles
continued with still further improvement in prices, 1 as those above mentioned, suspicions were excited, and
and as stocks must be light, owing to the long on Saturday night detective officer Cousins was employed
cessation from work of so many operatives, in- Ito watch those leaving the premises. While doing so, he
observed that the. prisoners
.RodFers and Stirup were
creasing demands may be looked forward to. The
carrying somethinc, bulky, which induced him to search
recent application of the lower qualities of cotton them, and he found in their possession a considerable
to the manufacture of canvass and cordage for I quantity of sugar and soap. He took them into custody,
shipping must also have a stimulating effect on the i and from remarks made, he also apprehended Murphy,
market, as shown during the past week •in the and on searching her bedroom, about 16 pounds of un-
large demand for Surat cotton of qualities ruling I cooked bacon and beef were found concealed under her
aosrociliteiir
htlhhoe hoTeooocvcupiefda tyrcpthee other two
at 3d. per lb., a change which may also operate on bed
ris.oneArsser
the demand for Russian hemp, for which this cheap Lap , about twelve pounds of sugar, six 'calf-idles, syome
cotton is partially a substitute. In the woollen porcelain dishes of inconsiderable value, and a bottle con-
districts there is an improved demand for finished tanning the better part of a pint of brandy. Murphy set
goods, though the high price of the raw material up a rambling defence, the import of which was that, as
operates as a check upon manufacturing activity. other servants had access to her sleeping apartment, she
could not tell what was put into it, nor by whom. The
The hosiery and lace trades are slightly better. other prisoners said the property traced to them had been
a week.
The return from the Bank of England for the given them by Murphy. All of them were remanded for
week ending the 24th of June gives the followino•
, I,° ALLEGED ROBBERY AND ASSAULT.—James Kavanaeli
results, when compared with the previous week : described by one of his own witnesss as a county ",
Wex-
Public deposits ... £4,852,805; Increase£l,6lo,423 ford yellow-belly, was brought up on remand, charged
Other deposits ... 10,114,383; Decrease 399,108
Rest ... ... ... 3,202,523; Increase 8,270 with knocking down a black sailor, named Thompson, in
Eldon-street, on the night of Saturday week, and robbing
On the other side of the account— him of a silver watch, and guard chain. The evidence in
Government securities X 9,851,250, Increase £130,751 , support of the felony was not clear ; but the assault was
Other securities ... 15,581,007; Increase 209,770 fully proved, and Kavanagh was ordered to pay a fine of
Notes unemployed ... 7,518,400; Increase 85,720 10sinapnvdTcomsitsTott,osEsounffeErkfitc3iumroteentoyos'iiroroprissoa sqlnneonatlid.
The amount of notes in circulation is £19,614,235, looking woman, of middle age, was charged witli breaking
beinc, a decrease of £86,340; and the stock of into the house of Thomas James, in Gerrard-street, on
bullion in both departments is £13,869,975, show- Saturday night, and stealing,a quantity of wearing apparel,
in.- an increase of £160,598,when compared with the
Esconsisting of a shawl, a bonnet, a merino dress, a pair of
men's short boots, a pair of women's boots, a cap, and
preceding return. several other articles. The case was clearly established
against the prisoner, who was known as an old offender,
and she was committed for trial at the sessions.
ATTEMPTING TO PICK POCKETS.—John Moran, a
well-known artist in the line, was charged with attempt-
ing to pick pockets in St. John's Market, on Saturday.
He had not been successful in abstracting anything, and
on being asked what he had to say, he assumed an air of
extreme innocence and simplicity, and professed not to
know anything whatever on the subject. He was ordered
to be imprisoned three months.
FASHIONABLE FEMALE FICKPOCKBTS.—Two well-
dressed young women, who gave their names as Mary Ann
Williams and Judith Godfrey, were charged by Detective-
officer Russell with attempting to pick pockets on Saturday
last. The officer said, as he was passing along Church-
street on Saturday, his attention was attracted by the
movements of the prisoners, whom he saw make attempts
upon the pockets of several ladies, but they were not suc-
cessful. He then followed them into St. John's Market,
and observed them attempt the pockets of others, but
still without success. They next went towards Lime-
street, and here he saw one of them put her hand into the
pocket of a woman who was looking into a shop-window.
He asked the woman if she had lost anything, and she,
putting her hand into her pocket, said, " Yes, a purse."
The purse was found in her own basket. The prisoners were
defended by an attorney ; and the case was remanded till
this day.

ISSUE DEPARTMENT

Notes issued £27,132,1336 Governmt. Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,98-1,900
Gold coin &bu11'n.13,132,635
Silver bullion ...

£27,132,635

£27,132,635 I

BANKING DEPARTMENT

Prop. Capital ... £14,553,000iG0v. Securities £9,851,250
Rest - . . 3,202,550ther Securities 16,684,007
Public 'Deposit's 4,852,8001N0tes 7,518,400
Other Deposits 10,114,383 Gold & Silver Coin 737,340
7-day & other bills 968,2681

EXTRAORDINARY SHOPLIFTING.
A. LIVERPOOL TRADESMAN COMMITTED FOR

TRIAL.
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A considerable time was occupied yesterday by the
police magistrates in investigating an extensive series of
shopliftings, which for a considerable time past have been
practised with success in Liverpool. An elderly and
rather respectable-looking foreigner, who gave his name
as Speridion Louage, was charged with having stolen a
great number of pieces of silk handkerchiefs, principally
from the shops of Messrs. Forrester and Co. Church-
street, and of Messrs. Frisby, Dyke, and Co., Lord-street ;
and Thomas Fell, tailor and draper, in Paradise-street,
was charged with receiving the same, knowing them to
have been stolen. . .

Russell, the detective officer, said that in consequence
of information he had received, he was on the look-out
yesterday morning in Church-street, and saw the prisoner
Lounge, who had a handkerchief round his neck and over
his left elbow, as if he had a sore arm. Lounge went into
Forrester's shop, where he remained some time, and on
coming out went immediately to the shop of Fell, the
other prisoner, in Paradise-street, where witness, on look-
ing through the window, distinctly saw Lonage take a
flat parcel, containing black silk handkerchiefs, out of his
pretended sling and hand it to Fell, who seemingly made
a few remarks, took the parcel from Louage, and laid it
aside, and the latter came out. Lounge next proceeded up
Lord-street, followed by Russell, and entered the shop of
Messrs. Frisby, Dyke, and Co., witness taking his stand
on the opposite side of the street, and the window
being empty at the time, he could see perfectly what
passed in the shop. While observing this, he saw Lonage
looking over several parcels of handkerchiefs, which did
not seem to please him, and he was shown others. While
the attention of the shop assistant was diverted to the
turning ont of fresh parcels, witness saw Louage take a
parcel of handkerchiefs, and place it rapidly in the sling-
handkerchief, and shortly after leave the shop, again mak-
ing his way directly to the shop of Fell, where the same
kind of intercourse as that to which he had been previ-
ously a witness took place. On this, witness went into
Fell's shop, and asked if he knew Louage, and whether
he had bought anything from him that morning. To this
question Fell at once answered in the affirmative, and pro-
duced two parcels of handkerchiefs as those which he had
just bought from Lonage. On further questioning, Fell
admitted readily that he had bought a considerable quan-
tity of handkerchiefs from Lounge, and produced them ;
some from a drawer, some from shelves, and some from a
room up stairs. All of this property, amounting in value
to between £7O and £BO, Russell took possession of, and
he also apprehended both the prisoners. After their ap-
prehension, Russell communicated the facts of the case
to Messrs. Forrester and Co., and Messrs. Frisby, Dyke,
and Co.
P Mr. Birt, one of the shop-assistants of Frisby, Dyke,
and Co., identified a portion of the property as belonging
to those gentlemen. He also recognised Louage as one
who, in the course of that morning, had visited their es-
tablishment, and looked over a great many handkerchiefs
under various plausible pretexts, and concluded his visit
by purchasing a handkerchief, for which he paid 4s. Part
of the handkerchiefs Lonage had sold to Fell were some
of those the witness had shown to the former-named
prisoner. Others were like handkerchiefs which Messrs.
Frisby, Dyke, and Co. had considerable quantities of, but
from these the private marks had been removed, and con-
sequently they could not be identified.
John S. Junian, shop-assistant to Messrs. Forrester and
Co., identified a large number of handkerchief pieces as
the property of his employers, and the prisoner Lonage as
an individual who, during the last few weeks, had come
frequently about their shop. Goods had so frequently
been missed of late, and particularly after Louage's visits,
that he was suspected of having stolen them.
For Fell, who was represented by Mr. Bluck, solicitor,
it was stated in defence that Lounge represented himself
as an Austrian sea-captain, who had purchased a large
quantity of silk handkerchiefs and other goods for export;
but that in consequence of the war breaking out, he found
it would be unsafe to export them, and he therefore sold
them. Fell, it was said, believing the story, purchased
them, and gave the culprit a fair price for them. It was
likewise contended, that as he offered no evasion or con-
cealment, the inference that he believed the transaction to
be bona" fide was a fair one. •
The magistrates remarked that the case was of too
serious a character to be disposed of otherwise than by
the verdict of a jury. Both prisoners were committed for
trial. -

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_, .....0 Lae trace are nov —...,_ _ ~ present to value of £lO. A great c - •
buy at the prices required by the importers. to view the contest, for ;lvien-he follov
Of Baltic Timber the arrivals during the month enter& .
are 9 vessels 2961 tons against 29 vessels '7942
tons for the correspondinc, period last year. A
cargo of Memel sold at ls.c'lol-d. per foot ; a cargo
of Dantzic, from the yard, sold at ls. 11d. per foot ; T. Nama, though entered, did not start. The tiny
and some undersized at ls. 4111. per foot ; and Champion, just big enough to contain Mr. Bishop, her
whitewood at ls. 4d. per foot. In Mahogany, builder and owner, who is also the builder of the Spirit
althe Electric, was earnest and bold in the sport, and
Cedar, and other fancy woods nothing doing. affordedanovzach instierruesette!ll;oyulihroil t.Th? dnay:uoThise Squib is
METALS.—The Staffordshire Ironmasters at their
preliminary meeting on Thursday decided upon an by sft 7.4 in on the beam Her lines are grac'ejful,"and her ap-
advance of £1 per ton on manufactured Iron. pearance on the water is light and elegant. The Wee Jessie
2 inches in length, by 5 feet 74 inches on the
This has not, however, had any effect upon our
beam,o and built by Mr. Hicks, of Birkenhead. She is
market here, owing to its having been for somebeingsuggapesptarinfatrieire,commobined with betauty,ltthe
time past anticipated, the Staffordshire manufac-
turers having refused any orders except at prices The course selected for the match wraes one which, sciartlinyg.
to be decided at the quarterly meeting. Prices from the east end of the great float, rounded a flag boa+
ifsormal9niefreoet
" Seotch Pig Iron continue firm, with the proba- ' - point, returning to round a Ron. a-
_ _ ' qrf, reop,,'

1 Wee hash
2 Champion,
3 Nama,
4 Squib,

e, sloop, 2 tons, Hamilton La
i, do. do. J. I. Bishop.
yawl, 2 do. W. J. Conlai
sloop, 2 do. J. A. Clarke

's yard, off sy.

ich was the winning flag boat. The
breeze from
The Squib and the
htly delayed.

id at starting (3. 23 p. m.,) was a stew,
N.W., which gradually fell

passed her, founding the wes'

the meantime, Champion, go
and cutting off a shallow corn

ne two leaning I
nd finally reache

d the winning flag

Squib
The Champion having given up, but receiving at the con-
clusion almost as much applause as the winner. Wee
Jessie was worked by Mr. Laird, and steered by Mr:
Nevins ; the Squib by the builder and a friend of the
owner. .

The prize was presented in a complimentary address
from the Vice-Commodore to Mr. Hamilton Laird, who,
in acknowledging the compliments paid to him, stated his
belief that ere long these matches in the great float will
rival t

ass on the Mersey

WonKtlca. MEN'S PROTESTANT REFORMATION SO-
- Friday evening, the weekly lecture was deli-
vered by Mr. C. P. M`Carthy; on " the Church of Rome,
the Mother of Heresy and Schism," in the Society's Room,
Lower Beau-street, which was filled on the occasion. The
lecturer read a list of various orders and denominations of
religionists in the Church of Rome, above forty in num-
ber, and showed how widely these differ in their religious
opinions and practices. He commented on the fierce con-
tentions and conflicts which have been occasioned by their
hostility to each other through their antipathies. A Ro-
manist who was present several times interrupted the
lecturer, who answered the objections raised with quota-
tions from "Romish historians. At the conclusion of the
lecture, the chairman, Mr. Parsonage, invited any Ro-
manist to discuss with Mr. 111`Carthy. The Romanist
before alluded to aaid he wss unprepared then, but he was
understood to intimate his intention of being prepared
for next Friday evening. The chairman then said, what-
ever bitterness the Jesuits and Jausenists, the Dominicans
and Franciscans, might indulge in against one another,
they were all agreed in opposition to the Word of God.
He further said, the Pope and the ecclesiastics of Rome
generally are agreed to fine, banish, or even hang Protes-
tants when they have the power; and thus, what-
ever individual members -of the Church of Rome
might feel or say,dlome was and is the enemy of civil and
religious liberty, and the Papacy has been at all times
plotting against constitutional government and influencing
despotic powers to crush all who dare to rebel against her
authority. Thus, by crushing free inquiry, she keeps up
the appearance of unity. This (he said) Mr. M`Carthy
had ably exposed, and would further demonstrate next
Friday evening, when he hoped some Roman Catholic
would meet him. A vote of thanks to the lecturer was
unanimously passed ; and, after singing the Doxology, the
meeting separated.
THE BASINGSTOKE AND ANDOVER BRANCH of the
London and South-Western Railway was opened for
general traffic yesterday. Its inauguration took place on
Saturday, upon which occasion Mr. Brassey, the contrac-
tor of the works, invited the whole of the officers con-
nected ,with the South-Western Company, and a large
party of friends, to a splendid thgeuner at Andover. A
special train, conveying the party, left Waterloo at half-
past twelve, and arrived at Basingstoke in due course,
where several gentlemen from Southampton, Portsmouth,
Dorchester, &c., joined. The train reached Andover in
something less than three hours from Waterloo, and its
arrival was duly welcomed by the good folks of the ancient

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RUNAWAY ENGIN33.—On Saturday morning, a little
'before twelve o'clock, the officials employed at the Swin-
don Railway Station were greatly alarmed at seeing an
engine dash through the station at the usual speed, on
the up line. It was, however, soon discovered that there
was no person on it to controul its power, and on it flew
at a rapidly increasing pace, and was not overtaken by_
another engine sent in chase until it had nearly reached
Farringdon-road station. Fortunately no accident occurred.
A pair of carriage wheels were standing on the line be-
tween the refreshment rooms and the engine shed, which
were thrown up into the air as if they had been paper.—
Reading Mercury.

PRINCE PASKIEWITSCR.—The National Zeitung gives
the following graphic letter from a correspondent at Jassy,
dated June 16 : Prince Paskiewitsch returned here the
day before yesterday. What a difference between his
former entry and his last arrival I Then he had the
bearing of a Cesar that had only to come, see, and con-
quer ; he was received with Imperial honours, his entry
was welcomed by innumerable peals of bells ; when he
repaired to the cathedral to mass, the Metropolitan came
to meet him with the Gospels and the cross, and he was
conducted through the Imperial door (the centre door) up
the nave to the altar. At that time the Prince of 'War-
saw was so sure of his game, that he invited members of
our beau monde to take coffee with him in Silistria, and
expressed himself delighted that, old as he was, he was to
have the pleasure of meeting the two lasses, Britannia
and Gallia. This gallant and yalant spirit, however, is
broken ; all silently and sadly has the commander-in-
chief returned to Jassy. His suite maintain that he has
only received a contusion ; but we hear that his wound is
so considerable as to compel him to go on crutches, and
therefore nobody is permitted to see him. There are no
less than twelve members of his staff among the absent

ones.'
ANOTItER VILLAGE BURET.—On Friday, a fire, result-
ing in the entire destruction of 50 houses, and involving a
calamitous loss of property, occurred at Burton Bradstock,
near Bridport, Dorset. The fire commenced early on
Friday, at the homestead in the occupation of Mr. James
Brown, a farmer, near the approach of the main street, and
is supposed to be the work of an incendiary. Within an
hour from 30 to 40 houses were in flames, and the fire was
not subdued until nearly the entire village was destroyed.
The poor inhabitants are now encamped in the neighbour-
hood, and are reduced to the greatest distress, but no lives
were lost. A subscription has been opened for the suf-
ferers by the surrounding gentry.