Stockton Herald, South Durham and Cleveland Advertiser. — 1862-12-05 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

DARING BURGLARY AT TIVERTON.—BODBERY OF £4OO WORTH OF JRIVELLERY.—Henry Murray, .Ino. Payne William Quick, Amelia Potter, and a boy named Barton were brought up at the Taunton police. court, on Thursday week, charged with burglariously entering the dwelling-house of Mr T. D. Pinkstone, jeweller, of Bampton-street, Tiverton, Devon, and stealing therefrom eight gold watches, sixty-three silver watches, and a quantity of jewellery, valued at nearly £4OO. The boy Barton was acquitted, and gave evidence implicating the other prisoners, all of whom were committed for trial.  The Greek Minister in Paris has written a letter-to the English Ambassador, denying that the new Government are hostile to Turkey and excite the lonians to revolt. Still more demonstrations have been made in Prince Alfred's favour; and it is stated that, should difficulty arise on the part of European Governments, the Prince ,would be elected a second time. Nine districts have now proclaimed him King. It appears, however, that all their enthusiasm will be thrown away, the English Government having withdrawn Prince Alfred's candidature. Russia has, also, it is said, agreed to withdraw Coma Leuchtenberg's  The Star announces, in a conspicuous form, that the recent Cabinet Councils were upon the important question of a reduction of expenditure, and nays that the amount of reduction proposed for the next financial year is fixed at £2,000,000. The Star remarks that Mr Disraeli has distinctly shown that .£5,000,000 may be saved to the country by retrenchment which will in no degree affect the safety, the honour, or the power of Great' Britain, an it urges the Cabinet Council to propose reductions extensive enough to secure the undivided approval of the Liberal party in the House of Commons and throughout the country. The Star commits the case to Mr Gladstone, and adds it cannot be too well understood that upon the adoption of such a resolution depends the existence of the Palmerston Government.  An accident attended with loss of life took place on Thursday night week on the Brighton Railway. The engine-driver of a coal train going down to Brighton found, when within a few miles of the Three Bridges Station, that he had not water enough in his tender to carry the train there. He, therefore, detached the engine, and, with unaccountable negligence, left the train standing on the main down line while he ran on to take in a supply of water. While thus absent a goods train came down at considerable speed, and ran full tilt upon the coal train, the engine mounting over the guard's van and several of the trucks, killing the guard, who was seated in his van. The driver of the goods train jumped off before the collision took place, and sustained some injuries in his fall.  The police appear to have at length succeeded in capturing the murderers of Mrs Ann NValne, at Ribchester, near Blackburn. Six men were apprehended at the latter place on Sunday, and one of them, named Thomas Bowling, has made a confession, and been admitted evidence against the rest. Ile seems to have had connection with the perpetration of the crime, and the testimony against the other five men is derived from a statement made to him by one of them—Duncan M'Pliail, a returned convict. The police are also, it is said, in possession of corroborative evidence, showing who struck the fatal blow, and proving that M'Pliail and three of the other prisoners (Was. and Geo. Wood and Dan. Carr) went to Ribchester on the day before the murder, slept in a barn until two o'clock in the morning, and then proceeded to the house of the deceased and took her life, the remaining prisoner (Banjo. Hartley) being an accessory after the fact.