Glasgow Courier. — 1846-04-02 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

DARING YOUNG THIEF. On Monday afternoon last, a young boy called at the house of a respectable haberdasher residing in Oxford Street, Laurieston, wishing to be employed to clean the windows. Having been informed by the servant that his services in that way were not needed, the youngster departed and the door was closed. Shortly afterwards the servant went down stairs on some business and shut the outer door behind her. After she had gone the lady of the house proceeded from the parlour to another room, and was surprised to find the outer door standing wide open, and still more surprised to see a bed-room door which she had closed a short time before in the same position. On entering the bed-room in question she observed a small writing-desk, which usually stood on a table, removed into the bed. Somewhat puzzled to account for these arrangements, which bad evidently been effected within a very short time, she proceeded to replace the desk to its wonted standing-place, when she received a kick from the foot of a person concealed below the bed, who was in the act of coming out from his lurking-place with the view of getting hurriedly past her. Nothing daunted by the surprise, the lady laid hold of the intrader—who turned out to be the identical youth who wished employment at window-cleaning—and managed to detain him until the servant arrived, by whom the prisoner was safely conveyed to the Gorbals Police-office. Being brought before the sitting magistrate on Tuesday morning, the boy, whose name is Patrick Poole, (an old offender,) was convicted, and sent GO days to Bridewell. We understand that if the prisoner had been a little earlier, and had succeeded in securing the desk referred to, he would have managed to steal along with it the sum of .El3O in bank notes, which the owner a few minutes before took away to pay an account connected with his business.  Another Child Ridden Over.—Yesterday afternoon, a boy betwixt two and three years old, in crossing from the pavement to the causeway at the corner of Nelson Street, Tradestom• was ridden over by A horse and cart The wheel of the cart severely injuring the side of his head and one of his legs, he thus made a very narrow escape from inevitable death. The carter, we learn, was in this instance—as in others lately mentioned—not at his horse's head at the time of the accident. Fall of a House.—Yeaterday the back wall of an old tenement, situated in a close between the Saltmarket and Prince's Street, suddenly fell, causing great alarm to the occupants and neighbours, but fortunately without injury to any one. A man who was laying asphalte in the close made a narrow escape. The late Murder on the Edinburgh and Hawick A reward of fifty pounds is offered for the apprehension and conviction of Peter Clark and Patrick Reilly, Irish railway labourers, who were employed on the above railway when the riot took place on the 28th of February, which resulted in the murder of a policeman named Richard Pace, but who have since absconded. Clark is described as about 35 or 40 years of age, 5 feet 8 or 9 inches in height, stout made, fair complexion, reddish face, sandy-coloured hair, a little curled, small sandycoloured whiskers, and dressed, when last seen, in blue bonnet, dark greyish coloured trousers, drab vest, a green velvet shooting coat, with large navie boots. Reilly is about 40 years of age, stout make, 5 feet 7 or 8 inches in height, dark complexion, black hair, and short black whiskers, mixed with a few grey hairs, and dressed, when last seen, in a blue bonmet, moleskin jacket and trousers, and lare navie boots.