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on information, very properly took 

 immediate steps for the prevention 

 of the crime, and tiie detection of 

 the robbers. /Vccordingly, at ten 

 o'clock last night, Thomas Acum, 

 a workman belonging to Mr. Glea- 

 dow, and another of his servants, 

 were placed on guard in ambush, 

 imder cover of a shed, and near to 

 the tool-chest and the steps lead- 

 ing to the intended scene of depre- 

 dation ; the former armed with a 

 well-loaded piece, and the other 

 with a stout bludgeon. About a 

 quarter before twelve, they ob- 

 served two men come from the top 

 of the outer-dock gate, and pro- 

 ceed across the ship-yard carefully 

 to the tool-chest, where they whis- 

 pered together, and one of them 

 filled liis pockets with such instru- 

 ments as suited the purpose, and 

 turned round, up the counting- 

 house steps; the other also did the 

 same, and was following his com- 

 panion, when Acum shouted out 

 to them, "Halloo! what do you 

 want there r" Upon receiving this 

 alarm, the latter immediately ran, 

 and was quickly followed by the 

 fellow who had first gone up. 

 Acum then fired as they made for 

 the dock-gate, and was so sure in his 

 aim, that he hit them both : one of 

 them dropped down instantly dead, 

 and his companion's arm is broken 

 and shattered ; but he was able to 

 retreat as far as the crane upon 

 South-end, where he was stopped, 

 and delivered over to the military 

 guard. They proved to be two 

 fellows named Rogers (killed) and 

 Akid, desperate characters, only 

 last week discharged from confine- 

 ment in Hull gaol. 'Jhe body of 

 the former was lodged in the House 

 of Correction here, for the coro- 

 ner's inquest, and the wounded 



man is in custody at the infirmary. 

 A quantity of tools taken from the 

 chest was found in the pockets of 

 the dead robber, and a large knife 

 in the ship-yard, the latter of which 

 is supposed to have been dropped 

 by the wounded man in making 

 his retreat. The town, and neigh- 

 bourhood, we think, are under the 

 greatest obligation to INIr. Gleadow 

 for his cool and judicious arrange- 

 ments in this affair, and the prompt 

 rc^idt it has had ; as there is lit- 

 tle doubt that these men have for 

 some time been a pest to the jdace, 

 having not long ago been dis- 

 charged from the prisons here. 

 Akid states, that Rogers was a 

 native of the Isle of Wight, and 

 that himself is from the neighbour- 

 hood of Knottingley or Ferry- 

 bridge. — Hull Paper. 



■^3. Petersburgh. — The erection 

 and active support of schools in 

 the whole extent of the empire, 

 of universities and other establish- 

 ments or the sciences, for which 

 the nation are indebted to the wis- 

 dom and liberality of the Emperor 

 Alexander, who since his acces- 

 sion to the throne, has already pro- 

 duced the most beneficial results. 

 Even in the most remote dis- 

 tricts, among the uncultivated re- 

 gions of Siberia, there has been 

 diffused and awakened, by means 

 of these schools, a desire for learn- 

 ing and instruction, and a taste 

 for mental inij)rovement, as the 

 following facts from the govern- 

 ment of Irkutsk, which arc pub- 

 lished oHicially by the Board of 

 National Education, will show : — 

 " A peasant named Rowosclolf, of 

 the vill;\ge \\'olostomask, has ex- 

 pended there 5,000 rubles in erec- 

 ting a building for a school, 565 

 for supporting it for 5 years, and 



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