The Express.
London, England, 1852-03-13 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, MARCH 18, 1852.

lab interftgenct.

PREROGATIVE COURT. —YENTERDAT.
BANDA Do. Uomommriev.
B NZ AND ANOTHIN V. BANNATTNI AND OVUM.
A report of the farts of this tediesestary cause has
slimed, peared.
The Ceapost, is jest this imesig, sell the
rely swedes hsin it as te the wrier of Hid if
deemedmes et the Um be demi
htheis we, dated, the lAith el Mimi, The histrumest,
wail hml the diastwee of the sad the stlestatiss
of ewe Mame. wee la the leadwritiog of Mrs
llesaatyse, the leststees nether. la oeselkriag
the tedismay of the whams as to Mmitty,
the emit weet Mew is Mad the hose se doe vide ell led
esemed Mama d
evised. dote the all iusl the peeled whoa
the Mews., were Aphid die validity of the
Subsume wen the peseremptim of law and proved prior
sad eslereksest amewsimem of wind. Env* all con-
sidered= Mob fan ONI den abet, It wee of 'Oaks that
the widows ht sopped ef the wet The ob.
fralme s sateesl me. The of wep ear
coodast ea the pest of bb the pew attre
wise, the seemegmeat et Me memieep emeweie, the
demesere deeds, ered emisit wilt lib -tesammes, Memo-
timed miermst efeesisti sademeseeeest, sithewebent-
steams emenhast about lliiee dm the imenweestels=
cleorip retrudded the peeemplies Is law, and
the fact that he was alsiggil Med when he esseMed this
will. The court prestressed Me the validity of the will.
In decreeing probate, however, It would allow the seate out
of the estate.

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a Des dem the Varlet Aberdeen e. Cartwright," has been
on eines eleven Vele& this morning, and has not yet
(seveste'sloek) beet leseglit to a termination. The cense
is a reaseset Oren the het amine i the reel Denies in be
suit an wßight lies. Lord Ward sad lli4V
Glynn. Venue mien oflarge 'statists the
hoods of ILlyrefaked sad Dudley, is this esenty, and
this aides it as dishwaidne the riht to small nese of land,
MNM ins had as awe, which jets late lied Ward's
Iftgirl Ilferf47. The stoat vane of the lend, taking
bate esneinessos inisseale beneath its aortae', is said not
to "need WM ; setwitbinsitieg this, however, se tenor-
tga tact is its neseades deemed 011 snout of its son,
that the sone et litigates will, In en ity,
amount to two or three thousand pounds; the some
sisty or seventy witaemr, all of whom wenlsere wing
the whole of last arises, when the parties refused to accept
Mr. Justice Erle's seggsation of a traverse to Gloucester.
I,or the plaintiff, -11 r. Whiteley, Q.C., Mr. Keating,
Q.C., and Mr. Whitman; for the defendant, Mr. Alex-
ander, Q.C., Mr. &dent Ann, and Mr. Pigpen.
In the matter of aa indictment against a perms seated
Grimes and his wife, resident at Lichfield, for having eon-
fined and harshly treated for years a young man of weak
intellect and infirm health,.as soon as the special jury were
sworn to try, Mr. Kettle, on behalf of the prosecution, inti-
mated that no evidence would be offered in support of it.
The affair had excited great interest in consequence of the
extraordinary revelations of brutality detailed at the time
of the discovery of the alleged offence. This prosecution
was a traverse from the city sessions at Lichfield.
The defendant is manager of a bank in that city,
and father of the young men ; the female
defendant is hie mother-in-law. Mr. Kettle declared that
he had taken upon himself the responsibility of offering no
evidence in support of the prosecution, from a considera-
tion of the position of the parties (the prosecutor and de-
fend rot being father and sou), and tho painful circum-
stances that must necessarily attend such an inquiry.
Mr. Serjeant Allen, for the defendants, said, without the
comae which Mr. Kettle bad taken upon himself the re-
sponsibility of pursuing, he wished it to be distinctly under-
stood that his clients were ready to meet the fullest inquiry
on the subject of this charge, to remote any impres-
sion that the defendants had hod anything to do with
stfill+tbe proceedings in connexion with the prosseaties,
as t seem from the position of the parties interests&
A or verdict of Nut Guilty was then recorded.

THE POLICE COURTS.
MANSION-HOUSE.

Charles Clifford was charged with having attempted to
obtain 161. from the London Joint Stock Ilank fraudulently.
Mr. Clarkson, who appeared for the banking establish-
ment, said the charge was one of a most serious and unusual
description. In 1847, Mr. Clifford became a depositor and
customer to the London Joint.; Stock Link. In 1850, his
account :wu balanced, and there remained a balance of
61. 6d. in his favour. Some time ago he drew a cheque for
121., to meet which there was no more than the 6s. W., but
by some accident that cheque was unfortunately paid. It
seemed that the success in ithat attempt encouraged the pri-
soner to the recent transaction. When the establishment
bad found that upon the former occasion the prisoner had
overdrawn his account, they wrote to him upon the subject,
and it was a singular circumstance that the very letter
which was transmitted to him was found in his pocket. Of
that communication he took no notice, but on Wednesday
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or Thursday week his pass-book, which had been until tbit
time in his possession, was presented at the London
Joint Stock Bank, and under the date on the
credit aide appeared, but not in the writing
of any person in the bank, " cash 601.," width
constitaes4 a forgery. On Thursday afternoon, la
female, who was believed to be the prisoner's wife, pre-
seated at the counter a cheque far 151. The clerks turned
to the pass-book, and saw for the first time the entry of the
601. The female refused at first to give the addrees of the
puma whose messenger she was, and wham she acknow-
ledged to be her husband, but when she Asa that she
should be detained in custody, she no kers hesitated.
The state of poverty in which the family of they/beam was
found by the officer, as well as all the eircumilmens imam-
diately connected with the offence, afforded the strongest
grounds fir the present grave accusation.
The son of a professional gentleman who resides in Moor-
gate-street, said—l saw the prisoner in m lather's cham-
bers in the forenoon of Thursday week. lie had had busi-
ness with my father, and he handed to me this book (the
prisoner's pase-book), and asked me to leave it for him at
the London Joint-Stock Bank. I took it at once to the
Bank, and left it there.
The father of the first witness said the prisoner called on
him on the 4th instant, and after some conversation, the
prisoner said "Oh, by-the-bye, will you allow your boy, or
your son," I don't know which, "to leave this pass-book
at the London Joint Stock Bank for me ?" 1 said certainly,
and called my son, and said to him, James, take this pass-
book for Mr. Clifford to the London Joint Stock Bank.

Fennell (of the City Detective Force) said-1 was sent
for yesterday to the London Joint Stock Bank, and saw a
female In the manager's room. I was shown a cheque.
purporting to be for 151., drawn by Charles Clifford in
favour of Mr. Hut, and dated llth March. In conse-
quence of what she said I went with her in a cab towards
Orange-road, Bermondsey. When we got a little distance
beyond London-bridge I told her that it I did not find Mr.
Clifford
.at home I should have to bring her back. As we
were going down Duke-street, leading to Tooley-street, she
recognised Mr. Clifford, standing with his back against •
house, four or five houses down the street, five minutes'
walk from the bank. She pointed him out to me, and got
out of the cab and ran up to him, and I called him aside
and told him I was a police officer, and that I wanted him
to go to the bank with me about the 1.51. cheque he had sent
his wife with, and that ho had overdrawn his account.
He said, " That is wrong. I'll go with you and
see Mr. Pollard." Ho and I then got into the cab
and drove to the bank, and his wife went home.
In the chairman's room, in answer to Mr. Foster, who
asked him, first, if he had received a letter from the
bank, the prisoner said he had, and ho produced the
letter statiag to him that he had overdrawn his sceount.
Mr. Foster then asked him if he thought that letter not
worth his attention. Ile made some complaint about hav-
ing received the letter in the way ho did, and said the rea-
son was that he and his brother were not on terms. He
was asked respecting the 601. which was entered in the (yaw
book. When had the book been returned to the bank ?
He replied about last Friday. The chairman asked by
whom ? To which he replied by the lad who had been first
called as a witness. He also said that he had paid in the
money himself, but that he could not speak as to the clerk
to whom he had paid it. Upon being asked when he had
paid it in, he said that would require a little recollection.
He apparently took time to recollect, but gave no an-
swer. He was then given into Tity charge, sad I
took him to the station-house. This morning I saw
him at ten o'clock at the Bow-lane station house. Thain,
another detective officer, was with me. The prisoner said,
addressing Thain, "I am charged with forgery." Nothing
at all had been said to him about forgery either by the
chairman at the bank, or me, or any other person. Ha
added, " I paid him the 601. myself. If I had sent any one
doe he might not have paid it in, but I took it myself, and
lam safe." I then asked him when he had paid it in, and
he said on the Ist of October.

Mr Clarkson—Did you _
g_o to his house ?
Witness—l went to the house of a person named East, in
which he lodges on the second floor. His family, which
consists of his wife and six children, appear to be in the
greatest poverty.
The prisoner said he wished to bo remanded for a few
days, ss ho did not think he would be justified in making
Its defenee without professional advice. The greater part,
he said,of the statement just made was not true, and he had
waves drawn anything which ho had not ample metes to
feet.
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The prisoner was then remanded ti:l Monday.
Ths Lord Mayor hu received 21. from Mr. John Low,
for ths Mohair* fund.

GUILDHALL.

Leon Joseph A erincks, laceman and silk mercer, of Great
Portland-place, 'was placed at the bar before Alderman
Challis, for further examination on the charge of obtain-
ing under false pretences a large quantity of goods on
credit, within three months of his bankruptcy, with intent
to defraud his creditors. At the request of the counsel for
the prosecution, and by the consent of the prisoner, this
ease was further remanded for the investigation pending in
the Court of Bankruptcy to be completed, and to allow the
prisoner time to make out some accounts hitherto omitted.

BrGAR.—The average price of sugar, the produce of
the British penurious in America, computed from the
returns made in the week ending the 9th March, 1862,
Is 20s. 41d. Sugar, the produce of the Mauritius, 24c Bd.
eager, the produce of the but Indies, 18e. Old. The
average price of the three foregoing descriptions of sugar,
jointly, is 19s. 101 d.

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BRISTOL, MARCH 12.
Suasn.—The market has been steady, and the few fresh
lots of West India brought forward this week have been
taken freely at about former rates but the quantity die-
posed of is small—not exceeding 2.10 hhds.—owing to the
shortness of the supply at market,. the stocks in first hands
are now nearly exhausted. For Ilauritius there continua
to be a good demand from the refiners, and about MOO
mats have found buyers this week, at full ratm,_. La hats
we are still without transactions to report. The mama
market is exceedingly steady, with a good dammed fir sll
descriptions of manufactured goods.
Rest is excessively dull, and the transaction, ohm our
last report are verylintited.

LIVERPOOL. MARCH 12.
The sales to-day aro Sugar: 250 bags Senates, 38e.
Coffee: 30 bags Native Ceylon 40s. ; 10 Wes. Plantation
ditto, 48e, Rios: 60 MILS Carolina, 16s. to 16s. 6d.
(bond). Cntsh : 900 packages, 235. Jute : 1,200 bales,
N. 15s. for conoWni 40 121.7 e. Gd. for very good. Logwood :
25 tons 3t. Dossinsis. N. 10s.

COTTON.—Lrvisrooc, 12.—The steady and
eonstaat deasead dna the begiaalsg of the year by which
the us& law harassed their desks pvehalsb se the eitent
of 60,000 brio, was !e swam or kW- le Wm; our exten-
sive presalibea la a pawn sad restlag,plees. The great
point he the athithradsa of those of us who were actively
;:itracoadaselog the details 1/1 SO cellos transactions
gthee, wet, It what sexton Ibis execesive buying
would ewe. The moderate sad gradual advance in price,
ed as ne ear evonsato lately have been by a
grileedimlugte of trade, owed to ray apprehension and
exalted no alarm, Came what it Accordingly, the
Val
aysialinned with full ap to Saturday
Int. In this way, tharahre, although we
sepal a Ca and quiet week, we "mot npott 4

retrograde movement in prime to a greater extent than ed.
per lb. on Orneriest', and so much on India while long
stapled of all kinds, including Brazils, &a Islands, and
Egythms are without change. Perhaps we are somewhat
under chick, from the political state of things, fearing that
a disoolutkm of parliament might in some measure disturb
I our proceed . The committee of brokers quote fair
Uplands at 6 ~ Mobile at old., and Orleans at 6td. 2,010
American, 4F 0 Burst, 870 Egyptian, 20 Bahia, and 1,860
Pernans are ',porta to hare been taken on 'peculation ;
aid 2,380 Ansernean, 460 Surat, 130 Madras, and 1,240 Per-
nem, for export. Sales for the week, 66,900 bales.
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MANCIINITIII, MARCH 12.—The recent heavy operations
in this market, taken in connexion with the more subdued
action of the oottoe market, have, within the last day or
two, produced a more subdued tone in this. No diminu-
tion in the firmness of prices of yarns an as yet be notice.' ;
yet inclining to convictions, arising from what has actually
and to what may appear, we are inclined to ellen-
Cri:td.pren a ler active business fora while. It may be other-
wise, still the appearances indicate somewhat conclusively
no incenses of stock is—nor can it be owing to the contracts
in the caves of execution—yet perceptible. Generally,
therefore, the trade is, as stated, leas active.

HOSIERY. LElCiatalt, March 12.—W0 have had
MOW bolero la the market this week, sad their purchases indicate
thet the Wm haelma is sightly hare -e& The delsy ed the Arne-
, dam eadtheedasthall wars se lwar thaw/ the mu .1 period thin
MOM prevers the lOW NINO el 11114111MIllt being given upon
alp*, gab at remit The hewer Ma travel trent thin chetskt
en so dem etheally they. Weds masts widiont intestine.
TIM siethilithele; hat UM three& ham been: Wearied this
week, ta the klabea by the mamma trim tiL to Gd. per W.

CORN.—Clariutaroan March 11—There was a small
imply or whim at sisdrs ht.dq ; baron mewl with pest caution,
std when hisser mei mks rather Sew mew wan takes, 4.4. to
it/ 4te..; while. Oh le Ns. Parley rather lower. ,pas without couch
smelee. nem in favour of buyers.

COVINTIIT, March 12.—There has been gond show of
simples 1.414,5 ad every description of grain was deli for rather
less isossy. ,wst and Barley of prime qualities met a steady ask.
Oats ma the turn lower. Old Beans ocettnue very scarce,
sod bess 12s. to 14. per torsi new, Its. to 12s.

Loroour, March 12.J—Wo had • good supply of Wheat
front war limas today, and a fair bailors was done at la decline.
• *ow at Daziry, with a dull trade, at Is decline. A fair de-
ntist/sr Oats at trills lore money ilwe was given this day ..'might.
Very law 800 Owing, and prim niniaaL Wheat, red„ Sas. to
41s. • ilia% 445. to 475. Barley, SW 32a. Oats, 19s. In M.
Bei* $114.1•32a. _ __ _ _ _

laindsms. Meth 12.—At Ads day's market am Was
a SEW easadere al ale lades dr mast et beim la wry
((Wheat was, la seasegmes. say lasaware, led t eiders
sired Waft Is the raw email ea Teselq. Per Thar there
were ammo firrile" midis bine net, hereever, bid se mach
buiree. silos rain tilt qur geed Ina quality.
la Baby sad /Iql a. allendea. Ileam, at vitae pup
▪ sr toe wpm are ellerba, malleas at previous rates.
Mb awl Omasek spas wry leillealMerldr &Meshy sup-
' portal lair who. baba Om, ea ths err sold as rather
crier large dr triAtiag Wart he be wend awes
as red eases serleed la geed maditima lave wade fall,rsee,
Ttli=aeosall at aa="1:1411 to.4ey for ant s,IS pats. A aorta
layout hkh dlt:
realms mast stabs weds ehedered with euatlesstal options ae to
• Wm aft led garelreire. ardwAs Iron the eth te the 113
;h
Mardi halasive ids lalerpool :—Wbsee, 4,1.17 qrs.; henry, 13
Melt. isto; or; 4,a11a aye, St ; 131; balsa Cara, 112 ;
Oaassel, I,lleseas Ther, WO awls awl 4,322 hernia
BOUTRAMPTON, Warsh 12.—Ilisrs was only a moderate
supply et Wirt lodic yet the trade Med very dial, tad
=all below mes are; heldera havareer, were dra, sad weal
wa 'her ear gasladcas et kg week. Seel Maria illemead, sad
nasal llea parsi. Is 'Mar anwiptiosi sot oath drag. The
easswatierla iiie Oats aid Dessa. Mn whirl. the demand la very dream.
Ram • doll vela

Wowassasa, Mara 12.-A change of wind has now
brouOt ell oar mode mut aced a largo seimply Of all grain. In
the Moms Wow Wheat rondo folly Is. per quarter,
boa this to what is an hamill, granary samples are
posealy thie telorlioL Irmisy Wm declined fully
far swathe with a tobeolis S. Oats and shelliug are steady.
Bros se Orr. Oiler ankles as Whys The quotation are -
Wheat, per qr. of 161 b. le dr Ewa, and Kent, new,
red, Ms. to (4a; Ids.; now,, lithe, 45a. to lia.; extra, 30a.
Norfolk and netttote r 01,1198. 415.; extra, 43e.; new, white,;
40e. to 416.; Wm, Mo.; Liastiebir• and Cambridgeshire, new red,
37a. to 415.; sal% Ps.; new with, Va. to 4h.; extra, 465.; York-
shire, new, red, 376. to Os.; extra, 41e.; new, white, Sea to 435.;
extra, 44e.; Dental and Konleburgh, white, el& to 46a.; extra, 441 e.
Lower nab Hamburgh, rod, 395. to 41x.; extra, 45a. ; Mediter-
ranean, red, U.. to 37a.; extre, 38e.; old English, 37e. to 41e.
white, 47.. Darkly, per quarter Imperial, Norfolk and Suffolk,;
235. to 31..; tato., Ste. ; Lincoleshire end Yorkshire, NW
to 31e.; extra, 315.; Smack, 27.. od. to 30e. 0a; extra, 315.;
Beans, per qr. 631 b. to the bushel, small, One, 31s. to 34a.;
ticks, 31a. to 31s. ; foreign, 21.1. to 30s. Oats, per stone, meal-
, ing, new, 9;d. to 101 d.; kaUng, lOd. to 1 1 ; foreign, St to
9,d.; Shelling, per load of 2611 b., 23.. to 265. Malt, per load of 6
boatels, 37e. to 395. Peso, per qr. Map., blue and white hollers,
235. to 29a.; saw., 30a.; grey and feed, 26.. to 27e.; extra, Vie.
to
per lootlingthh, 211. to 227.; foreign, 211. to 23/.
Lamed, per imperial qr., 43.. to 40s. Imports during the week :
Wheat, 19,194 qrs. Barley, 3,733. Cate, 991. Deans, 1,360. Pew, 220.
Shelling, 100.

CATTLE, &c.—Exwria, March 12.—There wu a large
qesetite of etrek driven la this 1110111*6 Sad the sale generally was
rot brisk. Peer cannot be Quoted et mare than Ts. 9d. per snore, the
beet; inferior, 7s. 6d. Cows and Calves were &beet the same as last
week. harreners fetched from U. to as. per more. bleep were not
much cheaper than hit week, bat the sak wu dull. Prime waiters,
id. to did.; ewer, 44d. Weld. per lb. Item was a very large supply
of Pork aresaM this niarning, at prams ranging from 66. 6d. to Ts.
par MOIR
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Yogic, Mush 11.—A fair .apply of fat beef, well
bought up from 3s. to Su Id. per stone. Also a fair supply of lean
bents, and midst a duds ism in price. There was a moderate sup-
ply ofdhasp, wltke costapretty good demand, and sold from Sid. to
ad.

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GLAB4OII, March 12.—There were 820 Cattle and 1,270
Sheep at yeeterdars market. Sales of the former were Mow, and
prices a Made lower lot all descriptions, while a good many did not
find purchasers. The best quality brought from 42a. 61 to 445.; cur.
rent, from Ses. to 400. per cwt. The supply of Sheep being more
than equal to the demand, former rate were not maintained, and
some lota also remained oneold. Hest trodden, NI. per lb.; woad
quality, from 41d. toad.

W. Haworth and R. Haworth, Ouwaldtwials, Lareashire, mann*.
tumid washing crystals.
W. and J. Haywood, Brod-lane, City, merchants.
IL MOM sag T. Hanky, Chester, wine merelumte.
11. limbist old Beargeria. Woolwich, builders.
W. islanosal W B. Whitworth, Aslitoa.under.Lyne, Lancashire,
sesawass
J. 8. hawk mai W. lbs. Usion.phos, Lambeth. contractors.
T. Jenkins. , lesashavess, woollen drapers.
W. B. llasimo, mg W. Baker, Broughton 14111 nm Works,
ksa malskstanas. as Iss as 'studs W. Baker.
I. Missal A. Liwarml. mei maks.
J. Maga mad N. Dsweildrs.mews West, PortlancLplsoe,
R Om
C. Belitainla ad W. B. towkark, Ittgent.streat, goldrolths.
J. B. Bdissmi. A. Botilloas, gad IR. A. Itobissas, killasa, Poplar, en.
gineera.
E. Tew, W. H. Leatham, and E. A. Lestham, Wakedeld and Pool,.
*set. Yorkshire, bankers, m tar as regard' W. 11. Leatimm.
C. A. Weiby and J. Wood, Nottingham, attorneys.
W. F. Wheeler and E. Perkins, Paternoster.row, City, trlc,:.
stationers.
Sarah Wilson and Elizabeth Dawson, Hartlepool, Durham, straw
bonnet makers.