The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-08 00:00:00

CHANGE OP MALICIOUSLY WOUNDINO.—Thomas George
Sartam, sled 29, was indicted for maliciously cutting and
wounding Thomas Clarke, with intent to murder him.
There were other counts in the indictment modifying the
charge.—The prisoner being deaf and dumb, Mr. Gene, the
governor of the gaol, acted as interpreter.—The prosecutor
was a painter residing at Bath, and on the 30th Deumber,
about See o'clock in the afternoon, he was returning home,
when the prisoner rushed upon him at the corner of a street,
and cut him in the neck end face with a knife. The pros.
cuter threw the prisoner on the ground, and then fetched a
policeman. The prisoner was however gone before they
returned. The prosecutor had known the prisoner three or
four years, but they had never had any quarrel. The
prisoner was ultimately taken into custody, and he then
mite upon • slate, " I did it wilfully." 'These words he
afterwards narked out, and wrow, " I did it because I err
jealous of him, and of my wife." (Their wives, it appeared,
were nearly related.) A small dessert knife was found in a
grating where the prisoner had thrown it, according to hi*
II own written admission. The prosecutor received • wound
in the left jaw, and another on the back part of the scalp.
Mr. Allen was counsel for the prosecution ; Mr. T. W.
Saunders fur the defence. Verdict, " Guilty, with intent
to do grievous bodily harm." The jury strongly recom-
mended the prisoner to merey.—Sentence deferred.
ROBBlllY.—John Shearn, George Shears, and James
Hawkins, were indicted for assaulting and robbing John
Godfrey of a purse and two sovereigns at Midsummer Nor.
ton, on the 12th of September —Mr. Stone was counsel for
the prosecution, and Mr. Saunders defended :he pri-
tessers.—This was rather • singular case. Mr. Godfrey
stated that he was an articled clerk to a Mr. Govet, who
bad aloes at Midsummer Norton, close to which village
be (Godfrey) reeidod. About half-past 8 o'clock in the evening
of OS IIIL et Sot:. Godfrey was going home from the post-
ilion When be led got about 200 yards from the put-office,
and within 100 yards of his own house, he sow four men; one
of J. Shears) came up to him, caught him by the col-
lar, and bellowed in his face ; the three others then came up,
and made the same bellowing noise. They jostled him, and
went away towards the village. He found his pocket ton
down. He followed them and overtook them, when they
again began making the bellowing noise. A mob of 160 or
200 people collected and nude bellowing noises at him. He
pushed through them to a window in which there was a
light, and he was then enabled to recognise the other two
prisoners (George Shearn and Hawkins) as the persons who
had first attacked him. He went into • house, and re-
mained there fur nearly two hours before the mob had dis-
persed. He then went home, and found that his
purse, containing two sovereigns and a half, was gone.
In his cross-examination the witness said that Mr. Govet
lived in London, but the witness carried on business for him
in the country. He had bad occinion to sue • great num-
ber of people, and there was a strong feeling against him
in the minds of the poor: he had become a very unpopular
man. John Shaun had annoyed him before. It was proved
that John Shearn had left the village after this, but had
come forward voluntarily to-day to take his trial. Per the
prisoners, it was urged that this was no robbery, but that the
parties had a strong feeling of dislike against Godfrey, and
intended to insult and annoy, but not to rob him.—Mr.
Justice Crewmen, in summing up, said the attorney was
adopting a most irregular and improper practice in allowing
an articled clerk to transact his business in the country while
he himself Was living in London.—The jury acquitted the
prisoners of the felony, but found them guilty of an
vault, and they were sentenced to 14 days' imprisonment
in the gaol.

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
Ou, Curer.—Before Mr. Justice Cokridp.

Da. CRONIN'S Callr.—DenniS Cronin surrendered to
take his trial upon an indictment charring him with the
manslaughter of Sarah Ellen Collyer. The indictment al-
leged that, before the commission of the felony, the deceased
wee sick and distempered in her body, end that the defendant
undertook to treat her in a medical capacity for such illness,
and in the course or that treatment administered to her a
certain noxious, dangerous, and destructive compound, com-
posed of spirit of ammonia, prussic acid, and bitter almond
water, and thereby caused her death. The trial ap-
peared to create a great deal of interest, and a number
of gentlemen connected with the medical profession were
present during the inquiry. Mr. Clarkson having
stated that he should not attempt to dispute the facts con-
nected with the dm* they were given very briefly • and it
will only be roomy to state, that it appeared the deceased
ISM =Mob* been some malady at the commencement of
W Peawary, smilied to the defendant, who furnished
km Wilk ISM ISSINSIW, which was sent from his own dis-
presry mai Or is had taken it, she appeared better.
=the Clethathat thervrards gave her a prescription, telling
boo that she could get the medicine made up at any chemist's,
Mil it appeared that on the 15th February a person named
admen wee sent with the prescription to the shop of a
=rear Coracle, in Camden-town, and he
hoc him a bee& of medicine, which he brought
bath be he deostatd. ad her taking a tahlespoonfill of
the Wow ekeiioMeMeor4 oomphined Nam, and died
in the quo of a Tory hw miaow, her death Wag clearly
occoal•owd by mods se d orholood la the impound thus
furnitheiL—Mr. Dania Carlota was loomina: He deposed
that he was a eberlth sad milli fa Bigbohost. Catodas-
town. Ho montodboooll Mora owalai to bit hop ea
the evening of a• Oho/ lobrmy widts growelptlow ho
a misname. *Mimes to be Norma of two hulas of
owapsosi gilt ammora. dolma asp of turban of
opium, Miaow of prank add (hobsebt's strength), two
grim et oemposad powder, and six ounces of
biter lima IMellaimpoor tioroi dated the led of
Februny. Having no atryakoine powder or bitter
third water, he sent his boy to fetch sore, mad
he breogitt back a twelve-ounce bottle of hitter
almond water • and having placed the ether lager
clients in a bottle, with the exception of the Mryehnlee
powder, ha filled it up with six ounces of the bitter shocad
water, and gave the mixture to Mr. Johnson. In addition
to this evidence, he stated that having been in busker r a
chemist for twelve years, he never before heard of strychnine
powder or bitter almond water being used as the ingredients
of medicine. Cram-examined He was entirely ignorant of

the *allies et Weer abased water aed estrgatzmiLowier,
eadtheywereastnesed teeny reappnieed..
The laa elides etas" Pheressoopcila"waepabitdadeleven
years ago, sad slaw eat period there had, no doubt, been a
peat advises is seedisal science, and many new
discoveries is mashie had been made.—Mr. Clark-

an you know anything of the ebTricts7of
strychnine powder, or whether it would be calculated in any
way to neutrinos the offset of the other ingredieets of the
mature ?—Witness : I don't know anything of the quality
or effect of this powder.—Mr. Clarks°, : And yet you did
net cannissakone the lan of its having been omitted to the
party to whoa you pee the usdiein• ?—Wiener : I did
not.—Mr. Ciniono : L amine to Dr. Cronin, will you tell
us whether you mint** potentaion te Mr. Bell, from whom
you obtained the diner 111•01111 water N—Wituas : I did not.
Mr. Clarkson : Then be ird me mar whatever of knowing
how it wee to be used, whether internally or externally.
Witness: The Winn ohm& inner appeared only to be
intended me as be skin the weer ingredients and
mit* op the anally. The different articles mentioned
lathe ateniliem.ie Bonet esp,were calculated to neutral-
ise mesh egkit of uraemia, for instance, would
dumper the anode add. Me an not aware that there
wore a great amp different descripthen of bitter almond
water, and dot non were deadly poison, while ethos were
perfectly ).tales. It wee evidently the Wend= of the
'peuaanpaen that the single baler shroud water should
need,ha and not the anesnlested IMMO of the bitter
end then only es a NM& for mixing the
edam ents.—Mr. Clubs : And you filled up
the with six mane of deadly poison >—
Witmer: I ellsd it up with the bitter almond water that I
rutin& ken Mr. Ball.-14. Omen= : Without meaning
=aides ilhosiva, will you allow nog be sok you whether
preens who haw the prodiedia of a &mist, undergo any
oielhol enendnetion Mtn, they do so?—Witness : They do
mot—Mr. Jens.. Coleridge lift and observed
that, is ou tats WA of it, the net a to make up
a wonsiggon seat by a physienn patting in all the
=tmotioned is 16 woe nun nonnifirees. Although
eal in the ardlinuy meta of tie terns, still it was
toe to the
_rum for whoa the 'medicine was in-
tended. fin a ft festiabg was very dangerous in
any lON, and he woo net prepared to my what
the sent had hoes in the wisest instance.—Kr.
Ilorson, a chernite in Ber/i/ownpraa-row, to whom the
list applicatitn was made by Ur. Corgeles messenger for
the powder and the bitter almond water, but who, not

MANSION-HOUSE.—Szootho lornian.—Yesterdey
two well-dressed persons, of very respectable ap ,
named James Chandler, alias Johnson, and Etna emprell,
alias Johnson, who hare for some time lived together, and
well, upon contributions levied upon the public, were
charged by Hereford, en officer of the Mendacity Society,
with baying practised one of their ingenious expedients. Mr.
aseutant-thanager, attended. Hanford stated that
en Tuesday he saw the prisoners together, and knowing them
to be begging-letter impostor, he followed them. They
stepped in Fleet-street, opposite to Means. Hoare's banking
berm and the man pointed to the hones sad spoke to his
companion. They then walked towards :ste-hill, and
west into a public-house in Shoe-lane, when remained
a alma time. The woman than went by to Hoare's
bankkarbenes, sad after the same out liessibad made is-
WAN tithe porter, and Limed that she bed left the fol-
Towial he the pommel and charitable esmideratien
the and that she was to return foe as asswee :
M. Ilabeelt with Whlthatez, Muth la—Haar an accents
thathathe at the alsearame width Mee .nettle
Me la webby
t the Ide Nr. Jews Pam la Usk mamasmbaesmsd
, I bath et las rest sr WNW at the most
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dim with visa ef erlata the wile% az. thee Male, So
main& • etsetemy be the aitaia youth ke theta eleepathe
the b &ay queliese, by the INNWSWOMI- MOW WWI MOM WM
alik. Owe le per* no welmseenkp MOM had he re-
memblesd OM W. father Mel es the 17th se liammise. mines
Oak rederetel by the severe teem be eesaismal tie ars
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seeemed rawer thowieleth ath thaapei the le simian
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J. in. Pel4, H.; Campo mei Os, U.; Mara Drummed, tor J.
1t.," M.; Orin lei item 21.; John Pk*, Si
rust imetem imported to be the antidote of a medical
gewelemes who lin f
it* a am time:—
Apt be.—l booby set* art aka P to prahalmasZoat
lair premt Impale enoselag am bear
haramlansthilthaltlea, obis kali ma lamb et We.
era aemethithei yaa s=r.:Lt " Midas thater."—Jos •
thee% . New
thebeethr is • 111loastevartby &clads 4thetod by Yrs. Mate to
teethe ow sualbeller lbw width, If censor, la airman will
be Oath
Wilms tM hilowed the woman who was joined by the
man, and who returned to the backing-house In ablaut three-
quarters of an hour, where she was taken lute custody. The
zlfpleener, who lad been walking up and down on the
ids dike way in a very Wintry slat.. was dm &P-
-rebendal Moths officer of the society amortised the
pekoes as add boa, who pampered exceeding) by pre-
tending be he the violins of every sort of awful adamity.—
The Lod Mayor said, the list of pretended contributions con-
tained isismal and unmistakeable evidence, in more than
one Maw" of rank falsehood. (A laugh.)-84 J.
Pine negatived the signature of his name, and Mr.
G. Whinny Meted that the name "W. Maguey" was
not in his beetbses Imaiwriting.—The female prisoner said
she bed be guilty of the deception, but disavowed
any of the man. She assured his lordship that
her cactuses M Millgort herself deserved any name but that
of idleness. Oa the sentrary, mendicancy, se she practised
it, required greet labour, ingenuity, and memory, end the
lent slip exposed her to detection, of the consequences of
whisk she um perfectly aware.—The meth prisoner said,
that the lest of kis having spoken to the woman in the
street dIM net peeve that he knew scabies of the 'pass
with Mich the bed provided Wok—'As Lard Meyer
said, it wee
le gilts
pr
&Mos that the primes turned their
peculiar talon; elemide emonat, end sittoneed each of
them to isegeleanmem In nelinwell toe two mom* with
the addition, m the woof the mom ofhard labour.
MARLBOROUGH-STRRET.—Onnors Ro
John Lawrence and Ernest Swift were maximised, charged
with picking the pocket of Mks Julia Hemmond in an om-
nibus. The robbery was committed on Thursday last, and
the particulars appeared in our paper of Monday. The only
additional evidence was that of Thomas Burn, who was in
the omnibus at the time. The prisoners, who were both
well known to the polies, were fully committed.
Buovothoce.—ln the poor-box, 11. from B. H. Ragland,
and H. from J. R.

WESTMINSTER.—Ocoee OUTIL4OI. Mow Ras
was charged with the following From outrage. Mr. Sidney
James Salter, a gentleman residing at Parson's.green, Ful-
ham, whose lace was much bruised and emellen, stated that
he war lookig for an omnibus at Hyde-park-corner, on the
previous evening, his wife and daughter being a few yards
in advance of him, when he sew defendant accost them. He
immediately pushed between his wife and the defendant, and
upon in/retiring why be had insulted the ladies, the defend.
ant *nit M a violent blow in the face, and following it
up with abets in rapid succeesion, knocked him down two
or three time. Complainant, who bad roma books 'none hand,
and en unalweilla in the other endeavoured to defend himself,
and followed delimelant, and gave him into custody.—Mir
Salter, draglteso efeemplainant, confirmed hisstatement. De-
fondant emilealy ems up to her as she was walking with
her maw end " What ! Mary, min so late !
DeMmime admitted that he had made the remark as stated
by Mies Belzer, sad mid that complainant immediately came
up and struck hie violently with his umbrella. In the
ergots complainant Broderip observed that
the assault was of a very wanton and aggravated nature, and
tee serious for him to deal with summarily. He should,
therein, require defendant to put in bail to answer the
chirp at the nest Westminster sessions.
KOZDZIOCS ASSAULT.—Mary Webb was charged. with
the Mewing attack up it Joseph Atkinson, a very infirm
Melees pemelosar,9o years old.—Complainant's face wr
muck hisimeed. le mated that he resided in the same
houses, defendant, who lived with his son. Oa Tuesday

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Imputations 'are hazarded in some quarters upon the
Bank directorsbecause of their asserted tardiness in resort-
ing to the extreme measure of disturbing the course of in-
dustrial exchanges by a further rise in the rate of interest
It is assumed upon very questionable if not untenable
grounds, that by an earlier advance in interest the incon-
veniences of the egress of so much gold might have been
mitigated, if not prevented. Such is the tenour of the ar-
gument of the intelligent writer in charge of the Money
Market department of the Morning Chronicle. It is quite
impossible in the face of facts of every day confirmation
to accord with such an opinion. The rise of inte-
rest ;by one per cent. could have presented no
impediment to the shipment of gold to the United States,
with a margin of 5 per cent. in favour of the adventure, or
order, as the case might be. It is only necessary to refer to
Mr. lortley Palmer a evidence before the Commons Com-
mittee on the bank bill, to learn how inoperative
are mere enhancements of the rates of discount to 5,6, and
upwards per cent. for checking the exports of metallic money,
when from any cause the current sets in in that direction.
It appears that the Cambria and the Sarah Sands steamers.
for New York, took from 200,0001. to 300,0001. less than was
expected, but the remittances of sovereigns cannot fail to be
large before the let of May. At New York, by the advice,
to-day, the rate of exchange was 104, at New Orleans 1021.
There was a scarcity of money in the market, and even the
best houses were purchasing bills on England with their
own bills at 60 days' date in order to bring back gold as a
profit paying commodity.
The action of the Bank hitherto has been quite consistent
with the commonest notions of safety in the exceptional
position in which placed by Peers absurd legislation.
The elevation of interest, as shown, could not have im-
peded the outflow of gold. But the stringency of action
upon the discount and exchange dealing hems cannot fail of
effect, by reducing the profits of metallic operations, or ren-
dering them of more problematic advantage. It is pleasant
to find, in the midst of this course of Bank rest:rictus=
that regard and respect is had to the
of legiumate trade and commerce. 'MPRllionakaator pm*
will, by-and-bye, have no longer to complain of the
relations of supply and demand being interfered with ;girt
small knot of Liverpool cotton speculators operating by
accommodation bills. It may be stated as a fact, wall known
in monetary circles, that a black mark is set not only upon
bills representing directly that elan of speculation, but upon
those which indirectly answer for them in many exchanges
anddiscount.
.

The funds have continued in a declining state to-day.
Consols opened at 871 to 1, but at the close after various
fluctuations were only 871 to 1 foe money and this account;
for the next account 871 to I. In the course of the day they
descerided still lower. Reduced Threes were 861 to 1.
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. kB7l to 8. Long An-
nuities, 8 16-16ths to 9. India Stoc , 246 to 7. Exchequer
Bills, par, to la. premium. India Bonds, Se. discount
to 2s. premium. Consols Scrip, 11 to 11 discount.
There was still an inclination towards speculation in
Spanish stooks, notwithstanding the untoward appearance
of things in the mare important matter of the home funds.
Spanish Fives maintained their ground at Wif to 41 ; the
Threes, 35 to 1. Portuguese, 331 to 41. Mexican, 214 to
Dutch Two-and•a-lialf per Cents., 681 to ; the Fours,
901t04.
The indirect impugnation of Peel's currency theory sad
legislation in the Daily News has, it appears, found a heat of
echoes in the provincial press. The Midland Comfier
Herald, with much encomiastic observation upon our hum-
ble labours, week after week appeals for a more explicit
declaration of principle. We apprehend that the broad
facts stated should stand for indications of the principle.
We know not how the money and currency principle is un-
derstood in Birmingham except from some safe and sorry
jokes in which Peel is apt to indulge when the victim is not
there present to retort. In the two or three articles of the
" Gemini " which came before us some yeah we
do not remember any came for ridicule but fair
although not exactly mein the drift of the writers.
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