The Express.
London, England, 1851-01-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 20, 1851.

The witness wee hen asked how lie came to deliver the
letters pndueed at the hour No. 21, Frestris-street, as they
were not addressed to any particular number, but simply to
"1156 i street, Nvwingtoa Butts." Toe witness replied
that xt. r the prisoner had left the oppoite bower be (wit.
aims) found instructions at the office wt ere he received his
letters for delivery to take all letters addressed in the name
of Bruce to 21, Francis-street. The registered letter in
question he handed to Mrs. Hodson, with a receipt, which
he requested her to get signed whilst be waited. Mrs.
Hodson afterwards brought back the receipt, signed
" (Large end W. Bruce," to whom the letter was directed.
Samuel Lewis Nind, a clerk in the Omen! Post.office,
produce d the post office order for 41. 4i. 6J.
Henry Moho:, a clerk in the money order department of
the branch ntllce in the Borough, pr.ved that he paid the
gait order when presented.
Sergeant Gain/gr produced a number of circulars and
bills which he bed found at the lodgings of the prisoner.
The former hors the names of "F. W. Routledge " aid
"Ginnie and W. Bruce," amongst others, end the latter
purported to represent, in all, a sum of 14.(821. 16s. He
took prisoner into custody on Friday, the 10. h ire'., at
No. 21, Fra, cis.strest. He asked him whether he occupied
the hOuse, anl he replied, " No, he only rented two rooms,
the front putout where he was then sitting, and a bed-room
up stairs." Witnesa then inquired whether he knew George
and William Bruce, and he said, "No, he did not." The
next question he asked him was whetter all the bills and
men produced belonged to him, and he said, " Yes, ex-
cepting a certain number that had not been opened for tome
time."- The prisoner then asked him why he put these
questions to him, and he replied that he wa about to mks
him into custody for defrauding a Mr. J.lnoson, of St.
Helen's, Lencasbire, on or about the 6th of December.
Witness also cold him he bed been informed that a resit'.
tered letter, sent by Mr. Johnson to Francis street, Newing-
ton Butts, containing 2131. 16e., was delivered at that

house. Tie prisoner made no reply, and the witness then
told tins that he should take pomesaion of all the papers and
documents he Lund in the place. Ike prisoner answered
that he might take him, but he did not think he bad a right
to take his property. Upon the table at which the prisoner
was sitting when witness entered the room he touted a bill
000 k and a number of circular. discovered in all
26 large parcels, containing some hundreds of thousands el
circulars, many of them being similar te those which had
been produced by the prosecutor. lle also found is the pri-
soner's room several letter stamps, and three of them corr.-
"onded exactly with the seals on the letters which had been
received by Mr. Johnson. In a portfolio on the table there
were two letters with Mr. Johnson's signature. There were
also 30 bills of ',change, properly filled up, end accepted
and indorsed by various persons, tegether with 13 bill
stamps, not filled up, but having an acceptance written acres
them. There were, besides, ten halves of 5 notes, two
halves of 101. notes, threahalves of it. notes, one ballot a 30e.
nate, 30 dupliestet, 23 of them being out of date, and lour
oirs of new boob' which had never been worn.
it3trt Melville, another constable, accompanied the lot
witaese when he took the prisoner into custody. Oa search-
ing a cupboard in his bed-room he found 76 toversigas
%Lich the prisoner acknowledged as his property. if.
found, also, a letter addressed to George and W. Bruce,"
dated the Bta January, 1851, and likewise • quantity of
bill, filled up, and circulars signed in the name of George
and William Bruce.
Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P division al
police (to whose mansgensent the case had been entrusted)
informed the court that this was the whole of the evidence
against the prisoner, with the exception of the bill itself.
Mrs. Godson, the prisoner's landlady, was then recalled,
and in answer to &question from the magistrate, the:repented
her former statement that she did not receive the receipt for
the registered letter from the prisoner himself, but from the
hands of Mrs. Turner, who took it to her in the kitchen, and

she then gave it to the pow man.
Mr. Brhinson re roasted the magistrate to remand the
prisoner, as he had other serious charges to prefer spinet
him, includicg one of forgery, one of conspiracy, and another
of a similar nature to the prevent. Thera wee also a case in
which a person at Greenock was diddled" Rome years
ago out of lOsi, besides 701. for raptness, and antler CitCSAl-
r.ancan similar to those of the !fluent ease.
The WAUSSI4I who had been en trained were then bound
over to proactive, and the prisoner was remanded to a
future day upon the other charges to be brought against him.
Mr. Games rerwsted the nasuistrate to admit the prisoner
to bail, on the ground of ill-health.
Mr. Norton said it was not a ease in which he could
accept bail, •nd it the prisoner was ill, he wduld be properly
attemled to in the prison ic &miry.
Mr. Games said his client was already an inmate of the
infirmary, but he found that his health suffered greatly from
the culdnem of the place.
Mr Norton still mused the application, and the prisoner
was removed in custody.
Tax CAns or MANSLATORTEA AT PECKHAM HOCSE.

—iii;nswerililiwas again placed at we bar, charged with
causing the death of M. J. Balla*, a pauper, in Dr. Arm.
strong's lunatic asylum.
Mr. D Akin attend. d to prosecute in the name of the
Commissionees of Lunacy.
At the inquest the coroner ruled that the testimony of a
lunatic could not ho vreived in evidence. Upon this pees.
si nt the taegistr‘te decided that such evidence might be
taken, and 11.-chard Donolly, a lunatic inmate, was placed in
the witeeee box. _ _ .

Mr. Henry, who appeared for the &ceased, examined
Donollras to his no:ions of the responsibility of an oath, '
and no answers
,could be more satisfactory than those he
gave.
Donolly said—l have been in Dr. Armstrong's asylum for
about four years. I knew the deceased, and I slept next to
hint. I recollect Christmas Day, it was on the Wednesday,
And on the Monday evening before, between six and seven
o'clock, the deceased, who wee a su:ky man, sad easily ex-
cited,
was desired to go to bed, but he would not till 11111
(the prisoner) come. The prisoner behaved a little more
nuttily than usual, and took hold of Barnes with both his
hands by the upper part of the arms, and threw him down
suddenly on the ground. I don't remember whether the
orincer fell upon him or not, but Barnes came doen with
hisleft shoulder undermost. Hill lifted him op end proceeded
:o strip him. The deceised said he should n have let Hill
or myself pot him to irel if he bad not been hurt, And I
thee said, " You tut.- got your Christmas-boa, p.eor man,"
is allusion to the fall. Hill put the deceased to bed
the night after without his militia resistance. I be-
lieve there was a slight struggle between the prienier
end deceased before the fell. The fall was a hard
one, and a few minutes after the prisoner was gone, Baran
called me to look at his shoulder, and he cJmplaiued cd being
Burt. I felt his collar hope and found that that was not
broken, and I tried to make as light of it as I weld, not
think'og at the time that he bad received any severe injury.
There was nothing the matter with the deceased before the
fall I cave named. Ms morning after that fall the prisoner
dressed him. The deceased complained to Hill thet his arm
was very sore, send I thick I then said the collar bone was
not hurt I saw Moncester, one of the other keeper., coming
into the infirmary one morning and deceased complained to
him about his arm, and the prisoner then lifted up the arm
and it elided down as if powerless. Hill said there was
nothing the matter with it, and I then lilted it up aid called
the prisoner's attention to the hand, which I observed wag
swolen. Ido not recollect Hi:l striking the deemed. but he
dressed him every morning from the Monday till the Friday,
when Dr. Hill came.
The witness wa• crust-examined at considerable lergtb, and
in the course of it the prisoner's solicitor elicited the fact,
that be (witness) and two other pauper lunati,s were in
the habit of occasionally attending on the other inmates of
the infirmary, and that en the evening of the encounter
with the prisoner, the deoessed bed irritated At:wood, one
of the patients, but no injury was done to the former. Wit-
nese and Attwood were in the habit of dressing the deceased,
' &Adelina( him his food, but he used to resist them, sad then
Hill, the prisoner, was obliged to be sent for. Was sure that
Hill dressed the deceased on Christmas morning, for on that
day B ernes cmdpleined of honest bands In his breast. Wit-
, nese had been examined several times slice the death of the
deceased, bat was not told by any person what to say. In his
reo asinine ion the witness said the deceased had not coin-
pinned of injuries of any kind until atter the fell given to
Ohs by the prisecer, and that the pri?ener dressed him every
, morning fr sit that time until he had been examined by the
; doctor on the toorniag of Friday the 27th of December.
At the conclusion of the witness's evidence, Mr. Norton re-
, matiod that be bad never heard evidence given with, to
his mind, and be was sure also to the minds of all who
, heard it. greater truth.
▪ Moncester, a keeper in Mr. Armstrong's asylum, was
h▪ ere recalled, and in reply to the questionv put to him, sold
; the delusion under which the deceased laboured, was that
; sometimes he had one butt of beer, and at the other two
butts of beer in his inside.
, Mr. Norton remanded the prisoner, declining to accept
bail.

MARKETS.

COTTON.—Lruaroot., Jam. 18 —The sales of cotton
te-day are estimated at 4.000 bales, and cosiest of abut
20.) Ferment and Mannheim, 84. 814., 200 Bahis, 81, BW. ;
300 Surat, 64., 514. Imp-rt since Thursday, 5,000. The
market closes with rather more firmn• as. Compared with
Friday's rate*, prices of all kinds unchanged.
MANCIIESTIIII, JAM, 18.—There wall a sliehtly firmer
feeling, and more steadiness of pliey in both yarn and cloth
the morning, though the amouut of bueness was not consi-
derable. The decline in yarn. on the priors prevalent last
week war, up to this mornins, equal to 11. per lb. on home
trade wants, awl id. on the lower numbers of export quell-
ties, but, as already stated, there war less disposition to make
emicessions. In cloths there has been greater &meets than
is yarns, and shirting's have maintained their value rather
steadily. In domestics, also, there is little or no change to
note. Printing cloths have been a little d pressed, and
without being quotably lower purchases have been .osier to
make then they were a week or two ago. The private ad-
rives in the correspondence of our India houses are encou-
raging, both tram Bombay and Calcutta.

WOOLLEN.—Lune, JAN. 18 —The mativt has been
very bank and animated; an excellent bonnets has been
done. There has ale) bees a decided improrercent io the
business of the warehouses this week.

LlNEN.—Bahrear, JAN. 17.—1 n consequence of a
rumour pretty generally circulated, and quite as generally
beloved, that spinners would, at the c:ose of this week,
demand on whallee cf 31. per bundle in all tow and line
numbtre, the yarn marlot has been during the past eight
days Exceeding:3' animwed, and a lugs amount of business
has been traosacted. The !IMP or has to riffle .dent proved
correct, as an ode ;nee Of 1111. per bundle is line swabs rs, say
from 40's to Sib, is now sough*. for and obtain.d, though
1 spinners, we underetaud, Writing* to sell at last
week's prices. Coarse numbers below 40's, and fine numbers
Irom 70's to 180's, an without charge, sod as these numbers
are somewhat heavy of sale, a rise in their value is not Ilely
to take place for acme time at least. In the cloth markets of
b
Ballymena, Co'craitie, Armagh, and L , a brisk business
has an done is all kinds of linens, and an overage advance
of fully IL per yard may be said to be established. Large
purchases are still being made to meet the spring trade
in the United Stater. Oar latest &Alien from America
are highly favourable: 3 4*.ti br.rwn Holland., of a light
fine make, and 4-411 a bleached iinens, tontines to be rapidly
bought up MLitt. pries,. For these, so well &edentate% the
demand is more thee ego al to the sup;ly, many of the vessels
in which shipments were male is the arm V,R of November
and December having been drives, tack to Liverpool surly
in the present month. The news from liavinnah is dis-
couraging, as the Elanish government has intimated its in.
tentiun to augment, on the let of March next, Cho present
enormously high duties on all importel ns.—gamer of
Uialrr.

HARDWARE —l3z RMING HAM, JAN. 18.—The new you
CGMI:12t000lo highly satisfactory so fir u regard. the truing
concerns of this town; in all the principal branches the menu.
facturera are furl of orders, the demand for our goods being
equally large foe the home as well u the foreign maket.
Toe advice+ received from the travdlen of the manufac
turers' and factors' bottles wno have just recommenced
their j mum are of a more cheering chaneer than bas
been the ease for s al years ; accounts have been Wm,
petit and the character of the FooJs ordered for the acricol-
rural districts would seem to indicate a far more healthful
state of things than might be expected.

BREAD..-4AN. 18.—The prices of Wheaten Bread in the
Metrop ilia are frog 7d. to 71d.; of Household ditto, 6d. to
80. per 411 e. loaf.

CORN.—Amnovaa, Jan. IR.—There was rather a small
show of Wheat, and Ike trap-actims in that description of grain were
to a moderate extent ; but the best samples folly realised last week's
prices. Barley wes io good supply, but the inquiry was limited. Last
week's prices were fully supported, except for inferior late, which
may be placed bd. to I. per qr. lower. Onto, Beans, rod Nan, ex-
cited Bite or no attentlon, and prices remain unaltered from our last.
Wheat, 324. to ids. per qr. Barley, 17s. to 255. Oats, 15s. to 19a.
Beaus, 30s. to 345. rem, 27& to 225. Malt, 525. to Ws. Tares, In.
'to Gs. per bushel. Flour, 28e. to 30e. per sack.
&kilt. Jan. 18.—We have et more lively demand for
Wheat, with a alight *drama In pr:cr., with but a small supply.
Barley continues a eery doll trade, with the same prices. oats,
Bents, and Peas without alteration.

BEDFORD, Jan. IR.—Then was a Ignite show of Wheat
at market to-day, but the greater part was of a low, inferior deeertp.
Urn. Good Wheat realised quite as much money; the Inferior sam-
ples were a wretched trade. Barley, of the beg description, was
fully as dear, but infettor qualities were bard to divot* of at any
price. Oats, BCAIIII, and Peas, were about the same as this day
sennlght. There was a good show of Clover Seed; prices from 47a.t0 56m.
BERWICK, Jas. 18.—O•ar motive to-day was tally sup-
plied with all kinds of grin; sales were dull, at lower rates.

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BLANUFOID. Jan. 18.—Tbe supply wag liege, and samples
continue to a very damp condition. Prim: of Wheat were ranch the
to last week, and bisinr:: continue: without much animation.
Barley was in ample supply ; bu•inc-as was flat, anti the turn of prices
wao in factor of the buyer. Outs, Beans, and Pea- remain as before,
so rt Kards price, but the trammel°. a were very limited. Priors :
Wheat, 3•:a. to ins. Barley, IS:. to 23a. Oats, les. to 19s.
Beans, 2.05. to 360. Pea:, Ittia. to 235. Malt, 525. to 265, per cr.
11 .ur, best, 30..; second:, 2tie. per sack.

Boston, San 18.—We bays had a small supply of train
at markt' to-day with a dull trade for all article, at shout Wednee-
da)'m r•tea. Wheat, red, 33r. to 304.; white, 43e. Oat., 15e. to Itur.
hams, 25e. to 30, per Qr.

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CAMBRIDGE. Jan. 18.-Wheat was in Ml°deree supply,
and worth quite as much money to-elly. Best Barley in chart supply,
and dearer ; nurse Barley could not be bought cheaper than last week.
Other grain as before. Finest, rut, 365. to 40s. • white, 42e. Barley,
16s. to :Ca. Beans, 21e. to 265. Peas, 265. to 28s. Oats, Ile. to les.
CANTERBURY, Jon. 18.-Ws had a prowl supply of all sans
of corn, but a very dull sale ceased trouble to realise last week's prices.
Whoa., old, brown, Ws. to 42e.; new, 10e. 6.L Ic 41s. • *bite, new,
365. to 41e. Barley, 20.5. to 255. Oats, 13s. to 165. Beaus old, 235. ;
now, gbh to 251.; Peas, 27e. to 28s.
CAULISLII, Jan. 18.-There was a liberal supply of grain
at our market to-day. Wheat, being in eery soft condition, wax slow,
and many of the worst samples were diepocedol below our quotations,
which are as follow@ : -Wheat, white, new, 15s. 6d. to 16e. 61. ; old,
17e. to 17s. fhL ; red, now, I la. 4d. to 13s. ed. Barley, new and old,
Ss. 6d. to Its. td. Oats, potato, 7s. to 7,. Sid.; common, 6e. to 7e,
lAge. 111. Beans, Us. Flour, per stone, Is. to U. lcd. Odunal,
le. ed. Ryemeal, Is. Id. flarleymeal, Journal.

CoLettistsa, Jaa. 18.—The Wbeat mie is slow her* to•
day; damp qualities ere taster W buy; real'y dry are about the same
in value as ialt Saturday; the supply is only moderate. Barley of
good quality eel's quite r well; secondary a heavy sale, at late prices;
supply fair. Deur and Per are aa last noted.

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oLoregferltß, Jan. 18.-At our Atatket this day Envlidt
Wheat add at about last week's prices; but many of the samples were
in very hod ixedit.on. There was rather a better demand for foreign,
:nil Polish Odraw found btu era at 375. to 38.. per for good to
fine ramples. In erring corn no elteration an be noted. Barley and
Beans are attl neglected et former pnoce. Outs move off, in retail, at
our prices : Wheat, English, white, per in. p. qr. of 48011 m., 40s. to 418.;
red, 3Ps. to 496. Od. • lemitsic (white ), 425. to 435.;
red Polish Otlema, or cliolee Danube, 37e.0d.te 39e.; Morianople, roma
rantan, Stettin, mid Hamburg, Upland, 39e. to 40a.; counnon Odessa,
• Danube, 'Mullis, 31a to 30e. ; hard, Eubanks and Tags:awe, Whin 38a.
Rarity, English, multilig, primp. qr., 23e. to 21a.; Irish, e. to 2323 e.;
Seale, 225. to 23e.; lalerbruch, romeraiiian, 22.. Oil, to 235. Oil.;
English, grinding, per 401•Itic., 21s. MI. to 225. Od.; Irish, 20a Od. to
318.; foraign, De. to 21e. ad. Deane, Englieh per imp. qr. 63Xibe.,
Res. to 31a; Egyptian, Ira. to 275.; Enna's, hutch, FIIII.I tick, 07a.
to Ble. ; lrich, 275. to 2191. Oats, Weitord, Eentscorthy, and
Limerick, per a 1211 m, white, Da fah to les. Ed.; Cork Waterford,
and Yougual, 17.. 0.1. to les.; Irish, Hock, 16s. 6d. to 17e. ; Welch,
ditto, 17p. to 17!. Cid.; forek,a, weigb•ng Vibe. to 421 b., 17..0d. to 20s.
Feat, Englipb, breaker!, per imp. qr., 321. to 331. • foreign, 30s. to
315.; English and foreign grindtts, per 113illse., DN. to 30s. Llneeed
f' keg, En•neh, per ton, 150 s. to 1158. imports of the week endnif
Jan. 11 : Wheat, 7,161 qrs.; Barley, bO4 ; Beans, 431.
GUILDFORD, Jan. 18.-Thera nu a large pale for Wheat
at our market to-day. We cannot note any rise in price, bat there
we, cenaidereble &mums ; one parcel of superfine old Wheat reached
els.; best new, Obi. • inferior runs of red and white sell* es low as
Sea. to 36e. Batley to demand but grinding, at prices from 20c. to 228.
H 11111011.14 Jan. 18.-There war • very yds attendance,
yet the show of farmer.' sample.' was quite equal to the want. ol the
millers and dealerea The damp Mate of the weather ammo Wheat
to come In very inilifferint condition. This, coupled with the returns
from snort all the markets being Out, had Its sdkete, and prices we
with dllikailty maintained. Prima : Wheat, per buphe!, 4s. Id.
W ta. 9d. Dirty, 20. 9d. to 25.1 Id. Oats, Ix M. to Is. Beane, 3e. ed.
to 3e. 9d.; foreign, 3e. 6.1. reas, is. 1011. to 48. ; white, boilers,
D. 3d. to 3s.
HERTFORD, Jan. 18.-The Wheat trade today, for the
Biwa samples, fully Purported last week's prices; 001/PC samples
almost unsaleable. Barley I. good !Purply ; the bent parcels met with
buyers at full priors. Other descriptions made lead money. Oats,
Poem, sad 11101111 rued dull. at lee pewee. Wheat, Els. to 29e. per
loa-L Barley, 17.. to lloa. per qr. Oate 14e. to 22e. Peas,
13a. to 20a. per load. Beans, lta. to 20s. per toad. Rye, 13s. to 13e.

Jaa..lB —At oar ssarkst this sacwaih wa had

• geedieunply of boils Whist and Oats, with • dull sale for mob ; If any
cheats. it was in fevoart4 cdtobtaiefia.perNs'heat,. 2.14. dd. to 28s. dd. per
LLPICASTBIL, Jan. 18.—There was only a small supply of
Wheat at market today; sale slow, at rather better mimic Oatmeal
and Beans again in large supply, but blth 'trucks met a tree male,
with the turn in favour of the seam% Wheat, 255. to Wa dd. per
SWIM. Beano, 141. to 16e. Oatmeal, 230. to 21e. per 2401b5.
Litalgetlr, Jae. 18.—We bad an average supply of
Wheat, and the finest samples fully supported former rates; inferior
sorts quite a drag. Barleys were In request, and terms is favour
et the sense. Oats and Beane a slew sale, at last week's rates.

•
Mow waxiness, Jan. 18.-We he,. nothing new to report
ince this day week ; business in every article has been very Ilen'teck,
without quotable alterative from the rates of our last. Today the
millers and bakers select retail panels of Wheat and Flour, at about
lest week's rates. oats and Oatmeal very dull, especially the laver.
Beans slow of sale, bat without altered= in value. Wheat, per bac of
rolte.,gogihb, white, Is. M. to 75.; red, a 3.1. to Bs. 6d.; Irish, white,
a 9d. to 6.. 6d. ; red, li. 6d. to 3s. 94. Barley, per bushel of
6011 a., grlediog. 3s. to as. 6d. Oats, pee bushel of 4311 m, Enesh,
Scotch, and floe Irish. Is. ad. to 2e.9d.; Irish, en -dried runs, 2s. 6d.
to 24 7d. Beam, per qr. of 30416., Engl.& small, 284 to 26e.61. Peas,
per 8 imp. bushels, white and blue boLLma 30e. to 33.. Flour, per rack
of -:601b., English and Irish, fine, 235. to 294.; imperil-mead households,
30a. Od. to 31a.; extra, and whites, 32.. to 334.; double extra, or
firsts, tie. tt Ire.; Preach, including sack, 33e. to 365. 6d. Oatmeal,
per load of 2401 M., English and Irish, 22e. 6d. to 23e.
MLRLBOROCGII, Jan. 18.-Au average supply of grabs,
and a moderate attendance. nide in Wheat was dull, and there
being so little doing we do not vary our quotations from last week.
There ins a hope supply of Barley; the demand WAS flat, and last
listurdry's prime were Isariely maintained. la kelt MU. stirring.
Oste, Beans, mid Peas slow of rate, and pries tending downward.
Wheat, 110 s. to 425. Barley, Ls. to 214. Oats, old, IN to 215.; new
to IL. Beans, Ws. to Us. Peas, 28s. to 30e. Rye, 266. to toe.
(felt, 6h to its. per qr. Flour, Us. to 30e. per sack. Vona,, M.
to 7s. pm bushel.

NIWOWITLI UPON-TTN/4 Jou. IL—At our market this
morning we had • large show of Wheat from the grower; bat the
minis coasteriae so also from abroad being trifling, fresh thrashed
amap:es, notwithatandicg their middling condition, sold quickly at
last weak'. rum other descriptions at the same Urns meeting • fair
inquiry at the quotations noted below. For Floor them woo a slow
sale, but there was no dupalUon to form sake at any ahatemen
Aye nominally unchanged. Malting Barley was held more stiMy,
and as the pricer recently current hare keen below other whets, It
is net uaremonable to look bra alight rally occurring. For grinding
the demand has materially fallen off only now and than ens being
practicable. Matt unaltered, and the nee remarks will apply to
Bean an Pen Harlags much larger delivery ot Oats from the
ers, and their osadltion being man effected, nee were ire
freely effected than heretofore, but In their vane we hare Utile=
to report. The following are the quotation:—
Northumberland, new, white, na to Ma; red, Unto.; Nor.
, lolk and Suffolk, cil4 white, In to Ms. ; red. 40a to 440.; saw,
14114 Hi, to tie. ; rod, 400. to no.; Ihrotabiro, alt, with% Us.