The Express.
London, England, 1853-10-29 00:00:00

WORSHIP-STREET.

James C, ant, 18 years of age, war charged with wound-
ing William Boylan.
he complainant, who exhibited extreme personal suffer-
ing, and appeared with his head enveloped in surgical
bandages, stated that the prisoner was an aperentica to his
(witness's) employer, Mr. Bull, in whose house he resided,
and salt the sister of witness, a young orphan girl of wenk
intellect, had also been received into the family of his
master, who had undertaken, front charitable motives, to
provide for her rince the death of her parents. On the
previous day his sister suddenly absented herselt from the
house, and on questioning her on her return as to the
cause of her protracted absence, she burst into tears and
refused fur some time to satisfy his inquiries; but after
much difficulty he at length elicited from her that she had
been out to puralase a packet of oxalic acid, with which it
was her intention to destroy herself. On being pressed to
explain her motives for such conduct she informed him
that while her master and mistress were on a visit in the
country cheat four months previous, the prisoner had taken
a base advantage of their absence, and effected her
ruin, and finding that she was in a state of preg-
nancy, she had resolved to put an end to her exist-
ence. On heariug her statement, witness instantly
proceeded into the workshop, where he found the
prisoner, and upraided him with his infamous conduct,
which he made no attempt to deny, but treated the matter
with such heartless levity and indifference that he was
unable to control himself, and was 'tempting to drag him
from his seat, when the prisoner caught up a heavy wooden
implement, with which he struck him a terrible blow en
the head, and felled him to the ground in a state of insensi-
bility. lie remained for a considerable time in a senseless
condition, but was at length raised from the ensued by his
master, who sent for a surgeon, by whom his wound was
dressed, and the prisoner was then secured and given into
custody.
In answer to the charge, the prisoner said that the com-
plaisant had commenced a violent attack upon him in the
first instance, and he considered himself fully justified in
repelling it to the best of his power, but that he merely
acted in self defence.)
Mr. D'Eyncourt said it was to be regretted that the COM.
plainant had attempted to take the law into his bards, not-
withstanding the grievous sense of wrong with which he
was actuated at the time ; and as he bad evidently sustained
a dangerous injury, he should require the prisoner to enter
into recognisance' fur his appearance en that day week, to
afford time for ascertaining the result of his violence.
hIARLIBOBOUGH-STREBT.

A lady presented herself in court to know whether there
was any redress for an imposition to which she had been
subjected.
She was induced, by means of a bill which had come
under her notice informing her that a great bankrupt sale
was to take place at the St. George Hall of Commerce,
Maddox.street, where no end of bargains in shawls, dresses,
and all kinds of female finery, were to Le picked up, to pay
a visit to the place, and to become the purchaser of a satin
dress fur two guineas, warranted worth twenty, which she
had just ascertained wouli be dear in any respectable shop
at fifteen shillings. After she had paid for her bargain, a
shawl was shown to her warranted real cashmere, the trade
price of which was 251., but as the article must be sold and
money must be had, a largo sacrifice would be made for
cash. She refused to make the purchase on the ground
that three guineas was the extent of the sum she would be
disposed to invest in the purchase of such an article. With
an apparent show of reluctance the owner of the real cash-
mere consented to make a tremendous sacrifice and to let
her have the twentyfive guinea cashmere for three guineas.
Applicant had soon afterwards ascertained that she had
obtained a trumpery imitation shawl at double its trade
value. She wished to know whether she could punish the
parties for having taken her in or whether she could by
any process get back her money.
Mr. Leadley, the chief clerk, said he feared her case was
without remedy. The deception that had been practised
on her was not an offence either at common or statute
law. She had made an open purchase. She had seen the
property with her own eyes, and bad parted with her
money voluntarily. Under those circumstances he even
doubted whether any remedy would be afforded by the
County Cout.
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Wirs. Themes, • notorious dog stealer, was brought up
on remand for final examination, before Mr. Poynter, on
the charge of endeavouring to obtain 21. from a lady named
Grace Leslie, residing at Gunter's-grove, Falham•road, for
the purpose of restoring a favourite spaniel of the King
Charles's breed, which was supposed to have been stolen
on Saturday, the Bth inst., and also with having stolen n
valuable deg named " Dan Tucker," belonging to Lady
Essex, of No. 31, Cheaham-street, Pimlico, on the 27th of
May last.
At the close of a long examination, during which other
charges were preferred against the prisoner,
Mr. Poynter sentenced him to two separate periods of six
months' imprisonment.

SUGAR.—The avenge price of sugar, the produce of
the British possessions in Americo, computed from the re-
turns made in the week ending the 25th October, 1853,
is 235. 814. Sugar, the produce of the Mairitius, 225. 11d.
Sugar, the produce of the East Indies, 251. 117,1. The
average price of the three foregoing descriptions of sugar,
jointly, is 235. 1014. per cwt.

BRISTOL, OCT. 2s.
SI:GAIL—The market has been very dell tbis week, and,
with the exception of a cargo of lrinidad sold privately,
the transactions since our last are of a most retail character.
Refiners' produce has been only sparingly dealt in, and
prices nre with difficulty supported. For rum the demand
has quite subsibed.

COTTON.—LivsaeooL, Ocr. 28.—The cotton market is
now undergoing those tests of its stability to which we have
previously alluded, and which, without any aggravation or
additional matter, have been acting upon us all week, and
up to the present moment. For a time we were somewhat
depressed by an apprehension that the Batik of England
would raise the rate of discount to 6 per cent. The meet-
ing of directors yesterday, however, has passed over with-
out any change having been announced. The various cir-
cumstances, therefore, which govern our proceedings being
without change, the cotton market has also followed the
same steady and unchanging course. A fair trade demand
has existed, joined by some business for export, sufficient
to maintain prices at their former currency—perhaps we
might add, as the only qualification to this report, that
during the last two days there has been :a little more flat-
ness, the common qualities of American being more freely
offered for sale. The Committee of Brokers place fair
Uplands at 61d. ; Mobile, cid. and Orleans at 6j 1. 2,930
American, 1,900 Surat, and 640 Egyptian are reported to
have been taken on speculation ; and 610 American and
2,900 Surat for export. Sales for the week, 36,580 bales.

LACE.—NOTTINGHAM, OCT. 28.—We are sorry to say
we are still unable to report mere favourably than hitherto,
in reference to the lace trade. There is little doing by the
mercantile houses, and manufacturing hands coatinue to be
only partially employed. The source whence relief was an-
ticipated this reason, namely, the American buyers, have
tint, by their presence and purchases, so far as these have
gone, nearly realised expectations. They have not as yet
transacted business to any material extent. We are still
hoping, however, that we shell be in receipt of extended
orders from them ere long. Our home trade is also fiat,
there being but Lyle doing in any lace branch. The greater
part of the business now in process of transaction is con-
fined to common goods, which we believe are being mean-
factured for the Australian market; scarcely anything is
doing in the better classes of goods, which include black
and white silks, and the better sorts of white laces. The
goods which are now manufacturing are for orders actually
received, none are making on speoulation.—Nottinghairs
Guardian.

15th

WOOL.—L enns, Ocr. 28.—Se1es, both for combing and
clothing wools, this week have been very small, and to
supply the immediate wants of the manufacturers, who, as
a body, have very light stocks of wool ; prices are conse-
quently in favour of the buyers.

COHN.—CIiELMbPUILD, OCT. had a heavy fail'
of rain with thuneer yesterday, which has c.used a :ergo
fotod, and tanning .);terahons must be sus; ended in con-
sequence. The prhes of wheat must be quoted 2s. ter qr.
higher; for all the best dett.tiptions, tot:, new and old, very
irree:ular prices were c.btamed ; new red, i 2•. to 764. ;
extra. 781.; old about the sense; white, 76.=. to 825.; tetra,
Kra• Barley : all the best quaieties fetch lull prices, 445. to
485.; inferior slow, but not much lower. Beaus: but few
offering, and Is. per qr. higher; 401. muagen, to 46.. tick,
new; old, nine offering.
Ltgeout, Co'. 28.—We have had a good attendance at
market to-day. Wheat was in good demand, at 2s. to 3s.
per qr. cdvm.co. IVheat, red, 763. to 79.. ;whit', We. to
82s. Fine barley scarce, and much increired after, at l2s.
to 45.. Nothing doing in oats; good ones iu resin. V', ut 3_s.
to alv. A sew beans offerieg. Farmers asked Os. to 635.
per qr. tor old.
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LIVEIU'OOL, OCT. 23.—At ells day's market there was a
very good ant ntlanea of the town and country trade. and a
lage business was done in wheat and flour at an advance of
2d. per 70ibs. on the former, and 61. per barrel on the latter
article. Fine v. bi a American wheat was be-13 at Ils. to
Ils. 33. per 7011.1. ; Wertnn Canal time, at 37v. 62.; and
BsHinton and Philadelphia, at 38s. to 3Ss. Gd. per barrel.
Oats were in fair request, at Id. per 4511 w. advance, fine
Irish mealers bringing 13. per 451bs. Oatmeal was Is. per
load dearer, with a brisk demand. Barley was Id. to 2d.
per 621ba., and Egyptian beaus 2s. to 3a. per qr. higher,
475. to 48s. per qr. being generally asked. ladlrm corn was
eagerly sought after, at a further improvement of 21. per
qr., best yellow being saleable at 4.55. per qr. Arrivals
into Liverpool from Oct. 25 to Oct. 27, inclusive:—Wheat,
295 qrs. ; barley, GOO ; malt, 76 ; oat-, 593 ; beans, 27 ;
Indian corn, 11 ; oatmeal, 2,58 G sacks; flour, 4,724 seeks;
1u,410 barrels. Exp.rts to Ireland : at, 199 qn. ;
I lt,dia cora, 468; flour, sacks; 2,753 barrels.
WM.:MELD, OCT. 26.—The supply of wher.t is moderate
this morning, the proportion of new is inconsiderable, the
best dry descriptions of which are freely taken by the mil-
lers. at it. to 25. over this day ee'nnight, damp and in-
ferior wnts are no dearer. Old is neglected but held firmly
at Lull prices. The supply of barley is inadequate to the
demand, and all sorts have advanced 2s. per qr. Oats
and shelling rather higher. Beans extremely scarce, and
still improve in value. Other articles as previously advised.
Imports during the week:—Wheat, 7,624 qrs.; barley,
1,012; oats, 329; beans, 505; thawed, t• 9 ; snelling, 120
loads.

CATTLE —StIVIIIALL, OCT. 26.—Trade washriak to-day
for the best ;qualities ; the inferior sold at last week's rates.
Beef made from Is. Si. to 45. 2d. Mutton. is. 61. to 50.
Veal, Zs. 4d. to 4s. 4d. Pork, 3s. 4d. to 4e. 13. per stone of
Slbs ; aiuktut; the offal.

(From eugbt's G.szt!te.)
Board cf Trade, Whitehall, Oct. 27.
The Right Honourable the Lords of the Committee of
the I'rivy Council fur Trade and Plantations have received,
through the Secretary cf State for Foreign Affair?, a copy
of a French imperial decree, dated the 12th October, regu-
lating the Customs' duties on floss silks, in the following
manner :—Floss silk—Raw : Plain, by Frer•.ch Teasels
exempt, by foreign valid+ If. per 100 kilog. : dyed, 10e.
the kilog. Carded: Curled or gummed, curled in wads
(uuates), the same as at present ; waste (tritons peigna), all
other descriptians, 10e. Ferret (fleuret): Raw, If.; dyed,
3f.—By order, JAMES 13UOT11.

FROM THE LONDON GAZETTE—Ftiday, Oct. 28

WINDSOR CASTLE, OCT. 24.

This day had audience of her Majesty: It,ltalfee
Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plea:patentiary from
the Shah of Persia, to take leave ; and Brigadier-General
Francisco Solano Loper., Envoy Extraordinary and Mi-
nister Plenipotentiary from the Republic of Paraguay, on
a temporary mission, to deliver his credentia4; to which
audiences they were respectivtly introduced by the Earl of
Clarendon, K.G., her Majesty's Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs.

WAR-OFFICE. Oct. 23.

Ist or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards.—John Byron
Blenkinsopp Coulson, gent., to be ensign and lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Sir Charles ltussell, Bart., promoted.
Scots Fusilier Guards.—Ensign and Lieutenant Duncombe
Frederick Ban Buckley to be lieutenant and captain, by
purchase, vice Mercer-Henderson. who retires ; Ensign
Francis Lambton, teem the 27th Foot, to be ensign and
lieutenant, b 7 purchase, vice Buckley.
Ist Foot —Ensign James William Hassell, from the 84th
Foot, to be ensign, lice Oakley, appointed to the 84th
Foot.
th Foot —Ensign Honourable Augustus Henry Archi-
bald Anson, from the 44th Foot, to be ensign, vice Henry
E. Forster, who retires.
th Fox.—Lieutenant Garthehore Sterling Home to be
captain, by purchase, vice Scroggs, who retires ; Second
Lieutenant William Hereon Carter to be first lieutenant,
by purchase, vice Home; Robert Moore, gent., to be
second lieutenant, by purchase, vice Carter.
6th Foot.—Lieutenant Richard Milbank Tilghman to be
paymaster, vice Sayers, who resigns.
17th Foot —Ensign James Browne Horner Boyd to be
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Chambers, who retires ;
Charles Gneme Grant, gent., to be ensign, by purchase,
vice Boyd.
22nd 'Foot.—Assistant-Surgeon James Coghlan, from the
88th Foot, to be surgeon, vice Currie, appointed to the
70th Foot.
27th Foot.—Malcolm Drummond Marquis Drummond de
Melfort, Viscount Forth, to be ensign. by purchase, vice
Lambton, promoted in the Scots Fusilier Guards.
44th Foot.—Francis John Fierce, gent., to be ensign, by
purchase, vice the Hon. A. li. A. Anson, appointed to
the 4th Foot.
46th Foot.—Ensign Richard Lluellyn to be lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Leonard, who retires; George Morland
Hutton, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Lluellyn.
69th Foot.—Captain Stephen Ponsonby Peacocke, from
half-pay, unattached, to be captain, vice Gordon, who ex-
changes; Lieutenant Edwyn F. Brydges Seudamore
Stanhope to be captain, by purchase, vice Peacocke, who
retires; Ensign Gerrard Callaghan Howe to be Lieu-
tenant, by purchase, vice Stanhope ; Samuel Winter,
gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Howe.
60th Foot.-Beooad Lieutenant Hogh Parker Montgomery
to be first lieutenant, by purchase, vice Cockburn, whose
promotion, by purchase, on 20th September, 1853, has
been cancelled.
62nd Foot.—Essign Graham Hay to be lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Murray, who retires ; Richard Draper 'Tem-
pleman, gent., to be ensign, by purchase, vice Ilay.
69th Foot —Ensign Henry Autrere Leggett to be lieute-
nant, by purchase, vice Crooke, who retires.
70th Foot—Surgeon Samuel Currie, M.D., from the 2201
Foot, to be surgeon, vice Harvey, deceased.
71st Feast.—Ensign Sir Lionel Eldred Smith, Bart., to be
lieutenant, by purchase, vice Horne, promoted; John
Charles Hugh Foyer Callen, gent., to be ensign, by pus-
chase, vice Smith ; Lieutenant Robert Charles Vi Mina
Stuart to be adjutant, vice Home, promoted.
84th Foot —Ensign George John Arta Oakley, from the
Ist Foot, to be ensign, vice Howell, appointed to the Ist
Foot.
86th Foot —Aasistant-Surgeon Francis Lewis Fitz-Gerald,
from the Sufi; to be assistant-surgeon, vice Coghlan,
promoted in the 22nd Foot.
Ist West India Regiment—Humphry John Gillett Atkin-
son, gent., to be assistant-surgeon, vice Harris, deceased.
3rd West India Regiment.—Frederick William Moore,
gent., to be assistant-surgeon, vice Griffith, deceased.
Bitzvrr.—Captain Stephen Ponsonby Peacocks:, of the
59th Foot, to be major in the army.
UsarrecHno —To be Captains, without purchase :—Lieu-
tenant George Sinclair, from half-pay 92nd Foot ; Lieute-
nant Jacob Glynn Roger., from half-pay unattached;
Lieutenant Matthew Frederick Steele, from half-pay
91st Foot; Lieutenant William Francis Webster, from
half-pay Ceylon Regiment; Lieutenant John Inman,
from half-pay 63rd Foot ; Lieutenant John Sulivan, from
the 59th Foot.
HOSPITAL STAPP.—Dungan Alexander Campbell Fraser,
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice Fitz-
Gerald, appointed to the 86th Foot; John Eldon Young,
M.D., to be Assistant-Surgeon to the Forces, vice David-
son, appointed to the 87th Foot.
MEMOILANDLII.—The Christian names of Comet Gore, of
the 7th Light Dragoons, are Augustus Frederic Went-
worth.
Erratam in Gazette of 18th October, 1853 :—For the re-
moval of G. H. Pocklington from the 18th to 53rd Regi-
ment of Foot, read, Ensign G. H. Pocklington.