The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-16 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Tee SOCK AND BUIIKIN.—T. Troughtors, who described
himself as a " perambulating theatrical performer," was
indicted for stealing a sword and other articles, value 10s.,
the property of Moss Cuter, a theatrical costumier, ef
Goodman's-fields. He was accustomed to let out dresses on
hire, and employed the prisoner to attend at the Effingham
Saloon, to take charge of the dresses, &c., after the perfor-
mances were concluded ; and upwards of 301. worth of pro-
perty bad disappeared therefrom during the last six months.
Cauter, therefore, kept a sharp look out, and about three
weeks ago a Mr. " Randolph William Wilkins," a comedian,
hired a sword, • fancy tunic, and some jackets, wherewith to
appear in the character of " Edmund Percival," in a drama
called " The Village Bells," at the Effingham Saloon, but
the articles disappeared from the green-room. Information
was given to the police, and Gifford, 89 H. proceeded
to • fair at the Tenter-ground, Spitalfields, where
he saw two performers promenading the front of Fraser's
show, attired in the miming robes. Oa inquiry ft was ascer-
tained that they bad been sold to a Mr. 13. Saffrey, one of
a troop of equestrians engaged to p_erform at Christmas next
Ist the Standard Theatre. Mr. Saffrey stated that his wife
bought them of the prisoner. What had become of the
sword remained a mystery, until Saffrey accidentally dis-
covered it at a contiguous pawnbroker's, where it bad been
consigned by the prisoner as security for a loan of Sd. Upon
this discovery Gifford, the officer, was authorised to arrest
the prisoner, and pursuant to his instructions he proceeded
to the Standard Theatre in plain clothes, and got behind the
scenes just as the prisoner, attired in a hideous garb, wu
about to rush on the stage as a demon, in • drama called
" St. Marco's Cave." Mr. Policeman, however, nothing
daunted, removed the demon from Bt. Marco's Cave to • cell
in • neighbouring station-house, where he was allowed to
divest himself of his supernatural appearance. Hence his
appearance in this tour.—ln his defence the prisoner en.
tered into a lengthened detail of the sufferings the fraternity
had to undergo when managers were churlish and engage-
ments rare, and asserted his innocence.—Mr. Serjeant Adams
summed up in • humorous manner, and the jury found the
prisoner Guilty. lie was ordered to the House of Cerra..
lion for three months.

POLICE.-YESTERDAT.

MANSION-HOUSE.—Citaitos OF ABDUCTIOX.—W. H.
Kavanagh, 40, of Brentwood Hall, Essex, was charged with
abduction. About three months ago a respectable family,
resident in the neighbourhood of St. Paul's, was thrown Into
the greatest distress by the disappearance of the eldest
daughter. Advertisements appeared in the newspapers ; and
at length it wu ascertained that the girl had b en ruined by
the defendant, who was unknown to her relatives, but bad
prevailed upon her to leave her fatheis house by promising
to marry her. The girl returned a few days ago ; and after
having in the most affecting meaner expressed her sorrow
and contrition, said she had been abandoned by the man,
who had sent her a letter incloaing 51. The letter was dated
Dover, and was to the effect, that before she received it the
writer would be out of England. Mr. Kavanagh had paid
his addressee under the name of Kent; but, by the instru-
mentality of the bank note, his real name and address were
discovered. The father of the girl ascertained at the bank that
the note had been paid at the establishment en the oth inst ,
to W. H. Kavanagh, of the Adelaide Hotel, London-bridge.
it was found that Kavanagh, instead of having left town for
France, had slept at the Adelaide hotel on Sunday night,
and that he had contrived to get the letter referred I. par
into the Dover peet4lBo.—The lather of the girl stated *a*

on the 27th of July the pisoner took away his daughter from
home, without his knowledge, and until Wednesday lag she
was not seen by say et her farm) —The deb a lent
owned to having written the letter.—The landlord of the
house in Dukeetreet, in which the defendant resided with
the girl, stated that she was introduced as the wife e.f the
defendant: they had the drawing-room floor.—The father of
the girl said be had every reason to suppeee that the defen-
dant was a man of large property, and a member of some of
the club-houses at the west-end of the town.—A clerk from
the London and Westminster Bank stated that the defendant
had for many years kept an *mount there, and had a lance
balance.—The complainant could not say whether his daugh-
ter was taken away against her will, but the case was most
atrocious. It had ruined the happiness of his family. The
girl is 19.--The Lord Mayor said the charge of abduction
fell to the ground, since she was above 16, and it could not
be proved there was any compulsion used.—The defendant
was then discharged.
OUILDHALL.—A THREEPENNY FARE.—Mr.lVilknnu,
of Bishopsgate-street, was summoned before Mr. Alderman
Hunter by Frederick Moon, an omnibus conductor, fur refus-
ing to p.y the lawful fare.—Moon stated that, on the Bth
instant, the gentleman got into hie omnibus at the bottom of
the Haymarket and alighted at Milk-street. When the
omnibus reached Charing-cross, witness looked in, and asked
if anybody would alight at the threepenny fare ? No one
attars, red,.and they moved on to the City. When the gentle-
man got out he paid him 3d. Witness demanded Gd., and
pointed to a red letter bill pasted all about the outside of the
omnibus. The gentleman Raid he should pay no more, and
gave him his card.—Mr. Williams observed that the three-
pence was not an object to him, but he resisted it because he
believed it to be an imposition, and on behalf of the puMic.
He had repeatedly within a few days ridden for threepence
from points more distant from Charing-crose into the City in
omnibuses belonging to the very same association.—'Mr.
Alderman Hunter had no doubt he bad acted from public
spirit, and he bad Immediately given his name and address,
as a gentleman should do ; but he was in error in supposing
that one omnibus proprietor was bound to take the same fare
as another on the same road. In the absence of any special
contract to be carriA for threepence, he must be under-
stood to assent tacitly to the terms on which the proprie-
tor offered to carry passengers by the bill pasted en the
outside of the omnibus, There was no attempt at deception
in the form of the bill. He therefore adjudged Mr. Williams
to pay the 3d., and es. Gd. for the complainant's costs and loss
of time.—Mr. Williams paid the amount.
A FORGED ORDER.—Joseph Rule, a porter, who had been
recently discharged from the service of Mr. Bone, a draper,
in Great Dover-street, was charged with uttering a forged
request for the delivery of a piece of silk, value 91., purporting
to be signed by his late master's principal assistant. The
order was not addressed to any one, and the prisoner first
tendered it at Messrs. Caldecott'e, in Cheapside. As they do
not keep silk goods he was toiled, and went to Messrs. Cook's,
in St. Paul's Churchyard ; and here the order was executed,
but the goods were sent by their own abopman. The order
requested the goods might be sent by the bearer, but the
prisoner was not known to be in Mr. Bone's employment,
and he was not permitted to take them.—The prisoner's wife
put in a touching appeal, urging that he was driven to the
crime by the distri ss of his family.—Mr. Alderman Hunter
observed that persona in trade were so exposed to tricks of
this sort from discharged servants, that he could not give
way to his feelings and discharge the prisoner; nor was there
any mode of dealing summarily with such an offence as
uttering a forged document. The prisoner was committed
for trial.
WORSII I P-ST REET.—ASSAULT.—J. !force was charged
with assaulting Ellen Lebesu.—The complainant stated that
she accompanied her married sister to the house of a friend
in the Wenlock- road, City-road, on the preceding evening,
where they met the prisoner, who used such insulting I in-
guage towards her sister that they left the place. They bad
only proceeded a few yards when the prisoner rushed out
from an adjoining gateway, and without the slightest provo-
cation struck her sister a violent blow in the face, and on
witness interposing for her protection he knocked her down
with a tremendous blow upon the side of the head, which he
followed up with repeated blows about the face and head as
she lay upon the ground.—The sister of the complainant
corroborated her eviderce, and police-constable N 76 proved
that upon reaching the spot he found the young woman
struggling upon the ground with the prisoner, who liras
striking her in the most brutal manner about the head and
face, and he had the greatest difficulty in forcing them asunder.
—The prisoner said that he was first attacked by the
comrlainant and her sister, who slapped his face, and that he
considered himself justified in protecting himself from their
violence —Fined 51., or two months' imprisonment, and to
find bail for his peaceable behaviour for the succeeding three
months.
Tae DOLLTRHOT NVIAANCE.—IV. North, a marine-
store dealer in Heaton Old-town, was charged with having
unlawfully exercised the trade of a pawnbroker without a
license, and exacted excessive interest.--Jemiina Watson, the
wife of a labouring man, said that she had been in the habit
for several weeks of sending to the defendant to obtain
money upon trifling articles, with the understanding that
they were to be taken out on the following Satunlay, and
when the sum advanced amounted to • shilling, twopence
was always charged for interest for the use of the money for
two days, and a penny for every additional sispence.—Mr.
Arnold ordered the defendant to pay • penalty of 40s. and
outs, with an intimation that the next offence would be
visited with the highest amount of penalty imposed by the
act—namely, 101.
Cieentve.—A gentleman residing at Hackney, but who
declined giving his name, presented 10s. to the magistrate
for charitable purposes, and expressed a hope that his
example would be extensively followed by those who disa
proved, like himself, of the proposed public collection of sub-
scriptions in the churches on the day appointed for the
general thanksgiving.
THAMES.—ASSAULT OM A TOLL COLLECTOS. —R.
Chipping was charged with knocking down and grossly
ill-
asing J. Stoneman, aged 19. The complainant stated that
on Wednesday morning he was taking tolls at the Caroline-
bar, Commercial-road East, when the defendant drove a cart
through the Caroline-bar without offering to pay toll. Wit-
ness asked him either to pay or show a ticket. He refused
to do either, and commenced a volley of abuse, and struck
the complainant several violent blows on the face, rendering
him insensible.—J. Ashton was passing by at the time, and
never saw a more brutal and cowardly assault in his life.
Witness interfered, when the defendant threatened to serve
him the same way.—Mr. Yardley fined him 31, and costs.—
Locked up in default.
Quenec EITOUTIOWB.—Capt. Tovill, muter of the ship
John Campbell, was summoned by P. Sloane, for a balance
of wars amounting to 61. 7s.—The particulars of the case
appeared in our paper of yesterday.—Capt. Tovill produced
the ship's articles, from which it appeared that the tem-
plainant received his advance in sterling money and not in
currency. The articles also proved that the complainant
had shipped as an ordinary seaman and not as a boy, and it
was further proved in evidence that he had smuggled him-
self out to St. John's in the Britannia, and the complainant
admitted he had not received any wages for his services on
board that vessel.—Mr. Yardley dismissed the summons.

MONEY MARKET.

FRIDAT ETINIWO.

So far as speculative business this has been com-
paratively a quiet day. Consols opened, indeed,
worse at 801 money, and 811 for account, than the
closing quotations of yesterday. After a round of
fluctuations the prices leR off 801 to 1 for money, and
81! to 2 for the November account. The transactions
were more numerous. than extensive however. The
dealers and brokers indeed were chiefly occupied with
the money part of the settlement, this being pay day.
In the house two defaulters only were spoken of,
neither of them in such credit as to make the amount
of their default of any serious consequence. One
of these defaulters, who, it is said, has absented him-
self without rendering any account, or offering any
terms of compromise, to his creditors, has enjoyed,
we believe, the unenviable notoriety of his name
figuring on the black board of the house; the first
time, to the credit of the Stock Exchange it may be
said, that each an event has occurred for a period of
years. Out of the house the defaults of speculators
were numerous, according to report, but individually
none of any consideration.
Reduced Three per Cents. were 80 to 1 ; Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 811 to I ; Exchequer Bills,
2:35. to 18s. discount ; India Bonds, 40s. to 355.
discount; Long Annuities, B,l_ to 3-16; Bank Stock.
178 to 182; India Bonds, 222 to 4.
The pressure of the times appears to be gradually
forcing foreign stocks on the market at sacrifices of
price. Brazilian were sold to-day at 73, and may be
quoted 73 to 5. New Grenada Bonds were reduced
to 17 to 1, Mexican 171 to 1, Spanish Fives 161 to
171, the Threes 251 to 61, Portuguese 20 to 2. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 53 to 4; the Fours, 81 to
2. At Amsterdam on the 12th, the Two-and-a-Half
per Cents. were called 54 5-16 to!. The difference of
price is somewhat extraordinary, as compared with
the quotations for the same stock here, but for the
most part may be accounted for by the confusion of
money affairs here contrasted with the more quiet
and easy state of money in Holland. But the differ-
ences of the prices between buyers and sellers are
more remarkable still. In Amsterdam dealers will
buy or sell with a tiu-n of 1.16 th : here the turn is 1
per cent.
Foreign exchange was again higher to day, but
with few buyers. The leading dealer in exchange
declined altogether to take bills on Paris. Merchants
and exchange dealers had in fact no money to lay out.
The negotiations on Amsterdam were 12.81 to 91 ; on
Rotterdam, 12.81 to 10 ; on Antwerp, 26.20 to 30 ;
on Hamburg, 13.151 to 14.11 ; on Frankfort, 124 to
1; on Paris, 26 to 26.20; on Vienna, 10.10 to 13 ; on
Leghorn, 31.15 to 40 ; on Naples, 39 to 1 ; on Madrid,
461 to 1,1 ; all at three months. On Lisbon at 60 flays,
511 to 2.
Messrs. Laurence Phillips and Sons, merchants of
long standing (we believe the house is some 80 years
old) announced their suspensioEircents to-day
in the following simple and ap circular;
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THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 16, 1847.

♦urplus over and above our liabilities, and therefore triad that the
I:OW.0 we bare Whoa will, under the unfortunate eircurnetanoe• of the
ewe, be muddied eatisfactory to all conerrned.—We remain, your
obedient servustr.
This is sae of those extraordinary and unprece-
dented vicissitudes arising entirely out of the peculiar
circumstances of the times, and in no respect referable
to asy default of prudential management, or any ambi-
tious overtrading, of the house thus unfortunately
visited for a season. The partners are gentlemen well
known for the care and caution which have marked
their mercantile career, and the consideration and
I esteem they have earned in consequence in the corn-
mercisl world, and wherever known in public or pri-
vate life. The account of their liabilities and assets,
as we learn from trustworthy sources, will testify to the
fact. The liabilitierare stated at 70,000/. ; the assets at
about 130,0001. ; surplus, about 60,000/. Yet this
respectable house, the general course of whose pay-
ments ran from about 8,0001. to 10,000!. per mouth,
I have been compelled to suspend, for it cannot be
' called a failure, from inability to raise a few thou-
sands on undeniable bills and securities to the amount
of 20,000/, actually in their cash-box. Some thou-
sands of these bills, on good houses, are moreover
further secured by shipping documents, which, as
every merchant knows, have always been held to
constitute an undeniable security, whilst at the same
time they evince the cautious character of the foreign
dealings of the house.
The Bank of England returns for the week ending
the oth inst. give, as compared with those of the week
preceding, the following results:
Circulation bow Z21,961,583
Active circulation 18,639,883
Public depoaits
Other deposits
Government emurities is
►anking department_ 11,428,140
Other teturituw
Coin and Bullion
Seven day and other bilks $163,487
Beat 4,087,552
The reserve of notes at 3,321,700/. was below the
amount of the week before by 87,6001. By the in-
crease of " other"sccuritiee, although covered by a more
than equal decrease of government securities in the
banking department, it will be observed that the
Bank was not inattentive to the duty of supporting
commercial credit to the utmost stretch of its means,
and this upon the very eve of the payment of divi-
dends. It may be taken for granted that, besides the
repayment of the loans for about one million carried
over to the 13, and the gold which it is understood
to have received early in the week by which notes to
the extent would be created, a large amount of bill
securities would be run out after the date of these
returns, and in time to reinforce the reserve for the
payment of dividends. The decrease in the week
under review of coin and bullion would be en-
tirely undeserving Jf notice, but for the Charter Act,
which compels a contraction of currency for every
sovereign or ounce of gold which takes its departure.
BANK OF ENOLAN D. —Actors? for the Week ending Oct. 9.
1MP1.7)11.T.

NOUN

.o;;;;l:i...irent Pent..... Z 11,415,100
Other Set-with. .
Gold Coin and Bullion 6.93.5.349
Silver Bunion . 1,026,23.3
=,961,565
DIPA
Government Sec...retie.

Amu Z 11.433,340
Other Scalia.
Oold goal Sliver Cola

.D 1.01.648
M. MARSHALL.C6Iet Ca•hier.
?PMTS.
Indb. Stock.
India 11.1.10. fl,OOO. 7.:10 dis.
under fI.ODU, 41%.
Gongola for AoooYlit. 811 "Lk If 2±
Ex. RIM. £,000,24.. 28 18".1 18
114 IS dl..
Ditto, f.. 500. 10 7 15 510 dbl.
Ditto, Small. 7 416 par 10 die. pss.
6 ins.

FUND&
6 per eut. RiunDh Bona. Dir.
perm Nor. 14.1,
Do., PeeKlse Wu 3C
3 per Coot. Spankh Bond',
4i Dee Cent. BOIL. Rondo,
Mad, Sri
e (.1. Dutch Ss. 12 Chill., 634
4 per Cent. Dutch C.D., CI
STOCKS ABROAD.