The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-07 00:00:00

SURREY SESSIONS Y- - ItSTERTAT
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Before RlVlctaie,Ch;;;;;,;l;iii;ftgiie°i;iwit Write'
SHEEP-KILLING AND STSALING.—..O..H Ile, a ,
bourer, aged 28, wu charged with slaughtering and
stealing a sheep, the property of Mr. John Metcalf, an
innkeeper and farmer, at Ripley, in the county of Sur-
rey.—Mr. Locke appeared for the prosecution, and Mr.
Robinson defended the prisoner. The prosecutor stated
that on Christmas-day he missed one from a flock of fifty
sheep, and suhsestuently found the skin and entrails of the
sheep, together with a lamb, which bad arrived near its
maturity, and the sheep which had been missing wis within
• few days of dropping a lamb. The traces of some foot-
steps from where the sheep was killed to the residence of the
prisoner led to his being suspected, and on his house being
searched, the cameo of a sheep was found there. This was
subsequently compared with the skin found in the prosecu-
tor's field, and it was found to fit exactly.—Mr. Robinson
addressed the jury in an ingenious speech for the prisoner.
—The chairman summed up the case in a clear and impartial
manner, and the jury, without hesitation, found the pn-
sonar Guilty.—Tlae chairman then sentenced him to ten
years' transportation.

POLICE.—YESrEaDAY.

The quotations alder this head, as buying and selling
price., are taken frag., the report of a broker house of the
highest standing on ti.e Stuck Exchange, who arc kind
enough to grant us tke privilege of access to it. Their
report is the more trustworthy, because they can have no
concern with dealing or speculating. The transactions in
Passive have been so few and far between that the error
arose from the price of some days put being accidentally
left standing on the list. The official quotations represent
business actually done, but sometinses, as well known in the
house, if not out of it,
.pretended to be done for a pur-
pose between two parties upon a mutual understand.
mg, with a view of showing prices to be higher or
lower, as may suit the book. O(a,course the busi-
ness; done, real or pretended, only, must be noted in
the list, for such is the duty of its compiler, who is not to
blame iu the matter, for neither he nor the committee of the
house can by possibility know, however, from circumstances.
they may suspect, that the bargains are other than bond far,
Thus, it not uncommonly occurs that the prices in the offic;al
list shall be higher or lower, as the case may be, than the
current prices of the market as between real buyer and
seller.

It would be hardly worth while to enter upon thin expla-
nation, which communicates nothing new to the habituated
in stockbusiness, but for an imputation upon the good faith of
the writer of this article. The sours from whence it proceeds
is sufficiently designated by the remark that " there is a
kind of tendency to run them (Spanish securities) down."
Surely it would be labour sadly mis-spent to attempt to
run down a sort of stock which oscillates betwixt the mar-
' vellous prices of 4 and 5 per 100. The writer of such absurd
imputations,-, however, may be assured that we are perhaps
no more ignorant than himself of the. movements of inte-
rested parties, whose sole object is to get up prices upon
some pretence or other, so as to sell out upon the innocent
and credulous public at higher rates and with large profit.
It will be seen front the Queen of Spain's speech to-day,
which was the cause of the decline of Spanish bonds, in
what a lame conclusion end all those grand promises of
Senor Mon's sayings and doings, which every poet from
Madrid hu been full of for the lest two or three months, as
the achievements of the special mission on the account of the
bondholders. or some of them. In the case of real business
there should be less talk and pretence, and more substantial
work. As it is, we see very flourishing accounts in various
foreign papers which come to hand, and private advice' from
abroad besides, and we hear of more here, yet according to
her Spanish Majesty the "fitting time " for waiting upon
the claims of the bondholders is not yet came.
What a morning paper has stated in respect of the loan to
the Bank of France is substantially correct, trivial exceptions
apart. The Bank of England has agreed to supply 100,0001.
in silver coin (dollars) or bullion forthwith, part of which has
been already despatched, and the remainder will follow with
all despatch, a part having been forwarded to-day. The cor-
rection to be made is that unless the Bank of France shall be
able to purchase the remaining 400,0001. in the market from
merchants and dealers, the Bank of England undertakes to
supply the additional quantity, or the balance left unsup.
plied by purchases in other quarters.
The situation of the Bank of France was evidently ex-
citing much uneasiness in Paris. It is stated in the Semaine
that the stock of specie was reduced to 62,000,000 francs
only (2,480,0001.). Rumours were afloat in consequence,
and it was also understood that the question had been enter-
tained by the directors, of raising the rate of discount for
the present month, but the immediate adoption of the mea-
sure was adjourned. It is positively asserted however that
the Bank would take steps for the restriction of discounts, so
far as to limit the admissible dates from 90 to 75 days, and
perhaps less.
Another measure had been already adapted, in raising the
rate from 1 to 4 per cent. interest on advances made by the
Bank upon deposits of gold and silver. By this means the
Bank expects to reduce the demands upon itfor specie, which
it is embarrassed to meet, and also perhaps to constrain
indirectly the holders of the metals to carry them to the Mint.

14991. /text .10*
I per Ct. a.d. Asa.. "j 14 2i
per Cs. 0999299 Aar., 92/ / I fi.
E. di,
New * per Ceuta A. $Bl 11
Lairof As 29 , Lap. NA Ina., ISO,

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14i Hoe 4. twos ,
Reath Rea Poet, 103 j
Comas lot areattet, 031
ladle Steak for .meat, 3344. Zs.
013.
Re. Rills, Loom., to 14 11
5001., 12 13
De, ea, 11 14

3 per C Bra dam Hood.. Rif
per Yesloaa, 315
Do A1re..J..14, 34j 11
4 per Cem Porn/moo Amt., IN 71
5 pm Cl. IllomMa Beads,
1105
per CI. illeutla Bowie Amt., Zoe.
11. 141
3 pry Cr no. less. 3, 40, Mr. 13044
Nov. IMO, 23

PUNDP.
per Ct Practise Pauly. Baud., 34
I Per Ct. hood. Rests, Tra. Ik.
IN KO.
26 per Ct. awe. zo.b, E.
2i per
I Ct.
i Dural Exdusge,l2 9111.,
*
4 per Ditto
Par Ct. Dino Bowie, tei

POSTVOCEBII Darr.—The committee of bondholders met
to-day, end passed certain resolutions condemnatory of the
tax to be levied upon the dividends, but under the circum-
stances have advised the bondholders to accept the dividend,
with the deduction unjustly made, under protest. The par-
ticulars will be advertised within a day or two.