The Express.
London, England, 1853-04-08 00:00:00

THE POLICE CO URTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.

WORSHIP-STREET.
Geovge Bevan, 29, described as a cigar maker, residing at
11, Satchwell-rents, Bethnal-green, was charged with an
aggravated assault upon Ann Oishy, by which her life is in
danger.
Marsh, 215 11, said that on that morning, between four
and five o'clock, while on duty, he heard cries of distress
contiguous to the prisoner's dwelling, and found the com-
hlainant outside the house bleeding from wounds in the
ead. She was in such a state of exhaustion as to state
with difficulty that prisoner hod assaulted her with a shovel
and poker, upon hearing. which witness forced the door,
and found the prisoner in a partial state f iatoxication.
At the station-house complainant mode a statement to the
effect, that she was engaged to the pri.mner as a general
servant, but was cohabiting with him. Her upper lip was
cut open, and her left cheek and upper part of the head
presented wound, of no ordinary character. It was deemed
necessary to send her at once in a cab to the London
Hospital.
A certificate was now produced from the house surgeon
there, purporting that her life was in danger.
Prisoner denied having assaulted her beyond striking
with the hand, but
The constable informed the magistrate that he had
noticed the shovel in the apartment bent nearly double.
Mr. D'Eyncourt remanded the prisoner.

John Kitchen, a young man of good connexions and re-
spectable appearance, was brought before the Lord Mayor,
in the custody. of Daniel Forrester, the officer, upon the
charge of having forged a letter of credit for 3001., with in-
tent to defraud Messrs. Saunderson and Sandiman, of King
William-street, bill brokers.
Mr. Mullens, of the firm of Bush and Mullen, solicitors
to the committee of bankers for protection against forgeries
and frauds, appeared for the prosecution; Mr. Humphries
for the prisoner.
Mr. Mullens (examined as a witness) said—l was sent
for to the house of Messrs. Saunderson and Sandiman,
where I found the prisoner, and was shown a letter ad-
dressed to him from a respectable person, authorising him
to call upon them for the payment of 3001. He stated
that the letter had been received by him with directions to
make the application ; but he afterwards went on his knees
to me, and acknowledged that he had written it himself.
The matter had been telegraphed, so that a very little
time elapsed between the delivery of the letter and the de-
tection of the forgery.
The prisoner was remanded.
Mary Griffin was charged with having stolen several
sovereigns out ',flier master's cash box.
Mr. Green, of Bevis-marks, wholesale clothier, said, about
six months ago I missed the key of my cash box, the lock to
which was one of Chubb's patent locks. Since that time I
never until this day saw the key, but my wife had a dupli-
cate key. We had frequently missed money from the cash
box, and I marked four half-sovereigns, and deposited them
along with 20 sovereigns in the cash-box, which I put into
the cupboard where I usually kept it. On my return to
town on Monday I found no more than the 20 sovereigns
in the cash-box. Thu four marked half-sovereigns bad dis-
appeared. This morning the prisoner's fellow-servant, who
slept with her, handed to me an old rag which she had
found, and which contained amongst other property one of
my marked half-sovereigns and the identical key which I
had lost.

Margaret Floyd, nunerymaid in Mr. Green's house, said
—M is the duty of the prisoner to den the parlour, sad

she Las access to the cupboard. This morning, at a quarters well. Saks were rather dull. Wheat, 425. to 645. Bury,
to seven o'clock, she went down stairs to liaht the fires. 29a. to 49e. Oats, 191. to 2.55. 4d. Beasts, 30s. to 375.
She came back in a greet hurry and tux off the covering 1
of the bed. I asked her what she was looking for, and the
replied for a white rag, and I then told her to look for it
when I should be up. She assented to that, and went down
stairs, and 1 found in the bed a ea,. such as she hud de-
scribed, and upon opening it I discovered four sovereigns
and two half-sovereigns and two keys, one of which opened
m muter's cash-box and the ether opened her own trunk.
y I Immediately called my young mistress and gave her the
property. The prisoner came again into the roam, and said,
in answer to my accusation of her, that the money in the
rag belonged to her, and that she had had it in her posses-
sion befure she entered the house.
The policeman who took the prisoner into custody said
that he had searched her box when she and her muter
were present, and that he found in it several articles which
the prosecutor claimed as his.
The prisoner said she had nothing to say, and was re-
manded.

CATTLE.—BALFOUD, April 6.—We continue very well
supplied with stozkr, the season taken into account. Our
buyers arc evidently on the increase. Good Beef ready
sale, in same cases as high as 61d. per lb., and generally,
however, Std. to std. per Ib. Mutton commands high
rates. Nearly everything sold up.
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EDINBURGH, April 6 —The number of Cattle in the
market this morning was 721, or 6 more than on this day
week. Sales dual, and last week's prices were well main-
tained. Top price of the best Beef, Bs. ; current top price,
71.94. ; current price, 7s. 64. ; middling and inferior sorts,
from 61. 6d to 7s. per Dutch stone. The number of
Sheep in the market wa+ 1,748, or 37 less than last week.
Sales dull, and prices, compared to those obtained last
week, down 2s. a-head. Top price, 71d. per lb. ; current
price, 7d. ; middling and inferior sorts, from 6d. to 61d.
per lb. At the clops of the market a clearance was not
i effected.