The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-27 00:00:00

POLICE.-v - ESTERDAY.

MANSION HOUSE.—THE Setup Funozsues.— West
and Fartnery were again brought up for examination, upon
the charges of having uttered a quantity of forged scrip, pur-
porting to be the scrip of the London and South Western
Railwayeompany.—Mr. W. Woadrow,assis'at at the Moor-
gate post-office, said, that to the best of his belief West called
three times et the office for letters directed to Perry, which
letters were handed to the party who so called.—Mr. C.
Rogers, cashier in the banking house of Sir Charles Price,
Marryatt, and Co., said : In the afternoon of the 11th of
March a person called at our banking-house, in King Wil-
liam-street, having the appearance of a servant in undress
livery, and presented a cheque of Messrs. Stevens, Hansard,
and Co., fur 2.591. 7s. 6.1., to be cashed. I paid the cheque
in a 2001., a 601, a 401., and a 61. Bank of England notes,
and 41.7 x. 6d. in gold and silver, making together 2991.75. 6d.,
thereby inadvertently giving 401. too much. On the making
up of the books in the evening the error was discovered, and
on the morning of the 12th of March I called at Messrs.
St evenss offiec and informed Mr. Stevens of the over-payment,
and asked him for the address of Mr. Craven, to whom the
cheque was payable. Mr. Stevens showed MC & letter signed J.
L Craven, headed with the address of" 11, Portland place."
I consequently sent my brother, who is also a clerk at
Price's bank, to Portland-place. to see Mr. Craven, and
represent the circumstance. My. brother having learned
that no such person resided there, immediate application was
made at the Bank of England to stop the notes ; but they
had been all changed. The name and address written on
the back of the 2001. note and the 601. note by the party
who had exchanged them, was " Thomas Wadson, Sheffield,
Brett's Hotel, Holborn." The prisoner got in exchange
for these, among others, five 101. notes and the seven 61.
notes, payment of which was stopped by my brother. On
Saturday, the 13th March, twoof the lanotes were presented
at the Bank by • Mr. Hartley,. a tailor, of Pearson-street,
Kingsland-road, who was thereupon detained until I was
sent for, and who told me that he bad received them
in payment of a tailor's bill from a Mr. West,
a stockbroker, of Copthall-court. I went with Hart-
ley to Mr. West, who, upon being asked from
whom he received the notes, mentioned two or three
houses, and seemed somewhat confused. I then ex-
plained the fact of the overpayment of the cheque,
when West at once said that rather than bring any-
body into trouble he would pay the 401. himself, and, at the
same time, produced his pocket-book with the intention, as
it appeared to me, of handing over other notes which he had
in it, but he ahruptly checked hiratelf, and said, " If you I
will come over to my lodgings, I will give you the money."
On going clown Mooreate-street, West turned into a passage,
and stopping me handed over to me two 101. notes, which
he said, with the two 101. notes stopped, would make up the
401. We then parted. On the Tuesday following, a letter
was addressed to Messrs. Price and Co., signed "J. L.
Craven," enclosing seven 61. notes. being the identical 61.
notes stopped by my brother, and 61. in gold, of which letter
the following is a copy :

Portland-place, March, IS, 11147.—Cleastlemen,—My servant on re-
ceiving cash for Messrs. Stevens and Co.'s cheque, es Thursday, was
paid 40/. over its proper amount, which, at the time,; he was induced
to appropriate, but to mature redectioa he handed the amount over to
me exprewing his regret that he should for a moment have swerved
Irons taepoth of rectitude: under the. circumstances, and considering
that he was esposed tea temptation that few in his situation could
re,ist, I trust that you will be content with the restoration of the
money.—Signed, J. L Cason..
A day or two after the receipt of this letter I sent to Mr.
West'. office and requested to see him, and the prisoner
Farmery came and informed me that Mr. West was out of
own. Having seen Farmery at West's office, I told him
about the non-payment of the cheque, and that West had
afterwards settled the matter with me, and that I had sub-
sequently received 401., and I showed him the letter
received by Messrs. Price and Co., signed "J. L.
Craven." Fsrmery then said he had sold fifty
shaves to some person in the street whom he did
not know, and he could not say when. He also stated
that the five 101. notes (alluding to the 101. notes traced to
West), had been received by him (Farmery), from some
person he did not know, and that he had afterwards lent
these notes to West. On the 27th of March, West called at
Mews. Price and Co.'s, and I showed him the letter signed
" Craven," and informed him of the receipt of the 401. in-
closed in that letter. I asked him whether he knew Mr.
Craven, and he mid be did not. I then told West that I
did not think I could with propriety return him the 401.,
as we wanted to Rod out who Mr. Craven was.
Ile came again with Farmery. Farmer"' was very
ahusise, and I did not then pay them the 401. but
subsequently handed it over to West —Mr. Cobb, 2, Copthall-
buildings, sharebroker, stated that be was well acquainted
with the character and manner of handwriting of West ;
that the letter signed J. Perry, and addressed to Menus.
Price and Brown, the letters addressed to Mr. Knowles, and
the letter signed J. L. Craven, addressed to Messrs. Stevens,
Huard, and Co., were in West's handwriting.—Mr. Clark-
son then said he should call evidence in a new ease against
the prisoner West.—Mr. J. T. Berk,lev, of the Stock Ex-
change, London, said, that on the 22nd of March a corre-
spondence was opened with him by a party signing himself J.
Perry, 124, Moor-street, Birmingham. From this person
he first received twenty South-Western railway shares,
which he was commissioned to well ; when he had done so,
and transmitted the money, he received, in two parcels of
forty shares each, eighty shares in the same ra lefty, which
were likewise sold, the mosey being transmitted, and vc-
knowle!lgment thereof received. The 801 scrip which he had
sold to Menu. Stevens and Pittman had since been returned
to him as forged. The twenty scrip first received by I
have not been returned, but he had seen them in the
of Daniel Forrester, the officer—Mr. Alfred Motgan, tree
surer to the London and South-Western company, received
all the scrip produced, and pronounced it forged.—Mr.
Ballantine requested to be informed by his learned
friend with what otfeace it was the intention ,
of the prosecutors to charge his client / He was not aware
that scrip was by the statute a security foe the payment of
money, and the charge could not, thertfue, extend beyond
a misdemeanour, which was a bailable offence. He did not
mean at the present moment to ask the Lord Mayor to admit
his client to bail, but certainly it was his intention to make
such application at the next and final examination, should
kin lordship consider that it would be necessary to send the
case to another tribunal.—Mr. Clarkson said he certainly
should oppose the application of his learned friend to be
allowed to pat in bail. He was aware of the differences of
opinion which existed with regard to questions of that kind;
but the charges against the prisoner were of a very grave
nature, and it was not very likely that, under such circuit-
;tenses, a magistrate would decide upon taking bail, what-
ever effect an application of the kind might have before a
judge.—The Lord Mayor said it would, perhaps, prevent
unnecessary trouble if he were to state that it was his deter-
mination not to take brain—The prisoners were then ordered
to be brought up in a few days for the purpose of being com-
mitted for trial.

WORSHIP•STREET.—AN UNNATITIAL Sex.—Wil-
liam Leonard was finally examined, ebe.rted with writhing
and wounding his mother. Elisabeth Leonard, the pn-
soviet's sister, stated that her mother and herself endea-
voured to obtain a subsistence by tailor's slop work. On
the evening of Sunday, the 11th instant, while they were
seated at tea, the prisoner entered the room in a state of
intoxication, and without the slightest provocation soddenly
knocked over the table and all the things upon it, which
were smashed to pieces. He then caught up a table-
knife, and, advancing towards bit mother, mado a stab
at her, but she fortunately succeeded in warding off the
blow; in doing which, two of her fingers were cut to the
bone. The prisoner then commenced an unmerciful attack
upon witness, and struck her a violent blow on the side of the
bead, which felled her to the ground, and without giving
her time to rise, commenced beating end kicking her about
the body, until she became insensible. Witness hastened
out and procured the assistance of a policeman, who took
the prisoner into mistody, and her mother was afterwards
removed to St. Bartholomew's Hospital, where she bad ever
since remained. The prisoner's mother, who had only left
the hospital that morning, corroborated her daughter's tea
simony, but stated that the prisoner had received a wound
in the head sonic years since, which, at intervals, affected his
intellect —The prisoner was fully committed for trial.
M AR LBO RO UOll.B r RE RT.— Daoseinrisine Ann
Funtons Darriao.—Fraiscis Skipp, described as t /alit
sheet as " gentleman," was charged with having
driven two horses in a carriage while he was ki a Malle of
drunkenness. and also with having injured and stimierine
endangered the lives of two young women mused Fry.—
BophiaTry said, about half past nine o'clock on Sunday
evening she was about to cross Leicester-square, what she
was suddenly knocked down by the hones In a carriage
driven by the defendant. The hones were omits aim at
tvaerolegn7iliterateemfd and
injured by one of the lassiss' hoofs,

and her leg severely bruised.—Elisabeth Fry corroho-
rated this statement.—times Dlmes, a cabman, said he
saw a carriage coming along on the wrung side
of the road. The defendant, who was driving, was
evidently drunk. The defendant drove the carriage
against his cab, and did damage to the amount of 30s. The
defendant then ran against a lamp-post, and concluded his
drunken career by knocking down two females. The horses
were galloping furiously at the time.—Police.constable C 50
said when he took the defendant into custody he was evi-
dently intoxicated.—The defendant's solLitor contended
that the whole affair was the result of accident. The de-
fendant was driving a pair of horses which became un-
manageable, and that accounted for the mistake of the wit-
nesses in supposing that be was drunk and driving furiously.
William Arnold, a groom, said be was with Mr. Skipp at
the time of the occident The horses were only trotting at
the time. The d.ffendant had been drinking, but was not
SO far gone as to be incapable of driving,—Mr. Bingham
inflicted the fines of 101. for the injury on Sophia Fry, and
101. for the injury on Elizabeth Fry. to he awarded to these
parties by way of compensation; 40a. for furious driving,
30s for damage to the cab, and 6.. for loss of time to the
cabman—in all 231. 16s. The defendant wu at this court •
short time ago, and was then fined 40s. for furious driving.
THAMES.—Tut: SweLL MOlL—Edward Aikin wu
charged by Lieut. Nicholson, of the Royal Engineers. on
suspicion of having robbed him of his purse, containing
7 sovereigns, 3 half-crowns, and a few shillings.—The lieu-
tenant stated that on Saturday night he wu proceeding from
Chatham to town in the Satellite steam-boat. At Woolwich
his purse was safe. On arriving at the Blackwell pier there
was a rush of passengf ra to land. As witness was in the act
of turning round, a person, whom he believed to be the pet.
caner at the bar, and who had previously been standing
behind him, confronted him so that he could not pus between
the machinery and the paddle-boxes without brushing by
him. On reaching the fore-gangway, witness again felt for
his purse, and found it gone, and on looking round could see
nothing of the prisoner. He immediately informed onisof
the Blackwell railway constables of the occurrence, who told
bim he had seen a man answering that description, with a
cloak on his arm, pass round the corner of the Brunswick
pier. They followed, and found the prisoner in an
omnibus He said the cloak was not bin, and the other
passengers also disowned it. On the prisoner being searched
at the station-house, 6 sovereigns were found on him, which
he accounted for in two different ways: first, saying he had
earned it as an umbrella-maker; and next, that a young'
lady, with whom be was in love, had given it him.—Mr.
Yardley remanded the prisoner till Monday next.

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EVENING.

It is understood that the Bank directors are more
liberal in their discounts to-d ty ; a fact which tells plainly of
the panic-like influence already so extensively exercised by
the rigid course of Bank policy in withholding accom-
modation. and reducing securities, within the last fort-
night only. The daily depreciation of all floating pro-
perty values throughout the country hal doubtless not been
without its weight in leading to this considerate relaxation,
temporary as it may be, in tie re-turn of the screw. It
may be inferred from it, with s.,ine probability also, that the
Onseunt of securities was so lsrgely reduced during the lam
week as greatly to relieve the Bank of anxiety on that
head, whilst however proportionately adding to the
distress of other interests. Whether from this cause, or in
the ordinary course of reactions the funds improved shortly li
after the commencement of business, and Consols from 8.51
buyers for money, and 86 for time advanced to 861 for
money, and 861 for time. These full quotations were not
however maintained, and they closed at 851 to 61 money,
and 861 to 1 for account. Tke transactions of the day were
of an active character, and come heavy purchases made for
account, thereLre speculative. Of money tuck dealing
there wee little. Reduced Threes were 851 to I. Three-
end a-Quarter per Cent'., 861 to 71. Consols ScriP,3i to
discount. Exchequer Bills, 411. taglip. discount. Bank
Stock, 191 to 3. India Stock, 244 tee. Long Annuities,
8 15-16 to 9.
For foreign stocks it has been almost a blank day of deal-
ings. Dutch came over rather bet ter from Amsterdam, but
here they were without change—the Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. 514 to 4, the Fears, 89 to 1. The reported 'frivol of
an agent from Madrid to negoti ite terms of compromise
with the bondholders for the admission of their stock to
some reduced rate of dividend, or, m variously reported, for
the nomination of some party emp veered to negotiate and
conclude upon the matter in Madrid with the Finance
Minister in person, produced no improvement in the quota-
tions of the bonds, which, indeed were rather lower—the
Fives at 241 to 1 ; the Threes at 35 to 4. Portuguese were
unaltered at 334 to 41, the news from Lisbon hiving bud no
effect upon the prices. Mexican were quoted without busi-
ness at 19/ to 201. Chalon, 91 to 3.
INOLISIf 11:11DP.
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IM Ct. Red. Assn. eh 41 ed Om .* 11 101 Aem..631 111
we. Pee. Au..,1 $1 4 S per Ct. fen eerie, d 4.
Kew i 4 per Cc Au.. 17 11171 1111 TQ.117Y.111111111..15.,4 14 W.
14 Allk.,tl. Jea.1,1140, $ 13-18 Mae, 41.., 4 I OS.
Isdis Suck 14S Dltte Mall. 1 dts. 1 p. 3 di..
Souk Des ON Asa.. 131
701111031 713ND11.
I per Cc Celllas leads, II • per Cr. t pashat Passive Deeds. 11
pee Ct. do., 11 3 Per CI. ApOl
4 per Ct. Par mew Posey 34 30, U 11
4 per 01. de. Amt., 131 4 131 per C., ,r. Dumb Exeltude, II
I per Cr. Bpae4k Dodds Amt. Apr. 0e11,411
13,30 4 / 4 per On,. Durk Cot, 1$ SI 11
XXONANONS AND MOM A:titOsu.
Xsome, APSIt 19.—Tbree per Omen, 111 MOM Y. 314 amount neeerr
DeetA, 1d Plosives 4.44; rtpoee, 17, 171 , 140 k of 84 PerdlAsed, 177,
'sebum en 14edmi. 41 IP).

RA ILW.,
As anticipated some
scrip and shares, and of order
the country yesterday mornin
mon of valuta in most lines.
SHARE LIST.—
Nora—TM asetatlar al Ilan la an

Bon) • 261. I.vnn and Ely
.Railwav (Deviation and Len
st.miont ,' Birm v.ingham tatlwav ( Wiitech to Zie&
bridge. Ike.); 241. Easton, Rtamford, Birmingham H
(Branch to Wiabech Harbour, &a). Cam for Hill 219 (Wist.i...
it,
Spalding), opened by Mr. Hope. Evidence beard in favour of,
Gorier No 28. Room 24.-303. Great Northern Railway ()Irma,
to Sleaford). Engineering evidence ointinued.
neut.,. No. 33. Boos 27.—Oommittee met for first time jeep,*
Bills before il.-66. Leers Central Haile ay Station. 41. 1j,„(,, j,„l.
burr, and Manchester Railway (Extension to Wakefield, tent
Manchester and Leeds Heilmay (Alterotkm of Levels of Heigh,*
',ed., Wakefield, seed Midland Junition Hann),
301. Great Northern Railway (Eatenalon to Leeds and Wak,g,.4d,
and Deviation.) 388. Leeda, Dewsbury, and Manchester
iret Branch, &e.) 60. Leeds Central Railway Station. Oprui
Mr. Baines. Mr. Grainger, engineer, emmined.
Game No. 47. Rood 28.-269. Airdrie and Hathgate
(Amendment and Deviation.) Preamble moved. G5g,44,,„..,,Z7
of
clauses adjourned for railway commissioner.' report. The other hiya
before this committee being unopposed have been sent back to
Greene.
Grove No. 60. Roos 34.-8. Glasgow, Pahley, .41
Ayr (No. 2). Evidence in favour of the line heard.
Gaour Ao. 11.—Hour 29.-16. Glasgow, Dune, ins, and
and Glover, Puieley, Kilinernoek, and Ayr (No. 2). Clatnesdiap,i
of. 5. filmgoer, Dumfries, and Girliale, and Glimianw, Paisley, Kg.
rnarnoe.k, and Ayr (No. I). Cue opened by &leant Aadrewa.

COMMERCIAL AND MARKETS.
PRODUCE.-31erCINO-LANS, Aram 213.—There intact nytiteregi.
In sugar the state of the money market Influences men' opt*s
upon this and rainy other article; of produce, and it will require trett
firmnera on the part of importers to prevent a furtherthethe k
prices, although consumption is south on at the full average
Coffee must be quoted Gd. to Is lower: 700 legs end elem..
Ceylon eel at 40s. The cinnamon quarterly sales west off eel
rather more spirit than Ira anticipated; about tee-thirds liald • the
fine descriptions at a decline of 2d, but all other sore at Teri hi
prices. The decision In the House of Lords upon the rum question Is
ounenlerel by the trade to be decisive as to the sgled
duties, end the article has become more firm ; a =leg
Leeward', at 34. Id. to 30. 2d. bur been mode; sod ;;;,.
mid at 20. 10d. per gallon, but the market is nut satire. Cotton d.&
Wee : there hue not been any activity in the snide since the urea
of the continental mails to-day, but prices me steady. Tallow 100
been dull at Ohs. 6d. On the spot; town, 51s. ; rough fat, 2s. 90.,
arrived during the last week, 63 choke; delivered, 73,; present sleek
on hand, 9,097 casks; at the same period last year, 12,254 tees
Provokes—Butter Irish bus been in fair demand et 2.. egeae,o
and the stock on hand Is small; foreign 16.44 brisk 01 the
meet of the week, sad higher pries were paid, but it has berms
dull. and we do not alter quotations. Bacon continua in but limey
demand, but holders arc firm. Hams have been in fair demand. doe
steady: ha—sad, pale, 397. ; straw, 334. to 34/.; brown and yellow,
26i. to 321. ; sperm, 91/. to WI. ; handmeter, 93/. ; end, 2;:.
South See. 2714t0 291. IOM.; olive 6allipoll, 53/.; *raw; end 8.4.
391. to 521. ; pdm, 371.100 ; cocoa-nut, 49/. to SV. ; seed—rape, pale:
Set. to XL Inn ; linseed, 261. 154. to 27/.

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COTTON.-ILiennreen., Arm 2g.—There was aa exceedingly had
market to-day ; the transactions being onitietween the trade. lON
beim were sold at • decline of ith.
EIPOILTATION or Cost.—The oulketons and comptrollers at dr
several porn throughout the United Kingdom, have received dine.
Dona from thecommiseioners of custom. to prepare and transmit, with
the least porsable delay, the undermentioned account, according to eig
approved form, so far a. the same relate, to their respective posit
sin t A rem, n of the number of ships laden with coals, etilnionik
cinders, entered outwards In sett rear, beginning in Dien, up to tha
Slat day of Deeember, told; specifying the kinds and quantities of
wale, tinders, rand mint, the amount of duties reeeived, the ported
clearance, and the countries cleared f ,r, and whether in ships of the
United Kingdom or of any other nation, and to what nation they
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