The Express.
London, England, 1849-09-10 00:00:00

ABINGDON RACES.-FRIDLL

Tows PLe.en of 301. added to • sweepstakes of 3 son.
each Wats, 1 mile and three quarters. (8 subs.)
Mr. Waller'sPottlnaer, S yea, tot. (Wakefield 0 1 1
Mr. Dtinkald's Dirk Lady. 7st 1011) (Rodne 0 2 3
Mr. Ilumphrey's Carbine* 76t 101 b (tJames 1 3 3
Mr. Sadler's giraffe, 2 yrs, 3st 101 b (Oilb.rt 2 dr.
Won by a length.
HANDICAP of 3 goes. each and 20 added. Three quuten
of a mile. (8 subs.)
Mr. West's Marquis of Conyngham, S yrs, est 101b.(8. Mani 1
Mr. J. Day's Klima, 3 yrs, lot 121 b (N likened 0
Mr. Drlakild's Jaggier, 3 yrs, est 101 h (Rodney 0
The following also rot: Sarah Sykes, agml,Bst (Cricktnere);
Basta, 3 yrs, est 121 b (Buena); and Clothworker, 84 10Ib
' (Beans). Won by a neck. A dead heat between Mignon
and Jupgler foe second place.
Sweeps of 10 goes. each, end 50 added, for 2 yrs old ; three
qes of a mile. 7 subs.
Major leartyn's, the awed', eat 71b (a Mw.) 1
Lord 11. Lennox's, the Wee., est 31b. (Kitchener. 2
The following also started : Resins, Bst 61b, b. •. by 4.
catcher, out of Esperer as, B,t 71b; Bslul,, Bst 31b; Bat.
wino, Bst 3lb ; and Miss Larkaway, 13tt 71b. Won by a
head.

MARCHAM PARK STAIRS, 6 son. each, and 40 added,
were woo in 4 heats, by Sir C. Ruehont's Kennett, beating
the Streamer, Red Doe, and 2 °thin.

WESTERN MEETLNG AT AYR.—TatrasDAY.
Ara GOLD One of 100 son., by subs of 10 son. sub,
the rest in specie. 2 miles. (12 subt.)
Lord Ertlinton's Glen Iladdel, 4 yrs, Sst Mb (J. Cartwright) 1
Mr. Mtuklanes Inheritress, yea, Sat 13Ib (ramplesnan)) 2
Won by a length.
Pz.vra of 604. Heats, 2 sailed.
Lard Eglintaa's Satin, 3 yrs, 714 Mb (J. Cartwright) 1 1
Mr. Shepherd's Alp, 3 Ter, 7st 101 b (W. Mance) 4 2
Mr. Smart's 4 yrs, Sit 410 . (H. Robwteon) Sdr
01.11111W11 nd s Toting Lnagwaistdana by Inherit r,
3 yra 7K 1)b (G. Kepis) 3 dr
Woo easy.

CRICKET.

ALL ENGLAND v. MANCHESTER.
Nzw (44017 ND, OLD T1.43/01D, Sept. 8.
1142oczwria. 9ed
IL Midbrit. b
O. P. Clues, Eaq, b Mellen
WEdibhamms," Esq., rue out
T.
b Mas
le, b (larksid
& H. Iliegbrooke, b litUyar 1
0. Wu& Esq., b %Wes
P. otrelk, Esq., b Either
I.H b WL0144
T. 14444444, &q.. b Cloaks
Fpaw*, Ng, b Clarke
.W.t, Esq. b
E. Rudlow, Feq., b Clarks
W. 00949, E 44.. b Wifties
H. entaki4+4o, Esq ,1g b wicket
J. Sauk*, b Mardaidl
T. Ord, El 4
&I. Atkinson, &Wq, 'Myer, b Wide%
Hunt, b Meilen
Battery, b auks 14
ebermais. Dot out
/096 thaw, b Wirks
Broi

i

100
tat Wm.

ALL TSWANA.
C. Hove, Esq., c Hooks, b swiny.„
N. Faz. rot. 4. fludlow, b NM, .... /$1
Wm, nut out 4
C. raa sat. 6
IP. I.* w 0
Kat& l5
act
• b Vain
P. Mitt 4
54
Nadisollgrmts
.........
T

2od Los.
C. Ham Msg. set 0M 4
N. nih4 Imo Gobi, b Earls l3
Cant. W•lrli Ilserry.
C. CaillAtematz. NI set
P. NM • b Bitaary 37
I
&is • &
11111yer rue 041.. 4
Wild=
Parr • 11. Ilk* b Uremia
Corks 0
Wartigull
744.5011
Total 76

THE POLI.Cis COURTS.

MARLBORWIGH.STRIIKT.

ALLSOID ATTEMPT TO ZITO= 6001. TROY MIONIS.
HEIM= AND Co.—Au elderly person and his alleged
daughter, both of highly resmonble exterior, who refund to
give either name or address, INN brought up in custody, on
Saturday, charged in the pollee sheet with having attempted
to extort 5001. from Messrs. Herd's, Farquhar and Co.,
bankers, of St. Jamee's-street.—Mr. Robert Hook, of the
ilem of Harries and Co., said about four days ago • letter
woe addieseed to the Arm, which he opened. The letter was
eminraess, and it was to the effect that the writer was
amnions to communicate some eircumatances, provided a
Mgt= anotrance was given that no other pitmans than the
firm should be made acquainted with what the writer was
able to disci, se. The writer went on to my he had been en-
trapped by a gang of villains, and had been hurled from the
pinnacle of ketone to the tomtit sink of infamy, and if one
syllable was to be known, or the slightest stir made, his
life would pay the forfeit. The writer, however, would
not yield to their vile and cruel iaelinaUons. His
soul shuddered to see and bear their coned designs, and
though he was now suffering severe privations, he would en-
dure them rather than be driven from the path
of honesty, which he had hitherto supported. If the firm
would pledge their faith, as they hoped for mercy in h
not to make known what he could communicate, and would
also unseat to lend their assistance to get the writer into an
honest system of Nashua, the writer would trust to their
honour and honesty to pay the money after he made his dis-
closures. They must be quick and decide., for he was marked
oat for destruction arse would become a victim. A few
pomade would carry him out of the reach of the gang, and
would save them from destruction and the loss of thousands.
If they auspted his proposal they were to put this adver-
tisement into the Times newspaper :
" P.O.N.—Your terms ere accepted, the nftney, as re-
quired, will be sent and deposited in the place named. Lose
not • moment.—Sept. 4."
After receiving this letter witness read it, and immediately
took it down to Scotland-yard, and gave information to the
police. A constable called at the banking-hnuee, and ad-
vised them to put the anvertisement in the Tunes, as sug-
gested. The advertisement was accordingly sent to the Times
on Tuesday, and it appeared the following day in that paper.
Two days afterwards witness received a second letter in
the same handwriting as the first. The letter was to the
effect that the writer would have replied to the notice is the
Tosses before, but he had been prevented from eloing so. If
the first acted honourably with hie •, and did not deceive
er allow a spy to watch him, he would save them, or
perish in the attempt. But as be hazarded life, the writer
must have sufficient means without delay or all would be
lost. The writer was fully assured that 20,0001. would not
cover the horrid catastrophe contemplated, which would not
only stop the bank for a time, but for ever, u the books
would be destroyed by slow matches. The most dreadful
things were contemplated by the horrid gang, from which
the writer fervently prayed to be relieved. The writer
had n , so help him God, done a deed of which he was
afraid or ashamed. Colese he could privately obtain means,
it would be folly to attempt to save them. At one end of
Kensington-gradena, near the Keightsbridge-toad, there was
a dyke in which were two large water pipes. Under one of
the water pipes wu sufficient room to conceal a small bag.
If they sent a confidential man with a bag containing 250
sovereigns, with Indus to place it under the pipe unseen by
mortal eye, the writer swore by Almighty God to avert
present evil, and to inform them of all, and to denounce I
the villains to them. After he had done this he
should expect 2501. more, for he could not get
into liminess wi•tt less money. The money was to be
lodged about half past eleven o'clock, but not before. If
this was done, all should be well; but if he was deceived,
all the evil must fall on themstly. s. This letter was with-
out date. On receiving this letter witne.a sent for the
polite, end in their presence prepared a marked canvas beg.
and put in it a quanuty of half-farthing., some shillings, al 4
a marked half crown in paper. The bag was given to the
office messenger to put under the pipe. A few hours after
this the prisoners were brought to the banking-house in the
custody of the police. Witness said to the police, "You
found the beg on one of the prisoners ?" The male prisoner
answered that he went into the dyke or ditch for a certain
purpose, and seeing a piece of rod tape sticking out he
pulled it, and found it belonged to a bag apparently con-
taining money, and he brought it away.
Cross-examined by Mr. Woolf—Was almost sure the pri-
soner used the word " dyke," hut would net swear he did.
The beg, when examined, contained the wins which witness
had put into it with his own hand. The bag was made to
resemble a bog with 250 sovereigns in it.
William Veen, messenger, said he marked a half-crown,
and it was put into the bag. He also marked the bag. Was
directed to take the bag and place it in a certain spot be-
tween Hyde-park and Kensington-gardrns. Witness de
posited the beg in • he-ba under a wiftexpipe, about half-
past eleven o'clock, and covered the bag all over except the
top part. Witness then went away. The half-crown now
reduced from the bag, taken from the prisoner, was the
one nuked I 7 witness.
Croesesammed by Mr. Woolf—Witness only raw a little
hoy lying on the grass, when he put the hag under the pipe.
The lodge was about eighty or a hundred yards from the
slope in which the pipe was situated. The place Wa not a
retired spot. There was no red tape visible, as witness had
concealed the bag too well.
Police-Sergeant Smith, A 28, had received instruction, to
attend to this case. Aeout half-past nine o'clock that mora-
ine witness wont into Kensington-gardens, and walked about
near the lodge. About ten o'clock witness saw the two pri-
soners walking about the lodge. They came from the bridge,
and the prisoner thea creased over the read, leaving
the female, and went down into the hollow, stonpieg over
the pipe; witness was afraid to go too near, and therefore
could not say whether the prisoner felt under the pipe. The
prisonet went beck to the female, end they walked about
fee upwards of an hour. A'out half past 11 they came
back again, and took their seats within view of the water-
pipe. As soon as the last witness had deposited the big
and bad gone away, the mole prisoner went into the
ditch, and came up again almost immediately, and wet
towards the female prisoner. Witness followed them. The
male prisoner saw witness, end be gave the big to the
female. Witness went up and told them he was a constable,
and that he must take him into custody. Witness told
him the nature of the charge, and asked Hui for the bag.
The prisoner answered " Wnat bag, he had not got a bag."
Withers told him he wanted the bag he had taken from be
neath the water-pipe. The female prison• r asked the male
prisoner if she should give witness the bag. The male pri-
soner said " Yes," and he received the bag, which he after-
wards took to the banking-house. The prisoner said he gave
the brig to the female es-boner. He was passing the ha-ha
when he saw a piece of red tape under the pipe ; he went
down to get it, but he wee quite ignorant of the contents of
the bag. When taken to the station-house he declined to
give his name and address. The female did the same. The
prisoners were as it known to the police.
COWS examined—The place where witness uw the prisoner
stooping was not a place where persons went for cans. It
was near the public road, when persons were walking and
riding. The male prisoner did not say, when witness asked
him for the bag, " My daughter hate it." When witness
followed them the daughter was walling away ; but witness
knowing that she had the bag, pursued her ; and, on receiv-
ing a refusal to give up the bag, witness said he must then
take it by force. The female said to the male prisoner, " Am
I to give the beg ?' and he replied " Yes."
Police-sergeant Shaw, A division, sew the prisoner in the
park about half-past ten that morning. Saw the bank meg-
mope go into the dyke, and after he had left saw the male
prisoner go alone to the place, and in a moment or two
afterwards he rejoined the female, and they walked away.
Smith wort after the female, who had the bag which the
other prisoner had given to her, and witness stopped the
male prisorser, and told him to go back with him to the
ditch. The prisoner said he would not go. Witness caught
him by the collar, and told him if he would not walk be
would have him carried. Witness went back with the pri-
soner and examined the ditch. No one had been there for
a certain purpose, the gram being quite dry.
Mr. Worn, on behalf of she prisoners, said the charge
was one of the most extraordinary cases he had ever known.
The charge on the police-sheet was, that the prisoner had
endeavoured to extort the sum of 6001. from Messrs.
Berries and Co. under false and fraudulent pretence'. That
was the *barge the prisoners were there to answer, and he
would respectfully ask whether such a chugs had been borne
out in the least degree by the evidence ?
Mr. Broughton said, whatever might be the charge at the
station-house, he was not bound by what appeared on the
polies-sheet.
Mr. Woolf said he wu aware of that, but the stetson-house
charge, on the evidence produced, at once fell VI the ground.
In reference more particularly to the female prisoner, he
was bound to say there did not appear to be the last imps
tation against her. The whole bearing of the testimony
went to show that she was only in the society either prisoner,
and that when the beg was removed that she was not with
him, but twenty yards off. There was no evidence of guilty
knowledge of any kind on her part, even summing that the
charge was made out against the other prisoner. The bag
was given to ber, and when the constable asked for it she
gave it up to him.
Mr. Bingham.—The oonstable, after receiving a refusal,
said he would literally force it if it was not given up.
Mr. Woolf contended that was all in the female's favour.
She had received the hag from her father, and would not,
therefore, part with it to • person in plain clothes, whom
she did not know, untilehe had received her father's sanction.
There was no ease against the female prisoner; and an far as
the =le prisoner was coneerned, he could not see anything
that implietatk d hiss. Then was no proof that either of the
gelsocers were ooncerned with the letup which had been
produced. It was natural that both parties should decline
its glee their names or addresses, es they were evidently of n-
otation. What, is feet, did the whole ease amount
i 1 The priscams were walking in Kensingteagradesse,
stases a 5 where a bag was secreted. libe male prisoner
ureice , asd pm pommies of it. is followed by an
, lobs iMo toolody. He scald not mmostee what

would be the legal view which the magistrate would take of
such a este.

Mr. Bingham said be would tell him at once, in order to
save timbre, that the case could not stand on the ground it
sto 4 on the police-sheet.
Mr. Woolf only knew of one set of parliament which
could apply to this ease • but then it must he shown that a
shiest was made that a certain rum was to be paid to pre-
vent some dreadful seers Lion or injury from being it:dieted.
Bat even amusing the letters to bays tame from the pri-
soner, there was no threat or menace in them.
Mr. Broughton mid the offence came under the 7 and
Geo. IV., chap. 29, an act brought in by fir ia, reel, in
which it was enacted that every Person ser:Ziinged guilty of a menacing
letter to extort money or chattels shou'; be deem
felony, and tranTorted be7cad t
-tt seas. It was under that
act that the present ease nr;,ee stand or fall.
Mr. Woolf contetaed that there was no menace in the
letters. TM setters apparently emanated from some crazy
Strain; out there was not a tittle of evidence to show that the
PH :tenets knew anything about the letters.
Mr. Broughton : Without the letters there are nothing
Ibut shadows. The offence disappears in a moment. That I
admit.

Mr. Woolf: There was no roof that the prisoners were at
all coneerned with, or cognisant of, the letters. The letten
ought, therefore, to b • lan entirely out of sight. But take
the lawn as they had been read, and he contended they
contained no nausea. There wu no throat in them to bring
he writer within the meaning of the aut. Instead of a me.
nice, there wu a promise to defend certain parties from
injury by conspiracy The letters di i not say, if you do not
give me so such I will do SO and an; but they rawly stated,
it ycu will do this, then I will give you valuable Information.
Their whole tenor showed that the writer was labouring
wader mental delusion.

Mr. Broughton said undoubtedly this was a serious in-
quiry, and a 1111631111 charge ageing the prisoners. Mr. Hook
had tisk. a a very 'orange course In applying et once to the
p Ike, which it would be well if theme who received ano-
nymous borers would always follow. Mr. Hook had also re-
ceived sensible advice, and that advice would be found sound
in principle and proper to be generally acted noon. The
best course for timid or nervous persons to take was ep.
;meetly to fall in with the views of the writers of moony-
! mous letters, and to apply at once for the assistance of the
police. With regard to the statement that there was no eel
(knee to connect the prisoners with the letters, he considered
there was every possible evidence to connect them with the
letter, and he did not think any fury would hesitate to ray
that the man who took away the bag was the writer of the
letters, or was seeetsory to the writing of awe teeters. He
was et first disposed to think that the male risoner might
have gone into the dyke for a certain purpire, and that the
prisoner accidentally saw the strings of the concealers beg ;
that, in feet, he was a mere passer by, who had come acci-
dentally into a situation of undeserved suspicion. But
after hearing the evidence of the officers, the detailed
statement of the way in which they had watched the
place and the movements of the prisoners tor nearly two
ours, every shadow of doubt wee removed from his
mind. Mr. Broughton then paced in review all the evi-
dence that hod been given, including the letters, end
finished by raying that the conclusion to which he came was,
that as the male prisoner bad taken up the bog, he must
have written the letters. Undoubtedly, in the letters there
were no direct menaces, but then judges themselves
were no agreed on the definition of the term. Here, how.
ever, were such terms as " Blood-thirsty villeins," conspira-
tors, who were to effect some horrid catastrophe. which was
to destroy the hank, the books, end de more then 20,000/.
of damages. This was to be avoided by paying the writer
5001. It was true the writer did not say that he was the
blood thirst villain who was to derroy them, but he asserted
that unless he had means to go into business placed at he
disposal, these villains and conspirators would effect their
purpose. The letters were ingeniously worded, but not en
as to avoid threats. Mr. Broughton then quoted a case tried
by Baron Bolland at the Stafford Assizes, similar in che-
rect,r, hut not so strong as to the fees. This case decided
him to send the charge before a jury. He should, however,
give the officer a week to make Inquiries, and to ascertain
who the pris nem were. With respect to the female pri•
setter, it wa pourable she was the daughter of the male pri-
soner, and had acted under the control of her father lie was
willing to take Intl for her appearance—two housekeepers in
SOL e +eh.
The prisoners were then removed to the leek-up cells.
SOUTHWARK

ALLEGED EMBEZZL;;;;;;I;ELVAIL TO THR BRIGH-
TON RAILWAY COMPANY.—Henry Le,.la, cbiet booking
clerk at the London terminus of the Brighton Railway, was
chafed with committing extensive frauds and embezrie-
Rant on the Directors and Company of the Brighton and
South Coast Railway. Mr. Clarkann attended on behalf of
the Railway Company, and Mr. Prendergast for the pri-
soner. Mr. John Weatherhead, Superintendent at the
Lont'on Termini a of the Brighton Railway, said that the
prisoner was head booking clerk in the Passengers' offie-,
and ',sued all tickets and rereed the money. From in
formation wi nese received from Mr. Francis, the second
clerk, he communicated with Mr Slight the accountant, end
with that gentleman he proceeded to the drawer in which
the overplus tickets wet. kep-, and missed about thirty.
About 2,000 tickets were given to the prisoner from the
audit officer, from which he fille 1 his slide with consecutive
numbers, and the remainder were kept in the drawer, He
had no right to take any from the latter place until
the slide became empty, which waled be aestivated for
in the books. Finding that the missing tickets were not
accounted for, witness examined the prisoner's drawer on
the Monday, and found that they had been replaced, but
on close examination he perceived that they had been issued,
as crrtain marks partially obliterated were discovered on
them. The prisoner was present at the examination, and
on being acquainted with the fact, he was asked for an ex-
planation. He replied, that it was easy to give that, as he
had leaned them himself. Witness cautioned him, and told
him that other partite must have assisted him. He replied
that there w. re other pries, at the tame time naming
Cheeseman, the chief ,ieket collector at Brighton, and
Spriogett, one of the guard' ; that he took the tickets from
the drawer instead of the slide. He aas asked whether
Cheeseman had any of the money? alien prisoner replied.
" It wee not likely he would have anyttieg to do with it
unless he had." Witnese found 31 secord class Brighton
tickers in the drawer, Ponied at Bs. each, which the prisoner
had sold and not accounted for; cons, comet!, he took him
into custody, and conveyed him to Brighton, where the
wholo three of them were taken before the meeixtrates.
After a bnethy examination, Cheeaemsn and Springett were
discharged, but the prig nor was ordered to be token to
London and examined, the offence having been committed
at the London terminus.
Mr. Wiliam Francis, second oking clerk in the same de-
partmtnt, corroborated the superintendent's teatimes', re-
speving the finding the tickets. Tee prisoner had no right
to take any tickets from the drawer unless the slide was
empty; then he ought to report that circumstance to the
ace,untant er the superintendent. Witness heard the
prisoner tel the late r, when the fraud was discovered, that
it was net the first time
Mr. Frederick Slight, accountant to the company, said
that the prisoner Had been nine months in charge of the
issueo ffice, and it was his duty to account to witness every
evening for all money and tiakets lie nett with last wit
wee, and examined the prisoner's drawer on Sunday, wht n
thirty tickets wi re missed, and, on the following day he
found they had been replaced, but ea examining them
he ascertained that they bad been used. They
bore the date of Saturday, the let of Septem-
ber, and the numbers were correct ; which clearly
slowed that they had been issued from that office. The
dates were partially erased, so that they c. uld be easily
stampe I again, and reissued. The value of each ticket was
Ha., which sum the prier er mu-t have teceived and con-
verted to his own nag. At this stage ot the proceedings, Mr.
Clarkson said that he had other important evi fence to pro-
duce, which would implicate the prisoner to a serious extent
Those witnesses were not present, therefore he should ask for
a remand.
Mr. Prendergaat said he did not of to a remand,
but as the charge was merely one of suspicion. he hoped
his worship would take bail for the prisoner's future appear-
ance. His family were highly respectable, and aubstantial
bail coubl be produced.
Mr. Seeker said he should remand the prisoner until
Wednesday next, but he should most decidedly object to
admitting him to bail. The prisoner was, accurdiogiy, com-
mitted to the county gaol?

METEOROLOGICAL RETURNS.

MONDAY, SEPT. 10,1849.
The State of the Weather at each of the following [daces at
Nine o'clock on Siturday morning.

Name of Place.

Doane of
Wind.

rennin of
Wind.

I,etate of Weather.