The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-28 00:00:00

POLICE.-SATURDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE.--GLLLANTRT.—A young man of
respectable appearance, named G. Graham, and a well-
dressed young woman, named Phillis Burton, were brought
up under the following circumstances, the detail of which
created a good deal or interest :—J. Russell, policeman, No.
474, stated that at a quarter past ten o'clock on Thursday
night, as he was upon duty in Cheapside, he saw the de-
fendants in Fountain-court, told them to go away, and
knowing that the female was a common woman of the

town, told the gentleman the het, and ordered tor off per.
emptorily. He was more particularly induced to act thus a
several gentlemen had been robbed at that very place, and
lirav robbery took place there while he was on duty, he
would no doubt be lowered in rank for imputed negligence.
The girl refused to move, and when witness went to enforce
his authority struck him in the face, and the gentleman endea-
voured to prevent him from taking her to the
mullion-house, whereupon he was obliged to take
both into custody.—Mr. Graham said he had known the
female, who was not, he solemnly declared, a girl of the
town, for upwards of seven years, and not having seen her
for five years, until that very evening, ho took her to sup
with him in Fleet-street, after which he was accompanying
her to put her in a Blackwell omnibus, when Russell, the
policeman, addressed the lady in a most brutal manner, and
told her to go an, and as she did not obey him at once,
slipped her up in his arms, and acted in the most rough man-
ner imaginable. She never resisted in the least until the po-
liceman assailed ber, and such an assault would have made a
worm turn.--The female prisoner denied that oho was •
woman of the town, although she had been living with a
gentleman for some time.—The niderman, after further in-
quiry, said he had not the least doubt of the correctness of
the policeman's statement, and sentenced Mr. Graham to
pay 205., and the female prisoner to pay 10s.—Mr. Graham
paid his fine, but refused to assist tke female, who, not being
able t,) pay, was conveyed to the Compter to undergo impri-
sonment.
BOW-STREET.—Potrirk Nyland, the Irishman, who
has been so often remanded on the charge of throwing two
bricks from the roof of a house in the Strand, and seriously
injuring Mr. Harvey and Miss Tomkins, who were passing at
the time, was finally brought before Mr. Henry on Saturday.
It appeared' that both the injured persons were now out of
danger, and that neither of them intended to appear against
the prisoner. Mr. Henry therefore discharged him, but
warned him that if either party bad died he would have been
tried for manslaughter.

CLERKENWELL.—FIERCEAssArir ote THE POLICE.
—Henry Smith, • hair-dresser, of Gray's-inn-road, was
examined on a charge of cutting and wounding police-
constable Martin, 144 G. The prisoner was given into
Martin's custody fur assaulting a young man named Hall.
When about to be arrested he took refuge in a building in
course of erection, whither he was pursued by the officer,
who, being a more powerful, though not at all so active a man
as the prisoner, dragged him out of it, the prisoner kicking
and cutting him with all his might. When they reached
the street, perceiving the constable to be exhausted, he de-
clared he would walk on gently, but Martin had no sooner
released his gripe than the prisoner tripped him up, and
gave him a violent blow. The constable reeled and fell, and
his head falling against the sharp edge of a door step, was
laid open, the blood flowing profusely. Assistance came, and
the prison( r was with great difficulty removed to the station-
house. The surgeon described the wound as a frightful one,
two-and-a-half inches in length. The constable was suffer-
ing from the injuries, and could not return to his duty for a
considerable time. The prisoner was fined 51., or two
months' imprisonment. The money was paid.
ATTEMPTED MUILDEIL—/lobed Olirer was brought up,
on remand, charged with cutting and wounding, with in-
tent to murder, Ilarriet, his wife. The prisoner is a gas-
fitter, and ;Ives at 21, North-street, Pentonville. It appeared
from the evidence that on Tuesday last the prisoner, not
finding his dinner ready when he went home, quarrelled
with the prosecutrix, who ran out. He followed her with a
large stick (produced), and just as she reached the iron rail-
ings in front of her house, struck her with all his force en
the top of the head with it. The woman fell insensible, and
the pavement was covered with blood. The prisoner, who
said his wife threw water on him in the first instance, was
again remanded.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—STEALTNO A " MILES
COVERDALE" Btate.—John Atwell and John Hudson, two
respectable-looking middle-aged eon, underwent a length-
ened examination before Mr. Hardwick, charged with steal-
ing a Bible and prayer-book, by Miles Coverdale, bearing
date, 1450, value Wt.—Atwell, messenger's man to the
Court of Bankruptcy, and Hudson, formerly porter to the
Messrs. Evans, auctioneers, of Bond street, bankrupts, were
left in possession of the latter's effects. There was no evi-
dence to show at what time the books, which were a portion
of the stock, were stolen, but they were upon the premises
at the time the inventory was taken ; and whilst Atwell was
there. Nothing transpired about the books until a few days
ago, when Mr. ltodd. the assignee, under the bankruptcy,
was informed that they had been offered for sale by Hudson.
On his reappearance at the bookseller's, where he had left
the books for inspection, Hudson was taken into custody, with
the property in his possession. Ile repeatedly entreated for-
giveness, and said that he had had the property given him to
sell by the other prisoner, and produced a slip of paper, with
the words, '• Racine, White Hart street, Drury-lane," upon
it, in the handwriting of Atwell, and said the latter had
given it to him as the person ssho would purchase the books.
—Two legal gentlemen exerted their talent and ingenuity
on behulf of the accused, but without success ; and Mr.
Hardwick considered it his duty to send the case before a
jury, but said he would take bail for the appearance of the
accused.

SOUTHWARK.—AIISTRACTING A HUSBANIL—A tall,
fashionably-dressed young female ascended the witness box
to make the following somewhat singular application. She
stated that two years ago she married a man much older
than herself, with a grown-up family, and her step-children
were in the habit of annoying and ill-using her. She called
upon her husband for protection, but instead of taking her
part, he had clandestinely left her and her children to
starve. Her step-son, a young man about twenty-five years
of age, had been the cause of his leaving her ; in fact, he had
forced his father sway; therefore the purport of her applica-
tion was to obtain a warrant to apprehend the young man
for stealing her husband. Mr. Seeker said that her applica-
tion was absurd; she ought not to have married an old man
with a grown-up family. Applicant But, your worship,
what am Ito do ?—my husband has left me without the
means of support. Mr. Seeker said he could not assist her.
If she had been deserted by her husband, the only way she
could proceed would be to apply to the parish for relief;
they would immediately support her and her children, and
soon look after her husband and bring him to thus court,
where he would be liable to three months' imprisonment
with hard labour, for deserting his wife and family. The
complainant then retired.
LAMBETH.—THE LAST NIGHT OF VauxHALL.—The
Hon. G. C. Norton was occupied for upwards of four hours
hearing no less than three charges of assault committed at
Vauxhall on Friday night. William Mae4lin, of 40, Clif-
ford-street, Bond-street, and who said he was a merchant,
was accused of assaulting a Mr. Miller and two police con-
stables. The prisoner, soon aft Y entering the gordens, began
to dance, but finding that amusement not sufficiently exciting,
took to fighting, and struck Miller. A disturbance ensued,
the police interfered, and the prisoner was knocked down. He
then lay on his back, and dealt out such powerful kicks that no
one dared to approach him. He was ultimately secured by the
police, and though two or three of them had been very
roughly treated by the prisoner, they allowed his friends to
take him away on their promising to send him home; in-
stead of going away, however, the prisoner commenced a
second row. Ile was fined 3/. for each assault, thus having
to pay, with fees, about ten pounds fur his evening's amuse-
ment. The next delinquen', who bore a clerical appearance,
declared himself to be a journeyman baker, and that his
name was William Webber, had assaulted a policeman,
and was fined 31,, which he paid.—The third case had
a more expulsive result. Henry Granvilk Erg., of 38,
Belgrave-square, having expressed is strong determina-
tion, on entering the gardens, "to have some fun," indulged
himself by demolishing delf on a waiter's stand, and hustling
the visitors in all directions. M'hen the police interfered he
assaulted three of the force, one of them so violently that he
tore his coat off his back. For these misdemeanours the
magistrate fined him 5/., with costs. His " fun" therefore
stood him in 161. Ga., which having paid, he departed.

EDMONTON PETTY SESSIONS.
REVERSE or FORTUNE.—On Friday, Miss Bigley, whose
CUR was mentioned in this journal on the 14th instant,
obtained, on application to the Bench, an order for her
discharge from the workhouse, she having stated, that if she
was allowed to go away, she could find in London friends
to assist her.

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY EVENING,

The average returns of the Bank of England for
the week ending the 19th inst. give, as compared with those
of the week preceding, the following results :
Circulation—issue £29,758,615
Circulation—Active 19,941,420
Public deposits
Other deposits
Government securities in
Banking Department.. 12,961,360
Other securities
Coln and bullion
7 day and other hills
The Rmt 3,873,491
It will be observed from these returns, which are the first
under the reduced minimum rate of three per cent., esta-
blished by the Bank, that the object, or supposed object, of
the reduction had been already in a considerable degree
attained. The sphere of the loan and discount operations
was enlarged to the extent of nearly three-quarters of a mil-
lion. A certain proportion of this increase of business would
probably be so much drawn away from other banks and the
large discount houses, among whom there has been rather a
reluctance to afford accommodation at the lower official rate
of interest. There is no feature otherwise about these returns
out of the ordinary course. The circulation in activity would
naturally diminish, with the notes paid into public and pri-
vate deposit account, so far as not counterbalanced by pay-
ments outwards against securities discounted or advanced
upon.
The funds opened this morning with a very unpromising
appearance. The first bargains in Consols were done at 951
for the account, and for some time the market was rather
sellers at that price. Eventually there was a recovery to
951 to 1 for account, and 954 to 1 for money, at which quo-
tations they remained to the close of busincss. Consols,
therefore, are exactly where they were after the fall yester-
day. Exchequer Bills, 13s. to 16s. premium. Bank Stock
for the opening, 210 to 12.
In the foreign market Peninsular securities declined,
although not to the extent which might have been antici-
pated from the unfavourable complexion of the Spanish ques-
tion, and of the intelligence from Spain. Spanish Fives left
off, 26 to 1 ; the Threes, 361 to 71 ; Passive, 51 to 1. Por-
tuguese, 40 to 2. Mexican are quoted 241 to f. Ecuador,
31 to 1. Venezuela, 42 to 3. Dutch Two-and-a-half per
Cents., 691 to 3 ; the Fours, 941 to 5. Belgian Four-and a-
half per Cents., 97 to 8. The amount of business done in '
foreign stocks, and the funds as well, was altogether with-
out importance.
[Mmionanner.—As the quotations of prices in the official !Ws
which follow may seem at variance with those given above, it may he
as well to explain that the official lists only quote the prices at which
transactions have actually taken place, and at the fluctuations noted,
each fluctuation describing a separate order of transactions. The
Money Market, besides representing the geacrcl course of the day's

business, gis es the buying and selling prices—that is, the prices •
which brokers, jobbers, and speculators are ready to buy or sell ; or
in that:sae of Jobbers, to deal either one way or the other, at the option
of parties having business to do.
ENOLISii FUNDS.—Bium 211.

3 per Ct. Consols, LAs.:l3l, lid., 14 1214 15
Dunk Mock for Acct., 2101 I Ditto £5OO, 11 14
Osisols for Acct., 95J, 1 Ditto Small, 12 14

FaILEION

5 per Ct. Brazilian Bonds, Mg S per Ct. Staanish Met., Oct. 15,
29 MO Ditto sew, 18 and ,86 57,
24 per Ct. Dutch F.q. Bonds, 31 2 per Ct. Venezuela Ace., 421
5 per Ct. Mexican, Met., Oct. 13, 44 per Ct. Belgian Bonds, Ex. 25
241, 3 francs, 971
6 per CL Peruvian Bonds, 37 4 per Ct. Dutch Certificates, 95
5 per CL Spanish lids., dir. front
Nov., 1840.261, I