The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-12 00:00:00

I.atn Ent,Warner.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
Before Mr. Commissioner Shepherd.
DISCHARGE PROM CCSToGY.—IN RE RAOORTT —This
insolvent, who was described as a gentleman, and who had
been coafined in Reading Gaol for sii months, upon the
ground of contracting debts to the extent of about 2001.,
without reasonable means of payment, although he was
possessed of 521. a year, his wife of the same amount, and
also his children, being then opposed by Mr. Cooke, and un-
supported by any professional gentleman, now applied for
his discharge from enstody.—Mr. Cooke, upon behalf of the
creditors, for whom he previously appeared, applied to the
court to order the insolvent to set apart a portion of his in-
come for the gradual liquidation of his debts.—Mr. Duncan
was beard on behalf of the insolvent, objecting to the course
proposed by Mr. Cooke, and adding that it was monstrous
for creditors having made their election, and placed a gentle-
man in prison for six months, to come at the expiration of li
that period, and ask the court to take his only means of sup-
port away from him which he possessed under his father's
will, and which could be taken away from him by the
trustees. —llia Honour said that after what he had heard
urged upon behalf of the insolvent an order for his imme.
diate discharge mutt be granted.

POLICE. v _ESTERDAT.

MANSION-HOUSE.—SmvooniNo.-1001. PENALTY.—
C. IVigley wag charged with haying " conveyed" tobacco
upon which the duty had not been paid. The possession
subjected the defendant to a penalty of 100/.—The defend-
ant pleaded guilty of the possession, but wished the public
to know the bets. Ile said that on Sunday he met a man
near the Coal Exchange, who asked him if he wanted any
tobacco. Defendant at first refused. The man said be had
71bs, and the price was 17s. 6d. At lust he agreed to give
him 101. 6d. for the lot, and they went to a place in the
neighbourhood where the tobacco was paid for. The officer
immediately afterwards apprehended him in Thames-street
in the dress of a sailor, where the man came up to him, and
it was a regular rascally put up between them. The one
sent the other to tempt him to buy, that they might make a
lob of him. He was never charged with anything before in his
ife, and he did not know that he was doing anything wrong.
Defendant said he belonged to the Sir R. Peel, and made
a statement about buying Ilse tobacco for his stock, as his ship
was going to:" trade an the Red Sea" for two years, but was
silenced by Sir John Pirie, who observed that no vessel
traded on the Red Sea for so long a time.—Jones, the officer,
said be met the defendant and another man in Thames-
street, coming in the direction from the Sir Robert Peel,
and suspecting that they bad smuggled goods about them he
stopped them. The defendant said he had nothing about
him, and he took them into custody. The defendant said to
his comrade, " Give me 10e. to give to the officer, and he
will drop the heavy penalty." Witness said no bribe would
be taken. When they got • little further on defendant
started off. On being caught he seized witness by the neck
and pressed his knuckles into his throat until he frothed at
' the mouth. By a hard struggle he got free from him, but
he seized him again, and kicked and struck him violently.
He was perfectly "dressed" in tobacco, having 13 lbs. about
his limbs, and 12 lbs. round his body.—The inspector who
took the charge at the station-house sail the defendant
never uttered one ward of the statement he had just made
when brought before the minor authority, uor indeed said a
syllable in palliation.—The defendant laughed, and said the
wkole Walnut; was a mere pack of lies.—Condemned in the
penalty of 1001.
GUILDHALL.—CtrAttOI3 of Ernzzzrzinewr.—R. C.
Harris, a porter in the employ of Messrs. Hocking and Co.,
woollen-drapers, Old Change, was finally examined, charges'
with embezzlement.—lt was the prisoner's duty to pay all
small accounts appertaining to the firm, and to render an
as at the end of each week to the clerk of such dis-
bursements. In consequence of a quarrel with another
porter his employers looked into his accounts and receipts,
and discovered that he had been in the constant habit of
altering the figures, and pocketing the balance which he had
thug defrauded his employee of.—Mr. Williams, for the pro-
secution, said that there was a number of cases against the
prisoner, but to establish only three of them would en-
tirely answer the ends of justice.—The first charge was that
of altering a wharf note from 61. Gd. to 9s. Gd.—L. Williams,
a clerk to the Dublin Steam-wharf, deposed to receiving 10
parcels on Aug. 17, and writing out the receipt now pro-
duced for 6s. Gd. It had since been altered to Os. Gd.—J.
Cox, of Little Carter-lane, Doctors'-commons, said he con-
veyed the parcels alluded to I,y the last witness to the Dublin
wharf, and paid Os. Gd. for them. He received • wharf-note
acknowledging the payment., which he handed to the
pri<oner, and received the arneunt. It had wince been altered
to Os. Gd.—Two other similar cases were gone into. A
number of other cases stand against the prisoner, hut it wee
decided that the three already given were sufficient.—Mr.
Harry, for the prisoner, wished to know the specific charge
which was attempted to be:est ablished. There was no evidence
yet to satisfactorily prove a charge of embezzlement, and as
to that of forgery there were still less grounds. No proof
had been given that Harris had altered the documents pro-
duced, or had derived any benefit from them. The mere
fact of some figures being altered would never be sufficient'
to ensure a conviction by a jury.—Mr. Williams contended
that the fact of the prisoner writing his account out, and
producing the altered vouchers, constituted in his opinion
the charge of obtaining money under false pretenoes.—Ales.
Hunter considered that the prisoner could be indicted for
uttering the whartnotes knowing the amount to be forged.
He therefore stood committed on all three eases.—Bail was
refined.
WORSHIP-STREET.—IIIeCONIN:CT OF A POLICEMAN.
—T. Harley was charged with having usaulted Police-con-
stable heap, H 215.—The policeman stated that while on
duty in Thrall.street, Spitalfielde, on the preceding evening,
he saw a boy climbing up a lamp-post, and pulled him down
and gave him a slight push with caused him to fall. An
immediate outcry was raised by the bystandhrs that he bad

kicked and taw the boy, which brought out his mother,
who commenced abusing him for ill-using her child, and
called out the prisoner, who struck him several blows with a
pair of tongs, and retreated into the house, the door of which
he win, d. While endeavouring. to effect an eatrance, he
was wailed with a shower of bnekbats and other missiles
from a mob of at least 160 persons who had collected, and
was compelled to use his truncheon in self-defence until
soother officer came up, when the prisoner voluntarily
placed himself in the charge of the latter. In ezoes.
examination the policeman admitted having struck the
wife of the prisoner on the head with his truncheon,
causing a wound which bled profusely, but declared that she
had attacked him first, and that his hands then bore the
marks of her nails.—C. Brackley, a cabinet-maker, stated
that he saw the prisoner's son, a boy of 8 years of age, play-
ing with some schoolfellows near his father', door, when the
policeman tame up, seized him by the collar, and, having re-
peatedly slapped his face, kicked hien violently, and knocked
him down in the road. On hearing the cries of her eon, the
Prisoner's wife came out to learn lite CAM of the outrage, gld
he instantly struck her in the face ; and on the prisoner in-
terfering for her protection, he was also assaulted in a simi-
lar manner. The prisoner instantly retreated into his house,
and his wife was in the act of following him, when the con-
stable struck her each a violent blow upon the head with his
truncheon that the blood streamed from the wound, and the
fell hack into the arms of a bystander. On observ-
ing the treatment his wife had sustained, the pri-
soner sent for another policeman, to protect him from
the complainant's violence; meanwhile the complainant com-
menced dealing indiscriminate blows with his truncheon
' open the persons surrounding him, amongst whom the wit-
I ness received a severe bruise, and afterwards burst open the
prisoner's door. Other witnesses confirmed this evidence in
every particular.—Mr. Hammill said that he had heard suf-
ficient to satisfy him that the policeman had grossly exceeded
his duty in ensiling a child of such tender age in the man-
ner it was proved that he had done, and that the prisoner
had only acted with the natural feelings of a father in inter-
fering for its protection. With regard to his subsequent
violence towards the child's mother, he was unable at pre-
sent to enter upon it, but should at once order the prisoner
himself to be dhnbarged, and direct an immediate represen-
tation of the facts to be forwarded to the proper authorities,
who would, no doubt, cause an investigation to be instituted
into the conduct of the constable.—lnspector Ellis inti-
mated that a report of the case, together with the magis-
trate's observations, would be immediately laid before the
police comminionen.
CLERKENWELL.—Ma. _ll-nnrcerri.—Mr. Robinson, on
Monday last, with reference to a case that appeared in our
journal of Saturday, appeared before the sitting magistrate,
Mr. Tyrwhitt, and said, with his worship's permission, he
was desirous of addressing to him a few observations in refu-
tation of a very gross min-statement which had appeared in
several of the newspapers affecting the character of a
respectable tradesman, a client of his. The report alluded to
charged Mr. Robiotti with keeping •commoa lodging-house,
is which 70 to 80 poor organ boys, which he kept on hire to
prowl the streets, were badly fed by him, and huddled to-
gether in the most filthy state, and that fever had made
lb appearance in the house. His worship would scarcely
believe that this statement was wholly false.—Mr. Tyr-
whitt: I do not recollect any charge of the kind being
made before me as affecting Mr. Robiotti ; indeed, so simple
were the (acts brought before me, in the shape of a com-
plaint against the landlord for not keeping the sewer in
order, that I should not have recollected the circumstance
at all if it were not for Robiotti being an Italian name.—Mr.
Robinson : I can assure you there is not a tittle of truth in
the statement. My client is a respectable tradesmen in an
extensive way of business ; he has lived nine years in hie
present house, and actually engaged a second house to rid
himself of some low characters who were a nuisance to him.
The whole of his lodgers in his two houses at present
amount to only 26, there being only 13 beds in ten rooms—a
number not exceeding that of other respectable houses in
the neighbourhood, let to weekly lodgers. lie has no organ.
boys in his employ, and there has never been a case of
fever of any description on his premises, the only ilium
being a woman, removed from a disease is her legs.—Mr.
Tyrwhitt lam sorry that such a statement should have
gone forth, I heard nothing that I recollect affecting Mr.
Robiotti.—Mr. Robinson The report referred to (handing
the newspaper to the magistrate) has beeu highly injurious to
my client, and likely to excite strongly the public feeling at
the present moment, when sanitary measures arc consi-
dered n to be adopted by government to preserve
the health of inhabitants of this great metropolis. I can
assure you that it has also injured the credit of my client, as
well as hurt his feelings, for that very morning he went into
the City to pay a bill of 901., to a commercial house with
whom he had dealings, and one of the firm drew his atten-
tion, in a significant way, to the representation in the news-
paper—Mr. Tyrwhitt I can only repeat that I am sorry,
very sorry, if any znis-statement should have gained publicity
injurious to your client, Mr. Robiotti. As I observed before,
nothing transpired before me, to the best of my recollection,
reflecting on Mr. Robietti.—Mr. Robinson : As the news-
papers had spread an erroneous report, they ought, in com-
mon candour, to contradict it, when thus explained before
your worship. After thanking the magistrate for the
, polite attention granted, he left the office with his client.—
' Menqno.Adrertieer.

LAMBETH.—DARING ATTEMPT AT STREET ROBBERY.
—MEAT:LT.—G. Green, • well-dressed young man, WWI
charged with assault and attempted robbery.—Mrs. Groom,
a lady residing at 165, Southwark-bridge-road, deposed that
on the night before, whilst in the Bridge-road, Lambeth, in
company with her two daughters. she passed the prisoner
standing in front of one of the public-hoaxes in company
with a female, who, without the slightest provocation, put
her foot out, and attempted to trip up one of her daughters.
On witness remonstrating,. the prisoner struck one of her
daughters a violent blow in the mouth, sad attempted to
snatch • gold chain front the other. She followed him
through several streets, calling out " Police," till a constable
came up.—The two daughters of Mrs. Groom, and two
other witnesses, oorrokorated her statement —The constable,
159 L, denied that Mrs. Groom had mentioned anything
about the prisoner having attempted to snatch away the
chain when she first wished him to take the prisoner into cus-
tody, and that all she complained of was of being abused
herself, and her daughter being assaulted.—A disinterested
witness swore positively, with Mrs. Groom, that he had
heard her tell the witness about the attempted robbery
and Sergeant Oaf deposed to the prisoner beiog the IMO.
date of notorious thieves, and that he had been in custody
on charges of felony.—Mr. Elliott raid he was perfectly
satisfied of the prisoner's intention to commit • felony, and
sentenced him to three months' imprisonment and hard
labour. _ _

THAMES. IMPUDENT DEFENCE. Jane Snail/ter*,
described as a sempstrew, and to be 30 years of age, who re-
fused to give her address, was brought before Mr. Yardley
on a charge of stealing 2S yards of Orleans cloth from the
shop of Mr. John Berriman, linenduper, in High-street,
Shedwell.—The prosecutor said the prisoner entered his shop
about half-past one o'clock yesterday, while he was attend-
ing to a customer, and several others were waiting to be
served. She asked the price of an article, and he gave her an
answer, and requested her to be seated. The prisoner said
she was in nu hurry at all, and sat down. Directly afterwards
he had occasion to leave the shop, and was not absent half.a-
minute. As he was entering the shop again he saw the pri-
soner leaving it very quickly, and at the ume time mimed a
Piece of black Orleans cloth from • box near the door. He
immediately went after the prisoner, and overtook her about
200 or 300 yards from the house, with the Orleans cloth I
wrapped up in an apron under her shawl. He took it from
her, and gave her into custody.—The prisoner asked the pro-
secutor if she did not at once say, when seised if she had the
Orleans cloth, that she had got it ?—Mr. Berriman Yes,
3ou slid.—The prisoner : And gave it up to you, Berriman ?
The Prosecutor (surprised): You did, after I found it under
your shawl.—The prisoner very adroitly wished to leave an
impression on the magistrate's mind that a tender inti-
macy had existed between her and Mr. Berriman. She
said she was a married woman, and had frequently been
to his shop. She could not expose him without exposing
herself, but he knew very well that he had given
her permission to take any article she liked from
his shop, and she availed herself of that permission.
—Mr. Berriman said he did not give the woman the
Orleans cloth. He only knew her as coming to the shop oc-
casionally to make purchases.—The Prisoner : You know
was at your shop on Sunday morning.—Mr. Yardley : Well,
what of that? The question is, whether you stole the pro-
perty before me or not. The Prisoner : Well, I could expose
Midi; but I will not add to his ailigrace or my own.—Mr.
Berriman said, he had never authorised the prisoner to take
anything out of his shop, or treated her otherwise
than as a customer in the practice of m►king small pur-
chases.—The prisoner: It's false; how dare you say
before the court that you never gave me anything ?
/Eneas M'Allen, • policeconetable, No. 25 K, stated that
when he took the prisoner into custody she said, " I own I
have done it ; my family are in great distress.—The Prisoner :
That is true. My family are in great distress. He has au-
thorised me to take things, or I should not have helped
myself to the piece of Orleans cloth. He asked me to sit
down, and wait till he was at leisure. An Irish girl then
brought a glass of porter to him, and because I did not wait
till the shop was cleared he came after me.—Mr. Berriman
repeated that he had never permitted the prisoner to take
anything out of his shop, but be thought he had seen her in
the shop frequently.—The Prisoner: Thought you had, in-
deed !—Mr. Yardley said the robbery was positively sworn
to, and the property was found upon the prisoner. It was,
therefore, his duty to commit her to Newgate for trial.

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY EVENING.

The quarterly revenue accounts with a large cer-
tified deficiency, and upon that the scarcity of money,
and a French loan advertised for of 250 millions of
francs, besides 100 millions more to cover apparently
a funding operation, could not singly fail to press
upon public securities, and altogether must naturally
produce so much the greater effect. Consols at the
opening were called 831, or about
.1 decline upon
Saturday's latest quotations. They went down and
were done subsequently as low as 82:, but at the
close of business had rallied so far as to 82. i both for
money and the 14th. Iteduced Three per Cents., 81',
ex dividend. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 83 to 11
ex dividend. Bank Stock, 182 to 4 ex dividend.
India Stock, 222 to 4. Exchequer Bills, 18s. to 12s.
discount. India Bonds, 255. to 18s. discount. Long
Annuities, 8 3-16 to
Foreign stooks, in the almost total absence of busi-
ness in them, can scarely be quoted other than nomi-
nally. Brazilian were called 76 to 8. Mexican, 181
to 19. Danish, 80 to 1. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 53 to 4 ; the Fours, 821 to 31. Spanish
Fives, 18 to 19 ; the Threes, 27,1,- to Bi. Portuguese,
21 to 3. •

The stoppage of Messrs. I. and W. Morley, a City
house, extensively engaged in the Manchester trade,
was nade public late in the day. The liabilities
are variously reported from 60,000/. to twice
the amount. The suspension of Mr. W. Nash, in the
woollen trade, and also in the bill discounting line
formerly if not now, was also reported. This gentle-
man failed on a former occasion many years ago.
Having prospered in his affairs subsequently, he dis-
tinguished himself honourably by calling his former
cre&tors together in the hospitable guise of a ban-
quet, at which every man had the agreeable surprise
of finding under his plate the full sum of 20a. in the
pound upon the balance of debt long written off as
incurably bad. The other failures referred to this
morning order this head, but not with names. Isg-,1-e
those oT Mears, Siena in ;'rte Portugueee trade, and
agents to the sank of Lisbon, and Mr. E. Bernoulli in
the Levant trade. It was expected and reported by
Mr. Van Zeller's friends that he would be enabled to
resume. _ _ _

The remarks ander this head this morning, upon
the balance sheet and the affairs of the fallen firm of
Messrs. Reid, Irving, and Co.' which indeed were but
the reflex of opinions expressed in respectable circles,
which it became our painful duty to submit, have
called forth explanations on certain points to which
we gladly give place. It may be added, also, that in.
a few and candid spirit it was suggested that infor-
, mation would be readily afforded on any other matter
'of apparently doubtful aspect which could be reason-
ably desired, with a view to set facts in their proper
t.
From the vast bulk of property locked up in plan-
tations in the West Indies and in the Mauritius, on
the face of the accounts it seemed to follow that at
the death of Mr. Irving, some three years ago. his
personal estate, administered to as under 300,0001.,
constituted the sole floating or tangible capital of the
house; and as such had to bear the brunt of all the
compromises then and since. Such we are assured
was not the case. And further, it is stated that the
partners have respectively made every effort since at
the sacrifice of private property to re-inforce the
capital of the concern and meet accruing losses.
Thus Mr. Irving, in addition to the quarter of a mil-
lion or more derived from his late uncle, has within
two years carried into the house 100,0001. more, the
proceeds of private property, so that he stands in-
scribed in the books for 360,0001. as his share of
capital, apart as we conceive from his interest in
the plantation property. The fact sufficiently ex-
plains the small amount of personal or separate
estate brought to the credit side of the balance sheet.
It is right to mention, also, that we are assured the
house has become possessed of its various plantation
properties, which figure for so large a proportion of
the assets, not by purchase, but compulsorily by
mortgage liens as security for advances made. As
there was a time when that class of property did
really represent a valuable marketable consideration,
the investment and retention of so much capital in it
was probably as much a misfortune as an imprudence.
The vast loss and deteriorated value from sugar estates
in the Mauritius for years past, resulting in the ruin of
many planters and merchants, is more than to any other
cause chargeable upon successive governments, who,
year by year, have promised, and year by year
neglected, to make such ordinances and provisions as
should ensure a more adequate supply of free Cooly
labourers. Thus labour has been inordinately paid,
whilst many plantations have gone to wreck for want
of hands, the coat of production has not been realised
by prices at the place of consumption, and planters
and merchants have gone to the wall.

ENGLISH FUNDS.
Dank Stock, 18.5 A 2A ludla Bonds, £7,000. 23 dbl.
3 per Cent. Rod. Ann., 822 It Ditto under £1,000.18 dIA.
3,per Cent. Com Anns.,B3l 12t 1 A Cossolefor AMAMI. 831 st2l t 2 2
New 32 per COIL Amer., e. 31 j 3 Exc. BR* £l,OOO, 321.. ;22 12 7 16 12
Long Annultlo, exp. Jan. 5. 1828, 18 dim.
81518 310 t Ditto, Z 600,6 DA. rar 3 8 dIA.
India IDock, 21 3 Ditto 13oall, par 6 pm. 2 die 4 pea.

5 per CL Dristllan Bomb, 26 I S per Cent. /bug= Donde, 142,
t& 3 per CL Pan Bon.IA, 1826. 8811 Z St., 104/
SI per Ct. &loader flood', 2/ 3 fa( CIVIL Spealrh Bond., 27
E. per Cl. bleakest, Small, 15 2i per Ct. Dutch Ex. 12 Dull.,
4 pee Cl. Purtu.ineee Bundy, 24 124 4 per Cent. Dutch Cert.., 824 314

EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD. - -
Faxagroar. Orr. 7.—Aunt. Piro per Ceuta, 10111101 M ; Ditto, FM
per Cente., 937 ; Bank of Vknna, 1,93) • Prima. Pram. Lich.,
88¢ bine • Belted, Rad, 89 money • Fred. Wm. North. Rail., eh
money ; 'Taunus Rail. ( per ult.), 347. MID. 346 mune/. Eleßamee on
London: 13:14 bill', 1911 money.
ANSTELDAII, Ocr. & —Act. DOS, Two-and-a-Half per Conte.. ;
Ditto, Three per Ceuta, 88 118; Commercial Canpany, 184/ ; Spanish
Floe per Cain,. (Arthons), 141; Ditto, 4510, 134, ; Ditto, Unlimited,
131; Ditto Interior, 344: Coupon, I Ardnm 12}• Anglo-Portueowe
Pour per Cent.. 344: Ruadan Four per Cent., end 1810, 1044 ;
Ditto, 1891 and 162 i, 1034 ; Ditto, 1031 and 1833, 954 ; Ditto 1101,0, Four
per Cent., 871 Exchango on London : two montta 11.924 money ;
thort data, 12.134 money.
Rorrneooe, °cr. 8.-14yenlah Three per Cent,.. Interior, HI. Ex.
change on London : two monthr, 11.914: rhort date. 1115.
Ocr.9.—Loan of LAU, 98 money' Ditto. 1842, 981 money;
Ditto, 1844, 90 ; Ditto, 1836, ad money ; Ditto, 1844, ou± tow.; City Loma,
IRA 99 ; Bank, 93 bill, Lxchuige on London. 2.5.65.
ANIMA/P. 0t,.8 —Exchange on London, 25.65.
Beaux, O. 7.—Prnwlan Funds, 81.8chuld. Sch., 9248.111 e, 92moneY.
Exchanges on London, 8.24? ; Ilanihurg, 15U1 ; Parie. 390 f., 80.
Vernon, Om. 4.—Audidan rive per Conte.. 1041; Dlito, lour per
Cents., 944; 111tio, Three per Cent.'., 67; Ditto Two.and a.Half per
Ceuta., 6.34 ; Lain of 1634, 164 ; Ditto, 1814 1111 ; 'Bank nharce, 1,613.

FAILURE OP PEHM6LLEE AND Co.—Sir,—ln your
paper of this cliy you mention the failure of a firm named
Mailer and Co., Hamburg, in error for that of Pehmiiller and
Tollene. As a relative of the former firm, I beg you to correct
this mistake in your next publication, Muller and Co. not
having stopped payment.--P. FELDBMANN, 6 Martin's-lane,
Cannon-street, Oct. 9.
PILVSBIA.—BERLIN.—BANE OP PID:ASIA.—Tbe All g.
Preussische Zeilung of the 7th contains the monthly
returns of the above bank for September. Active, in coin
and bullion, 15,300,900 thalers ; treasury notes, 601,100 ;
bills of exchange, 14,791,400; advances, 13,117.800; govern-
ment bills, 8:: , 13,602,5ti0. Passive: Bank notes in
circulation, 16,633,500 thalers ; deposits of capital,
23,592,600 ; state loans in treasury notes, 1.900,000 ; from
other sources, 3,o6l,4oo.—Signed by the directors of the
Royal Bank.