The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-29 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 29, 1847.

policeman searched him, end found upon him the stolen
notes, but not the 131. 10s. I had paid him—Cross-sea-
mined: I had ni arly 3001. in notes in my pocket-book at the
time. It was derived front professional services rendered
during the last session of parliament. I had just
before received a cheque for 2001. (as the reporter
understood) from the London and North Western
Company. I bad not taken the number of the notes I had
by me, but I endorsed the one I paid to the prisoner. I un-
tortunately do not know what number it was. I will not
swear that all the money I bad by me was derived from ac-
tual services. I had jut been paid two bills I had dis-
counted--one for 661., the other for 251. I do occasionally
discount bills. The attorney in the suit was named Care.
I was sued for 71. 10s., but I only owed 3!. 16s. ; it war for
disputed rent. The rest were costs. The suitor took me to
the Court of Bankruptcy. I swore there that I had lost
1601. while in his house. It was in notes. That war in
1845. The police was acquainted with the affair, and the
notes were stopped at the Bank. The parties were not de-
tected. The bankrupt commissioner ordered me to pay a
guinea a week till the demand was paid, but I never paid
a shilling.—Mrs. Ryan corroborated her husband's evidence.
—Mr. Mellor: When the prisoner war searched enly 161., the
three notes were found upon him; now u he gave Mr. Ryan a
receipt for 131. 10s., can you say whether or no he paid Mr.
Ryan the difference between those sums ? Mrs. Ryan
No, he could not have done so, because he told me the night
before that be had no money about him.—Mr. Mellor : And
you distinctly saw Mr. Ryan pay him a ten pound cote and
three sovereigns and a half ? Mrs. Ryan : I did.—
Police constable 136 N took the prisoner into custody upon
the charge. Upon being told what the charge was the
prisoner said, " Why Mr. Ryan has just paid me three 51.
notes, and hers they are;" at the same time he took the
notes from his fob and gave them to witness ; there was only
Bd. beside upon him.—Mr. Ryan recalled: These notes are
the ones I gave to my wife. On my return from following
the prisoner I picked up this piece of paper, in which I
swear my wife wrapped the notes. I found it on the grass,
at a spot over which the prisoner must have passed.—Mrs.
Ryan identified the paper. It was a manuscript leaf of a
work written by her husband. The notes were rolled up in
it.—Mr. Ryan cross-examined: I was in company with my
medical attendant when I picked up the paper. The reason
I left the house when the prisoner did, was for the purpose
of taking a cigar and a walk.—Mr. Bellantine then ad-
dressed the jury for the prisoner in an animated speech, and
galled Mr. Levy, the sheriff's officer, who stated that prisoner
was on* of his bailiffs, and a man of good character. The wit-
ness then deposed that the demand and costs were 141. 19s.—
If the prisoner bad received leas, he would have bad to make
good the deficiency. The witness was shown the receipt for
131- 10s., and he said he did not think it was written by the
prisoner ; he could not write so well.—Mr. Commissioner
Bullock summed up with considerable minuteness. The fact
that seemed to him to want reconciling most was, why on
earth the prisoner should have parted with the money be
had a right to, end have kept that he had stolen ?—The jury
almost immediately pronounced an emphatic verdict of Not
A scene of irdescrihable disorder ensued. Mr. Ryan
railed Levy a perjured villainand Levy appealed to the court.
The prisoner's attorney mused a like compliment on Mr.
Rysn, and all of them besieged the policeman, each demand-
ing the three 41. notes. At last an appeal was made to the
judge, who directed the policeman to keep them for the pre-
sent.—Mr. Ryan said he should hold the policeman respon-
sible for them.—This ease lasted several hours, and created
the greatest possible interest.

POLICE.— SATURDAY.
GUILDHALL.—Roentncs Cricaexze.—C. Carr was
charged with robbing several churches.—On the 12th in-
stant the prisoner got permission to enter Cripplegote
Church, and was noticed to remove a bible from a pew, end
secrete itunder the stove, so auto take it away when inoppor-
tunity offered itself. He was given into custody, and, after
being briefly examined at this office, he remarked to Cham-
bers, the deputy gaoler, that he had heard that an old lady,
who had lost her church books, war about to come to see
him ; that her feelings had better be spared ; that he had
pawned a book at Mr. Townsend's, in the New Kent-road,
(supposed to have been stolen from Homsey Church,) and
two more at Mr. Barrett's, in Great Queen-etreet,lin the
name of Casson. These were produced, and on one of the
latter (Church Service) was the name Canoe, in gold, on
the outside of the cover.—Mr. Casson, member of the con-
gregation of Acton Church, deposed to the book being his
property. He lost it, with another book, from that church.
lie valued it at upwards of 11.—The prisoner, who said he
was a clerk, declined making any defence.—Mr. Alderman
Hughes committed him on the two eases of felony already
peeved against him, and remanded him on the other casts.
BOW.STREBT.—GOINO TO JULLIIN'IL—J. Warren,
W. Gazelee, and T. Butchers, were charged with plunder.
ing Mr. George Turnbull of his gold watch, value 601.—The
prosecutor stated that he entered the Sheridan Knowles pub-
lic-house, in 1117dr...street, Strand, with a friend, about
6 o'clock on Tuesday morning last, and, *wing that the shop
was full, they went into the parlour. They bad scarcely
entered when the door was burst open, and the room sud-
denly filled by the prisoners and their companions. He and
his friend were knocked about in the most murderous man-
ner, and the watch takes.—Constable Langley said on a
future day he could produce further evidence. particularly
against Butchers, who bad also committed another robbery
while the row war going on.—The prisoner. were remanded.
BILLING GAME WITHOUT A LICHNSIL— H. Upton, an
eating-house keeper, of 228 Strand, was summoned for
selling a pheasant to Samuel Barnes, Secretary to the Metro-
poliun Licensed Retail Game-dealers' Protection Society.
It was proved that the pheasant was sold by Cole, the waiter
at the eating-house; but evidence was produced to show that
Upton. the keeper of the house,
_had given strict orders not
at any time to sell game uncooked. A waitress at the esta-
blishment proved that the waiter had sold game upon other
occasions.—Mr. Henry said be had no doubt that Mr. Upton
was answerable for the act of his servant, and he did not
believe that Cole had acted contrary to his master's express
orders in selling the game. He therefore inflicted a penalty
of 21. and coats, or, in default of payment, one month

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imprisonment.
WESTMINSTER. ASSAULT. —G. Bonham', an ex.
policeman, was charged with as assault upon D. Caughton.
It appeared from the statement of the complainant, which
was confirmed by a friend who was in company with him,
tkat he went to a publiohouse inTothill.street, Westminster,
early on the morning of Friday-week, and while there the
iiiihndant made some observation to him, upon which wen-
Ct replied that he did not wish any conversation with
, sad left the house ; he wes followed by the defendant,
wimp struck him with such violence in the mouth that he
eta four four or five yards into the road before he fell. Upon
hisTriend interfering, defendant said be would serve him and
all the lot the same, and immediately struck at complainant's
friend, who, in return, knocked him down, and was taken to
the Ration-house for the assault and locked up. On the case
coming before the magistrate complainant's friend was dis-
charged, and the present summons taken against the defect.
ant.—Charlee Tapping, 48 B, said he saw the complainant
and defendant leave the house, and distinctly saw defendant
strike complainant a violent blow in the month and knock
him down.—Defendant, in reply to the charge, said that the
complainant came to the bar of the public-house, and asked
him to nand a pot of heir, and upon his refusal abused him
vilely, and struck him as he was going up the steps of the
bowie, into the street, when the del.ndant certainly pushed
him off the pavements—Mr. Burnell fined defendant 40s.
SOUTH WARK.—A Tame .—B. Waits was charged
with stealing five shillings, the property of Mr. Abra-
ham Collins, landlord of the Roebuck public-house, in
the Dover-road.—Mr. Collins stated Out on the preceding
afternoon the prisoner, addressing another man who was
with him at the bar, and " show you a trick with some
silver, but it must be performed with half-crown, and I
have nothing but small change in my pocket." He then
pulled out a shilling and some sixpences, and placing them
on the counter, asked the barmaid for two half-crowns for
the small change. The moment she deposited the two half-
crowns op the counter, the prisoner snatched up his own as
well as the complainant's money, and exclaiming " That is
the trick ! " rushed oat of the house. The landlord pursued
, the prisoner, whoa be found concealed behind a pump.—
j Mr. Seeker committed him for trial.

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY BTININO,

A rather remarkable quietnesshastraceeeTded in the
funds to the turmoil of speculation, and the winding
up of the settlement not yet quite accomplished. The
fluctuations in prices have therefore been of trifling
consideration, and business altogether of very limited
amount. Consols opened 841 to for money, and 85;
for January, and left off 841 to S money, and 8.5; to
for account. The advices by the Ivanhoe packet-ship
at Liverpool of heavy remittances of sovereigns pre-
paring at New York for shipment by the Caledonia
steamer had no influence on the market, as in a more
animated state of dealing might perhaps have been
the case. Those specie remittances must be regarded i
as sufficient evidence of the distrust in which British
credits were held there. Reduced Threes were 83;
to /„. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 85 to I. Bank
Stock, 187 to 9. India Stock, 232 to 4. Exchequer
Bills, 2s. discount to par.
Extremely few dealings were reported in foreign
securities. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents. were
rather lower, at 541 to ; the Fours, 83; to I.
Thrace, 28}
Fives a shade better, at 171 to I; the
, 28; to 9. Portuguese, 211 to 2*. Brazilian,
77 to 9.

It is rEorted in some quarters to-day, and it may
be ho not. without good foundation, that the
Bank been enabird, by the completion of the
satisfactory securities required, to afford the required
accommodation to one of the firms referred to yester-
day, as being temporarily straitened for means.
Of all the commercial misfortunes which it has
been our painful duty to record during the last few
months, there is not one assuredly that is, or will be,
regarded with more general sympath and sincere
regret than the suspension of Messrs. Sargent, Gor-
, don, and Co., the very respected and respectable
brokers of Mincing-lane. The necessity for this
event was communicated this afternoon to the bankers
of the firm, after a mature examination by the part-
ners of the state of their affairs. It was deemed