The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-29 00:00:00

POLICE.—SATUaDAY.

GUILDHALL.—AreIMPTID PaUEDER.—./. Glynn was
charged with an attempt on the life of T. Bresnachan, alias
Browner. The prosecutor, who together with the prisoner
is well known to the police, appeared in court with his
throat and side of his head bandaged. The attack was made
in the White Horse pal:rho-house, Fan street, Barbican,
where on Wednesday morning Sergeant Eiger found a cou-
ld, tumble disturbance. He complained to the landlady, and
at the same time assisted in ejecting the prisoner, who, how-
, ever, returned. The officer succeeded in again turning him
out, as also Bresnachan. They had been having words,
and, on reaching the street, they commenced fighting. The
prisoner was er .tined to take something from his pocket, and
to close in with his antagonist. A scuffle ensued, when the
wounded man cried out "Ho has knifed me." The officer
saw blood pouring from his throat, and then perceived the
wounds inflicted.—Alderman Gibbs committed the prisoner
for trial, and said, in order that the ends of justice might not
be defeated, the prosecutor would be removed to the in-
firmary of the Giltsour-street Compter, when every atten-
tion would be pail him.

BOWBTRBBT. ROOMING AND ROBBERY. J.
Browne was charged with hoeuraing a 'errant and robbing
hint of his watch.—Aconstable stated that a servant In livery
arrived at the railway station on Thunday.moming from the
country, and, on his calling a cab, the prisoner made him-
self very o®ci•ms, and found means to get into the vehicle
with him. Nothing further was known of what took place
until the cab was seen passing through Tothill-street, Viem-
minster, when the prisoner opened the door and went away,
leaving the young man fast asleep and stupidly drunk inside.
The catiman,wko most have known si metking of the matter,
drove to the next public-house, and it was discovered that the
man had lscen robbed.—Tbe prism., admitted that be got
very drunk with the servant, but he recollected nothing
either of the watch or being with him in the tab.—Re was
remanded. _
. . .

DARING ROBBERT.—G. Thompson was charged with
being concerned with another not in custody, in stealing a
cheat of tea, value 131., from the shop door of Mr. Constable.
of Broad-street, St. Giles. The prisoner and another man
stopped in a cart at the prosecutor's door, and the prisoner
got down and coolly laid hold of the chest, which was full of
tea, and placed it in the cart; they then drove away at a
furious rate, and an alarm being given by the shopman, they
were soon overtaken. The ether man succeeded in escaping.
—lnspector Ford said there being reeson to suspect that
other robberies were committed in a 'Menlo manner, wished
time to be afforded to make further inquiries.—The prisoner
was remanded.
WORSHIP-STREET.—ABBAIILT UPON A B/LOKIR.—
H. For, a printer, was re-examined, emerged with assault-
ing end wounding L. Roadall, a broker's assistant, who bail
been placed in possession under a warrant of distraint for
rent. The prisoner tint threw the complainant down stairs,
and then made a moat furious attack upon him with poker,
tongs, and shovel, and, being successively deprived of them,
seized a kali*, with which he made several threats at the
complainant, cutting him slightly on the face, head, and
hands. The prisoner and hie wife then threw the broker out
of the house, bleeding from the hurts he had sustained.—
Mr. Hausman ordered the prisoner to be committed fur trial,
but after the depositions t ad been taken for that purpose,
acceded to the complainant's earnest request to dispose of the
ease summarily, and sentenced the prisoner to pay 51. fine,
or to be imprisoned two months.

SOUTHWARE.—CMAZOZ OF CONSPIRING TO DIFRACD
RAILWAY AND STRAY BOAT COMPANIES.—W. DWICan,
M. Duncan, his wife, and I'. O'Brsen were ft-examined,
charged with compiling to defraud the North Western Rail-
way Company, the Eastern Counties Railway Company, and
the Cricket Steam Boat Company.—The depositions, which
appeared in the Express of the 17th bet., having been
read over in the presence of O'Brien, who has been only re.
cently taken into custody, Darks said that he was in a condi-
tion to show that O'Brien was the person who prevailed
upon him to copy a letter referred to by the North Western
Railway Company, respecting the attempt to defraud
the company of 12W. Mr. Clarkson interposed, and
add that Marks's conduct in the transaction, to say
the least of it, wee highly improrer. lie was,
however, admitted as a witness. Mr. Cottingbam
laid he intended to commit the prisoners for trial,
and told them they were now at liberty to make any state-
ment they thought proper in reference the charges alleged
against them,—Duncan said thut he should reserve what he
had to say until his trial —A Mr. Parini said that at the
period the accident occurred to the Cricket steam-boat on
the river, the prisoner O'Brien and a brother of his (sines
dead) claWed compensation far injuries the latter was
alleged to have received on board. That Duncan was pre-
sent with them when the application was made, and that
they received 601. or 701. from the company, tinder the im
pennon that the statement made was correct, which was
now very much doubted.—Mr. Coast, of the Eastern Coun-
ties Railway, deposed that O'Brien had in 1848 claimed a
lose for luggage against the emptily, and obtained a verdict
for 75L, and that Daman was kin witness—Mr. Cottingham
committed the prisonen for trial on the charge of conspiring
to defraud the North-Western Railway Company, and said
that other parties would have an opportunity of including
their charges agabat them in the indictment.
LAMBETH.—B.onneng WITH Von.r.rics.—Mary Ann
Flood was finally examined charged with robbery.—E.
Bates, the prosecutor, who is still suffering from the effects of
the injury lie received at the time of the robbery, and the
marks on wheels awanteseatee saillinently showed the violence
with which they bedlam billeted, said that on the morning
of the 18th inst. be met the prisoner on the Hungsrford-
bridge, and after walking with him some distance she gave
him a violent blow, which caused him to reel from one side
of the bridge to the other, and he fell with his face spinet
the brickwork, sad seriously injured himself. The prisoner
tried to secepe, bat was secured before she got off the bridge.
A man whir mime from some place of concealment was eft to
*east the pneesatee up alter he had fallen, but he succeeded
in effecting his escape at the other aide of the bridge.
The prosecutor was taken to the station-house, bleeding, and
in a dreadful state, and after he had given the charge, the
constable went bark and found the prosecutor's watch in a
onl barge close to the bridge, and near the place where the
cros4cneor was knocked down.—The prisoner was committed
THAMES.—Tan WATS/MINI, Laws. Mr. Hone,
the beadle of the Waterman's and Lightermen's Com-
pany, summoned several free watermen and their ap-
utioes for viOlatiOUS of the laws regulating that
body. —W. Dow was charged with suffering his
brother sad spgreaties, E. Done, to carry paseengen in a
boat before heliad served two years of his time. Mr. Yard-
ley fined the deimidaat 20e., and costs.—R. Morgan, for
vrorkft a boat without a license, was fined 10a., and comb—
H. W. Wade, ter working a boat without a license, or num-
ber cat if, was fitted fa, and isosts.—C. Brown, apprentfce to
/mph George Paplett, for working an unsafe skiff, is which
be carried seven passengers, was ordered to pay Co, and
costs.—J. Gristahaw, for working a skiff without his true
mem sad amber being therm, mined 10e.,
and costs.
FLOGGING AN Asanatigicn err Sze.—J. Grooves, the
mate of the Jemmy Liad, was re-examined, charged
with as aeldes a lad eased Williams, an walk* ea

board that vessel. The facts of the ease sneered in the
Express of Thursday. The captain said he was not
aware of the boys befog dogged by the mate until be can it
in the papers or Tharsaay, but it the boy had been treated
as there described he must have heard of it before. The
mate had tailed with hi. for fear years, end he
any rehoon to find task with him, neither could he make
say complaint against the boy.—ln answer to the
magistrate, Williams said he was afraid to tell the
captain lest the mate should pun;sh him again. The mats
had often rope's-ended him on deck but never punished him
so cruelly before.—Mr. Yardley said that there was no doubt
the lad had been very severely punished, but he at the same
time believed that there bad been no little exaggeration in
the statement.—Mr. Smith, ler the boy, suggested that it
would be desirable to have the attic's annulled, as he was
afraid to go to sea with the state again, at d said he would
rather be transported than do so. After some further con-
versation it was agreed that Mr. Smith should write to the
hoy's father on the subject ; and the case was ordered to
stand over for a fortnight so as to make the noway
arms. stmts.

MONEY MARKET.
B.lalt/iDN2 EVENING.
The funds presented quite as active and ascending
an aspect as yesterday. Consols were repeatedly
done at 91/ for this account, and at the same time
were 91/ buyers for money. For the March account
some speculative purchases were made at 92, but
these it may be suspected were made as feelers by
parties interested in the rise, to try the firmness of
the market, and the extent to which it might
be safe to adventure further operations for
carrying prices higher still for money and
the present account The more prudent dealers
were evidently under the impression, however, that
the upward movement had been rather too hasty and
considerable to be reckoned upon as an affair quite
settled down, or not to be returned upon, seeing that,
in fact, beyond the ,payment of dividends, and their
accumulation in the Bauk, no immaterial feature in
the cue it must be contained, bat still of no greater
novelty than in the week preceding when the same r
tact was quite as notorious, no event of any
special interest had transpired, or had bcen
developed, which should directly have borne
upon, eo as to have enhanced so greatly, the
value of public securities. The publication of the
third edition of the Daily Newt, at noon, showing
by the latest arrival from France, a very anew state
of public .eeling in Paris, came to sober down
the calculations of the more sanguine specula-
tors, as well as to strengthen the apprehensions of those
who were before inclined to consider the market as
running too feat ahead. Consols thereupon descended
to, and were done at 911, but recovered at the close of
business to 914 to', at which they left off firm for
both money and account. Reduced Threes, 91
to Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 921 to I.
Match Exchequer Bills, 421. to 465. prom. It may
be remarked that these bills, bearing interest at the
rate of lid. per day, and which doubtless at maturity
are to be paid riff, or replsced by other bills at the re- a
deiced rate of 2d., do not carry so high a rate of pre-
mium now as the June bills, which, at 2d. per day,
are now quoted 47e. to 50s. premium. Bent Stock
was called 193 to 7.

The further remittances of money from Mexico,
advised of yesterday, for the payment of a dividend
on the debt, or part of a dividend, whilst neither di-
vidend nor the fraction of it would seem to be brth-
coming, did not improve the position of Mexican
bonds to-day. They were done at 261, but with a
feeble market, and left off 261 to 1. Every arrival
from Mexico appears only to complicate still more the
position of Mexican loan affairs. Peruvian were called
48 to 50. Venezuela, 191 to 201. Brazilian, 78 to
80. Chilian, 90 to 2. Spanish Fives, 151 to ; the
Threes, 281 to t ; Passives, 31 to 1 ; Portuguese, 27
to 8 ; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 491 to 50 ;
the Fours, 78 to 9; Russian, 104 to 6; French Fives
obtained 751, at exchange of 25f. 40 cents.; Danish,
69 to 8.

The stock market came improved and active from
Amsterdam. The home tondo were in good demand,
and obtained higher rates, and so also Russian and
Austrian. It is stated that the Maatachappy Company,
whose charter was approaching its expiration, has
been again chartered as a kirt-stock trading associa-
tion, to continue from the Ist of January next.
The following calculations show the rate per cent.
per annum yieldel by the various securities cites at
the avenge of the prices which ruled to-day. Where'
the asterisk is placed, it is to be understood that the
rate of dividend is less the income-tax :
Three per Cent. Cans*, average price. illi yield per cent.E3 5 5
Three per Cent. Rednoed
Tbree-and.a.Quvrter per Cents. 92 " 10 2
Bank Stock (dividend 7 per cent.)
Exchequer Bills (int. lid. per day) el s. p. : 14 41
Lanceolate sad Yorkshire Hallway
(dividend 6 per cent.)
" 7 41
Great Western *W.. 7id ) 99 or I 41
tendon and South Western *(div. 6id ) 43 w 19 lii
London and Brighton v(div.4 3-5 id.) 36 " 7 9
Eastern Counties v(div. 4 id.)
London and North Western v(div. 7 id ) 136 w 2 11
Midland o(div. 6 id.)
York and North Midland *(dW. 9 ht) 57 " 0 4
York, Newcastle, and Berwick o(uiv
6 id.) se IP 13 4
The Memorial Bordelais in a recent number has

given a letter from a known correspondent, resident
fifteen years in the gold regions of several parts of
Spani•h America, in which he states certain facts, as
the result of hie own experience, which cannot be at
all encouraging to the purposing adventurers tor Cali-
fornia, for whose edification indeLd they would seem to
be published, as no less thiur;twelva vessels were laid on
at Bordeaux at the last accounts for that land of
treasure. He states that among the gold miners, or
washers, of Chow, the richest gold district of Ame-
rica, he had known very few of any wealth; and
generally where property was acquired it was due
mainly to the profit derived from hiring out the
labour of their slaves. The mines of Darien, near
Panama, another district where hp had resided, bad
yielded very considerable quantities of gold, but it
became necessary to abandon them on account of the
insalubrity of the climate. " I affirm," says the
writer," that of 100 persors who would desire to
apply themselves to this sort of work, without being
habituated to, or acclimatised in, the country, ninety
would lose their life there, or health for the rest of
their days; of the ten remaining, eight would scarcely
gain sufficient for subsistence, whilst the two others
might, perhaps, make their fortune, speaking of those
who should work personally in the mines." Thou., on
the contrary, who apply themselves to commerce and
agriculture, might, with order, economy, and activity,
preserve their health, make money, and acquire con-
sideration. The mine speellators are (he observes)
as little considered as gamblers ; this arises from
their vicious habits, and that all means are held by
them to be good for obtaining money to adventure in
mines."

ESQLI4III FUND&
3 per Ors Red. Lana., f 211 O. to Acct. 919 9 i 1 i I
(3. Cum Anne.. 911 6 Erdman: .al.teo. 19d..
Wawa per P. Amis., Mit it Sacked 2 6; 2d., June,49 1 60
Loft Anaultiss. up. Jan., 6, 180, Ditto, gsou. 2J..
.J 46 9
8 L 1.16 9 Ditto Oman, 26d. March, 43 9
Heath Osa New Anna., 891
FOREIGN FUNDS.
3 per CI. Danish Bonds. 1825, 679 7 6 per Ct. Grab Dds., Acct., Jan.
1 per Ct. Grenada Bonds. Deferred, a. 164
2.1 3 23 6 per Ct. Load& Padre Rds.. 36 f
per Ct. Nakao, 1846, 261 f.f. 3Ser et. BLaohis Dd.- 28f
Ditto. Aceestat. Jan. 31. 26, f 21 per Cs. wenesuela Honds
6 per Ca Peruvian 019 6 par CL Preach Banos. fa We.
4 per Ct. Portuguese Bonds, AceL, us. 26f. 40c.
2a 4 per t.t. Dutch Calif.. 79
6/16TISDAN, Jas. 28.—Act. Debt ?wound-O.ll'U pa Chats., 4111
499: Ditto, Three per COWL, 684_64 ; Ditto. Foysaw Oenta, 269
771 ; Arnort. Bynd., Three and-eller per Cents., .61 ; Eget India
been, Four per Cents.. -5.1 76. Exchanges: On Landon sight. 13 ; two
months. 11.95. tianthu're, debt, 34.93: two moathe,34.BL parisogiat.
66.93: two months. 39.43.—ne Dowse this day was exactly the merge
of yesterday. There was.ganand deyakedon. All the roma were
lower, and stock offered. The cause was not ascertained, hut It was in-
timated at the Bourse that the newts fads had fallen fala the day