The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-08 00:00:00

POLICE.—SATVaDAY.

MANSION-HOUSE. Ammoun ROBBERY. Barite;
Isaacs and Joseph Jones were charged with having robbed
Mr.Moses,clothier, in Houndsditch,of 20 sovereigns.—Mmes
swore that on Friday„ekihst one o'clock, he met the prisoners
at the bottom of Orav/Clane, and Jones asked for change of
a sovereign. He pulled out his purse to give the change,
when Isaacs snatehed it from him, and both ran off towards
Petticoarlane. He then went to the Bishopegate station-
house, and gave information of the robbery, and about an
hour afterwards, on his 'gain meeting them in Harrow-alley,
they boldly came up to him and said "What, have you been
lay mg an information that we robbed you?—we will to with
you to the station-house;" upon which he gave them into
the custody of a policeman. On the part of the prisoners
three witnesses, named Moses, Hymns, and Lazarus, swore
positively to having seen Moses Moses about one o'clock on
Friday, at Perrin's Coffee-house, when he told them
that the prisoners owed him money, and that if they did
ant some to terms that evening, before Sabbath he would '
have some bills printed, offense a reward for their appre-
hension. Ilyams also further explained, that a week
ag. be had borrowed from Moses, for the prisoner Isaacs,
201., of which only 131. 10e. had been repaid.—The prisoners
were discharged.
GUILDHA LL.—lnformation was on Saturday afternoon
brought to this office, that Irvine, the old man who was for-
merly o merchant, living at 60, Wood-street, Cheapside, and
who was, in the year 1806, ruined by the seizure and con-
fiscation of a lame quantity of Manchester goods which he
had exported to Hamburg, and has for some tiros past sup-
ported himself by hawking haberdashery, which he had
been prevented fonn doing latterly by an attack of fever,
bad died that morning. It will be recollected that an
account appeared ion the newspapers on the 24th ult., of an
appeal for assistance he made to Mr. Alderman Johnson,
who kindly gave him a sovereign to enable him to replenish
his stock. The publication of the case also excited much
public sympathy, and about 201. were sent in by benevolent
and charitable individuals, of which the unfortunate man
received 41. previous to his death. With that he took a
temporary lodging on Tuesday last, et No. 17, Allen-
street, Ooewell-street, where he became ill ; and, although
medical assistance was called in, he gradually sank.
He has left too children (sons), totally unprovided for.
George Smith, a carter is the service of Mr. Dixon, of the
home repository, in Barbican, was charged before Mr. Alder-
man Oibbe with stealing a quarter of oats, which he was
intrusted to deliver at Mr. Disco's fared at Finchley, on the
2nd ult. It appeared that the prisoner bad, on the day in
question, delivered to him twelve bushels of sots, and four
bushels of screenings. A ticket was also given him, which
he was to deliver to the foreman of the yard when he got to
Finchley. He only delivered, however, four bushels of oats
instead of twelve, and when asked for the ticket be fumbled
in all his pockets for some minutes, and then said he had lost
it. He was told to ask for a new ticket next time he came
to town, and was repeatedly afterwards asked for the ticket,
when he said he MA forgotten it. He was committed for
. .

Joseph Brew,. a boy 14 years of age, employed as
a carter at the Finehley farm of Mr. Dixon, was charged
with a similar offence on the 29th of January. It appeared
that a quarter of oats and four bushels of beans were placed
on a hind of dung the prisoner carted to Finchley. A soak
of coke was also placed on the cart, sod a ticket given him.
On reaching Finchley he delivereel no ticket. Two days
afterwards Mr. Dixon asked him if he had not brought down
some corn, and he said he had not ; and when the fact was
ascertained that he had, and he was asked for the ticket, he
said he had lest it, and that he supposed the corn had been
stolen while he was in a publ•c-kousc where he stopped. He
was also committed.
MAHYLEHONE. Pm COMB TO SEE KT AUNT.
Joseph Norris was charged with stealing a quantity of plate
from the house of Colonel James Alezandi r, 18, West-
bourne-grove, Paddington. On the previous evening, as the
cook, Elizabeth Gold, was going down the stairs, she saw
the prisoner come out of the kitchen. She asked him what
he had been doing there, to which ho replied, " I'm come to
MO my aunt." Suspecting that his buinew was not an
honest one, as no aunt of his lived in the place, she caught
him by the collar, and charged him with thieving. lie rtien
' threw down ou the ground two silver dessert spoons, one tea
' ditto, and two salt ditto, and the silver handles of some ve-
getable dishes. The prisoner Ng as fully committed.
SOOT H W ARK . Ronne ie v.—Charles Edwards was re-
examined on a charge of 'besting 74 sovereigns, the property
of a licensed hawker of the name of Mason. The particu-
lars of this case have already appesin d in our paper. The
complainant lives in a van, and when, in town, plaets the ve-
hicle in a yud belonging to the prisoner's mother. On a
recent occasion he placed one hundred and severity-four
sovereigns in his box in the van, which he left a few nights
skier to go to a theatre, and during his absence the seventy,
four sovereigns were stolen. Thii same day the prisoner ab-
sconded, and went to a coffee-shop in the New-cut, where
he showed a gold watch and chain, having at the same time
on his fivers four valuable rings. He was at that time in
the company of another young man, with whom he left the
coffee-shop, and returned some hours afterwards, complain-
ing that his companion had stolen from hint the watch and
gaud, and the greater part of the money. When taken by
the police the prisoner had only twosovereigns left. He was
again remanded, to enable the police to apprehend his com-
panion.

MONEY MARKET.
EATENGAY EVENING.
We have had a movement in the funds to-day in a
downward direc'ion. Prices have been with scarcely a vari-
ation from day to day, for some time, with the market how-
ever, far from firm ; but at the usual hour for declaring
options to-day some rather considerable amount, of Consols 71
were " put" at 91, the prices being called 91 to 1. These
operations were followed by a decline in the rates to 901 to 1,
both fur money and account, at which they left off, but with
a weak market. Reduced Threes, 911 to Three.and-a-
Quarter per Cents., 921 to 3. Exchequer 88., 4s. to Bs. pm.
Bank Stock, 203 to 4. Long Annuities, 9 7-16 to 9-16.
The transactions were not so active to-clay in Mexican
bonds, ;Although with Spanish they still occupied the chief
attention of the jobbers. The intelligence foam Mexico re-
ceived rid New York, by the Yorkshire packet, would wear
to have been read unfavourably, as holding out no hopes of
that early accommodation with the United States which in
some quartets bed been reckoned upon, but on what founda-
tion it would be difficult to discover. The bondi declined to
221 to 3. Spanish Fives were rather worse, at 241 to 1;
the Threes, 341 to 1. Portuguese, 331 to 41. New Grenada,
184 to 191. Chilian, 93 to 5. Peruvian. 381 to 94. Dutch
Two-and-a-llalf per Cents, 58 to 1; the Fours. 92 to 1.
The Bank of England averages for the week ending the
30th ultimo give, as compared with those of the week pre-
ceding, the following re.ults:—
Circulation—lssue E 26,172,670
elroulation—Actlve 20,469,313
Public deposits 4,466,972
Other &pre. 9,6 i 9,910

Thisklng DeverWiest. 12,722,619
Other sesaritles 14,146,012
Coln end Balboa ........ 12,90i,538
7 day and eller bills ... 941,481
The Bast. 3,643,741
We have here a remarkable alteration in the dispositioa
of the banking account current, resulting from the action
of a pressure upon the Batik in two principal directions
concurrently, but with opposite tendencits. For, whilst
the drain outwards of the precious metals was pro ersdu
diminishing the liabilities of the bank in respect of the circu-
lation in the issue department, and of the private or other
deposits drawn upon for payment of those metals, the drafts
of the Treasury upon the public deposits for Irish account
were rice versa forcing nut inopportunely, in pmpurtion to
their amount, an increase of active circulation, or, in other
words, drawing out into circulation so much of the notes
constituting the reserve fund in the banking department.
The account, it will he observed, exhibits indeed a decrease
in the active circulation, instead of the increwie which should
apparently have followed upon the Treasury cleats, and
other demands, and such would have been the ease but for tie
countervailing amen of the sales of public securities, and
reduction of totter securities, to which the beak had reemellee
for holding the active circulation in check. which °thawed,'
must have been somewhat inconveniently expanded by the
demands upon the deposited accounts.
The Bank broker commenced selling public securities am
account of the Beek on the day but one before the seetrunt
now under review was made up, as was noticed under this
head at the time, and has been since as the sales were con- '
tinned. The reason why so small an amount of the sales
then made as 34.7071. only was brought into this account I
arose simply from the tact, then adverted to also, that the
contracts were for the delivery of the stock sea the following I
Tuesday, and consequently can only be brought to charge
in the account forthcoming on Saturday next, along with the
other sales effected down to yesterday. It is believed that the
first operations for alter delivery did net exceed 200,000/. in
amount, and that the subsequent sabre this week may have
reached to a quart.: of si million more. The full amount
should, however, app ar in the next balance-sheet ; end it
remains then to be area also what effect it may have on the
private deposits, 'bendy reduced to a low figure, if the pro-
portion of them lying on railway account be deducted. The
bank will have tae advantage, in respect of railway deposits,
that they are little likely to be disturbed for some time to
one...
It is a rather singular feature of these sales of securities,
consisting prinnpelly of Reduced Three per Cents., with a
email amount only of Exchequer Bills, for the market was too
tender to bear any considerable quantity of the latter, that pub-
lic companies, such as the higher order of assurance offices
usually with large fund, disposable, have shows so little dispa
sition to purchase for investment in the Reduced Three per
Cent. stock, even with the advantage of the three-quarter per
cent. is price than Consols, arising from the one-quarter of
a year more interest which it carries. The prices of both
stocks have been equal nearly all the week, notwithstanding
he superior vales of Reduced, as measured by the exceu of
interest accrued upon it ; a fact to which we have already
called attention on two previous occasions. It is understood
that, previous to the sales in open market, so well and
quietly managed after all as to pass for some time almost with-
out observation, two or three of the leading office+ were sounded