The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-08 00:00:00

TI;;;;;LOOMNITTIRNIIN NOT DilliCria HOSAIIAIt
MAIO oat AA asaroxson.s.—Mr. Chambers, Q.C.,
Mr. Bagley were courted foe the plaintiff. TM Attar
this isibeidanm.orn t
ey
General and Mr. Noggins represented I
was an action against members of the mangle* committee
of the Direct London and Manchester RaileneyGempany, for
services rendered by Mr. Cadwallader Frederick Iraddy a
parliamentary agent residing in Fludyer-street,Weronshaer
in procuring the Denies of persons to act as t
the mosth of
he
committee of that line. It app,eared that in
June, 1845, this project had two .ormidable rivals, known as
" Eastrick's Direct Line" and " Remington's Liss." it:
therefore, became a matter of importance tnat the names of
the provisional committee should present as imposing an
array as possible, and consequently. efforts were made to pro
cure them from amongst the proprietors °nand, and the im-
portant mercantile firms at Leeds,Manchester and other towns,
especially those in the vicinity of which the propmed line
was to have been run. Amongst the name procured by the
plaintiff, and accepted as members of the provisional oom-
mittee, were Lord .ommore, the Hon. Robert Gore, M.P.,
1 the Right Hon. Col. Dawson Darner, M.P., and Mr. Bea-
ljamin Oliviere. It appeared that Mr. Lee, a solicitor, who
was local agent of the company. at Leeds, aeltvit
to procure names for hint, anu they having had some pre-
vious transactions, he consented to do so. However, It also
apeared that Mr. Lee was not authorised by any of the
1 defendants to retain the services of the plaintiff, who told
Mr. Lee that his object in undertaking to discharge those
services was not so much for remuneration as to become
coi:nected with such an important line, and h
oetio
that he would, through Mr. Lee's influence, appointed
its junior parliamentary agent.
The Lord Chief Baron here interposed, and said, if the
plaintiff was not able to prove a direct retainer by any
ono of the defendants, or upon his authority, it would be
only a waste of the public time to permit the cam to pro
aced. Even if the provisional committee were partners,
the evidence was not sufficient to render them liable, but
in a case of this sort the plaintiff could not recover unless
it could be clearly proved that the defendants had directly
authorised his retainer. For such services as the plaintiff
had rendered, the authority should be distinctly and ex-
plicitly shown before the defendants could be held liable.
There was no such evidence in the present ease.
The plaintiff's counsel admitted they could not carry the
evidence of authority further, and elected to be nonsuited.

INSOLVENT DEBTORS' COURT.
The Chief Commissioner and Mr. Commissioner Phillips, ,
having completed their circuits, presided in court this
morning.
IN Its WILLIAM BUSCMILL.—This insolvent wits op-
posed by Mr. Cooke,
. and supported by Mr. Nicholls.—lt
appeared that the insolvent had been executor to his
deceased aunt, and the complaint against him was,
that he had paid away 701. to parties not named in the
will, and had neglected to pay rent due by the testatrix.
In answer to this, it was proved that, although the parties
who had received various small sums were not specially
mentioned in the will, yet the insolvent bad only complied
with the express wishes of his aunt when on her death bed.
With respect to the non-payment of rent, that was disproved
by the production of the receipt.
The Court said the insolvent had not only cleared himself
from the charge of acting dishonestly, but appeared to have
behaved in quite a eoitrary manner, as he might, instead of
paying the small sums according to lus aunts verbal wishes,
have adhered to the written document, and retained the
surplus in his character of executor.—The inaolverit was dis-

ASSIZE INTELLIGENCE.
NORTHERN CIRCUIT.—Yotta, SUNDAY Ecstatic.
Mr. Justice Cromwell and Mr. Justice Vaughan Williams
arrived here yesterday afternoon, when the commissions
fot the county and city of York were respectively opened
with the usual erremordes. The calendar is unusually heavy.
—Their lord-ships attended divine service at thee at
to-day, when the sermon was preached by the Rey. S.
Gamlen, of Boman, the High Sheriff's chaplain. The
grand jury will be sworn and charged to-morrow.

SOUTH LANC/LSTHIIII.
The &seizes for the southern division of Lancashire com-
mence at Liverpool to-day (Tuesday) before Mr. Baron
Rolfe and Mr. Justice Wightman. The calendar i 1 the
lightest there has yet been at any winter assizes.

POLICE. -YESTERDAY. - ESTEBDAY.
MANSION-HOUSE.—Tae BOSANQUST AND WIORAM
Gaeta or SWINDLERS.man waited
stead the Lord
Mayor for the purpose of asking his lordahip. vice as to
the most judicious mode of bringing to justice certain
swindlers who are in the habit of sending circulars round
to tradesmen, offering
.money for bills. lie had been in-
duced by one of these circulars to apply to Messrs. Bosanquet
and Co., as some of the fraternity call themselves, for cash
for a bill of 1001. He deposited the bill with them, and was
told to call next day. He did call, and receivedsl., with
an assurance that he should have all tho rest • day or two
after ; but every subsequent application was unsuccessful.
He never received a shilling more, and the bill, which he
had no doubt was in circulation, would soon be due.—The
Lord Mayor said that doubtless the bill would, if it should
not be paid, be placed in the heads of some solicitor employed
by the swindlers, and the applicant be sued upon it. He
had within a few days received a vast number of letters from
tradesmen is England, Ireland, and Scotland,
ommoda-
inclosing
copies of printed circulars, offering pecuniary acc
tion. The oilers were made by these fellows with the view
of getting respectable bills into their possession, and they
found it very. easy to turn such securities to advantageous
account, leaving, of course, the injudicious parties who con-
fided in them,to pay them, or tobear the responsibility.—Mr.
Goodman, the clerk, produced a bundle of letters, contaandnCo.
ing
circulars, some of which were signed " Bosanquet
factors and commission-brokers, John-street, London-fields,
London ;" some, "Charles and Henry Shaw, Albany-road,
London ;" several," W. an.: C. Ilanbury and Co., factors and
conamisaion-brokers, Boston-street, Shoreditch ; " others,
" B. Franklin and Co., factors and commission-brokere • "
"W. and J. Anderson, Old Kent-road, London," &c.—The
Lord Mayor said,be bad ascertained that the gang had most ex-
traordinary ramifications through London, and that in man
fory
instances they succeeded. The plan had been carried on
a number of years, and with extraordinary pertinacity. In
consequence of the notice already taken by the press
that, of
many
what
he had stated with respect to the swindlers, he knew
an inexperienced person had escaped the snare, and he hoped
the exposure would be continued. The circulars issued by
all the firms were precisely similar. He thought it desirable
to quote a few lines, addressee' to tradespeople in the country:
—" Country correspondents who may require hills of ex-
change to make payments with occasion
me
in the course of
business, or to make remittances and payments to friends at
a distance, can be accommodated with most respectable ac-
ceptances at any date, and in any amount most suitable for
their purpose ; of course, these bills will generally be upon
houses in the city as usual, where their address or occupation
will be found in a London directory ; or those who may wish
to have a house or two in London entirely to themselves, to
accept for them, or draw bills upon at their convenience, may
have the same arranged in • quiet and most respectable man-
ner, either by letters of credit or otherwise. As the most
important consideration in transacting this business is
strict punctuality on both sides— in remitting respect-
able bills when written for, on the one hand ; and
providing eseli for payrdent of them when due, on
the other, an honourable-attention to this on both sides
cannot fail to remove soy prejudice which might otherwise
exist against bills conducted upon dies principle. We speak
from daily experience ; so the character and respectability of
the parties accepting the bills, will at all tifimes bear thlar
e
strictest inquiry. It is particularly requeeted, this c
is of no immediate service, it may not be shown unless to a
confidential and respectable friend, whose object it is likely
to serve ; or you might wish to avail yourself of this assie-
tanee upon some future occasion, as it is not multiplicity of
business we want, but respectability, and in the safe, quiet
mercantile manner which our triends have now fur so many
years approved of; and, by pursuing the same course in
future, to merit a continuance of that respectable suppo.t
which we have already experienced, and which it will be
our study to deserve."
CLERKENWELL—THE ST. PANCRAS WORKHOUSE
AGAIN.—TwO young rata, named Jones and Micham, tbe
former being without coat or waistcoat, were charged with
riotous and disorderly conduct in St. Pancras workhouse, in
which they are paupers.—Mr. Lee stated that he sent for
one of the paupers to the oakum-room ; but the door was no
Monet opened than the two prisoners, accompanied by others,
rushed out, clamouring for clothes or their di-charge. Thy
refused to retire when remonstrated with, and " showed sign.
of resistance." He therefore called Fleming, the porter and
gave them into his custody.— Deanne corroborated this
statement—no assault had been committed. The prisoners
declared that they had been guilty of no misconduct, unless.,
it were in demanding their discharge. Jones said he had
almost perished in the room, and had been asking for his
discharge or for some covering day after day, but to no pee.
pose.—Mr. Mould (the c'erk) asked them if they had any
witnesses to prove that they were not dt
ur
d
i—Tne ri-
soners said there were three paupers who were witneseesp of
what occurred, but they were not allowed to come. —Mr. Mould
suggested to the master to take vie young men back to the
workhouse.—Mr. Lee said he would not: they must be male
an example of for their rioushaviou. 'Tne the wit-
nesses they asked for were three of then mutineers're. —Mr.
Combo said, as he had not charged them they must attend.
They were accordingly sec.t fog ; and when they arrived, one
of them, named Cox, dep eed that the prisoners had always
been very quiet: and, upon the occasion in question, they
only asked for clothes or their discharge. "The fart is, }o.:r
orship," said Cox, " I haee nut a rag on u.y back teheu I
am there. The clothes you see on me the officer who
brought me here had to bortow for use. We are
half starved in that place, and nearly peri-hed ; fer
there is scarcely a spark of fire in it." The
prisoner Jones said te at be had picked, on that vere
morning 311 he of oakum.—Puudon, the superinteutlent of
the work, admitted that this was true.—The master said
they had the oakum to pick merely far amusement, and to
keep them out of miseetef. The witn saes laughed at this
statement.—Bushell, another peeper, depoeed that Jones
had repeatedly asked for his discharge during the morning,
pageuld not obtain it. They were kept cooped up in this
and as soon as the door was open Jones and the others
ran out. Jones asked for some trousers to keep him warm,
hut got no answer.—The mater said he could not provide
clothes for all, and there had been a great influx of paupers
lately who wanted clothes. The prisoner Micham had been
put to sea by the parish, but ran
d.—Micaway from the vessel in
which he bad been appeestieeham, who was about
fifteen, said the captain treated him with so much cruelty

twee= him and the master as no enAracssr,nese,,—
on either side ; Artie which the prisoners were discharged.
WORSHIP-STREET.—A CAMS NEEDING INTESTIOA-
TION.—A sunburnt thuslooking fellow mixed William
Colima, dressed in the tattered uniform of the 22nd
regiment, was charged before Mr. Bingham with men-
dicancy. Police collstAMe ball, N 365, stated that he
saw the prisoner scanning in a suppltcming attitude in
Shoreditch, with Lis wife and child, all of the wait GA -
'Annalist allwAMA3e. 'The mixes/ hid one of the sleeves
td
his coat ripped up se as to expose 'his naked arm. whin
bore the marks of several wounds.' Witness feltit his' they
to take him into custody. The prisoner, who wore a medal
at his breast, and, besides his disabled arm, exhibited a
Were sabre cut down one of his cheeks, said that he had
.raved ander Sir C. Napier, through the whole of the Scindian
•opaign, and was present at the battles of Meeanee and
ayderabad, in which he received several gun-shot wounds.
Re was 'disabled, and was consequently discharged;
the only recompense that he bad been able to
Obtain was a gratuity, amounting to a year and
• halts pay, which bad been long since expended
et tenon his wife and child. lie was completely
atippleu and had no meals of earning a subsistence,
'h. Was sow/idled to solicit public charity to save himself and
*ally hem starvation. The prisoner handed to the =agl-
eam!' the siwtificate of Ids discharge, formally signed by the
officer of his regiment, and other documents.
pointed out the illegality of the means he
hot to ameliorate his distress, and ordered him to be
essitaiaded, to make inquiries in the proper quarter as to the
MAK his statement.
WESTMINSTER.—Mr. Broderip, many years one of the
sates at the Thames Police-office, took his seat for the
*la dupe at this court, as the suecessor of the late Mr. Bond.
o*.tleing so, he announced the receipt of 101. from a twee-
*skint lady of distinction; for the poor-box.
' THAMES.—Mr. Yardley, removed new magistrate appointed
is the place of Mr. Broderns, :to Westminster, took
his seat upon the bench yesterday.
A LUNATIC AND HIS HERPRIL—James Rooks, an
under-keeper at the Grove-hall Lunatic Asylum, Essex,
was charged with assaulting Mr. B. Palmer, medical super-
intendent of the establishment. The prisoner, it appeared,
had leave to go out on Sunday evening, when, without per-
mission, he took with him one of the lunatic inmates, who
was subject to paroxysms of dangerous madness. They did not
return till past 10 o'clock, and they were then both in a state
,'(intoxication. As might have been expected, the lunatic
dew at Mr. Palmer, and a struggle • ensuing, the prisoner
seized the complainant—The assault was proved by another
of the keepers.—The prisoner, :in his defence, said he only
interfered to prevent Mr. Palmer from being hurt by the
lunatic.—Mr. Yardley, having ascertained from complainant
that the prisoner had been forthwith dismissed, observed
that as the assault appeared from the evidence to have been
a very alight one, if indeed any at all had been committed,
the most appropriate punishment had been already inflicted.
—The prisoner was then discharged.
SERIOUS WOUNDING.—William' Brand, the landlord of
the Brown Bear publin-house,iti Leman-street, Whitechapel,
was brought up, charged with feloniously wounding an
Italian seaman, named -Michael Petrowitch, belonging to the
Greek vessel Munch:, now lying in a dry dock atLimehouec.
Mr. Pelham defended the prisoner. The investigation of
this case occupied two hours; eight witnesses were aisusised,
The prisoner's house is much frequented by Gamma algal..
bakers and other foreigners. Tne prosecutor, aosempasued
by a countryman, went to the house on Saturday night, and
after remaining some time in the ball-room on the first floor,
where he drane some beer, he came down stairs, and was
about to leave the house, when the landlord demanded pay-
ment for a glass which he said he had broken. Petrowitch
refused to pay for it, and denied that he had broken it. His
friend was knoked down, and ill used by the Germans
in the house, who afterwards pinioned the complainant,
while some of them beat him in a most savage manner.
The prisoner then called for his staK, and a policeman's
trun-
eheon was brought to him from the bar, with which he
committed a most atrocious and murderous assault on the
' Italian, by striking him with it over the head and Lace until
the blood flowed copiousl from his wounds. Several wit-
nesses said that Brand inflicted eight or ten blows with the
truncheon, and also pummelled the Italian with his lids. He
was removed in a cab to the hospital. Bit head was cut
open, his face was very much swollen and bruised, and one
of his eyes was nearly closed. He exhibited other marks of
severe punishment. Mr. Wordsworth, surgeon, said, there
was a severe contused wound on the Italian's head, calculated
to do serious bodily injury. Mr. Pelham, in defence, said
the Italian drew a long and sharp knife, and made a blow
at Mr. Brand, who used the truncheon in self-defence.
The prisoner's waiter, barmaid, and another female ser-
vant, severally deposed that the Italian drew his knife, and
made several attempts to stab Mr. Brand before he used the
truncheon, and that the prosecutor was pinioned for the
purpose of preventing him doing mischief. A gunmaker,
named Isaac Barrow, also stated that the prosecutor drew 1,
his knife, and, from his determined manner and gestures, :
he verily believed serious mischief would have been done, if
the Germans had not pinioned him. He considered that 3
Mr. Brand used the truncheon in his own. defence. Mr. I
Yardley 'said, this was a very serious case, and one be has
no right to decide summarily. He should send the prisorer
to the Central Criminal Court for the felony ; but, under all
the circumstances, ho would accept of bail tor his appearance
there, himself in 1001. and two sureties in 601. each. The
sureties were provided.
WANHSWORTH.--Cofistnenn •INSIMGADINATION IN
THE WANDsWoirra UNIoN.--.Nesterdny ten casual vegranta
were 'nought to this court, charged with breaking maas and
tearing up their clothing in the Wandsworth union. Eight
of the prisoners had been committed four or flee times for
similar otlences ; the other two had only been committed
once.. Neither of them offered any defence, and they were'
committed for 14 days with hard labour to Kingston gaol.
It was amusing to see the consternation depicted on their I
countenances when.they found that they were not going to 1]
their favoui,•te retreat, the Brixton House of Correction,
where there is high fire and little week. Eighty prisoners II
have during the past month been committed to the House 11,
of Correction for °lleums committed in the Wandsworth t
union.

OKEENWICH.—SHAIIP PRACTICH OP A BENEFIT
Snetrrv.—The stewards of the United Friends Friendly So- ,
eiety appeared at the instance of a man named Somerville,.
to snow cense, why they had refused to pay him 10s., the
amount of a week's sick allowance, and also to andwer,a
charge of striking him off the books of the club.—Mr. Mayo 4
solicitor, attended to support the complaint, and Mr. Drage a
appeared on behalf of the society.—From the complainant's
evidence, it appeared that he had been • member of the ,
society for come years. The allowance for sick members was X
10s. a wel fer three months. In August last he declared 4
on the fund, and, having been ill five weeks, in the month of
September one of the atewardscalled on him, and found him
in the set of driving a nail in • hen-coop, to prevent the cats 2;
Crum getting at ht: chickens. He was at the time unable to i
follow his occupation as a shipwright, and he produced a me- 21
dical certificate to that effoe,t.—For the defence, T. Williams 11,
one of the defendants, depsed to finding the prisoner with his :
sleeves tucked up, as though he had been at work some
time ; he considered that sufficient, according to the 9th •
rule of the society, to exclude him. The article provided
that no sick member "should use or exercise his trade or
calling, or engage in any other employment."—Mr. Trail
was of opinion that the society had not shown sufficient
ground fur excluding the complainant. The simple fact of
his using a precaution to prevent the destruction of his
property could not be diAorted into his following his trade'
or calling ; nor could they say it was labour for profit. lie
therefore ordered the payment of the 10s and the restoration
of the comrlainant to the books of the society.
•
the

MONEY MARKET.
MONDAY Evattuto.
The more favourable reports of stock and share busii-
ness from Peristhis Morning communicated a certi.in impulse
to the fonds, upon which Commis were done at 951 for account,
hut this slight advance of 1 was not long maintained. They
tell back to 951 to 1 for account, and 951 to 1 fur money, and
so left off. Reduced Threes, 941 to 4. Threeeand.a.Quarter
per Cents, 96 to 1. The government broker took his usual
*mount of 15,0001. fur Savings Banks in the Three-and-a-
Quarter per Cents.; and a further sum of Reduced Threes
for Li'e Annuity Recount. Exchequer Bills remain 7s. to
10*. premium. Bank Stock, 208 to 7. India Stock, 258
to 60.
Some of the foreign stocks were rather more in request to,
day, and dealings therefore more active. A partial improiez,
ment in p: ices resulted, hut, excepting in Dutch Four phi
Cent., it did not hold. Brai.lianlare quoted 84 to 6. Buenos
Ayres, 42 to 4. Chiliao.9.l m 7. Mexican, '221 to 4. Peruvian
31 to 7. Venezuela, 39th 41. Spanish Fives, 261 to 1; the .
Three*, 371 to 8 ; the D ferred, 17 to 1 ; Passive, 51 to 1.
Portuguese, 391 to 404. Dutch Two-and-a-llalf per Cents.,
60 to 4; the lons's, 921 to 3. Belgian Four-and-a-Half per
Cents. 941 to 51. Danish, 85 to 7. Russian, 110 to 12.
Within the last few days a disposition has become more
evident in banking and discount circles to deal rather more.
sparingly in the mutter of lotus and the discount of bills.
No absolute alteration, however, can be noted in the scale of
charges fur accomtuodation. The Bank minimum rate is
still adhered to tor the class of first paper to which alone it
has be,arapplietble, awl the same may lie said el-o in respect
of best second class paper, which could never be done with-
out certain ternts of advance upon that rate, varying accord.
ing to the position of applicants. With their own bankers
the term, would naturally he more easy in such case, but 'in
the general discount market, with no suehmuttrality of con-
nexion, the terms would be more arbitrary, and according 'to
circumstance s, such as now exist, but not difficult. It is
i;pon the ordinary sec .nd class bills, and still more
ulion the inferior substantial as in com-
mon acceptation they may be, that the pressure is
now beginning to operate more heavily. Independ-
ently of other existi,ig consideration., there should be
nothing to call partieular att, ntion to the fact It is of
common ocearrersee enough towards the close of every year.
gankirs and discount houses, like all other members of the
ending community, are naturally anxious to bring their ac-
es ants end broke a- el stay as p usable to cash balances, that
to reduce their outlying credits Gs the nearest approach
possible to cash certainties, so as best to square with that.
debits or liabilities, which are of the secure eharneter
generally ozsumed to he equal to cash. It is in this view of
the general balance of accounts forthcoming, and of the par-
tial restriction of customary credit facilities in consequence,
th.it any present interference of the bank in the sense of
raising the rates of interest has been deprecated, and ought
to be. It would lead to a derangement of all business cal-
culations, and of the economical arrangements now, and for
some time past, in progress, fur wording up the year's
accounts.