The Express.
London, England, 1848-04-21 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 21, 1848.

;nut Intelligence.
HOUSE OF LORDS.
CHRISTIE O. ALLAN.—Mr. Bethell was further beard is
answer to the preliminary objection taken by Mr. Turner on
Tuesday last to the hearing of this appeal without another
remit to the court in Scotland. The house yielded to the ob-
jection, and the case was accordingly remitted.
DOE O. WOODROFEE, ET E CONTRA.—Mr. Turner was
opening the first of these cases—which come before the
house upon writs of error from the Exchequer Chamber--
when Lord Brougham and others of their lords
decision of
hips disco-
vered that there was a question of law, fer the
which it would be proper to have the assistance of thee mu-
raun law judges. The cases were accordingly postponed,
until :he learned judges can attend.
MRS. DAWSON'S DIVORCE BILL.—The circumstances un-
der which this lady applies for a divorce from her husband,
tor cruelty and adultery,in the Er-
port wire stated in the re-
port of the proceedings of last Tuesday
press of Wednesday. Several witnesses for the bill
were now examined by Mr. Austin and Mr. C. Rowe.
Their examination was confined to titr charges of cruelty,
which may be summed up to this effect:—That, on Mrs.
DILMIIOII'S second confinement, which was in 1836, the hus-
band behaved with much unkindness to her, using harsh
words when he spoke to hi r at all ; that she was often ob-
served to cry; that she became very dl, subject to irritation
of the stomach, end other effects of mental
that the
surgeon who attended her desired the servants to tell her
husband that if she was not kindly treated he would not be
answerable for her life. She went before her confinement
to Birkenhead for air, and her husband came occasionally to
see her, and behaved very unkindly, using angry words,
and he brought pistols, which she, on seeing them in the
drawer of the dreesing.room, took out, and Leked him what
he wanted them for; he replied that he wanted them to
shoot persons, perhaps her, on which she turned pale. On
coming back to their house in Mancheste
an r he was soiron mer-
roueh to
her that she went to her father's. (He was
chant in Manchester; Mr. Dawson was a calico printer.) In
1814 Mrs. Dawson was living with her two children in a
house taken for hrr by her father, in Orme's.squere, B
iy'-
water, and Mr. Dawson came with three men one night and
took possession of the house, telling the servants it was his,
and they were his servants. Mrs. Dawson was up all that
night crying, and next morning she heft with her children,
by the husband's orders, and she, with them and a servant,
went into lodgings in Pall-rnall. Several witnesses are yet
to be examined as to the cruelty ; none have yet been ex-
amined as to the adultery.—Tne further examination wee, at
6 o'clock, postponed till after the holidays.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
Sittings In Banco.
NEWTON V. THE LONDON AND BRIGHTON AND SOUTH
COAST RAILWAY.—LIBBAULT AND FALSE IMPRISONMENT.
—This was an action tried before Mr. Justice Coleridge at
tiff
the last assizes for the county of Sussex, when the plain
was nonsuited, the defendants having pleaded a jutification
to the whole cause of action. The circumstances of this case
were shortly these the Nth of October, 1847, Mr.
Newton, the father of the plaintiff, who is a minor, took a
second-class return ticket from London to Worthing, to 1,
which place he wend on a visit to his son, who had been
staying there for some time, and intended to return to town ,
on the following day. The next morning, when the plaintiff
and his father arrived at the station, they were rather late,
and Mr. Newton, sen., having taken his place in one car-
riuge, his son endeavoured to enter another whilst the train
was in motion, upon which sir. Woodcock, the station
clerk, interfered, and, on the plaintiff persisting in his at-
tempts to enter the carriage, took him into custody for hav-
ing broken one of the by-laws of the company, in so trying
to enter a carriage whilst a train was in motion. From the
custody of Mr. Woodcock the plaintiff, in a manner which
did not very clearly appear, sureeded in freeing himself, and
returned to Worthing, with the intention of breakfasting at
the inn where he had been staying ; but whilst on his way
thither he was met by Mr. Woodcock, who compelled him
to accompany him to the Town-ball, where he gave him
into custody for the offence against the by-laws of the railway
above alluded to. On the charge, however, being heard the ,
magistrates dismissed the case. The ground on which Mr.
Newton (the father of the plaintiff) now moved for a new
trial was, that the justification pleaded by the defendants
had only reference to the proceedings at the railway station,
and not to the second arrest and examination be-
fore the magistrates, that being, in fast, the as- I
smolt and false imprisonment for which the plaintiff
compensation. Tbe learned counsel further
contended th.,t if it was true that the plaintiff had escaped
from the custody of Mr. Woodcock and been recaptured
the defendants ought so to have pleaded it •, but the fact was
that he had given his card to Mr. Woodcock, was allowed to
deport, and then afterwards arrested, which was an infringe-
ment of the liberty of the subject The Court refused the
rule, being of opinion that t' e justification pleaded by the
dderdants had reference to all the proceedings. If there
had been a second arrest on which the plabitiff founded his
action he should have traversed the defendant's plea of jwhat
usti-
fication • but having admitted it to be a good plea as to
occurred on the platform at the station, it must be takes to
apply to the whole case.
The court at its rising adjourned to Wednesday next.

BAIL COURT.
Before Mr. Justice Mightown.
Fisaax v. MaCOneonit.--SCoica BalaiRUPTIl.—ThVi
was a case in which Mr. Montague Smith had obtained a
rule nisi, calling upon the defendant to show cause why the
plaintiff, who had been a silk mercer in Glasgow, should not
be discharged out of custody, he having been arrested at the
suit of the present defendant. The applicant in this cue
had become a bankrupt, his property had been duly seque
trated, according to the Scotch bankrupt law, and he had re-
ceived his protection under the 17th and 18th sections of
Scotch Bankrupt Act, which prevents a bankrupt whenthe he
bay received his protection from being arrested upon any
civil process, either in Great Britain and Ireland, or any
part of her Majesty's dominion', unless he meditates
Might to a foreign country. The bankrupt in the
present cue was about to return to Scotland from
' Lona .n whin he was deprived of his liberty by
the :defendant, to whom he owed a sum of money.—
I Mr, Wiles now showed cause against the rule, contending
' that the words of the act, " in meditatione fugn," meant to
apply to the case of a bankrupt intending to leave England
for the purpose of going to Scotland, even if it was to sur-
render to pass his examination, because by so doing he re-
' moved himself from the operation of the law of England.
The object that his client had in arresting Fisken was, that
he might give bail, as there was no doubt he was well able
to pay. the debt which he owed the defendant. If the con-
StrUCtloll of this act was that which the other side con-
tended for there would be nothing to
anywhere elee of the
ction of the court. In a case whereia the present de-
fendant had arrested a nephew of the plaintiff's, and which was
argued before Mr. Baron Parke, that learned jud Sge had ,
in s refueed
to discharge the party out of custody.—Mr. M. mithup-
port of the rule, relied upon the 2nd & 3rd Viet.' cap. 41,
the Scotch Bankrupt Act, which protected a bankrupt from
arrest, nd submitted that the words "in meditatione fugse"
only a
applied where a person intended to go abroad to avoid
a settlement with his creditors. It was very hard when a
bankrupt was about to return to Scotland to surrender to
pa-s his ezamination that he should be arrested in England.
—Mr. Justice Wightman said he would ask Mr. Baron
Parlce the grounds on which he had decided the case referred
to by Mr. Willes, and left the court for that purpose.
0, his seturn the learned judge stated that the reason
why Mr. B,zron Parke had refused to discharge the applicant
in the case Tel::wed to, the nephew of the present plaintiff,
was an allegatioo that it was the intention of the'llankrupt
to go to Toronto, and to avoid any settlement of Lim affairs.
A. regarded the,
appliotion now before him, ha (the learned
judge) was of opinion tb,st the words, in meditations fugle,
applied only to where a natty intended to go abroad. To
say that when a ma, was 'r,:turning to Scotland, where be

was bound to go under the circumstances, he was meditating
a flight according to the meaning of the act appeared to him
very like an absurdity. The rule, therefore, for the plaintiff's
discharge must be ma•
absolute.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.
THE Dual or Bnunawica a. BLOWItAIs AND OTlillia.
—II,LEOLL DISTRZII.—This Calle wait tlied before the Lord
Chief Justice at the last sittings for Middlesex. The action
was In trespass, for breaking and forcibly entering the plain-
tiff's house. The defendants pleaded as a justification that
they were acting under a writ. of fieri facies. It appeared
that a judgment was obtained against the Duke of Bruns-
, wick by a person of the name of Munden, and • writ of
fieri (arias was ,dared in the hands of Slowman, the sheriff's
officer. The Duke of Brunswick being aware of it put his
house in a state of defence, and no one was admitted but per-
I sons who were well known. The execution of the writ was
entrusted to one of the defendants (Baker), who, accom-
panied by the other defendant (Brown), his follower,
and Townshend and Miles, went to the house on
the evening of the 16th of May last. The house
in
question, which a called Brunswick House, is situated
in the New-road, and stands in extensive grounds,
surrounded by a wall, and the principal entrance is by a gate
in Brunsvrick-place, where there id a porter's lodge. •
This
gate is st some distance front the door of the house
Owing to the difficulty of getting into the house the officers
were on the watch at the hour when the duke's Wiener was
to be taken in by th confectioner who supplied it, but it was
banded over the wall, and the confectioner admitted by an
area.gate. Shortly afterwards • peewit of the name of Gates,
en lung, employed by the duke, rang the bell, and the
porter aweertaining who it was, opened the gate,when Baker
immediately rushed in and made for the house door ; hffle e was
followed by the porter and dragged back, when a scu en-
sued, and finally the door of the house was broken open
and the officers took pouession, and remained till the
Monday following, when the debt was paid under
protest, and they,
were withdrawn, It appeared in
evidence also that an offer to pay was made on Saturday
night, but refused by Slowman. Thu was the trespass com-
plained of, and the defence was
and he
writ in his possession ; and that having once made this
entry, although he was ejected by the porter, the seisare had
been made, and the subsequent breaking in of the door was
justifi dale. The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, da-
mages 7201.-2201. of that sum being the amount paid by the
duke under protest, in order to get the officers out of the
house. The defendants severed in their pleas, and appeared
by different counsel.—Mr. James, on behalf of Baker end
Brown, now moved (evidence, new trial on the ground that the
verdict was against and that the damages were
excessive. The whole question was, whether Baker had
ever made an entry into the hour.* previously to the
breaking open of the door, because if that wof ere so, the
defendants were justified under the writ fa.
The proof on this point was contradictory, but the learned
counsel contended that the weight of evidence was in favour
of the defendant.—Watts, the porter, and Oates, the artist,
certainly swore that Baker bad not entered, and that the
house door was shut and the porter in the lodge ; whereas
several witnesses es distinctly swore that he had entered, and
that the porter came from the house when the bell rung and
went to the gate, leaving the door open. Several e
On affidaviof
ts
had been sworn, which stated this to he the cue, and
them stated that the porter admitted the nestday that Baker
had got into the door and even sat down in a chair. As to
the damages, it was clear 2201. was properly received in dis-
charge of the execution, and the remaining 6001. was far too
much for en injury which had originated in resistance to the
law.—Mr. Sergeant Ifyles for Slowman, moved, on the same
grounds, and also on the ground that Slowman, not being
personally present, whatever was done there could not be
adopted bf him by any thing he did before or after
Sergeant
the °C.
currence, so as to fix him with the trespass —Mr.
Wilkits for Townshend and Miles, moved on the same
grounds as those urged by Mr. James.
The court granted a rule to show cause.
TeItNER v. MI:101N WEATtIZR —LIHEL.—This case was
tried before Lord Denman at the last senses for Surrewas
a verdict passed for plaintiff—damages 1,0001. t an
action for libel, and the declaration contained eight counts.
The defendant had published • pamphlet, reflecting on the
character of the plaintiff; and seven of the counts we
am-
re
founded on passages in that pamphlet. The p
phlet purported to have been written by a barrister, ard the
defendant has a son at the bar. The plaintiff, assuming
that the son had published the pamohlet, filed • criminal in
formation against hin When the then defendant was about
to be brought up for jut. dgment, the present dilendant avowed
the authorship, in • letter addressed to the counsel for the
prosecution. who handed it over to the plaintiff, and this letter
was the subject of the last count of the decleratioa.—
It appeared that a Mr. Turner, tbe brother of the plaintiff,
and the father-in-law of the defendant, died about 10 or 20
years ago. In May, 1829 he executed a will, and in August
of the same year a codicil. In September. 1820, he died.
Before the will was executed a draft had been prepared,
which, on account of the bad state of the testators health,
had been signed by him. Suits in the ecc'esiastical courts
and in chancery, as well as two actions of ejectment, had
been instituted by the defendant, disputing the dieposition
ce the property, but had not been proceeded with. The
principal charges in the pamphlet were, that the will and
codicil were prepared when the testator was in an unsound
state of mind, and that the plaintiff and another gentleman
of the name of Turner had induced him to leave the greatest
portion of his property away from Mrs. Merryweather, the
wife of the defendant. The marriage had taken place with-
out the consent of the testator. Another charge was, that
while the testator was in an unsound statef of mornneid
the plaintiff induced him to execute a power o atty,,
by means of which stock to a large amount had
been sold out. The charge in the letter was as follows :
The plaintiff, in his affidavit in moving for the criminal
the
in-
, formation denied the charges made in the pamphlet, but
' letter stated that they were all true, and that the defendant
could prove them to be so by the plaintiff's own affidavit in
the chancery suit, thus imputing perjury to the plaintiff.—
Mr. Serjeant Chanaell now moved for a new trial; firstly,
on the ground of the absence of a material witness at the
trial, • medical man, who had attended the testator fee ashort
time before his death--an application bad been made to put
off the trial on this ground, but was declined by the learned
judge—secondly, on the ground that the damages were ex-
cessive, considering that, although the weight of evidence
went to show that the testator knew what he was about, yet
that the defendant, in the evidence in support of his plea of
justification, clearly showed that the testator laboured under
a delusion with respect to Mrs. Merryweether, and that in all
that related to her he exhibited great weakness and incapa-
city.—The court was of opinion that, considering the serious
nature of the charges, the damages could not be said to be
excessive ; but on the point of the absence of the witness they
--Anted • rule to show cause.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
:DOWHA in BaIICO.
LaNnos e. BEISLY.—RAILKA.T6.—In this ease the
plaintiff, who was a conveyancer, sought to recover 781. from
the defendant, as one ot the provisional committee ot the
Metropolitan Railways Junction Company, upon the ground
of fraud. At the trial before the Lord Chief Baron, at Guild-
hall, it appeared that the plaintiff, having obtained thelom
t-
ment of shares in the above undertaking, had paid su
in question as a deposit, and executed the usual deeds. The
fraud complained of was, that the directors had " rigged the
market," and had allowed the plaintiff to execute the deeds
at a period when they well knew the scheme would be aban-
doned for want of money. It was contended that it wee the
directors' duty to appr;oe the plaintiff of the exact condition
of the company's affairs before he executed the deeds, and as
they had not done no he might set aside his own deed, and
upon the authority of " Wontner v. Shairp," he was
entitled to recover hack his deposit. Mr. Crowder, Q.C.,
obtained a rule nisi for a new trial yesterday, upon the
ground of misdirection.
STANDISH V. ROAN—INTERESTING TO SIIT.RI/Fi.—Mr.
Martin, Q C., moved for a rule to show cause why the vet.-
diet found for the defendant in this case should not be set
aside and a verdict entered for the plaintiff for 2291. It ap-
peared that the defendant having recovered a judgment
against one Hignett, placed • writ for execution on Satar-
dry, 2.5 th of April, in tie hands of the plaintiff, who was
sheriff for Lancashire. On the morning of that day Hignett
committed an act of bankruptcy by closing his place of -busi-
ness earlier than usual, and on the sheriff's officer's arrival at
the premises to execute the writ, he was unable to enter
without breaking the doors, so he desisted. The officer de-
clined to execute.the writ until the 11th of May then follow-
ing, when, under the guidance of counsel's opinion as to the
propriety of such a step. the bankrupt's goods str, re seized
and made over to the defendant in satisfaction of his judg-
ment. A fiat having been obtained, Hignett's asaignces
sued the sheriff and recovered the amount of the levy. The
sheriff then brought this action to recover the amount so
handed over to the defendant.—Mr. Baron Parke mid tLe
rule nisi might be granted, but it was very questionable
whether it could be made absolute, as the plaintiff was bound
to execute the writ on the Saturday.—A rule nisi was
granted.
The court at its rising was adjourned to Wednesday next.

SHERIFF'S COI; RT.
Berme Mr. l'adenheriff Iturchell.
THOMAS V. THIS BKENTFORD GAS LIGHT COMPANY.—
DEFECTIVE GAS PIPING.--In this caw an action had been
brought by the plaintiff, an elderly widow lady, at Hawn
to recover from the Brentford Gas-light Com-
pany, compensation for certain damage done to property at
Hammersmith, by an escape of gas from the main pipe under
the public road. The defendants had suffered judgment to
go by default, admitting their liability thereby, and a writ
of inquiry was now executed by the sheriff to assess the
damages, which were laid in the declaration at 5001. The
plaintiff had some messuages in Thomas's-row, Hammer-
smith, which were supplied with water from two
wells ; near to these wells ran the company's gas
pipes, and they becoming disordered, the gas escaped
in such quantities as to impregnate the water to such
an extent that the tenants could not use it ; and the
effluvium was so obnoxious, that they left the pre-
raises altogether. The only remedy for the plaintiff was
to abandon the wells, and procure a supply of water from
the Middlesex Waterworks. In her estimation of the
damages, the plaintiff claimed 671. as money actually out of
pocket, the expense of laying on the fresh supply of water,
and 10 er 15 years' purchase on the amount she would have
to pay the Waterworks Company per year for the supply,
the wihole amounting to between 2501. and 3001. The plain-
tiff's case was gone into ; but before its conclusion, an offer
of the defendants, to consent to a verdict of 1201. was
accepted. The learned under-sheriff approved of this coarse,
and the jury consequently gave a verdict for that amount.

EXCISE COURT.
SrxDk Wont.—An Irishman, named Curtain, living at
No. 8, dtgpi:en's-baildings, Somers-town, was charged with
selling spirits without a license.—lt appeared that
or 30 a policpere-
man of the S division, haring frequently seen 20

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eons come reeling, drunk out of the defendant's house during
church hours on a Sunday morning, gave notice to his
superintendent, who, feeling sutured that he was not the
\ man to treat them to that disgraotful condition, made known
the circumstances to the commissioners of this court, who
had directc.d one of their officers, Mr. Mason, to inquire into
the matter, and, on last Sunday three weeks, while he was
keeping watch, seeing several men enter the premises, he
mixed with them and obtained an entry. He seated himself
in common with the other customers, with whom he made
himself quite at home, and called for end was reeved with
gin for which be was charged a public-bottle price.
Curtain was fined 251.
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POLICE.--YZSTERDAT.
MANSION•HOUSE.—C ****** or Cogagig•gl TO
Der n.
li. Piper (with nam ber of aliases), If. A.
Piper, and M. Webb were brought before Mr. Ald. Gibbs
for final examinstion upon various charges of having frau-
dulently obtained goods. The justice room was crowded
with the victims of the prisoners. It was the custom of the
male prisoner to refer those with whom he wished to deal
on the subject of his respectability to himself, under a die
tercet nanie. Mary Ann Piper appeared sometiutes as his
wife, sometimes as his housekeeper, and sometimes as his
referee ; and Mary Webb generally await 1 as his
servant, and was always at hand to aid in the deceptions
practised. In addition to the evidence produced on former
examinations the following came were detailed
Mary Webb went on the 23d of March into the shop of
N.lrtri.dßan.
ofw er.llo,usirufNinotrto,
as h n -ftt a te'
mothermidhtandat
rscbceenwilayntdeidedsoo.med
surveyor, msl'itie.,g awthNo.wll:ll.l4urlie:TautrlecultP, epeirt•latirelhdist,"wtot
be security for the amount, as it was not convenient for her
to pay at that moment. The shopkeeper sent round one of '
the establishment to Mr. Piper, who turned ou
he t to be
securith the I
prisoner, and who signed the paper drawn up as t
Not a farthing of the amount bad ever been received. Mary 1
Webb said she never said a word about lice mother's death. 1,
It was of her grandenther she had spoken. Thep rincipal 1
witness : She spoke of her mother, and made use of the ob- I
nervation as we went along, that it was hard for her to lose
both father and mother in a very short time.
Mr. E. W. Davis, upholsterer, said, the male prisoner
obtained from me goods to the in amount of d 371.
the first in- ss. 3d. He
came to me in the name of Pemberton, an
stance purchased goods to the amount of 11. 10s. for which
he paid. lie subsequently came, selected goods to the '
amount I have stated, and gave the address No. let, Wil-
mington-square, and said he was not able to pay for them at
the moment. I did not suspect his respectability.
ant of
William lisle, carpet planr.er, in the employm
Mr. Davis, said, " I went, by the direction of my employer,
to fit some blinds to the windows of the house, No. 16, in
Wilmington-equere. I then saw the male prisoner. On
another occasion I saw Mary Ann Piper at the house when
I went to do business there, and I also saw her there on a
third occasion. She appeared as servant in the house, and
said that her mistress was up stairs ill. Mary Webb was
also in the house.
Mr. Thome', Vermilion, bontmaker, of Charter-house-
lane, said, I am landlord of the house, N 0.16, Wilming-
ton-square, and let it, about October last, to the male pri-
soner. for three years certain, at 501. a year. lie dissp.
peered the day before Christmas-day, and I received the key
by a delivery company in a bundle of wood. I raw both the
female prisoners there whilst they were living there. I re-
ceived a reference to a Mr. Broad, in Little Britain, who
spoke highly of the prisoner ; but he has since left Little
Britain, and I cannot find out where he has gone.
Mr. G. Hill, coal merchant, sent coals. to the amount of
41. 10s., to No. 16, Wilmington-square, and upon calling for
his account he saw the male prisoner, who stated that he re-
ceived his salary quarterly, and would pay in a few days.
Pemberton was the name he went by. Mary Ann t iper
acted as bousekeept r. When the coal merchant called again
they were gone —The Male Prisoner: Oh, you celled et the
Compter yesterday, did you not ?—Witnees : I did.—The
Male Prisoner : You and ; and you did not identify me
there. You did not know me at all.—Witness : I am quite
positive that you are the mate—The Male Prisoner : I fun a
most respectable man, and know nothing at all about you.
Mr. George Bishop.—l eon a builder, and landlord of No.
8, Argyle•street, King's-cross, and I let that h the
male prisoner on the 10th of January last, for three years
certain, in the name of Everett, at 441. per annum. After
be had been in about two days I went to the
Mhouse, for I
had heard something wrong, and asked to see r. Everett.
The prisoner, Webb, said Mr. Everettiper w
hen as no; in tie
ay,wa,
but her mistress Was. ary Ann P made
pearance, said she was Mrs. Everett, and asked what I
wanted. I told her they were not the people I supposed
them to he, and I wished them to go away at once. They,
however, remained in the house till March, and then disap-
peared. I received the key in a piece of a newspaper, hut
never received sny rent.—The Mole Prisoner, , How coul
sad
you ? There was no r: nt due. (Litughter)—The Witni
They difigred the wells of the staircase with drawings as
large ass life,u and they bored a number of holes with a screw
or a chisel all over the place.—Aldermen Gibbs: Piper is
liable to penalties under anoth Charlotte injuring the bowie.
Mr. Il Quelch. printer, of edreet, Illackfriars-
road, said :I am landlord of No. 14, River-street, Maiden-
lane, Battle•bridge. On the 19th of February Mr. Piper
hired that house of me at 221. per annum, in the name of
Tubbs, and he
le-street, gave me as a reference Mr. James Everett, of
No.B, Argyreet, New-road, Kiog'sserosa. (Laughter.) i
I went there and saw the two female prisoners. Mary Ann
Piper said, in answer to my ii quiry, that Mr. Everett was''
out of town, and would not be at home till Tuesday, and'
that she knew Mr. Tubbes family. n
(meat gh.) I agreed I,
to let him have the house, hut the agreewasnot signed
J. Potts, basket maker, Crispin-street, Spitalfields, said ;
in consequence of an order left at my shop I called at 14,
Duke-street, Spitalfields, and saw the two female prisoners.
One of them ordered some baskets, which I took home, and
the other called for the bill, and gave another order atved tha
, e I
same time, which I executed, but I never ecei
farthing. (A laugh.)
Mr. Barnes, hatter, of Norton-Folgate, described tbe man-
ner
in which Piper had contrived to get some ha
had statets at thei d
r ,I
establishment, and proved that Mary Ann Piper
herself to be housekeeper to that prisoner, whose wife she
declared was a woman of good property.
Mr. Delaware, a silk manufacturer, landlord of the house,
No. 14, Duke-street, said :On the 22.ud of February I let
that bowie to Piper for three years certain, at 331. a year.
He described himself es an architect. He took possession
immediately, and left the house without giving any notice
on the 29th of March. Ile still has the key. I have re•
ceived no rent. Several other witnesses gave evidence on
other charges of fraud, amongst whom was a man named
Morris, who, upon going to No. 14, River-street, Maiden-
lane, and insisting upon being paid for eggs, &c ,with which
his mistress had credited Piper, was assaulted be one of the
females, and threatened with slaughter by eight fellows
who were inside, evidently accomplices of the prisoners.
John Jenkinson, 0 53, of the Metropolitan police, said :
On the let of April I weet to 14, River-street, Maiden-lane,
with another constable and Morris. I found the door open.
I knocked, and Webb answered me. I ask sd if Mr
Jones was at home. She said, "I think you make • mis-
take in the house." Morris said, " that's the woman," and
she tried to shut the door. I forced it open, and found
Mary Ann Piper there. I got in at the window of a hed-
room, and found Piper in bed. I told him that I WAS a con-
stable, and that I took him into custody on a charge of ob-
I taining goods under false pretenees. He lauhed, and said :
" Oh, you and o nothing in that ;it is only ag debt." 1 then
searched the house and found a variety of articles. Here the
' officer produced several articles which had been obtained
under the pretences described above.—John Piper denied
the. he had any idea of fraud in any dealings he had bad,
and the twoomen were Wiiiilig to take their oa to the
same effect -Alderman Gibbs said the prison rs, itthsas w evi-
dent, had been ceineernel iu a most extensive plan of fraud
and robbery, and he should give directions to the City
Solicitor to erosecute them. He should require unquestions-
Me boil.--" Bail to what amount ?" said a pens
rocure
on in
the crowd.—Ald. Gibbs: I shall require hint to p
four “.•curries in 501. each, and himself in 200/., and each of
the women to procure two bail each in l 0 man in the
crowd said he waft willing to be one of the securities for
John Piper, whom he knew to he an honest man. Upon
being called forward by the magistrate. he was at once iden-
tified by Morris as one of the men who had threatened him
when applying for payment of his mistress's bill, and the
coal merchant recognised him as the party who had pur-
chased the coals, of which Piper had defrauded him. The
bail woe, of course, at once rejected. The prisoners were 'hen
committed to Newtrate.
G. Wilkes, AI. Ricketts, Al.
GUILDHALL.—S. Smith,
Ricketts (her daughter), M. Smith, and J. Walker were
' again placed at the her, charg al with stealing a quantity of
plate, and about 401. in notes and silver, from the Red
on the
Lion
public house, King Edward-Edward-street,Neweate-street,
20th of March.—A great part of the depositions taken on
the former occasions were on Wednesday read over, and
additional evidence given, which inducted the alderman
apemen) to remand them until yesterday, he, at the same
time, intimating to Mr. Humphreys, who conducted the
prosecution, that he should take the depositions air: ady
made nut end read them at home. When the prisoners
were wise brought up, Alderrnap Moon said that alter read-
ing the evidence against them he had arrived at the con-
clusion that, although it was a case of suspicion against the
two Smiths and the girl Walker, still it was no more, and
he should discharge them, but send Wilkes and the two
Ricketts for trial.—The prisoners were then removed.
BOW-STREET.—THE CASA OP MR. THOMAS STEELE,
"THE PACIFIC krug."—Mr. Hoare, acecempanied by Mr.
R. Taylor, common ,muncilman, and other friends of Mr.
Steele, waited on Mr. Jardine, to acquaint him with the
opinion of Doctors Todd and Budd. under whose care
he was placed on being taken out of the river, which was
that it would be expedient for him to remain fir a time in
the King's College liospital.—Mr. Jardine expres
for sed him
Steele
self
perfectly willing to afford every opportunity him
elf
to become quite convalescent before he should be removed,
and was happy to find his friends come forward in his behalf.
—Mr. Hoare said he apprehended that the rash act resulted
from pecuniary difficulties, operating on an excitable and
ever-sensitive mind, in proof of which Mr. Steele had not
only expressed as unwi lingnem to be burthensome to his
friends, but had very recently declined a pressing invitation
from Mr. Maurice O'Connell to aiscompany hina to Derry-
It
nane, where he might have remained during pleasure.
was stated that in the course of the day Mr. Steele was
waited upon by Col. Percival and other gentlemen, who
appeared to take a deep interest in his misfortunes.
L.eItIBETIL—CHARTIIIT INTIMIDATION.—J. Combell
appeared 0 answer a charge of assault preferred against him
by Mr. C. James, of 49 and 50, Lambeth Marsh, who stated
that having been sworn in as a special constable, he had been
since subjected to considerable persecution. On the even-
ing after the chartist meeting, two of the delegates be-
longing to the " National Convention" attended close tot
kmen
be
factory of Means. Meudslay and Co., when the wor
were leaving the factory of those gentlemen, aa.'d having de-
nounced him (Mr. James) by name as `t pecial constable
cautioned the assemblage horn dealing his shi,Tn. Thi;

MONEY MARKE
TliellEDAT. Y EVENING.
Some rather remarkable changes were exhibited in
stock business to-day. In the early morning Consols
went up to, and were done at, 83, the scarcity of
money stock being the principal cause, as the delive-
ries for to-day, contracted for yesterday and before, k
were for a considerable amount. The parties not pre- as
pared to meet their engagements, and having specu- 1•?,`
lated and held out to the last moment upon the opinion 20
of a fall in prices, were thus compelled to buy in for re
delivery upon such terms as the market would allow.
is
Prices of course were raised upon them as their ne- 6
cessities were or became known about which
mistakes are seldom committed. But, these 2.1
transactions adjusted, prices began to decline, 1:
and, upon a vague report of chartist doings
in Scotland as the pretence, for little faith
was in reality attached to it, Consols went down
to 82, and were so done for account. The fact is, i
that speculative opinion runs strong against any rise,
indeed points to a fall, in prices. The continuous ab-
sorption of money stock, by the inpouring for invest-
ment lately of foreign capital, with the constant ten-
dency of capital at home unemployed, and of the fresh
blood of capital supplied by the periodical dividends,
as in the present time, have been the coun-
teracting por
ted a which stock values have
been supported against the otherwise specu-
Jatively settled tendencies of the market. 'There
was a partial recovery in Consols towards the close of
business, and they left off 82 to : for m nay, and
821 to for account. Money stock was still worth
more by a fraction than stock for time. Reduced
Threes were 801 to 1. "Three-and-a-Quarter per a
Cents., 811 to 2. Long Annuities, 81 to 5-16.
Exchuer Bills, 40s. to 445. premium. India
Bonds, 18e. to 225. premium. Bank Stock, 187 to 9.
India Stock, 227 to 230. 4
Excepting in Dutch, Spanish, and Mexican, the
transactions in foreign stocks were inconsiderable.
and not of much importance in those referred to.
Prices were, however, fairly maintained. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents. 391 to 401; the Fours,
57 to 9. Russian, 85 to 9. pantoSish Fives,
the Threes, 201 to 1 ; Pasaive, 3. l'ortuguese
141 to 151. Mexican, 141 to 151. Br.:zilian, 63 to
6. New Oranada,l3 to 14.
In foreign exchange there was a peculiar feature
to-day. Bills on Hollland were in strong demand,
and in consequence the rates were lower, that is,
fewer florins were given for the pound sterling. On
Amsterdam the negotiations were 12.6 to 4 (last post
day they were 12.61 to 7); on Rotterdam 12.6 ; on
Antwerp a blank stil ; on Hamburg 14.1 to 2, lower
than bcfore; on Frankfort 123 to 4 ; on Paris 2,1.20
(25.60 to 70 at short); on Vienna 12.30 ; on Leghorn
31 to 31.50; on Naples :17 ;on Madrid 42—a1l at 3
months ; on Lisbon, at GO days, 511 to 2. It may be
observed that the exchange market exhibited alto-
gether a certain return of confidence among the mer-
cantile community, and without reference to the
particular rates which may be presumed to influence
-^orts of the - metals, this must be coml.-

precious
favourable eireur

dered a .-.__.
From Rio Janeiro to the sth tilt. the exchange on
England is stated at 271 d., and the six per cent.
stock at 871.
The banking firm of Hammer and Schmidt, of
Leipsic, has resumed payments.
It has been the occasion of much remark in the
City, that scarcely ever before was the Bank of
England so crowded at dividend time as during the
present and last three days. The cause is not
explained simply by any extraordinary accession to
the number of recipients beyond the usual ratio of
increase, whatever that may be. Nor was it alone
the crowds in attendance that excited observation, but
the unaccustomed pressure and eagerness which was
very generally displayed to get served the ear-
liest. Heretofore this haste was scarcely ever,
if ever, so conspicuous. The unusual concourse
of persons at all such times created an
appearance of bustle greater than the reality, but
without any ~articular rnonstrations of anxiety, as
in the present case. Nor was this haste and earnest-
ness of any avail in urging a more rapid despatch of
the business of the dividend claimants, for, as a cer-
tain routine of office must be gone through, for con-
ducting which a competent number of clerks are in
attendance, and more would only be a hindrance,
where special books and papers could only be served
by those in charge, ;t is evident that a rateable num-
ber only could be waited (lien per hour or per day,
which would not vary much from the proportion
usually observed.
The real explanation of all this bustle and confu-
sion is amusing enough, and were it not attested from
good quarters, as well to eritied from oar own ob-
servation partially, we might have hesitated in ren-
dering it public. The fact, however, substantially is,
that chartists and government together really suc-
ceeded in alarming, at least, all the old women, if not
the old men also, by their late demonstration. Num-
bers of these nervous classes crowded to the Bank,
fearful lest dividends were about to be suspended, or
should run short, and all therefore anxious for the
first turn. One ancient dame, we state the fact from
unexceptionable authority, expressed her anxious
hopes that the Bank " was not about to discontinue
the payment of dividends, because the 701. a year in
the funds was all she had to depend upon, and the
chartists in her locality (her uneasiness had led her to
travel 20 miles to town) had positively asserted that
they were about to take the management of the Bank
into their own hands."
KS ousts FUND..
Rink Stock, 157 6 mats Stock. Zet
per Ct. Rod. AIMS., 011 61 1 1101 13.. nth, Ekon.% la
..., cent cons. Aut....62i 32t 1 CoostilA, for Ae sl4
ii 4
pm.
124
Lit0tri1.811.41.24 Zeh. ~ 40 3 4
5-li Du., Small, 4660 ton.
Do. 3o pan. Jan. 5, 1800. 5 1-16
11011.11101( FUND&
6 per Ct. Rrallltan BOa. 05 0 per Ct. Pa•ehe 1106.,24
1 per Ct. Or' LS 161...131 3 per Cent. ei3llol.ot Rloett, 2(4
5 per Ct. Mesimn. 146., 151 16 4 per et. PortBe.o4/ 141,, 156 t
Do. Acct. Aern'i. 15k yl6 22 per Co. Venetuela a.IE. Dcf., bk
rid.aw MI., IVA 21 Per Ch Dutch racheuge. 13
an awl.. 40 31
5 per Cl. Spanish Bd., Acct.. per Ct. Dutch Certificate., 18 8 1
Aptil 26,111 f
EXCHANGES AND STOCKe ABROAD.
B1171•=21. ArslL 19.—L 00 of. MO. 1)1110, 1842. 50 ,•E I.ltehuueetto. 1344.
ua
55 651: Ditto. of the Oity. 1643. se; Beak of Bel Mum.
Lundon, 2.; 70.
Annear, Aram 1.: Eschew eh Loudon, 2S 70 55 Ct.
Virs sO, Ar mt. 13.—Ftre pm Ceuta.. ; TWO and • Hilt 25; Loan
of 1834. Mu; Ditto. lei, 64 ; Bank Shares, 506.

RAILWAY NEWS.
The share market was firm and improving in the
early part of yesterday, but gave way upon the fall of
Consols, by which dealings were discouraged.
MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—Srasseourt2.—The di-
retinae of the Strasbourg Railway have sent a letter to the Minister of
Pimuice, from which we make the following extracts :—.. You have,
M. le Minietre, presented a project for the repurchase et the railway%
oa the ground that the contpanim cannot, pure the events of Beo. ,
ruary, carry on their operations with safety, nor fulfil their engage ,
menu to the public or the state. Thin may be true as to some coals
panics, but has no relation to the company of the Strasbourg Rails
way. Orttain companies may be destroue to surrender their bout to ,
the state, but oat is not the ease with the Strasbourg. There are not !
two distinct rights, of property in the eye of the state ; it will protect
our propetty mit will defend its own- We are in a situation to meet
the exigencies of the moment. Rasing no calht to make On our share-
holders we can wait for better •udas of credit without suspending our
works. The money entrusted to by the shareholders has been ex-
pended with prudence and economy, and that which is still in band is
either invested in good 'acuities or in treasury bonds. We have
fulfills:l hitherto all our engagements, and only ask the state to fulfil
Its engagements. We ace sure that you will nct lad any line of
equal importance which can offer to the government bettor
guarantees or more advantages. If the government, in dislreemeinit
the company, think It is called on by Imperious necessity, which we
Icannot admit, at least we have a right to expect that the indemnity
shall be real nd substantiaL Bach of the projects that pun have
will be as to us a spoliatioa in ratio the
*ewe of the orm.
rttering the price of sbares at the Bourse • A the basis of repurch.ve
the government will sacrifice those railways more partictly tht•'t
Me in course of execution, becaum it is well known that the prom
operation neither show the reel value I
wben the railway is not yet in
of i. 04 &are% nor the degree of Monde:nee entertained in the enter-