The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-17 00:00:00

POLICE.--YESTERDAY.

GUILDHALL—A SWEET-MOUTHED THIEF.—Two
young lads, who answered to the very appropriate and
uneuphonious names of Harrow and Ifoldem, and whose
heads were clipped according to the most approved Mbhion
of " the county crop," or prison cut, were placed at the bar,
charged with stealing a pot of marmalade from the shop of
Mr. Young, of 81, Newgate-street.—Mr. Young, on being
sworn, stated that the prisoners entered his shop yesterday
afternoon, and inquired their way to Abraham's-court.
During the time that Harrow was raking up the information
Holdem was busily engaged in appropriating a pot of mar-
malade. On perceiving the unwelcome transfer of his pro-
perty, he made a dash at the prisoner Holdem, but the
latter was too wide awake, and before he could say " Jack
Robinson," he disappeared. Mr. Harrow remained a quiet
and apparently indifferent spectator. The witness's assistant
cleared the counter at a bound, dashed hatless through the
door, and, followed by half a doyen drovers' curs, gave
ehace. "Go it, my kiddie—a fardin to him as wins,"
shouted the poulterer's boy next door. The cry was in-
stantly taken up by an innumerable number of greasy
throats, until Newgate Market resounded with the echoes.
" Now or never, Holdem ; one pair of heel+ is worth two
pair of hands," roared a confederate in the chem. An
envious corner interposed—that gained and all would be safe;
but a gentleman made hie appearance, and seized Holdem
by his throat, just as he was taking a crowing spring. The
marmalade was found upon him.—Harrow (in answer to the
magistrate) said, " I knows nothing about it; how did I know
that he was a prigging the martlett ?"—Mr. Alderman
Wood : Well, Holdem, what have you to say to the charge ?
Holden (crying): I don't know. I couldn't help it.—Mr.
Alderman `Wood: I shall give each of you a month.—
Holdem : Thank ye, sir,
WORSHIP-STREET. SYSTEMATIC SitopurnBo.
An elderly woman, named Mary Tibbetts, and her daughter
and daughter-in-law, Margaret Britney, and Martha Tib-
betts, all of whom were well-dressed, and the two latter had
each an infant in her arms, were placed at the bar on the
two following charges of shoplifting. It appeared from the
evidence, that at about three o'clock that afternoon, the
three prisoners entered the shop of Mr. Lloyd, a linendraper
in Shoreditch, and requested to be shown some mourning for
a dress. An article was exhibited by one of the shopmen,
and while the two first named prisoners were inspecting it,
another shopman distinctly observed Martha Tibbetts dexte-
rously remove a piece of flannel from the counter, secrete
it beneath her cloak, and almost immediately afterwards she
transferred a (rape scarf from a box that was near her, from
the counter beneath her dress. Having communicated the
fact to his master, the three prisoners were secured. On
being searched at the police-station, besides the articles above-
mentioned, there were found on the person of Martha Tib-
betts, three paireof ladies' boots, and three pairs of children's
shoes; andm the pocket ofthe elder woman, money to the
amount of 51. 4a. 6d. Charles Tapeell, shopman to Mr.
Youst, a bootmaker in Shoreditch, proved that the prisoners
purchased a pair of shoes at his master's shop about an hour
previous to the above transaction, and that almost immedi-
ately after they had left, the boots and shoes now produced
were discovered to have been stolen. A general denial of
each robbery having been made by the first two prisoners,
Mr. Bingham considered that there was not sufficient evi-
-1 deuce to show a guilty knowledge on their part, and there-
fore ordered their discharge; bat the other prisoner was com-
mitted upon both the charges.

MARYLEBONE.—A Rueelatr.—Thomas Shilliwksde
an elderly man of most forbidding aspect, was char• with
having brutally assaulted Mary Anne, his wife. The parties
reside in Fitzroy-place, New-road.—Complainant, who had,
received such severe injury that she was unable to get into
the witness-box without assistance, deposed that on the pre-
vious night the prisoner came home drunk, and without any
provocation knocked her down by a tremendous blow on
the face, after which. be knocked and beat her upon the
head and body, and she was bruised nearly all over her
person ; she had been married to him eight years, and his
conduct tow"rds her had, for a length of time, been cruel in
the extreme. It was only on Wednesday last that he came
out of the House of Correction, to which he bad been com-
mitted for a month for an assault upon her of almost as vio-
lent a nature ea that of which she now complained.—Moore,
82 8, said that hearing loud cries of "Murder," he went
into the house and saw the prisoner beating his wife in the
passage in a most savage manner. He (witness) then took
him into custody. Inspector Champneys said that the pri-
soner• bad been several times in custody for attacks of a simi-
lar noture upon his wife. He was a most desperate and
dangei ons character.—Mr. Long fined him in the full penalty
of 81, ; and in default of payment he was sent to the House
of Corm 'Mimi for two months.

LAMBETH.—TILE ADVERTISING SIVINDLER.—Yester
day Wills, on Wilmot Byron, who has assumed innumerable
aliases, and who has been in custody for a fortnight on vari-
ous charges of obtaining money by false representations, sad
inserting ads srtise.ments in the daily and weekly papers, was
at the wr before Mr. Norton for further examination.
It was shown t. hat a Miss Frances White had lea the pri-
soner 201., receii ing as security three tea warrants, for tea
said to he of the i 'slue of 901., but which turned out to be
worthless . Mr. A. B. Richards had advanced 351. to the
prisoner, receiving f.'-om him several pawnbroker's tickets for
property.upon which 601. appeared to have been lent, but
which turned out to be of less value than the sum given to
the prisons: by Mr. Ric.hards.—There were several similar
cases against the prisoner, who was remanded until Saturday
week.

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SOUTHWARK.—ATTIMPT TO SEND A SANE PAurza
To s MADHOOBB.—Yesterday, Margaret Walsh, an aged
woman, nearly blind, alleged to be insane, was brought up
frost the workhouse of St. George the gartr, Southwark,
for the purpose of being sent to the County ...rAus Asylum.
—Mr. Robinson, the master of the workhnuse, accompanied
by the medical officer of the institution, attended with the
,;•ertificate of the woman's insanity, in order to have the
majistmte's signature to the document, preparatory to her
admioion into the County Lunatic Asylum. The AUegted

lunatic was led into the court by an old woman, the nurse of
the ward of which she was an inmate while in the work-
house; and, while the certificate was being filial up, tho
poor woman, who was standing with the nurse in the body
of the court, began to sob and cry, giving utterance to words
indicative of her distress of mind in bring compelled to enter
a madhouse. She frequently exclaimed that she was not in-
sane, and that the present proceeding was adopted against
her owing to the animosity of the master, who wanted to
have her removed from the workhouse to the madhouse.—
Mr. Seeker, on hear ng the woman's complaints, directed
her to be led forward ; and, on ascending the ',Annus-
box, she exclaimed in a piteous tone, " For God's Fake,
gentlemen, do not send me to a madhouse, fur I am nut in-
sane; my only misfortune is being destitute and blind."
She then proceeded :o state that she formerly had an allow-
ance of 4s. a week out of the house, but was deprived of
that, and taken into the workhouse; that she had been
an inmate of the Wandsworth Union, but had been re-
moved thence to Saint George's; that she was
comparatively happy in the former place, but since her ad-
mission into the Lotter she had been very much annoyed and
teueel by.o girl in the canoe ward, who Wl9 in the habit of
sticking pins into her, and also of striking her in the face
when the nurse's back was turned. That in consequence of
the species of annoyance to which she had been subjected,
she admitted that she occasionally gave vent to expressions
which she knew were improper, but which were attri-
butable to the treaement she experienced.—Mr. Seeker in-
quired who the girl WPR, by whom she was so annoyed ?
The nurse immediately replied, " There is no girl who
annoys her ; it is all false."—Mr. Edwin, the chief clerk :
Is there any girl in the ward with this poor woman ?—Tha
nurse : There is a girl there, but she never teases her, or
does anything to annoy her.—The alleged lunatic declared
that what she had stated was perfectly true, and that the
girl was always doinv something to vex and put her out of
temper, and that was the reason, she was assured in her own
mind, that the master had such an animosity to her.—Mr.
Robinson said there was no foundation for the woman's asser-
tion as far as regarded him, it was absurd to suppose he had
any animosity, as she termed it, towards herany more than to
any of the other inmates. She had been examined as to the
state of her mind by the medical officer, who prcnonnced
her to be insane; indeed her conduct in the workhouse
led to that belief, fur some time past, and many of the other
inmates could prove that such was the case.—Mr. Seeker
said that he saw nothing in the woman's conduct to indicate
that she was labouring under insanity; her answers to all
questions put to her there were consistent, and perfectly
rational. Before he signed the certificate for the admission
of the woman into the lunatic asylum he should wish to wit-
ness an instance of her being in the condition of mind which
the document set forth.—The surgeon then proceeded to aak
the alleged lunatic sundry questions, and amongst them
as to whether she had not told him the preceding day that
Mr. Robinson was trying to poison her, and that she was
afraid he would accomplish it if s'ie did not take care? The
reply was, " I did not tell you so. I complained that I knew
he hail an animosity against me. and that he was determined
to put me in a madhouse." She here imploringly besought
the magistrate not to be a party in sending her to a lunatic
asylum, to a place where she said she would beconfined with
mad people, and shut out from the society of all rational
human beings. Other questions were put to her, all
of which she answered in the same rational man-
ner, exhibiting no symptom of derangement, but
on the contrary, displaying sound *ease, and being
perfectly aware of the steps that were taken to confine
her, if the magistrates sanctioned the proceeding by signing
the certificate of her admission into a lunatic asylum —The
surgeon asked her if she had not concealed a knife about her
on the preceding day, with which she threatened to do mis-
chief?--She replied that it was no such thing ; that the only
knife she used was the one at her dinner, and that she left at
on the plate, and hadno intention of injuring any person. All
she required was to be sent back to Wandsworth, where the
could be comfortable, and not be teased and annoyed by such
a girl as that in St. George's workhouse.—Mr. Robinson
said that some of the other inmates went in fear of their lives
from the violence of the woman.—The surgeon said, that her
answers to the questions put to her on the preceding day
were quite irrational, and that it was perfectly well known
that persons in her unfortunate condition of mind had lucid
intervals.—Mr. Seeker, for his part, could not perceive what
danger there was to be apprehended from a poor old blind
wome n. It was possible she might have some unfounded fears
with respect to the roaster of the workhouse, and perhaps talk
extravagantly in the ward to the other inmates ; but that he
had seen nothing in her conduct before him to indicate mad-
ness, or anything approaching to it ; and therefore he should
decline signing any document for her admission into a lunatic
asylum. The parties then left the court.
THAMES.—Smunouxo TOBACCO.—Yesterday, William
Lilly, a seaman, was charged with running 811bs. of foreign
manufactured tobacco, from the ship Blanch Adamsoa,
recently arrived from Cadiz. He was detected coming from
the ship with the tobacco in his possession. The pnsoner
made no attempt to evade the consequences of the illegal
transaction. Ile pleaded guilty, said it was his first
offence, and begged for mercy. Mr. Broderip observed that
the power of mitigation rented with the Commissioners of
Customs and not with him. He should inflict the penalty
of 1001. sued for. The prisoner was committed in default of
payment. It was understood the fine would be materially
reduced on petition to the Board of Customs, as the prisoner
was not previously known to the Revenue Officers,
GREENWICH.—INTIMIDATINO WORNMEN.— William
Martin and EnocA Twitly were charged with assaulting
John Jones and threatening to drown horn. Mr. Evans, soli-
citor, appeared for the complainant, who is in the service of
Messrs. l'enn, the extensive engineers of Greenwich and
Dertford. Complainant stated that on Tuesday last he
went into the Red Cow public house to dinner, and that,
whilst there, Martin offered to fight him, and said he
would make one to stop the boat in which the com-
plainant crossed the river to his home, and drown
him. Twitly, who was also present, called him a
" nolutick ; " and remarked that if the government
would give them a grant, he would take a cutlass into
Penn's factory and rip them up. Twitly also said witness
had no business there, as he did not belong to the club,
and he had come there to take the bread out of the mouths of
those who did belong to it —lt appeared that complainant
was not a member of the Engineers' Society, and his wo; king
at Messrs. Peon's defendants consider d an injury to them.
Mr. Trail pointed out, not only the illegality of their con-
duct, but its impropriety in endeavouring to intimidate
workpeople. Hoping that the offences had been committed
in ignorance of the law, he would not on that occasion
punish them as severely as he might do—namely, by giving
them three months' imprisonment; but would simply call
on them to find bail in the sum of 201. each to keep the
peace, and be of good behaviour for six months.

MONEY MARKET.

'MEAT EVENING.

The partial rise in the funds to-day would seem to
indicate, what is no doubt the case, that some tolerable
portion of the out-paid dividends is finding its way as usual
tato stocks. Consols fur most of the day stood firm at 96
to 1 for money, and were at times 951 buyers, which was
equal to i per cent. advance upon the quotations of yester-
day. They left off, however, not so good, at 95 money, and
9.51 account. Reduced Threes 931 to 4. The government
broker took 10,0001. Reduced at 94 for the East India
guarantee fund, and 1,3001. Three per cents. of 1726
at 941 for reduction of the national debt. Three and a
quarter per cents. 951 to 1. Exchequer bills 13s, to 175.
premium. Long Annuities 91 to 15.1 G. India bonds 221.
to 255. premium.
We have some improvement in the more speculative for
eign stocks. Mexican ruled at the close of the market, and
for some time before, at 231 to 1, the result probably of pur-
chases for realising previous sales at higher rates, or, it may
be, of the explanations promised at length by Senor Murphy
to be forthcoming without delay, about the incidents of the
conversion scheme now annulled. Spanish moved a per
centage higher • the Fives, to 261 to 7 ; the Threes, to 371
to 1; Deferred, 17 to I; Passive, 51 to 1. Portuguese,
41 to 2. Dutch Two•and-a-Half per Cents., 591 to 1 ; the
Fours, 911 to 2. New Granada, 201 to 11. Belgian, 96 to 8.
Foreign exchange on the chief continental places was
again lower to-day, bills being scarce. On Amsterdam, the
rates were, 12 6 to 12.51 ; on Rotterdam, 11 61; on Ant-
werp, 26.21 to 5 ; on Hamburg, 13.121; on Frankfort, 1211
to 1 ; on Paris, 25.95 to 26, all at 3 months.
BANK OP' ENGLAND.—AOOOnwr for the Week ending Oct. 10.

I ews DM
Notes limed 129,078,135

£29,078,135

Proprietors'eaphal XL4,333,100
Beat
Public Deposits
(laclodisß Eacbegser,
say lbw Basks, Coes-
etissiosers of NatAL
Debt, sod Div. Acts) 9,601,402
Other Del:mite 8,322,626
7 Day & other Bills— 938,723
X 36,996,909

rAinim*.

Government Debt. £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,954,900
Gold Coln and Bullion 12,400,631
Nicer Bullion 2,677,301
£29,078,135

IPAATNINT.
Govern= nt Securitie!

—CineitTaing----fesel
Weight Annuity) 12,981,360
Otber Securities 15,217,685
'Notes
Oeld and Silver Wm 504,099

/38,998,909
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

Oct. 15, 1846.
ENGLISH
SBank Stock, 2136 i
per Ct. Reduced Anne., 94 93f
94 931
3 paw Gent. COWPAN Anus., 94,
OM 33i
3 per Ct. Arms., 1726, 94i
New 31 per Cent. Anne., 951, i

Long Anna., Exp. sth Jan., 1860,
Ditto, 30 years, 10 1-16
India Bonds under 10001., 23
Console for soot., 934. 1,4,
Ex. Bills, £l,OOO. 114 L, 14, 17, 13
Ditto, Small, 14, 17
1 MINDS.
3 per Cent. Spanish Honda, 371
Ditto, Account, Oct. 30, 371
21 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 12
Gull., 581. 9);
4 per tent Dutch Certificates,
EXCHANGES AND STOCKS ABROAD.
PAWN Ocr. L.s.—Qurs duthesalique, for money.—Five per Cents.,
117 65; Three per Cents., 33 75 ; Shares of the Bank, 3480 ; Booth ds
Naples atothsekild), 102 25; Roman Loan. 10.21 ; Belgian Five per
Cents. (1810), 994 ; Ditto (1842), 1021; Gown Bank phut*, 1210 ;
Ganneron ditto, 1172 50 ; Bandon ditto, 517 SO. Exchange on Lon-
don, 30 days, 25 ; three months, 25 55. The Fire per Cent
elosed for the meant at at 117 65; the Three per Cents. at 82 60.

1 per Cent Grenada Hands, 71j
5 per Cent. Menican, Amt., Oct.
30,x.8
4 per Ct. Amount, 41e
Pottugneve 411, 2, 1
5 per Ct. Apanieb Bonds for Ac-
count, Oct. 30, 261

MEXICAN Least AFFAIIIB.—Senor late Mexican
Envoy, has at length made a sign. In a note to the Spanish
American committee, which that diligent body has hastened
to publish, he announces that, in conseguence of the cola-
munications of Senor B. Gomez Fars (inserted in our
paper this morning), he will " forthwith prepare a commu-
nication which shall, with the least possible delay, be trans-
mitted to the committee for the information of the bond-
holders, and which, I doubt not, will place matters in their
true light, and give fall satisfaction." This note has a busi-
ness-like face and style about it which smacks somewhat. of
city penmanship imported into the politer purlieus of
Regent's-parkfor consultation. But why should Senor
Murphy be still so much in arrear of the business in hand,
and which foe days east he know had to be, and mot be

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1646.

dispatched, as to have yet to forthwith prepa.-e a communi-
cation which is to givefuli satisfaction. to the bondholders
of the conversion scheme? All these unfortunate parties
require is, a sight of the powers and instructions under which
the conversion scheme was brought forward and consum-
mated, or a certified copy thereof. From what we
have seen and understand of the particular docu-
ment, the transcription could not be the work
of an hour; the original itself should be forthcoming
at moment's notice. Personal interpretations, explanations,
and ju•tilications will come in their proper places afterwards.
Meanwhile the Spanish American Committee may be con-
gratulated for their extraordinary far-sightedness and
unwearied labour., in procuring the promise of a document
now, which, according to all rule, they should have had insight
and in hand some four or five months ago, before they com-
mitted the interests of the bondholders they were appointed
to defend to proceedings so abortive, and results so mis-
chievous. Let us hope, however, to find Senor Murphy's
promised document all that he predicates of it. In the
meantime, the bondholders are naturally aniCous to have
some information of the quantity of Mexican bonds in the
market; that is, of the amount of old bonds, coupons, deben-
urea and deferred converted, but more especially still, of the
new bonds created, sold, or on hand of the portion reserved
for the profit of the Mexican government, the eontrsctors,
and all other parties concerned. This is information which
should be made public without any the slightest delay.
In the case of a former agency toe simple plan was adopted
of requiring the delivery of all the bonds on hand, or an
account specifying their dates and numbers, if we recol-
lect aright. The precedent is exactly in point now. Let the
agency, and others interested, proceed to publish at once the
' series of the numbers of all the steak converted, and
newly created, with the amount of the latter disposed of,
and the numbers and values still on hand unsold. There
will be a complex account to disentangle after all; but with-
out these necessary preliminaries it will be more difficult
still, and the delay more prejudicial to the bondholders.