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

THE EXPRESS, SATTJRDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 10, 1846.

class, 4/. 7s. 21d. ; second class, 21. 12s. 44.; third elan,
It 63. 2d. ; fourth claw, 17s. 51d.; fifth claw, Bs, 81d. ; sixth
claw 63. 91d.; seventh class, 2s. 101d.—Thomn Stilwell
and class,
Agents.
The Lotus, 42, was hauled into dock on Wed-
nesday at Sheerness, to be fitted as • store ship
for provisions, to be stationed on the west coast
of Scotland. The Formidable, 84, refitting for com-
mission, gave place to the ,Eolus, in dock, continuing
her fitting, in the basin. The Marine, 12, hoisted the peed-
ant at Chatham en Wednesday. She is all ataunt in dock,
and men arc entering fast for her. The Earyalus, 42, fitting
for a convict ship for Gibraltar at Sheerness, will be ready
for sea about the end of the month ; her masts and span are
ready and her bottom has been sheathed and eoppered.
By the arrival of the Peninsular mail, we learn that the
experimental squadron arrived it Gibraltar on the 28th of
September, from Tetuan, hating watered at that place.
H.M.S. Canino remains in harbour.

(twenty shillings we understood), and that she must look to
her huslit.nd fur assistance. Now this was a resource entirely
out of the question, for her husband would not allow her a
farthing, and his state of mind and temper was such, ho
having more than once threatened her life, and attempted
his own, that it was quite impossible she could ever live with
safety with him again. At pre ent she was so completely
reduced that she had apparently no other alternative
than to go into the workhouse with her little girl.—
The landlady of Mrs. Lomax came forward and con-
firmed the statement of her lodger's destitution, and her
unavailing efforts to maintain herself by her labour.—
Mr. Hardwick, after some consideration, sent for the reliev-
ing officer of the Strand Union, and told him the case. The
officer promptly of•red to do all he could to assist the appli-
cant. As the applicant's relatives were in a superior station
of life, and able to assist her, he would see that an applica-
tion was made to them, and until the result was ascertained,
the applicant should be placed in a situation which would
not require her to enter the union.—Mr. Hardwick ordered
the applicant a sovereign from the poor-box. The money
was thankfully received.
The sums of 51. from H. J. G. ; 1/. 10s. from D. S ; and
15s. for Harriet Arundel, with ss. for Lacy the messenger,
have been received.

LAMBETH.—Moan WORKROVSE Torcrraz.—A young
woman,named Maria Roast, was brought before Mr. Norton,
for destroying her apparel whiht in Brixton House of Correc-
tion, and also with assaulting Thomas Mansell, one of the
turnkeys belonging to that prison.—Mary Gooding. one of
the female turnkeys, deposed that the prisoner was confined
there for twenty-one days for misconduct at St. George's
workhouse. On the 28th of lust month she tore up two
blankets, two petticoats, a shift, and other articles of her
wearing apparel, and also a bible and prayer-book, all the
property of the county.—Thomas Mansell, one of the male
turnkeys, deposed that on the preceding evening, he was
ordered into the cell in which the prisoner was confined,
to take the bed and her clothes away, when she took a cer-
tain utensil and threw the contents in his face. She also
made use of the most disgusting language and threats
towards him (witness) and the governor.—The prisoner, in
reply to the charge, said: To-morrow three weeks I WAS
sent to prison. I happened to gape in chap'], and for this
the gosemor locked me up in a dark cell, and kept me for
three days on bread and water. When Mansell came in to
take away my bed and clothes, I told him he should not
have them ; and the governor then came into my cell, struck
me, and threw me on the iron bedstead, and out of passion I
tore up the things. For two nights and days he left me with
one petticoat, and very little else. This was when I was
locked up for smiling in the chapel. When the turnkeys
were called to lock me up, they left me a bible and prayer-
book, while the cell was so dark that I could not see my
hand, and I did tear them up as they were of no use to me.
I was handcuffed, and left so with two pair on since yester-
day morning, and the " cuffs" being too small, my wrists
were much hurt. The prisoner went on to say that from
ten o'clock on the day before until that morning she could
neither eat nor sleep, as her hands were handcuffed behind.
with two pair of tight " cults" on, and though bread had
been brought to her, she could not eat it, as she
could not get at it.—Mr. Norton, feeling that the
case was one in which the character of the go-
vernor was concerned, requested his attendance. In a
short time Mr. Sibley made his appearance, when Mr. Nor-
ton repeated to him the statement made by the young
woman.—Mr. Sibley, in a warm and somewhat angry tone,
said he had been taken away from 811 important duty to
attend in a case with which he was not aware he had any-
thing to do. If the prisoner had any complaint to make of
the treatment she bad experienced senile in the prison, she
might have done so to the visiting justices.—Mr Norton
wished Mr. Sibley to understand that his sending for him
was a matter of favour to himself, though he did not seem to
think so, as it was done for the purpose of giving him an
opportunity of affording some explanation with respect to
himself or his officers, that the prisoner's statement may not go
to the public as she gave it. His (Mr. Nerton'n) impression
was, that Mr. Sibley could not be aware of the system of
putting a second pair of handcuffs on, and allowing the first
to remain ; ner could he think that he was cognizant of the
fact of persons being handcuffed behind, from one o'clock at
midday until eight o'clock on the following morning, as in
this case.—Mr. Sibley here interrupted the magistrate, and
said it was very often done. Upon which hlr. Norton
replied, that the sooner it was left off the better. The laws
of England were humanely framed, and free from every-
thing bordering on torture. He (Mr. Norton) could not
conceive that Mr. Sibley could be conversant with the sys-
tem, or rather the practice, of handcuffing persons behind, so
as to prevent them from eating the allowance of bread given
to them, until he himself acknowledged it; and it
' wan, in his (the magistrate's) opinion, and in the opi-
nion also, he felt convinced, of every person present,
that it was one of torture.—Mr. Sibley replied that
few could judge of the difficulty of dealing with
such desperate characters as the prisoner, unless they had
some experience in such matters, and therefore the power
should he given to restrain persons like the prisoner front
destroying property. He (Mr. Sibley) knew of instances
I where persons were kept one, two, and three days in the
state of which the prisoner complained, and were quite able
to eat and sleep. Care was always taken that they should
eat.—Mr. Norton; There has been such a thing as men
sleeping at the masthead from extreme exhaustion, but in
my opinion a great degree of severity has been practised in
this case. When the tighter pair of handcuffs were put on,
the looser pair should have been taken off. There should, in
my opinion, be, in this as in all prisons, specific and well
defined rules for the proper observance of prison discipline,
and it should not be left to the whim or caprice of any per-
son in its management to resort to a means which, if not in
their opinion one of torture, in mine at least amounts to it,
and I sincerely hot e that, after what has occurred to-day,
such a system will not be repeated.—The first witness was
called, and disproved the prisoner's statement as to the as-
sault committed on her by Mr. Sibley.—Mr. Norton said he
had no doubt the prisoner, from what he had himself wit-
nessed, was a person of a very violent disposition and had
character ; and, under the circumstances, he must send her
for the assault on the turnkey to prison for one month. In
delivering hie judgment, the learned magistrate observed
that, from the feeling which Mr. Sibley had exhibited, he
(Mr. Norton) in future cases of complaint against him,
certainly should not take the trouble of sending for him.

MONEY MARKET.

FRIDAY EVENING.

Reports, said to be brought by pigeon express, of a fall in
stocks at Paris, had the effect, concurrently with other
causes doubtless, of depressing Consols. They were done to
95; to 1 for money, and 951 top for account for some time,
but just before the close of business recovered so far as 951
to 1 fir money and time. The dealings were more animated
and of greater extent than for some time past, which may
partially be attributed to the setting-in of unfavorable
weather bringing the jobbers and speculators home from
their holiday making at Brighton and elsewhere. Exchequer
bills were 16s. to 19s. prem. ; India beads, 2.35. to 295. prem. ;
India stock, 258 to 260.
The special feature in the foreign house was the business
in Mexican stock. The facts disclosed in the Daily News
this morning exclusively, caused quite a sensation in the
nsarket. Sellers were not slow to appear in consequence,
but buyers were not to be found, except to close accounts
entered upon previously for the rise. The bonds began to
decline shortly after the opening of the market, and some
time before the close had descended to 231 to 4, at which
rates they became stationary, and left off. Spanish were
worse also, and did not maintain the rates of yesterday. The
Fives were only 261 to 1 ; the Threes, 271 to 1; Deferred,
164 to 17 ; Passive, 61 to 4. Portuguese, 41 to 3. Dutch
Two.and-a-Half per Cents, 59 to 4 ; the Fours, 924 to 3.
A rather remarkable decline took place in foreign ex-
change to-day on most of the chief continental places. On
Amsterdam the rates negotiated fell to 12.6; to 7 ; on Rot-
terdam, to 12.7 to / ; on Antwerp, to 26.5 to 7i ; on Ham-
burg, to 13.121 to 13; on Frankfort, 121; to 1 ; on Paris, to
25.974 to 26.21; on Vienna, to 10.8 to 4; on Madrid, to 3,51
to 1, all at three months.
BANK OF ENGLAND.—Aceorior for the Week ending Oct. 3.
PAVE DE' --
Notes issued 129,339,793

Government Debt £11,015,100
Other Securities 2,981,900
Gold Coin and Bullion 12.G32,704
Silver Bullion 2,727,001
£29,339,795

£29,359,79.5
BANKING

---- _ _
Proprletora'Capital £14,886353,(90
Reit
Pahlie Deposits
(Incladle' tianbegaer,
Km Inas. Bank., CCM.
Desalonen of Natal.
bt, and Di. LOU) 9,776,19:
Other Deposit 8,167,143
7 Day & other MD_ 930,703
537,8.14,116
Oct. 8, 1846.

tPARTNICIT.
Government Securities A
(including Dead
tVeight Annuity) 12,961,360
Other Securities 15,086,775
Notes
Geld and Silver Coin 4:4,331

£37,314,116
M. MARSHALL, Chief Cashier.

ENGLISH FU
per CL Consols, Anne., 931, 4.
India Stee., 258
India Bends under £lOOO, 29

!IDS. —Orr. 9.
Coombs for Acct., 956 j
Exchequer Mu, il,taa), led.,
16 19
Ditto £3OO, 16 19
Ditto, Small, 16 19

South Sex \ew• Annuities, 95
Bank Stock for Account, 2104 1
FOREIGI
per Ct. Chillan Bonds, def. 54
3 per Ct. Spanish lids, 1825, 865, 7
3 per CL Mexican Acct., Oct. 15,
24i, 631
Ditto Small, 25j 5
4 per Ct. Portuguese Bds, Acct.,
421, 8

I FUNDS.
5 per Ct. Russian lids., 1822, St.,
1101, 111
5 per Ct. Spanish Pa.sice Bds., 51
3 per Ct. Spanish Bab. Acct., Oct.
15, 37/,
21 per Ct. Dutch Ex., 12 Guil., 591
4 per Ct. Dutch Certificate*, 921

MEXICAN LOAN Aveams.—The Spanish American com-
mittee met to-day in rather solemn conclave. Loose reports
only have oozed out of the course of their deliberations, to
which for the present, and in the absence of more authentic
information, it is not necessary to advert. The committee
will conceive it decorous, no doubt, to summon a meeting of
the bondholders, and to request the attendance of the Mexi-
can functionaries thereat, with the correspondence announc-
ing the disavowal of the conversion by the government pre-
sumed to have authorised it, and the confirmation of that
disavowal by the government now established, which had no
concern with it. This correspondence, with the original
credentials under official seal which gave powers and instruc-
tions for concocting the conversion, will of course be laid
before the bondholders. Meantime we learn that formal
notice has been served upon Messrs. Schneider, the Mexican
finance agents, to stay the paying out of all funds on govern-
ment account. The letter, and the extraordinary facts con-
tained in it, of the correspondent of the Daily News in
Mexico, published this morning, have created great excite-
ment in certain quarters. They came singularly in confirmA-
tion of what appeared at the same time under this head, and
of what on various occasions was published whilst the con-
version scheme was in agitation.