The Express.
London, England, 1846-09-25 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

WORSHIP-STREET.—A TOTAL A BsTIN ENC eSoetrrr.
—Mr. Caleb Cusack, secretary to the London United
Brothers Total Abstinence Benefit Society, in Alderitate-
street, appeared to show cause why he had unlawfully ex-
cluded an elderly man, named lames Sayer, from the
benefits of the association.—Mr. Vann, who appeared for
the complainant, stated that the society had been formed in
the year 1837, at which time his client became a member,
and punctually continued to pay all his subscriptions until
the middle of the year 1841, when he was compelled to
declare upon the sick list, which entitled him to 16s. per
week; but that sum, as he appeared to be permanently
afflicted, was subsequently reduced to the ordinary super-
annuation allowance of 3s. After receiving the latter
amount for some time, the managing committee thought
proper to discontinue it altogether, without assigning any
other ground than that the complainant, at the time of his
entrance, was beyond the age prescribed by the rules for
the admission of members.—The Secretary admitted that
the facts had been correctly stated by the complainant's
solicitor, but said that their rules limited the maximum
entrance age to 45, but that as the complainant was ad-
mitted at the age of 61, which resulted in a moat intolerable
burden on the society, the collective amount of his super-
annuation allowance and receipts having been upwards of
501., while the gross sum he had contributed to the funds
was only 61. Bs. 4d. ; he contended, therefore, that inas-
much as the complainant had been improperly con-
stituted a member, the present committee were per-
fectly justified in recurring to the strict letter of their
regulations, and refusing to allow him those benefits
to which legal members were alone entitled.—Mr. Bingham
said that the defendant was entirely mistaken in the law of
the case, as the acts of the managing-committee at the com-
mencement of the society were imperatively binding unon
their successors, and the members in general, as long as the
association continued in existence. It was acknowledged
that the complainaut'scontributions as a member had been
regularly received until he claimed the benefit of his sub-
scriptions ; and he should, therefore, order the man's imme-
diate reinstatement in the rights and benefits of which he
had been so':mproperly deprived.
MARYLEBONE. PRACTICAL JOKE. Mr. Henry
Mares, a sculptor and stone-mason, residing at Kensal•
green, was charged on a warrant with having been concerned
in the following outrage upon Alfred Cottrell, Shaftesbury-
terrace, Pimlico.—Complainant deposed that he was cutting a
stone in Kensal-green Cemetery, when one of defendant's
men told him that his master had bet a sovereign that
he (complainant) could not pull a cat attached to a rope
across the canal; being much pressed to try the experiment,
he left off his work, and went to the waters edge, at the end
of the cemetery, when a rope was thrown across from the
opposite side of the canal, and he was then told to turn
round; he did so, and in an instant the said rope was tied
round his waist ; he was then dragged from one side of the
water to the other.—Defendant denied dragging the com-
plainant across, and did not know who did, though he saw
the complainant in the water, and laughed at him.—John
Neville said that the defendant attempted to throw the rope
across, but as it fell short of the mark, it was laid hold of and
thrown over by another person.—Mr. Rawlinson said it was
quite clear that defendant took a part in the shameful trans-
action, and that as he had, according to his own account, en-
joyed the " sport," it was his duty to make the complainant
amends, and ordered him to pay a penalty of 4/.
SOUTHWARK.—Ihwerr DISTILLATION.—Lewis Pel-
ham, alias Simpson, and Henry Knowles, were charged with
being engaged in an illicit distillery in Charles-street, Black-
friars-road. Pargeter, an officer of excise, stated the
particulars of the seizure, as mentioned in our paper yester-
day.—Pelham admitted that he rented the premises of a man
named Rogers; and the other prisoner said he was engaged
by the former as a day labourer, to attend the fires.—The
defendants were fined 30/. each, and, in default of payment,
were committed for three months.
LAMBETH.—AN AWKWARD CHARGE AGAINST AN
AUCTIONEER.—Mr. William Ratclif, an auctioneer, whose
rooms are at 135, Lower Marsh, Lambeth, and Charles
Orridge, his man, were charged with the following robbery.
From the evidence of the prosecutor and his witnesses, it
appeared that the prisoner Ratcliff was preparing to sell by
auction, on Monday next, the whole of the stock of goods
upon the prosecutor's premises, and had called at his shop
with his man relative to the arrangements about the sale.
When they were gone, the prosecutor missed a pair of glass
decanters, and having, on previous occasions of their visite,
mimed other things, he proceed,cd to Ratcliff's rooms. He
there saw the prisoners, and, perceiving a bag with same-
thing in it, he examined it, and there found the pair of de-
canters he had previously missed. He then gave the
prisoners into custody. The prisoner Ratcliff treated the
matter rather lightly, and, saying that the decanters were
taken more out of a lark than anything else, asked his fellow-
prisoner if he did not tell him to take back the decanters, and
tell Mr. Woolfe how easily he coi-ild be robbed ? The
prisoner Orridge, in the most simple manner, acknowledged
that this was certainly true, but it was not until the decanters
had been discovered by the prosecutor 'ilat he gave such
directions. He also said that he, Orridge, had taken away
the decanters from the shop of the prosecutor by directions
of his master. Ratcliff denied this, but both prisoners were
remanded to a future day.

WESTMINSTER. CAUTION TO JOURNTTMEN.
George Seeker, a journeyman baker, in the service of
Mr. James Bower, of 5, Tothill-street, baker, was charged
with getting drunk and neglecting his employment.—Com-
plainant said that defendant, who was in his service, went
cut with his bread at about one on Tuesday, and returned at
about three so drunk that he was incapable of following his

employment. Complainant, who supplies Totbill-field
liridewell with bread, had at the lisle two batches ready to
put into the oven, but defendant was too drunk to do it, and
complainant was, in consequence, put to very serious incon-
venience. Defendant was also intoxicated on the following
day.-141r. Bond asked the accused what he had to say.—
Defendant replied, " Nothing : I know that I have done
wrong."—Defendant was committed for 21 days to hard
labour.

HAMMERSMITH. FORGERY. -An elderly- man,
named Thomas eager, farrier, at Ilanworth, M iddlesex,
was charged with haring knowingly uttered a forged bill
of exchange for 251.—Robert Tutton deposed that he was a
livery stable keeper in the Marlborough-road, Chelsea.
Knew the prisoner well. About three months ago the pri-
soner came to him at the Marlborough Arms Tavern, and
gave to him the bill of exchange produced for 251., dated the
16th of June, and which came due on the 19th July last, and
told witness that it was accepted by Mr. Thomas Coggin, the
landlord of the Eight Belle public-house, at Fulham.—By Mr.
Paynter : Had before that discounted a bill of exchange for
251. at two months' date, which bore the acceptance of Mr.
Coggan, but when that came due, Mr. Coggan, on notice
being given him of the fact, said he was not prepared, but
that it should be all right. The prisoner then came
to witness with the bill produced, and said that as Mr. Cog-
gan was notprepared to take the first one up, he had brought
another bill accepted by Mr. Coggan for one month, which
he took, but did not give up the first bill. When, however,
the second bill came due, and he went about it to Mr. Cog-
gin, that person said that the man who had uttered' it
(meaning the prisoner), had run away, and that he (Mr.
Coggan) knew nothing about it, and had not accepted at.—
Thomas Coggin deposed that he was landlord of
the Eight Bells public-house at Fulham. Knew the
prisoner at the bar. Had accepted for the priso-
ner a bill of exchange for 251. at two months' date,
but had not since accepted another bill of exchange at
one month's date for the same amount. Had known the
prisoner for many years, and had never heard anything
wrong of him. Could writehisown name.—The prisoner, in
answer to the charge, denied the forgery, saying he could not
write, and declared that the bill was drawn up according to
an agreement he had with Mr. Coggan.—Mr. Paynter said
he should remand the prisoner fora week.—Application was
made for the prisoner to be admitted to bail, and Mr. Payn-
ter agreed to take two sureties in 401. each, twenty-four
hours' notice being first given to the police.

MONEY MARKET.
_ TEVIIIIDLIF ETIXIIIO.

The funds opened this morning with i.dlleratiTc;
pro-
mising appearance of improvement, and an actual advance in
the first transactions in Consols of 1 percent. upon the closing
quotations of yesterday. The market was not, however,
long sustained, and Consols returned to the yesterday 'a scale
of 9.51 to 1 for money, and 951 to 1 for account Exchequer
Bills, lls. to I4s. premium. India Bonds, 20s. to 235.
premium.
The news brought by the New York packet of the actual
landing of Santa Anna at Vera Cruz, his assumption of the
government, with the deposition or imprisonment of Paredes,
events sufficiently significative of the disorder reigning in
Mexico, together with the reported invasion and annexation
of California by the American squadron and forces on that
station, had the singular effect of somewhat bettering the
quotations of Mexican Bonds, the reverse of which to any
reasonable understanding would have seemed to follow. For,
assuming that Santa Anna should ratify the late conversion,
which is thought to be scarcely probable, still the
separation of California from the Mexican federa-
tion, of which it is one of the States, should, pro tanto,
diminish the value of the bond given as representing the
aggregate security of the state in its integrity. In the same
sense the secession of Texas was viewed at the time, and still
is. In fact, however, in the desperate circumstances of
Mexican finance, and with the apparent impossibility of their
retrieval for years to come, it is not supposed that the pro-
spect of dividends would be much improved or deteriorated
whether the federation stand entire, or be split into fractional
parts. It may be as well that the real position of Mexico
and her financial affairs should be properly understood, as
efforts are not wanting, and will not be, to deal silently out
among the public, on almost any terms, the hundreds of
thousands nominal of new bonds created and held here on
account of the late Mexican government. The bonds are
now quoted 2,5 to 1. Brazilian, 87 to 9. Buenos Ayres, 42
to 4. Ecuador, 31 to 1. New Granada, 21 to 1. Spanish
Fives, alter a partial move in advance in the morning, fell
back to 261 to 1 ; the Threes, to 371 to 4 ; Deferred, 161 to
171 ; Passive, 51 to 1. Portuguese, 401 to 11. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents, 591 to 1; the Fours, 941 to 5.

ENGLISH FUNDI4.-Br3m. 24.
3 per Ct. antra% Ann.., 931, 4 00500111 for Met., 95d, 4, 4
3 per Cent. ATIOO., 1726, 93 Ea. BiIM, 41.006. 144.., 11 14
India Bon& under 41,000, 24 Ditto £5OO, '1 14
. .
Ditto Small,

South Sea New Annuitte., 934

►2 14

5 per Cent. Brnrilian Bonds, 88
Ditto, Small, 894
6 per Ct. Buenos Arres Bonds, 43
24 per Ct. Equator Bonds, 31
I per Cent. Creruub Bonds, 214
Ditto, Deferred, 3;
5 per CL Meiiuin, Met., Sept. 29,
244, 51
4 per Ct. Portuguese Bonds, 411
Ditto, Acct., 404, 1

-per 6;i. Russian Bonds, 1822,
£ St, 111
5 Der Ct. Spanish Acct., Sept. 29,
i. I.
5 per Cl. spanish rur. Ddl., 5/,
8 per Ct. Sp.utish Acct., Sept. 29,
371. P,
21 per Ct. Dutch Each., 12 Guil.,
591, I
4 per Ct. Dutch Certificates, 95, 4