The Express.
London, England, 1847-07-02 00:00:00

SHERIFFS' COURT.
Before Mr. Under-eherif BurcheLl.

Wit resten 0. RICHARDB.—In this case a somewhat im-
portant point was involved. The plaintiff, an attorney, took
a lease of a house at Highgate, from one Jones, for 21 years,
which property he underlet to the defendalit, the taxing-
master of the Insolvent Debtors' Court, for two years. A
memorandum was made between the pestles, and the ques.
tion was, whether, in the absence of an under-lease the
agreement was in the nature of an assignment of the
lease, and whether the defendant had taken upon
himself to perform the covenant, not only during the
period of his tenancy, but during the period under-
taken by the present plaintiff. The action was brought to
recover money expended to repair the premises-611. 12a. ;
and 61. had been paid into court by the defendants as suffi-
cient to cover his liability. A demurrer bad been argued in
the Court of Queen's Bench, and it was held that the defendant
by his agreement had taken upon himself the provisions in
the lease fur the whole period. The ease now came before
this court on the execution of a writ of inquiry for the as-
sessment of damages, and a good deal of evidence was
given. Mr. Wordsworth, for the plaintiff, submitted that the
defendant was liable, not only for the repairs for the time he
rented the property, but for the whole period of the original
lease, and the Court of Queen's Bench had so held on the
demurrer. Instead of taking en under-lease, the defendant,

WORSHIP-STREET. CRUELTY TO A MOTHER.—
Mary Ann Glade was charged with having cruelly neglected
and ill-treated her mother, Anne Lowe, 83 years of age,
whereby her life had been endangered.—Sergeant Sheehy,
N 45, stated, that having received information that an aged
woman was kept in a Mote of coercion, and otherwise cruelly
treated by her daughter, at No. 10, Boot-street, Roston-
market, he went there on the preceding evening. The room
in which she was confined was locked; and, on looking
through the back window, be caw a miserable object crouched
down upon a chair without a back, with apparently nothing
on her person but a piece of coarse brown sheeting, and a
rag of the same material bound round her head. While en-
deavouring to force open the window, the poor old creature,
one of whose sides was paralysed, hobbled across the room
with the aid of a stick, and implored him to desist, as her
daughter might return and heat her cruelly if any ear inter-
fered for her protection. The old woman, who was al-
' most a skeleton, pointed to a piece of hard dry bread lying
on a wooden bench, and stated that her daughter had
left her early that morning, with no other food for
her subsistence during the entire day, and without a drop of
liquid to quench her thirst until she returned. She said that
she had been kept confined in this condition, without once
lying down. for ten days, and had nothing to cover her but
the tattered remains of an old gown. She appeared to be in
a state of utter exhaustion from the want of rest and food,
and exhibited extreme fear of her daughter, who,
she stated, was in the constant habit of beating her, and
keeping her such a length of time without proper support,
that she bad lately fallen off her chair from debility, and cut
open her forehead, the marks of which were then apparent.
Witnear apprised the parish officers of her condition, and
they promptly supplied her with wine and nourishing diet,
which she devoured with the greatest avidity, but as she was
in teo exhausted a state to admit of her removal tu the
workhouse, an officer was left in temporary charge of her,
who apprehended the prisoner on her return home between
one and two o'clock that morning.—Eliza Gosling
and Sarah Currie, two lodgers in the house, said,
they were repeatedly disturbed by the faint cries of the
mother, entreating the daughter not to ill-use her. The
old woman was in the receipt of ss. per week from some
charitable institution, which was entrusted to the prisoner,
who dealt in small articles of haberdashery, and appeared in
comparatively comfortable circumstances. 'The prisoner gave
a general denial of all the criminatory facts alleged aaainst
her.—Mr. Arnold said he should remand the prisoner, to
enable the officers to prosecute their inquiries, and, if the
unfortunate woman remained in such a condition as to pre-
clude her attendance, he would himself proceed to the house
and receive her deposition.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—Arteozo MURDER or
A MAN BY um Wire.—Mary Ann Maids was charged on
suspicion of causing the death of E. J. Maids, her husband,
by stabbing him in the side with a knife, on Monday, the
28th ult., at 4, Tower-street, Seven-dials. Police-sergeant
15 F deposed that, from information received, be went to
Charing-cross Hospital, and w.ui informed that a man, named
Edward James Maids, was admitted on Monday last, suffer-
ing from a wound in his right side, supposed to have been
inflicted with a knife, from the effects of which he died on
Wednesday morning. Witness went to No. 4, Tower-street,
where the prisoner lived, and told her what be had come
about. She said, "If she did do that, God would punish
her for it ; but she did not know whether she had done it or
not." Witness produced the surgeon's certificate—" That
Edward Maids was admitted into the hospital on Monday
evening, at half-past 5, having received a wound in the side,
from the effects of which he died on Wednesday, at half-past
2 o'clock in the afternoon."—Robert Knightsbridge said he
lodged in the same house as the prisoner. He recollected
hearing the noise of prisoner and deceased quarrelling on
Monday afternoon. He went up stairs and saw the deceased
strike the prisoner and kick the child. Witness retired to
his own room, and in a minute or two the deceased cried
out, " Oh, Bob, come here!" Witness subsequently saw the
prisoner tome down stairs with a bloody knife in her hand.
Ile mated into the prisoner's room, whet° he saw the de-
ceased lying upon the child's bed on the floor, with a stream
of blood flowing from a wound in his right side. The pri.
soner then returned to the room, and deceased said, " I am
innocent of what you charge me with, and I freely forgive
you." Before deceased was taken to the hospital, the pri-
soner said she would tell the surgeon that deceased had fallen
over something and cut his side. They did not live happily
together. Witness once saw deceased throw his wife over
the bannister, and he conjectured that jealousy was the
cause of the prisoner's act.—The prisoner was remanded till
Monday next.
ALLEGED ROBBERY BY A CHEMIST.—George Dickens,
a chemist, was finally examined, charged with having stolen
541., the property of Ferdinand Arundell, and also with
having stolen a cheque for 111. 184., the property of his
former employer, Mr. Taylor, a surgeon. The first charge,
on which he was fully committed, was reported in this paper
of June 30. The second case stood over for further evidence.

MARYLEBONE.—ATTEXPTED SUICIDE BT POIt+ON.-
A very lady-like looking female, about 50 years of age,
said to be an officer's widow, and who gave her name
Emily Staples, was placed at the bar, charged with having
attempted to commit self-destruction.—lt appeared from the
evidence that on the previous night, as Robert Coital], one of
the Regent's-park keepers, was on duty in the Park, at the
back of the reservoir, he saw the prisoner blest at full
length upon the ground, and on taking hold of one of her
hands he found therein a phial labelled " laudanum ;" she
seemed almost unconscious for a time, but at last, in reply to
his (witness's) questions, she said that, being low spirited, she
occasionally drank a few drops to compose herself. She
was taken to Mr. Willey, surgeon, Albany-street, who applied
the stomach pump, and succeeded by that means in extract-
ing a quantity of the poisonous fluid which she had swal-
lowed. She was conveyed, when sufficiently recovered, to
the stati-in-house, and she there alleged that she had men-
' pied lodgings at Mrs. Reed'e, Hill-street, Boston-street, Dor-
set-square. Inquiries were made there, and Mrs. Reed
stated that prisoner quitted her dwelling two months ago.
She (Mrs. Reed) handed the constable a letter, received by
post on the same morning. It was in the handwriting of
the prisoner, who mentioned therein that cruelty and neglect
had driven her mad, and that she was fully resolved upon
making away with herself. The worth 7 magistrate ad-
dressed the prisoner in a feeling and impressive manner open
the enormity and wickedness of attempting "to rush un-
called into the presence of her Maker," and directed an
officer to take her to St. Marylebone-workhouse. She was
accordingly conveyed thither, and was immediately admitted.
WESTMINSTER.—A Nice Queirriox.—Thor. Parks,
a fellow 'who has been two or three times in custody for
felonies, was charged with wantonly injuring a swan, the
property of her Majesty. Two witnesses proved
seeing the
defendant throwing large stones at a swan which was in a
pond near the Thames, at Pimlico. It suddenly appeared
to be much injured, and turned upon its back, seemingly in
a dying state. Defendant was then given into custody. 'Mr.
Emery, swan-keeper to her Majesty, proved that the swan,
which was produced, was nearly dead. It had been so severely
wounded on the head that its eye, were nearly forced out.
Defendant said he played with the swan, and then it sud-
denly attacked him, when be beat it with his fists and with
the handle of a knife. He denied that he threw any stones
at it. The legal difficulties in the case were of no ordinary
character. The spot whence the stones had been thrown
was neither a thoroughfare nor public place, and the offender
consequently could not be punished under the police act.
Swans certainly could, in the opinion of the magistrate,
neither be considered as cattle nor domestic animals within

the meaning of the statute, and the defendant, therefore' could
not be held amenable under the Cruelty to Animals Act,
and, although swans are made by law the subject of larceny,
no enactment could be found which imposed any penalty far
hurting or maiming them. In order to meet the difficulty,
the magistrate determined to take the case as one of wilful
damage, and Emery having deposed that the value of the
swan was 31., the defendant was ordered to pay that amount,
aa.l, in defalt. committed for a month.
SOUTHWARK.— Griffiths and
Edward Doris, alias Lemoine, two young fads, were
charged with entering the house of Mr. Davis, a china and
glass manufacturer, on Newington-causeway, and stealing a
pair of silver candlesticks, cruet-stand, a pair of glass
decanters. cigar-cue, silver pencil-case. and other articles.
City policeman 641 stated that, on Saturday last, at 7
o'clock in the morning, he met the prisoners near the Mino-
ries, carrying two large bundles, and the moment they got
sight of him they tried to conceal themselves. He, however,
hastened forward and stopped Griffiths, and asked him what
the bundle contained, and where he was taking it. While
he was putting these questions to Griffiths, the other pri-
soner attempted to escape by running away, after throwing
down his bundle, hut he was secured and brought back, and
then Griffiths aid that they were taking the bundles to a
"swag" shop in Petticoat-lase. On subsequent examination
of the bundles they were found to contain the various articles
above enumerated, and both prisoners were conveyed to the
station-house. The policeman adeed, that amongst the
articles specified he found a card, with Mr. Davis's name
and address upon it, and he called there and ascertained
the property belonged to him, and was stolen from his house
a few nights previously.—Mr. Davis stated that one of the
Prisoners (Davis alias Lemoine) had been an errand boy in
his service, and that he discharged him three weeks ago. On
Friday night the premises were locked up as usual, and on
Saturday morning, on opening the warehouae,it was discovered
that it had been entered in the course of the preceding night,
and plundered of the articles found in the prisoners' pores-
sion.—Gritliths here said, his fellow-prisoner had a key, with
which he opened his late employer's hall door, and that he
obtained access into the house by that means, and obtained
possession of the different articles that were found upon
them on their way to the shop where stolen goods
were purchased. He added, that he did not enter the
su
and was not aware of what hie companion was abouthant
be brought away the property. The policeman said that
when he first questioned Griffiths about the bundles,
he told him that they were given to him by a man on
London-bridge to take to Petticoat-lane, and that he
was to have given him a shilling for his trouble. He
added, that on examining the other prisoner's pockets,
he found a key, which was since ascertained to unlock
the complainant's street-door, that the key in question
bad been miming for some time, and no doubt
had been taken by Davis at the time he was discharged from
his situation, and afterwards used by him for the purpose of
obtaining access to his wager's house, and plundering it of

property. Davis said that he picked up the key in the street, '
and had not used it for such a purpose so that described. He
accused his:companion of being the person who procured the
property found in their possession. Mr. Seeker said it was a
most daring robbery, that he should commit the prisoners
for trial, but they should be brought up on a future day, In
order to have the attendance of an important witness.
WANDS WORTH. Arrarrran Suictor.— Adelaide
Haigh, a fine grown girl, seventeen years of age, was
Placed in the dock before Mr. Beadon, charged with attempt-
ing to destroy herself by throwing herself into the Thames.
—Police constable Bent, 95 V, stated that on Wednesday
evening, about half-past 7 o'clock, he was on duty near the
Nine Elms Tavern, Battersea, when he was informed by a
young man that the prisoner bad thrown herself into the
river opposite the Nine Elms Tavern. Witness saw the pri-
soner floating in the water, and • watcrman pull her into a
boat. She was insensible when brought to shore, hut she
soon came to a state of consciousness, and witness asked her
what she did it for. She refused to say anything, except
that she was determined to make away with herself. She
violently resisted the witness and Serjeant Salter, 15 V, who
came to his assistance, and said that she was determined to
carry her purpose into execution. After the prisoner was
taken to the police station she refused her name and any in-
formation respecting herself. Upon being searched, how-
ever, some letters addressed to " Adelaide Haigh, at Mr.
Gooch's, 18, Phillip-street, Commercial-road, East," were
found upon her, and she admitted that she was the person
mentioned, and that the letters had been written by her
grandfather, who resides at Canterbury. Further inquiries
were subsequently made, and it appeared Mr. Gooch was
allowed a weekly sum to board the prisoner by her father,
she having been out of a situation since May last. She was
described as a sullen girl, anal that she had previously
threatened to destroy herself. Some valentines were found
upon her, but sho would give no explanations respecting
them.—Mr. Beadon, having endeavoured fruitlessly to oh-
Min from the prisoner her reason fur attempting aelt-deatruc-
lion, remanded her until Friday next.

MONEY MARKET.

TIIV/18DAT_EVENINO.

The Bank directors met at their weekly board to-.
day for the despatch of business, and, as was to be
expected, without making any alteration in the rate
of interest
The stock market was fiat, with prices a shade
lower on the average than yesterday. Consols, after
touching 891, ranging merely. between that price and
89, left off 891 for the opening. As if by common
consent, little disposition was evinced for active busi-
ness, and the transactions therefore were upon the
smallest scale that has been witnessed for some time
past Reduced Threes were 891 to 4. Three and-
a-Quarter per Cents., 911 to 1. Long Annuities, 9to ,
1-16. Exchequer bills, Bs. to I Is. prem. India
Bonds, 7s. to 10a prem. Bank Stock, 196 to 7.
It is evident that the decisive statement of Lord
John Russell about the Irish potato crop, that it was
in a perishing state, founded as that statement must
have been upon many scores, if not hundreds, of re-
ports, from the many hundreds of extra officials,
specially employed to wait upon the necessities, and
report upon the prospects and condition, of that part
of the empire, has made a deep impression on the
public mind, of which the passive state of the
funds is but the least important sign. In
fact, however, this is not the only circumstance
weighing at present upon funded values. Capitalists
are anxiously looking forward to the loan which it is
known will he required for the public service in
France, to make up the twofold disadvantage of defi-
cient revenue and extraordinary expenditure. The
amount of the loan to be required is variously conjec-
tured at from eight to twelve millions sterling. The
government, whilst pressing forward the appropria-
tions fur the various departments, have sedulously put
off any intimation of the sum that will be really re-
quired until they shall be forced to speak out when
the ways and means shall come under discussion.
It is, however, not understood that the whole
sum will be required at once ; it is thought
even that the contract of a lean may be deferred for
some time should the state of money markets make
such an operation inopportune ; but it is held to be of
urgent necessity that the government should be armed
with authority, by a vote of the chambers, to raise
the amount required by loan at such season as shall
be judged most convenient. It has not escaped ob-
servation here that French funds and railway shares
have latterly
.come with a depression unaccount-
able, whilst prices have been so uprising here, except
on the understanding that the Bourse at Paris was la-
bouring under the knowledge of a pressure forth-
coming. Some considerable amounts of stock, and
masses of railway shares, the Northern' of France
more especially, aro said to have been recently carried
to market by capitalist holders, the latter both in
Paris and here. _ _ _

The foreign market remains neglected, with quota-
tions for the fancy speculative stocks lower. Spanish
Fives were 201 to 11 ; the Threes were last
quoted 321 to 3 ex dividend. Portuguese, 30 is 2.
It may be observed, although the fact was known
long ago, from the non-advertisement of the dividends
in the usual course, that the financial agency of Por-
tugal has now given notice that payment of the July
dividends is postponed until the government shall be
in funds. Mexican were 19 to 1. New Granada, 19
to 3. Brazilian, 821 to 41. Buenos Ayres, 35 to 7.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents, are now quoted ex
dividend at 571 to ; the Fours, 891 to 90.
The last Overland Mail brought advices from Java
to the end of April. Amongst other documents the
papers contain the balance-sheet annually published
6f the operations of the Bank of Java. prom the re-
view of operations, it appears that the profits of dis-
counts had exceeded by 200,000 florins those of the
year preceding, the accounts being made np to the
Ist of March annually. The capital of the bank, in
consequence, bad and doubtful debts written off, was
raised to 1,734,000 florins. Should this financial
progress be maintained for another year on the same
tooting, the bank would re-enter anew into the pos-
session of its primitive capital of two millions. In
the year which had expired the bank had exchanged
notes against coin to the extent of 200,000 flonna,
and remained with notes for 115,000 florins more to
issue against hard money. On the Ist of March last
the bank had in its treasury a sum of 2,300,000
florins in specie.

3 per Ot. Two. At.., 333 (cc
New 311 pee Ct. Awee.9l I
.exp Jam. LIMO. i 1.14
Indle Bonds, £5400. 10

Oonoois for Arcot I
I. bilk. LI.OOO. 24 ,
Ditto [3.00,10 II
Ditto, ISmaU, 16 13

Dli o, a9ltr £l,OOO, 10

5 "wet. Brasilia. Bi., 84
5 rr C.. ditto New kids., 1619 awl
18W. CI
per Ci. Roma. Ayr.. &Non
per Ct. Daeish bda.,1615, 65
5 pre CI. Weak...lB4C 1911
151110 AM- Jaly IC 116

4 per Ct. Portnnnene Bds, 60* 11
Ihsto Acct, 31.
3 per Ct. Spanish Bonds, Amt.,
Jody 19,11
**per Ct. Dutch , 12 gull., 67* I
ea ale.
Ditto Beet., July I. VII

RAILWAY BILLS IN PARLIAMENT.
COMMITTEE OF TILE LORDS ON STANDING ORDERS.—
the Earl of Shaftesbury.—lllrmlngliam and
Oxford Juattion Railway (Deviation of main line) Standing order,
not compiled with.
COMMITTEE OF THE LORDS ON UNOPPOSED BILLV—
YieranDAT.—Erceent, the Earl of ShatlNß=.—East lanceshire
Railway (Deviatiooa, and Rawtenstall Coal ) ; Midland
(liasborough and Normanton stations' enlargement, ; Yore and No,
Midland (Knottingley Branch) ; East of Fife Railway (Earkineb De.
vintion); Shrewsbury and Chester Railway (Branches, Sr.); Londo.
and North Western Keane) (Liverpool Stations; ; Aboolcen Railway
(Brechin Branch Deviation) ; Eastern Countim Railway (Purchase of
the North Woolwich Railway, Sr.); Guildford F.:tendon and Ports-
mouth and larcham Railway ; Edinburgh, Leith, and Grant., Rail-
way (Leith and Grant June Junction) ; Great Northern Railway (Devi..
lions between Gainsberough and Doncaster). Preambles proved.
clauses agreed to, and bills ordered to be r
COM.MIITERS OF TILE LORDS ON Tarld. MERlTS.—Trarranar.
Room B.—Manchester, Buxton, Matto* and Midlands Junctyoh
Railway (Deviations). Evidence of the promob rs further heard-
Room E.—East Lancashire Railway (Southport Branch). ism
molars evidence further heard.
Soon F.—Loodon.bridgo Railway Termial General F.olargemcnt.

S for 0e opponenTi*TUO;erien;Olii.2isitiles
*Dadra/ad.

-00.Na11ITTEM OP THE CONIIONS ON Mit MERITS.—Yana.
DAY.--Ciaour No. a. Rom 30.—south Western projects. Mr. Cock-
burn beard in cuntinuntion throughout the entire day.
- Northern '

---GnOJr 30. Room 34.--Great .. (Mr of -Altbolmo Extet,
•ion). Preamble proved. Astiolme Extelkiou to Leeds and Selby.
Preamble not proved.