The Express.
London, England, 1847-08-25 00:00:00

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THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 25, 1847.

was absurd to suppose that Humphreys was actuated by a
desire to attain justice, and it appeared to him that It was
one of the most formidable conspiracies that could be carried
into effect, and that it was one which called for a severe
punishment at the hands of the mart. He sentenced Hum
phreys to be imprisoned for 18 months, to pay • fine of 601.,
to enter into his own recognisance in 2001. to 'keep the pease
for five years, and be further imprisoned until such fine was,"
paid end recognisance entered into. The other priuner
wee sentenced to a year's imprisonment, and to eater into his
ow* reoognimanos of 401. to be of good behaviour !sr Om
rum
BILLII.IIINTABLII ULBEEMI.—G. Murton, seed 18, and
J. Boar, aged 16, two exceedingly " smart" lads, eseribed in
the calendar as " billiard-table markers," were charged with
• robbery in the dwelling house of J. Harmer, keeper of a
billiard-room, in Regent-street, and stealing therefrom a box
containing bank notes, gold, and silver, to the amount of
upwards of 161. The prisoner Bear pleaded guilty, and
strongly asserted that it was the other prisoner who insti-
gated-him to commit the offence. Blurton most strongly
denied that such was the case, and a scene of CTiMMEROII
and recrimination followed, which is seldom witnessed in
courts of justice, and which it would be impossible to de-
scribe with any accuracy.—A witness was called, and
stated that he was with the prisoners on the day
of the robbery, and was aware what they had been doing
they offered him a sovereign not to say anything about the
robbery, which he refused to take, and gave information to
the police on the following day.—Blurton : You refused to
take the sovereign ? Why, you know that you had 30s. to
keep a look-out whilst we entered the house.—After en
angry conversation between the prisoner and witness, the
Recorder said it was unnecessary to remark on the evidence ;
one of the accused had pleaded guilty, and the other had ad-
mitted the offence, The only question would be, whether
there was any difference in the amount of criminality. His
lordship observed that " marking" at billiard-tables was not
a good education for boys..—The jury returned • verdict of
Guilry.—The prosecutor recommended Bear to mercy. Redid
not believe he would have committed the offence if he bad
not been *stinted to do so by the other prisoner Blurton.
—Blurton here, with great emphasis, said he was instructed
to put up "scores" in favour of the prosecutor, and to cheat
the gentlemen who were playing.—The prosecutor most
positively denied that he had ever given any such instruc-
tions; neither did he believe it had been done—The Re-
corder sentenced Bear to six months' imprisonment in the
House of Correction, and Murton to seven years' trans-
portation.—Blurton replied, " Thank you, my lord."—After
the lads had been removed from the bar, the Recorder said
he trusted the officers would direct their attention to the
conduct of the prisoner Blurton • he was evidently a re-
markably clever boy, but most mischievously
NEW COURT.—Before the Common Berjeent.
ENBEzzLIWENT AND RESTOELTION.—G. J. Naylor, a
saunrcfreaol,6l. wnasoteinsodiltede
wfoerreießmiZanz
othera cheque, 1
es, the 91.
pro-
perty of by employer, Mr. Clarke.—He had received the
money to take up a bill for Mr. Clarke, but instead he ap.
proprsated it to his own purposes. Afterwards the deficiency
was made good from a loan made to the prisoner by •
barrister.—Some discussion arose as to whether the chugs
of embezzlement could be sustained after proof of that fact,
but, under the direction of the Common Serjeant, the jury
declared the prisoner Guilty. Sentence—Six months' hard
labour in the Compter.
ANOTHER CASE or EMPRZZLEMENT.—W. H. Thompson,
a wine merchant, was indicted for embezzling the sum of
501., the property of his masters, Messrs. Phillips and Co.—
Mr. Clarkun for the prosecution put in several letters
written by the prisoner, and addressed to the prosecutors, in
which he expressed contrition for what bad occurred, and
ascribed as its cause railway speculations and playing at cards.
He also expressed an intention to commit suicide. It was
proved that the prisoner bad received the money, but the
prisoner's counsel stopped the case by saying that his client
wished to plead guilty.—This was accordingly done, and he
was sentenced to 9 months' bard labour.

THIRD COURT.
ALLEGED ROBBERY ON BOARD • FOREIGN SHIP.—
Robert Grundy, an English sailor, was indicted for stealing
two Spanish doubloons, value 61. Se., and a quantity of
Mexican and Spanish quarter-dollars, the property of
MetteoStoritra, chief mate of a Mexican brig called the
Monte Video, then lying in the port of London, and to the
crew of which the prisoner belonged. The prosecutor
having gone to sea, as well as another witness,
the charge could not be brought home to the prisoner.
Two policemen gave evidence, and represented that the pri-
soner had to them made admisaions tantamount to a con-
fession of guilt.—Mr. Wilde, for the defence, asked the jury
not to convict a respectable person on the strength of whom-
' dons proved by policemen, who wished to earn, their ex-
paws by obtaining as many convictions as they possibly
could. Several witnesses bore testimony to the prisoner
having hitherto had a strictly honed character. It was
stated the prosecutor, before he went to sea, declared that
the prisoner was wrongfully accused.—The jury at once
Aeguitt•d the prisoner.
CHARGE OP FELONIOUSLY ASIAIILTING • FEBLALIA—
Frederick Illinter, a tradesman in the City, was charged
with having endeavoured to commit • heinous offence on a
young woman named Booth.—The prosecutrix stated that
she was 17 years of age, and resides in Grasshopper-court,
Whitecrosa-street. She was a sempstreas, and worked for
Mrs. Winter, wife of the prisoner. The prisoner was re-
moving to 24, Union-street, Spitalflelds ; and on Sunday
morning, the 15th of July, Mrs. Winter desired her to carry
• basket to that house. When she got there, she found the
prisoner alone, and he directed her to take the basket to the
kitchen. This she did, and was about to leave, 1, hen the
prisoner proceeded to take liberties with her, but she
resisted, and succeeded in eluding his grasp, and
ran down stairs, placing the basket on the stair-
, ease in order that he might fall over it if he
Meowed. When she got to the door, she found it locked,
and the prisoner again laid hold of her, and getting her on
the Mails again endeavoured to complete his ; but
her muletanee was such, that at last he abstained from all
farther violence. She said to him, " What will Mrs. Winter
think tor this 1" To which he replied, " Why, Jane, you
won't tell, will you ? " She declined to promise either
way,
and went away.—Croce-examined : Did not cry out, as it
was an empty house. There was • little boy asleep in the
house at the time. Did not know that it was a thickly-
pmehited neighbourhood, and that a single scream would
have soon gathered a crowd. Did not tell Mn.
Winter, although she saw her within a few minutes after-
wards. Went to the house again shortly after that, and
that occasion the prisoner behaved with propriety.
;rent to her aunt's house on purpose to tell her the same
afternoon, and her aunt told her mother. Mrs. Winter was
told of it by her mother and aunt. Just before that, Mrs.
Winter gave witness some blonde. Witness had ample
opportunity of telling Mrs. Winter, but she could assign no
reason why she did not.
Ann Cooke, the aunt, was here examined. She swore
that the prosecutrix told her of what hid occurred in the
street, and not at her house. There were besides this some
material discrepancies between the evidence of this witness
and the Wt.—Richard Booth stated that he was father-in-
law to the prosecutrix. On becoming acquainted with
the affair, he went with the girl to the prisoner's
house, and asked to speak privately with him;
but he refused, saying it was a fabricated charge.
Cross-examined: It was nothing to do with this case, whe-
ther be was married to the girl's mother or not. He was
not married to her, although he had sworn he was the girl's
father-in-law. He acted as father to her, and that was
enough.
Mr. Ballantine addressed the
in jury, and commented with
MSS severity on the conduct of the man Booth, and on the
discrepancies the evidence of the principal witness. The
leaned counsel denounced the whole case as • hue conspi-
nay, concocted by the man Booth to extort money; rather
dm be the victim of which his client, conscious of his
inalasiree, had resolved to abide a verdict. He was an-
ewish's tradeemaa, married, and the father of a family,
and mead, by evidence, be shown to be a moral end well-
head's.* an. He (Mr. Ballantine) fully believed that the
awn Des* was the originator of this atrocious charge, sad
that ohs prosecutrix was a mere tool in his hands.
A 'Mbar, of witnesses were in attendance to speak to
the priesner's character, but, after one had been examined,
the jury stopped the case, and emphatically pronounced the
prisoner Noe Guilty, Fissuring him that he would Ism the
court without a blemish upon his reputation.
ATTERPTING SELF-DEBTRECTION.—Sarah Granger, a
young married woman, was indicted for unlawfully attempt-
ing to destroy herself by throwing herself into the water of
the river Lea. The prisoner had been quarrelling with her
husband because he refused to allow her to see her child.
. .

She was observed by a man named Teabody to rush into the
water, and by him she was rescued.—The Lary found ker
Guilty, but recommended her to mercy.—Sentence deferred
till next sessions.

POLICE.-YEBTERDAT.

GUILDHALL. ASSAULT ON A POLICIMAN. —W.
Jones, a butcher, was charged with aesault.--Galletly, 149,
stated that on Monday night he met the prisoner, who had
a knife in his hand, and who threatened to stab him. A
wade ensued, sad, with the assistance of a brother officer,
he was taken to the station-house. He was drunk at the time.

Langbourne 138, went to the assistance of the last witness,
and found him struggling with the prisoner. He picked up
a knife which fell from the prisoner ; it was produced and
was very sharp.—A police constable, with his hand bound
up, here stepped forward, and said that in consequence of
the prisoner's violence some time since he had now been laid
up with a severe wound in his hand for nine weeks. On
that occasion the prisoner used s knife. He was then sent
for one month.—Police constable Ede, 125, said that the
prisoner had declared that he would never rest until he had
done for one of them.—Alderman Gibbs committed the pri-
soner for one month, at the expiration of which time ho was
to find two sureties of 101. each to keep the peace for three
months.

WEiTMINEMBIL— DESP PILATE ASSAITLT.—J. Free-
man was algid with assaulting the police.—Harriott,
183 B, deposed that on Monday, defendant, who wan drunk,
noshed dram his house two large tobacco jars, and
dinging ear into a crowd which his violence had attracted,
he was abort to throw the other, when Mimes stopped him.
He otiethed the constable with great fury, and kicked him
wird soma. Witness got Ma to the pound. when de-
ftest Mesa hand into lb. mumble% assisi, sad tars
autealkos_ hie hold of the Mk sal the snivel of
car. -By the aerslasea st tee ee six wattobise
&hairs ins taken to the stadia. On his way he re-
peatedly trilsavoured to bile tbr mutable, and tore him
cloth's. Ansa named esimeeth, who hd beer struck
with the Jae, dogged theW delsodant et the itatiewitoste,
bat wee sot *ea is attesiate.—Dadikkat mid he was
&oak ad Me Ame, sod wee Twenty *a "Wiwi teserred.
—lt was saki ad tha alhodoat hot boa mask doe
ago tried Be orisawaszkai to slab !esima, Nag dad
been @tattooed to Ore stoothe had Beedwip
wousiteed Ma it a meth, without knitting any foe.
THAIIIII.--Kwasomons Aaoattsr. P. ins
I finally etoollook don* with hitioady Monk

Tormay, by throwing a brick at her, whereby her life had I
been placed in imminent danger. The paniculan of the
cue were reported in our paper of Saturday last —Mr.
Joseph Nash, house-surgeon of the London Hospital, de-
posed that Mn. Tormay had been under his cue almost
ever since the day of the oceuresnes, the 29th of May lut.
There was • seven fracture of part of the frontal bone, which
must have been inflicted by some blunt instrument. A brick
flung heavily would produce such a wound. She had been
in great danger forum' weeks.—Mr. Yardley committed the
prisoner for trial.
Siscootirro.—flaATT PRNALTY.—m. El nor was charges'
with having smuggled 12Ibe. of foreign manufactured to-
bacoo.—A custom-house officer, in searching the hold of the
John Wilhelm, discovered 471bs. of Cavendish tobacco con-
cealed—The prisoner, who was cook of the vessel, admitted
12Ibs. of it to be his. He was fined 1001., or six months'
imrisonment
.1. Wilson was also convicted of having smuggled Blbe. of
tobaooo and two bottles of brandy, and was likewise sen-
tenced to pay • lino of Ha, or nix months' imprisonment.

MONEY MARKET.

TVELIDA.T EVINIIIO.

The suspension of the old respectable firm of Castel-
lain, Sons, and Co., was announced this morning, and
caused very general regret from the high estimation
in which the parties are held. The senior partner is
consul for Belgium. Reports vary as to the extent
for which the house has suspended, the liabilities
being rated in some quarters as much as half a mil-
lion, n others as low as 150,0001. An impression
erroneously prevailed that this unfortunate event
was the result of speculations in corn in which
these gentlemen were said to have been largely
embarked on their own account ; but this does net
appear to be the case. Indirectly, and through the
recent failures in the corn trade at home and abroad,
Messrs. Castellain may and mast have been severely
implicated in their character of foreign bankers, and
money agency business, bat not as otherwise con-
nected with the corn trade. They were the heaviest
sufferers, say for some 30,0001., by the late stoppage
of Frazer and Co. of Antwerp. If, as may be feared,
the assets should consist to any considerable extent
of the dishonoured signatures, and uncovered credits,
of concerns at home and abroad which arc already de-
clared in default, or known to be struggling with
embarrassments which must lead to the same end,
that side of the balance sheet can hardly fail to exhibit
unfavourably.
This unhappy occurrence, with its reported extent,
had a slight depressing effect upon the funds for a time.
Console were done at 861 in consequence, but, at the
close of business were, and left off at, 87 to 1 both for
money and this account. The transactions of the day
were not important, however, and had reference
chiefly to the forthcoming liquidation of the account.
Reduced Threes were 87! to 1; Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., 88 to 9; Long Annuities, 9 1-16 to 1 •
Exchequer Bills have receded to Is. discount to 24.
prem. ; India Bonds, 4s. to le. discount.
The dealings in foreign stocks have been rather
more active than for some time past, but sellers have
been forced to submit to reduced rates. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents. were barely quoted 56 to ;
the Fours 881 to The Amsterdam market, on the
21st inst., had not recovered its previous depression
although a shade better at the close of that day than
at the commencement ; the Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. were quoted there at 561. Some rather con-
siderable parcels of Dutch and Spanish stocks are
understood to have been lately remitted for sale on
that exchange, and hence in some degree the cause of
the continuous sales there and the depression of
prices. Spanish Fives were quoted to-day, 20 to 1, ;
the Threes, 291 to 301. Portuguese Fours, 26 to 7.
Mexican, 18
.t to 1. Brazilian, 83 to 5.
Foreign exchange was quoted on 'Change at about
the same rates as last post day on the chief drawing
places, but the amount of business in bills was quite
unimportant, not only from the very limited quantity
of money at market, but from the want of confidence
arising out of so many failures. The quotations were
on Amsterdam, 12.41 to 5; on Rotterdam, 12.5
to 1; on Antwerp, 25.80 to 83 ; on Hamburg,
13.13 to I ; on Frankfort, 122 to :7 ; on Paris, 25.70
to 77i; on Vienna, 10.5 to 7 ; on Leghorn, 30.65 to
75 on Naples, 40j to a ; on Madrid, 474 to „—all at
three months. On Lisbon, 531, at 60 days. From
the wideness of the quotations in some instances, the
disinclination to do business, and the extent of the
discredit of bills, will be appreciated.
We have reports of a failure in the corn trade, not
understood to be of any particular note, and of a
woollen house westward, not known for any great
Report.amount of dealings. eports were current about
concerns of more consideration, but they are little
worthy of notice, as in such times as the present
they are much too loosely disseminated, and often
without any, or very slight, foundation. The mere fact
of a house being a large creditor of one that has
failed gives rise to such indiscreet rumours, without
the least regard to its capacity of capital equal to
support losses to twenty times the extent.
ENGLISH FUND 9.
3 per Ct. Rod. Amp., 87; I India Bondo, under .61000, 3 dl,.
3/41. heCrelft Annaol647ll" South
Int (6771 Ti‘ 652
Long Alum., expire SW Jas.. lx. 111111,61.1.100.1 d., pox 3pM.l
.
Lona Anna., 30 yews, expire Sthj Ditt0,.6500. 536 Om
Jan., 1060, 061116 Ditto. Small, 8 pm.
FOREIG FUN Os.
5 per Ct. Brazilian Ma, Bwll, 831 5 per Cent. Spent& Bds, Dir. Irma
5 per Ct. Me Mean. 1046. Mr I Nov., 1040.
sdit.Orx Port
item Bonds, BO 1 rt., AoctAfAag9ll.2l,
294
4pr Ct. rrtugue4Bda., Amt.. 141 Drtro' Acct., Aug 31, 30
5 per Cl.. RU.k. Mt 84.,1101 2S per Ct. Dutch Bach. 12 CIL. 561
dpankoh Padre Bda, 4( 4 per Ct. Dutch Carta, erw
SPANISH DEBT.

_
The following letters, now some days old, may serve
to show the disposition with which the creditors of
Spain are variously inclined to treat about the debt.
One correspondent entertains the opinion that the advances
towards an arrangement of some sort should come from the
creditor'. This however is reversing the usual order of
affairs. It rests, and rightfully rests, with the insolvent
debtor to make the first move of a proposition; and that
move made, it remains with the creditors to decide upon
it, with such knowledge as they may possess about the
debtor's present means and future prospects. In this
mode of thinking and of action the creditors are quite justi-
fied. They can have no perfect acquaintance with the re-
sources of the debtor, and their course so far is perfectly clear
in presenting their titles and requiring payment in full. It
is then for the debtor to make out a case for present com-
promise and future payment in full by instalments or other-
wire. " A Lover of Fair Play" joins with the " Duped
Holder of Spanish Bonds," whose letters were recently in-
serted, in claiming, and justly too, not a prior attention to
the deferred portion of the debt, but its placement on rela-
tively equal conditions with the Three per Cent. Active
Debt, representing only the overdue dividends from 1836 to
1840. So complicated are the ramifications of Spanish debt,
and such the intentional confusion created by Spanish fi-
neries ministers and loan jobbers, here and elsewhere, in
respect of it, that the truth can only be arrived at by leaving
the sufferers to speak for themselves, so far as is posible, and
unravel the mystery of the iniquities practised.
Sir,—The clear and impressive statement in a letter in
the Express of Saturday last, with your eloquent com-
mentary yesterday, will, et may be thought, finally arttle in
men's minds all doubt concerning the trick annually prac-
tised on the arrears of the Cortes loans front 1823 to 1834,
by converting them into a bankrupt stock. The arguments
ad rem in aid of such conversion had, indeed, failed,
when a writer in another journal thought fit some time since
to resort to an invidious and more personal suggestion, that
the wrongs of that particular class of Spanish creditors were
mooted for " plainly speculative purposes." Knowing several
holders of this species of security, their constancy, patience,
and endurance, the solid English securities parted with at
far lower rates than they now command, the lore of their
interest for many years, I rather expected some notice might
have been taken of this method of disparaging claims proved
to be rightful. Perhaps it has been deemed unworthy
of attention as neither affecting the merits of this or
of any other section of the Spanish debt, nor as being
susceptible of inquiry, or what each writer" might still lea
like, comparison; but I wish to apprise those interested in
the Cortes arrears, that this insinuation his become the one
weapon with which their claim for redress is secretly but
infiuentislly combated, and a continued withholding of their
no-longer-denied right to a Three per Cent. Stock is, never-
theless, urged and justified. Whether these grounds are
proper, or should be exclusive, perhaps you will de-
cide as perspicuously as you have settled the mein
question concerning the preferential right of the
debt itself ; but it might be well also to see their false-
hood as fact openly stated with the distinctness which I
beg to say I have good grounds for believing it readily and
truthfully might be ; and perhaps you will call the attention
of those concerned to the propriety of defeating a kind of
warfare which is being earned on by way of cover to a denial
of the justice which they seek. Having witnessed the very
great circulation of the Daily News and Etress on the con-
tinent, and consequently among the foreign creditors of
Spain, lain the more induced to addrses agraf to yon an
this matter, a proceeding whisk I hops rill= gime, aad
not the lees when I further take oosasios to snare you
ihattAssitively that I am not a holder of that part of the
debt to which this letter refers, nor in any manner
latoreald pseessally in the mods of dealing with it ; bat I
em 4 sod trust wee to continue, your very obedient serraut,
A Loves or Pam Ps-LT.—August 17.
Sir,—Fee the het ten years I have been • " Spanish coe-
ditor," the Abet of which has been to empty my pocket on
the one hand Dearly to rola, and on the other, to fill my
aid with Mule and anxiety. After a amid perusal of
As remarks yes ham from tine to time een
b to a-
muse In airway of oar claims, sod ma dour
pritisa, ttatifork Ist off_ slain, that is ramose to a
estilonaht at lho fttursh ash sirsogly urged eat as ar
lath to assoughs sow that~ipala,litystai dank, h
is a &sodas to do so, oreathise roterhod at ties hada el
the awed body at araditsok sok I hare neon Os beam,
Mho* waisted i sad I wssl4 Awoke nipsilkily

solicit your advocacy in favour oft proposal to the Spanish 1
government to the following effeet7 That a conversion should
be made of all,the different stocks into &Three per cent. stock,
and a demand made of (to be named) ; Three per
cent. in exchange for 1001. old Five per cent., so much for
1001. of Coupons, so much for 1001. of Passive Bonds, s )
much for 1001. Deferred Bonds, with interest from let
January, 1848. Provided the British creditors were to
publish their wishes in this manner, it would have a claim
to candour and opetiness, whilst it might also be vutly ser-
viceable to the Spanish government in dealing with the ques-
tion, as they would then know the extent of our demands
made upon them, and afford an opportunity of considering
how far they are able and willing to make some show of
honesty and liquidate their obligations; being really inclined
to believe that ere this Spain would have made offers and
advances, but for the tsar and shame of having them thought
too small, and rejected.—Your obedient servant, Joust De
liatrott.—lalington, Aug. 19, 1847.