The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-21 00:00:00

POLICE YESTERDAY.

GUILDHALL—A clerk from Dixon's Repository, in
Barbican, attended before Sir Peter Laurie, to answer the
complaint of George Lowton, of Pewter Platter-yard, St.
John-street, and show why he should not deliver up a
elarence cab which had been unlawfully deposited with him
by 1 friary nett, who was also summoned at the instance of
Mr. Dixon, for obtaining front him 51., under the false pre-
tence that he was the owner of the cab, and entitled to
authorise Mr. Dixon to sell it without reserve.—The com-
plainant deposed that he engaged with Fleet, a carriage-
painter, to deliver to him a pair of new wheels, value 5/.,
as a compensation for painting a cab he was building. The
painting was estimated at di. The cab was sent to Fleet's
on this understanding, and when it was comilete, he came
to look at the wheels. He was dissatisfied with them, or
profes.ed to be so, and immediately sent the cab to Dixon's
repository, and olitain«l M. advance upon it, leaving it far
absolute sale for 45/.—Mr. Dixon's clerk put in a book which
the defendant Fleet had signed, describing the property as
his own, and authorising Mr. Dixon to sell it without reserve
on a fixed day.—Fleet said the p+inting of the Clarence was
worth 51. The wheels made by Lowton were not worth near
4/. he considered them rubbish If he could not get money
from LOSS ton, how was he to pay hi- journeymen —Sir Peter
Laurie said he had nothing to do with his means of paying
his men. He had made a contract for an exehamm of
labour. If there were just grounds for refusing the wheels,
it was his duty to return the carriage, and sue for the
amount of his demand. He had no right to pawn or sell the
goods of his customer. But beyond this, he had deliberately
signed a false statement that he was the owner of the pro-
perty, whereby he had obtained 61. He was afraid he must
send the case to the Old Bailey. Mr. Dixon could not hold
the cab against the real owner. It must be given up to Mr.
Lowton, ant therefore Mr. Dixon was defrauded of the 51. he
had advanced —Fleet said he had the authority of the party
for whom Lowton was building it to sell it for 42/.—Sir
Peter Laurie said he could have nothing to do with his em-
ployer's customers. It was Mr. Lowton 's till he delivered it
to the person who orZered it. Fleet hail acted illegally, and
he should send him to the Old Bailey if he did not believe he
had acted from ignorance.—After herring Sir Peter', view
of the matter the parties obtained leave to retire and arrange
the matter.
CLERK EN WELL. COCKNEY SPORMSIEN.—He nry
Westbrooke and William Bakombe were charged with a
violent assault upon John Morel', grown to Mr. Collinson,
solicitor, Bedford-row, and Camden-town Villas. On the
previous evening, the prisoners went into some fields at
Camden town, having une gun, and commenced shooting.
The complainant, who hail orders from his master to send
away such sportsmen, quietly desired them to leave. They
forthwith knocked him down. Westbrooke struck him
s.hen lying, so violently with the butt-end of the gun, that
he broke it. Balcombe then seized the barrel, and both
beat him very severely. A policeman came, and they were
arrested. Waddington, the gaoler, said, the conduct of these
cockney sportsmen imperilled the lives of the inhabitants of
Camden-town and Maiden-lane. On 1 humility last, one of
them firing at some pigeons, discharged the contents of a
gun into a bed-room, where a woman was lying in her.
accoliehemeal. And in James-street, Maiden-lane, a fancily
whilst sitting at breakfast were almost frightened out of their
lives by the greater part of a charge of small shot breaking
the windows of the room in which they were sitting.—The
prisoners were committed for a month each.
THEKNIFE.— Rebecca ('la rke wascharged with attempt ing
to murder W. Kirk, her step-father, a turnkey in the New
Model Prison. The prisoner, who is about 17 years of age, has
been keeping bad company lately. Kirk remonstrated with
her on the wickedness and folly of such conduct, but she
immediately seized a knife and made a thrust at his abdo-
men. He seized the knife arm, and held her until assist-
ance came, and she was then removed to the station-house.
The prisoner, when arrested, said it was her intention to
have stabbed her father.—ln defence, she said her parents
treated her with great cruelty.—She was committed in de-
, fault of bai'.

WORSHIP-STREET.—FATAL CASE or STABBING.—
Yesterday Anne Sinner, alias Boirey, the eating-house-
keeper, was placed at the bar before Mr. Broughton for final
examination, charged with the wilful murder of a labourer,
named Daniel Crawley, by stabbing him with a carving-
knife. The facts of the case have already been published in
our journal of Oct. 13. Mr. liolman and Mr. Words-
worth, two surgeons of the London Hospital, described the
nature of the wound as an incised one, dividing the cartilage
of the fifth and sixth ribs, puncturing the pericardium, and
gorging the cavity of the chest witk two quarts of blood,
leaving no doubt of the death having been caused by the
stab inflicted with the knife.—'fhe pri‘oner, who, by the
advice of her solicitor, expressed her intention to reserve her
defence, was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. —SWELL-mon MOVE-
MENTS.—John Stephens, a well-dressed man, was charged
by Horsford, one of the Mendicity Society's constables, with
having formed one of a gang of well-dressed thieves who
had succeeded in picking the pocket of a lady in Tottenham-
court-road. Horsford said he was walking in the New-road,
near Tottenham-court-road, about 3 o'clock that day, when
he saw a handsomely-dressed little boy, with two or three
men apparently covering his operations, walking behind two
ladies. Seeing the boy leave the ladies, and go towards the
111C11, one of whom was the prisoner, and afterwards run
away, he went up to the ladies and asked if they had lost
anything. One of the ladies said she had been robbed of
her purse. He then ran back and seized the prisoner, whose
hat fell off, and a purse rolled on the pavement. The purse
was picked up by an individual named Norris, who was
passing at the time, and it was immediately identified by the
lady. Miss Emma Webb, of Charlotte-street. Fitzroy-
square, said the purse was her sister's, Mrs. Wells', property.
It was safe in her sister's pocket just before they were ac-
costed by the witness Horsford.—The prisoner said he picked
up the purse himself, and gave it to the lady who owned it.
The prisoner said he was a stranger in London, having only
arrived on Saturday last.—Remanded till Saturday.
MARY LEBONE.—John Roberts, proprietor of the Sol's
Arms, Hampstead-road, appeared to answer a summons
ssued against him. for refusing to receive five soldiers of th e
3rd Infantry, that were billeted on him by Serjeant Richard
Daniel.—Mr. Roberts complained of there being no names
given in with the billet. Ile urged that he was responsible
for the acts of the inmates of his house, and yet, if one of
these men committed any offence, he had no means of
ascertaining his name. He thought its very loose say of
billeting soldiers, not to afford the publicans anything like a
description of the men thus foisted upon them. In this par-
ticular instance he hod no accommodation for them, and

had offered them five shillings, but they demanded ten shil-
lings. Mr. Lang was of opinion that Mr. Roberts was not
justified in offering any fixed sum, as he was bound either
to take them in, or provide them with lodging elsewhere.
However, he :Agreed with him in considering that, as a re-
sponsible person, he was entitled to have the names of the
parties billeted upon him, and he should, therefore,: dismiss
the summons.

LAMBETH.—EXTENSIVE ROBBERY OF A BANERFFTs,
STOCK, AND SlNnel,Alt DISCOVERY OF A PART OF THE
STOLEN PROPElLTY.—Yesterday, Mr. James Galway, a
cheeatinonger in a large way of business in the Walworth-
road, and who is said to be a man of considerable property,
was placed at the bar before Mr. Elliott, on a charge of
having had in his possession a parcel containing 71 pairof ex-
pensive gloves, a portion of a bankrupt's stock that had been
' stolen from the shop, No. 17, Regent-street, on the night of
the lith of February, 1844. Mr. Games appeared for the
prisoner.—Mr. Inspector Haines of the detective force de-
posed that, on the night above-mentioned, property amount-
ing to GOO/. was carried away front the shop, No. Regent-
street. Ile bad been employed, and exerted himself to trace
the property, and discover the thieves, but to Thursday last,
he could find not the slightest trace of either. On that day,
however, Mr. Wright, landlord of the Horse and Groom,
High-street, Newington, delivered to him a parcel which he
said had been left at his house by the prisoner about
eighteen months before, and which contained 71 pairs of
the stolen gloves. On the following day, the prisoner called
upon him at Scotland-yard, and said, "4 understand you
received a parcel of gloves from Mr. Wright last
night, if you want me fur them here I am." Witness told
him he did not want hint just then, upon which lie replied,
" You can have me at any time you want me." Ile then
went away, and he did not sec hint again until the evening I
before, when he told him to be in attendance at this court.
In reply to Mr. Games, the witness said, that iustead of
avoiding an investigation of the circumstance, the prisoner
seemed to court it. When the prisoner called upon him on
Friday morning, he said that nearly two years ago a parcel
had been brought to his house, during his absence from home,
and left there; the parties who brought it leaving a message
that they would see him at Wright'a, the Horse and Groom.
On examining the parcel, and finding what it contained, he,
on the following day, carried it to Wright's, directing that if
the parties who had left it at his house should call, they
were to have it. On seeing the parcel, the prisoner
declared it did not now contain half the prorty that
had been in it when deposited with Mr. Wright.—'
Mr. Wright deposed that the prisoner, whom he had
known fr tliur or five years, left the parcel at his house, but
he said nothing whatever about it, until last week, when he
and the prisoner had a quarrel, and the prisoner accused hint
with being a receiver of stolen property. Ile, in conse-
quence, sent for Mr. Inspector Haines on the following day,
and delivered up the property to him. He could nut tell
the prisoner's motive fur leaving a parcel in his (witness's)
house so long. All the time that it was there no person
called for it, but the clay upon which lie (witness) delivered
it up to Mr. Haines, a man came to his liar and asked for it,
but he then told him it was too late, as he had delivered it
up to an officer.—Mr. Elliott: Who was the person who
had so caged ?—Witness : I don't know who he was, your
worship.—Prisoner: Indeed you do as well as I do, and
better; for the first time I met him was with you and in your
gig —Witness: No such thing ; the first time I saw him was
with you.—To Mr. Games: Did not help himself or his
friends to any of the glove., nor had lie disposed of any
other goods which the parcel ennta:ned. Had never offered
valuable property, which, in addition to the gloves, the par-
eel contented, to Mr. Elgie, a publican in the Kent-road.—
Henry Boor, assistant to Mr. Hamber, one of the messengers
of the bankruptcy-court, stated that on the 20th of January,
1841, he wes put into pos.,.ion of the stock of a bankrupt
named Williams, No. 17, Regentstreet, value 1,300/. Wit-
ness remained on the premises until the night of the 11th of
February, when he went home, and, on returning on the
following morning, he discovered that the place had been
robbed of about 6001. worth of property. The property
produced he believed to be a part of that stolen.—George
Hancock deposed to all the property produced being a por-
tion of the stock of Mr. Williams at the time of his bank-
ruptcy.—Mr. llamber stated that he was held accountable
for the loss, so that, in point of fact, he was U. e prosecutor
in the present case. The prisoner told him that, when he
had deposited the parcel at Wright's, there was a vast quan-
tity of property in it ; and that Wright, as he should he able
to prove, had offered part of the goods for sale at different
places —Mr. Elliott thought that there were two strong
points in the case affecting the prisoner, the first was his
recent possession of the property after it had been stolen, and
his threat against the landlord of having stolen goods in his
possession. In his opinion there was a prima fade ease
established, and as the caw was one which would require a
lengthened investigation, he should remand the accused until
that day week.—Mr. Games applied for the prisoner's libe-
ration on bail, hut Mr. Elliott refused to accept bail.

WESTMINSTER.— DARING HIGHWAY ROBIII.ItY.—
Tao fellow. of notoriordy had character, who gave their
names John Smith and Edward Watson, were charged
with the following daring highway robbery. It appeared
from the evidence adduced, that lio`vrt Hurd, a pensioner
from the British Legion in Spain, at about four on the pre-
vious afternoon met Watson, of whom he had some previous
knowledge, and on his representing that he was very unwell
took him into a publie.house, and gave him something to
drink, in paying for which he exposed some sovereigns. On
leasing the house a few minutes afterwards, he proceeded up
Pear-street, Westminster, but had not gone above a dozen
yards when the prisoner,: came behind him, and Watson seized
him by the throat, and with the assistance of his companion
threw him on the ground. Watson pressed his throat with such
violence that the hlood Rushed from his mouth and nostrils,
whilst the other fellow rifled his pockets of Kt. in gold, some
silver, and two watches, with which they immediately made
off.—John Thropp, a mason, who was passing at the time,
and saw the offence, very quietly followed the prisoners, and
saw them jump into a cab, having given directions to be
driven over the water, lie ran after the cab until he met
with a policeman, when the prisoners were secured, and the
watches found under the scat of the cab, but no trace was
discovered of the money..—Prisoners were fully committed.

MONEY MARKET.

TUESDAYEVENINO,

'We have had no movement in the funds to-day
worth notice. Price+ have scarcely fluctuated to any extent.
Consols being buyers and sellers at the same price alter-
nately during the day. They left off; as before, at 941 to 5
for money, and 95 to 1 for account. Reduced Threes, 93/
to 4. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents, 951 to 1. The
government broker took 6,000!. Reduced Threes at 94, for
the East India Compensation Fund, and 5,000!. Three-and-
a- Quarter per Cents. at 95/, for account of the savings'
banks. Exchequer Bills, 13s. to 163. premium. Long
Annuities, 91 to 15-16ths. Bank Stock, 2051 to 2061. India
Stock, 2571 to 91.
Foreign securities attract as little attention as for long
past. Attempts have not been wanting to get up some
excitement in Spanish, and with this view a curiously-
wrought medley of bombastic phraseology and maudlin
sentimentality, in the shape of an epistle from the com-
mittee of Spanish bondholders to Senores isturitz and Mon,
the heads of the Spanish Government, has been circulated
for general admiration. The fulsome style of compliment
in which those functionaries, so eminently repulsive to
13ritish sympathies, are addressed in this document, has not,
however, had any influence upon prices. The Fives remain
261 to 7 ' • the Threes, 371 to 8; Deferred, 17 to 1; Passive,
51 to 6 ; Portuguese, 42 to 3. Dutch Two and-a-Half per
Cent+. 581 to 91; the Fours, 911 to 21. Brazilian, 85 to 7.
Mexican, 231 to 1. Danish, 86 to 8.
. .

Foreign exchange was again in decline, although towards
the close of business them were symptoms of reaction, On
Amsterdam the negotiations were 12'51 to 6; on Rotterdam,
12.3 to 1 ; on Antwerp, 26 21 to 5 ' on Hamburg, 13.12
to 1; on Frankfort, 1211 to I ; on Farts, 25 921 to 95 ; on
Vienna, 10 61 to 7; on Leghorn, 30'471 to 521; on Naples,
40 to ;on Madrid, 351 to 6; all at three months. On
Lisbon, at 60 days, 521 to I.

L-NGLISH
Bank stock, 2964
S per Cent. Reduced Ann.., 91 31
3 per Cent. Canal% Ann, 93 11
New 31 per Cent. Anna., 931 /
Yews per Cent. Anne., 119
Long Ann., Esp. 3th Jan., 1969,
913-16 13-16 15:16

Ilai.—Oor. 20.
Long .Inne., 30 yeare, Esp. 3th
Jan.,1660, 10 1-16
India stock, 2349
South Sca Stock, New Armuitics,
Consols for Acct., 931
Ex. hill*. £l,ll 0. 14x , 13 16
Ditto, Vol*, 12 16 13
Ditto, Small, 16

Long Ann.. 30 )ea24, Exp. 10th
Oct., 1859, 9 1.3-16

FOR 4:IGN
3 per Cent. Brazilian Bond., 884 5
3 per eL Danish Bonds, 15/3, 87
S per Cent. Mexican, Acct., Oct. 3
30, 23j 2!
4 INT et- Borturiese Ms, 421 3
Ditto, Acct., 421 3 21 4
S per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Mr.
from Nov. 1840, 26i I

FUNDS.
per Ct. Spanish P:., sloe Bonds,
I
per Cent. Spanish Bonds, 37 I
1 per Cent. Ih.teh Exchange, 12
Cull., 591 8;
I per Ceut. Dutch Ceruflosteft,
914 2

EXCHANGES AND nocKs ABROAD.
PAWS, OR.l9.—thers Anthentione, for monc7.—Fire per Cents.,
11785; Three per Cents., 82 75; illtanr, of the Ltank. 5480; Rent° de
Naples (Rothschild), 102 2.5; Boman Loan, 1021; Belgian Fire per
Cents. (1840), 100; Ditto, 1842, 102; (iouin Rank ':burs, 1220;
Itaudon ditto, 515. Exchange on London, '3O days, 25 621 ; three
months, 25 50. The Eire per Cents. closed for the account at 117 75 ;
the Three per Cents. at 82 65.
MEXICAN LOAN AFPAIRS.—The exposition of Senor
Murphy has at length made its appearance, we learn. Ac-
cording to report, for it has not come to our hands, it
is a production of the bulk which might be anticipated from
the lengthened period of its gestation. It is understood that
the ex-minister confesses to having departed from the letter
of his instructions, but justifies the act on the plea that it
was all for the advantage of his country. Upon the s wise
plea Mr. Bulwer might have acceded to the meal mar-
riages of Spain, or have compounded for Spanish debt,
against the tensor of his instructions. This specimen of
Mexican diplomacy will, we believe, be made public in some
of the papers to-morrow ; from its great length it would pm-
',ably be inadmissible in this paper, in extenso, under any
circumstance s. We may feel called upon, when it is pub-
lished, to offer some observations upon it. In the mean-
t' me, this exposition can o,ly be the beginning of the end.
The bondholders require, as fairly entitled, further expla-
nations from the Spanish American Committee about their
share in the conversion transaction, and why, before embark-
ing in it, they did not demand, in the usual course, the exhi-
bition of Senor Murphy's powers and instructions. The
house of agency, and parties connected with them, have a
long detail of accounts and explanations alb to produce. It
may, therefore, he some time yet before the bondholders
and the public arc admitted to a full initiation into the mys-
teries of Spanish-American loan tranasetions.