The Express.
London, England, 1848-12-19 00:00:00

about the roads of Holioway end Islingtan beggisg. Oa
Saturday witness was es duty is the HoUuway•soad, when
beetw the prisoner sweet and haw moral halm, in a
mee rude and Wain, menaer, end wee evidently mess-
ftlaillrlar. eel semi oscura le be ee istintidated that they
gm Ida mew Yr wilt
_terror. Winters tobi
rdmirria enema mull set be galirad, and be meet take
him late wearedy, as whip tke peireser placed Mama in a
Reston &talkie, mad aware that be would back oat hie
braes if he dared to interfere with him, sad he hnsardiately
struck witness a violist blow es the face, and wee about to
repeat the blow when witness rushed at him. The prisoesr
thee fought, bit,:end kicked him in a brutal manner, and in
the straggle they fell dews. Witness wee quite exhausted
with struggling and lam of blood, and he lied so doubt that
he would have been murdered had it not bees for the timely
arrival and interferesoe of some officers and gentlemen,
who rendered him aisistanee. The prisoner was committed
to the Howe of Correction, with hard laboer, for three

montba.
(RICHMOND.— Seintaxer Paosacarlows.—J. M i
the
les,
of King.ttreet. Rkbinead, was summoned,
under
Removal of Nuisances Act, as the owner of four
null beams in Golden square, for permitting to ex-
ist ia each of the said tenements a nuisance, which
was dangerous to the healt h of the complete. The
nunsons bad been issued at the instance of the Board et
Guardians for the Richmond Union, and Mr. Chant, their
relieving °Mow, stated that by direction of the board be bad
visited elates tenements, and fund that the conveniences far
the accommodation of the tenants were In the cellars. Then
was no outlet by way of ewers. Two of them were in a
very bad state, and the stanch from each was dreadful. la
hie crom-ezatnination by Mr. Oakum, the witness said he
had not ascertained that any et the tenants had been 01 in oat
sequence of this stem* The henna had no back premises.— I
Mr. Wham, for the defendant, mid that formerly these bosses II
had no catrenience whatever, and the tenants were the
compelled to cart the refuse upon a dung beep ; when Mr.
Miles became owner of the property he bad these conveni-
ences made; teat there was no sewerage from them wan the
fault of the parkh. He then called six of the tenants and
lodgers, who all swore that there was no perceptible stench ;
that the cellars wars ventilated with a lap. and nose of them
had ever been affected with fever.—Mr. Gahm said hie
client would undertake to mature a regular eleensing, but it
was impossible for him to do more.—Sir Thomas Reeve sug-
gested that a flue carried to the top of the house,
_or
would
more
simple plan still, a common trap, might be need, which
greatly lemma, If it did aqt erediu'e, the evil.—Some pima
In tits apart bees onservw that Crofton•tensee ditch was a
greater salaam than the one complained of, and no notice
w taken of it —The inegistrates decided that them are
nuisance*, and injuries' to health, and mast be abated."

MONEY MARKET.
MONDAY EVZIWINO.
The Stool Exchange presented a scene of par-
ticular excitement from the commencement almost to
the close of business to-day. It was all buyers and
no sellers; or those only could be found to sell who,
having previously purchased at lower rates, were
prudently disposed to realise a portion at least of their
profits by differences. it was a common observation
among the brokers all day that the market was
absolutely "ranting wild." So continuous was
the assent of prices, that the hesitation of a
few moments at times cost a purchaser k or
1 per cent more for his bargain. Consols
left off on Saturday at 871 ex-dividend just.
The first transactions this morning were paid 881,
after which a partial reaction of / permitted willing
parties to, as it is called, " get into stock" on better a
terms. Front thenceforth prices scarcely halted until I,
they reached 88/, at which business was actually a
done, and they remained 881 rather strong buyers 14
until nearly the regular hour of leaving off, when 11
some sales for realisation brought down the rates to a
881 to # ex-dividend for the opening. After the
official hour transactions were still actively continued 21
among the jobbers, and prices were brought down to I,„'
881 to Z, but with a recovery subsequently to 88 to 1.
31
The store remarkable feature of these operations of
yes
a remarkable day was, that according to the state- it
merits of brokers of the most unquestionab:e standing, le
the public were among the most eager purchasers of
Closolo, which would lead to the inference, that not I
only was there money in hand to take the stock at
maturity in various instances, but that many parties,
entitled to dividends in the forthcoming distribution !
text month, were anxiously taking time by the fore- 3
lock, and buying stock for the opening with the per-
fect assurance of the means of payment before it 3
became due, under the impression that, by waiting
till dividend time to purchase for money, they
should be losing their market, and compelled to pay
each higher rates as might possibly be ruling sans i
two or three weeks hence, although that would seem 1
a problematical sort of Calculation. The whole ad-
mace upon Consols within official hours to-day, as
eariasured by Saturday's prices, has been rather over
1 per cent. It is difficult to conceive that such a rapid
movement, in continuation of a progressive rise for
the five weeks preceding, can altogether hold good •
such at least wee the impression among experienced I
dealers and jobbers, who could not understand how or
upon what facts more substantial it could be
based, than the actual easy state of money
affairs, with the dividends in immediate pro-
mect. These facts alone however, it may be
admitted, are calculated to exercise no unim-
portant influence upon values. Reduced Threes
left off 881 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.,
881 to 9. Long Annuities, 81 to 11-16. Exchequer
Bills, 40s. to 43a premium. India Bonds, 365. to
395. premium. Bank Stock,l9l to 192.
Foreign stocks, as might be expected, participated
to some extent in this improvement in the home
market. Mexican were 221 to 1. Peruvian remained
39 to 40. Brazilian, 731 to Chilian, 841 to
61. New Granada, to 1. Spanish Fives, 12; to
131; the Threes, 261 to 7- • Pain wee, 3to 1. Por-
tuguese, 241 to 51. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 481 to 91 ; the Fours, 731 to 41. Bel-
gian, 721, to 41. Russian, 101 to 2. It is to be
observed that these are scarcely the full prices which,
on business, would have been demanded.
The following statement, prepared and condensed
from various official returns, will be found to present
an intelligible view of the note circulation of the
United Kingdom, and of the coin and bullion held by
the banks indicated, both positively at the date of the
accounts last made up, and comparatively with re-
turns for corresponding periods.
The aggregate average of the note circulation of
the United Kingdom, according to the returns last
collectively completed, for all the banks of issue,
stood for the four weeks ending the 2nd of December,
as follows :
Bank of 517,09,416
Private
Jaw-rose .. 2,727,165
lAA Wake ..... -...-..- ............ . 4,969,0a0
3,370,126

ibbldrsalatias ea weekly swap 01,639,461
Tar VW Isaz waits soft N0..4 13,616,076

Leo Dee. 8 £9116.595
The decrease was thus composed on balance : Bank
of England less, 8.57,2871. ; private banks lees,
214,8961. ; joint-stock less, 126,6981. ; Irish banks
less, 57,6671. ; Scotch banks more, 263,8531.
The fixed issues of the private banks being now
4,822,4881., according to the corrected returns of past
failures in that very useful publication the " Bankers'
Alumna& for 1849," it follows they were below the
amount 1,118,7641.
The corrected fixed issues of the joint-stock banks
on the same authority being 3,409,9871., it follows
they were below the amount 682,8221.
The fixed issues of the Irish banks being 6,354,4941.,
it follows they were below the amount 1,385,4441.,with
specie in hand to answer issues for 1,550,4691. besides.
The fixed issues of the Scotch banks being
3,087,2091., it follows they were above the amount
482,9171., but with specie in hand to cover the defi-
ciency, and issues for 533,1831. more.
The avenge of coin and bullion held by the Bank
of England during the four weeks ending the 2nd
inst., was 14,001,457/. ; increase on the November
return, 725,7341.
The average of specie held by the Irish banks
daring the same term was 1,550,4691.; increase on
the November return, 53,570/.
The avenge of specie held by the Scotch banks
was 1,016,1001. ; increase on the November return,
38,3601.
The yearly comparison shows the following differ-
ences in the circulation :
Beak of &Wendy kaa. 461,615,1153
Private banes, more / 5,674
Joint atock,do. 150,394
Irish banks, kr 353,691
*ketch banks, do. 162,359
8'156,068

Deduct private and joint stook

Bekaa d derere co the year £ 1,975,835
Ms tads sad bunion comparison stands thus :
bra et aroma. laws £3,791,202
Ina Maks. lon
Ssilik Wks, Ws ..-...... 117,331
137,632