The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-09 00:00:00

POLICE-yzgTERDAy.

GUILDHALL.—Turner FOIL INOWLEDOE.—Yesterday
a youi girl, named Mary llowlon, was placed at the bar,
char with stealing a book value 10s. 6d., the property of
Mr. tapas, bookseller, residing in Holborn.—Thomas
Flower, of the E division of police, said that near the Middle-
sex Hospital he yesterday morning observed the prisoner
with a book in her hand. He took it from her, and on
being questioned she said, " that being exceedingly fond of
reading she was studying the book, and had advanced a
great way into it." He found the book to be a volume of
Mutton's Mathematic*, by Dr. Gregory, and that none of
the leaves hail been cut, upon which he took her into cus-
tody.—William Gissing, assistant to Mr. Bompaa, deposed
to having placed such a volume as the one produced in his
master's window, and had missed it.—The prisoner, after
some hesitation, admitted taking the book.—Alderman
Gibbs decided upon remanding her for a few days, and
directed the book to be returned to the owner.

WHOLESALE FRAUDS IN THE CITY.—A young man,
named Edward Erans, who has been employed at various
large warehouses both in the City and the west-end, was
brought up on remand for final examination, charged with
obtaining goods to a large amount from various houses under
false pretences. The court was crowded by parties who had
been duped by the prisoner. The first case was then entered
into.—Mr. James Eastharn, assistaat to Messrs. Swainson
and Co., Watling-street, stated that he knew the prisoner
some time ago from his repeatedly coming fur goods from
other houses. On the 22nd of September be came and asked
for three pieces of drab and blue furniture, and that they
were for Messrs. Williams and Co. Witness told him they
had none of that colour, when he said buff and blue would
do, upon which the pieces were given him with a bill of
parcels made out in Williams and Co.'s name. The pieces
produced by the pawnbroker in court were those he de-
livered to the prisoner.—There were a number of other
similar cues which were gone into, but the number of wit-
nesses were so great, and the amount of evidence so volu-
minous, that it would be useless to give them. However,
seven cases were established against him, and he was com-
mitted on all. Several were abandoned, and others not sus-
tained for want of sufficient evidence. Ile was removed to
Newgate.
3IARYLEI3ONE.—SINGULAR CHARGE op UrreasNo
COUNTERFEIT COIN.—A very respectably-dressed young
man, named Henry t'retian, was brought before Mr. Raw-
linson, on Wednesday last, charged with having uttered a
counterfeit sovereign to Mr. Horton, a cheesemonger, in the
Edgeware-road. It appeared that on the previous night
the prisoner purchased, at the shop alluded to, half a pound
of cheese, in payment for which he tendered a piece which,
to all appearance, was a sovereign; Mr. Horton, imagining
that there was something wrong, put the coin into his
mouth and bit it, when it fell into three pieces. He (pri-
soner) was immediately given into custody, and conveyed to
the station-hours. The prisoner's answer to the charge was
that he received the coin from his uncle, on Saturday, in
payment of wages, and that if the money was bad, it could be
no fault of his. The portions of the coin were produced, and
the magistrate remanded the prisoner until yesterday, in
order that the Mint solicitor, Mr. l'owell, might be in attend-
ance.—The prisoner was locked up, and at tire o'clock was
conveyed away in the government van to prison. The con-
stable who brought up the prisoner, and who had been
directed to name all the circumstances to Mr. Powell, re-
turned to the court, shortly after the business had closed,
and communicated the information which he had derived
from Mr. Powell, viz., that the coin had really emanated
from her Majesty's Mint. Mr. Rawlinson, who had ordered
the remand, was as speedily as possible sent to, but ho was
out of town. Mr. Long, the other magistrate of this court,
was made acquainted with the whole of the particulars con-
nected with this case, and, by virtue of a written authority
from him, the prisoner was soon restored to his friends and
home.

LAMBETH.—Tax "TWENTY POVND " SWINDLEa.—
Yesterday William Willmott liyron, who stood remanded
from Friday last, on a charge of being concerned with an-
other person, not at present in custody, in defrauding Mr.
Mansford out of 201., and also with having in his possession
property to a considerable amount, of which he could not
give a satisfactory account, was placed at the bar before Mr.
Norton for further examination.—Mr. Knight, a solicitor of
Basinghall-street, attended on behalf of Mr. Mansford, who
gave the prisoner into custody, and Mr. Ballantine, the
barrister, appeared for the prisoner.—The first witness called
was Miss Charlotte F. White, of 24, Connaught-terrace,
Edgeware-road, who deposed that o,' the 18th of Jul; last
she saw an advertisement in a mon.ing paper offering a
bonus of 51. for the loan of '2Ol. for on, month. She replied
to it, and on the following Monday (the advertisement ap-
pearine on the Saturday) the prisoner called upon her, and
presenting her the note she sent in reply to the advertisement,
asked if she was the person who bad sent it ? She replied
in the affirmative, and be then told her he was the person
who wanted the money, and presented three tea warrants of
three chests of lea in each, which he said he would deposit
with her as a security, besides allowing her 51. for the loan.
He, the prisoner, represented the tea warrants to be very
valuable, and she consented to lend the 20/. on his giving
his note of hand for 2.51. and depositing with her the tea
warrants in addition. The note of hand had not been paid
and the tea warrants were completely worthless. The wit-
ness had not seen him from the time she paid him two ten- ,
pound notes until this morning as he was getting out of the
police van. Mr. Norton enquired if there were
any other charges against the prisoner, when a
fashionably dressed lady, who sat at the solici-
tors' table, said she had a charge to prefer.
The lady deposed that her name was Frances Raymond, and
that she was the wife of a gentleman living upon his property
at Swisacottagea, Balaton. She narrated the circumstances
under which, on the 15th May last, she had been induced,
on the deposit of notes of hind and tea warrants, as in the
last case, to advance the prisoner and another two several
sums of 181. and 151. There were several other similar
charges against the prisoner, who treated the matter with
apparent indifference.—Mr. James Northington, the keeper
of a coffee-house in Agar•street, Strand, said, that the pri-
soner and six or seven other persons were in the habit of
frequently meeting at his house, and having their letters
directed there. They met so often that they led him (wit-
ness) and his family to believe that they were persons specu-
lating in horse-racing, and were very fortunate in that specu-
lation. (Laughter.)—Mr. Ballantine addressed the bench at
some length, and contended that the evidence went to prove
nothing beyond a conspiracy, if even that—Mr. Norton re-
marked, that the case was one which required further inves-
tigation, and he should therefore remand the prisoner until
Friday next (this day week) on a charge of obtaining money
under false pretences.—Mr. Ballantine applied for his beiag
admitted to bail, but this was refused.

THAMES.—Yesterday, James Brooke, a lighterman, was
brought before Mr. Ballantine, charged with assaulting Ann
Williams, a young woman who carried an infant in her
arms, and whose face was marked. It appeared that the
complainant and her husband went into a publichouse called
the Red Lion, in Ratcliffe-highway, to obtain refreshments,
and while there the prisoner and another man entered. They
fastened a quarrel upon the other party, and the prisoner
challenged the complainant's husband to fight. He refused
to do so; on which the prisoner attempted to strike him.
The woman got np and said, " Don't hit my husband, he
don't want to fight," whereupon ho struck her a violent
blow on the face, and knocked her backwards. The bruise
on her Case was in consequence of the blow. Mr. Ballantine
said the prisoner might have selected a man in the group to
tight with, if he was so fond of using his fists, and not beat a
woman. His conduct was very base and cowardly, and he
fined him 41., and in default of payment sentenced him to six
weeks' imprisonment.

MONEY MARKET.
TRUE/MAT EVENING.

The C,ontiol market remains without alteration; the
quotations 951 to 1 for money and account, with little doing.
Exchequer bills, 15s. to 19s. premium. India bonds, 281.
premium.
Some dealing took Owl in Mexican and Sranifh bonds,

which, to a small extent, relieved the inactivity of the foreign
market. The former declined to 241 to t, or about 4 per
cent. worse than at the close of yesterday's market. Spanish
Fives, improved to 283 to 7; the Threes to 374 to 8; the
D (erred, 17 to d ; Passive, SI to 8. Portuguese, 414 to 24.
Brazilian, 8.54 to 74. New Granada, 21 to 4. Dutch Tn o-
and-a-Half per Cents, 59 to 4 ; the Fours, 924 to 3. Belgian
Four-and-a-Half per Cents., 97 to 8.

ENOLISH FUNDS.—Orr. 8.
3 per. Ct. Consols, Anne., 8
lb 931, 4, Exchequelr Bills, £l,OOO, IV.,
4
3 per Ct. Anns. 1728, 95 Ditto, £:4O, 18 15 19
India Bends under £lOOO, 28 pun. Ditto, Small, 18 13 19
Consols fur Aat, 94
FOREIO. ?WM&
5 per Ct. &exilic. Dds, for Acct., 3 per Ct. Spanish Eds. Led., Oct.
Oct 15.07 15, 381
1 per Ct. Grenada Bonds, 211 3 per Ct Spanish Bds. Oct
Intro Deferred, 4 15, 371, 1,1,
5 prr Ct. Mexican Acct., Oct. 15, 41 per Ct. 974 Belgian &rads, Ex. IS
tto4l S
2, francs,
Inmall, 254 4 per Ct. Dutch Certif once, 924

RXCEIANORS AND 'MOCKS ABROAD.
Pain, Ocr. 7.—Cswes sfrtherstipste, far money.—The per Cnstan
117 45 ; Fair per Cents., 106 15 ; Three per Cents.. tia 40 ; claire% of
the Bank, 3485; Rents de Naples (Rothschild), 102; Roman Loan,
102 4 ; P.elgian 1 Ire per Cents. (1810), 100 99/ ; ditto (1842), 1021;
Gown Rank Shares, 1120 ; Bandon Mtn. 315. Exchange on Lon-
don, 30 days, 25 70; three months, 25 55. The Fire per Cents.
elated for the account at 117 30 ; the Three per Cents. at 62 55.
Orr. 2.—Three per Cents., 544 ; Four per Cente., 211 ;
Fire per Cents., 211. Exchanges on London, 361; Paris, 15 17.
Amirrrinsit, Ocr. 6.—Dutch Funds.—Actual Debt, Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., 594, 591; Three per Cents., 711, 724; Four
per Cents., 934, 941. Amort Synd. Four.and.a-half per Cents.,
89, 891. Commercial Company, Four-4=14-1W per Cents.,
1731. 1731. East Indian Loan, Four per Cents., 934, 94—Exchange
on London 12.17; two months, 13.10; on Hamburg, 35.75; two
months, 35.43.
Farina°, Ocr. 3.—AuArian Five per Cents. 112; Bank Shares,
1570. Russian: Flee per Cont. Hamburg Certificates, 1014; ditto,
Ist series Inscriptions, 101 money • ditto, Hope and Co., 3rd and 4th
Series, 97; ditto, in Certiacates, 96e; New Four per Cents., Stieglita,
884. Spanish : New Fire per Cents., 181 bills ; 181 money ; Three
per Cents., Slf 514 money. Dutch: Act. Debt Two-aud-a-llalf
per Cents., 584. Danish : Englis'i Loan, Three per Cents., 854.
Beaus, Ocr. 3.—Prussian Funds. St. Schuld Bch. Three-and-
s-ball per Cents., 92, 914. Exchanges: On London, two months,
6.231; on Hamburg, 1491 ; on Paris, 791.

MEXICAN LOAN AFFAllt3.—That may now be announced
as a fact, which in the Daily News this morning was given only
as a report ; Senor Murphy, the Mexican envoy, has received
his letters of recall or discharge. They • ere delivered to
him by Senor Faris', the son of the new minister of finance
in Mexico, who came passenger by the Medway, with diree-
-1 tions to place the office in charge of the Secretary of Lega-
tion. It is now, moreover, certain that the loan conversion
scheme has been disallowed by the present govern-
ment of Mexico. What will seem, however, much
snore extraordinary, is the asserted fact, that the
conversion scheme had been preciously repudiated by the late
government, under whose powers and Instructions it was
presumed to be framed and carried out. The habitual
readers of this paper will not be taken by surprise on learn-
ing this curious turn in affairs. The bondholders were re-
peatedly warned under this head, at the time the conversion
scheme was hatching, that the terms of compromise being
materially altered from the project of law proposed and voted
in the Mexican congress, the transaction coul I scarcely fail
to be disavowed when remitted back for ratification ; as now
It comes recorded. It was a singular feature of that question-
able
transaction, that from first to last neither did the bond-
holders, nor, probably, the Spanish-American committee, re-
quire, nor did the Mexican functionaries offer, th e exhibition of
the powers and instructions under which the conversion scheme
was authorised, and for carrying out which, it was assumed,
those functionaries were, or should have been, specially
appointed. These are complications which remain to be
explained, and for the purpose of such explanation, which,
for their own sakes, the late Mexican officials must be as
anxious to offer as the bondholders to receive, it is concluded
that a public meeting of all those interested will be sum-
moned with the least possible delay. The or: qinal powers
and instructions under official seal may be then
and there appropriately produced, or a certified copy
of the same, and then it can be clearly ascertained
where lies the blame; whether the two governments of
Mexico stand justly chargeable with breach of faith, or the
officials with breach of confidence. In the ;meantime the
holders of new bonds under the conversion are placed in an
anomalous if not in a perilous position. They have parted
with the old bonds, which represented a valid claim upon
Mexico ; and they have accepted new titles under a deed
which is stigmatised as of non avail. The Mexican officials,
moreover, have been issuing, and realising in money, a large
if not the whole portion of the new bonds which were re-
served for the state in the re partition of composition
values. The amount realised exists no doubt in
its integrity, as no payments in advance would
be made to, or could be received by, a govern-
ment which refused to acknowledge the contract.
How the amount so realised shall be disposed of will be ano-
ther question for consideration, but assuredly the official
parties who negotiated the conversion will not claim, for
they cannot be entitled, to charge large sums of agency and
commission, if it shall appear that they exceeded their
powers, and acted counter to their instructions.
A morning paper, the almost single advocate or defender
of the conversion scheme throughout, on a one-sided view
assumes with perfect propriety that, " according to all
principles of equity, the contract between the late
government, and the creditors, having once been
made, it would be monstrous for the present rulers
of the republic to interfere in it." The chief element
is however wanting to constitute the proposition fairly;
for the "contract between the late government and the cre-
ditors" was not made—but disowned, as the writer could
and ought to have been informed. The present rulers of
Mexico do but affirm the act of their predecessors in office,
and therefore stand blameless in the matter. We shall be
curious to see what coure the Spanish-American committee
will now take in this affair, and in what disposition they will
meet the bondholders. They had warning enough, and more
than enough, to open their eyes at the time against mixing
themselves up with loan jobbing schemes.