The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-20 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 20, 1847

from the burden of maintaining the child, and to avoid
exposure, and that ahe did cot contemplate the fatal result
of her conduct.—Mr. Wilde, on behalf of the prisoner,
urged that it was very possible that a young girl, in the
agony of such a situation as she was placed in, might have
committed the act imputed to her without being aware of
the consequences that might ensue.—The jury found the
prisoner Guilty of man■laughter, and she was sentenced to
be imprisoned sad kept to hard labour for a year.
Hottlelol.—Henry Spicer, 32, broker, was indicted
for the manslaughter of Philip Birch. The circumstances
of this case will be fresh in the recollection of the public.
The parties were in a public•houae with other persons, when
the deceased insisted upon fighting with several persons, and
seised one man by the throat, and held him till he was nearly
black in the face. The prisoner upon this laid hold of a pair
of tongs and struck at him, the blow being aimed at his
body, but by his suddenly turning ho received it on his heed,
and the consequence was that he died men afterwards. The
deceased, it appeared, was very drunk at the time, and th
occurrence appeared chiefly to have arisen from his own mis-
conduct. Verdict—Not Guilty.
NNW Col2l4T.—llefore the Recorder.

iIIOAMY.-BCOTCH M•IMIAGER.—John Redpath, 27, wan
indicted for feloniously intermarrying with Sarah Ann Phil-
pot, his wife being alive—To prove the first marriage, B.
Thompson, a tenon-, residing at Ainwick, in Northumber-
land, was called. and he stated that the prisoner was married
to his sister in 183.5, at a place railed Laniberton Toll, a few
miles north of Berwick-upon-Tweed, by a person named
Gray. At the ceremony, a portion of the church service wan
read. After the marriage the prisoner and his wife lived for
some time at Berwick, and had several children ; but the
prisoner left his wife end family some time ago, and no cite
knew what had become of him till thin charge was preferred.
In croseexamination, the witness said that " Lumberton
Toll " was a toll-gate a short distance within the Scottish
territory, and there marriages were celebrated, he believed,
according to the custom of Scotland. Witness himself was
married at the same place, and by the same person, fifteen
years ago. He had to go 30 miles to get to the toll-gate, which
he believed was the boundary between England and Scotland,
but he was almost certain that it was within Seotland.
Some question here anise as to whether this evidence of the
marriage having taken place in Scotland was satisfactory,
end to be relied upon, Mr. Robinson contending that if the
marriage was celebrated in England, according to Scottish
law and customs, it was not good.— /be Recorder then put
it to the jury, whether they were satisfied that the marriage
took place in Scotland.—The jury said they were—The ease
then proceeded, and a policeman produced a document, per.
porting to be a copy of the register of the first marriage.
The witness stated that he procured this copy from Grsv's
I widow at Berwick. When the prisoner was arrested he said
his first marriage was not a good one, and that his only wife
! was Sarah Philpot—Sarah Ann Philpot proved that she was
married to the prisoner at St. John's, Southwark, on the
, 24th November, 184,5. She lived with and had one child by
him. She stated the prisoner told her that he had
some children by a woman in Northumberland, but
he was not married to her. He told her her
name, and said he had had correspondence with Ur while
he bad been in London.—This was the case for the prosecu-
tion.—The Recorder decided that the copy of the Scotch
register could not be made evidence.—Mr. Robinson, for the
defence, said his best point had been obviated by the decisioa
the jury had given with respect to the locality of
Lamberton, but he should contend that the first was not
a valid marriage, on the ground that there was no decisive
proof that it took place in Scotland ; and if it took place in
England it was not binding according to our law, as it was
celebrated according to Scottish law and rites.—The Re-
corder stopped the learned counsel, and said that in his own
private judgment be conceived the first marriage to be good;
but he could not take judicial cognisance that each was the
case. There was no evidence to show that Gray was an.
thorised to celebrate marriages, nor was there any evidence
that the marriage war a valid one according to Scotch law
Such evidence clearly ought to have been laid before the
court, and in its absence the ease against the prisoner could
not be sustained. However, the result of this trial would
not affect either zr.arriage ; they would amain as the
I were. There being no evidence that the marriage which
took place at the Lamberton toll-gate was'o,lnding upon the
prisoner, the_jurT must find him not guilty.—Verdict accord-
ingly.—Mr. Robinson said be believed these toll-gate cere-
monies were but Gretna-green marriages; what was
worse, "broomstick" ones.—The Recorder said he consi-
dered it a good marriage according to Scotch custom, but
there was no evidence of it.

THE CARD-PLATING CHEATLL-Mr. Prendergast applied
that Brewer, whose health had suffered since his imprison•
ment, and Ralph', his fellow•prisoner, might be removed from
the department of the prison they were now confined in, to
the one allotted to first-class misdemeanants.—The Recorder
said he had inquired of Mr. Cope, the governor of the prison,
and felt justified in ordering the application to be complied
with.

men, among whom wee Whitchureh, who jumped on his
chest. West laid hold of his handkerchief and tried to choke
him. Wear also pushed his knee against his (complainant's)
stomach several times. Cotoplament was taken to the ra-
tion-house, and charged with being a bad character, but was
set at liberty.— It. Phillips said he sow Hoile striking the
complainant, and kneeling on his chest. Interfered tope.
vent further ill-usage, and was put out of the shop by Whit-
church.—Mary Wood, mother of the complaisant, said see
had given her son leave to go into the howes.—The defence
of the police was, that they had been requested by Hales to
protect him against the violent conduct of the complaisant.
The complainant was a man of indifferent character, and
frequently drunk. Ile had pot by force into the house in
West- treat, though the landlord had padlocked the deur
and when requested to leave be struck the landlord. It was
denied that any more violence was used than necessary to
overcome the complainant's violent drunken resistence, and
to procure his ejectment from the house.—J. Eales said he
was landl rd of the house. The complainant's mother wa+
in arrears of rent, and be had taken possession cif the pre.
mists, and padlocked the door. The complainant, who had
BO right to be on the premises, forced his way into the house,
and would not go out when requested. Wittier* was as-
saulted by the complainant, and app:ied for assistance to the
police, who did not use improper vio'ence.—J. Brunetti
said he went into the house in We et-street, and sew West
holding complainant. Hoile was on the ground, as if he had
been thrown down. Complainant au very violent, end the
constables acted with great forbearance.—Mr. Birgham was
of opinion that the constables had done no more than their
duty, and the case was dismissed.
BENEVOLENCE.—The Goldsmiths' Company sent thoir an-
nual donation of 101., to be placed in the poor-box for the
relief of deserving poor.
WESTMINSTER.—THREATINSNO TO eIIOOT LORD
GEORGIC BENTINCIL—TL WOOMO was charged with threat-
ening to shoot Lord George Bentinek.—H. Lockyer, 90 C,
said, at about hallepast seven last evening I was ea duty at
the House of Commons, when I saw the prisoner standing
near the members' entrance. He said " I want you to point
not Lord George Bentinck and I will give you half a crown."
He mid that he wanted to shoot him, and I took him into
custody. He said his reason was that Lord George was
opposing Lord John's measures. He said they had taken
the razors away from him last night, and he had 111111,
brought out a pair of scissors, which I found on Lim. He
said Lord George was • gambling scoundrel. He aided,
that he had been in the parks two or three days, for the pur-
pose of seeing her Majesty, to tell her that Lord George
was opposing Lord John's measures. I bad the prisoner
in custody four years ego, for exclaiming spinet Sir
Robert Peel. He said he wanted to shoot him. He told me!
he was two yearn in prison for it.—Robert Bray, 21 A, said—
When the prisoner was brought to the station he told me
that he thought by that time it would have been all over.
He had brought half-a-crown with him for • cab, and had he
pinned Lord George, be should have driven cs fast as he
could to Kingsborough reservoir, as it was very deep and
would save expoenre. He said there must be a sacrifice
made to rid the country of such a scoundrel.-11 Weetham
said on Thursday evening the prisoner came into his shop to
be shaved, and said he was going to shoot Lord Bentinek. I
told a policemen, and gave a de serlption of the prisoner.—Pri-
soner, in defence, said he did not mean to do any harm, and
had no ill-feeling towards Lord George. Prisoner's head had
been fractured a abort time before, and it affected his brain.
—Mr. Burrell committed the prisoner, and desired the clerk
to express upon the commitment, for the information of the
authorities of the prison, his impression that the prisoner
was deranged.
LAMBETH.—Tess MINT SOLICITOBB AND THE SMASH-
ERO.—There were three " smashing " cases to bo heard at
this office ; two of them bad been remanded from a former
day, and the third was a new ease. The witnesses were ell
in attendance, and when the cases were called a policeman
stated that he had been to the office of Me. Powell, the soli-
citor to the Mint, and was told there that Mr. Powell was in
Liverpool, and that if no person from his office wu in court
by half-past 12 the magistrate might not expect his,, but
deal with the prisoners as he thought proper.—Mr. Norton
remarked that it was high time that some change was made
in reference to the prosecutions for passing counterfeit coin.
The witnesses in the cues were in attendance, some of them
for the second time, and it was very eztraordinery that as
Mr. Powell himself was out of town some person belonging
to his office was not in attendance to bear the evidence.
Two of the prisoners wire discharged, there being no proof
of a second utterance, and the third was remanded.
Tunzarenee FARES.—The driver of a Peckham omni-
bus was charged with detaining a basket belonging to •
lady. The complainant had gone in the defendant's omni-
bus from the Elephant and Castle to High-street, Peckham,
and having gone a few yards beyond the point at which the
tbreepenay fares cease defendant insisted on being ;mid
sixpence, and kept her basket.--Mr. Norton fined him du.
THAMES.—GAMBLING IN A BEER•OHOP.-- IV. T.
Brooks, landlord of the Cooper's Block, beer.shop, Bedford-
street, Poplar, was charged with having kept • public baga-
telle-board, without being duly licensed, whereby he had
incurred a penalty not exceeding 101. ; a second information
charged the defendant with wilfulle allowing and encourag-
ing card-playing and gambling is his house, whereby he had
incurred a penalty not exceeding 61. The defendant ob-
Lined a license as beer-shop keeper at the above house,
and, as the informers and their witnesses distinctly swore and
maintained, compelled all the men in the employ of Mr.
Emery, a cooper, to whom the defendant is foreman, to fre-
quent his beer-shop, where card and bagatelle playing was
carried on to a great extent; those who would not ploy soon
found themselves discharged from their emplonment. One
of the witnesses declared that the sums of money ovinpt be
the different men in Mr. Emery's employ, at the beer-shop,
were every week deducted from their wages.—Mr. Bali• 111-
tine commented in strong language on this kind of truck
system. In each case he should fine him is the sum of 40s.
and oats, or 41. 45.

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY BYRN WO.

There have been remarkably few transactions in
the; funds to-day ; nevertheless prices had a down-
ward tendency, and Consols were lower by about 1
per cent. than yesterday. They remained all day
without a variation at 84? to 5 for the opening. But
for the near approach of dividend day, it may be
doubted whether even these rates would be supported.
It is usually the case that some few weeks before the
payment of dividends Consols bear a higher quota-
tion, through'the purchases of dealers, who lay in stock
beforehand is answer the anticipated demands for in-
vestment of recipients of dividends desirous to re-incest.
Although little business of the kind, and with the
same intent, is done at present, it may be observed
that prices are kept up in some degree by the well-
known fact, that a considerable amount of dividend
mosey, such as trust and public companies' funds
must still come forward for re-investment. Reduced
Threes were 841 to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 86 to 1. Bank Stock, 1861 to 81. Long
Annuities, 8 9-18. Exchequer Bills, is. to 10s. pm.
India Bonds, 188. to 13s. discount.

In foreignstoclui the dealings have been extremely
scarce. Mexican were quoted 17i to 18. Span 's&
Fives, 171 to without business done ; the 'Threes,
29 to Portuguese, 22 to 3. Dutch Two-and-a-
Half per Cents., nominally 55 to ; the Fours, 84 to 5.
Russian were done at 107 f, and may be called in
advance at 106 to 8.

It is understood that a private meeting of the cre-
ditors of Messrs. Coates, Hillard, and Co., American
merchants, was convened to-day, to receive a propo-
sition of adjustment, the nature of which did not
transpire ; but it was understood not to be acceptable
to many of those present or not present. The more
public meeting does not take place for some days.
From the course which money affairs are taking on
all the great exchanges of the Continent, as well as
in the United States, it may be doubtful whether the
directors of the Bank of England will be in any hags
to reduce the present minimum rate of discount, clew
as it may be that with money in good supply among
the other banks and discount houses, and with the
rates lower by and per cent. for first-class paper,
the Bank by persistence in its present high and re-
strictive charge must necessarily incur the sacrifice of
a considerable proportion of its banking business until
an equality of conditions comes to be re-established.
With money commanding from 12 to 18 per cent.
upon the most respectable bills in New York, and,
what is perhaps of more significance still, as much in
the generally conceived more solid and sober business
city of Boston, it is evident that capital—the capital of
American houseshere at least—will be shortly outflow-
ingtotheUnited States for participation in such highly
remunerating forms of investment. Even treasury notes
equivalent to our Exchequer Bills were at 7 per cent.
discount, although unlike our Exchequer Bills now,
and in so far a more readily available security, they
are payable for customs dues as cash, and the mer-
chant therefore purchasing at the discount is so much
the gainer on passing his goods through the Custom-
house. But no more unmistakeable sign of the money
penury and pressure existing there could be adduced
than the fact that a security representing, and so
easily convertible into, cash payments should still be
subject to such an extraordinary depreciation. 1
evident explanation is the extreme scarcity of money,
and the so much greater value accommodation com-
manded on other securities of, perhaps, in some cases
intrinsically not inferior worth, but not with egad
facilities for convertibility.
These high rates of money in the United Staten
must necessarily prove pro Canto an impediment to the
disposal of imported commodities, and to imports gene-
rally. At the .'-ne -- where
capital, b,