The Express.
London, England, 1847-09-08 00:00:00

POLICE. v
- _ESTERDAT.

MANSION-HOUBB.—Crtaaox OP CONSPIRACY TO DE-
FRAVD.—Gardner and llolliday were re-examined, charged
with having conspired to defraud Mr. Gray of a large quan-
tity of cordage. The justice-room wan thronged with ware-
housemen and tradesmen, several of whom were said to
have been victimised by the Pancras-lane partners. The
immediate charge against the prisoners was, that they had i
conspired to defraud Mr. Gray of rope of the value of 1791.
There, however, besides that decided ices to Mr. Gray,
remains outstanding a 901. bill, for which the prosecutor
gave value to the prisoners, and which is net worth one
farthing.—J. Pierce : Was in the employment of Mr. Gray,
and delivered 10 packages of rope at the Custom-house-
wharf on the 4th of August for my master; on the 10th of
August, at Fresh-wharf 14 packages; on the 20th, 20
packages; and on the 24th, 12 packages, and left the
delivery notes upon each occasion. Had since seen
some of the rope at Meson. Frost and Sheader's ware-
house in Wapping. Had packed it himself, and
could, therefore, say it was the same rope.—Fisher,
a lighterman, proved that he de';vered ten packages
of rope front the Custom-house-wharf at Messrs. Frost and
Shesder, of Wapping, ship-chandlers.—Mr. Frost, of the
firm of Frost and Sheader, of No. 320, Wapping, said in
August he purchased 15 cwt. of rope of Mr. H. Cusell and
Co., of Lime-street. The packages came from tho Custom-
house-wharf, where he had seen the goods. The contract
was made at the Custom-house-wharf on the 6th of August.
I went with Mr. Cusell to inspect the goods, and pur-
chased them. They were delivered to us free of expense.
—Cross-examined by Mr. Hilleary for the prosecutors : The
rope was Petersburg hemp, but it was of very inferior
quality ; was positive that the raw material of Petersbur.g
hemp did not coat 40s. a hundred before it was manufactured,
when of such quality as what he purchased.—H. Cus.U,
commission agent, of No. 62, Lime street, said last August
he purchased rope in round packages, and Mr. Holliday, the
prisoner, was the person who transacted the business with
him ; he bought in the name of Gardner and Co. He
said he had got a lot of rope, and asked if witness
could dispose of it, or advance money upon it.—
Evidence having been given of the delivery of some of the
packages of repo at Fresh-wharf, his lordship said he should
remand the prisoners for a few days.—Mr. Hilleary hoped the
Lord Mayor would not accept bail in the present condition
of the CM. His lordship had shown that he was strongly
impressed with the circumstances. If the prisoners were let
loose they would have the advantage of seeing certain con.
federates of theirs whom he was anxious to place in that
bar along with them. He attended upon the present ma-
i sion not for the gratification of any whim, but to perform an
important public duty ; and there lay a heavy responsibility
' upon his poor client, who had already been robbed of nearly
3001. by the nefarious gang„—Mr. Clarkson said the statement
which had been just made was by ao means justified by the
evidence. Besides, it was no sort of compliment In a magis-
trate to take bail in a case of misdemeanor. The law
directed the magistrate to accept of reasonable bail.—Mr.
I Hilleary said there were numerous witnesses in other cases
against the prisoners at that moment in the justice-room.—
Mr. B. Benson steppedforwanl. He was, he said, a jeweller
and silversmith, onLudgate-hill, and Holliday, accompanied
by Gardner, called upon him some time ago, and obtained
from him a valuable article, which he SOW he intended to
ship for his rich principle at Hamburg. He subsequently
called, and wanted other articles, but it was soon ascertained
that he and Gardner were had characters, and witness could
never dad either et then out, until ha found them In the
newsiness*s wens be knew them at ones.—The prisoners
were semended till Monday, the Lord Mayor accepting bail,
ea* kr hkesedf k Me seat of 2001., and two sureties for
ask to do rotund of 1001. each.

GUILDHALL.—RORBERT BY A WAREIIOI:6ENAL—J.
Dixon, in the service of Messrs. Bradbury and Evans,
printers, and Emma, his wife, were finally ersmined, charged
with stealing a large quantity of numbers of the " Pickwick
Papers," " Punch," the " People's Journal," &c. At the
former examination, it appearea that Mears. Bradbury and
Evans were informed that the " Pickwick Papers" were
being exposed for sale in a newsvender's window early on
Tuesday morning, the 31st ult. They made inquiries, and
found that not only were the " Pickwick Papers" but that
" Punch" and the " People's Journal " for that same week
were in circulation before the proper time, and therefore no
doubt could exist but that they had been surreptitiously
obtained. An inquiry took place, and it was then disco-
vered that the numbers had been sold by the female pri-
soner, in consequence of which both parties were given into
custody. The evidence of several Intttcttes "milt to et— I
,fiat roe prisoner ow.. ...rein control over the different
works, in his capacity of cold-presser, end that be
had employed a young lad named Willi;on for the last
five months to convey sheets to his lodgings.—Alderman
Wood asked Mr. Evans if be wished the case to be re-
manded, as it was evident there were other parties connected
with the transaction.—Mr. Evans said he would leave the
case in the alderman's hands, for although the firm were con-
vinced that some parties in their establishment knew what
was going on, they could not fix upon them—They were
both committed for trial.
CHAROB or EMBEZZLEMIINT.—T. T. Johnson, ',clerk
in the employ of Messrs. Cockett and Redman, Alder-
manbury, was finally examined on the charge of
embezzling two sums of money, one 30/. and the other 101.,
the property of hie employers. The case appeared in our
paper of Friday last. The prisoner bad been in the employ
of Mr. Cockott previous to his entering into partnership with
Mr. Redman, but afterwards he had received the above coma
on account of the joint partnership, and had never accounted
for the same. The defalcations of the prisoner, independent
of the above charges, amounted to 881. The evidence heard
was only cenfirroatory of the above, with the exception of an
additional charge of receiving money to the amount of 41. 13e.
from Mrs. Lett, of Woclwich, which he never accounted
for.—Alderman Wood committed the prisoner for trial.
CLERKENWELL.—Lawrans' Steed-
man, lawyer's clerk, was charged with knocking at the door
of Mr, Pullen, of Woburn-place, Russell-square. At half.
past two o'clock yesterday morning the inmates of the haw
were alarmed by the continued knocking at the door. Other
persons in the neighbourhood were also terrified, under the
impression that there was a fire. Etheridge, E division, was
attracted to the spot, when he pushed the prisoner and took
him to the station-bouse.—The prisoner denied the charge.

He had been to a " convivial" soviet y held at a public.hoiise
in St. Pancras-road, where he drank rather freely and got
drunk.—Mr. Combs fined the prisoner 205., or in default of
payment 14 days' imprieenment.—Locked up in default.
E. Dulau, another lawyer's clerk, was charged with hay-
ing knocked at the door of Mrs. Smith, of No. 44, Cromer-
street, St. Paneraa.—The prisoner drove up to the door at
12 o'clock at night, being drunk at the time. He continued
knocking violently at the door, so as to alarm the neighbour-
hood, when he was taken into custody.—The prisoner said
his mother lodged in the house, and he called there for some
clean linen. Mrs. Smith, however, refused to have her door
opened. The prisoner admitted that he was drunk.—He
ako was fined 20s. or fourteen slays' imprisonment. He was
locked up in default.
ormer.rm la •
ovu .—n TT DIPT TO POISON A WIFE. —J.

Marshall, a plasterer by trade, was charged with having at-
tempted to poison Elizabeth, his wife.—The complainant
stated that she was married to the prisoner four years ago,
and that about three months since they separated. On the
preceding night she met the prisoner, and went with him
into a public house in Webber-street, where they had some
ale. He shortly went out, saying he would rettu n ; and
while ho was gone she left the place for a short time herself,
and when she returned she found him in the room. He
filled another glass of ale, which he prevailed on her to drink,
telling her that he had just drunk himself; but she did not
see hint taste any of it. They then quitted the house toge-
ther ; they bad not, however, proceeded hr when a gentle-
man came after her and said that the man by whom she
was accompanied had put some powder in the glass out of
which she drank the ale, and that he (the stranger)
had reason to suspect that it was poison, and he insisted that
her husband should be taken to the station-house, and
when they arrived there, she felt a kind of stupor or heavi-
ness come over her. A medical man was sent for, and a
portion of the contents of her stomach was brought away by)
the stomach-pump. As she continued to feel still very ill,
she was taken to Guy's Hospital, and from medical treat-
ment, she so far recovered as to be able to leave the hospital
that morning. She added that the prisoner, since their
separation, had urged her to go back and live with him, but
that she refused.—Mrs. Mary Wilcox stated that she is
landlady of the Star beer-shop, in Webber-street. While
the complainant was out of the room, she saw hint open a
piece of paper which contained a powder, and throw it
into ftie ale which was left in the glaze, which he
tilled up and gave his wife when she came back ; the wife
at first urging him to drink, but he made an excuse, and
said he had just drunk out of the same glass. The witness
added that the prisoner did not drink out of the glass at all.
Alter they were gone, it occurred to witness and a stranger
who was present at the time, that the powder the prisoner
was seen to mix in the ale was intended to poison the
woman, and the stranger went after them, as stated by the
complainant.— Prisoner said he never intended to poison his
wife. She was troubled sometimes with pains in her
inside, and he bought some pepper, and that was what
he put into the ale to relieve her. He did it pub-
licly, for he did not knob he was doing wrong.
When asked whether he told his wife what he put in the
beer, and whether she had complained of pain previously,
the prisoner hesitated, and said he did not know. His wife
said she had not complained, nor did the prisoner mention
having put anything into the beer.— Sergeant Brown, L
division, said that when the parties came to the station-
house, the prisonor said that he had mixed snuff, and not
pepper, in the ale he gave his wife to drink; that his object
was to induce her to go home to his house. The wife also
kept back much of the statement she had made the night
before. She mentioned, when at the station-house, that her
husband threatened to destroy her, in consequence of her
refusal to go back to him.—On being recalled, the wife said
that the prisoner had declared that he would cut her off
quietly, and afterwards destroy himself —The complainant
said she did not wish to press any charge against him, but
that she should never live with him again.—Sergeant Brown
produced a glass out of which the supposed deleterious
liquid was drunk, having a thick setument at the bottom,
which the magistrate directed should be submitted for ana-
lysation by the next examination. The prisoner was re-
manded.

MONEY MARKET.

TUESDLT ETINDW.

Speculation in every department of the Stock Ex-
change appears, for the moment, to be almost entirely
suspended. The jobbers might bethought, to judge
from the excessively inanimate state of the markets,
to have entered into a mutual compact to withhold
themselves from all dealing, so as to enable them,
during the few remaining days of the summer season,
to seek their recreation in the country. There has
been, for some little time past, a very limited at-
tendance. Consols began this morning at the former
quotations of 87! to for money, and 874 to 8 for
account, and so they remained till nearly the close of
business, when, in consequence of a money sale of
100,0001. Reduced Stock, the rates declined to 87; to
for money, and 871, to 1 for account, at which they
left off. Exchequer-billslave not quite maintained
the small advance at which they were done yester-
day. The final quotation for them to-day was 3s. to
7s. pm.
The Mexican securities have continued the chief
attraction of the foreign house, the improved tenor of
the information received from the republic by the
West India steamer having led to the hope, in the
minds of some of the holders, pf considerably higher
prices. There does not appear, however, to be any-
thing in the advices obtained yesterday of an im-
portance much beyond the single and simple fact that
the promised remittances of Messrs. Manning and
Mackintosh may enable the agents here, with the
funds already in hand, to pay another half-year's
dividend. The ratification of the conversion was not so
much a question, as that which has reference to a re-
sumption of steadily continued payments. In the early
part of the day, a further advance in the bonds of
per cent. was realised, the rate marked for them
being, for a time, 20, but, on a more sober review of
the circumstances alluded to, the holders were content

to accede to lower figures. Bargains were done ati
191, and, at the termination of business, they stood
at from that price to 191. In other foreign stocks
there was an almost total inaction. Belgian, 92 to 4,1
Brazilian, 83 to 5; the New Bonds, 82 to 4.
Buenos Ayres, 36 to 8. Six per Cents. Chilian, 90
to 2 ; Three per Cents. ditto, 51 to 3. Danish, 84
to 6. Two and-a-Half per Cents., Dutch, 552 to 61;
the Four per Cent. Certificates, 881 to 91. Equador,B
3to 1. New Grenada, 19 to 20; the Deferred ends,
31 to 4. Peruvian, 33 to 5. Portuguese, 25 to 6.
Russian, 108 to 9. Five per Cent. Spanish, 191 to
201 ; Three per Cents. ditto, 291 to 30; the De-
ferred Bonds, 14 to 15 ; the Passive, 41 to 1.
Venezuelan, 38 to 9; the Deferred Bonds, 11 to 1.
The house at Glasgow, whose failure we noticed in
our last City article, but the name of which, from pru-
dential motives, we forbore at the time to mention, is
that of Messrs. Gemmell. The liabilities of the firm
have boon put down, we perceive, at the heavy total of
200,0001. A case of suspension at Manchester oc-
curred on Friday, and it has been whispered about all
day that there was another, and most important one,
if not two, in the same locality. Parties who havejaat
arrived in town from Manchester seem to be of
opinion that there is no good foundation for
what has been in circulation with reference to the
latter, and, as the result of our own inquiries on
'Change and elsewhere, we are disposed to acquiesce
in the accuracy of such an impression. Circumstances
connected with the one case may in all probability
have given rise to surmises and suspicions, or even to
unwarrantable statements, in relation to some other.
The amount of liabilities involved in the case assumed,

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P 6116. Barr. a. I
Paris and Orkann 1130
ParS and Rouen r 949 T 6
Rouen and Barre 677 60
&lagoon & Masseithee 676
Steaabourg and Bala. 170
Centre ( V Jerson) ...
Bordeaux 4.1:3 10 •

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MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.—AnEnnanN.—The Ta-
rtans contracts on the Aberdeen Rahway moth of Montrose end
Brochth are now almost completed, and that portion of the line, it is
expected, will be opened for traffic early in October next.
Faanca.—On Thursday last a locomotive ran for the first
time on the railroad from Cull to St. Quentin, in tho section of Cam.
peigne. Eight waggon, loaded with sand, were &two BOCINC die-
tallo9 beyond VensuL The works are prcceeding with untunisi
CaQPlf 'diki. eta.—The Stettin to Posen Railroad hat been opened
arta, as Woldenberg, the point where it crosses the road front Berlin
to Hanipberg and the liurzian frontier. By the opening of this por-
tion of the line the road which is to connect kern and Berlin is half
finiehed, end it is expected that the othu kalf will be opened in the
comae of next year.