The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-02 00:00:00

mow- mik bedNis ;se Inee, reaseatt—.
terartaat "Wm'
.be vole "clef' tisanes
beim to haws veld tbsi:pemosS fres• wham Iso Yid
did
and to hayseahstAbessabmisser back. He
did set minces weed& knee gotaisselet them at the
bank. He spuld net ne so foollik. 1111i0 balms the bank
would teak wads. payee.—Mr. Maness said that since the
lint examisatiod of the prieoner it wee ascertained that he
had not presented any of the cheeks for payment, and that
the Bankers' Society therefore did sat fed called upon to
etoercute for the forgery, for in point of fact no money bad
raised from them upon the doonasenta.—Mr. Cutting.
ham maid that it would be a pity if • promotion was not in-
stituted against an offender lik, the prisoner, sad that it was
out of the power of the poor man Sullivan to bear the ex.
=leeof such a proceeding.—Mr. Mullein mid that the
rs were anxious that tradesmen should be mere cir-
cumspect than they were in taking augur, end that their
object was to induce them to be cautious from whom they
received such documents.—Mr. Cottingham said he should
mark the prisoner for trial, but ordered him to be brought
up again in a week.
THAMES.-13mainto BR/AMT.—Won. Wittiness, a
carman, and Wm. Dania, were charged with stealing four
end one pint and a half of brandy, the property of
r. John Matthews, merchant. Williams was in the ser-
vice of Mr. Smith, en extensive carrier, and on Wednesday
was sent to the London Docks for two casks of brandy.
Having received them, as he was passing through Rom-lane
he was Joined by the prisoner Davis, who had no business
with the cart. Williams was seen is • pierce the casks,
and take a quantity of brandy from each, Davis holding the
hone. The liquid, which had been drawn into bottles, they
then carefully placed in the nose-bag belonging to the wag-
gon and filled it up with straw. Davis then walked off with
it.—J. Pierce, who witnessed the transaction, immediately
gave information to a policeman, who apprehended Dant
with the brandy in Ratcliff-highway. Williams he appre-
hended when ha returned home from the West India Dock.
The casks had been Saco gauged, and the deficiency weer-
tained.—The prisoners made no defence, and were severally

811. Waoas,—Mr. Hugh Burn the muter of the ship
Himalaya, was summoned before Mr. Yardley, on Wednes-
day, at the instance of Thomas Bainbridge, cook and baker,
for • balance of 41. 65., for services on a voyage from London
to Port Philip and elsewhere, and hack to London. The
hearing of the case afforded great amusement is a mink&
orriet.—Mr. Pelham, for the complainant, said that Bain-
ImMete signed articles of agreement for 31. a month, and had
anlybeen paid 21. 15a per month. Ike duration of the
verge intendedto 17 matithe, and there was, consequently,
41.65. thee. He would prove that the complainant bad been
• shies eook all his life, and was competent to perform the
duk,j,and should produce certificates from masters with whom
he had before served, approving of his abilities and services.
Mr. Pelham then questioned his client, who is • metho-
dical and somewhat eccentric man, and asked him if he
was not ship's cock ?—Bainbridge •. No. I am not. Mr.
Pelham : What are you, then ?—Dainbtidge : I cooked fuel
the ship. Mr. Pelham : Were you cook and seaman 1-1
Bainbridge : No, I was cook and hiker. Mr. Pelham:
Were you sea-lick on the voyage ?—Bainbridge :No ; but I
was sick of cooking. I had the fat takes from me, and I
was never in such a ship before. I was entitled to the fat.
Some discussion took place about the fat, which amounted
to nothing. Mr. Burn said he had already paid amply
'diciest, and that Bainbridge was the sort of cook whisk
a 'tameless person often sent on earth to worry mankind.
He accused the complainant of neglect of duty and
incompetency, and he was sorry to say there were repeated
entries in the log. The wont of all was that he served
up the puddings with scupper nails in them (laughter).
Mr. Yardley : They must have been rather hard of
digntion. The first entry was then read by the chief mate,
which stated that the crew were constantly complaining of
the cooking, and the dirtiness of the cook; that on several
occasions the duff (pudding) was sent to table with nails as
a substitute for plums. (Great laughtar.)—Mr. Yardley:
What do you say to that, Bainbridge ? —The complainant
shook his head, and said the new had no mete. (Laughter)
—Mr. Yardley: Not for nails, I dare lay. Fowls swallow
stones, and retain them in their stomachs as a help to diges-
tion, but I do not think ads would serve the same purpose
in mariners' stomachs. (Laughter.) The mate and nails
were served up with other things, and the crew did not
stomach it at all. (Increased laughter.)—Mr. Yardley :
Did any of the nails fall to your share? The
mate : Yes, sir ; I had twelve in my mouth at one
time ; they were as thick as plums, but not so soft (roars of
laughter.) On another occasion be was ordered to cook
some potatoes to eat with fresh provisions and he said he'd
be —if he would. However, the potatoes were cooked,
and served up with stale abbage and cabbage-leaves.—Mr.
Pelham : I think it is M. Soyer, the celebrated gastronomic
regenerator and chcf do cosine of the Reform Club, who
recommends as wholesome food a mixture of vegetable sub-
stances.—Mr. Y ardly : Not potatoes, stale cabbages, and
aibbage kook. (Laughter.) I suppose your client aspires
to the title of new gastronomic regenerator?? (Roars
.of
laughter.) Mr. Pelham (good-hiunouredly) : Why, sir,
seamen are difficult to please, though they Me their grab
rough and ready. I believe Belatindge is a scientific
cook, and wished to improve their taste.—The Mate:
Yes, with nails and dirt. Mr. Pelham The
weir were not to expect a Ude or • Soyer in
• ship; the man had • good many to cook for, and
in alms* ship a nail might by mistake get into the " duff "
—The Mate: A nail! there were hundreds.—The Com-
plainant: Will you put it to him, your worship, whether
the potatoes were fit to eat, in musegoence of their having
been kept in the water so long?—The Mate: They were
not—Mr. Yardley : I stwose
.thoug the cabbage
would do the potatoes good. Tra had better have eaten
bad potatoes than nails.—Mr. Pe : Perham the cook
intended the cabbage, cabbage-leaves, and bad potatoes
(which by-the-bye he could not help) as a whet to the appe-
tite, and to prepare for the good things that were to follow.
That great man, Heliogabalus, as was well lawn to all the
lovers of polite eating, began at first by setting plain things be-
fore his= guests, rising by degrees, as their stomachs
to decrease, to the very quintessence of sauce
awnleeries• Asses: entry was then read, which was • very
mime mesi. It doted that the carpenter's pudding was
aided tea of nails, rope-yarn, end tobacco, likewise the
Stow. (Tremendous issogliter.)—Mr. Yardley: What! the
mow OMNI with nails 7—The carpenter was called, who
mid he hod the smile, pieces of shag-tobacco, spun-yarn,
awl beeps of dirt in his pudding. He got some nails in his
mat .—The complainant: I do not know why this men
way that. I tainght him to be a cook myself. I gave
Foi ne of my treatises on the culinary art.—Mr. Pelham :
'intenre the skit Himalaya ought to be proud of a literary
IWY WWI were that eny elhat had written a
lamik.—The Mlualliffilant mid he bah one of the best
wipes ever knew% kr until-pudding.—
Mr. Yardley : Are nalle. apos-yern
t: No.
named as a portion of the
—The to : I like Weer than nail and to-
bacco kagiffier (Great .) Mr. Yardley : The com-
pliable's" may a very good theerelksi seek, but not • pros.
tkal one • and I know of nothimg more likely to produce
dimatildades on board ship them shed osok.—Mr. Pelham:
I bawl se doubt he mat be a feed cook, though he met
with an aecident or two on booed the Himalaya. He kM
a baker and cook in Chelsea and Isleworth, end other
I see by his certifleates, and at sea mazy yeors.—Mr.
%relay : Perhaps he an soaks a good Chelan bun, but
I doubt whether that sort of fare would be preferred to
salt beef and ship biscuit by seamen. Mr. Pelham asked
the mate if Bainbridge was not a good taker I—The
Mate Pretty fair. I have no fault to And with the
bread, exoept there was a coal or a cinder in it now and
then.—Mr. Yardley : Any nails 7—The Mate : No nails.—
Mr. Yardley was afraid the mmideinant was a theoretical
cook, and should like meek to me his treatise.—The com-
plainant said it was nearly oat et print ; be had not one
with him. (Laughter).—Mr. Palm : There will be • second
edition, revised and corrected by the auther.—Kr. Y 4:,
And a receipt for making nail paddloge. oriffiree. ( -
ter). Mr. Pelham : No, we won't premise that. Hs
asked if the complaints were ilea made?—Mr. Buns said
the complaints were constant Am aflsN., promessn, sad'
mew. It was disgusting to find IMMO lairsalbr.—Dir.
Pelham : A mere matter of Mao on hula (Isomilhfor).
Did the men eoh the cook?—Mt. Bumi: No, it was not 11.
lowed. I would not allow the maw to cob any cook.—Tbe
Complainant : There was plenty of es bard.—The
carpenter was recalled : He said limo we ISO nails in
one of the puddings • they were thither Om phase. (Great
laughter.) Mr. Pelham: Podia* dal gime were sot
stoned 7—The Carpenter: item osi. Mr. Pelham':
And you mistook the plumeemese for nails?—The Carper
tea: I know the difference. They were nails. Mr. Yardley:
Did you find the stock of mils iekeue 7—The Carpenter :
I did, 110errelY. They gat alto the }edam., (Ikon
of laughter. We had affies tall of dirt and spon-yers. Mr.
Yardley: ell, he is vory_lbetekate la beak( escaped
cobbing.—The Carpenter : There was • pies' et his shirt in
• loaf of breed one day. (Here the court was convulsed with
laughter.) Mr. Pelham : Well, I am skald I "mot stand up
'garnet this any longer. I understand my elienteaved a good
deal of fat, and skimmed the pate well. "Wes not that some-
thing in hk favour / It would give the idea of a good cook.—
Mr. Burn : Yes he skimmed the pots.—Ths carpenter mid
he was obliged to go and cook kr the complainant while he
was knocking about the desks bitexieated.—The Mate : Yee;
when we thought of eating a nice hot pudding we have
found it hill of nails, spaniern and Mimeo -I could not
stand that. Thenaikstueb in myeeeth.—Mr. Pelham: Well, it
is fortunate you did not swallow them—Mr. Yardley could
snot order any more wives. He had heard of fihat-soup,
though he never knew the. emir fee ; but this was
the first time he had Mir heard of naLlingc. The com-
plaisant had received enough, and the ease must be die-
mired.

MONEY MARKET.
FRIDAY Bvivinto.
Mach excitement was visible at the Stock Ex-
change in the early part of the morning, which in a
great measure continued throughout the day. More
extensive failures were believed to be the cause,
Consols being reported at one niesset to have fallen
, t0134# for time, or shoat 11 pp Best. CC yesterday's
eleeing vales. The of a large public
company was a Lang triple of glans, and great was
the anxiety to learn whether what was said respect-
ing it had any foundation in truth. It resulted that
it had not, and, in the absence of other cases of failure,
it was consolatory to learn that the panic at the
Stock Exchange arose from the fact that the Bank
of England bad come to the determination of doing,
leas for the funds, and more for commerce, than
heretofore. The, institution ceases for the present to
make advances on stock and Exchequer Bills, very
properly considering that the interests of trade are