The Express.
London, England, 1853-08-22 00:00:00

MARYLEBONE.

li7;Zl;T;;;;E:dressed woman, de-
scribed as a dress-maker, residing at No. 2, (heat Quebec.
street, was charged at the blarylebone-court with stealing
a bottle of brandy, the property of Mr. Smith, proprietor of
the Lincoln Hotel, South-street, Manchester-square. The
prison, r, who war evidently impressed with a sense of her
degrading position, wept bitterly.
The prisoner on the previous afternoon went int 3 the bar
of the Lincoln Hotel, and was seen deliberately to take from
one of the shelves • bottle of brandy. The barman, on
being informed of what had happened, ran after the accused
and over:uok her in Manchester-street, and charged her
with the robbery. She took the brandy from under her
shawl, alleging at the time that she intended to have gone
back and pail fur it. He called a policeman, and gave her
into custody, and on her way to the station-house she
offered the policeman 10e. to let her go.
The prisoner, in defence, said she did not know what she
was doing at the time, and she had been subjected to a
flightiness in her head since her last confinement.
Committed fur trial.

NVESTIIINSTEE.
The Hon. Capt. Drummond, adjutant of the first bat-
talion of Sorts Fusilier Guards, applied for a summons
against the toll•collectqr of Vauxhall-bridge, for an assault
on two servants to officers of the regiment.
The gallant officer said he was with his battalion on
their return from Chobham that morning, and having left
the railway by the Nine Elms station, they were crossing
Vauxhall- bridge, whal he heard an altercation at the toll-
gate, and, on going to the spot, he was informed that the
toll•collector &mended toll from two of the officers' ser-
vants, because they were not in uniform. He, being adju-
I tent, would have paid all just demands, had the toll-
collector waited, but he knocked one of the servant's hats
off and detained it. A summons was granted, but subse-
quently the toll collector, being apprised of what had hap-
, pined, made his appearance at the court, and said he had
been assaulted by one of the men, who was in plain clothes,
and struck in the face; and that he intended to apply to
Lambeth police court for a summons, as it was on the
Surrey side that the affair took place, and, therefore, out of
the jurisdiction of that court.
The toll-collector produced a copy of the Act of Incorpo-
ration of the Bridge Company, and contended he was right
in demanding toll.
Capt. Drummond was informed that his application must
be made to Lambeth polls court, and the money he had
paid for the summons was ordered to be returned to him.
LAMBETH.

Joseph Ro'tensisin,who cle;o7llreihimself as a Hungarian,
and an officer in the late war in his country, under M. Yoe-
sub, was placed at the bar for further examination.
Mr. William Pearce, the barrister, of Inner Temple-
lane, attended on behalf of tho accused.
The prisoner stood charged with two distinct offences,
the one with forgery, in altering a pawnbroker's ticket for
the purpose of entrapping into an offence, and prosecuting
a countryman of his, wine, papers be had made available
to his purpous, and the other with obtaining several sums
of money from the benevolent by false pretences. Amongst
the many devices resorted to by the prisoner for imposing
on his dupes was the dodge of enclosing to them a certifi-
cate purporting to be in the handwriting of M. Kossuth,
and to which his signature was attached, representing
Lieutenant Rottensteia as a brave soldier, who had fought
for his country, had been severely wounded in defence of
her liberty, and was worthy the sympathy of the benevo-
lent. At the second examination of the prisoner, Me. Kidd,
the private secretary of Lord Dudley Stuart, informed Mr.
Norton, that .the certificate was the genuine certificate of
M. Kossuth, and that the prisoner was the person to whom
it referred, as several distinguished officers in the late Hun-
garian army bad spoken of him in the highest terms, and
represeated him u a man of extraordinary courage and
bravery. From some circumstances which had subseirently
transpired, there we. some reason to doubt the genuineness
of the certificate, and a summons was issued for the per-
sonal attendance of M. Kossuth to speak to the document,
and to idectif7 the prisoner if he could.
Wood, 24 L, who has the case in hand, said he saw M.
Koseuth, and served the summons on him in person, for his
attendance on that day, when that gentleman said he should
consult some of his friends as to whether he really was
bound to appear as a witness or not, and gave him a note
for his worship. Wood added, that M. Kossuth had told
him he should not be able to identify the person to whom
he might have given the certificate, though it might have
been genuine.
Mr. Norton remarked, that it was rather extraordinary
that M. Kossuth should have given a certificate of such a
character as that produced without knowing the party per-
fectly, and being able to
_speak to his identity. In the
note he had received from M. Kossuth, that gentian= did
not refuse to attend, but stated that that day (yesterday)
was not convenient to him..

A witness, named Owen, and who had known the pri-
soner for some time, declared it to be his conviction that he
had never been in the army at all; that the German, and
not the Hungarian language, was the only one be could
speak fluently ; that, in fact, he was not acquainted with
the Hungarian language at all, and that his manners were
these of a very common-place German, and by no means
thous of a gentleman.
Mr. Norton, after a somewhat lengthened investigation,
again remanded the prisoner, and directed that a second
summons should be served on M. Kossuth for his at-
tendance. _ _

The prisoner war then removed from the bar.
Henry Ball, the compositor, and Jane, his wife, who had
been examined on Saturday last, on • charge of gross
cruelty to the three infant children of the male prisoner,
were again placed at the bar. The vast alteration in the
appearance of the children in one short week proved to
demonstration that they had been treated with the barbarity
that had been represented.
The defendants, being unable to produce any evidence to
rebut that given against them, Mr. Norton committed them
to six months' hard labour each.

MARKETS.

WOOLLEN CLOTH TRADE.

LEZDS, Auo. 20.—There has been a good bossiness
done in the cloth halls to-day; an active demand was pre-
dominant for all goods of a seasonable character. The very
beautiful weather that we have had during the last week,
together with a feeling that the Eastern dispute will be
peaceably settled, has given more confidence to the
woollen market. There are also considerable deliveries
regularly taking place at the warehouses of goods that are
either made to order or sold by sample. Many of the prin-
cipal manufacturer, dispose of the bulk of their goods with-
out bringing any portion of them into the market. This
can only be the case in a sound and healthy state of the
trade, and is a pretty sure index that a good and steady
business is generally doing in balk cloths. stocks arc low,
both in the hands of the manufacturers and in the cloth
halls. Prices continue firm, but without any material
alteration.

The dressing-millsin the town are generally very actively
employed, many of them have considerable work before-
hand, and doubtless it would be satisfactory and ad-
vantageous to the merchants, as well as to many of the
dressers, if the goods were brought round in a more reason-
able time than is at present required.
Since the manufacturers have laid in new stocks of wool
the mills in the surrouuding clothing district are again in
full work, giving abundance of employment to all persons
engaged in the textile manufactures of this district.
The London wool sales, which commenced on the 12th of
July, terminated last Saturday. At the commencement
the prices were, on the whole, a skids easier, but as the
sales progressed there was more firmness, which has been
maintained to the close. The result of the series is,that good
clothing wools have realised May's sales' prices and wools
of a lower description perhaps, on the whole, have been a
shade easier. The imports of wool continue very large, and
exhibit a considerable increase over the previous year, not-
withstanding the reports which were so industriously circu-
lated last year relative to the alleged inevitable failure of
our future supply from Australia.
The total imports of wool for the six months ending
July 5, 18:13, were 40,189,3981b5. ; during the same period
in 1852, 2ti,916,0021b5. : increase, 13,273,3961b5. in addi-
tion to which the wool exported this year has been censi-
I derably less than in 1852.
The exports of wool during the first six months ending
July 5, 1852, were 5,393,7711bn. ; the same time this year,
4,127,6•361b5.. increase, 1,266,1151b5., leaving an increase
of 14,539,4311bc, or equal to about 36 per cent. on the im-
ports of the year. We are quite aware that a very large
consumption is regularly going on, but we hope that the
large supply of this important article will give increased
steadiness to its price for some time to come without further
enhancement in value. _

There continues to be a good steady trade done in the
warehouses. Several buyers have been in the town during
the week, and about an usual busine.s has been done. The
skipping season being now nearly over, the export houses
are not doing much in that branch of their business.
The Canadian trade, which has fur several years been in-
creasing to a considerable ezteot, has been very good this
mason, and will no doubt go on increasiug as the resources
and prosperity of that important colony are developed.
The prospects for the tall trade continue to be cheering.
We have had a week of splendid weather, and our hopes of
• better harvest are strengthening every day. In commercial
circles the Eastern question is considered to be settled, or
exercises very little influence. Although a very general
notion is prevalent that the Bank of England will ere long
advance the rate of discounts, yet, as the step will be •
precautionary one, sad, should it take place, tend to check
the undue investieste which have been going on for some
time in foreign railways and other permanent outlay of
capital in our own country, we believe it will not generally
be viewed in the commercial and trading circles as one pre-
judicial to their permanent interests.
On the whole, we are inclined to indulge in strong hopes
that our trade is still to be prosperous and good for sumo
time to ceme—we never knew it to be in a sounder or more
healthy state.