The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-09 00:00:00

POLICESATURDAT.

MARYLEBONE.—ATTEMPT AT 6IIICIDIS tit A CELL.—
Jane Kelly was placed at the bar charged with robbery. On
the previous evening, about seven o'clock, the prisoner went
to the shop of Mr. Ormaton, cheesemonger, Crawford-street,
and contrived to secrete a piece or bacon beam* bar shawl.
She was going away with it when she was 11111.101 by Mr.
Ormston, and asked what she had got ender bar awl. She
immediately gave him up the property, at the same time of-
fering him, if he would not prosecute her, dud she would pay
him a shilling a pound for it. She Wee given Into custody of
police-constable Potter, 55 D, who anmersi her to the
station.—Mr. Rawlinson What bays you to my to the
charge ?—The prisoner replied that she was lite wife of a
poor labourer out of employment, with three &Siren, and
what induced her to commit this act she could not t•IL—Mr.
Rawlinson must send you to the sessions for trial.—The
prisoner was removed from the bar to the lock-up in a state
of great excitement. Whilst confined in one of the cells, she
made an attempt to put an end to her existence by hanging
herself with her garter, bac her design was frustrated by a
young woman who was locked up with her.
MARL BORO UO LI-STREET. Cantu:tr. Frederic
Chalkley, an omnibm•-driver, was summoned before Mr.
Long, at the instance of the Society for Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals, for &Welty to two Isomer. Ditton, one
of the society's constables, said he saw the defendant a few
days ago driving a pair of horses in an omnibus, whose miss-
ruble condition, and inatality to perform the task required of

work, _
been out of work for some time, and wanted a job to out
bread for his family, otherwise he would not have gone out
with the omnibus. Indeed, the owners of omnibuses could
not get a regular driver to go out with the animals,
therefore they generally employed those whose neces-
sities obliged them to accept such a job. The defen-
dant, when called upon to answer the charge, owned that
the horses were unfit for omnibus work, and that he was
ashamed to drive them through the street!; but being a
poor man,Swith • large family, he had been obliged to do
something towards their suppert. The owner of the omnibus
well kaew the conditioe, of the animals, for he stood by
while they were being placed to the omnibus.—Mr. Long
said it was evident that the defendant was not the most
I guilty party. The owner of the omnibus ought to be the
party to receive punishment.—The driver said the owner
was a person of the name of Underwood, of the White
Swan, Bishopegate-street—Mr. Long said he was sorry the
law was so constructed as to oblige him to inflict a penalty
on the defendant, and to allow the greater delinquent to
11 escape. The charge of cruelty had been clearly prove], and
as the law would not permit torture to be inflicted on dumb
animals for the sordid purposes of their unfeeling drivers, he
should inflict a fine, though a small one under all circum-
stances, on the defendant —Fined 10s. and costa.—The
society were recommended to proceed against the owner, as
the evidence of the defendant would be enough to establish
a charge of cruelty.
CROYDON. EXTRAORDINARY DELUSION. Kesiah
Siddons, who is better known in Croydon as Anne Trust,
was charged before the presiding magistrates with obtaining
a considerable sum of money and a quantity of clothes from
Elizabeth Markby Dodd, by means of false and fraudulent
pretences.—Miss Elisabeth M. Dodd deposed as follows :—I
reside with my aunt, Miss Markby, who carries on the busi-
ness of stationer in Croydon. I know the prisoner. About
last May she came to me, and said that a young gentleman
belonging to the East India College, at Addiscombe, was
anxious to pay his addresses to me, and that he had employed
her as his agent to convey messages and letters between us.
She described him as being tall and fair, and said that his
name was Anderson, and the reason assigned for the secrecy
was that if it were known that he was corresponding with
any young lady the authorities of the college might
deprive him of his commission. A gentleman answering
the description given by the prisoner had been to
the shop, and she believed the information given to
her by the prisoner, and they communicated together
from time to time upon the subject. In August the
prisoner showed her an advertisement in a newspaper to
the effect that the communications were still to be kept up
through " a friend," and she said this advertisement came
from Mr. Anderson, and referred to her. The prisoner told
her that everything must be kept very secret, and it would
be necessary, as her lover had been sent to India, that she
should follow him there to be married, and she, the prie
soner, was to accompany her, and it was necessary that she
should have an outfit. In consequence of this, witness gave
the prisoner several dresses, and she said that her lover was
to meet her at Bengal, and they were then to be married.
The prisoner then said she must have same money to pre
pare for the voyage, and witness sold out some stock belong-
ing to her, and the first nun she gave the prisoner was 191.,
and she afterwards gave her another sum of 151. On last
Friday week, upon the prisoner's representation that every-
thing was ready for their journey, she clandestinely packed
up her clothes and left her aunt's house, and accompanied
the prisoner to the Greyhound Inn, at Sutton, where
they remained until the following Wednesday, and,
during that period, she gave the prisoner another
sum of 101., but she returned her 51. They proceeded
from Sutton to the Red-hill station of the railway, and from
thence by train to Dover, intending to go to Prance, and
proceeding by the overland route to India to meet her lover.
While they were at Dover, however, some gentlemen from
Croydon, accompanied by a policeman, overtook them, and
the prisoner was taken intocustody, and the witness returned
with her friends.—Serjeant Lumber, belonging to the East
India Company's establishment at Addiscombe, deposed that
at the title in question there was no cadet of the name of
Anderson belonging to the establishment —Anne May, &cen-
t:ldeate in the elopement, corroborated Miss Dodd's state-
ment. The prisoner used to come very often to the house to
tell fortunes, but it was without the knowledge c f her mis-
tress. The door was left open, so that she might get down
into the kitchen unp ,reeived. The prisoner frequently told
Miss Dodd her fortune. (Laughter.)—Mr. Adams : What
did she say to her—do you recollect ?—Witness : I cannot
recollect it all, but I know she used to say something about a
tall line young man being in love with her. (Laughter.)-
-The prisoner, upon being called upon for her defence, re-
peated her statement about the young gentleman being in
love with Miss Dodd, and said that the money was only ap-
plied to the necessary expenses.--The magistrates, after a
short consultation, said there was no doubt that the prisoner
had acted in a most crafty and wicked manner ; although, at
the same time, they considered it was most extraordinary
that a young woman of the age of Miss Dodd should have
been so credulous as to allow herself to be duped by such
an absurd story. They were of opinion, however, that the
evidence did not support the charge ; and they were there-
fore compelled to dismiss it : but they at the same time re-
marked, that they saw quite enough of the prisoner's course
of life to induce them to caution her to be careful in future,
or she might depend she would get into a scrape and re-
ceive some punishment. —The prisoner was then disChargel.

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Other de-Posits
Government semuitiesin
Banking Department.. 12,806,119
Other securities 12,175,968
Coin and bullion
7 day and other bills ... 1,016,015
The Beat 3,463,463
'The outflow of coin and bullion comes considerably miti-
gated in this week's returns, as compared with those respec-
tively of several weeks preceding. The aggregate quantity
withdrawn from the Bank is so little increased, therefore,
that it is not improbable the demand, so far as arising from
causes internally at work, has nearly ceased, if not alto-
gether. It iv still a doubtful point what amount, if any,
may have been taken for exportation of the more than one
million and a half in which the bank is now deficient upon
its highest stock in hand some weeks since. It remains to
be seen how the state and declining tendency of foreign ex-
change, to which attention was drawn on a late occasion,
may come to operate, now or hereafter, in disturbing further
the hard money account of the bank.
The decrease of public deposits, doubtless, occasioned by
government requirements for Ireland, will explain the in-
crease of active circulation, as well as the withdrawal of coin
and bullion. In other ree?ects there is no feature in these
returns of other than an ordinary nature.
[MKNOELVIIAM.—As the quotations of prices in the official 114 ts
which killow may seem at variance with those given above, it may be
Ili well to explain that the ofilicial lists only quote the prices at which
transactions have actually taken place, and at tlss fluctuations noted,
each fluctuation describing a separate order of transactions. The
Money Market, besides representing the general course of the day's
business, gives the burin, and selling priors—that Is, the prices at
.blZai which brokers, and speculators are ready to buy or aril ;or
In the case of to deal either one way or the other, at the option
of parties hay to do.]

Public !lepo!its I'S ET

liecreaso 20,3011
6,293

ENGLISH JrlT97l3&—Nov. 7.
Brack stock, 104 3 Indio Stock, 257
3 per Cent. Mediated Anna.,lll3i I I Consols for Acct., 943 j I
3 per Cent. Congo* Anne., 944 4 Ea. Kiln. 61.0,0. 144., 14 13
New 3 per Cent. Anna., 9.4 4 Mite, £5OO, 14 11
Long Anna., expire Jan. 3, 1860, I Ditto, Small, 14 11
9 15.18

FOREIGif FUNDS.

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5 per Cent. Meiletut, 1848, 211 15 per. Ct.-
Spanish Bonds, Acct.,
21 Nov. 16, 261
Ditto, Acct., Nov. 16, 22 3 per Cent. Spanish Bonds, Amt.,
4 per Cent. Portuguese Bonds., Nov. :8, 371
139 81 I 4 per Ct. Dutch Certillestes, 92,1 2

AND STOCKS ABROAD.

Pau; Nov. 7.—Cours Atothottique.—Three per Cenb., 62 40;
Fire per Ceuta., 117 50; Four per Crate, 106 23; Belgian Five per
Cents., 1640, 100; Ditto, 1612, 102 J ; Naples Rents,lo2 ; Bar.
Loan, ; Bank Marts, 3170. Fs gem lAndon, 30 day., 221'...);
ditto, 90 days, 23 421.
MADILIN. Nov. 2.—Three per Cents., 341 cash, 34i paper; Four
per Cents., 214; Five per Cents., 211 • ressises, 61; Coupon., 26;
Exchangeon London, 361; discount, iper cent.