The Express.
London, England, 1848-03-18 00:00:00

Weenie bond ; and Moller end me sought for something to eat, but
could thid nothing bat milk. Mr. Wood them ran into tie garden,
and got over the well. Metier, Hodgson, and Nowell ran after him
on the ether side of the wall, to meet him at the thd of it ; and I ren
dim him. And we !domicil td just outside of the garden. I end
Mellor stood by bins till ilgson and NoweU wont to and searched
the house. I wanted the old man to go into the home agsin, and
said he would get cold ; but he refused, and sold be wanted to go to
Denby's. lie then went Met with us. and Nowell and llonbut stood
by him, while me and Mellor searched the boom over skn, we
could dad DO money. But I found a pothetthook, which wgg ere
somes
papers. One pieced paper I thought pocky bill. which I took h
but it was only a spice bill and eg
gs money—at least they told me
so. We then got some sugar, eg,sod cheem.--Osolusa Cthvcar,
his 04 mork.—Witnese, J. Nos.
Some further unimportant evidence concluded the cue for
the prosecutien.—Mr. Matthews having finished his address
in behalf of the prisoners,C elect wee asked if he had anything
to my, and he replied, " No, sir ; I only beg for mercy from
them."—Mr. Baron noire then summed up, end the jury
retired ; after an absence of twenty minutes, they re.
turned into curt, with a verdict
reof Guilty against Calvert
and Mellor, and of Guilty as gards Hodgson. Hodg-
son having been ordered to stand down, the judge assumed
the black cap, and passed sentence of death upon the other
two convicts.
Hodgson was then arraigned on the indictment for the
burglary, but as thelljury were not Wished ea to his identity
as to the murder, they of
coarse could not convict him of the
beirglery. He was then discharged.

MIDDLESEX SESSION S.
Before Mr. fiteant Adams, the Assistant Judge.
THE BATTLE OP TRAFALGAR-SC/HAILE.— ✓ones,
W. Lever, 16, C. TothiU, 20, J. While, Is, J. Reed, 36, J.
Connell, 21, and J. Prendergast, 20, were indicted for having
riotously assembled and assaulted several police constables.
Some of the prisoners were also charged with felony, in hav-
ing broken into bakers' shops and stolen bread. Each
indictment was tried separately, but the evidence, taken as a
whole, may be very shortly stated. The prisoners were ac-
tive participators iu the disturbances at the West-end. White
and fothill seemed to be the principals, however, for it was
proved that they headed a mob in the Broad Sanctuary,
Westminster, White acting as commander, with his shoulders
adorned with a pair of soldier's epaulettes. Tothill had raised
a cry of "To arms! to arms!" and while in the shop of Mrs.
Davey, baker, in Tothill-street, said, " We must either have
your bread or your blood!" White and Tothill took from
the shop of Mr. Branston, in the Broadway, a quantity ol
bread, which they distributed to the mob, and when Mr.
Branston's foreman and his niece refused to grant a fresh sup-
ply they swore they would have their lives.—The prisoners
having all been pronounced guilty were placed at the bar to
receive judgment.—The learned berjeant said that, although
this court must look upon the offence of the prisoners in a
very serious light—whatever might be the ridicule with
which it was viewed el,ewhere—there was no necessity for
the Teti severe punishment which, but for the happy state
of this country, would have been visited upon them.
However, when a person headed a mob, as the prisoner
White had done, with epaulettes on his shoulders, and
demanding bread or blood, the court must inflict a severe
punishment. That prisoner avowed himself the ringleader of
the riots, and the sentence upon him for the riot was six
months' hard labour, in addition to ail months' hard labour
for stealing tho bread. The sentenee upon Tothill
was three months' hard labour for the riot and six months'
hard labour in addition for the larceny. The sentence upon
Reed was six months' hard labour. donee and Lower were
sentenced each to three months' hard labour. There were
mitigating circumstances regarding Connell, and the sentence
upon him was one month's imprisonment without hard
labour, and the sentence upon Prendergast three months'
bard labour.

POLK:E.—YESTERDAY.
MANSION-HOUSE —DESERTION OF A SEAMAN.—Mr.
Coleman, of the office of the Registrar-General of Seamen,
appeared to prosecute J. J. Lewis, an able seaman, under
the 7 & 8 Vic., cap. 112, for having, by deserting the
ship to which he belonged, subjected the captain to consider-
able expense.—The defendant pleaded guilty. lie had no
fault to find with the ship or the captain, but he had gone
ashore with other sailors belonging to the vessel, and got drunk,
and lost his register-ticket, and he had no money whatever.
—The father of the defendant appealed to the Lord Mayor
for a remission of the severity of the law. The defendant
was a lad of exceedingly good character and behaviour, and
had never misconducted himself except upon that one occa-
sion, when he had been misled by a set of debauched com-
rades, made drunk, and concealed by the foreign crimps, and
plundered by them, and then 'hipped on board a French
vessel, and landed penniless in this country. lie had never
ceased to regret the act ; and es nobody could say a word
against him in any other respect, there could be no fear of a
repetition of such conduct —Captain Scott, of the ship
Robert Small, admitted that the defendant had behaved well
except in this particular instance—The Lord Mayor 1 can-
not possibly overlook this case. I have had many cases be-
fore me, and have been completely astonished to find that
such numbers of seamen could he guilty of such criminal
abandonment of duty.—The defendant was sentenced to im-
prisonment for one month, if he do not pay the whole of the
difference between the wages he was to have received and
the wages the captain has been obliged to pay to the seaman
whom he employed instead of prisoner.
WORSHIP-STREET.—INCITINO TO ROB.—J. Tweed,
a boy 12 yearn of age, was charged by his master, Mr. Ralph
Spooner, au oilman, in Bath-street, City-road, with robbery,
and if. Robinson, porter to the prosecutor, was charged with
inciting the other prisoner to the commission of the offence. yi
—it having been satisfactorily established that Tweed was is
a mere instrument in the hands of Robinson, he was admitted
as a witness for the prosecution ; and on being sworn, stated
about three weeks since he was placed by the authorities of t
St. Luke's workhouse, of which he had been an inmate, in is
the service of the prosecutor, end had only been with him a 1]
few days when he was urged by the porter Robinson, who
was prohibited from going behind the counter, to supply him
with money from the till. He resisted his importunities for
some time, but having been threatened with personal vio- se
lance unless he complied he at length abstracted sixpence 1.
from the till, and handed it to the prisoner. Two days after i;
the prisoner renewed his solicitation, telling him that unless
he got him some more money he would " split" upon him to L
his master, and he would be severely punished, and he there- 11
upon abstracted Is. Gd. from the till, which he also gave to the
prisoner. On the preceding evening he was in the act of I
again robbing the till, at the instigation of the prisoner, when
they were disturbed by the sudden entrance of his master, j
which led to the discovery of their depredations.—The pro-
secutor stated, that while seated in his back parlour on the
preceding evening, he happened to raise his head, and saw
the prisoner violently gesticulating to the boy Tweed, who I
was standing behind the counter. He instantly hastened
into the shop, and detected the boy with one of his hands in
the till, which was partly drawn out. Witness at once ac-
cused the prisoner of having tampered with the boy, and
ordered him to quit the premises, which he did without
making any observation; but having returned next morning
to ask him for a character, a policeman was sent for, and he
was given into custody.—ln answer to the charge, the pri-
soner denied all participation in the robbery, and said that
the whole of the boy's statement was a pure invention.—Mr.
Arnold ordered the prisoner to be remanded, without bail,
until Wednesday next.
BENEVOLENCE.—The following further donations have
been received for the Widow Barrett and her distressed
family : Mr. S. W. Cattiey, IL ; "H. W.," 10s. ; ".7. 8.,"
IL ; and the children of • J. G. F ," 11. 2s. 6d.
MARYLEBONE.—A LATTER-Csanten ACCUSED oe
MURDER.— W. Rigder., about 28 years of age, a letter-car- ,
rier in the General Post-office, from which establishment a
gentleman, holding the situation of inspector, attended to
watch the proceedings, was accused of wilful murder.—The
first witness called was Gilbert Batchelor, who said, " I re-
ride
, at No. 3, Rock-row, Earl-street, Lisson-grove. On the
' 24th of January last, I and a friend were shooting in some
fields between Kilburn and the Harrow-road, and at four in
the afternoon the prisoner came from Kilburn-lane across aII
footpath into a field next to that in which we were; he had
under his arm something which was covered over loosely p,
with a handkerchief; he went round o pond to a hedge ,U
I
where he remained for about a quarter of an hour, and 6S,
observed him ecraping up some mould with his hands front 5(
the top of the bank. I and my friend continued to watch I
him, and he soon afterwards came front the spot towards '
us, carrying in his hand a handkerchief, which 1 believe to
be the same that lin the first instance noticed. He
said to me, 1 have just now seen four anipes '
(pointing in the direction he had come from) ;
and, after some further observations, my friend
and I left him and went to look after the snipes, but could
not sec any. We rep Bred to the place where we first saw
the prisoner by the bank, and we observed that the earth had
been disturbed. My friend kicked some of the mould away,
and just below the surface we found a wooden box. Even- 1
tually we discovered that it contained the dead body of • ,
maleinfant. We did not then bring it away, but gave in-
formation to Webb, 100 8, whom we met on our way to the
station, and who, having accompanied us back, took pewees-
sion of the box and its contents, which he conveyed to the
Paddington-green station-house. Yesterday afternoon I
saw the prisoner, and caused him to be taken into custody.
—Raymond, 89 D. said that the prisoner, when being told
that he was charged with being concerned in the murder of
a child, alleged that he knew nothing about it. Witness
added that, from inquiries made by him, he had ascertained
that on the 24th (the-day of the discovery of the murder)
he (prisoner) was absent from hie duty as a postman.
An inquest had been held upon the body, and a verdict was
returned of " Wilful murder against some person or persons
unknown."—Dr. Carr, 9, Sheldon-street, Paddington, and
who had made a most careful and minute examination of
the body, by direction of the caviler, gave evidence which
clearly showed that the child was born alive. The imme-
diate canoe of death was suffocation.—The prisoner declined
putting any questions to the witnesses.—Mr. Long : You are
at liberty to say anything now if you think At. 1 shall feel
it my duty to remand you for further examination.—Pri
'loner : I can prove by the inspectors at the office that I was
on duty that day, and they will be able to tell the time by
the book. I know nothing of the case nor of the man.—Mr.
Long remanded the prisoner till nest Thursday.—The pri-
soner was then locked up.

MONEY MARKET.

FRIDAY EVI3IIN9.

There was but little to excite attention in the city
to-day, beyond the intelligence from Germany and
France, which, however, was, it muat be admitted, of
very serious importance, especially from the latter.
The suspension of cash payments by the Bank of
France is a bold, but, under existing circumstances,
apparently necessary measure, and that it should
have led to an advance in the price of rentes at the
Bourse is but natural, the marked {-slue being, by a
change like this, rendered essentially nominal. The
notes of the Bank of France are declared by the Pro-
, visional Government to be a legal tender,and payments