The Express.
London, England, 1846-10-03 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 3, 1846.

nesa against the prisoner.—The constable, Jones, now stated
that he had used his boat efforts to discover and rrrcure the
attendance of the requisite witnesses, but bad been wholly
unsuccessful, and was consequently unable to carry the case
any further.—Mr. Bingham said that the prisoner had been
detained in custodysolely inconsequence of his own voluntary
vowel of his alleged criminality,butasnodirect test imony h id I
been brought forward to support the accusation, he must order
him to be at'once discharged —Mr. Stammers besought the
in thisetrpauterilici.nteorfvetliitie ocLtrotpruevehnet
utlinedearrest
nto.doftthhaet awcevuzectll
sheriffs' officers were waiting to effect his caption the instant
he left the bar.—Mr. Bingham presumed the sheriffs' officers
must be aware that persons in custody were tntit:ed to pro-
tection on their discharge from a court of justice until they
reached their own homes; but it was a matter in which he
had no power to interfere, and must leave the officers to act
upon their own discretion and responsibility.—On his libera-
tLai the prisoner was surrounded by a large crowd of his
friends, who escorted him along the passages to the street,
where a body of his partisans to the number of nearly a hun-
dred had also assembled to accelerate his escape ; but the in-
stant he made his appearance, he was pounced upon by two
bailiffs, and hurried unceremoniously into a cab, in which
he was driven rapidly off to a place of durance.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.— DEA a NUTS.—Daniel
Carly and Dennis Burns, two boys, were charged with
having stolen a purse containing seven sovereigns and a half,
and some silver, from Catherine Mcody. The complainant
said, on Tuesday last, as she was passing Gralton•street, she
was induced to invest twopence in the purchase of walnuts,
on the promise of having sixteen nuts given to her for her
money by the prisoners. Carty dea:t oat her twopenny-
worth, and threw them into a hand-basket which she
carried. Suspecting she had not received her correct num-
ber, she counted them and found only ten nuts. She told
Carty of his dishonesty, upon which he called her a '• horn-
Lug," insisted on counting the nuts himself, began
routing the nuts about in her basket, and then withdrawing
his hand suddenly, exiled out that he 'ew a policeman
comiov, and scampered away, followed by Burns. She
recollected that in her basket she had placed a purse,
containing gold and silver to the amount of about 81.,
which purie she had seen quite safe at the time she bought
I the walnuts. She looked into her basket and the purse had
gone. While she was lamenting her loss and describing the
way in which she had been pillaged, the two boys made their
appearance with their stock of walnuts. She immediately
recognised them, called a polio-constable, and gave them into
custody. The boys were *arched, but no trace of the money
could be found. The boys protested their innocence. They
served the lady with walnuts, but said they had only touched
twopence of her money. The reason they ran away was
because they had been warned off the street by the police-
man, and when they caught sight of the constable they im-
mediately "hooked it."—The old lady was certain the purse
was sle when she opened her basket to put in the walnuts.
—Police-constable D 190 said, Carty told him if the lady
had out given them into custody, the would rno,t likely have
got back her money.—Burns has twice before been in custody
for felony.—Both prisoners were fully committed.

SOUTHWARK.— LaBOVIC VALVE or WORKROVPE
VlCTVALL—Yesterday, eight men were brought before Mr.
Seeker from St. Saviour's union workhouse, chorged with
refusing to do the work assigned them, as a is. turn foe the
accommodation of a night's iodgiag and breakfast. The
porter ststed that all the defendants were admitted into the
workhouse the preceding night, and furnished with break-
faststhe next morning, on their promise to Ivor.; for four
hours afterwanls. When, however, the time arrived for
their being set to work, they one urd all refused, saying
that if they did not quit the home at an early hour, they
would have no prospect of getting a jab the waterside
or elsewhere, to enable them to obtain food for the remain-
ing portion of the day. Mr. Seeker questioned the defen-
dants as to the reason they declined to do that which they
had undertaken to perform on their entrance into the work-
house. The replies of one and all were, that the ward into
which they were admitted was in such to state from vermin
and filth of all kinds, that had they been aware of its con-
dition, they would have preferred walking the streets all
night, and ruu the risk of cold and wet, rather than
he shut up in such a place. The fact was,
that they could obtain no rest all night from
the vermin, and rove from their straw unre-
fceshed as when they lay down the night before, so
that they were not in a condition to work for four hours
I such miserable accommodation.—T he porter said the ward
was not its the state described by the defendants, for it had
been lately whitewashed, and clean straw placed in it. That
the casual poor admitted generally came there only when
reduced to rags and filth, and that every means were
adopted to keep the ward as clean as circumstances world
allow. He added, that the defendant.,:id :At refuse to sends
until after they had breakfasted.—Mr. Seeker asked the de-
fendants to explain this latter fact, and they said they were
hungry, although 'hair sleep had been disturbed from the
causes already mentioned.—lt appeared from the porter's
account that many of the defendants had been in custody
berate for similar coaduct.—Tio magistrate therefore made
a distinction in their puui.hn.ent, by s.nteucing them to
imprisonment for 11 days, and those who were unknown to
the parish authorities he discharged.

LAMBETH. —" WONTED TWENTY POUND:."—Last
eveninz a showily-dressed person, who gave his name
and address, Wllliim Wilmot Byron, 11, New Milman-
street, Lamb's Conduit-street, was placed at the bar,
before Mr. Norton, charged with endeavouring to obtain
the sum of 201. from Mr. William Henning Mansford, under
false pretences. The prosecutor stated that on Saturday last
he observed an advertisement in one of the daily papers, in
which a bonus of 51. was offered for the loan of 20/. to a
tradesman for one month, and also offering to place in the
hands of the lender ample security for the loan, and he
answered it to Mr. Henry Heigliei, 10, Brydgea-street,
Covent Garden. On the following Monday he saw another
advertisement in a different morning paper, and, from its
style, he thought it emanated from the same p fey as the
advertisement on Saturday, and he answered it to
Mr. Parsons, 4, Warren-street, Fitzroy-square. On the
following day (Tuesday) he saw a third advertisement, in
which it was stated that the party who had advertised
on the Saturday had been obliged to repeat his application
on account of the letters in reply to the former having been
stolen, and this he (witne.s) also replied to, end addressed
his note as before to Mr. H. Hughes. His object in doing
this was to lay a trap tor the apprehension of a party who
had obtained 201. from him on the Mondry evening.—Mr.
Norton here r.:minded the witness that he had not said any
thing. before of the 20/., and requested he would describe
the circumstance, in the order in which they. occurred.—Mr.
)lansford stated that on the Monday evening a person of
respectable appearance called upon him, and presenting the
note which he had addressed upon the Saturday to Mr. H.
Hughes, said he was the party, represented himself as a
watchmaker and jeweller, residing at 13, Italian-row,
Clapham-road, and said lie was prepared with the required
security for the loan. Thinking he was a respectable trades-
man as he represented, witness gave him 201. upon his note
of hand, and a deposit of duplicates for articles pledged to
the amount of about 70/. By the Tuesday following he dis-
covered that he had been dealing with a swindler. He,
on seeing the second advertisement scorn Mr. Hughes,
caused a letter to be written by Mr. Vick, a
friend of his, making an appointment to meet
him en the following day, and offering to give
the amount required. This project succeeded so
far as to get the prisoner out to Stockwell Green, where he
had made the appointment for meeting, and though he was
not the person who had obtained the 20/. on Monday even-
ing, there could be uo doubt whatever that he was it league
with him. He therefore charged him with being implicated
with the other man in the fraud, when the prisoner evinced
great uneasiness, and made an attempt to rush out of the
shop at which they had met. He (witness) however held
him and gave bins into the charge of a police constable whom
he had in readiness. Upon being Searched at the station-
house, the note which be (witness) had addressed to Mr.
Parsons, 4, Warrenrereet, iu reply to the advertisement, LS
well as the note, addressed Mr. 11. Hughes, 16. Brydges-
street, were found upon him.—Police constable, 138 P, de-
posed to having been called into the shop of Mr. Bond, a
plumber in Stockwell Green, to take the prisoner whom he
found struggling with the last witness. lite prisoner seemed
much n!armed, and exclaimed several times, " for God's
sake let me go." Witness on searching him at the station-
house found in his possession two gold watches, seven silver
watches, two gold chains, and a diamond ring. He also
found upon him a pocket-book containing a 201. Bank of
England note, and a number of notes and memoranda. The
constable here handed the papers to the bench, and Mr. Nor-
ton. on examining them found receipts for no less than six
advertisements, is different newspapers, of a similar descrip-
tion, and three of them relating to the advertisements
answered by the prosecutor. There were also notes written
by several parties offering loans, and addressed to the name
Morris, Wilmot, and others at different places. The magis-
trate having looked over them, observed that it was perfectly
clear from their contents that the prisoner carried on an ex-
tensive, if not a successful, system of fraud. The amount of
money advanced upon property pledged, by the duplicates
found in his possession, appeared to be 1041., and the watches
found upon him seemed to be valuable. Norton re-
manded the prisoner until Thurs.lay next.—Application was
made to admit the primmer to 'mil, but Mr. Norton refused
to comply with it, and the prisoner was remanded until
Thursday next, when no doubt some hundreds of eases of a
similar description will be brought against him.

THAMES.—A LOOJE PLANK. /*ace Chapman, a
I mulatto, better known by the sobriquet of St. Helena,
Daniel Bennett, a labaurer, and James Milkr, an old man
II who acted as a potman, were ehargrd with hurglario tsly
entering a cellar, and stealing a quantity of wine, the pro-
per:y of Mr. Tessier. proprietor of the Anchor and Hope,
1: Peer East Smithfield. Mr. Tessier stated that havinn been
informed that the prisoner Chapman had lifted one of the
planks of the tap-room, which is over the cellar, and
attempted to help himself to some wine, bnt not being able
to reach it, the other prisoner, Bennett, assisted him. Police
constaqe 194 11 being sea for, Chapman and Bennett were
taken into custody. On Chapman being searched, a bottle
with port-wine in it was found concealed behind his
cont. As it was supposed that property to n great
amount had been taken from the cellar, the case
was put into the hands of police constable 104 H,
who after some inquiry arrested the third prisoner, Miller,
at a coffee-shop in Ratcliff-highway, the master of which
had been fined .51. only a few days before for harbouring
thieves and prostitutes. On the way to the court, Miller,
who had been discharged only two days previously from Mr.
Teasitr's t.ervice, where he acted as potman, said that
another servant, not yet in custody, was the person who
originated the system of plunder, for about three weeks since
the person to whom he alluded naked him to get a light, and
pointing to a plank is the tap-room said, " I want that up."
Lifting the plank he passed down into the cellar, and
brought up n dozen bottles of wine. Miller stated that on a
subsequent occasion he saw th? prisoner Chapman take up
the plank and bring six bottles of wine front the cellar.—
Mr. Ilailautine, undi rstanding that other parties were im-
p';ea..etl, remanal..l the case until Tuesday nest.

MONEY MARKET.

FLIDAY EVENING.
The still advancing prices in the corn market to-
day, coming upon the heels of the troubles in Ireland, and
refore tending to aggravate arprehensions for the fature,
exercised a more depressing influence on the funds than
whit was simply indicated by the decline in Console. They
were done at one time as low as 951 for money, and were
called 951 for time. Nominally they recovered to 961 to i
money, and the same for time. The fact of the quotations
for time being as low as for money shows what little faith
dealers and speculators entertain in the permanents of pre-
sent values, or in the prospect of future improvement.
Exchequer-bills were 15r. to 18s. premium. India Bonds
225. to 20s. premium for large and email. India Stock 258
to 260. Bank Stock fee the opening 210 to 211.
The Foreign Market attracts little attention under present
serious eiroumstancea. The transactions in foreign securities
are few and far between, and although prices nominally are
but a shade depressed, the apparent het is but a deception
of figures, ky which it would be gaits erroneous to measure
the real state of affairs. No quantilrofoosalbreign bond values
brought to market, and of, at the rates
could be tes
quoted ; or, if in large amounts, w thin considerable per
centages of the rates. Dealers, holders, and speculators,
however pressing their occasions, are so well aware of the
fact, •lait they hold off from sales; as to purchase., in the
fare of markets which seem to possess no substantial elements
of future reanimation, no adventurers appear hardy enough
to embark in that course. Spanish Fives are nominally 2dl
to e ; the Threes, 371 to ; Deferred, 17 to 1; Passive, 51
to 1. Portuguese, nominally better, are quoted 41 to 2.
Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 591 to 1; the Fours,
921 to 3, ex dividend. Mexican. in decline, stand at 211 to 5,
nominally. Brazilian, Sii to 71, ex dividend. The market
wears a heavy and declining appearance.
Foreign exchange was firm at nearly former quotations,
with money not quite so plentiful. On Amsterdam the
rates were 12.7 to ; on Rotterdam, 1271 to 1; on Ant-
werp, 26.71 to 10; on Hamburg, 13.121 to 13; on Frank-
fort, 1211 to 1; on Paris, 26.21 to s—all at three months.
1 ENGLISH FUNDS. - °cr. 9.

3 per Ct. CORSOIR, 411.116., 951 41 Bank Stork tor Acct., 210;
3 per Cam-. Annuities, 1725, 91i Consols fur Acct., 94
India Stock, 258 Exchequer&ll; g10r...0,14d.,13 18
Ditto Bonds, 10001., 2$ Ditto £5OO. 15 IS
Ditto Bondi., under 1,00014 21 Ditto Small, 15 18
FoktirlGN 1,115c1.8.

. .
5 per Cent. Brazilian Bonds, 65 5 per Cent. Spanish Deferred, 171
5 per Ct. Mexican Acct., Oct. 15, S per Cent. epanish Bds., 37,1
251 21 per Cent. Dutch Exchange, 12
4 per Ct. Portug. Eds., 42 Oull., 591
S per Ct. Spanish &Ls., Amt., 4 perex. diy Cen t. Do. Certificates, 921
Ott. 15, 26j .
Ditto Passise, 54
EXCHANCES AND STOCKS ABROAD.

Peals, Ocr.7:-ZaTtra. 74tadt;t7igste,ic;1Cc7raiv,=?Ire per Costa.,
117.50; Three per Cents. , 82.00• Bente de Naples;Rothschild),
101.50; Roman Loan, 102;; Belgian Five per Cents, 184', 1025 ;
GOULD Bank Shares, 12i4. Exchange on London 30 dvs, 23.75;
three months, *23.574. The Five per Cents. c10,,A1 for the account at
117.40; the Three per Cents. at 82.40.
er.rr. 29.—Awtriza Five per Cents., 112; Bank Shares,
1570. RusaLdi : Engieh Loan, Three per C..uts., 10z,, 107 i ; Live per
nt. Hamburg Certificate% 101; ditto, lat aeries Ineriptions,' 102;
ditto, Hope and Co., 3rd and 4th Serlea, 934; ditto, it Certficates, 97;
New Four per Ceuta, Hope and Ca., 1A ; ditto, SErglitr, ¢8;. Spanish
New live per Cents., IBS ; Three per Cents., 32. Dutch; Act. Deb.
Two-aid-a-Half per Cents., 384. Polish : New Four per Cent. DAN
85:.