The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-23 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 23, 1848.

Mr. W. H. Cox, printer, Great Queen street, proved the
purchase of the stereotype rlates and wood-cub referred tn,
from Mr. Cooke, for 1031. Was a creditor for 3191., and
held Spokes'• hills, which he received from the bankrupt.
He discounted ore at 5 per not. Held security for 3001. of
his debt. None of Spokes's bills have been paid. lie
threatened never :o pay a shilling if witness went to law.
Knew that the " Miscellany" was losing at the time of the
bankruptcy,—probab:y 61. or 71. a week.
Mr. Cuthbertson, described as an important witness, not
being present, proof was given of the service of summons,
and a refusal to attend, whereupon Mr. Duncan wiled fur an
adjournment of the ease for a week.—Mr. Sturgeon apposed
the adjournment.—Toe Commissioner, thinking it important
that Cumbertaon should Mr examined as to the property
which he bad takes in execution, adjourned the hearing for
tan days, at the cost of the opposing creditor in the first
instance.

fraudulent project the prisoner called en Maus. Hunt and
Roskell, and detected plate to the amorist of SOOT, in pay-
meat of which Pie tendered • bill of exchange for 12,600
rupees, purporting to :Ns drawn by Major Troup, on
In
!tall of the officers of the meta. The bill had all the
appearance if a genuine instrument, and the representations
-of the prisoner were so plausible that be was allowed to take
away a set of geld and turquoise buttons of the value of lel.
From ffiquirica which wen subsequently made Mews.
Hunt end Roskell aecer•sined that the bill was a forgery,
and that the prisoner had been pawing off other bills of the
same spurious character. The prisoner was ti en given into
custody, and on searching his lodgings ample evidence of
the pteontr'efraudulentictentions were discovered. Several
bilis resembling the one deposited with Messrs. Hunt and
Co., in a more or less complete state, were found in his apart.
menu.—Mr. Humphrey., who attended on behalf of the
prdsecution, said the prisoner hid been obtaining large sums
of money on another hot India bill, which mu no
demist a forgery. The India mail, however, had not
arrived with evidence of this circumstance, end therefore this
eau could not be established against the prisoner. The
prisoner had obtained as much as 501., 401., and 301. on this
bill at different times. The mail was, however, expected to
arrive in a few days.—Mr. Bingham said if the mail did
arrive then another indictment could be preferred against
the prisoner on this second charge. Tin evidence being
complete on the first charge, he should fully commit the
prisoner to take his trial on it—The prisoner was then fully
committed.
WESTMINSTER.—ATTErter TO STAII.—C. W. Bray,
of 4, Mountrow, Islington, was charged with attempt-
ing to stab Elisabeth Huut, of 29, Marketeitreet, Mill-
hank.—Complainant stated that at about six on Monday
evening she was walking near St. Margaret's Church, West-
minster, with her lour young children, when the prisoner,
who was • perfect etranger to her, came up with a dagger in
his hand, and, having said something to her, placed the
weapon against her side, but did not run it into her. He
then put tt into the sheath, but in • moment afterwards
drew it again, end presented it to her a second lime. A
constable immediately came up and took him into custody.—
In reply to a question from Mr. W. Taylor, the chief
clerk, cumplaisent stated that, if the prisoner had wished
to stab her, he fuel ahuddant opportunity of doing so.
—Clarice Beer, 130 B, said he was on duty new
St. Margaret'a Church, when he sew the prisoner pass the
women, but imme lately afterwards tura round, draw the
dagger from his pocket, and advntice towards hi r. At cr
saying something to her prisoner made as attempt to stab
her. The tamale screamed, and the prisoner drew the dagger
back. Witness advanced towards him and took bin into
custody just as he had again presented the dagger towards
her. The prisoner was drunk at the time.--Prisoner said he
had bought the dagger, and was only looking at it in the
street —Mr. Burred halted if it was known whether the ac
cued was in a sound *We of mind, but the police were un-
able to give any satisfactory answer. The magistrate com-
mitted the accused to prison in default of his finding goof
bait—The dagger sou one of a very formidable eh script ion.
TRAMP:S.—Tete POBLIC HEALTH PHECAVTIONS.—
Mr. Fairhend, proprietor of the Hove and Leaping Bat,
Whitechapel fliglestreet, was charged by the authorities of
the perish with not abating a nuisance celculatd seriously
to sire.% the health of those re Wing in the eicinity.—Mr.
Liddell, the parish surgeon, visited the place both in hi.
capacity as medical adviser of one of the inmetes end by the
direction of the parochial authorities. His patient was
suffering from severe headache, which if not altogether
occasion. d wee greatly segrevated by the unwholesome and
die reesing a ftluvis emitted from an open cesspool of a house
in the poiseesion of the defendant. The stench was calm'•
lated to create and heighten direase.—Browne, the beadle,
said the defendant had been frequently apemen to on the sub-
ject of this nuisance, but to no purpose.—Fr the deluxe it
was denied that the odour was so offensive as it had
been described.—Mr. Yardley regretted to h• nr that such a
helot of the atmoephere as hat been described by the medical
gentlemen should be so ordinary a matter io such a crowded
vicinity, especially at a period like the present, when one of
the most dreadful din awe ever inflicted on humanity
threatened to visit our shore. He would allow time until
Monday next to have the nuisance abated, and it by the
time the defendant did not satisfy the pariah authorities an
order would be made for its removal.—Mr. Feirhead pro
lulled compliance with his worship's wish, s.

MONEY MARKET.

TI:F.BDAT EVENING,

The tendency of the funds was towards decline in
the early part of the morning, with an evident disin-
clication on all hands, however, to be committed to
transactions of any consideration. The depression
was, moreover, contributed to by a rather important
sale of Console effected by a respectable broker,
which made the prices as low as 83:i to Singularly
enough, the same brok• i, by a counter opera-
tion for, of course, other clients, raised the quotations
to bli to 6. Eventually Consols left off at the im-
proved rates of 86 for money, and 86 to ,t for time.
Dealers and speculators were looking forward with
much interest to the proceedings in the House of
Commons this evening, when the financial situation
of the country is to be more fully developed than yet
it has been, and it shall become known whether, and
to what amount, any credit vote may be required for
the contingency of failing harvests in Ireland. It is
not to be denied that, in view of recent occur-
rences in that unfortunate country, and the
barefaced ingratitude for former prodigal relief,
exhibited only too universally, there is a growing dis-
inclination, not to say disgust, in the public mind
here, against submission to any further continuation
of heavy sacrifices for the assistance of a population
which, though unable to help themselves, from almost
incurable idleness, ignorance, or recklessness, are only
too ready to rebel against the hand that feeds them
gratuitously.
The prospects of the harvest, notwithstanding the
late advances in the corn market, are far from being
popularly considered in so desperate a plight as, on
occasional days of inauspicious import, they ars cal-
culated to be on the corn-exchange. From various
important parts of the country the accounts show that
no serious damage has yet been done by the weather ;
in some instances scarcely any at all. In fact, the
season has nut been equally unfavourable to all dis-
tricts, whilst, in some cases, its effects have not been
experienced to any disadvantage. These observations
refer, of course, to the grain crops, for in regard to
potatoes, unhappily, these cannot be much mistake.
In proof of the so far undecided, if not more positively
less unfavourable, opinion about the promise of the
crops, the still comparative easiness of money may be
adduced. Tee rates of discount may be somewhat
more stiffly maintained by the banks and discount
houses, but they are not higher; moreover, it is unde-
niable that accommodation is more readily afforded
upon bills of the secondary class, which till within a
short time were only admitted on exceptional and
agreed conditions. Yet, as observed a fortnight ago,
money was, and is, more in demand, as the continued
decrease in the private deposits of the Bank suffi-
ciently exemplify, which should be evidence
sufficient of the greater activity of trade and
industry in some leading branches. Withal, the
Bank of England has been so little called upon
for discounts, so far as the returns to the
12th instant show at least, that it would scarcely
seem probable that any immediate rise in its mini-
mum rate should be contemplated. Other, or political
considerations and government demands not pressing,
the Bank, with a due attention to legitimate profits,
must materially be difinclined to enhance the rates of
accommodation at a time when so small a proportion
of discount business falls to its share. _ _

Reduced Threes were 861 to 1. Three-and-a-Quar-
ter per Cents., 881 to 1. long Annuities, 8 13-16
to 1. Exchequer Bills, 28s. to 328. prem. India
Bonds, 22r. to 255. prem. Bank Stook, 196 to 8.
We have the almost singularity of only three fo-
reign stocks being quoted for business in the of& ial
list. These were, Mexican called 164 to 17; Russian,
done at 101, quoted 99 to 101 ; Dutch Fours sold at
71, quoted 70 to 2. The buying and selling prices of
other foreign stocks remained nominally as before.
Spanish Fives 11; to 121 ; the Threes, 211 to 1 ; Pas-
sives, 3to 1. Portuguese, 18 to 19. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 44 to 5. Brazilian, 70 to 2.
Chilian, 83 to 6. Peruvian, 30 to 2.
Foreign exchange ruled various to-day, and was
somewhat influenced by the weather. Whilst the
rain was falling there was a dentani for bills, which
relaxed as the weather cleared up. The negotiations
were—on Amsterdam, 12.1; to 2; on Rotterdam,
12.2 to; ; on Antwerp, 25.80 to 85 ; on Hamburg,
13.9 to 1 ; on Frankfort, 12111 to . •, on
Vienna, 11.5 to 10; on Leghorn, 31.45. to
50; on Naples, 374 to ; on Madrid, 441;
on Lisbon, 51 to I—all at three months.
On Paris, at short, 25.30 to 371. The rates on
Amsterdam are becoming so low, that if further de-
pressed the calculation would arise whether gold'
would not be the more profitable remittance, the more
especially as Dutch stocks, under political circum-
stances, no longer act so efficaciously as formerly in
the regulation of the exchange between the two
countries.

ENGLISH.

Bank Stock, 195! 6
S Ira et. nod. Anna.. 86 t 5 Gt
Per Ct. C°°' Anna.,e63lilg

I,Wirleins., esp. Jan. 5,1880 89 18
sm Benda. under 2;19.00. 22 41
Roark for A2:66E11,66,11 6 tj d

Newel. -_ 51
New Meer Ct. Mum, tea
New 6 per Cent. Anna., 112
Long Awate, eup. CAP Jan.,
18e0, 8 13 11
Ditto, 38 years, elp.lola 0et.,185P,
11-16
101%11101
6 per Cent. 11e01caa,1548,16i 17181
5 per Ct.ituadlau 1341,1d12,,Erit.,1e1

coounc. or 0 id
K.ntl. 2Nd., Arch,
32 ; June,
Mu°, 000, ad., March, 29 31 28 ;
June, 218 pm.
Mtn. &ma 2hd., March, 29;
June, 22 0
I FUNDS.
4 per Ct. Dutch Certificates, 71