The Express.
London, England, 1847-12-04 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

MA RLBORO UCI -STRE ET HOLDINO DEAD BODIES
tv POSSESSION.—Seversi tradesmen in Tottenham-court

road complained to Mr. Hardwick of an intore;;;lenui-
lance to which they were subjected, and which they feared,
if not remedied, would breed an infection in the neighbour.
hood. One of the houses in Tottenhain.court.road had been
used for a aliasecting.room. Recently • distraint for rent
had been put into the premises, which had been closed. In
consequence of a most dreadful smell issuing from the place,
and some kind of putrefactive matter falling on the horses
in the stables beneath the dissecting.room, • ladder was
procured and it was discovered that the smell came from
several dead bodies, which were absolutely rotting. The
landlord could nowhere be found.—Mr. Hardwick directed
police-oonatable Scott to fetch the broker in posseasion, who
Mid be had levied a distress on the premium for rent, but

there was little to wise, except a couple of dead bodies,
which his men held powession of, although the smell he
admitted was anything but pleasant. The teeant could be
nowhere discovered.— r. Hardwick said immedi►te stet*
must be taken to move the bodies.—The broker said he had
no desire to keep the bodies any longer. He believed the
bodies had come from some workhouse. A man had brought
a bill for 605., the price of one of the bodies.—Mr. Hard-
wick desired a constable to go to the overseer, of St. Pancras
and to request them to cause the bodies to be buried with-
out delay.

LAMBETH.— Minosircr or A POLICEMAN. F.
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Morris, wasilia:m4 with neglect of duty, In not
taking four men into custody, and using insulting language.
On the night of Nov. 14, Mrs. Abbott and Mrs. Lewis,
sisters, had been with their husbands to the house of their
father, and on going out for something that was required
they saw four men coming in a contrary direction, who, as
soon as they came up, commenced insulting them in the
grouted manner. They called out police, when their assail.
ants desisted and went on ; and at the instant the complain.
ants saw • policeman, the defendant, to whom they corn
plainad of having been insulted by the men, whom they
pointed out. The defendant replied that he had seen and
beard the whole of the transaction, and that they (the
females) were much more to blame than the men, adding,
that if they did not go on he should lack them up. Oa their
denial of the defendant's assertion, he said if they did not
go on he would kick them, using an offensive term. A
complaint had been lodged on the same night at the station. '
house by the husbands and father of the complainants.—ln-
specter Evans said the defendant had been in the force for
eighteen months, and up to the present time bore a very
good character.—Mr. Norton said the defendant must p
a penalty of 205., or in default be imprisoned for 20 days.
Mr. Norton added, that had it not been for a reoommenda-
tion on the part of the friends of the complainants he should
have inflicted a much severer penalty.

MONEY MARKET.
FRIDAY EVENING.
_

The funds have not exhibited any remarkable fluc-
tuations to-day, although prices have not been main-
tained at the level of yesterday's quotations. A cer-
tain heaviness hung over the market, resulting pro-
bably from the still unsettled state of mercantile
affairs, and the failures, though on a smaller scale,
which continue to be reported. Consols opened at
851 to 6 for money, sad 861 for account, and after
intermediate fluctuations of 11 and I left off 851 to
for money, and 861 for account. Reduced Threes Hi
to 1. Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents. 851 to 1. Long
Annuities 8 9-16 to 1. Bank Stock 188 to .9. Ex-
chequer bills ss. to 6s. premium. India Stock 235. to
20s. discount.

The foreign market was without any material va-
riation, excepting in Mexican, for which there was
still a quiet demand, partly in execution of orders
from Holland. The bonds were last quoted 17; to
181 ; Brazilian, 78 to 80; Sparthrh Fives, 17; to 181 ;
the Threes, 29 to 1; Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents., 251 to t ; the Fours, 831 to 4; Belgian, 881
to 91.
The considerable advance in Exchequer Bills, after
so long a stationary position, vegetating between par
and discount, which was itself an extensive improve-
ment upon a former lengthened and more serious de-
preciation, has excited some attention. It ought,
however, scarcely to be matter of surprise, consider-
ing :thM during all the recent advance in Consols,
from 80 to 89, Exchequer Bills have scarcely moved
one shilling in advance. It is now, however, somewhat
tardily disoovered that a government security carrying
about 41 per cent. interest, should be rather more
valuable than Consols yielding no more than 31 per
cent. The Russian government showed more
astuteness when, within the last month, they elected
to place half a million of gold despatched here for
investment in that particular security.
There was still, it is understood, a hitch to-day in
consummating the arrangement for the aecommoda-
tion of the India house, so frequently of late referred
to. The Bank, it is stated, after thejcomplement of
the guarantee list for the sum required, signed by a
large number of respectable firms, interposed the
additional demand, that each of the contracting, or
signing parties, should be respectively guarantees for
each other, in case of the default of any one or more.
To this there was, of course, a reasonable and
determined demur. Such a demand was in effect
extremely unjustifiable, for the Bank, the large credi-
tor, held other securities already for all the discounts
and advances it was under for the house in question,
for which it was thus obtaining additional guarantees,
and with such guarantees could surely incur little
risk, if any at all, for the farther advances required,
seeing that all the proceeds forthcoming from the
estate would be applied, under inspection, to the liqui-
dation of existing engagements. There was, more-
over, an impediment unexpectedly interposed on the
part of a discount house, one of the guarantee signers,
who pretended to some undue preference over the
rest. Finally, these obstacles were overcome it is
understood, and the arrangement happily completed.
There have been some failures of inferior note re-
ported to-day and yesterday, such as Means. Pember-
ton's in the Canada trade; Messrs. Trueman and Co.
in the Mediterranean trade (related to and implicated
'v the failure of Messrs. Trueman and
_Cook) ; and
seers —_

Neilrons, of Kirkland, in Fifeshice,' fax
winners. The more important event of all is, how-
ever, the position of the Maritime Insurance
Company, which, with a capital of 100,000/., mostly
lost within a brief period after its commencement,
hares off with risks outstanding of 6 or 700,0001.,
and nothing comparatively to pay with.
With reference to the foregoing paragraph, we
have been requested to state that the number of pro-
prietors in the General Maritime Assurance Company
fie 63, holding in all 5,475 shares. Among these
shareholders are men fully capable of paying all the
claims upon the company. That the risks outstanding
en the 21st of October, 1847, were 750,0001.,
mince which- time nearly 250,0004 have run
eff; and that the shares are 1001. each, of which
161. have been paid. A further call of 101. per
share has been made, and is due on the 30th Decem-
, bar. There are about thirty defaulters on the last
call of 2/. per share, due 21st Sept., but the most
stringent legal proceedings are being taken by the
directors to enforce payment thereof.
A meeting of the Welsh ironmasters was held to-
day, for the purpose of discussing the interests and
the prospects of the trade. It was finally agreed, that
from the present depressed state of trade and reduc-
tion of prices it became indispensable to reduce the
rate of wages. This is a result greatly to be lamented
and deprecated. It may be quite true that, with-
in a few months, the price of bar-iron, the
form in which Welsh iron is generally de-
livered, has declined from ten guineas to 71. 15s. per
ton; but it is not the less true that, at the former
excessively high price, enormous profits were realised
without any proportionate advantage to the mining
Theoperatives. reduced price of 71. 15s. per ton
should still afford ample returns upon capital to the
great ironmaaters of Wales—the greatest, indeed, in
the world. We have good reason to believe, from calcu-
lations of our own made in Merthyr Tydvil some years
since, and on data furnished from personal inspection
of books and returns liberally opened to us by the
proprietors of one of the largest iron works of the dis-
trict, that bar iron can be readily produced now, not
without some profit, at 61. per ton, as then, with
much lower wages, it could be made at Si. or little
More. Several large works there can readily furnish
from 20,000 to 50,000 tone per year. The return profits
May thus be readily estimated approximately. We
repeat our regret, therefore, that a present decrease of
too large profits should be visited so hastily upon the
operatives—supposing the determination of the meet-
ing of masters each es reported—seeing that the
operatives could have had no proportionate share in
the advantages derived from the before extraordinary
high rates of profits which fell to the masters,
The Gazette this evening chews a degree of distress
in the building trade from the number of bank-
ruptcies.
The Bank of England averages for the week end-
ing Nov. 27, give, as compared with those of the
week preceding, the following results:

Cln•folks Woe £23,956,163
areshilis wave 18,969,573
Puha depolis 7,729,572
04Me Appiati
Oreiripmeataimblisin
. . .

110,,1tr0
lkhr
Demers 259,307
oohisol billion 10,333,943
snow Ilsy sad other bills 891,079
The rest 3,629,507
The reserve in the banking department amounted
to 5,56:3,3681., notes and coin together, which was an
increase of 844,1611. over the week preceding. The
private deposits, by their increase, seem to indicate
an easier state of the money market. The large
increase of bullion will tend to strengthen confidence.
The returns, however, must be left for further observa-
tion hereafter.

Liverpool correspondent sends us the gratifying
intelligence that the deposits in the Royal Bank,
which resumed business on Wednesday—have been
three times the amount of the money drawn out.
Confidence is, in fact, quite restored to this establish
meat.

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MEETINGS.—AerIDE Bd.— Ordinary General Meeting.
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912

teed the most sanguine copeetationa that can be formed of it. When
the mosey merle gets easier, the works of the Great North ot Scot-
land will ptecead, and the Aberdeen Ime. thus linked, wW be known
sad IMOtheistal as one of the most important in the kingdom.—The
Secretary then read the directors' report, the substance of which was
embodied in the rtuiznUl'e speech. From the statement of the ac-
counts it appeared that the balance in hand on the blot of August last
was 4,20 n. 12s. 4d., and the amount eseeded during the yeers
wards 01.00,000 k This, it was sta omeakined the hoary o
which had been so generally paid that the ems of 664,0301. eel
up there was only a Ottance outstanding of 48,0001. The directors
also stated that the works an the line were Ina most sedstactory state.
The report was unanimously adopted.

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GREAT NORTH OP SCOTLAND.—AMOII Mating
Aberdeen, Nov SO.—Mr, Tlatelleil Bleach) In the rbalf.—Tfis ehair-
man eidd ttiii last year the ape of the Great Neill d Soot-
hed Railway had met to aaiel6r the propriety of deslawing to pro-
ceed with their works in the derresmd Meted mentertile Mi&ay end
they had resolved to delay the egnmereeleet of egmeallewe he •
yeer. They were met that Any melee Ile "Med elelleeee entl he
,th.tizht Mid In the present emedllon Ile wee, media they
be disposed le mew their resolution. Vailleellitelremn-
stances, a delay of two air One might ham he ellegillei with
eery wins consequences, now that the Chimedier d Ihe Ex-
chequer hat introduced ■• bill to parliament to =Smiths Imbed time
for making such railways as the Great North of thelleed. he wee glad
to say they would be placed In r rod • {edam by sepealwle delay
now as they were m when their bill waa pmeed.—The meeilag then
agreed to • retire of resolutions postponing operations. The eam-
meneetnent of works on the lamaide, the Alford Valley, and the
Great North of Scotland Eastern Extension Railways connected with
the Aberdeen and Great North of Scotland, is also delayed.

HANOVER AND BREMEN.—The above line will be opened
ce the nth last. The time originally tlzei wan the let Dee.

BUSINESS OF THEENSUING WEEK.-(From Railway Chronicle)
Mermos.-East Linea'shire. -Dec. 8. London; Jamaica South
Midland Junction.-Dec. 7. London ; Londonderry and Enniakilten.
-Dec. 9. London.
CILIA -Birmingham, Wolrerharnpue, and Stour Valley-21. He.,
doe; Bolton, Blackburn, Clitheroe, sod North Western-H. on
91 preference shares, due; BoSon, Blackburn, Chtheree, and
West Yorkshire-41. on the No. 1 shame, 2/. doe Den. 8 ; Bristol and
Eleter-34. on the third shares, due; Bristol and South Wake Ause-
tion-11., doe; Dundalk sod Enniskillen-51., due ; East Anglian-11.
on the new al. 10. shares, doe Dec. 11 ; Eastern Counties (York En.
tendon shares).-21. =those shares on which 106 had beau paid, and
SI. on those on which U. has been paid, due Dec.lo ; Edinburgh and
Northern-2!. 10. ce the 2SI. stock (1845), 1/. ss. on the 23!.
week (1847), and 13e. on the IS!. stock (1847), all due;
Great North of England-St. on the IS!. ahem., due Dec. 8;
Great Northern-11. We., 11. ss. due; London and Blackwell, I!. on
the No. 2 shares, due Nor. 16, and 21. 10. on the eitension shares,
doe; Midland Greet Western (1.)-S7. on the SOL shares, due;
Newmarket-51, due; Newport, Ahergeeenny, and Herefonl-11,
due; North British-1/ on the new third shares, due; Sambre sad
Meuse-21.0121. ; South Eastera-1/. se. on the No. 4 game doe;
Waterford and Limeriek-51., due Dec. 10; West Flanders-106, due ;
Whitehaven and Furnese-11., due.
Otomartes or PAILLIAILIUNTAHT CONTZACTI.-Leeds and Mira: at
Birmingham, Dec. 10; Bragfeed, Dee. 8; Harmgete, Dec. 7; Hud-
dersfield. Dec. 9; Hull, Den. 10; Leeds, Dee. 6 toll 11 ; Liverpool,
Dec. 8 and 9; landoe, Dec. 11; Manchester, Dee. 6 and 7; North-
allertee, Dec. 9; Ripon, Dee. 6; Stockton, Dec. 8.
TIMMY= Boons CLain.-Jamaica South Midland Junction-1111
Dee. 7.
TILLIILC eon arsescrtra Waits Bodine between Nov. 31 sod Nov. 30,
nod 1846.-Irmen the Railway Chroniciel
11047. 1846. 1847. 1846
Arbradthend Forfar -125 -.lliondotiend Blackwell 70
Closter & Birkenhd 6O7lliondon.Brightn,64... 1.096 6,363
nuhtwk Brughode - 613:London& 6,636. 964
Dubow li k burstown 1,119 Nano. she. 11. LW_ 2,164 1,510
Pth.k.tbdu.da. - 341 Marnioct Carlisle... 611 631
Fiat Lanonalidre B6', Midland . . ..... 16,731 16.157
Lteure Counties - 2.05ii.,1 2,076
Fauitern Union
Hgebaryb k Glam... 3,1063:1 3,272,50rth British lOB6 1,210
Glam., Pais., k Ayr.. 3,604 2,l76;Shrewsburyl ChM 647
Bab., It Gm... 1, 907,South Devon
Great South. k West. 1.663 183. South 1,107 6,399
Great Western ...... 16,611 13,027' Tau Vale . . 1,797 1,321
lencester t 1.1311 - 'Whitehead. Jseedoe. 166 -
leincimharo & Vestals. 6.330 11.166' York. New.. k 10817 7,118
Loedon St N. Warta... 388110181.262!York kN. Midland I TAO 6,644