The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-16 00:00:00

Mr. Symons expressed their desire that the case should he
sent before the Central Criminal Court rather than to the
tifiddletex Sessinna—Mr. Hall would nuke a suggestion to
the counsel for the defence that these disturbances ought to
be put a sem to. The muter was in a fair way to be et tiled
before a superior court, and in the meanwhile these riots re-
flected no credit on the parties concerned.—Mr. Symons pre-
sumed those observations were made by the magistrate on
the evidence ae it stood, but he believed that before the other
court the matter would appear in a very different light. In
fact, his clients were so 'minim to call witnesses, and so unwil-
ling to let statements so Injurious to defendant's character go
before the public+ uncontradieted, that it was with great dif-
amity he induced them to allow the matter to drop here.—
Mr. Hall did not wish to prejudge the case —The prisoner
was ordered to find hail in two sureties at 251. each, to ape
pear at the Central Criminal Court to take his trial, and the
required sureties being immediately provided he was
liberated.
Another prisoner was then brought up on a charge of
wilfully damaging an ornament in the theatre, but as there
was no one in attendance to prove the value of the pro2erty
the cue wee adjourned.
J. Crosby was charged with damseing a gilt festoon,
forming part of the iecoretions of the theatre.—lt appeared
that the prison, r, in attempting to climb from the pit to the
hue', laid hold of the festo m and dragged it down.—Mr
Symons intimated that he was prepared to show that the .1
defendant was escaping from the violence of some reasons in
the pit.—Mr. II dl suggested that the matt, r should be
settled; and, acting ea this suggestion, the defendant paid !
the value of the ornament destroyed, and was discharged. !,
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. A 10:FORMED (bran-
Tier.—The min Haynes, who was held to hail tor having *1
a gun and ball cartridge in his possession for chartist
purl,. A.', wan brought up to he liberated, he having
procured two reepectahle tradesmen to he answerable for '4
his future good behaviour. One of the tradesmen said
he bail known the defendant (ruin a child, and had given f 2
him work. Ile was a steady, harmless man, hut had been LI
led away by °there of a mare designing character, and he 2
was now heartily ashamed of his conduct.—Mr. Hardwick I 7
asked the hail if they were willing to be bound for his future
gond conduct, and that he :Mould not frequent sedit.ous
meetings.—The bail answered in the effirmative.—llae nes
then came lorward, and with a most penitential aspi et pro
mined future good behaviour; declared he W03:11 give up
" villanoue company," and stick to work like an honest
man.—Mr. Hardwick was satisfied with this renunciarion of
his folly by the defendant, and accepted the proposed bail.
LAMBETH —Tug LAW'S DELAY.—THE 111:111t•AT LAW
SOCIETY.— Phar Davis, a wretched-looking man, wi,b a
wooden leg, was brought into court, charged with having
attempted 'elf murder by throwing himself int the river 4
Thames.—Yesterday afternoon the prismer flung himself
from the steps of the pier at Westminster-bridge into deep a
water, and had it not been for the promptitude of a young
ri
man who happened to be on the pier, he must have been
drowned. The unfortunate man, who seemed dreadfully II
affected when mire I what had caused him to have attempted a
so rash an act, replied sheer want. At the di ath of his
father he became porcend of two small but unencumbered
Irritates in Devonshire, the one producing 1301.,
and the other CA per annum. At that time he made his
brothers and seders a present of 1001 each, but not content
with this one of his sisters institutes' a suit in chancery to
recover whet she conceived to he her portion of the property,
and he was, of course, compelled to employ an attorney to
carry on hi, defence to the proceeding. The result was that
after sonic time spent in espenaive litigation, one el the 4,
estates was sold for 4,0001., end the residue, after pe3ine 4'l
law expenses—nearly I,3ool.—was raid into the liana of ;•,/
old, and he was to receive the dividends. In an evil I
hour he wen. to Mr. lima, the principal of the 'leis-at-Law
Society, and widened his interest in the whole of the prop, ley
on the understanding that he was to pay him 1/. a week. This
sum Mr. Rues paid him for some time, and up to his
insolvency. The withdrawal of Ihi', his only me ,na of sub-
idatenee, drove himself, his wife, and two children to perfect
beggary, and Ming driven to the greatest state of wretched-
fle-S the v applied to be taken into St. Saviour's work- 2'
house. Here, however, they were all pushed ulf the e.
steps, and not allowed to go inside the building, and being Y.
a cripple in Loth his hands, as well as in one
of his I. gs, and totally incapacitated from earning u living for tei
imselt or his family, his mind became so afflicted that he p
had determined on putting an end to his wretched existence.
In reply to a question of Mr. Norton he s,id that, thoagh S
in Lendon for tome time, he had not gained a settlement in
any of its pirishts. Ile had a brother, he laid, at the west 2'
end of the town who is a wealthy man, and carried on an
extensive busier's as a master tailor, bat who refused to do
anything for him.—Mr. Norton directed the officer to take
the unfortunate prisoner to Lsmheth workhouse with his
family, and to request that they might be taken into that
institution fir the present; and further desired that the pri-
soner's brother might be requested to attend before him rot a
future day.

MONEY MARKET.

TIICICEDAT EVENING.

As was anticipated, the directors of the Bank of
England, at their weekly board to-day, came to the
determination of reducing the minimum rate of dis-
count from 4 to 31 per cent. This rate refers of
course to first-class bi.ls only, not exceedintt ninety
days date. Other, or bills more of a secondary cha-
racter, remain, as before, the subject of agreement or
negotiation as to the terms. Disappointment has
been ex pressed in some quarters that the
minimum rate was not reduced to 3 per
cent. The reduction to such an extent at
once was not however called for by any special
circumstances, and it would have worn the appear-
ance of an unseemly attempt to crush, by underselling,
any competition of bankers and bill brokers in dis-
count business. The rate for first-class paper in the
general money market has not hitherto been so low
as 3 per cent., and there cauld be no sound justifica-
tion for any undue interference with the regular
course of market values. The wise and proper policy
for the Bank should be to follow the market rates of
money, but not to lead or attempt to rule them.
It will, of course, be an advantage to the
mercantile community to have money accommrda-
tion thus officially established at a reduced charge ;
but unless paper of other than the first order is to be
admitted more freely to discount, it is evident that
the public at large will gain little by the
change, so far as the bank is concerned. The effect
may be, however, that other banks and di-count
houses will be inclined to enlarge the circle of their
credits, and more liberally to accept paps r of a nomi-
nally inferior but still respectable and ur.deniable
character, which heretofore has hem passable in a
more limited proportion only. As an encouragement
of credit this movement of the Bank is of some im-
portance, although without a correspondi^g and con-
sequent improvement in commercial and industrial
affairs any material increase in the creation and circu-
lation of bill values can hardly be looked for.
The anticipation of this action on the part of the
flank improved the funds at the outset of the market,
and still more when the reality came confirmed.
Consols advanced gradually to, and left off at, 831 to
ex-dividend for account on tho 14th proximo. These
prices are about per cent. higher than yesterday,
and are equal, with the dividend on, to 85 to 3. The
market showed much firmness at these higher rates:
Reduced Threes, 831 to ;';', ; Three and a Quarter per
Ceuta., 841 to i ; Long Annuities, 81 to 9-16. Ex-
chequer Bills, 395. to 425. prem. ; India Bonds, 133.
to 20s. prem.; Bank Stock, 191 to 3.
Spanish stocks recovered to-day to their former
position, despite the departure of Senor Is' Lititz.
Spanish Fives were quoted Vetter at 121 to 1 ; the
Threes, 221 to 3; Passive, 3 to 1. l'ortuguese re-
main 16 to 17. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
421 to 31 ; the Fours, 63 to 4. Mexican advanced,
upon the strength of assurances from the United
States of the approaching ratification of the treaty,
which would now appear to be more probable, to 10
to 3. Peruvian, 30 to 33. Brazilian, 66 to 9. New
Granada Bonds, 111 to 121.
The Morning Chronicle, under the Money Market
head, refers to a report as current yesterday in the
City, of 23.000 Russians having enured and taken
possession of Memel. Lettere from that city have
been received to-day, of the Bth instant, which do not
contain one word about such an occurrence.
dNOLIPa TUBBS.
Bank Stock, 1921 South St.-1 Stock, shut
I per et. Rod. Anna, 831 Ditto New Annultlos, shut
3 per Ct. COM.. Ann'., shut 3 NI. Cent. Amin. 1t 1 but
New 3 t per Ct. Anne.. 844 ijif Cuuvou fur Opening, 831 !, ex
Lam Anna, exp. Jan. 6, 1360, 8) dlr.
9-10 tischequer Bills. £l,OOO, 24., 42 40
Ditto. 30 ream, Oct.lo, 1809, 81
Dino, 31) ) ear.. JUL 5, 180.1, abut DiPZ, f.. 500. 42 40 pm.
Ines eta* shut Ditto. Nmall, 42 40 33 pin.
JAMS Bonds, £l,OOO, 16 19

5 per Ct. BradtLan NA.. Fil
l per Ct. lirtnada
5 per Ct. Mextrau,l/40, 131110
I; per CL Perurtso 113..., 30
1 per CL rurPuutoo 114.14„ 1111

•
I FUNDS.
6 per Ct. Bpaniah B.la, Acct June
30, 124
121tto, Paaalve Honda, 3 *
3 per Ct. Spanish ltd., xll3 11
14 pot Ct. Dutch Ex., 12 Gull., RI
BTOCR3 ABROAD.
Two.and.a.4lalf per Cents., 41 716:
Gael lngin Lunn, 62. Amort FOni..
Y+3 35* ; tipanith 'Mem. per Cent.,
Ditto, Three per Ceuta., 21i ;
ein et, fig ; ItusAan nee Jr Cents.
tuatrian Five per Cent. Metalliques,
intl.., 26i. Exehanaial : on tendon,
the. 1145; at Ilaannung, then clan.,

EXCIIANCIEN AND
Amongst,Au, Jest 13.—Dutch T
Ditto: Three per Crept., 4d 3-16;
4Y4; Coto. Comp.. Dutch NW
(Anionspl, ; Ditto, Unlimitedl
Ditto. Interior, ; Coupons i Ardoi
Moyer: 9UI ; Ditto. Idld 9: ; At
S 11: Two-anew-Half per Cen
riot, dated, 1 Lee morel; two mood
341 money; two monthe,34l money.