The Express.
London, England, 1848-06-19 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, JUNE 19, 1848.

George Gibb was in a hopeless consumption ; and hence '
when the alleged trander took place, it would be worth its
full value. To prove the cue of the defendant, Mr. Tomlinson
was called, who stated that he was pet. itt at the house of
George °lab, in Woad-weft, Cheamide, about the 2.5 th of
Mere h, 1846, when the podcy was produced, and also e
blank receipt, which was en old one, and which George
(Ebb mid be had bought in Aldermate etnet. APer some
difficulty, the receipt was then tilled up in the manner in
which it now appeared. George Gibb folded up the policy
and receipt and handed them over to his wife, saying,
"Now you have got it, keep it, and hand it over to my
brother Ilenry in case it is required." Nobody was present
on that occasion, except witness. George Gibh, and hie wife.
Several other witnenes were called, and amongst others the
widow of George Gihb, hut their testimony did not bring
any other facts to light than those we have a.reatly stated.
—Mr. Worlledge having replied, bin lordship minutely
summad up, and the jury found a verdict fur the defendants

he was again dragged back by the prisoners, who renewed
the attack and he was still aching in every part of hie re r-
un from the brutal violence to which he was subjected. One
of the watchmen, whoa attention was attracted to the up-
roar, at length hastened to his assistance, followed by Mr.
Ejokey, the ouperintendent of the ward, and other 'Acres,
to whom he pointed out the prisoners, and the whole of them
were secured. The complainant's evidence was fully coma
bursted by four other paupers who had witnessed the occur-
rence, but wire too much terrified to raider him any amisto
tees, as the prisoners had threatened one of them, if be
ventured to inter( re, that they welted kneels his teeth down
hie ihro et —Mr. Elmeley, the superintendent, stated that all
oho prisoners had been a burden to the perish for a long
time pest, and from their lawless and turbu.ent propensities
scenes seam. ly less outrageous then the present were of
almost nightly occurrence in the wards in question.—Mr.
Arnold expressed his intention to commit the whole of the
prisoners to Newgute upon the charge, and considered it
was incumbent on the parish authorities to c nduct the pro-
secution ; but if they declined to do so an application must
be made to the pour law commisaloners. The prisoners
were ordered to be brought up again mat week.
MARLDOROUGH•STILBET.—CH Arnie OF EMBeZZLE-
Meer —H. F. Whitton, a pawiebriiher's resistant, was
charged with having embezzled VIII itAll sums .4' money, the
property of his employers, Messrs. Roared and Co., pawn-
brokers.—The prisoner hail been in the employ of the prose-
cutors ter 13 years. Within the last 18 months circumstances
had ecru to the knowledge of the prosecutors that a secret
system of robbery was practised. The prisoner had the ma-
nagement f the business, and it was his duty when pledges
w. re redeemed to place the money and the duplicates in a
till specially devoted to that purpose. The prosecutors never
suspected the prisoner until Monday last, when, on ezarnin-
lug the books, they discovered that several erasures had been
made. This excited suspicion, and on making a more minute
search they found that various articles of plate, Jewell ry,
watches, tic., had been ',deemed and the money received,
but not accounted for by the prisoner. The amount exceeded
Milt The prisoner, on being tax• d with embezzlement,
begged for mercy, and ut once admitted he had been in the
habit of plundering the prosecutors for about 18 months.
The peieuuer was then given into custody.—Mr. Wakeling
was authorised by the lather of the primmer to any that all
his son's defalcations should be made good if the prosecutors
would consent to forego a prosecution.—Alter some discus.-
km this offer was accepted, and the prisoner was dischsrg' d.
011rAININO MONK"! HY FKAL'iI FROM The Drer. OF
CA hoer Barnes, otherwise Barnekor, was charged
by the Mendicity Society with having obtained by
fraudul.mt pretences from the Deka of thembridge.—liers-
ford, one of the Mendicity constables, said la=m information
he received he went that morning to Tuthill hi Ids prison
and took the prisoner into custody, as he was about being
discharged, he having undergone an imprisennunt for
another fraud of the same character on his royal highbees,
for obtaining 41. from the duke, and also for having obtained
21. from the lion. Captain Cuke, of St. James's.—The pri-
soner admitted he received 31. and not 21. from Capt. Coke,
and that a woman who was now in prison was with Mtn at
the time. The prisoner alto admitted lie hail re eeiv. ol 51.
from his rayed highneu.—liaron linesebeek, secretary to the
Duke of Cambridge, proved that in the month of March last
the prisoner brought a petition and received 61. from him by
the duke's order. The petition was filled with fraudulent
statement', and was fictitiously signed by noblemen, mer-
chants, and others.—Mr. Hardwick said lie should rend the
prisoner to his old quartms for three months, and in addition
order the conviction to be returned.
hfcknastoun AsKAULT UN A POLICS CONSTABLE.—
C. Perkins and J. Janus were charged with having
assaulted Police-constable Johnson, 82 C—The complsieent,
who appeared dreadfully injur a about the head, s.id that
shout belt-putt o'clock on Saturday morning, he was en duty
m Greek-street, Soho, wi en his attention was called to a dire
turteance, which was caused by the prisom re end some other
person% who see:m quarrelling t..gether. A cry of police
was raised, and witness went up to the patty and desired
then, todesperae. The prisoner James butted at him with
his head, and knocked him down. Witmer' sprang his
rattle for wsistanee, when one of the prisoners companions
came behiled hint and struck aim two deeperide blows on the
head with a life p . Witness fell to the ground sense.
less ; he, howcy. r, mantel dto he. p Id of the prisoner
James, who called out, " Come and liaish him." The
returner Perkins then came up, and tried to re ,cue James,
saying, with an oath, they were ". chartists," and would not
be taken by ao.y policemen. Witness, who had by thin time
regained his legs, was again knocked doe n, and low. for the
time ly arrival el other conetebles would hove sustained ad-
ditional injury. After great resistance the primates we ro
secured and taken to the station-house —Mr. Jones, Frith-
street, mid he heorol a rattle swing, and on going to the
place he found •he constable on the ground, cover, d with
blood, and the prisoner James strug... ling with him. Wit-
ness was afraid to inttriare, acing the roue% appearance of
the prisoner's comp unions. Ito taw the ms n run oleos. soon
as the constables made their appearenee —ln defence
prisoners pleaded intoxication, and denied haying committed
any assault on the constable.—lo.spector Squires, t' devotion,
said he had no doubt he could find the mau who struck the
constable with the life prestry.r.—The prisoners we: e com-
mitted for trial at the Central Criminal Court.

MBE 1 11.—C it aim it or SH.OTIN Branda and
T. Turner were charged with shoo, io,g a man named 11 aj res.
—W. Martin, a labourer at Norwood, deposed that :on
Thursday night ha and a fellow-workman named Ms no s
were out torther drinking, and on their return home they
stopped to drink ap t of beer at the end o Gip-y lane.
While there they heard some persons 'peeking in a field ad-
joining, and on looking to see who they were they saw the
'prisoners in an entlosure. They. had lame words, when
slo.y nes gut Over the pissinge, sad oinmedia.ely alter Wit....
beard the report of a pistol, and saw lloosnes fa.l. He
hastened towards him, and raw his face frightfully disfigured,
and Vie blood streaming from it. On falling Haynes cried
out" Murder ! The fellow has shot me." The injured man
was carried to •doctor's shop where his woucds wore dres.ed,
and he was removed to St. Thomas's Hospital. The witneos,
in reply to the questions of the prisoners and the magis-
trate, gave a very unsatisfactory account for being out
to one o'clock in the morning, carrying a pot of beer
a considerable uistance, and drinking it close to the place
where the prisoner were employed. Ile denied, however,
that either he or his companion Haynes had thrown atones
at the hut in which the prisoner' slept, er that they had
used any threats towards the prisoners.—C erk, 108 ,aid
that he went to the hut in which the grinners Bkpt at d
found it locked. lle obtained an entrance by forcing open
the 'butts re, and found there the pistol, the powder teak,
the 10,,a of caps, and the shot bag he then produced. 0.0 the
same . vening he found out the r. sidence of the prisoner. at
Chaises, and took them tooth into custody. Witness had
seen Haynes at the hospital that day, and the doctor *Vend-
ing him pronounce I him to be in very great danger. His
eyes were completely destroyed, and his (ice was in a shock-
ing state.—The prisoner Turner, in reply to the charge, said
that on Tuesday lut himself and &inch had been sent down
to Norwood by Mr. Scott, a builder, to level a hill on some
grounds belonging to him, and the instant they set to work
they were annoyed by several parties. They were also
threatened, and told that they, as London workmen, world
not he allowed to labour there. On Thursday night
be was awoke by a large piece of the wood work of
the hut falling on his face, and on going outside he saw the
la•t witness and the injured msn Hslnes throwing stones Lt
the but. On remonstrating with them, they grossly sbused
them, and came over the fence. Haynes attacked Branch,
and Martin attacked witness. Martin, who was arm. d with
a quart pat, threatened to dash out his brim with it, and
while engaged in defending himself from Martin's violence,
he heard the report of the pistol, and saw Haynes fall.
Branch said that when attacked by Hanes he was on the
rising ground. and pushing him allay be went backwards
down the steep hill. As soon as he could recover hiwell
Ilasites was rushing towards him to make a a coed attack
upon him, when he, presenting tilt pistol at him, told him
he should give Aim the contents of it. Haynes replied that
he did riot care for him or hi. pistol, and that he would
knock his brains out. At this time lie might be sic or seven
yard. from him, and feeling alarmed at his attack be in his
own justification fired the pistol without taking any aim.
At the time he fired at Haynes the latter had a large atone
in his hand.—Both the prisoners were remanded, Turner
being admitted to bail.
SOU THWARK.—DARTSIO STREET ROBBERY.— 14 ood.
ward, Juhttfon, and 17otrees were charged with stealing a
purse containing a LI. Bank of England note from Me,.
The proucittrix uid that on the pia vious after-
noon she had aM. note in her purse. A little after 4 o'clock
in the afternoon she was proceeding along the Wateoloo.
road, looking for an omnibus, when she nu surrounded by '
a number of lads, among whom were the prisoners. They
pushed up ag.oinst her, and one of them seized hold of her
hands asd wrenched the parse from her grasp. She called
out for as-istancc, and before a constable arrived they all
made their escape. She was certain that the prison-
ers were the parties who robbed her. As soon as
she recovered from the shock she proceeded to the police
station and have information, and police oer;,eant 17 L
apt rehended the prisoners at night, in the New-cut. In
answer to the charge, the prisoners said that they were ism).
cent, and that the lady was mistaken as to their identity. A
young man, named Bowden, here stepped forward and said
that he was standing opposite the lady when she was robbed,
and he was certain that the prisoners were the offenders. He
distinctly saw them wrench the purse from her hand. Mr.
Seeker remanded them until Thursday next.

MONEY MARKET.

SATURDAY EVENING.

The stock market was dull, and somewhat depressed
until past noon to-day, when the Bank broker took some
40,0001. or 60,0001. of Three-and-a-Quarter per cent.
stock, with which ho was served as understood at
841 for the most part. The immediate effect was au
improvement of prices in the funds generally. Con-
sols, which had been quoted 834 dubiously as buyers
or sellers, advanced to 831 to $ for account ex divi-
dend, but at the close receded to 831 to 4. Reduced
Threes left off 831 to 4; Three and-a-Quarter per
, Cents., 844 to 4. Exchequer Bills, 38s. to 41s.
prem. ; India Bonds, 16s, to las. prem. A bargain
was done in consols for immediate transfer, by leave
of the Bank authorities of course, and on payment of
the regular fee, at 841.
From the almost total absence of business in foreign
stocks it might be supposed to have been a holiday
with the dealers. The transactions embraced only
some half dozen of the stock'', with about one bargain
in each. The quotations were, with a few inconsi-
derable variations, the same as yesterday. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 421 to 31; the Fours, 631
to 41. Russian, 88 to 90. Spanish Fives, 12 to 1;
the Threes, 224 to 31 ; Passive, 3 to 1. Portuguese,
16 to 17. Mexican, 16 to f. Chilian, 79 to 81.

Peruvian, 30 to 8. Brazilian, 66 to 0. Venezuela,
lower at lb to 18. l
We have bean somewhat singularly destitute to-day a
of any exciting event in the money or commercial
present extraordinary n
l'ehajeohrlide the
errounding these shores 4,1
f
a large beet-
Csmel rnalcar
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reckoned tmhn
,ee e Suer ot't b
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t a something
:amteardkathbate,:
root sugar manufacturing company had failed. Its LI
non-realisable assets are stated at 1,114,000 florin., I
and its liabilities at 1.801,000.
A " Subscriber" to the Express from the corn- E
nsencement writes from lielfaat as follows on the sub-
Jed of foreign exchange:
Some of your readers here, as well as myself, cannot as
demand how you, In your much-valued money article, get
the exehango betwe. n England and Holland so favourable to
the former—say 12f 4c. on Amsterdam; at the same time the •
Dutch paper quoted the exchange at 1 If. ; and I had I
lately some transactions there, and insisted on getting your I
quotation, but, to my disappointment, I did not succeed. •
For • bill at 3 days sight, on a London bank, I got 111.95 c. ; I
and in the month of March last your rate of exchange was
about GI per pound higher than the Dutch, and arstliat
time, also, I had business there, and could only act Ilf. ROe. I
at 1 days' sight on London. Heine say how the difference
arises, lest parties here should entertain a doubt of the cor-
rectness ut your money article.
The rates of exchange under this head are given as
for business dime, according to the returns of the
must respectable dealers in exchange, and for three
month.' paper only, as indicated, unless otherwise
stated. 'the rates at " short" are not given, because
the proportion of such paper is not of very much con-
sideration in ordinary times. The " Subs. Tiber "
should know, as an intelligent merchant, that the
rates vary generally, and often materially, as between
the drawing place and the place drawn upon. Such
variations are the natural consequence of the greater
or leas balance of payments to be made on the one side
or the other—a balance of tram) and credit account in
fact. As between Amsterdam and London the rate of
exchange in particular, very extensively acted on,
and modified, by the prices of Dutch stocks respec-
tively ruling in the two places. These stocks are a
very common medium of remittance to and fro. The
buying pice for Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.
being, for example, 424 here, and the selling price in
Amsterdam being 414 or 42, it is evident that the dif-
ference in the value of a security so readily inter-
changeable and realisable must have an effect on the
kegotiable rate of bills of exchange; and so in the
reverse case. The " Subscriber" would receive so
mail more or less florins for his pound sterling at
Amsterdam accordingly. Tho fluctuations and dif-
ferences in foreign excbange, as quoted and negotiated
in and between this and other couutries during the
Ilia year of commercial, and this of political, convul-
sions, have however been so extraordinary, and so
liable to the action of opposing or more favourable
circumstances of the moment in one or other places,
that it would be impossible to account for, or judge
them, by any regular or customary standard.
We nave received a letter today from the respect-
able firm of Messrs. Ferguson, To) lo and Co. of
Nlatieliester, well known for their intelligent trade
circulars, requiring a contradiction of the report of
their suspension of payments, which son:e days since
was extracted, with certificate of origin, from the
Manchester Courier. The information, on the autho-
rity of ao respectable a paper, carried its weight. It
appears, however, from the facts stated to us, that the
assumed suspension of payments arose from differen-
ce-a among the partners of the firm. The senior part-
ner, in consequence of some disagreement, issued two
circulars advising of his non responsibility for the
acts of his associates, and supplementarily advising
that a " meeting of creditors" would be called, when,
if "the information I have obtained from the acting
partners be correct, the creditors may rely upon m-
e:tiring the full amount of their claims." it is evident
that no blame could attach to any journal that should
copy facts to which notoriety tad already been
given by a paper of the locality as highly respectable
as the Mairt•hester Courier. There is a great mistake
in supposing, that in the daily mess, there is
any dinaosition to strain after fleas or report.,
what,. acr the quality and the source. The paths
taken in sifting the veracity of any intelligence which
appears entails, on the contrary, very extraordinary
labour. The most painful and repugnant part of the
dntiea of the writer of this article during all the com-
mercial convulsions of last year, and the political re-
volutions of this, has beca the record of commercial
and industrial disasters. They have often, although
with perfect knowledge, not been mentioned until
the day after they were matters of public notoriety,
and eh sexily published in other papers.
Having said so much, we give the circular of the
two acting partners of the house of Ferguson, Taylor,
and Co., which should be conclusive of the fact of the
perfect solvency of the house, and we hope also of its
future ir.creasing prosperity :

32, Charlotic-strret, 31ordev-strevt, Manchester, June 19,
Sir,— It having come to our knowledge that our panty r, Mr. Thomas
Gillespie Ferguson, has addressed a circular to our respected consti-
tuents, intimating that be dischims responsibility for any of our acts,
and us this extraordinary proceeding ol his arises mainly from private
IMIN/11“1 feelmr, which ought not to bare bean obtruded on your
110110 e, Re deem it due to you to explain that we shall continue our
buxom., as wood, at 32, Charlotte.street.—We are, air, your mast
°hid:sot i.ervants, llta.r TAILOR, (Aortae F. MAI.L.I.II', the acting
',Annus of the firm of Ferguson and Taylor.

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