The Express.
London, England, 1848-05-04 00:00:00

58, THURSDAY EyENING, MAY 4, 1848.

120,0001. Upon 111ses esprosealaMoss, which were con-
firmed bra the; phisonsr herself, the proeecutor was Induced
to furnish her MO • watch and appendages of the value of
261., receiving In pagsasat a bill at a fortnight's date; but
upon preeentln It M*.
-house of the person upon whom it
was drawn he all knowledge ofe prisoner, who
was subs' quently trued to a lodging-hou'a the Holton, and
taken into custody. At the first examination, Mn. Cheese-
man, at whose house the prisoner had formerly lodged,
preferred the second charge of stealing duplicates re-
lating to wearing apparel, • portion of which was trued
to the possession of the accused, and the magistrate
ordered her to be remanded, to afford the police an opportu-
nity of obtaining some information respecting her previous
history and character.—Holland, the warrant-officer, now
repored that about three years ago the prisoner occupied •
handsome residence,. called Elm Cottage, at Cambridge-
heath, where she kept an establishment of servants, sad
lived in a style of great respectability, but she suddenly dis-
appeared, and he could obtain no trace of her until July
last, when she applied for admittance at the Hackney union,
under the name of Mary Osborne alleging that she had
been deserted by her husband, and wag utterly destitute.
She oily continued there, however, for a few weeks, when
she voluntarily discharged hooch ; but during her May
there, short as it was, by her plausible representations es la
the noble families with which she was connected, she con-
trived so completely to impose upon several gentlemen of
influence in the parish that they advanced her considerable
sums of money, by means of which she established henna
at the house in Woodland-street, Makton, where she pur-
sued the same system of deception with such success that
she was invariably treated as a member of the distinguished
families with which she claimed an alliance. Towards the
close of her career in that neighbourhood she went so far as
to announce the intention of her two noble 'elating to visit
her on an appointed day, and invited one of the gentlemen
who had befriended her to receive them in the
beet apartment of the house, to tit which up in
a becoming manner several of the neighbours contributed
tapestry and other decorations, while the gentleman referred
to forwarded a supply of china, glass, and plate ; but after
waiting upwards of two hours letters were received through
the post purporting to be written by the espected guests
postponing their promised visit ; and this exciting suspicion,
a direct application was made to them, and an answer te-
turned disclaiming all knowledge of the prisoner, who ab-
sconded soon alter from the neighbourhood. The officer
concluded by producing a certificate of the prisoner's mar-
riage to a gentleman named Osborne, who at that time held
a confidential situation in the service of the Royal West
India Mail Company, but was now living abroad, and salted
lbr a further remand, as he had since received information
1 which satisfied him that he should be able at the next exa-
mination to establish • clear cue of bigamy against her.—
Upon being asked if she wished to make any reply to the
officer's statement, the prisoner in a confident manner de-
clared that the pretensions she had mule were suhatantially
well founded, and that she did not consider any evidence had
been brought forward which would justify her further de-
tention.—Mr. Arnold said that, after the evidence he had
heard and the report of the officer, he had no hesitation in
adjourning the case for further examination, and he should
therefore order the prisoner to be remanded again until that
day week.
WESTMINSTER.—Mennanors ARRAVLT. —J. 3fur-
Coy was charged with murderously assaulting his wife.—
mplainant said that in consequence of some information
given her by a neighbour on Tuesday afternoon, she went to
• house of very gut stionable repute and there saw her hus-
band sitting with a female upon his knee. She looked at
him but did not speak, and returned home and went to bed
at her usual hour. :ehortly afterwards the prisoner came in
very drunk and went directly to her tire-place, where he
se iced the poker and immediately attacked her with it in
the most furious way, striking her repeatedly about the
body, and then inflicting a severs wound upon her head.
He then locked the door and kept the key, and she was
compelled to remain in the room with him, bleeding from
the injury she had received. At five in the morning he got 1
up and went out, when she followed and gave him into
custody, and then was taken to the hospital by the police
and had the wound in her head dreamed.—Richard Cousens, I
• policeman, stated that when complainant gave the prisoner ,
into custody, her face and shawl were covered with blood.
He examined the room occupied by the prisoner and his I
wife, and found a pool of blood by the Mislaid". He also i
found • poker very much bent, covered with bled.—Mr. ,
Broderip remanded the prisoner for a week. I
LAMBETH.—But. SWINDLINO.—r•VTION TO THE
PUHLIC.—Mr. Robinson, the superintendent of the P, or '
Camberwell, division of police, waited on Mr. Elliott its take '
advice on the hest means of bringing to justice some person
er persons who are carrying on • suceessful and wholesale I
system of swindling by means of lending in some instances,
and promising to lend in others, bills of exchange of various
amounts. Mr. Robinson stated that for some weeks put
various complaints had reached him from persons who had
been defrauded by a set of bill swindlers residing is Villa-
street, Albany-read, in hie district, ana its immediate neigh-
bourhood,
and who appeared to carry on a successful as well i
as an eats wive system of fraud. The first application made
to him was by • tradesman in Greenock, who was is want
of 2001., and the sharpen, under the assumed name of i
".1. H. Teyier and Co. / acing first received • post-office I
order for 101 commission, sent two hills of exchange, the
one for 1211. if.., and the other for h3l. es. to bins. Both
bills purported to be drawn by J. H. Keith, Brighton,
and accepted by Thomas Butcher, conimissien-ageat, Cam-
Banklw-roa and made payable at the Commercial
of London. These bills the gentleman at Greenock
got discounted by the Western Banking Company, and
&rim days before they became due he forwarded to the fiem
foure notes for 501. each. and one for 61., for that purpose.
In due tourist a receipt for the money came to band, but a
pest sr two after brought another letter from Meer. J. and
H. Taylor, stating that they were sorry —deeply sorry—that
owing to a gross mistake made by one of their clerks his
money had been taken ter another person's bill, but de-
claring that as soon as they were in funds they should release
his bills, which at that time remeinrotested in the hands
of the banker. The Western Banking Company became
urgent for the payment of the bills, which had been returned
to them, and the Greenock gentleman WM compelled to
settle with the firm. The next communication which Mr.
Robinson mentioned was one from a tradesman in Newry,
who, however, was more cautions, and escaped being
swindled. The inspector then read a lithograph cir-
cular from the pasties, who in this instance signed
themselves J. C. Hall and Co., offering to remit
for a commission of 6 per cent. bills to the amount
of 5001. and upwards, drawn and endorsed by one or
two respectable factors, brokers or tradesmen in the
wood mercantile business method, as if they had been
I already negotiated by one party to another beforehand, at
once. Saleable goods at a fair market price will be taken
for commission when bills to the amount of 5001. are re-
quested. Several moat respectable bills, in amount from
601. to 6601., at three, four, and six months' date, accepted
I by merchants and endorsed by *even! parties, were stated to
be on hand ready for negotiation.---Mr. Robinson added
1 that on inquiry into the matter he found out • house in
Villa-street,reAtha Albany-road,
through, Camberwell, rwtheell,pto,o wt-ohfnicoh atonuTmaybehrr
sad Co., Anderson and Co., Hill and Co., Mackay and Co..
and D. I). and Co , and were taken in there. The door
was always attended by a female, who, when asked for
either of the above names, answered that they resided
there, but were from home
she gave at the timthe
same answd to a person
calling fifty times a day er ;
so that he could not get at the fact whether there
was a male person resident in the house or not. He (Mr.
Robinson) had also ascertained that lattetly the letters ad-
dressed to this holm were taken to No. 3, Wilmot-place, I
Old Kent-road, which was occupied by a Capt. Rutledge,
who was well known in the neighbourhood as a bill dis-
counter.—Mr. Elliott : I hope you will not loss sight of the
matter, but follow up your inckuiries, and I have no doubt
that the publicity which the disclosures you have made will
obtain will have the good effect of placing the public upon
their guard, and induce those individuals who may n
into a correspondence with such a class as bill lenders, bill
discounters, and professed money lenders to adopt the proper
caution of the Newry tradesman.—Mr. Robinson essured
his worship he should not lose sight of the parties, but on the
contrary should by himself and his officers use every exertion
to bring them to justice.

MONEY MARKET.
WIDNESDIA EVENING.
The feature of the stock market to-day was still the
predominance of purchasers over sellers. Consols, at
831, opened in advance on the last quotations of yes-
terday, and at one time rose to, and were done at 84i
for money. They remained stationary for a short
period at 84, but gave way towards the latter part of
the day, and left off as before at 83/ to for money
and time. Reduced Threes 82 to k. As between
Reduced and Consols there was a " backwardation" of
prices, on comparison of values, against the firmer.
'Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents.B3l to 1. Long Annui-
lien 8 7-16Exchuer: Bills, 39e. to 42a. pre-
mium. India bonds 20.. to 245. premium. Bank
Stock 188 to 190. The more favourable view
taken of Irish affairs was the main exciting cause of
the rise in prices to-day, and will probably assist ma-
terially in supporting them as they are, supposing
that Ireland continues in progress of recovery towards
a more tranquillised state.
Foreign stocks improved in prices generally n the
fore part of the day, without dealings, however, of
much consequence ; but the highest rates of advance
were not altogether maintained to the close of busi-
ness, although they were still quoted fractionally
higher than yesterday. Spanish Fives were called
131 to 1; the Threes, 231 to 1 ; Passive, 31 Wiled
131
lower;at 18 to 19. Dutch Two-and-a-Half
per Cents., 431 to 4!, ; the Foam, 62/ to 41. Rus-
sian, 87 to 91. Mexican, 161 to 1. Brazilian, 68
to 72. Peruvian, 29 to 31. Buenos Ayres, 20 to
6. Chilian, 80 to 6.
The Hibernia steamer, from New York, whose
arrival at Liverpool was announced late this after-
noon at the North and South American subscription-
rooms, brings, according to the Liverpool cone-
vondent of the establishment, 96,0001. in sped&
Numerous other shipments of specie were, it is NM,
to follow. Exchange on England, 110/ to 111. Ao-
°mugs from Mexico are reported to be eatiedaotery,
but doubts entertained whether the treaty of pone
with the United States would be ratified.
The Neva, from Bt. Petentbarg, is stated to haver
brought above 100,0001. in specie. More is expected,