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

POLICE.-YERTEEDAY.

BOW-STREET.—WHOLLBALZ Ptenusa.— W. Barrett,
a letter-carrier, was charged with stealing a quantity of
newspapers and • letter containing cash, the property of the
Postmaster-General—Mr. Gape., inspector of letter-carriers,
said the prisoner was on duty at Charing-crow, his delivery
being in upper Lambeth. Witness placed the letter in ques-
tion in the box among others u-ually sorted by the prisoner,
hut it not being in his delivery he should have returned it as
being missorted, which he did not do, and he there( vs re-
ported the circumstance in the proper quarter.—Peake, the
officer, proved that at the prisoner's lodgings he found 33
letters, 73 newspaper*, • quartity of jewellery, and a country
bank order for 34/. 13s. Sevetal of the letters were broken
open, and the directions torn off the newspapers. A letter,
containing Ns. worth of penny stamp., addressed " Rev. Mr.
Rodwell, Curates' Aid Society;" and another, addressed
"Mr. Cooper, New-street, Spring-gardens," with several un-
opened letters, were also discovered. The property found
upon the prisoner included • gold ring, a lady's bracelet ref
in ivory and gold with small figures a memorandum of his
visits to the Casino, and a chartist medal. When taken the
prisoner exclaimed, "Oh, dear! this will he the death of my
mother."—The prisoner said nothing in his defence, and
Mr. Henry ordered him to stand committed for trial, but to
be brought up again, in case other charges could be brought
against him.
WORSHIP-STREET. Tug CHARTISTS. Long
before the opening of the court, the office was besieged
by persons anxious to obtain • sight of the indi-
viduals called chartists, who had, during Sunday, been
taken into custody for riotous conduct and for assaulting the
police. Some of the defendants appeared with their heads
and faces much cut, and covered with adhesive plaster.
A sweep named Newman was charged with hooting and
yelling at the police whilst conveying their prisoners from
the van into the office.—lle was ordered to find substantial
bail for his good behaviour for three calendar months, and
in default was locked up.
The following cases were then taken:
James Mallantyre for attempting to stab a policeman ;
Dennis Callaghan, for breaking the windows of St. James's
Church ,• and Henry Hillman, for striking • policeman with
an iron bar, were committed ?or re-examination.
R. Maigrie was charged with being one of a mob collected
on Sunday morning in Nova Scotia-gardens. Bethnal-green,
and with attempting to hurl • stone at the police. One man was
haranguing the mole 172 N perceived the defendant pick up
a stoneand place it in his pocket. The police were hooted at by
the mob. Witness kept his ey e upon the prisoner, and presently
saw him pick up another stone and place that also in has
pocket. The mob now removed to an adjoining field, fol-
lowed by the police, and presently the defendant withdrew
one of the atones from his coat-pocket, raised his arm,
and, directing it towards the police, would have hurled it at
them, bat was prevented by • policeman, who conveyed him
to the station-house. On his way the prisoner pulled off his
hat and gave "Three cheers for the chartists.' The other
stone was found upon his person.—The prisoner acknow-
ledged to having given " three cheers for the chartists," but
said he had no intention whatever of injuring the police.—
Many other individuals similarly charged were brought
before Mr. Hammitt, who desired that Maigrie and the rest
should be locked up until he should have considered of
their various sentences according to the amount of their
aggression.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET. CArruaz or CUm-
BLERB.—C. and G. Liley, S. Brown, servant; C. S. Davis,
Copt. Mills, Life Guards; Capt. Bagot, 15th Foot; E.
Welch, Capt. C. Fitzroy, Royal Artillery; Lieut. A. C.
Hawkins, Royal Artillery; J. Webster' W. Brown, H.
Smith, W. Richards, R. Mostyn, C. Cape!, Lieut. G.
Borchelt, Royal Artillery; and W. Wilkiruon,were brought
before Mr. Hardwick, charged with being found in a com-
mon gambling-house, No. 64, St. James's-street.—Super-
intendent Beresford produced has report and the order of
the Commissioners of the Police to enter the house. He
said that about a quaver-put two on Sunday morning he
went to the premises with a body of constables, and found
them closed. He rang the bell several times, and after wait-
ing a few minuies commenced forcing the door, which was
strongly secured with an iron chain. They broke it open and
proceeded along the passage till they came to a pair ot folding
doors covered with green baize, and strongly secured with
iron bars. This door was also forced open ; when witness
entered a passage and saw the defendants, Charles Liley and
Brown, standing at the bottom of the stain. Witness
ordered • constable to secure them, while be proceeded up
stairs, and found all the other defendants in the first-door.
There were two billiard-tables in the room with lights burn-
ing over them. Witness then had the whole of the de-
fendants taken into custody and conveyed to the station,
where they were searched, but no gaming implements were
found upon them. Witness subsequently searched the pre-
mises, but could discover no implements used in gaming.—
Mr. Hardwick said, in the absence of any technical and legal
evidence of the house being • common gaming-house, the
present case could not be gone on with. He must, there-
fcre, discharge them.
MAILYLEBONE.—MUBDEROIIS A.MLAT.-13TMIBINO.
W. Mitchell, a spring maker, was charged with dabbing

F. Bell, in whose house he lodged, at 68, George-street,
liampstead-read.—Mr. Bell, whose head wee strapped up
with adhesive plaster, stated that en Tuesday afternoon,
the 30th alt., he served defendant with a month's notice to
quit, or be subject to double rent ; shortly afterwards, while
Mr. Bell was in the yard, defendant rushed towards him
with a long file, one end of which had t►e appearance of •
dirk,whlch he held up and threatened to run Mr. Bell:through ;
the latter made an effort to wrest the implement from his
grasp, when defendant etabbed him on the left side of the
head. Upon receiving the wound Mr. Bell fell upon his
back, when defendant knelt over him and stabbed him again
several times. His cries of murder brought his wife and his
boy into the yard to his assistance. Mrs. Bell laid hold
of the hair of defendant's head, in order to pull him away,
but she was usable to effect her object ; and while this wee
going on defendant called to his lad to get him a chisel,
which, however, hr refused to do. Complement them called
to his wife to get him a hammer and knock defendant upon
the head, in order to make hint lane his hold, and
' she ace.rdingly fetched a small one, with which
she struck him once or twice on the pert named.
The hammer, upon which were many marks of
blood, was here produced. When Mrs. Bell came to
his aid he was literally covered with blood. He at length
contrived to get up, and defendant gave him another blow
on the head with the edge of the file, when lie (Mr. Bell)
seised hold of it and desired him to let go thereof, upon
which be r. marked that it was his and he should keep pos-
session of it. Mr. Bel! added thet, after being once more
abused by defendant, his wife laid hold of his arm and led
him bleeding into the parlour.—Crosieexamined by Mr
Wontner : I have a dog in the yard, it is a hull terrier. I
let it loose upon defendant, saying, "Tinker, bite him," when
I thought he was going to strike me. The dog did not seise
him until he had stabbed me several time.—Edward Church
(compainant's boy) corroborated, in most of the important
particulars, his master's evidence.—Mr. Broughton remarked
that the case could not he concluded until another day, as
the surgeon, whom it would be necessary to call, was not in
attendance; he should adjourn the inquiry until Wednesday,
when the whole of the witnesses for the defence would be
ermined.

MONEY MARKET.

MONDAY ETRNING.

This has been a remarkably quietdiiiiiith;iunns,
with scarcely a variation in prices, and transactions
extremely few. Consols were quoted all day from
831 to 4, or more precisely 831 to 4, and so they lest
off both for money and the account. In the absence
of any fresh disturbing news from abroad, the flatness
the market may have been partially caused by the
pertinacity of mob gatherings in the metropolis, com-
posed in about equal proportions perhaps of thieves
and chartists, and the general tenor o! the Irish
anemias. Reduced Threes were 821 to 1. Three-
and-a-Quarter per Cents., 831 to Long Annuities,
81 to 9-16. Exchequer Bills were higher, at 355. to
395. premium. India Bonds, 18s. to 21s. premium.
Bank Stock, 191 to 3. India Stock, 233 to 5.
The foreign market was equally dull with the
home. Dealings were officially reported in only
some half dozen of the stocks, and those of quite in-
considerable amount. Spanish Fives were quoted 12
to 1; the Threes, 221 to I ; Passive, 3,1 to Z. Por-
tuguese, 16 to 17. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per Cents.,
lower, at 42 to 3 ; the Fours, at 62 to 3. Russian,
86 to 9. Belgian, 58 to 62. Mexican, 141 to 151.
New Granada, 12 to 13. Peruvian, 3. to 7. Chian,
78 to 82. Brazilian, 67 to 70. Danish, 63 to 4.
From Hamburg, on the 2nd instant, money was
advised as being still so abundant as only to command
from 2to 21 per cent. in the market. Stocks and
other securities were advancing in consequence. A
quantity of gold ducats had been received, supposed
to be for account of the Russian government, and to
be employed in the purchase of Russian bonds.
Letters of the 29th ult. from Riga mention that,
notwithstanding the public prohibition by ukase of
the exportation of gold, considerable quantities were
still shipping from St. Petersburg with destination
to this country. The exports were, as understood,
for government account, sad intended to be expended
in the purchase of Russian bonds, which from the
present reduced rates was deemed to be an eligible
operation. At a time when, from the warlike prepara-
tions on foot iu that empire, the increase of the forces to
the full war establishment, with the notorious conen-
tration of large armies in Poland, and on other frontier
points, a vast addition of charge should consequently
fall upon the public treasury, such financial combina-
tions must appear singular, if not inexplicable. For
it is difficult to understand that the purchase of
Russian bonds for redemption, or investment, should
be an eligible operation new from their comparative
cheapness, when, should war ensue upon the present
demonstrations, made evidently in expectation of, or
preparation for, such a contingency, it is clear that
Russian stock must inevitably be depreciated 20 per
cent. more in current market value beyond the 20 per
cent. which, in common with some other of the best
foreign stocks, it has already suffered since the
February revolution in Paris. French Renter,
Austrian, Prussian, and other foreign stocks have,
indeed, been damaged from 30 to 40 per cent., or
more, since that period.
Nevertheless, and whatever the motives, or the
soundness or fallacy of the financial calculation, there
is reason to believe that such operations are actually,
not contemplated only, but in progress, for account
and by order of the Russian government. In apparent
corroboration of what is stated in the private advices
from Hamburg and Riga, an advertisement appears
this morning, dated from the Stock Exchange,
with personal reference to one of the officials of
the establishment, for Russian bonds of the larger
calibre of 1,036/. value, for which, it is stated,
a " premium will be paid beyond the market value,"
or, should it better suit parties, stock of a smaller de-
nomination to be given in exchange. The advertise-
ment may not emanate directly from the Russian
agency, nut even from the 'broker officially employed
by it, but it is probable still that it will be from some
parties cognisant of what may be going forward. The
heavier bonds of iltussian stock, as more facile of re-
mittance, and making up large :amounts in a smal.
compass, would naturally be preferred for purchase:at
some immediate sacrifice in price, because the constant
appearance of a regular purchaser upon the market,
where small parcels only should be offered, and there-
fore small sums only bought in, would tend daily
and materially to raise prices upon the buyer.

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