The Express.
London, England, 1848-07-05 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, WEDNESDAY EVENING, JULY 5, 1848,

damages one ahilling.—On application, the learned judge re-
fused to certify u to costa.
I lie ATTORN EY. 0 ESERAL e. HALLETT.—TILIAL AT BAIL
—Thls COO was brought to a somewhat abrupt termination
yesterday, after some lade additional evidence had been
given fur the crown, by Mr. Cockburn, who appeared with
Mr. Lee, Mr. Beanwell, and Mr. Willes, consenting to a
verdict against the defendant, on condition that he should be
allowed to purchase a release fmni all forestal rights over his
lands for the sum of 1001.—The Attorney-Gencral having
assented to these terms, the court directed the jury to find a
verdict for the crown, and then discharged them.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
name Mr. Commissioner rime.
CARE OF AN Arronnov.—C. M. Collett. att,rney, of
Hammersmith and Lincoln's-flelds, applied for his certi-
ficate. The applicatior was supported by Mr. Lowrance' and
was not opposed by the assignees or creditors. The balance
sheet extended from Octoher,lB43, to March, 1841. The debts
and liabilities exceed 10,000/. ; the meta consisted of about
401. in good debts, 4021. in property. The losses w, re estimated
at 5.7001.; the personal and office expenses at 5,1001--The
Commissioner said it west vident that the bankrupt h.t been
going on fur a length of time living wiry extravagantl ; he
had had no adequate revenue to j•astify an expenditure of
upwards of 5,000/. It appeared also that properly to the
amount of 150/. hail been allowed to be taken by a Cr,
ditor
under execution. Still, something must be conceded 'o the
feelings of creditors, who chose to be so very coy and good-
natured ; and u here they had had a fair opportunity of in-
vestigating the account', and had not chosen to offer any op-
position to the certificate, he (the commissioner) should
grant it, although he thought the conduct of the bankrupt
had been disgraceful.
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CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
01.1) lietorc the Recorder.
Linn, —Chnrles Sully surrendered to answer a charge of
unlawfully publishing a libel.—The prosecutor of this indict-
ment was a gentleman named Cluff, who resides in Spital-
square, where he carries on an establishment as a silk weaver.
Some persons in the neighbourhood hail, however, thought
proper to e 'use a pamphlet to ho published, ri fleeting upon
the character of the prosecutor, and casting imputations
upon him which it was impossible for him to pass over un-
noticed. The pamphlet in question was emit!' d" A Tale of
the Nineteenth Century ; or, Paddy Cliff, the Bane of Com-
merce and the Weavers' Curse ;" and, among othr r things,
it charged the prosecutor with having formerly kept a 't
shop," and received stolen property of every description,
and allevieg that Oils was the source of his present prospe-
rity.—The present defendant had merely published one of
the pamphlets; and it was stated, on the part of the pr,ssecu-
ti a, that taking into consideration his age there was
nu desire to inflict punishment upon him, but the object
of the present prosecution was to teach him and others simi-
larly situated that they could nos be the means nt publishing
defamatory star .meats of this description with impunity.
Proof was then given of the purchase of one of the :leg, d
libellous pamphlets from the defendant, who keeps a little
ch todler's shut, in Spitaltields, and the prosecutor d.nied po-
sitively that there was any truth in the imputations con-
y. yes' in the libel. It was then stated for the defence that
the iprisoner was 70 years of age, and could neither read
nor
oftwrie. lie was therefore perfectly unconscious that (probably
con-
tents the parnphlet.—The Recorder said that probably
under these circumstances the jury would not convict the
defendant of knowingly publishing the libel in question.—
The jury returned a verdict of Not Guilty.
NEW COVUT.—Reforc the Common Serjeatil.
LAUCEN Shells was indicted fur feloniously
stealing a number of bank notes and sovereigns, amounting
altogether to the sum of 2531., the monies of S. C. Whit-
bread and others. The prisoner pleaded guilty. --Mr.
Bodkin, who appeared for the prosecution, said that, as the
prismer had pleaded guilty, it would not be necessary fur
hint to t %amine the: witnesses ; but he would put the court
strictly in possession of the circumstance,' under which the
charge was preferred. The prisoner had been in the service
of a licensed victualler, and by this mt ass he probably be
came an are of the tact that the prosecutors, who arc brewer*,
had a room in their establishment which was appropriated
to the keeping of publicans' receipts, and where persons
could also obtain change for notes in the course of the busi-
ness of the firm. Ou the 23rd of June it app' rued that the
prisoner watched the person who had the custody of this
room, and on his leaving it fora short period he enters (I it
by means of a skeleton key, and stole the money in question.
Ile was met coming down the staircase, but as it was nothing
unusual for a stranger to be there if he had ire:Aaiun for
change, no particular notice was taken of the circumstance
until the robbery was discovered, when suspicion immedi-
ately fell upon hint, and he was traced to the house of a
woman named Poole, where nearly the whole of the stolen
money was rowel in his pouession.—The Common-S, rjeant
sentenced the prisoner, who had Jaen before convicted of
felony, to be transported fur 10 years.
Sarah Poole was then charged with feloniously rea lying
part of the money stolen by the last prisoner, but as Mr.
Bodkin declined to offer any evidence in support of the
charge, the jury returned a verdict of A'of Guilty.
Tai: 141 e Unita tv CULDBATIt- YIP 1.D9 P firsos.—The
grand jury returned aMO bid against tieurge John Hew-
son, :for the murder of William Henry Woodhouse, in Cold-
ith-fields Prison.

MI DDLESE X SESSIONS.
isefure Mr. nerjeant Adams.
The July quarter session c nomenced yesterday morning at
Hicks's Hall, Clerkenwell. The calendar contains the names
of 90 prisonere, 79 of them being charged with felony.
A Lovell ANL A Toter.—Nathau Lawrence alias John
Smith, 24, was indicted for robbing Mary Williams of a
watch, under the following somewhat singular circumstances:
The presecutrix stated, that on the evening of the 18th of
last month she was crossing St. James's Park, when she
win accosted by the prisoner, who entered into conversation
with her, and prevailed upon her to take a seat beside him
on one of the benches in the mall. Ile told her many won-
derful things, and amongst other falsehoods that he was a
I theatrical performer named l'hillips, having an engagement
at a minor theatre, and was so well known in the theatrical
world that he could give orders of admission to any theatre
in London for as many of his friends as he
thought proper. He at length said he would marry her
if she would adopt ', the hoards " as • profs mien, for lie was
sure the would make " a hit." She agreed to this, and was
so pleased with his manners that she agreed to accompany
him to his residence at Mile-end, and they left the park to- I
gcther. He led her an indirect way to St. Wan, and per-
suaded her to go into a horse opposite the New Model
Lodging-house in George-street. In that house he took her
watch from a dressing table where she had laid it, anii pro-
wised to return it to her when they got into the street. She
said she would rather have it then, when he produced a for-
midable looking pistol, and with au oath said ho would blow
out her brains if she made tke least disturbance. She was
terrified and said no more about it, but when she found the
prisoner leading her through more courts and by streets, and
endeavouring to escape from her, she called a policeman who
took the prisoner into custody in Duke-street, Lincoln'ainn.
Si Ids, when the watch was found in his boot.—The prisoner
in his defence said that the watch was his. He was a general
' dealer, and bought it with other articles in Petticoat-I=e.
! The jury found the prisoner Guilty —The learned Judge
(Mr. Waleshy) sentenced him to be kept to hard labour for
nine calendar months.

wily for attempting to extort money and annoying him. Com-
plainant had been induced to bring the matter Wore a magi,
trate in come qiience of knowing that this sort of trick was of
daily occurrence, and that ladies particularly were fre-
quently impoeed upon and submitted to the extortion, in
order to escape annoy ante.—llefecdatit said that the gentle-
man must have misunderstood him. The price of the bundle
was a shilling.—Mr. Broderip observed that the bunch of
(which the complainant held in his band) was not
11d:oil:F. the-ierpc,nsiceu
e,
,a
tnhd,,nde
endeavouredfenslent,not ctoonet.e ntotr
twain:
ohther gettingsi.
pence. This was a very common trick with persons vending
different articles in the street, and ladiee were imposed upon.
n
to a consideranie extent by persons of prisoner's descriptio
There was some difficulty in c care of this sort and lie molt
discharge the deiendant, but requested that the police
would, for the protection of the public, keep a sharp eye
upon him.—llefendsut was accordingly discharged.
SOUTIIWAEFC.—THE CASE OP Mit. COMIETT.—Mr.
Cottwell, the clerk to Capt. Hudson, Governor of the
Queen'. Prison, attended tote contradict a statement madethe on
the previous day bl
ed Mrs. bbett, the wife of one ot
He b,gto inform the magistrate that the
stateminmates.ent made by Mrs. Coblsett was false. hir. Cobbett
Ova not removed by force. Be was told tome days ago that
he would be removed to the third-class department, and that
he must remove on the following day. lie remonstrated;
hut no trouble WAS taken, as he went placidly to his quarters
Mrs. Cobbett had made a statement which was likely to in-
jure the character of the governor unless contradicted. Mr.
Seeker said that he -heard what Mrs. Cobbett stated
before him, and he told her he could not assist her • had she
any complaint she could make it to the Court of Queen's
Beach, who would cause an inquiry to be made : he gave
Mrs. Cobbett no further advice.
THAMES.—Romiene on BOARD Suir.—J. Johnson, J
Jarvis, and J. A. Marian, were charged with stealing 1130
crowns, the property iif J. Reding,
The
German (artier.—
The prosecutor had been to pee a relative in America, where
he resolved to settle, and returned to Europe via England
by the ship Independence, which arrived at Gravesend on
the 26th inst., the three prisoners being steerage passen-
gers with the prosecutor. When they came into the river,
Johnson told Hering that he had better go on deck, aa the
river scenery was very beautiful, and that his chest would be
quite safe, as the London poce were exceedingly vigitan•.
He adopted the suggestion, a lind went on deck, leaving the
three prisoners below. Some days before this occurrs el, pro-
ans the prisoner engaged at the lock of his chest,
d ihe latter at the time observed that he could easily
open it. In about half-an-hour atter,e. rds the ptisoners
came on deck, hailed a boat, and went on shore.
11• ding proposed to accompany them, but Johnson.
put him back, saying he would return iu 10 or 12 minutes,
but he did not come back. liertilig then went down to his
chest to procure a cigar. Ile found a cloak thrown over it,
and on lifting it up observed that the lock had keen broken.
lle then searched the chest, and discovered that the money
was gone. He gave information to the police, and John- ,
11 eon, to w'som suspicOn most strongly attached, was taken s
into custody, and when searched 21. Is. Id. was found on
' him, thougla whilst on hoard he said ho had no 111011t.y, and t.
II offered prosecutor a book in exchange tor a mattress, not
having a shilling to purchase it. One of the witnesses i
heard Johnson say in German to the prosecutor, "If you let s:1
Ime go and charge Heenan, I'll tell you where your money is." 4
IThe two other prisoners were subsequently arrest, d. A coin l 4
isimilar to one of the pieces which prosecutor had last was
I found iii his recession, but it was shown th Ahe had Teen „
collecting coins as presents for his friends—Mr. B illantine ''
said there was nothing against Marian,except what appeared al
from the complainant's statsment, namely, that the latter I;
left him below with the two other's previously to his chest i.'
being broken open, and that he went off with them in the 1
boat at Graveitend. When taken into custody, Marian said 1
" I know nothing of the matter, nor do I care anything fur :.:1
the charge, only for nay pour old father." Application was ai
made to admit Jarvis and Marian to boil, hut Mr. Ballantine l'l
said he would take a day to consider the application. k
2

MONEY MARKET.
Tv IVIDAY EVENING.
The more satisfact,ry indications of what is consi-
dered to be a gradual approach towards a subsidence
of tumult and revolution on the continent, and the
settlement of governments on a more stable basis, as
in such more gratifying sense the accounts for this
and the last few days would appear to be comtrned
in rather sanguine quarters, have combined, with
of her causes heretofore enumerated, such as the excess
of unemployed capital, to be shortly rendered still
more redundant by the dividends, to carry the funds
still higher to-day. Consols reached and were done
at 6.1, making the quotations for a short time t
'11.53.1 to G. Purchases to this extent of pr;ces u
were actively made. But the temptation of profits to 61
be realised upon the advanced rates of the day, equal 2
• to I per cent., or more, or on previous operations t.
at lower rates still, brought forward sellers ',y
whose transactions the quotations were reduced to
85,; to The business of the jobbers consists indeed
in the safe realisa'ion of short profits, so as with
cleared and open books to enter upon fresh dealings
as favourable opportunities I resent. The market
was, however, still strong and elastic, and recovered
at the close to 8 toll for the opening. Reduced i
Threes left off 851 to 6. Threc-and-a-Quarter Rer
Cents., 664 to Long Annuities, 8:i to 11-16. Ex-
: chequer March Bills, 378. to 405. premium. India
Bonds, 16s. to 20s. premium. Bank Stock, 109 i

to linf.
The dealings in Mexican were rather more active,

but it may be remarked that, generally, the demand eu
for foreign stocks on the part of the public continues .0;
to be extremely limited. The business in Mexican et
was quite speculative, for there does not appear to be ss
any solid reason for supposing that funds are likely to j
be forthcoming for a dividend, or an instalment of a /
dividend, for a long time to come, unless indeed the
Mexican government be less in need of money
for current expenditure at home, if not for
the current division of spoil among functionaries
of all classes also, than is commonly imputed. The
bonds ruled variously at from 161 to 171. Peruvian,
32 to 4. New Granada, 12 to 13. Venezuela, 14
to 17. Brazilian, 65 to 8. Dutch Two-and•a-Half
per Cents. 43; to 441; the Fours advanced to 675
to 85. Belgian Two-and-a-1 lair per Cents., 335 to
55. Russian rose to 93 to 5. Spanish Fives, 114 to
12; the Threes, 211 to 2. Passive, 3 to 1. Portuguese,
17 to 18.
Foreign exchange ruled generally lower to-day.
On Amsterdam the negotiations were 12.2; to 2 ; on
Rotterdam, 12.3 ; on Hamburg, 13.12 to 115; on
Frankfort, 1215 to 2; on I'aris (at short), 25.471 to
525 ; on Vienna, 11.30 to 12; on Leghorn, 31.50 to
60 ; on Madrid, 40 to 5 ; on Cadiz, 46 to 47—a1l
but Paris at 3 months. On Lisbon, 511 to 2 at 60
days.
Attention has been much directed to the extraordi-
nary quantities of metallic values pouring into this
market, with more either daily expected or within a
short period to arrive. The Bank of England,
already in superfluity of gold, if not of silver, but
with plenty of the latter commodity at command and
offered to purchase, is now sufficiently embarrassed to
deal with a mass of hard values, which are unpr.fit-
able of returns. So far as silver, which the Bank is
left free to purchase or not at its convenience, the
merchant importers or consigners will have to
bear the brunt of the loss themselves, should any be
incurred by the metallic importations. It may be
Resumed, however, that the trifling per centage of
loss, if any at all, will be more than amply covered
by the out ventures of goods to the markets from
which the treasure has been despatched, by order, or
on economical calculations as between has, produce,
and specie, or bullion.
The following are the amounts of gold and silver
received yesterday and to-day, or shortly to arrive,
reckoned in dollars, as from North and South

America :
By the Hermann, from New York, 300,000 dollars, of
which 130,000 for llavre, leaving
By the Teviot, Went Indies
600,000
I lamburg ship, from Lima, discharging specie at Cowes
Acadia, from the V. 8., due to-morrow 230,000
13y I Collingwood, from Rio Janeiro and the Pacific,
hourly expected
Total dollars 0,620,000
In sterling about 765,000/.
A large amount of gold is to be expected, as said
to be ordered, from the East Indies, say for nearly
one million sterling, which, if report may be reckoned
upon, is destined to the redemption of some por-
tion of the debt of the company. From Russia
a considerable quantity of gold has yet to arrive,
according to private advicee. I I.Nl.'s ship Grampus,
in the Pacific, is reported in commercial letters to
have been already richly freighted at the date, and
would be more so previous to departure for home,
where, however, not looked for before October next.
The quarterly revenue accounts, to be made up to-
morrow, will, it is understood, be rather materially
improved by the taking out of bond, and paying
duty upon, some 13,000 tons of foreign sugar at the
lower rates of duty which will then be leviable.
The amount thus received, and coming into the quar-
terly account, will be about 300,0001.
The commercial article of the Freeman states the

following particulars:
The verylarge diminution of 67,0001., nearly all with the
Bank of Ireland, is apparent in the gold, which sow stands
as low as it has done for the last twelve months. There is a
diminished circulation of no less than 178,0001., proving
clearly in what state the trade of the country is at present.
The diminution in circulation since 6th November last is
cline on one million.
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