The Express.
London, England, 1846-12-17 00:00:00

POLICE -.-YEBTERDAY.

GUILDHALL, EITit•OaDINARY APPLICATION RE-
SPECTING • WILL. This court, consisting of Alder.
men Wilson, Moon, and Farebrother, met at an earlier
hour than usual, byappointment, to listen to the
application of Mrs. Eliza Denman, a distant relative of
Lord Denman, respecting a will made by • Mr. John 'rho-
mu Roe, late a b errater in the Inner Temple, but now
deceased, wherein he left her • legacy of &XV., but which
will had either been cone:sled or destroyed by c:rtain par-
ties, from interested motives.—Mrs. Delman ',tasted that a
few years back Mr. Roe's father died suddenly, leaving
four children, without having made any will. Mr.
Thomas Roe the elder, laid claim to the property
against the wishes of the rest of the family, who
thought it ought to be divided amougst them, and,
after a great deal of litigation, it was decided in
favour of the eldest son. Applicant accidentally because ac-
quainted with Mr. J. T. Roe at the house of a hr. Williams,
to whose daughter he was pasting his addresses. While
there, Mr. Roe was requested by • lady to draw out a will
,r her in which she bequeathed a sum of 2001. to her (Mrs.
Denman). Mr. Roe did so, and having placed it in his
pocket, went to play at billiards. That Light the lady died,
and, on its being announced to Mr. Roe, he said, " Good
God, I have been the means of losing you 2001.," but he
said he would recompense me, and he made out a will on
paper, in applicant's presence, leaving her a I. gacy of 5001.
This was attested by two witnesses, and handed over by the
&ceased to Miss Williams. A breach took place between
Mr. Roe and Miss Williams, in consequence of the former
having an intimacy with a person name d Mary Ann Morrell,
which resulted in Mr. Roe writing for his letters, &c.,
which Miss Williams sent to him, as well as the will. He
then went into clambers, Morrell going to live with
and it was into her hands that he gave his papers teed the
will to take care of. In the will Mr. Roe had appointed Mr.
Williams his executor, and, upon the sudden death of the
former, he applied to Morrell, but she refused to give it up,
and refused them the slightest information on the subject.
Inquiries were made, and applicant received information
that Morrell had the will, and had written to L edy Dim-
mock a lett, r relative to Mr. Roe's papers in their pos.euein.
After that all parties disappeared, and she gave up the pur-
suit. Last year she took a house at Windsor, and wrote to
the Rev. Mr. Roe for a part of the legacy, but received no
answer. She then went to his residence in the country,
and had an interview with him, and he stoutly denied that
there was any will among-t his brother's papers. She also
asked Mr. Pocock relative to it, and he said he knew n this
about the will. Under these circumstances she lad obtained
summonses against the parties, to put such questions to
them as she thought would elicit the truth respecting the
will.—Eliza Hughes, sister to Mary Ann Morrell, was test
questioned. She said that she certainly lead papers which
she perused, belonging to the late Mr. Roe, and communi-
cated the fact to Lady Dimmock, but she refuse d to give them
up to Mr. Williams, considering they were the pr:.p.rts of the ,
heir-at-law, the Rev. Mr. Rne, to whom she delivered them.
She saw no will amongst those papers, nor did she believe
there was one.—Mary Ann Morrell was then queetiened,
the substance of het answer', being that she had lived with
Mr. Roe at his chambers. When they first lived together,
he gave her the papers and will to take care of; but, about
six months before he died, he came to her and asked for
them, saying that he intended to go to his solicitor's and
have two names scratched out (Miss Williams' and Mrs.
Denman's) remarking that be thought his child (by wit-
ness) might as well have the money SA strangers. She
accompanied him to Messrs. Oberton and Hughes', and
saw him give some papers to a clerk there. When
they left, be said, • It's all right;" and shortly
he proceeded into the country, where he died suddenly.
Application was made by witness and her sister to Messrs.
Oberton and Hughes, and received as an answer that no will
of Mr. Roe's had ever been deposited with them.—A clerk,
formerly in the employ of Messrs. Oberton and Hughes,
produced his register-book of parties calliug ou business, and
said that be remembered Mr. Roe and Morrell calling at the
office and giving him a will and some papers (the former of
which he handed to the magi-trates), but they related to the
business of another party altogether. No will of Mr. Rue's
hied ever been seen or spoken of to his knowledge.—Aid.
Wilson: Well, Mrs. Denman, there is a complete answer for
you.—Mrs. Denman : I beg your pardon. I contend that
Mary Ann Morrell has not given a sufficient account of the
wid.—The Rey. Mr. Roe said, there was no will among his
brother's papers; and, in fact, he died insolvent. His estates
was sold for 7,0401., which did not cover his debts.—The
Aldermen ultimately decided that there were no grounds for
proceedings before them, nor had anything transpired to im-
plicate any parties in the destruction or concealment of the
will, although it appeared an extraordinary affair._

CLERKENWELL—Arremyr To RING THE CHANGES.
—A suspicious-looking young fellow was charged with
attempting to utter base coin, under the following circum-
stances ,—IIe went into the King's Head yesterday, and,
throwing down a shilling, asked for half-a-pint of beer.
The landlord at once detected the coin to he counterfeit,
and so expressed himself. The prisoner, with well.effected
surprise, " Oh, is it indeed!—here is ano her shilling,"
handing over a good one. The landlord sent for the police,
and placed himself at the door, so as to prevent the fellow's
egress. The prisoner stood by very quietly fur a tew minutes,
hut seeing the landlord stooping forward, rushed upon him,
and tumbled him headlong into the kennel. Ile imme-
diately took to his heels. The landlord raised a cry of
" Stop thief! " The prisoner proved more swift than his
pursuers, and after giving chase for half a mile through
streets, lanes, and alleys, was at length stopped. It appeared,
however, that among the most forward of his " pursuers "
was some of his own associates, who no sooner saw their
companion arrested, than they attacked his captors with great
violence, and would have freed him but for tbo timely
arrival of the police, who removed hint to the station-house.
The prisoner, when asked for his defence, attempted to
fasten upon the landlord the charge of substituting a bad
shilling for his (prisoner's) good one. lie was questioned
as to his whereabouts, but could only say that he lived in
Lambeth, and that he came out for orders tor clogs. lie was
remanded.
CHARITY.—Five pounds have been received from C. V.,
and Five pounds from E. A., for the poor•box of this court.
WESTMINSTER.—A VERY AWKWARD MISTAKE.—
Robert M'lntosh, a coal porter, was charged with uttering a
counterfeit half-sovereign.—Elizaheth Jenkins, barmaid at
Mr. E. Pureill's, the King's Arms, Upper Misery-street,
said that on Tuesday night, the prisoner came into her
master's house and called for some 6pr u ce, in payment fur
which he gave her a half sovereign. Witness thought it was
bad, and upon weighing it, and finding it was very light,
handed it to Mr. Purcell, who also weighed it, and told pd.
soncr that it was bad, and he could not change it, when
prisoner declared that it was a good one. Mr. Purcell sent
for a constable and gave the prisoner into custody.—Prisoner
said that he had received the half sovereign from Mr. Bone,
a publican, at Chelsea, and if he were sent for he could prove
that what he said was true.—Mr. Broderip requested to see
the half sovereign, which was handed to him, and passed by
him to Mr. Taylor, the chief clerk, when both gentlemen
expressed their opinion that it was genuine. The half
sovereign was then sent to a neighbouring pawnbroker's,
tested, and found to be genuine. The man was immediately
discharged ; receiving from Mr. Purcell compensation for
his night's imprisonment.
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MARLBOROUGH-STREET.—thmvoLxver..—ln the
poor-box, 101. from "A. 8.," and 3L from " T. B."
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SOUTHWARK.—Tue SHAM LAWYEIL—George Paul
Fitt was brought up for re-examination, charged with ob-
taining sundry small sums of money from Ann Elizabeth
Clay and Clara Cohen, two women whose husbands were
some time since convicted at the sessions, the prisoner un-
dertaking to secure their liberation, and by that means
getting possession of the money. The prisoner's examina-
tion appeared in this paper on Tuesday.—Mr. Ralph
Games stated that he defended Mrs. Clay's husband about
six months ago, at the sessions. He (Mr. Games) had not
been served with a writ or any other process at the suit of
Mrs. Clay, either from the Court of Queen's Bench or Court
of Exchequer, as the defendant had stated. Mr. Ileckford,
signer of writs in the Court of Exchequer, said that no pro-
cess had been filed against Mr. Games, at the suit of Mrs.
Clay. Prisoner admitted he had served no writ upon Mr.
Games.—The prisoner was committed for trial upon the
above charge, but was remanded for further evidence on the
charge brought against him by Mrs. Cohen.

WOOLWICH.—CRUELTY TO A CHILD BY ITS PARENT.
Loweth, a carpenter, was charged with ill-treating
his child, a little girl about nine years of age. It appeared
from the statement of the child, and the evidence of two
females, Mrs. Mason and Mrs. Kirk, that the defendant was
a widower, and in the constant habit of besting his little
girl, sometimes with his fist, at other times with the handle
of a knife, and latterly with the thong of a whip, the thick
end of which he occasionally tied in knots; so cruelly had he
beaten her with this thong about ten days since that the child
was still literally scored with stripes from her leg to her thigh.
He had often kept her without food, and but tor the kind-
-0.4 of the neighbours she must have died—from Saturday
morning till the present time she had received no food from
hip, end he had often declared that he would some day or
other be the death of her.—The defendant declared that she
was a bad girl, and had absented herself from him while he
was ill, but the poor chi.d explained this by saying that she
wax afraid to venture near him on amount of the ill-treat,
meat she bad received.—Mr. Jeremy, after commenting
upon the barbarity of the defendant, ordered him to findheif,
himself in 401. and two sureties in 101. eac/z,tokeepOsepenee
towards the child, end directed the girl to be WNW 941011(
by the relieving officer. In default of bail, the prism was
comraftted to Maidstone.

• • -- • MONEY MARKET.
WEDNESDAY EY/141AG.
Some time after the commeneemeut of business the
market, which wee previauslyin the mum dull, inactive state
as yesterday became more aullostad. Some purchase', bat
of no particular consideration, raised Camila to 931, at which
bargains were actually done, from 93a to t, at which they

r Were quoted at the opening ; but as the purchases awed,
the sock full bark to its motions standing, and on leaving
off was vetted, as before, 931 to& for the opening ; Reduced
Three', 94 to 1 ; Three and•a-Quarter per Cents.. 95t is 1-
The government broker took a small amount of South Sea
Old Annuities at 931, for the National Debt ; but appears
to have i-uspendell, for the present at least, further purchases
fur account of the savings' banks. Long Annuities, 91 to
16-16; Exchequer Bills, Ile. to 13'. premium.
The settlement of account was the order of the day in the
foreign market. Though not a weighty affair, it has prove:
of rather more consecitence than several of the late liqu'Aa.
times. Towards noon a speculativs purchase of ,0001.
Mexican bonds disturbed the equanimity of the jobbers. The
report became current of the arrival of the steamer Acadia,
bringing favourable news from Mexico, particulars, however,
not being m ntioned. The groundlessness of the report was
shortly ascertained, and Mexican, which had suddenly ad-
vanoed to 241, being a rise of shoat 11 per cent., fell back so
far as to 24 to 4, which left still an improvement equal to
about 1 per cent. upon first quotations. This movement in
the bonds was purely the re-alt of speculative action, and
wish a view to attract the public into the market as pur-
chasers ; for it is well known that some three or four specu-
lative dealers in the house are loaded with stock,
of which, to the amount of one million nominal,
they contracted for at a low figure, at the time
when the Conversion loan scheme was brought out,
with the parties who negotiated that affair with the Mexican
government. These loan negotiators are known to hold
more than a milion, it is commonly said one million and a
half, of the new bonds besides, all destined to be thrown ou
the market as opportunity. may offer, sad a speculative de-
mand created for them, without nice reference to price. ft
is to be understood that with these operations, or the loan
contract out of which they arise, the respectable house of
agency acting only teethe government have no concern them-
selves w hatever. Other foreign si curities are without material
choose. Buenas Ayres, 42 to 4. Spanish Fives, 261 to g.
the Threes, 371 to 1. Portuguese, 361 to 71. Dutch Two-
and-a-Half per Cents., 60 to 1 ; the Fours, 921 to 4. Some
of the parties connected with the mission to Madrid appear
to be using strenuous efforts to get up a speculation in
Spanish bonds, with a view to beneficial fluctuations in
prices. Senor Mon, the finance minister, and M. Bresson,
the French ambassador in that capital, are names very freely
used fur the purpose, and their sayings duly chronicled, us
the things will be when they may chance to come. Senor
Mona promise to propose something beneficial to the bond-
holders when the Cortes meet, is still the only material
tact of this party combination,; and as the wind of Senor Mon,
after so many breaches, does not now pass current for much,
M. Bresaon is bruughtfurward to tistify that Mon had said as
much to him. It is not stated how far the ambassador
was disposed to place faith in the promise himself. If ex-
perience may be of any use in determining the value of
a Spanish finance minister's promise, it iv only necessary to
repeat that Senor Mon has been in the habit of making the
same promis • year by year, ever since he has been the
Keeper of H.C.M.'s Treasury, and it remains still as far
tram redemption as active, deterred, or passive stork.
The accounts by the Hamburg mail, received this morn-
ing, do not report any particular chanso a in money affairs.
Exchange on London, at three months, is given at 13 3 ;
gold, per mare, 431. The failure of the mercantile and
manufacturing house of Schiller Mtiller, at Breslau' had
brought on the stoppage of the corresponding firm of Schiller
and Co at Hamburg. The mass of debits of the first house
was said to be ascertained at 800,000 florins. A mercantile
concern of Hamburg, not named, was said to be involved
for 80,000 florins.

ENGLISH FUNDS.
Bank Stock, 207 South den Stock, old Arne, 931
3 r Ct. Red. Anna., 934 41 3' 41 Oinsols for .account, 9.11 44 1
New 31 per Ct. Anna., 95; 4 651 Ex. Bills, 1,0010., I,d. 11 1413
Long Anna., exp. sth Jan., 1860, Ditto, 5001., 11 14 10 13
9 15-16 1 Ditto, Small, 11 14
FOREIGN FUNDS.
5 per Ct. Brazilian Newalii., 1813, 5 per Cent. Spanßh Passive
81j ea. dia. Bonds, 51
0 per Ct. Buenos AITCP 11 Is., 42 24 per Ct. Belgian Ex 251.
5 Q. Ct. 7dexican 8i15.,18443, 231 1 541
41 4 24 per Ct. Dutch Exchange, 12
Ditto Ace., Dee. 31, 21 Gull., 604
4 per Ct. Portuguese Ada., 37 4 per Ct. Dutch feria., 923

EXCIIANOF-S AND STOCKS ABROAD.
Ifsawcao, Disc. 11.—Austrian Fire ter Cents., 108 ; Bark Shares
1,570; Russian Five per Cents. Hamburg Certincates, 1011; Ditto,
let Series Inscriptions, 102; Ditto, Hope and Co., red and 4th Series,
961 ; New Four per Cents., Hope and Co., 1811, ; DICo, Stieglitx,
871. Spanish New Five per Cents., 191 ; Do.l hree per Cents., 301.
Dutch Actual Debt, Two-andosliolf per Cents., 59. Polish Loan, 1840,
78. Danish English lawn, 844, 84.—Exchanges on Lotulon liam-
burgh, Dec. 11, 13 64; three months, 13 5 ; Stockholm, Dec. 4,
90 days, 11 47 ; St. Petersburg, Dec. I, till,' month..., 38 334 ; Vienna,
Dec. 5, three month-, 953; hremen, Dec 8, two months, 66; Leip-
sic, Dec 7, three months, 6 231; Rigs, Dee. 3, three months, 334.
Bum's, Die. 10.. -.St. Schuh' Sch. Thrte-andat-Half per Cents.,
92! 914.—Foreign Exchanges: on London, three months, 6 221; on
Itornburgh, 300 marks, 151; on Paris, MO !rants, 79 5-12 791.
VItYNA, Ple.C. 7.—Five per Lents., Itatl ; Four per Cents., 991'
Three per Cents., 731 ; Loon of 1831, 1574; Ditto, 1839, 1194 ; Bank
Shares, 1,590.
Dec. 10.—Act. Debt, Two-snd-a-llall per Cents., 59,
594; Do., Three per Cents, 71, 711; Do., Four per Cents, 921,
924; Amort. Synd., Four-and-a-ilalf per Cents., 88, 88;; Com-
merchil Company, Four.anil-a-liolf per Cents., 174, 1754. Exchange
On London, 12 05 ; two months, 11 97. On Hamburg, 35 5J ; two
months, 3 i 12. On Peri-, 56 50; two months, 11 12.
15112.61,1 A, Dec. 14.—Loan of 1840, 100, 1001 ; 1842, 101 ; 1844,
974 ; 183 d, 94. City Loan, 1832, 1001 ; 1843, 981. Bank of Bel-
gium. 928. lame at 1841, 1084. Exchange : on London, at sight,
23 474.
Lxisrte-e, Dec. 14.--Exchange on London, 25 45.

RAILWAY NEWS.
Yesterday was pay-day on the settlement in scrips
and shares. So far it paused over without any accident.
The market was tolerably steady all day, and with a fair
bushier'. In the earlier part of the day some of the lines
were better in price, such as the Shrewsbury and Bir-
mingham, the North Staffrd. Birminghvm and Oxford, and
North British ; bat they did nut entirely maintain the im-
provement to the close of business.
The Liverpool share-market continued very (Inlet, and
the transactions beirg very limited, there was no ellange
worth noticing in prices.
The Manchester market was miler flat, and prices had a
tendency to tall, but 'eery slightly. North Statlirds were
done at 3 7-16 1 ; and Birmingham and Oxford Junctions at
7 11-16 and r.
the market at Birmingham was languid; the business
transacted was chiefly in local lines. There were sales in
the Dudley at 61 p.: Stour Valley at 48s. 9d. p. ; North
Staffordshire, p. ; Shrewsbury and Birmingham (Class A)
38s. 3d., and ultimately '2 r • ; Class B, 11 p. ; and Shrews-
bury, Wolverhampton and South Staffordshire, at 11 p.
" With reference to this last (says our correspondent), it is
believed that the Shrewsbury.and Birmingham Company
have agreed to give the shareholders two of their Class B.
shares for one of the original shares in this company, on
which 21. 10s. 1122 been paid. Hence the rise in their value
to-day."
At Leeds the share-market was mere active than on Tues-
day, but prices were levs firm, and in some a trifling decline
took place.
The market at Bristol continued in a languid state, and
but a limited amount of business was done. Bristol and
Exeter Thirds were done at 11 premium. Eastern Counties,
221. Caledonian, e dis. Great Western New, 171. Shares,
Np. Midland New 601.43, 41.6 u. 3d. p. York and New-
castle Preference, 61 p.
RAILWAY SHARE LISTS..—LoNnots,DEc. 16.