The Express.
London, England, 1847-01-06 00:00:00

POLICE.-YESTERDAY.

MARYLE BONE. —T is arm; en ASSASSINATION.—G.
Gooden and R. Rant:ton were charged with having been
concerned in the following alarming outrage, by which the
life of Owen Mallen was placed in jeopardy. Mallen gave
evidence to the effect, that on the previous day he was put
into possession, by a Mr. Sanders, of the house No. 12,
Crawley-street, Somer's-town, in which there was no fur-
niture whatever ; he had not been lo ig there, when the two
prisoners, with several others, rushed in, and Gooden pre-
sented at him (complainant) a pistol, with which he
threatened to blow out his brains if he did not immediately
leave the premises. He (Gooden) also made two strokes at
him with a sword andcut both his hands; in addition to this
Ramston struck him on the head, and threatened to throw
him into the street. The above statement having been
made, Mr. Rawlinson decided upon sending the matter be-
fore a jury ; he, however, would take bail for the prisoners'
appearance to
take their trial.
TIIA hl ES.— To a FLOILES EXPEDITION. EXTRAOR,
DINARY DISCLOSISRES.—CoIoneI Richard Wright, consul.
general for the state of Equador, was charged at the instance
of Inspector Evans, of the Thames Police, with a violation of
the 2nd section of the Foreign Enlistment Act, 59th George
I 111., cap. 69. Mr. Potbury, from the office of the solicitor to
the customs, opened the case, by stating that as Col. Wright
bad only been taken into custody at 6 o'clock on the previous
night, he was not in a poeition to call more than two wit-
nesses, but sufficient, however, to warrant a remand. The
first witness was Mr. Harvey Tuckett, tate of the 11th
Hussars. About the month of October last, hearing of an in-
tended expedition to the Equador, he oiled upon Col. Wright,
to whom be handed a letter, and who offered him the appoint-
ment of Scut.-colonel in a force then being raised to proceed
to the Equador. The pay was to be 201. per month, two
months' pay to be forthcoming in advance. Mr. Tuckett
observed that was too little to defray preliminary expenses.
Colonel Wright replied that such was the sum appropriated
for the purpose by the commissioners—Mr. Yardley: What
did you understand by the commissioners?—Witness : I un-
derstood him to refer to some Spanish commission which
had charge of the affair.—Mr. Yardley Under what go-
vernment did you suppose you were to act?—Witness: I
understood under the Spanish, and not under the English
government. I again called on Colonel Wright in a few
days, and asked whether we were to have a free passage, to
which he replied that we were, and in some of the finest
vessel+ in the world. I then agreed to accept the service,
and hold myself in readiness to join the expedition.—Mr.
Yardley: What became of the letter which you took
to Colonel Wright ?—Witness He put it in his pocket, and
I am not aware what has since become of it.—Mr.
Ballantine (fee the defence) : We have not the slightest
objection to the production of any document which can
throw the fullest light on this subject.—The witness pro-
ceeded thus: Colonel Wright told me that I should like
General Flores very much ; that he (the general) had been
in a hundred actions, in all of which he had proved vietori-
our. I asked the nature of the command I should have,
when the Colonel told me that 1,200 men had been raised in
Ireland, and that they should be under my command, as I
was the only person holding the rank of lieutenant-colonel
going out upon the expedition.—Mr.Yerdley : Do you know
General Flores?—Witness . I understand he is by birth a
Venezuelan and ex-president of the Equador. I inquired
as to the uniform, and Colonel Wright told me it was
to be similar to the English light infantry uniform,
with bright yellow facings, which was the Spanish
national colour, cocked hats and plumes; epaulettes
of a Spanish fashion, and he, himself, was to wear
a sash. At a later period Col. Wright directed me to go to
Mr. Gurney, a tailor, in St. James's-street, who bad buttons
cast purposely for the service. I procured some, and found
they had the word " Equador " marked upon them, to-
other with the marks, "G. Del Pres." Here one of the
buttons was handed in by Mr. Potbury, upon which the
magistrate asked the witness what he understood those
marks to mean? Witness: I understood them to be the
title of the troop I was to command, viz., " The President's
Guard."—Mr. Potbury: Did you question Col. Wright
as to the officers under your command ?—Witness : I
asked him if there was to be any patronage.?
To which re replied that I was to have the nomi-
nation of all the officers under my command up to the
rank of captau n. I replied, I had no wish to exercise any
patronage as I wanted no followers. I was subsequently
introduced by Colonel Wright to Captain Butts as the senior
captain, to Cattalo Rigg as the second captain, to Captains
Maturin and McClean, Lieut. Butts, Enaigns Rochford,
Hay, Hall, Lamont, and Tudor. I can give the dates of the
commissions from a note which I took.—Mr. Ballantine: I
have no objection to the production of any documents, but
will not consent to admit any garbled portion.—Mr. Yard-
ley : How do you know that they were engaged for the set,
vice?—Witness Some of them were engaged in my pre-
sence by Colonel Wright, and were introduced to me as
the officers who were to be under my command. When
Captain Tudor was engaged, Colonel Wright ob•
served to me that he would make a very good
adjutant. On the 29th of October I spoke to
Col. Wright as to the advance which was to be made, and
on the next day he gave me a cheque for 501., being two
and a half months' pay, which was cashed at the house of
Glyn, Halifax, and Co. Witness then proceeded to procure
an outtit.—Mr. Yardley : Was anything said about arms or
equipments ?—Yes; we talked on the subject several
times ; and Colonel Wright said that rn order bad been
met out of rockets, 66-pounders, and 4,000 stand of arm',
tits selonel at the same time observing it would be dangerous
to seed them out in the same ship with the men. The ca-
ws", in the first place, to touch at Coruna, where
rya!! To be joined by the Spanish troops raised by General
Florae. On the 20th of November, however, I was told
that we were to go to Ferrol!, the officers being assembled at
Col. Wright's, in the Haymarket. The witness then pro-
ceeded to state that to avoid all military appearances the men
were ranked under the following heads: Overseers, Fore-
men, Labourers, and Youths. The overseers were to receive
each 11. bounty on entering, the foremen 17s. ed , the
labourers 155., and the youths 10e. 6d. Witness told Col.
Wright to remember that he was going out without instruc-
tions ; to which he replied that he would send time before
the vessel sailed.—Mr. Potbury : In your MUMMY Inter-
views with Col. Wright, did be tell you he was is emu uni-
cation with any party ? Witness: Yes; be.il be was in
constant communication with Gen. Florese whom meet he
was, and that any rank, naval or mil ittey, eeedintall by him
(defendant) would be confirmed
iby the peroaL He also
stated that he (Col. Wright) was n coodeat elmanoication
with Lord Palmersten,who was intimately eeteeinted with all
the details of the expedition,and under whose advice, after leav-
ing Corunna, it was still to continue under English colours,
as it would thereby run less risk from any English cruisers
that might be hovering about. I proceeded on board the
Olenelg on theOth of December, where I found 220 men ;
they were in a state of dreadful destitution, and making •
tremendous uproar. I promised them, on my honor, relying
upon Col. Wright's word, that they should have money next
day, and according to my instructions from the colonel they
were divided into watches, and in every respect treated as
soldiers, and regularly paraded as such. On the 15th of
December, by the order of the officers of the custom*, I
quitted the Glenelg, and on the 16th I called upon
Col. Wright with the officers under my command,
and having told him we had been compelled to
leave, asked what were his further orders. He re-
plied we were perfectly five to go where we pleased,
as he had no necessity for our further orrice'. I replied
that the officers were without money, had been put to meat
expense in the purchase of uniforms, and that it would be
most un ust to dismias them without some provision. I
that he hail better give me 201. to take down to
them until he could cousider the question of further com-
pensation. In the afternoon of the same day Colonel Wright
sent down by Sir James Hay 21. for each officer.—Mr.
Yardley : You did not know that of your own knowledge,
did you ?—Witness ; No, but I was told by Celouel

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RAILWAY NEWS.
The share market was dull yesterday, with, for the
most part, however, little difference in prices. The heavy
stocks were still in fair request, and Indiana looking up.
There was not quite so active a demand for shares at
Liverpool yesterday as on Monday, and business in conse-
quence was not extensive. The old lines, however, were
still in good demand, and Great Westerns and Midlands
were a little higher.
The Manchester share market was moderately active, and
a fair business was done at former quotations. The only new
feature was a slight advance in Manchester and Leeds stock,
and the Extensions want up to l I and 1 pm. The other
shares in this company all advanced in the same ratio.
The market at Birmingham was languid, and the business
was confined almost exclusively to local lines. There were
sales in the Birmingham and Oxford Junction at 91, and
ultimately at 10 p. for cash. Stour Valleys left off at 588.9 d.
p., and at 3 prem. for cash ; Boston, Stamford, and Birming-
ham, 21 p. ; Nroth Staffordshires, 4; prem. ; Shrewsbury and
Birmingham (B.'s), 21s. 3d. prem. ; and South Staffordshire
Registered (late Junction), 1I prem.
At Leeds, the improvement which we reported on Monday
still continued, and there was a greater amount of business
done than has been transacted on any one day. for some time
past; and a slight improvement in the prices of several
descriptions of shares was also observable.
At Bristol, the market was not quite so active, but prices
remained generally firm. Bristol and Exeter new shares
were done at 3 prem., at which price they closed; Great
Western new shares were dons at fif ; Thriningham and
Oxford Junctions were. if anything, a lade more flat, and did
not realise more than 9; pm. These were the only variations.

MEETING.—MAIMLID AND VALIINCIA, JAN. 5.
Adbotemed Neg., is the elate. The room
was densely awarded. IN anent the boner at the lay, the chair-
man Melly reeepltalant what died talon pine et a heen meeting,
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