The Express.
London, England, 1847-10-13 00:00:00

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terns of the lodgers. There was a drunken woman in the stork. 'lbis shows, a monstwas disproportion bets' een s
court, who was persuaded to go into the house, and imme-
diately afterwards the two. defendants and their sergeant and the effect which followed. For a sticamont of
came down the coon. -durkmaster, without baying a word,
react titer: Is comparatively a minime,st of otto,
caught bold of her I•.'y the shoulder and pushed her, reply-. . .
first - .n on whieli a quarterly the relative ie,portanoe of the cause
.epAgned
ing only with an bath to her husband's temonstrance. Prue This littlbt the rst occasion
ac-
defendant Kee,nedy laid bold of witneses husband ' • witness con?, of revenue has been found in deficit by one mil-
was dregged by the sergeant and Bucknisster up the court
and when at the top Beam/aster let go and went to wig • g the present evil to run the length (which us
Kennedy, but afterwards came beak, and again began drag- '
i Nix.' or more ; nor would it be for the first time, sup-
not 1 e y .
ping her. Kennedy called out "give it her," at the stme
time using an oath. She was thenL'°4lll'k I ) that on balance the treasury at the end of
struck on te lewd with the year should be deficient four or even five millions.
a luncheon by Bnekmaster, and knocked down nearly Yet whenever before did such casualties, nationally of
senseless. The constable struck her several blows on the interest, and to be deprecated or lamented as they
head and body. and then thrust the handle of his truncheon
must be, lead to a deterioration of public values to
into her mouth, breaking Domed her teeth. The sergeant put
the extent of 3 per cent, or one-half, if even of one
up his arm, and called out to Buckmaster with as oath, "if
you go on in-using the woman this way you will kill her before third, the sum? The conclusion from such premises,
you get her to the eaten: house." No one struck Buck- that eight hundred millions of public securities should
muter. Other witnesses eorroberated this statement. It. necessarily be damaged in value to the extent of 31.
Clements was overlooker of the sewer works in Rebecca- sterling,
centum, or, say tn gross, of twenty-four millions
court. On the night
e:n question witness heard a great din- • , -
a-court. Saw • female in custody. turbans near sterling, is manifestly an egregious absurdity even for
There was a mob of 100 or 150 persons present. The muh the Stock Exchange, where speculators, possessed
threw brickbats in all directions, apparently directed against with the one idea of the moment only, are not always
the police. The police-constable did not do anything more found to be reasoners or reasonable.
than was necessary. The mob, who were very violent, tried
The notice of the French loan to be put up had but
to rescue the female, and said she should not go with the
constable.—Several witnessesdeposed to the forbearance a slight effect upon the market yesterday of itself;
of the police.—Mr. Hardwick considered that the evidence the more detailed programme of the conditions from
disclosed the fact of unnecersary violence having been Paris this morning had none. It is a speculation in
used. It appeared to him that the disturbance mod subse- prospect which scarcely any one conceives can be
quest outrage had arisen from the unnecessary interference realised, however soberly proposed. It is understood
of the police. Had the police gone away after they had
caused the drunken woman to go into her hour., the prob.. that the improvement in the funds to-day was mainly
bility is, that no disturbance would have occurred. The owing to the knowledge that the parties, whose loans
police had no business to order the complainants perempto- on Exchequer Bills and other secunties had been held
rily to go into their house, and an altercation naturally over by the Bank till to-morrow, were ROW prepared
occurred in consequence of the complainants requiring to with the funds to redeem and withdraw them. The
know why they were to be pushed and ordered about. The
subsequent violence of the mob appeared to hi-n to have been recent sales of Exchequer Bills, by which the rates
caused by the conduct of the police themselves. There was were again so much reduced, are supposed, with some
no pretext for the interference of the police ; but, even bad Plausibility, to have been connected with this object.
the Perryans been in the wrong, they were housekeepers, the great question of interest now with speculators is
and known to the police, and they, instead of dragging them the state of the account, which must determine the range
at night through the streets to the station-house, could have
come to this court and have obtained a 61111111101111 against of pricer fur the settlement, and perhaps afterwarthi,
40s. each, or one month in the Ho of and that cannot be fully appreciated until the brokers
them.—Fined
Correction. declare. The jobbers, meanwhile, who deal or specu-
TBABlES.—Aseseur ex TOR POLICR.—E. Thomson late for differences, and not for the real stock values,
and 7'. Thornton were charged with being drunk and tight- can make up at pleasure, as they do daily. Money,
ing, and also with violently assaulting police-conwables
K 308, K 310, and K 223.—Police-constable K 308 stated it is stated among the stockbrokers who more cape-
' that, shout one o'clock that morning, opposite Linichouse dail or obtain accommodation for account of y supply
, Church, he saw the two prisoners fighting, and endeavoured their clients, is likely to be more easy. The 14th will
to part them. E. Thomson seized him by the collar, kicked probably be the heaviest settlement yet known.
bias on the legs, and struck him several violent blows in the The first business in Consols this morning was
chest. Witness called for help, and two more constables done at 83, which was 4 in advance of the. closing
came to his auistance, but so violent were the prisoners that
were secured. quotations of yesterday. After a alight decline they
it was only after a desperate struggle that they
This evidence was corroborated by the Iwo other con- reached 831 and left off rather worse at 83 to ,l, for
stables. The prisoners declared that this was all money and ;Ise 14th. Upon the extreme quotations of
a story concocted by the police, who bad been the lowest rates yesterday the highest to-day show
the eggressors. They were standing by the church, au improvement of 1 per cent. For the November
wishing each other good night, when K 308 came up and
h dthem, and told them to move on. They re. ' pus between e account the price was 84, showing a large contango.
' plied they were going ; when he said, " Yes, I'll make you Reduced Threes, 821 to ,i cx dividend; 'Three-and-a
' go," and kicked them. Two more policemen came up, and Quarter per Cents., 83: to i cx dividend ; Bank
' K 310 knocked T. Thomson to the ground, and then kicked Stock, 180 to 4 ex dividend; India Stock, 220 to 24 ;
poli
hime^man . He lkicked ay on thhime pavement
in the face. The and crieother twomurer an
police.d th Exchequer Bills, 16s. to 11s. discount; India Bonds,
e
men seized his brother and twisted his arms and kicked him. 265. to 225. discount; Consols scrip, G discount; Long
This narrative was given in s very connected and straight. Annuities, 8 3-16 4.
forward manner, and although closely questioned by the A few isolated transactions only can be reported in
• magistrate, they persisted to the minutest particular. The foreign stocks, which, as usual in an excited state of
sergeant who took the charge said the prisoners bad corn- the home funds, attract little attention. Prices remain
f plained of the ill-usage they had received, and T. Thomson
scarcely any variations. Mexican at lttl tol
showed a bruise on his right cheek. They were both drunk. with
—The three policemen on their oaths denied the prisoners' were rather lower. A bargain was done in Spanish
statement. K 310 said T. Thomson, when he tame up, Fives at 18, and in the Threes at 27, the quotations
was lying on his back on the pavement, crying murdtr and of the former being 18 to 19; of the latter, 27 to 8.
police, and complained of a policeman kicking him in • Dutch l'wo-and-a-half per Cents., 53 to 4; the Fours,
cowardly manner, but there was no one near him.—Mr. ~ ,
Yardley could not admit the unsupported statement of two B'L- th. 3.1. i
drunken men against the oaths of the three policemen. It Business n foreign exchange continues to be much
the prisoner's statement were true, the officers had been confused. The rates were all higher, and vet there
guilty of most outrageous and brutal conduct, and of ;roe vrere few takers. ' The largest capitalist dealers were
perjury ; if not, the defence was a most wicked one. Ile refusing to take bills, except on the condition of not
should line E. Thomson 305., or ten days' imprisonment, and . .
I'. Thompson 20s. or seven days' imprisonment.--They being called upon for payment before next Friday
were locked up in defeult. week. The negotiations on these or other terms were,
SAVAGY, APSAVLT.—C. Mortimer Was charged with u- on Amsterdam, 12.8 to 1- • on Rotterdam, 12.831 to 9 ;
saulting Louisa Sheppard.—The prosecutris stated that on on Antwerp, 26.10; on Hamburg, 13.151 to 14.13 (a
the previous night, as she was passing by Baker's-fields, shade lower) ; on Frankfort, 124 to i • on Paris, 26.5
Lintehouv, she saw some boys running after the prisoner to 15; on Vienna, 10.10 to 12 ; on Le.thom, 31.10 to
and
them, and t callinghen he turn bossed eyand ran after hee." He chmed
She screamed but did not catch 15 :on Naples, 393 to 1; on Madrid, 46; to 7—all at
and said she had done nothing, but he seized and struck her three months. On Lisbon at 60 days, 513 to 2.
several violent blows, dashed her head spinet an iron A meeting took place this day at the London
railing, and he had a large stone mug in his hand which he Coffee House of the creditors o Messrs. Howell,
completely broke about her head, cutting her severely. She James, and Co., when the following satisfactory
was rescued by a policeman. The proeecutrix exhibited her • .
mian ce-sheet was exhibited :
head, completely covered with plaisters.—Police.constable
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K 21G, said that he found the prosecutrix bleeding profusely •._
from wounds in her head, and took the prisoner into cue-
tody.—J. Kitting said the prisoner was a most violent fellow.
He had knocked him (witness) down the same night and
split his head open.—The
and
in his defence said he
was constantly pestered and annoyed by boys and girls
teasing him.—Mr. Yardley fined him 40a., or fourteen day's'
imprisonment with hard labour.—He was locked up in
default.

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W NDSWORTH.—Cuenca OF FOROISRY.-R. Tanner
was charged with forgery.—Mr. T. Cochrane stated that he
was relieving•oflieer for the parishes of Wandsworth, Bat-
tenm, and Putney. Prisoner was the messenger appointed
to assist him in his duties ; he employed him as he thought
fit, and concluded he was hound to obey whatever direction,
he gave hint. He assisted in the relieving office at l'utney,
where he lived rent free, was supplied with coals, and paid a
weekly salary of 10s. From the commencement of wit-
ness's appointment. about two years since, he had given
prisoner money to pay the bills for the goods received for the
relief of the poor. He had not received any intimation from
the board, or its clerk, not to employ the prisoner in paying
money. He received money from the board by cheques for
such sums as he required. Witness usually sent the prisoner
to cash these cheques, which were sometimes for 501 or 1001
The bills he contracted, were, after being paid and receipted,
delivered into the office of the clerk of the board, and
checked off against the money he had received. On the 3rd of
August he gave the prisoner 101.55. to pay the five bills pro.
dared. On the ensuing day the prisoner brought him back
the bills produced receipted, sad he gave witness the balance.
—Mr. 8. Betts, a butcher, at Pitney, proved that on the 4th
of August last the guardians were indebted to him two bills,
one of 21. 3s. 10d., the other of 11. ;a ; he had not
received the amount of either of those bills.—Mr. King
proved that on the 3rd of August the guardians were in-
debted to him in three separate amounts of 15e., 31. 12s. 3d.,
and 2/.5e. 2d., and he had not since received those amounts;
the receipts to the bills produced were not in his handwriting,
nor written by any one authorised by him.—Mr. Paynter
committed him on the five charges of forgery, for the larceny
on the relieving officer, and embezzlement on the part of the
poor-law euardianc —Good bail would be received.
CROYDON.—CHARGE OF NIGLECT AOAINST A RAIL-
WAY SEKVANT.—J. Saxby, a point and signal man, on
the London and Brighton railway, was finally examined
before Mr. Simeon, and two other magistrates, on a
charge of neglect of duty, and having by each negligence
caused a collisioa on the line. On the night of Friday, the
lst inst., at 49 minutes put 10, when an up and a down train
were due at the Croydon station, the defendant, instead of
being at his points, as his duty directed, was in his box on
' the other side of the line, and the consequence was that both
trains were on the lame line of rails, and a collision:took place.
By the prompt exertion of the engine-drivers on both trains,
and the steam being shut off, the shock was not very great,
and the injury done was of a comparatively slight character.
The defence set up was that the sight of the defendant had
been impeded by a number of empty carriages being placed
on the line In such a position that he could not see the signal
from his box. The defendant received an excellent cha-
meter from Mr. Adams, the superintendent, and Mr. NVoel-
nough, the inspector, for the two years he had been a
' servant to the company. They both admitted that he was
the most expert pombturner on the line, and up to the pre-
sent occurrence was considered an exceedingly careful and
steady man. In reply to a question from one of the magis-
trates, Mr. Woolnough said that it was quite contrary to his
orders for the defendant to be in his box when a train was
due, and that had not the accident happened he should have
felt it to be his duty to have reported him for being absent
from the points. The magistrates mitigated the penalty to
10s. and costs.

MONEY MARKET.
TVEADAT ETZWEDIA.
A sudden and somewhat unexpected change came
over the funds to-day. Their marketable value ad-
vanced fully 1 per cent, as measured by Consols,
although at the close of business the reactions conse-
quent on every movement of prices, one way or the
other, reduced the rise on balance by about per
cent. leas. These vicissitudes in the rates of values of
the highest order from day to day, for the fall of the
day preceding was of about the same extent as the
ascent to-day, are calculated to create surprise among
those uninitiated in the working of the Stock
Exchange, from the undue proportion which ap-
pears to exist, and often does exist, betwixt the
cause ostensibly assigned and publicly reported,
for the fluctuations which occur, and the mag-
nitude of the effect produced. For example,
on information, more or less of authority, of
a deficiency in the forthcoming quarterly accounts of
revenue, extensive operations for the fall were, it is
now understood, undertaken by shrewd speculators
who had chanced to obtain a clue to the fact in the
early part of last week. Towards the close of the
week, these operations being completed, the informa-
tion was suffered to ooze into publicity, because to buy
back well and realise at the best profit it was neces-
sary to create more sellers, by which prices would be
driven down still lower. Thus, the smaller speculators
following in the wake of the larger, who take the
lion's share of the spoil, were placed upon the scent,
and from Friday to yesterday the market was, in the
technical phrase, all sellers. From first to last, within
the compass of less than a week, prices were thus
forced down by a panic, artificially created in part,
nearly 3 per cent, that is, equal within a fraction to
one whole year's per eentage interest upon Consols