The Express.
London, England, 1847-04-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, APRIL 15. 1847.

POLlCE.—Yatrunix.

MANSION-HOUSE.—RAILWAY ANALOAKATION.—Mr.
Stern, of the house of Stern, Brothers, 6, Angel-OmM Throemortonetreet, appeared before the lord mayor and made
the following statement:—ln 1845, a company was estab-
lished, called the Bordeaux and Mediterranean Railway
Company, at No. 2, Cowper'a-court, Cornhill. They issued
• large amount of scrip shares, on which they resolved an
instaim of 21. per share. On the 18th of May, 1845,
there appeared in the Times the following advertisement :
liewasen and Meelenensen hallway Oe.eow.-1Y heel*
denten elle leen= mil liedieremin bee
ie Warm thee miesellsee the an serampment he =use-
=lrt tiisselen.lha dlibis==a;
pried to the smepeaed mew :the sehmehre ta fhb 100.-
way mil tieee ems dedellive sewer eight sharer ea whisk a se
et ot 41. pee ism hes hem geld, and the Mem win be resenet
coos as the from gee gmee.— J. Xam.kee.ll.•.
On the 9th elos'
pa, Mem in the same paper the
advertisement Weer by the secretary
Bordeaux and liellhammen Osespley.—The &restore ot
this Mee ammo est the Mee lONINNION doe Ime
of do hereermilaielemprisi, egremery therms&
Inn Melee like media e repel esememe, eel is new
ilseamb,lew Fere. The isle eras
et ilds mespany ere mete tot
M S. he hese paid. kr wary eight of their
end, WOW Me Met sertliestee, will remise=
et emir de
of It le head the the centimes will
hereely ter Yew ea , Ord Await. he at all minds the
seek= deededMß be on sad sear ibet day, ON epe►
ilea et the elsdtheerpsay, from 11
Now whoa we wiled to receive our 571 constituted
shams, end 1901. the remainder in money which
they owe. the directors refused to deliver either the
one or the other, but they asked us to sign a parr
which is to authorise their solicitor to enter into
some litigation on our behalf against themselves. Of
course we did not consent to do anything of the kind, being
only deeirous to receive our money and scrip according to
the terms of their own advertisement, and on the face of
which we trusted them with our scrip shares, according to
the practice and arrangements adopted in other companies
in similar eircumstanote.—The Lord Mayor And what do
I you wish me to do in this case ? I admit that your state-
ment and the contents of the advertisements melts heat a
very strong one, and I am surprised that **penises held
out to yen Mould not have been performed.—Mr. Stern:
You see, my lord, that judging from the high repeatability
of the direallem, the shareholders sea i he,, expected
nothing bet the mast complete and pesseeelFehrmanee of
all that has mewed in the advert/emu& by their
semetary. lOW ear object is to soma =watery to
account for the extraordinary proceediap of the directors
in keeping pemenien of our money Mile they have re-
ceived, applied, endmised to repay. We r=aider it cc.
t treacly odd that amid, issesed of meihmtim the
promises held heti la eitrereleemeaeliaGe a
preposition to et a paper of whisk the held=
To Mean Fry, Levy, awl Try.—Cheinmen,-1
ma be eats an mesa et kw epee al sr deer et
Ira, the amebae dthellisedeam and
the recovery et the prepeelen at the deputies es the
Mine to me la that
sempeng.
The Lewd Mayor said it appeered to him that Inememit es
the menthe was a tutor. aide mentingent premise so fraud
meal be established ; that to constitute a hand It was se-
esseary that there must be a false pretence exig helm
die delivery of the scrip ; but if the Mews. Stern Aged be
advised that there was a sufficient case of conspiracy against
the directors, then the remedy was to be found in an indict-
ment. As the case was not one in which he considered that
be had immediate jurisdiction, he must refer the applicants
to the authority to which they might appeal against men of
such standing In society as the directors, with decided effect.
TEN FOROIIIf la or ma LONDON AND 80177 N
WIIITIRN RAILWAY SNARES.— Farmer*, who
was on Tsesky charged upon suspicion of having been con-
cerned with H. N. Wert in forging London sad South Waters
11111f18, wee brought up for re-examination.—Mr. C. Tom.
teem, of &O rd, said : I bought of a sue named Wanes,
who I am eenvineed is the prisoner, 40 shamed the Loudon
nod heath Western Railway Company on Feb. 24 last. I
mew wee of these 40 shares.—Mr. Clarkson for the
preemielion_ It will be recollected that the ' prisoner yap-
terday &demi that he was never at authester.—
The witness in his croseexamination said : I don't recollect
the date, swept that I took the prisoner to Mr. Bowker's
ease ea the ibliewing morning, and he received the
mem bee Mr. Linder. The scrip has never been out of
my poesendea. num other scrip. I sent it by Mr. Bow-
ker to Louise. I received that number from Mr. Kinder.
I know it by the ernes on the beck. They were put on
before I got it. I first saw the 'caned the dos before I went
le Bowker. I am quite certain'uf hie identity —W. J.
B. Kinder, clerk to Mr. Joseph Bowker, of ftwiton, near
Manchester : I remember Mr. Tomlinson toi
on Friday, the 26th of February, the prisoner, w
then as Thomas Watson. He was brought to me by the
last witness for the purpose of selling us 250 London and
South-Western shares. I purchased 50 of him, and sold 200
for him. I am quite certain the prisoner is the man. I
have reason to believe that all the shares am forged.—
Cromexamined : I paid the prisoner the money.—The psi
sonar : I say I truer was in Manchester in say life. I assert
it in the faced all the world.—Mr. Alfred Morgan, treasurer
of the London and South Western Railway Company,
stated that on the lot of January some new shares in the
company were issued. The ecrip produced Is forged.—Mr.
Charles Tabourdin, the pruonet's attorney, then
as a wituess. He was, he said, solicitor for defe7=ti!
the came " Whalley e. Pannery." He received notice of trial
for the York Amino on February 24. The commission day
being March 6, he oommunieated that hot to Mr. Farmery.
and had bad annul interviews with him en the abject of
that cause, and Mr. Farmery went to Leeds by his direction
to get up evidence. " I do not," said the witness, " believe
the handwriting upon the receipt prodesed by Mr. Kinder I
to be the handwriting of Ma: Fernery." The prisoner was
then remanded, the Lord Mayer, after each evidence, having-'
• *woeeppt
CLIFiassz4WSLL.—ALLIBOID CIWILTY. AD elderly
blind woman, residing In Bridgewaterstreet, St. Pancras,
named Skosema was charged with having cruelly treated two
Omsk children, aged 13 and 7 years. It appeared that Mrs.
Beal, a aext-door neighbour, was often attracted by the
aeriesand screams of the children, who were evidently W-
arted and starved. Yesterday tanning she again heard
*mama, whoa she proceeded to the station-home and gave
information to the police.
as Watkins, 113 S, was sent to the
=e's house, which w let out to foreignen, and le
tle Miens with marks of violence on their persons,
end their bones literally protruding through their elm. Oa
making inquiries of the eldest child she said that herself
and sister were frequently beaten and kept without ford.
They knew nothing of their parent.. The youngest child

was a complete cripple through bad nursing, and they.
were both neglected and filthy. The prisoner did not
deny having iaMen the eldest child tor having made
a mistake in an errand. He took the prisoner into
custody. The children's legs, arms, and the upper part of
their persons were exhibited, and it was quite evident that they
had been grossly neglected and ill-treated ; their arms were
covered with livid marks, the effect of revere besting. The
prisoner refused to give any account of the parents of the
children. She received 3s. 6d. a week each to take care of
them—Mr. Combo said she was • most improper person to
have the Children, and he ordered an officer to go immediately
, for Mr. Cater, the overseer of St. Pancras, who arrived, and
on examining the children concurred with Mr. Comb*, and
' said he would make proper enquiries to trace the parents.—
Mr. Combo diecharaed the old woman, recommending her
to afford every information to the overseer as to the unfor-
tunate el ildren's parents.
WORSHIP-STRBST.—Feiner BY • TIL•DIMAN.—
Mr. Mark Collins, • hat-factor, keeping two establishmedll
in Dudley-street and Little Earl-etreet, Seven Dials, was re-
examined, charged with having feloniously rec. ived a quan-
tity of horse-hair seating, the property of Mr. Benjamin
Can, horse-hair manufacterer, iu Bunhill-row, mildew with
receiving • number of gold breast-pins, the produce of
another robbery. On the night of the 22nd ult. • quantity
of undressed horse-hair cloth was abstracted from the pre-
mises of Mr. Carr, and immediate information of the rob-
bery was given to the police, without any clue being obtained
to the miring cloth until Thunday last, when the greater
portion of it, bearing the prosecutor's private mark, was
brought to his warehouse by Mr. Marshall, a hotpreseer in
the neighbourhood, with whom it had been left be a chair.
stuffer, named atone, in West-street, Suho. 'Sergeant
Brannan was accordingly despatched to the residence of that
person, who exist eased his readiness to afford every informa-
tion in kis power, and at once conducted the officer to the
shop of the prisoner in Little Barl-street, whose shopman, a
young man named Hulbron, he pointed out es the person who
had sold him the property. The latter, on being questioned,
admitted having sold the article, but said be had done so by
the direction of his master, from whom he received it.
During their conversation the prisoner made his appearance,
and in the first instance gave the most positive contradiction
to his shopenan's statement, and disclaimed all knowledge
of the hair-cloth, hut directly afterwards admitted having
directed the sale, and that he purchased it from a young man
with whom he had had several previous dealings. On being
pressed for the name of the young man, the prisoner evaded
the question, and he was then taken into custody. The shop-
man, Hultiron, was ordered to accompany them to the sta-
tion, but he contrived to elude the vigilance of the officer,
and had not since been heard of. The prisoner was next
charged with receiving • quantity of gold breast-pins, which
were stolen from the shop of Mr. Tam a jeweller, in High
Holborn, by a man named Godfrey White, who was con-
victed of the offence at the last maims of the Central Cri-
minal Court, and sentenced to seven years' transportation.
Mr. Joseph Boston, a licensed victualler, in Dudley-street,
produced 12 gold pins, and stated that he purchased them of
the prisoner, about a month ago, for 21. 12s. Mrs. Jane
Tagg identified the pins produced as being a portion of the
property stolen front her shop on the occasion referred to.
The prisoner was remanded.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. Anent:LT. William
Palter, • newavender, was summoned for an insult ou
Lieut. Campbell, R.N., of Grosvenor House, Knightsbridge.
—Lieut. Campbell said he went into the defendant's shop on
Saturday afternoon last and asked to see the last number of
the Naval and eitilitary. Gazette, intending to purchase a
paper if he found the information in it he was seeking. The
paper was without the required information, and he pro-
ceeded to quit the shop without making a purchase. The
defendant sun alter him, seized him by the arm, shook hiss
violently, called him a scoundrel, and said, " Now I have got
you serve you out, for you have been into my shop be-
fore in the same way." Complainant gave the defendant into
the custody of a police constable, but eventually he decidel
on proceeding against him by summons for the assault. Com-
plainant said he had once before entered the defendant's shop
to look at the same paper, tepee if it contained what he wanted,
and as it did not, of course he made no purchase. He had,
however, bought papers at the defendant's shop, and cer-
tainly should have again made a purchase, had he met with
what he was in search of. —Mr. Bingham said the defendant
had acted intemperately, under the mistaken impression
that the complainant had entered his shop to read the paper
he asked to see, without an intention to make a purchase.
This, however, was clearly a wrong supposition ; and though
the assault was violent in its character, and called for a
heavy penalty, perhaps the complainant would, under all
the arcumstaziers, consent to receive an ample apology from
the defendant —The defendant said he was ready to acknow-
ledge that ha had mistaken the complainant for another
person who had frequented his shop nut for a business pur-
pose, and he would willingly make a full apology for what
had osocuresd.—Lieut. Campbell said he did not think that
public justice would be satisfied by an apology only. He
was, however, willing to ask the bench to put on a mitigated
penalty.—Mr. Bingham said, in consequence of the nom.
plainant's application, he would inflict the small penalty of
10s. and costs.

LAMBETH.—Tea PARceL PINIT.—A case of conside-
rable hardship to a poor girl, who can ill afford the loss,
relating to the defunct Parcel Post Delivery Company, was
brought under the notice of Mr. Elliott, the sitting magis-
trate. It appeared that about the middle of March last, a
young woman, used Mary Ann Mitchell, who had lived
servant in the vicinity of the Wandsworth-road, being
about to remove to Tottenham-court-road, carried her box,
containing all she pommeled in the world, except the elothee
then on her back, to the shop of Mr. Neill, as oilman, to be
forwarded by the Parcel Post Delivery Company to her new
place. The box, however, like other prop..rty confided to
the charge of that company, never reached its destination,
and after making every effort to get her box, the young
woman applied at this court on the sth instant, and obtained
a summons against Mr. Neill, to whose charge she had placed
her bez. Mr. Neill, upon attending to that summons, ad-
mitted, that as the agent of the Parcel Post Delivery Cone-
pany be had received it, but said that by the first oppor-
tunny he had forwarded it by one of the comim's
vehicles, to be delivered according to the
and added that it was no fault of his that VIM
not been properly delivered. Mr. Elliott, finding that the
unlawful detention of the property by the defendant could
not be proved, as he bad in point of fact parted with it,
dismissed the summons, but, at the same time, feeling that
the case was one of extreme hardship upon the poor girl,
granted a fresh summons against Meagre Beery Owen and
George Hill, two of the directors of the company, call-
ing upon them to show canoe why they detained the pro-
perty in question, and yesterday being appointed for the
hearing, the complainant was in attendance, but neither
Mr. Owen nor Mr. Hill thought proper to make their ap-
pearancer—English, the officer iu whose hands the summons
loid been Oaosd, stated that, on the preceding afternoon, he
went to the house No. 17, Soho-square, to serve
and was shown into a room, in which he was told be should
find Mr. Hill. Addressing the gentleman whom he found
there, he mentioned the purport of his visit, and asked if his
name was not Hill. The gentleman, without unwiring his
question, observed that the summons was addressed to
Mr. Owen, and sent him up stairs to another
office. On entering the latter he found a gen-
tleman, whom be addressed as Mr. Owen, but that
gentleman seemed to evince the rune indisposition
to diadem his real name as he in the lower office, and both
mamma to treat the matter with much apparent indifference.
He (R) however left the summons with Mr. Owen,
as he en.m.od his name to be, and said that unless it was
attended*, a warrant would be granted.—A person in the
court, warm name did not transpire, here said that there
Gould be may little doubt that the officer was quite right as
to his mojeteure. The place be had described, namely, 17,
sohoo, was the aka of the Metropolitan Association
fee the Nebel= of Tradesmen against Frauds, and of that
sisoalatiso Mr. Hill was secretary, and Mr. Owen solicitor.
—One .trio Emmet serviette of the defunct company said he
reeollieloil may well taking the box of the complainant to
the prisolpal else in Flonetreet, of which Mr. Hill had
then the t ; but what had eftereards become of
it he was unable to say. The witness added that a a •-caber
of amemis width he himself had delivered at the Pleetstreet
W liner reached their destination.—Mr. Elliott
ebeareed that it was quite clear from the evidence of the last
witness. that he had nojnrisdietion in the matter, The box,
hum all that could be learned about it, was last delivered at
restatree_t, where Umiak magistrates alone bad jurisdiction.
He (Mr. Elbert) was moth anxious to assist puma like the
eoremplaiasat in (ivory wog lee could, but owing to the present
la% raker by gransmin enemas was most difficult, and he
hod nth the power he& mu It was an extraordinary fact,
that any genes se peruse art set up as carriers without
the law piming any check wi respect to the non-delivery
of goods upon them, or affording any redress to the owners
of such goods, beyond that given by the Police Act for the
"=lawful dearation." In this case, however, it would be
neeMmery te rove that, at the time when the summons was
beard, tie dialed@ had the goods then in their possession,
and 104 in lath libel was an end to the mate's juris.
diadem and pewee te give redrew He :(MrElliott) hoped
that the owe wasethd with the company complained of,
would draw pubile Meat:ion to the glaringly defective state
of the law, end bed to the mach-called for remedy.—lt hay-
ing bass Naked OM the peer girt had been deprived of her
little growth. wwwwitilag to about U., and had nothing but
what dm thelaggenced fa, Mr. Elliott said, that though the
poor-box wait, be we awry to say, very low, he would order
that haltathwarap be given to her to provide her with a
nweemery change.
WOOLWICH Ro AT A PRIZII-110ITT.—T7l0M08
Tacker and Edward Tenure were charged with stealing
from the person of Mr. A. Mazy a gold watch and chain,
four sovereigns, os. in silver, and a silk umbrella. The com-
plainant, who made his statement in broken English, said
that he was persuaded to visit a prize .fight, which took place
at Oreeahithe, for 1001. a-aide, on Tuay. He went in a
steamboat to Gravesend, and thence to Greenhithe, where
the fight was to take place. He paid • shilling for admission
to the ring, being geld it was • quiet place. He saw the se-
and rowed fouot, and two men then came up to him, and
taking hold of him by the arms, held him close to one of the
posts of the ring. He complained that they hurt him, and
they then took hold of his coat, Lad tore the front part of it
all down. The prisoner Tease then came up to him, and
tore hie gold chain trees his neck, saying, " keep year
gold chain safe for you, and after the fight I'U give it
you back." His watch from the chain,
and was up by some onelroEstd who, complainant
did not know. At that time he had his money safe ha
his pocket, and Trevor, then came up to him, and after asking
him whether he had lest anything, mid, " You have bias
used very badly, I'll be your protector." He told ism-
plainant to kneel down, as the people behind him weld amt
see, and he then hit him on the hat with a stick, sad brake
his hat. He then felt in his pockets, and found his man •
was gone. He also lost a silk umbrella. He afterwardssow
Taker, and asked him fur his umbrella, but the prise..,,
using a coarse expression, threatened to break lie haat
A police-constable took Testier into custody as tee wog about
to enter the train at the Blackwell Railway. The eon-

plainout tiointed him out IN tit. marl who robbed him ; he
had the Complainant's umbrello In his hand, and upon being
taxed with the robbery, he said, " Oh, yes, that's the
umbrella the gentleman left in tha ring."—Poliee-eonstable
151 K. proved apprehending the other prisoner in the wait
ing-roam at Blackwall.—Taker denied the robbery.—Mr.
Jeremy expressed some surprise that the case should have
been sent from the Thames Police-office to this court, as
neither the effenee nor the apprehension of the prisoners
took place within this district. He should therefore order
the prisonen to be taken back to the Arbour-square station-
house.—The prisoners wen removed in custody.

MONEY MARKET.

WIDNISDAT ETIN IWO.

The fluctuations in funded values to-day were more
extraordinary than have often been witnessed. They
noged irom the two extreme points, I/ per cont., within
two hours after the opening of business. From 86 to /
Consols rose almost uninterruptedly to 871 for present time,
to the consternation of the speculators on beer account. They
subsequently descended with intermediate gradations to 864
to I for present account, at which they left off, 4 per cent.
better after all than the opening rates. For the May
account Consols opened 864 to 4, advanced to 874 to 1 ; but
at the clone of business had receded to 864 to 7. The more
certain apparent cause of the remarkable rise of prices, may
be attributed, according to current report, to the discovery of
the large account of a speculator uncovered to the ex-
, tent of no less than two mullions. Advantage was taken in
the toilet course of the difficulty of finding stock to an
ewer claims of each magnitude. The prices were raised
upon the speculator accordingly, at least such would seem
to be the cue from the fact of the subsequent decline, when
the object we, earwmplished. Amongst the largest buyers
both fur money alel time, were two broken, well known to
b.+ generally employed by the Hebrew party out of doors,
who include among them some of the largest capitalists.
Another report •as current also to which the sudden rise
was attributed, which will be noticed hereafter. Business
left off in other stocks at 85/ to 6 for Reduced Threes; for
Three-and-a-Quarter per Cents., 864 to 1 ; for Consols
Scrip, 2/ to 2 discount ; for Bank Stock, 194 to 6; for Long
Annuities, 81 to 9 ; for Exchequer Bills. 2/ discount to par;
for India Bonds 2 discount to par. The agitation in the
market to-day was such es scarcely to be paralleled in the
recollection of the oldest ambers of the Stock Exchange.
The dealings in foreign docks, in view of inch excitement
in the home funds, were ma usual of the most limited ca-
tgut. The late advances in Spanish Bonds were not exactly
maintained. The prices were quoted 251 to I ; the Threes,
36 to 4. Portuguese, 35 to 6. Mexican, 204 to f. Dutch
Two-and-a-Half per Cents., 581 to 1 ; the Fours, 894 to 904.
Ramis.. 110 to 111.
A potent cause of the sudden elevation of funded values in
the morning was, as understood, the renewed state-
ment, so far ai authoritative user:ion and gene-
ral credence, of an order in council being about to be
forthcoming for permitting an issue of small Rotes by the
Rank of England to the amount of three millions.
A notice from the Stawrce has be., issued to the
bankers, to the following
Snare an, T Loewe, Aran 10.— Geellessmk—lt having
come to the a the Dowd of Shop eind Tans, tint
bankers who are lloommg to lam wctansged 'Meg, mile the 9th
Gen. IV., c. 23, beg Is Num Wows re-10W MOW made payable
to order after mmHg 01111•114 a ow he, bees mbraltted to the
Attorney and eallelase fail le to to. *Oft falba proceeding.
The Mani ham resolved *a aglits of Ile law irms, that • proud.
eery note, molests whir. an dellegel sr attar ante, trued on
anatomical paper, by a brew saw the 9th Gee. IV., c. 23,
canna lawfully Is mamma ear moist. aid that by 00tittia• to
caticel such note. sod by smokilkie parity ot sot., In.
Timed by the
It soillos of 611 Oss, lad Is Incurred.
The board think It Ogle OM thin split &oil bees
-1 to
all the billor fleck klbrmatio• dgsa idrom.-1 gentle-
men your Moro /Comm, gedetant
. .

This nodes ame perfectly intelligible and correct a
regards notes paysbie to order after date," which in effect
are " bills," likitbe seven-day bills of the Bank of Eng-
land, and ought to be so designated. The re-issue of such
bills after payment must be entirely irregular, if really car-
ried on. It is an evident evasion of the stamp laws. But
why the re-issue of notes payable to bearer on demand
should be placed in the same category is incomprehensible.
It may be that the banking law sirs so, but not having it
before us at the moment we shall not pretend to decide. It
must impose a conaiderable, and, as it would seem, an unne-
cessary, cost, upon the issuing banker to compel hint to cancel
the note ilen,rl one day, and returned upon him the neat, to
replace it ',re fiett :om-r with an entirely new note.
►aotaatt Yonne.
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SsitA Pen Stack. 66#
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New se par .7t. Ism, Nil # 74 # 3 per Cs Com Scrip,* 415
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Do. S 0 y••• exp. Oct. 10, lOW 4 IS If DID*, Small, 3 al. 2 N.. Cs
15414 Slosh, ruSer £1.500, 3 U.
170t121014 FUNDS.
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4 per Cs Ilesican, 151*. 20# 3 par Cs. Spasish /14544, 36# # # II
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Entastmon, Arita t3.—The Exchange Both of Scotland no. offers
per cent interest on &pones of one year and 4i per cent. on than!,
lodged for halt • year.