The Express.
London, England, 1848-08-10 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 10, 1848.

POLICE.—IrEsTeRDAY.

CLERK EN WELL.f-sh7Dge.o- Boum—Four young men,
planers, belonging to Clerhenwell 'pariah, were charged by
Mr. Martin, the master of the workhouse, with having re-
fused to perform work. The prisoners were admitted into
the workhouse, and, on being offered work to pick oakum,
they refused to do it, and they were given into custody.—One
of the prisoners, who was spokesman for the others, del not
deny the charge, saying that they were put into a room to
pick oakum and it was immediately over the dead house,
where bodies were deposited, and the stench arising there-
from ;was so offensive that it wee dangerous to their health,
and impossible for them to work in the place. They were
willing to work if they were put into a proper place-
.—Mr.
Combe inquired whether there was any foundation
for this charge ?-14r. Martin denied it, and said
it was a mere excuse for the purpose of getting off
the work.—An inhabitant householder in the parish,
who happened to be in the court, here said that • short time
ego he was summoned on • coroner's inquest at the work-
house, when the coroner and jury made tome strong remarks
in reference to the dead house in the workhouse, and the
danger attached to it as &nuisance. The stench arising from
it was so bad, th:t Mr. Taylor, the parish surgeon, ha
stated that it was highly dangerous to his health to make a
post motto's examination in the place.—Mr. Sheehy, sur-
geon, and assistant to Mr. Taylor, confirmed the statement.
—Mr. Combe said that, under such circumstances, he could
not consistently punish the parties charged. If the dead
house was in the offensive state described, and the men
: were placed in a room above it in which it was dangerous
for them to be in, they could not be blamed if they refused
to work in it.
M A BLBOROUGH-STREET.-- FHA eesetawr PERSONA-
TioN. . 'Smith was charged with having obtained money
and property from various persons by falsely re,iresenting
himself to be Lord Alfred Heresy, M.P. for Brighton. Toe
prisoner has been carrying on his system of fraud for some
months, and up to the present time he succeeded in eluding
the police, who have foe some months been in active pursuit
of him.—S. Page, milliner, No. 18, John-street, Oxford-
street, said on the 20th of last April the prisoner entered her
shop and said he warded to niece a prerent of a bonnet and
cap to a lady who was in the country. Tee prisoner selected
a bonnet which was in the window, and ordered a
cap to be made for it. The prisoner then said
if she could give him change fur • 201. note he would
pay her. She told him she cou:d not, but she would
rend for change. '1 his the prisoner objected to, and slated
that he would send for the articles in the morning, and his
man would then pay for them. In the caurse of conversa-
tion with the shop-woman the prisoner was addreand as
" Sir." The prisoner said, "I am not ' sir,' I am Lord
Alfred Ilervey, the number fur Brighton." The prisoner
then said he would cell in the evening. The prisoner did
call, and after some conversation he asked witness if she
could change a 401. or 501. note for him. Witness told him
she could not. He then asked her for some
change to pay his cabriolet. Witness gave him
a sovereign, and he then left. Witness believed she was
dealing with Lord A. Hervey, the son of the Marquis of
Bristol, otherwise she would not have parted with her
money. Witness did not see the prisoner again until Tues-
day night, when he was in the custody of the police. Wit.
nee wrote to Lord Alfred Ilervey, who called on her, and
on learning what had occurred he told her that some one had
been assuming his name.—lnspector Whall, of the C divi
sion, said he should write to his lordship in order to have his
attendance at the next examis.ation.—The prisoner denied
that be represented himself to be Lord Alfred Hervey, but
admitted he had received the money. He said he had bor-
rowed the money.—The prisoner was remanded.
MARYLEBONE. DRUNK ESHER.. AND THREAT To
KILL—SERIOUS CHARGE. It. noggins, rending in
George street, Enston-square, was charged, under circum-
stances of a very serious nature.—William Harbour, a fly-
minter at Greenwich, deposed that between 12 and 1 in the
morning, as he was standing at the White Hart, in the town
alluded to, he was hailed by defendant, who appeared much
excited, and said he had lost his brother; he entered the fly
with the view of finding him if possible, and desired witness
to drive him to the station-house. He proceeded on so
directed, and on the road defendant met has brother ; they
were both drunk and he (witness), agreeably to orders'
from them, conveyed them to a house at which they had
left their coats. They alighted, and shortly afterwards
re-entered the vehicle, when defendant agreed to give wit-
ness 10s. to take them to London.biidge. On reaching that
spot he said he had no money, but would pay upon being
set down at his house in the Hampstead road. lie
(witness) at elt feadant's request, pulled up at a public house
in Tottenhans.court-road, where something was called for
and drank, and, as he did not know the way to George-street,
he asked a man who was present to ride with him on the
box. At No. 57 they were let out, and they went in doors,
when witness who had, at London bridge, bad an
understanding with them, that if he went on further his
charge would be 155., waited for the purpose of receiving
his tare, when defendant's brother came out and asked for
change for a 101. note. Witness told him it wcs not likely
that a man in his situation had so much money about him,
but that it he would produce the note and give it
to him, he would endeavour to procure the change
required. There was no tote, however, forthcoming,
and while the altercation alluded to was going on,
just within the door, defendant came from an inner room
with • dagger, which be drew from a sheath, and threatened
to run witness through. By the advice of his brother he re-
treated with the weapon ; but presently afterwards he re-
turned with it, and used the same threat as before. A con-
stable was sent for, and he (defendant) was given into
custody.—Thomas Taylor, the man who role with Harbour
on the box, corroborated a groat portion of the preceding
evidence, adding that defendant made a thrust at him with
the dagger upon his coming out with it the second time, but
that he (witness) fortunately succeeded in parrying it off
by suddenly raising his arm.—A policeman here produced
the dagger, an ivory-handled one, the blade of which was
about 18 inches in length. The defendant and his brother
were both intoxicated. Harbour had also been drinking, but
was not much the worse for it. Taylor was perfectly sober.
—Mr. Broughton rems-ked severely on the nature of the
prisoner's conduct in bringing out the dagger and threaten-
ing them. He (the magistrate) did not believe that there
was any intention of doing more than attempting to drive
them away by means of the production of the dagger, and,
under all the circumstances, be should order defendant to
pay 15s. for the fly, as also ss, for the owner's boas of time by
being detained at the house and at the station, and an ad
ditional 71. for his attendance at the court; he should further
order him to pay ss. to Taylor, and in the event of his not
complying with these conditions, he would be dealt with for
the assault, end perhaps fined severely, as well as being held
to bail.—The money, amounting to 325., was, prior to the
closing of the court, paid.
THAMES.—Ate EXPERT SWINDLER.—G. Jackson was
charged with obtaining mosey under false pretences. On
the 29th of July he called at the Steam-shio beer-shop,
Fure-street, Limehouse, and asked Mrs. Fry, the person who
had charge of the bar, whether he could have • bed there ?
He said that when last he put up at a lodging-house he bad
been defrauded of 271., and was resolved nevi rto go to one
again. He accounted few coming without his things by
stating that his ship entered the dock at too late an hour for
him to procure • pass. On the strength of this representa-
tion she let him have 10e. to get some cliches. He came back
after procuring the articles, and produced what appeared to
be a peas to let George Alexander Palmer (the name he then
gave) take a chest hammock, beg, and three parrrts, from
the ship Marlborough. She then let him hay • 10s. more,
when h.> again left, and she saw no more of him till she
found him in the dock. On the 13th of July he called
on • Mrs. Elder, of Crow.stieet, Poplar, and repre-
sented himself as having formerly lodged with her sister, of
whom he spoke highly, mg. mentioned manna which no
stranger could have been acquainted with. He said he came
home in the Acton, alter a long voyage, with all his wage,
due, out that the vessel was then under detention, in conse-
quence of one of the men having 22 lb. of tobacco on board.
Under these representations she gave him 7s. 6.1. to bring his
goods ashore, having kept him on the beet in her house for
three or four days. He never brought his chest, nor did she
see him again until he was in custody. Several cases of this
kind were proved —Reich, the gad r, said he knew the pri-
soner well. He had been committed by Mr. Broderip three
years ago, and had several times since been had up at this
court. —He was committed.

MONEY MARKET.

WEDNESDAY EVENIN6.

The first movement of prices this morning wee in
he downward direction which characterised yes-
terday's business. Console were done as low as 861,
but subsequently recovered to, and were sold ak
high as, 88; for money and to-morrow, but on leaving
off were quoted only 86# to !. The tmnsactions were
not of much importance, and were principally for
making up books preparatory to the settlement to-
morrow. According to rule options had to be declared
to-day, and it is understood that some rather large
amounts of stock were " put " on the occasion.
Reduced Threes were 88; ; Three-and-a-Quarter per
Cents., 87 to a ; Long Annuities, 81 to 13-16 ; Ex-
chequer Bills, 36e. to 40s. premium ; India Bonds,
30s. to 345. premium ; India Stock, 239 to 241 ; Bank
Stock, 197 to 9.

Business continues so extremely limited in the
foreign market as to render it somewhat difficult to
give accurate quotations. Dutch Two-and-a-Half per
Cents. were called 43 to 4 ; the Fours, 68k to 704.
Russian, 98 to 100. Spanish Fives, 11 to 4 ; the
Threes, 211 to ; ; Passive, 21 to 34. Portuguese, 174
to 181. Mexican, 16; to 171. Chilian, 84 to 6.
Brazilian, 69 to 71. Peruvian, 30 to 3. Venezuela,
15 to 18. New Granada, 114 to 124.
The reports of the Manchester market yesterday
come quite encouraging. Spinners and manufacturers
are stated in many cases to be engaged for some time
to come in working to order, and as stocks showed no
accumulation, and therefore the market wax free from
pressure, whilst there was a lair quiet demand for
Germany and elsewhere, prices were well supported,
[with rather a disposition to look forward to some
im-
provement.