The Express.
London, England, 1858-03-17 00:00:00

EXPOSURE OF A GANG OF BTVINDLIRB.

At the Salford Town-hall yesterday, a young
woman, named Emma Bramley, charged Thomas Carruthers
with giving her a black eye, at the Rainbow Inn, Chapel-
street. Complainant said she lived with • man named
Broadbent, who had a fight with defendant In consequence
of a disiute about the payment of a commission upon some
shawls which the defendant had sold foe him andwhen she
attempted to part them Carruthers alma i her n the left eye.
She further stated that Carruthers was one of • number of
persons known as "the long firm," whose "busing" ap-
pears to consist In ordering goods from unsuspecting trades-
men at a distance, under assumed names, promising payment
on delivery at a specified address, which is seldom the place
at which the writer of the letter locates himself. The goods
are never paid for by "the firm," but pawned, or otherwise
disposed of below the reel value. Some of the members in
this nefarious partnership profess the trade of brokers, and
others that of auctioneers. Complainant said Broadbent
was • commission agent, and got his living by
buying and selling " anything," but was not one
of the gang. Subsequently she rid, in reply to the
magistrate, that she knew Broadbent and a man named
'Leith got their living by writing for goods, and they obliged
her to go to the railway for them. From the other evidence
it tram.pired that the members of the firm were accustomed
to meet at the Rainbow, and that the articles they had dealt
in ic"loded dogs, stuffed birds, shawls, farming implements
of ell sorts, filar, slate", heir felt,
_wine and cider. Some hod
been intercepted by the police.-11r. Trafford, the magistrate,
said he had heard a great many criminal curs, but never one
which showed such a system of rascality as this. It was a
horrible system, for the victims never got a penny for their
goods, AM he hoped this exposure would render tradesmen
more castious.—llefendant said be never obtained anything
but a dog.--Mr. Trafford fined him IN. and costs for the
eassult.—Defendant asked for time to pay lt.—Mr. Trafford :
No. Mho Bromley has told as the value of " promisee"
and we shell keep you till you pay. We do not give credit
here. (Laughter.) The messy was paid forthwith.

DIfITIRBII7

INNCE.

OXFORD. MAacn 16.
In a Convocation holden this afternoon at two
o'clock, which was numerously attended, it wee unanimously
agreed to ably the University seal to a bumble petition to be
presented to the llonourAls the Commons of the United
Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, against a bill now
before the house for the abolition of church rates in England
and Wales.

GENERAL IRON SCREW STEAM COMPANIN—AII
eatraurdisuu7 general meeting of this mummy wee heid
yesterday at the London Tavern, Bishopsgate-strest, Mr.
Mater in the chair, to determine on theliet way of wind-
ing up the company and realising the property. The chair-
man moved a resolution instructing the dWeetere to sell the
vessels and miles the pmt rty as sore as peeeibie. The vow-
Intim was &greed to usanimonsly. hiss. Straits& moved dist
a committee of three parsons be appointed to dein and
assist the direction is carrying out the
Srvious reschatice.
,r J . Esethops isoosded the motion. pr An asessidesst
moved that the three vacancies is the board at direekee he
Sited up, but the miseedroset was rejected, and the misled
motion carried with only one diseratisst.
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