The Express.
London, England, 1866-09-17 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, MONDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 17, 1866.

employ, said it was the duty of the prisoner to receive
money on behalf of the company and at the end of the day
to amount to him. The prisoner had never accounted to
him for the money received from the weviowiwitnesa
The prisoner, who treated the mat with the greatest
indifference, said he had no questions to ask, nor had ha at
present anything to say in his defence.
Mr. Barker remanded the prisoner to the House of De-
tention and refused the prisoner's application that he
might be admitted to bail.

WORSHIP-STREET.
FATHER AND CHILD.--CRUEL 1/0110111T.,

Sophia Isaacs, only 12 years of age, but looking older,
was charged with stealing a purse containing 9f. 135., the
flueora hof
t,her own father, a fishmonger, living at 57,
The prosecutor, who is blind, was greatly affected while
in the witness-box. He said—My wife deserted me and
the family two year. and a half since. At 10 o'clock last
night I went to bed with my youngest son. and placed a
purse containing this money beneath my pillow. Well,
shortly afterwards I felt somebody fumbling about, and
found it was her (the prisoner). She said that she
was putting the clothes right about the boy, and
almost directly afterwards left the room. She has been
• very bad girl and robbed me before, that made
me suspect her, and on searching I could not find my
purse. The boy got up, and afterwards came back
with the whole of the money—he had found her in the
street, aocused her of having stolen it, and would not
leave her until she bad given it up to him from her bosom.
If he had not got it we should have bean ruined, for I
saved it up to make purchases with, and I have a very
large family. lam always in fear of her stealing, so de-
termined to give her in custody, hoping you would do
something with her, air.
Prisoner appeared quite callous, and when her younger
brother detailed in corroboration what the father had
stated of her being found in tha street, she looked on him
threateningly.
The magistrate told her she was • giulty, bad girl, who,
young as she was, ev;dently knew how to be • protection
to her blind father, and ought instead of robbing him.
The observation, however, made no impression, and she
was remanded, with • view of placing her in some re-
formatory.

WARE LIEITB.-(THIS DAY.)

Ora o'Clacc.

The railway market is quiet in tone, but prices
are generally steady, with little alteration from
those of Saturday. Caledonian stock is i lower,
and Great Western are a shade flatter, simply from
the absence of inquiry. Great Eastern are quoted
at an improvement of 4, and London, Chatham,
and Dover have improved }.
The Canadian lines are steady. Grand Trunk
of Canada, 214 to 22 ; Great Western, 144 to 4. '
American railways are without any change of
importance. Illinois Central, 781 to 79 ; Erie,
46} to lf ; East Indian Railway, 101} to f ;
Lombardo-Venetian, 164 to f.
Metropolitan stock is now quoted at 130 to
; Great Western, 54 to 59f ; London and
North-Western, 119 f to 1201 ; Midland, 1221 to
123 ; Lancashire and Yorkshire, 125 to f ; Cale-
donian,l27 to 129 ; South Eastern, 60 to 4;
Great Northern, 118 to 119 ; ditto A, 130} to ;
London, Chatham, and Dover, 21} to f.

440,0901
106,0001

1.110061
MANS
100,009

lii.ioo
101,000
260,000
1.000,001,
200,000
11064.12

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MOOD
103,000

154,000
1,000.000
250,000
750,000