The Express.
London, England, 1850-08-14 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENWI

THIS DAY.

BOW-STREET

Tan Can or HOCCIMINO AND Ro 88888 OF 3001.
J atter was re-ezunined charged with having admicistered
some deleterious drug to Mr. Peter Thwaites, fruit ealeeman
of Covent-garden-market, and Unlit!' from hie person a
canvas bag, containing two lea Hank of Endear' notro,
two cheques, one for 701. and the other for l)1., and 171.
in gold.
The evidence takes on the first occasion (which has
alre.dy been inserted is this journal) having been repeated,
Mr. Peter Thwaites said, when he entered the Mercer's
Arms on Friday, hie money was quite tale in his pocket.
The prisoner wee there and also another man an I two
women. Atter converting with them for some time, he
called for a battle of wine. He drank a glass, and he almost
immediately afterwards became insensible. He did cot "-
member anything afterwards, and when he recovered he
found himself in bed at his residence. All his money was
then gene, and he was now quite satisfied he had been
dragged. The prisoner and his companions had ample op-
portunities to pour anything into his glass without his per-
ceiving them. He saw the prisoner before.
Thompeos, the officer, said thectat.tes had bout stopped,
bet ems of tag mosey had boss fe
Mr. W,stcer cress-exissised the prosecutor, ea to whe-
ther he wu sober when he entered the Mercer's Arms.
Tae prosecutor said he was, as he had been under the
donor's hands for some time.

A porter in the market said he saw the prosecutor in the
Mercer's Arms on Friday, and recollected teeing the
prisoner s:t leg on cue side of Mr. Thwaites, and a female
on the other side. He also B%w thno hutily leave the house,
and he then acquainted Hr. [sum
The prisoner still denied all knowledge of the robbery, and
Mr. Henry remanded him until Tuesday.

EHAMPPORD Sm.:E.—Yesterday (Sunday), August
11 (says • Devonshire paper), the Rev. D. C. Gorham
was inducted to the livkg of Drampfurd Speke. The Rev.
W. H. Howard, of St. Thomts, near Exeter, ofildated on
the occasion, in the place of the Arehteaeon Moore Ste.
rens. The reverend gentleman preached an exce lent
sermon to • numerous toniregation, in which he evidenced
his high feelings as 'gentleman, and his piety as • Chr.stian
minister.

•
11.tanow SCHOOL.—Her Majesty having been gra-
ciously pleased to confer on Harrow School an additional
week's holydays, on the occasion of the birth of his Royal
Highness Prince Arthur, the school will re-open on Wed-
aesday, the 18th of September, instead of the 11th, the day
previously fixed.
THE POSTAL DERANGEMENTS.—At the inquest held
on the body of Miss Rees, who committed suicide at Shipton-
on.Ssur, last west, it appeared that her friends at West
Bromwich had, in the course of Friday or Saturday, paged a
letter addreasedi to the deceased, having reference to the pe-
taller position of her affairs, and calculated to ease her mind
regarding her future prospects. This letter, however, owing
to the 'topples of postal communication on Sunday, did not
arrive at Shipton until late on Monday. But for this, we
might not have had the painful duty of recording this dis-
tressing affair.—Glaucester Journal,
IRISH REPRESENTATIVE PEERAGE. —ln conse-
quence of the vacancy created in the representative peerage
of Ireland by the demise of the Earl of Don , it is
understood that Lard Donsany, who gave way on the last
occasion to the Earl of Leneshorough, will be propose'',
with every prospect of being returned without opposition.
THE RaILWAT WONDERS OF LAST YEAR.—The
unblushing individual who inflated the first bubble prospectus
In the early days of railway scheming must regard, it he be
still in existence (and we have stood reason to believe that he
lives, a prosperous gentleman), with superlative amazement
the last report of her Msjesty's railway commissioners.
When in his dazzling document the preposterous " promoter"
certified the forthcoming goods transit at six times the amount
his most saagulne "tratfie-taker" could conscientiously com-
pute; when be quadrupled the boldest chlculations of the
expected numb« of passengers—when, in short, he projected
his prognostics beyond the widest bounds of probability, end
then added a few cyphers at the end of each suns, to make
"round numbers"—he was not so mad as to believe that he
lied in the least like truth. Mad as he was sot, he
could have supposed that an after-time would come when his
lying prospects would be pronounced as far short of, as his
mendacious imagination endeavoured to make it excised, the
truth. But that time has arrived. . . We should like to
He the expreosice of his countenance while waning the re-
port of her Majesty's Commissioners of Railways for lint year.
At the end of every sentence be would be sure to exclaim,
" Who would have thought It?" . . When the schemer
in the infancy of the glint railway system turns to the
passenger-acoonnt for the )ear 1849, he declass he is fairly
" knocked over." lie finds thas the railway passengers are
pat does at sixty-tree million eight hundred thousand;
nearly three times the number returned for 1843, and • hun-
dred times as many as took to the road in the days of stage-
coaches. The passengers of 1849 actually double the sum of
the entire populainn of the three kingdoms. . . . Is short,
ia everything, except the dividends, our scheming friend
Bads that reoent fact has outstripped his early fictions. He told
the nervous old ladies and shaky "half-pays" on his projected
lies, that railways were quite as safe as stage-oatiches. What
say the grave records of 1849? The lives of five passengers
were lost during that year, and those by one accident—a
cause, of course, beyond the control of the victims ; eighteen
more casualties took place, for which the sufferers had them-
selves alone to blame. Five live. lost by official mismanage-
ment, out of sixty four millions of risk, is no very outrageous
proportion ; especially when we reflect that, taking as ••basis
the calculations of 1843, the number of miles travelled over
per rail daring last year, easy be set down at eight hundred
and forty-five millions; or nine flows tM distance hilmoin
the earlA smiths sun.—Dicken I'. "Household Words"

PROGRESS or THE FREEHOLD LAND MOVEMENT.
—lt is not mush more than two years since the first freehold
land society was mtabli•hed upon the present improved and
equitable plan. Now there are nearly 60 in fall toroth
various parte of the country, having no I.a than 14,281
members. They have tuned 20,476 diem, 31 estates have
boss purchased and allotted, the number of allotments
being 9,193, and the votes created, 3,199, whilst
the rice of the abates has varied, in the diffe
rimt societies, front 191. 10s. to 401. The number of
votes actually treated is as yet but a drop in the omen to•
wards the political enianpation of the sasses by the aid
of their own industry; but before five yaws have passed
away the above number will be augusated to not mash lem
than 60,000—a power of on iesignificent nature, and whisk
may be wielded with immense weight either fur good or for
evil.—Rejsorter.

At Leghorn the price of wheat was quoted, 161. to
171. for white Tuscan, and 14/. to 131. for red ditto;
Roman ditto, 13 to 131 per sack. Indian corn, 81 for
Tuscan. Toe stock of foreign wheat was estimated
at 460,000 sacks. _ _

The tobsec; crop in Maryland is generally admitted
to be a short one; the inspections of that description
of tobacco up to the let of July, at Baltimore, show
a decrease of upwards of 3,000 hhds., as compared
with last year; and this difference, it is ex-
pected, will increase es the year advances. From
Baltimore we are furnished with the following state-
ment of tobacco, showing the stock on hand in the
several warehouses on the lst of January, 1850,
quantity inspected for the half-year ending June 29,
deliveries fur the name period, and stock lit July,
made from the inspector's boyke:
Stock, January 1, 1850 hhda. 19,628
Inakectwas from Jan. 1 so Joss 29

Total 39,901
_ _ _

Deliveries from Jan. 1 to lase 29 24,989

Stock, July 1, 1850
Teas annexed statement shows the ruasber of hhds.
of each kind inspected, number of hhds. exported, and
where to, from let January to 29th June, 18.30:
Stock Jan., 1360, in wzrehouses hbds. 19,628
ca shipboard

Trial
Inspentimis Jan. 1 to Inas 29. 1860:
Maryland 15,214
4,757
Kentucky 275
V rg'ala
Pennsylvania
Stuns

Shipments from Jan. 1 to hoe 29, 1950:
ntrMita Md. and 0hi0..10,574

20,971

Amsterdam do 3,921
Hitt, rdans do 3,862
Havre do 3,505
Cadre and a market do 1,173
Other ports, foreign and coastwise, con-
sumption, efre , all sorts 2,679-26,716
Stork, July I, 1830, in wershonws ..„14.912
on sbipboard 616-15,628
From New Orleans we learn that there had been
more activity in the demand for tobacco, stimulated
by the accounts from Europe, atd prices had again
assumed more firmness.
The accounts received by the America confirm the
reports of the discovery of gold in Veneriels gold
mines of great wealth having been found in the pro.
vim) of Guyana, not far from the River Antazun.
The principsl diggings are near the city of Tupnquen.
A ait,gle person is stated to have gathered 138 cz.
cf the precious metal.

THIS DAY.
Two o'CLoca.

Almost the exclusive 'object of attention with the
dealers in the Stock Exchange this morainic is the
settlement of the monthly account in Console, which
prover, as we anticipated, a decidedly "bull"
one. So far the arrangements have progressed
satisfactorily, with the rate of "continuation"
to tl.o 11th of September ruling at 3-16.
Conscls have been steady all day, at 961 to Z
for money, whilst for the account (11th September)
they only varied from buyers to sellers at 961, at
which they are now sellers.
Businers has been done in the Three per Cent. Re-
duced at 97 and 1 ; the New Three-and-a-Quarter
per Cents., at 981 and i. Bank Stock marks 211
and 212. Exchequer Mlle continue to be declt in at
665. and 695. prem.; India Bonds, 1,0001., at 865.;
di, t • under 1,0001. at 87r. and 90s. prim.
The untatirfactory accounts from Mexico have
caused a good deal of heaviness in the market for
Mexican Honda, which have been done as low es
291, and are now quoted 291 to ; but for all other
description of foreign investments prices continue
un:haoged. Business continues very limited in this
department, the following stocks only baying been
touched up to the present hour. Buenos Ayrer
Bonds at 58. Danish Five per Cents. at
1021. Mexican, at 291 for money, and 291
for the 30th inst. Peruvian Four-and-a-Half per
Cints., 1849, at 821. Portuguese Five per Cents.,
at 87. Russian Four-and-a-Half per Cents., at 963
and I. Spanish Five per Cent. Actives, at 171.

axousti 111r9.—Tets DAT.

Hank Stook. 12 per C$ Om. Am.. Sept. U.
3 per Ct. lied. dam, 1.7 1 3* per Cis. gee
ner °Leos.. Antos.. 9f.4 I to
_ _ VOINLIOALI"UP. Is"
*IL

I per Ct...',Man
44 per Ct. Polk Wad.. 91 3
a per Cant..
6 per Ct. Druzllbut &D., 01 3
Ditto Neu, 9991
6 pa Lt. Itucuor Ayres. 18 80
Ditto Chiltrut NY 102 4
Ditto eulunth. Pd.
Ogutallut Nuualor 111... 31 4
3 Ita et. 'tallith Kb., id 9
it per Ct. Dutch /J&.. DT
per L:t Dutch Data.. t 0 9

Wei.6mm. D... Isi
Grenada Deferred g
ter Ct. Mei. Me. t
d pog Ct. PIZUWiSU .nt 3
Portuguese Cour.. 33
6 Ot. lide.,lll 13
'Ditto SistileS Ws, la I
3 per CL Statoiii 1ML.471 4
Do. Deferred lide..
Ditto Pauly. 1Lia..31
Spw 04. Venezuela Dds.. 94 I
Venezuela Deferred ISde.. 121 13t

INCING-LANE.-THIS DAY.

&MAR.—The market remain steady ; the good end fins
qualities et York, Rico in public sale mad well; the inferior
•old heavily ; pion ranged from 365. 6d. to 405.; about
Ital..of the 450 chests Bahia found buyer at 38s. to 41s. Gd.,
both dul paid. Refined steady; grocery lump., 60.
to Ms. Gd. - - .

CurFEE.-400 bags very good ordinary native Ceylon sold
in public vale at 40e. 61. to 414., but the quality was sups.
vine 160 snake plantation Ceylon sold a shade in favour of
the buyer..
eALII.IITItI —6OO bags offered in public sale, :refraction
31 to 61, and bought In at 26s to 26e. 6d.
Pam,' —6OO-bags Malabar was offered and bought ia
at 31 per lb.
Rum remains firm. _ _ _

Rms.—Thera Lae boon a good demand to-day ; about
7,000 begs cad, partly for exportation.
Corrine rentaluaeteatly, but the minket continitte inactive.

IdEem..s —lllgli4 h a bean adranosd bs East India
priers /attics unstsadv. Eis.ralts Tin qucted SOa. to 82s. ;
Banos. 83.. to 81% Copper has been reduced 11. 101 per
lea ; 781. 10..; Tile, 781. 10s.
In oat.? asides no material alteration.
Duty Dalton Enos to last week In London. User. ewt.
gook &Md, nit, and the arts 11,13'1,212
To the IMO fraelod last year ........... ....... 3,171,30 e

Larsen 179,916
onus sus en via so ISMS so WY was'. lb.
Loucks ..--- ..... ...........................
Llsespssi ............ ................... 012,297
Bristol ... 617.111
Hull ..........—...... .„174115
ay0t.........................—...............--... 1.841.10.

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