The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-02 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

MANSION-HOUSE.
DrisY Wrwnuoe.—Sir Peter Laurie stated that be bad
reamed communieations on the subject of a system of
ewiedlinc against which he felt bound to endeavour to protect
the public Ity mesas of the pre... Two Am, rican papers bad
been transmitted to him, and his attention Fad been called to
adverthements by which it appeared that a splendid fortune
might be gained by an outlay of 101. or 51. In the Mon,real
Pilo! the promise of wealth presented Ralf under the head
of " Metropolitan Portrait Club," and seemed to hens from
the Albany-road, London. The advertisement announced
that the direston, who have no names, would draw for • grand
series of portraits of all horses entered foe the forthcoming
Derby race; that the drawing would be conducted upon
those honourable principles which had hitherto given so
much satisfaction, and secured to the abree association such
extensive patronage. Then followed the list of prizes upon
the drawing of the horse portraits, and the information that
all letters were to contain e remittance, drafts, hank notes,
Re., and to be directed to the =wasting director in Loudon.
The other American paper (the Sunday Courier of New
York) contained an advertisement referring to a similar es-
tablishment ia Plymouth.
The Lord Mayor approved of the notice taken by Sir
Peter Laurie of a plan the great promises in whieh were likely
to fascinate credulous parties on the other side of the A -
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Sir Peter Laurie said the attempt to reinvigorate the
Derby sweep, which were so completely put down in
London by the City magistrates, wu nothing lees than
could be expected, but the system he came forward to
expose was one for which there could not be the slightest
pretence in the chance of gaining any thing. No doubt
credulity was doing a good deal for the spseulators, for the
pee man who traversed the district in which the " managing
director" resided stated that he had delivered a good many
letters directed from America to the party named in the
advertisement.

The Lord Mayor said he had received several letters from
tradesmen in different parts of the matey i closing printed
circulars directed to them from the Albany-road, London.
These circulars stated that the writers had always In hand
immense amounts at the service of their correspondent*,
and that they were ready to turn good bills into ready money
immediately after transmission, as well u to get the best
prices for parcels of goods. Men of experience would, of
coarse, detect at once the swindle in the precious COITIVsi•
tion he alluded te, but there was no disguising the fact that
in many instances goods and hills had been obtained through
their instrumen,ality, and not only great distress but ruin
had been the consequence.
One of the circulars alluded to by the Lord Mayor was as
follows. It was addressed to a tradesman at Ludlow, who
declared that he had carried on business for 60 years in that
place, and n bad borrowed or attempted to borrow of any
person during that time

ffir,—We beg leave to inform you that your letter has been handed
to us in eoefidence by the gentleman you wrote to a short time ago,
whohad a considerable sum of money to lewd, but who has for the
present disposed of the whole in Exchequer Bills, Bank Stock, and
India Bonds : from the very respoetable manner in which your name
was hinted to no by him we should have na objection to remit you
the amount yoa request in bills of eachange if they will answer your
purpose. If you decide upon this method, in making a remittance for
our commission at any time please to send only half Bank of England
notes or tawdry owes payable In London In the first instance, and the
other halves when you remise the bills of exchange, as also a copy of
the undertaking, when you will to remitted such bills as will not fall
of meeting your approval.

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Big lordship expensed an earnest hone that Bit. Peter
Laurie's and his own object in makioß those matters public
would hat* the desired effect throughout the country.

THAMES.

ALLEGED EXTENEIV; --------------- Patrick Smith, de-
scribed as • mu.ici at, and Sarah his wile, two respectable.
looking young'persons, were brought up on remand, charged
with stealing a box containing 991. in gold, and , jewel case,
whose contents were valued at from 9001 to 1,0001., the
property of Catherine Pereira, a native of Ceylon.
The evidence given at the first examination, and which
has been published in the Daily News, was recapitulated,
and the only evidence of importance taken yesterday sees
that of Whittleton, the summoning officer, who proceeded
to Cholera with the search warrant, and found a gold ear-
ring in a box which was unlocked en the kitchen dresser.
This was identified by the ayha as having been made for
her by her brother, and had been placed by him, together
with its fellow, in the tin case containing the jewellery just
before it was soldered up.
Mr Crew, who 'mired for the defence contended that
if the ear-ring had been unlawfully obtained, it would not be
let lie about so carelessly. The fact was, the ayha had given
it to Mr. Smith to make a ring.
This the prosecutrix solemnly denied,and insisted it formed

part of the contents of the case. It war proved that the pri li
miners had not packed up their things preparatory to going to
Ireland.
For the defence it was shown that such a box as the one
containing the money and the jewel care could not pass the
baggage warehouse without notice and the pay meut of 10 per
cent.
Mr. Lennox. a custom-house agent, said it was not usual
to search persons who had not parcels or bundles.
Mr. Rae—Just so. These parties had passed their own
luggage, and it was very easy t r break open the box which
they induced this poor woman to deposit in their room, and
then enema the money and jewellery about their persons.
Mr. Yardley.—The case is decidedly a very suspicious one,
and though it requires further inquiry, there is not suf•
cicat evidence to send them for trial. I will admit them to
bail, if they eau procure two 'mired s of 1001. each.
Searles, 24d A, who took the prisoners into custody, here
stepped forward and said, that from certain information
which he had received, he thought he should be able to
carry the case consilerably further, and trace more of the
property, on a future ocessins. The prisoners had been put
on their guard by the visit of Mrs. Parry and others, tao or
three days before the case had been put into his hands.
When be took the prisoners into custody, Smi•h said, " It is
a bad j"b," and his wife exclaimed, " I wish we had thrown
the black overboard."
Mr. Yardley then remanded the prisoners until Saturday,
revoking his intention of admitting them to bail.

STLATIMILD ON•Avoli.—At oar new fair, on Monday last,
there wee a vary large attendance of buyers, and the show of rtnlA,
both in Dee and Mutt+ n, was good. In the Beirf trade the price.
may be qu ted at from did. to Md. per lb., beet viands% gild,
Gown, with their canes, which were ow much in demand, trough
from W. to Itil, together. About Sou head o• hormd Cattle awl ;we
'cheep. Mutton, .horn, good qualitier realised bd. to Sid. pre ,b..
it, these in the wool, a lit lc hmher in price. (If Ewes and Lam!,;
the show was coed, and sold from bi ills. the eenple. (in
whole, a very goad clearance was the result, and but few driven beck
tinsoldr