The Express.
London, England, 1855-03-01 00:00:00

GUILDHiLI..

Received for the poor-box 101., from the Goldsmiths'
Company (second donation) ; 51. 21. from the foreman and
workmen of the City Gas Company ; and 51. !roma lady.
MARLBOROUGH-STREET.
John William's was charged with having uttered a forged
bill of exchange to John T. Hart.
The prosecutor said that defendant came to his shop, No.,
14, Princes-street, and purchased musical instruments, &c.,
to the amount of 141.189. 7d. He represented himself to be
Mr. Bucknall, of Bridgwater, and referred to Messrs.
D'Almaine, whose amounts being highly favourable, he
(prosecutor) took the prisoner's acceptance at one month
for the goods. When the bill was presented at the banker's,
it was (mud to be a forgery.
The prisoner asked the prosecutor how be could attempt
to swear to his identity, as the alleged transaction took place
four years ago. Was De in the habit of taking likenesses ?
Prosecutor—No, but I took yours, and I can swear you
are the person. I pinked you out among four or five
others.

There were four or five other charges against the prf
sour for obtaining goods from various tradesmen by frau-
dulently personating respectable tradesmen in distant parts
of the country.
The prisoner reserved his defence, and was fully row.
matted on the forgery ease.
Fos Tan Foos-sox.—T. H. 6L • J. L. 71. ; Miss
Broadweod, 101.; the Goldsmiths' &mammy, 10L The 61.
acknowledged
_from the " Drapers' " Company was from
the " Bowie " Complain
11TH.

Mr. Thomas, the owner of a main: of lame at Cam-
berwell, appeared to maim to a imam charging Ida

with having violated the provisions of the Metropolitan
Building Act by neglecting to give a proper notice to Mr.
Stowe, the district yor, preparatory to his making
some improvement or alteration in one of his houses.
Mr. Stowe said that he accidentally saw, in passing down
Rosemary Besach-lane, Camberwell, some works going on
at the beck of one of Mr. Thontu's houses, and found that
he had been building a water-closet off the landing on the
Stet floor without giving him, as the district surveyor, the
slightest notice of his intention or of the erection itself.
Mr. Stowe thin read a lengthened clause in the Metropo-
litan Building Act, by which be said he was entitled to a
single tee of 11. 6s. as the district surveyor. The act also
authorised his worship, by way of punishment to the parties
neglecting to serve the proper notices, to award treble fees
namely, Si 155., and costs ; and he (Mr. Stowe) trusted his
worship would give him the treble fees as a warning to
others.

Mr. Elliott for some time doubted whether Mr. Stowe
bad established that the building, improvement, or what-
ever it might be called, came under the provisions of the
act of parliament. so u to entitle him to charge any he
His worship remarkeethat the whole act was drawn up in
so extraordinary a manner that it wu most difficult indeed
to understand it.

Mr. Thomas said that it was not his wish to deprive the
district surveyor of that which was his right, and declared
that the first intimatiou he had of the tee was the summons
of his wo:ship. What with Commissioners of Sewers and
district surveyors, and the fees and interference of both,
he did not kuow what the owners of houses should do by
and bye.
Mr. Elliott, after much searching, at length found out
a clause which he thought entitled him to order Mr. Stows
his fee, but he only ordered him a single one of 11. di., and
expense/.
THAMES.

The Goldsmiths' Comia74Miiluentenant Ratkin, each,
seat 101. to the poor-boa fund yesterday ; C. W. G. for-
warded the second half of a 61. note ; A. H. C. B. two 61.
notes; W. B. L. 6..; and A. W. 101. An acknowledg-
ment in the Dusty News was requested.

WELSFORD v. DIMSDALE.

TO THE EDITOR. OF THE DAILY NEWS.

Slft,—ln justice to Mr. Manning—who, if the ver-
dict be a true one, must be utterly destroyed both in estate
and character; and who, if the verdict be not true, must
be most seriously damaged whilst those measure; which are
now contemplated, and which will be taken as soon as possi-
ble to develop the truth and do mat effectual justice, are in
progre•s—we trust you will give publicity to this letter. We
assure you, on our honour, as gentlemen and as attorneys
and solicitors, that both Mr. Collier, M.P , and Mr. Clesaby
concur with us most positively in declaring that the verdict
was entirely against the weight of evidence.
From motives of propriety we abstain from all comments.
—Ws are, sir, Atc.,
VAN SANDAU AND CUMMING.
27, King-street, Misguide, Feb 28.