The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-27 00:00:00

CHARGE OF FORGERY AT

At the Town Hall, Cambridge, on Friday last, a
ammiasi sharp of forgery was investigated before the borough
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a attic salesman in a large way of belhmss is Rewrite
market, a corn merchant, and in Viltklell ether &anew&
He wee charged by the =maws of the Leades and Comm,
Beak with having forged the todonemmat of James Kelley
to a bank bill for 1001., and uttering the bill with a guilty
knowledge of the indorsement being a forgery.
Mr. Thomas Richard Walker, the manager of the Cam-
bridge branch of the London and County Bank, stated that
on the 17th of September the prisoner celled at the bank
and had an interview with witness. Prisoner expressed his
desire to open an account at the bank. He then banded
wilier a draft far 100!. thus endorsed : " Cambridge, James
Kelley, pay London and County Rank or order, Robert
Gilbert," and the same was duly credited to him.
James Kelley, of 20, Prospect-Ow, Wandawoeth-read,
clerk in a brew house, deposed that he knew the prisoner,
and had aaawered an advertisement which appeared in a

Leaden paper this day three weeks. The adeeituement wi
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Clerk Wanted.—A. cavalry eons merchant want' a
clerk. Salary, 801., per alumni ; 1001. cash security ex.
pected. Full parties' an known by applying by letter only,
prepaid, in the tint instance, 1.. 81. N., 10, fligh•strcer,
Shoredateb."

In consequence of that advertisement witting saw the pri-
soner, and eventually engaged with him to officiate as his
clerk to bey and Nell corn. Saw the prisoner at High-
street, Shoreditch. When the engagement was concluded
an agreement was drawn and signed by the prisoner and
the witness to the effect that the 1001. was to be deposited.
In consequence of that agreement witness wrote
to his father, at Shepton Hallett, to forward the
money. The indorsement on the bill produced was not wit-
ness's handwriting. Never authorised any one to make
the indorsement. The money was lobe forwarded to some
banking-house in London. V. Untie arrived in Cambridge on
Fridsy lot. The arrangement was that he was to meet the
prisoner at Deacon's, in Wallirook, on that day, at half-past
11 went there and remained till I, but the prisoner did
not make his appearance. Witness went to Shoreditch, and
not finding the prisoner there, started for Cambridge to
make inquiry. Oct the Saturday morning witness met him
contingent of the gate of the house where he lodged on the
Hills-road, Cambridge. Had made inquiries in Cambridge
as to the prisoner. Prisoner asked witness if he had not re-
ceived letters which he had forwarded to Walbrook. Wit-
ness said no, and prisoner then said there was a private
letter to his brother, which he thought wises( consequence,
and ho had better go back to London. Ile then gave witness
two sovereigns to pay his expenses. Thioks that he founds
letter from the prisoner at Walbrook, acknowledging the
receipt of the bill (letter produced, it was dated the 16;h of
September). Cannot say positively whether prisoner spoke of
the receipt of the bill on the Saturday, though he alluded to
the document in some shape. Is certain that hr did notask
witness to indorse it, and that he did not tell witness he had
already done so. Did not know it had been endorsed till
Wednesday morning. On his return to London witness
found some letters at Deacon's coffee-house, as the prisoner
had stated ; one of them contained priumer's receipt fur the
bill forwarded by witeese's brother, se also the letter in
which it was enclosed ; this letter had been directed to
witness, end the prisoner had opened it and taken the bill
out. Witness remained in London till Monday, as he ex-
pected to receive a letter from his father on that day. The
letter from witness's brother, enclosing the bill, was di-
rected to witness, to the care of the prisoner, and prisoner
had no authority to opus it.
Croes-examined by Mr. Cockerell—The 1001. was to be
paid to the prisoner 10 soon as obtained from witness's
father. Believes prisoner wished the money to be sent
through a beak, and cannot swear that the London and
County was not the one he mentioned. Ile gave witness a
blank runt of cheque, but cannot recollect whether it de-
signated any perti,uLer bank. The money wes to be paid
to the account of the prisoner. Did not ask fur letters at
Deacon's on the Friday, but found on the Saturday that
they had been there at ten o'clock on the Friday, the day
the prisoner had arranged to meet him. Won't swear that
the prisoner did not tell him on the Saturday that he had
token out the bill and paid it to his own account at the
bank. When witness got back to town wrote to the pri-
soner to ask his permission to stop till the Monday.
A farther remand was prayed for sad granted till Toes-

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LATEST FOREIGN EXCHANGES.
MADRID, Seri. 21.—Three per Cents., 47 1.16;
after Bolas, 47 ; Do. Deferred 25 • after Bolas, lye
241; Debt (Ist class), 12:; after Brim, 121; ditto
(2nd dais), ; after Balm% I 3-16 I rank of St. Fes, '"
dinand, 1041 p. ; Exchange on London, 50.30. p. t.
Beaux, SEPT. 24.—Voluntary Loan, 1021; New
Four-and-a-Half per Cents. (1850), 104; ditto
(1852), 104. National Debt, 95k. Commercial ss
Marine Society's Premium, 129. Bask Shares, 1071.

CRUCIBLES for MELTINO GOLD have been
into Southampton in great numbers from Havre
im-
ported
They are destined for the gold regions, and an
formed of a kind of Ives steno, very bard and infusible.
A LUCICT SPECULATOR.—ShortIy before the dis-
covery of gold in Australia, there happened to be living in
Melbourne a Captain :I—, formerly a resident of Liver-
pool. Passing one day an auction room, Ito entered it ;
though without intending to buy anything. However,
some large tracts of land being disposed of, at verymoderste
prices, he was induced to become a purchaser. He bought
2,600 acres, at 2s. 6d. an acre ! Scarcely had be dews so,
when a person in the room offered him 101. if he would
transfer the purchase. The der was accepted, and it was
arranged that the money should be paid the following day.
But it was not—therefore the land remained in Captain S.'s
possession. It is now of coneiderable value, being in the
centre of the gold regions.—Lieerpoot Mercury.
A SCUP AND CREW DESTROYED BY LIGHTNING.—
On Saturday intelligence was received at Lloyd's of the
total destruction of the ship Melee, of Queenstown, Pearson
muter, by lightning, on the 3rd of August last, when off
the island of Melte. The ship, being en her pemego from
Ibrail to Queenstown, was overtaken by a violent thunder-
storm. At half-past 10 p.m., the vessel was struck by
lightning, which passed down her mainmast, and, striking
the hull, separated it in two pleas, fore and Mk The
ship instantly went down with the crew, fourteen in num-
ber, end two passengers. Captain Pearson, on rising,
caught a floating spar from the wreck, on which he con-
tinued to buoy himself up, and for seventeen hours after-
wards he kept hinuell above water, when he was happily
descried I y • Maltese coasting vessel, and landed at Queens-
town, legend, the whole of the crew and passengers hav-
ing perished.
EmoLumictrs op THE LATE Doze OP WELLING.
ton.—The Visited &rule& Garrets gives the following es
the military pay and allowances enjoyed by the late Duke
of Wellington, via.: Yearly.
Commander-in-Chief £6,999 13 0
Colonel, Grenadier Our& (special allow-
ance)
Colonel-in-Chief, Rifle !riga& 233 16 6
Lord Warden, Cinque Pads
Constable of the Tower, Leaden
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Total military payand allowances.." £9,466 7 7

. . .
FEES IN ST. PAUL'S AT NELSON'S FUNERAL.—
It may be well to quote from the " Annual Register" of
1806 the record of shameful " Paul's show" that took
place in St. Paul's Cathedral on the occasion of Nelson's
funeral : "The four vergers of S.. Paul's Cathedtal, who
have the exclusive property of the body of the church,
were said to make more than a thousand pounds by the
daily admissions to see the preparations for the funeral of
Lord Nelson. The door money is taken as at a puppet-
show, and amounted for several days to more than 401.
each day."
CosT or NATIONAL FUNERALS. —The supplies
granted by parliament for the year 1806 include the follow-
tog items, interesting at the present moment. They occur
under the bead " Miscellaneous Serviette :"—}or the
funeral of Viscount Nelson, 14,6981. lls. 6d.; for the
funeral of Mr. Pitt, 6,0461. 2s. 6d.
FORTIFICATIONS. —Tito Master - General of the
Ordnance has desired that the Isle of Wight shall be put in
a proper state of defence, and strongly fortified ; therefore,
s large number of guns of heavy calibre will be sent from
here for that purpose. This undertaking will cost the
country at least sixty thousand ponds.—Kentish Mercury.
A TELLORAPLIC HOAX.—A farmer travelling by
rail front Dublin to Athlone a few days ago, got out of the
carriage at the railway station here, leaving his umbrella
behind him, and entered another. On reaching Athlone
he discovered his loss, and was informed that he might ro-
cover it if ho sent a telegraphic message to Mul.insrar.
He proc.eded to the ogee for that purpose, and while hav-
ing the message forwarded, a wag who had secured the
umbrella, slyly approached and hang it upset an of the
wires of the telegraph, at the same time remarking that he
thought it would come very soon, and immediately tier
pointed It out to the owner. The countryman expressed
his astonishment at the rapidity with which the umbrella'
had travelled, examined it to see that it was not injured In
the journey,and departed, declaring that " the wins bet all
ever he saw before! " Westmeath Ustardiette.

DEITII OP LIEUT.-GENERAL LOFTUS, COLONEL I
OP Till berlt FOOL—This °Seer died on the 13th inst
By hie demise the ooloneley of the 60th Foot will fall to.l
the disposal of the new Commandevin•Chittf. The de-
ceased mea table 69th year.

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