The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-03 00:00:00

THE BANK OP ENGLAND rollosaras.

It will be recollected that at the January ses-
sion of the Cestatil Cringed Court five men named Janet
Griffith,, George Bumble, William Biro** Robert
Cr-amino, and Richard Brewer, were tried far steal-
ing and receiving • large wrathy of Bask of England
note paper from the mills of Name Ein:sl, of Leventook,
in Hampshire, who are the sole manufacturets of that
srticle, and that the result of the trial was that Griffith.,
Bomber, and Burnett were convicted and seakeeed reapec-
tively to penal servitude for life, twenty-five, end twenty
years, and Cummins and Brewer were acquitted, the evi-
dence not being sufficient to unmet: them with the charge.
Some curious and important incidents bare occurred since
r this proceeding, some of which that ore not likely to inter-
fere with the purposes of justice ore subjoined, and which
will, redoubt, be read with some interest by the public.
It may be u well to state in the °utast that although
the prisoners were only nowinslly charged with the offence
of larceny, in being parties to the abstraction of the stoles
paper, and felonious) y reuiviog it afterwards, there was no
doubt that the real object of getting polemics of the
genuine bank note paper was to luaugurate • gigantic
, system of forgery of Bank of England notes, and from the
inquiries m& at the time by the City police, who lad the
matter in hand, and information that has since been
' obtained, it was ascertained that the moment the
outline paper was abstrac.ed it passed into the hands
of notorious forgets of Bank of England and other sores
at Biren,ighass and elsewhere; but, owing. to the feet
that for • coneVerable time the guilty parties were only
able to obtain • n of the putaoslar deseriptiou of
paper upon which 1,0001. Bank notes are printed, consider-
able difficulties stood in the way of carrying out their pro-
ject, it being of course almost impossible to negotiate notes
of such • vales except tbrou/b the medium of • beaker.
The inquiries of the police led them very won to ascertain
that • considerable portion of the stolen paper had goes
into the possession of the prisoner Griflit is. This man,
although he ostensibly envied on the occupation of a
farmer, and occupied some land la the neighbourhood
of Birmingham, wax, in reality, • Glover severer and
• most skilful forger • but, although thin was some
doubt in the midis 'both of the Bin mingham and
the Lmdon detectives—and he had carried on his

operations for mere than fifteen years—hie plans were so
well laid. that they were wabieto obtain sufficient evident.'
to jestify them in taking him into custody, sod it was not
instil the robbr y of the tusk pew, whir It was no doubt
inteoded by the guilty parties to effect • grand coip, that
they were enabled to get sufficient taiticooey to establish his
guilt, and upon his being taken into custody seder sash air-
ermatanoes that gave him no thanes of escape, be once
gave the officers information which led to their discovering
a large number of most tkilfully engraved plates for forging
Bank of England notes. A. great many of them
plates were boned in different places upon the
farm occupied by Griffiths, sad there is reason to believe
that these were the only plates in eminence calculated for
snob • purpose, and that the whole of the forged octet that
bare been put m circulatiou for the last ten or twelve years
were engraved from them plates. However this may be,
the extraordinary and important feet may be stated that
since the discovery and destruction of these plates the au-
thorities of the Bank of England have not received informa-
tion of • forged oote of the Beak of England having ben
offered or pat into circulation.
With regard to the bank-note paper that was' stolen,
it will be remembered that at the time of the
trial only • eompsratively small patios was obtained
possession of, but it appears that shoe the conviction the
*Seen have prosecuted their inquiries, and the mutt has
been that • very 00011110111b10 queatity bas bees obtained,
and the belief is that the wake poetics, if not the whole
of the remainder, has been destroyed, the guilty parties
feeling that there is sot the slighted thence of their
meting any profitable OM Oi

THE FATAL ACCIDENT AT TEE NEW-CROSS
STATION.
The Cotone:s inquest upon the body of the
unfortuaata man Henry Woodrow, who was killed UM
Friday 'harpoon, by the destreetion, during tie recast
'tor m, of a large engine-shed at liewercoostatsos, was held
yesterday afternoon at the Railway Imo, Newerous, before
Yr. Outer, cies of the coroners for the oonnty of Surrey.
It is Dow emertnined that ell the moo, 12 in number, who
were working is the shed at the time of the accident, were
mon or lees injured, but happily ooly four of them seriously,
end those are stated to be gang cm well.
The jury having viewed the body, prow And with the
coroner to the spot when the accident bappimed when it
at cows became appenst how the unfortrnate roan lost his
life. A mem of Orkin, forming a prelim of °maids of the
abed, fell against
..the7im: at which Woodrow wen
at work, and having tom y destroyed the line as the
outer side the engine Moder fell sideways into the
engine pit, (*rejiay the men • ith them, and crushed his
chests* dreadfully as to cause his instaatarsous death. The
plain is • perfect wreck, the whale building, with the excep-
tion of one end, which else forms part of another engine-
house, Ono, levelled with the greued. Au up train on the
mais line happened to be pawls( at the timed the acci-
dent, aod some of the bricks and debris were projected on
to the engine, smashing the weather board. A quantity of
bricks were so sent ngkt over the double limo of rails and
broke does the copies of • wall by the platform of the
stake. Other potties. of the roof were hurled with
great violence a &enures of thirty or forty yards. The mss
escaped mieeipally by creeping iato the engine pita, ender
the engines, and from his position it mu considered that the
uofortusate dammed was esideavouring to do the same when
the engine fell upon
The jury having returned to the inquest-room, • variety
of evidence was takes. . .

iu addreeriog the jury, said that this acci-
dent appeared to be what the law termed • casualty. If the
jury wale of opinioe that it wee not attributable to any
human spoor, but wee eauerd entire] by the burrioun
and that opinion steeled to be by the foot that
a great deal of chump iru done in the immediate neighbour-
hood. it having come to their koowledge that other reale
bad beu blows down—it would be their duty to say so. Is
the preesut instance they had ueviduce that but for moue
such occurrence as this the abed would bare lasted is lose
ei such buildings usually did, and that it wu built of goad
and sound materials. .

After a .Loft consultation,
The foreman said the jury were unanimously of opioion
that the orearreare eras entirely accidental, ands verdict of
•' Aceidettsl death" ins accordingly returned.
The pmesediap thee terminated.

MUNOZ& AND SUICIDS AT Cthillcearen.--On
Saturday morning a men othed Gardner, about 60 years of
age, murdered a woman Dowd Smith, with whom he had
been living, by 'lithos her throat, and afterwards he cut his
own threat. The parties appear to have quarrelled about
mosey, as sovereigns mad notes amounting to' 81. were found
in the pools of blood.
THE RIOTOUS PROCEEDINGS AT GUILDFORD.
GUILDPORD, MONDAY EVS.N.NG.—TM mayor and manor
braise of the borough of Guildford, after having bean in com-
munication with Sir George Grey, her Majelty's Home
Searetary of Sri* have at length completed thel- arrange-
Meta for the prevention of the diapsoeful lead I,otoue
games which bavesonnelly been enact< i within the limits
of their jariedictiou on the sth November. A large somber
of special oonstablei have been sworn in to preierve the public
peace, and their effort, ere to be strengthened by the pre-
Mime of a force of the Metropolitan A Reserve. The
mayor, Mr. Henry Piper, has to-day ceased to be pelted in
prominent parts of the town proclamations to the followieg
effect :—" Oaution-sth November—Notice is hereby given
that no bonfire or fireworks witl be allowed in the streets of
this borough ; and that all pencils appeariog masked in the
streets or otherwise disguised will subject themselves to be
taken into custody and to be punished by imprisooment. In
the meet of any disturbances taking place, it will be advis-
able for everyone not engaged in the preservation of the
peace to remain in his hours" It was spread abroad this
afthreoon that, as the reserve foross at the command of the
local authorities were likely to be greater than those who
act as riugleaden in the disturbances, it is resolved by the
heals of the latter either to hold their destructive demon-
stratime ou Thursday next, at St. Catherine'sbill or some
other convenient place omr, bat outaide of the borough, or
to postpone it until the alarm sad excitement in .hia the
town is at present placed shall have subsided, when they
will "Dome oat* uo•specteilly and resume their disgraceful
proceedings.
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NUT IN Sr. PAUL'S CHUSCIITAIID.—Yesterday the depart-
meet of the Post-odes Sevier Bulls devoted to the trans-
action of the gamma bemuses and eorreepondsooe of the
Poth.ofilos Savings Beaks is the metropolis sad provinces,
now smoothies to upwards of 2000, was removed by order
of the Pustameter•Geseral from the Money Owier.office in
St. Martin's-la Gourd, which was found inadequate for the
increasing Waimea, to sew and extensive premises in St.
Paul's Churchyard, roe the south-went side of the cathodal.
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