The Express.
London, England, 1855-08-27 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURT&

GUILDHALL.
Rowel de Corieseet and Miguel Marie, the two Spaniards
who were charged at this court, on the 18th inst,with obtaia-
lag the sues of 1,1001. from Messrs. litutrietta and Co., of Old
Hmad•street, by means of a forged latter of credit, were
sign placed at the bar.
The evidence already given in this case wu to the effect
that Messrs. Marriott' received a letter by post on the 13th of
August, from Valencia, purporting to be signed by Messrs.
Canaria and Co., of that plume, erediting Manuel Campo,
Beg., la the sus of I,OOW ; and en the 18th Cutesy pre-
sented himself at the prosecutor's Au as the person named
in the letter of audit. He called on the following =rising,
and from representations he made to them, be induces them
to give him a drogue for 1.1001. He changed that for 60 101.
notes, 118 W. melee, end 61. in gold. One hundred of the 61.
seta be akaseed for foreign mosey. The notes were lea-
medistely afterwards paid into the Bank of England, and
enspleks eras culted by so sassy small
inquiries notes bein returned ,
dirmatly after they had been Issued,wire made, 1
end thaprissmine were taken into custody at the London
Nies Howe es the eery seeding they intended to depart
fa saathisaL

thormSomi to the passports of the willows having
both they were remanded noon hie charge until
whom= have born obtained from Valencia.

AM ON" 1111•1111111 was then proceeTeer;erth. --
M. Joel Hems 'inhales, of Broad-court, Walbrook, RIF
chant, said that the prisoner Cortese, came to him on the
lath of August, and told him he had a letter of credit on
Harriette and Company. He also mentioned the names of
Masip and Peru, as persons he was abmt to call upon.
The primmer called on the 17th, and he then gave him, at
his request, TOOL in notes. He had nee ornmenieated
with Valens* by electric telegraph, and had discovered
that the letter of credit was a forgery.
The prisoners, who declined saying anything until they
should have lepladvioe, were remanded to • future day.

BOW4TREST.
lama Huiaft., landlord ol the Rod Deer, PetrieProwl,
Cambridge-brath, and two other Publicans, named Henry
Mews, of Bt. Sepulchre's, end Hoary Kim, of Bethnal.
Ram. were seseessed Were Yr. Henry, at the instance of
the Incise stmehdeeses, for adulterating beer. The
d- Bence pineded guilty to the charge, and consequently
the peedinlete wen not gone into. They pleaded, however,
fu adeseellte, that the beer had been very bard this memos.
euifeaelWy their austareere, who complained of it, they had
been eempelled to pet in a little of the minters in question,
to stele litigator end more palatable to the taste.
Yr. Henry thoueht the public were greatly indebted to
the Board of Inlaid Reveries for taking those proceedings.
The full penalty of this offsuce was 200!. Be would mitigate
the rem to one-fourth, end line the defendants 50!. each.

LAMBETH.
AA% Thornss, alias John Rachel, a brother of the notori-
ous thief, George. whose extraordinary escape from the
Model Prison, his desperate attack on the officer who appre-
hended him, and his oubsequent exploPe is America, Pro-
duced,* much sensation at :he time, was Wailed at the bar,
before Mr. Elliott, charged with being concerned, with two
other men not is custody, is steal.ng a large pack ige, con-
taining a variety of valuable property, belonging to the,
edam of the 31st Regiment, from a van, on its transit from
the Oriental Steam Company's offices, in Luditah•ll•treet,
to the Vauxhall station. The prisoner was farther charged
with violently assaulting Polico.constable Clifford, 164 L,
with a " life-preserrer," on that Wilt*r attempting to take
him into custody.
In addition to the evidence given on the former day,
Mr. lacksoa, a clerk at the ant*a of the Peninsular and
Oriental Steam Company'. offlet, ideotilled the property
as that which had been pecked up and sent by a van, on
Friday, the 17th, to the Vauxhall station, to be forwarded
to the °Moen of the 31st Regiment, at pretest stationed at
Malta.

Mr. Fowler, I armor, in Rxhester•row, Westminster,
Identified a chest of tee, of the value of 71., found in tte
prisoner's cart, and said that it had been We at his shop.
door at 8 o'clock on the evening of Friday week.
The prisoner was farther remanded.

POET OFFICE ORDER REFORM.—In order to relieve
the palgio from much inconvecienes in drawing and
obtaining the pym.nt of Post-office money orders, it ha.
been decided by the Postmaster Orneral, that from the lit
proximo a remitter who pretests a written requisition for
a mosey order shall only be required to give the surname
and initial of one Christian name of the payee, and that the
payee's signature need only be the surname and the initial
above mentioned. The payee will not be required to furnish
the address of the remitter, although the letter mutt still
furnish his address to the postmaster who issues the order.

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MONET ORDER OFFICE-S.—GESELL Pore•Oretcz,
AUGUST, 1855.-0 a the lit of September the following
%Iteration' will be made: England.—A major mosey order
olio, will be opened at Stonehon.e, Devonshire, andel
Plymouth. Minor money order offime will be opene4 at
the undermentioned places: Creeshille, Yr.rkeltire ; bead
offise, Leeds. Surbitcn, Berner ; bead office' ITiogstoo.
of
The money order ce at Oeltms is now served from Leeds,
{tufted of from Wakefield, as heretofore.
THE IRISH POSTAL IMPROTEMENT.—The deputation
which waited on the Earl of Cirliite, on Thursday, in
reference to the postal and rummest question, appear to
have been sa successful with his Excellency as the most
sengnine amongst them Gould have anticipated. Lord Car.
IWe gave the depotetion the courteous reception to which
their personal rank and the influential character of the
meeting from which they proceeded entitled them bat he
did what was far more important—he expressed his entire
essearrence in the views put forward at the stewing, end
assured the deputation that every 'lntl be could make
would be made to forward the object they had is view.
Like all Irish questions, however, it will have to Issi decided
is England, sot is Ireland, by men with English views, not
with Irish hopes; and let as do what we may, or my what
we may, elms the English view of the question alone will,
the matter be decided.—Freemen.