The Express.
London, England, 1852-09-04 00:00:00

FRAUD AT THE IPSWICH POST-OFFICE.

In consequence of suspicions entertained by the
Postmaster-General that fraud to • considerable extent had
been committed by some one eonneeted with the post-office
at Ipswich, Mr. John Ramsey, the root-office Inspector-
General, was sent down on Monday last to make inquiries.
On his arrival at Ipswich be immediately took steps for
detecting the *Reeder • and on Tuesday morning he made
up two }Bekaa addrimed to parties in London. These
U. sot to lie pachollso by • man named
who was tohave them weighed
sad elenejs put" apes Mom by the clerk in the oats.
ILL Swam gave Miepasw two shillings andtwojizomees
,sashed with instructions to pay for the postage out of the
assay. About 12 o'cleck in the day, Morphew
peessided le the oiler, when he saw one rf the clerks
.amid Fiedonsk Joseph Oboldroho who, having weighed
tbs pub" tlonaudod ta, and eightpenco for the
Plibie. wbi ram Korpicnr oat of the marked
Macy whisk led been eves UM by Mr. Ramsey. Mor-
phew thou slat to Kr. sosooy, sib was in waiting at the
&211=1: wahrousbesislP:redbobrgsvailase hadi received
Ramsey
went le this aid onossood hisoodt as the
inapecter-general, at the atm Ohne ashiein far the two
packets be had gent by Meepligar. Mr. Phil, postmaster,
predueed then, sad Mr. Ramey at ewe saw that the stamps
"Ma bed bow ploood epos this had beam previously
used, Ho Um bgaired for Ohddeake, and ea being in-
humed that SheldMie had left der Manor, Mr. Ramey,
eseempemied by Superintendent Meson, of the borough
rhos left the ,list, sad proorodei to Bheldrake's house,
whoa Key Mad Woo, sad to *lsm they communicated
do *sot sf their obit Os Ilkoldrako being told that he
lama gabs* to be 1041411111 i. bproduced from his pockets
refude 200 penny sad anapeeay pottage stamps, all of
o buries dot poshollso stoop, Latins no doubt that
they hod boos orod. The pate osponsimadost, oo searching
Sheldrake,ftmad spa Ides ransepansimatlng to 161., which,
on being examined by Mr. Sumo, was found one of the
shilling pieces. with his mark upon it. Sheldrske was then
given into ma* on a charge of having embezzled the
shilling the property of her Majesty, and he was at once
removal to the station. house. Alter a minute examination
of the Massy taken from him, the second marked shilling
wee had. A search was afterwards mad* at Sheldrake's
house, where, in his writing desk, was found three more
obliterated stamps. In his office coat" 60 other oblite-
rated stamps were found, and a email quantity of paste in a
piece of brown paper. The prisoner was taken before the
Mayor and magistrates of the borough on Thursday last,
when, the above facts having been deposed to in evidence,
he was fully committed for trial. The magistrates refused
to accept bail, in consequence of there being another champ
of a like character against him. The prisoner, who is very
respectably connected, has been in the eine* for five years ;
and Mr. Fitch, the postmaster, stated that ho had never
had any reason to respect the prisoner's honesty. The pri-
soner was married only three weeks ago.

SOUTH WALEB RAILWAY—EXTENSION TO CAR-
X AllTliss.—Ths opening of the third section of this import-
ant railway is tiled for Thanday week, the 16th inst. The
new ground extends from Swansea, the present western
terminus, to Carmarthen, the capital of the southern prin-
cipality, end serves the towns, port, and villages°, Llanolly,
Hurry Port, Pembray, Kidwelly, Llanatephan, Ferryside.
and Carmarthen, about 30 miles of new railway, making
altogether about 130 miles of line which will then belong to
this company. An experimental trip has already been made
along the new line. The event will be celebrated
with general festivities, for which active preparations
are in program. At a special meeting of the
Carmarthen Town Council held to consider what
steps should be taken to celebrate the auspicious event
which will be of so much importune to the district, the
mayor, W. Morris, Esq., with a high spirit of generosity
volunteered to take upon himself the management of the
intended festivities, and to defray their cost out of his own
private purse. The council thankfully accepted the pro-
posal, and the present arrangements are that a spaniel train
shall leave Swansea about mid-day, and that the directors
' shall be publicly received at Carmarthen, and entertained
to a sumptuous defreater. The festivities will conclude
with a ball in the evening. A considerable portion of the
new line runs along the sea vide.