The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-23 00:00:00

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ALLEGED FORGERY 7-7Aith---e Leeds Conrt-houee,
on Friday and Saturday, a young man, named Wm. Smith,
was examined, on a charge of having uttered a forged bill
fa 201.—The prisoner, a young man, commenced Wanes at
Leeds, in partnership with a person named Burton, under
the firm of Burton, Smith, and Co., as merchants. In
August they purchmed woollen cloths to the value of 1201
of Mr. Joseph Jubb, jun., of Batley. In the month of
September the prisoner gave him the bill in question, drawn
by Barton, Smith, and Co., on and accepted by George
Getman and Ca., of Manchester. This bid wes given in
lieu of one which had been sent to Mr. Jubb by post, and
returned because not negatiable, from some defect in the
drawing. Colman and Co. were stated to be a respectable
firm in Manchester. The bill was dishonoured at maturity,
and it was then ascertained that no such firm existed at
Manchester as George Colman and Co.: hence the present
proceeding. It was stated during the investigation that,
early in September, the prisoner and his partner, Burton,
had entered into partnership with Canaan, and commenced
business at 7, Church-street, Manchester, the place named
' on the bill, and that that fins had become bankrupt on the
118th September. In this state of facts, and as the stridence
u to the handwriting of the acceptor was vary contradictory,
the case was adjourned for further investigation on Saturday
next, the prisoner being in the meantime suffered to go at
large on recognisanoes, himself in 2001., and two of 1001.
THE MARCH OF INVENTION.—The Leeds Mercury
sae "We publish the following oommunication for
its einpralarity, not vouching for its merit or utility
J. Whiteley has drawn a very excellent plan,
which showeth that on Bowerby church bells may
easily be rueg charges, &a., hy the power of a
small steam engine, about two horses' power ; and the

AMR Illy warm the said beautiful *arm, free it from
sole, sad blow tbe er bellows, amok better sad
the* say eight mew fters OM do to working by =lrt
ea Bandar. aod it is very probable that the Worst right
may be mid tor as mesh mosey, or more than will de-
fray all the expenses of the mat NB. The said bells and
others may be rang ocomeionally by Me pewee of "
Alt
norsizanr4o RILIC OF ANTIQUITY has been

tared n on the
isi firm celled " Addle Hill Faros," now
tenanted Kr. B. Eddieon, of Leeds, by some men he hue
eined land there. It ie • very perfect Rosen
or ora soils, hewn oat of stole, about seven feet long,
two feet We, sad two feet deep, one of the ends being •
little wider than the Wier. It appears to have been cut
entirely with • pick, and shows the marks of the tool very
perfectly. It woe discovered by the workmen in setting
for a drain, and the upper lids of the ettfiln-lid was scarcely
two feet under the surface of to. field. The field in
which it woe found is about half • mile north of Addle
church, on the right side of the road leading to Eceup,
end distant two fieli• from the road. From the circum-
stance of the remains of a Roman camp beiag yet very
dirinot in • field near the mill. it is conjectured that this
may be the coin of an officer or some important person who
was buried there at an outpost of the encampment.

EXTENSIVE EI66I74wirE;CASTI.E. —On Friday
morning the extensive coach manufactory beonging to Mr.
H. Angus, sad situated in Newiate-street, was discovered
to be on fire. The flames were first seen to Mane from pre-
mises in the Fighting Cocks yard, occupied as a stable, and
where, a short time previoualf, an ostler had been feeding •
horse. It is said that this parses had suffered the light he
had with him to ignite the straw and woodwork of the
stable, which was soon in a blaze, and then commuciated
with the coach manufactory —an extensive range of buildings
on t►e math side of Et. John's-lane, which has been aimed
sathely dearryad.
BY THZ LORD LIIIUTINANT.—T. W.
Biddulph. Req., to be Captain in the Warwickshire Regi-
ment of Militia.

COMMISSION BY THE LORD
Rog to be deputy-lieutruant.r.
...daseass-,.:4WORCIESTERMURE.
COMMISSION BY SHE LORD LIIIITINANT.-E.
C. Ruda', gent., to be eornet in the Queen's Own Wanes-
tershire Regiment of Yeomanry Cavalry.

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LINCOLNSHIRE.

SCENE IN A CHTIBCII.----YABD.A 03rreeprondent of
the Stamford Mercury of yesterday says—" A diagrasanl
seen was witnemed on the 23rd ult., in a small parish on
the fipikby side of the county. The friends of a person de-
ceased had to wait • full hour in the churchyard for a clergy-
man to read the burial service over the corpse ; the rector
of the parish was out shooting at the time, and when the
Ivor man was dying and desirous of the consolations of re-
ligion, the same spiritual instructor was fozhunting:"
GAME LAMB AND POOR NATEB.—There is much
reason to fear the winter will (wove a severe one to the
rate payers as well as to the poor in the distract comprising
the Stamford Union. The applications for relief this week
and last were (says the Stamford Mercury) fearful In their
numbers. On Wednesday there were 201 paupers in the
house (being 38 more than at the eorreiponding period of
last year), and orders were issued for the admisaion of several
others. No less than 36 were received between the 7th and
10th Inst. Several of theee now in receipt of isarocbial re-
lief have become paupers in consequence of their husbands
or fathers being sent to prison for pinching.
NEWPORT ARCH.—On the night of the 10th int.,
Dart of this interesting odd Roman arch fell to the ground.
It is the south portion which has given way. Hopes are
entertained that a eubsoription will be set on foot, so that the
arch may be repaired, and further decay prevented.
COMMISSIONS BY THE LORD LIEUTENANT.—H.
Fuse, R. Ellison, W. Cracroft, and G. T. W. Sibthorp,
Eggs., to be deputy-lieutenants.
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ALLEGED FELONY BY WEALTHY SILVERSMITHS AT
llsalc.—A ease which has created great excitement in Bath
has been for some days put privately investigated by the
magistrates of that city. Messrs. Warren and Fuller, saw!-
smiths, of Westgate street, always regarded as two of the
most respectable tradesmen of the place, bad bees lodged
in gaol, 20,0001. bail having, it is stated, been refused.
Yesterday they were brought up at the Guildhall and re-en-
mined before a full bench of nugistratee, chained with hay-
ing in their possession two silver ladle% having thereupon
the marks of the Goldsmiths' Company in London, which
masks have been transpoied and removed thereto from some
other wares of silver, knowing the same to have been tran-
sposed contrary to the form of the statute in such case made
and provided —T. Rough, • weigher in the assay-office of
the Goldsmiths'-hall, deposed: -I went to Bath on the 30th
Dec. last, by direction of the wardens of the Goldsmiths'
Company. I proceeded to the shop of Messrs. Warren and
Fuller, in Westgate-street. The prisoner Fuller I saw in
the shop. I then purchased eleven articles of silver ware,
which bore no stamp or mark of any description.
They were not marked according to law. On the
6th Jan. inst. I went again to the shop of Messrs. Warren
and Fuller under the same instructions, and then purchased
34 articles not marked as required by law. Oe that oceuion
I saw a silver soup ladle, now produced, which wu pointed
out to me by Mr. Warren. I saw on the same occasion •
great quantity of ankles not marked. I saw at once that
the mark on the soup ladle was transposed. It was patent
and clear upon the face of it. I also at the same time saw
another article upon which I believe the mark bad been
transposed . I reported these facts to the wardens. On
Tuesday, the 9th Jan. inst., I went again to the shop of
Myers. Warren and Fuller, in Westgatastrut, Bath, under
the authority of a search warrant, sad on that occasion I
took away the silver soup ladle and the silver gilt serving
spoon I produce. I found also a great quantity of plate,
amounting altogether with the ladle and serving-spoon, to
120 ounce; which I took away. There was a great quantity
of other plate which was regularly marked, and which I did
not take away. It was la round numbers 3,000 or 4,000
ounces. The plate I took away was all unmarked
except the two articles produced, where I conceived
the marks had been transposed. I had three
reasons for believing the marks on the gilt serving
spoon to have been transposed. The first reason was from
the fresh appearance of it, and the mark being an old mark.
I mean by the fresh appearance of the article that it was
modern. The next reason is the inequality of the substance
athe handle ; and the other was from the obliteration of the
latter and the leopard's had. I had no other reason at that
time. There was •no means at that time of observing the
plges where the mark was soldered in, because it was 8' ilt.
I took the serving spoon to Goldsmith's HalL I have stoat
ascertained that the mark has been transposed and soldered
an. The date of the mark on the serving span is 1774. I
first of all scraped off the gilt with a piece of emery paper. I
then warmed it before a lamp with a blowpipe, and then
discovered that the joining ran the whole length of the
handle. That is evident to the eye, but more particularly
with a magnifying glass. I can take upon my..
self to swear that the mark has been transposed.
An assay was made in my presence of the bowl, the
upper part of the shank, and the handle. The under part
of the shank was not 013[0i110,1, as it bears the mark. The

bowl four penny-weights Worse than the standard. The
upper part of the shank was three penny-weights worse than
the standard, endlthe handle was one penny-weight better
than the standard. The loss of the duty to the government
on the soup ladle and the serving spoon is IL 7s. 9d. I have
ascertained that the mark on the soup ladle has been soldered
on. About three inches of the shank has been spliced. I
should say that any person in the trade would see where the
joinings were made. The bowl is half • penny-weight worse
than the standard, and the upper part of the bindle is a
penny-weight and a half better, and the shank next the bowl
is a penny-weight barely better than the standard. The part
which ban the stamp I conclude to be standard.—Cross-exa-
mined: By using the word ascertain I mean that I believe
it, and know it. I know it by observation as a work-
man, and seeing where the joil:ings of the piece bearing the
mark are brought on. lam a silversmith in the habit of ex-
amining thus sort of things daily. I have seen the transpo-
sition of the mark on articles purporting to bo silver before,
about ail months back in London. t have a seen it
worked in. By transposkion I mean removing the mark
from one piece of plate to another. If an addition is made to
a piece of plate I do not call it a transposition, provided that
the addition is lighter than the article bearir g the mark.—
W. P. Hall, eche officer of the Bath constabulary, deposed :
I apprehended the prisoner Faller. I showed hum the war-
rant which he read. He made no reply. I told him that
he must go with me to the town-hall before the magistrates.
I asked him where Mr. Warren was, and he said in London,
and that he expected him home this evening. He asked me to
allow him to send for Mr. Thompson se there was no one to
take care of the shop. I allowed him to do so. He wished
to see Mr. Phyaick, his solicitor. Isent for him, and I re-
mained till he came.—J. Ralph, of No. 9, Widcome•placo,
deposed : I am a jeweller, en apprentice to Mr. Conseil', a
working jeweller, working for the jewellers in the town. He
worked for Messrs. Warren and Fuller. He has worked for
them ever since I have been there—that has been for about
sit years. I have seen the gilt spoon now produced before.
When it was first brought to Cousens's shop the handle and
bawl were complete. In the handle I do not include the
figure at the top. The bowl was not joined unto the shank,
and the figure was not joined nntothe shank. It was the salllS
slaps it 'snow. There was • piece Rut on the shank to make
it stouter. The shank was in two pieces when I saw it first;
when I first saw it there was the mark upon the one piece,
and no mark upon the other. I believe so., I see that there
has oeen a piece joined there, in the upper part wh, ra the
mark is. The piece came from Mr. Fuller's. I mean
Warren and Fuller's. I could not tall positively ; it might
be twelve months ego. As far as I can recollect, the apostle
fture was made by Mr. Cowen', but I am not certain.—
IL ft. Cooler's examin^d: I have been in my father's busi-
nem_ok working jeweller, about wine yenta. My father worked
6r Messrs. Warren and Fuller. He has worked for them
tar five, six, or seven years. I think I have seen the gilt
/pan now produced before. I recognise it; it was mann-
leetured for Mesas. Warren and Fuller. The piece which
esetains the mark when brought to us was a skewer. I
saw the skewer when it was brought. It was brought to
have it made thicker so as to form a handle. It was to be
made into a spoon. We did nut know what shape at the
time. I see a line which I suppose to be the place where it
was soldered on. I believe the mirk has been soldered on.
I saw the figure before I saw the skewer ; the bowl I saw
separate; the bowl was added to it afterwards; we dad not
make the bowl. My father was directed by Messrs Warren
and Fuller to put the piece tegethez—Mr. Faller: I think it
was the same. I was prima mbie my father received those
orders. [The examination was pwesedi
left by train].

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Newmarket, 23 horses
ing announced for sale.
tho Stamford Mercury,

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'dad of armed= whisk the passale ef ' the tat' twelve.
Lend Amor A • Asa with • kegs family, sad the sew we.
rem la favour a( Ilamasig Worm will arrest easy of the
arnellse et selleed gas. Galas
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mess of peers kos Wag has
freak se the Aussie errii—isessatry."
Inman.
A Jest'. BahiON Po* A EXCOIIOIPIDATION TO
asoi.—A saa sued Rare was Wised at the Wilt
skin Quest ends= last woe kr stadiag • realty of
smelmis ihm, from • shop wises, at Marlborough. Teo WTI
lel see the primmer ge u es widow sad take the At be.
wsheep whisk was beagle,sad is Odes fellowed
A, sad told his gist be kid bsilir the Ist
thin rimer Omsk as setise, tut resombl es. Ms
gave bibemailea, mad away allmeesords Ike
was appebead. Ura his .a assikkag was
1--liatia sego ukase hobed hers the fat weed'..
snored.he T reesiaed • verdict of acaosapsey-
ba dis veriest aressammeadatisa se aserey.—" l'eskege
(all Mr. Revishill, the obeisses) yea will be good .aeugh
W the now spot whisk yea pond year resew
gaseerila r-" Ken (said the foremel melee tress%
(Mei ers ! "—Mr. Iteveabill elemorei that elk AWN
have base a grimed kr sorittimg bilk bet eassisly oat Ar
semerstalbg him le wish MN they had emavkied kin
Thy snot melba that two Mama were ehrimity to
rads, hi. take the rt.-0 Ts% yes (replied the formess)
Ikon's ao bald ha slois the fat, hat them twarat head spa
irems.Wl6•ll,l•4ll”,

Tim Pitmen BcaooL Fezue-At the Biddle
motley on Wedaseday it was sledded to 'abode the blew-
tog asesagemeats to the emiderstise of the palls: "Met
it 1 espeekrat
mto !wet sa establiehmat he et oaths sal
temblet the a i people of be* sages et the labeedes
dem la demotic mad egria•tarel Washy, sod imie-
alio that is be apes • stale to aseseesedate two haediesi
lope eat ea* haadred gide ; bat ee the mamma et sawn
%see desseadee tie male, that • hoe eitearrespea&
lest be la gaited tor tat alms ea Ines, lad be mast
Kwelord County and 011 y &heel Fan.' Thee the
1111. Neel( et die emit eat Se Beyer of Honied be
the lemma of the Masi Pars, east that ell essatribetees
vets as pirate of the &heel Fens. Thu u • capital of
esseieseelle lomat will be respired to deck the farm, also
a toad to soot do hew Feats espouses awl misusage, of
the establishoisk, and also a reserve to met the probable
diadems mime of the Am yew% • sabotriptioa list
be erase la dree alums. the Ira he lens at interest ;
W mewl Illt emilisse, rid the WM be masa sabserip.
boas ; and that kr may Mi. rimmed es loin, kr every
emotion of 2/1" met far every kmaelasirtisa of , the
privilege be orempeded respectively of SW pit to
the &heel ram. That the Imams of 's
• ry, mad the mete! of .1 er eharity, be IMAM to aid
• lereciag "