The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-11 00:00:00

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His friend's letter to him, enclosing the ohm, was as
follows: - - - -

"May 30, 18.33.
"My dear Sir,—l received the enclosed paper yesterday
by poet, and by the first train this morning I went to Lon-
don, and then hurried on to the Commercial-road, and I
found that 38, Colct-place, was a baker's shop and post-office,
and Mr. Hudson not known there. I then went to the
Docks, and was there advised to p to the Report-office, in
the Long-room, at the Custom-house. There I found a
very civil person, who took a great deal of trouble to ascer-
tain that there was not any ship bearing the name of Flut-
ings, which had arrived in the port of London during the
present year. As we were talking together, another clerk
came up, and upon the letter being shown to him, he told
rue to go to a custom-house agent—his name I forget, but
he lives nearly opposite to the entrance into the Custom-
house, and upon my •hewing him my letter he shewed me
the exact counterpart, except that the ship's name was the
Albion. The communication which he shewed me had
been sent to • friend of his in Lincoln's-inn. At
first I thought of going to the Lord Mayor, the• of
sending the particulars to the newspapers, and then,
upon further consideration, I thought it would be best to
send them to you to deal with them as you might think
proper. You are quite at liberty to Doke use of my name."
Alderman Bunter said—l have been given to understood
that an active officer, upon a former statement of this ow%
on private information, was directed to investigate it, sad
to take into custody the writer of the letter, if he was to be
found. I regret to say that, although the utmost vigilance
has been resorted to, the party has not been traced, but
there shall be no abatement of the ardour of pursuit. In
the meantime, I am convinced the course you have adopted
in making the representation here is the best you could
have taken. As our Australian colonies are becoming more
important every day, and as so many families have relit-
tie.ns and friends resident in that remote pact of the world,
the interference of the press to prevent the great variety of
impositions attempted to be practised in connexion with
the name of Australia would be of the greatest possible
service, and I have no doubt that a complete exposure of
the system will be given in the most effectual way.
liirliard Davis, who appeared to be about ld years of
age, was charged with having obtained newsoapen by fraud.
Mr. Barrett, newspaper agent, of No. 136, )linories, had
been defrauded of several newspapers by a boy who teok
opportunities of calling for them at houses at which they
were loft to be read. Complaint having been made to the
customers the prisoner called on Thursday at the house of
one of them for the Times, which had been left there some
time More, and the customer having been told by the lad
that he had been sent by his master, and that that master
was Mr. Barrett, accompanied him to the hone of the
agent, who at once disavowed all knowledge of him.
The prisoner was remanded.
GUILDHALL.

Wm. Reeves was charged with steeling a watch from
the bar parlour of Mrs. Heritage's public-house in Rope-
mater-street, Finsbury.
Bull, the detective °dicer, stated that from information
he received he apprehended the prisoner for a robbery com-
mitted in the following adroit menace. The prisoner and
two other lads watched their opportunity, and when Mrs.
Heritage wan the only person in the bar, one of them
dropped a penny down the area, and then requested Mrs.
Heritage to restore it to them. She, however, refused to
leave the har at thet time, and shortly afterwards they re-
turned and called for a pint of porter, and while the other
two were drinking it, the prisoner asked to be allowed to
go into tho yard ; but on reaching the back door he so
teased the dog as to alarm Mrs. Hentage, who immediate)n
raw down stain to quilt the animal. The prisons n 4