The Express.
London, England, 1853-01-24 00:00:00

THE LATE MRS. lIRWAN. '
•
The following extract from the opinion of Dr. Al-
fred Teyler as In the death of Mrs. Kirwan will be read
with, interest by those who have goes through the other
facts sad opinions published in this case. It is almost
needless to say that Dr. Taylor is a great authority in all
questions of medical jurisprudence .•
" I amen, as my opinion, Desna fan sad unbiassed exami-
nation of the medical evidence in this case, that, so far es
the appearances el the body are concerned, there is as
entire absence of proof that death was the result of violence
at the hands of another. Persons while bathing, or ex-
posed to the chance of drowning, are often seised with fits
which may prove suddenly fatal, although they may allow
of a short struggle; the fit may arise from syncope. apo-
plexy, or epilepsy. Either of the last conditions would, in
my opinion, reconcile all the medical circumstances of this
remarkable case.

It is the result of twenty years' experience in the investi-
gation of these cues, that the resistance which a healthy
and vigorous person can offer to the assault of a murderer,
iutmt upou drowning or suffocating him or her, is such as
to lead to the infliction of a greater amount of violence
than is necessary to insure, the death of the victim. The
absence of say marks of violence or wounds on the body of
Mrs. Kirwan, excepting such small abrasions u might have
resulted from accident, may be taken in support of the
only view which it appears to me can be drawn —namely,
that death was not the result of a homicidal drowning or
suffocation, bat most probably of a It resulting from natu-
ral causes."

THE LATE EXTENSIVE FORGERIES IN
THE CITY.

Much surprise has been expressed with regard to
the extraordinary forgeries of Prise that he should have
been able to procure advances to so great an extent upon
the mere production of corn orders, without having any
'corn actually in existence. This seems to have originated
chiefly in the fact that hie name stood very high is the
trade. It appears that whoa he obtained the 70,0001.
from Miura Colima and fitohlterforht forged orders
were produced, which purported to be signed by Brown
and Young, and by order of It. F. Pries, dimming •
transfer of a quantity of grain, then ruppoeed to
be stored in the granaries of Messrs. Brown and
Young, at Bermondsey, to Messrs. Coltman. Upon
payment by Pries of 20,00 W. to Messrs. Coltman two
of the forged orders were re-transferred to him. It has
been ascertained that all these documents were in the hand-
writing of Pries. They had not the most oelcial look,
being written upon a sheet of foolscap, without any printed
or blank form, and bore no stamp. The mode, however,
adopted by Messrs. Coltman in advancing upon the corn
orders seems to have been'the usual course pursued in the
trade when the party is well known. Under such drown-
stances large sums are advanced without any inquiry al to
whether the corn is really housed in the granary or not.
From papers which have come into the possession of
Messrs. Montanans sines the 'Rapture of Pries, a
suspicion is entertained that he had lately dispooed of
from 18,0001. to 20,0001., by sendiag it over to the oonti-
sent, where he could have availed himself of it had ha
succeeded in making his escape. Beyond the value of his
household effects which are of a superior and elegant descrip-
tion, ego more than 5001. have es yet been collected of the es.
tate. Several bill of ladin_:g have arrived in anticipation of
cargoes of con from the Baltic ; but whether they will
prove of any real value remains to be seen. In justice to
Mrs. Price, it is only right to state, that recent inquiries
bare fully exonerated her from any
_participation In the
frandelent transactions of her husband, or in having any
knowledge of them. From the state oigrief in which she
was first discovered, there can be no doubt bit that she wee
impressed with the belief that her husband intended to
carry out the threat of self-destruction contained in his
letter. That he ever intended to commit suicide may well
be doubted, from the fact of his having provided himself
with a stock of entirely new clothing and linen, a new
carpet bag, and a large stock of cigars. It is much more
probable that he contemplated a lengthy trip upon the con-
tinent. Since his confinement in Newgate ha het con-
stantly been attended day and night by a guard. He has
also been ordered a sum of 261. out of the 1001. found upon
him for the purpose of providing himself with legal waist-

The 1,0001. reward offered by Mears. Montenaux for his 1
apprehension has not yet been paid, but when handed over
to the police authorities will be distributed amongst those
of the city detective force who acted under lir. Hodgson,
and who so efficiently pertormed their task in capturing
their prisoner within an hour after information was re-
ceived, by them. But little additional information hes I
been gleaned as to the mysterious speculations in corn.
Boma sheet time since it was announced by the Mark-
le** cerreepondents that certain dealers in grain in t►e
market must at least have lost • sum of 100,000(, and'
that comparatively in a few transactions. That Prise was
concerned Lathes' reckless proceedings there is every probe
bility, bat to whet extent has not yet been ascertained.
The third examination of the prisoner will take Naos at
the Mansien-house on Wednesday next.