The Express.
London, England, 1851-06-10 00:00:00

EXPRESS, TUESDAY ETENING, JUNE 10, 1851.

Upon the onsesion alluded to by the defendant the churl
against him was that he owed for upwards of 1,900 letters.
The Inspector of etter Carriers said—l aecanpanial the
letter earner, es the 19th of May, to Mr. Ady e home a
Fenchureh-street. The packet of letters produced was then
handed and postage was demanded. A penes in
the house went up stairs to communicate, as he said, with
Mr. Ady, and, upon his return, he said that Mr. Ady had
no mosey.
The delendant--The letters were not shown to me, were
they ?
Witamo—No. The packet was produced in the house.
The dellsadinst—'llkey ought to have been all shown to me.
Mr. Pneneek—Ten vase that if you had come to
me, yes skin have eontianed fire hours a day Is the en-
missiles althea.
The Lead Mayor—lt is for me to administer the law, if I
am astislied w the evidence. I am perfectly satisfied
with 11,, and ft ft my duty to order you to pay the money.
Theaugmees plead poverty. I have no money.
The Lend Moper—ilave you goods enough in the city to
be a satielheden he Ile debt?
The dthademl-4 mast ray that exactly. I wish to be
allowed six tams he the mow, and then to be allowed
to pay it by instaineento. (aanghter.)
The Lord Mayor—ls there say objection to give him
fourteen days?
Mr. Peacock—No; but we know that the interval would
be occupied in posting more letters.
The Lord Mayor—Then the money must be paid in seven
days. 1 cannot help feeling for an aged man who thus ob-
stinately transgresses; but there is no possibility of en-
during such an interference with the business of so im-
portant an establishment.
The defendant—There is no law against me. The pro-
ceeding is altogether illegal, and I have suffered most
severely for no offence at all.
Mr. Peacock here read a paper signed " Joseph Ady,"
promising the Poet-Ake most faithfully not to poet any
more unpaid letters ; and stated that the moment the paper
WY received and the defendant was discharged, the perse-
cution recommenced.
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The defendant, on leaving the justice-room, said that be
would try to get the money and discharge the debt which it
was pretended was due. (Laughter.)
The Rev. Char.'s Blatant was brought up for the last
time upon the charge of having stolen a shilling out of the
plate at the church of Allhallows, Barking.
The gentleman who attended upon the part of the prose-
cution stated that they had no further evidence to offer.
The Lord Mayor then said—Prisoner, I have made very
close inquiries into your character since you first appeared
at that bar upon the disgraceful charge of having stolen
money from the plate of the church. I had hoped that the
gentlemen might have made • mistake in believing that
you had committed the offence when I heard the partieu-
lan of the first day's examination, but I regret to say that
from all I have since learned of the course you have been
for some time pursuing, there is but too much reason to
suppose that they were perfectly correct in their suspicions.
It has been proved to me that you have been defrauding
people in the very neighbourhoods in which you have been
officiating as a clergyman of the church of England, and
that you have been acting upon a regular system of imposi-
tion for a considerable period. In fact the whole of the in-
formation which I have received convinces me that
although the evidence was not such as would justify me in
committing you for trial, your moral guilt is beyond all
doubt. It is needless for me to Bay that, your conduct is in-
capable of extenuation, particularly regarding you as •
member of • body from the authority of whose sacred call-
ing the most praiseworthy example might have been ex-
pected. You arc now discharged, and I trust that you will
earnestly beg forgiveness elsewhere.
CLERK EN WE LL.

James Adams and Jaoe Williams, aliu AIM Adams, re-
spectably dressed persons, were charged with having been
concerned hi numerous and extensive frauds under the pre-
tence that they were Viscount and Lady Villiers.
The male prisoner, it appears, is the son of a respectable
tradesman carrying on business at Cirencester, Gloucester-
shire. Some time ago the prisoner absconded, leaving his
wife and four children chargeable to the parish, and
he was not heard of until be and the female were ap-
prehended on this charge on Sunday morning at ono o'clock,
when documents were found in their possession the nature
of which leaves no doubt that they have been carrying on a
system of wholesale swindling. The bllowing are specimens
of the letters found in their possession :
" Sir,—lf you have by you a gold watch, at about 14/. or
so, together with a small gold guard chain about 31., I will
thank you to send me the same to my present residence, u
I wish to make a small present to a young midshipman who
leaves London by Friday night's mail packet for the West
Indies. You must not fail sending them by to-mompw's
train, or tomorrow evening by post. Address to Lord Vil-
liers, 41, North-street, Manchester-square.—Yours,
VlL-
mzus.—May 21, 1851.—T0 Mr. Skeptan, watchmaker,
Cirencester, 131ouctatershire."

The following is a copy of another letter, addressed to Mr.
William Lane, chsesemonger, etc., Cirencester, Olouemitar-
shire :

Villiers wishes Mr. Lane to send him, as
early as possible to-morrow, a side of Gloucestershire
baton, as good as he can get it. If he has it not in hand, that
he must get him one. My constituents complain about my
not dealing with them. If I could get my articles as goodin Cirencester as London, I would- have all my
there. I am, sir—Vir.utus.—Address, No. 41, tfoar'tt
street, Manehester.equare.—May 21, 18.51."
A bill was forwarded to No. 41, North-street, Manches-
ter-square, directed to Lord Villiers, and it was returned to
the Post-office, when it was subsequently forwarded to his
lordship's real residence, 33, Charles-street, Berkeley4quare,
and the gross imposition being discovered by his lordship,he instantly communicated with the London police, and
Sergeant Shaw with the assistance of Sergeant Bowles,
apprehended both prisoners on Sunday morning.
Mr. Combe decided to send the prisoners to Cirencester
for examination.