The Express.
London, England, 1862-08-28 00:00:00

CRICKET.

Sr R REY v. ENG!, :!•1 9. —Thix match WAS brought
to a ConCIRMOU yesterday, the score being as follows:
England, first inning; 6013. Surrey, first raids's, 102;
aecond innings, 154--total, 256.

ASSAULT UTON JOHN RF.EVER, THE Jocatrv.—
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returning to weigh on Tuesday, after the race for the
Queen's Plate et Egham, F. Adams, the rider of Twilight,
went direct to.lohnuy Reeves (who was seated at the time),
and struck him a severe blow in the face, causiog blood to
tow freely. Adams being a heavier and bigger led the
aifsir created much Indignation, and upon the QM being
submitted to the stewards, Admiral Rona and I.ord Wm.
Powlett, they gave the following decision : " Whereas F.
Adam., jockey, aarinlted Jobs Reeves, jockey, and struck
him in the face without any apparent provocation in the
•weighing.roorn, on the first Ity at the Elharn race meeting,
the stewards order F. Adams to pay a tine of 101. to the
Beritiock Benevolent Fund. The stewards of all race meet-
ings are requested to prevent him riding in public until the
said fine be paid to Messrs. Weatherby.—(Signed) Wu.
Yout,Err, H. Roue."

RATIN° Or FACTORIEI iirkinr; THE DISTT.EV4.-
41 ease of appeal against a rate was beard at the Hyde
petty memos on Muoday, and it is cf considerable iin-
porta ors during the present depression of the cotton trade.
The eppellsota were Means. Collier, of Hyde, for whom
]lr. Brooks, solicitor, Ashton, appeared Mr. Coppock,
'elicitor, Stockport, being for Use overseers. The simple
facts of the case were that the mill i. a new one, only
partially filled with machinery, and whiA has not started
working in consequence of the depression of the cotton
trade. Norm of the rooms were wholly num:copied, but
shout ono-fifth of the space in the various rooms bad no
machinery therein. The overseers held that the mill was
rateable to its full value, whilst the appellants held that
the mill was merely♦ occupied as a warehouse or store-
bort.e. and 'timid be rated accordingly. Mr. Tinker,
the nutborised assentor for the township, had estimated the
rateable value, supposing the mill to be fully occupied, at
173/. re., if partbdly occupied at 1244, and if used as a
warehouse only at 103/. 10s. Mr. CoppoFl: urged that the
set of parliament giving the magistrates Jurisdiction to bear
the appeal was only on the grounds of " inequality, unfair-
's', or incorrectness," none of which terms applied to the
present case. He admitted the hardship midst which the
appellants laboured, hot the rates ware a necessity, and
aunt be provided, sod the law had uniformly been that
partial occupancy did not exempt the occupier from his
liability to pay the full rate. Mr. Brooks contended the
win was only let to Memo. Collier for warehouse purposes,
sod urged that the act provided that the rate must be on
the amount that the mill could reasonably be expected to
islet at at the time the assessment wax made. In this case
the engine-power was rated, and they had never bad one
&Male tars of the engine during their occupancy, yet the
rate was as if the engine had beim at full work, which cer-
tainly was not fair. After a abort comaltatiou the rate
was confirmed. Under the circumstances, Mr. Coppock did
set ia-k for mots.

THE FORGERY ON THE BANK OP ENGLAND.

A refrrreclably-dreased, genteel-looking young man,
about 19 or 20 years of age, who at first gave his name
as George Samuel Stokes, and who was brought up • few days
back charged before Mr. Alderman Challis with having
feloniously forged and uttered an endorsement to a bill of
exchange for 2,0001. with intent to defraad the governor
and directors of the Bank of England, was yesterday again
placed at the bar to undergo • further examination. Mr.
Alderman Challis again sat for the Lbrd Mayor.
Mr. Darley. a solicitor from Dublin, attended to watch
the case upon behalf of the Barak of Ireland.
The details of thews were given folly upon the last ex.
imitation, and it will be remembered that on Thursday last,
at about half-past ten, the prisoner went into the public
drawing-office of the Bank of England and presented a draft,
drawn by the Bank of !rebind, and signed Wm. Patten, for
2,000/. It was directed to the cashier of the Bank of Eng-
land, and made payable on demand to the order of John
Johnson, Esq. The draft was examined by Mr. Gough, the
cashier, who passed it to another clerk, and the prisoner
ultimately received the 2,000!. in Bank notes. It appeared
that shortly after the prisoner went into the issue de-
partment and asked for gold for five 1001. notes.
The clerk ooticed that they had been paid that
morning, and he communicated with Mr. Cough, and he
upon referring to • book ascertained that the five notes bad
been given across the counter, with others, in payment of
the bill in question. It was then notiond that the eudorse-
meet on the notes was "George Stokes, 11, Cheapside,"
and Mr. Gough went into the issue department, and there
again saw the prisoner. He asked him how it was he had
endorsed the bill "John Johnson" when he had endorsed
the notes " creorge Stokes." The prisoner denied that he
had written the endorsement at the back of the bilL lie was
then handed over to detective officers Scott and Russell,
who took him to the manager's room, where he
was asked to explain the matter, which, however,
he declined. He was searched, and the officer. Mosa,
found in • pocket-book which the prisoner had about
him, 904 in notes and 2/. lfie. in gold and silver. In
a satchel], which he wore suspended from hie shoulder,
Russell found 1,500/. io notes, which were identified as the
remainder of those which were given him in payment of the
bill. After lie wu taken into custody, while in the cell at
the Mansion-house awaiting his examination, be told the
officer, Moss, that he thought he had better tell ch., whole
truth. He then stated that his name was not Stoker, but
that it was George Wilkie. and that he was a clerk in the
employment of Messrs. Page and John, stockbrokus, in
Dame-street, Dublin. and that on the previous day he had
taken a cheque from their book, filled it up for 2,0001., and
took it to the Bask of Ireland, where he got the draft on
the Bank of England in exchange. He left Ireland the
same night, and arrived in London the morning he was ap-
prehended. Upon that the prisoner wu remanded until
yesterday, and in the meanwhile communications were made
to Dublin, and yesterday •
Philip Craven, inspector of the Dublin Metropolis Police.
attended and produced a warrant signed by Geo. Wyse,
laq., a magistrate of that district. for the apprehension of
George H. Wilkie, upon a charge of uttering, on the 20th
of August, a forged cheque for the payment of 2,000/.,
knowing it to be forged, and with forging the same with
intent to defraud the Bank of Ireland, and on that warrant
he asked that the prisoner might be delivered up to him.
Mr. Goodman, chief clerk, asked the prisoner if he
admitted being the person alluded to in that warrant.
The prisoner, in a scarcely audible voice, replied that he
did admit it.
Mr. Goodman then informed Mr. Darley that Mr. Fresh-
field, the solicitor to the Bank, had suggested that the
money should be paid into the Bank, and Mr. Darley could
communicate with him if he wished for any information.
Mr. Darley said he was quite agreeable, and that that
course should be
The prisoner was ordered to be con vey ed to Dtlbli