The Express.
London, England, 1847-02-06 00:00:00

'BERKSHIRE

PRINCE ALBERT HAS OSTEN SF.TESTV-81% HEAD OF
DEER to he killed for the poor of Windsor and of the neigh-
bouring varishes. The distribution of the venison is to be
&Twanged by the parochial authorities. Two hundred deer
are also to be scut away tram the Greet Park. nod prevented
to several of the nobility, making a diminution in the whole
of 276 heal from the Royal domains.
SOMERSETFIIIRF..

SWINDLING AND C. Tapp, of Oakhill, a
corn-dealer, in a respectable way of business, was brought
before the magistrates at Wells, last week. on a charge of
forgery, se:rb intent to defraud Stuckey's Banking Company.
The crecumstances are as follows —the pris iner had re-
givel a cheque open Stuckey's bank, is Bath, drawn by
Mos-re. Rutter, of Bath, iii favour of himself for 91. I6s. ;
this amount ho altered into 90,. : and having disguised
himself—alike:lth he was not at all known at the banking
house —b7 binding a kerchief over one eye, the base of his
nose resting on another which encircled hi, neck, thus leav-
ing but a smell part of his countenaen discernible, he pr, -
seat,' the cheque at the bank for payment. rho
manager examined the cheque, and ailed the presenter his
nom... He replied, Russell. Where do you lie, ?
at East Horriegton. (1 his place is a hamlet of Wells,
about two away.) The muney, in notes and specie,
was handed to him without any further inquiry, and he de-
camped with it. Some days might Ass e elapsed without eke
fraud being (Nearer:ll, but it happened that Mr. Canon Bar-
nard, the war of the rarish, will in the bank, and wit-
neascd the tracinetion, and remarked as soon as the prironer
bad gone out, that be maid net rz eidleet a person ..f the
name he had given in the village of Harrington and in a few
minutes it W::Saseertained that there was en such person. Im-
mediate search was made for the prisoner, but the mien in a
coarse blouse, with his eye tied up, was not to b: found.
A clerk was immediately de Tatched to Bath, to inquire
of Mr. Rutter, the proper amount of the cheek, and
V.:: party to when it was given. The amount was fur
9/. 16e., and the lees al. Tapp, of Oalchill. The clerk,
accompanied by an officer, then pear eded to Tapp's
residence, with the view of identifying him with
the travestied permit. go who obtained the =saes-
nt the bank. It might have been difficult ta discover
the blind-fulled gentlemsn iu his cvi ry-day garb, for
although twenty-four hours had barely elapsed, i.e exhiLited
now uainelicati it of recent ailment of the visual organs ;
his realms, had bees concea:ed ; his uncovered coun crone
gaild net 1,: reeognimel ; Anil they hod little to guide them
beyond the general outlines of hi. figure. Tapp, however,
was talkative, and told an incredible tale of h ring lota the
check, and other improbabilities, ties nonsensical for the
experience of the constable, who felt immediately assured
that he should be right in taking him into eustoly, and
he did so. A. perfect chain of evidence was given before the
magistrates, and he would hive been at once committed for
trial at the next cesizes, but that he persisted in being able to
tetaldish an alibi, and the taawstrates remanded him to
afraid an •mportunily of d deg it. This invietheition was
resumed on Holiday, and the prisoner was fully geumitted.