The Express.
London, England, 1848-11-30 00:00:00

PROVINCIAL.

TRICKS UPON 'ritAVELLERB. —A sea captain, a
debtor in Lancaster Castle, awaiting his release by the opera-
tion of the Insolvent Act, thus narrates to the editor of the
Liverpool Mercury, the cause of his being so situated. He
was on board his ship preparing for as., when " • gentle-
manly man" stepped down the companion, and entering his
berth, displayed some samples of cutlery of a tempting ap-
pearance and cheap price. An crier was obtained from the
captain for 101. worth of these goods, and an invoice
being drawn out in the order-book, it was'signed as such by
the unwary victim. " The next day," continues the captain,
" a cab stopped at the dock side, from which three parcels
were carried on board by a gentleman who strongly impor-
tuned the mate to give a receipt for them, assuring him that
all was right, showing him the order s4ned by me, and the
invoke amounting to 781. 7s. 6d. The mate stoutly re-
fused, as he heard me stating the previous day that I had
only 101. or 121., and could not pay for soy more. The
goods, however, were left without a receipt in despite of
him. When I next saw my esteemed friend, I found his
extreme courtesy had undergone a very considerable
abatement, the kind and gentle blandishments of yesterday
had given place to the stern end inflexible rules of business
to-day. He bad an entire oblivion of my limit of 101. or 121.,
and he showed me my own undeniable signature to the
order. I then, for the first time, perceived the imprudence
of attaching my signature to an order written in figures, as
it in this particular instance afforded an opportunity of con-
vetting an order for 20 gram of steel pens into one for 200
gross, and by the same process the 60 gross of leads into 600
gram; thus adding 661. to the invoice." The result of this
transmation was the arrest of the ottoman on a writ " no
exeat," which was procured on the proof of his being about
to leave the kingdom in his vessel, has transfer to gaol, and
his consequent application to the insolvent commissioners
for relief from the consequences of his own imprudence.
His statement purports to have been made for the purpose of
warning his fellow seamen against similar sots of incaution.
AN ELOPEMENT created some excitement on Satur-
day se'nnight in the village of Cborley. About two roars
ago Dr. J. Seed obtained a license fee opening his residence
as • private lunatic asylum, and he received as a patient a
young lady, aged 23, named Elisabeth Darts, daughter of
the late Capt. Marie, of Astley-ball, near Manchester. She
was considered to be of unsound mind, andincapable oftaking
care of herself or property. The latter, it is stated, was
shoat 3,0301. a year. Some time back a groom, named Ellie
Norris, laid siege to the heart of the cook, at Broughhall,
Dr. Seed's residence, where his master used frequently to
Alit, but, finding that he was not so warmly re-
ceived by the cook ea he had anticipated, he tranderred
his mesetions to Miss Duie, whom he frequently saw
looking out of the windows whilst he was waiting.
Ultimately en elopement was arranged, and on Friday week
wee attempted to be carried out. A vehicle was waiting
near the house, attended by a fellow-servant of Norris. The
lady and her companion entered, and hastened to the Boar's
Head, near Wigan, and, la order to evade detection, they
got out of the vehicle, and passed on foot through the toll-
' gate. Upon reaching Warrington.they obtained a horse and
chaise, and got to Chester, and on Sunday morning they
s ere married at St. Oswald's Church, both parties being de-
scribed as of Liverpool. Information of the facts having
been forwarded to the police, Sergeant Hetherington, of
Standish, was despatched after them, and surprised them on
Monday, at their private lodgings in Chester. He
took the lady into custody, Recording to the in-
structions he had received, and told Norris he might
follow if he these. They returned together to Chorley,
where Me. Seed gave order for Norris to be also taken
iato custody. On Tuesday he wee bailed out, and hundreds
of people thronged the streets of Charley, anxious to hear
the cue before the magistrates. Tho prisoner was charged
with breaking into Mr Seed's dwelling-house, for an un-
lawfsl purpose, and stealing Miss Elizabeth Durie, from
motives of Isere, to marry her, she having then an interest
in real sad personal estate. 'lo evidence being offered, the
prisoner was discharged.—Norris then demanded his wits,
WA the bench said they bad nothing to do with her, and the
chairman said he did not know that he had got one. The
fagitive—now Mrs. Norris—wee taken back to the asylum.
Upon leaving the policertatton Norris was loudly cheered
by the popgun.
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FORGERIES ON BARICB7—AE Warwick County
Court, on Tuesday, an action was brought by Mr. Shinn, a
tradesman at Leamington, against the Warwick and
Leamington Banking Cempany, to recover 61., the amount
of Ices sustained by him in heels taken, in the course of
business, a forged bid on that a neut. It was alleged
by the plaintiff, as the ground on which Its brought the
action, that the defendants had been guilty of negligence
in not baring given public notice of forged notes on theft
banks being in circulation, although they were aware such
forgeries had bean issued. After a lengthened argument as
to whether the banking company were by law called upon to
give notice of the forgeries (even supposing they were in
pommies' of such informatioaland the inanii•ation of many
wittiness, the case went to the jury, who found tar the de-
-1 readmit'.

INFORMATIONS UNDER THIS NUISANCES ACT.
The people of Norwich appear determined to employ the
new law for the improvement of their city. On Friday a
number of cottage owners appeared before the raigistrates
there to answer informations charging them with having
neglected to remove nuisances of *erica' kind, from their
properties, after having received notices to do so. The town
clerk, on behalf of the sanitary committee, supported the in-
formations, end explained the law under which the magi,-
tratn had power to order the nuisances complained of to be
immediately removed, either by the owners or by the oil-
cars of the maitary committee at the expense of the owners.
The inspector of nuieencee and Mr. Francis, surgeon, gave
"Mame that there were mellow:Non the properties of these

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