The Express.
London, England, 1849-01-03 00:00:00

WALES.

GOLD MINES IN GREAT BRITAIN.—Thu Xinug
Journal says : " While we have Amt riean returns of gold
mine. is California, and mineral riches abroad, we are well
pleased to tied that at home parties do sot loss sight of the
precious metal. It is well known thatour metalliferous rocks
and kdea yield gold and silver, although, in most instances,
too minute to reader them of any onontercial value, and,
generally speakiag, being found in the prom It is now
sow months since that attention was directed, through our
columns, to the modem of gold in Merionethshire; and
elthough the question map be open ea to whether the so•
vereign is obtained minus or plow the vales, yet the fact has
been elucidated that the mineral lodes is North Wales yield
gold, a bar of which, weighing !lib. 702., has been placed in
our own hands,_ as the product of the Cwmhsuan Mine.
near Dolgelly. The mine is worked for lead, widths lode is
represented to us as being' interlaced • with 'trio ge of gold.
Some six or seven pounds of the precious metal have been
obtained, and the ore at bank will, we are informed, yield at
least 200os of gold.
COMMISSION DT THE LORD-LIEUTENANT OF
GLANOKOANSIIIIIII.—C. J. K. Tyner, Rsq , to be Colonel in
the Royal Glamorgan Light Infantry Battalion of Militia.

PROVINCIAL.
_ LAWCURIZE.

Merino. SONYA TEE BANKER;
have lateri, from their place of Winer at Manchester, • MB
cuter. I. which they say :
We that It right to inform you that we have reseed to tee! me beak.
ere at llembaseer, from ths 25th Des. Met The Waimea hitherto
maenad *by us will be eostianed by our Mr. ?Award Loyd, Pm, la
eoouoseks whit Mr. William Entwine, Mr. theory Bury, sod Mr.
Thema A. Aerial's our somessors, under to. sew Be. of " Loyd,
Winne. Bury, sad Jervis." We gladly avail earseivis of this op
=to MOM our
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throacknowledgment' of the manor=
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wise properninoproorsrity we shall soya Nei the meet lively la-
tossA,—B • en. 41._faithful amnia, W. Joao' lams, Si Co.—
Klag-street, Moosisr, Dee. 27, ISM.
"MT DEAR ML SMITH 1"-At the Liverpool polioe
court, on Manley, Edward Forrest was charged with hay.
lug attempted to rob a gentleman in the street. A police-
officer stated that on Saturday night, about eleven o clock,
be ober reed the prisoner loitering in sad about Lime.street.
He kept his eye upon Mm, and saw him open a gentleman's
cost, no doubt with an intent to rob him. As no great ens' •
chief, however, accrued, he allowed this to parr, but watched
his further movements, and saw him teaks up to another
gentleman, crag him "Mr. Smith," m U en old and
boomWeald. which salutation the gramma spiritedly rs-
padiated.—The gentleman so called ' Smith " being sworn,
mid that the officer was quite right. The prisoner came up to
him la the most familiar and affectionate manner imaginable,
soddealy embracing him in his arms, and exclaiming,
"My dear Mr. Smith ! My dear Mr. Smith ! How de.
lighted ant Ito see you! I have been looking for you for a
long ti ne, and am eo glad to see you I" The witams, steak
lag him off as brat he could, exclaimed with an oath, called
up by the *lmage familiarity of the sudden salutation, " Mr.
Smith! I am net Mr. Smith I mid von most leave me
alms !" Upon this the officer immediately went up, and
spored **prisoner, who was recognised in court as having
heffin as.. apt to claim over-Woody acquaintance with
',adonis in the streets_, with a hankering love for the con-
mw sett* 'satin. The complainast said that he had
Used wales from his penes, the prisoner not having had
time, teem Ws own rebuff and the pollasofiker's mrivity,
to SOSOISZIi anything in the " professional" way. It
She prisoser had been In custody en tie 18. h
:romll
aeeaspielea of similar practices, but was discharged
(with a warning), fee want of sufficient evidence. As he
had got nothing, he would be punished only as a roans, and
was sent by Mr. Redden for three maths to hard labour in
the geaL

WA"

PRIZE FIGHTERS AND M•OlitrisTffe.—At the riir-
mingbam policy-office, on Saturday last, three men named
Samuel Sudbury, Charles Richards, and Edward Price,
were brought up for examination, charged with riot, under
the circumcise= which will be fouad in the following state
mint:—C. B. Adderlay, Erq., M. P., who was accompanied
by the Rev. Kr. Thompson, rtated that on Tuesday last he
received inhematlon that a prise fight was to take place at
Kingsbury, is this county, oa which he repaired to the field
with tile view of mends' the debt. He felted ajrat
number of pumas assembled, and a r kmated
the combatants. He Cited himself toll:re a
vats, sad sad called upon the rinser Sudhary
amoral times to assist him is preventing the
SOL He told Sudbary he was a magistrate, and
high constable, and deasanded of him, La the Hearn's name,
that he shook amiss in preventing the fight. Sedbury who
was on horseback. paid no =tendon to what be said, but
rode away, and pared tbreneh two or three fences to avoid
him. In the course of the day he afterwards saw the pri-
soner on the ground. He was quite sere that the prisoner
hoard him, and knew what he wanted him to do, Sir lie (Mr.
Adder: y) cautioned him, and told him that he would be =-
pleat= in any illegal proevedinp that might take place.
Soon afterwards two men began to fight, on which he went
sip to the goiesser, Charles Richards, who was one of the
11111110111% awl layisg his head upon him, said, yon
elm my ' and repeated that he was a aegis-
pees. men together drew the prisoner
NEW from him, upon which he told thou they'
IMPS resisting a prisoner from the bands of • ma-
gpsems, and soon afterwards a riot end great violence
naneed.—Vimosist Lifford, who wm on the bench, said it ap-
parel the principals in the fight were not is custody, and
SIB ilreLwin• apprehended ft would be advivalge to
remand prisoners upon the priessfetie are mods eat
la Mr. Adderleys statement. It was a very important saes,
Ind one involving serious oonaegaesess to the panties eon-
menet in it. There was more than one crime Involved fa
the sharp. In the first place, the west ly was unlawful g
sad, semedly, one of the highest misdemeanours that could
be ormilitted, was that of resistlag a magistrate la
the mead= of hie duty. Whenever a person was
called upon to assist a magistrate he was bound to do
80. The present charge was a implication of offences,
and ft would be the duty of the magistrates to remand
the primness until farther evidence wee obtained, sad
=PR those who were even more 'silty than thy were
shoo! be la the hands of jostles, If however, they could
lad ball he their appearance, it would be aseepted on their
giviair prop= wire to the Meek of the parties they inunded
to over 11•4111 r that he Might mire the eseessary inquiries.
He wished It to be lesser' by rash perm= se the prisonoes,
that one of the highest ealedethethenre they Soule amok
mu that of resisting a magistrate under each eircuastmages
in, the menthe of hie duty.—iir. Alga& said his great
desire was, If possible, to reach those perms salted respect-
able who encouraged prize fights—basked the unfortunate
men—and !egad meaty for them, is order that they might
make mosey by them.
Sudbury was then admitted tb bail,
him= in 401. and two sureties in 201. each. Richards said

b. thought be wad peen had. Pries wet robreed from
atitedy, sad set isobtiod la tb. mated.

JENNY LIMA 46110 e. ITT.—A Wait meeting
was hal la the Balidlell, Wercester, ea Moaday, the Bishop
ef dr &arm i. NM 11.14 k for the purpose of receiving a
eseeatenhellea Jaw Lad on the subject of • seaters
',spewed by Ur to be bold I. that city in aid of the heal
=lt hay be membered tbat at the late Worcester
Festival murk disappsdatmat was expressed that
'easy Liad d set deft it being andanieed that she had
sneered late ea swiegsmant with the bishop to attend the
=l6Rammer. aboanstmaas over whisk elie had ao
geeessiell ber Minim the eagegemat. aged she
thesehee east • elegem he 601. towards the hinds of the
abseity is WWI el whisk the festival is held, sad so mere
as. then& of the mart. To the ramie, of a, however,
the Bieber of Wageless isseiveA a leUer • few days days age,
wherein a spealeasese am of Junky Lind's services for •
seasert ha aid of the Weresetesehbe charities was nude
" weer that site (Kale. Lid) was • free agent" The 064
melted she !behest inserese is the city, sad the present
wataltiag wee called thumps. The ploosediage were, of
aestree, Mindy unanimous. It was resolved to held the
seam in the threge•hell plies of the Festival Con-
certs), whisk the Dees and Myth" lave cared for the pur-
pose, sad that the prosesdashoold be given to the funds of
the Wearier lalreaary, obi of the largest provlaelsl hospi-
tals in the kingdom A vote et thanks to Jenny Lind for
her idled elk wee, of mule, passed ; and the period deed
der die eanseet was the Ares week is IP/binary, the day to be
lamed by Kele. Lind. It is intended to present a teatime-
Kiel to Jassy Liad after the soneart.
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COMMISSIONS 1117.17HIS=ORD-LINIITENANT.-
Easigu C. Limbs% to be Lieutenant ; N 0. Smith. geat.,
to be Ensign, is the Beelfmtbite Regiment of Militia.

HORSES FOR TEE FRENCH REPUBLIC. = We
(Ipswich Express) understand that the government of
France has a number of agents in this country purchasing
horses suitable for troopers. One agent has bought several
in this neighbourhood, and forwarded them for inspection
with all possible dispatch.
KENT.
FORGED BANK or ENGLAND NOTEL—Notwith-
standing the caution given to the public in the Lamina
joarneb some days since, respecting the circulation of
spurious Bank of Ragland 61. and 101. note', and the
• accurate description given of those forgeries, it sppearsno tar
as is yetneeertathed, that at least three 104 notes of that
dna/lotion have been passed and detected is Gravesend
under the foil swing circumstances:—On the 23rd ult. Mr.
Martin, proprietor of the Queen's Arms Tavern, paid into
the County Branch Bank in that town a sum of? money, of
which a 101. note, purporting to be of the Bank of England,
formed a part. Boon after the clerk of the bank examined
the note more particularly, and, comparing it with a Bank
of Ragland note of the same amount, suspected that it was
one of the forgeries alluded to. Whilst deliberating on the
subject his brother, a grocer in Windmill-street, came into
the bank and paid in some money, amongst which was a
101. note, exactly similar to the other, with the exception of
the number. Both notes were then shows to Mr. Ware, the
manager, who, as we learn, immediately pronounced them
to be fir:wise. Mr. Martin was sent for, and he at once
identified the note he paid in, having endorsed on it both the
name of the person to whom he had given ten sovereigns in
change for it, and his own private mark. This person was
at once communicated with, and he stated that he got it on
that day frees his brother-in-law, a publican in the town, to
procure change for it in gold. Mr. Pittock then awed that
be had changed the note be paid into the bank on that morn-
ing for the same publican. Both notes were, on the Tuesday
following, transmitted to London, and presented at the Bankk
of England, where they were branded u forgeries, and
then brought back to the Oraymead bank, where, on that
very day, another 101. note of a similar kind was paid
in by Mr. Wionett, grocer, in High-street, who had
taken it in the COWSe of business, on t:,e previous
Ettardly, from a poulterer in the town. On in-
?uiry id, the poulterer said that he had taken the note from
heidentical person to whom the other two notes bad been
traced. The superintendent of police (Mr. North) was then
applied to, and he and the parties above Minded to pro
needed to the publican's house. The latter, so it seems, im-
mediately admitted having sent out two of the notes on Satur-
day to be changed, and having paid over the other to the
poulterer, who had given him the difference in change be-
tween his demand end the amount of the note. He ac-
counted for having the notes by stating that he had changed
two. of them on Saturday nutmeg for a gentleman who oc-
casionally came to his house, and whose name he subs*
quently mentioned to the police officer. The County Bank,
as is stated, on receiving the amount of the notes from each
of the parties who paid them into it, returned to each re-
spectively his note. It is stated that two of the forged
notes are as present impounded, awaiting the result of a
anununication made to the solicitor of the Bank of England

MEX.
The GAB QUESTION.—Efforts have been made to
induce the Chelauford Gas Company to reduce the present
exorbitant price of their gas (Bs. 4d. per 1,000 cubic feet),
but as these have been unattended with sumer, some gentle-
ma have determined upon taking other steps. A meeting
was, therefore, held on Tuesday lest, Mr. A. Stokes in the
chair, when the chairman said be had been in communica-
tion with a Gentleman connected with gas establishments, and
he had received from him a letter which 11! would read to
the meeting, which he thought would show they were justf
fled in making the stir upon the subject they had dime. After.
he had written to the gentleman referred to, Mr. Toy came
down to Cnehnsford, and be (Mr. Stokes) showed him over
the tows, and gave him all the information he could relates
to the matter ; they had a great deal of eonvenatlsa upon it,
and the result wee that Mr. Toy said he would write to him
as to the view he took of the mot of establishing new works,
and the pries at which gas could be supplied. In consequence
this letter was received:

Fweitix Foundry, It, Dorriagtoo-street, Chokes=ll, broke,
Dec. 20th, ls4s.--Sir —Referring to our convereseis• eto=a
relative t 4 the eon sad mums for supplying the sews of
with eery I en of spiel= that the wet of ersetleg the nessessey
weeks, laying de= wed Ow, he., would be ski= 7,11011. (vol
sewn theme= pewedd, and that gee of the bed end pm= gutty
dud be needled et ea. ((my firs aottlisele donee= =me het,
eo that the beat seems lon attaining that wedd le the irma-
teem eta mown, ancesit conseassex peke of /a per thes-
is= =his het =di be a direst awing et IS per met open the pre-
sent per the
hoc mad would leave •
fak be
the sassulesture. to be divided saweget
the sheitinikee. In the =mud the lenbenelle kind= a company
le carry est the abed dews. I will an iedake to meet the mossary
week% enbewitee for • large peril= el the espied required of
oresthine or osolirlf ), so as se remota the ensiled worlds( of
the plwa proem= Walling your reply, I ream/a, yours most
Committ es,
respeetfally, AteaceChel r.—J. Boughton, Fag., Centrum of the Oas
erlbrd.
Hs (Mr B.) had hlt It Ms duty to do all be amid to pro-
mote the object is view, aced after explaining to Mr. Toy
what they were now paying end other matters, that gentle-
man was quite of opinion that the gas could be supplied at
51. the 1,000 teat.He (Mr. 8.) was satefled that as they were
now paying Bs. ed., if they could get as good an article stsa.
they should bum a great deal more. Tutir object would be
to raise the 'nada is sham of small amount, of 61. each, so
that thou' who were in the habit of burning gas would
soca save it to themselves: and it was intended to call a
pub:ie meeting shortly, which he trusted would end in some-
thisg to their satisfaction.—Mr. Cheat proposed the follow-
ing ewolution It is the opinion of this meeting that a
reamite. should be formed to aoasider the important qua-
ton affecting the price of gee in Chelmsford, in order that
the most oersted and deliberate inviatie scion be given to the
subject, sad that the following gentlemen be requested to
act as the committer, with power to add to their number—
Messrs. Christy, Amery, Wilder, Houghton, Stokes, and
Wade."—Mr. Brand seconded the resolution, which was car-
ried. and the meeting separated.
MR. BAILT'S STATUE OF CHIEF-JUSTICE TINDAL.-
All doubt as to this work of art finding a restine-place in
Chelmsford is now at an end. The committee last week
godly settled the arrangement with the artist by binding
thenuolvi s to the payment of a cartels amount, at the same
time pledging them selvee to assist in raising the remainder
of the sum which is necessary to fairly remunerate Mr.
Bally for the talent and labour bestowed upon this produc
tins. The 'tattle is to be of !worse, three tons of the mate-
vial, we understand, befits used in the work, and will be
doe= ea a pedestal of stone. Mr. Belly visited Chelmsford
on Monday, and select= • site in front of the Bair, Hall as
mom appropriate for the states ; bat m the soil belongs to
the county, the maned= of the megiitrates for a sufficient
Mem of ground will be applied for—a request, we have no
doubt, they will readily deeds to.
_ _

A New MODE OF SWINDLINO.—Before the Col-
abetter magistrates, on Sattuday, Cl. Shepherd was charged
with obtaining money ender tales pretenses from a number
of the carriers. It appeared that for some time pest the pri-
soner had been travelling the country as a servant to a quack
doctor, who was represented to h .ve taken up a temporary
residence in Colchester, and the trick played was as follows
The prisoner went to each of the carriers with a paper packet
neatly done up, and directed to attain respectable parties
residing at a considerable distance in the country, and at the
same mine staung that the packets c uitaised medicine order-
ed of his master by the parties to whom it wee directed, and
who were his employer's patients, he (prisoner) not omitting
to add that the carriers were to pay him for the medicine,
end charge the pulses for whom it was intended with it, on
its arrival at its destination. This bring the practice of the
carriers in Many cease, they did not hesitate to comply with
th prisoner's request, and all paid him the money; bat en
their endeavourtug to deliver the parcels, no such parties
mold be found as described upon the packets, the contents
of which, it appears, were valuelese.—The prisoner was re-
manded.

A MELODRAMATIC SMUGOLEIL—A few days ago,
at the Ply mouthpolise court, Francais Mellending, • French-
man, was charged with smuggling half a gallon of brandy.
It apposred that one of the customs' officers was standing on
the quay the night before, and while there the defendant and
fonr others cease on shore. The officer, sue •ag Mellend-
ing, seised him, whereupon, with a melodnaaue start, he
plunged a knife into h• bosom, and the " atrium of lit e"
poured forth most copiously. The office'r, fearfing that the
wounu would be fetal, not to the Frenehman's Ills, Seat to his
own mime, tare open the waistcoat of his prhoner and found
• bladder whisk bed been full of Wendy,. bat now half
emptied of its Contents by the ruthless knife. The bladder
was headed over to the tide surveyor, who now produced it.
A ghee of the brevity wu peered out, which was tasted by
the court and others. The defendant looked at the glass
and stated, through an interpreter, that it did not look like
hie brandy, and requested the favour of tasting also. The
glass was handed to his, and, with a smiling countenance,
he plsoed it to his lips, but no sooner had it got there
the liquor &appeared with more than usual rapidity, much
to the &elopement of those present, and having fiddled it he
exclaimed, " Bon ! bon trees /stoma r' The defendant
wa,. hoed 20s.

roa Pixmotrra.—The R*v. W. J.
0.1.er. ha, pub i.hed a letter in the Plymouth Herald,
gin that the pecans purchased the curpuration at an