The Express.
London, England, 1865-06-05 00:00:00

THE EXPREBS, 'MONDAY

those heads ; but ii a summary jariediction were
given on appeal by either company to the Boma
of Trade, a code would scon arise out of the dis-
puted points, and companies would find that it
!was to their interest to agree rather than to differ.

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A &Mr of forgery and fraud wre preferred on Re-
tedisy afterlives, before Mr. Shierem, at Beeretreet, by the
Past-ualtastbentie4 Mast a w vbe weds, mass of
Thomas Henry Wilson, bid who is supposed to be cely the
' accomplice of the ingenious perms by ',boor the scheme, is..
• less of 6001., was originally committed. Mr. Pee-
-1 esektbit Seel-office @abettor, Weeded for the prosecatioe,
less loom the thronatethoess reheat by the principal wit-
' MOW in full, and impressed ids hope that the chief delinquent,
letup led assumed the filmdom' of • government inspector,
would shortly be in the bands of the police.
Hancock, the deteativeeffiaer, deposed to having sperm
beaded the primmer in the Edg 'rammed, where be bad
hese keklag out lee him for some time put. Os telling him
that he was durpd with staler
_another mu in defreerliag
the Post-oar ,he at first deeded all knowledge of it ; but
added, " that lie meld not be charged with forgery. as be
wan unable to write." Nothing about forgery had been
ineatiosed to him. He maid be vim • hatter, and refused
to give any address.
Mr. Merles Jamas, 141,
_Wleiteebapelmad, and Mr. T.
H. List, of the Oommendal.ned, both keeping money-
eau amen, deposed to balding paid the Owner 601. each,
Wig the amount of rommerders preesuied by him as the
lath of May. The latter witness, cm Mimi eroesexamined
by Mr. L. Lewis, declined to swear positively as to the
identity.
Mr. Augustus Schroeder, another poet-office keeper, paid
him 201. the emu morning.
Samuel Wedlock, examined—l keep. the pont-office at
the village of Nether Stowey, DMZ Bridgwater. Somerset,
and keep the books sod ofialal documents. The mosey-
coke tome and advise-forms are on the same sheet.
I In muting money-orders we insert the amount, mime
of remitter, sod the payee, and the office ow which
the mousy is drawn ; and thee Makes are sent to the
postmaster on whom the order is drawn. The order is
banded to the meson who applies for it. About 12 o'clook
as the 12th of May last • man strived at my aloe in a gig.
He entered the office, and requested to have some carver-
Nation with me in my private rove. He had a bag in lila
Mod. I showed him iota my room. He them said be was
a mrenmast impeder, mat by the Postreaster4eseral, to
ere various complaints bad been meetly roads reepeetiog
Isben at Nether Storey, Camingbaco, and Bedford. He
templai.ned of general mismanagement in the district. He
asked, Who had mere to toy Milos? I told him meal
sad mom "Is your son duly swam I" be asked. I said,
" Yee, be is." Be then took out some papers from his b.%
mad appeared to read the addresses of several letters, which
be Mated had them lost. He meatiesed me addressed to
Sir George_ Grote, of .rave-one e, aontataiog bank
woks, which bed been lost. He said there was another,
esalainiag odes, the mode( of which could he Warta
He said also that Sir Peregrine Aoki', had made ears-
pWote respectiog his letters. I told him that Sir
Peregrine's letters did not serenity pees through my ha
although some did, as he had two ocente7 mate. I saLdal
bad received a letter from • Mr. John Baraboo, stating
that a letter of his, mistaking bankeoten, and which was
addressed to Mrs. J. Harelltaa, postelfice, Camden-town,
had not bees received. He said the Postmaster- Mosul had
directed that the matter should be thoroughly toustigated,
sad that Mr. tireewsll (the district impostor) sad himself
would be premed as Thursday to commence• searching in-
quiry. I told him I could sot give him any Information
respecting the letter in queseioa, but that every letter
posted at my place had Irma certainly despatched, and to
lamest every instance I had made upthe bag myself. He
bad nai he would meant in the thatog with • test-letter,
which I must privately mask, som
as to be able to swear to
I It, sod I must fallow the inetrootioas be would give me
for a whole week. These instructions were that I must
Particularly sotto* all the letters despatched each post, and
If 1 thought they esotaised estimates of ray kind I roust
sots the address in a book, so as to testify that they had
beep duty despatched. He mid that, when Mr. Creswell
did arrive, be would require several alliseatices
mobs mad*
in my way of conducting the berlome, whieh tbe kept
cony uiet. He inked an what was my average weakly
supply of money -orders • is the meat of soy seeding mare
than one order to the ;arse odic*, risible, I suet them
separately or together, and bow I made out the advises, as
complaints upon this point bad bees made at the bead
office. I showed him bow I 'morally sent them. He
asked to examine my books, forms, sad daily Pomba;
which he said " appeared to be correct." He maid that
Mr. Boirenbam bad given orders that he should lake away
the forms at Nether Ideowey, except such se might be re-
qnired op to the 16th of bay, when some fresh regulations
would be issued, .4 an Mendips made in the numbers Dm
=by machinery) caused by the disparity is the num
silted in largo toms like Birmingham and Liverpool,
oompared with small places. Be asked for my forms, sod I
gave him a whole book embank' 200 farms, sad part of
another thee in use, from whisk be selected farms from
101 to 200 inclusive. He said he should seed the mare
book back to the stores. He roadie Mier inquiries respect-
ing my mode of doing berthas. and complaaned el the
driver of the mailman, stet* that he should go with hint
that night. He thee took swat the forms and 'Adam and
about half-pass 7 in the mooing he drew up again is his
gig and entered the office. He mid be had been to Hotbed,
ad found great aegleet of duty there, and be gave mm •
letter which be had spoken of es a " test letter," cestaining
marked money, on which he required me to make • private
mark for the purmies of identity. He enjoined mato keep the
matters he had spoken of Meetly private for the present.
I then stamped the letters and made up my beg for the
night, while he stood by and looked on. He asked me how
long I had been in the was office, and whether I had suceseded
Mr. Stanley, sod what my salary, and what extras I had.
During the time then was • band of mush 'going by, and
the geatleman's bores being restive, I ran oat to the door
and desired a boy to bold him. During thin moment the
"inspector" was left alone in the offioe. The bag was after-
wards given to the driver of the maileart. When it had
goes, the gentleman said, " I shall follow that fellow up I."
He drove away himself shortly afterwards. I have moos
anisertained that the horse which be was driving bettered
to a livery stable keeper at Bridgewater. 1 have examined
the forms produced. purporting to be moneyerdera, and I
pronounce them to be forgotten as far as my signature oce-
weed. The name of the supposed remitter was "Edgar
Reeves," and the payee, " William Bright." AU the orders
appeared to be made out for 101. each, and were dispatched,
probably, by the sham inapeotor himself. The total mount
of the frauds was said to be 6001., although the money sp.
plied for was not in every ease received.
Mr. Thomas Jeffery, travelling inspector of the miming
letter department, having domed to the fact that the names
were forgeries,
The prisoner was remanded for further examination.