The Express.
London, England, 1862-11-05 00:00:00

THE GREAT ROBBERY OFBANE OF ENGLAND

PAPER.-(THIS DAY.)

At tho Mansion-house, to-day, five men, named
George Buncher, Robert Cummings, William Burnett,
Rfesard Brewer, and James Griffith,. and a woman
named Ellen Burnett, were brought before the
Lord Mayor for re-examination upon the charge of stealing
Bank of England note piper, of the value of 1,503/., from
Mears. Portal's mills, at Laverstock, in Hampshire. who
are oontnictors for making the paper upon which the notes
of the Bank of England are engraved. There was also a
charge against the prisoners of being concerned in forging
bank notes upon the stolen paper.
Mr. Freehfield, the solicitor to the Bank of England, ap-
peared in support of the prosecution ; Mr. Pater, the bar-
rister, and Mr. G. Lewis appeared on behalf of some of the
prisoners.

At the commencement of the proceedings the charge
against the female prisoner was withdrawn, and she was
discharged.
Mr. Freehdeld addressed the court at some length, and
said that he had asked for a remand of some of the pri-
soners until the principal offender James Griffiths was
taken into custody. He was apprehended at Birmingham
in the very act of printing notes from a forged plate, and
when he was taken he at once admitted his guilt. He then
proceeded to state the facts he proposed to give in evidence,
and said he should be able to show that all the prisoners
were concerned in the transaction.

Webb, the detective, was then called, and said he had
been engaged with others in the investigations in
Ten., ril to forged notes on the Bank of England. On
the Gth October, from information he received, he proceeded
'to Birmingham, where he watched the movements of
the prisoner, James Griffiths. who resided at 2, Brown's-
buildings, Win nen-street, Dudleigh-road. He obtained the
assistance of Inspectors Glossop, Manton, and Sanders.
They had previously been watching the prisoner's
house and the fields adjoining. On Monday, the 27th of
Oct., at 3 o'clock in the afternoon, he went to the prisoner
Griffiths's house, with Mr. Manton and Mr. Sanders. They
went into the back yard and burst open the kitchen door,
went up stairs into' front room on the first floor. Ile, and
wit-
ness, entered the room first, and saw Griffiths coming towards
the door with his shirt sleeves tacked up. His hand'
were dirty with ink, and he said, " Don't strike me.
I shan't resist." He told the prisoner they were officers,
land should apprehend him for manufacturing forged notes on
the Bank of England. The prisoner said he wee guilty. In
, i the centre of the room there was a copper-plate printing
press. On the top of the press they found 21 pieces
of paper, on which were printed parte of 101. Bank of Eng.
land notes, and one with put of a :"if. note. On a bed which
wu in the room they found twenty forged 101. notes
quite finished, and wrapped up in a piece of paper
under the bed they found a parcel of twenty U. notes, also
forged. He then proceeded to state a number of other
articles which they found in the room which had evi-
dently been used kr the purpose of printing forged notes.
There were a great many other witnesses to be examined,
and the case was likely to occupy the court until very late,
and it was understood that there would be a furtherremand.

Guy FAWKES Dir.—lt was expected that the
usual Guy Fawkes demonstrations would this year lead to
street disturbance, but the rain, which bas been so suc-
cessful at Hyde•park on Sundays, prevented anything of
that kind, and although Guys have been earned about
this morning, and the Pope and Garibaldi alike made use of,
passers by have been too intent on keeping a dry skin to pay
any attention to them.
THE TELVERTON °ABP.—EDINBURGH, TUKIDAY.—
In the Court of Session, to-day, the Solicitor• General re-
sumed his address for Mrs. Yelvertoo, and spoke for about
five hours on the correspondence and evidence in the case.
He maintained that there was abundant evidence that a
marriage had been contracted in Scotland, and concluded by
submitting that he was entitled to a judgment in favour of
the pursuer. Mr. Young is to address the mut for Major
Yelverton to-morrow (Wednesday).