The Express.
London, England, 1857-01-06 00:00:00

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DEESON, who seems to have rejoiced in an infinite
sasortment of wigs and whiskers, and to have been
in the weekly practice of " immeeking his noted
outer garments" in some new disguise. It was
in the department of some other gentleman of the
firm to act as follower to the bearer of the cheque.
The duty of this follower was to enter the bank
"promiscuously," at the same time as the extem-
porised messenger, and to watch operations at the
counter; in case of failure, to decamp instantly, in
order to warn the usociates who were in waiting;
in case of soccer, to follow the messenger back.
This last precaution was frequently necessary. On
one occasion a freshly-caught messenger, who had
been despatched by the confederates from the
Eastern Counties Railway to BAICLAT'S Bank,
having got his cheque cashed, was observed by Mr.
Arwr.u., who, on this occasion, acted as watcher, to
be returning to Shoreditch by the somewhat
indirect route of London-bridge. A tap on the
shoulder from Mr. ATWELL, and a gentle reminder
that " a gentlemen was waiting for him
at the Eastern Counties," restored the truant
to a sudden recollection that he bad mistaken his
way. Indeed so well were the measures of the
company taken in this respect, that they do not ap-
pear, in many years of villany, to have met with •
single loss from the retributive rascality of theagents,
who ran the risk (in one case as it proved a nay real
and serious risk) of becoming their victims.
One of the master strokes of " JEM &MAID" ap-
pears to have been his device for extorting a signature
from 'shrewd practitioner of the law. A gentleman
connected with the firm had " accidentally found in"
(i.e. filched from) the pockets of Mr. Ternautt, a soliciter,

a quantity of blank drafts on Gosuso and Co.: the
point was to get Tun&Ea to fill up a cheque, in
order that three blanks might be turned by the
forger's craft into gold. The contrivance adopted
was this. The name of 1153 r was assumed for the
nonce by one of the confederates, and attached
to an 1 0 U for some thirty odd pounds. Mr. AT-
wELL took this I 0 U to Mr. T=orso's
directing him to write a lawyer's letter for the
amount. The requisite sum was meanwhile furnished
to the soi-diseet Haar, the lawyer's letter was
sent to the indicated address, and in due course the
SOL, which had been lodged for the purpose, was
paid into the lawyer's dace. In a day or two
ATWZLL called there to receive it, trusting that
Mr. Tywsza would write a cheque for the amount.
So ingenious was the villany that ATWELL had
dealt with Mr. TrI.VER under the name of Mr. W.
Hoerr, in order that Mr. Therm, by making the
cheque payable in that name, might betray the
manner in which he wrote the syllable "lion,"
so as the better to enable the forgers to fill up
the blank cheques for hundreds. All this inge-
nuity, however, was • this first occasion
thrown away. To the greet disgust el Mr. Arwrxt.,
the clerk of Mr. Teem simply paid him over
the hard cash ; and the trbele process had to be
repeated again, with a maani lOU for a larger
iram, lodged in the mom rep ma bikes oat by the
erne party. This eresed time the rue succeeded,
and the blank drafts on " Oceintos " wen Iliad up
to a very large amount We will net at preeret
perm farther the reepliosted whales of this
labyrinth of vas,, bet irtel tabs the therly of
concluding with the following esstierset of Mr.
losarrute Wtt.n the Great, whisk mega to ex-
press with err eiremay the uateral relsetbne that
arise in the mint whoa asetropheing sea • MN"
es Gael Mr. Jana TOWNIZEND Sawn=: "net
the ems espeity idle qualifies a heartbreaker, a
ldghwaymt• • a sheplitter, to arrive at any high
degree of ambere is his pried" wield likewise
rain aam le whet the wadi seisms a more
bassaraile rib& I do not amyl wq, Is many la-
rgesse, it ie evidlat that mere iagenity, more art
b neennary to the lower than to the higher Fo-
ldouts."

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LONDON, TUESDAY; JANUARY 6.

ANOINII glimpse into the 'mysteries of ths under.
grand world--a beat rsrelstios el those secret

;genies of crime whir, beneath tie dramas mar-
ire of easventiosel society, are reirsady plying
their mels-like task The crime of the age partakes
of the character of the age. Vast is seen—hrtile it
messes—abeedeat is cmatiertios—sevel in Jana-
tios—lt meats Aw itself a type at greeters whisk
the Isar daring hada of Mr. Ironer; NV=
sem reached. It works by ream and electricity—
has 07Ttipposdeats in half the cities of Ewer, and
Vaasa the Atlantic to dispose of its spells. The
Wear which has doubled the remoras of
wealth, has imped the wings of thievery.
The Mercury of the moderns is a gad et ex-
press trine and telegraphic despatches, sad
hie minions, casting their old motley, lire
daringly as they plunder, patrons the best of
bikes, drink the choicest of wines, drive the neatest
of broughams, and protect the most easily at Colum-
bian Where is it all to end, this irruption of the
demi-weeds into the regions of respectability?
Whoa are we is trust and whom to direr ? What
rarity is there that the pleasant boon reepance,
the admirable host, the eminently respectable neigh-
Wei cof today may not to-morrow be firing in a
faces' dock ?
Here is this last business of the " Great City for-
gorier—it is no exception to what we most new
regard ma the general rale. It is a long and compli-
cated series of villanies—a complete epic of forgery
and thieving, with a person el mairseatly respectable
peskier as its hero. In the dor-awed' this "gnat
mesa" is familiarly know, as "lad &warm, the
Demister." In the Ur Lid of the present year he
appears in more formal style as "Jam Towns-
KIND &WARD, Eq., Berristern-law and Special
Pleader, of the Inner Temple and the Home Cheat."
His dated call is stated to have tees the 28th it
November, 1840. " Int BARAILD:' ear readers may
remember, is stated to have helped the "Great Bullion
robbers " in disposing of • portion of that pleader.
Bet that set it friendly ammistare was bet a tang
episode in his truly great career. The singe it
whisk be is sew assigned on the riders of an so-
rosplice—a gentleman who, like Mr. Mimi is the
bellies car, maw sat of prison ender a esatesse at
traseptetaties for life—is that at having bra for
yeas the managing director of a set eljeinhateck
coompsay far the easier perpetration at forgery. Of
erne Mr. ATWZLL'II evidence is to he regarded with
ameliorable musician, and ia a legal point of view—
• i.e., for the purposes of obtaining a Ana casvictkos—
is weer Bath* aril it is corroborated ; bat, ea was
the ass with the teethecry or Alma, it Is fall d
minute eiremaances, whisk as artility of issegi-
Mies weld pably have invested ; and It will ao
dont reran, ea Acre's did, do most empire eau-
Imam her the trireme of the awl of witaross
ebe or% it appear, to be senasessi for the proms-
gratin.

gilt Court.

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NITIMI6IOII, Jtw. 6.

The Queen wad Prime walked in the Home
Perk this monk* sad vWtsd the Deana ef Hat, at
Prepare.
The Prince of Wake weed eat Innthe.
Cola, KlamathV. the Itheseerian Minister, ha Loa-
den yetherday, on a vitt to the Earl awl Coster of Jersey, et
leddletta Perk. The Countess Helene Hiehnatterage kaa
lea town, m a risk to the Had end Coasters Howe, at
Oepedl, ladonlereldre.
The Lad Chancence will resolve the Judges, Queen's
Comet, An, on Menday next, the Ant day of Hthry
Tara, at his lotagies rend' once, to Upper Brook-street, at
12 o'clock.

Amy** hi Armes Mann. the swiss gm-
TANN posisi by this Aim. yeeleinthip in bead
Ind the ekigthity csi t.ite.lb gay sheen-
ebb le en SP nieleggns eta water lead. "Jet
itiiieratattr glad egnmileas was lo pews= him.
▪ bt the ibek hale., by ad at .may
bush. ee phigetion, et se may bleak
aheirairhods • eir he mild preens I the next
stop you le Ohl& the shenthires el the ~as t the
thinhlseinbio thew the berth, ee all up the draft.
tar on& oupo as amid satiety the cupidity et ties
begin slant art.hYt.tr anspisiom at the Mahe
amt the 111 t, la Sells 'es spoil on the sgsitals
peirlipiratawillei Ole kraut rinks amok to as
ohnidietergeeloor who hod taken the nen proni
not pen Y the rink. Thi was the general alive
The dna% at awn of esti eineenive sole viniod.
A levy meal description et .halos=" with the
gin was, after having anapisted the hemp SI
IMO or mars shown whin twined oparennie
he a week, them to p inn the lighwegs
and pin sp sane mninspeding yowl to est nelenwer
ef fie cirque to the bane, giving hhe &Wien
to bring back the proceeds lo the *wiring' sesse,
Weigh were of Neon benetheteiy enema when
the object of their hirers had been than snow
'thin. The geationan principally engaged to the
hiring department apron to have been a Mr. Am-

His Excellency Count Kielmaneegge, the Hano-
mien lOntoter, lift Dad= youterdsy on • via to tin Rut
sad Castor of Jimmy, as Midi:Mos Pat. no Combat
RAM boa bit tows ca • vidt to ttio Sod
sad Comatose Howe, st Oopiall, Loicatuiddro.

The Duke of Willi-nein ha been among the
vide= at Hatfield WINO. no D0d0.... preveetid
Mein the porty.

11%; Lard Chancellor will receive the judges,
eamia'a eaaseel, des, ea Maeda, mart, the ink elay 4:4
Teem, et hie bentehip's tedeleaes, 4 Um. &wh-
atnot, at twelve tieloeik.

Lord Sand's lasa arrived in town from Hatfield
Raw.

The Yea. Are Memo Hale, Archdeacon of Im-
ago, bee tosigwed dr Brag ad We viruses of Cripplegats,
whisk be las bid he the lirt ter years. Is the early pot
of het wash, theirs& dr Artillsrea forwarded his ragas-
tics to the Bishop et Lawks, sad leaf main rearsd as
seed sottileatios that it was accepted. The fiord Is lathe
get of the Clefts" el h. roes, sad i valued, it is rid, at
MM. aisoz. _ _

TM Ansa observosef Lord Napier's appointment
b Edda mbar at Woe/mega Coaasatteed in lost Seats-
dy's Espror), "By Ids perigee maw be would appose *
I. *bobby Sited de any aliens* appointment la tits
sift der Corn, so* only to Webs to Wridytoa. He
dos boor well busk. H. putrid the and d diplo.
trey* Tbena, Catirdnorlo, Hy* St. Petens
bung, end yob et Carstertinyis. Ns is, thireins,
ramose to reproesst big country to be Heel, or at say d the
bop& end ma lay courts of gorthrodol Nye*. lb
very orb, base, witk 'Wok b Ira *been& to to.
bulks at *dips* proves that b has river bed dos to
Oa al beg lib be webby alb* laitibtioes. Ho boo I
am Is soup, Ild obeation at Hoeing**. A bone
ebbs Wadi My bra nods, id cortably may a boo
say as lirlablits go. It * set ear widt to anti at dog
nna, for be ads** wry belt rerentisa breapasky; bat re
el** tobasysins. TY bob star athester st Hairy-
ice *nil be en escordssel ens` so to. or is ozerytkeaL
• seemlelleirwood blob wan, seeabored to males home,
rib on laylialt byre In his boad—he roods so ober--
weal be the bees .repossestothe we serld egad semi tbs
Abade. Lot as bye Set a elm system say la rag be
aderlad all eyed to this. diplomatic rob and, mega-
ebb, risk Ltd Nprise joy et la 1116 for-
pis vell ebb Sbes ever Yeast, and taltos brniag by
be szempls of big *eagerness, be sasy do blo enantry geed
etedes, own ea Waddastra."
TIM Row. Couxos op Pirruciars.—A mow
bp of lb Mom Mei by Comionst wog bid at
yostwdy Star
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Hier*a Prodani if lbw Cel-
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mere, as- NM Wein, embled to Mr.
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ssitikag dr pIMMO& dee • etit/witty eemseneme tor the
Ootel Pads Siploaliml pSy_ Hr. abbe
oho 'endued orb time lab a Plo* CIeoANY as sospein-
lenager, order bad of Tads, at be liallsb Awned-
Oral Maildaty ths rebuttal Equelibr of NN,

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, 1857.