The Express.
London, England, 1861-06-05 00:00:00

THE POLICE COURTS.

DOWSPREEP.

The /ter. Janes Roe, e clergymau of the church of Eng.
land, was brought up on remand, upon a warrant charging
him with having forged certain documents with a view to
defraud the executors of the late Edward Roe of the sum
of 6,009/.. . . . . . . .

The facts of the caw appeared at length in our journal of
the 23rd ult., when the prisoner was first placed at the bar.
Mr. Humphreys appeared for the prosecution ; and Mr.
Weidner defended the prisoner.
Mr. Abraham Surrey am an engraver, and occupy
a shop in Fleethine. The prisoner, iu August last, came
to my shop relative to some alterations being made in some
stamps I bad previously made by order of Mr. Penstor.
1 made the alteration, on the stamp and returned 't to the
prisoner. I also made 12 moveable letters that fo red the
words " Macclesfield" and " Bath." and the figures 1,5, 9,
and 2. 1 made no other letters such as " "T," or the
figures 1,2, 59. On the Bth of August the prisoner came
to my shop about 10 o'clock in the morning, and produced
the stamps I had previously made for Mr. Perrator, with all
the fittinp. He told me he had been referred to me by
Mr. Perrator to make some alterations in the stamps. He
afterwards told me I was to consider myself at work for
him, and not Mr. Perrator, and also asked me to spend •
couple of hours with him, as he wanted me to make some
alterations that were very particular. He also said some-
thing about Mr. Perrator not taking the order if he could
sot execute it. He said he wanted alterations in both
stamps. In the circular stamp he wanted the space en-
larged to about 12 letters.
Mr. Cowie thought it unnecessary to go into the mioutiv
of the alterations ; the depositions already contained the
material fact of prisoner calling on the witness.
Mr. Humphreys wished to show how the prisoner gave his
directions to the witness.

Mr. Surrey then went on to say that the prisoner tried the
whole of the letters by taking impressions in a book, sod
afterwarde he appeared to compere them with something he
had therein. 1 endeavoured to alter the stamps accenting
to the wishes of the prisoner. The prisoner showed me some
tracings similar to a Post-615a stamp. When he came to
me in August he did not wear either hoard or moustache u
be does at present.
After some further evidence, the prisoner was remanded.

THANDI ENIANINT.NT AND RAILWAY CON-
- Yesterday the royal comnii.ien appointed
to enquire into and report to both houses of parlia-
ment on this subject, re-ineembled at the offices of the corn-
edasthe. in Victorketreet, Westminster. Present, the
Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in the chair ; Sir J. Jebb,
K.C.R ; Captaiu Gelten, H.R. of the railway department
of the Beard of Trade ; Captain Handal, R.N.
_of the
Thames Conservancy ; Mr. J. Tbwaites. the Chairman of
the Metropolitan Board of Works ; Mr. H. A. Hunt, Sur-
veyor to the Government Naar of Works; Mr. J. R.
Waste, C.E., and Mr. Henry Kiegscote, Hon. Secretary.
The main object of the meeting was to take the evidence
mad to consider the interests of the numerous wharfin•
gen and other owners of property on the route of the pro-
posed embankment. The Inner and Middle Temple were
represented by Mr. Nelson, and by Messrs. Chilton, Yeatea,
Burton, end Hart, solicitors, with Mr. Smirke, the architect ;
the City of London Gem Company, by Mr. Grey, the chair.
man, Mr. Millar, secretary, Menet Leighton, solicitors, Mr.
Hanilwicke, architect, Mr. Mean, engineer, and other gentle-
man representing the interests of tilomerset.house, the Duke
of Northumberland, sod other propertied rights upon the
foreshore between Blackfriarebridge and Westminster.
Evidence to a considerable length having been taken, the
ememittee adjourned.