The National Register.
London, England, 1820-04-24 00:00:00

THE NATIONAL REGISTER.

On Tninsday his son applied for, and obtained an order
trout the fury Council to sce him. The unfortunate
boy was hi ail agony of grief on quitting the prisoner.
.Itigs was on Thursday so front the state Of his
mod, that it hecaine necessary to call in the aid of the
apothecary to the gaol.
Mr. Brown COLOMOCS his humane attention to the
prisoners, and does all in his power to render their situ-
ation continuable; of this they all express their cousci-

ousness.
Walker, I he person who occastonally took the chair at
the Smithfield and Finsbury meetings, was in one of the
gallerits yesterday, and received a nod of recognition
from severvl of the prisoners. This man was the
bearer of the roll, reprtsenung Magna Charta, in
procession.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

When the Grand Jury of these sessions came into
Court on Thursday to be discharged, one of them, John
Fore, sen. Esq. said he had a presentment to make,
and the following was read:—
" I, John Farey, of Howland-street, Fitzroy-square,
one at the Jurors of our Sovereign Lord tile King, as-
sembled at the General Quarter Sessions of the Peace,
holden on Tuesday, the I Ith day of April, 18VO,
at
Hicks's Hall, in and for the county of Middlesex, and
duly sworn and charged to make presentments, do think
it my duty to present as follows, riz.—Tiit on tit:
examination of witnesses, who appeared before this
Grand Jnry to support indictments against certain per
sons (about 40 in number), severally chartted either
with uttering or attetnpting to otter (or pass), or else
with having in their possession certain notes, %vincn
were produced (about to the number of 20), the same
t• were, by the Bank Inspector, sworn to be forged inll-
- of Bank of England notes; because (as he
stated) such notes were not printed off from any ca. the
plates belonging to the Bank of England, or on the
paper used by the said Bank for the printing of their
notes. Whereupon, in answer to further questions pot
to such Inspector, he repeatedly and distinctly stated
to this Grand Jury to Inc following effect, viz. that
each, and every one of the notes which he had (so as
aforesaid) sworn to he +marries were impressions (or
copies) printed off from plates, with the existence of
which plates he was previously and well acquainted,
from having, in the course of his of inspections,
often before examined impressiolis from these said forged
plates ; and all ul which plates and notes he (the In-
spector) utidersmod, and verily believed, to have been
engraves and forged, in or near the town of Birmingham,
in Warwickshire. On snore than one occasion, the
same witness stated to this Grain! Jury, that some parti-
cular person (or persons) residing in ur near Bowing.
ham was very stiongly suspected of being the eugraver
and loner of such plates and notes: yet the further
questions put to this and anotner witness, nit the part of
the Batik of England, failed of producing evidence or
information to this Grand J my, whether attempts had
• actually been made to search for, and seize the tools and
implements and the stock of the engraver and forgers at
the many notes which have lately been found 11l the
bOSSCS6IOII of titterers in the county of Middlesex, and
rought before this Grand Juty, as aforesaid.
" Under these circumstances I have deemed it my
indispensable duty, and do, at colistaptence, hereby
humbly pray the Court, that the Justices therein assem-
bled will, without delay, as far as in their power Ib-s,
cause the most energetic and efficient moats which .tr.
known, and the laws will by any ,1110 W, w toe
used and put in twee for fully detecting, punishing, ano
dillt:_rther stopping, the highly illegal practices of any
slum holesale forgers and first utterers of forget Bank
tit E.l.,land notes, whereby the strong 41111 almost lir,-
se. wie temptation wino% such first titterers (and more
especially so their emissaries dispersed throuabont
country) daily hold out to distiessed and ignorant persons,
for inducing them to engage in the highly illegal stint
mischievous traffic of latting and uttering toned notes,
would, it is firmly helmeted, in a great ~...-asure, if not
altogether, be put a stop to, because none ot the no:es
which have conic before this Grand Jury appeared to
be first, s :parate, or independeat acts of forgery; our dud
it appear front the evidence adduced thereon, that the
persons indicted were likely persons to have engaged
' or to have been able to have effected the forgeries of the
notes, with the tittering or possessing of which at,A
were severally tharaed. The flighty-ittjurions effects of
such a state of tilimAs on the morals of tile poorer classes
of society, and the great losses to which tradesmen anti
others are daily exposed, through ihis continued :aid ex-
tended issue and utterance at forged notes, induces itie
confidently to hope, that effectual measures may be de-
vised, and put in practice, for entirely slopping the same.
(Signed) " JOHN FAHEY, Sen."
The foreman said, that himself and all his brother-
jurors, except Mr. Farey, were dissentieni from the
observations contained in this document ; it, however,
the assertions it contains be facts, we iitoilt it a very
rational procedure, for certainly if the Bank possess
such information as to enable them to ytu to the fountain
head of the evil, it appears to tis criminal in them not to
avail themselves of it.

FRANSFORT, APRIL 9.—Our fa►r has turned out
tolerably well. In some articles, particularly lea•
thcr, u good deal of business ha been done with
advantage. But we never expect our fair to be
really prosperous us long as the heavy tolls and
duties in Germany exist. Our field', and vineyards
promise wcll.
The persons who have formed themselves into a
Committee, sit daily at a house in a (Ain in the
Old Bailey, fiir the purpose of receiving information
'dative to the &fence of the unfOrtunate men now
under via on the charge of High Treasen.