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A very ingenious fraud has been perpetrated ifr: ‘,
Nottingham within the last few days, by which`
Mr. George Street, a coal dealer, has been victim-
ised. Mr. Street's' wife, whose maiden name was
"Wheatley, has several relations in America, her
parents and several of her brothers having emi-
grated to that country some twenty years ago. In
,
January last, a letter was received, purporting to
be from one of her relatives, stn tiug
that her fatherroperty, which
had died possessed of considerable P
he had left among the members of-
his family, in
equal shares, of which she was, of course, entitled
to one. The death of the father was said to have
been caused by accident, the particulars of which
were detailed. Nothing more was heard tilt Satur-
day last, when Mr. Street was sent Tor to the Sir
Isaac Newton, where, he was told, a person waned
to sec him. On going to the hostelry he fond. a
stranger, who, after some preliminary questim:-',
introduced himself as Mrs, Street's brother,
,just
arrived from America. After partaking of asocial
glass together, the new found relative was invited
to Mr. Street's house, Wile.TC he:embraced his sister,
. her family had been separatek many y
and soon became quite at home in the bosom of the
family. Mrs. Street had, ho),,,,ever, some doubts as.
to the stranger being her broths,' ;buctauth,tt
think members.
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be a.
brother of whom she had lost all recollection. The
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you reallyears, and.
therefore she thought possibly it might
stranger seeing that she did not feCl
about him, as she kept saying,
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are -my - brother," got up to ,go away ;
quiteb
of
but the husband, feeling the hospitality of his
house at stake, said, " Nonsense, ma. 1.1. take
off your coat and sit down to tea." The
stranger complied, and after doing substaOtial
justice . to the viands, , entered into a lo,"g
story of his doingsin America, and of the where-
abouts of the different branches of the house of
Wheatley, the death of the old gentleman who,
had left them all comfortably provided for, and
similar topics being idilated upon at considerable
length. The guest then asked questions about old
times and the scenes of his youth ; and observed
to Mrs. Street, more than once, " So You're old
Polly ? well, how odd it is we should meet again."
He further said he was ti2e identical brother who
had tumbled down a well ants been almost traram,_
louslj saved many years ago, which circlittleumstance
me.
was recolieSted by Mrs. Street a?
ter a
He also showed them one of his fingers, which had
been bent inwards, and said, ‘, How Add it was he
and the old man_ehoald have a finger injured in
the same manner."—Mrs, , Street's father had suf-
fered from each injury; and gradually the doubts
as to his identity passed away. In the evening' after,
Mr. Street had finished his day's business, he 12"
the stranger went out and had a glass or two togs -
ther, the American insisting on paying his share a
the reckoning, saying, " that was the way they dial
things in his country." He further pulled out some •
American coins from his pocket, and talked about
them, and how he got them, and what an-excellent
place he htsd in America on one of the railways as
guard, where he got 50s. per week, and should not
have given it up, only he had now come into a share
of old Mr. Wheatley's money. Hefurther pointed,
to a cut on his forehead, saying he had been thrown
from an express train, and had a very narrow
escape, almost as providential as his escape from the
' well before mentioned. By the. following .b.dayt
which he said was his birthday, he had made him-
self perfectly at home; and a plum pudding was
prepared by Mrs. Street, and her aunt living in the
town was invited. As soon as he saw' the good lady
coming, this affectionate relative went to the door
and kissed her, saying how glad he was to see her,
and so forth. The next morning he borrowed some
clean linen, saying he had only brought a dicke7
with him, as all his things were coming by the goods
train, his boxes being too heavy to move by ordi-
nary conveyance. Another difficulty occurred—all
his money was in notes of America, and paper not
negotiable all at once ; and, as it would cost him.
more than £1 for carriage, he borrowed 30s. of the.
Streets, and then went up to the aunt's and bor-
rowed £1 from her on it like pretext. Ho then
went out to fetch and _pay for .his boxes, and has not
since been heard of. it turns eZ
it that the coins he
produced, as having just brought over from America,
were obtained from Mr. Street's children ; but the
father did not find this out until too late. When
he took his departure he left behind him an old shirt
in the place of a better article borrowed, which has
on it the name "W. Horn," and the figures 2,205,
with the letters E. Y. M. Grs. This, with the de-
scription of the person given to the police, is all by
which he can be traced.

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MEETING OF _MIDDLESEX MA GIS-

2BATES.

The ordinary meeting of the magistracy of the
county of Middlesex was held yesterdayat the Court-
house on Clerkenwell-green—Mr. Pownall, chair-
man of the bench, presiding. There were upwards
of 70 magistrates present.
The minutes of the last Court having been read
by Mr. Baldwin, Deputy Clerk of the Peace,
The Court proceeded to consider the report of the
Committee of Accounts and General Purposes, and
an order was made thereupon for the payment of
bills, salaries, and demands, to the amount of
£14,776 14s. ld.
A rate of d. in the pound on the county rental
was ordered, and id. under the Lunatic Asylums
Act.

The committee having had under consideration
representations from Birmingham and Northampton
respecting the present scale of allowance as expenses
to witnesses and prosecutors, reported that they
were of opinion that the grievance complained of
did not apply to the county of Middlesex so much
as to other counties ; but that, as it had been sug-
gested that a meeting of chairmen of quarter ses •
sions should be held to consider the question, the
Chairman of this Bench be invited, on the part of
the committee and the commission at large, to at-
tend such meeting when convened.—Ageeed to.
THE PRISONS.

The reports from the prisons were brtnight up
and read. In Coldbath-field,, Homo) of Correetian
there were 1,688 prisoners. In Westminster Bride-
well 615 females, and in the House of Detention
183, on remand or committed.
The report from the Industrial School at Feltham
stated that on the 31st December there were 468
juvenile offenders there, and gave a very satisfac-
tory account of the progress that, under the auspices
of the committee, had been made in reforming the
children.
It was reported from Coldbath-fields that the cell
accommodation was insufficient, and that a sum of
£26,930 would be asked for to provide that which
was requisite. . ,
Lieut.-Col. WOOD moved, pursuant to notice—
" That the employment as governor of the House of
Correction, at Coldbath-flelds, and the command of
a volunteer regiment, are incompatible." The hon.
and gallant mover said he had no object in pro-
posing this resolution with respect to the governor
personally, but he could not reconcile in his mind
the idea of a person being at one time the governor
of a prison containing 1,700 or 1,800 prisoners and
the commander of a volunteer corps. He knew,
from a military experience of over 40 years, what
the duties of a commanding officer were. The
governor of Coldbatly fields was in command of a
regiment numbering about 700 rank and file. He
(Colonel Wood) had a regiment about. 300—less
than half—and the issuing of orders, and corres-
pondence which was absolutely necessary, discipline
properly carried out, and constant attention, left
but little time for a commanding officer to anything
but his corps. It required constant and unvarying
attention. Who was, he would ask, answerable if
anything went wrong? The commanding officer,
who was responsible to the Government. And how
could the governor of a large prison, with 1,800 pri-

Boners in his charge, properly attend to his duties in
that capacity, and at the same time have the com-
mand of a volunteer regiment ? It could not be.

Suppose a riot occurred in the prison while the
governor was at drill, far distant from home. The
governor had a good salary (£6OO a-year) and a
house to live in; and the Act, of Parliament said
that no person should be engaged in any., ,other
occupation. The governor must, therefore, he
maintained, relinquish one office or the other.
The motion having been seconded, a long discus-
sion took place, in which Mr. Armstrong,
head, Mr. P. N. Laurie, Lord Ranelagh, Lord En-
. _ _ _

NEW MARKET HALL IN MA NCHES27ER

The site in London road on which the original"
meat and vegetable market stood was some years
ago taken for the purpose of the railway station and
works ; and ever since the market has been carried
on upon stalls anything but picturesque in appear-
ance or convenient for public use. 'These stalls
have now been replaced by an elegant and com-
modious building, in every way suitable to the
requirements of the district. The building, which
is in the Venetian style, is two storeys high,,
and has a frontage of 90 feet to London-read,
where is the principal entrance. There are also
two entrances from Birmingham-street, and two
from Swarbrick-street, by both of which streets
the market is bounded. The lower part of the front
portion of the building is divided into shops, which.
are already let off to persons in different ways of
business. The upper storey is used for offices, some
of which have been taken by Messrs. Carver and,
Co. carriers, and some by the Manchester, Sheffield,
and Lincolnshire Railway Company. The market
itself is behind these shops and offices, and covers a
space of 90 feet by 70 feet. It is approached by a
h pore ,
over the doorway of which is a pyramidal
device showing the purposes to which the market is
to be devoted. The' cornice contains the word
Goadsby, Mayor, 1862 ;" above which are the
Manchester Arms, carved in stone, and an ornamen-
tal balustrade surmounts the whole. The interior
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commodation, for 16 butchers' stalls, and 19 stalls
for fruiterers and greengrocers, and dealers in mis-
cellaneous articles. The avenues between the stalls
are spacious, and so disposed as to admit of a free.
and uninterrupted passage for the public, and a fair
display of goods of the dealers. A machine capable
of weighing 30 totif.; is connected with the market.
The work has beencaArflri
carded gut
for the masons'
11t under the superin-
tendence of Mr. I. G. Lynde, the city surveyor,
Mr.the
contractors being
work, Mr. Burnell for the joiners' ,
Heywood of Derby, for the iron work; tLe clerk of
the works was Mr. S. Taylor. The market will be
opened on Saturday the 26th inst.

field, and Mr. Turner, took part. Byavote of 31

21 "It was resolved, that the. Court duly appre-

ciating the spirit in which the letter from Lieut.

Col. Colville to the visiting justices, C.C.8.F., his

been written, offering to resign his appointment of
lieutenant-colonel of a volunteer corps, should be
accepted,which he accepted with the sanction of the
visiting justices ; but the Court,having regard to the

paramount duty of a governor of a prison, feel

incumbent to accept the resignation tendered to the
visiting justices." Agreed to by 31 to 21.
A letter from Col. Colville ,was appended to the
report, the substance of which was that he did not

seek or solicit for the appointment ; he obtained

permission to take it, and was ready to resign it
when required. Not the least fault had been found
as to the duties of the lieutenant-colonel of the vo-
lunteers corps (the 39th Middlesex) interfering with
those of his duties as governor of the prison, the
actual business of the corps being done by the ad-
jutant and secretary. There were occasional refer-
ences to him as commanding officer. He attended

parade about twice a month, bat by permission
_ _

after prisoners were looked up; if before by leave,

once or twice a-year.

The visiting justices, in their report, said the dis-
cipline of the prison had been well maintained, and
they had not called upon the governor to give up
the commission he had been permitted to accept.
The salary of the matron or keeper of the House
of Correction, at Westminster, was increased from
£250 to £3OO a year.

Several superannuation allowances were granted
,o prison officers.
A good deal of formal business having been gone
,hrough, the Court adjourned.