The Sun.
London, England, 1846-04-23 00:00:00

FORGING TWO WILLS.

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WORCESTER7ECESDAY NIGHT.— The magistrates .
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wills of William Welsh, deceased,formerlyoflCriollTa'fimel d.wFealsrinii,s,
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heir-at-law of a certain estate at Aston Ingham, Hereford..
shire. The prisoner, it appears, married Hannah Welsh,
daughter of the deceased, and some years after the death of
the latter, he set up a claim to the estate at Aston Ingham,
alleging that a will had been made by William Welsh in his
favour. The heir-at,law (Welsh's eldest son, who took pos-
session of the estate on th 6 death of his father) denied the
existence of any will, and challenged to the proof. After
considerable delay, the prisoner, on the 13th instant, produced
the alleged will at the office of Mr. Daniel, solicitor, of this
city; and it being declared to be a forgery, he was taken into
custody. The will was dated " this day of September," no
day of the month being stated, and devised the Aston Ing-
ham estate to the prisoner.
The case, as regards this forged will, was gone into on this
day week, when several witnesses were examined. Some al-
leged that the signature to the will was in the handwriting
of Welsh, and others denied it. The prisoner insisted that
the will was a bond fide document, and that it had been pre-
pared by a carpenter, named Nurthen. The case was re-
manded to this day, when the second (alleged) forged will
was produced.
At the close of the case the prisoner was. committed for
trial at the next \Worcester assizes, in August.

NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BET WEN ENGLAND AND
FRANCE.—The following is the official return of the number
of passengers who have passed between France and England,
by the ports of London, Folkstone, Dover, Calais, and Bou-
logne-sur-Mer, from the sth instant up to the 11th inclusive:
—By Boulogne, 1,045 passengers, 14 horses, and 16 carriages.
By Calais, 216 passengers, 3 horses, and 1 carriage. The
corresponding period in 1845 was :—By Boulogne, 974
passengers; Calais, 358. The 1,045 passengers arrived at
Boulogne were divided as follows :—Coining from London,
85 ; ditto from Folkestone, 441—total, 526. Sailed for Lon-
don, 140 ; ditto for Folkstone, 379—total, 519-1,045. The
following is the number of passengers during the first quarter
of 1846:—Boulogne, 10,223; Calais, 2,617; Havre, 2,360;
Dieppe, 855; Ostend, 3,256; Antwerp, 759, making a grand
total of 20,090. It is expected that, in consequence of the
line of steam-packets intended to be established by the South
Eastern Railway Company, from Ramsgate to Ostend, in
addition to their vessels between Folkstone and Boulogne,
that the number of passengers, this year to Belgium and
Francowill be greatly increased by these facilities and cheap

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kg.—About twelve o'clock on Tues-
daymorning,POSebber, an inspector in the employment of the
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Sewers,iv and residing at No. 1, Greek-street, Sotto,,
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Commission
as tallied the following serious injuries. It appears that among other
of 'the Westminster improvements, :now in progress, is that of consi-
derably enlarging the sewers, and at the above time Mr. Webber pro-
ceeded to some distance up one of these in Rochester-row. but had
hardly been in it more than two or three seconds, ere a tremendous
report was heard. The men instantly made towards
the pl
where they found Mr. Web her lying upon his back in a
in convey-
ing Stale o in-
sensibility, and quite black in the face. No time
him to Westminster Hospital, where, upon
examination
person, it was discovered that his face, hands, arms, and body were
severely injured. Some gas had escaped
heldll. o
in his hand, had given
1 P a pipe in the sewer,
and igniting from the candle Mr. Webber
rise to the explosion.
was
lost
of his
dissolution of Parliament, Sir
8art.,G.C.8., will be invited to offer
George Wakelyn Smith,
entation of this, his native county.—
himself for the repres
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moured

DAVIDGE'S ROYAL SURREY THEATRE.

More Novelty!

A New Drama. Great success. Crowded houses,

TIIIS EVENING

Will be performed THE LAS i KISS ; or, the Soldier's Grave.
Messrs. Hughes, Johnson, Rogers, Cowell, Lewis, Heslop, Wil-
liamson, Mesdirt.s. 'Tilling and Martin will support the principal
characters.

After which, a New Farce by Mr. E. Stirling, entitled, ON
THE TILES ; or, A Night at Greenwich.
To be followed by a Grand Ballet of Enchantment, called, PER
CHAMOIS YAGER ; or, The Fiend on Earth. By the DeWitt
Family.

To Conelade with a New Melodrama, called, THE RATS OF
EAT CASTLE.