The Sun.
London, England, 1844-03-11 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY MORNING, MARCH 11, 1844.

tion, on Saturday, on the charge of having -forged' the
names of Bolte and Co., merchants, on the back of a
bill of exchange. Some of the particulars of the case
have already appeared.
Mr. Rosing, the agent in France of Messrs. Bolte and
Co., of Bremen, having inclosed four bills of exchange
in a letter (which never arrived as addressed) to that
firm, in a short time those bills made their appearance in
England, when one of them was negotiated with the
forged endorsement of " Bolte and Co." upon it. That
bill was taced to the prisoner.
Mr. Wilkinson, solicitor, of Broad-street, who attended
for the prosecution, said that he had written, since the
prisoner's first examination, to Bremen and to France
for the necessary witnesses, and Mr. Rosing had arrived
from Paris, but, in consequence of the state of the river
from the frost, Mr. Bolte could not reach London con-
veniently for some time. He would, however, prove
the commission of the forgery beyond the shadow of a
doubt. _

Mr. Rosing said. I am a native of Bremen, but I have
lived in Paris for the last year and nine months. I well
1 now the house of Bolte and Co. One of the partners
is a brother-i R-law of mine. I am the agent of that
house in Paris. On the 11th of November I brought
certain bills of exchange for Messrs. Bolte and Co., and
on the 12th I enclosed them in a letter, which I ad-
dressed to that firm, and sealed with my seal ; I gave
the letter to my son, a boy nine years old, to take to the
post-office. (Here the bill was produced.) This is one
of the bills which I enclosed in the letter. The indorse-
ment " Bolte and Co." is a forgery. There is no such
house in Paris as Bolte and Co., I am quite sure, and
there is no clerk in the house of Bolte and Co., of Bremen,
authorised to endorse bills.
Cross-examined by Mr. Chapman for the prisoner—
Went to the President of the Tribunal of Commerce,
and learned from him, that there was no such house in
Paris as that of Bolte and Co. Ido not know the writ-
ing of the principal clerk of the house of Bolte and Co.,
at Bremen. I saw Messrs. Bolte and Co., in February,
and they told me they never authorised any person to
endorse bills in theii names. I do not know a man named
Fredericks, but I should wish to meet him.
The LORD MAYOR—After you purchased the bills,
you sent them by post to Bremen. Did you hear after-
wards from Bremen anything about them ? Witness—
They wrote to me that the bills had not arrived.
Mr. Wilkinson here produced another of the bills
which had been enclosed in the same letter, and directed
to Messrs. Bolte and Co., and he said it was in his power
to produce a third, and that they were all traceable to
the prisoner. _ _ _ . _

Mr. nosing (looking at the bill)—This is another of
the bills which I sent to Messrs. Bolte and Co. It is for
878 mares banco 7 shillings, and the endorsement ap-
pears to be from Bolte and Co. to W. H. Albert. The
endorsement is a forgery.
Mr. F. D. Bruin, clerk to Mr. Konigswater, of Cop-
thall-court, said he knew Albert by sight. Albert called
upon him at Copthall-court, and brought with him this
bill and we bought it of him, partly in cash and partly
in a bill on Paris. He had offered us one for 1,516
mares banco 2 shillings, on Hamburgh. We refused to
take it, as we did not know him. We got it back from
Hamburgh under protest, for it was not accepted, as the
signature of Bolte and Co. was forged. We gave it to
an attorney, and the prisoner got it from him.
Ferdinand Rosinw, son of the first witness, said that
he put the letter addressed by his father to Bolte and
Co., Bremen, into the post-office.
The LORD MAYOR, after a very minute investigation,
said that all he considered necessary to warrant him in
committing the prisoner for trial was the evidence of
some one of the partners of the house of Bolte and Co.—
The prisoner was then remanded.
CITY POLICE COMMITTEE.

On Saturday, in the course of the hearing of a sum-
mons laid against a young gentleman for an alleged fu-
rious riding down Skinner-street, Snow-hill, Sir Peter
Laurie stated to Mr. Lambert Jones, the Common Coun-
cilman, who was present, that he was astonished at the
rapid stride wood-pavement was gaining in the metro-
polis, particularly after what had been publicly stated as
to its dangerous qualities. There was scarcely a day
elapsed but what some disaster took place on that laid
down in the City between Aldgate and Temple -bar. At
his (Sir Peter Laurie's) request the City police during
the month of February last noted the whole of the acci-
dents that happened by horses slipping down on the
1,200 yards of wood pavement laid down in the City,
and also those that took place on the Macadamised road:.
The Commissioner (Mr. D. W. Harvey) had forwarded
him the result, which proved that the number of acci-
dents on wood pavement were nearly five times those on
the Macadamized pavement, the former amounting du-
ring the time specified to 295, and the latter 51, making
a total of 348. The report did not mention the number
of horses that had been killed, or the extent of loss of
human life, but he knew of several instances.
Mr Lambert Jones questioned the truth of the worthy
Alderman's assertion of any persons having lost their
lives. Had such have been the case he must have heard
of the casualties.

Sir PETER LAURIE was confident, and mentioned se-
veral instances. He advised Mr. Lambert Jones to get
rid of his shares, if he had any, for he could assure him
they were of no good.
Mr. Lambert Jones said Sir Peter should have all he
possessed for five shillings.—(Laughter.)
Sir PETER LAURrE declined to have anything to do
with them. He then gave directions to the inspector on
duty in the Court to request the police to make another
month's note of the accidents that occurred on the wood
pavement, but cautioned him of the men being bribed to
make false returns. He, however, would be upsides with
them.