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THE RECENT CASE OF FORGERY

YESTERDAY, Mr. James Riley and Mr. J. S. Riley, were
brought before Mr. Mansfield, the Stipendiary Magistrate,
on a charge of having been accessory to the escape of
William M'Curtin, of the firm of Messrs. M'Curtin and
Riley, who stands charged with harinc, forged and uttered
a bill or bills of exchange. - Mr. Aspinall appeared for the
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Mr. Clough, in stating the charge, said he laboured
Icier etinsitipmblp +h.

bank was not

placed, to some extent, for bringing the case forward.
The charge against the younger of the two rested on the
allegation, which he hoped he shouldbe able to prove, that
he had assisted in aiding the escape of Mr. M'Curtin, who

luau y,Lz.va Dill for z 1,211.1), purporting to be accepted by
Sir David Roche, of Cork, and which had been returned,
with a letter stating his signature to be a forgery.
Mr. Aspinall wished it to be specifically stated what was
the charge against his clients, and by whom it was pre-
ferred, as
.he had reason to believe the bank repudiated it.

Ile apiwehended.the case w-a-;-I;as-ea—OV:Ze-,Vthe illegal

proceedings of

Lyrpool police, and his clients had

inuccent of the charge laid against theM, they were severe
pecuniary sufferers by the malpractices of the party they
were represented as aiding.
Sullivan, detective officer, said he was instructed, on the
17th of November, by Mr. Clough to make inquiries
relative to a forged bill for £1,840. issued by M'Curtin,
and, in pursuance of those instructions, he apprehended
the Messrs. Riley. It was on a charge of having aided
and abetted MCurtin to escape.
Mr. Aspinall here expressed a desire to see the charge-
book, as he was inclined to believe the charge was not so
entered.

Sullivan continued; on the 20th of November, he went
to the offices of M'Curtin and Riley, and also to the house,
No. 80, Grove-street, in search of Mr. William M'Curtin,
but was not able to find him. On the 22d, he went with
another officer-to the house, were he saw the elder Mr.
Riley, and, having told him he was an officer of police,
took him into custody, telling him—

Mr. Clough here interposed, and said he had that in-
stant been informed by the lady, (Mrs, Macdonald,) on
whose information the case had proceeded, that she had
mistaken Mr. Riley, junr., for Mr. M'Curtin, and he now
bagged to withdraw the charge, as it had evidently pro-
ceeded on a misapprehension.
Mr. Aspinall, on the part of his clients, suggested the
necessity of some further inquiry, as on the part of the
Messrs. Riley he must say he did not believe the state-
ment. The police, he had reason to understand, had been
repudiated in their proceedings by all the parties most
interested in the case. Here was one of the superior
officers of the Liverpool police force authorising a course
of proceeding which was now abandoned as untenable.
The magistrate remarked, as the party bringing the
accusation had admitted it had proceeded on a mistaken
notion of identity, Messrs. Riley must be discharged, and
he thought without any prejudice to their respectability.
If under the advice of Mr. Aspinall, or any other party,
they chose to make a formal demand for him as a magis-
trate to inquire into the case, of course he should do it;
but, as there were other means open to them for procuring
redress, he thought it would be better they should not call
upon him.

Mr. Aspinall then said he had no wish to press any
complaint against Mr. Clough, whose proceedings he
believed to have been instigated by a desire to discharge
his public duty,
The case then dropped.

POLYTECHNIC

SOCIETY.

THE usual periodical meeting of this society was held last
night; Mr. Homer, president of the society, occupying the
chair. The meeting was numerously attended. and the in-
terest of the various discussions was animated. Tkebusiness
was commenced by _

Mr. Scorr, who exhibited an ingenious model of an im-
provement in the mode of fixing and regulating the fins of
screw-propellers. The propeller recommended by Mr. Scott
possessed the advantage of being readily regulated in its pitch
to the working of any vessel, white, by the peculiarity of its
arrangement, it saved resistance in working. The mode of
fixing it on the corking shaft he also showed to be on an im-
proved principle as regards economy and durability.
After Mr. Scott bad concluded his observations, several
me,tbers, among whom were Mr. Alderman BENNETT, Mr.
DAWSON, the CFI AIRMA N, and others, asked questions, and
made remarks generally approving of the plans suggested by
Mr. Scott. _ _

Mr. Scow replied to the various questions, and satisfacto-
rily explained the difficulties which had been started.
The CHAIRMAN then, in the name of the Society, thanked
Mr. Scott for the interesting suggestions he had brought un-
der notice.
Dr. SIBBALO then introduced to the Society an invention,
by which a means of communication could be established
between stranded vessels and the shore, or between vessels
passing each other at sea. In bringing forward the present,
lie alluded to a previous invention he had made public for
the same purpose, by means of a balloon, which, however,
be admitted had proved too complicated to be readily avail-
able in cases of shipwreck or others of emergency. The
present proposal was one which recommended itself
by its simplicity, consisting of a compressible, flexi-
Me sphere, with a coil of buoyant line, which, being
thrown from the ship into the water, would be carried by the
action of the wind towards the shore, uncoiling the line by
its own progressive revolutions. He explained that any
such apparatus could only be useful in shipwreckst when
a gale was blowing, and other means of communication
thus rendered unavailable; and stated that he had tested its
efficiency in a light wind, which being found sufficient to
uncoil the line, he thought established its practical utility:
as, if it would work under the action of a light wind, it would
be sure to operate in a strong one.
Several gentlemen put questions as to the relative efficiency
of this as compared with the kite, the mortar, and the rocket
means of communication.
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assist in the operation.
Mr. ROWEIT, in a few approp
remarks, expressed his
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disapprobation of derogatory
aiesrubjects, as having a ten-
obriat observations by gentlemen not
a
practically acquainted with such
expressed is general approval of the
o be useful. It had, he said, often
decnacpyttaoindarnAningNee so useful an in v
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in public esteem.
scheme, as one likely t
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occurred to him that, under such circumkstantch an uncoil-
es as those
contemplated by Dr Sibbald, an empty cask, with
otacbed to it, would be very valuable; but this plan

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of Dr. Sihbalds he considered much superior.
Cant. BALLANTINE expressed his general acquiescence
the views stared by Capt. Parnell.
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The CHAIRMAN then conveyed to Dr. Sibbald the thank.
of the society, for the very valuable communication he had
tPeYstetod
laid before it ; and in doing so offered his congratulations to
Dr. Sibbald on the great probability of his invention proving
eminently useful.
The CHAIRMAN next proceeded to give a brief recapitula-
tion of the society's progress

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