The Express. — 1853-01-24 (London, England)

THE LATE EXTENSIVE FORGERIES IN THE CITY.  Much surprise has been expressed with regard to the extraordinary forgeries of Prise that he should have been able to procure advances to so great an extent upon the mere production of corn orders, without having any 'corn actually in existence. This seems to have originated chiefly in the fact that hie name stood very high is the trade. It appears that whoa he obtained the 70,0001. from Miura Colima and fitohlterforht forged orders were produced, which purported to be signed by Brown and Young, and by order of It. F. Pries, dimming • transfer of a quantity of grain, then ruppoeed to be stored in the granaries of Messrs. Brown and Young, at Bermondsey, to Messrs. Coltman. Upon payment by Pries of 20,00 W. to Messrs. Coltman two of the forged orders were re-transferred to him. It has been ascertained that all these documents were in the handwriting of Pries. They had not the most oelcial look, being written upon a sheet of foolscap, without any printed or blank form, and bore no stamp. The mode, however, adopted by Messrs. Coltman in advancing upon the corn orders seems to have been'the usual course pursued in the trade when the party is well known. Under such drownstances large sums are advanced without any inquiry al to whether the corn is really housed in the granary or not. From papers which have come into the possession of Messrs. Montanans sines the 'Rapture of Pries, a suspicion is entertained that he had lately dispooed of from 18,0001. to 20,0001., by sendiag it over to the oontisent, where he could have availed himself of it had ha succeeded in making his escape. Beyond the value of his household effects which are of a superior and elegant description, ego more than 5001. have es yet been collected of the es. tate. Several bill of ladin_:g have arrived in anticipation of cargoes of con from the Baltic ; but whether they will prove of any real value remains to be seen. In justice to Mrs. Price, it is only right to state, that recent inquiries bare fully exonerated her from any _participation In the frandelent transactions of her husband, or in having any knowledge of them. From the state oigrief in which she was first discovered, there can be no doubt bit that she wee impressed with the belief that her husband intended to carry out the threat of self-destruction contained in his letter. That he ever intended to commit suicide may well be doubted, from the fact of his having provided himself with a stock of entirely new clothing and linen, a new carpet bag, and a large stock of cigars. It is much more probable that he contemplated a lengthy trip upon the continent. Since his confinement in Newgate ha het constantly been attended day and night by a guard. He has also been ordered a sum of 261. out of the 1001. found upon him for the purpose of providing himself with legal waist The 1,0001. reward offered by Mears. Montenaux for his 1 apprehension has not yet been paid, but when handed over to the police authorities will be distributed amongst those of the city detective force who acted under lir. Hodgson, and who so efficiently pertormed their task in capturing their prisoner within an hour after information was received, by them. But little additional information hes I been gleaned as to the mysterious speculations in corn. Boma sheet time since it was announced by the Markle** cerreepondents that certain dealers in grain in t►e market must at least have lost • sum of 100,000(, and' that comparatively in a few transactions. That Prise was concerned Lathes' reckless proceedings there is every probe bility, bat to whet extent has not yet been ascertained. The third examination of the prisoner will take Naos at the Mansien-house on Wednesday next.