Glasgow Courier. — 1853-01-25 (Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland)

THE LATE FORGERIES IN LONDON. Much surprise has been expressed with regard to the extraordinary forgeries of Pries that he should have been able to procure advances to so great an extent upon the mere production of corn orders without having ally corn actually in existence. This seems to have originated chiefly in the fact that nil name stood very high in the trade. It appears that when he obtained the £70,000 from Messrs. Coltman & Stohlterforht forged orders were produced, which purported to be signed by Brown & Young, and by order of It. F. Pries, directing a transfer of a quantity of grain, then supposed lobe stored ill the granaries of Messrs. Brown & Young, at Bermondsey, to Mosses. Collman. L'pon payment by Pries of £20,000 to Messrs. Collinan two of the forged orders were retransferred to him. It has been aseert ained these documents were in the handwri ting of Pries. They had not the most official look, being written upon a sheet of foolscap, without any printed or blank form, and bore no stamp. The mode, however, adopted by Messrs. Colima' 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 eit comstances larze sums are advanced without any inquiry as to whether the corn is really housed in the granary or not. From papers which have coma Into the possession of Messrs. 3fontastut nue the  of Pries, • suspicion is entertaitwd that he 1.1 ely disposed of from £IB,OOO to £20,000, by ,7 n3r., it over to the continent, whore he could have .1,7;-•ri,;m„.lf of it tool he succeeded in making his licrond the value of his household effects, .17;-!.'•--, e.t.a superior and elegant description, no • iso fil have as yet Coen collected of the socral bills of lading have arrived in ation of cargoes of corn from the Baltic; k,---tti',i.e.ther they will prove of any real value rs to be seen. In justice to Mrs. Pries, I‘;7-n:ulv rizid to state that recent inquiries have • nvrated her from any participation in the ran,a ctions of her husband, or in having (31v:sum t am. knowledge of them. From the state of grief iu was first discovered, there can be no ; • • b..t that she was impressed with the belief r ho,:hand intended to carry out the threat of ruction contained in his letter. That he ntled to commit suicide may well be doubt'', ..1 the fart of his having provided himself wills of entirely new clothing and linen, a new m: 1, ant a large stock of' cigars. It is much thle that he contemplated a lengthy trip *" tent. Since his confinement in New,...nstantly been attended day and night lie has also been ordered a sum of .£2.5 L lit found upon him for the purpose of himself with legal assistance. The £I,OOO , otfcred by Messrs. Montenaux for his appre,l nut yet been paid, but when handed over ; . , authorities will be distributed amongst , city detective force who acted under , - .11 .ind who so efficiently performed their • ;Irmo their prisoner within an hour after seas received by them. But little addi:•uation has been gleaned as to the myste. !tons in corn. Some short time since it , . need by the Mark Lane correspondents . d,slers in grain in the tmrket must at h. a Sum of £IOO,OOO, and that compare, , w transactions. That Pries was con, ILA,' rockless proceedings there is every but to what extent has not yet been 1,, • ~•••I. The third examination of the prisoner „ . ;,•:,••• at the Mansion on Wednesday next.