The Express.
London, England, 1864-08-18 00:00:00

TRAVELLING SUITS. HAMILTON and
LIMPTON (Tellers) cell attention to the NEW MATE-
RIALS in different substances for Travelling. Lounging, and &s-
-aid, Satin
105, STRAND, OPPOSITE EXETZE-HALL

NEGIRETTI and ZAMBRA'S One Gaines and
Two Guinea FIELD CLASSES and TELESCOPES an war-
noted as unrivalled for power and brifflaney. Ma and dna In
wee oonipista.-1. Hatton-garden. LC. ; no, Connell], LC.; 111,
lingent-street, W. ; 153. Fleet-atreat ; and Crystal Palace.

DEAR DOCTOR, what do you advise? I
advise Alfred Mellea's Concerts: afterwards to 'VANS',
COVENT GARDEN. bout soma claming singing, order one of
their capital chops and magnificent potatoes, and that is the best
advice l can give eon.

gut ewes's*

PITIFCII&S &

Ten Evxszers. BORN TO GOOD WEIL Mr. D. Mornay
and THE STREETS OF LONDON. Mears. J. W. Ray, David
Asher, D. Murray, J. Nelson. B. Forrester, sad H. Mellon
Mrs. H. Marston, Hisses Barnett sad Gwynn°.

SHITAINIA.
THEE ammo. THE OLD 11W198 CHURCH. • Singtaßby Ilr.
IL De Brenner. Mr. IL Baker, end Mr. J. H. Stead. —Mr. G. W.
Jester.—And THE SL&VH OF CHUM

NUM WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
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To-sozaow Yeealss, 29. se .APArsoas. 311. 19s.

LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 18.

AUDACITY and coolness, rather than ingenuity
and cleverness, are the qualities most useful for
the sucoeesful swindler. The devices by which
men are cheated appear simple enough, nor would
they have any chance of success unless the swindler
were unusually cool, and the dupe unusually
careless. The great Parisian firm of Messrs.
LEURAND, Turco, and CO. has lately been
swindled out of goods to the value of some
30,000/. ; and having told the story of their
losses to a jury at the Old Bailey, it is difficult to
determine whether the natural simplicity of the
French merchants or the assumed simplicity
of Mr. WERNER, the clerk, is the more surprising.
In 1863 Extra WERNER was introduced by a
respectable firm in the City to Messrs. LEGRAND,
and be became their agent in London at a salary
of 2001., with a commission of one per cent on
the sales which he might effect. Until this time
Mr. WERNER enjoyed an excellent character. The
gentleman who recommended him had known him
from boyhood, and his father and sisters for many
years ; to which he added, that he " had been
" very religiously brought up." MeEITI.LZORAND
and Co. bad a house in Cheapside, and WERNER
was to transazt business for them. It was of im-
portance that he should only deal with solvent
persons, and he was therefore directed to make
inquiries into the commercial standing of
the proposed purchasers of goods, by con-
sulting certain persons who were named.
WERNER began business in May, 1863, but be-
tween
that time and December he made very little I,
progress. In December, however, he called upon
his employers in Paris. He stated that the trade
was beginning to look promising, and he suggested
that he should have a large stock of goods to meet
the demands of the next London season. He
added that be bad two buyers with him, who after-
wards turned out to be Messrs. LERMAN and
AREND, but he neither mentioned their names,
nor did be introduce them to Messrs. Lscita.-so.
He declared, however, that they represented large
houses in London. As to this fact WERNER had
no sort of evidence. Messrs. LLORAIID,
however, satisfied that all was right, autho-
rised WERNER to make purchases, which
he accordingly did at Lyons and in Switzerland. In
fact, his purchases of silk plush and leather
amounted to 32,0001., all of which property was
sent to London. Almost before its arrival there
WERNER wrote to Messrs. LEGRAND to say that
fortunately he had disposed of the goods, and that
the chief purchasers were the two persons just
named, LEEMAN and ..kasiro.

Within a few weeks after this, a large quantity of
patent leather was offered to Messrs. BEVINGTON
at an extravagantly low price. Their suspicions
were aroused. They determined to make inqui-
ries, and it turned out that the leather had
been sold by Waits= to the person
who supplied it to Messrs. ltsviNcrrott.
WERNER was called upon for an explanation. It
was not satisfactory, and M. Artesia°, the chief
partner in the house of LEGRAND, came to Lon-
eon. A list of the persons to whom goods had
been sold was demanded, and the list was headed
by the names of LEEMAN and Assisn. Not un-
naturally, the books were in great confusion. M.
ARMERO, however, still had confidence in the in-
tegrity of Weaszs, although he thought he had
acted foolishly. He therefore did not dismiss
his agent, hut gave strict injunctions not
to trust LHEMAN and AREND with any
more goods. Notwithstanding theme injuno-
tious, LOWeVer, WEIMER continued to supply
LEEMAN and lisr.stD with goods. It was
now the mouth of February, 1864. The bills
given by LHEM•N in payment of goods proved to
be worthless, and on the 23rd of that month
WERNER himself wrote to Messrs. LIURAND that
be could not get the money, and that be had
determined to close the account. Yet it
appeared that between the 23rd of February and
the 13th of March WritNsit continued to supply
goods to LEEMAN and AREND to the amount of
some 15,0001. Nor, as might have been expected,
did this agent ever take the trouble to
apprise -Messrs. LEGRAND of these sales.
Again 31. ARMERO came to town. Again he
found the books in the utmost confusion. Again
Lamas handed him bills which turned out to be
worthless, and in some cases forgeries. And the
result was that, between January and March, the
amount of sales effected by WERNER of goods be-
longing to Messrs. LEGRAND was 32,0001., not
one farthing of which has been paid, and of
which 22,3001. was due by Messrs. Lur.mas and
AREND.

Under these circumstances Messrs. LSODAND
considered that they had been the victims of •
gross fraud ; and secordingly preferred an
indictment against LEMMAS, AILIND, his clerk
Ft....vow, and Waimea, in which they were
charged with • conspiracy to obtain goods under
false pretences. ARM" has absconded ; Leatuw
and FLATOW pleaded guilty, and WERNER ISM now
been found guilty by a verdict of the jury. It
was contended, of course, that WIEN ea was more
sinned against than sinning—that he was as much
the *victim of A•e.ND and CO. as were
Messrs. LEGRAND. But the jury were of another
way of thinking. An honest man, however
does not goon delivering large quantities of
v‘ I lable goods without oven advising his principal

of what he is doing, and after .dit ' cipaitu
distinctly enjoined him not to all n 1
an honest fool does not inven eon
of which must be to miatind wh
are communicated. It iamb° dontfr ar Ant
M. Antamto, after what be saw of the charac-
ter of Wiz's'', should still have persisted
in entrusting him with so much valuable
property. 'AII honmit to M. AMMO'S
Christian charity, but the compliment must be paid
at the expense of his shrewdness. The only point
in favour of Wass= was., that he had remitted
whatever money came into his hands, and that
there was no specific Proof of his having derived
any profit.. On the other hand, the enormous
magnitude of the transactions in so short a time—
the fact that Wzanin refused to introduce the two
conspirators to his employers at Paris, and was
guilty of making exaggerated and false statements
with regard to their position, coupled with the
fsct that Wraixim by the grossest carelessness and
the most determined disobedience of orders was
the real cause of the louses sustained—furnished
sufficient grounds for the verdict of the jury.