The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-07 00:00:00

COWES-WEDNESDAY.

September and October being the best months for sea-
bathing, we have numerous arrivals, though not equal to
the number of the departures. Amongst the former are—
S. Peach Peach, E,q., to Cannon House; P. J. Miles,
Esq., to Sea View House ; Mr. Lovrell, to Beach Villa ;
Mrs. Wallace, to Osborne Villa; Mr. Ploy/den, to Harriet
Lode; Mr. Shepperd, to White Rose Lodge; Captain
Meynell. to Oak 'Luse, and numerous others.
DEPARTURES.— The Earl of Clonmell, for Woodstock,
Oxon ; W. Webber, Esq., for The Close, Salisbury ; G W.
Heneage, for Compton Bassett; Sir R. Bulkeley, Bart., for
Dynevor House, Leamington ; Sir Thomas Cochrane, for
Admiralty House, Portsmouth; IL Palmer, Esq., M. P., for
Reading; Evrington, Esq., for Clarendon Park, Salis-
bury ; Sir B. Graham, Bart., for Grosvenor-square ; Hugh
Berners, Esq., for Milbrook, near Southampton ; Lady Mal-
let, Sir John Hippesley, Bart., Mrs. Gravos, Captain Hope,
Captain Sl:ea, Mr. Newcomb, and Captain Hicks Beach, for
Weymouth ; Sir R. Harland, for Oswell Park, Ipswich ; G.
A. Fullerton, Esq., J. S. Packington, Esq., and Lady H.
Baring, to The Grange ; A. W. Corbet, Esq., for Shrop-
shire. Sir E. Paget and family leave Woodvale on Friday.
ARRIVALS OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON.
SEPT. I.—The Turquoise cutter, Sir Hyde Parker,
Bart., from Franco; and Dolphin schooner, G. H. Ackers,
Esq., from Torquay.
SErr. 2.—The Zephyr cutter, G. Bentick Esq., from
Ceuta, Lisbon, &c.
Szpr. 3.---The Xarifa schooner, and Harriet.
SAILED.
SEPT. 3.—The Kestrel cutter, the Right Hon. the Earl of
Yarborough, on a cruise.

THE CASE near NENLEY-ON-THAMES.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
SIR-Mr. Vaughan has addr.ssed himself to the public
through the columns of your Journal, and in attempting
to.palliate his conduct in the matter which has become the
subject of prosecution against himself and the person called
the Baron Charles de Behr has introduced statements in a
spirit of recrimination, which are so at variance with the
truth that lam induced to notice them. The object of
Mr. Vaughan's letter is to exculpate himself from even the
appearance of guilt by professing that he himself has been
the dupe of De Behr, and not Mr. Allen. But in what do
the depositions taken before the Magistrates, which were
neither contradicted, or even questioned, and the real facts
*f the case, accord with Mr. Vaughan's version ? Scarcely
in one particular—and there is one point too tender for
Mr. Vaughan to touch on in case he " should compromise
the honour of a gentleman." Mr. Allen (who is a married
gentleman, about thirty years of age) had advanced large
sums of money on his own account to Mr. Vaughan, to be
repaid from money arising from a Chancery suit ; that
Money having, however, reached Mr. Vaughan's controul,
ha 3 nearly frittered away before any day could be fixed for
settlement. When that time arrived, a great part of the
"In being already expended, it became necessary to invent
some scheme of apparent payment by which the securities
should be cancelled, possession of the property restored,
and further suFplies obtained—the case of the shares in a
Mining Company of which De Behr was the President,
,and Vaughan, a Director, was then held out ; and to in-
uune Mr. Allen to accept them, they were enhanced with
the most unblushing falsehoods. To effect this plan secresy
must be enforced—they, accordingly, under the most spe-
cious pretences, induced Mr. Allen to pledge his word that
'142 would not inform me as his solicitor of this arrangement,
nt that it was intended that anything less than the payment
of the money would take place, as it was to be regarded
as a private transaction. Having extorted this promise
they proceeded :—Mr. Allen was to give Mr. Vaughan a
receipt for the 2,5001., and De Behr, as the President of the
Cacboeira Gold, Silver, and Copper Mining Company, was to
hand him an acknowledgement for that suns being invested
in the purchase of shares (in the Bubble)—finding that
Mr. Allen faltered, Mr. Vaughan assured him that he had
purchased 3,000/. worth, and protested that as an act of
friendship, he had pet suaded his old College friend, De Behr
(How does this agree with the history of Di Behr in that
clever publication, " The Town" of last Saturday ?) to
allow him to take shares also to the same amount. Their
wily arts at length succeeded. Mr. Allen, considering that
the pecuniary assistance he had from time to time afforded
Mr. Vaughan, with reiterated professions of friendship,
would exclude all fraud in the transaction, and accordingly
gage up the securities he had, and De Behr, having ob-
tained 5001. more in cash, afterwards applied to me in
town wiih a letter for the other securities, stating that he
bad advanced the money to Mr. Vaughan, and Mr. Allen
bad been paid in cash. My suspicions, however, were ex-
cited, and I accordingly retained a judgment on a warrant
of attorney until I had satisfied myself that De Belir's
statement was tint?, and that the transaction was such as I
could sanction on behalf of Mr. Allen. Some investiga-
tion ensued, and I thee discovered that no such Company
existed, and that a fraud of the grossest character had been
most deliberately practised. Application was therefore
made to the Magistrate, who issued a warrant for the ap-
prehension of Mr. Vaughan and De Behr ; and, after seven
hours' examination, Mr. Vaughan, and subsequensly De
Behr, were committed to the county gaol for Oxford. Mr.
Vaughan made no defence, contradicted no witness, or in
any way relieved the impression that he was cognizant of
the whole fraud. He inquires if it is reasonable to prose-
cute hint, because one person meets another at his house aild
nlakes a contract without his knowledge. I reply that he
has aware of, and party, to the whole arrangement, and ap-
pointed the meeting at his house to complete it. If he
w
as not, how did he intend to pay Mr. Allen ? as he repre-
-Bnted that he had purchased 3,0001 worth, and, if so, Mr.
Allen could not be paid, as the money was already applied.
But this 3,0001. on the examination dwindled down into a
piece of paper, signed by De Behr alone, that Mr. Vaughan
"as entitled to " twenty 501. shares, say 1,0001. in the
C o rnPany. If the transaction was honourable why secure
an n
i Promise of secresy from me (as sworn to by three wit-
Oes) Why not allow Mr. Allen to communicate with
i,:s_.golieitor on the subject ? though Mr. Vaughan now
' '"fietes that I was aware of it, which is a gross false-
Lo°d• as 1 had no knowledge of the plan until after its
Irpretration. Mr. Vaughan concludes with forced advice,
that in all money transactions actual cash should pass be-
"n principal and principal, but how has he enforced his
precept by example ?-1 beg to remain, Sir, your very
0,
escheat servant,
H. WICKENS,
Solicitor for the Prosecution.
43, Seekville-street, Piccadilly, Sept. 6, 1837.
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future commnications respecting this affair can only
ecetred as advertisemeunts. J

The Earl of Lichfield will shortly give a grand en-
t
"tainment at Shugborough Castle, his seat near Lichfield,
w°, the fine troop of Staffordshire Yeomanry Cavalry, of
niell regiment the Noble Earl is Colonel.
gentlemenoTile Earl of Chesterfield and a party of sporting
left town yesterday on a shooting excursion to
r Perk, the seat of the Marquis of Westminster.
The
Ito; Preparations for the ensuing season of the
will bat' Opera Buffo are nearly completed, and the season
p. • commenced early in November, and continued until
Neobruary.
Owing to the welcome manner in which Le
intezz; di Figaro was received last season, Mr. Mitchell
aome'us Producing Mozart's " Cosi fan tutte," as well as
°f the most favourite operas of Firavanti and Pa-
left, t° which the unrivalled orchestra,o engaged for the
bau!ng .season, can alone do justice. A new opera by
tni:Zetti has also been purchased, and will be produced
royeh"nlmencement of the season.
al as been stated as one reason for the sale of the
Pro stud at Hampton-court, that the whole was the private
visioPerty of the late Kinn., and as such subject to the pro-
. of his will.
great re Present Lady Lyndhursl, is stated to bear a
su":ll:eedseradbylance to the former lady of that title. The
possessed features strongly resembling those
LoYr
,considered to distinguish the " fair maids of Judah."
" 1t03,7 Chesterfield's celebrated painting of the
tained Hunt meeting at Ascot Heath," in which are eon-
field ?ortraits of the Duke of Beaufort, Earl of Cbeste_r-
A ' arl of
"011 A„
and
Wilton Earl of Errol, Count D'Orsay, Lords
other
rnselriarisci. Frederick Fitzclarence, Alfred Paget, and
i!uished .• of the Hunt, is in the hands of distu -
rectoartist, from whom 0 fine el-v.160g is shortly EX,