The Sun.
London, England, 1862-09-08 00:00:00

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POLICE INTELLIGENCE.- - Sept. 6
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MANSION-HOUSE.—NEW MOD EOF SV lIND-
LING.—CATJTION TO THE PUBLIC.—A fter the close
of the ordinary business at the Mans ion-how ie, on
Saturday, a gentleman who said that he was a soli-
citor, carrying on business in the City ti, at atei: that
he wished to give publicity to a new mode of ,ob-
taining money, which, however, in the , ci 'lse he vats
about to allude to, had not been success M., although
it is to be feared it had hitherto been Ca rrieti on to a
great extent. It appeared i-hat for so tete ti me past
advertisements had appeared in the pa pers .stating
that certain parties were willing to advi once loans to
tradesmen, &c. A farmer in Cicotlaw I seeing the
advertisement, and ouppooing it to be a bona fide
affair, wrote to the address stated,. asking for a loan
11, a nd inclosing the
of £3OO, and shortly after receive A a letter stating
that the loan would be grante
half of a draft on the cashiers of th e :Bank of
'er oEng-
land, and also an order, to be sig nt Id by the appli-
cant for the money, agreeing to pay t h e money back
by instalments.
"n
The letter was as follows:
Aug.. 22, 1862.
te directors
"Dear Sir,--Yesterday, at a Lmoenedtionng,
of
ti
eed to and,
your application for an advance of £3OO was agr with
the
as the loans are payable' in full, in accordance. the
usual custom, I herein enclose one part of an ores the first
Bank of England, value £3OO. The interest for
year will be £l5, which please, remit in Scotch notot ', by re-
gistered letter, together with the enclosed note f.ol* £3OO,
duly signed, and by return of vokst I will send a k inxmped
receipt for the interest, also the other part of the order on.
the Bank of England.
"For greater security, I have crossel/41 the order, the, refore
when you have pasted the two parts tog.,9ther you mut tt
on
pay
it to some banker, who will charge you a tr.
commit Isi
for getting the cash for you here.
" Please notice the removal of the offices, a:i.d direct y 'our
letter as on the other side.
or different
" On account of the numerous sums provided t
applicants, I must request your prompt attention, ''
The following is a copy of the note of ag"eement
alluded to in the letter which the applicant was to
send back signed v

" No. 8001. £3OO.
" Inverlochty, Aug. 22, 1.86''-
" I agree to pay Esq., the sum of three hu, %ire ,d
pounds by six yearly payments of fifty pounds etch.
I also agree to pay intorest on the same each year ii 1
advance at the rate of £5 per cent, per annum.
The applicant upon rece;ut. of this letter and the
enclosed orders did not quite' like the style of the:
letter, or the idea of sending th. e £l5 before he re-
ceived the other half of the check", find applied to
his solicitor, who advised him not t o send the money
for the interest, nor to part with tl.le acknowledg-
ment of the loan unless he got the cash, as. he thought
it all a trick ; and he then wrote to Ltus friend in
London (the gentleman who brought' the .matter
forward at the Mansion-house) requesting halm to
make some inquiries, and at the same tim e wro,te to
fan
the advertiser advising him that that g entleo
would settle the transaction with hiM. Th e mat, ter
has already been partly investigated, and fr,om the
result of the inquiries which have been mad a it is
believed to be a swindle, and the solicitor in Londoa
in whose hands it was placed lost no time in b ring-
ing the matter forward, in order that the public.
might be put on their guard against answering such
advertisements, and falling into a trap, as it is feared
many have done already. The portion of the cheque
is half of a genuine one on the Bank of Englund,
but it is rather a singular fact that it has been ast
tamed to be one of a series which were uttered as long
as six years ago to a firm who at that time u 'ere
occupying offices at the very same address as fillet
mentioned in the letter from the advertiser. T 'he
gentleman was informed that no proceeding's
of a legal character could be taken at presents,
no offence having in this case been committed, and
he said he did not expect much could be done, his.
only object being to give publicity to a mode of
swindling which he thought was quite new, and
very ingenious, and by which, if the public were
not put on their guard, a great many might,.. be
defrauded out of their money, by paying the first
year's interest upon receiving the half of the order,
as in the instance to which he alluded.

COUN2BY MABEE 2S.

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YORK—SATURDAY.
There was a fair show of wheat to-day, and last week's
prices were from is to 2s cheaper.
Wheat, red 56s to 60s I Oats., ~ 248 to 268
White do .608 to 64s Beans ~ . 40s to 44e
Barley .30s to 32s Peas .... „ ........-8 to -s
Malt, 64s to 66s per qr. ; rye, 34s per qr. ; flour, 408,
to 428 per sack.