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

POLICE IN7ELLIGENCE.—Sept.

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MANSION-HOUSE.—NEW MODE OF SWI/ iD ~
LING.—CAUTION TO THE PUBLIC.--After the cl Of ‘e
of the ordinary business at the Mansion-house, i )h
Saturday, a gentleman who said that he was aso li,
citor, carrying on business in the City, stated ti ,at,
he wished to give publicity to a new mode a ob-
taining money, which, however, in the case he was
about to allude to, had not been succes.sful, altbo. ugh
it is to be fearad it had hitherto been ca rried on to a
great extent. It appeared that for 130sne time past
1 advertisements had appeared in the pavers s tat pa
that certain parties were willing to advance b )at is to
tradesmen, &c. A farmer in Scotland seeii ig the
adverfssement, and supposing it to be a bet to fide
affair, wrote to the address stated, asking for a loan
of £3OO, ant:l shortly after received a let ter
.s ing
that the loan would be g
half of a draft on ranted, and inc losir LgW
the
the cashiers of the Bank of Eng-
land
for the money, and also an ,Irderl to be signed by the appli-
cant,
t; ceeing to pay the tia )ley back
by instalments.
The letter was as folio IVS0 'l.'
"Dear Sir,—Yesterday at an ineeting of the dire ctc,rs,
your application for an advance 41f . £3OO was agreed to, .and
London, Aug. 22, 1 80.
, accordance with the
as the loans are payable in full, iL
~r of an order on. The
scotch
for the first
usual custom, I herein enclose one „ i
Bank of England, value £3OO. The
4, ,cotch notes, by i Ti-
,
year will be £l5, which please remit in
Ad note for •VC )0
e
gistered letter, together with the enclos,
send a sten l p
ed
duly signed, and by return of post I will
- of the order . on
receipt for the interest, also the other part
the Bank of England.
-der, there} 'ore
" For greater security, I have crossed the of
when you have pasted the two parts together "cu must i.
o n
Alp
it to some banker, who will charge you a small commissi,
for getting the cash for you here.
" Please notice the rnmoval of the offices, and di,rect yet tr
letter as on the other side.
"On account of the numorou,s sums provided for differen t
applicants, I must request your prompt, attention."
The following is a copy of the note of agreement
alluded to in the letter NO:Lich the applicant was to
send back signed :
" No. 8001. £3OO.

" Ewe. dochty, Aug. 22. 1862.
44 I agree to pay -, Esq., th e sum of three hundred
pounds by six yearly payments of flu
Pounds each.
" I also agree to pay interest on t,
'ty
same each year in
advance at the rate of £5 per cent. per • annu-m.
The applicant upon receipt of ti,%hi letter and the
enclosed orders did not quite like
etyle of the
letter, or the idea of sending the £l5 be,vore he re-
ceived the other half of the cheque, anti a. ?Plied to
his solicitor, who advised him not to sent' th 'e money
for the interest, nor to part with the ackric Iwledg-
ment of the loan unless he got the cash, as betL icught
it all a trick; and he then wrote to his frie,nti
in
London (the gentleman who brought the m at ter
forward at the iviansion-house) requesting bin hto
make some inquiries, and at the same time wrote
the advertiser advising .him that that gentleman
would settle the transaction with him. The matter
has already been partly investigated, and from the'
result of the inquiries which have been made it is
believed to be a swindle, and the solicitor in London
in whose hands it was placed lost my time in bring-
ing the matter forward, in order Oplt the public
might be put on their guard against an swering such
advertisements, and falling into a trap, L AS it is feared
many have done already. The portion of the cheque
is half of a genuine one on the Bank of Enwland,
but it is rather a singular fact that it has lit sen ascer-
tained to be one of a series which were uttere, d as long
as six Tears ago to a firm who at that tin le were
occupying offices at the very same address as that
mentioned in the letter from the advertiser. The
gentleman was informed that no procetsdi'ngs
of a legal character could be taken at present,
no offence having in this case been committed, acid
he said he did not expect much could be done, hi's
only object being to give publicity to a mode o.
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.