The Sun.
London, England, 1840-12-10 00:00:00

EVENING 14.IDITION.

Mr. Freshfield said that the amount of mane; he•
longing to his brothers which the prisoner had taken out
of the Bank by means of forged documents was 8001.
The prisoner was then committed for trial.
Isaac Clift, alias Isaac Godfrey, alias Isaac God-
frey Clift, alias Godfrey COI, was [nought before Sir
Peter Laurie to be again examined upon the charges of
forgery and fraud brought against hint by several
tradesmen.
Mr. Hobler, jun., appeared for the prisoner.
Sir PETER LAURIE—Is there any further charge
against Clift ?
Mr. Dinsdale, the saddler, of the Pavement in,Moor-
fields, who most spiritedly followed up the case, said
that the prisoner and others of the gang had managed
matters with too much ingenuity, as tar as evidence re-
garding Clift went, for prosecution at the Central
Cri-
minal Court. Several tradesmen had called upon him
(Mr. Dinsdale), to inform him that Chit bad had goods
of them, but their charges did not amount to felonious
taking.
S r PETER LAURIE—That was what I apprehended.
Has Mr. Cornish Broad been found :'—Sergeant Shae-
kell of the Metropolitan police stated that Cornish
Broad had absconded on Wednesday morning ; that
the house in which that person resided had been left
open by him, and that the key had lecn found and
handed to the owner, Witness knew Cornish Broad.
Sir PETER LAURIE—I am sorry that he has got
away, and hope that you will be able to apprehend him.
I have received a great number of communications from
respectable tradesmen relative to the gang of which
Broad is the leader. Mr. Broad was, I find, deeply impli-
cated with the notorious Coster, who was committed
from this room and convicted at the Old Bailey, and
he has since the departure of that worthy been walking
in his shoes. Clift, I uudt.rstand, is one of Broad's
instruments.
. Clift declared that he was not an instrument in
the hands of Broad, whom indeed be scarcely knew at
all, and it was by an unhappy accident their names got
upon the same hill.—(A laugh.)

Sir PETER. LAURIE-- There is- lio doubt whatever' of

the connection. You are one of the subordinates of the
gang. 1 am perfectly aware of the nature of your move-
ments. 1 har•e here the list of the Society for the Pro-
tection of Trade from Swindlers, and the nagie of Mr.
Broad is very conspicuous ainangst the class of fraudu-
lent dealers.

Mr. nobler, jun., said that Clift's name was not
amongst them.

Sir PETER LAURIE—There are such numbers of
aliases amongst these fellows that tradesmen can scarcely
know by whom they are plundered until brought fece to
face with them.

Mr. flobler, jun., stated that he was gi‘ en to under-
stmd that Clift was a patten-maker in Whiteeross-
street some years ago, and carried on business respect-
ably- there, until he was ruined by the pulling down of
his house by the Corporation of London.

Sir PETER LAURIE—WeII, he has had his revenge
upon the tradesmen of London. Pray, do you happen to
know whether he was ever out of this country-1 mean
anywhere in the neighbourhood of Sydney ? Chft—
Never in my life I do assure you, Sir Peter.

Sir P. LAURIE-I may be misinformed in that par-
ticular, but it is quite ridiculous to suppose that he
could be in the habit of handling Mr. Cornish Broad's
acceptances, v:ithout being one of that gentleman's party.
They work on a scale which has as many ramifications
as Coster's had, but their operations are not so exten-
sive. Coster had agents and partners in %Wain), at
Berlin and Venice, and appeared to be deeply con-
cerned in commercial transactions. Mr. Broad has his
agents in small towns and villages at no great distance
from the metropolis, and their references are so managed
that an eager tradesman at once bites, and is inevitably
caught. He parts with his goods in sucli a manner
that the robbery comes under the legal denomination of
debt, and he soon finds that the part lei referred to have
played similar tricks upon others, with the aid of those
they have recommended. 'lshe goods obtained are sent
off by the London tradespeople to High Wycomb, or
Hampstead, or Reigate, or wherever their now cus-
tomer resides, and immediately afterwards thy are con-
veyed to town, where they are converted into cash. I
am sorry to say that in the list of houses where goods
thus procured are received from the depositaries in
the country, are several public-houses ; and I shall
take particular care to oppose their applications for
licenses on next licensing day. I have documents
which show that some of the extensive brewers in
the metropolis have been plundered through the
instrumentality of these persons. There arc several
bubble companies in the metropolis too, which are in a
variety of ways concerned in plundering the public.
Fellows, whose names are introduced in prospectuses as
directors and managers, acquire in this credulous town
a reputation from that manoeuvre, and to such an extent
that tradesmen send them goods without further inquiry.
Amongst the complaints made to me of this kind, is one
from a tradesmen in Sloane-street, who has been robbed
of property to the amount of 751. by the fictitious
manager of a Company. It is more particularly incum-
bent upon tradespeople to be on their guard more than
ever, for the change of the law of arrest has given great
facilities to the w hole class of swindlers. In this case
the nature of the evidence is such that I shall be obliged
to discharge the prisoner, but what has taken place hero
has done great good. I have ascertained that the gang
has been completely broken up, and I must s:sy that
the tradesmen of London are greatly indebted to
Dinsdale for his exertions.

The Prisoner—l do solemnly declare that I shall
do all I can to find out where Broad is, and you will
find that I am not one of his gang.
Mr. Dinsdalo said that Broad was, he believed, over the water and would probably be one day brought be-
fore Sir Peter Laurie, to whom the tradespeople of the
metropolis were under,the greatest obligations for making
such active exertions in exposing the villainy of this
confederacy.
Sir PETPR LAURIE then gave some private instruc-
tions to Sergeant Shackell and discharged Clift, who wa
immediately whipped up on a writ by a Sheriff's Officer.
THE BRITISH AND AUSTRALASIAN BANl.—_ja
our report of Tuesday Mr. Beddome was represented to
have said that there was not a single fact in the report
which was not submitted to, and which did not re-
ceive the sanction of the gentlemen appointed to in-
vestigate. Mr. Beddome requests us to state that
what he meant by what he asserted was misappre-
hended, and that it was that " there was not a fact
stated in the report:which was not, as it arose in the
investigation, presented to the attention of the Direc-
tors attending the Committee (meaning Mr. Boucher
and Mr. Whitcomb), and that therefore they could
not have been strangers to the allegations of the report.

EmTioN.

BRUSSELS and GERMAN PAPERS.

BRUSSELS, DEC. 7.—ln the Chamber of Representa-
tives, t:,-ddy, there was not a sufficient number of Mem-
bers present. The sitting was, therefore, adjourned till
Monday.
This is the burden of the 3ong every Saturrlay in the
Palace of the Nation, and the burden of every day. The
names of the Members were called over at half-past two
o'clock ; at four o'clock there was not a sufficient number
present. The Chamber broke up.
Wheu contempt of propriety is carried to this excess,
when we see neglect of public business in such a degree,
should not we be tempted to deplore the system of Go-
vernment which directs us, and to regret an iron, but just,
Laud, which would decree propriomotu the indemnity which
our fellow-citizens have been claiming for these ten years?
Would it be believed it is the representatives of these very
citizens who make no scruple of not being punctually at
their post ?—Precurseur.
BRUSSELS, DEC. 8. —The King set out this morning
for his country scat at Ordenne. His Majesty will be
hawk on Saturday.
Ou the 16th of this month Te Deum will be performed
in the Church of St. Gudull, on the occasion of the 50th
linniversary of his Majesty's birthday. Places will be re-
served for the civil and military authorities.
Weimwe. Nov. •3J —The Grand Duchess Helen of
Russia, with her three daughters, arrived here yesterday
e%ening, and will spend some days at our Court. She
came from Heldburghauseu, where she has been on a visit
Ler mother.

PoL ISH FRONTIERS, NOV. 2,6.—1 t is confirmed that the
Baltic fleet remains in its usual winter station, and is
wholly dismantled, so that it cannot, by any means, put to
before April next. The troops of the south army have
indeed returned to their former garrisons, but are placed
in cantonments further from each other, which is likewise
a of
that they will be at rest for the winter. The Envoy
ot the Khaa of Khiva has been very well received at St.
Ntersburgh, and it may be expected that instead of a war
with these barbarians, the hazardous nature of which is now
known, a friendly alliance will be concluded, which will
indeed cost RuSiia considerable sums, which will place
Khivr. in a certain state of dependence, which may be of
gref,t advantage to Russia at this moment, when the state
of things in A ffghanistan begins to be unfavourable to
the English. •
BESSAR kRIA, Nov. 16.—A1l it• now again quiet at
Odessa, and that town has only its usual garrison. The
depots of the sth corps of the army,are in the environs
of ()Jesse. The two divisions in the Crimea, especially
the 15th, of which little more than the skeletons remain,
are gradually recruited out of the reUerves, but it i 3 to be
feared that they too may be visited by the scurvy, which
is still prevalent. The Anapa, ship of the line, arrived at
Odessa from Sebastopol with a part of the artillery of the
sth corps, which was destined for Turkey.
DUTCH FUNDS.—AMSTERDAM, DEC. 8
Money. Rills.
Debt, Liq por Cent ......... 50 5(14
.)itto, ditto 5 per cent.
1.01 L Syndie,4l.i per cent...... ......... 137
Ditto, ditto, 314 per cent 71.4 7214
Commercial Corn?any, 4,, I..er cent ICS
Ditto (IMS and 1837) 5 per cent.
Loan 1-.'17, 5 per cent. O4 943.4
hxchange on London, One month l2 24
Two months
Dutch Papers, Dec. 8.
nELtiIAN UNDS—liaraszte, DEC. S.
Actual Delvt,•4!‘i per Cent.
Rothschild's Loan, 5 per Cant :+7
Loan of Thirty Millions, 4 per Cent EH
(I-!4
3 per Cent.

--, Thirty .seven-2-- 67;%i
1.0411 of City, lteil, 4 per Cent DU
Society of Commerce, 4 Siper Cent I le
Batik of itelgturn, 5 per Cent.... ......... 87%
National Society .
Exchange on London (short)
Brussels Papers, Dec. 8.
AUSTRIAN FUNDS.—VIRNNA, Nov. 39
rive per Cents. Mctalhques
Fowl' per Cents. .............. 100
Three per Cents. .......,...« ........... "
Bank Shares .... , 1670
Zeitung. Dec. 3.
HAMBURG BORSENHALLE, DEC. 5,
Bills. Money
. .

Austrian 5 per Cents.

Bank Shares 1 ,90
A sh.lo.nussian Loan lo7g 1067 ii
Russian 5 per Cent. Ist series, Cortiticate
Inscription, let Sewn lO3
Russian 5 per Cent. Hope and Co. 3d and 4th
Series ... 96,4 904
Ditto in Ccrtilicates
Dutch Actual Debt, 2 ~j per Cent 4l
Ditto
l'olidi BondsV
New ticket ... 156 155
A nein.. Danish 1.0. n, 3 per Cert.......... .......
Or iogian Loan, 1534, 4 per Coat.... lOl
'.' lea sh. New 3 per Cents. —,
fiIIUSSIAN FUNDS.— BERLIN, DEC. 5.
Bills. Money,
St. Schuld. Sch., 4,, per cent. .............111J% 103,,E
i'lllbßiall English Loan, 1830, 4 per cont. MI%
igx.l ange on London, three months ... 6 17
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