The Sun.
London, England, 1869-03-26 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1869.

SHARE LIST.

utDINAItY dilAti SS AND STOCab

paid. CloBltig Business
;hare Railways. Price. dens.
et Bristol and Exeter ...... 100 77 79 771
at Caledonian --..... WO TS 781 71 7 i
BE Cambrian.
20 Cornwall all 21 31
it Dublin & Belfast Juno lOO 77 79
at Dun„rertli,& Ab.Junc••• WO 70 72
2) East London all 7 9
tO Do 15 - -
23 Do 10 - -
it Glasgow &S. Western lOO 97 99
at Great Eastern .. 'OO 361 37 34 1761 71
at Do. E. Angl. No. 2 lOO ... ...
it Great North of Sootlani lOO 05 6
at Great Northern lOO 1061 .071 107 61
st Do. A. stock
at Do. B stock lOO .. ... 121
at GtS, and W. of Ireland lOO 95 • 7
at Gt. Western -original- 110 50 501 491 / 501
A Do. South Wales lOO 37 49
at Do. W. Mid.-01.1ord lOO 24 27
it Do. Newport lOO :9 31
at Lancashire & Yorkshire lOO 24 1251 1221
st Lon., Brigli.dt kl.Cuast lOO 481 4) 4.4
03 Do Scrip .... - .
it I on., Chat., and Dover lOl 16/ 16; 161 1 1
it Do. -Iletrop. Ex. A lOO - -
it Lon. & North Western lOO 1141 154 115 141 101
it Lou. tt South Western lOO 137 eV 871 bi
st Man., Sliel., & Lincoln lt.o 56 361 451 C 1
it Metropolitan ;... • lOO 102 lu3 101; 24 11 21
at Do Extension ..
10 Do. New rd ..
at Mo,ropolitan District. all 41 44
10 Motrop. St. John's NI oo 1
at Miuiaud
at Do, Birruin. A Darby lOO Si 86
st North British
st Vo. Lod., I'th., & Dun... 10) - -
st I or. a:astern-Berwick lOO 102 1(3 1021 2
25 Do. O. N.E purchase -16.13.4 - -
at Do Leeds . . ... 100 07 119
at Do York
Lest Lo Carli de ....
it Do Stun:. tit Darling lOO 13) 132
at North Lun ton
10 Do New :8(8
st North Staffordshire.— - 100 35 37
at North and S.-W. Junction 100 92 100
10 Do New £lO shards 7 ... ..
at Rhymney
at Shropshire Union 1( 0 461 47/
at South DOTOII
st South Eastern lOO 774 76;
at Staines, Wok'ham,& Wok all 12 15
st Tau vale
-- Do. C. •• • .. 5 3 4 p
- WaterlOrd & Kilkenny.. 100 -- -
10 Waterloo & Whiteha.l.. 6 - -

EXTENSIVE FORGERY.

A few dayq ago considerable excitement was produced
in commercial circles in Birmingham and the district by
the information that Mr. George Harrop, of the firm of
Harrop and Somerville, London Works, Smethwick, had
absconded, after committing forgeries to the extent of
several thousands of pounds. The news was the more stag-
gering because the firm was generally regarded as one of
high position and integrity, and was supposed to be doing
an extensive borne and continental trade. Mr. Harrop
and Mr. Somerville have carried on the partnership busi-
ness at Southwark for several years, and, at the time the
former absconded, they lived together in lodgings at Har-
borne. A fortnight or three weeks ago Harrop went to
London,rostensibly on trade matters ; but a few days
afterwards he wrote his brother a letter, in which
he confessed his defalcations, and intimated his intention
to leave the country. This letter, of course, led to an inves-
tigation, which resulted in proof of forgeries of accommo-
dation bills by Harrop to the amount of several thousands
of pounds-27,000 or 28,000, it is believed— the Bir-
mingham and Midland Bank being the sufferers.
Besides this Harrop collected and appropriated a
large sum of money from customers in London,
the accounts of some of them being scarcely due. The
forger is accompanied in his flight by a younger brother,
but there does not, so far as can be learned, appear to be
any grounds for charging him with complicity in the
frauds except after the fact. The works at Smethwick,
we are informed, were stopped on Tuesday ; but whether
the defalcations of Harrop will lead to the permanent sus-
pension of the business, is a question upon which no facts
are yet to be obtained.—Birmingham Post.