The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-06 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—Oct. 5.

SOUTHWARK.--FRAUDULENT MANUFACTURE
OF DIES FOR COINING TURKISH MONEY.—
Antoine Aime Hugon, a gentlemanly-looking young
Frenchman, was brought before Mr. Burcham from
Scotland-yard, in the custody of Inspector Whicher
and Sergeant Robinson, of the detective police,
charged with being concerned with others in caus-
ing to be manufactured a coining press and sixteen
dies for the purpose of manufacturing false Turkish
coin. The prisoner was described on the charge-
sheet as a commercial traveller, of the Union Hotel,
Marylebone-street.
Mr. Giffard, instructed by Mr. James, appeared
for th.prosecution, assisted by M. Antonio Pischari,
the Consul-General of Turkey ; and Mr. Solomon
watched the case for the prisoner.
It may be recollected that, a few days ago, a
Greek merchant was apprehended at Birmingham
for having caused to be manufactured a large quan-
tity of base coin, representing piastres and other
Turkish monies ; and since then, those indefati-
gable officers, Inspector Whicher and Sergeant
Robinson, have discovered and frustrated a scheme

for a wholesale manufacture of Turkish coins, and
from certain information they received the prisoner
was apprehended. Other parties will no doubt be
in custody in the course of a few days.
Mr. Giffard said he appeared on behalf of the
Turkish Government to prosecute the prisoner for
being connected with other parties in attempting to
commit a. very serious fraud on that Government.
It may be recollected that a short time aqo the
Sultan issued a decree calling in a great portion of
the old Turkish coins at a premium. Certain un-
principled persons have taken advantage of that
and caused to be manufactured in this country a
large quantity of spurious coin. A most gigantic
scheme has been fortunately frustrated by the
authorities, and he should be able to place before
his worship evidence of such a nature as to show
the prisoner connected with the contemplated
frauds, and ask for a remand. He then called
Mr. David Davies, who said—l am an engineer
and die-press maker, of 55, Collingwood-street,
Blackfriars-road.

Mr. Burcham—Does the prisoner understand
English ?
Prisoner—Yes. I acted as interpreter to the
other men.

Mr. Davies resumed—l know the prisoner at the
bar. I saw him in the latter end of July, at my
premises, with other persons, and he asked me to
make a press. I said that I could do so.
Mr. Burcham—Did he say what sort of press he
wanted ?

Witness—Yes, sir. He said a die press, for coin-
ing money, similar to those used in the Mint, and
he asked the price. I told him it would be £3OO.
He said that was too much, and he should go to the
Mint and make inquiries. He went away, and
two days afterwards he returned with another
man, M. Boiserrolle who did not speak English,
and he. offered me £275.

Mr. 13nrcham—Did you have any writing ?
Witness—Not at that time.
Mr. Giffard—Was anything said about the ray
ment ?

Witness—Yes, sir. I was to have £lOO in a
month and two bills. I said I should be satisfied
if they were good, and I agreed to meet them in
Chapel-place, Cavendish-square. I went there, and
saw the prisoner and two others, when they signed
an agreement.
Mr. Bureham—Where is the agreement ?
Mr. Giffard—l have not the original with me,
but I produce a copy. (Put in.)
Mr. Davieg—l received £lOO as deposit and part
payment for a coining presg acoording to that agree-
ment.

Mr. Burcham—Who paid you that money ?
Witness—M. Boiserrolle in the prisoner's pre-
sence.

Mr. Giffard—After you received that, did you
see the prisoner ?
Witness—Yes. I received orders from him to
make 16 dies.

Mr. Giffard—Was any other person present then ?
Witness—No, sir ; only myself and the prisoner.
Mr. Giffard—How many times did he come to
you ?
Witness—About twenty times. I was actually
hunted up by him. He told me I was beyond my
time, and that he could not trust to an Englishman.
Mr: Burcham—When were the dies ordered ?

Witness—ln July last. Last Thursday he came
to me and said he had drawn the money, and was
prepared to pay me. I made an excuse, and told
him to call again, and I immediately communicated
with the Government.

Inspector Whicher here produced the dies, 14 re-
presenting Turkish coin, and two religious medals.
Mr. Burcham (to the prisoner)—ave you any
question to ask Mr. Davies ?
Prisoner—l only acted as interpreter throughout
the affair. I was to have £5 commission from Mr.
Davies for
_getting him the order.
Mr. Davies—l promised him £5 for his trouble,
as the other could not speak English.
Prisoner—Did you take the order for the presses
from me or Boiserrolle ?

Mr. Davies—l did not take the order from one
more than the other. I told you I could not trust
you, and that I would not take your bills, as I had
inquired about them and ascertained that the
parties were not known in the market.
Mr. Burcham—Did the prisoner appear to you
to be an interpreter ?
Mr. Davies—l thought so; but I had my suspi-

cions when he showed me several gold coins, on
which he said was the Sultan's signature.
Prisoner—l do not know the Sultan's signature.
What I showed you were an Egyptian and a
Turkish coin. I pointed them out to you.
Mr. Davies—You said it was the Sultan's signa-
ture. I had my doubts then, and I communicated
with Messrs. Hunt and Roskell, and then you said
it was not his.

Mr. Burcham—Was the other man present during
these conversations ?

Mr. Davies—No, sir. The other had gone abroad.
The coins were quite new, and about the size of one
of our sovereigns.
Mr. Giffard—Did he say anything about the
temper of the dies ?
Mr. Davies—Yes. He asked me to be particular
and to strike off one or two.

Mr. Giffard—Did you do so ?
Mr. Davies—No, I did not.
Prisoner—Did I not tell you to strike off one or
two before you parted with the dies ?
Mr. Davies—Yes. I think I asked you to supply
me with some copper to do so, and I was told I
should not be paid unless the work was good.
Mr. Burcham—Did you think the order was
from the Turkish Government ?

Mr. Davies—Yes, sir ' • or at least I thought at
first it was all right. Afterwards I suspected it
was all wrong, and I gave information to the police.
Otto Thomas was next called. He said—l am a
die-sinker, and I reside at No. 89, Upper Stamford-
street. In January last I received a letter signed
" Aime Hugon," from Cambridge-street, Golden-
square. I went to the address, and saw the pri-
soner. He said to me, " Mr. Thomas, I have heard
of you and your abilities as a die-sinker." I said,
" Have you ?" and then he gave me an order to
sink some dies.

Mr. Giffard—What did he say at that time ?
Witness—He said he expected to receive instruc-
tions from a distinguished individual abroad, and
then he would give me further instructions.
Mr. Giffard—Did he show you any coins then ?
Witness—Yes, several; and they were all ap-
parently of Turkish currency: He wanted me to
sink dies to represent those coins.
Mr. Burcham—Did you make any remark to him
at that time ?

Witness—Yes, sir. I asked him what had
become of the old dies. He replied that they were
broken up ; consequently the new ones were re-
quired. The prisoner also said that he came to
England to have them executed, as the best en-
gineers and die-sinkers were to be fonnd in this
country.
Mr. Burcham—Who did you think required the
new dies ?
Witness—l cannot say. He left, several coins
with me at that time. On the 10th of March I
received another letter from him, and after that he
introduced Boiserrolle to me. e said, " This is
the gentleman who has made the agreement for the
dies with Mr. Davies, and who has the order from
a foreign. country."
Mr. Burcham—What countryman are yon ?
Witness-L-4 am a German, sir. He brought to
me the dies, and I cut them.

Mr. Giffard—He left you some coins as a pat-
tern ?'

Witness—Yes, sir. Five-piastre pieces and two-
piastre pieces. They were Turkish coins.
Mr. Burebam-,-From whom did you receive the
dies ?

Witness—From Mr. Davies ; but at the prisoner's
order. I then engraved them. After I received
the order I saw the prisoner at 10, Great Pulteney-
street, when he showed me a great number of coins
as patterns. Forty or fifty were gold and silver.
They were all foreign.
Mr. Giffard—Did the prisoner tell you the dies
were to go to Alexandria ?
Witness—Yes, he did. He paid me on ac-
count, and told me that a gentleman was coming
over who would settle altogether.
Mr. Giffard—Did he say where that gentleman
was coming from ?
Witness—He told me was coming by way of
Paris. I afterwards saw Boiserrolle.

Prisoner—Did not M. Boiserrolle tell you that
the work was for him ?

Witness—Yes ; and at first I thought you were
his interpreter. _ _ _

Prisoner—So I was. I only acted as his agent
and interpreter.
Mr. Burcham—Have you any documents or
letters to prove that ?
Prisoner—The police have taken from me and
my lodgings everything.
Inspector Whicher—l found several letters which
I think will enable me to discover other parties
who are concerned in the affair, besides £l5O left
by Boiserrolle for the prisoner.
Prisoner—That money belongs to me. I am
entirely innocent of this charge. My friends are
in good circumstances, and my character is un-
stained. I hope your worship will not detain me.
Inspector Whicher—l ask your worship to
remand him, as I have no doubt I shall be able to
prove that the prisoner was the party who would
have shipped the presses and dies to Alexandria
for his companions.
Mr. Burcham—Then I shall remand him.

Mr. Solomon—You will accept bail, sir ?
Mr. Burcham—Yes. Two sureties in £lOO each,
and your client in £2OO.
Bail not being forthcoming, the prisoner was re-
manded for a week.

Just as Mr. Burcham was about to leave the
bench, a fine gentlemanly-looking man, whose name
on the charge-sheet was Hugon Beverdy, of Mar-
seilles, was brought up in custody of Inspector
Whither and Sergeant Robinson, of the detective
police, charged with being concerned with others in
causing to be manufactured false dies for coining
Turkish money. The prisoner is the father of the
first named prisoner, and was apprehended at Wol-
verhampton.
Mr. Albert appeared as interpreter, and it being
clearly shown that the prisoner was the party con-
cerned with the others, Mr. Burcham remanded
him.

JEALOUSY AND ATTEMPTED MURDER
IN BIRMINGHAM.

(From the Birmingham Daily Post.)

An atrocious attempt at murder took place yes-
terda' in Cheapside, about nine o'clock in the
morning, which has caused no little excitement and
indignation in the locality. The attempted mur-
derer is a plane iron maker, named William Smith,
23 years of age, residing with his mother in Mose-
ley-street. His victim is a young widow, with two
children, named Mrs. Owen, who has a house in
No. 20 Court, Cheapside, a person of excellent
character, in the employment of Mr. T. Cox, button
and umbrella manufacturer, Alcester-street.

It appears that about three months ago Smith
became acquainted with Mrs. Owen, to whom he
seems to have become even violently attached.
His visits to her house were frequent ; they were
in the habit of walking out together, and were
apparently on the best possible terms. Up to
Friday last matters remained in this state ; but on
that day it is said Mrs. Owen rejected his ad-
dresses, and declined to continue the intimacy.
Smith was violently enraged against her on
account of this rejection, and upon her refusing to
see him when he called on Saturday he was heard
by several persons to utter threats against her. On
Monday, however, he managed to see Mrs. Owen;
a reconciliation seems to have taken place, and in
the evening he accompanied Mrs. Owen and her
little daughter to a photographic'establishment on
Deritend Bridge, and had coloured portraits of
them taken. Subsequently they all returned to-
gether to Mrs. Owen's house. He remained there
during the evening, and indeed all night, and, it
is said, was perfectly sober. About 11 o'clock a
girl named Jane Hummins, who is a fellow-work-
woman with Mrs. Owen, and lodged in her house,
left for the purpose of going to a party, and at that
time the tw'o lovers appeared to be on the most
friendly terms.
It seems that Mrs. Owen subsequently retired to
rest, leaving Smith lying upon the sofa. Early in
the morning the girl Hummins returned from the
party, and saw him there ; coming down stairs
about eight o'clock yesterday morning she found
Smith and Mrs. Owen sitting on the sofa by the
fire, while coffee was being prepared for breakfast.
They were talking good-temperedly, but the girl
noticed something in Smith's manner which she
did not like, and accordingly urged Mrs. Owen to
make haste to go to work. Smith upon this be-
came angry, and a violent quarrel arose, of a cha-
racter so noisy as to attract the attention of the
neighbours, who heard Smith declare that he would
cut Mrs. Owen's head off. Some of them inter-
posed in a friendly way, and a good understanding
seemed to be restored between them.
This peaceful state of things did not, however,
continue long. Mrs. Owen proceeded to her Cham-
ber for the purpose of dressing to go out, when
suddenly Smith started up, and without uttering a
word rushed up stairs after her. In a moment
after the girl Hummins heard a fearful shriek.
She instantly dashed into the bedroom, and there
saw Mrs. Owen stretched on the floor in a pool of
blood, and Smith standing over her cutting her
throat with a razor. >Vith great courage and
presence of mind Hummins sprang upon the
attempted murderer, and after a struggle succeeded
in wresting the weapon from his grasp. At the
same time she raised an alarm by scream-
ing; but Smith, evidently bent upon the commis-
sion of murder, drew a knife from his pocket, and
made a second attack upon his unfortunate victim.
Mrs. Owen, however, had sufficient remaining
strength to break away from him, and had reached
the stairs in her Right, when she was met by Police-

constable Evans, 272, who took her under his pro-
tection.

Medical aid was immediately sent for, and Mr.
Clay, of Moseley-street, and Mr. Jordan, of Bland-
ford-street, were promptly in attendance. They
found that serious wounds had been inflicted, and
that the main arteries had narrowly escaped injury.
While the surgeons were attending on her, Smith
sat upon the end of the sofa upon which she was
laid, and affected to be intoxicated. This, however,
was mere pretence, as upon the constables removing
him to Alcester-street station he walked well and
spoke rationally. He said that it was jealousy
whichhad led him to the commission of the crime: ;
that he had seen Mrs. Owen walking with a man
on the preceding afternoon, and he burst into tears
as he spoke. _ _

The floor of the room in which the attempt was
made was covered with blood. Mrs. Owen was
smothered in it, and the hands and dress of Smith
were deeply stained with it ; the spectacle he pre-
sented on being taken through the streets in this
state exciting the utmost horror.
Yesterday morning Smith was taken before Mr.
T. C. S. Kynnersley, at the Public-office, Moor-
street, when Chief-Superintendent Stephens applied
for a remand till Saturday, on the ground that Mrs.
Owen was unable to be either examined or removed.

The application was granted, and the prisoner
will be brought up again on Saturday.

Fl?o.v- THE GAZETTE OF YESTERDAY.

WAR-OFFICE, OCT. 5.
The Queen has been graciouslypleased to give orders for
the appointment of Rawson William Rawson, Esq., Colo-
nial Secretary of the Cape of Good Hope, to be an Ordi-
nary Member of the Civil Division of the Third Class, or
Companions, of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath.
DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 27.
The Queen has been pleased to direct that letters patent
be issued under the Great Seal for reconstituting the Bi-
shopric of New Zealand, and for appointing the Right Rev.
G. A. Selwyn, D.D. to be Bishop of the said See, and Me-
tropolitan of New Zealand; for erecting the Bishopric of
Wellington, and for appointing the Ven. Charles John
Abraham, Archdeacon of Waitemata, to be Bishop of
the said See ; for erecting the Bishopric of Walapu, and
for appointing the Venerable William Williams, Arch-
deacon of Walapu, to be Bishop of the said see ; for erect-
ing the Bishopric of Nelson, and for appointing the Rev.
Edmund Irobhouse, M.A., to be Bishop of the said see;
and for placing under the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan
of New Zealand the See of Christchurch, now under the
jurisdiction of the Metropolitan of Australia.

DOWNING-STREET, SEPT. 30.
The Queen has been pleased to appoint Lieutenant-
Colonel Richard Clement Moody, R.E., to be Chief Com-
missioner of Lands and Works, and Wymond Thomas
Ugilvy Hamley, Esq., to be Collector of Customs for the
colony of British Colombia.
WAR-OFFICE, PALL-MALL, OCT 5.
2d Regiment of Dragoon Guards—Captain John Theodore
Ling, from 18th Light Dragoons, to be Captain, vice
Jarvis, who exchanges ; Cornet J. W. Z. Wright, from
7th Dragoon Guards, to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice
Jarvis, promoted.
sth Light Dragoons—John 0. Gowan Smith, Gent., to be
Cornet, without purchase.
7th Light Dragoons—Sergeant William Bray to be Riding
Master, vice Bell, deceased.
13th Light Dragoons—Cornet Walter P. Bagenal, from
the 16th Light Dragoons, to be Cornet.
15th Light Dragoons-Sergeant-Major Benjamin Holloway
to be Quartermaster, vice Walter Clarkson, who retires
upon half-pay.
18th Light Dragoons—Captain George Edon Jarvis, from
the 2d Dragoon Guards, to be Captain, vice Ling, who
exchanges.
2d Regiment of Foot—Ensign Richard William Stokes to
be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice Jessop, super-
seded.
10th Foot—Ensign C.-H. Newbatt to be Lieutenant, with-
out purchase.
11th Foot—Ensign William Clegg, from 94th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
13th Foot—Lieut. Wm. Lea Smith, from the Ist Stafford
Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Bolger,
_ promoted ; Paymaster Harry Lee Carter, fromi the Oxford
Militia, to be Paymaster, vice. Mahon, appointed to the
6th Dragoons.
14th Foot—Lieutenant Andrew Alfred Le Mesurier to be
Captain by purchase, vice Bower, who retires; Ensign
Francis Forbes Atkinson to be Lieutenant, without pur-
chase ; Lieutenant Henry Geldart Metcalfe, from the
Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice C. H. Jackson,- appointed to the 86th
Foot ; Lieutenant Henry Augustus Williams, from the
Royal North Lincoln Militia, to be Ensign, without
purchase, vice Wood, deceased.
15th Foot—Ensign Russell Harris Veith, from the 40th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
16th Foot—Ensign Robert Jones Birch, from the 85th
Foot, to be Lieutenant, without purchase.
17th Foot—Lieutenant John Crawford Langford, from the
27th Foot, to be Captain, without purchase, vice Travers,
whose promotion, from 70th Foot, as stated in the Gazette
_of 10th Seat., 1858, has been cancelled. _

18th Foot—lfeutenant Walter Carroll, from the Dublin
City Militia, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Watt,
promoted.
21st Foot—Sergeant-Major J. Ferguson, from a Depot
Battalion, to be Ensign, without purchase, vice Harail-
_ton, promoted - - - - _

22d Vo-ot—Ensign J. Doimage, from the 49th Foot, to be
Lieutenant, without purchase.
23d Foot—Lieut. H. 0. Lloyd, from the Oxford Militia, to
be Ensign, without purchase.
24th Foot—The Commission of Captain W. V. Munnings
to be dated 17th April, in lieu of 28th May, as previously
stated.

48th Foot—Ensign G. N. R. Goddard to be Lieutenant by
purchase vice Brooks, promoted ; Lieut. E. Feneran to
be Instructor of Musketry.
53d Foot—Assistant-Surgeon W. Ashton, M. 8., from the
Staff, to be Assistant-Surgeon, vice Reid, promoted on
the Staff.

58th Foot—Ensign R. Newton to be Lieutenant, by pur-
chase, vice Stapp, who retires ; F. F. Murray, Gent., to
be Encign, without purchase, vice Jones, promoted.
59th Foot—Assistant-Surgeon Walter Crisp, from the Staff,
to be Assistant- Surgeon, vice Dauney, deceased.
70th :FootLieutenant Oates Joseph Travers to be Captain,
without purchase, vice Evatt, deceased; Ensign George
Aislabie Hilton to be Lieutenant, without purchase, vice
Travers ; Ensign William Henry Ralston to be Lieu-
tenant, without purchase, vice Hilton, whose promotion
on 23d July, 1858, has been cancelled ; the promotion of
William Henry Ralston, without purchase, as stated in
the Gazette of 24th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled.
77th Foot—Captain Frederick Arthur St. John, from half-
pay 77th Foot, to be Captain, vice Acton, who exchanges.
84th Foot—Colour-Sergeant John Nally to be Quarter-
master, vice Donelan, appointed Paymaster.
86th Foot—Lieutenant John George Dartnell to be Adju-
tant, vice Cochrane, promoted in the 16th Foot.
89th Foot—The transfer of Ensign the Hon. W. H. B.
Ogilvy, from the 26th Foot, as stated in the Gazette of
the 17th Sept., 1858, has been cancelled.
Rifle Brigadc—liieut. James Frederick Henley to be Cap-
tain, by purchase, vice Brevet-Major Atherley, who re-
tires ; Ensign Henry E. Richards to be Lieutenant, by
purchase, vice Henley ; James T. Richard Lane Fox,
Gent, to be Ensign by purchase, vice Hill, promoted.
Ceylon Rifle Regiment—Thos. Fletcher Roddy, Gent., to
be Ensign, by purchase, vice Stewart, promoted ; Henry
Whalley Melliss, Gent., to be Ensign, without purchase,
vice Baynes, promoted in the Bth Foot.
DEPOT BATTALION.

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Quartermaster Wm. Browne, from half-pay, 99th Foot,
to be Quartermaster, vice Thompson, appointed Paymaster,
21st Foot.

HOSPITAL STAFF

Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals John Collis Car-
ter, M.D., upon half-pay, to have the honorary rank of
Inspector-General of Hospitals.
Assistant-Surgeon Thomas Bassett Reid, from the 53d
Foot, to be Staff-Surgeon of the Second Class, vice Archi-
bald Retfoord Ridgway, M. 8., placed upon half-pay.
Acting Assistant-Surgeon Martin Fauchie, attached to
the Depot Battalion at Belfast, has ibeen permitted to re-
sign his appointment.