The Sun.
London, England, 1858-07-22 00:00:00

AN AUSTRALIAN LION.

Some weeks ago, says the Cork Coratitution,
considerable sense ion was created in the commer-
cial circles of this city by its being rumoured that
a gentleman had arrived at one of our principal
hotels who had amassed a large fortune iu Austra-
lia, the amount of which was put down at about
1i50,e00/. The name of the fi rtunate individual
was very soon ascertained to be Charles Frederick
Hale, and to several per sons whom be has honoured
with his acquaintance le, sta'ed that he was the gin
of a timber nierchan', who resided some years ago
at Wexfard—to others, at Galway ; and that he
had gone out to Melbouree previous to the disZo-
ve,y of the gold diggings. His career there, accord-
ing to his own brilliant account, was a series
of unexampled successes. Land which he hal
purchased for a sheep walk at 11. per acre be-
came, when the gold mania was at ias height, so
high in value tt:at lie had offers for it en all sides
for buildit pure- scs, and sold it at some 151. per
foot. His profits oa Wier transactions were of an
equally golden character. He had imported, he
said, some fine breeding stock from England, by
the letting out of which he had made enormous
sums of money. He had now come back to grace
the county of Cork wi:11 his presence, and to enjoy
the °titan cunt dignitate with his princely fortune,
which amounted to beetwen 150,0001. and 200,0001.
The arrival of such a Crcesus—young, too, and a
bachelor—naturally created great excitement, espe-
ci lly amongst parties who had eligible daughters
at their disposal. Mr. Hale speedily became a
" liox ;" he was the admired of many a circle, the
guest at many 4 table ; ho was to be seen in the
houses of cur leading merchant., or walking arm
and aim with the principal men in the city. The
solicitors were set on the qui vice by an ingoeioes
statement (originated probably by himself) that he
was in treaty for the purchase of a large estate in
the west of the county; which was ehenasand is still,
in the market. Tbe amount he had offered was
understood to bs 100,0001. In a short time, how-
ever, strange hints began to circulate, and ,hi tar
circumstances were mentioned gttrdtagtiie eat
unknown." Ile had a remarkable defect of memory,
which caused him very often to forget his purse.
He had borrowed a sovereign-from are-Meta and
five from another. He had-ruar up-bills at the esta-
blishments of various shopkeepers. Unfavourable
insinuations began to be circulated ; match mak-
ing matrmas began to grow uneasy, but all sus-
picions were dispelled by the gentleman himself,
who, having heard the nature of the statements
that were made against him, threatened in every
direc!ion to bring actions against his slanderers,
and by way of proving the groundlessness of their
imputations he triumphantly produced a bank book
by which there appeared to be lodged to his credit
in one of theprincipal banking houses in London a
sum of over 100,0001. This evidence was of
course conclusive. The injured Mr. Hale be-
, rime a greater lion than ever. His society was
courted by alt, and fortunate indeed was the indi-
vidual who secured Lis company to dinner; or was
honoured by being permitted to send bins his ear-
-1 riage arid horses. In the meantime Mr. Hale had
changed his quarters to the Batheflotel.Monkstown,
and subsequently to the Queen's Hotel, Queens-
town. The next that was heard of him was at the
Devonshire Arm°, Youghal, where he had gone to
spend a few weeks of summer. There, it appears,
he introduced himself to the proprret,or of the
hotel, and produced the card of a neighbouring
clergyman, who be stated was his particular friend,
and who bad recommended Lim to patronise that
hotel during his stay at Youghal. The hotel-
' keeper, however, had some slight misgivings upon
the subject. Perhaps he thought it strange to find
t
of it
uanticauall.
a gentleman continually boasting of hisf wealth,
never giving any tangible
events, he took the prudent course f
respectingevidenc: Mr. Hale.
The toalniave immediately written
lig
c with
e irtghy
all knowledge of the gentleman—so
back, denying
much so, that he could not imagine how he became
rathaei
iesl
dof his card. Mr. Hales career was possesseevi-
dently nearly over. The hotel-keeper required
payment PaYlll of bill, but he, as usual, had fargotten
his purse. An information was sworn before a
magistrate, and he was speedily committed to the
custody of the police. It subsequently appeared
that the bank-book which had rendered Mr. Hale
such good service was the property of a gentleman
in this county, the figures in which had been
altered, so as to increase theamount from hundreds
to thousands. It further transpired that the owner
of the book was so duped by Mr. Hale, that he was
actually in correspondence with him to complete a
matrimonial alliance between him and a young
lady in his neighbourhood. He was quite unable
to say how Mr. Hale became possessed of. the book,
which he thought was still safely locked up in his
escritoire. Oa Saturday a constable from Youghal
arrived in town to make inqUiries with regard to
some pawn tickets which were found in his posses-
sion, and also to procure evidence preparatory to
his prosecution before the magistrates, which will
take place in a few days.

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