The Sun.
London, England, 1857-11-19 00:00:00

SHREWSBURY RACES.—(This Day.)

(Br ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
NURSERY HANDICAP
Colt by the Dupe
Wanderer
Happy Prince .
Thirteen ran.

STEWARDS' CUP.

Breeze
Maid of Cadiz
Grey Pyrrhus
GOLD CUP.

Special License
Vandal
Laudamia

Twelve ran.
MONKMOOR HANDICAP.

Peto -
Alfred
Augury

Ten ran.
SWEEPSTAKES.

Timotheus .
Thistledown
Grillade

Five ran.
SCURRY STAKES.

Forget-me-Not
Bane Culotte
Little Cob

Eight ran.
HANDICAP PLATE OF £6O
Master Bagot
Queen of the South
Octavia

Sixteen ran.
WELTER CUP.

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.2
.3

Chester..
Miss Harkaway
Red Rose

Six ran.
LONGLEATE STAKES.

Princess
Wild Honey
Alfred

Nine ran.

NAVAL APPOINTMENTS.—(This Day.)

The following appointments were made this afterncia
at the Admiralty :

Captain—Arthur Forbes to the Renown.
Commander—M. O'Reilly to the Lapwing.

TIII RECENT DISCOVERY OF FORGED
BANK ROTES IN FRANCE.

(From Oalignani'a Messenger.)

Brett, an experienced. officer of the detective force of
London, has lately been at Brussels for the purpose of
endeavouring to trace out something relative to the
forged notes of the Bank of England which were some
short time ago discovered there iu a hat-case left at the
Hotel des Estrangers, in the Rue des Tressiers.
From his inquiries, it appears that the account
already given was substantially correct. The hat-
case had been left at the hotel about threes years
back by a porter, and since then never
claimed. The case, after a time, was deposited in
the lumber-room, and there remained forgotten until the
proprietor of the house, on seeing in the English papers
the details of the Waterloo-bridge tragedy, thought of
what had been left with him, and determined to examine
it. It was heavy, and well secured by a brass padlock,
and its general appearance was calculated to excite sus-
picion. His curiosity induced him to get it down and
break the padlock, and he found it to contain thirteen
large official-looking sealed envelope parcels. He
opened them, and to his great astonishment discovered
the contents to consist of some thousands of what
appeared to him to be Bank of England notes. He took
two of them to the shop of M. Edouard de Poise, a
money-changer, who we believe was about to cash them
when the hotel-keeper intimated that he wished his
opinion as to their character. M. de Peire then exa-
mined them more closely, and detected that they were
forgeri es, but co cleverly were they executed that other
money-changers, notwithstanding the doubts expressed
as to their genuineness, offered to exchange
them. The discovery was at once communicated
to Mr. Maltby, the British Consul, who made it
known to the Bank of England, and the box and
notes were placed in the custody of M. Van Hanw, of
the Brussels police, until the English officer arrived. They
then underwent a strict examination by the chief engraves
of the Belgian Bank, which occupied some hours, and
the whole of the notes were pronounced to be forged
Thsy, however, were so well executed, and the imitation
so strong, both as regards the character of the paper,
water-mark, &c., as to mislead the most cautious. They
had evidently been struck off from three plates, which the
Bank authorities believe to beßritishengravicg. The 10/.
notes bear a date when there was no issue of that descrip-
tion of notes at the Bank of England. The Belgian police
seem rather perplexed at the fact of so large a quantity
of fictitious notes having escaped the scrutiny of their
own Custom-house officials ; but on examination of the
envelops it was ascertained that the parcels, notwithstand-
ing their size, had passed through the post ffice from Mar-
seilles, which post-mark each bore. The forged notes were
pieced in an inner envelope. The outer ones were
addressed to different parties invarious places in Belgium
(known to be living at the parts named at the time, but who
have sines absconded), while the inner ones were re-ad-
dressed to persons in Marseilles. This was a stratagem
to deceive the police. In the event of one of the parties
being captured, no doubt hie excuse would be for pos
session of the parcel, that he only received it to send it
to the direction of the enclosed envelope, and that as it
was sealed he knew nothing of the contents. Just
previously to the time of the box being left at the
Hotel des Etrangers, some parties were apprehended '
at Frankfort cn a charge of passing Bank of
England notes, on which occasion the Bank e:nt over
Haydon, the City detective, to assistethe authorities there.
Those forged notes now turn out to be fac similes of those
discovered at Brussels. A great number of forged notes
of a like character were in circulation on the Continent
about that time, the parties were cons icted, and they
made certain revelations to the Government
respecting accomplices, which no doubt were in Brus-
sels at the time, and owing to the publicity of the
fraud, and fearing detection, but not wishing to destroy
the notes, they resorted to the expedient of getting
their stock in trade left at the hotel as before
narrated. That they carried on their nefarious trade in
many of the Continental cities and towns there is ample
proof, and as well as that some of the notes found their
way to England. Brett, the officer, has just left Brus-
sels for London, to deposit the forged notes in the
custody of the Bank of England.

The Marquis Conyngham has arrived at the St.
George's Hotel, Albemarle-street.
The Dowager Lady Cowley is staying on a visit with
the Marquis and Marchioness of Salisbury, at Hatfield
House, Heal.
WRECKS ON VIE GOODWIN AND LONG, SANDS.—EarIy
on Monday morning an express arrived at Ramsgate
from Broadstairs stating that a vessel had sunk upon
the south face of the Goodwin Sand, with the crew cling-
ing to the rigging and a signal of distress flyinz. The
life-boat and steamer of the Ramsgate Harbour Trustees
were instantly despatched with the Broadstairs men,
whose craft were aground in the harbour, it being at
the time low water. In about an hour after the life-boat
had left, a lugger arrived in Ramsgate harbour with
eight persons, being the whole of the crew of the sneli en
vessel, which proved to be the Juliana, of Bilboa, from
Christiansand to Bilboa, with a cargo of salt fish. We
r!gret to add that the day before yesterday a Dutch
setves-
was lost on the Long Sand, when all hands peri-hed.
Another telegraph arrived on Monday at Ramsgate, an-
nouncing the total loss of a Danish vessel on the Long
Sand. Hercrew were fortunately saved. Has not the time
arrived when something effectual should be done fer saving
life from the numerous shipwrecks on the Goodwin and
Long Sande, where huudreds of sailors every year meet
with a watery grave I The Royal National Life-boat
Institution had often bad impressed on it, that if one of
her Majesty's steamers of sufficient dimensions, with her
fires kept backed up during bad weather, and having
attached to her one or two life-boats, were stationed in
the Downs, she might often be made eminen ly useful in
saving lives from ships wrecked on the Goodwin Sands.
Upon indication of bad weather or upon a signal of dis-
tress from either of the " light vessels," the steadier
might quickly get her steam up. Possessing a power
whieh no other means could supply, she would soon
reach the vicinity of danger, and be
.enabled to take
ep the best position for either putting off her We-
ts:oats or using Manhy's apparatus or any other
appliances for saving life. With the knowledge that
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vigour would
be given to both crew and passengers from the con.
fidence they would feel that the means of safety wore at
hand, and Ithat every exertion would be used to
rescue them from their perilous position. Such a
vessel would likewise be a valuable auxiliary to the
lifeboats stationed at Broadstairs, Ramgate, and 'Weimer,
and to the loggers on that line of coast, which are
always ready and willing to proceed to the scene of
disaster in the most tempestuous weather, and fre-
quently rescue lives at the imminent risk of their own
crews. It is well known that the Ramsgate and Di-al
loggers have brought to land upwards of 200 mist retie
. and half-clad emigrants from the same ship at one
time, all that they possessed having gone with the ill-
fated vessels. The National Life-boat Institution has
offered to supply the life-boats required for this humane
and most important work, and we sincerely trust that
the day is not so far dstant when we shall be able to
, report that the Admiralty have also on their part ac-
ceded to the request that has boon made to them to pro-
vide the necessary steamers.