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

NOVEMBER' 19, 1 S .";'7.

British consul, or some other puLiie functiaaary, not, to
be taken at_t f,ir an exaininittio.n irl this ConK, but i!
might, in the interim, afford soil]' of Cur. inkirrnatimi
quired by the a'signeei. He also intimated that, an ar
rangement was pending between the company and their
creditors. _ .

Mr. Linklater said there were strong reasons why in-
terrogatories should not be sent out, as they might not
be kept so private as was desirable, and said that it
was the first intimation of any arrangement.

His Honour, after bearing further ob!errationg, said
that he thought it would be pli.tic to take an adj3urn-
merit, but if the case came before him he should require
a much more explicit certificate than that now put in.
Au adjournment was ,then taken for two months.

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THE, BECENT DISCOVPRY OF FORGED
BANK IVOTES IN FRANCE.

(From Galignani's Messe,rgei.)

Brett, an experienced officer of the detective force of
Loudon, 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 in a bat-case left at the
Hotel des Estrangers, in the Rue des TresEire's.
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, alar a time, was deposited in
the lumber-room, and there remained forgotten until the
proprietor of the house, on seeing in the Engliele papers
the details of the Waterloo-bridge tragedy, thought of
what bad 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 Poire, a
mosey-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 Poire then exa-
mined them more closely, and detected that they were
forgeri es, but so cleverly were they executed that other
money-changers, notwithstanding the doubts expres,ed
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
they u nderwe nt a strict examination by the chief eNrever
of the Btlgian Bank, w h ch occupied some Lours, and
the whole of the notes were pronounced to he forged
They, however, were so well executed, and the imitation
so strong, both as regards the character of the taper,
water-mark, etc., as to mislead the most cautious. They
had evidently been struck off from three plates, which the
Bank authorities believe to be British engraving. Tne 101.
notes bear a date when there was no issue of that descrip-
tion of notes at the Bank of England. The Belgian police
seem 'ither 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 office from Mar-
seilles, which poet-mark each bore. The forged notes were
placed in an inner envelope. The outer ores were
addressed to different parties invarioue places in Belgium
(known to be living at the parts named at the time, but who
have since absconded), while the inner ones were re-ad-
dressed to persons in Marseilles. This was a stratagem
to d eceive the police. In the evert of one of the parties
being captured, no doubt his excuse would be for pee
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 tine of the box being ieft at the
Hotel des Etrangers, some parties were apprehended
at Frankfort cn a charge of passing Bank of
England noes, on which occasion the Bank a at over
Haydon, the City detective, to assist the authorities the re.
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 convieted, and th y
made certain revelations to the G ivernmeuc
respecting accomplices, which no doubt were i❑ 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 lett 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

llou.e,

Lord and Lady Arthur Hay will leave town, i❑ a few

days, on a visit to the Duke and Duches3 of ,Wellington,

at Strathfieldsaye.

Mr. and Lady Augusta Milbanke and family arrived,
on Tuesday, at Thomas's Hotel, from Brighton.
The Rev. Mr. and Lady Milicent Barbar, with the

Rev. Mr. Chins, have arriied at Claridge's Hotel, from
Huntingdonshire.
DEATH OF VIE PRINCIPAL OF ST. MARY HALL.—
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