The Sun.
London, England, 1828-11-20 00:00:00

130 W-STREET.

A letter, of which the following are e*tracts, was
received from Sir Charles Forbes, by Sir RICHARD
BIRNJE, with reference to the case reported in the
Of Tuesday last, exposing a system of swind-
ling by means of accommodation bills. The parties,
it will be remembered, wno concocted the z,cnemp,
announced themselves as " Charles Forbes and Co.,
factors, and commission agents, 16, St. George's

" Fitzroy-square, Nov. 18.

" In retailing the enclosure you sent m respecting the
firm designated ' C. Forbes and Co., factors, 14, Sutton,
street, St. George's East,' it is, I trust, hardly necessary
for me to say that I know nothing whatever of the parties,
and until I received your letter never heard of (hem."
" I should hope that the publicity given to the subject
by the Tiniec may he the means of bringing forward those
who have suffered by such shameless practices, and enable
you to bring the parties implicated to the punishment they
deserve."

" I have the pleasure of knowing Mr. Knowles, of
Aberdeen, who is a most respectible man, and incapable of
countenancing such discreditable proceedings, which, in-
deed, he has shown by his prompt and judicious letter to
you, enclosing the documents referred to.
(Signed) " CHARLES FORBES."

Immediately upon receiving this leiter Sir R.
Biroie despatched Stephens and another officer to
No. 16, Sutton-street, to endeavour a second time to
effect an entrance, without, of course, any force or
violence. They were answered by the same woman
who opened the door to Stephens on his first appli-
cation, that Mr. Forbes was not at home, and that
no person was in' the house with whom business
could be transacted. " That is rather unfortunate,"
observed Stephens, " as I came by appointment for
the purpose of obtaining cash for a bill of exchange."
" Oh, if . that is your business," said the woman,
" you had,better See thr managing clerk." " Where
4o log MAt With 9" “ase4 th. He is
seldom', here," replied the woman, " blithe always
leaves, his address for gentlemen who call about
bills." She then went into the house, and
returned with an engraved card, containing
an address of " F. W, Rutledge, No. 115,
Lucas-street, Commercial•road." The officers did
did riot deem it necessary to obtain an interview with
this person, having proof sufficient of the character
of parties in the appearance of their house of
business, which presented no other sign of a mercan-
tile concern than the large brass.plate upon the
street-door, upon which is engraved the name of
" Forbes." The fact, too, of the principal partner
and hia managing clerk being always invisible, (ex-
cepting to the dupes,) served still stronger to con-
firth the suspicion which the officers had previously
entertained. Sir Richard. Birnic has laid the whole
transaction, together with the printed dopumputsp
f
orwarded.to him from Scotland, before the Society
for the Protection of Trade, who will, no doubt, use
measures
to beingtie parties to justice.

111ArtYLE130 •
Yesterday, John Owen, a young man of good ad-
dress and fashionable appearance, and a housekeeper
in the parish of. St. Marylebone, was brought before
Mr. HosKIN for fulal examination, under the charge
of unlawfully opening the carriage of the Misses
Black Nell, with intent, to steal the goods and chat-
tels therein being.
It was stated by William Jagger, a footman in the
service of the above ladies, at No, 6, Seymour-place,

that on Monday morning at a quarter before one, as
he was riding on the box with the coachman through
Portman-square, for the purpose of fetching their
mistresses home, his attention was taken by three
boys, who he suspected would get up behind, and
upon looking round, he saw the prisoner running
along by the side of the carriage, with the door open,
and the handle in tiffs hand, and he spade the coach-
man pull up, and jumped off the box and followed the
prisoner, who ran away as fast as he could. The foot-
man overtook the prisoner in Gloucester-street-, and
said he would give him in charge for attempting to
steal the carriage glass, in which he had so far suc-
ceeded as to let down the blind. The prisoner
told him he was a gentleman, and pulling out his
watch, offered it to him as a bribe to let him go, but
the footman held him fast pntil he got assistance,
and then he sent him to the watch-house. _ _

After hearing the footman's statement, Mr. Hos-
KtNs asked the prisoner who he was, what he was,
and where he lived ?—He gave his name.as before
stated, said he was a retained servant in the esta-
blishment of Captain Graham, 15, Nottingham-
street, who is now on the Continent, and that he is
a housekeeper at No. 13, Duke-street, Lisson-grove.
He denied the charge imputed to him. He had,
he said, been drinking with a friend, and as he crossed
Gloucester-street, the footman seized him by the
collar, and said to him, " you, Sir, what do
you want with our carriage ? You want to steal
our glasses." To which he replied, " You are mis-
taken altogether, I am a gentleman; Iyill give you
my watch and my address, and that is sufficient
security for my appearance."
The MAGISTRATE desired Webster, the officer,
to inquire into his' character. He had given
a false representation respecting his being in the
service of Captain Graham, and had been before
committed to Newgate, and the evidence of the
footman, that he had offered his watch as a bribe,
being supported by the coachman, Mr. Hoskins sent
him to the tread-mill for three months.