The Sun.
London, England, 1829-05-14 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Yesterday a long private examination took place
at this office, before Mr. HALLS, relative to an ex-

tensive system of forgery and fraud, which bad been
partly practised upon some of the London bankers,
and would no doubt have been carried into further

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operation, if the defrauding parties had not been ar-
rested in their career.

It may be recollected that a young man, named
Marlelli, was examined at this office about a fort-

night ago, for having presented at the bank of
ciety, and one of the Editors of die Nautical Almanack,
Messrs. Coutts and Co. a forged cheque for 2001., will be buried in the cloisters of Westminster Abbey. His
purporting to bear the signature of Mr. Thomas friends were anxious that his remains should be deposited
Hamlet, the jeweller, of Coventry-street, Hay- in the interior of the building; but the DEAN stated that
market. The prisoner, in explanation, stated, that i there was not a crevice unoccupied, and that he was obliged
the cheque had been given to him by a Mr. Harlett, to cram the coffin of his deceased friend, the late WILLIAM
of Raymond's-buildings, whom he accidentally met GIFFARD, to whom he owed all his benefices, into a corner.
in the Strand for the first time in his life, on the RECORDER'S REPORT.—THREE CONVICTS
day when the transaction took place. Upon a sub- ORDERED rola EXECUTlON.—Yesterday the Recordersequent examination, a Mr. Harlett, a respectable made his Report
to hi, MAJESTY of the prisoners capitally
professional gentleman, who had formerly lived in convicted at the last Ohl Bailey Sessions, via. :—TiromAs
Raymond's-buildings, came forward, and denied all GILL, 22, SARAH BOWICK, 22, and JAMES BRAY, 30,
knowledge of the prisoner, and of the transaction stealing in a dwellin;-house ; WILLIAM HENRY CARR,
with which his mune had been coupled. The pri- 29, and RICHARD HARPER GREEN, 47, forgery; .ioun
soner thereupon was fully committed to Newgate DAILY, alias DEALER, 17, JOHN DEAR3IAN, 20, W3I.
for trial, upon the charge of uttering the cheque POWELL, 40, JOHN SHAW, 24, ROBERT NIXON, 19,
JOHN HARRIS, 20, JOHN PETIT, 49, THOMAS GEORGE
in question with a guilty knowledge. Since ii u
20, and JOIN BALLARD, 18, housebreaking;
the committal of the prisoner, he mentioned a T
young man named Coombs, who he acknow- . AAa r 'LI N
SMITH,
uttering counterfeit coin, having been before convicted ;
!edged had planned the attempted fraud; and
and ELEANOR Fox, 20, MARY STEEL, 29, PATRICK
from. what fell from him, it appeared that i O'DONNELL, 23, and PETER DALEY, 22, highway rob-
other persons were also concerned in it. The bery.—All of whom, his MAJESTY was graciously pleased
officers, Taunton, Ellis, and Stevens, were then di- to respite during his Royal pleasure, except JoHN SHAW,
rected to take the matter in hand; and having re- WM. HENRY CARR, and THOMAS GEORGE HAWKINS,
ceived a clue to the residence of Coombs, whom the who are left for execution on Tuesday next.
prisoner had implicated, Taunton proceeded to his YOUNG NAPOLEON.—It is generally believed
lodgings, and upon searching them discovered a that the studies in modern history of the Duke of RElCH-
variety of letters and other documents proving the STADT, the son and—not heir, but representative of NA-
connexion which had existed between him and the roLxoN, have not been permitted to extend beyond the
Prisoner Martelli, and the nature of the transactions period of the French revolution; that his father has been
in which they had been engaged. A blank cheque i described to him as an obscure usurper, not as the elected
book upon the bank of Drummond and Co. was Emperor of France. Residing in a wing of the imperial
also discovered; and upon searching the privy, i palace, appearing only at a few court halls, the theatres,
nd public prom.enades, and then under the closely-vigilant
another cheque-book was found, containing a
observationquan-
of his governor,difen Countll DIETRICHSTEIN,bit is
tity of unfilled cheques, some of which were signed
" T. Hamlet," being an excellent fac-simile of that thrauvee thatseen hehi
mi se l u
gi
ha s t
re
e tstreets dangerous
p hte. access;rded o n every ut I
gentleman's peculiar mode of signing his name. ;,1 with sridcinge(thrio.
side " SCOTT'S Life 01. NAPOLEON BUONAPARTE •,'
Coombs was soon after taken into custody in the and the quick animation of his lively eye assures me that
street where he resided; and from other circurn- those startling words cannot have been lost upon his curi-
stances which transpired, a young man named Con- osity ; if forbidden to read, a young man of eighteen years'
way was also apprehended. Both prisoners were assurance cannot be restrained from questioning. The
yesterday examined before Mr. HALL, when Mr. word assurance, however, applies itself very ill to the Duke
Gates, the Solicitor to the Society of Saiikers, at- ,of REICHSTADT. Gentle and graceful, and very delicate
tended, as did also the clerks of Messrs. Drummond,
in his appearance, he has nothing of the bold eiglet of
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and those of Coutts and Co. The examination
France in his demeanour. A first glance at his pale
countenance yields only a mortifying perception of the
lasted a considerable time; but being private,
we ,
ment;Austriancd.itcsonhzahctin
anrroofw itsfecroenhteoaudr, while
leofofthheis disfigure
were were unable to obtain the evidence which was taken.
'We understood, however, that the prisoners were : retains but the' worst attribute, th'e saturnine air. ' But
remanded for a week, in order to obtain the evidence
after a repeated scrutiny, after watching the varying ex-
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of a young woman earned Smith, with whom one , preasion of his face, during the representation of some of
of them had cohabited. 1 SCHILLER'S spirit-stirring plays—of TELL, for instance,
From what we were given to understand, the and WALLENSTEIN—I could not help feeling persuaded
Prisoner Conway, who is a beautiful penman, was that young NAPOLEON would have made bus an indifferent
cardinal—a vocation to which be is said to have been for-
the person by whom the actual forgeries were coin- ,
mitred. It aeared further that Coombs was the merly devoted. So gay and animated is his real disposi-
party who planppned the desperate undertaking, and tion, that lie is sent for whenever his illustrious grandsire
becomes tired of feeding his pigeons and scraping his vio-
that the prisoner Martelli, whose connexions are
loncello in order to dispel the ennui, the evil spirit of the
r l
said to be of the greater respectability, and who has imperial '
&atm ! While by his attendants, and all who have
been in this country but three months since his re- 1 been in personal relation with him, the young Duke is
Iturn from North America, was the instrument em- I truly and fervently beloved. —New Monthly Mogazins.