The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-11 00:00:00

COURT CIRCULAR.

WINDSOR, MONDAY.—The Queen walked on the
Terrace and in the Home Park this morning, attended
by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe and one of the
Maids of Honour.

At half-past nine o'clock his Royal Highness
Prince Albert set off to Swinley Lodge, on a shooting
excursion, attended by Lord Rivers, Sir Edward
Bowater, Hon. Captain Duncombe, and the Hon.
C. A.,Murray, where his Royal Highness and party
had excellent sport, and returned to the Castle to
lunch.

In the afternoon her Majesty and her Illustrious
Consort rode ont in a pony phaeton, his Royal
Highness driving, attended by the Countess of Mount
Edgecumbe, Hon. Georgiana Stanley, and the Hon.
Clementina Hamilton, in a pony carriage and four,
the two Equerries in Waiting, on horseback.
The Prince of \Vales and the Princess Royal were
taken airings both in the forenoon and afternoon, ac-
companied by the Dowager Lady Lyttelton.
Lord and Lady lladdo, and Mr. George Edward
and the Hon. Mrs. Anson, will have the honour of
joining the Royal dinner party at the Castle this
evening.

We regret to, learn that her Royal Highness the
Duchess of Kent has for some days been slightly in-
disposed at Frogmore.
Her Majesty and Prince Albert have visited her
Royal Highness daily, besides making frequent
inquiries.

ount Kielmansegge, the Hanoverian Minister, and
Chevalier Bunsen, the Prussian Minister, transacted
business, yesterday, at the Foreign-office of the Sec-
retary of State for Foreign Affairs.
The Right Hon. Stewart Mackenzie transacted
business at the Colonial-office, on Saturday.
Dispatches from Corfu were received yesterday at
the Colonial-office.

Lord and Lady Aylmer have returned to Farrance's
Hotel, Belgrave-street, from Ilfracomb, Devonshire.

THE HISTORY and MYSTERY of the
EXCHEQUER BILL FORGERY.

Under the above title a sensible pamphlet has
been published; a few extracts from which will
be interesting. The writer finds fault with the
manner in which the Commissioners conducted
their inquiry, and asserts that, if they had been
alert and vigilant, much more would have been
discovered. He says—
" The declaration of Smith positively stated, that
he had been hurled into the abyss of guilt, by the
irresistible influence of high personages ; that none of
the bills were signed when delivered by him ; that
the signatures must have been affixed afterwards ; and
that to atone for his transgressions as much as lay in
his power, he was willing to assist in any investiga-
tion, and to make a full confession of all he knew of
the affair. "Was not this a sufficient motive for the
Commissioners to abide by the letter of the Act of
Parliament which had appointed them? Had they
entered into the particulars of the case, they would
have found that Smith had long been acquainted with
Rapallo, through an uncle of Rapallo's, who, al-
though a foreigner, had long held a confidential ffice
in the Treasury, and who was so dissatisfied with his
nephew, that, at his death, he did not leave him a
farthing ! They would have discovered a parcel of
Knights, Baronets, and Lords, by courtesy, in con-
nexion with Solari; at the beginning of those trans-
actions. They would have had in evidence, that an
unwarrantable use had been made of the name of a
Noble Duke, and of that" of a Noble Earl now no.
more • and that the scheme had been so artfully con-
cocted. between Solari and a countryman of his, who
successively held a responsible situation in the service
of the two exalted personages, that• Smith might have
been. deceiVed at first ; and all that would have led to
the discovery, and probably to the recovery, of some
part of the property acquired 'by means of the spuri-
ous bills.

" By, not investigating that part of the case, the
Commissioners have added to the strength of the sus-
picions so long, entertained. It is:openly said, that
they confined themselves within such narrow limits,
for the sole purpose of screening the influential par-
ties alluded to by Smith. I again protest that such
is not my opinion, and that I believe them to be
wholly incapable of acting in such a manner ; but
they have singularly erred in their judgment, and such
is the result of their error."
The writer seems to know a good deal of the
individuals connected with Solari, of some of
whom he speaks thus :

" William Morgan, in, his examination says, that
he had been introduced to Solari by a Mr. Green,
his friend, in 1836 ; that he knew nothing of his ap.
parent circumstances, property, and manner of living;
that he knew Rapallo only on his being introduced to
him by Solari as his agent; that he never knew the
house, nor even the office of Solari ; that be never
knew any individual so frequently borrowing so large
sums of money, for such a length of time, on Ex
chequer bills, without ever selling one ; that, although
Rapallo had once deposited with him Exchequer bills
hearing a wrong date of interest, and which he gave
back, yet he had never suspected those bills of being
other than genuine, or improperly come by.
" Mariner states, that he was introduced to Solari
by a Mr. Charles Terry, who soon after became a
bankrupt ; that his transactions with him began in
1838 ; but that, previously to those transactions, he
had been of service to Solari, by making out accounts
for him, and giving him information respecting par-
ties in the City • that he knew nothing of him but as
a general merchant, and that he was not a merchant;
that, notwithstanding the character and extent of his
operations, he never had any suspicions, even when
501. were expended for the recovery of one of the bills
which had been exchanged for another.'

" Francis de Berketn was introduced to Solari by
Mariner ; knew nothing of Solari and Rapallo, and
never went to obtain information about them, although
their loan transactions, with him only, amounted to
385,0001. sterling yearly. And, although he was
astonished at the character of their dealings, and con-
stantly said, Why do not the parties sell the Ex-
chequer bills? he never suspected anything wrong;
not even at the time he had such a vast deal of trouble
in• tracing and recovering the bill which had been ex-
changed. He, as well as Marimer, was told, and
they said. to others, that they were acting for parties
in Madrid, Paris, and London ; for a club in the
West-end ; for Louis Napoleon, and for M. Tbiers ;
and, in spite of the contradiction between these state
ments, they never had a doubt, they never inquired
into the facts, and they went on circulating the bills
to an incredible amount.'

"Although this has been sworn to by the parties
themselves, I do not believe that they have spoken the
truth, the whole truth, on the subject of their ac-
quaintance with Solari, and their knowledge of his
circumstances and of his previous transactions : and,
had the investigation been conducted by men of busi-
ness, acquainted with the statistics and dealings of the
Stock Exchange, and by a professional gentleman,
like Mr. Erie, for example, a great deal more would
have been extracted. Valens nclens, the witnesses
would have deposed to the following facts.
" Solari had been a vitriol manufacturer at Batter-
sea, and, as recorded in the Gazettes of the time, was
a bankrupt in 1822, when he attempted to rob his
creditors by fraudulently disposing of his property.
He afterwards went into some other business at
Epsom, and failed again ; then he was, during seven
years, an inmate, successively, of all the prisons for
debt in London ; and, when released by his creditors,
who had nothing to expect from him, remained, till
the latter part of 183.5, in such a state of distress,
that he had scarcely a bed for himself and his family,
and was very often in want of bread. In 1836,
hoWever, we find him a Director of many Companies,
and entering into extraordinaiy transactions with
Messrs. Price and Co., Ransom and Co., Morgan,
&c., *&c. _ _

"'Had the witnesses objected that they were ignorant
of these circumstances, the Commissioners would have
answered, "lhat is impossible : everybody knew it.'
In 1838, the shareholders of the Brighton Railway
(without a tunnel), instituted judicial proceedings
against their managing Directors, Sir John Claridge,
Solari, and others, in order to compel them to render
their accounts, and pay them their balances. At the
same time, an engineer of the Company was likewise
obliged to sue them for the payment of his salary;
and, during these litigations, the character, the pre-
vious transactions and circumstances of Solari, were
publicly exposed. In 'the Stock Exchange, and out of it,
everybody was apprised of all that I have stated; it
was the subject of general conversation. The name
of Rapallo was mixed up in these public accusations,
and no man of respectability would condescend to
have anything to do with either of them. It was even
reported, that it was during a warm explanation with
a gentleman wbo had been betrayed into connexion
with him, that Solari had the first attack of his last
illness, falling senseless in the room."
"Restricted as I am in my present observations, I