Star.
London, England, 1830-04-05 00:00:00

FORGERY /ND DODDERY IN THE CITY.

A paragraph appeared lit the Papers of Saturday, stating that a
young man, clerk to n German merchant, had ahscondedi taking
hit' mat the sum of 8.0..11. the property of his muter. There
is a mistake s.e to the amount of the robbery, and there is a very
impartent omission, that of the perpetration of forgery, aliteli sec.
reviled as well as the other offence. The following are the facie of
the rise :—Cleureat Flindt, lately a member of the Stock Ea.
change, was clerk to Mr. Barraeda, the merchant of Mead-
Street. at:d had been, although now only nineteen years of age,
very cenfitlentially employed in the house, to which be had been
attached between two and three years. Mr. Barranda, • who
banked at the house of Messrs. Jones, Lloyd's, and Co. it is
said, had the highest opinion of him, and nothing occurred to shake
that opinion until it was found that he had defrauded the house.
On the 31st of March, young Flindt presented a check, purport.
;:tg to be of Mr. Barranda's drawing, for 500/. at the desk of the
nankers, and immediately received the cash. He had prey ioudy
taken away whatever money he could lay his hands upon, amount-
ing, it is conjectured, to about 700/. and, although he absented
himsele tin suspicion was entertained as to the cause, until a isles.
sage was received from Messrs. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. on the sub-
ject of the check. It appealed that the tailor employed by young
Flindt to execute a sudden order, had called at the bankers' with
one of the uotes which had been so lately given in paymc re of the
check, and some conversation took place which led to the detection
of the forgery of that instrument. The detection of the robbery
immediately billowed, and Mr. Oates, the Solicitor to the Com-
mittee of Bankers, and Mr. Cope, the City Marshal, commenced
active inquiry and pursuit. Flinch, in order. no doubt, to re.
commend himself to the notice of his employer, pretend-
ed to be a student at the London University. It was certainly found
that he resided in the neighbourhood of that building, but his ad-
dress was No. 12, Carmarthen-street, where he remained every
night with a young woman, named Sarah Kean, who had formerly
been a favourite of the celebrated actor, and long frequented the Sa-
loon of Drury-lar.e Theatre. With this female and Iter child, about
10 months old, and a servan t. whom he dressed up ir, a splendid li-
very, it was ascertained be set off, a few hours after he received tho
amount of the check, for Portsmouth, not having succeeded in en-
gaging a passage to America in London. His movement were very
rapid. Mr. Oates and Mr. Coee tutees' him from town to town,
and the former returned to London as soon as he found that the
Illatshal we. on the right scent. Ale Cope reached Portsmouth
on the eve of the morning on which }limit got on board the
Columbia, which was about to sail tar New York ; and the vessel
could not have been out of sight an hour when he was on the beach.
The idea of following the Columbia, which was suggested by the
authorities of Portsmouth, was rejected by Mr. Cope, who was
not at liberty to takc any extraordinary mean, for apprehending the
culprit—the expenses attending the pursuit of Rowland Stepherisoe
having in sonic measure, deterred the Society of Bankers from au-
thorising unlimited pursuit. The lady, it is said, prevailed upon
him to make those preparations for his voyage. They were in the
habit of supping in the Saloon, and at infamous houses, and drink.
ing the most expensive wines; and they occasionally visited Wind-
sor in a coach and four, with outriders. Although their acquaint.
ance was not of longer duration than a few months. the more!
feeling of the young man was completely destroyed. It has been
ascertained that he strongly calculated upon Mr. Peel's Forgery
Bill giving a remission of the capital punishment, and that he
wavered between the choice of a forgery for five hundred pounds,
and one for 1,0001.