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THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.

" Four hundred men of the 27th Regiment have
embarked for Natal, and they are to be reinforced
from the frontiers, and I trust that this force, with the
assistance of our men-of-war sailors, will soon put
down all opposition. We have only 12 gunners left
in Cape Town, inclading one sick, and our guns at
Natal are chiefly manned by the infantry and drawn
by oxen. It appears there are about 800 men at
Natal capable of bearing arms, but it is not known
whether they are united, and all determined to oppose
our troops. Should that be the case, and they are
driven out or exterminated, it will at the best be more
than usually destructive, as they are excellent marks-
men, and their muskets and rifles range further than
ours, being-much larger, and they take care always to
be under cover if possible."

holders. And first, we have to remark that the
great majority of these bills are the subjects of claim
(so far, at least, as forged instruments are capable of
being so considered), that is, there are persons who
claim to hold them either as their absolute property,
or as securities for money advanced; but there are
other bills which no persons now claim to hold,
though some mention has been made of expenses in-
curred by the party in whose possession they were
found, and of his intention to memorialise your Ma-
jesty's Treasury on that subject. We shall advert, in
the first place, and principally, to the former class of
bills, and shall trace each bill or set of bills (as the
case may be) in a retrospective series, commencing
with the claimant and ending with Rapallo • and shall
at the same time state the circumstances under which
each successive holder came to the possession—subject
to exception, however, in the case of the earlier hold-
ers, viz., Rapallo, Wm. and James Morgan, Wm.
Mariner, and F. T. De Berckem—the circumstances
under which these several parties came to the posses-
sion of the bills which they respectively, negotiated
having been already explained as far as the purpose
now in view requires.
CASE I.
No. 6,495-6,497. _ (3 Bills.)

(From the Cape Frontier Times of June 18.)
Intelligence from Port :Natal reached Graham'
Town on Saturday afternoon, that a collision had
taken place between the Boers and the troops, in
which the latter had been defeated with considerable

loss. • We should mention that on the prior Thursday,
a despatch had been received by the Lieutenant-Go-
vernor from Captain Smith, announcing his safe ar-
rival at Natal. We understand that the Dutch ap-

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peared to have been taken by surprise at the appear-
ance of the troops. They had, however, posted
several inflammatory notices addressed to the people,
which Captain Smith took the liberty of removing,
and substituting in their stead the Governor's procla-
mation. He also hauled down the Natal pennant,

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and substituted in its place the British flag. So mis-
trustful, however, was he of the intentions of the

EXCHEQUER BILLS FRAUD.
REPORT.
TO THE QUEEN'S MOST EXCELLENT MAJESTY.
• (Continued from The Sun of Saturday.)
The evidence before us contains many additional
part:culais with respect to the parties just mentioned,
which deserve to be well considered, but which can-
not be properly appreciated without perusal of the
examinations. There are, however, certain circum-
stances which occurred in the course of their trans-

Boers, that the parties he sent out to cut wood and
procure water, were accompanied by an armed escort.
They were provided with provisions but for two or
three days, though luckily these were supplied by the
Pilot, which had boen sent round from the Cape for
that purpose.
e believed, from the tenor of the intelligence re-
ceived on this occasion, that—however disposed the
Dutch might be to resist the re-establishment of
British authority—and however readily they might
embrace every opportunity to annoy the troops,—yet
we
.were not prepared fof the painful intelligence

Claimants.—Messrs. Bell and Ste ward.

actions respectively, to which we think it right to in-
vite attention in this place.
First, it occurred with respect to Messrs. W. and
J. Morgan and to Messrs. Mariner and De Berckem,
some considerable time before the public discovery of
the forgeries, to have bills placed in their hands
respectively, by Rapallo, bearing a wrong rate of
interest ; and Mr. W. Morgan admits that became
aware (in his own case) et the fact, being informed
of it some time after its occurrence by his clerk ; but
states that he did not consider it as a circumstance of
suspicion. In the case of Messrs. Mariner and De
Berckem it also appears that the fact was communi-
cated to bath those parties ' but Mr. De Berckem's
clerk (Mr. Mayo) who discovered it, had a strong
conversation on the subject with other persons, the
particulars of which are stated in.the evidence, and
which may have had the effect, very naturally, of leading
both the clerk and his employer to consider the cir-
cumstance as immaterial. As to Mr. Mariner, he
states a conversation between himself and Rapallo on
the subject; and that, in answer to his own observa-
tion, that it was " a very curious thing," Npallo re-
marked, that " they often made mistakes up at the
office." He asserts, however, that he conceived no
suspicion or dissatisfaction at the circumstance. On
the other hand, it is alleged by •Rarallo, that Mr. Ma-
riner was " in a very great rage" on this occasion,
and wanted to write to the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to complain of it as an official irregularity, but
that he was prevailed upon not to do so, by a repre-
sentation which Rapallo made him that he " might be
deprived of the agency if there was any stir about it."
The manner in which this statement is met by Mr.
Mariner will appear in his examination, Q. 7,085-
7,098.

• Series of Holders.—Bell and Steward, John Wm.
Cook, Edward Lloyd Morgan, Harry Tomkins, F. T.
De Berckem, Wm. Mariner, E. Rapallo.
Alfred Bell and Samuel Steward, solicitors, in Lin-
coln'S Inn-fields, carrying on business under the firm
of Bell and Steward, having occasion to lay out
3,000/. in Exchequer bills, gave an order for "that
purpose, on the 21st of October, 1841, to Mr. John
Wm. Cook, the agent whom they had for several
years been in the habit of employing in such business.
Mr. Cook was at this time clerk to Messrs. Wm.
and James Morgan, but was allowed by them to do
business on his own account with his own friends and
connexions, and it was on such his private account
that he was always employed by Messrs. Bell and
Steward. Mr. Cook not being himself a member of
the Stock Exchange, executed their order through
Mr. E. L. Morgan, son of Mr. Wm. Morgan, Mr.
E. L. .Morgan being a member of the Stock Ex-
change, and in the habit of transacting business
there fox' the firm of Messrs. W. and J. Morgan, and
also for Mr. Cook, in such transactions as he had on
his own account.

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which reached us on Saturday.
The particulars of the conflict, as far as we have
been able to gather them, are these :—lt appears
that the Boers had succeeded in capturing a number
of oxen, which lad been turned out to graze. Captain
Smith allowed them a certain time to restore them,
and finding that they did not comply with his demand,
resolved to attack their encampment by night. For
this purpose he took about half his force, and two 6-
pounders, and commenced his march about 11 o'clock
at night. The encampment of the Boers is distant
from the entrenchment of the troops about two miles
in a westerly direction. The road, as it approaches the
fortifications of the Dutch, has mangrove trees on one
side, and the water on the other. It comprehends, in short,
a portion of the bight of the Bay of Natal. The troops
had proceeded without mishap to a place called
Kangela, which is within some 600 yards from the
Boers' camp, when on a sudden a murderous fire of
musketry was opened upon them from behind the
trees ; not an enemy was to be seen. The flashes
were the only indication of the proximity of a foe.
The troops returned the fire, and the engagement
lasted about three quarters of an hour. Lieutenant
Wyatt, a young artillery officer of much promise,
was amongst the foremost who fell. He was shot
through the head. Captain Lonsdale, of the 27th,
was wounded in the arm and leg, though, we are
happy to say, not dangerously ; also Lieutenant
Tunnard, of the 27th. Of the oxen drawing the
guns, some, we believe, were killed, and some run
away; so that the field-pieces were obliged to be
abandoned, and fell into the hands of the enemy.
Capt. Smith then retired to his fortifications, and
the Boers as we hear, under the impression that they
had annihilated the whole of the troops, subsequently
made an attack upon the British camp, when they
were repulsed with the loss, it is supposed, of a consi-
derable number of their companions ; a quantity of
horses and guns were afterwards found upon the spot,
belonging to the slain. A Dane, it is said, betrayed
the intentions of Capt. Smith to the Boers, and thus
enabled them to waylay their opponents.
The dispatch was brought from Capt. Smith to the
Lieut.-Governor by Mr. R. King, who has been for
twelve years a resident at Natal. He volunteered in the
most handsome manner to perform this service, and
was, we believe, the only individual at Natal who was
willing to undertake the task. Mr. King accomplished
the journey in ten days. Two horses carried him to the
Umgazi, and the assistance of the missionaries en
abled him to perform the remainder of the journey.
We should mention that he acted •as guide to the
troops in their meditated attack upon the Boers, and
that a ball went through his hat, and his horse was
shot Under him, during the murderous onslaught.
He appears to have run some risk in coming hither.
About twelve miles from Natal, he saw the spoor of.
twelve horses, going in the direction of the colony,
and on calling at one of his places afterwards, he was
told by the natives there, who are in his service, that
some Boers had been inquiring of them if any ng-
lishmen had been that way, and stating that they had
killed all the English. •
The Dutch schooner, of which mention has been
made before, had left the bay, we hear, before the
arrival of the troops. We are informed, that it has
been stated in a recent English paper, that a num-
ber of discontented Batavian officers had determined
to offer their services to the Natal Boers. The
arrival of this vessel is thought to have been the
means of strengthening the determination of the
Boers to resist the troops.
The Dutch encampment contained about 600 when
the troops arrived, and a reinforcement of 200 has
since been received. The Dutch emigrants are said,
however, to be able to muster about 4,000 fighting
men. Panda, we are informed, has sent to Captain
Smith to offer his services, but they had not been ac-
cepted, though it is possible that this will now be the
case. This chief perhaps can muster 10,000 warriors.
The chiefs Faku and N'Capai, with their followers,
will, we believe, be glad of an opportunity of falling
upon the Dutch. Faku offered to escort Captain
Smith to Natal, with a number of his followers, but
the offer was declined. The Boers, it is said, since
the arrival of the troops, held a meeting at Natal, in
which the question of peace or war was debated, and
only three of them were for yielding to British
authority. A paper was sent round, by order
of the Volksraad, to all the English residents
at Natal, which they were required to sign,
binding themselves to oppose the troops; not one
of them, however, signed it. Mr. Archbell, the
Wesleyan missionary, is on board one of the vessels
in the bay, with his family, and most of the English
resident at Natal, whither they have retired for
safety. The Dutch treated the wounded kindly,
dressed their wounds, and sent them back to Captain
Smith. The bodies of the slain were washed and
sent back. The dead body of a Boer, which had been
found by the English, was of course delivered up to
his comrades. There are, it is said, several deserters
from the 72d in the Boer's camp. A man of the
name of Joachim Prins, as we hear, has much in-
fluence in the Volksraad. He is described as an un-
principled and turbulent character. Pretorius, who
is again at Natal, and who is believed to have led the
attack upon the British, is represented as prudent
in resolve, though determined in action. He
is Commander-in-Chief. It is thought that the
various clusters of Boers, who are located
beyond the Orange River, will rush to Natal upon
the receipt of the late disastrous intelligence. The
Boers within the colony will naturally sympathise
with their brethren at Natal, and it is feared that
they will do more than sympathise. A person of the
name of Bertram, holding some official post, has
lately returned to the colony from beyond the Orange
River, principally, it is said, on account of the hostile
attitude to the Iritish Government, which his coun-
trymen were assuming.
A despatch was sent to his Excellency overland,
within three hours after the receipt of Captain
Smith's communication. The bearer is Ensign Har-
vey, C.M.R., who expects to arrive in Cape Town in
five days. Eighty men of the 27th Regiment left
Graham's Town on Monday morning to proceed to
Natal by sea, via Port Elizabeth. The officers who
accompany them are Captain Durnford, Lieutenant
Lewis, of the 27th, and Lieut. Turner, R. A. Major
Selwyn had previously proceeded to Port Elizabeth
to procure a ship to take the troops round. We hear
that 12 more soldiers are to go from Algoa Bay, thus
constituting a reinforcement of about 100 men.
We omitted to mention that Mr. King heard some
sharp firing, as he thought, of artillery, in the direc-
tion of Natal, after he had proceeded about 18 miles
on the road to the colony. He also narrowly escaped,
during his journey, being stabbed by a native, by
whom he was mistaken for a Boer.
We have also been informed that the Boers at-
tacked. the British entrenchment about two hours after
the first attack. This assault continued during the
space of an hour and a half, or thereabouts. Only
two Hottentots were killed, and a young man named
Nelson wounded. Mr. Benningfield, we understand,
was among the English residents at Natal, who ad-
vanced to welcome the arrival of Captain Smith and
the troops under his command. The Natal pennant
is, we understand, a square red, white, and yellowflag.
POET NATAL.—The following are the contents of a
letter received this morning from the Cape of Good
Hope, dated " ,Cape Town, June 15, 1842.
" We have despatched two light 6-pounders and
one 12-pounder howitzer, on board the frigate Sou-
thampton,
.50 guns, flag-ship, lying in Simon's Bay,
and a detachment of two non-commissioned officers,
.Bombardier Dallas and Beattie, and six gunners,
commanded by Lieut. Maclean, for Port Natal, where
our troops (about 200 men, under Capt. Smith, 27th
Regiment) have met with a severe repulse from the
Dutch boera or farmers.

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Mr. E. L. Morgan, in execution of the order from
Mr. Cook, and on Mr. Cook's private account, pur-
chased the three bills in question on the 22d of Octo-
ber, 1841, in the market on the Stock Exchange,
from Mr. Harry Tomkins, stockbroker and agent for
shares, who received, as the consideration for such
sale, the sum of 3,0521. 10s.—viz., 3,0001. for the
bills, 361. for interest, and 161. 10s. for premium, at
lls. per cent. ; all which charges were respectively
correct (supposing the bills to be genuine), and ac-
cording to the current price of the day.
Mr. Tomkins had received these bills on the same
day from Mr. F. T. De Berckem, from whom he had
been in the habit, since 7th December, 1840, of pro-
curing money on loan, secured by deposits of Ex-
chequer bills (or instruments purporting to be such),
the nature of the dealing between these parties (which
was according to the usual course of business) being as
follows :—That Mr. Tomkins borrowed the money in
his own name (without mention of Mr. De Berckem),
depositing for that purpose the bills which he had
previously received from Mr. De Berckein ; while on
the other hand he charged Mr. De Berckem as on a
loan from himself (Mr. Tompkins), secured by a de-
posit of the same bills, but with a difference of inte-
rest in his own favour at the rate of half per cent per
annum. On the particular occasion now referred to
Mr. Tompkins had received the bill in question from
Mr. F. T. De Berckem (together with the documents
purporting to be Exchequer bills), in order that they
might be sole in the market to raise a sum of money
required for the redemption of bills deposited with the
Bank of England as security for a loan procured there
in the course of the transactions that had taken place
between him and Mr. De Berckem, as abpve stated.

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hunting country, between Canterbury and Ashford.
The mansion is beautifully situate upon a remarkably healthy
eminence, near the village and church of Pethant, amidst boldly
undulated grounds and highly picturesque and cheerful scenery,
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Agents, in Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, and Windsor.

Another circumstance which occurred in the
course of the transactions of Messrs. Mariner and
De Berckem was as follows :—Some of the bills re-
ceived from Mr. Mariner had been deposited by Mr.
De Berckem with Messrs. Bennison and Lennard,
as security for money advanced by the latter ; and on
the expiration of the loan, in the latter end of 1840,
or beginning of 1841, he received back (as was sup-
posed) the same bills he had left in deposit ; but after
a short period, he discovered that eleven of them
were different bills from those that had been de-
posited (though agreeing in dates and amount), the
substitution having been made by mistake. Jpon
this discovery he reclaimed the original bills from
Messrs. Bennison and Lennard, but they were not in
a condition to return them having in the meantime

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posed them away by inadvertence to another party,
Mr. Cutting. Mr. De Berckem upon this applied to
Mr. Cutting, but found that he had negotiated them
in his turn to a party by whom they had been sold.
Mr De Berckem then conferred on the subject:with his
brother, Henry De Berckem. (who occasionally as-
sisted him in his business), and expressed his
anxiety to recover the bills ; and upon the sugges-
tion of the latter, that it was possible to trace them
out, requested khim to do so, and promised to re-
munerate him for his trouble. Mr. H. De Berckem
accordingly undertook the search, and with great dif-
ficulty succeeded ; and received from Mr. De Berckem
for this service the sum of 501., which was charged
in account to Mr. Mariner, and by him charged in
turn to Rapallo. A further statement of these cir-
cumstances will be found at Q. §,.537, 2,762, 3,150,
5,821, 5,597, 5,831 ; the explanation given by De
Berckem at Q. 5,788, 5,789.; and that by Mariner,
Q. 6,336. It may, perhaps, be material to remark,
that at the time of the recovery of these bills the
period for their exchange was close at hand, and that
they had been actually advertised. •
We may now pass from the manner in which the
fraud was carried on to the circumstances which at-
tended its discovery. Qn. the 19th. October, 1841,
Mr. De Berckem employed a person to borrow
10,0001. for him, on the deposit of Exchequer bills for
three months, at 6 pe! cent. ; and this appeared so re-
markable in all its circumstances to a member of the

Mr. Cook having received the bills so purchased,
handed them over, on the same day, to Messrs. Bell
and Steward, without informing them of whom the
purchase was made, and charged them with the sum
of 3,0541., being the same amount as paid to Mr.
Tompkins, with the addition of 30s. due to Mr. Cook
for his commission, which sum of 3,054/. was forth-
with paid to him by Messrs. Bell and Steward; and
they remained in possession of the bills until the pub-
lic they
of the fraud_

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Stock Exchange, to whom application was made for
the loan, and who had just lent money on a similar
deposit at 4 per cent., that he conferred upon it with
several parties, and after reflecting on the whole that
had come to his knowledge, thought it right to enter
into communication on the subject with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer. This led to further inquiry,
and to the discovery that certain bills deposited by
Mr. De Berckem on loan in 1839 (and of which the
numbers had been preserved by the lender) were for-
geries. Under these circumstances, Mr. De Berckem
was sent for by the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and
gave up some of the bills then in his hands ; and these
being ascertained, by comparison with the counter-
foils, to be forged, Mr. Smith was, on the 25th Oc-
tober following, taken into custody.; from which pe-
riod it may consequently be considered that the exist-
ence of the fraud became fully known to the public.
On the 29th of October following an official adver-
tisement was published, announcing that bills sent
into the Exchequer would there be examined with
their counterfoils, in order to ascertain their genuine-
ness. A lame portion of the forged bills were, in
compliance with this notice, sent in, and examined,
with the counterfoils.
atn)tdhodrsetawineerde,kaseptnhoaot
hagrhyeetihneg
holders, under circum-
stances which appear in the correspondence set forth
in various parts of the evidence.; but to this subject
we do not feel it necessary to advert more particu-
larly, there being in our opinion (formed upon ma-
ture consideration of the evidence) no reason for im-
puting any improper motive to these parties, how-
ever questionable their course may have been in the
point of discretion.
Other portions of the forged bills had, prior to the
notice in the Gazette, but after the fraud had in some
measure become public, been carried in to the Bank
of England to be funded, there happening to be at
that tim? a funding- of Exchequer bills in operation ;
and it appears that almost the whole of the forged
hills so dealt with were sent in by persons who, by
that time, had had reason to entertain doubts of their
genuineness, having regard to the quarter from
whence they came. This carries with it, on the first
impres ;ion, an unfavourable aspect; but, after taking
much pains to probe the matter, We are fully con-
inced, upon the evidence, that the
parties taking this
course were conscious of no impropriety in the pro-
ceeding. There was no other mode,
the documents to
Your Majesty's Government foruntil the next
exchange, in March, of tendering
payment; and they
such circumstances, to avail themselves of
conceived themselves to have a right, under
the opportunity of making the tender in that
way. As to the result of the experiment,
it varied according to the period of time at which
the bill was brought into the Bank. In the after-
noon of the 27th of October, a letter had been re-
the Chancellor
that more than common
ocefitzlEbxyothhoeciDoeerr
suggesting
from
vigilance
quer bills shouldthat
mightb e eg'ard to any Exche-
quer withprese presented ; and, in compli-
ance with this intimation, all bills brought in after
to the Exchequer
i of funding, with
respect to the forged bills, was
tfohre
i2o7stpheowtieorne, dsoetatihnaedt
tahnedospeeurat
tiupon
n every case ultimately
suspended. But from the 23d to the 27th inclusive,
such forged bills as were presented were actually re-
ceived by the Bank, and converted into stock in the
usual course ; and being afterwards sent up to the
Paymaster's-office (as the law requires), were there
also accepted as genuine, the Bank receiving from tho,
usually given in such cases.
stock was thus
pay masters
yery
instance,
s ttahneo dischargehowev
however,
r,
in which
obtained, a letter has been since sent by the Bank of
England to the party whO funded the bill, apprising
him that it would not be received in payment of his
subscription.
Having thus endeavoured to lay before your Ma-
jesty, in a summary but comprehensive form, the
general history of the fraud in question, we shall de-
vote the remainder of our Report to the specific con-
sideration of the several bills which are the subject of
the present inquiry, and of the cases of their respective

SUPERIOR LOOKING-GLASSES, AND SPLENDID
GILT PICTURE FRAMES.
CHARLES M'LEAN, 78, FLEET-STREET,
(opposite the Dispatch Newspaper-Office), respectfully
informs the Trade, Artists, Upholsterers, and the Public, that
they can be supplied with LOOKING-GLASSES and PIC-
TeRE FRAMES of the very best manufacture, at prices
never hitherto attempted.
May be had Gratis,
And sent Free of Post to any part of the Kingdom,
LARGE SHEETS OF DRAWINGS,
Representing the exact pattern and prices of One Hundred dif-
ferent-sized Picture Frames, and One Hundred and Twenty
Looking-glasses, elegantly ornamented with designs made ex-
pressly for this Manufactory.
The Trade supplied with Frames in the Compo. Fancy-
wood Frames and Moulding, and Room Borderings. Old
Frames repairel and re-gilt. Glasses re-silvered. Thirty
Thousand Frames kept seasoned for immediate delivery. All
goods not approved of in three months taken back, and moneys
returned.

39, ALBEMARLE-STREET, PICCADILLY, (directly
opposite the York Hotel), and
76, KING WILLIAM-STREET, CITY.
QIGHT AND HEARING.—TESTIMONIALS.
L=.7 " The Messrs. S. and B. SOLOMONS' Newly-invented
SPECTACLE LENSES afford astonishing relief to extremely
'mperfect vision—We give them the decided preference to
every other kind of Lens—the clearness of the transparency
brings every object very distinct, and enables individuals to view
the most minute particle with perfect accuracy. They are
particularly pleasant by candle light, as they appear cooling to
the sight, and soften bright and brilliant Lights :
James Blundell, Esq., M.D., 1, Great George-street, West-
minster.
George G. Sigmond, Esq., M.D., 24, Dever-street:
I'. J. Pettigrew, Esq., Surgeon, F.R.S., Saville-row.
John Ramsbotham, Esq., M.D., Broad-street-buildings.
Anthony White, Esq., Surgeon, 3, Parliament-street.
John Hooper. Esq., Surgeon, 29, Newington-place, Kennington
Frederick Leighton, Esq., M.D., 7, Upper Gower-street.
Messrs. Griffiths and Duncan, Surgeons, 3, Leadenhall-street.
W. Day, Esq., Surgeon, lsleworth.
T. Daldy, Esq., Surgeon, 33, New Broad-street.
R. H. Lucas, Esq., M.D., Exeter.
J. Taylor Gordon, Esq., M.D.
Wm. 'Bowie, Esq., M.D., Bennett-street, Bath.
C. Heywood, Esq., M.D., Blandford.
Henry Lawrence, Esq., M.D., Tenby.
Vm Jeafreson, Esq., Surgeon-oculist,2l, South Audley-street.
S .D. Robinson, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
C. Shillito, Esq., M.D., Brighten.
William Cenolly, Esq., M.D., Cheltenham.
r. H. Allnatt, Esq., M.D. Walli.igford.
"homas Willis, Esq., M.D., Brig: +ton
iriffiths, Esq., Surgeon, lammersmith.
Jahn Kenderick, Esq., Surgeon, Manchstster-street, Manchea
ter-square.
Charles 'ritually, Esq., Surgeon, Camden-town.
H Colebourn, Esq., Surgeon, 29, Harleyford-place, Ken-
nington.
N. M'Cann, Esq., Surgeon, 50, Pat liament-street.
Samuel Banner, Eso tl Surgeon, 26, Berkeley-square.
W. !ones, Esq., Surgeon, 15, Lower Brook-street, Grosvenor
s, oars.
W. English, Esq., Surseon, Denmark-hlll.
A. Barklernore, Esq., Surgeon, 10, Chariot te-st., Bloomsbury.
E. S'oddart, Esq., Surgeon, 31, Golden-square.
J. 11. Wal.gor, Surgeon, 23, Charlotte.street, Bloomsbury.
C. Hilham, Esq., Surgeon, 46, Davies-street, Berkeley-square
Edwara Nason, F.eq., Surgeon, Nuneaton, Warwickshire.,,
In placing the above list of Testimonials before the public,
the Messrs. Solomons, Opticians and Aurists, state that their
INVISIBLE OPERATIVE VOICE CONDUCTOR, by
which thousands of Deaf Persons have been greatly benefited,
is not, larger than a seven-shilling-piece, and when fixed into
the cavity of the ear is soft and easy, and not more uncom fort-
Isle nor perceptible than having a piece of wool in its place.
y its use the faintest whisper at a public assembly is heard
Witte distinstness.
These important new inventions are patronized by their Ma-
jesties the King and Queen of Hanover and their Royal High-
nesses the Princesses Augusta and Sophia, her Serene High-
nessAGe
rrcahcbei
sthh4Dolfi Duch Redford, easnst
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late
Dukea:
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the Pe..icess Esterhazy, the Princesses Mary and Rosa.
NthoerirfoClkjratchees
Dukes of Devonshire, Argyle, Man b
Lord Hill, &c. Sze.
htheer
e ester, and Marlborough,
Observe the, lessrs. Solomons state that they have no
section with persons of the same name in Ireland and Scotland,ci
and that they de not employ any Travellers or Agents the
,
genuine article ire only to be had London, at their P.:sta.
blishments,l 9 Albemarle-street, Piccadilly, opposite the
York
Intel, sad 76, King William-street, Bank,

ADVERTISEMENTS INSERTED in ALL THE THREE PAPERS, Morning, Noon, and Night thereby insuring a TOWN and COUNTRY CIRCULATION, at ONE CHARGE.
_ _

lying in Mr. Cook's hands since the 21st day of Oc-
tober then last (when the fraud was still undisco-
vered), among other similar bills deposited by Rapallo
with Messrs. W. and J. Morgan for the purpose of
raising money upon them, and which Mr. Cook, as their
clerk, had in his possession accordingly. But Major
Anderson never, in fact, obtained possession of this
bill, Mr. Cook having afterwards, without his au-
thority, handed it over (with other bills) to Mr.•
Squire, partner in the house of Ransom and Co., on
account of a debt due to that house from Rapallo ;
and Mr. Squire (who was not aware of the claim of.
Major Anderson to the instrument) tendered it to
the Bank of England for funding; when it was sent
up to the Comptroller-General's office for examina-
tion, and being found not to agree with the counter-
foil, was detained. _ _ . _

Under these circumstances Major Anderson make
claim to the whole of the bills in question.

CASE 111.

Nos. 7,057, 7,063, 7,064, 7,058-7,062, 8,445 8,446.
(10 Bills.)
Claimants.--Messrs. Currie and Co., and Mr. Henry
Currie. _ _

Series of Holders.—Messrs. Currie and Co., John
Mullett, Wm. May Simonds,T. T. De Berekem, Wm.
Mariner, E. Rapallo.
(To be continued.)

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.
NOTICE TO MARINERS.-PILOTS IN THE
SC HE LDT.

The following is posted at Lloyd's :
The Minister for Foreign Affairs gives notice to
mariners, that from the 15th of August, 1842, there
will be organised, at the mouths of the Scheldt, a Bel-
gian Pilot Service for vessels bound to Antwerp or
to Ghent, via the Terneuze Channel.
The distinguishing marks of the Belgian Pilot Boats
are—

Ist. The word " Antwerpen," surmounted by the letter
" P," painted in black letters of the height of eighty
centimetres, on both sides of the sail, as also the num-
ber of the boat. _ _

2d. A red flag hoisted at the mast-head. The number
of the boat will be sewed on to this flag in white figures.
3d. The words "Bateau Pilote," and the number of
the boat painted on the stern.
The advantages which the vessels bound to Ghent and
to Antwerp will derive from shipping a Belgian pilot,
are :

Istly. For vessels bound to Ghent.
A. To proceed direct from sea to Terneuzen without
changing pilot.
B. To pay at Ghent, after arrival there, the inward
sea pilotage.
C. To there pay also, prior to departure, the outward
sea pilotage, and pilotage from Terneuzen to Flushing.
2dly. For vessels bound to Antwerp.
A. To pay, on arrival at Antwerp, the sea pilotage
inwards, and the river pilotage from Flushing to Antwerp.
B. To pay at Antwerp, prior to departure, the sea
pilotage outwards, as well as that from Antwerp to
Flushing.
The Belgian pilots at the mouths of the Scheldt are
all invested with a distinguishing medal, indicating their
station, grade, and number. They will be furnished
with instructions for the use of the masters of vessels,
printed in the English, French, Dutch, Danish, German,
Spanish, and Italian languages.
EAST INDIA SHIPPING. _

Arrival in Table Bay—Sir Henry Parnell, Crockett,
June 5, from Bordeaux.
Departures from Table Bay—Emily, Newton, June
5, to Calcutta ; Eliza Scott, Ahler, June 6, to t. He-
lena ; Anna Robertson, Hamilton, June 8, to Madras ;
St. Helena, Cauvin, bound to Algoa Bay ; Houghton le
Spring, June 13, to Swan River ' • Maid of Mona, June
15, to Port Natal ; Agrippina, Rodgers, June 16, to
London ; Courier, Baigrie, June 18, to London.
Arrival in Simon's Bay—Lady Fitzherbert, Jack-
son, May 29, from Plymouth, and sailed, June 5, to
Adelaide.

Departures from Simon's Bay—H.M.S. Minden, May
26. to China ; H.M.S. Southampton, June 14, to Port
Natal ; Montrose, Peter, bound to London.
Arrivals in Algoa Bay—Sarah Maria Ann, Williams,
May 29, from London ; Coneb, Bell, May 31, from Table
Bay.
VESSELS SPOKEN WlTH.—Persia, Cork to Ceylon,
June 26, lat 11, lon. 23; Messenger, from Lon-
don, on the same day ; Marquis of Breadalbane,
London to Ceylon, 28th inst., lat. 11, lon. 23 ; Rebecca,
Monte Video to Cork, 17th ult., lat. 28, lon. 39 ; Kenne-
beck, Cadiz to New York, 30th ult,, lat. 38, lon. 39 ;
Sophia, Rosas, to Rio, lat. 11, lon. 23, by the Piavarino,
arrived at Cork. Mary Ann, Clyde to Batavia, 16th inst.
lat. 48, lon. 18. The Theodore Korner arrived of
Bt-achy head. The Lady Amherst, of London (whaler),
with 2,200 Blls, off Massafueroby, in March last,
ty the (whaler) arrived at New Bedford.
Tasso, Cochin to Lonny., pact April, lat. .5 S., lon. 86 E.;
Emma, from Newcastle, May 27, lat. 36, lon. 28 8., by
the Carolina, arrived at the Cape ; Cherokee, Batavia t.
Singapore, and Will Watch, Sydney to ditto, 25th
March ; Dry on, Cornwall, Cape of Good Hope to Sin-
gapore. 28th ; Harbinger, from Hobart Town, and Lu-
cretia, from Newcastle, both for Singapore, 31st, all in the
Straits of Banca ; Willun (Dutch brig), April 30, lat.
17 S., lon. 82 E ; India, Penang to America, and Ocean
Queen, Mauritius to London, May 14, off Natal, by the
Thos. Hoult, arrived at the Cape. Justina, Calcutta to
London, April 26, lat. 8 S., lon. 89 E. ; Bumhopiside,
Calcutta to ditto, 3d May, lat. 17. lon. 75 ; Henrietta,
Ceylon to London, June 13, lat. 35, lon. 18, by the Henry
Hoyle, arrived at the Cape.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
INTELLIGENCE EXTRA.

NEWMARKET FIRST OCTOBER MEETING.
TUESDAY.—The Trial Stakes of 10 sovs. each, for 3
yrs old. 7st 51b, 4 yrs, Bst 91b, 5 yrs, 9st 21b, 6 yrs, and
aged, 9st 61b.
The Buckenham Stakes of 300 sovs. each, h ft.for the
produce of mares covered in 1839 ; colts, Bst 71b, fillies,
Bst 41b. T.Y.C. One to the post.
Lord G. Bentinck's b c (dead) by Bay Middleton, out
of Camarine, b c Farintosh, and b f (dead) by Bay Mid-
dleton, out of Lady Emmeline ; Mr. Wreford's cby
Bay Middleton, out of Margellina, and b c by Sultan,
junior, out of Victoria ; Lord Exeter's fby Sultan or
Reveller, out of Fanny Davies, and c by Velocipidc, out
of Galata ; Col. Peel s f by Slane, out of Garcia, c
Murat, and c by Slane, out of Vulture.
The Grand Duke Michael Stakes, of 50 sovs. each.

Brother to Phoenix, Rostrum (dead), Equation, c by
Plenipotentiary, out of. Antiope ,• c, by Velocipede, out
of Amadou ; Saros, Reversion, Abion, Revocation, Va-
lance, Miraelle, Marshal ron, Little Johnny, St.
Bernara, Canadian, Gunter, Misdeal, Tedworth, Fly-
trap, Peloponnesus, Firebrand, c by Bay Middleton, out
of Miniature.

The Hopeful Stakes, of 40_soys. each, &c. Last half

of A.B.M.

Lord Exeter's f, by Sultan, or Reveller, out of Rhodo-
cantha ; Mr. Wreford's c by Camel, out of Westeria ;
Mr. Treen's Young Lochinvar; Colonel Peel's c, by Slane.
out of Mary Ann, and Caen • Mr. Thornhill's Brother
to Egeria (dead); Lord Albemarle's Tilcho; Duke of
Rutland's f by Bizarre, out of Minx's dam ; Lord Bruce's
c by Elis, out of Rosalie ; Captain Colquitt's Pickpocket,
and Mr. Ford's Poison.
Mr. Osbaldeston's Devil among the Tailors, 3 yrs,
lOst 71b (Mr. Osbaldeston to ride) agst Lord Albermarle's
Buffalo, 4 yrs, 9st. A.F. 200 h ft.
Duke of Bedford's Oakley, Bst 71b, agst Lord Exeter's
Abydos, 6st 71b. both 4 yrs old. T. Y. C. 200 h ft.
Duke of Bedford's John o' Gaunt, 4 yrs, Bst 71b, agst
Mr. Osbaldeston's Skipton, 3 yrs, 7st 41b. A. F. 200
h ft, and 25 ft only if declared on or before the 12th of
September.
Mr. Byng's Tom Noddy, Bst 71b, agst Mr. Greville's
Edgeworth Bess, Bst 21b. D. M. 100 h ft. Off by
consent.