Star.
London, England, 1822-11-13 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

hfarfstex-Horsre-rA charge was yesterday brought against a
very respectable East India Broker, the evidence against whom
was to the following effect :
Mr. Stirling, merchant, of Sheffield, in April, 1819, having
some unapplied money by him, commissioned the prisoner, with
whom he was intimately acquainted, to purchase a quantity of
cotton and rice for him. To enable the prisoner to do so, Mr.
Stirling transmitted to him a draft on his banker for .01000, and
other sums at different periods, making up a total amount of
£1250 for which he received the prisoners receipts, together
with the invoice of the cotton. In the month of October or
November last. Mr. Stirling came to town, from Sheffield, and
applied at the prisoner's counting-house for the warrants of de-
livery of the goods which had been purchased fur him. He then
received, either from the prisoner or one of the clerks (but he
believed it was from the prisoner), 14 warrants, purporting to
be East India warrants, and which he believed to be genuine.
He kept those warrants in his possession until the week before
last, at. which time he transmitted one of them for the delivery
of cotton to Captain Thomas lllarquis, in London, the same
-warrant being cut in two, and each part conveyed in a separate
letter. Until that time he was convinced that not one of the
warrants bad left his possession. Soon afterwards he received a
letter from Captain Marquis, informing him that the warrants
were forgeries, and he came to.Loudonebringing with him the
thirteen remaining warrants, which he delivered to Captain
Marquis, who called upon the prisoner, and soon after returned
to Mr. Stirling with the sum of £4OO in Bank-notes, and a pro-
missory note of the prisoner's, payable on demand fur £BOO or
£9OO. It appeared, that Captain Marquis, upon receiving the
money and the note, delivered to the prisoner the 14 warrants.
Three Gentlemen, who hold situations in the East India Com-
pany's Warehouses, had examined the three warrants brought to
them by Captain Marquis, and found them to be forgeries.
Two,
of the forgeries were fac simi!es of two warrants, the goods re-
lating to which had been some time ago given up to the pur-
chasers. In the third forgery there was a figure which did. not
agree with the corresponding figure in the warrant it repre-
vented. The forgeries were evidently the work of a person who
; had bad the authentic documents in his Possession.
The Directors of the East India Company having heard of
these circumstances, immediately ordered that an investigation
should take place. Mr. CUpe (the Marshal) went, under their
sanction, to the house of the prisoner with a warrant to search
for the forgeries, but he searched in vain. The prisoner had
not attempted to avoid responsibility,• except 'his refusal to ac-
count fer the absence of the false warrants be considered as
such. Ile came forward without hesitation, and offered himself
up to justice.
Mr. Auaernes, upon the part of the prisoner, said that hail
to any amount would be given for the paw:wee appearance.—
The Learned Counsel observed, that he did not think It neces-
sary to mention, in this stage of the accusation, the ground 'of
defense which it was the prisoner's intention to take-
The Loan Meyort, who was attended by Mr. nobler the
Chief Clark, end the City Solicitor, after having consulted avkli
those Gentlemen, said, that upon such a charge he should not
consider himself justified in taking ball.
Mr. Lew ?ORD, Solicitor to the Bast India Company, said that
the Directors were far from entertaining a vindictive feeling to-
, wards the prisoner, whom on the contrary, they regretted to
, see in such a situation. Their object was taitiveetteate the truth,
and they left it to the Lord Mayor to accomplish that object,
Iconvisced that nothing more than was necessary would he dour.
Dlr. Ao.usenes then requested that the prisoner ought be istr-

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