New-York tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1841-1842, 1841-11-22

The Styx steam frig4te, Captain Vidal, arrived
at Spithead, Portsmouth, early on Monday morn
ing Nov. l,t-rhi. ship sailed few DAYS sine.
for Canada having on Board Sir Charlie. Bagot
The cause of her return her having carried away
her connectng-rod, and otherwise damaged hel
machinery. when coming out ofCork harbor, which
anchorage she put into owing to the recent severe
westerly GILES Sir Charles Basot left Ports
mouth foi London ir,mcdiat9y.
His cxcellcncy Sir Charles Bagot will, it is said
re-embark for Canada, board the IIlu,trious
Her Maiesty's Government originally wished that
his Excellency should cave been conveyed 10 Fl ali.
fax in one of Mr.. Cunards steamships to be there
sworn into Office, and 10 have then proceeded in
the same conveyance to Quebec. An apprehension,
however, that the weather might lay NJ the yess el
in that port for the winter, precludcd the carrying
out this intention.
From return just printed by order CT the
House OF Commons, II appears ihat the quantity
of cotton wool imported into England, and re-
tanned for home consumption, during the last
three years, follows In 1899, 455. o35, 75j
bs.; in 1910, 52,OO0,a77 lbs and in lslI,
52S ll2, 743 lbs.
The total number of railways in the United
Kingdom, for which Acts OF Parliament have been
Obtained, is 7l-of which 81. in length 1895
miles, are wholly open are partially open, l97
miles in length, of which 1913 arc open; T.,
whose length is 292 miles, are not commenced, or
not yet open in any part Il their line.
STUPENDoUs FRAUD IN ExcHEQUER BILLS
The papers give the particulars of fraud which
has been committed, TO an immense amount, by
forged Exchequer Bills
The monetary circles OF the metropolis have
been lately thrown into CONSERVATION by the dis
covery OF d series OF frauds, perpetraed through
the medium OF forged eXchcquer bills on a scale
of gigantic magnitude. Trpcates Of exchequer
bills have been found 10 be in circulation to The
amount, it is currently asserted, of upwards of
100000. Loans were obtained, from time TO
time, for several years past, on these trphcate
copies, at exorbltant rates OF interest. la deposit
ing these spurious issues of exchequer paper, a
strict Injunction was uniformly given that they
should not be put into circulation, but that they
should be reserved Tor redemption by the deposl-
tors The greatest possible anxiety was also
manifested TO get back the eract numbers thus de
posted. 1t is said that the money obtained as
loans upon these trpcates was employed in
speculatlons in the foreign securities, especially
in Spanish stock The Times remarks that the
disclosures recently MAIDS have brought to mind
months and even for years past, which were
thought, at the time, mysterious and unaccount
able, but which, in the hurry of business, passed
away without further observation
The only party who had hitherto been taken
into custody, as being implicated IN these tiansac-
tons, is Mr.. L. Bowman Smith, the chief clerk
in the comptroller generals Office. II is SAID
that Mr. Smith was made the tool OF some de-
signing Lnaves among The iobhsrs on The Stock
Exchange, and thot, havlag involved himself and
his associates 10 serious losses, the mode of raj
sing money by false eXchequer bills was adopted,
in the hope that subsequent gains might enable
them to withdraw them from The hanGs OF ,hcse
with when they were deposited as the Eepresen-
tatives of security.
One broker, we have heard, has actually
given up $50 900 of the forged bills, and on We'd
nesday i, TRANSFERRED that the Offices OF several
persons in the city had been searched under
warrant from the secretary of state MIR. Lew,
the great contractor of tolls round London, II Is
runored, was large holder Of these fictitious
securities, on which he had advanced money
The discovery OF the fraud, we are told, was
made through the counte!loils-ihose portions OF
the bills that are left, as In cheqne-books, alter
the cheque or bill has been lssued-and these
countertols upon examination at once detected
the forgery At present the real merits OF this
most serious affair are confined TO the government
Inc chief members Of which, including the pre-
mer. the chancellor Of the eXchequer and Inc
home secretary have been closely engaged, Tor
several DAYS, in examining various parties, ana ell
deavoring TO silt the matter thoroughly
Lord MonteagIe, who is Comptroller OF the
Excheouer. cut Il most sorry figure IN thus very
untoward business The frauds would appear 10
have been comalIited, to use triic expression,
"under his very nose" On The position occu-
MED by his lordship, in reference 10 these NAL
practices, the Times remarks;
"Surev the ridiculc of al! foreign nations, IN
dependently of our own, must attach TO tte wnole
of this affair, when II Is perceived tiat i"hc'lo"
ary like Lord Moneagle, called Ccinproiier
of the Exchequer, whose utmost empIoymeh'
would be to attach his signature TO The issues
and who receives for tina, purpose 12oJO ahnu-
allv of The public money, performs all his WORK
hr d.nu,ies who SIGN for him, not by order or
nrocura,ion. which would transfer 10 them some
norton of the responsibility, but who write his
nam-. and endeavor TO initiate, as nearly as they
c.n his real signaturc-;hai Is, 10 commit Jorge
,irs by authority and all this extending over a
circulation of the untuuded debt which has never
been less than s20, 000, 900 annually, and has
been heretofore very much greater.
FRANCE.
Two more arrests have taken place IN faris IN
reference to the attempt of Quensset. ltappsars
cer,s;n that corps of so 600 men is about TO be
formed by the French Government along the Span
;sh frontier. 4 great part of the south OF France
has been inundated
There appears to exist no longer any doubt OF
,bs ;n,en,oR of the French Government 10 disarm
70 70, a considerable extent. The Gazette dss Tn;
bpDop.r of Saturday states that serious quarrel
arose on Sunday, the 18th, among the aoorers en-
io,.d nm tbe Notifications Of Paris. in which four
IF The combatanis were wounded, all OF whom
have since died. -.