Polynesian., 1862-01-04
Ghe polpnssian.
A Spurious Hawaiian PIenipo,eu,inry.

Our readers are indebted to our scissors for the
following clip from the San Francisco Weekly Bul-
letiH of the 3Oth November.
AN AMERICAN FoRGER TRIED IN FRANCE Am
American named Gould, 43 years of age, has Just
been tried by the Court of Assizes of the Seine for
forgery. 1t appeared that the 18th of January
last he went to the bank of NJ Delisle i'll the Chausee
DAMN, and presenting card on which the name
of Col Gould, Atache of the Legation of the United
States,'' said that he had been recommended by Mr.
Bebb, of London, friend of NJ Delisle to ask him to
discount bill for eco sterling, payable at London on
the I'd of February, accepted by MOntagu, Watkins s
Co.. of that city, and drawn by Hudson, of Paris
NJ. Desle, from regard for Mr.. Bebb discounted the
bill but on inquiry he learned that he (Bebb) knew
nothing whatever of any Col. Gould. 1t turned out
also that such firm as Montagu, Watkins & Co. ex-
listed, and the bill not paid Nj. Charles Laftte
also discounted for Gould bill for EGO. NJ. Andre
one for eco, and NM HOttnguer & Co. one for
fl65, bearing the same names of drawers and ac-
ceptOrs. and not one of them was paid The bills
being evidently forgeries, complaint made to the
police, the consequence of which that Gould
sought for, but he had disappeared from the address
he had given. The police then went to the address of
Hudson, the drawer, II Rue du COlisee, and there
found shop in which money exchanged and wine
sOld and there Gould taken into custody. 1t then
turned out that, in the of Hudson, he had pur-
chased from one Brent, Englishman, the shop and
the good will Of the business, and had taken Brent
INTO MS AFTER tneSe Deen stated IN
court Singular account given of GOuld's
He is, it appears, son of gentleman who at one
time chief Judge of the Court of Connecticut and he
married a daughter of an Admiral named Watkins.
From lS4l to 1843 he Secretary of the United
States Legation London In 1S4S he was director of
a glass mandatory in thai city but failed In 1852
he appeared az Brussels, and announced himself be
Minister Plenpo,entiary of the Sandwich Islands, but
the Belgian Government refused to recognize him in
that capacity, and King Leopold would not grant him
audience. In 1867 he was employed on an English
railway, and assumed the title of Colonel In 1859 he
embarked in banking operations at Paris, under the
name of Hudson Co., who, as he said, were agents
for Montagu, Watkins & Co. of London, but he was
condemned to imprisonment for swindlng. Lastly, in
the famous Bonaparte Patterson he wrote letter
to Prince Napoleon. declaring that the opinion of his
father who an eminent lawyer, was that the
rage of Prince Jerome with Miss Patterson was not
valid. Could in his defense, affirmed that he had
been in bona fde partnership with persons named
Hudson, Montagu & Watkins, and he therefore con-
tended that he had the right to afix their
bills. But the Jury declared him gnty, though with
extenuatng circumstances, and the court condemned
him to three years Imprisonment and 100 francs fine.
-GalgpaHi'S Messenger.
Our memory being not always at fault, it occurred
to us that the name of "a GouLd'' had figured in
some correspondence between the Commissioner of
France and the Minister of Foreign Affairs. After
a diligent search, we find in the Appendix to Mr..
Wyllie's Report to the Legislature of 1852, the
documents marked Nos. T. 8 and 9, relating to Mr..
Gould. and other political matters of Importance,
which, therefore, we reprint below.
No. Z.
lTRANsLATIoN.