Mr. FAUNTLEROY.-If the in...
The Times, 1824-11-12T00:00:00

Afr. FAUNTLEPOV.-Ifthe indictment in the name of Miss Young, which hod been preferred against MIr. Faunt. leroy, had failed in consequence of any defect, or if those who conducted the prosecution had determined to proceed upon the several indictmentswhich they had framed against this individual, the case of the forgery ef Colonel Lyster's name wss that which was to have followed immediatelv. This gentleman had 6,0001. 3 per cent. Consols in the hands of Messrs. Marsh and Co. He was himselfat St. EHelena at the time of the forgery, and the manner in which the fraud was commlitted proves that former experiments had been made. The recital at the commencement of the forged power of attorney in Colonel Lyste-es name commences thus-" 1, Thomas Lyster, late of the county of Wexford, in Ireland, but now residing in the city of London, &c- Por several years before the forgery was committed, as well as at the exact period-at which it took place, Colonel Lyster had been abroad, and this assertion of his residence in the metropolis was resorted to merely for the purpose of plau- sibilitv. The Colonel, upon hearing that the banking- house had failed, and that Mir. Fauntleroy had got hold of his property, gave up all hope of restitution, and actually applied for a subordinate situation in a commercial house in the city. The Bank of England, however, altered his opinion upon the subject, by replacing the 6,0001. for the purpose of malking him a competent witness. It has b 6 mentioned by the solicitor to the Bank, that even if establishment were legally justified in refusing to pay the forgeries upon them, they would not hesitate to replace the money in every instance. POLICE REPORTINc..-[From a Correspondent.]-A few days ago, Sir Richard Birnie, Chief Magistrate of police, and perhaps the most experienced man in the coin- mission of the peace in this mnetrrepolis, in the course of a conversation at.rhe office in Bow-street, with a County Ma- gistrate (Mr. Beckett), upon the subject of policc reports, expressed himself in nearly the followfing words:-" I am a strong-friend to police reports wlhen they are fairly and properly given. I k-now that they do an infinite deal of good: I know that their publicationi often leads to commu- nications of the greatest importance, which would never otherwise be obtained: I know that many a dangerous cr- minal has beei brought to justice, who, but for the publi- cation of his case,. which has brought forth evidence that eould not previously be obtained even by the greatest ex. ertions, woud have been again let loose to follow his course of dEpredation upon the public: I know, also, that many unfortanate beings, who were driven by the pinching hand of poverty to the commission of theft, have, in consequence of the mention of their cases, received thc donations of thle benevolent, and have been rescued from want and misery, and enabled to provide for themselves perhaps for the re. maindor of their days. In fact, i conceive that upon gelle. ral grounds, the newspapers do great public good by pub. lishing such reports, so long as the task of furnishing them is intrusted to men of integrity andcompetent ability."