Mr. Fauntleroy.
The Times, 1824-09-24T00:00:00

EVery CircustlSanCe COnnected. wth thfis unfortunaute manl's name excites thie rsoost intense interest throughout the metropolis. Eteople wondler and inquire what lie could have done with osr how dip.e of', such extenstive stiris of' money as those naaer in the warrattr of attorney broughit forward On the last examrination ; but, perhaps, they will express so mewhiat mnore astonishment when tbcy learn that those sumis are but a small part of the depredations charged pa- the pri-soner. It is aLlready pretty clearly ascertained at th Bank erfr England, thiat in the way of' warrants Of Ratorn3y alone, he hias exceeded one-folurth part of a million sterling, independent of all other trulnsactioniswith whiichi the Bank of England has nothing, to dio. The list.of persons whlose Vtoclr has beeni sold out without their knowledlge is imimensie: hiis own mothier, an&L other membhers of' iris tamily, have had large sums of tieir property disposed of hix this way ; butin masny caseas ir. Faunitleroy was sole tuustee. Stone time ago, pfro'perty citt LY the late Sir Thtonas Plaistoe, thte magis- trate, to thie amouatnt of 2-2,0001., wafs paid finto the bank-ing..house to whichl AMI r. Fauintleroy belonged, with instructionsi to hiave it jun- miediately invested in thie f;rnds ; but it now appears that no stocke was eyer purchased wvithi the mroney, and it is gone in thie generaLt wreck. The strut of1,7001. in Ercchrcqurr 6ills was deposited withini a few weeks- in tite house for security, by oneiDf thie Commissioners of, IPaving for the parish of St. Panrcras, thie whiole of which is now dill covered to hiave been, circulateti, anid sincepaid Off' at shle Exchequer., office of thie Treasurv. In short, it woultd, we understand, be trndless, alnmost, togo throughr thre variouis transactions of thisL description that hiave takers place. T'ire Quieen's Lying-in ilospital is a bufi'erer imt its funids to a consid,erable anriount. The various, sumis hinstock sold out uinder forged warrtantp of attor.. nev wvere generally intrustred by Ai1r. Fauntlerov to htia partner, Air. G.raham, for dlisposal. as Ir,e was tire one of thsefrrn whlo m1ost tre. fqtrentlv atteTnde-d to the-bus-iness otf tire house in the citY during tite dayv. Ar. (Grahiam, who hiad no sort of suspicion as to the nature' of' thec instruments ouion whichl lie was acting. usu-ally, according to the udirrCO-cr t`h eeie,sl u from the' njamres of the trustees, and purchased itn tire namie of MIr. Fauintle. roy alotte, or transterred fronti etie to the other. Tire -stocir behip7 thus at Air. Fauntlerory's own disposal, hie himstlf sold out at hig- pleasure. Tire herst in;strument of' :his nature allegedi t be forgea is, weL uniderstanti, dnied as fir backc as 1808 : this was of' course- ir:rde tse- of'. andi tire stz;ck sold our Under it, many years betJore AI r. Graham joined the firmi , o that he could not htave been mapde ani instrumienit of on that occasion, Indeedi, we beliceve, about thtat. period, or sooni after. Air. Gmranlmwho is2G)olonel ini the armny, st.. barked on titilitary s'ervice for the Veniinsuia,where fot several year,. to ditce ird of' tire campaign, lie constinuied to serve uinder t-he Duke of Wellingtoni, whio lhas 'ter tpkni tehgest termis of his gal.. lariry. (In one mrmtiring enterprise, a- sort of forlorn horpe, he wagc the only surr'ivitigofliier ouit of' if wlto entered uponi it : lie has beert, severety and repeatedly woundled in variousi parts of his bodsy. AMr. (?reatian fieels the ririn b-ouight upoo himi as a Pecuoliar hiardshiip, g5: at partner in this banItrhthr-hrouse, because dite greater part, or at leatst k;. great portion, of' ilr. Fazurtlerov'si practices hiad been carriedt on). %- appears by the dates.1iong before Mr. Gtiahumn ever becnarie a partner. It vworiid certainly ap~pear at tire fir.st view extraordinary, how Ar Fauntleroy, wlro %yas never known to be a nran of any ententive prlay, coul.d hr:-re imattagred to dispose of' suchi vast sums of mrenee., withiin a comparatively shrort period, as hi-s proceedings put him ]itt possession oi' indrependent, of iris regular profits arrising firom fiis partnership irselt;, tire average of whiciet, wee understand, for tire last A years. list bmeen 14l,tfJIf. annually aniongst the whole of thre partners. Sr. that, allowing 11Ir. Fairntderol' a regular proPortion of a ti,urthr part, as tire most active anti managing partner, it left ii,60frtl. Ir year at iris wiersl, iich one miiglht consider to be a very hanzrdsomle iincomie lrrr whrat we may call a single mana ; becausie, a'tchiorlrb Alr. Faarmleroy ii, ini pout of fact aird law, a marrited mnan, yet lirea liever had airsy fanrilv or establishnient to suppsrrt in that capacity. lf~ towver wet:re aniothier view of' all ithe errcumnstances in wiicts thi ttutfurtutnate mian was involved, it miay not, perittps, be very tlifieriiti to) throw a liglit uonus tire chtannels tloroughr which htis re- ccipitt Fi5sedC Irontit tin. Air. Farntlrerery. svr understanud, wvas admiiied a partnelr into tire h6euse of' Mlacit ari (jo. ,nore out of' respect atru Cr~ otlinrdent to hris father al'ter Irii death, wiro h1ad. bieni orre of' the orie"Ital members r,f tIre firm., tirai ott accotunt of anyv 1-ojjt whicl lire, Iimsel f cortid brirtrc iirro tIre estabilishment. II is actrecrlae knowledge ,f' busine-,ss atid tire great 1-rcrlity wvith wInchl Ire diespatelted aird arnr"iged ac- counttS, sNort1 rorherim an acuquisitiont ; and for somec yeaits pas"t ,be hiss been almost tire sole acitinw-tanager of' tire business of' the ho,-'5e- .ir. Marsir stas a very eilderly gentlemnan, we believe little sbort fti' lId years of' age, tutd couldl nrt of course attend mrrch to businiess'. Mir. Stracey spent tire greater por-tion of his timie enjoying the plea.- sure., Wr tire Coutrnv. Air. Graham. from the naiture of iris profes- sional mflitary life" ard tire shtort time lie hras been in the concern. COIEtit not. be expected to knowniuccl of bankcing or any ocirer business. So thatAl1t.F"nr1dnTlro may beconsidered asthefirrnrhliursclfin poinit ,,f actriri'; anrl as far as capttbilitv to mianage suciran ettablishruant, we undlerstand, thiere is not in Londlop a mnan morewertlhy,of'suclti trust; indleedi, we harre titS authority' of a very, old artid experienced hank-er 'be saying, tatta there is; rtot in tire wiviole inetropolis trite man thlat lie wouldt stlect in preference to Air. Henry Fauntleroy. for a perfect atcquatintarnce with., atiel kRiowledge of, the bankzing business. Ilie Was acqu tinted mnintstelyv witli every descrisrdot of' public secu- cities. botir foreigm and domestic, anti could, in an instant, tell thecir respLctive and rclnttve values. Air, Fauintlerory's family were intimate withi a respec-tble but nec an opullent ftrrrtlilv of the name of' Young. One of' the dauglrrers of' this Ithnitly. a handsolme young Iadtl, attractetl tire atrachrrscat of AIr. hIenr~Fautitlcrov,' arid rireir initercourse enided in Aliss Y'oung's giving birtit to a chitlr. Tire yours-, lady's family, on discoveringr titeir relatio:r's disgrace. retions,trzied with Air. Fauncleroy-, and urged tire necessity'of rm'aking cite only reparatian in hris power bvr marryirtg, tire inotiter of' iris ciriltd. AIr, Fuuntleruv, irowever, f'elt little distrosition to dio so ; but one of' tire young lady',; beothers, a. spiriteri yortrg titani, intdignlant at the di-igrace cast urtoit hris fiamily and namec, in4isted urpon the proper reparation being mnade, oyr that .'rl. Faurnteroy sirould choose. snooeir altcrirative. Tin;s r'irreac -trengtlrenred tire dcicerrriirdticn of" ir. Fautnterovy not to stalt- init to the hrropostrd terms, itrrrd arrangemrents wer'e in progress, or settle tille mnatter i% thurIit: i-d. Ale. Famuntlerov's owir fam~ily, hrowever, now Joinred their influence attd persuasions to those c-f r'iss 'r'outrs-'s frivndit anti ire ultimiately r.Wree-d so far to cc- terin tire LlAv's char-acter tts to become lier husband by the tie of tire law buat declaredt that Ite would niever live vitih tier a dat' after tire day, of thjeir itniori. 1-le accord ingly led her to tire altar, the cc- reonory was perftorrilet, aler tints' left thc chiurcih togethier but when tirey grit otttslde, he wvent ~oci iv`s', anrt shre went aniother; anSI fromr iatra time. t the present tray hav~e trever again met. Hie. however. settletd a very hland3wnte ann'ual allowairce upor-) liar for hrer own arid lierchi iltl'5 supprter: wreicit ti cv still co-' tinuie to raceriv'. Ileillg t!luz5 'slrtt out front 'all pr.rb:ble chance of eve-r enteriing agaLin into the marriei stroir, A)Ir. FarrntlertiY bvwarn to indiulgle in tire societyv of' a certaini de.scriptio!r of womren abiorit town, whio are weall riuraliitied, in no grtat lengthi of' timte, to accontirliell itire ruin. uof arts- mt arl. There wecre several of these dlestructive enginrei in motitttr about Lonrirri at that time,. andI tire itachriner v or theair conrstruc- lioni antd sysretr. it inch perhaps mny noIegeealyko at thin pret'lcd, was tins: A feral'e, of as miucli personal atraterrion as ItONSsib, Was seICLectr by a sct cf nren then about town, who br-lag ticeniselvwes rtrined by the sanre mecan,, boEtir in ~urtune anti itn ha-te. wvere ready to becomre the willing ha- strumenrs of ruin to others. Thisi g.trg all pulled one wvay, anti liav- lng got hiold of'a handsonte anti interestingt wvoran. torey established- tier in Ott elegant ant: itple;diil.v fttrnistted manston to soDme fas'hion- able str-eet at the west end ol' the town. This w;oman. notminally tire ow;.O c rftire ttarrsiotlwa, hrawketl airout, tiresseth in 'tire must fia- ciratinrg and grry attire-, tsr th;e Italian OInera, tire theatres, and all othcr plvete ort public fashiorable resort, w-itere she Iratd liar inaic aecumtidrce-s scatteredi about. oflrtg irsi friendily services te all their y-oung and iniexperieneceti acqntamtttilres. ofttO mien of' fortunie atrd f oIh i,tily, to introdluce tkent, to ithe great object of gettecral t me. tt:ratonMrs e'rct-.-tte.The int:t.duction tooik iriace--the lady put ioturt ir liahr powers of' attractiott-a fitseitatiriz invitationt was given to tire zie a ispir,ult for her favours, to join a supper.. prarty at her house that nrgirt utter the entertarirrmcent, tire irrerta- ttitin ws at eerlyv snatchied at anti acceptedi. and tree unIhaplpy pig"01n to be pluckedls was titus completely got witniti the -rap. Ati elegaint arid sumiptuous supiper was supplied, itt the lirst rty're' of costly extravagance. Wines of' the finecst order, ard of' every description, wvete circulatert' in abtrndatrce-citatrrpagne alwaiys tire frcst. prerlonttinant and after this scene of' hoNpitality, a little game of' -oneetlring w:ts introduced to eirtertain thie ir,dies, tbr tirese female basil; Ks always attended each other's parties, to0 witness tiesacrifice of'a viecrtm. Cards were introdluced- st,imethring trifling tias commenced withi-tlie sr-ine went round,t drt ladies soon dreopped ofl one by, one fronti the tatle-a proposal Was. iirade to play for a few dozen of~ champa7lne, to niake a present to) that Ilovely and N3sp;taable ioaeas-e,tlse ipi-con wasi most5generally suffhrredu to wsin this first arnd sonme following 'trifling stakes, to give I iirn confi- thence. tiee (false ones) now took tire pilice of cards : play becausie deeper andL deepier as tire wine vanishied, until ilrS poor dup el'f all this villainy Wris ficecedl of every shilling lie had abo)ut htitm and t'keni enteredl irrte securities, his irwti hills, for large sums, which, in tire ntoerning, if' lie recollected therur, conviniced him that lire was cohiree, Iffire protested against rite paymrent of these demands. Izewas 1tlireatened, bullied, told that he wo'uld be: rtos!ed about town ; and at length, nothing. wAs? lef't hinit buat eitheir to pa", the demands las far as tiis means 'A ant, anti thenl become an sniti'ated uteurber of the galls, or, in tire other alterntative, tobolowe his brains our, IThe Hecate of these infernal courts, for several years, was Airs. Bertram, better known by tire dinlescic name of' r-r-otliee Bang," because she was 1 bang up-' to aLl tire arts and inr-igues of hcer calling. At this womnan's house, near- Aanchiester-sqluare, it was thart a simiple btut opulent surgar-bhaker in the city, a few years; ago, lost such a strut ondec thle above system to a set of persons, at the hteid of' uhem were two, naiured- Wallace and Antdrewss, nirat the on- forttrnate mart, rather titan nreet the disclosure of' his 'Im,prudence to, his partners and friends, took a razor rind cut his thrreat. It was also a piractice wiritl these wornair, whenever thev, found a moati-of wealth, strongly attached to their persons, to have themselves, br some sihamn process, arrested for a large aura; or else there wa,, some dear fricud rtr rlurance ; and mithat. nman's gall1antry could, who hiad the means, ref'use to release tire captive ? hr. Fauntleroy unfortunately fall in with son-ic of tile destructive Womene above described, and amotiigst tire r-est this said Al other Bang. lie was; a man of a generous disposition anti lhumiane feeings, nd. c.uld' trot. bear to, see ally one abourt him in distressL, while lit had, or c-ould obtairt, tire mteants of relieving theni. All the, ab~ove selienies atid tricks were often trot in practice to ensnare hint, and'c the halit usually told. Iu this way, we understand, he has dissiPitt'd enor. mioo,sauntis, besides loansi of large amount, to fellowvs a-bout town I when tbey would, anid that was never. ,UAir. Faunteroy is perfectly COnverSant witli all the cMntinental languages, and frequently 'isited those countries, particularly F'ralrce, to thIe *ociety of which he was very partial. Sone timc ago, wnile in that country, lie ,ccar.e cnamOure of a haidsnutag young English ldy, then pursuing ber education at a convent, and succeeded in gaining her aflcetioisa to the deree that she eloped witi him. This lady, who is extremely beautiiul, by homt ne has twoo lovely children, he has never parted froth, turd at this momentsire .iccahpes an eiegant house, vwith a enltct esra. blisilment, in Surrev ; she is only now 20 years of age, but ier namne we decline mentionjngw *e has, since this a1rpreheosiO wrtYten se veralt letters to her of' the itiost alfectionate, painful, and heart-rend. itig description, whic-ni we lvill not now alludetoniore partictualy but which do credit to his f hliugs and his aniability. This estaw b rlishlmeut is, it seemos, settledT rlntirely uls;n tire young female ald tier chilaren. Alr. Fauntleroy nominally residet,' at tire banking-hiouSe in Ber nets-street, but le scarcely ever sSnpjt ad there after bankidg ilours w lire always retiredI to pass the remnriuds of tire day and night %vitr' his favourite feriiale, giving dlirections thlt the gencralr"w.m:rer to be given to all persons inquiring for mliini ir, ?tcrrncrs-sreet aftcr busi. ness. shotild be that tie dined out-we say hir3 fins-ottrie feritale, be_ cause Air. Ftuntleroy had another esta.bii,htIIunt at the west end of the town, we understand; but where he cootltrativOy Passed but little of ilis rime. AMr. Faurntlersy, itdepondent of the great e. peDsm to which these establishbrents must have subjected him, laid Ita larg- turn Of monPy in building an elegant house on the West {2if aut wihtn, whih e understand, is luperbly fitted up; bwuthere he d is f vezry little of his leisure time. Be- eies thee various extensive channels -or the dinsipatior Lo isr. auntleriar'tonecaYnhes funds, it will be recollectes. that he 7.~ rarurtly6 py hediv,idends on all thiose eormnousstsmsof3stock slti out, ,hbcb,W aareewe assured twas an annual draughtfupon bim ofasoutIm ,O h. Added to this it is aseetain;ed iaht on adomesald- jnocs=ions during the war, anl after,when he was calledupento ' uce stcik to whirh he was trutee hie was ohten compelled to parchase at ans enormnou , row taken pla. sloss, to prevenst the disclosures whic n have u; c h en,rall these circumstances, it may not, Perhaps, be so at that Mr. Fauntleroy exhausted, in the course Of about Ifi yeae, even thle vast sumils of mnoney spoken' of, and of which, we bedieve, there is very little left. The wretced an anl now in sorme degree recovered from the shock which a public examination r and exposure must hlav e given him, is perfeectly c"alm, alnd, considiering his snituation, is in very grxd spirriuts lie is chaeflr occpled in the prison in reatdine o writing; utit when iOitWeby any friend, -he convtrses ntheOly. Y.is tners have beliemeission to vi soit hi allt a] o prope ith-i ut t'e form Of an ortter, and not a day elapses that son tgon ofethe do.a rnot paPss a considerable time with him . but no rther Person is eritted to seehiM5 with'out a special order fromr Coniant, the ommn ttin P.,,,,stna, t ile is, we lindestand, ful communicad tire to hivater as tonatr of their affai. He has had a n u m be r o pi vace t e . P a p e rs ro u gn t t o hi m t o t e p r i sot i , a ft e r b e i n g lookrd over bB apnp pe n andhehas reqnested Lliat a writingh denik wghich u ftno h this houe rin r Surey, might be adlnitted to 'tm for the pfrose ofeep papeers in-, andm the unfortu- nate youn eaed has sent it to him throug the prnper tannel The uffeingsof tis yovLng wvoman are of the most intiense kist sine se ha lean-. the situation of' her unhiapp' protector. h)t ~ts oly ithn sx teeks lain in of hier second chtild. (be ofthetwopeSOnIs who lhaye hitherto conntantlyremained in e~ ihteprisoner in his apartment in the gaol, has beeni wirhdaw~ dnng te day, anld only onec left ill Attendance : at nighit, howcer, hey othresume their station, and remain uintit the myorni- ire Th Prsonr seep sundIly anid composelly, and by no means br5tra an oftoei ountary symiptomis thaut ofteni denote a None of Air. Fauntleroy's immediate relations hiave been to see haewrn d i"eru Cnfn~ement, except hisq brothee. we believe, oince. He hac. we unders and ol) n brothier anti oi sister; the formier is ~fhctril wll ot akeplae utilthe niext sessione at the Old Ilaiey,whih, e beiev, cinmocesomiewhere about tie 20th of TheA MAst extensive forgery oP this- description clitargedI upoll any person next to tilze present, 'co whichi, however, it bears but a slighit cO- cmrtrivn in POint of asouns, that we can recollect in this e.oantry, was that Committed sb.out 30 years ago by a gentleman namned Weston, 'who, at that time, mioved in the very fvirst society. Trhri, man foroal -the iiznte of General Toning to a 'loculment whichl enshed Ibu t getposse,-sion of 25,0001. ; atitl for the forgery, hie was triedand xeL..tedVeston wats extreinely intiinate witlionle of the herthea~k-sit the Bank of England, by whose assistance, it ered, he wvas enabled for a long time to keep thie Thc ~hthf~\.l'eton's execuitont the 'Bank clerkc passed the t'tgt wih~' at)l tey supoed togethert verY h)eartily in the prison himself cuicumbers. In a feav weeks afterwartls, the c rr dscolveredt to have committeti othier forgeries, and, or,hisbei~r tppchedetl, he contrivedI to findi mea,ns of piutting an ear thIs xse by cutting his throat. MR. FAUrLIEROY.