Fraud On Mr. Rothschild.
The Times, 1824-06-24T00:00:00

Considerable sensation haq been excited in the city by the appear. ance of an advertisement in the morning papers, from which it ap. pears that a Mr. Gabriel Doloret, a native of Franct-, has fmudu. Ientlv obtained from AIr. N. 51. Ro'hschild bills to the amount of 9,671. drawnt in his favour, upon Nessrs. J.de Rothschild Brothers, in Paris. Mr. Doloret wvas a few years since Receiver-General at Amiens in Franec. a situation from which he is said to have derived an incon;e of 100,000 francs (about 4,0001.) a year; but in conse- quence of extensive speculations Mr. Doloret became a defaulter to the Government and to the department, and was compelled to ab- I scond to the Netherlands, where he r cmainel under an assumed name until his affairs were arranged, and he returned to Paris. Since that period he has been engaged in Stock Exchbange affairs, alter. nately in Paris and London. When great speculation was carried on in the Neapolitan loan, Air. Doloret had extensive transactions in that stock, which eaded in a lispute with MIr. Rothschild, and an action in the Co;irt of Chancery, in which AIr. Doloret was beaten. From that period until about ten days ago, when he retuirned to London and engaged an office in Angel-court, he has been re- siding in Paris with his famnily. Two or three days after his ar- rival here, he obtained an introduction to the respectable firm of Wiss and Ripley, Exchange-brokers, and th7ough them procured the bills above alluded to from Air. Rothschild on Friday last, in the usual way, to be paid for on the following post-day (Tuesday.) Air. Rothschild, when he gave the bills, took but little notice of the name of the person for whom they were intended, having received assurances of his respectability from his brokers, as it can hardly be imayined that he would have supplied bills to so iarge an amount to a nerson with whom he had keen in litigation. It happened, also, that Air. Rothschild's attention was particularly taken up by the approaching departure of a part of his family for the Continent. ndi Alonday evening AMr. Doloret left his office, liaring previously informed his clerk that he was going out of town, and might possibly remain there until Friday. On Tuesday afternoon, at two o'clock, a letter ftom Mr. Doloret was delivered to Di r. Rothschild by Air. Doloret's clerk, who had instructions to that cffect in the event.ot Mlr. Doloret's not retumring to his office on Tuesda7 at one o'clock. In this letter Mir. Doloret stated, that being satisfied in the justice of his claims on Allr. Rothschild in the affair of the Neapolitan stock, notwithstanding the decision of the Vice-Chancellor, he had taken this method of indemnifying himself, and procuring that re. dress which the law would not afford him. Alr. Rothschild, on as- certaining the frauA which had been practised on bim, iime- diately proceeded, with his characteristic activity, to take mea- sures for counteracting its object. The bills obtained by Mr. Doloret on Friday would arrive in Paris on Monday, if trans- mitted thither, anti by the regular custom of trade would lie two days for acceptance. On Wednesdav morning, therefore, they might be obtidned with the endorsements upon them requi- site to give them complete validity. Thtere remained, consequently, only hecinterval between two o'clock on Tuesday, and the hour ot commencing business on Wedanesday in Paris, for transmitting such a communicationtoParis as would stoptheacceptance ot-thebilis. Sho-t as the timne may appear, it is not imniossible that the communication may be made, and the perpetrator of the fraud detected in Paris, permission having been obtained to employ the telegraph to Dover, a;nd as that from Calais to Paris would also be put in requisition, a notice to stop the bills might reach Paris by nine o'clock on Wednesday. But supposing the acceptance of MAlessrs. James Rothschild Brothers obtained in Paris, there would sdll re- main the chance that the vigilance of the Frenchl police mav dectect and bring to punishment the party through whomn the bills were offered. The chief danger appears to be, that il. Doloret may have sent the bills in the first instantce to Amsterdam or some other city of the contiuent than Paris, where the well-known respectability of the house on which they were drawn would render it easy to negotiate them, though not accepted in a regular manner. Alr. Rothschildl, through his solicitor, applied on Tuesday evening to Sir R. Birnie, at Bow-street, for assistance in apprehending AIr. Doloret, but as the fraud had been comnmitted in the city, he was referred to the city magistrates. At present, however, it seems clear that the perpetrator has eluded all pursuit in this country. Air. Doloret drew his balance of account out of the hands of his ban- kers (Sir W. Curtis and Co.) on AMonday. The conduct of Alessrs. lbiss anti mtpY, tne LXCfnange brOkers, nlas been highlY honourc able. They have. offered to refer the affair to arbitrattion, or at once to pay, a proportion of Mfr. Rothschild's loss. FRA UD ON MR. ROTHSCHILD.