The Telegram. — 1901-01-01 (Weymouth, Dorset, England)

ALLEGED SPURIOUS V.C.'S  The warrant for the meat of Samuel Mitchell, alias George Hinckley, who has been charged, at Southwark, with obtaining a ,mld watch and chain, value £5 12a. 6d., by hose pretences, from Mr. John Adams, pawnbroker, of Borough High-street, was granted under peculiar circumstances. It was alleged that he bad deposited a willow Victoria Cross as security for the goods. On November 6th (said Mr. Adams) a man giving the name of Gunge Hinckley purchased a gold ring for £2. The next day he called again sad selected a gold watch of the value of £3 and a gold albert chain of the value of $.2 Ts. 6d. Be said he was the owner of a Victoria Cross, which he produced, having engraved thereon "Geo. Hinckley, A. 8., October 9th, 1862." He (Mr. Adams) referred to an almanack, and found that a George Hinckley had been awarded a Victoria Cross at that date. His pension, he said, was due on November 12th, hut as he wanted the watch as a present for his daughter, who was to be married, he would deposit Ills Victoria (roes with wittirms as security until he received his pension. Mr. AdArns allowed him to take away the watch and chain, but had since 'seer ta load that the cross deposited was a spurious one. Mr. Adams added that he ha been infonned that another spurious Victoria Cross had been received by a pawnbroker at Oxford, and that other members of the pawnbraking trade in Loudon had had similar spuriGUS medals offered to them in pledge or for sale.— Mr. Attenborough, for the Pawubmkers' Association, said he had reason to believe that thar• were at present about half-a-docen spurious Victoria Crosses in existence. They were all exact copies of the real trophy. The article produced, foisted upon Mr. Adams, purported to be a naval Victoria Crone, which was rarer than a military one. Ho good were these imitations that the fraud was only &louvered upon application at the War Office.  A t Nottingham Charles E. Canhani, insurance agent, has been oomndtted for trial charged with the murder of his wife and nie 3i,ungest child, aged two. Fifteen hundred persona are estimated to here been killed or outraged in the recent Turkiah atrocitiea.  Two South Shield); ferry boatmen were drogned on Christmas Eve through the boat colli.linct with a nteamer.  The French Army estimates for the ermine yeti. total £40,000.000, or at the mite of &boat El per bead of the population. Mr.. Clements, mother of General Clements at present with the forces in South Africa, died on Wednesday at Lincoln. She had been ill foe a con iderable  Fow mrmieiane have had a longer career than M. Jule. Rivierß, the well-known conductor. who died Wednsiiday in hiR 81st year. He commenced as a chorus boy in Paris in the very early days of the century, and it was not until a few months ago that, compelled by illness, be laid down? or the last time the baton he had wielded with eonapecnous enemas for the past 40 yearn.  FLONILINII OR Tug TIMID AND Balla til. thoroughly cleanaes the teeth from all parasites s i.lll- hardens the rums. prey rer,,,tai, dope rimy, and gir. to the teeth a pecuhaz peariy Denten.% 'lad a delichttul fragrance to the ereath. Prate Z 9 4.1 fa. the h.inhi, or 1% per Ine for the " rowder, of C 'monist! snd Perryman