Like Pierce Egan and Charles Hindley, the writer of this monograph states that Fauntleroy was convicted for a fraud upon his sister-in-law, which is the more remarkable as _The Times_ is cited as an authority. The name of the forger’s father was not Henry, but William; the arrest was made on September 10, not September 11; the warrant of commitment charged him with embezzling, not a thousand, but ten thousand pounds; the Berners Street Bank was not founded in 1782, but ten years later; the value of Miss Young’s stock was £5450; and Fauntleroy was committed for trial on October 19. There does not appear to be any authority for the assertion that the fraudulent transfers first began in 1815, and it would be more correct to say that Messrs Marsh, Stracey & Company announced the suspension of payment on September 13. NOTE VII.--_History of the Bank of England._ By John Francis (1847). Vol. i. pp. 339-345. The author of this work, relying upon the evidence of J. H. Palmer before a Committee of the House of Commons in 1832, estimates the loss of the Bank of England through the Fauntleroy forgeries at £360,000. Although these figures were correct at the time when the Governor made his statement, the Bank received £95,000 from Messrs Marsh, Stracey & Company during September 1835, in full discharge of their debt.[1] Thus, as the gross loss to the Bank, according to John Horsley Palmer, was £360,214, the actual loss appears to have been reduced to £265,214. NOTE VIII.--For particulars of the Berners Street Bankruptcy consult the following:-- (_a_) _The Bank of England’s Case_ under Marsh & Co.’s Commission. By a Solicitor. (Lupton Relfe, 113 Cornhill. 1825.) (_b_) _The Bank of England’s Claim_ ... in reply to Mr Wilkinson’s Report upon the Facts. (Lupton Relfe. 1825.) (_c_) _Ryan and Moody’s Law Reports from 1823-1826._ “Stone and Another _v._ Marsh, Stracey & Graham.” P. 364. (_d_) _Reports of Cases determined at Nisi Prius from 1823-1827._ By Edward Ryan and Wm. Moody. “Hume and Another _v._ Bolland and Others.” P. 371. (_e_) _Cases in Bankruptcy from 1821-1828._ By Thomas Glynn and Robert Jameson. “Governor and Company of the Bank of England in the matter of Marsh, Stracey, Graham and Fauntleroy.” Vol. ii. pp. 363-368, 446. (_f_) _The Report of Committee of Secrecy on the Bank of England’s Charter_ (1832). _Vide_ Evidence of John Horsley Palmer (Governor). P. 9, and Appendix, p. 55. (_g_) _Returns as to Bankruptcies previous to the Act of Parliament, 1831._ (1839.) Vol. xliii. p. 96. [1] I wish to acknowledge, with many thanks, the kindness of Mr Kenneth Graham, Secretary of the Bank of England, in verifying the sum paid by the assignees of Marsh, Stracey & Company. INDEX Abbott, Charles, 124. Abinger, Baron, 167. Adair, Mr James, 49, 52, 53.