To The Editor Of The Time...
Sir,-A paragraph has appeared in The Times of this clay, relative to a confidential clerk of the name of Hull who is stated to have absconded from the house of Messrs. de Rothschild and Co., of Paris, takiug with him a small sum of nmoney; and having, upon the credit of his em- ployers, incurred debts with the tradesmen of Paris. It is true, he left the house most abruptly, but for very different reasons from those stated, or rather hinted at. in the paragraph. He had been employed, unknown to the firm, by a near connexion of Mr. (le Rothschild, to carry on a large specu- lation for him, which having pursued beyond what he was exactly warranted in doing, the whole of the property in his hands bel'tnging to the individual for wvhorm it was done, was lost; and he being unable to meet the reproaches | he expected, thought it best to go away. As to the assertion that he took propertyv with him be. I lonaing to the house, I aunnot think it probable; -bc"se I was present whent his desk was opened before slral gentlemen in the Varis house, and property to the amount I of at least 30,0001. was found in it, arranged i/l the most | orrect an:4 regular manner, and ticketted with the name of the partics to wrhom it belonged now as this property consisted of 20,000 rentes, 600 N'eapolitan ducats, and a I large uncounted quantity of coupons, which anv person | acquainted with this species of security, knows to be con- vertible inlto cashi instantly, and particularlv so bv him in the ostensible employ he held: is it at all probable he should have made fret with an insignificant sum, when he m.ight have possessed himself of a large amount, which most likely would not have been discovered for a long time ? I think it carries contradiction on the face of it. With oerard to the t.radescnen's bills in ?'aris being left unpaid, this is a circucnstance which rather depends on sur mise; theugh, from the hurried manner in which he de. parted, some few unsettled accounts must necessarilv bave existed. I may add, liovever, that it never could have been requisite to have employedl the credit of the house to ob- tain the articles which may have reinained unpaid for. I am, Sir, your mo t obedient humble servant, E. HULL. 20, 'Change /lev, Olct. 25. TO TlE EDITOR OP THE TIMIfES.