The Express.
London, England, 1851-09-18 00:00:00

DUBLLN POLICE.

CiliaOn op Fnnlll3.—Brojantio Henry Percy Gri,rsors,
York-street, Kingstown, was brought up in custody before
Mr. Stronge, at the College-street Police-office, on Tues-
day, having been arrested rat a warrant charging him with
embezzling and feloniously converting to his own use an
English post-hill for 1501, which had been outrustaa to Lira
On the 13th of May last, in his capacity of clerk in the
Royal Dank of Ireland, Foster-place.
The warrant was grounded on the information which
had been lodged in the above poiice-office on the 13th
instant by Mr. Charles Copland, one of the public officers
and managers of the leuik. The substance of it embodied
the undermentioned facts. Ou the 13th May last certain
bills of exchange were entrusted to the prisoner for the
purpose of entering them in the register book of the bank,
that being part of his duty; when duly entered they were
to be returned to Mr. Copland in his capacity of manager.
Amongst those given to Gricrson for the above purpose,
was an English poet-bill for 1301., which was ant entered
by him, but as he (Mr. Copland) believed, was wilfully
and fraudulently abstracted by him, and that he in totting
up the entire amount of the bills of the day, made a false
tot thereof, increasing the amount by 1501.
Mr. John A. Curran. with Mr. Orpcn as solicitor, ap-
peared for the book. The prisoner had no legal adviser.
Mr. Charles Copland was examined, and deposed that he
was one of the managers of the ltoyal Bank in which the
prisoner was a clerk. It was a portion of the duty of the
latter to enter bills of exchange in a register-book for that
purpose, and then deliver them up to hint or the accountant
to be checked.
The witness having been desired to examine the registry-
book, did so, and stated that it was in the handwriting of
the prisoner, and that all the entries and the tot of the 13th
May were likewise in his handwriting. Ile also stated that
he had totted up the column and found it incorrect ; it was
too much by 1501. That was the book in which the bills
were to he checked. There was no entry therein en the
13th of May of a bank pest bill for 1501. Ile understood
that on that day or the day previous an English post bill for
1501. had been paid into the bank.
To Mr. Strange—Did not know that of his own know-
ledge. The docket now handed him was in the handwriting
of Mr. John l'owell, accountant of the bank. It purported
to give authority to Grievant to enter the sum of 1071. 182.
11.141., composed of five dithirent items, as bills, notes, &e.,
one of which bears date the 13th May. This it was the duty
of the priaouer to have entered, but there was no such
entry.
Mr. John Powell was then examined, and stated that that
was the daily abstract book, which comprised all the busi-
ness of the day, and he then pointed out to Mr. Strong°
where the entry of 1501. was deficient, and went on to state
that he get five bills from the cashier, which it was his ditty
to hand over to Grierson to be entered. Ile invariably gave
him the bills fur entry. At three o'clock in the day ho
handed them over to him. lie found that there were only
four of the bills entered, the filth bcinp for a sum of 1301.
was omitted. Ile also found that the tots were made to
:Ce, and to appear as if the 130 were really entered, so
he might reckon with the cashier, thus preventing
discovery at the time. If the tots were nut made to agree,
the deficiency would have been discovered at once.
Witness in reply to a question put by the prisoner as to
whether he could swear to having given him the VAL bill,
stated that he could positively swear that he got five bills
from the cashier, which he pinned t-gether and placed un-
der a weight with whatever other bills he might have in the
office, and these he handed over to Griersun at three o'clock;
the others were entered, but the fifth was not.
The prisoner asked Mr. Copland whether to his know-
ledge be (Grievant) had not been frequ.ntly in the habit of
making tots which were erroneous ; this tact could be proved
ou reference to the haul; books.
Mr. Strong° then said lie would remand the case until
Tuesday next, at one o'clock.
The prisoner applied to the bench to be admitted to bail.
Mr. strange said ho would take two solvent sureties for
1001. each.

NEW RAILWAY PnwEurs.— In Mondade paper
it was announced that a scheme was in progress fin the con-
struction of a railway from the South-Western Railway, at
Wimbledon, to the Brighton Railway at Croydon, and thence
to Maidstone, to enable the South-Western Company to
run trains to the terminus at London-bridge, and also to
enable the London, Brighton, and South Coast Company
to run trains to the Waterloo-bridge terminus of the
London and South-Western Railway Company.: Thu
Alaultoshae Gazette says—" The project has pretensious of no
ordinary character, being sanctioned by several large hold-
ers of Brighton and South-Weetern stock, who have secured
the moneyed support of the principal landowners. 'rho
two companies are promised a clear gain of from 13.0001. to
20,0001. each, for the use of their prt,ent lines, besides
a variety of facilities for their traffic, which will he advan-
tageous to both. The capital is to be 600,0001., in 24/, shares,
total length 36 miles, estimated profit 81 per cent. The
landowners, it is stated, have agreed to identifig, their in-
terests with the shareholders in the moat substantial man-
ner, by consenting to sell their land at reasonable prices,
and by subscribing several thousand pounds to cover the
costs of the application to parliament in the case of failure.
The old idea of competing with the South Eastern Company
, fur the through Dever traffic via Tunbridge, appears to have
been abandoned as impracticable, and the landowners have
wisely date, mined to content themselves with a cheap line
that will pay for local and agricultural purposes only. The
line is not to coat more than 10,0001. per mile, and one of the
most tempting commercial features of the scheme is, the
prospect it holds out of a permanent alliance between the
Brighton and South Western companies. This line is to
commence from a station on the east lido of the Medway."

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