The Express.
London, England, 1856-03-31 00:00:00

OarWs-la theaset, and the grimmer was Urns ia the
taseimilli. Last flep•smber, the presenter was attacked
whit • emus Biases, and at that time be had 1301, is a
es=book. wee fearful that his wife would not ot-
gamey ba the sweat of his death, and withdrew it
hem the beak. He deposited the moray in an old news-
ciser, which be masted ender the mattress beasath his
Oa the afternoon of Tuesday, the 18th fastest,
OM messeMer, Meng wean to pay away ".we
mfreiV, mid his *Wm SO Mee the =them
sad renerei the pereehom which he took •
61. as*s, lad that replaced it ea the sacking of
the Wet:laid his sad mattress upon it. There
was them M two IL Mesh the old newspaper. Os
the hr win Me phew &bombed himself hem home,
tad hie Maher mw me mare et kin until the oftensoon of
Haag Hilda , wham he met him In Commenial.strset,
and said, Ima afield yea are going on a I
Freely game ; you have bees getting streak the lost three
days, whisk was really the ease. The prisoner said be
was ping to Moorileld's Chapel to attend "High Maas,"
awl tie prosecutor said, "You may go to a worse plasm,"
sod left him. Oa the following morning the prisoner
bad net retuned to his home, and the prosecutor having
ewe ealsgiviegs about Ms now, owed the mattress to be
raised (for he had not strength to do it himself), mad
MAIM the panel. Oa the same day he caused payment
a sre stolen notes to be shopped at the bank, and in the
aftwoon the prisoner was apprehended by Dannaway, a
detective officer, No. 129 H, as the Bt. Georges Brewery
tap-knes, in Oboreb-lane, Whitanapel. The prisoner
denied all knowledge of the missing notes bat Dunaway
sustained from several wane they had been man is his
possemloa.
Mr. O. T. Christopher, the landlord of the St. George's
Brewery tap-bone, said the mhmer called there oa Wed-
nesday, the 19th last., and seined him to change a 6L cote,
and be did so. The primmer thou had a 1001. and a 61. note
la hie hand besides the one be had changed. He asked the
prisoner to deliver the notes into his (witness's) Cu,, but he
mimed to do so, and pot them in his whet.
Daniel Clifford here identified the 61. note which Mr.
Christopher had changed.
Mr. Yardley mid the poor men Clifford bad lost the hard-
earned savings of a long and iadastrioas life, and hoped the
notes would be trawl.
He remanded the prisoner for a week.

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT OF PUBLIC
MOhEr Br A CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
ORDNANCE.

PORTSMOUTH, Maacu 30.
A considerable eanaatiou has base created io this
place by the detection of the embeaslemeat of the ram of
1,130/. by a clerk employed at the gas wharf, ender the
Bard of Ordaastee, in this gurison, which was effected
ea Friday afternoon. In addition to the ordinary weekly
salaries of the workmen and labourers, the thou wu the
d►y for ming the quarterly salaries of the offieen sad
alerts at the Goa Wharf sad oa the Milldam. The amount
regaired to do so being upwards of 1,3301., en order M
draw this mount frun the Branch Bank of England we
givens. used by Mr. Stewart, the storekeeper at the Gm
Wharf, into the hands of Mr. Charlie,, one of the chief
slake, to be taken to the bank to be cashed. In conformity
with custom, a porter was seat with Mr. Charlie, to c wry
the beg of money, the cum= being to receive the money in
cafe. Mr. Outlier was in possession of a salary of 2001. per
annum. He VIAII a married man with a family. His wile
was streak with coasts/notion at his absconding and Is

enable to give any roe: es, peenalary so otherwiii; for his
taking such a step.
Tee following feet' hove trewpired is reference I. the
matter: Mr. Cherlier left the Gun-wharf with the °Moe

meseenger, named Joseph Sheppard, at about half-past
twelve, for the bank. On arriving there he seat Sheppard
to Mr. Nance's Railway Offim, in Broadetreet, for a time
bill, telling him to meet him at the Gaa-wharf game. Shop-
ped pomaded the bill and went direct to the gates, and alter
wahine then proonded to the bank to meet Mr. Chillier,
when he found that he had been there, obtained the money,
and left. Sheppard accordingly went beck to the Gan•
wharf, sad Inciairies ware at once institute!. Mr. Leggett,
the superintendent of po.ice, commencing the trace in about
half ea hour alter the money had been received. At this
time it must have been at lead one o'clock, so that if Char-
lier left the town be mast have done so by the 1.40 Soath
Coast train, as in a few minutes after this time the station'
the steamboat pier, and the other outlets of the borough,
were placed under the strict watch of persons having a lull
descrivion of Charlier's personal appointee.
It is suspected that a former female oervant, who is min-
ing, has gone away in company with him. It is reported
to as that it wee only a few days since that Clutha pur-
chased a pair of false whiskers and moustache at a hair-
dreeser's in Portsmouth, and having had them fitted on
asked the palaver'. if to should have known him if he had
met him in the street. . .

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The mated commieeration is felt for Mn. Cherlier, who
Is a lady date most estimable character, and for her two
children. It is shocking to contemplate the misery to which
they are Motel by this gist of madness on the port of their
!lateral protector, whose capture is a matter t f certainty.
lodged, we uodentand that this 'autumn it is hourly ex-
pected to be announced. From private informatioa we learn
that Mr. Charlier was labouring under heavy pecuniary eat-

In addition to the salary poasessad by Mr. Charlie?, with
house to live in, &c., Mrs. Charlier had an income in her
own right of 1301. per annum.
SI7NDLY, 10 r.x.
Kr. Superinteadent Leggett hu arrived by the South-
Western train, jolt in, with the prisoner Chsrlier, whom he
captured dressed as a widow in " weeds," end has lodged
him in Portsmouth Gaol, together with the woman Jones,
who was his oompanioo, sod with whom he cohabited.
They wen taken in London this day, and upwuds of 1,1001.
was found upon the male prisoner.