Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-08-13 00:00:00

EXTENSIVE EMB4ZZ GRATE NT.

On Tuesday, at the Mansion House, London, Thomas
Langley, clerk and col►_ec'or to the extensive firm of
Chaplin and Horne, was charged with embezzling various
sums of money amounting to £BOO, the property of his
employers. Me. Hume : The prisoner has been in our
employment for eighteen months. His duty was to
collect money and pay it to the cashier, and render
me an account for all monies paid. For the last
month he has been very irregular, and came and went
at all times of the day. I sent for him a few days since
to speak to him about it, but he did not make his
appearance I saw him on Monday, the 2nd of
August, and questioned him why he had not attended
more regularly, ani told him if he did not for the
future I should have to discharge him. He replied,
" I have kept myself from you on account of my em-
bezzling money." I asked him to what extent. He
replied, " Between five and six hundred pounds." I said,
c• Mr. Langley, you're a rogue." He replied, " I am.' I
then asked him to make up his accounts. I left him in the
office. On my return he was gum I saw no more of him
anal 'Act Saturday, who. ho at, uiy private
house, and said he wished to arrange with me I said, "I'll
have nothing to do with it." He then said it's on account
of my betting and gambling, I then told him tc return and
make up his accounts, and show what the amount really
was. He then left me and remained at the counting house
the whole of the day making up his accounts. I told the
officer to watch him. He finished making up his accounts
on Monday, and I found the amount of his defalcations to
exceed £BOO. The prisoner was remanded.

BEVERLEY Er.Ecrtox.—Close of the Poll: Edwards
(Conservative), 575; Walls (Liberal), 401.
It is stated in goad quart;rs that the forthcoming divi-
dend of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company
will be at the rate of 5 per cent per annum.
E tSTERS COUNTIES DIVIDEND.—II is officially announced
that the dividend will be sa. per £2O share, or at the
rate of 21 par cent per annum, against 1 per cent. per
annum for the corresponding six months of 1856.
DEATH OF THE B.T. HON. JOIII WILTON CROKER.—This
event took place on Monday n;ght, at the residence of Mr.
Justice Whitman, whither Mr. Creker had been re-
moved from his apartments in Kensington Palace for
change of air. Ho was 77 yeers old
VALUE OF OUR INDIAN EAPIRE.—A writer in the Times,
to whose communications great pominence is usually
given, expresses the opinion that, while simply as matter
of business, it is the duty of England to expend
£200,000,000 rather than lose India, is preservation
will not cost the English tax payer that number of
farthings.
DIE )RDERLY CONDUCT OF MILITARY OFFICERS AT COL-
CHESTER.—Deutenant Brown, and Ensign Glasgow, of
the 33rd Regiment, have been broaght before the
magistrates at Colchester for disorderly conduct in the
streets, and resisting the pollee. Sergeant Sach, of the
ize)rouzh force, a little after midnight, found the defend•
ants hallooing, whistling, &e, in the High-street, and
remonstrated with them. On his following thorn towards
the camp, they used threatening language, and Mr.
Glasgow Biz d him.by the collar, and pushed him back.
He then took them into cust)dy. Tao magistrates fined
Mr. Brown 20s and 12s 61 expenses, and Mr. Glasgow 403
and 12s Gd expenses.
THE BALLOT AND THE ELECCIONS.—Tht: weekly TlleCtitle'
of the Exult ive Committee of the Billet Society was hell
on Tuesday. T. Prout, Esq., treasurer, in the chair. It
was reported that two su)portfra of the ballot had been
returned for Yarmouth, in the room of the two unseated
members who were also friends of the society. The result
of the Birmingham election give the greatest satisfaction
to the committee, who manimolsl7 resolved :—" That
this committee desire without delay to record their sense
of the gain accruing to the case of free and protected
voting, by the return for Birmingham, of one of the most
able, eloquent, and constant advocates of the ballot—John
Bright, Esii , and their gratitude to the men of Bir-
mingham for the services reedered by them to the cause
of complete freedom of election, by the noble and patriotic
manner in which they have restored Mr. Bight to the
House of Commons."

"HARD LAana" I vim Hou,E —The average siftings
of the House of Cot wris are nom daily from tw dye to

two the 1'4)1.i-sing morning. True it is that the " period
of the session " is a standing protest in the mouths of
gentlemen when they do tot like a particular bill before
the house ; but there is ill m irk of exhaustion in the
members who are sitting the scs'ion out. The legislative
day for these enduring senators must be a marvel to those
politicil economists who wish to cut down factory labour
to the compvs of human strength. They are in their
places by twelve; and, having by this time got over th st
uncomfortable feeling absut morning sittings (which is
like that which one experiences in at'ending a theatrical
rehearsal in the day-time—a naus'y, cl rnrsiy sensation,
with a painful idea of unreality), are available for discus-
sion or division up to fo lr ; between that hour and six
they get a trot to their lodgings or their clubs to keep
abreast of their carresponchnce, are is their placiis again at
six, asking or " hearing—heariug " questions till seven,
when they plunge dysinptically into the dining room for a
mouthful of lukewarm joint or " entree," and afterwards,
between eight p.m. aud two in tliemorninz, are assiduously
about the house, getting through and pushing through
business. This sketch applies prinfzipaLy to the business
men of the house—a class little known or appreciated ont
of the house. But in the house every Wolfs CIUII4y is
known, and precise estimates are taken of each by all.
The debaters genuinely appreciate and admire the men
who could be debaters, too, if they like, but who suppress
all vanity and a good deal of ambition, and who take the
quiet part of the useful members, simply because they
know it is indispensable to the real progress of legislation.
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