The Sun.
London, England, 1864-01-19 00:00:00

THAMES.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN ODINIBUS CONDUCTOR —Charles
Emmett, an omnibus conductor, aged 22, badge No. 2,640,
and dwelling at the time of his apprehension at No. 9,
Manchester-road, Millwall, Poplar, was brought before
Mr. Woolrych charged with fraudulently appropriating to
his own use various sums of money he had received for and
on account of the Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus
Company.
Mr. Stoddart, solicitor, stated the case for the prosecu-
tion. The Millwall and Cubitt-town Omnibus Company
were the owners of two vehicles constantly running in the
day time between Limehouse (near the parish church), and
Cubitt-town, in the Isle of Dogs, Poplar, passing in their
journeys several important factories. The prisoner
had been in the employ of the company three months,
and it was his duty to receive the fares and
to make correct returns of the money he received of pas-
sengers on each and every journey. For some time
past the prisoner had returned £3 per week less on the
average than the conductor of the other omnibus. The
the amount of
night for each journey
he had made during the day, and showing
prisoner delivered a ticket every
money of passengers carried. The
prisenerrehceedivefedl
falsified
dthhe i
e numbereeeewita and made a return of a
less number of passengers than he had actually carried,
were
and a less amount of money than he had received. Two
On Friday, on
jotuhrnreeeysjolour2nse:ds., the pri-
sonerad. and 4d.
eto watch the pri-
sonerZYuiornedfitvhee number ofjourneys per day?
o On
personsonee
h werejmoue
rhnye
yjourneys. employed
t Th
Wednesdayehe company
deficiency of 6d., and upon lag, there was a
another, the same
is sd. On Saturday
Mr. Stoddart replied 14 or seven each way.
day
defraudedis the company of
thejmroorh.wnwascelaserhydke,fleahoiei
watchman in the empby of the St. Ka -
therine Dock Company, who had been employed by the
operations, proved the
had travelled in the omni-
bus of which the prisoner was conductor,
defalcations prosecutors
n watchthe journeys
the
lsozets
Thet
pay
Passengers he took up did
ne
awing bridges over the West India
Dook entrances were often open for the admission of ships
when his omnibus arrived at the lock entrances, and people
ptrhiseoirner fares. said
The that all the
would not wait until they were closed again, and alighted
and went away without paying their fares.
Mr. Woolrych recalled Clark, who said that no disputes
or prisoner and any of
his passengers
on
occurred
the red
journeysbetween
the
named by him. On one
journey a West India Dock bridge
disturbances r
was opened, and a delay
took place, but no one got out of the omnibus then.
journey Mr. Woolrych—And there was a defalcation on that
?
Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir, of ls.
After some further evidence Mr. Stoddart asked for a
remand.
Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next.

LIFEBOAT SERVICES.-- SUNDELLoin, Monday
Night.—A few days sgo, writes Copt. Heard, R.N.,
the Whitburn -boat, of the National Lifeboat Institution,
was instrumental in saving seven men from the steam tug
Rob Roy, of Sunderland, bound from that port to the river
Tyne. There were four of the crew tf the steamer, and
three men belonging to a schooner which they were going
to tow round to Sunderland. At 3 a.m. a light was seen
at sea from Whitburn, and shoutings were heard from the
men in the tug. The alarm was gives, when the lifeboat
been so speedily
h
o
was instantly manned and launched, and went off to their
relief. It was half flood, and there was a heavy sea on, and
the morning was very dark and foggy. The sea had washed
rescuedthe tug's t boataway, o
uldall have and had
perished.
t h the men
as
t it was a rising tide,
and there was a hole in the bottom of the vessel, which not
very long afterwards became a total wreck. It was found
that she Lad struck on the " Sreel" Rocks off Whitburn.
THE FLORlDA.—Accordiug to a letter
successful,
Brestand
of the 16th the Confederate corvette Florida has
hmeardneehw Captain,ertrialtrp;iawuhriiccehnwicehreardp,ehrfaea waitedct on the ly
vice-
admiral and other authorities of the port to announce his
approaching departure and to take leave. The letter adds
that Captain Richards has informed the captain of the
Federal Kearsage, which is still waiting off the port, that
he is ready, on leaving, to accept a combat with him any-
where out of the limit of the French waters. Perhaps this
is mere bravado, but the people at Brest expect a light be-
tween the two frigates.
FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE GREAT
EXHIBITION.—NapoIeon Chaix and Co. have just
brought out the second edition of " Rappoits Officials des
Membres da la Section Frangaise du Jury International
sur l'Exposition Universelle a Londres," published under
the direction of M. Alichel Chevalier. This new edition
contains the report of Prince Napoleon, the speech of the
Emperor, and the list of the prizes awarded to the French
exhibitors,