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

THAMES.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY AN OMNIBUS 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 en the
average than the conductor of the other omnibus. The
prisoner delivered a ticket every night for each journey
he had made during the day, and showing the amount of
money received and the number of passengers carried. The
prisoner had falsified his accounts and made a return of a
Company, who less number of passengers than ho had actually carried,
and a less amount of money than he had received. Two
persons were employed by the company to watch the pri-
soner on many journeys. The fares were 3d. and 4d.
On one journey, on Wednesday last, there was a
deficiency of 6d., and upon another, the same
day, ls. On Friday, on three journeys, the pri-
soner company of is sd. On Saturday
t
Mr. Woolrych inquired the number of journeys per day ?
Mr. Stoddart replied 14 or seven each way.
e was defrauded
a deficiency the
on five journeys of 2s sd.
John Clark, a watchman in the employ of the St. Ka -
ec journeys
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hho had been employed
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prisoner
The prisoner said that all the passengers he took up did
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until were
they often
were closed again, and alighted
not pay their fares. The swing bridges over the West India
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when
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arrived
and went away without paying their fares.
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Mr. Woolrych recalled Clark, who said that no disputes
or disturbances occurred between the prisoner and any of
his passengers on the journeys named by him. On one
journey a West India Dock bridge was opened, and a delay
took place, but no one got out of the omnibus then.
Mr. Woolrych—And there was a defalcation on that
journey P
Mr. Stoddart—Yes, sir, of ls.
After some further evidence Mr. Stoddart asked for a
remand.
Mr. Woolrych remanded the prisoner until Tuesday next.

writes Capt. Heard, R.N.,
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—B OAA TfewS EdßaVylsC
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0. —SUNDERLAND, Monday
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 orew of the steamer, and
three men belonging to a schooner which they ware going
to tow round to Sunderland. At 3 a.m. a light was seen
h
at sea from Whithurn, and shoutings were heard from the
men in the tug. The alarm was given, when the lifeboat
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was a heavy sea on, and and went off to their
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the morning was very dark and foggy. The sea had washed
the tug's b3at away, and had the men not been so speedily
an
rescued they would all have perished, as 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 Steel" Rocks off Whitburn.
THE FLORlDA.—According to a letter from Brest
of the 16th the Confederate corvette Florida has
made her trial trips, which were perfectly successful, and
her new Captain, Maurice Richard, had waited on the vice-
admiral and other authorities of the port to announce his
approaching departure and to take leave, Tho letter adds
that Captain Richards has informed the captain of the
Federal Kearsage, which is still
satewiting off the port, that
he is ready, on leaving, to accept mbat with him any-
where out of the limit of the French waters. Perhaps this
is mere bravado, but the people at Brest expect a fight be-
tween the two frigates.
FRENCH OFFICIAL REPORT ON THE GREAT
EXHIBITION.—NapoIeon Cnais and Co. have just
brought out the second edition of " Itypoits Melds des
INlembres de la Section Frangaise du Jury International
sur l'Exposition liniverselle a Londres," published under
the direction of M. Michel 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,