The Sun.
London, England, 1863-10-10 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOEER 10, 1863.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.
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MANSION-HOUSE.

Richard Storey, 14, and Edward John Glover, 13, errand
boys, wero brought before the Loid Mayor and Alderman
Finnis, sitting in Petty Session, charged with stealing a
cheque on the Union Bank for £2O, the property of their
employer, Mr. Thos. Marzetti, 9, John-street, Minories,
bonded warehouseman.
The prisoners wero both in the service of Mr. Marzetti
as errand boys, and on the 21st ult. the prisoner Glover
was sent to the Union Bank with a cheque for £2O, which
he was to get cashed and take back to the warehouse to pay
the wages with. He never returned with the money, it
having been ascertained that the cheque was paid at the
Union Bank. The prisoner Storey, who accompanied
Glover to the bank, also absconded. Nothing was seen
or heard of the prisoners until Friday, when detective
officer Gale went to Hackney, where he apprehended both
the prisoners. He told them they were charged with steal-
ing a cheque for £2O, and that he should take them into
custody. Glover said when he got the money, as he was
coming through the Exchange the prisoner Storey, who had
followed him to the Bank, persuaded him not to go back,
and took a bag with £5 from him, and said he would throttle
him if he did not go with him. They went together, and Glover
gave Storey another £5, and they went to Southend and
afterwards to Chatham, where they spent all the money.
They each paid for what they had, and Storey spent all his
money first, and Glover had to give him eome of his. After
spending all their money they walked from Chatham to
London. Some of the money, it appeared, was spent in the
purchase of clothing.

They were sentenced to four months' imprisonmeni

BOW-STREET.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A PORTER.—A young man named
James Newson was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie,
charged with emtezzling various sums of money, the pro-
perty of his employer.

The prisoner was engaged as porter in the establishment
of Messrs Firmin, button manufacturer, in the Strand, and
from certain suspicious circumstances it was determined to
give him into custody. Ackrill, one of the detective officers
in the F division of police, this morning about 2 o'clock
apprehended the prisoner in Houghton- et reet, Clare-market,
and told him that he was charged with embezzling money,
the property of Messrs. Firmin. He did not deny the
charge, but merely reworked it was now too late to think
of it.

Mr. Broughton, tailor, Southampton-street, Strand, said
,a small sum of money was paid on account of Messrs. Fir-
min, and the receipt he held in his hand was given as an
acknowledgment of the payment. It was signed James
Newson.

Mr. Clay, foreman to Messrs. Firmin, said the prisoner
was in their employ as porter. It was his duty, when he
was required to do so, to receive sums of money for the firm.
Some trifling articles had been supplied to Messrs. Brough-
ton, and the receipt produced was in the handwriting of the
prisoner. He had never paid the money over, or in any
way accounted for it. There was another ease that had
been discovered, where he had received £3, of which no
return had been made, ant it was expected that the defal-
cations of the prisoner would be found on examination to
amount to something considerable.
Ackrill said, as he was not in a position at that time to
offer any further evidence, he had to apply for a remand.
Mr. Collie at once remanded the prisoner until Friday
next.

METROPOLITAN BOARD OF WORKS

This board held its usual weekly meeting yesterday at the
offices in Spring •gardens. The President, John Thwaites,
EN., took the chair at 12 o'clock.

FINANCE.

The cash statement for the current week shows a total
general balance of £169,311 16s.

REPORT FROM THE FINANCE COMMITTEE.
A repDrt was brought up from this committee, with the
following recommendations (among others) :
" That the application of the Lewisham District Board of
Works for permission to borrow the sum of £l,OOO for
sewerage purposes be granted, the rate of interest not to
exceed 5 per cent., and the amount to be repaid within 20
years. That the application of the Vestry of Bethnal-green
for permission to borrow the sum of £7,000 for sewerage
purposes to be granted, the rate of interest not to exceed 5
per cent., and the amount to be repaid within 20 years.
That the application of the Vestry of Newington for per-
mission to borrow the sum of £B,OOO for the erection of, and
fittings and furniture for, new offices, be granted, the rate of
interest not to exceed 5 per cent. per annum, and the amount
to be repaid within 20 years. That the application of the
Board of Works for the Whitechapel district for permission
to borrow the sum of £B,OOO for the execution of paving
works be granted, the rate of interest not to exceed 5 per cent.
per annum, and the amount to be repaid within ten years."
AU these recommendations were adopted without modi-
fication, except the last, in which the period for repayment
was extended over 15 years.

THE CHARING-CROSii RAILWAY.
A report was brought up from the Streets Committee upon
the proposed by-laws relating to this railway, and recom-
mending that regard should be had to the provisions of the
company's acts of 1859 and 1860 before the Board approved
of them, and that certain conditions should be imposed upon
the company. The report was agreed to.
ASSISTANT CLERK IN THE SOLICITOR'S DEPARTMENT.
The Streets Committee sent up a report to the effect that
they had selected the names ofseven gentlemen, from among
whom they recommended the board to appoint one to fill the
vacant office in the solicitor's department. •
The board proceeded to make the appointment, which
ultimately fell upon Mr. C. H. Compton, Meridian-place,
Clifton, near Bristol.
After disposing of the routine business the board ad-
journed' •