The Sun.
London, England, 1837-09-26 00:00:00

WEST KENT.

SEVEN OAKS, MONDAY.—The Revising Barristers,
Messrs. Tyndal and Bosanquet, held Courts at the Crow❑
Hotel in this timn, at ten o'clock this morning.
The following is a summary of the loss sustained by each
party up to this time.
Conservative Sustained. Liberal Sustained.
• . objections. objections.
Lenham
Sutton
Tenterden
Cranbrook
Tonbridge Wells 12
Tonbridge
Seven Oaks (up to
last evening) ... 17

Total

77 134

CRIMINAL COURT-MONDAY.

OLD COURT.

John Callaghan, aged 57, was indicted for embezzling
various sums of money which he had received on account
of his employers, the Committee of Management of the
affairs of the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. A second
count charged the prisoner with having ben clerk to Wm.
Henry Walker and others, churchwardens of t'ie parish.
James Corder was now clerk to the guardians of the
Strand Union, but from 1828 to 1836 he had been vestr3-
clerk to the parish of St. Paul, Covent-garden. There
were Poor-rate, Church-rate, and Rector's rate collectable
in that parish, under various Acts of Parliament, and the
prisoner was appointed collector on the 13th of June, 1829.
His appointment was annual, but was renewed every year
up to 1835. lie was remunerated by a poundage of 14
per cent. on the money collected. The witness then stated
the mode in which the prisoner was to give receipts for the
money collected, and added that on the 27th of November,
1834, there was a marginal abstract of the receipt of 31. 2s.
from Mr. J. Evans, namely, for one quarter's Poor-rate,
21. 2s. 7id. ; one quarter's Church-rate, 2s. 7d. ; one quar-
ter's, Improvement-rate, 11s. 71d. ; and one quarter Rector 't-
rate, ss. 2d. On the 27th of October, the receipt of this •
is accountad for. On the 4th of November, there is a
duplicate receipt for 21. 17s. from Mr. Kay, the items of
which were divided as iri the former case ; and, on the Sth
of November, there appeared a similar receipt for 3/. 12s.
from Mr. Stannard. It further appeared from the evidence
of the witnesses that the Rector's-rate was made and levied
under a separate statute to that under which the Parochial.
rates were made, and that that rate was collected only on
behalf of the churchwardens.
Mr. T. Evans, Mr. Kay, and Mr. W. Stannard deposed
to paying the prisoner in October and November, 1834,
two quarters poor-rates, amounting in the first instance to
61. 45., in the second to 5/. 145., and in the third to 7/.
4s. For all these sums the prisoner gave receipts, but in
the returns made to the parish he only debited himself with
the receipt of one-half of each sum, being the amount acme
quarter instead of two, for which he bad been paid.
George Tyrnell, a superintendent of police at Liverpool,
on the 21st of August, took the prisoner into custody in
Scatland-road, Liverpool, where he was living in the name

IN THE MATTER OF JOHN MORRIS.—In the after part
of the day the Court was applied to by Mr. Price on be-
half of John Morris, who, it will be recollected,• was com-
mitted to Newgate. on Friday last, when giving evidence
in the West India Dock robbery case, for contempt of
Court, and who had ever since remained in durance. He
(Mr. Price) wished to know upon what ground he was
committed ?

COMMON SERGEANT—I committed him for contempt of
Court and prevarication, and upon strong suspicion that he
had committed wilful and corrupt perjury, and 1 did so on
an application from Mr. Clarkson.

PRICE—IQ's ; I bear Mr. Clarkson poured upon
Mr. Morris torrents of abuse, without having any real
grounds for doing so.
COMMON SERGEANT—What is your motion, Sir?
Mr. PRICE—That I may be furnished in the first in-
stance with the nature of the allegations against him,
.and
why and wherefore he is detained ?
COMMON SERGEANT-1 have told you already, and in
my judgment I did quite right ; however, I did it at my
own peril. There appeared to me to be so much villainy
mixed up with the transaction that I never heard or read of
the like before, the case of Jonathan Wild excepted, which
I have been reading to-day, and I think that the case of
Morris is very similar to it. We intend to ascertain
whether evidence could not be adduced to make him *an
accessory before the fact, and, in failure of that, to proceed
against him for perjury.
Mr. PRICE—I hope, my Lord, that the man will be al-
lowed an opportunity to answer these matters.
COMMON SERGEANT—Certainly, if it be necessary ; but
I must consult Mr. Clarkson before I give any positive
answer. His own admission was quite enough to warrant
me to commit him, had his conduct, in other respects, been
unobjectionable. His words were, " I employed Hallam (one
of the felons) to get the canvass. I was forced to employ
a man," Etc.

Mr. PRICE—My Lord, I pray that the prisoner, John
Morris, may be forthwith discharged.
Mr. CLARKSON was not prepared to resist the applica-
tion, as at present they had not been able to collect evidence
to convict the prisoner.
Morris was then discharged.
It is expected that the Sessions will end this day.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Two persons of respectable appearance, named William
Rennet and Kenneth MKenzie, were brought before the
LORD MAYOR by John and Daniel Forrester, the officers,
upon a warrant signed by a magistrate of the city of Cork,
charged with having been concerned in a great number of
forgeries upon the managers and proprietors of the South-
ern Bank of Ireland.

Mr. John Yates, of the Regent's Canal, Limehouse,
merchant, attended for the purpose of requesting that the
• Lord Mayor would direct the City officers to deliver the
prisoners into the custody of a constable from Cork, in
order that they might be conveyed to the place where the
forgeries were committed. There were, he said, several
gentlemen now in attendance who had been appointed by a
deputation in Cork to come over to London on the subject,
and a solicitor was present who could swear to the signa-
ture of the magistrate who granted the warrant. The.
forgeries were, he said, immense, and several parties were,,
it was believed, made instruments to the system without.
being conscious that they were doing any harm. There
had been an inquiry in Cork by the parties interested, and
it was necessary for the ends of justice that the prisoners
should be sent thither immediately.
Mr. Wontner expressed a wish to know distinctly what
was charged against his clients, who are gentlemen of high
respectability, the one (Mr. Bennet) being a manager, and
the other (Mr. M'Kenzio) being accountant, of the
Southern Bank of Ireland ?

The LORD MAvoa—Are those the persons named in
the warrant ? Mr. Yates replied in the affirmative, and
stated that they had been in the situations described. The
charge against them was, that they were concerned in
several forgeries, but the particulars could not be entered
into before the Lord Mayor.

Mr. Wontner said that Mr. Bonnet himself formed part
of the deputation sent over to this country, and he came in
consequence of some mismanagement which had taken place
in the affairs of the Northern Bank of Ireland by the agents
in London. It was of course matter of surprise to him
that he was apprehended on a charge of forgery upon his
arrival here.

Mr. Yates said it was quite erroneous to state that the
managers of the Southern Bank of Ireland complained of
the conduct of their agents in this country. There was
no imputation upon the character of the gentlemen en-
gaged in London at all, and he deprecated the insinuation
alto4ether.
The LORD MAYOR—I have no alternative but to direct
that the prisoners be delivered up to the constable who
has come over with the warrant. lam not at liberty to
enter into the merits of the case.

Mr. Bennet—l am sorry fur it, my Lord. lam most
anxious that an investigation should take place.
Mr. Yates—lt will take place in Cork. I am acting
under the direction of the Managers, and am responsible for
the course I am adopting. 1 have all the books and pa-
pers connected with the transactions of which we complain.

The prisoners were then delivered up by John and Daniel
Forrester to the Cork constable.

Mr. Yates had, it appeared, upon arriving in London
from Cork, applied immediately to the officers, who suc-
ceeded in apprehending the prisoners in a spunging-house,
near Margate, where they were visit►ng a friend. The
officers then proceeded to the office of the Southern Bank
of Ireland, in Great St. Helen's, where they took posses-
sion of, and sealed, in the presence of the clerk there, the
books and papers which were considered to be necessary in
the ease.