The Sun.
London, England, 1865-01-21 00:00:00

MARLBOROUGH-STREET,

A CONFIDENTIAL CLERK CHARGED WITH EMBEZZLE-
MENT.—James Lothan Balcase, confidential clerk and
cashier in the employ of Messrs. Morris and Co., tailors and
army clothiers, of 50, Pall-mall, was charged before Mr.
Knox with embezzling several sums of money, amounting
to £B5, the moneys of his employers.
Mr. Hake, of Friday-street, Cheapside, appeared for the
prosecution.
The prisoner, it appeared from Mr. Morris's evidence,
had been carrying on a system of falsifying the amounts
paid to the workmen, making it appear that they received
larger sums than they actually did. Mr. Morris also stated
that he had treated the prisoner with the greatest kindness,
telling him that he could always have money when he re-
quired it, and also giving him money on different occa-
sions. _

Mr. Knox said the offence charged against the prisoner
should not have been that of embezzlement, but larceny.
The prisoner was remanded till Saturday next.

WESTMINSTER.

A PENSIONER'S MODE OF OBTAINING A

Hayes, a tall, middle-aged man, with his right arm in a
sling, and a pensioner from the 59th Regiment, was charged,
in company with Ann Froud, with begging in Grosvenor-
row on the previous evening.
A gentleman who had given the prisoner in charge
stepped forward and said he did not want to press the
charge. He had been a soldier himself, and felt for the male
prisoner, who appeared to have a correct discharge, with a
pension. He did not wish to go on with this case, and he
had only given them in charge from a sense of duty.
Mr. Selfe said he must hear more of it—there was a lot of
money found on one of them. If the gentleman did not
wish to prosecute he might withdraw at once.
The gentleman then withdrew from the charge.
Peter Smith, 163 B, said that about 7 o'clock on the pre-
vious evening he was in Grosvenor-row, when a gentleman
came and gave the prisoners in charge for begging. He
went and stopped them, and told the man he was going to
take them in charge. Prisoner said, "My wife, too ?"
Witness said, " That is riot your wife." The gentleman
then said, " This man begged of me a few days ago, and I
gave him is. ; he now comes to my house and annoys me."
When asked for his address he said he had been two days

from the country ; but Smith told him that was wrong,
for ho lived in Clifford's-row. Smith asked hirii hoW long
he had been discharged from the army. He did not
answer that, but said he had no pension. Witness said
" Yes, you must have 6d. a-day with that discharge." Pri-
soner said, " Yes, I have 6d. a-day." Smith then said I
shall report you to Major O'Brien for begging and being a
pensioner. He said he did not care. He drew his pension
at Woolwich and not at Chelsea, where Major O'Brien was.
The' woman was searched and 3s. 6d. found on her besides
other things when taken ; the man was rather under the
influence of liquor.
The husband of the female prisoner was in court, and
desired to be heard, and said he was sure his wife was not
begging ; he was an out-patient from the Brompton Hos-
pital, and did not believe his wife begged.
The woman denied the charge, and told the same story
she had at the station.
Prisoner said he was very sorry for it. He was hard up,
and had nothing to pay for a lodging ; some of the soldiers
of Chelsea Barracks had given him a drop of beer.
The woman was discharged, and Mr. Selfe told the man
that if he came again there he would get more than he
would care to have. He had no more business to beg, for
there were several benevolent institutions, and if those
failed there was the workhouse. If he came there again he
would have the fullest penalty of the law imposed upon
him. He was then discharged.

THAMES.
A DOCKFULL OF PICKPOCKETS.—Richard Clynes, aged
15, John Dixon, 18, George Walker, 22, Frederick Church,
16, Walter Webb, 18, James King, 16, and Ann Richards,
a vulgar-looking woman, 28, who was designated "the
lady in black," were brought up on remand, before Mr.
Paget, charged with picking pockets.
Mr. John Wakeling, solicitor, appeared for Clynes, Mr.
Nash, solicitor, for Church and Dixon.
A few days since elephants, camels, and other animals,
preceded by a band of music, were wabc.ing in procession
through the streets of Poplar and Limehouse, to advertise
a menagerie, then on.show in Blackwall, and now exhibit-
ing on the Clare Hall Estate, in Stepney, near the Thames
Police Court. Thousands congregated to witness the
novel procession, and gangs of young pickpockets mustered
in considerable force and robbed many persons. The
sufferers were principally of the gentler sex, whose
curiosity brought to the footpaths. The prisoners were all
active in the work of plunder. Their raid was sudden and
successful. Mrs. Honora Haggerty, of 3, St. Leonard's-
road, Bromley, was robbed by Clynes of a purse containing
ls. 11d. only. The young scoundrel impudently put his
hand under her clothes and dragged the purse out of her
pocket. She caught hold of him by the collar, and as soon
as she had done so Dixon pushed her by the neck and
pushed him backwards. The fellow made use of foul lan-
guage, and said "Let him go." Walker, Church, and
Webb pressed the woman and threw her down. Clynes ran
away. -Mrs. Haggarty tried to follow hint— The-other
four prisoners then hustled her against some rails. She
was exhausted, and gave up the pursuit. Mrs. Priscilla
Clayton, wife of a bricklayer, of No. 188, High-street,
Poplar, was robbed of her purse, containing £l9
10s. in gold and silver, by Walker, who made
a sudden jerk and got away. She endeavoured to
pursue him, and a man put his arm out and stopped her.
Walker ran into Robin Hood-lane, Poplar, with a cluster
of lads. Mrs. Clayton followed up the gang, and when
near the Britannia, opposite Limehouse, heard Richards
say to King, " Who has got the lag ?" She lost sight of
them, and soon afterwards saw Richards and Webb come
out of the Britannia. Mrs. Martha Busby was robbed of a
purse and £2 12s. in money. Mr. Edwin Gardner and Mr.
William Halls saw the prisoners diving into ladies' pockets.
A tradesman's wife and her daughter, both living in
. .

Rotherhithe, were both robbed of their purses, containing
in the two £l3 Vs. They could not identify any of the
prisoners. Several handkerchiefs and brooches were also

stolen.
Mr. Paget said there are a large quantity of audacious
pickpockets taking advantage of every unprotected woman.
Two clear cases of robbery have been made out. On these
the prisoners will be committed for trial. In the case of
Mrs. Busby, for whose appearance a summons will issue,
they are again remanded.

Liverpool Cotton Market—This Day.

_
Market opens quiet. Sales, probably 5,000 bales,

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BET TING AT MANCHESTER—FRIDAY•
WATERLOO (COURSING) CUP.
100 to 6 agst Lord Uffington's nomination (t)
100 to 6 agst Mr. J. Jardine's nomination (off)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Haywood's nomination (t)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Croft's nomination (t)
25 to 1 agst Mr. Spinks' nomination (off)
28 to 1 agst Mr. Bland's nomination (t)
30 to 1 agst Mr. J. Johnstone's nomination (t)
33 to 1 agst Mr. Jones's nomination (t)
40 to 1 agst Mr. Bake's nomination (off)
40 to 1 agst Mr. 'foray's nomination (off)
50 to 1 agst Mr. Blundell's nomination (t)
50 to 1 agst Mr. Oallendar's nomination (t)

TWO THOUSAND.
7to 1 agst Liddington (offered)
10 to 1 agst Zambesi (taken)
THE DERBY.
11 to 2 agst Liddington (offered)
9to 1 agst Breadalbane (taken)
15 to 1 agst Chattanooga (taken)
20 to 1 agst Broomielaw (offered)

SALE OF BREADALBANE AND BROOMIELAW.
These two Derby favourites have been purchased by Mr.
Henry Chaplin, for £ll,OOO. They will remain under Mr.
I'Anson's charge at Malton.—Sporting Gazette.

THE FRENCH ARMY.—The following is Sir Las
celles Wraxall's account of that army which (as
Lord Brougham said) has been so loyal to so many
different sovereigns :—" There are in the French army, as
in the nation, political parties, Orleanists, legitimists, and
republicans. Bosquet was a Republican, and made his
entire division vote against the decennial presidency ;
Pelissier was an Orleanist of the school of Marshal Bugeaud,
while Marshal Macmahon is suspected of Legitimist ten-
dencies. But when l'hanneur et la glorie de rarmee Frangaise
are perilled, each becomes before all a Frenchman and a
a soldier. Bosquet turned the tide of victory at the Alma,
Pelissier stormed the Malakoff, Macmahon saved the
empire and the Emperor at Magenta. In the excitement
of war, politics disappear out of range, and the most equi-
vocal Caesar is blindly followed by the army so long as he
is not personally a coward. Jests, irony, biting satire,
epigrams, all are allowed, so long as the soldier does his
duty—that is, remains staunch to his flag. On the morning
of the Bth September, 1855, the bands played 'Partant pour
la Syrie;' the regiments did not stir, while rose from the
ranks the melody, Allons, enfans de la patrie !' Louder
grew the song : the band was infected, and returned from
Syrie' to la Patrie ;' the columns started, and the Mar-
seillaise and the band of death forced their way together
through the suffocating powder smoke ; it was the knoll of
the Russian fortress."
WITHDRAWAL OF THE BUILDERS' DISCHARGE
NOTE.—Birmingham, Friday Evening.—At aitrieet-
ing of the General Builders' Association, held here to-day,
the trade was represented from 25 different towns, and the
following resolution passed :—" That with a view to the
settlement of the present difference in the trade, the
master builders are willing to withdraw the notice they
have given -respecting the discharge note, and at once,
through their association, to meet their men in order to
settle all labour questions by the adoption- of trade rules,
and in case of any difference arising are willing to adopt a
system of arbitration."