The Sun.
London, England, 1853-05-05 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HOUSE.—John, Whaley, a clerk in the
employment of Messrs. Butcher and Co., of Nos. 115 and
116, Bishopgate-street, wholesale confectioners, was
brought before the Lord Mayor charged with having
embezzled several sums of money, the property of that
firm.

Tradesmen from different parts of the town proved
that they had paid money to the prisoner on account of
his employers in the year 1852, and evidence was
brought forward to show that none of these sums, the
aggregate of which was stated to be very considerable,
had been paid into the concern. The plan adopted by
the prisoner for keeping up the process of imposition, of
which it may be useful too masters of extensive business
to be informed, may be said, from the evidence of one
of the principals, to be briefly as follows :
There is a book called the till-book in which sums are
entered as received, wl iich are carried to the cash-book.
The prisoner had omit ted to book entries in either of
these books, but in the ledger he had given credit for the
whole amount received. by him, and by such means he
had for a considerable i line eluded detection, and it was
not until a full invest igation of all the books, which
occupied a month, was made, that the fraud was dis-
I severed.

The prisoner, who er ktered the service of the house in
1850, had tried his fort une in betting-houses, and told
the officer who apprehe ceded him that he had been too
extravagant.
Committed for trial.

Frederick Meir Bruck: and Wilhelmina Bruck, charged
with having stolen a dir kmond ring in the shop of Messrs.
Williams and Clapham, in the Strand, jewellers, were
brought up for further ( xamination.
It will be recollected hat the two prisoners had sepa-
rately tried to pawn the . diamond ring at different shops
in Aldgate, and that the 3 r hail been watched and taken
into custody by Baldwin and Finnes, of the City detec-
tive police.
Finnes produced sixtee n duplicates, which he had found
in a box in the room of t he female prisoner, in a house in
Pulford-street, Pimlico, . and a waistcoat piece.
Mr. Edward Watson , of King-street, Cheapside,
watchmaker and jewelli 3r, said on the 13th of April
the prisoners came to my shop and asked to see
'some enamelled brooche s and rings which were then
on the counter. I sho wed them the articles. They
said the brooches were such as they required. The
male prisoner took a , ring out of the tray and put
it on the hand of the female, and said it was too
large. I believed at the time that he put back the ring
into the tray. He then obeerved that I did not appear
to have the kind of stool i he wished for, but if I would
call upon him by ten or a quarter past ten o'clock next
morning, with a differ en t kind of stock, he would make
a selection. I said L did not know who he was, or
where he lived, and ho :must therefore give me his name
and address. I the' I • took up an envelope and wrote
upon it, by his direr' -do n, " Mr. Smith, 14, Finsbury-
square," and he loo' ae GI. at it and said it was correct.
He stated he had bee a 'before in my house, and that he
had bought a ring fro ,m, as he supposed, my son. My
son came in just as la, ;departed, and in consequence of a
communication from : biro, I sent him to No. 14, Finsbury-
square, to inquire a titer the man, and I subsequently
took stock and misse d a valuable diamond ring.
- _

Upon his cross-ex inclination by the solicitor for the
prisoners, the witnes t said—Stock was taken in January
last. It occupies thi et; weeks generally. I had no other
ring of the kind 110 st in the shop. It was a mourning
ring, and could be t lasily identified. I did not miss it
till my son spoke to me, and brought my recollection to
it. I did not obsery e that it was in the tray when I
showed the rings to the prisoner.
Mr. Edward Wat ton, jun., son of the last witness,
said—l saw the prisoners in the shop on the 13th of
April. They had be o_n there about a fortnight before.
I spoke to my father ;about them. I saw a tray of rings
on the counter, and -upon examining it I missed the
ring immediately. .had seen the ring, to the best of
my belief, two days 1 a-eviously. I had not sold it, and
as soon as I proved t o my father that it was missing, I
went to No. 14, Fin sb ury-square' to make inquiry, but
I could find no such p erson as Mr. Smith. I then gave
a description of the pi isoners at the police-office. My
mother and sister ai n occasionally in the shop. We
cannot positively say the ring was in the shop when the
prisoners came in. E< he ring was a mourning ring, with
a brilliant and the H all mark, and with a stone set in a
sort of shield.
The Lord Mayor s aid the thieves had lately made
awful plunder among js t the jewellers, and expressed a
hope that there wou)td be a full attendance of spectators
on Saturday next, ti 11 which day he remanded the pr,
Boners.

SHIPPIN ,0 INT ELLIGENCE.

CUSr. rOM-HOUSE, 3iaY 4.

ENTERED INWAR 116.—The 'Alert, from Gravelines ;
Lionne and Lion, Gr sr.relines ; Julian, Solonica ; Veloci-
pede, Porto Rico ; H mrtrich, Hamburgh ; Helen and Sophi,
Caen ; Karsuegen, erfano ; Tar, Mauritius ; Carone,
Trinidad ; Auguste, Wismar ; Abeone, Liba,u ; Trientje,
Leer ; Neptunus, Wi s mar; John French, Trinidad ; Cad-
mus, Rotterdam ; Br i; tish Queen, St. Malo ; Adolph, Ro-
stock ; Williams, es 3r ; Heinrich, Ditzum ; Alwina,
Lokken ; Getion, Od en .se ; Rhine, Ostend ; Comet, Lands-
crona ; Haabet, Aar 'hi • Amphitrite, Krageroe ; Nep-
tune, Emden ; Doietea
h Catherine, Skiv.
ENTERED OUTWA. R. DS FOR LOADING.—The Kangaroo,
for Port Philip ; Em p ressa, Santander ; Conrad, Constan.
tinople ; Myrtle, Sy, ney, New South Wales ; Catherina
Elizabeth, Stettin ; Wane Emilie, Gottenburg ; Carone,
Trinidad ; James, w York ; Osprey, Rio Janeiro.
CLEARED OUTWAI 3.0 S WITH CARGO.—The Marie, for
Antwerp ' • Amarantl 1, Bremen ; Countess of Leven and
Melville, Elsinore, ; Hope, Quebec ; Phcebe Dunbar,
Swan River ; Hann e.h Moja, Melbourne ; Index, St.
Kitt's ; Engelina, 'Durgh; Nancy Dawson, Hani
burgh ; Donna The, rue, Alexandria ; Orixa, Bombay;
Mercury, Copenhagei 5.

CANALS.
Names of p; !Dividend Price Names 05 t Dividend
. er
Companies. per Companies. 0 Annum. Price.
.0
co Annum.
,O=M•••••
£
X
Ashtn& Oldh 98 71. p. ct. 140 Macclesfield . 100' 2/. 10s. 50
Barnsley.. 160 - - Neath 100 161. -
Brknk&Abrg 150 51. 82% Omford.. •• • • 100, 13'. -
Birmingham 40 41. 105% Peak Forest. 78 31. 18s. 70
Coventry.... 100 251. - Regent's • ... 33 IL Os. 165 i
Derby ••• • • 100, 61. 63 Rochdale... • 85 21. 42
Elbunre&Chs' 69 25 p. et. 34% Semrset Coal 150 - -
GrandJunetn 100 St. pr.ct. 68 Do.LkFdSt 12 - -
Do., 6 pr. Ct. 10 6/. pr. ct. - Stffrd &Worc 140 281. 405
Grand Surrey 100, 21. 10s. - Shrewsbury.. 125 -
Grand Union 100 1/. LOB. 12% Stourbridge.. ,45 20/. 290
Kennt & Ave 39 6s. Od. 7% severn and 7 -
Lancaster • 100, - wye Raw, t 26 21. Os. 24
Leeds&Livrp 1001 251. • • 550 Warwick&
Leicester 1001 51. 66 nirming. 3 100 V. 40
Leiestr &Nth 83, 41. 44% Warwici.-&-/
Longliboregh 142 701. 510 Napton. 100 3/. 28
Monmonthsh 100' - - WorcAr &t 78 31. -
Mntgmerysh 100 --- Birming.
MeltnMwbry 100 - , - Wilts & Brks - Od. 7
GAS-LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES.
Dividend Amount
Name of Company. per of Paid. Price.
Annum. Share.
£ s. d. £ s. d.
British • • • • • • • • • • • • • •
Ditto Provincial.... 1/. Bs. 20 0 0 20 0 0 23
Brighton ••• • •• 5/. 20 0 0 20 0 0 16
City of London .. • • 61. 100 0 0 150 0 0 125
Cantineutal (3d Cap.)... 41. 75 0 0 43 10 0 67M
Equitable.. •• -• 501. 50 0 .0 50 0 0 -
Great Central".... •• • 10 per cent. 10 0 0 10 0 0 144
Imperial ...• ........ 31.& bonus. 50 0 0 50 0 0 83%
Independent ........• 61. 40 0 0 40 0 0 46
50 0 0 50 0 0 -
Do., Parl. Preference 61. per cent. 25 0 0 25 0 0 24%
. ............ 311. per cent. 50 0 0 49 0 0 28
RAtediff . . 51. 100 0 0 90 0 0 -
United General •• 11. 50 0 0 50 0 0 20
Westminster Chartered 51. per cent, 60 0 50 0 0 39
Ditto, New •• •• - 51. per cent. 50 0 0 10 0 0 ' 7%