The Sun.
London, England, 1840-03-14 00:00:00

BOW-STREET.

Joseph Hall, a clerk in tae service of Mr. Coventry,
the barrister, was yesterday brought up for final examina-
tion, charged with embezzling various sums of money re-
ceived by him for and oa account of his employer.
The prosecutor said that it was the duty of the prisoner
to hand over to Urn any moneys which he had received the
moment they came into his possession, as terre were no
accounts existing b.:tweet-, them, and he was in the habit
of doing so for the last ttrolve months.
Mr. Tenfold, 6, llarpur-strcet, Red Lion-square, soli-
citor, preyed that on Om 16th of August, 1838, the priso-
ner, whom he knew to be the cirri: of the prosecu•er,
called on him for the paymenr of a bill, and he gave him
a check for 13/. 1.95. on Messrs. Dixon, Brooks, and Co.,
bankers, payablz at sight, which he subsequently under-
stood was paid. The memorandum produced was signed
as a receipt for the money at the time. On Tuesday hst
some person called at witness's house, and poid the sum in
question on Leh of of the prisoner.
Mr. Coventry said th•:t such bad been the ease in al-
most every instance in which he had to bring a charge
against the pri6ener.
Mr. John Chadwick, SS, Lincoln's-inn-fields, proved
that on the 13th of November, 183 S. he paid the sum of
91. I9s. in cash to the prisoner, as counsel's fees, which
were due to the prosecutor, for which he gave the receipt
produoad, with his signature. Witness added, that a per-
son called yesterday morning, and left the sum in question
at his house.

Mr. Thomas Kirkland, clerk to Mr. WaCe, Frederick-
place, Old Jewry, solicitor, proved that, on the 12th of
June, 1339. he paid 26/. 9s. In cash, for which he *tot a
receipt. The money was paid at the chambers of the
prosecutor, and witness understood that the sum of 40/
and upwards, which related to another account, had been
left with his employer on the part of thi prisoner.
Mr. Coventry said that the prisoner had been in his sm.-
vice for about ten years, and ho never had reason to r us-
poet his integrity during that time.

Mr. Hall said it would be desirable to have three die-
tinct charges of embezzlement, which had been committed
within the last six months, as the cases brought forward had
gone beyond th;t time. _ _

Mr. Coventry doubted if lie could do so, having Fcarcely
bad time to put himself in possession of the dates when
each sum had been received.

Mr. Hall considered the charges of the greatest ma?.,mi-
tude; and although persons, in their anxiety to serve the
prisoner, had sent back seven' sums which hat 13-...cn re-
ceived by him, it could not purge him of the offence.
Mr. Coventry said that several of his clients lived in the
country, and if time ma 3 allowed him he might be able to
bring forward cases La which money on account had
been received withia the last six months; but if the charge
could be disposed of in a summary manner he would have
no objection.
Mr. HALL—The cases are of too much importance, and
they must go before a Jury.
Mr. Coventry said that since the prisoner had been given
in charge, he hal found in his (prisoner's) desk several
letters, which should have been forwarded t') his clients,
applying for amounts of money due to him—none of which
he had received.

The prisoner declined making any defence, and he was
ordered to stand committed on each charge, but to be
brought up again on Saturday next.
John Bul!cock, a clerk, was also brought up in the cus-
tody of a constable from Ashford, in Kent, where he was
apprehended, charged with embezzling various sums of
money, the property of Messrs. Lane, Rhodes, and
Beevor, 63, Chancery-lane, solicitors, for whom he was
employed to collect rent from several persons in the west
end of town.
Mr. George Samuel Archer, 31, Duke-street, St.
Jarn:,,'S, surgeon, stated that on t.)e 29th of January be
paid the prisoner on account for his employer the sum of
491. 10-. 23., for which he gave the receipt produced.
Mr. Lane proved that the prisoner had been in his service
about three weeks, at a salary of 15s. a week Witness
and partner were agents to Mr. Atkinson, and the money
in question was duo to that gentleman for a house occupied
question,
bcyouthnteelrt
for which the prisoner had not ac-
he being sent to collect the rent on the day in
did not 'return, and witness never saw him
again until he was in
changed with Theewpars again charisoner made no defence, and he was fully com-
mitted for trial;
of 211.1-1 6s. belon
binagketro
the
prosecutor.ithfurther
Nteldthat embezzling the sum
Mr. Kir
he kbYr'en agts his 'residing at 45, Crawford-street,
stated
brother-in-law to the pro
housee under the Rev. Mr. Barnett,
Mr. 1-14t.t. asked the prosecutorcutor. if he was authorized to
receive the rent of the house in question.
Mr. Lane replied that he was, and he had paid over to
his brother-in-law the sum in
as if he had received
h from ciuspeeclma
al instructions to take it
up, asm
winhl adao htdireetion on other business of
he the w prisoner,a
s
asimilar
the sum of 21/. 63. on the 29th of January,
t e
is nature.
paid
‘vn
being a quarter's rent, for which the prisoner gave him the
receipt produced.
Mr. HALL inquired in whale name the money had been
received.
Mr. Lane proved that the receipt was signed as if
coming from him, and he had directed another clerk to
send the prisoner to collect the rent.
Mr. HALL, after giving directions that the other clerk
should attend at the Sessions, to give evidence, ordered
the prisoner to be fully committed for trial.
Frederick Town Fowler, described on the police sheet
as a printer, was charged on suspicion with attempting to
set fire to the Editor's box of the Morning Chronicle, in
the Strand.
A Solicitor attended for the accused.

Henry Vernon, a clerk in the service of Mr. Po.
(lot, the publisher, of Tavistock-street, Covent•garden,
was charged with embezzling several Sums of money, the
property of his employer.
Mr. Humphries appeared for the prisoner.
The prosecutor proved that the prisoner had been in his
s:rvice for the last five years, at a salary of 333. a week,
and his busness was to account to him for all monies re-
ceived. The several sums mentioned in the receipts pro.
duced were never so accounted for, nor were they ever en-
tered on the books as having been received.
The several witnesses tt ho had paid sums to the pri-
soner on account for the prosecutor, produced the receipts
,hick he had passed to them, and the facts being proved in
four distinct charges, he was fully committed for trial.
Mr. Humphries said that when the prisoner was made
acquainted with the fact that a wi.rrant had bean granted
tur his opprehension, he went to the house of the plose-
cutor and surrendered himself..

PARLIAMENTARY PAPER.

CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO CHINA.

The bulky volume of correspondence relating to
China, lately laid before Parliament, commences with
Jan. 1834, and ends Sept. 2:3, 1839. The beginning
of the present great. opium dispute may be dated
from Decsember 1838. A despatch of Captain Elliot
to Lord Palmerston, numbered 133, and dated the
Bth of that month, recites the particulars of a seizure
of opium on the 3d, and the " remarkable increase
of activity" displayed against the trade by the Go-
vernor of Canton, who" has lately incurred the severe
displeasure of the Court, en the ground of a lax execu-
Con of the ot dors concerning the more effectual pleven-
lion of the traffic in opium." No 134, from Captain
I.,fflot, dated December 13, 1838, reports the distur-
ipnces caused by the attempt to strangle a criminal
necused of selling opium in front of the foreign fac-
tories. On April 15, 1830, No. 135, Lord -.).ilinerstor,
requests to know whether the foreigners who " resisted
Iles intention of the Chinese authorities to put a criminal
to death," as stated, were "British subjects " only,
er other foreigner; also, and upon" what.alleged ground
1 of right they considered themselves cnt'tled to inter-
fere." Is No. 138, dated Jan. 2, 1839. Captain Elliot
urges the necessity that he should be " forthwith vestcl
with defined and adequate powers fer the reasonable con-
trol of men whose rash conduct cannot be left to the opera-
tion of Chinese laws" without much inconvenience and risk ;
that he should be " known to stand without blame in the
estimation of her Majesty'sGavernment ;" and " whet her I
litre a claim to such an expression of support as I mar
be permitted to publish to the Queen's subjects in this
empire." In No. 140, dated Jan. 21, he states that
there was no " relaxation of the vigour of the Goverii-
went" against the introduction of opium. No. 141, Jan.
30, states that he had received information of the romi-
nation and " expected arrival of a very high offleer
from Court, to bold equal rank with the Governor,"
in order to follow up the " measures lately deter-
mined upon at Pekin for the suppression of the opium
trade." No. 142, dated June 13, 1539, from Lord
Palmerston, acknowledges receipt of Captain Elliot's
despatches to 31st Dec., 1838, and 30th Jan. 1839,
and with reference to the interruption of trade, and
steps taken and detailed for its re-establishment, he
signifies to Captain Elliot the "entire approbation of
her Majesty's Government of your conduct is these
metiers." No 14:3, dated Feb. 8, contains the Go-
vernor of Canton's proclamation to foreigners against
trading in opium. No. 145. dated March 22, covers
Commissioner Lin's vroclatnaeion to the same, and another
0 the Hong-merchants. No. 146, with inclosures dated
Mareh 30, details Captain Elliot's proceedings on oc-
casion of the demand that Mr. Dent should appear be-
fore the tribunal of the High Comm'ssioner, his own ar-
rival at Canton, his correspondence and remonstrances
with the Chinese authorities relative to the public exe-
cution of a criminal before the factories, and finally, his
own forcible imprisonment with that of all the mer-
chants, which led to the surrender of the opium, with
all the particulars of which the public have long been
familiar. No. 148, dated from April 6 to May 4, re-
peats Cae.tain Elliot's conviction that "trade with China
at any point rerAote from the station of our ships
is no longer a possible state of circumstances;" and
his recommendation for " immediate and vigorous mea-
sure.," on the part of her Majesty's Government, as the
only means for assuring that " immense extension of
our peaceful trade and intercourse with this empire,"
which he believes to be practicable and certain. A
copy of the " prepared voluntary bond " is enclosed,
which he and the deputy-superintendent, at the head of
all the merchants, had been required to sign, by which,
under penalty of confiscation of property, and death,
they were to bind themselves to cease front dealing in
opium, with the correspondence betwixt himself and the
Commissioner, in which substantially he states, thet
" according to the laws of his country" he could not
agree to sign it. No. 148, with enclosures, states, the
virtual liberation of Captain Elliot, and all confined,
with the exception of sixteen individuals ; and his in-
junction to " all her Majesty's subjects to
make preparations for quitting Canton before or
at the same time with her Majesty's establish-
ment." In No. 149, with enclosures, Captain
Elliot presses upon Lord Palmerston's attention
the "strong necessity of concluding some immediate
arrangement" with Portugal, " either for the cession of
the Portuguese rights at Macao, or for the effectual
defence of the place, and its appropriation to British
uses by means of a subsidiary convention." In a d:s-
patch enclosed to the Portuguese Governor of Macao,
the superintendent " throws himself" and all British
subjects, ships, and property under his protection, in
consequence of the violent proceedings of the Chinese.
In order to compensate the " heavy expense," and all
the "other embarrassments" of such a duty, he offers
the Governor, " on behalf of the British Government,
immediate facilities on the British Treasury to any ex- '
cannot avail himself'
tent that may be desired, in order to place Macao in a
proper state of defence." The Governor replies, that he
o
nd for ships of the generous offer, as his parti-
cular situation necessarily restricts him to the mainte -
nance of an "austere neutrality." No. 149, with en-
closures,a
pasdoefsp
war,atc h o f
No.Captainl.) o r e l
aEt
el Elliot o
tot
theto eLordxpu i
sAi
ounc Auck-
land la
certain British merchants from Canton by the Commis-
sioner, with a prohibition of return. No. 151 is a represen-
tation of the British merchants at Canton, addressed to
Lord Palmerston, which is a mere recapitulation of

The Colonial Secretary, in these instructions, directs
the new Board, as Colonization Commissioners for
South Australia, to follow the directions of the Acts
of Parliament, and the instructions addressed to their
predecessors. In their capacity of a General Board
far the sale of lands and for promoting emi-
gration, their duty has to be arranged under the follow-
ing heads :—first, the diffusion ant collection of accu-
rate statistical knowledge ; secondly, the sale in this
country of waste lands in the Colonies ; thirdly, the
application of the proceeds of such sales towards the
removal of emigrants ; and fourthly, the rendering of
leriodical accounts, both pecuniary and statistical. It
thus appears that the waste lands of South Australia
are to be administered as heretofore, and that the appli-
cation of all monies arising from the sale of lamb, " to-
wards the removal of emigrants," is guaranteed.
Lord J. Russell states that the Crown waste lands
must hereafter be appropriated to public uses and fur
public benefit. Of these uses the first in order are
ytch as respect the future improvement of the colony,
by the dedication of all convenient tracts to public
works. The next important use 1: the creation of
a public revenue by their sale. The appropriation
~f a part of that revenue to the ordinary exigen-
cies of the public service will, the Colonial Minister
thiaks, probably be found inevitable in every colony.
The funds raised by these sales will, however, be ap-
plicable to the conveyance of emigrants to the colony
whence they are derived, " so far, hut only so far, it,
that use of the fund may be compatible with a due re-
::ard for the pressing and necessary demands of the
local governments, for which no other source can be
found." His Lordship, however, will be happy to find
the colonies providing for such purposes of local go
Vernments by import duties, and other means, and thee
;cave the produce of :he sale of lands free for the pro-
motion of ernig;-ation from the United Kingdom._ .

The instructions tlitn go on to show that the ',Corti.
American, West Indian, and African Colonies:
cannot, expected to contribute gri-atly to an emigra-
gration fund, and that, therefore, the Australian
Colonies (Van Diemen's Land excepted, Neu.
Zealand included) will be the principal field lot
the operations of the Commissioners. After pointiiv
out the essential distinction between the system observe('
r;garding the sale of lands in South Australia (at on,
uniform price per acre) and in the other British pos-
sessions in New Holland (sales by auction at an upset
price of 12s. per acre,) Lord J. Russell states, that m
any perfectly new field of colonization he should prefel
the South Austr than principle, and that it may he cot:-
veniently adopted in settlements hereafter to be formed.
but that to extend it to those colonies where the methoe
of selling by auction has for many years prevailed.
" would be a change of treat apparent difficulty."
His Lordship, notwithstanding, believes that somi.
change " in our present coulee" is necessary, and dele-
eltes inquiry of the subject to the Commissioners.
The instruction; contain such directions as to applyinl4
the Emigration Fund.

MYSTERIOUS CIRCUMSTAINCE.

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tilting ground, had his pocket picked of a pocket-book.
containing 71 in 1/. notes, and two hills, the one for
2-12/. 175., and the other hr 1t231. lc., drawn by a
gentleman in Dublin, and accepted by a respectably
tiouse in Glasgow. Immediately atter the discovery of
his loss, the gentleman, of course, had payment of
the bills stopped, and gave information at the Glas-
gow Police Office, from whence notice was sent to
the various banks, and to all the principal town'
,n the empire. Nothing, however, was heard of the
property till last Saturday, when a letter was received
in town from a writer to the signet in Edinburgh,
making inquiries after the parties named in the bills.
The circumstance was communicated to Captain Miller,
who immediately suspected that possibly some of the
' English thieves, who, at the time of the tournament,
paid us a visit, might be still lingering in the country,
and th a they might have been detected in Edinburgh,
as having ado with the theft of the bills. Mr. Miller,
under this belief, went to Edinburgh on Saturday, for
the I trpose of instituting an inquiry, when the fol-
lowing circumstances were brought out :—ln the
month of July last the writer to the signet hired a
carriage from a respectable c]achbuilder in Edinburgh,
and retained the vehicle on hire up to the end' o
October, having, at the period of the tournament,
which, it will be recollected, took place in August,
visited that exhibition in this very carriage. In
October the carriage was returned to the coach-
builder, and stood in his premises till Thursday week,
without being used or even taken out. On that dad',
while a strapper was cleaning the carriage, he found
in
one of the pockets a pocket-book, containing two bills,
which have since turned out to be the identical pocket-
book and bills, above referred to, taken from the gentle-
man in Eglinton Park. The strapper gave
i the pro-
perty to his employer, who again handed t over to
the legal gentleman already referred to, believing it
to be his. seeing that no other person had used the
carriage for several months. The latter instantly
wrote to Glasgow, as already noticed, making inquiries
after the parties named in the bills, which led to the
development of the facts above stated. It is believed
by the police both of Edinburgh and Glasgow that the
pocket-book and its contents must have lain in the
pocket of the carriage from the time of the tournament
till Thursday week, and the question naturally arises,
how did it get there? The most probable solution of
the difficulty is that the theft was perpetrated by
an
English thief, who appropriated the 71., and, finding
that the bills were not indorsed, bethought himself of
the best mode of getting quit of them, and at the
same time of having them restored to the owner, a
course not usual with the members of the " swell mob"
in London. Having adopted this determination, it
would be easy to drop the book into the pocket of some
adjoining carriage. All this, however, is mereconjee-
ture, and probably the history of the stolen bills will
ever remain a mystery.—G/asgow Courier.

H A REWOOD HALL —The venerable Lord
Harewood, since his domestic bereavement, hasheen surrounded
by a family circle, including the Hon G. H. and Lady Louisa
Cavendish. His Lordship will proceed to town at Easter.
Lord and Lady Postman have left for their seat in Dorsetshire

The following places have been doly registered for solemniz-
ing marriages therein, pursuant to the Act of the 6th and 7th
William IV., chap. 85 :
The Wesleyan Methodist Association Chapel, Cornwall.
The Baptist Chapel, Meopham, Kent.
Hawley-square Chapel, Margate.