The Sun.
London, England, 1833-05-18 00:00:00

NEW COURT.

Thomas Walter Morrie, a respectable looking middle
aged man, was indicted with embezzling various sums of
money, the property of his employers, Messrs. Coding,
the celebrated brewers of Cannon brewery, Knightsbridge.
Mr. Wm. Coding, the son of the prosecutor, stated
that the prisoner was in the employ of his father as col-
lecting clerk the greater part of the year 1832. It was
the duty of the prisoner to account to witness for all sums
of money he received. In the latter part of 1832 discovered
that the prisoner had received various sums which he had
nut accounted for. Among the rest 101. from a Mr.
Absolum, of the Wheat Sheaf, St. Pancras; two other
sums of 101 , and one of 51. from other customers.
Various publicans stated that they had paid sums to the
prisoner, for which he had not accounted to his employers.

The prisoner put in a written defence, pleading distreis
as the cause of the defalcation, and throwing himielf on
the mercy of the jury.
Several persons of great respectability gave the pri-
soner a most excellent character.

The CommoN SERGEANT summed up. The question
for the jury was, whether the prisoner retained the sums
in question through mere error, or with an intent to em-
bezzle it.

The jury found the prisoner Guilty, but strongly re-
commended him to mercy, on act ount of his good cha-
racter.

The COMMON SERGEANT sentenced the prisoner to six
months' imprisonment in the House ofCorrection.
Air. PHILLIPS observed that now that the case was
concluded it was right for him to say that it could IT
proved that the prisoner had embezzled upwards 011,6001.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

Yesterday a man named George M'Willan, aged 21
years, was brought before the LORD MAYOR, charged by
a soldier with having deserted from the 77th regiment.
William Rogers, a private in the regiment, stated that
the prisoner admitted to him that he had deserted from his
regiment.
The LORD MAYOR (to the prisoner)—Did you acknow-
ledge that you deserted ? Prisoner—Ye., my Lnrd, but
not till he told me I was a deserter. 1 was'nt quite such
a fool.

The LORD MAYOR—Why did you desert from your
regime it ?—Because I was tired of dogging.
The LORD MAYOR—Tired of floging ?—Yes, my
Lord. I am only 21 years of age, and I have received
900 lashes.—(Here there was some expression of surprise
and disgust.)
The LORD MAYOR—Do I hear you rightly? Did you
say 900 lashes?—No doubt of it, my Lord.
Mr. Hobler—lt is impossible, if you got 900 lashes,
that you could stand up TM straight-900 lashes!
Prisoner—l received them all, and I can show the
marks. It is true, I received them at different times, hut
I've bad them all.

The LORD MAYOR —And what have you been doing
with yourself since you deserted?
Prisoner—l have been mining in Cornwall. I thought
it would be the beat way to get out of danger by going
under ground.
Toe LORD MAYOR—And why did you not stay in
Cornwall ? Why did you come to London ?—I don't
know why I left Cornwall, but I was looking for work
when I was taken up for deserting. lam able for any
sort of labour.

The LORD MAYOR—Why were you flogged ?—l'd
rather not lay any thing about that. I shall soon have to
miswer again.

Mr. Hobler—You unfortunate fellow, you must have
been a great violator of discipline, or you could not have
been so dre.dfully punished.
The prisoner shook his head—l have had my stare.
The Loan MAYOR—TeII me, are you a sober man?
Prisoner—No, my Lord, I can't say I am.
The Loan MAYOR—By how many courtsmartial have
you teen tried ?--By four. In Belfast I was sentenced to
receive 500 lashes, but they only gave ate 300, they for-
give me 200. In Londonderry they gave me 250. He
mentioned two other places, in one of which he received
200, and in the other 150. He had deserted eight months
ago, and had been a miner ever since, and the very day he
ventured to town he was apprehended.
The Loan MAYOR—You must be incorrigible, or you
could never have been so dreadfully punished. I cannot
help committing you.
The pr sorter was then committed to prison.
An old soldier applied to the LORD MAYOR under the
following circumstances:—
The applicant had, he said, been induced to sell his
pension far the purpose of going out as a settler to Canada.
A great many comrades did the same thing. It happened,
however, tha- he did not receive his grant in time to be
able to get on board, for the very morning after he got it
the vessel sailed, and he was left behind, after having paid
for his passage. He had received 401. in part payment
of his pension-money, at the rate of four years' purchase,
and between the passage pay and the payment of his
debts the who'e amount had departed. He was now left
helpless and destitute, and be begged that the Lord Mayer
would interfere with his parish to procure for him the
money to repurchase his pension with.
The Loan MAYOR said he apprehended that the parish
would never think of complying with such a proposition.
The speculation upon which the applicant had intended to
go appeared to him to be an unfortunate one for the emi-
grants as well as for the Government.
The applicant stated that his parish should have half of
his pension regularly if it consented to his proposal, and if
it did not he should be obliged to look to it for support.
The LORD MAYOR—And are you to have no satisfac-
tion for the money you have advanced to pay for your
passage ? Applicant--I am to forfeit half of it for not
being in time to go off, and the other half is detained in
part payment of a passage in another vessel. In the mean
time I am without any thing. That is too bad after
being led to expect a good livelihood.
Mr. Hobler—The temptation was very great, but the
parish won't advance the money, you may depend upon it.
The LORD MAYOR-All I can advise you to do is to
apply to Chelsea Hospital on the subject.
HATTON GARDEN.

Yesterday Mr. Joseph Silvester, an attorney, occupy-
ing chambers at No. 11, Furnival's Inn, Holborn, was
brought before Mr. RooKas for re-examination, charged
by Mr. John Burgess, solicitor, of Nantwich, Cheshire,
with embezzlement under the following circumstances :
Mr. Clarkson attended for the prosecution, and Mr.
Adolphus for the prisoner.
The prosecutor deposed that since November last he
had employed the prisoner and his partner (Mr. Walker),
attorneys, of Furnival's Inn, as his agents. On 13th March
last, witness having been concerned in a law suit, " Bad-
delly against Harding, and Baddelly against Sherlock,"
which was lost, it devolved on him to forward the sum
of 2,3401. to the prisoner in town, as his agent, to be
paid into the Accountant-General's, in the Chancery-
office. He wrote a letter to Messrs. Silvester and Walker,
which he delivered to his clerk to copy, and ultimately en•
closed notes and bank post bills of exchange to the amount
of 2,3401., which were endorsed in his own handwriting,
" Pay to the order of the Accountant-General.—John
Burgess." The property consisted of a 1,0001 note, a
bank-post bill for 1,0001., one 3001. Bank of Eogland
note, and a 401. note. The copy of the letter now
produced, witness swore to. In answer to a question,
thaen t e‘‘r.
All, the 3001. and 401. notes were now produced, and iflen
hitunreys.s stated tlll,aotootlh.e
note,pr i o naeneds partner
br esa
kd e
postdC a t
tided by the prosecutor ; but the endorsements at the time
when be forwarded them to the prisoner were not
scratched through as they are at present. There were
ether marks upon them which had since been added, in
Silvester 's handwriting. The hills were endorsed by
witness himself at Nantwich, and subsequently to the,t
t. lying been sent he received a letter, acknowledging thei,
i receipt,
_n the hand-wrivng 01 the prisoner's clerk, snit
,gned William Phelps. Oii Monday, the 6th of May,
witness having come to I.:edon, and called on the prisoner,
in consequence of receiving information that the moue
,ad not been paid in, he informed him of what lie
'card. He then said that it should be raid, and asked
him whether he could get the order enlarged. Witness

tppolatod to meet him on the following day, and bs nd'el
twice upon him, when he told him that he would pay 4,4
money in on the following Monday, and it was agreed tl at
'witness should see Mr. Alexander Wilson, the attorney
'it- the plaintiff in the suit. Witness called again on the
'ollowing Monday, and he saw the prisoner, who paid that
le would pay the money in on the following day, at 12
clock. That morning witness received a note in the pri-
soner's handwriting, stating " The money shall be paid
n on the following Monday, and neither you nor your
friends shall be any losers." Witness had lost that letter,
out he produced the envelope. On Wednesday, the Bth
instant, witness made another application to the prisoner,
and being equally unsuccessful in procuring satisfaction,
he became suspicious, and on close questioning him he
•aid that he had lent the money on security and had been
disappointed, but it should he forthcoming. On the
Wednesday or Thursday following the prisoner gave
aim a check for 601., in reference to another cause, which
had no connexion whatever with the present business.
Witness told him that he should get the securities to come
forward, and he would call again. On the Thursday
following he saw him, but he could give him no secu-
rities, but promised to let him have 1,0001. He called
several times on Friday last, by appointment, but could not
see him. He called again on Saturday, an Ihe paid 1401.
in Bank of England notes, and gave him a quantity of
foreign bills of exchange and notes, which he said were
sayable at Rothschild's. 'Witness received them, and pro-
,nised to make inquiries, and having occasion to be dissa-
tisfied, he visited the prisoner on the same day and delivered
him back the foreign bills. Witness did not use any
threats or angry expressions towards him, but on the same
evening he proceeded to this office and applied for a war-
rant, which was granted, when Hall and Lloyd, the officers,
repaired to his chambers, and he was apprehended for
the embezzlement, under Sir Thomas Plumer's Act of
Parliament.

Mr. Clarkson asked the prosecutor when the money
ought to have been paid into the Accountant-General's
office? Prosecutor—On the 14th of April.
Mr. Clarkson—Did you anticipate an enlargement of
the order for time when you forwarded the money to the
prisoner?—Prosecutor said he did not.

- Mr. Clarkson—Are you aware that the person is now
in confinement for contempt of the Chancery Court, in
consequence of the money not being paid in to the Ac-
countant-General ? Prosecutor—l am not, Sir.
Mr. Clarkson—Did you ever authorize the prisoner to
lend out the money, or any part of it, on securities ?
Prosecutor—l never did.

Mr. Clarkson—And what ars you minus of the 2,3401. ?
Prosecutor replied that he had received 3401. from the
prisoner. He was minus nearly or about 2,0001.
Henry Shuffiebotham, clerk to Mr Burgess, proved
that he wrote the copy of the letter (now produced) which
was sent to the prisoner, and in which the money was en-
closed.

William Hammond, servant to Mr. Alexander Wilson,
of the Temple, who was engaged for the plaintiff in the
two suits " Baddelly against Harding," &c., produced the
decrees and the minutes of the order to pay in the purchase-
money, 2,3401., which ought to have been paid in on the
14th of April.

Mr. Burgess—Did you ever make any application to
Mr. Silvester? Witness —I did, and was informed that
the money was paid in.

George Dyer, of the Accnuntant-General's-office, in
the Bank, proved that the bank poet-bill and the Bank of
England note, for 1,000/. each were piid into the Bank
~n the 19th of March last, and the 300/. end 40/. notes
came in on the 18th of the same month. They were paid
in from Messrs. Clarke, Dixon, and Sone, the bankers of
Chancery-lane.

Mr. Pedlar, clerk to Messrs. Clarke, Dixon, and Sons,
of Chancery-lane, deposed that on the 16th of March last
he received the notes from Mr. Silvester, personally. They
were in the same state now as when he then saw them ;
they were cashed in the usual way.
Mr. CLARKSON asked what the prisoner's account was
at their house?—Witness said very small.
Hall, the officer, bring sworn, stated that on Saturday
evening last the warrant was placed in the hands of him-
self and Lloyd, to execute. They informed the prisoner
that he was wanted at the office. He was aware of what
t ey required him for, and he afterwards came there and
was detained.

Air. Clarkson applied to the Court to remand the
p,iaoner for a week or ten days, for further evidence.
Mr. Clarkson hoped that the magistr,te would require
bail equal to the amount of the embezzlement.

Mr: Rooms said " Certainly, it was only right ;" and
he ordered the prisoner to find bail himself io 4,0001. and
two sureties of 2,000/. each, and 48 hours' notice would
be required to ascertain their solvency.
It was subsequently arranged that the prisoner should
he remanded until this day, to endeavour to produce
William Phelps, his clerk, against whom a warrant was to
be granted.

A fire broke out on Monday evening in the
drawing-rooms occupied by the Duke of ORLEANS, at
GRILLON'S Hotel, which might have been attended with
alarming consequences. Having been invited to the Ma.-
chionese of LArrsnowttes concert, he quitted the hotel
about 11 o'clock to proceed to Lansdowne House, leaving
the wax lights burning on the table, on which were scat-
tered letter,, maps, cards, &e. General BAUDItAND and
the other distinguished individuals composing the suite,
after an absence of 20 minutes, returned to the hotel, as
they considered it somewhat too early for the party, when,
on reaching the corridor leading to the drawing-room,
they discovered the room filled with smoke, and the table
in flames. By the prompt exertions of Mr. Gatt.toN and
his servants, the fife was extinguished, without doing
more injury than burning the table, consuming the maps,
&c. &i•.

THE BUCCANEER.—." The judgment of the
pudic has foreval e 4 our criticism of Mrs. HaLets
Buccaneer,' which has reached a second edition. If we
were to classify this work we should assimilate it in inten-
tion and manner to the Waverley Novels : the introduc-
tion of historical personages and of real incidents imparts
an air of versimilitude to the tale, and the character of
Hugh Dalton (the Buccaneer) is sketched with some of the
freedom and boldness of Sir WALTER. SCOTT. • • * •
The plot is complex, various, and abundant in action ; and
the interest is kept fully alive till the last moment."—
Times.

INFLUENZA.—This epidemic is now so far
al,ated in this city, that in a few days probably its range
here will be exhausted. Several relapses, we understand,
have taken place, or rather in several ca,es the effects of
he disorder have not subsided so speedily as in general
they are observed to do. These lingering symptoms are
connected chiefly with the lungs and windpipe, and have
occurred generally in elderly people, or where there ex-
ed a natural delicacy of the pulmonary organs. They
may have been induced eso, in some degree, by the
rather ungenial change of weather which has again taken
place within the last few days.—Edinburgh Evening
Courant.

TOURS IN UPPER INDIA. " Major
A IteltElt, having enjoyed the advantage of travelling in
the suite of the Commander in Chief (Lord COMBER.-
3111:ICE) through Upper India, availed himself of that oppor-
tunity to gather such information as he could respect.
iag the habits of the people, and the effects of the British
tile. The result is a collection of minute and lucid notes
upon the aspect of the country, the military stations, the
courts of the njttive Princes, and all such matters respect-
ing the actual state of the social system as fell under his
personal observation. There is at all times great interest
in works on India, but more particularly at a period when
every pride of information is seized upon with in.
creased avidity, in consequence of the position of import
ance which her affairs have assumed. The work will
snake its own popularity by the force of its real value."--
Atlas.

Monday forenoon a very unusual occurrence
'ook pine in the College Church during divine worship,
e,i
which caused great excitement in the congregation. A,
c
gentleman suddenly rose during the morning prayer, and,
with a fearful yell, exclaimed, "I am bound in the Spirit."
IPn a
ra a loud
sd
t yLuei c
o s
lie made another ejaculation, though seemingly less vi-
gorous and emphatic, during the sermon, and towards the
earnao e .
f theo
w discourse
ae During
preaachl
hi uttered,eitnhgethese
ea
paused,
i and at the Let ejacula-
ion some of the elders rose and went towards the seat of
the Rev. Incumbent, where they held a brief consultation,
but they did not remove the gentleman front the church.—
Edinburgh Evening Courant.
CONSTANCE, OR LIFE AS IT Here
is a work which should command favour and popularity
'in grounds altogether distinct from most of those which
recently attracted public attention. The authoress of
' Constance' resembles Madame D'ARDLAT. Her bo,iit
Presents us with a series of pictures of actual life among
tie middle classes of society—so lively, ea true, so va-
ions, oietinct, so ably and happily cue ranted, so nu-
nerous, and all so united together by a slender thread of
iarritive into one consecutive whole,..—aud that whole so
iliviously tending to put uv In hotter remoer with, our
•deeies and ourselves rum we might have remained with .
ut it, th4r, if her work do not speedily at
is, that thos:attainthe po-
hi) fail to award it deserve to he afflicted with ten %ears
ulatity which it deserves, all we can say
ore of 'Emelusives,' Almacks, an 3 the like." .New
Court Journal.