The Sun.
London, England, 1856-01-30 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S, BANOVER-SQUARE.

CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT AGAINST A
CLERIC.

Yesterday a special meeting of the vestry of this
parish took place at the Board-room, Mount-street,
Grosvenor-square, to receive a communication from the
committee appointed to superintend the paving and
lighting of the Grosvenor place district, relative to a
charge which they had prefeired against George Augus-
tus \Valnsisley, clerk to the late trustees of the Gros-
venor-place district, for embezzling various sums of
money which had come into hi■ possession by virtue of
his office ; the Rev. Henry Rowarth, the rector, pre-
sided.

Mr. DOWDEN stated that from information received
by the committee in question, of which ho was a member,
certain defalcations charged against the late clerk were
brought before the board; and Col. Begot and himself
were requested to make inquiries-or. the subject. Acting
upon their instructions, they applied at the office of the
Paymaster-General, and they there ascertained that Mr.
\Valmisley had obtained from that office, on the 22'1 Jan.,
a sum of 213/. 19s. 6d., being money due from the Com-
mis:skaters of Woods and Forests, in respect of the park
wall connected with Buckingham Palace gardens. This
money he had received two days atter his dismissal on
the 31st Dec., and bad not acc muted for it to his ens-
ployers. Col. Begot and he (Hr. Dowden) a'so disco-
vered that the late trustees of the Grovesnor pace did-
trict had drawn a cheque for payment to one of their
contractors, and the cheque (to the amount of 158/. es.),
was entrusted to Mr. Walmisley, who it appeared had
paid it into his own private account at the London
Joint Stock Bank, in ndl-ruall, on the 4th December.
Since that deb!) he has drawn out the money, and on
the discovery of this fact they had procured a warrant
for his apprehension. Under theseicircumstances, they..
had thought it right to call a meeting of the vestry_ra,
early a period as possible, particularly as thef.
son to believe that other sums than those mentioned had
been embezzlel by the same pereen. had rea-
Lieut. Colonel BAGOT felt it hise sd.triv:y
Guarantee Society had made thm
es troeseptaontersibthleatfoar
Mr. Wahnisley up to the 28th of July next to the amount
well recommended to
of 1,0001.; that the accused was
the late trustees, thehisrrukrkeetieepsrb)e,ranngdmr.paLrtanmerbeeritn, aa
wholesale house in the city (where he had been for many
thisoye vedass bootry. He was a roan of most respect-
tions, his father being Mr. Walrnieley, the
aybelaerseo member enmnoepfcl
Parliamentary agent, and his father in-law, Mr. Bryant.
the picture dealer in St. James's street. lie mentioned
these facts to show that he was in a condition to
adopt means to evade the ends of justice, and this
it was clear had been done, from the difficulties
which had been thrown in their way when eedea-
vonring to secure a warrant forhis apprehension. Again,
they had traced Mr.Walmisley to a particular part of the
country, and when they thought the inspector of police
whom they bad employed was likely to secure him they
discovered that in the course of that afternoon samebody
had been dow from London, and had gone away with
the person answering the description of Mr. NVallnisley,
the latter having het a carpet beg behind him. It was
evident from all this that MzeiValmisley bad friends who
would assist him in eluding justice, and he (Col. Begot)
suggested that the parish should offer a reward for his
apprehension.
A discussion ensued, in the mime ot. which various
questions arose as to the right of the pariah to offer a
reward, as to whom fie properly in guess-lion was vested
seeing that the trustees by wiimn:Kri-. 11' almieley WILL
employed became defunct on the day the view-act yawn
into opeatioa, and ca to vibes, proitco it 7.'4 to?_ Ore

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t=one such proceedings as rrfight be necessary to prole..
cute the offender.

At length two resolutions were proposed by Nfr. A.
Robin,on and seconded by Mr. &man, to the ffe.ct that
the steps already take❑ by the conmeittes of Ye Ary, for
paving and lighting the Groovener-place district, is ie-
vestigating the charges against the late clerk to the late
trustees be approved, and that they be requested to take
such further steps in the matter as may he necessary; and
that they be s.utherisA to employ the parish solicitor to
assist them, to incur such expenses as may be necessary,
and in particular to offer a reward of 501. for the appre-
hension of the accused, and to pay such expenses out of
the moneys of the late trusters.
These resolutions were agreed to, and the bwiness
terminated.