The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-23 00:00:00

THAMES.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SERVANT.—Matthias Gilby, a
journeyman baker, who has been for two years in the.
service of Mr. Meekness, of No. 16, Sidney-place,
Commercial-road, was brought before Mr. Yardley, in
custody of Police-sergeant Baker, No. 9 K, charged
with embezzling various RUMS of money he had received
for and on account of his master. It appeared that
the prisoner assisted in his master's bakehouse, and
also carried out bread, and it was his duty to pay over
to his master all moneys he had received daily. Yester-
day Mr. Meekness sent out a strange lad with the bread
to his customers, and delivered to him several bills for
bread supplied, when it 'was ascertained that
the prisoner had already received the money and ap-
propriated it to his own use. Mrs. Sarah Platts, of
Stepney-green, paid the prisoner 11. 12s. sd. on the 9th
of July, which the prisoner had not paid over to his
master. Mrs. Ellen Smith and Mrs. Margaret Hutton
had paid him various small sums, varying from ls. to
75., at different times, and instead of paying the money
to his master, he kept it and debited the customers, who
were much surprised when they were asked to pay a
second time. Mr. Meekness, had discovered another
cave where the prisoner had received money from a cus-
tomer, and he believed there were many other cases, but
he had not time to go round to all the customers.
Mr. Yardley went into the accounts, which were
very irregular owing to the prisoner having delivered
false bills which did not tally with the number of loaves
inserted in the prosecutor's books. The prisoner had
been in the practice of booking loaves of bread daily for
three. months against Mrs. Platte,-and she had not dealt
with Mr. Mackness or received any bread from the pri•
Boner since the 9th of 3rdy. - The prisoner bad disposed
of the bread charged against Mrs. netts elsewhere. The
prisoner had in one instance paid his master more
money than he had received from a customer, and in
numerous instances much less. _

Mr. Yardley remarked on the complicated nature o
;he cage, and remanded the prisoner Until Monday next

REGISTRATIONS.

CITY OF LONDON.

Mr. Thomas Y. M'Christy, the barrister appointed to
revise the lists of voters for the city of London, com-
menced his annual sittings at the Court of Common
Pleas, Guildhall.
The general apathy which prevails in respect to all poli-
tical matters has apparently extended to the registration
courts, notwithstanding the important circumstance that
the next general election will most probably he decided
upon the register now about to undergo revision;
Mr. Sidney Smith and Mr. Ledger appeared on be-
half of the Liberals, while the Conservative interest was
wholly unrepresented.
The hats returned show that 1,871 names which were
upon the last register have been omitted (219 liverymen
and 1,652 householders), while 1,879 newnames have been
added (181 liverymen and 1,698 householders). There
are 576 objections, 111 being to the qualifications of
liverymen and 465 to those of householders. The new
claims are only 66 in number, 2 as iiverymen and 64 as
householders.

The lista-of the various parishes and of the Jiver of
the various companies having been handed in,
The revising barrister announced his intention of
determining the claims of overseers to costs in those
parishes where neither claims nor objections appeared
on• Saturday nest.

The learned gentleman then proceeded to revise the
lists of liverymen, taking the companies in alphabetical'
order, but the only point of interest arose in reference to
the list of the Lorimers' Company, from which the name
Of Sir James Duke, M.P., and actual master of the
cempany, had been struck off.
Mr. Sewell, the clerk of the company, explained his
reason for the change to be that the hon. baronet was
already on the list of the Spectaclemakers' Company,
and that it was contrary ty the custom of the city of
London for a person to be qualified to vote as a liveryman
of two companies.
Mr. S. Smith could not see wby the name should not
appear on both lists. Sir J. Duke was a liveryman of
both companies • he was entitled to vote for members of
Parliament, and there was no reason why he should not
be returned upon the list of liverymen who were so
entitled.
Mr. Sewell replied that the hon. baronet had been ori-
ginally 4 freeman and liveryman of the Spectsclernakers'
Company, and by that he had been presented with the
freedom of the city of London. He was described by
the Court of Aldermen as a "citizen and spectacle-
maker," and as such he must continue to be described
and vote, unless translated to another company.
The Revising Barrister remarked that it was singular
the point had never been raised before him until now,
although be had revised the lists for the last 11 years.
Mr. Sewell said the point had been deculei by Mr.
Arnold about 1$ or 13 years ago, when it was held that
the name could not appear upon two lists. There was
no object in the double entry, as a man could only have
one vote.
The Revising Barrister said undoubtedly it would
be more convenient that the name should only appear
upon one list, but the question was, whether it was ille-
gal to appear in more than one ?
Mr. Barnes, of the Mercers Company, said he never
returned liverymen who were on other lists. That com-
pany only admitted persons who were citizens and mem-
bers of other companies as members of their body.
It was stated that the Goldsmiths' Company would
not admit to the livery of their body any person who was
a liveryman of any other company.
Mr. Sewell said he was justified in the course he ha-1
adopted by the long-established usage of the city of Lou-
don to regard a person as belonging to that company by
which he had been presented with the freedom, unless he
was duly translated by the Court of Aldermen to an•
other company.
Mr. S. Smith thought the custom was the other
way, for three-fourths of the companies inserted the
names of all the liverymen upon their lists, with:ut
reference to their being members of other companies.
The point was one of considerable importance, and it
was desirable that it should be decided.
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After some further discussion, it being stated that
a case would arise to-morrow (this day) in which the
point could be more regularly argued, the question
was allowed to stand over.

The rernaindei of the day was occupied in revising
the lists of several companies, but without the occur-
rence of any other subject of general interest.

On Friday Mr. Walters, the new director, was, after
some discussion at the board, chosen chairman, and Mr.
Goodson, deputy-chairman of the Eastern Counties Com-
pany. We have heard that an offer of a lease of the
Eastern Counties Railway has been made by Sir Morton
Peto, Mr. Bidder, Mr. Gooch, and another at 21 per
cent., and that the shareholders to whom the offer hits
been made want 3. This is understood to be the ea*
of the rise of nearly 5 per cent. in the shares during the
wreck.--Horctvg4.

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