The Sun.
London, England, 1860-05-18 00:00:00

OLICE INTELLIGENCE—May 17.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET. SIR CHARLES
NAPIER AND HIS HOTJSEKEEPER.—EIizabeth Jen-
kins, late housekeeper to Admiral Sir Charles
Napier, K.C.8., Albemarle-street, was re-examined
before ir. Beadon, on a charge of embezzling va-
rious sums of money received by her for the pay-
ment of tradesmen's bills, amounting in the total
to about £2OO.

Mr. Wontner again attended for the prosecution,
and Mr. Mant for the prisoner.
Sir Charles Napier deposed that a specific sum
was given the prisoner for the purpose of paying
certain tradesmen's bills, which tradesmen were
now to be examined, and said the prisoner had
been some years in his service, and was discharged
in February last, at which time, some wages being
due, she was desired to call for the amount, but
had not. The accounts began to pour in next day,
and had been coming in ever since, in consequence
of which he applied to the police. On the 11th
inst. he accompanied Sergeant Rogers to Shep-
herd's-bush, where he found her, and told her the
tradespeople had sent in for the money. She said
that the receipts and bills paid were in her
trunk, left behind. He told her he had looked and
found none, and she said he had better go and pay
his debts, and he paid his debt of duty by giving
her boo custody. Sometimes he paid her at the end
of the month for bills which had arisen, that she
might liquidate them. She was accustomed to
hand him the book produced, showing how much
was due to the different tradespeople. In February
last year she charged himX7 16s lid as due to the
grocer, and £3 12s 8d to greengrocer; to the fish-
monger and poulterer, £4 Os Old;; and to the con-
fectioner, £1 2s ; and he gave her the money to pal
these items. In March she charged £5 7s 41d for
the butcher, £7 13s 7d for fish and poultry, £7 4s
12d for confectionary, and £8 15s 2ld for grocery,
and those sums he also gave her, when she signed
her name, "E. Jenkins," as paid. In the following
month of April she carged £5 2s Ild due to the
grocer, £4 15s 6d to the fishmonger, £1 2s ld to the
poulterer, and these sums he (Sir Charles) also gave
her. He had heard letters had been sent him by
the tradespeople' but never received them, and be-
lieved they had been intercepted.
Cross-examined—She.entered his service just be-
fore he went to the Baltic. Accounts. were settled
all up before he left for the Baltic. There had been
no rows about the money with her. He scrutinised
accounts. Sometimes he paid by cheque, made out
.to himself, and sometimes by cash. He regularly
kept accounts, and had the books at home. Came
home at the end of the year 1854 or beginning of
1855. He left his house while away to Miss Cater,
begging her to let it in his absence. On his return
he found the prisoner in the house. The balance
each month was paid up, and generally an advance
towards the ensuing one. In February, a sum of
money was paid to the prisoner for servants, sweep-
ing ehinmeys, and other items, amounting to £6l
9s llld.
Several tradesmen having given their evidence,
Mary Bowen. housemaid to Sir Charles, also (11-
posed that the prisoner prepared her book for Sit
Charles every month.
Sergeant John Rogers, 6 A, proved his appre-
hension of the prisoner at Shepherd's-busb, and
corroborated the statement previously deposed to
by Sir Charles. On searching the place he found
the desk produced, containing a quantity of bills of
Sir Charles, paid and unpaid, and the private letter
addressed to Sir Charles now handed in. He bad
much difficulty in tracing the prisoner in conse-
quence of her moving about from place to places
and was engaged.two months in that duty.
Sir Charles said he would swear that he had
never received the private letter alluded to and nor
shown to him.

Mrs. Lawrence, recalled, put in evidence two
letters, dated Horndean, from the prisoner alvut
her bills due, in which she stated she would call on
her when she came to town and pay up, at the same
time telling her not to call or send to Albemarle-
street.

The depositions being read over and signed, the
prisoner, by direction of her solicitor, reserved her
defence, and was committed for trial.

THE MAILS.

MAILS DUE. -
Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton)• May 19.
Do. •
(via Marseilles) June 4.
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. June 7.
Canada, &c. (via Cork) May 16.
Cape of Good Hope, &c.
.. June 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) May 19.
Do. (via Marseilles) May 27.
Gibraltar (via Southampton) . • • May 19.
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) May 19.
Do. (via Marseilles)-, May 27.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. May 25.
Do. (via Marseilles) May 19.
Lisbon, Brazils, Buenos Ayres, &c. .. • .. June 5.
Lisbon, Vigo, and Oporto ..
.. May 21.
Malta, Egypt, and Aden (via Southampton) .. May 19.
Do. (via Marseilles) May 19.
United States, California, &c. (pia Cork) .. May 16.
Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. May 10
West Indies and Pacific, Carthgena, Cuba, &c. May 29.

A report recently addressed to Sir 0. Wood by
Mr. W.Purdon, C.E., executive engineer in the Punjaub,
affords the following testimony to the remunerative charac-
ter of the Punjaub Railway :—" The remarkably favourable
nature of the country ever which this line is to run and its
low cost as compared with other lines in India,'will enable
it to carry at much lower rates than elsewhere. So great
is the passenger traffic over this line of country that it will
probably be found as much as the railway can deal with;
this kind of traffic, as a question of dividend, is the most
remunerative."