The Sun.
London, England, 1858-06-08 00:00:00

POLICA INTELLIGENCE.—June 7.

MANSION-ROUSE.--Henry Keene SmitLers,
Secrotary to the Commercial Dock Company, was
brought before the Lord Mayor upon the charge of
having embezzled the sum of 2511. 3s. 9d., the pro-
perty of the company.
Mr. D. solicitor to the company, in bringing
forward ►he charge, said it was his west ainful
duty to accuse a gentleman who had been for many
years a servant of the establishment, of such au act
as the evidence would detail, and, 'without any
more comment, he would call witnesses to estab-
lish it.

Mr. John Lamb, Custom-house and shipping
agent, of Fen-court, Feuchurch-street, said—l was
agent to Messrs. Rothschild in 1855, and for many
years before. They imported some goods in the
Blenheim and Ambrogio in the year 1855, and it
was part of my business to pay the dock charges on
their behalf. The cheque produced, dated Feb.
19, 1855, for the sum of 2511. 3s. 9d., is in my
handwriting, and was drawn for dock charges by
the Blenheim and Ambrogio. I think I gave it to
the priEoner, as it was my habit to settle the trans-
actions with him personally. The cheque has been
returned to me as a paid cheque by my banker.
The cheque produced is the only one I drew on
that date for that amount.

Mr. G. Cooper, clerk to Messrs. Hankey and
Co., Fenchurch-street, bankers, said—Mr. John
Lamb keeps an account at our house. A cheque
for 2511.35. 9d., drawn by Mr. Lamb, was paid in
on the 29th of February, 1855, to the credit
.of the
prisoner, who also kept an account at our house.
Mr. J. C. -W. Harrison, chief clerk to the Com-
mercial Dock Company, said—The treasurer to the
company is Mr. John Masterman. The prisoner
was the secretary. I produce the minute book of
1838, in which there is an entry dated 2d Nov.,
1838, of the prisoner's appointment as secretary at
a salary. In the company's ledger, which I pro-
duce, Messrs. Rothschild are entered as debtors to
the company for general dock business. There is a
reference to the journal for the particulars of the
entries in the ledger, one of which refers to the
Blenheim, and in another page of the journal, to
the Ambrogio. I saw the prisoner last Friday
morning at the office of the company. He has not
been there since, to my knowledge. Ho told me on
leaving that there was something in the balance-
sheet which would prevent his appearing before
the directors on that day. Our bankers are Messrs.
Prescott and Co. The Company does not keep any
account at Messrs. Hankeys. There is no entry of
the receipt c f the 2511. 3s. 9d. iu the ledger which
was kept by the prisoner. Upon receipt of money,
the entry would be made in the cash book, and
thence transcribed into the ledger.
Mr. Wm. Quilter—l am an accountant at 57,
Coleman street. I was called to examine the books
of the Commercial Dock Company, on Saturday,
and my attention was directed to Messrs. Roths-
ehilds' account, in which they appeared to be in-
debted to the company in the sum of 6471. ss. 3d.
Ou examining the details, I found it to consist of
an old balance of 377/. 44. 83., and two charges,
amounting to 2701. Os. 71, in respect of the Am-
brogio and Blenheim. I have eximined the books
of the company from the 19th February, 1855, to
the present date, and could not discover the sum
of 2511. 3s. 91, entered to the credit of Messrs.
Rothschild. The difference between the 2511.
3s. 9d. and the 2701. Os. 7d., appears by Mr.
Lamb's books to be an allowance made to Mr.
Lamb on the settlement of the account. I produce
the act of Parliament of the company showing their
authority to indict in the name of the Treasurer.
The prisoner who, in reply to the usual formal
question, admitted his guilt, was then fully com-
mitted for trial.

CLERKENWELL.—John Blaga, aged 21, a
clerk, residing at Coal-office-cottage, Great Northern
was placed at the bar before Mr. Corrie,
charged with stealing on tha 24th May, 1858, from
the premises of the Great Northern Railway Com-
pany, King's-cress, St. Pancras, the sum of 3501.
and other property belonging to the said company,-
his employers.
Mr. Humphreys attended for the prosecution ;
and Mr. Lewis for the defence. Mr. Thos. Williams,
the inspector of the line, was also present to watch
the ease. _

Mr. Humphreys, in opening the case, said that
the company he had the honour to represent had
been robbed to the extent of 3381. 4s. 6d. The
circumstances of the case were these :--The prisoner
at the bar was a clerk in the coal department of the
company, and bad been so for some time. It was
his duty to receive from the carmen the moneys
they had received each day for coals On the 24:h
of May ho received the above sum, consisting of
(fold 2391., silver 301. 10s., Bank of England notes
401., and cheques 281. 14s. 6d. lt was his duty,
upon the rectipt of the money, to enter the re-
spective amounts in a book, which be did; also to
be the last in the office, and to deposit the different
sums of money he received in the iron safe, of
which he had one of the two duplicate keys. On
the day in question the prisoner was in the office
until half-past nine at night. He left the premises
shortly afterwards, viz., about 20 minutes before
10, enveloped in a large over-coat, which would
completely conceal anything he might wish to take
away. He proceeded to his surgeon's, after that
to a public-house, and returned home about one
in the morning. After that a cashbox was found

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minutes past 10 o'clock, .by 4. 7,.„1,-.743
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eto his mothers', who o 41*-
that it contained some money a ali; • •••a_a a _
W the Great Northern Railway olianYirktit
ti the police-station. The key of the coal-o had
Veen.lefti as usual by the prisoner with the gate- '
keeper, a man of the name of Allison, and-when it
Was put into. the door it was found to act vary
easily, and thero was no reason to suppose that the
lOcka had been tampered with, or that any parson • '
had been in the room after the prisoner had left. l t
Would be observed, at the time the Prisoner left;
it was half-past: nine' o'altick,' and the eash-boz was
found at ten minutes past ten o'clock,-so that only
a lapse of 40 minutes had occurred. Another str vg
fact was that it was a very strong and windy night, °
that when the police entered the rooma the papers
were all in regular order, and' that if the windows
had been opened they would have been strewn and
scattered about. An investigation was made into
the robbery, and the prisoner matted the streets
through which he passed ; and although the street
in which the box was found was not One of them,
still it was ascertained that.it could hi reached in a
minute or two. The next morning the j3ritiozir,„
box was searched, when 58 sovereigns Were`foxiict;
which he said were his savings, but upon -making
inquiries, it was learnt that on a preceding day,l2e-.
had had to borrow the sum of 23/, for the purpose
of making UD the accounts of that day. ITpon that-
being mentioned to him, he admitted that to be the
fact, and stated that with regard to 91., he had bor-
rowed it for a friend, and the balance for the mak-
ing up the accounts of the day, the men having
struck work. Now, although the men had struck,
the prisoner should not have been deficient of
the money he had that day received.- When he
was locked np on. Saturday and searched,, the sum
of 721. in gold was found aspen him. If the prisoner
could explain the matter, the company would be
sati,fied, but if not, he (Mr. Humphreys)"should
have to ask for the prisoner's committal. -He might
al-o state that the next morning .a workingnalin
(a man of the name of Davis) found- one ,of
the company's bags—a bag-which-the. prisoner said-:
he had over night put into the safe—containing a
quantity of silver, in his garden. The cash-box
found was notthie cash-bOx which the prisoner. used,
but that of another clerk. It was quite clear 'that
the robbery had"not :been committed by a stranger,
but by some one connected with the establishment,
and on the next occasion he should call Mr. Chubb,
who would state that the lock of the safe bad not
been tampered with. He should call some witnesses
for the purpose of establishing his case, and should
then ask fora remand to allow of time for further
inquiries to be made.
Evidence to the above effect having been gone
into, _

Mr. Humphreys said that was all the evidence he
should produce that day, and asked fur a remand.
Mr. Lewis applied to have his client admitted to
bail. He had nit attempted to evade justice.
His futura status in society depended upon ex-
onerating himself from this charge, and although
113 had been at large, be had not attempted to get
out of the way. There was no foundation for the
charge.

Corriti remanded the prisoner until Taesclay
next, awl refused to take bail.

S OUT Li WA T: K . —STEALING A NUGGET OF GOLD
BY A SEnVANT.—Ann Murphy, a decent-looking
woman, was charged with stealing a nugget of Auer
traliau gold, the property of Mr, Myers Solomonl
a general merchant, residing at 16, Webb's Giuuty-
terrace, New Kent-road. It appeared from the
evidence of the prosecutor, who had apartments in
the above house, where the prisonzr has been for
some time servant, that on Wednesday last he
missed a nugget of Australian gold, from a drawer
iu his bedroom, as. also a silk handkerchief, and
other articles. The nugget, which had bean sold
at a gal Lemith's in the neighbourhood, by another
party, was traced back_ to the prisoner's posses-
siou.

The prisoner pleaded guilty, and said that she
saw the drawer open, and thought it was only
copper.

The proeentor recommended her to mercy, and
her Inistress gave her a good character for honesty.
The magistt ate told the prisoner that it might
have been that the drawer was open, and she could
not resist the temptation. She, however, bore an
Excellent character ; and believing it was her first
offence, he should only sentence her to one month's
hard labour.

INCREASE OF THR AMERICAN NAVY.

There is au uninistake'Lle intention on the part
of the Government to make a very considerable
increase in our naval force, and the slight flurry
created by the "outrages" on our commerce in the
West Indies will be taken advantage of to consum-
mate the measure. The bill reported by Senator
Mallory on Saturday, to authorise the construction
of six new steam sloops-of war, is not a sudden move-
ment, and has nothing whaterer to do with the ex-
ci tem ent eau 3ed hythe recent occurrences in the Gulf
of Mexico. The ships were called for by the ordinary
exigencies of the service, and no opposition will
be offered to the measure. But it is reported from
Washington that the Naval Committee of the House
of Representatives will propose the immediate
construction of 30 new steamships of war equal to
about the entire naval force we have now at com-
mand, and increasing the cost of our navy to about
double the present expenditure. But it is scarcely
possible that any such extravagance as this will be
authorised by the present Congress, unless there
should be a prospect of an immediate war with
Great Britain or France. Our present naval force
quite sufficient to cope with any other maritime
Power. The whole aspect of the commercial world
has changed. We still keep a naval force in the
Mediterranean, as we did when Algiers was in full
vigour as a piratical nation, but there is not in
reality any more necessity for our men-of-war
there than there is in the Irish Channel. It
is 30 years since there have been any pirates in the
Gulf of Mexico, and the only part of the world
where our ships have needed any protectionfor
many years has been in the China seas, where we
have an ample force employed. But still we have
kept on increasing our navy, and very properly,
too, just sufficient to preserve a naval erg inisation,
which might be increased to meet the exigencies of
an actual state of warfare with any great maritime
Power. The proposed increase of the navy, by the
bill reportel by Senator Mallory, cannot be re-
garded as a war measure, or as indicating any ap-
prehension on the part of the Government of a
rupture of our present peaceable relations with
Great Britain. If any such feelings were
entertained, the increase would be ridiculously
sin il!. if there were the slightest prospect of s
collision between our own ships and those of Great
Britain in the West Indies, we might very soon
have a sufficient force there to defend our flag
against any force with which it would have to con-
tend. But no apprehensions of the kind can be
entertained, and Congress will hardly think it jus-
tified in authorizing the construction of 30 steam-
sloops of war because the commander of an
English gunboat or two has exceeded his
instructions in boarding American vessels in the
West Indies. Our own navy looks small
when compared with that of England, but the
necessities of the two countries are quite as
disproportioned as their naval forces. Large as
their navy is, it is not any too large for their ne-
cessities, while small as our own is, it is quite as
large as we have any legitimate use for. We have
at present 28 ships in commission of various grades,
and about as many more that might be got ready
for sea at a short notice, while England has about
ten times as great a force. But it would be just
about as sensible to increase our national debt to
the magnitude of that of England as to think of
increasing our navy to the same size. England
would be very glad to reduce her naval expendi-
ture to the amount of our own if she could ; but
she cannot, and we divide the mastery of the
ocean with her at a much less cost.—Nete York
Times.

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