The Sun.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—Dec. 8.

MANSION-HOUSE.—William W. Thompson,
traveller to the firm of Messrs. Jones and Co., of
Gracachurch-street, oil 'merchants, wal brought
before the Lord Mayor, 'charged with having ern-
-I;ezzltcl several gums of money amounting to up-
wards of 2,0001.. _
Mr.. Wontner appeared ;for the prosecution ; Mr.
Morgan, of the firm of Humphries and Co., at-
ter:4d for the prisoner.
Mr. Wontner said- the prison er htd been in the
employment of the prosecutors, ,boat seven yeav,
and. it had been lately discovered that he had em-
bezzled several large amounts, but it was intended
on the present Occasion to proVe no more than One
case in order to justify a remand, and-to britig up
the prisoner again after the necessary .donartiutifca-

tions with the customers who wet() at a distance
from the metropolis.
Mr. C. J. Jones said—The prisoner has been in
our employment as a traveller in the north of Eng-
land and Scotland. He commenced his last round
in the month of October :ast, and returned to town
on Saturday. It was Lis duty to keep a cash-book,
in which he was to enter every accaunt he received,
and on his return to present that book and lit•nd
over his balance to us. He came to the counting-
house yestrrday and handed over 91. 2s. Gd. as the
balance of his last journey. He then went away
through a side door, although I expected him to
wait, and he got, I believe, into a cab. I have
looked over the accounts of h's last journey, and I
fuunfl, according to my e,tirnate, a deficiency of
upwards of 2,0001. We have a cus'omer of the name
of W. Bennington, at Stockton-on-Tees, who was
indebted to us in Sept. in the sum of 661. 9s. :I
have, in consequence of suspicions which we enter-
t ILIA, written to Mr.- Benning'on, and have ro-
ceived an answer to the effect that the amount had
been paid to the prisoner on Sept. 3, his last jour-
ney but one. On his return last time that sum had
been entered in the cash book, but the e try 'had.
Leen erased, and it was not po3ted in the ledger.
He never paid the money 'o us. I believe that if
your lordship remands the prisoner I shall.b3 able
to prove that hs l.as embezzled to the amount of
Upwards of 2;0001: ' "
Mr. M,lrgan.mid he could - not object to the ap-

lication fora remand of his client,- bathe hoped

the Lo:d Mayor would order the reet,r4tion of cer-
tain p &pers which had been taken from the pri-
soner, and which could not be of any use to any
Oa 3 else.

Mr. Wontncr said the papers alluded to were
connected with betting transactions in:which the
prisoner had been engaged, and to the payment of
which the money embezzled h•d been in all proba-
bility appropriated. It would therefore be neces-
sary to examine the papers for the prosecuton.
The Lord Mayor—Cori:tinly. The papPra must
ba examined before they caa be returned to the

prison€r.
Mr. Morgin—Money to the amount of 301. or
351. has alsl lyea taken from the pris,mer, and I

hope your iorlship will order the return,of that
money.
The Lord Mayor—l don't see how I can do so.
That money is probab'y part of the proceeds of the
alleged plunder.
Toe prisoner was then remanded.

SOUTHWARK.—The two coloured girls who
were first brought to this court on.tbo charge of
b-gging in the streets, and who stated that they
were fugitive slaves from America, attended to fear
the result of an investigation into the truth of their
story which has been i ecently undertaken by the
Meudicity Society.
Mr. Ferguson, the chief clerk of the society,
stated that the elder girl was living with a black
mania Crown-court, Wentworth-street, and the
younger with an Irishwoman, said to be her mother.
The father of the younger had been found in Chel-
sea Workhouse, where she often visited him, and
left money for him. A letter had b-2en received
from Greenock, at which port the girls had stated
that they arrived in a vessel named the Jane, in-
forming Mr. Ferguson that no vessel of that name
had been in Greenock for 18 months.

The younger girl denied that she had ever been
at the Chelsea. Workhouse, but- the porter, assis-
tant-porter, and storekeeper having sworn to the
contrary, _

Mr. -turcham said they bad grossly deceived
both the public and himself. There hal been
several sums of money sent to him by benevolent
persons, and they had likewise received a small
sum weekly during the investigation, but now
they would have no more, as he was of opinion
that they did not deserve it. According to the
testimony before him, the younger was clearly an
impostor, and there could be little doubt that they
were both sn, and that the old woman lived on
their collections. The public would no doubt bo
made aware of the circumstances through the me-
dium of the press, and the residue of the funds in
hand sent for their use would either be forwarded
to them, through application to Mr. Edwin, the
chief c'erk, or it could be applied to the uses of
the poor box. He told the girls to leave the court,
and mind that they were not taken into custody
for begging. If they were, they would bo severely
punished.
The girls then left the court very much dejected.

THAMES.—Andreas Adam, the master, and
Wilhelm Volcksted, the steward of the Hamburg
ship Semiramis, from B,,mbay, were sentenced •to
pay 1001. each, or be imprisoned for six months,
for smuggling 19 lbs. of Cavendish tobacco and
6 lbs. of cigars.
Theodore Andrews, third mate of the American
ship Raoger, was fined 40s. for striking Martin
Hawkes, one of the crew, a blow in the face.

With respect to the affairs of the London and Eastern
Bank, now under a conditional winding-up order in the
Court of Chancery, a strong desire is felt that the offi-
cial manager should be some person who, up to this
time, has taken no part in the winding-up proceedings
pri vattly or out of court. . Any one known to have been
a friend of any director whore conduct or debt may
form the subject of compromise must be clearly objec-
tionable.

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NATI' OF GLASGOW BANK —GLASB-01V, Tuesday
Evetiinsl.—The adjourned meeting of the ehareholdf re
of the City of Glasgow Bank was held to-day. The
report of the neutral committee was giyen in, stating
that the balance of assets amounted to 667,533/ , thus
showing a deficiency in the capital account of 77,576/.. ;
the deficiency was caused by tho depreciation in railway
and other securities held by the bank, which might yet
be made up. A resolution was passed, that the affairs
of the bank are such as to warrant ma iranitdit tg
resumption of business, and that the directors be in_
Sti mt. dto take the necessary steps for this purpose. It
was stated that 600,000/. in hand, would be necessary
before resumption; and steps are being taken to raise it
immediately either by deposits or by a guars) tse fund.
The liatilities of the bank are 4,455,0001. the assets,
after deductions as stated absve, at 5,107,0001., to Which
ara adied 15,6401., Leing a half-year's profit.i