The Sun.
London, England, 1861-01-15 00:00:00

THAMES.

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER,--
Henry Rushbrook, late town traveller in the employ of
Mr. William Ward, drysalter, of West Bromwich, was
brought up on remand before Mr. Yardley, charged with
feloniously embezzling various sums of money, amounting
in the aggregate to about £3O.

Mr. Beard, solicitor, conducted the prosecution, and on
the first examination produced evidence which made out
that the prisoner had been employed by Mr. Ward since
August last, at a salary of three guineas per week, and
that his sole duty was to obtain orders for goods, and not
to receive any money. He had, however, asked for and
received the accounts of seven customers, and never ac-
coented for the same. Mr. Barton, of Fore-street, Cripple-
gate, the prosecutor's London manager, had not waited on all
the customers, and was afraid snore defalcations would be
discovered. T 4 prisoner had admitted receiving money of
three customers, and said that he had lost it, and Mr.
Yardley was of opinion these cases would fail if sent before
a jury, but there were four others, and the amount received
in those cases on which the prisoner was remanded
amounted to about £l3.

Mr. Beard now said that, with the consent of the magis-
trate, the prosecutor would abandon the charge against the
prisoner, who had forwarded to Mr. Ward a letter, of which
the following is a copy :

" House of Detention, Jan. 11, 1861.
" Mr. IV. Ward : Dear sir,—l take the liberty of writ-
ing to you, and to ask you to forego any further proceedings
against me, in consequence of my poor wife and family. I
acknowledge myself in the wrong, but it was no fault of
mine in losing the money, and this never would have
happened had I not wrote to you about Mr. Barton, the
letter you returned. Since that time he had made up his
mind to get rid of me. Even Mrs. B. has not spoken to
me. Had he paid me my last week's wages this would not
have happened, and you would not have known it. If I
should be able at any time after this to serve you in the
London trade I will do so. I must conclude by leaving
myself in your hands, and remain, your obedient servant,
" H. RUSHBROOK."

Mr. Beard—ln consideration of the man's wife and
family, Mr. Ward will withdraw from the prosecution, if it
meets with your worship's concurrence.
Mr. Yardley—Very well. The prisoner is discharged.

HER MAJESTY'S SHIP CAMILLA.

ADMIRALTY, JAN. 14.

From the accounts received at the Admiralty by
the last China mail, there seems to be little doubt
that her Majesty's ship Camilla must have foundered
at sea. It appears that she left Hakodadi on the Ist
of September, for Kanagawa, the port of Yeddo, and
that between that day and the 9th of September
the day on which the heavy gale passed over Yeddo,
light southerly winds prevailed, so that she had
not probably made much progress to the south when
lost. Her Majesty's steam vessel Berenice, of the
Indian navy, proceeded along the coast from Kana-
gawa to Hakodadi, and back, between the 24th of
September and 11th of October, but failed in p-o-
-curing any intelligence of the Camilla from the
numerous fishing-boats, or in discovering any por-
tion of the wreck. A report had reached Vice-
Admiral Hope that the unfortunate vessel was seen
from a Prussian vessel-of-war to strike on a rock in
a fresh breeze and go down. This report would be
traced to its source, but the Admiral is firmly con-
vinced that she foundered at sea in the typhoon
which prevailed on the Japanese coast on the 9th
of September.