The Sun.
London, England, 1868-08-15 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT BY A SECRETARY.

George Dedrickson, the secretary of the Connorree
Mining Company, Wicklow, was on Friday found guilty,
at the Dublin Commission, of embezzling moneys to the
amount of £l4O. The alleged fraud was said to have been
committed in September 1865. When first established,
the company's head office was in London, but it was
transferred to Ireland in 1863, when George Dedrickson
was, by a minute of the directors, appointed secretary
and bookkeeper, in which capacity he acted for the corn-
pany up to a very recent period. For the disposal of the
products of the mine the company appointed as " mineral
brokers" Messrs. J. Lewis and Son, of Fenwick-street,
Liverpool, and to them was confided in 1865 a cargo of
ore. The bill of lading was in the handwriting of Mr.
Dedrickson. On the 19th September Messrs. Lewis in-
closed to Mr. Dedrickson half-notes on account of ores sold
by them on behalf of the company. They requested
an acknowledgment of the receipt of the half-notes,
and said that on their receiving such acknowledgment
they would transmit the remaining halves. In answer to
that Messrs. Lewis, on the 21st September, received an
acknowledgment. The books of the company, which
were in custody of Mr. Dedrickson down to the present
year, do not contain any reference to the receipt of the
2140. The 22nd September was the date of the receipt
of the 2140, but no lodgment was made until the 10th or
12th October, when Mr. Dedrickson lodged a bank
post bill for a different amount. Several witnesses were
examined, and one of them admitted that Dedrickson had
stated that he had lent the money to a Mr. Mackey, a
director of the company, who was the accused's security;
that the defalcations amounted to more than £5OO, and
that he had received from Mackey I 0 U's for over £4OO,
which he gave to Mr. Kelly as director of the company.
It was stated that Mackey was on his way to New Zea-
land. Sentence was deferred.

SEIZURE OF A BRITISH SHIP ON THE
SPANISH COAST.

The Gibraltar Chronicle of August 7 contains the follow-
ing :—" It will be remembered that on the 16th of June
last a British schooner, the Fanny, was three times boarded
by a Spanish guardacosta off Europa Point. The Fanny
returned to Gibraltar, and finally left the port under the
convoy of her Majesty's ship Skylark for her destination—
Oran. She reached Oran on the 21st, discharged her
cargo, and again sailed on the 19th of July, bound to
Carthagena, with a cargo of barley and seventeen pas-
sengers on board. The cargo was in part owned by some
of the passengers, natives of Carthagena. Her subsequent
adventures and treatment at the hands of the Spanish
authorities are of such an extraordinary character that
considerable indignation must be caused by their mere
recital. The Fanny arrived on the Spanish coast on the
22nd. When five miles off the coast of Carthagena, at about
half-past four that morning, a Spanish revenue falucho,
the Amalia, came alongside, and hailing the Fanny, asked
where she came from. The master replied that the
schooner came from Oran, and was destined forCarthagena
with passengers and a cargo of barley ; at the same time
he hoisted the English ensign. It was then announced on
board the revenue boat that the Fanny was a lawful
prize, and orders were given to get the gun ready to fire—
in view, we suppose, of meeting any possible opposition.
After this, the captain of the Amalia ordered the Fanny
to follaw, and the schooner thus escorted was taken to
the quarantine anchorage at Carthagena. On arri-
val at the quarantine ground four seamen from the
Amalia were sent on board the Fanny, to remain there
until the expiration of the three days' quarantine imposed
on all arrivals from Oran. During the performance of
these three days' observation the captain of the port came
alongside the Fanny, and said he suspected the vessel to
be a pirate ; and at the expiration of the quarantine the
English crew were taken to the Port Office to give evi-
dence. Although the master of the Fanny declares that
the ship's papers were perfectly correct, the port authori-
ties professed to be dissatisfied with them, and sent the
whole of the crew at once to gaol. They were kept in
close confinement in the prison for thirty hours, at the end
of which time they were set at liberty, the Spanish
local officials informing the sailors that they had cause to
be thankful to the Queen of Spain for her lenity towards
them. The Fanny was, however, detained at Carthagena
until the certificates of baptism of every man in the crew
had been obtained from Gibraltar. Eventually the
schooner was allowed to leave the port of Carthagena,,
and arrived at Gibraltar this morning. As might
naturally have been expected, the British consul at Car-
thagena has protested most strongly against these outra-
geous proceedings. To treat in this high-handed, arbitrary
manner a harmless trader, on a peaceful voyage between
one foreign port and another, carrying the flag of Eng-
land, with papers all correct, and no shadow of suspicion
against her, calls for more than reclamation. It approaches
an insult to the British flag, and requires complete and
ample explanation."

EMBEZZLEMENT BY TIIE DEPUTY GOVERNOR OF A
GAOL.--On the 11th July last Mr. Thomas Clendinning,
who held the position of deputy governor of Omagh Gaol,
absconded, taking with him, as alleged, 10s., the pro-
perty of the prisoners, and £l5, the property of the Board
of Superintendence. On Saturday, Constable Doran, of
the Royal Irish Constabulary, who is stationed in Liver-
pool on detective duty, from information which he
received proceeded to London, where he arrested Mr.
Clendenning on the charge, and took him over to
Belfast. The prisoner has since been transferred to Omagh.
A NATURAL CONSEQUENCE.—Three persons, an
old woman and two children, have died at Newtown from
English cholera, after an illness of brief duration, and from
certain circumstances connected with the case it was deemed
advisable to hold a coroner's inquest. The evidence dis-
closed the existence of a shocking state of things in the
house where the deceased had lived. They found part of a
family of seven who lived up a "yard" in a house consist-
ing of two apartments, a bedroom and a kitchen, and the
whole family slept together in one room, "sometimes with
the window a bit open, but that was seldom." There are
eight other houses in the yard, the sole ventilation of
which consists in a narrow covered passage. There is one
privy and one pump for the accommodation of the inhabi-
tants of the houses, which are all described as being over-
crowded in a similar manner, and the cesspool is situated
at the distance of about a yard from the pump. The
coroner has communicated with the Home Office upon
the subject, and the inquest stands adjourned,
pending the Secretary's reply. It was stated by the
medical witness that there are other places in the locality
equally bad.

QUALIFICATIONS FOIL A SINGING CLERK. --The
following advertisement (says the Freeman), purporting
to be extracted from the cover of a magazine published
in London, has been recommended to the attention of
enterprising Yankees by the editor of the American
Baptist paper, the IVatchman and Reflector:—" Surrey
Tabernacle.—A clerk wanted, to conduct the singing
at the Surrey Tabernacle, Borough-road. Ile must
be one who knows vitally the truth for himself,
and be able to give a scriptural reason of the hope that is
in him. One who lives as well as professes the Gospel.
He must also be a decided, a strict Baptist. Also, he
must have a competent knowledge of music, and a voice
suited for giving the hymns out as well as singing,
suited to the largeness of the place and congregation.
Also, he must be one who can both give the hymns out
in their significance as one who knows in his own soul
what he is saying ; also, he must be sufficiently ac-
quainted with the English language to pronounce his
words with propriety ; one who knows whereabouts
accent and emphasis ought to rest. It is not desired that
the hymn, in giving out, should be growled out, nor
squeaked out, nor bawled out, nor whispered out, nor
hurried out, nor dandled out, but given out as dictated
by common sense and a feeling heart, in a voice distinct,
earnest, and impressive. Also, it is desirable that' he
should be one who in singing pronounces his words ; not
glide with le, la, la, through the hymn, and nobody know
what he is singing ; nor is it desirable that he should bawl
ready to split his throat, but sing easily and melodiously.
Of course, perfection cannot be expected, but the above
will serve for a hint as to the kind of article that is
wanted.—Direct to Deacons of Surrey Tabernacle, care of
11., cox. 140. Amugb-road,

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HER MAJESTY.

PENSION WALLIS, LUCERNE, August 14.

The Queen, accompanied by Princess Louise,
Prince Leopold, and Princess Beatrice, has walked
through the neighbourhood, and made excursions
on the lake.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-TIIIS DAY.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

SHOCKING CONDITION OF A HORSE.—William
Wakelin, a jobbing carman, was chArgod at. the
instance of the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals with cruelty to a horse by
working it while in a totally unfit state.

The chief constable of the Society watched the
case.

The prisoner was seen in Princes-street driving a
horse attached to a cart laden with bricks, and the
poor animal was in such au exhausted state that it
fell, being totally unable to draw the load.

Mr. Cherry, the Government veterinary surgeon,
said that he had examined the horse, and found it
excessively poor in condition and very old, and it
had diseased legs, was broken-winded, and had
some sores on its back and shoulders. The horse
had been severely flogged on the withers and thighs,
and was altogether in a very miserable condition.
The prisoner told him that he had given 30s. an
another horse for it. The horse was not fit for any
kind of work, and it was great cruelty to use it.
The prisoner asked the magistrate to let him take
the horse home, aul use it in some light kind of
work.

Mr. Knox said the horse was hardly capable of
drawing its body along. The prisoner was liable
to three months' imprisonment.
The prisoner said he hoped not.
Mr. Knox a,ked him whether he would consent
to have the horse destroyed ?
The prisoner said he supposed he must.

Mr. Knox, after remarking that it was a great
defect in the act in not allowing a magistrate to
order the horse in such cases to be destroyed, said
that on condition that the horse was destroyed he
should fine the prisener 10s., and order him to pay
10s. 6d. costs.