The Sun.
London, England, 1829-01-21 00:00:00

EMBEZZLEMENT.

(From the Times.)
A respectable evening cotemporary (The Sun)
ealightened its readers by reprinting the whole of a
repealed Act of Parliament (known as Sir Thomas
,Ploteer's Act). This important matter filled nearly
a column and a quarter. Would it not have been
more beneficial to have published the existing enact-
ments upon the eubject—the' 49th and 50th clauses
of Ir. Peel's Larceny Act, which would have oc-
tuPioe" abouta sixth of the above-mentioned spaces ?#
they are as follows:
" N 49. And, for the punishment of embetelements
e•oremitted by agents intrusted with property, be it
t'aaeted, that if any mousy, or security for the pay-
ment of money, shall be entrusted to any banker,
"nrehant, broker, attorney, or other agent, with any
direction in writing to apply such money, or any
part thereof, or the proceeds or my part of the
Proceeds of such security for any purpose specified
in such direction, and he shall, in violation of good
faith, and contrary to the purpose so specified, in
anywise conveit to his own use or benefit such mo-
tley, security, or proceeds, or any part thereof re-
spectively, every such offender shall be guilty of a
misdemeanour, and being convicted thereof, shall be
liable, ut the discretion of the Court, to be trans-
ported beyond the seas for any term not exceeding
fourteen years nor less than seven years, or to suffer
such other punishment by fine or imprisonment, or
by both, as the Court shall award ; and if any chat-
tel or valuable security, or any power of attorney
for the sale or transfer of any share or interest in
az), public stock or fund, whether of this kingdom
or of Great Britain or of Ireland, or of any foreign
state, or in any fund of any body corporate, eom-
Nun or society, shall be entrusted to any banker,
Merchant, broker, nttorney or other agent, for safe
twitody, or for any special purpose, without any
authority to sell, negotiate, transfer, or pledge, and
I'6 shall, in violation of good faith and contrary to
'the object er purpose for which such chattel, secu-
litY, or power of attorney, shall have been intrusted
to him, eell, negotiate, transfer, pledge, or in any
manner convert to his own use or benefit such chattel
or security, or the proceeds of the 'same, or any
Part thereof. or the share or interest in the stock or
fund to which such power of attorney shall relate,
orilt any part thereof, every such offender shall be
fOy of a :misdemeanour, and being convicted
thereof, shall be liable, at the discretion of the
'Court, to any of the punishments which the Court
may award, as hereinbefore last mentioned.
uothiso. Provlded always, and be it enacted, that
hereinbefore contained relating to agents
wiyitifit affect any trustee in or under any intrument
persoente,r,hr any mortgagee of any property real or
respect of any act done by such trustee
nir Mortgagee in relation to the property comprised
or
au. *fleted by any such trust or mortgage; nor
or restrain any banker, merchant, broker, attorney,
other agent, from receiving any :money which
0(11 be or become actually due and payable upon or
tvirtue of any valuable security, according to the
t
our and effect thereof, in such manner as he
,s4ligift have done if this act had not been passed;
07 from selling, transferring, or otherwise disposing
wl!u'Y securities or effects in his possession, upon`
Li:l he shall have any lien, claim, or demand entitling
eth by law 50 to do, unless such sale, transfer, or
parer disposal shall extend to a greater number or
ijtt of such securities or effects than shall be requi-
Q for satisfying such lien, claim, or demand."
ej1..,1:14 Act of Parliament alluded to was inadvertently
prof u by us from the Morning Journal, a paper which
)11,3 to have exclusive information respecting Runaway
j Lne", on pound bank-notes, ad such oinos ub-
It se
singular that we never by chancem trnstu tos the
ser'oci'itY of the Morning Jeurnul, but we are led into
h~r` Rut we promise to be more cautions in future.—
% —9lB ger friend, The Times, never sees the old pearlier
4" ha wide domains, since it has bet up for honesty by
1%,
111:441g a new name. Its character remains as hopeless

We have received a communication from a
lPtctable correspondent at Birmingham, in which he
Qkw some remarks on the punishment proper to be
4rdsd to Resurrection-men, and to whieh he wishes us to
Igt
„'' Publicity. lie proposes that any one found guilty of
e,
cl"tig dead bodies be transported for seven years, and
Ett the tame penalty be attached to the person who pur-
"'ll% them, knowing them to have been stolen.
S-P
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.PENTI NE RlVER.—Owing to tne
*44:11,1es of the preceding night's frost, this vast sheet of
it WO5 covered yesterday by a solid surface of ice ; but
1445 llot capable of bearing ranch u eight, and therefore
rits, 48/1 individuals exp ienced the effect of their teme-
-141, for several fell in ; the result however was, fortu-
atid % only a good ducking. There were few skaiters,
p „44e of note ; but if the frost continue, many will ap-
tu-day. The men belonging to the Humane Society
Th.e,i4 attendance with their flat-bottomed boats and drags.
11,4 t is not good, owing to the injury it has received
ad snow having melted on the surface,