The Central Glamorgan Gazette, and General, Commercial, and Agricultural Advertiser. — 1872-02-16 (Bridgend, Mid Glamorgan, Wales)

EXTENSIVE EMBEZZLEMENT BY A BANK CASHIER.  At the Manchester—Ciiiiolice—Conrt, on Friday, Andrew Macbeth. cashier at the Manchester and l'eunty Bank, was *barged with embezzlement. Deteetive-Inspector Davenport said that shortly after five o'clock on Thursday evening he took the n ismer into custody at his residence, in Alexandra Road, on 'he charge of having embezzled the sum nt x 1,250 belonging to the Manchester and County B ink King-street. The witness asked Mr. Macbeth what account he had to give of the money. He lenl ed, "I have embezzled the money; and the th ng has been going on for some time." On the way to the police office the prisoner gave the officer a key, and said, "You will find some money in my cup oard at the bank." The witness went to the lis n k on Friday morning, and in the pia, e described by the prisoner found .8125 in gold. £9 was found in the prisoner's pocket at the police station. The rffice- asked for an adj-ximment, and the prisoner was remanded till Thursday.  " I have to announce with the deepest regret the the Viceroy was assassinated by a convict at Port Blair, Andaman Islands, on the Bth instant. at seven o'clock in the evening. The Viceroy had in-pected several of the stations at the settlement, and had reached the pier on his way to the boat in order to reach the ship of war, when a convict, under the cover of darkness, suddenly broke through the guards surrounding the Viceroy, and stabbed him twice in the back. The Viceroy expired shortly afterwards. The assassin was arrested a. once, and is now being tried. He is Shere Ali, a re-ident of a foreign territory beyond the Peshawur frontier. The convict was condemned for murder in 1867, by the Commissioner at Peslaawur, but was sentenced to transportation for life. He arrived at the settlement in May, 1869." With respect to this deplorable act of individual fanatici-m, continued the Premier, this is not the time nor place for me to speak at length of Lord Mayo; but we may now express the sense we feel of the heavy loss which the public service has anstained.—(Hear, hear.) Lord Mayo has passed this his career in India in a manner worthy of his most distinguished predecessors, and has been conspicuous for his knowledge and his ability, his z al and his unsparing devotion to the public serviee.—(Hear, hear.) As far as it is in our power to render him justice, as far as our approval can in any degree give him credit, I am bound to say that he had obtained the highest confidence of the Government.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. DISRAELI, who was almost overwhelmed by his emotion, said: Sir,—This deplorable event is one of those calamities which sadden nations. Lord Mayo was well known to this House, and I think I may say was as generelly beloved.—(Hear, hear.) In him the country has lost a devoted and valuable public servant. Those who enjoyed the felicity of his private friendship may, I trust, be pardoned if they are silent on this lamentable occasion. Colonel SYKES wished to point out that the Viceroy was on his return from Rangoon, and had stopped on his way to inspect the penal settlement at the Andaman Island, where he was assassinated by a Mahomedan convict who had not had the slightest communication with other persons. The act was one of the individual, and had no political significance. He wished to mention this in order to allay any anxiety that might be felt with re. spect to the feelings of the Mahomedan population of India.