The Express.
London, England, 1855-09-03 00:00:00

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34ANSIOH-1101:1811.
Waifient Williams was brought before Sir R. W. Carden
Ia the custody of Storey, the detective officer, upon the
Aerie of hating robbed his employer of a quantity of gold
dust and a number of soverrigas and dollars.
Hr. Andrew Swaney, of Ni. 39, Cleuent's.lane a mfr.
duet tradiag to the Weston Coast of Africa, said—The
=trwas a slash in one of my establiehemete at 9ape
estle. I had Mired late a anemia with owd at
him is Degland, on the 94th el Hank At tine
yean, te perform all the duties of sloth sad ainitheet at
that establishment under the direction of Mr. Hiddliesee,
as agent of Mae as the met. He left tie plate withent
my suction. I discovered his mew la the Moran g liorold
amapt the arrivals, sad as he did not call epos el am-
=salaam with me, I suspected that all was not right. I bad
received a letter from Mr. Hateltiason, as the 18th of July,
anti's that ha was gem to the Leeward part of she coast,
sad that Mr. Williams was left in chugs of the Cape Coast
Castle premises. It would have been die duty of the pri-
soner seder such einumetanees to receive money and goods,
merrontile_prodsee, mad gold dust M sto:e.
Sir B. W. Cardin—Wise it ppuartt of his duty to remit to
you say gold duet without the direetlea of your neat ?
Witaue—No. I have reason to believe from Mr. Huno
ineoa's latter that he directed the prisoner not to remit It In
me. Io cemecuenee of my siispleions I immediately sew
mutinied with the pollee, sad the prismer .as takes We
custody ander my directions, and I had an interview with
hiss at the Bew-lane pollee statics, where he said to me
without bong cautioned, that he was exceediogly somtaegi
he what had done, that he bad repeatedly thought of
ea me en his arrival in Laden, hut fear permeated him ;
sad that he would give me information of all the property
be bad takes. A box of gold dust was prodneed by the
Nen in his sad he said that was the peeing
of the sales my stores. Is mower to several quetleme
which were put to him, he mid that weeding
M the bill dieing the weight of tie geli dust whoa it was
psi as hag* we 948 mama sad Mese "tenors, sad he
mentlemithineAsokar fact thug Mw ems esileientry now
la the tardily eftearig 100 ant, instating Is value to
between 37W. tad M. Whit I referred to the deficiency,
he said that he moil tot eiesnat for it, that he had deli.
need the largos =swat It the ship and paid freight As it,
end be pertinlisly deli OM he missed a small boa OW
Mee geld.
W.
itrdelif-i-Did he uyfte saw the while et As
lestll Yes. He said it was done in the presume ef
elt eIL
the purser and the captain of the need and himself.
Sir R. W. Carden—An you are that he could sot have
diminished the omatity himself ?
Witness—Hs could on. The caner apprehended him
as the panel we tsadergoing examination at the Custom,
sad it was so deposited on board, as I understand, that he
meld sot have got to it.
lie B. W. Carden—Tbe bills of lading will state the
imemtlty. The freight, no doubt, must be paid according
to the weight of so rideable an article as god dust, and it
will be athereary to make a strict toiletry, especially as it
isms le have been impmeible that the prisoner could have
pe_pinendea of ohs nitiong quality.
Witness—l shah senehely attend to the saggestion. The
genewer, I have moose to believe, did not commit this offence
premeditatedly. Henimltted to me at the am time that be
espeemed Me with tit gnome every information, that he had
1 takes 4i setersligne ant 11l dollars, my property. from Cape
Coast Culls. in pent se be suffering very much. His
relations are highly reepootable, and I hope the bench will
take • Wiliest view of the ease.