The Sun.
London, England, 1839-03-28 00:00:00

ordiscoverin,; the gold mines, of which some accounts
had been received as being very rich, and every facility
would be allowed to an English traveller joining the
expedition.

SARAH WHITTAKER'S DEPOS
TION.

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(From the Manchester Times.)
On Monday, Daniel Maude, Esq., the sitting Magi•
strate, went to the Infirmary, and took the deposition
of the unfortunate woman. She said, I and my husband,
George Whittaker, have disagreed some time through
jealousy. Last Tuesday, the 13th instant, we were up
all night. My husband was tipsy, and took the axe in
his hand several times and threatened to cut my head off
with it, and he has done so before. About seven o'clock
on the morning of the 14th instant my husband went out
to get some beer, and I then went out of the house to
my mother's, and did not return until Sunday (yester-
day). My husband then came to my mother's,and said
If I would go home he would never touch me any more.
I went with him to his brother's house, and he threw me
on the bed. Immediately after that, without having
any words, he took an axe from near the bed and struck
me on the side of the head with it. I took hold of the
axe and stuck to it with my hands. Before that he had
struck me two or three times upon the head. I cried
out, "Oh ! George, do not." He never spoke, but
kept laying on. I shouted out " Murder," and the old
man came in. My husband was going to hit him. My
husband had removed his goods from his own house to
his brother's, and the axe must have been removed with
the goods. He did not carry any axe with him when I
accompanied him. My husband was quite sober yester-
day and so was I. I left the house on the Wednesday.
I took the youngest child with me. I never saw my hus-
band from the Wednesday morning until the Sunday.
We had not any quarrel after I saw my husband on
Sunday, and he struck me without any words having
passed. Before I left my mother's house with my hus-
band I sent for a pint of ale, and my husband drank of
it. After we went to my husband's brother's house
some ale was sent for, and my husband drank of that :
it was before we were on the bed. My husband has
not been a bad one to me when he was sober ; only
when he was drunk. It is all jealousy. He has told
me many a time that he would do it--but he has done
it now. My mother said he was not right when he did it.

ROBBERY OF FOUR THOUSAND
SIX HUNDRED POUNDS WORTH OF GOLD
DUST.

On Monday afternoon two boxes of gold dust, valued
at 4,600/., consigned to the Brazilian Mining Company
in London, were obtained from the wharfingers at the
Dublin Steam-wharf, St. Katharine's, by means of a
forged order, under the following extraordinary circum-
stances :
The two boxes containing the precious metal, lately
brought to this country, were shipped on board the City
of Limerick steam-ship at Falmouth. and were landed
at the wharf on Sunday afternoon. They remained in
custody of the wharfingers until Monday at noon, when
a well-dressed man, of genteel address, drove up to the
wharf in a yellow bodied box cab, drawn by a brown
horse, and asked for the boxes, stating that he was
the person authorised to receive them. He produced
documents giving a description of the boxes, which cor-
responded with what appeared on the ship's manifesto
respecting them. He also showed a letter, bearing the
Falmouth post-mark, addressed to the Company to
whom the boxes were consigned. It was compared
with a letter, also bearing the Falmouth post-mark, re-
ceived by the agents of the Dublin Steam Company, at
their office in John-street, Crutched-friars, respecting
the delivery of the boxes, and was found to correspond.'
The stranger paid the wharfage and other dues, and the
people at the wharf, believing the documents to be
genuine, delivered the property to him without hesita-
tion, and the foreman of the wharf deposited the boxes
in the cab. The stranger thanked the foreman for his
attention, and after presenting him with a shilling the
cab drove off.
Two hours afterwards another person connected
with the Brazilian Mining Company came for the
boxes, and the fraud was then discovered ; for the
genuine documents and letter addressed to the Com-
pany by the Falmouth agent were produced. The
people at the wharf and the agents of the Dublin
Steam Company were astounded on ascertaining that
they had been defrauded of the valuable property con-
fided to their care. No time was lost in obtaining
the aid of the Police, and several officers, including
Lea, of Lambeth-street, were immediately ;gained to
look after the thief. On the same evening Lea,
whose activity and intelligence are well-known, traced
the cab which brought down the thief to the Dublin
Steam-wharf, and carried him and the boxes away.
The driver said he was hired by the man in the City,
and returned with him to Cheapside, when he com-
plained that his horse did not go fast enough, and paid
him his fare and got into another cab, which proceeded
in a westerly direction. No further trace of the thief
has been obtained. He was dressed in black—a dress
coat with velvet collar ; his complexion is dark, and
he wore large black whiskers; in height he is rather
above the middle size, and appears about forty years
of age. There is no doubt that the person who
obtained the boxes of gold dust was in league with
a confederate at Falmouth, who knew when the
boxes were shipped. From the manner in which
the robbery was effected, and the production of the
forged order and letter the parties must have
been fully aware of all that related to the
shipment and amount of the boxes in London,
to whom they were consigned, and the business of the
Brazilian Company. The weight of each box was about
1001bs ; they were eighteen inches square, and marked
with the initials "C. B. 18-19." The wood of which
the boxes were composed is foreign, nearly resembling
common deal. It is feared that the gold-dust has been
placed in a crucible kept by some of the Jew receivers
in the metropolis, and converted into bars for the purpose
of destroying all chance of proving its identity. The loss
will fall upon the agents and wharfingers of the Dublin
Steam Company. Late on Tuesday it was reported that
a clue had been obtained which was likely to be the
means of apprehending the parties concerned in the
robbery.

FURTHER PARTICULARS.
Up to last evening, notwithstanding the greatest ac-
tivity on the part of the officers of police engaged in
tracing out the guilty party in this extraordinary and
ingeniously planned robbery, nothing tending to the ap-
prehension of the persons implicated, or the recovery
of the two boxes, has been obtained.
It appears that the Messenger belonging to the Bra-
zilian Mining Company arrived at the wharf only one
hour subsequent to the departure of the boxes, having
in his possession the bill of lading, and not until then
was the fact of this extensive and extraordinary rob-
bery, accomplished by means of forgery, ascertained.
The loss will fall on the Dublin Steam Navigation
Company.

The person who obtained the boxes accurately de-
scribed their contents, the marks on them, and the
time they were landed at Falmouth. The wharfinger
was completely put off his guard by the ingenuity and
cunning of the thief. He was, however, seen by so
many persons, and the cabman who drove him as
far as Cheapside, when he transferred himself and
the boxes to another cab, which proceeded in a
westerly direction, has so distinct a recollection of the
man's face and person that it is not probable he will
long escape detection. The following has been fur-
nished as an accurate description of the thief :--Be-
tween forty and fifty years of age, about five feet nine
or ten inches high, stoops in his walk, pale sallow com-
plexion, rather long nose, dark hair and whiskers,
changing a little to grey, dressed in black, with velvet
collar to his coat, much the appearance of a Jew, talks
rather quick, and sometimes wears spectacles. Some
of the people at the wharf believe that he spoke in a
Falmouth or west country dialect, but there is some
doubt about this. The parties connected with this deep-
laid plan must have had their attention on the boxes
from the moment they were shipped at Mexico to their
arrival in London.