The Sun.
London, England, 1839-06-25 00:00:00

THE GOLD DUST ROBBEttY.

On his cross-examination he said that it was the duty of
Levi in Caspar to open the letters. The postman and wit-
ness have occasionally differed in their accounts before.
There were other clerks belonging to the office—Smith,
Allen, and Hickie. It was Lewin Caspar's ordinary busi-
ness to speak to persons during the absence of Mr. Hartley,
and it was his custom to take such persons into the inner
office. He had given a description of the man Moss, as
having large black whiskers, and as stooping ; he had also
described him as between 50 and 60 years of age. Mit-
chell described Lim nearly in the same terms as the witness,
st .ting in addition that he was from five to six feet high._
( A laugh.) Ship' boxes are locked up, and the keys are
hung up in the office. It is usual at nine o'clock in the
morning to open the ships' boxes and take out the papers.
The bills of lading are laid upon Mr. Lewin Caspar's desk.
Witnes had done so that morning- before Caspar came to
the office. Has no doubt that Moss is the man he saw
come out of the cab.

Thomas Kingston, foreman to Mr. Hartley was next
examined, and stated the particulars of the party applying
for the boxes, and taking them away in a cab.
Edward Bristow, wharf clerk, produced the letter re-
ceived from Messrs. Carnes, to deliver- two boxes, B C
18 and 19. Caspar gave the witness directions to deliver
the two boxes upon the production of the order. Moss
came in a cab, and brought with him the order for the
delivery, signed by L. Casper. He accordingly delivered
the boxes, and received a receipt from Moss. Witness
had been in the employ of Mr. Hartley about four years,
and Lewin Caspar about twoJears.
William Debonere flaggar—ls chief clerk at the Bul-
lion-office at the Bank. Received intimation by post of
the arrival of some boxes of gold dust at Falmouth. Re-
ce:ved four parcels that were not boxes. Never received
two boxes marked B. C. 18 ,:rid 19.
James Peake—ls accountant to the Brazilian Company.
Went to the office on the morning of March 25 at ten
o'clock. Knows Messrs. Carne at Falmouth. No boxes
of gold dust marked B. C. 18 and 19, ever arrived at their
office. Mr. Marsh usually came to the office at a quarter
before eleven. Witness then sent George Carthew to the
Dublin Steam Packet-office to inquire it' two boxes of gold
dust, marked B. C. 18 and 19, had arrived by the Dublin
steamer. Went to the Bank to ascertain if the boxes had
baen delivered there, and saw Lewin Caspar -at the Bul-
lion office. Asked him what had become of the two boxes
of gold dust, marked B. C. 18 and 19. He said they
have been delivered at your house. Witness said how is
that, when they were consigned to the Bank of England
by the bill of lading. He replied that they had re-
ceived a letter that morning from Messrs. Carne, of
Falmouth, saying, that in consequence of an error in the
manifest they were not to be delivered at the Bank of
England, but to an agent of the Brazilian .Mining Com-
pany, in London. Witness asked him the name of the
agent, he said he did not remember. Witness esked if
the name was Marsh, he said, " that I think is the name."
Witness afterwards went to the office in Crotched Friars,
and saw Lewin Caspar there ; during the interval the
witness had been to his own office, and had ascertained
that the boxes had not arrived.
After some further evidence the witness was cross-ex-
amined by Mr. Phillips, but no new facts were adduced.
\Vm. Marsh, Secretary to the Brazilian Mining Com-
pany ; said he had received advice front Messrs. Carrie of
the arrival of some gold dust; he never authorised Moss or
any other person to go to the steam-wharf to receive it in
his name. On the letters being shown to him he said they
did not appear to be all in the same 1154 d-writing, and al-
together they were such as it was unlikely any merchant
would sign. His own name was wrongly spelt ; his desig-
nation %las also incorrect. Messrs. Came were well cc-
quakted with both.

George Carthcw•—ls a servant to the Brazilian Com.
parry was sent on the :15th last March to the Dublin Steam
Packet office, in John-strtet, saw one of the clerks ; does
not see any body here that he saw on that occasion ; did
not see him before, but he secs him now and recogniz2s
Lewin Caspar; he is not certain he saw him, and would
not undertake to swear t 3 him by any means.
(The trial was proceeding when we went to press.)

WILL OF THE EARL OF ESSEX.—The will of
the Right Hon. the Earl of Essex has been just preyed in
the Pr, rogative Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury,
Doctors' Commons, by John Drummond, Esq., the sole
executor. The property of the Noble Earl has been sworn
under the value of 120,000/ ; this, of course, does not in_
elude the freehold estates. The Dowager Countess of
Essex, late Miss Stephens, whose marriage with the Earl
took place about two years since, derives an arir.uty of
3,0001. a year under this will, a legacy of 10,000/., and the
furniture of the house in Cashiobury-park. The house and
furniture in Belgrave-square are bequeathed to her abso-
lutely, by a codicil lately made. The residue of this pro-
perty is directed to be laid out in purchase of freehold
estates, and the rents arising from the same to go in the
same twiner as is directed by his said will, namely, to his
nephew, the present Earl, and the heirs male 'of his body
for ever. The will is extremely long, being written upon
no fewer than forty sheets of piper, and occupying twenty-
, two skins of parchment. The freeholds are of great value.
The Dowager Countess is, in addition to the above, en-
titled by the last codicil to all moneys in the banker's
hands, and moneys out at interest, or upon mortgages above
the value of 3,0004 The sum of 5,000/. was settled upon
her on her marriage with the late Earl.
DEATH OF SIR R. WILLIAMS, K.C.B.—It
is with sincere regret that we have to announce the death
of Colonel Sir Richard Williams, K. C. 8., Royal Marines,
after a short illness, at his house at Portsmouth. As the
only representative of the Marine Corps on the late Com-
mission of Naval and Military Revision, his loss will be
severely felt by that distinguished body, whose cause, at
the most critical period of the investigation, will thus have
been left without any other advocacy and support than a
general sense of justice on the part of his colleagues may
supply. It is rumoared that the great excitement which
arose cut of his unremitting attention to the duties of the
Commission has tended to hasten this melancholy rent.—
United Service Gazette.

STRATHGLASS.--A great number of human
skeletons were lately discovered in digging a part of the
farm of Mauld, on the Chisholm's propery, near Erchless
castle. The skeletons were in a high state of preservation,
owing probably to the sandy, gravelly soil in which they
had been deposited. What renders this discovery the
more remarkable is, that the oldest inhabitants in the dis-
tract, some of whom are 80 years of age and upwards, have
no recollection of having ever heard any tradition, either
of a battle that was fought in this particular spot, or of a
burying-ground having been is the place. Most probably
these skeletons are the remain of ferocions clansmen, who,
at a remote period, mustered i,n fell array in some feudal
contest, and were hastily buried by their surviving Maids
in the spot which their bodies had covered in the field of
battle.— Courant.

BERLIN., JUNE 2.—A very unpleasant circum-
stance took place a few days ago :—viz. a considerable
theft committed at the Mineralogical Museum of our Uni-
versity, which is under the superintendence of Professor
Weiss. The thief must not only be a shrewd but likewise
a very well-informed gentleman, for tho minerals missing
are of those which appear to have no value, but which the
connoisseur at the -first glance knows to possess a very
great one. A large and magnificent fire opal has, for in-
stance, vanished. Much regret is also felt at the disap-
pearatice of almost all the beautiful ores of gold,
silver, and platina brought by Baron de Humboldt from
the Ural Mines, when his_ grand scientific journey in
Northern Asia took place. It is affirmed that they con-
tained a value of 4,000 to 5,000 thalers. Every measurJ
has been adopted for the discovery and apprehension of the
thief. June 9.—The police are in search of the individuals
who on the night of the 6th inst. stole various minerals,
valued at near 1,0001., from the museum of the Berlin
University. A young Englishman who attends the Uni-
versity lectures, and upon whom su!picon rests, has
already been arrested.

THE A RAIY.—The following infantry regiments
will embark in the course of the present year for foreign
service. We set them down in the order of their
landing in England, but it does not follow as a con-
sequence that they will embark in the same order.

In. this arrangement the rule often followed is that
"the first shall be last, and the last first:"-96th, from
America in September 1835 ; Royals,
.Ist battalion,
from West Indies in January 1836; 7th, from Medi-
terranean in April, 1836 ; 25th, from West Indies
in April, 1836; 38th, from East Indies in May, 1836 ;
42d, from Mediterranean in August, 1836 ; 10A1, from
%Vest Indies in August, 1836; 88th, from Mediterranean
in September, 1836; ICfles, Ist battalion, from
m,
m Americahave
in September, 1836 ; 97th. from Ceylon in September,
1836 ; 79th, from America in October, 16
heard that the 96th will certainly proceed to New • South
Wales, and as certainly that the 7th Fusiliers will neither
proceed to India nor to New South Witles.—:37avai and
Military Gazette.

CRIMINAL COURT-(THIS DAY.) !

The trial of the two Caspars, and of Moses and. MN.
Abrahams was this morning resumed.
The Judge touk his seat on the bench shortly after ten
o'clock.

Henry Mitchell, a clerk to Yews. Hartley, recollects on
the morning of the robbery Lea in Caspar corning to the office
earlier than usual. The ship's box of the City of Limerick,
was placed in the warehouse, and Lewin Caspar took the
two boxes out of the ship's box, and then replaced them.
lie sent witness on a message to Mrs. Bristow, and on his
return he saw Moss with Lewin Ca=par. They went out
together.

On his cross-examination he said that during Mr. Hart-
ley's absence the whole management of the business de-
volved on Lewin Caspar, who was very attentive. Moss
at that time had large bushy whiskers. ILs no doubt that
Moss is the man he saw with Lewin Caspar.
William Blundell, is a clerk in Messrs. Hartley's
employ. Was present with Lewin Caspar on March 25
at half-past nine in the morning when the letters were
delivered. Witness took the letters horn Mitchell, to
whom the postman had delivered them. Lewin Caspar
took them from him. Ile made an entry in the book for
postage ; 1 Falmouth, 2 Plymouth, 4 Dublin, and the
amount 7s, 10,1. Caspar returned them after some had
been opened ; when he returned them there were two Fa!-
mouth letters. The postage from Falmouth is Is. The
postman in general put the amount of the whole of the let-
ters upon one of them. He did so that morning'. His entry
was 7s. 10d. ; when he received the letters from Lewin
Caspar, he made the entry in the book Bs. 10d. when he
settled with the porter, and at the end of the week, he paid
him for Ohe Falmouth letter only; Lewin Caspar took tl e
letters into the office. About 11 o'clock he was called cut
to see a person in a cab ; Moss was the man ; he asked
for Mr. Hartley or his agent ; witness told Lewin Caspar,
who went out to the cab, and they both returned to the
office, where they remained a few minutes, and came out
together; Lewin asked witness if there were two boxes of
gold dust marked B C IS and 19, consigned to the Brazilian
C pinpany ; witness told him the manifest had gone to
the wharf, but that he would refer to the book, he did
so, found the entry, and told him so. Caspar opened the
door and let Moss out ; Moss went away, and Caspar re-
turned into the office.