The Sun.
London, England, 1839-05-27 00:00:00

THE SUN,'LONDON, MONDAY, MAY 27, 1839.

ADDRESSES TO THE QUEEN.

Among the more recent addresses to her Majesty are
the following :—.

YORK.

The City of York Addtesshas been forwarded for
presentation to the iarl of Zetland and Lord Wenlock.
The citizens of York congratulate the Queen upon the
retention in office of a Libend Administration, but
" have beheld, with deep regret, the rejection or post-
ponement of various important measures, submitted to
Parliament by the Ministers of the Crown."

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MANSION-HO USE.

A woman, named Hannah Simpson, WAS brought
before the Lord Mayor. A policeman atated that, having
heard that a woman who had a great deal of money about
her, was in a state of intoxication, in a public house, he
went to the place and saw the defendant, completely
fuddled, with a number of sovereigns in her hand. He
heard that she had dropped some of her money, and find
ing that she was in the company of a set of wom,n who
would strip her of everything. if they had the nppoitunity,
took her to the station house. Sate had about her thirtt.en
sovereigns and some silver; and, as she was in a very 1,,w
station in life, it was supposed that she had got possessio❑
of the money unfairly.
The defendant said that she had received 401 part of a
legAcv, on the day in question, from one of the executors
of a rilation of hers who had lately died, and she was so
overjoyed that she drank a little too much. Three other
relations had received similar sums, and they were all to
receive 200/ each.

The LORD Mayon supposed that the defendant had been
in great poverty previously ?—She replied that she was
very poor T.', ind, but she had purchased a bonnet, end
,gown, and stockings.
The LORD MAYOR—And where is the rest of the 401. ?
Defendant—That 1 don't know. I'm t.ll I left a 20/
lime with a publican, but 1 have no recollection of any
thing of the kind.
William Woodward, a hawker, said that the defendant
lived with him at Barnet, and he always gave her his money
to keep for him, she was so sober a woman.
The LOItD MAYOR—YOU C.. 4110 torward as her Imibaf,d,
why did you do so ? Woo';ward—lt was a broomstick
m,i,ri:Te. The clergy hid no hand in it.
The Loan MAYOR—Were you with her when she re-
ceived the money ? Woodward—l was; I saw her take it.
The Loan MAYOR—And you did not endeavour to pre-
vent the loss of it ? Woodward—[ thought, as the money
was her's, I had no right to interfere.
The solicitor who paid the tuouey to the woman after-
wards attended, and mentioned to the Lord Mayo! that
her account of the leljacy WAS true.

His Lordship ;twit advised h r join the Temperance
Society, end ch,ch.rgk.d her.

TO WN HALL

As soon as Sir John Key had taken his seat, a young
woman, just married, nannil Peunefather, applied for a
War, ant against Ellen Copley
The complainant said, that while she was talking to a
neighbour at her lodgings in Vine-court, Tooley•strect,
!he woman, who had formerly lived with her husband, came
tutu the place, and, after throwing a bottle at her, attacked
her with a knife and attempted to murder her, wl:ich she
would have effTted, had not a h,dger come to complain-
ant's rescue. The sours; woman's f.ce will covered with
blood.

Sir Jo:ix KEY granted the warrant, and the officers,
after some short search, found Copicyconcealed under her
bed, and took her into custody. Being a woman of violent
temper the officers put her into a separate cell. On going into
the place in the course of the day, they found the miserable
creature had twisted her apron around the bars of the win-
dow, tied it round her throat, and hanged herself, life being
quite extinct when she was cut down.
At four o'clock, Pennefather, the husband of the com-
plainant, appeared before Sir John Key, who said his con-
duct was very reprehensible in seducing the deceas,d
woman and then deserting her. lie said, in excuse, that
the deceased was a very violent woman, so much so, that it
was impossible for him to live longer with her ; she had
several times before attempted to commit suicide.
The body was taken to the Borough Compter, where an
inquest was held in the evening and a verdict of Tempo-
rary Insanity returned.

LLOYDS' SHIPPING-(THIS DAY.)

DEAL. MAY 25. Wind N. 26.—Wirid E. to S. E.—
Arrived, the Jaquinay, White, from Manilla ; West In-
dian, Simpson, Jamaica; Paragon, Cooke, M ,uritios;
D(minica, Pearson, Antigua; Ccre;, Randall, Sierra
Leone. Arrived from the River, and sailed, the Huntley,
Motley, for Quebec ; Sidney Castle, Young, Madeira ;
Charlotte Uirica, Blomstran, Lisbon ; Iceira, Cooper,
ditto.

LIVERPOOL, MAY 26.—Wind N. 26.—Variable.--,
Arrived, the Emma, Irvine, from Lisbon ; Johanna Hcn-
rick, Hartwicli, Stettin ; Gumania, Trettin, ditto. 26.
C,luinhia, Clarice, New Orleans; Star, Gover, ditto;
Nimrod, Chadbourne: ditto ; Prompt, Payne, ditto ; Lou-
conia, Gore, Mobile ; Jack Tar, M'Grcgor, Odessa ;
Ronert Henderson, Smyrna; Delhi, Herbert, Trieste ;
Providence, Mediterranean ; Ochel, ditto ; Adelaide,
Charente ; Conradinc, Ulrica, Newske, Wulgast ;
Argyle, M•Donald, Bombay. Sailed, the Countess
Wilson, Maxwell, for Rio Grande ; San Pietro,
B•u-so, Bahia ; Wanderer, Jenkins, Trinidad ; Comet,
Taber, St lihres, New Brunswick ; Britain, Rogers,
Gaspe; Gleaner, Guthrie, Bay Chaleur ; Melta Clau-
dine, Guthrie, Wangua; Saiftsure, Walker, Africa;
Firefly, Easter, Odessa ; Moor, Fumo, Naples; Bell,
M' Inns. Oporto; Ironside, Mitchel, Pernambuco; Jon-
}line, Scott, Barbadoes ; Gumbo, &widen, Barbadoes ;
Maddison, Wood, Virginia; Manchester, Ponworth, Phi-
ladelphia; Lidependunce, Mye, New York; RoOert A.
Clarke, Salter, Neer York ; Apollo, Butler, N,wfoutpi-
land ; Qua CD Victoria, Mack, Halifztx ; Charlotte. Fisher,
St. John's, New Brunswick; Snowdrop, Oriel. Cunstan_
rinaple; Soor:drop, Tre:vany, Gibraltar. Off port, Ma-
rion, Taba,co ; St. Cloud, New Orleans. 26th, the
Minerva packet to Londonderry has put back leaky, hav-
ing been on shore near the sunk rock.
Arrivals, May 24. Bane g ay, from Manilla, off
Cork, and proceeded for I,,mlon—sr,iled Nov. 27, Singa-
, pore. Dee. 16. Cape, March 9 ; Silos, Briekmav, from
the Cape of Good Hope, (.ff Penzance—tailed Feb. 10,
St. Helens Feb. 26 ; Clyde, from Batavia, (,ff
D c. 14. Sr Helena, March 7 ; May-
flower, Headle), fr :in Van Diemen't, Land, in the Downs—
,,all,,d from Hobart Town, Jai,. S; H rset', 13Iack, from
the I},,t-c:—sailed J;ii 28, Sr- 11-le:Th?
,March, 13; Paragon, Co, ke, from MAirititii, off D.,,er—
J;io: 29.

Ai Rals. iv Hobart T:.,•11 V. Dieoloo,
he Meropt., Clinch, e 7. fi art TEA Bay ;
Gaillardon, Rape n, 12, from Calcutta; Hebe, Wishart,
14, from London ; North Briton, Ti all, 15, from Leith.
Sailed, 31, for Sydney. Derwent, Riddle, 16, from Lon-
don ; and to sail Ist week in February, for London, Aber-
crombie, Crew, 16, from Sydney, and sailed 27, on her re-
turn ; Emit. Howard, 21, from Low:on ; Siren, BI ck-
barn, 21, from Sydney ; Lord Hobart, Simpson, 21,
South Australia ; Bandieott, Smith, 25, from Pot
Louisa, Roche, 29, from L. ndon and Cape of Good Hopi, ;
Abeona, Hewson, from S roth Australia.
Departures from Hobart Town— Camilla, Gardiner, I/ c •
11; and Louisa, Day, 17,f0r New South Wales; Augusta,
Jessie, Edenborough, Jan. 2, for Launceston,to load for Lisa.
d ,n; Tasmanian Lass, Smith, 2, for Port Philip ; Siren,
Blackburn, 3, for Sydney ; Minerva, Brown, 7, for London.
Arrivals at Launcest In, Van Diemen's Land. —The
Hamilton, Bradbury, Dec. 7, front tho Cape and Hobart
Town; Mumford, Richmond, 26, from South Australia;
Arabian, Cain, Jan. 2, from London ; Charlotte, Brown,
3, from the Cape of Good Hope, after having been on
shore.

Departures from Launceston. Van Diemen's Land.—
The Britannia, —, Dec. 10; Black Joke, Hardi:ig, 13.
Suuth Auitraliit ; 13e1,tky, 19, for Pur
Phillip; Socrates, M 20; Children, Boat
22, for South Australia; Atrienine, Dal,on, 24. fur the
South Seas; .Lady Emma, Gibson, 26, for South itus
tralia.

Arrival at Syerv,y, New South W:less—The F4:irlie,
Aster, Dec. 6, from London, Plymouth, and Cape of God
Elope.
Arrival at Madeira.--The Satellite (steamer), Gordon,
April 25, from Ab4lrdeen, Falmouth, and Lisbon, bound
to Calcutta, tA repair paddle-boxes.

BRUSSELS, MAY 22.—The average prices of
~,
Wheat and Rye last woek did not experience any material
„Iteration, so th.o the prohibition to export them, and their
importation, dory free, continued. His Highness, Prkce
Ferdinand of S-ixe Cobourg Gotha, two of his sons, and
the Princess, his daughter, coming from Cologne, arrived
yestordav evening a: the Pal,ice of Laeken.
TORY LOYALTY AT LIVi.RPOOL.—Upon all
occasions o:. public rejoicing in Liverpool, the subt:cribers
of the '• Conservative News Room" hoist the national
standard, aad accor,iingly, during the few hours that Sir
Robert Peel 1-,tely held etfice, it was waving in proud con.
gratul ,tion of Tory aicendancy. To thy, when a nation
is especi,i'll, called upon to celob,:lt++ tho natal day of ~ur
youthful Qiu--en, this p+•tty nest of Tories pointedly c:inc.?.,l
th,e banner, as a public it, .ult to her Maj -sty. .Genoraly.
however, the t,ccasion vv,s marked in this town by th,
u.ual tokens of loyalty anti iff -c!ion. Theßoyal st;i„,tard
floated over tile towo.hall ; Briti ii fligs w, re hoisted oe
the steeples of the sev,ral churches, and flags, banners,
and streamers were exhibited at various other public build-
ings and private houses. The bells rang occasional joyfel
peals; a holiday was ohserved at the Custom• house ; con.
venal mee'ings were beta il, v, I%d parrs of the town; And
,ii tho evening th, M ~,, +, ~,vo ,1 Sliklida dieter to ati',Ut
120 :e,, lemon, . , -rs inclul ?, .1, l ~if f the-army and n•-iv)
n . t
n-+w in L.v-rp,,01.
--sP
IRE WEEKLY HERALD, CAVainill:2: till thebin, humour, wit, f 0,,, phif,soph of the el. ction—how
the locorocos hate 1-eked the Whigs out of their very
brecchcs—hox Wall-stte t ha set u
a w Ming, a weeping
and
girla&ling of teeth, &c. &c•.—stn be had to-day at
the coulter, 21, Ann.street, pr ce 64 cents. per copy—
'heap as dirt 10r so much valuable
wiekedness.—N. B. A:yen t sors are requested nor to come
,no fast and thick, otherwise we shall have to enlarge our
s.zc. and let out hem of New York
our petticoats.
Herald wisdom, wit, and

EFFECTS OF
TION OF INIFRISONMENT FOR DFBT —At a lock-up house
in Fetter.lane may be seen in the %;it.idow a bill on which
!..i written,. " A second floor to let, unfurnished." The
apartments may THE ACT FOR THE ABOLI-
TION
in the
Queen's a-nch prison are so few in number,
compared with what they used to he, that a whole suite of
merly paid for a single room. On an empty sponging..
house in the neighbourhood of Carey-street there is a
board on which these words are painted—" To let, or the
be obtained for about half the price
.tor.
lease to he sold."
HERTFORD ELECTION. —The Times finds
botnfort in the fact that Mr. Cowper got a majorityT of
only 19, while at the last election- he lud 74. Now, we
must dash
away even this crumb of comfort. At the last
election there were two seats vacant, and three candidates.
Air. Cowper was considere,l safe, and received numerous
split votes from Lord Mahon's supporters, while the real
contest lay between his Lordship and Mr. Currie, who
was defeate
d.by nine votes. Therefore, the real change
in the sentiments of the constituency since 1837, is to be
iN.e others to a sal as Mr. Cowper did, 10 the
estimated at a
minority of nine, and a majority of n ne.
teen, and difference between. This election should en-
courage
and loyalty pp
of people against the blunder,
to give it no harder name, by which Sir Robert Peel has
for the present shipwrecked his party It also affords "
encoura7ernent to all who call themselves Reformers, to
unite as Mr. 1),.,,ie,..a;',e, `li. 1le':1-$ W"'d. '•nd Mr' G.
Byng, did on that occasion. --- ()b,; ce r.

WEIGHTS AND MEASURES

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

Silt-I ant indoe,-ti to address you upon the subject
of weights and meitsures, in consequence of sour re-
marks relative to the frauds lately detected in Ulerken
well. I shall not offer any apology for 'trespassing upon
your columns, but shall lease you to judge whether you
think the public have a sufficient interest in the cise I
ant aLout to make out to induce you to insert this
letter.

have no hesitaee • e, s that the whole of the
laws and customs lip jest art. absurd 'and im-
practicable, and tiett the public have great reason to
complain of the aunayance and expense to which they
have from time to time been subjected, whilst those
who have taken upon themselves to legis':ate have dis-
played such utter ignorance of the suhjsct. In order
to be understood, I must first refer to the standards ;
secondly, to the mode (f comparing weieles and an
sures with the standard:.-I mean at the time of stamp-
ing ; and thirdly, make some remarks on the present
mode of inspecting the accuracy of we'ghts and mea-
sures, and of levying fluea against suppo,ed °Enders.
With regard to the standards, 1 presume it is gene-
rally known that the originals are deposited in the Ex-
chequer, and that proper officers are appointed to com-
pare and verify all those copies which are in the hands
of the different inspeetors throughout the kingdom.
Now thus far all is correct ; but at the very next step
we take, all is confusion and insecurecy ; and so it goes
on to the end of the chapter. In order to he as short
as possible, there are at this moment 400 sets of these
copies of standards. al which issued from the Exche-
quer in 1825 and 1826. There are also about 100 sets
which issued between that time and the passing of the
present Act (say in 1835), and about 400 more sets
that came out in 1835 ; making a total of 900 sets.
Now, although the several Acts are rigid enough in_the
enforciog- of accuracy in those weights and measur s
used by the public, not so as to the standards there .s
no penalty or compubory clause a hate% er as to wile',
the standards shall be re-vered ; hence the whole
them are at. variance with each other, anti to such a
stupid extent has the ideas of some persons gone, that.
th y have net had them adjusted for forty years ; and
even now, as I have shown, there are 400 sets whici
have been fourteen years in use without any examina-
tion. Whether this fact is rendered the more disgrace-
ful when we consider they are all made of brass, which
is the softest and worst material of which they could be
made, and all who know its properties will admit that it
cannot he sujscted to friction without losing weight to
a greater extent than any other material, the pubin-
may judge then of the present state of the standards,
which ought unquestionably to have been all called
in, and corrected at the pissing of the present Act.
As the matter now stands, persons are liable in all
parts of the kingdom, to be charged with the use of
fraudulent weights and measures, when the discri-
pancy may, in fact, arise from the imperfect stat s
of the standards themselves. I do not assert this
unadvisedly, I have proved the fact again and again,
at the Exchequer. Secondly, as to the mode of
comparing the weights and measures usel by the
public with the standards at the time of stamping.
It will be admitted, that if there is any neglect in
this particular, serious consequences must follow ; but
strange as it may appear, there is tie greatest
possible neglect in this particular, and it arises
chiefly from the fact of the Legislature having exempted
all those inspectors appointed under any local Act
from the penalties of the present Act. From what I
have seen of the manner in which the duties of Inspec-
tors of Weights aad Measures are performed under
local Acts, they ought all to have been abolished (the
city of London and comity of Surrey excepted) rather
than protected; take an instance—Westminster claims
exemption under their local Act ; hut how do they
perform their duties? Why, for many years, to my
knowledge, they have made a practice of stamp-
ing weights and measures without any comparison
whatever with the standard. or any other proof of
accuracy. Cart end waggon loads have been stamped
in front of their office, without even being taken
out of the cart or waggon, and yet for these. glaring
errors the public are to be visited with heavy penal-
ties. I know enough of the manner in which the work
of stamping generally has beeu performed, to assert,
without the fear of contradiction, that no dependance
whatever can be placed upon it, an( it is a gross
fraud upon the public to make them liable for the
errors of other persons. There was a precious sample
of this in Middlesex, but had as is the state of the
standard, and defective as is the mode of comparison,
the last point (the mode of inspection) is still
• worse, and if space permitted, I could point out
in Clerkenwell and many other parts, that a complete
system of fraud exists against the inhabitants, and that
certain persons, under the pretence of trying the accu-
racy of weights and measures, extort money from the
inhabitants most unjustly ; and because some person•
are base and fraudulent enough to impose upon the
public by using false weights and measures—(a point
for I don't for a moment deny)—others are to be made
the victims of this system, and a strong prejudice is to
be raised against every person who may be unfortunate
enough to have erroneous weights or measures, although,
as I hope I ha, e made it aopertr, such errors may be
the result of various causes ; end it ought never to
forgotten that friction and exposure to atmospheric
air, and the particular tendiney of certain goods, are
amonst other causes, which will always occasion
de‘ia(iols in weight and measures.
I remain, Mr. Editor,
Your obedient servant,
‘..V•ia.treitwee, JA. ES HAYMA N.

i HE JAMAICA QUESTION.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.

SlR—The unnatural position taken by a certain section
.1 the Radical party on the Jamaica question, inducts me
think that the real state of the case is not fully known ;
Atli' ugh the Parliamentary papers, and those published
by the late Governor, Lord Sligo, are sufficient to satisfy
he most sceptical reformer that he sboeld not have placed
himself in the ranks of Sir Robert Peel. Who ate the
Jamaica planters—the possessors of " the Constitution ?"
A small minority of the population of the island--
letter. end malignant Tories, who have amassed
wealth, like the tee ton kids of England, by defraud_
ing the libourer of his hire. A handful of " nigger
trades, " cruel, immoral, unjust, and tyrannical ; who, in-
stead of making sonic atonement to the working-man for
the large amount of wages justly due to him for the many
years of painful toil he has endured, have now entered
into a foul combination to defeat the objects of the British
people by every means that fraud and circumvention can
suggest. These bitter Tories, the supporters of the
thirty-six hours' Premier, have, as appears by the Parlia,
rmeitary Papers an Lord &it:o's documents, been paid the
full market value of the working-men of the island, and
yet in &fiance of latv and Gospel, they have since
eraded tile provisions of the contract., and defrauded the
labourer of his hire I These bitter Tories, the possessors
of " the Constitution"—these women.floggers—these de-
bauchers of the working mao's daughters—these dealers
in human flesh—this fortieth part of the population of the
islaml, have found supporters in the Radical leaders 1!
And why?--Because the Government, eat rying out the
principles of reform, propose to remodel the Constitution
so as to admit the trading and working classes to a fair
share it, the representation ; and as an essential and ne-
cessary preliminary to that liberal object, are compelled to
deprive the Tory oligarchs of the means of frustrating the
oeentions of the people of England by suspending the
powers of the Tory local legislature ; although they arid the
people of England leave them in the enjoyment of their
ill-gotten estates. Why, Sir, it would he but just and
consistent in'the Radicals were they to vote for giving
these Tory " nigger-traders" a full measure of despo•
tism ; and were tyranny to be carried to its fullest extent
against these disgusting Tory sensualists, it would be but
just retribution. I myself have seen the Christian planter
expose for sale the very nurse that suckled him; I have
seen him sell his own daughter —I have seen him sell his
own sister of the half blood ! These ar. the exclusive pos-
seaters of "the Jamaica Consti' wren"—these are the worthy
orotegees of the followers of Sir Robert Peel, And yet,
these ;,re the men some of the Radical leaAers think wog_
thy of support I I hope, Sir, the delusion is Low dispelled,
and that those Radicals who may have fatten into error
from not having given the subject consideration, will now
see, that in suspending "the Jamaica Constitution," they
're but et privini a prolliEtate handful of Tory " nigger-
traders" of the power of further plundering and persecu-
inu industrious classes of Jamaica—the blood relations
of tbii•se veil Tory iiigger—irivers themselves.
Afier the daring insult i•fl,ri.d to the Qu-on of England
by the low-born Tory leader, and as if to increase its ma-
lignity, off 'reel, as they say, in " a quiet and respectful
mann,r,"—afrer this, I am sure that every honest Radical
;oust feel that Lord Melbourne is, entitled to increased
support, for having magnanimously stepped forward again
to rescue her. Majesty from the degradation of a Tory
Household. A REFORMER.

THE GOLD DUST ROBBERY.

CONFESSION AND FULL DISCLOSURE o`F

S (11e0M NS.
On Sat urday, after the night4;harges had been dispesesl •
Ot atLauline h-street, Henry Selonwes, Lt, wis and E. es
Caspar, Henry and Amelia Moss, Emanuel alias Money
'Moses, Alice Abrahams, and Sarah Levy, the persons;
it) custody for being concerned in the e:,1(1 duet rot)
bury. were placed at the bar before Messre.
and Combe, and Mr. Burnell„ a County Maesstra:e. t
further examination. Messrs. De Mole and
phreys, solicitor-, and Messrs. C-at kson and
nesse, barristers, attended for the ores, eutioi; eta;
Messrs. Buckland, Elias and Charles Is Lacs, Abrahams
and Yates, solicitors, and Messrs. Adolphus and Plellips,
the barristers, far tire prisoners. As soon as tee rams s
of the different prisoners were called es er, Sieem e ,is
released from the bar,and after being cautionee
maitner, that he was to make a full disclosure of the e tele
of the transactions, so far they came within his own know-
ledge, and not reserve any of the particulars with the
view of screening himself or other person's, he was
sworn, and admitted as an evidence for the Crown and
prosecution. He stated that in the month of March
last he carried on the business of a gold-dealer arid re-
!jeer at the shops 53, Strand, and 9, Coventry-street,
Haymarket. On Easter Tuesday last the prisoner,
Money Moses, whom he had known for eielit or nine
years, came to his shop in the Strand and said he
wanted to speak to liar (witness), anti at the same time
proceeded to the back part of the shop. He (witness)
followed him, and on his intimating that what he wished
to say should be in private, they proceeded into the
drawing-room, where his daughter Mary was seated at
the time, but perceiving that he had a person with •
him she instantly left. As soon as they were
atone Moses asked him if he would purchase some
eold-dust, and what he would give an ounce for it ;
witness told him gold-dust varied in value from 31. 155. an
ounce upwards. Moses then said he had a quantity of
it for sale, and he replied that he could not take more
than thirty ounces until he saw what it was and tried
it, and agreed to take thirty ounces, at the rate of 31.
each. Moses then said he would send his daughter
Elsey. meaning Mrs. Abrahams, with it in the course
of half an hour ; but, before leaving, he said to witness,
Now, remember, you don't know me, nor I you." In
short, three quarters of an hour afterwards, the prisoner,
Mrs. Abrahams, came to his shop, and said, " I have
brought what my father had been speaking to you
about." She then proceeded into the workshop, at the
nick of the shop in the Strand, and he Solomons,
instantly placed a crucible on one o the furnaces, which
was then alight. Mrs. Abrahams produced several
lumps of gold from her bosom and pockets, which she
put into the crucible, and remained there until it was
melted, and they both returned with the produce into.
the shop. Perceiving, on weighing the gold, that
s'.e had brought much more than he had bargained for,
he said something on the subject to Mrs. Abrahams,
upon which she replied, " There is nothing to fear ;
there is a great deal more of it, but it is under lock and
key," and at the same time produced a bunch of keys,
which he, Moutons, would know again. She also said
At the time, she wished it should be all melted down
that day. He, witness, at the time, expressed some fear
or intimidation on the subject of receiving the gold,
upon which she, the prisoner Mrs. Abrahams, laid hold
of his arm, and swore a solemn oath in the Hebrew
language, to the effect that, as ehe hoped for futurity,
she would not divulge that he, Solomons, had melted
it. To the best of his, witness's, recollection, there
were 110 ounces in the first portion of gold brought by
Mrs. Abrahams, and for- this he paid her at the rate
of 31. per ounce, and gave her 330/. in notes and so-
vereigns. On leaving his shop he understood her to
say she would return with more of the gold. She re-
turned again in about half an hour or so with an addi-
tional quantity of gold about her person, and this also
he melted down. Atter he bird done so he told her that
he could not pay her for it, as he had not so much
money in the house, but at the same time told her that
he had re-melted a portion of what she had brought
before into a bar, and had sent his son into the City to
get money upon it. The bar so* melted he had alloyed
with some silver-gilt lace, and sent it by his son to
Messrs. Co'tk and Johnson, of Hatton-garden, with in-
structions to raise 4001. upon it. Mrs. Abrahams in
the interim came to and returned from his shop 3 or 4
times, bringing gold each time. While waiting the return
of his son,Ml s.stebraharris went into the drawing-room ,and
tieing there for some time her mother, Mrs. Moses, called
and said that her husband was very uneasy about Elsey
stopping s.) long ; but on his explaining the cause to her
she expressed herself satisfied, and went away, leaving
her daughter at his, Solomon's house. On his, witness's
son's return, he produced 400/. in notes and sovereigns,and
said he received a checque for 4001. from Messrs. Cock
and Johnson, on the banking house of Deacon and Co.,
that in exchange he received a note for 3001., and subse-
quently proceeded to the Bank of England and got it
exchanged there. These notes and gold he paid over to
Mrs. Abrahams, who had waited, just as he re-
ceived them ; and on striking the balance after this, and
and the price of the gold which had been brought by her
and melted down, he found that he was still indebted
in a balance of from 2,0001. to 3,0001., and whatever
he amount was, he gas e her an I 0 U for the differ-
e::ce, and the prisoner went away.
Mr. CLe.axsoer—ln the memorandum you made of
the gold, was there any portion of the gold dust, as it
has berm called, which had been brought to your shop by
the prisoner, Mrs. Abrahams, which had not been en-
tered without memorandum ? Solomons—Yes, the
last time she came she produced from her pockets the
shakings, which my young man, John Dean, melted for
her, neatly five ounces, which amounted to 13/, This
I paid to her separately, and she requested I would not
tell her father of it, as it was the shaking of the bag—
(Lauhter)—and I had not entered it in the memoran-
dum I have been speaking of. On the next day, Easter
Wednesday, he, Solomow, and his young man, John
Dean, remelted some more of the gold, and alloyed it
with slime Russian copper coin, throwing them into the
crucible at the same time.

Mr. CLARKSON—NOW, Mr. Solornons, may I ask
you why it was you threw these pieces of Russian cop-
per into the crucible on this occasion ? Solomons—lt
is ridiculous in me to disguise the object, and therefore
I'll not disguise it. The fact is, I had a strong suspi-
cion about the gold, and I added the copper to disguise
the colour.

Mr. Solomons in continuation—The gold melted with
the copper was cast into two bars, and this he had sent
by his son, Selim, to the house of Messrs. Bulls and
Co., on the Wednesday, desiring him to get 1,2001.
upon them. Soon after his son bad returned with
this amount, in eleven notes of 1001. each and 100
sovereigns, Mrs. Abrahams called on him, and he
paid her over six of the 1001. notes and the 100 sove-
reigns in the presence of his son Selim. On deducting this
latter amount from the memorandum which he had pre-
viously given to Mrs. Abrahams, he found that the
balance was 1,8001. odd, and Mrs. Abrahams having
given him back the I 0 U which he had previously
given, he destroyed it, and gave her another 16r the
real balance. He was also about to destroy the memo-
randum which he had made out describing the weight
of the gold and the amounts paid by him for it, when
Mrs. Abrahams requested he would not do so, as she
said her father would be very angry indeed if she did
not bring it home for him to see it. The 10 U which
he gave on that occasion, was the one now produced by
Roe the officer. It was written while he was under a
state of agitation, and might be different from his ordi-
nary style of writing, but still it was the same he had
given. Mrs. Abrahams called on him three or four
times afterwards, and said her father was very anxious
to have the balance of the money, and requesting he
would pay it. He told her that such was the stir that had
been made about it, and so much had been paid about the
robbery, that he could not venture to sell an ounce of
the gold ; that, on the contrary, he apprehended some
serious consequence for having had anything to do with
it, and begged oilier, for God's sake, not to come near
his • hou'se for the present, as he could not then think of
pa}ing her a shilling on account of it. After this she
called once ; and after that he bad received a communi-
cation from his brother-in-law, Mr. Reese, to whom she
had applied on the subject. After this, he received a
summons to attend at this office to give evidence 'on
the subject of the robbery, when the Caspars were in
custody. Being much alarmed he sent his son to the
prisoner Moses, to state how unpleasantly he was cir-
cumstanced, and to know if he had the notes he paid
him, for, if so, he would get him gold for them. His
son brought him back a message fi om Moses to the effect,
that he was not to be a child, for that neither his (Moses's)
name, nor that of his, would transpire in the transac-
tion. He (Solomons) subsequently gave directions to his
son and his young man Dean, to get as many of the
notes that had been paid for the gold dust as possible
from those to whom they had been paid, and to get gold
fiir them. They got back six of the 100/. notes which
bad been paid to Moses, together with 15 tens and. two
fives, and gave gold in exchange for thew.

Mr. AeolOUs, nod the legal gentlemen employed for
the prosecution, declined putting any question to the
witness, and at the termination of his evidence Mr.
Clarkson rn..de an application to Mr. Hardwick to
have him sent back to the pl,ce :roil') whence he came,
and detained to a future period. Solomous, however, iu-
ste id of being' tin placed in the dock with the other
prisoners, was ordered by Mr. Hardwi, k to be taken
into the iront office, and lt,,pr, there in the care ef
officer till the exaMination w s over.