The Sun.
London, England, 1836-02-13 00:00:00

He was then examined by Mr. Adolphus, aid stated that
he was 32 years of age, and up to the time of his apprehen-
sion had been about eight years employed a; a landing
waiter in the Customs. Shortly after his appointment he be-
came acquainted with the prisoner Seale, but they hal sub-
sequently quarrelled and were not f; lends for some years. In
June or Ju:y, 1834, • they became reconciled, an I shortly
afterwards they had a conversation about the Custom-house.
Seale on that occasion said he had it in contemplaion for some
time to " crack" the Custom-house, as he termed it—and
mentioned particularly the receiver of fines and forfeitures
office. • A few days afterwards we went to the Three King-
Joins public-house, in Harp-lane, Lower Thames-street, op-
posite to the Custom-house, when he (Scale) sent for the pri•
soner Matt to the King's warehouse, and he came to them im-
mediately. When he came to the subject of " cracking," the
Receiver of Fines Office nas mentioned, Mott and - Seale
spoke of it as an old subject. He (Huey) hal rot known
Mott before this time. Scale, to the best of his recollection,
spoke first, and said, as well as he remembered, " Now, how
shout 'cracking' this place of the Receiver of Fines
how
about it ?" 111ott said that the sale coming off would be a
very small one, and that it would be better to wait for the
next, which would be 'a larger one. There did not appear
any hesitation on the part of Mott, and the subject appeared to
be an old one. In August he went to Irclaod to see his
friends ; but previous to his going had frequent meetings with
Scale and Mott. These meetings usually took place in the
evening, ant were sometimes at Peak's, and at others at the
Duke of Sussex, Peckham. He met Jourdan (who then
went by the name of William Sullivan and Thomas Sullivan),
several times at Peak's, and Seale told him he had known
them before they went to America. Mott also appeared to
know them very well. Before he went to Ireland he met
Jourdan and Sullivan two or three times. He met them once
at Josh. Hudson's, but nothing was then said about the "crack"
at the Custom-house. He subsequently met Jourdan and
Sullivan in Dublin, where they had some conversatiora about
" cracking" the Custom-house there (Dublin), or the Cus-
tom-house at Drogheda, or any of those things which they
thought be could do, but he told them it was out of his power.
This took place on the day he was coming away from Dublin
to London, and he arrived here at the latter end of August or
the beginning of September, but the precise time mill be
shown by the books of entry at the Customs, in which he
wrote his name. Saw Mott and Scale on his return to his
duty in the London Docks, and frequently conversed with
them on the robbery at the Custom-house. Seale mentioned
a person as a very clever " cracksman," who he said would un-
dertake it. He (Huey) had also some conversation with
Mott on the subject, and he mentioned the names of the Sal_
live is as persons who would assist in the robbery. Whan he
went to Jourdan's the conversation between Jourdan, F.Sullivan,
and himself, was generally on the subject of the robbery.
They said they had inspected the place, and that it (the rob-
bery) would be a very easy thing, and inquired if an impression
of the key could be got. In a few days afterwards they met
again at Jourdan's. Mott was there, and brought a large key
with him, which he said was the key of the main lock of the
door going to the esplanade, leading to the Receiver of Fines
Office. He also said it was a duplicate key, and that he had
got, it in Mr. Bunnett's desk, who was at the time absent on
sick leave. An impression of that key was taken in beeswax.
The next time of their meeting a skeleton key was produced
by Sullivan in the presence of hint (the witness), and all the
other prisoners, and the person not yet named. They said
they thought they would have to make another key, as the pipe
of that produced was burst. There were also three' padlock
keys produced by Mott, which he said hung up in his nftico
usually, and it was I.kely one of them might be the key of the
padlock on the outer door. Au impressionNvas taken of these
also, and they made keys from these impressions which Jour-
dan and Sullivan bad told him they had tried with the locks.
They said that one held up a newspaper and pretended to be
reading it, while the other, who was shaded by it, tried the
keys to the locks; but found they would not fit. It was thee
arranged that on the following day (the 27th of November,
1834) the person whose name has not been mentioned should
stow himself away in the office of the receiver of fines and
forfeitures, with the assistance of Jourdan, Sullivan, and Mott,
The three persons, Jourdan, Sullivan, and the third person,
were to walls in at the door leading from the esplanade a" few
minutes before four o'clock in the evening. They were to
watch the clerks leave the Receiver of fines' office, and tha
third person to pop in and conceal himself "during the hurry
and confusion of those persons leaving it. It was also planned
that they were to meet at Seale's house at Peckham, at half-
, ast nine o'clock on the following morning, to divide the
moiley. Jourdan gave a description to the third party as to
where he was to find Mr. Walsh's key to open one of the pad-
locks, and the other he was to have burst...lle was also to destroy
the leaves of a book in Mr. Walsh's room, of which Jourdan
gave him a description. On the evening of the 27th, Seale
called at his ( Huey's) lodgings at about half-past four o'clock,
and shortly afterwards Jourdan and Sullivan came there also,
and said they had safely lodged the third man, and des-
scribed the manner in which they did it. They said they
• walked in a few minutes before four o'clock, and flashed
an
umbrella so as to conceal the third person from the observation
of any persons that might be standing about, and by this
means gave him an opportunity of getting into the office and
close the door after them. They then stopped for a few
minutes at some distance from the door in the esplanade, until
they saw the door locked up, and the man safely lodged within.
On the following-morning, the 2attli, he met Seale, at about
half-past nine o'clock, on the canal bridge near New Peckham,
and they went into a public-house, called, lie believed, the
Boat Houle, where they remained until Jourdan, Sullivan, and
the third person who had been concealed in the Custom-house
during the preceding night, came to them. This was about a
quarter past ten o'clock, and they all walked to Seale's house,
when the man not named pulled from his trowsers pocket
quantity of bank-notes and gold, which was counted by Sulli-
van and Jourdan. The amount of notes was 4,700/., and 122
sovereigns and half-sovereigns, together with about 50s. in
silver. The man also produced from bis pockets some leaves
which appeared to have been torn from a book, and on which
was wrirten
.the name of William Leary, No. 4, East-lane,
Kent-road, on one of them, and an entry of a fifty-pound note.
These leaves were thrown on the fire, and the money was di-
vided into six equal parts—one for Jourdan, one for Sullivan,
one for Mott, one for Seale, another for himself ( Iluey), and
a sixth for the man who had effected the robbery. The last
person said, that on being locked in, he immediately set to
work to open the chest, but had been disturbed, once or twice,
by the watchman outside coming and trying the locks of the
doors. He also said that lie found one of the keys of the pad-
lock, according to the directions given to him, in Mr. Walsh's
desk, and the other lock he had to burst. When tha money
had been made into lots, they tossed up for choice of each, as
some were preferable to others, from having a greater number
of small notes in them. During the tossing some 'reductions
were made in the shares allotted to him, Mott, and Scale, by
the other three prisoners, for expenses, and Scale afterwards
rolled up the three shares, and took them up stairs with him ;
and the package containing them was afterwards sent to the
country—as he had subsequently learnt, to Leicester. In
February 1835, he went to Leicester, where he found the par-
cel, and brought it back to town, when he found it all correct.
Each parcel was then sealed up, and all were left with him, by
the consent of Mott and Scale, until lie could make some ar-
rangement with Jourdan and Sullivan to take them off' their
hands. Ile afterwards met Jourdan and Sullivan, for the pur-
pose of entering into some arrangement with them to take the
notes off theirliands. Jourdan at the time told him, that alt
offer had been made, through a person at the Mansion-house,
to move the property back at half ; but this he would not con-
sent to. Jourdan then made a proposal to take back all tile
notes under 501. that were not advertised, at 20 per cent. dis-
count. lie subsequently brought him (Jourdan) about 270/,
of the notes, and got gold and other notes for them.
In his cross-examination by Mr. PAYNE, nothing material
was elicited.

The four prisoners, Jourdan, Sullivan, Scale, and Mott, were
fully committed to Newgate, to take their trial at the next
session of the Central Criminal Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

130 W-STREET.
Yesterday afternoon Mary Anne Middleton, a young wo-
man attired in the first style of fashion, was brought into the
office, and placed in the dock, before Sir F. Roc, on the
charge of having stolen plate, jewellery, watches, &.e., to
the amount of upwards of 12,0001.; and three flank of Eng-
land notes for 1,000/. each; three note:, for 100 L each, and
other property, the rightful
Eleanor Cochrane, widow.
Mrs. Eleanor Covt H -ane lived at Portsca, ants., and was
'''.. c late Peter Cochrane, Es
the widow of go "..A and moneys of Mrs.
She hzd been
.
l'lundor''', of jewellery, watches, and o:hcrq property to the
ttraount of 12,000/. and upwards, besides three bank notes of
1,0001, each, and three of 1001., left by her late husband,
and she suspected and believed that the prisoner had stolen
that property. She had been informed, and believed that
at the time of-his death the property mentioned was at No,
, 1, Perceval-street, where he had lived with the prisoner,
' By Mr. Clarkson.—l am 26 years of age, and wasmarried.
to Mr. Cochrane in 1830. He left me early in 1833. Cour
marriage
of was
hisit parents.h°utth He the
consent,le and I believe without the
knowledge me at Chichester, I had
Lo regular settlement from him after our separation ; but I
sued him for alimony
25 y and a -restitution of conjugal rights.
11r. Cochrane was ears of age id hen he died.
The prisoner who was allowed to sit during the examinaaya,
was remanded until a future day. Some very curioes dis-
closures, we understand, are to come.

iNCENDIARISNI.—A fire brake out on Saturday
Atcek, on the premises of Mr. J. Scupham, of Fulstow, which
consumed n stack, centainiug furty quarters of corn—no doubt;
the Act of ineendia7.