The Sun.
London, England, 1840-05-12 00:00:00

BOW-STREET. (THIS DAY.)

EXTRAORDINARY CONDUCT oF• GOUI.D YESTERDAY
EVENING, PREVIOUS TO HIS BEING REMOVED TO

COLDBATH-FIELDS

After the Court had been cleared, and the business of
the day bed terminated, Mr. Hall was alone on the Bench
and about to retire, when he received a communication
from the prisoner, who was in the lock-up until the van
should art ive to convey him away, that he was, anxious to
say something more before he was sent back to prison.
Mr. Hall immediately directed the gaoler to bring itirn
into Court ; and, being placed at the bar, be said—
" I think it necessary to come forward and deny that there
is any truth in the statement which was taken down in
%mint!. by the constable, and made by me, for I was in-
duced to do so in consequence of the promises which
were held out to n:c by him at the time he took me into
custod v."

M. HALL—What, do you mean to say that you made
such a statement deliberately, knowing that there was no
truth in it ? Pri3oner—l do ; it's all false.
Ile was then conveyed back to the cell.

The following communication is from a regular con-
tributor to this .Tou.nal, and we nave no doubt the in-
formation may be depended on. It certainly appears
singular that the Under-Sheriffs and Alderman Pirie
should have taken so much trouble in this affair, and
agreed to put on board a vessel bound for Sydney, un-
der a feigned name, a p rson of such a disreputable
character :

Several very incorrect statements relative to the pro-
ceedings adopted by the Under-Sheriffs, in reference to
the man Gould, baying been made public, and some of
them being of a character reauiring contradiction, we
lay before our readers the following statement, which is
derived from a soarce upon which reliance may be
placed. Messrs. France and Jackson, the Under-She-
riffs, having humanely undertaken the prisoner's de-
fence, they were exceedingly anxious that the trial
,ahould have been postponed from the last to the pre-
sent Session, as they had good reason to believe that,
in the interval that would elapse, the prisoner would
make souse communication likely to forward the ends of
justice, and that it would not be necessary to try the
prisoner at all upon that charge. The prosecutor, how-
ever, resisted the application tor a postponement, and
the trial accordingly took place, and ended, as
our readers are aware, in the acquittal of the
prisoner. After the trial was over, Baron .Al-
(terms bad a conferance with the Under-Sheriffs, and
h's Lordship observed that it. was clear that the prisoner
was a bad character, and asked what was to be done
with him. Tha Under-Sheriffs informed his Lordship
that they understood that he had a situation in Sydney,
nod that if some of his -relatives here would get him
el ithes, they should be able to obtain a passage for him
Baron Aldersoe inquired how the expense of the passage
money would be defrayed, awl said that he should be
very willing to cow ribute a portion of the sum that might
be required. His Lordgilp was informed that it would
not be necessary that he should do this, as the Sheriffs'
Fund might be rendered available for this purpose.
A difficulty then arose as to what should be done
with the unfortunate prisoner up to the period of
a vessel being provided for his removal, as it was
I I...ared that -if tie were suffered to go at large he would
return to his bad acquaintances, and get into some
fresh scrape, and it was arranged that he should go
to the Coespter, and. he remained in that prison for
nearly a cuonth. In the meantime an application was
made to Mr. Alderman on the subject of getting
the prioner a passage to Sydney, but the worthy
Alderman observed that it would be impossible to send
bins abroad in -his. own name, us from the notoriety ho
bad nequircd he would very probably be ill-used by
the sailors, and indeed it was doubtful whether any cap-
tain would take him on board ; and that the only way
to arrange the matter would be to ship him as a
passenger under another name, and for the reason
vhave stated, tbis course was adopted. During
the whole of • the period the prisoner was in
the Compter no communication whatever took place
relative to any farther ,charge being preferred against
him. The (Trader-Sheriffs were not at all aware that
it was intended to prefer such a charge against the pri-
smer ; and, in consequence, when the ship was ready,
1 the prisoner's relatives having supplied him with clothes,
I the passage money was paid, and he was sent off to the
vessel' but, no suns of money, as has been stated, was
given to him before he went on board. This step
bad, however, hardly been completed before the warrant
was sent for h's apprehension upon the charge on which
be is at present in custody. •

SINGULAR ROBBERY.

(FROM A CCRRESPONDENT.)

IiATII, MAY 11.-A most singular robbery took place
in this citl yesterday at the residence of Mr. Windsor, in
Park-street. About 12 o'clock, the family being
all at Church, the cook, who was the only one at home,
answered a knock at the door, on opening which
a man of gentlemanly appearance requested to
see Mr. Windsor. On hearing that he was at Church,
he desired to be permitted to write a note to him,
or wa;t his return, for which purpose be was shown
into the drawing-room, and left there by the servant
who saw no more of him. When her master returned home
at the conclusion of the morning service, she accputinied
him with the arrival of a gentleman who was then waitirg
to see him. On proceeding to the drawing-room zed
finding no one there, suspicion of robbery naturally arose,
but as nothing appeared to be missing or disturbed, the
-discovery of what had been stolen was not made known
until a late hour on Sunday, as Mrs. Windsor did not
return. When she did it was found that a box in her
bed-room, which contained a great deal of cash, had been
broken open, and that 536 sovereigns were taken ; but
though the box contained two hundred pounds in Bank
notes none were missing ; several gold watches and ether
valuable property were also untouched. Suspicion im-
mediately fell on the servants; it appears, however, that
the thief must have left the house silently, and prevented
the hall door from shutting, as the servant who let him in
never heard his departure. There are some reasons to
suppose that the robbery may have originated from infor_
matron furnished by a discarded servant of bad character.
The great imprudence of keeping so large a sum of
money in a house left so unprotected, and in a situation
where it could be so easily conveyed away, is accounted
for by its being the secret hoard of a fond mother, intended
for a marriage gift to the youngest daughter, on the point
of marriage.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING-(ThIIS DAY.)

DFAL, MAt Il.—Wind E.—Arrived the Favourite,
Mitchel, from the South Seas ; Mars, Ryland, Rio Ja-
neiro ; Charles Buchan, Anderson, St. Domingo; Wil-
liam Weston, Charleston. Sailed the Malcolm, Bell, for
Calcutta ; Portsea, Yeates, Valparaiso; Sacheel, Dewes,
Quebec; Mary, Puce!, Miramichi, with the rest of
QUM. ard bound.
PenTsmot,Tti, Mil- I.—Wind N. to W.N.W.—Ar-
rved the Westminster, Moore, from New York, sailed the
20th ult. Off port, the Tar, Langley, from the Mauritius;
Catherine. Cobb, Cape of Good Hope, sailed 12th March ;
Jamaica, l'ritt, Bahia.
1,,,Egr001„ MA Y .-Wind E. N. E., fresh.—Arrived
the Independence, Nye, from New York, sailed I6th ult.,
Ma) flower, Edward, Figuera. Sailed the Eve, Mush%
for Hayti. Off port, the Nailer, from Odessa.
Cowes, Malt I I.—Arrived the Funchal, Killick, from
St. Domingo; Maria, Bethhane, Rio Janeiro; Pax,
Matanzas.

SairumnE, M M.—Arrived the Harley, Todd, from
Monte Video; l'hceTil, Schmidt, Rio .lanciro; Atalsate,
Von Cutter, St. Croix.

PLYMOUTH, MAT I I.—Wind N. W.—Off port, Erna.
uuel, Molesmav, from Batavia,—sailed Jan. 19 ;
mina, hli, t,.Surinam ; Matthew Plummet, Thirsly, Rio
Janeiro.

FALNiourn, MAI 10.—Wind variable.—Arrived the
Ranger, packet, --, from the \Vest Indies, sailed from
Barbadoes 14th Ma-ch, Tobago 15th, Trinidad 21st, Gre-
nada 23d, Sr. Kitt's 29th, Tortula 31st, St. Thomas's Ist
ult., Porto Rico 2d, mid Cape Ha) ti sth ; Agnes, Seymour,
Cape of Good Elope ; Resource, Come', Licata; D'Arey,
Phillips. Odessa ; Mordlyact, Arbo, Torrovecchia, towed
in with loss of main and mizen masts, &c., bound to Dlai
Buis-roL, MAY 11,—Arrived the Redcliffe,
Malaga.
Ct.rnu, MAY 4,—Sailed John Mitchell, Cabal, Bombay.