The Sun.
London, England, 1841-09-03 00:00:00

of the Conservatives to power will go far toward,.
diminishieg• the necessity of a very great expenditure.
and we arc quite sure that it will aviate such occa.
sional but heavy demands upon the public purs
as were made by rebellions in Canada, wars in Syria.
Aifghanistan, and China, and armaments in France
It is impossible to read the comments of the Mari:
Journals upon the speech of Sir Robert Peel.
without feeling a conviction that already he ha,
done much to diminish a great expenditure, by
rendering such an expenditure unnecessary to tht
honour and safety of the empire. The French peoplt
are not much in love with the burthens, bequeathed
to them by the Whig-Radical Administration of M.
Thiers. An assurance at once so respectful and so trust.
worthy as that of Sir Robert Peel, will soon satisf)
them that these burdens have been imposed without any
adequate cause, and they will not be slow to consider that
they play an unwise game in subjecting themselves to
heavy taxes and a grievous conscription, with no more
worthy or profitable effect than imposing, though in a
less degree, the same burdens upon a neighbouring peo-
ple, anxious to live with them upon the most respectful
and friendly terms. We hold it to be even in the econo-
mical view an immense benefit to have at the head of
the Goverment a man whose capacity and firmness all
acknowledge, whose sincerity is confidently trusted,
and whose love of peace is appreciated by every Govern-
ment of Europe. Such was not our condition under the
rule of Lord Melbourne, and we have now to pay for the
effect of submitting to be ruled by one whose name was
scarcely known beyond the Channel, and whose higheSt
admitted qualifications, even where he was known,
amount to his merits as a good-humoured, careless per-
son, and " an agreeable diner out."

EXTRAORDINARY POST-OFFICE

ROBBERY.
BIRMIMMIAM, TUESDAY.—Yesterday Charles Webb,
apprehhended on the \ 17th ult., in this town, by Mr.
George Redfern, on suspicion of being concerned in
stealing a letter from the Post-office here as far back
as the year 1828, was again brought up for examination
before Charles Shaw and D. Leasam, Esqrs. Mr. Pea-
cock, solicitor, of London, appeared on behalf of the
Post-office authorities. Mr. Suckling attended for the
prisoner. There were fourteen witnesses examined.
Mr. Sinkinson was the first, and he stated that in the
year 1828 he was a traveller for Messrs. Simcox and
Pemberton, of Birmingham. On the 4th of December
in that year he enclosed in" a letter at Dublin bank post
and other bills, amounting to 5811. Bs. I Id., which he
directed to Simcox and Pemberton, but which never
reached its destination.

Mr. Pemberton proved that at the above period he
was daily in the habit of attending in his counting-house
at post hours, and that if the letter had arrived on the
sth, as it ought to have done, he or his clerk (Mr. Bur-
ton) would have received it. He (Mr. Pemberton) had
not received a money letter that day ; but he received
one, informing him that a remittance had been forwarded.

Mr. Bird, —manager of the Birmingham Post-office,
recollected an inquiry being made about that time re-
specting a letter belonging to Messrs. Simcox. and Pem-
berton. Wilson was the name of the letter-carrier to
the above firm, and in the month of December, 1828,
James Webb, the prisoner's brother, was also employed
in the office, and generally sat beside Wilson. On the
10th December, 1828, Webb applied for and obtained
leave of absence for a short time, and on his return ha
gave contradictory accounts of the way in which he had
spent his time. Suspicion then fell upon him, and he
was apprehended, but he was discharged for want of suf-
ficient evidence.

Mr. Samuel Mackey, clerk belonging to Messrs. Minet,
Mector, and Co., bankers of Dover, proved that on the
Bth December, 1838, he cashed for Mr. Emanuel Levi,
a money-changer, a Bank of England post-bill for 501.,
No. 9,364.

Mr. Levi deposed that on the last-mentioned day, be-
tween nine and ten o'clock in the morning, the prisoner
came to his house, and asked for cash for a 501. note.
He gave it to him, and he could swear that the one then
produced by Mr. Peacock, and sworn to by the last wit-
ness, was the one he received from the prisoner. To the
best of his knowledge the prisoner had a small paper
parcel in his hand.
Mr. William Stevenson, a cotton-dealer at Calais,
stated stated that on the 9th of December, he, being in
want of a hundred pound bill to remit to England, went
to the house of Mr,,,Darquer, a money-changer, and,
while he was there, a stranger came in and asked
for cash for a hundred pound bill. Mr. Dar-
quer gave him cash for one, and he, Mr. Steven-
son, bought it from Mr. Darquer. The bill produced
was the same, but he could not swear that it was the
one the stranger sold Mr. Darquer, because it was out of
his sight while Mr. Darquer was getting the money in
another apartment. He could not swear the prisoner
was the stranger, but he believed he was, because he
dined with him accidentally the same day at the table
d'hote at the Crown Hotel, Calais.
Richard Baker, formerly waiter at the Crown Hotel,
proved that on the 9th December, 1828, a stranger, who
gave his name Brown, arrived at the hotel from Dover,
and dined at the table d'hote with the last witness. He

could not swear the prisoner was the man, but he be-
lieved he was. While at the hotel he was much agitated,
and his manner attracted attention.

Mr. Abraham Hammyn stated that on the 9th Decem-
ber he was chief officer on board the Crusader, her Ma-
jesty's packet between Dover and Calais. He conveyed
on the above day to Calais a person named Brown, who
put up at the Crown Hotel. The next day he brought
him back again, and he was so much agitated and teni-
fled on his passage back, that he found it necessary to
have him watched. He could not swear positively that
the prisoner was the man.
Mr. Darquer deposed that he received from a stran-
ger, on the 9th December, 1828, a one hundred pound
bill, which he sold to Mr. Stephenson, but he could
not swear the prisoner was the person from whom he
bought it.
James Woolley and John Rhodes, fellow-workmen of
the prisoner, fully identified him as the brother of Jas.
Webb, who had formerly been employed in the Post-
office, and deposed to his having absented himself at the
beginning of the month of December from his work, and
his final departure at the commencement of the year
1&29. They had no doubt of his being the same man,
as his countenance had not undergone any material
change. .•
At the close of the last witness's examination, Mr.
Peacock applied to have the prisoner remanded, as it
was probable much more important evidence might yet
be obtained.
Mr. Suckling'wished to know if the Magistrates would
admit the prisoner to bail ?
Mr. Spurrier who was with Mr. Peacock, said it was
not a bailable Offence.
The MAGISTRATES ordered the prisoner to be remanded
for a fortnight.
The case excited much interest, and lasted four hours.