The Sun.
London, England, 1812-11-09 00:00:00

ROI3BERY OF THE LEEDS MAIL.

, After a diligent investigation, it is supposed the
property contained, in the different .bagsAtolen,
amounts .to
,about 15,000 i: not any of whiph has
yet been dikovered or come in.
The tobliery, it has been ascertained, was.com-
mittedbetween Burton and Higham
The guard bad rode from Kettering to Burton
'with thecoAchman, there being no outside pas 7
-senger. - At. Burton, tbe guard -purchased a pair.
.•(#;e ,ucks,_and pnt them into the locker, Which
eottains, the bags, when he was. positive all the.
bags Were -safe. They proceeded on to Higham
Terrers, to which place the guard continued riding
with the coachman. He there.bad- occasion to:
open thelocker again, when he discovered all the
bags had been taken out', but by: what lIICAUS
could not be ascertained,, as no violence appeared
to have been used eitherto, the lack or the spring.
,Great alarm wo spread in-consequence; the guard
took the precaution to send a man pxpres back
to Kettering, to give notice of therobbery, and
.he proceeded on with- the coach towards LOndon,
On his arrival at'sthe Post7-offiee in Lombard-
street, and giving information of what had hap-
pene7d, a general meetiug,of the principali of that
Office was called, to consult what was best to be
,done. thecourse of morning an ins"estiga
tion took plaee at Mr. Parkin's, house in Great
Orthotid;-street, the Solicitor to the Post-office,
where the guard was 'strictly investigated, when
he swcire that be locked the locker at Burton, and
that be saw no person or persons on the road the
four miles between Burton and Higham Ferrers.
It may be necessary here to observe, that the
guard is net of that class of men of which they are
.generallytOmposed, He is the son Of•Mr.G. a Very
'respectable tradesman in the Strand, Who -supplies
the Post-Office with oil, and regulates the laMps
of that place, which was superintended by his
son, the guard, and during his attendance there
he took a fancy to the,life of a guard, and' nothing
would satisfy hini but that, and on his applying._
for the; appointment it was given to him, and no
suspicion Las attached: to hint in the business ; *but
for the neglect of and, disobeying a positive order
against . with the coachman, be has been
dismissed fram his place; at bread' of this,mlder is
fatal to .!aty •guard: 'After the 'investigation at
Mr. Parkin's house, he was sent Off to accompany
'Lai ender, the Bow-street Officer, into the coun-
try,* in pu,,shit'of the rohbeis At the same time
the Deputydnspector of Mails Set oil' express to
the different towns-and parts from where the bags
belong-ed, to have bills, printed, and to give other
'notices: to preiient the circulation of the notes that
had been stolen, .&c.

• The Coachman who Ads-es the mail frAin Ket-
tering to Bedford was sent for to London, and he
underwent a strict investigation. He stated to
Mr. Parkin,! and others belonging to the Post-
office, tltat be bad no care of the letter begs, and
*did not'hold himself responsible for any thing that
may happen to them, that being wholly the busi-
ness of the guard;:tior did Le-interfcre. with the
guard if he chose to ride with him on the box, as
he did it at his own risk. He confirmed what the
guard had stated of locking up the bags at Burton,
as he swore,that he heard the lock and the spring
catch. ,There being no citcumstantes to implicate.
hith he Bv'as hot detained. He is not the servant
Of the post-office.

'Lavender, the Bow-street Officer,. after. taking
the guard some distance into the country with
him, finding that, if he Was in the least iMplicated
in the transaction,' he nould undo all that he was
doing, or his: person being so well known all the
way on the road as the guard of the mail, it would
spread far and wide who he was, and thereby pre-.
vent him from 'making any private inquiries, or
gaining any secret information, he therefore sent
the guard back to London.

Lavender continued riding day and night in his
pursuits; he found the statements of, the guard
and coachman to be correct; 'as to any person be-
ing on the road between Burton and Ingham Fer-
rers. He then proceeded on the cross roads,
where,he heard' of a malt Of the name of Kendall,
who is a farmer of tolls, -who rented the gate at
Bythorti 'BAT, on the road rending from Hunting-
don to Kettering. He knowing a suspicions chit-
racterOf the name of Kendall, who was a short..
time since convicted of 'uttering counterfeit money,
and who he had freqUentlY seen in the company of
_'thieves,, if it was the same man, he had no doubt
but that he had either been concerned in robbing
the mail, or knew those that had doneit ; he ac-
cordingly made inquiries respecting him, andlound
that he resided'at Wellingborough ; he proceeded
there, and happened to meet him in the street,
and, having previously known him, entered into
.conversation with him upon different subjects,
and at length respecting the robbery of the mail,
and told. hint frankly that • he suspected -he knew
something .of .the business.. Kendall denied it ; but
on the OffiCer qtiestioning him as to where he was
at the time. of the robbery, he acknowledged he
. was:not nt home, or at least earlier in the evening.
.Lavender's suspicions were such as induced him
to take Kendall into custody, and afterwardS pro-
ceeded to search his premises, Which' he found
large enough to
,have contained the mail.coarh
and horses ; nothing was found. there relative to
:the mail robbery: Having lodged Kendall' in pri-
son, the Officer proceeded in his inquiry for evi-
dence during several days, when he Focured Such .
information as induced him to take Kendall's. sis-
ter into custody, she having kept Bythorn Bar-
gate, during her brother's absence on the. evening,
and at. the time the mail was rubbed. Lavender
having. procured a long chain of circumstantial
.evidence, eylatninatiouS of his prisoners took place
at Wellingborough last 'Wednesday and Thurs-
day, befOre Lord Compton., Mr. Dickins, and 'Mr.
Hudson, Magistrates for the county of,Northamp-
ion , Mr. 'Parkins Solicitor to the Yost-Office;
and Mr. Asear, Superintendant of the Mails, when
we understand, the. following particulars were
proved as applicable so as to affect' the prisoners.
On. the evening the mail was robbed, Kendall left
Bythorn-bar in a cart, in company with another"
man ; stopped at a public-house near Thrupstone,
drank ale and smoked ; it was then about five
_o'clock ; they, were. then about seven miles, in-a'
cross road, from the spot of ?owl -where the mail
is supposed to have- been robbed. They left the
public-house soon after five o'clock. As they
passed along the road, .a man in the field, when

they did not see, overheard them dispute who was
4o pay the toll' at a turnpike gate through which
they ,fit-ere to, pass ;, they agreed that the (41'4
man was to' pay .the toll, •as Kendall was known
by the- gateAeepfr.„ and, to avoid being seen, he
got*ont iiirtart, and walked across some fields,
.
and no doubtgot, idyl. the cart ?gain.
The mail is supposed to have been robbed.while
ascending a hill, at about a quarter before seven
o'clock. Tlie about three:miles and, a
half off the, of Kendall. He returned
home at half-past sever'', Lai -nder had searched
liytborn Gate bar-hou,se, belonLing to Kendall,
but nothing relative to the Mail robbery was
found.. • --

Kendall denied all• linowledo-be of the person
who rode with him in the cart, but that
lie !nerdy took him up on-the road to give hill) a
ride. said he was at holm before. 7 o'cluekon
the crenings,f tbe„robbery ; but NV proved,
that he was not at I:ome till ball-past st. vet). II
could not-qtedriunt satisfaCiorily'lrhat business be
was upon inithe cart.

The circumstances against.the sister of qendall
are, that she sent fora I).6st-chaise in a clandes-
tine mariner ,to a bye place, and went. in it in
company with the mad who had been with her
brother in the cart,. and proceeded by cross, roads
to Huntingdon.. At this time it suspected-the
valuable czAttents' of the maiE were conveyed
away, but we lament to say, alt trace of the
stranger-ceases.- at,Huritingdon. • • • - • ,
In addition to the above, a variety of other cir-
erimstantial evidence was prodnced. Kendall was
fully. committed for trial, -as a principal in com-
mitting the robbery, and 'his sister was fully com-
mitted, as an: accessary 'after. the fact. -
on Friday Lavender conveyed them to North-
ampton, and lodged them in the prison-there, to
talee, their trials at the ensuing ‘'losizes.

Tlie'stiattiri'elYtiti Sir Ito*LArth fink leaving
been sgpprsatmliir. his command by Sir- EmArtii
PAor ,is incorrect ; the latter . Officer. remains
with the rear-guard of Lord WiLLINoToN's