The Sun.
London, England, 1834-09-06 00:00:00

who danced the bays through his speech in
all the graces of metaphorical confusion. Doubt-
less, Mr. HULTON thinks himself a wise man,
but the world would think him a still wiser one, if he
would only hold his tongue. It is not till he begins
to croak, that the vain, gaudy peacock disappoint us.

Our readers will find, in another part- of The Sun,
Mr. O'CONNELL'S letter to Lord DUNCANNON.

This letter is neither more nor less than a recapitu-
lation of the injuries which Ireland has sustained
at the hands of the GREY Ministry, by their Irish
legal appointments. We do not hold with Mr.
O'CONNELL in these matters ; but his letter contains
much that is worthy of Lord DUNCANNON'S serious
consideration.

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.

Thomas Goodwin, a respectable young man to appearance,
was indicted for stealing a letter from the General Post-office,
in which establishment he was a letter-carrier, containing bills
and notes to the amount of 6,0001. and upwards, the property
of Messrs. Walker, the bankers, of Rotherham ; and Bryan
31' Sweeney and John Ward were indicted for receiving the
same, well knowing it to be stolen. The offence was charged
in the indictment, which was very long, in several ways.
Mr. Anowius, who appeared for the prosecution, stated the
case to the Jury ; Mr. SCARLETT and Mr. SHEPHERD were
with him.

Edward John Heseltine was a clerk In the banking-house of
Walker and Co., of Rotherham. Mr. Newman, the agent of
Earl Fitzwilliam, paid into that house on the 24th of May
6,0001., to be paid to Messrs. Snow and Co., the bankers, in
London, on account of the Noble Earl. The amount in ques-
tion was remitted in a letter to that house in three bank-notes
for 500/. each, and the remainder in bills of exchange. Wit-
ness put the letter containing the property in the Post-office
at nine o'clock on Sunday morning, and paid the postage.
The bank-notes were written across with red ink. The bank-
note produced was one of the notes enclosed in the letter, the
red ink on which was considerably obliterated.
Cress-examined by Mr. PHILLIPS—Locked up the letter
containing the money in his desk the night previous to putting
it in the post-office. Messrs. Walker had two clerks with the
exception of himself. Put the letter into the post-office on
the Sunday morning, and was quite confident the money was
in it at that time.

By Mr. BARON A, DERSON-When he took the letter out of
his desk the following morning it had the same appearance it
had the night before. It was sealed with the seal of the office.
Mary Chapman was the assistant of the post-office at
Rotherham. Made up the post-bag for London on Sunday,
Ist of June. Among the letters was one addressed to Messrs.
Snow and Co., and one to Messrs. Barclay and Co. Both
these letters were post-paid. The bank at Rotherham was in
the habit of having an account with the post-office, and wit-
ness debited the bank with the postage of the two letters.
The letters were sent in the regular course.
John Hinton was a clerk in the General Post-office. On
the 2d of June the Rotherham bag arrived safe in London.
Witness found that the account of paid letters sent with the
bag was correct, and put his initials upon it to that effect.
Frederick Holland Cotton was a letter-carrier in the Post-
office. On the morning of the 2d of June, was the sorter of
paid and franked letters. If there had been a letter on that
day for Messrs. Snow, it would have been placed in the sth
division. After the letters arc sorted, the letter-carriers are
called, who take the letters to their own desks to sort them.
The prisoner Goodwin was a letter-carrier of the sth division,
and his seat was next to the letter-carrier who delivered the
letters in Essex-street. Letters were often improperly sorted,
and in such cases it was the duty of the letter-carrier either to
return it or deliver it to the party to whom it was addressed.
Cross-examined by Mr. Pniums—There were 250 letter-
carriers in the General Post-office, and an increase had lately
taken place to the amount of 40 or 50. In consequence of
this increase the room was enlarged, but the business of the
Post-office was not carried on in the room while the improve-
ments were going on. Witness was not aware that any mis-
take had been made in the sorting of letters on the 2d of June.
His walk on that day was Lincoln's Inn. The desk of every
letter-sorter was separated by .a small partition.
By Mr. Baron ALDERSON-Had no recollection of sorting
any particular letters on the morning of the 2d of June.
Thomas Boyden was the letter-carrier of the Essex-street
division, in which the banking-house of Messrs. Snow and Co.
was. That house had the early delivery, and it was the duty
of witness to hand the early letters to a person named Powell,
who was the early letter-carrier of that district. Letters some-
times after being sorted remained on his desk for an hour and
a half. On the morning in question, the prisoner had the desk
to his left, and a person named Archer had the desk to his
right hand. Letters for Messrs. Snow would be sorted and
placed on the left hand side of his desk. It would be quite
easy for a person sitting on either side of his desk to take let-
ters off it. The partitions between the desks were for the
purpose of preventinr, letters, after they were sorted, from
mixing with one another.
James Austin was assistant inspector of the letter-carriers
in the General Post-office. The prisoner Goodwin was a let-
ter-carrier in that office on the 2d of June, and delivered
letters in the Wych-street walk.
James Powell was the early deliverer of letters in the Essex
street walk. Received the letters from Boyden and delivered
all that were for Messrs. Snow and Co.
Charles Gubbins was the chief clerk in the banking-house
of Snow, Paul, and Co. Received all the letters, which were
placed on his desk. Sir John Paul generally opened all
letters. No letter was received from Messrs. Walkers, of
Rotheram, on the 2d of June. The name of their porter was
Thomas Smith, who received the letters if they came earlier
than nine o'clock.

Thomas Smith, the porter of Messrs. Snow and CO., stated
that on receiving the letters he laid them on Mr. Gubbins's

desk.

Sir John Paul was a partner in the house of Snow and
Co. Opened the letters on the morning of the 2d of June,
but there was no letter from Messrs. Walkers, of Rotherham.
Witness was rather surprised at this, as Earl Fitzwilliam a few
days previously had informed him that he had ordered his rents
to be remitted to them.

George Ruthven, the officer, of Bow-street, stated that on
the 19th of June he was near Parker-street, Drury-lane.
Saw the prisoners Ward and IT Sweeny come out of the Crown
and Cushion in that street. An old man also came out with

Ward and went to the Running Horse. ^ Ward returned to
the Crown and Cushion. M' Sweeny and Ward then parted
and witness directed. Ledbeater to watch him. On the follow-
ing day was in the Strand, and he there saw Ward and the old
man go into the Queen's Head public-house. Witness watched
them, and on their coming out followed them to Crown-street,
Westminster. They went into a house and shortly afterwards
they came out with M'Sweeny. Witness then followed them
to the Plough in Beaufort-buildings. Laid hold of M' Sweeny
and Ward and took them into the parlour. Witness asked what
he had in his pocket, when M'Sweeny said I will shew you,
and put his right hand into his pocket. He produced half a
crown, a shilling, and sixpence. Witness on putting his hand
into 114' Sweeny's left pocket, there found a Bank of
England note for 500/. Witness asked him how he be-
came possessed of it, to which he said he was respectable ;
that he was a gentleman, and had taken the note at a gambling-
house at the west end of the town. Nl' Sweeny declined tell-
ing witness where the gambling-house was. Said that he lived in
Chelsea, but would not tell him where. On searching Ward,
discovered part of the Times newspaper, with the advertisment
with respect to the robbery cut out. Al' Sweeny said, looking
to Ward, " Its all over—its all up. Jack, you are a d—d
bad one all up your back." Ward said, "It is not me ; it
must be the old one." Witness then took them to Bow-street.
M'Sweeny said his name wds Swabey, and Ward gave his
right name. After taking the prisoner in custody, went again
to Crown-street, in company with Ledbeater and a person
from the Post-office. Searched the house but found nothing.
On returning, as they passed Downing-street, a gentleman
seeing Goodwin, said, " I wonder where he is going." Led-
beater followed him, and from an intimation he had received,
went again to No. 20, in Crown-street. Went up to
the first floor, and the gentleman from the Post-
office, on seeing Goodwin, observed that he was
sorry to see him there. To which Goodwin replied, " Yes."
M' Sweeney's brother, who was resent, said, " It's a bad
job ;" to which Goodwin said " es." Took M' Sweeney to
Tothill-fields in a coach ; his brother and sister were with
him. The brother pressed him to tell the truth, as he could
not be a principal ; to which he said, " No, I am only the
go-between--they have not got the right man yet :" and upon
being further pressed, he said, " How can I look the world in
the face and betray my friends ?"
The advertisement in the Times newspaper, offering 1001.
reward, was then put in and read.
This witness underwent a severe cross-examination by Mr.
PHILLIPS, Mr. PRENDERGAST, and Mr. BODKIN, but his evi-
dence in chief was not shaken.
George Ledbeater, the Bow-street officer, corroborated the
evidence given by Rut hven.
This witness was under examination when our Reporter left,
and the trial appeared likely to occupy the whole day.