The Sun.
London, England, 1856-08-27 00:00:00

IN RE GASKIN.

This bankrupt was described as of Croydon, builder,
&c., and came up to pass his examination on accounts
prepared by Mr. Williams, Basinghall-street, showing
debtor to creditors 796/. 9s. 4d. ; ditto, holding securi-
ties, 1,0371. ss. 3d. ; surplus, June, 1854, 3051. 7s. 7d. ;
creditor by good debts, 591. ; property, 2071. ; ditto,
in the hands of creditors; 1,8101.
The bankrupt passed without opposition.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

BOW-STREET.

POST-OFFIIIE ROBBERY.—Tames BrGunz, was placed at
the bar, charged with stealing a letter containing money,
the property of her Majesty's Postmaster-General.
Mr. Sculthope, one of the comptrollers of the Post-
office, stated that the prisoner was a letter-carrier in the
London district department, and was engaged at Bays-
water. It was his duty to collect the letters received in
that neighbourhood. In consequence of the numercus
robberies of letters in the Bayswater district, he was
directed by the Postmaster-General to test the honesty
of servants employed there, and on the 26th of
this month he made up a letter and addressed it
to " Mrs. White, Jedburgh, near the Chapel of Ease,
Scotland," and enclosed therein half a sovereign, a six-
pence, and six penny postage stamps, all of which be
had previously marked. The letter was fastened with
adhesive gum, and was given to Bingham, with instruc-
tions to post it at Mr. Giles's receiving house, Bays-
water. If the letter had been posted according to his
direction, it would have arrived at the General Post-
office at about six o'clock in the evening, with the rest
of the Bayswater letters. The letter bag arrived in
due course, but it did not contain the made-up letter
He then proceeded to the sorting office, at Bayswater,
in company with Cole and Bingham, the officer, and
met the prisoner as he was leaving the office. He asked
him his name, and he said it was Brown ; and in answer
to a question he said he collected the Bayswater office at
five o'clock. He then told him there was a money letter
missing, and he (Brown) must be searched: Smee, the
officer, did so, and handed a purse to Cole, in which the
marked sixpence was found. On the sixpence being
identified the prisoner said the money was his, and be
had taken it in change. He said he bad not seen the
missing half-sovereign. He was then given into custody.
The sixpence produced by Smee was the same one
as he enclosed in the letter.

Henry Bingham, police constable attached to the
Post office, stated that he posted the letter given to him
by Mr. Soultherp, and directed to Mr. Giles, Bays-
water, at about five minutes pat 4 yesterday afternoon,
in the same state as be had received it.

Mr. Rowe, the son-in-law of Mr. Giles, who assisted
in the sorting of the letters, stated that he saw a
letter directed as described by Mr. Sculthorp. It was
stamped and put with the other letters, and the prisoner
called and tied them up, and, at a few minutes after five,
he left the office with the letter in question.
Cole, the officer, said the prisoner admitted having
the half sovereign, and said that he had changed it at the
Prince Albert public-house, in the Portobello•road, for
half a quartern of gin. The officer went to the helm
and there found the money.

The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was
ully committed for trial.

THE LATE AFFRAY IN BARLEY COURT.—It will be I'm-
colb.cted that at the termination of the hearing of this
charge before Mr. Henry yesterday, the two women,
Temple and Sweeny, were ordered to be conveyed to
the hosp:tal, in order that the injuries they had received
might receive proper attention.

This morning the inspector having charge of the cave
attended before Mr. Henry, and stated that the surgeon
of the hospital had given him a certificate stating that
Temple bad received such severe injury that it would
be impossible for her to attend to-day. He had brought
Sweeny, whom the surgeon thought bad recovered
sufficiently to leave the institution.

On the old woman entering the office she appeared
still to be suffering very much.
Mr. Henry said, as the other woman was not able to
attend, the further hearing of the case must be post-
poned until a future day.