The Sun.
London, England, 1857-10-07 00:00:00

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, TUESDAY.
THE LATE FRAUDS IN BELFAST.

The Belfast News Letter of yesterday has some
further particulars in connection with the recently
discovered frauds in the Customs :-
1 " Since the discovery of the extensive frauds every
exertion has been made to arrest Mr. J. J. Moore, the
person who is charged with being the perpetrator of this
robbery. As soon as it was found he had left Belfast the
police in Dublin and Liverpool were telegraphed to, and
a description sent of his general appearance; and on Fri-
day evening Inspector Shields, of the loca police force
of this town, left by the steamer for Liverpool, as it was
considered Moore would make for that port, in order to
sail thence for America at the earliest opportunity. A
tittle before the Belfast steamer arrived in Liverpool the
Asia left that port with the mails for New York, and
Mr. Shields was informed by an officer of the Liverpool
police, that a person answering the description given of
Moore had, as they were informed, gone by a small boat
on board of the Asia immediately before she sailed, and
the police were unable to reach the vessel until she had
got under weigh and steamed down the river. A tele-
graph to that effect was sent to Belfast, where immediate
steps were taken to, if possible, have him arrested
bef ere the Asia would get clear of the channel. A tele-
graphic despatch was sent to Cork, from C. Hunt, Esq.,
R. M., directing the constabulary there to engage a
steamer and proceed outside there to watch the Asia,
and endeavour to get on board of her and search for
Moore, of whom a description was also sent them.
Several gentlemen interested in the arrest of this de-
linquent proceeded, accompanied by Inspector M'llroy,
of the Belfast police force, down the Lough in the
steamer Wonder on Saturday afternoon, with the object
in view of watching for the Asia, should she have sailed
northward from Liverpool, and after going down some
distance they exchanged to the Vesta, in which they
hoisted the Admiralty flag, and proceeded in her to the
North Channel, where she remained all night and re-
turned to our quays yesterday morning without having
met with the Asia; and it is confidently stated .that the
American mail steamer could not go by the northern
route without having been met by the Vesta, so that it
is hoped those who had been on the look-out at Cork
may have seen the st amer as she passed that coaat,and
have been able to search her for Moore, and if on board,
to of course arrest him. The Asia must have been off
the Cork coast at about 2 o'clock yesterday morning,
and intelligence of the success or non-success of the
efforts put forth is expected here this morning. It has
bean found that ie leaving this town Moore went by car
to Lisburn, and when dispensing with the services of the
vehicle there, he directed the driver to meet him at the
Ballymena Railway Terminus at 4 o'clock, and if he
should not arrive by that train to drive out for him to
Saintfield, all of which the driver states he did, but of
course failed in meeting with Moore, who was at the time
too much engaged in evading the telegraph and detec-
tives, a work which, as far as we have yet learnt, he has
succeeded in performing, and we would suggest to the
authorities and those interested in his arrest that it is
more than probable he has not yet departed from Ire-
land, and no exertions should be left untried to have
him secured. We are inclined to think that Moore
has not sailed in the Asia, and we are led to this
belief from several reasons which it might not at
present be judic,ous to publish. We may mention, how-
ever, that Mr. Bristow, of this town, is a passenger ou
board that steamer, and it is nut likely that Moore
would go in the same vessel with a person who would at
once know him. We merely state these matters as being
worthy of the attention of the authorities, who we hope
wilt not relinquish their efforts to have Moore taken,
even should the Asia not be met with, or, if met, that he
should not be found on board of her. During the course
of Saturday a further examination of the stores was
made, and we understand that several additional tea.
chests were found fiihd with rubbish like those previ-
ously discovered. The entire frauds, it is estimated,
will amount to about 10,0001., the one half of this; being
the duty on the bonded goods, and the remainder the
value of the property itself."