d possession of them drove up to the
wharf in a cab which he had hired in the city. The letter which he
presented to the wharfinger for the delivery of the boxes was in the same
handwriting as one which the wharfinger had received from Falmouth, and
which bore the postmark of that place, in the morning. It gave
particular directions respecting the boxes, and that they were only to be
delivered to a gentleman who would call in the course of the day, and
present a letter in the same handwriting for their delivery. The person
who obtained the boxes accurately described their contents, the marks on
them, and the time they were landed at Falmouth. The wharfinger, as
might be expected, was completely put off his guard by the ingenuity and
cunning of the thief, and delivered them over to him.

On 3 April, two Jews, Ellis and Lewis Caspar, father and son, were
brought up at Lambeth Street Police Station for being concerned in the
robbery; afterwards, two other prisoners, Emanuel Moses and his daughter,
Alice Abrahams, were arrested, and all were committed for trial, the
Caspars for stealing the gold, the other two for feloniously receiving
the same, well knowing it to be stolen. They were tried at the Central
Criminal Court on 24 June, the trial lasting eight days. The jury found
them all guilty, but recommended Alice Abrahams to mercy, believing that
she acted under the advice and influence of her father. Judgment was not
pronounced on them until 3 Feb., 1840, when the three male prisoners were
sentenced to fourteen years' transportation, and the female to four
months' hard labour. The Jewish community tried all their influence to
get these sentences modified, but the convicts sailed for Sydney in the
following October. The expenses of the prosecutor in connection with the
trial amounted to 2,900 pounds!

CHAPTER IX.

Queen Elizabeth's Statue--The Ladies of the Bedchamber--The Queen hissed
at Ascot Races--Land at Melbourne--Sunday Trading--New way of paying
Church Rates.

_Times_, 25 Ap.--"The workmen engaged some time since in taking down an
old public house adjoining St. Dunstan's Church, in Fleet St., discovered
in one of the cellars the ancient stone statue of Queen Elizabeth, which
formerly stood in the nave of the old church. The parochial authorities
have resolved to place it on the east end of the church, fronting Fleet
Street." An unfortunate position, for many raw, unlettered Irishmen, or
women