The Sun.
London, England, 1837-05-08 00:00:00

CRIMINAL COURT--(THIS DAY.)

OLD COURT.
The business of these Sessions commenced with the usual
forms before the Right lion. the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs,
the Recorder, the Common Sergeant, Mr. Sergeant Arabin,
Aldermen Scholey, Winchester, Lainson, and the other muni-
cipal authorities.

•The calendar at present contains 2:31 prisoners, but i❑ con-
sequence of the number undergoing examination at the dif-
ferent police-offices, it is expected the Court will be occupied
during the entire of the week.

!• After the Grand Jury had been sworn, the RECORDER ad-
dressed them to the following effect :—He hoped it would be
unnecessary to make many observations, although the calendar
was very heavy, and presenting many cases of a serious cha-
racter but of a very simple description, and not involving many
points of law. There were, however, two cases worthy of ob-
servation, one of which was of coining, and to detect which
there was sorne difficulty in effecting an entrance to apprehend
the parties. There was also a case against a man for uttering
in two instances forged bills of exchange. His reason for ad-
verting to it was, that although the instrument was conveyed
in a letter by the hand of an ►nnocent person, yet the party
who sent it was in reality the utterer. Although the calendar
contained such seriou4 cases, he was under the necessity of
making one or two observations, as they had been found useful
to a Grand Jury on another occasion, for very many bills have
been ignored in consequence of not calling witnesses to iden-
tify property, and it very frequently happened that the prose-
cutor was an unwilling witness. The policemen on such occa-
sions were found very useful witnesses, so much so that their
testimony called forth the approbation cf a Grand Jury of late.
He hoped they would not be defeated in their inquiries by not
finding one or two witnesses to answer their purp see. Having
made such observations, he considered it would be a waste of
time to detain them longer from the discharge of their i:npor-
tant duties.
The Court then proceeded to swear in the several Common
Juries.

SUPPLEMENT TO THE LONDON
GAZETTE OF MAY 5.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 8, 1837.
Dispatches were received at Winisor Castle, last night, announc.
ing th,- death of her Serene Highness the Duchess Dowager o!
Saxe Meinengen, mother of her Majesty the Queen.
The melancholy event occurred on Sunda• the 30th of April.
The Court will go into mourning on Thursday next.

ST. JAMES'S PALACE, MAY 8.
The King has been pleased to command, that the Banquet in-
tended to have been given to the Knights of the Most Noble Order
of the Garter, on the 13th instant; the Investiture of the Most
Honourable Military Order of the Bath ; and the Banquet on the
Itith inst. ; and also the Banquet to the Kni;lns of the Most
Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle, and the Mott Illus-
trious Order of Saint Patrick, on the 20th inst., shall be postponed
until further notice.

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.-( THIS DAY.)

DILAL, MAY 7.—Arrived the St. Vincent's Planter, from
Jamaica ; and Ann, Worthington, from Limerick.
PLYmouTn, MAY 6.—Wind variable..—Arrived the Numa,
Williams, from Sierra Leone; Jacob, Cato, from Batavia.
FALMOUTH, MAY 6.—Wind S. to S. S. E.—Arrived the
Goldfinch packet, from the West Indies—sailed from St. Tho-
mas :5 3d ult. ; Chase, Ritchie, from Matanzas ; and Calpe
(steamer), from Malaga—left 25th ult., Gibraltar 26th, Cadiz
27th, and Lisbon Ist inst.
PotcrsmouTia, MAY 7.—Wind S. S. W., fine.—No arrivals.
OFF THE WIGHT, MAY 7.—TheGeorgetown, Simpson, from
Demerara.
CHANNEI„ MAY 7.—The Acteon, —, New Bedford.
PENZINCE, MAY 6.—Offport Diana, Dudman, from Canton.
BRISTOL, MAY 6 —Arrived Ariadne, Brown, from Canton.
LivEnroor.. MAY 6.—Arrived the Concordia, from
Stralsund ; I)er Stratel, , from Stralsund ; Carl Hen-
rick, from Wolgast ; Elise, Paton, from Rostock
Gustava Carl, from Rostock ; and Courier, Alsop, Dantzie.
GUERNSEY, MAY s.—Arrived the Dolphin, from Rio Ja-
neiro ; Gloria, Meyer, from Stettin.
JERSEY, MAY s.—Arrived the Emanuel, Wilgor, from Ros-
tock ; Estelle, from Nantes.
CORK, MAY s.—Arrived the Mary Ann, Smith, Canton.
DunuN, MAY s.—Arrived the Baldwin, from Canton ;
Vivid, Byers, from Memel.
LosooNDERRY, MAY 5.._ Arrived the Courtney, Robertson,
from St. John's, New Brunswick.
BELFAsr, MAY s.—Arrived the James, Henderson, from
Oporto ; Iris, Cudder, from London.
The Phi

.ie 44:enix, Dennison, from Liverpool to Barbadoes, was
,ost at Guadeloupe, Feb. 27.
The Patriot, from Ilalifax, was condemned and sold at Port-
au- Prince, previous to the Qth