The Sun.
London, England, 1836-08-22 00:00:00

CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.

OLD COURT.
On Saturday the Grand Jury came into Court about
two o'clock, and presented the last of the bills that had
been laid before them, when Mr. Baron Gurney thanked
them for the able manner in which they had discharged
their duties. me number of bills laid before them in the
course of the present sessions was 349, being the greatest
number since the establishment of the Central Criminal
Court, and in support of them no less than 1,272 witnesses
were examined.

Thomas Wheeler, a fellow who has been twice before
convicted of felony, was indicted for picking the pockets of
several respectable females who were engaged in viewing
the rowing-match for l)ogget's coat and badge. George
Vickers, a constable of the L division, stated that he was
on duty facing Lambeth Palace, on the Ist of August, and
amongst the immense assembbic,re of persons there, he saw
the prisoner and other reputed thieves. He watched the
prisoner, and saw him bustle several people, amongst whom
was the prosecuts.ix, Mrs. Simpson ; he saw him pick her
pocket of her purse, which contained some silver—he laid
hold of 'aim with the purse in his hand. The prisoner said
nothing in defence.—Verdict, Guilty.
The COMMON SERGEANT observed he would be sent out
of the country for a considerable period.
ATTENIPT TO Muanr.a.—Edward Boyd, aged 17, was
indicted for cutting and wounding Eliza. Hawes, with intent
to murder her. lie was found guilty.

NEW COURT.
Nothing of the slightest interest in this Court.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.

MAR YLEB OIVE.

THE LATE EXTENSIVE PLUNDER OF FOREIGN LITE-
RARY WORKS.—Saturday James 41,1• Clare, the young man,
who, on the previous day, was charged. with having plun-
dered his employer, Mr. H. Kernot (agent to an eminent
bookseller in Paris), of an immense number of copies of
various valuable books in sheets, to the amount of 300/.,
was placed at the bar for re-examination. The works in
question consisted of Lexicon Hindostanee, Le Sage's Gil
Bias, Napoleon's and Canova's Conversations, the writings
of Madame de Stael, and a great many other publications
of unquestionable merit, in the French and Italian lan-
guages. Tle case, which has
.excited much interest
throughout tEie trade, will begone into on Tuesday next
when the prisoner will be again brought up.

QUEEN-SQUARE.
More O'Ferrall, Esq., M.P. for Kildare, yesterday ap-
peared to a summons before Messrs. BURRELL and GRE-
oRIE, taken out against him by Ratcliffe Rowland Mira,
of the hackney-coach, No. 233, under the following circum-
stances :—Mr. O'Ferrall addressed the bench----I assure you
that I paid a man, whom I took to be the complainant, at
the door of the House of Commons, telling him at the same
time I should not require him to wait.
Mr. BURRELL said the Magistrates did not disbelieve the
statement of Mr. O'Ferrall, but they were compelled, upon
the oath of the complainant, to make an order for the
payment.

The defendant then paid 12s. 61, together with 3s. to
the complainant for his loss of time and costs of the summons.

CORONTR'SIQUEST.

THE LATE FATAL STEAM-BOAT ACClDENT.—Saturday
an inquest ‘-was held at the Gun, Gun-dock, Wapping, he-
ti" M:r. Baker, the coroner, on the body of Mary Ann
,rannis, aged 33, who was drowned on Monday last, by the
Enterprise Hull steamer suddenly going on, and swamp—
ing the boat in which she was about to leave for the shore.
The Jury having been sworn, proceeded to view the body,
which lay at the Wapping dead-house ; it was in such a
c
dreadful state of decomposition that the brother of the de_
ceased could only identify it by the clothes. On ret•a:incr
of
to the inquest room, Mr. Baker said this was a a
great importance both to the friends of the deceased and
the public, and also to the parties whose conduct would
shortly be the subject of inquiry. He should therefore like
to be informed if there was any person present on the part
of the steamer, or the Company to which she belonged..
Mr. Pelham, an attorney said he attended on the part of
the friends of the deceased, but he believed no one belong-
ing to the Enterprise was present. Marshall, the beadle,
said the Eqterprise had not yet returned from Hull. The
Coroner stated it was important that every opportunity
should be afforded to the parties who it was alleged had{
caused the accident, and it would be necessary to adjourn'
for that purpose. Several witnesses, however, were called
and examined ; their examination having been conclude':i,
the Jury said they could not, on the evidence before tb eta,
return a verdict of " Accidental Death," and an adi:ourn-
ment till next week was agreed to, when the Ent oprise
will have returned from Hull to the river.