The Sun.
London, England, 1836-01-01 00:00:00

LAMBETH-STREET.

Yesterday, Lea, the officer, exhibited to the Hon. G. C.
NORTON, the sitting Magistrate of the day, three massive
gold neck chains, which no doubt formed a portion of the
valuable property stolen from the warehouse of, Messrs.
Hall and C 0..; on Custom-house Quay, in February last,
and which were found under the following odd circum-
stances :

From the statement of. Lea it appeared that-the pot-boy
at the Red Lion Tavern, King-street; Bloomsbury, being of
course' aware of the finding -of the- -valuable jewels in the
fire-place of the room in that house which-William Jourdan
(one of the men in custody for the Custom House robbery)
lrad occupied for several days in that house, took it into his
head to go up the chimney of the Mole room, in the hope
of discovering further treasure. He, accordingly, on Tues-
day morning last prepared himself by stripping off all his
clothes to his shirt and trowsers, and having provided, him-
self with a lighted candle, with some difficulty squeezed
himself through the fire-place and up the chimney. He
had not proceeded far when he perceived on a small ledge,
from three to four feet up, a small bag drasin tight at the
top, with something heavy in it. He instantly descended
with it, and on untying it he found the contents to be the
three chains now produced: They were, however, so black
with the smoke, from a fire being in the room almost conti-
nually since Thursday, that it required some pains to wash
them.

Mr. NORTON—I am somewhat surprised, Lea, with.
your general caution and attention in such matters, that
you did not examine the fire-place minutely when you ap-
prehended Jourdan. I must own that I felt astonished
that you did not do so.
Lea—l did, Sir, examine it as minutely as possible,
though I did not recollect the circumstance, when men-
tioning to Mr. Hardwick the fact of the jewels having been
found. I have since recollected, perfectly well, taking the
ornamental paper out of the grate, and saw that at that
time there was nothing in it. Mr. Billing, a gentleman be-
longing to the Custom House, was with me at the time,
and that gentleman has not only since reminded me of the
fact of my having examined the fire-plaCe, but would depose
to the fact. I cannot account in any other way for the
jewels falling into the fire than from supposing that they
had been hung up the chimney by Jourdan, and the fire,
when lit, having burned the string, or whatever they had
been suspended by, they dropped into the grate, and were
burned in the manner before described.

Mr. NORTON (looking at the chains)—These are evi-
dently of foreign manufacture. Have you any reason to
think that they form any portion of the jewels stolen ? Lea
have no doubt whatever of it, Sir, for among the pro-
perty were nine gold chains of Spanish manufacture, some
of which were precisely of a similar description to those
found. He (Lea) further proceeded to state that Mr.
Smart, a gentleman in Winchester-street, in the city, would
be able to speak with accuracy to the chains produced
being a part of the property, as the whole of it had passed
through his hands on his valuing it previous to its being
deposited in the warehouse from which it had been stolen.
The officer then left, for the purpose of seeing Mr. Smart,
and had not retured when the Office closed.

MARLBORO UGH-STREET.
Yesterday two individuals of respectability, named Mason
and Shepherd, were put to the bar before Mr. CHAMBERS,
charged in the police-sheet with having been " drunk and
disorderly" the over-night.
Police Constable Drane said be was called about four
o'clock in the morning to a disturbance at the Royal Saloon,
Piccadilly, and when he got into the room he found about
fifteen or twenty persons fighting together and making a
very great riot, and and amongst the most active appeared
to be the two defendants. He laid hold of Shepherd, and
was then struck several times by, that gentleman, but he
contrived to get him out of the Saloon, and to cause him
to be lodged in the station-house. Several constables hav-
ing collected at the place in consequence of the disturbance,
the defendant Mason was also secured, he being then in-
toxicated.

-M2lClason, in answer to the charge, made the following
statement. He had been spending the evening with
fa-
mily party, in company. with his brother and his brother's
two sons, and on learning that, at four o'clock in the morn-
ing, the two young gentlemen, with their friend, Mr. Shep-
herd, had gone to the Saloon, in Piccadilly, he and his bro-
ther had gone to the room for the purpose of bringing the
young gentlemen away from that receptacle of profligate
and disreputable characters. O n entering the room be
found his nephews were engaged in an altercation with some
person who belonged to the Saloon, and who was abusing
the young gentlemen for calling for brandy and water and
cigars instead of some kind of wine. He desired his ne-
phews to pay for what they had called for, and to come
away. Immediately about half-a-dozen well-dressed fellows,
apparently a gang of bullies, having some sort of connection
with the Saloon, rushed towards the party, and began a
ruffianly attack on them. They were all thrust into the
street, very much beaten, one of his nephews bleeding from
the blows he had received, and his brother (the father of