The Sun.
London, England, 1851-10-30 00:00:00

THE GREAT EXHIBITION.

Among the remarkable statistics connected with
the Exhibition, not the least gratifying, the least
instructive, or the least interesting, are the following
returns, obligingly furnished to us by the police
authorities :

" Six men and one woman (all English) wore taken
into custody for picking pockets in the Exhibition, one
of whom wax transported 7 years, five sentenced to 9
months' imprisonment each, and one discharged by the
magistrate.
" Threo men and two women (all English) were taken
into custody for attempting to pick pockets in the Exhi-
bition, one of whom was sentenced to 3 months, three
to 1 month each, and ono discharged by the magistrate.
" Six men (English) were taken into custody for
stealing goods exposed in the Exhibition, five of whom
were convicted by the magistrate and sentenced—one to
6 weeks, one to 1 month, one to 10 days, one fined 405.,
one fined 10s., and the other discharged.
" Five mon (foreigners) were taken into custody ffn
stealing goods exposed in the Exhibition, one of whom
was committed for trial and sentenced to 6 months' im-
prisonment, two committed for 1 month each, one fined
405.. and one 20s. by the magistrate."
The following is a list of articles restored to their
respective owners from the Ist of May to the 24th of
October, both days inclusive :

423 parasols, 145 umbrellas, 138 victorines, 202
brooches, 117 pocket-handkerchiefs, 79 shawls, 93 brsee-
lets, 40 pairs of spectacles, 40 pencilcases, 37 veils and
falls, 32 eyeglasses, 23 lockots and chains, 2 tablecloths,
8 opera glasses, 1 cornopean, 1 clarionot, 7 hats, 73
season and other tickets, 31 coats, 6 pairs of goloshes, 2
knives, 75 catalogues and other books, 19 pocket and
men's books, 18 pins, 26 bunches of keys, 1 thimble, 7
bonnet shades, 2 toothpicks, 1 snuffbox, 8 pairs of gloves.
4 pairs of cuffs, 46 baskets, 4 campstools, 17 rings, 3
fans, 1 brass tap, 1 pair of boots, 1 fishing-rod, 1 pin-
cushion, 6 carpenter's rules, 1 portmanteau, 21 bags, 2
caps, 1G watches, 2 cigar-cases, 1 invalid chair, 1 teles-
cope, 1 wood box, 6 seals, 3 whips, 33 sticks, 9 scent
bottles, 9 ties, 2 cardcases, 2 screws, 1 air gun, 1 horn
goblet, 4 thermometers, 42 purses with cash, containing
from 41. 18s. to is. 3d.—total, 481. is. 9-Id.; loose cash
and cheques, 142/. 6s.
The following is a list of property found in the
Crystal Palace from the Ist of May to the 24th of
October, and now at the Hyde-park station
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181 pins (common), 174 bracelets (various), 146 veils
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and other books, 120 silk and
other ties, 102 pairs of gloves, 100 sticks and canes, 89
victorines, 65 silk and cotton handkerchiefs, 44 pencil-
Cases, 44 shawls, 44 pairs of spectacles, 35 pocket and
memorandum books, 24 seals, keys, and chains
: 15 eye-
rings, 1 metal neck-
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glasses, 23 lockets (various), 14 bonnet shades, scent-
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2 pairs of goloshes, 2 aprons, 3 pincushionsl, °ll):ekangilvasa'es,
1 spur, 1 toothpick, 3 carpenters' rules, 2 whips, 2
thimbles, 5 umbrella cases, 1 buttonhook, 91 bunches of
keys, 1 basket of carpenters' tools.
41 purses with cash, amounting altogether to 181.
15s. 9id.; loose cash, amounting to 44 10s. 9i-el. One
Prussian 5 doll. note.

At the present time there are very few persons
confined in the Queen's Prison and Whitecross-street Prison
for debt. In the former only 140, whereas some years back
the number exceeded 700; and is Whitecross-street Prison
the number is equally low.
THE LANCASHIRE AND YORKSHIRE),
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railway
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THE PARISH or LivEarooL.—The difference between these
matter
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parish asaessment, which
bodies respecting the company's asseSvilmiaanrseebnittrhaatosrb:en at last
brought to a decision. Originally it was an appeal against
the assessment for the poor-rate on the Tithebarn-street and
or to the
by Messrs.
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bui-,sobbttsrheaegrerutsi stations,eisdnteetsrly:
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Samuel Holme, of Liverpool, and S. hunt parish. Messrs.
, of
the part of the railway com pan -
Camulosulinatv,e•
Stockport, on
5,173/. The decision of th 3,, gave the net annual value of
e referee fix g
7,8841. e, the rateable value at
EXTRAORDINARY HIGH TI
two days, the tide of the river Th IDEs‘—Dring the past
height than at any period this ames has risen to a greater
Lambeth Palace, up to nearly thesason. The area in front of
was on these occasions covered
state of things has • with water, and a similar
prevailed a 10,,,, Battersea to o.__. -, the southern shore, from
Greenwich, many of the cellars being over-
flowed.

NEWCASTLE, OCT. 26.
LAUNCH OF THE SCREW•STEAMER CHUSAN.--
about SOO tons, was launched here this day, from the A tine iron screw steam-ship, of
esta-
blishment of Messrs. Miller, Ravenhill, and Co. She is the
property of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation
Company, of London, was named the Chufan, and is intended,
we understand, for the service of that company in the India
and China seas. Her model is greatly admired by our nau-
tical savans, and she is expected to be very fast. Shit i 9 to
IA fitted immediately for Neg.

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