The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-01 00:00:00

'EBRUARY f , 1861.

can take my place, And then 3 ou can repeat your opening
speech.

Mr. Chambers—With grew` respect, my lord, I should
not like to do that to-day.
The Lord Chief Baron—Thai adjourn the case.
Mr. E. James—For a wt *k ?

The Lord Chief Bai:on—l-don't think there is any occa-
sion for so long an adjournm,ent as that. Suppose we say
Monday morning at 11 o'cloc.t. Look at the greatexpense
of a week's adjournment.
Mr. Chambers—All the wit? tenses are in town my lord.
The Lord Chief Baron—lt of the utmost importance
for the interest of all parties, the innocent, the guilty, and
the profession, that the present inquiry should not be a
hurried one. lamin as sound health as ever I was in my
life, but I don't feel strong enough to-day to go on with
the case. If I wcsre to do so, I am afraid
I should break down befeve the end of the day.
Mr. M. Chambers—Then, my lord, with your permission,
we will adjourn until Thumlday next; and in the event of
your lordship not being able to proceed that day, perhaps
your lordship will intimate the fact to your officers, who
would communicate with counsel en both sides.

The Lord Chief Baron—Tory well ; Thursday next at
en o'clock.

Mr. Sergeant Shee—And that no public notice be taken
of this day's proceedings. Ito hoped the gentlemen of the
press would abstain from reporting the case at present.
With regard to this suggestion his lordship made no
further observation, but proceeded to dispose of the other
business on the paper.
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The court throughout the whole Df the morning wits
most inconveniently crowded.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—(This Day).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

ROBBERY AND SINGULAR DETECTION OF THE THIEF.
—Jame, Farrell, potman, in the employ of Mr. Thomas
Taylor, landlord of the Albion pitblichouse, 8, Duke-street,
Grosvenor-square, was charged with stealing a silver watch
and gold chain, of the value of £l2.

Mr. Taylor said the prisoner had been in his employ
about five weeks as potman. On Wednesday last he missed
the watch and chain from his drawing-roam table, and at
first suspected the cook and barmaid. He asked the whole
of his servants, five in number, and in consequence of their
all denying knowledge of it, and his having been robbed
since Christmas, he gave all his servants notice to leave.
Not knowing the number, and being referred by a pawn-
broker to the person who had repaired it as the person to tell
him the number, to give information to the police, he went
to Mr. Davis, jeweller, Duke-street, Manchester-square,
and last night heard that the watch was stopped.
Mr. Lewis Davis, of 46A, Duke-street, Manchester-
square, jeweller, said that at eight last night the prisoner
came in and offered the watch and chain for sale, asking
£l2 for them. He told the prisoner he thought it rather
suspicious that he should have such a watch and chain, and
he then said they were his own property, and that he
bought them at Liverpool. He (Mr. Davis) then showed
them to a young man in the shop, who said he knew who
the watch belonged to. He then sent for the prosecutor
and detained the prisoner and the watch.
Peck, 28 C, proved prisoner's admitting that he stole the
watch and chain.

Mr. Tyrwhitt committed the prisoner for trial.

THAMES.

A LUCKY FELLOW.—Margaret Harvey, a woman of the
town, aged 31, and dwelling at No. 20, Edward-street, St.
George's East, was brought before Mr. Selfe, charged with
stealing £l5 from the person of a sailor named William
Embry.

The prosecutor stated that he met with the prisoner
directly after he was paid off, and he treated her with lots
of grog, in return for which she robbed him of all his money.
It had since been returned to him, and he wished to go
home and drop all further proceedings.
Mr. Selfe—You have got your money. Well, you are a
very lucky fellow. Seamen who have been robbed in the
dens in this district have very seldom recovered [a farthing.
The magistrate, then addressing the prisoner, said she was
a most notorious thief. He had seen her in the felon's
dock frequently. She would come to grief at last. She
was discharged.
SHAM ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE.—A tall Lancashire man,
who gave the name of Bolton Manchester, about 31 years
of age, and who was described as a packer, was brought
before Mr. Selfe charged with attempting suicide by endea-
N ouring to throw himself into the Regent's-canal.
A police-constable named Birch, 267 K, stated that he
saw prisoner in the Canal-road trying to climb over a wall
which divided the Regent's-canal from the road, near the
New Globe, Mile-end. The prisoner said he was tired of
his life, and would destroy himself. The prisoner's land-
lord and others were near him.

Mr. Selfe—This won't do. Men who intend to commit
suicide do not do it under the nose of a policeman and half
a dozen other persons. _
_ _

The prisoner said he was out of work.
Mr. Selfe—What do you mean by giving the names of
Bolton Manchester. One is a town, the other a city in
Lancashire.

The prisoner—Those are my real names.
Mr. Selfe—lt is very odd, indeed.

Birch produced a note, on which a few words were
scrawled and blotted as if written in a great hurry. He
believed it said, "Father, as soon as possible send me a
trifle." There were two pawnbrokers' duplicates in it.
Mr. Selfe—Yes, for goods pawned last July.
Inspector Kenessey—The prisoner, I understand, has
been out of work ten weeks.

Mr. Solfe—lf ho is a lunatic he ought to be looked after ;
if he is not, ho ought to bo imprisoned for his wickedness
in trying to make people believe ho intended to commit
suicide. He is remanded for a week. He will bo taken
care of in the Clerkenwell House of Detention.

THE WE A TILER.

METEOROLOGICAL REPORTS.