The Sun.
London, England, 1828-04-23 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

This being the first slay of Term, the Judges of the
Common Pleas slid not take their seats until half-past one
o'clock, after which they were for a considetable time occu-
pied in taking justifications of bail.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.)

BOW-STREET.

A Gentleman named Colonel O'Brien applied to the
Magistrates for redress under the following circumstances.
He had, he stated, been travelling iu Peru for four
years, and had collected a great number of curiosities,
and among them a piece of virgin gold, bearing in
its native state a most extraordinary resemblance • to thy•
Duke of 'Wellington's face. On that account he prtr-
'chased it for one hundred guineas, and placed it in his
collection. It weighed nearly 18 ounces avoirdupoise.
On his arrival in England about six months ago, he had
shewn it to Mr. Lowrie, a sadler, whom lie had employed
previous to his leaving England, and Mr. Lowrie re-
quested leave to show it to his friends. The Colo-
n-1 had left it with him for that purpose,
had called subsequently, but could not recover it for sonic
time, and when he did so, he found that the resemblance,
for which he prized it so much had been completely
obliterated, and that about two ounces of the gold itself
appeared to have been cut off from that particular part.
Mr. Lowrie here explained that it was the result of
sheer accident. He had shown it to a Mr. Roberts, who
doubted if it were gold, and with Mr. Lowrie's leave, took
it home for the purpose of assaying it. In the experiment,
however, the accident had occurred, and he could not dis-
cover an atom of the part which the Colonel alleged to
hrive been cut off. lie was most willing to compensate for
the injury to the amount of the gold deficient, but Colonel
O'Brien would not consent to it.

The MAGISTRATES declined giving an opinion upon the
subject, but recommended au appeal to any Member of the
Society of Antiquaries, who had seen it in its original state
as they could not fix a value beyond the intrinsic one on
any article.
The Colonel said, that he did not attend for the
intrinsic value, but for the injury done to the article
as an antique. Ile would not have allowed such a
disfigurement for fifty guineas. As it was if they could
give him no redress, he should say no more, but put up
with the loss altogether. He then left the office, apparently
very dissatisfied.

LIVERPOOL,' APRIL 21.—T0-day we have
bad a goOd supply of Beef and Mutton, which was in
good demand, and met ready sale at our last quotation.—
Beef, 51d.
,to 7d.—Mutton, 6d. to 71d.
MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE IN YORK.
—A young man, about twenty-three years of age, of the
name of FOSTER KIDD, disappeared in a very mysterisnr:
manner from his lodgings, in Ogleforth, in this city, os
Monday morning week. It appears, that he was a native
of Pickering, and had been working in York, as a stone-
mason. Some time ago, however, be was severely af-
flicted with a fever, which left him in a very delicate state
of health, and subject to violent pains in the head, which
generally produced lowness of spirits. On Monday morn-
ing week, about half-past six, he left his bed, and crossed.
the Minster-yard, where he told an acquaintance, who
passed him, that he was going to a doctor; but he has
never since been seen or heard of. His mysterious dis-
appearance id 'rendered the more extraordinary from the
facts, that he was too weak to walk above a mile, and that
there was no known cause for his lengthened absence from.
his lodgings.—York Courant.
industry,
REFUGE FOR THE DESTITUTE.___The_ An-
niversary of this Institution was celebrated yesterday, at the
City of London Tavern, the Marquis of Las/snow:4E in
the Chair. The object of this Institution is to provide a
place of refuge for persons discharged from the prisons or
wthiew,lituhlokus,ghuuwfoiriltiunnaatteo andderset
are incapable, from loss of (*erecter, to procurs employ-
ment. It also affords temporary relief, in cases of urgent
necessity, to such persons as have no parish assistance—
hut its primary objects are those who have been dig-
r themselves
y and
nd hstre)rrs,
charged from penal punishment. The amount of money
collected in the room was between four and five hundred
pounds; and among the donations was one of 21. 10s.
from a female, who had been once herself relieved by this
Institution.