The Sun.
London, England, 1842-05-24 00:00:00

COURT OF COMIVIO_ 1-LEAS, May 23,

The Judges being engaged at the Privy Council, their Lord-
ships did nut open the Term ( Trinity) unlit after two o'clock,
when Mr. Justice Coltman and Mr. Justice s..resswell came
into Court.

Mr. Justice COLTMAN, addressing the bar, said that the
Lord Chief Justice was still detained at the Privy Council, a .d
would not preside in Court to-day
The Court adjourned in a few minutes after, having disposed
of only two trifling motions of course.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
MARLBORO UGH-STREET.

A young man of respectable appeanincb; and smartly
dressed, and who, it appears, was lately footman in the
service of Lady Mackey, of Grosvenor-square, was placed
at the bar, charged on suspicion of stealing a quantity of
plate, the property of Lady Duff Gordon, of- 36,
'Hertford-street, Park-lane, at whose residence he has,
during the last fortnight, been occasionally employed as
an assistant.

John Lyon, a shopman in the employ of Mr. Gorton,
of Gilbert-strnt, Oxford street, pawnbroker, stated that
on the IBth inst., the prisoneo pledged a silver scallop
shell belonging to a table service of plate, at his em
ployer's shop, tier 14s. On Saturday evening he came
again and olfered another. Witness's suspicions were
excited, and on questioning the prisoner as to whether
the article belonged to him, he made a confused state-

ment as to its being the property of his master, which in-
duced witness to insist on accompanying him to ascer-
tain if the address he gave was correct. On arriving at
the end of Portland street, Oxford-street, the prisoner
set offrunning,but wa., pursued and stopped by the police.
Inspector Plume, of the C division, stated that on the
prisoeer being searched at the station • house, there were
t'ound upon him duplicates of two other silver scallops,
pledged at the shop of Mr. Cotterell, of Oxford-street,
pawnbroker, for 11. 10s., and four silver wine labels, at
Mr. Meete's, of Duke-street, Manchester-square, for ss.
The whole of these articles were produced, and identi-
fied a.: :he property of Lady Duff Gordon, and as having
been recently stolen from her house. Inspector Plume
added, that other duplicates of various articles of wearing
apparel, some of a valuable description, Were found on
the prisoner, and which there was no doubt would turn
out to be stolen.

The prisoner admitted that he had pawned the plate
belonging to Lady Duff Gordon, but said that he was
induced to do so by the state of destitution he was
reduced to, through having been out of place fur a long
time. lie had lived in some of the highest families, and
would receive the best of characters.

The prisoner was roinanded until that day week.
WORSHIP-STREET.

George Moss, alias Edwurds, was charged with having
attempted to enter the house of a gentleman named
Stack, in Oid-street-road, by means of skeleton keys.

Police constable N 145 stated that he was on duty in
Old-street road at 11 o'clock on the preceding night,
when he saw the prisoner standing at the front door
of the houso in company with another man, whom he
recognised as a convicted thief', and he resolved to watch
their proceedings. The prisoner's companion, however,
appeared to be equally observant of the movements of
witness, for he made a signal to the prisoner, who slunk
away from the door, and slipped something into his
pocket. Witness went up and seized them both by the
collar, but the prisoner's friend struck him a violent blow
on the breast, which obliged him to relinquish his hold,
and his assailant effected his escape. After a desperate
struggle he succeeded in securing the prisoner, and on
searching him t;nind nine skeleton keys in his possession.
The only remark the prisoner made was, that if witness
were in his situation he would do as he did.

Sergeant Halifax said, that the prisoner had suffered
eighteen months' imprisonment as a convicted, burglar,
and he had done no work since his liberation.
Prisoner—lt is false ; I have worked -occasionally in
the docks, and done my best to get regular employment
without success. How am I to get work, when lam
pointed at wherever Igo as a convicted thief ? You
keep a man bad. and then punish him for being so.
The Policeman said that the prisoner expressed a
wish to be transported.
Prisoner—And so I do. I don't care where I go, so
that I get away from this d—d country, where I must
either steal or starve.
He was committed to the House of Correction for
three calendar months.

• THE QUEEN'S BIRTII-DAY.----RlOT.—ThursdaT last
being appointed for the celebration of her Majesty's
birthday, the vessels lying in the river hoisted their
colours and signal flags, and the various rope and
sail-
makers premises in the neighbourhood of the Broomie-
law. Towards evening an immense crowd collected in
the Green, amounting at one time to no less than five
thousand persons, were collected, and commenced to de-
molish the paling, for the purpose of feeding a bonfire
that had been kindled near to Nelson's monument. Not
content with this, an attempt was made to unmoor the
boats at the Humane Society House, but the police inter-
fering in time prevented this object from being effected.
A number of the police force were stationed at the foot
of the Saltmarket, and at the east end of' London street
and Monteith.row, to preserve the peace ; but when the
unruly proceedings broke out, those at the former place
fieind themselves unable to cope with the rioter;, A
message was then sent to Captain Aldine for an addition
to their force, when the Superintendent immediately set
out with all the available at his command, and
commenced to clear the Green of the belli •
gerents ; but they were assailed with every sort of
missile that could be laid hold of—stubs, stones, and
gravel, and a number of his men were severely hurt. A
one time the police were nearly overpowered, but throneh
the admirable arrangements of Captain Miller, they
were enabled to arrange themselves for a moment, under
cover of Nelson's Monument, and than issued out on the
mob, who fled before them in the direction of Calton
and Bridgeton, all the while throwing stones at the police,
who continued to pursue them the length of John-street,
but as this was the boundary of their jurisdiction they
could not proceed further. In John-street, the windows
of the Relief Church there were demolished, and th,
railing broken down. -A number of the rioters were
taken into custody. In London-street and Monteith-row
a great many panes o f glass were destroyed—in one shop
alone, no less than nine panes out of twelve were demo-
lished. We understand that, in consequence of the pre-
sent distress, neither the Town Councillors nor Police
Commissioners, drunk the Queen's health, as they usually
do ; and for the same reason, we understand, there was
no review on the Green.--Glasgow Saturday Post.