The Express.
London, England, 1852-10-19 00:00:00

law iintelitatnce.

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.—YEnnom

Thu sittings of the court for the October General Quer-
ter Session were resumed this morning, at the Guildhall,
Westminster, by adjournment from Clerkenwell, before Mr.
Serjeant Adams, maistant judge, Mr. Without, Mr. Hair
well, Mr. Stock, and Mr. ClarM.

Tax Bran or Tat COMIT.
After
their:con:4y When sworn, the Assistant Judge
said before to give them the usual charge on the
Raters of duty they wars required to perform, he
would make one or two observations Olt the present state a
tree court, that being the first tins. he hiot cot them
since
the recent alterations. If the graad jury were but aware
of half the trouble and annoyance hotted had to make the
architect, who had been employed in the !saints*, do his
duty in a proper way, they most certainly would pity him.
The architect had told him personally that be was a most
offensive man, and that if he left things alone, end would
not interfere, all would go on well. Now, although he was
sorry to be regarded as offensive by the architect, he cer-
tainly had exerted himself all he could, and should con-
tinue to do so, to get done all that was required. A pro-
, miss had been given that all should be completed
on the Bth of August, bet the court sat at
Clerkenwell for a whole month aft. r that time, know-
ing that that promise would not be performed. At
the present time not a single thing had been done as it
ought to he. Complaints had been made as to the difficulty
of hearing, and sine he had been in the court ho bad sees
from experience that there was good ground for such com-
plaints. Next came the ventilation. They could not
warm the court, because all the necessity apparatus had
been cut away; there were no blinds to the windows to
keep the sun out, and a miserable piece of green baise hail
been put at the door for the entrance of the public, to re-
gulate the draught when the door was opened, instead of
proper and efficient red cloth curtains. Tho effect of this
war, that every time the door was opened, draughts of cold
air rushed into the court. In the course of the morning
he would take care that proper curtain* were put up. It
was impossible for one person to have all these things seen
to if the proper parties neglected to do their duty. As to
the siturtiou of the jury-box, it was no higher than that at
Clerkeuwell ; the 'dismiss: had been placed with the
view of affords( the best means of hearing for
all ; if, as it had been stated, the counsels' box wu too
low, it could be nada higher at • very little cost,
but it was no lower than such boxes were elsewhere. It
! was true that the bench bad been brought forward, and
' that the hearing, which was defective before, was still so
now. But the court WY not a theatre, and the judge was not
to be put in • chair and put at the far end of the place, mix
looked at like a representation of Jupiter. Comment had
been made about the dock; that remained es It was, and
had not been altered at all. No science was se far behind
the age as that of acoustics, het he hoped and thosght that
with a little patience and alteration the hearing would be
improved, and all the inconveniences complained of obvi-
ated. Ile should do his beer, now that he had come back
to resume his duties. These things could only be remedied
by making experiments, and no doubt all would yet be
right. The learned Judge then briefly addressed the
grand jury on the nature of their office, and sent them to
their room.

The number of prison re for trial ia 81; 71 for felony, and
10 for misdemeanour.

Brrrixo-oreicro).

&issue!ld pleaded guilty to an indictment In which
be was charged with having stolen 26 tooth-brushes and
other articles, value 21. 10s., the property of John Barrett,
his master.

.....
he prosecutor, who aeries on business at 89, Piccadilly,
stated that the prisoner had been fur many years in his ser-
vice, and bad maintained the character of a good, trusty, ,
and honest servant until the last few months, when La
became acquainted with " betting Maces," the result of
which eonnexion was his present position.
The Aseistant.Judge mid it was certainly very much to
be hoped that in the coming session parliament would deal
with these infamous betting-houses with a very strong
hand. It was an aggraeation of a crime to say that it was
committed because the offender had been led away by
betting places • sad in the present case he should not at-
tech that weight to the prisoner's former good character
that he should have done under other eircurnst.uces.
Ile then sentenced the prisoner to sic months' hard
labour.