The Sun.
London, England, 1823-10-28 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS, OCT. .e 7.

Thomas Lem:. was indicted for defrauding - Alder,
of 221. lgs. The .proseeutor, having occasion .for a horse, the
priSener took *him two, the price of one of which he stated to be
twenty-five, and that of the other twenty-three guineas. 'He repre-
sented himself to be William Harris of thefirni.of Harris and
Muller, of- Gravel-lane,,Boroughi ~'The vrnsetrutor ;took- the.
horse at n guineas on trial. On the following Monday the
prisoner went to him for the money, giving im .a warranty of
the soundness of the horse' which he signed "Wi ism Har-
ris ;" and received a check for V. 195., for which he gave a
receipt, signed also 's William; Harris." It appeared, however,
that he had purchased this horse from a horsemlea/er in the
Blackfriars-road, named Iran* as an unsound horse, for 201.,
and that he never received anr authority from Harris to go in
his name to the prosecutor: The horse- wits 'identified; and
proved not to be worth lith
The prisoner was found Guilty, and sentenced to 3 months'
hard labour in the House of Correction.

Henry JOites and George Edmond; were indicted for break-
ing into a house In Surrey-street, Strind, on the 19th instant;
with intent to commit a felony. The prisoner. Edttrends was
seen at halflast six o'clock in tho Morning to lift Jones up,.
and put him in through the parlour-window. The servant
maid, however, corning (limn, ho leaped out of the window,
and-both prisoners ram away.. The servant opened the' hall-
door, • and cried out " Stop. thief." man named Harts
stopped Edmonds; but Jones. .came upsnd re.scued
They then fled, were pursued, and finally secured in Holywell:
strwt, Havre never having lost sight of Jones until he was
arr_ested. . _

Ecifrionde wai► acquitted, but Jones was found guilty, and
4erttenced to six months' hard labour in the Liouie, of Cor.
rectlon;

Thomas Edmond Wilmot and 'Pillion; Poundrcd wore con-
victed of in attempt to commit a burglary in the house of Mr.
Anslep, at North End. They were detected; by the, gardener,
on the pretniseg, after having made a fruitlevi attempt to get
into du; house through one of the windows. They were sen-
tenced to two months hard labour, in the }louse of Correction.

John Cooper was indicted fur assaulting. John t4tiigly. The
prosecutor stated that there tad bean a quarrel between him
and. ionic other persons at Islington ; and after it had subsided,
he was taking a pinch of snuff from one of his opponents, when
the defendant came up and struck him a violent blow on the
facel which broke his Jaw-bone.
A. witness, however, came forward, who swore that it was not
the defendant, but lie (witness) himself who struck the blow.
The defendant was therefore acquitted.
The COURT advised the to make the prosecutor some
atn ends, for the very serious injury he had inflicted upon him, to.
prevent the necessity of an action, '
ThfiCOUAT at its rising adjourned the Session to Thursday
week..

We wore last night (Friday the 4th instant)
favoured with the sight of a letter dated Demerara, Sept. 4, by
which it appears that the Tanifications of the insurrecttou were
deeply laid and mast extensive—that the discovery was highly
providential and opportune—only four hours before the signal
would have given (twelve,o'Clock et night) for massacreing the
white population. Two hundred persons still remain, for trial
eight or ten have hen hung, and thirteen are under sentence of
death. Smith, a prbacher, is-decidedly proved by every negro
examined, to have been the prime mover and planner of the
whole : he is in custody, and is to take his triaL—( Bristol
Journal.)