The Sun.
London, England, 1841-08-11 00:00:00

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

On Monday these Sessions commenced, before Mr.
Sergeant Adams and a full bench of Magistrates.
The calendar is a very light one, there being but 35
prisoners for trial, 20 of whom are charged with felony,
and the remainder with assaults, misdemeanours, &c.
The Grand Jury having been sworn,
The CHAIRMAN, after briefly explaining to them the
nature of their duties, said that the Court had been fre-
quently put to very great inconvenience by gentlemen
being summoned to serve on the Grand Jury who were
past the age at which the law exempted them from
serving ; and, in order to prevent the thing in future, he
suggested that all persons who, from that or any other
causes, were exempt from serving on Grand Juries,
should at once have their names struck off the list of per-
sons liable to serve on Juries, and the present was about
the proper time for so doing, for on the three first Sun-
days of next month a list of the persons so liable to serve
would be placed on the doors of the different churches
and chapels in the county. If those legally exempt would
apply to the magistrates at the Petty Sessions in the fol-
lowing week, and prove their right to exemption, their
names would be struck out of such lists previous to being
forwarded to the summoning officers. Such a proceeding
would save not only them, but also the Court, a great
dent of trouble, and an unnecessary waste of the pub-
lic time.

ASSAULT ON THE PoLicE.—Mr. Clarkson stated that
he was instructed to make an application to the Court
in the case of John Gollop, who was indicted last June
sessions for a most brutal assault upon several policemen,
but who being unwell was unable to take his trial. His
companions were tried last sessions and convicted. The
indictment had been preferred by the direction of the
Secretary of State for the Home Department, the Go-
vernment having come to the determination, in future,
of instituting prosecutions in all cases where the police
were brutally assaulted. He now held in his hand a
eartificate of the surgeon of the New Prison, stating that
the prisoner was still in such a state of health as to be
unable to take his trial ; but that functionary further
stated that in his opinion the prisoner did all in his
power to retard his recovery. One of the policemen who
had been assaulted had been in a very bad state ever
since, and an abscess had formed in his side, which
might prove fatal. He therefore hoped the Court would
order the trial to take place with as little delay as pos-
sible. Mr. Vizard, the solicitor to the Home Depart-
ment, was in attendance, together with the witnesses for
the prosecution.
The CHAIRMAN, after consulting with the Governor
of the New Prison, ordered the trial of the prisoner to be
postponed until the adjournment day.
ESCAPE FROM PRISON.—David Venables was indicted
for unlawfully escaping from the Westminster New
Bridewell, on the 4th of September last. The prisoner
pleaded guilty.
After his escape, nothing more was heard of the pri-
soner until about two months afterwards, when the Go-
'vernor received information that he was confined in St.
Alban's gaol for felony. The Governor lodged a detainer
against him, and at the expiration of the term he was
brought up to London.
Ile was then sentenced to fourteen days' imprisonment
and hard labour in the House of Correction, at the expi-
ration of which time he will be taken back to Westmin-
ster Bridewell, there to undergo the remainder of the
sentence passed upon him at the Westminster Sessions.

The Consecration of the Bishop of Evreux was
solemnised on Friday morning at half-past eight, in the
church of Saint Roch, by the Archbishop of Paris, who
returned on Thursday from Belgium, assisted by the
Bishops of Versailles and Sees, and in the presence of
the late Bishop of Beauvais, the Pope's Internuncio, and
a large body of clerical dignitaries. The President of the
Council, _the Keeper of the Seals, the Ministers of the
Interior, Foreign Affairs, Public Instruction, and Fi-
nances, the Prefect of the Seine, the Mayors of the first
and second Arrondissements, the Colonel of the 2d
Legion of the National Guard, and a deputation from
Evreux, with a great number of personages of distinction
in Paris, added by their attendance to the interest of the
scene. As early as six the doors were opened, and soon
afterwards the church was filled. The grand ceremony
was not concluded till half-past ten. The Queen has
made presents to the new Bishop of the greatest splen-
dour, richly decorated with gold and precious stones, to
be used in the exercise of the sacred office, and has been
imitated by other persons to a very large amount. The
Duchess of Orleans also sent to the Prelate some orna-
ments of great beauty, accompanied by a request that,
when he should wear them, he would pray for her chil-
dren. The Bishop, in accepting them, returned his
thanks to the Princess Royal, who, as our readers are
aware, is a Protestant, and assured her Royal Highness
that not only would he do so, but would pray for her
also. The total value of the various presents received
by the Prelate is stated to be upwards of 100,000 fr. The
Bishop left Paris for his diocese on Monday, and
made his entree at Evreux next day. After the usual
ceremony at the Cathedral, the Bishop gave a grand
dinner.

ITHE CHINA WAR.—Sir Henry Pottinger,
Bart., and Admiral Sir W. Parker, arrived at Aden on
their way to China early on the morning of the 29th
June, and proceeded to Bombay in the afternoon of the
same day. Sir Henry Pottinger purposed to set off for
China in one of the Company's steam frigates as soon as
practicable after reaching Bombay, and expected to
reach China the first week in August. Sir Henry's
health appeared perfectly re-established by his trip, and
he embarked from Aden in the full enjoyment of all his
mental and bodily energies. Sir W. Parker was much
disappointed on finding that the Endymion frigate had
let Aden for Bombay, as it was the Admiral's wish to
have hoisted his flag on board her. The Endymion
reached Aden in a leaky state, having struck on a reef
in the Mozambique Channel; and Captain Grey deemed
it requisite to sail for Bombay, that the frigate might
be docked and examined. On her voyage out she
sprung her mainmast between decks, and this, with
a leak which could not be got at, determined Captain
Grey not to await the arrival of Sir W. Parker. The
Admiral will probably proceed in her to China from
Bombay. We have good authority for stating that Sir
11. Pottinger has proceeded to China with the most
ample powers, and that his policy has not been restricted
by minute instructions. It is probable that on his
arrival in China he will demand by an ultimatum the
terms on which peace can be concluded ; and if notim-
mediately acceded to, he will direct our combined land
and sea forces against Pekin. We havelgreat confi-
dence in the firm and unflinching character of Sir H.
Pottinger, and-we sincerely believe that a more fit per-
son could not have been selected to carry out the ener-
getic measures now required. It is, however, to be re-
gretted that his predecessor should have been tied down
by his instructions to the adoption of a mode of treaty
which, originating in the clemency of a generous and
powerful nation, has been unfortunately construed by
the Emperor of China into mere pusillanimity. With
Eastern nations forbearance is synonymous with weak.
ness.—Naval and Military Gazette.

FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE

CROWN OFFICE, Aus. 10, 1841.
The sixteen Peers of Scotland elected and chosen to sit and
vote in the House of Peers, in the ensuing Parliament of the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, viz.:—The
Marquis of Tweeddale, Earl of 'Morton, Earl of Elgin, Earl
of Airlie, Earl of Leven and Melville, Earl of Selkirk, Earl
of Orkney, Earl of Seatield, the Viscount Arbuthnot, the
Viscount Strathallan, Lord Forbes, Lord Saltoun, Lord Sin-
clair, Lord Colville of Culross, Lord Reay, and Lord Rollo.

CROWN OFFICE, Au°. 10.