The Sun.
London, England, 1833-07-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.-(THIS DAY.)

°L I) coUR F.

These sessions, which were adjourned from Tuesday last,
met again this rntirffing. The athournment was rendered
necessary, on account of its being discovered that a tiuniber
of MiddleseX bills had been found, the witnesses to which had
not properly sworn before they went to giie evidence before
the grand jury. Upon a 6onsultation among the Judges, it
was their unanimous opinion that all such bills were informal
in law, and consequently that those pfisonefs, who hdd been
convicted must be re-tried upon fresh bills, and that new bills
must be found against those prisoners who had been tried.
Information of the occurrence was forwarded, at the request
of the Judges, to the Middlesex magistrates, with a request
that they would re-assemble the grand jury, in order that the
witnesses might go again before the grand jury.
On Thursday the Middlesex magistrates met, and the sub-
ject underwent considerable discussion. A resolution was pro-
posed by Mr. Broughton (seconded by Sir Edward Carrington)
in order to get over the difficulty—" That the Court not hav-
ing met on Tuesday, the 9,1 instant, pursuant to adjournment,
the session was a lapsed session." That resolution was
supported by Sir James Williams, Mr. M`William, Mr. Lau-
rie, Mr. Rawlinson, Mr. B. E. Hall, Col. Clitheroe, Mr. Flower,
and Dr. Robinson. It was however lost by a large majority,
and that majority determined that they had proceeded upon a
custom of a number of years' standing, and that consequently
the course which had been pursued was perfectly legal. The
above named gentlemen, however, protested against the reso-
lution to which the majority had come.
On the opening of the Court this morning, Mr. M`William,
Mr. Orme, Sir James Williams, Mr. Halsewell, Mr. Laurie,
Mr. Dyer, jun., Mr. Flower, and several other magistrates of
the county, took their seats on the Bench. When Mr. Justice
Littledale, Mr. Justice James Parke, the Lord Mayor, the
Recorder, and Mr. Sergeant Arabin arrived, the magistrates
had a conference with them in their private room. When they
came back into court,
Mr. Justice LtruEnaLE, addressing the persons who had
been summoned on the jury, said they were relieved from
further attendance, as the session would be again adjourned.
A juryman asked if they were to attend again when the
session recommenced?

Mr. Justice L►TTLEnALE said they were wholly discharged.
There would most probably be a special commission to try the
prisoners, and a new jury would then be summoned. '1 he
attendance of witnesses would also be now dispensed with, and
they would be summoned again to attend before the special
commission.

Mr. BODKIN said he was engaged in some cases in which
there were unwilling witnesses, and he wished to know whether
their recognizances were discharged, as if so, they would have
to be sought for again

Mr. Justice LITTLED/kLE said, as the witnesses had attended,
their recognizances had been satisfied. It would be necessary
to subpoena them.

His LORDSHIP and Mr. Justice J. PARK then quitted the
Court, and

The RECORDER passed sentences on the following prisoners
who had been convicted prior to the adjournment :
SENTENCED TO DEATII.—John Sanderson, Michael Healy,
and Thomas Smith, for housebreaking and larceny.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR LIFE.—Wm Jones, Edward
Hart, and Henry Gordon.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR 14 YEARS.—John Westbrook,
James Scott, and George Maynard.
To BE TRANSPORTED FOR SEVEN YEARS.—James Lindsay
alias Lindsey, Mary M`Wilson, William Harvey, William
Skinner, John Musk, Isaac Mendoza, Morris Long, Thomas
Ranton, John Gray, John Everett, John Thomas Jones, John
Marney, William Manning, Elizabeth Foster, Mary Holland,
and Mary Joyce.
TO BE IMPRISONED AND KEPT TO HARD LABOUR FOR TWO
YEARS.—Robert Woolridge.

The following were sentenced to various periods of Impri-
sonment :—Joshua Butterworth, one year; Wm. M`Clowes,
John Dwyer, William Green, William Shaw, and James
Ellis, six months ; John William Parry, Thomas Williams,
Anne Chandler, Thomas Hobley, Louisa Harris, and Eliza
Murphy, three months ; John Browne, two months ; and Ca-
therine Weeks fourteen days.
The sentence upon Charles Jones was respited until next
Sessions.

Henry Nyman, Mary Connor, Catherine Mullins, Hannah
Jacobs, John Morris, and Sarah Smith, who had been convicted
upon indictments for petty larceny—which indictments were
informal, owing to the error in swearing the witnesses at
Clerkenwell, were put to the Bar.
The RECORDER, addressing them, stated, that they were con.
victed of offences, which it was intended to visit with a lenient
punishment; but as there were some doubts of the legality of
the indictments, they should receive the benefit of those doubts,
and be discharged forthwith.
The Sessions then terminated.

THE FUNDS.-(THIS DAY.)

CITY, TWELVE O'CLOCK.

The Gazette of France says, that letters from Lisbon say,
that Lord William Russell wished for a landing of soldiers
and sailors from on board the English fleet in the Tagus, but
the Spanish Minister at Lisbon declared that said measure
would give the right for his Government to interfere; accord-
ingly this measure was abandoned by Lord William Russell.
Newfoundland papers to the 21st June have been received
at the North and South American Coffee-house.