The Sun.
London, England, 1803-10-25 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

VES'FiRDAY the Quarter Sessions for the of.
London commenced at. Guildhall, bef.ire•ilie;fki;!Vf
Hon. the LORD MAYOR, and- Aldermen
Cußfrs, Comet, Rowcitotir,
SHERIFFS, and Mr. SILVEsTER, 'now• the RlCelfArr,
Who presided, for the- first - time, since his' deelitin
to that- office, when the Aldermen Congrittiitad
hide on his ele4ion to the chair..-
After the Grand Jury had been sworn, the),
waited, as usual, for -the charge. The RP„c6.lto tit
addressed them and said, as he did nor fiud from the:
paper -before him.any thing of irnportance, he should,
not trouble them with any charge, as he. hat-I 06
doubt, their good sense would enable them to deter:.
mine on the tubjeas which. came before therm with.-
out his aid. -• •,, , •

1110 cases.thay be .corisidzrrd rum- un::.
interesting, and it may he
,niteruf tor 'the publiei
particularly fur Peace' Officers, that the exampli
they afford may be genetaliy.linciwn.:

John Thor loon was tried foe assaulting
Chalice, a Peace Officet, while. in the thsCliatge of
his duty. 'This transaction apse from that abomi-
nable and too long tolerated nuisance, 13ar~l.,olame to
Fair. On the night of .the 6th of Septeniher,
the Prosecutor, Chalice, in consequence of an anvil.,
cation made to him by a resfedable traiesnian of
neighbourhood, went, with three assistants, tO t4,v;
Coachtnaker's Arms,. in Ff?sier-A:tne, where, nilervtl.,
tering a rOOlll in:Alich'vvre sixty or reventy
sons, men- and w:imien, all in an 'Jinn:a, a person
of the ntte bf cf having been '
abused and treated,,an4 he.pointed to t!ePrso:l,:x
and tutu or three nthers as haying eottimitted assiia!t
and outrage on him; upon WhiCh. several knives wt.
drawn. Chalice was knocked down repeatedly by the
Prisonerianct received from !UM a wound on ihe• left
cheek with some sharp instrument which' the
"saner held concealed in his hand. - With mikli dilh
culty, he, and assistant 'Officers, aitledvby
tradesman wini.had applied to hirn to go to the..pubie,•:.
lic-house, conveyed the, Prisoner :to, the adjastiumteof
watch.linuse. Gregg,
.who .4compaeled th;gio,
thither, was, on his way stabiie& behind' his hat.*
by
.sorrie,person witty escard unseen, and. Grege's....:
life was for. some time in imminent danger,;
unable to.4ttend in court.. . •.. ,„t ,
The foregoing circumstances wer,e dearly proved
and the prisoner made scarcely,. any, tiaie,e,vx.crty•:.‘
by a downright. denial of the 1:las. He, wa5,4040,74
guilty, and sentenced to, six months' irtiptiminmeat...,';i:
The next trial ,was ,that of job,: IVectithousei
Peace Officer, who :was conviCted of haying
milted one of those pOor unfortunate fernale,r.who.,.._
are too often (in . addition.. to their: other miseffe+
oppressed by the corrupt underlings. of
.the
lice. , It appeared that he seized
,)ter as 'she te.t.s
returning trom:..thek.nforesaid lArttolotnew
through one of the ,streets ,near -Smithfield ; dirt
he led her in ;custody through several Streets, .unti!.
they were at length met. by an honor isrpriier
Who had seen the girl bufore,, and recolleaed her •
face. Thisjosepg Shfrupb intettirg.d,aad the Con.
stable, armed with a. Swirl acrd. full Ms " brief
authority,'' refused to let her go unless she Or some
one fur her " shOuld first pay lnin seven sltinittes
for the rrsJite..ho..bad t•du Other persona
came up, and the result was, trio the cnnstahle
was committed,. the,
,parties. brofight ,next morning
before an Alderman, and the proseeution, -direeted•
and carried on at the expence ef.the City. Ile was
sentenced to twelve months imprisonment in, New..
The next trial was that of three P:pee Oincer44 .
whose names are Anderion, Dingy, atmA.:ll'ilsorf,' who
were found guilty of a- most grois,',veanton,, and
barbarous assault on William ;Male. /lit' the course •
of this trial it, appeared, that`,these guardians of the
nightly peaca'oftlie City sallied from a watch-house
in whichlhey had 'been drinking off the night of 'll4
3d of last. September with some of their frientls, in
.the neighbourhood of the said
,Ilartholontew Fair, •
,aud met the Prosecutor, an honest industrious trade*.
inan, his.way honie with sotto' of his neighbottrs
that they attacked,him and•his. companions, without •
any, provocation, with a „staff of 4/ice and a `.
drart.va cutlass; that they wounded him.io a most des. •
perate and savage manner, insoniuch that the ton-
zeens of Bartholomew's Hospital could not prtintiuncC
hii life out of danger' for six weeks: His bat anti
coat wereprodneed in. Court, and exhibited.maiks
of the assault,' 'which seemed to have been repeated
with increased fury, on the .Proseentor's pleading
his anti shis neighbours! peaceable demeanour, anti
imploring fur the mercy which their unfeeling
hearts denied him.

The RacdaDE a, after amtle very. just and appo...
site observations on the enormity of their guilt,
pronounced ,;he sentence of the Court, viz. each of
them to suffer twHve months,imptironine'nr, and pay
a fine of fifsy pa'unds, and to be further imprifioned
tintil each of thettypapettive;y should pay said floe.

THEATkee—PiZirra again tustered a nu.
tnerous indience last nig4t at Coycot-garden Tllea.
tre,,and Coosa led the Spaniards with great spirit
od,4liscip/iire. He was,most obly apposed by KEN!.
Piriel);11": ROM/. C. firma ta was also very
animated in Alonzo. Mrs. Silitums exerted herself
with great zeal in E/vira, HIM gave-the tender Nis:,
pogi, with peculiar efl,"4t. We regret to seol\ilts.
H, fitoporrs,'whn might render herself a very in..
terciting A4tress, atterepi sty studiOmly to ilnita. e
the tones of Mrs, Swoorls. Having the great
,original at the, sarne 'Theatre the Public will be less
inclined to admire:the copy. We have beforcex.-
prsssed our /civet on this head, but find that the
prahictt increases:
Mr, Lewis, a tespelltable :I‘4a-eket 'Gardener at
Cralitree, near Ftxlliatn, whose grounds are: much
ettposed, having. been repeatedly yltinderefl of his
crops, ,set a, man tV watch. OA Solday
_Morning
Ltst, at two o'clock;, lie called hit master hug
_bias that nine men, with sacks and pit:n friths,
were 'digging up his potatoes in -Fulham Mr:
'Lewis, with four assistants, arrnett theniselves, and
went to the spot, where the.uffendr3 11a0filleti five,-
sirek4.- on his apploach, they decainped--htst .in
the;t. flight Mr. Lewis fired at one of them,'"ancl
lodged fire slugs in that part. commonly called eke
seat of hlnostr! A second offender was taken into
custody in the puuuit. lioth,appeared to be bar,;.
men.