The Sun.
London, England, 1817-09-15 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

On Wednesday next these Sessions commence,
and from the subjoined list of prisoners committed
tor trial they will in all probability continue for
three or four weeks. We ',anima to observe the

increase of crimes, as the present number Of pri•
sonets is greater titan ever ivas known before; at
the,same time it is gratifying . to learn that ..the
offences are not 'of so serious a nature as upon,
former occasions ; out of the 386. committed for.
trial, there are but ,tl5 charged capitally. The
followi'sg iS a correct list Of the various offences
with which the prisoners stand chargerl,:.—
LondOn. Middlesex.
, .
Murder.: - - - 0 1
Burglary -- - .. - = 0 15
Housebreaking - - . - - 0 2
Forgery - , -
-- • 3
Highway Robbery - - 5 11
Stealing in a Dwelling-house - 3 27
Ditto privately in a shop - ' - 0 6
Ditto on the Navigable River - 0 2
Ditto Post-Oltice Letter; - , - 0 1
Maliciously Cutting - 1 0
Rape - , _ - .. 2 0
Returning from Transportation. - 0 1
Personating - - - 1 1
Child Stealing - - - 0 2
Receiving'Stolen Goods - - 0 5
Perjury - .., . • - • - 1 0
Stealing on the High Seas - 0 1
Frauds - _ ‘ . - 3 0
Larcenies - - - - - 33 f.'o7
Rothezzlernent - - . - 2 3
Misdentranot's , • - , 3 0 • •
Various offer)ces foithe County Assizes 0 3
Stealing from the Person - - 10 30
Manslaughter . - • , N.- - - 0 t

64 3.2
• •. " STATE OF NEWOATE.
Males. Females,
Convict under Sentence of Death -1, 0
Ditto Transportation for Life - 21 ' 17'
Ditto' ditto 14 years - 1 7
Ditto ditto 7 years - 4S 97
Respited during pleasure - - 5 0
Under Imprisonment fur Misdemeanors 34 18
.Itulgments Respited - ' - - 5 0
'Prisoners for Trial - - . - 284 102

Of which there are in thi Infirmary

WARNING TO SERVANTS.--Wednesday Jane
Lloyd, head.claii•yrnaid to the, Rev. E. PtctoN,
of lscoed, Carmarthenshire, was committed to
the House of Correction one month, for wasting
her master's property in feeding and entertaining
J. Morris, carpenter, and D. Wilkin, blacksmith,
at his expend.. •

Friday morning last a poor labouring man wits
found in a hovel near the town of
With his head lacerated in, a shocking manner.---
He was removed to the, poorhouse for medi-
cal assistance; and is something better than'he
Was. -From what his weak and uncollected state
has enabled him to communicate, it appears that
he was upon his waylrom Long Sutton in com-
pany with three. Irishmen, when they beat him
in a shocking manner, and took from him a pound
note he is-not considered out of dener.

{PnIC SEVtNPENCE.

C di-VE Liz Y.

The last number pf QuarterlyßeOetv cop.
tains fel account of TI-flt HISTORY' Of JAVA, by
TuortA.. STAit; FORD ht, • Esq!.,
clovernor of that Island and :its Dependencies;

The Writer in 7'he Review give; a very amusing
and, interesting abstract of 02 general'contenti
of the two voluntes of whicit.tbis work consists,

and recommends it as a work in the fidelity of
which he seems to place full dependence, relyini,
on the ability, the opportunities, and the highly
respectable character of the author. In the course:
of his account of these contents, the Reviewee,
after stating the, advantage which the IsIan:) of
Java and, its bependencies derived from. the •
BRITISH Government, expresses inUeb regret- that
it wasideemed expedient to restore it to the Dutch; -
a circumstance indeed deeply deplored by the na—
tives. At the end ol The Review there is a note
respecting the conduit of the Dutch since they ,
regained possession of the Island, which We shall
subjoin. BefOre,bcr.veVer; we submit this note UV
our Readers„ we deem it proper to say a few words
respecting the Qunrierly Review itself. As friends,

to the British Constitution, and all 'its' tenerablo
Establishments, We feel highly.gratiEed in the op-
portunity of stating that the high tone of criti
cism-, the extensive knowledge, profound learn.-

ng, moral tendency, nut! political.reCtitude.of

that Review have raised it into an extent of cir-,
culation far eXceedibg any similar work that ever
appeared in this country. But this is not al', for
by its various and name! ous connexions, The Qua-
rterly Review is often enabled to obtain important
intelligence from peculiar sources, which it inci-
dentally conveys through the medium of its criti-
cal observations. The NOTiE to _which we ere
going to tall the attention of ourlteaders is of

this ,anddescriptiun as it recites, acts of wanton
cruelty, we hope it will induce the King of the
Netherlands to' have the matter strictly investi-
gated, the authors brought to due punishmenr,
and the Government of the Island placc(l

upon such a footing as may preclude all danger
of the recar.renAg.. of such oppression and 'bar•

baiity

" NOTE ON TUE ARTICLE ON JAVA.'

" The horrible tragedy of Dutch Cruelty• i►al.
already commenced in Java ; and it krill not stop)
Isere.—Scarcely was the. ink dry with which we
penned the sentence in page 74,*, to which this
refers,, when we received the fo:lowing account of
a most atrocious transaction, to which we scarce-
ly know. %%itre to look for any parallel, unless, it .
be that of the Black Hole in Calcutta,
.the mas•
sacre of the English in Ataboyna, or of the Citi
nese in Batavia, when the streets of that capital
literaliT ran with blood. We pledge ourselves •
for the.truth-of the statement, and by expOsiEg to
the whole world a scene of such infamy, feel that
K.e. are performing a public duty. May we hope =.-
that.this exposure will be the means of
.creaol4
such universal indignation against the,, patties
concerned in the bloody deed, as may prevent the
recurrence of such inhuman and disgraceful trans•