The Sun.
London, England, 1827-08-08 00:00:00

OLD BAILEY.

ABSTRACT OF THE RESULT OF THE COMMIT-
MENTS TO THE LAST SESSIONS.
Convicted. Acquitted, &c.
Worship-street Office SS
Marlborough-street
Mary-la-bonne' 26
Bow-street 2l
-Hatton-garden
' Whitechapel
Queen-square • 8
Thames 7
Coroners and County Magistrates 4 .

Lord Mayor and Aldermen 5
Of the above cases,
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Mr. Justice Littledale triedl2 The Common Sergeant 81
Mr. Justice Burrough ... 14 Mr. Sergeant Arabin 92
The Recorder 3l

The're are, we understand, eight presses at the
Royal Mint frequently at work for ten hours
each day ; and it is considered that the destruc-
tion of eight pair of dies per day (one pair for
,each press) is a fair average result, though the)
'much more frequently fall short of, than exceed.
that proportion. Each press produces 3,600
pieces per hour; but, making allowance for occa•
'sional stoppages, the daily produce of each pres:,
may be reckoned at 30,000 pieces, The eight
presses, therefore, furnish a daily average of
1'240,000 pieces.

HORTICULTURAL SOClETY.—Yesterday a
meeting of the Members of the above-Society
was held in Regent-street, J. ELLIOT, Esq. in
the chair. The meeting was fully attended. A
paper has been stuck in the meeting-room, stating
the satisfactory manner in which the fete had
gone off, but attaching blame to the purveyor foi
not providing for 3,000 persons as he undertook,
to do. Several new members were ballotted for.
A fine collection of flowers and fruits were on
the table, and after the members present had
(partaken of the latter the meeting adjourned.

LORD CIIIEF JUSTICE HOLT.-When
Holt was Lord Chief Justice, he committed some
enthusiasts to prison. The next day, one Lacy,
who was of the same persuasion, went to his
house, and asked to speak with him. The
porter answered his Lordship was not well, and
could not be seen. Lacy insisted that he must
speak to him, for he was sent to him by the
Lord. When this message was delivered, he
obtained admittance. " I come," said he, from
the Lord, commanding thee to grant a noli pro-
sequi to his faithful servants, whom thou hast
unjustly committed to prison." " Thou canst
not certainly have come from the Lord," replied
Holt, " for he would have sent thee to the At-
torney General, knowing very well that it is not
in my power to grant thy demand. Therefore
thou art a false prophet, and shalt go and keep
thy friends company in prison."
Numbers of ruffianly fellows are to be seen
every day with bull-dogs, and other savage dogs,
which are so trained, that the moment their Mas-
ters point at any object, they snap at it. The,
suburbs of the Metropolis abound with nuisances
lof this description. On Monday last, as four
ivagabonds, whO had, it was said, just been duck-
Ihunting, were passing along Pentonville with
four bull-dogs, one of them pointed at a fine
mare in the gig of a medical gentleman, who re-
sides in Aldermanbury. Tho dog instantly ran
lat the mare, and bit her in the leg, and were it
not for the skill of the driver a desperate acci-
dent would, probably, have occurred. As soon
'as the fellows perceived that they had done mis-
chief, they turned. down a street with a horse
;laugh. They are, however, all of them known
the Police all 'dog-stealers.