Star.
London, England, 1827-05-30 00:00:00

ENSUING OLD BAILEY SESSIONS.

For several years past there has not been a cotres-
ponding Session whete the calendar has presented so
large a number of prisoners for trial, as the following
statement exhibits, viz.-386, down to Saturday night,
excepting those who have been admitted to bail ; 70 ot
this number are charged with offences which affect life,
and many others are committed upon serious accltsa
tions.—The summary statement of the various offences
with which the prisoners stand charged is as follows:
Murder, 5 ; burglary, 15; rape, I ; forgery, 5; uttering forged
notes, 1 ; highway robbery, 10 ; housebreaking, 3 ; coining, 3 ;
stealing in dwelling houses, ; horse stealing, 1 ; sheep Keating,
I ; robbing a mall coach,l ; manslaughter, 1 ; stealing and secreting
a letter when employed at the Post-office, 2 ; embezzling, 8 ; steal-
ing from the person, 74 ; receiving stolen goods, 9; selling counter-
feit coinot ; larcenies, 219; perjury, 1 ; fraud, I. Total. 386.
Ot the above number, there are 80 city prisoners, and
306 aho have bees committed by the County Magis-
trates. It is supposed that before the Grand Jurors
break up, the number for trial will be augmented to 500.

Sizty:seven Bills received the Royal Ascent, by
Commission, on Monday, and have thus become Acts
of Parliament) and a trifling addition to the ^ Statutes
a Large: , •

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessiontcommenced before F. COX sT,
Esq. Chairman, and a full Bench of Magistrates.
The Grand. Jury found a true bill against Wm. Sheen,
for murder.
Paitiet Carr was indicted for assaulting the wife of a
' soldier at Hounslow, who swore that the defendant, tak-
ing advantage of the absence of her husband, who was
lin his (defendant's) employment, took indecent liberties
with hei person, and throwing her on the bed was about
to accomplish his purpose, when her husband came to
the door outside. She had screamed out at first; but
she made no noise when her husband was heard out-
side the door, becau-e she was fainting. She admitted
that she made no complaint of this outrage until her
husband left the employment of the defendant in about
ten days after it had occurred, because, she said, 4, she
was not able to go about." She drank tea, however,
with the defendant on the very next evening. Verdict,
Not Gritty.
An officer of Worsfs;p-street, named Fitzpatrick, was
convicted of imprisoning a respectable man in the
watchhouse all night, because, having a bundle of linen
in his hand, which be was carrying . from his washer-
woman's late at night, he was unable to say whether c r
not the articles had any marks on them, and was also
unable to tell the number of his watch, which the de-
fendant took from him. It was in vain that the prose-
.cutor referred him to a house where he might inform
himself satisfactorily as to who and what he was ; the
defendant refused to call there, and consequently the
prosecutor was compelled o spend the night in the
watchhouse; and so much didbe suffer from the cold,
that the watchhouse keeper was induced to take him out
to another place once or twice to warm hies, elf.
The CUAIRMAN expressed his regret to see the son of
en old and respected servant of the public conduct him-
self so improperly. lie deferred pronouncing judg-
ment at present.
A true bill was found by the Grand Jury against
Mr. Q. Pitt, of the Adeliki, fora misdemeanour, in oh-
structing the foot-way An Covent-Garden, by erecting
bustiags thereon.