Star.
London, England, 1817-04-15 00:00:00

LONDON SESSIONS.

Yesterday these Sessions were held before the
LOAD MA•roa. the RacoOm and a Bench o: Alder-
men. The RIC.iRDER, in his charge to the Grand
Jury, observed, that although the nunlber of offences
in the Calendar was very great, yet they were of the
ordinary cast daily occurring in great and populous
cities, and therefore requiring no more than the cus-
tomary animadversion on his part. He could not,
however, help expressing his regret and astonishment
at the number of forgeries lately committed in the
City, notwithstanding the severity of the law, and the
almost positive certainty of detection.
Jahn and Mary Welch were indicted for assaulting
Saran, the wife of L Devine. The parties are of
Hibernian bitch, residing in Wright's-buildings,
Chick lane; they quarrelled about drawing water.
They proceeded, as usual, to decide their diffnence
by blows, and, in the course of the scufll: the pro-
'nutria contrived to get the fine-finger of Mary
Welsh's right hand into her mouth. which she bit so
dreadfully that it afterwards gangrened, and the fin-
ger was obliged to be amputated, first at one joint,
and then at the other. The Jury, on this evidence,
sequined both the prisoners.
No other case of the least public interest was tried,
and the Sessioni adjourned to the Old Bailey, which
commence on Wednesday next ; and from the follow-
ing fiat of prisoners committed for trial up-to Satur-
day night, it will be a very heavy one:
Merrier .

Forgery
Highway robbery • - 15
Poet Offieerobbery - . 9
Stealing In dvekiug•bosses' 14
Embezzlement - - . S

Misdenteanoors 114
Stealing from the person 17
Shopliftiag
Manslaughter . . - 1
Receivers
Felonies
With other offences, In all 117

Burglary - - 13

tstttLDUALL.—Mary Brows was yesterday brought
before Sir WIbLIAM Cuarrs, upon the charge of
having attempted to convey to a convict, under sen-
tence of death in NeNgate, a rope to aid him in
escaping from prison.
Anne Summers, the searcher of femalts at New-
gate, swore, that she searched the prisoner on Sin.
day, in her approach to the convict's cell, and found,
between her shoulders, a rope of length and strength
sufficient for the important experiment of an escape
front any part of the prison. The rope was here
produced, and answered:the description given by the
witness.a.:As soon as this detection took place, the
cell of the convict was examined, and every th;ng
th NI was found in a state of preparation for depar-
ture. The fitters of the criminal were filed asunder,
and he seemed to await with impatience some addi-
tional means -of getting rid of his imptisontnent.
Mr. Hardy stAted•ohigt the convict's name was
Brown, alias Ryan; and that he had been sentenced,
to death for committing a robbery, in conjunction
with two others, upon a man, on r inchley-common.
Sir WILLIAM CUILTIII—Wbete did you get that rope, Miry
and what were you going to do with it ?
Prisciaer.—Your Boomer, I found It in St. Mks's; and I war
shared they'd rake it from me, and that was the reason I hid it.
IL Sir Was. CUTIS.—You (Mind k, Mary, did you ? Pray, what
Marion are you totthe convict tareet in Newaatie ?
Pridioner.-1 am his wife, your Henbut; I am Paddy Brown's
own wirer

Sir WILLIAM —Yoe are a very at sublect for Botany Bay,
Mary, ant so I shall commit you for triaL lake her away, and
awcar the witness against her. I think _Faddy Brown will be
obliged to me for this. hey will probably see each Other there.
Ao Outer.—Tour Worship, the two confederates of Brown
will certainlif be hanged.
bit 141:.1.11/111.—How dare you to attempt to decide now so
important an event as the life of a fellow creature ? Why de you
present, to queadou the mercy that lives in the breast of Kings ?
Mary*Brown was fully, committed. She is about
20 years age, of very interesting appearance, and
bad' Paddy Brown's and her child in her arms. * -
MANSION Housa.—Saarsol lay and Moore,
were yesterday brought before the LORD MAYOR,
charged with it fraud on the Bast India Company...-:
It appeared. from the evidence of a poor illiterate
eeamah, who it seems had been selected by the priso.
tiers as the fitted person to carry their nefarious de-
sips into execution, that the prisoner Moore had
met hit) in the street, and understanding that he
wsuited-a birth; undertook to procure him one, upon
condition that be.would take a paper for him to the
India House and receive some stoney on his account.
Witness took the paper as directed but was too late,
as the business at the House was concluded for that
day. He went again the nest day in company with
King and andther Facia, And they each received
• (no pressatin4 the. ) 4s. They then wentl
•to "ft house seg F street, where they met
MOOlff and divided doe money. It seems that Moore
was employed by the East India CAmpany to pro-
cure men for the service, and that the paper presented
by the witness was a charge for bounty for three able
seamen, pretended to have been procured and paid
by le -prisoner, whereas the men so engaged by him
proved, on inspection, to be near the reverse of what
they were represented to be. The prisoners denied
that they had,any fraiudulent intention.—They were
remanded.
Bow-syniar.—Yesterday along private investiga-
tion tobk place, respecting a forgery upon the bank-
ing house of Messrs. Hndsoll. &Wilily, and Co. to
the amount of ar46oh in the name of Mr. Wetherall,,
the barrister, which is strongly suspected to have been
committed by that barrister's clerk. The brother of
the clerk voluntarily attended yesterday, alto does
not deny that he.knew of his brother's act, his abscon.
ding, kr. No trace was made' of the offender yes-
terday.
Sarah Gilbert alias Jonah/a:eft& Nadas, sad Sarah
/NO, were charged with robbing Mr. John Pearleo
a Gendemaa front the country, of his pocket-book,
cootaioio; Bank of Eoglandmites to the amount of
,ins 9. Joseph and Nathan were eamantted, and ii.. •
rib Cooper was detained to 'give evidence.
Quami.cotfase.--Yesterday Mary Aar Dewar rasa',
fully committed for atteiingasvetal base and counter.
felt eighteenpenny. Beak tokma,at Tuthill-Gelds fair,
•
on WeditesdaY last.
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DIED.
At Kildrocket, near Strsnraer, on the Sorb ult. Jane Countets
Dowager of Rothes, relict—of the tlonottrable Patrick NIVI.11:11
of Freugh.
At Stocylirk Mane, on the iScl ulr•. the Re•. Henry Stair,
A. M. in the troth yea! of his age, and 35th of his Ministry.
Sunday sennight, theddleton, near Leek, in tie prime of
life, Captain Smi-h, R. N.
Saturday se'nnight, Mrs. Mortlock, relict of John Mal
Esq. banger, of Wincheiter, whom %he survives only t i
In his Seth year, the Rev. Jobu Turner, Archdeacon of Two.-
ton, and Comm o: Wells.

Rev. E. C. Chambres, Viter of Liandlythi, and Rector of IJan-
=nen, Detthighddre.
At his roux, in Alfred-street, Bath, the Rev. Dr. Vilett. of
Swindon, Wilts.

Tuesdiy, in the Close, Winchester, the Rev. John Hasc:rev.
M.A. Prebendary of that CattfesiraL and Vicar of itingsvuoes
Hants, formerly Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.
Friday, in Ms 60!h yearoehq Rev. WM. Defoe Rector of All-
hallows, London Wall, and one of the Prelend;ries of St. P.
Cathedral.

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