The New Sessions House at...
The Times, 1824-05-31T00:00:00

The New Sessions House at the Old Bailey is, it seems, bo exclusively given up to those cases which the Recorder, Com- on-Sergeant, or ltr. Sergeant Arabin is to try. We are informed 1at the Jadges have refused to tryin the New Court, notwithstand. gthe arrangementswere madeexpresslythatthe twoJudges might dlitate the business by a division of the cases. It is conjectured 1at the refusal is grounded upon the argument, that in the great Luldtude of important cases which require such deliberation and qterience, the assistance of a second Judge is necessary; and as ere ls such a vast iRcrease of business in the lIaw Courts, that a.- stance cannot be expected if those Judges who preside at the Old hiley (the first Criminal Court of thc kingdom, and to the autho- of the decisions in which reference is constantly made in the erior Coatts) are separated. Another mistake has been ade, but with the best intention imaginable. The Court Aldermen and the Court of Conmmon Council, in their wish to take arrangements for thepublic advantage, as well as for the con- mieice of the Judges, discussed the propriety of altering the period the commencementof the next Sessions at the Old BaIley. The endar appoIntment of the first day of the Sessions is the 3d day of mne. TheCourts ofAldermen and Common Council thought that vwould be more advisabletopostpone the Sessions to the 7th, and ithecommitments from the Mlansion-house andGuildhaU],and the tices for witnesses to attend upon their reconlances, it is ex- easly directed that the atteudance at the Ju7tice-haU in the Old aile chall be on the day just specified. It has beea since ascer- .ine that the Session is to commence upon the calendar-day ap. )intment, and the chief clerk has, in consequence, found it neces- ry to send the followinz circular to each prosecutor and witness :_ " Sir,-The Court of Aldermen having directed that the hext ses- on of the Pezce of Oyer and Terminer and Gaol Delivery, be 2den forthe ity of London, at the Justice-hall, in the Old Bai- y, on Thur.day, the 3d day of June next, instead of the day uned in thenotice delivered to you when at the Mansion-house; I hereby apprze you thereof, in order that you may attend at the ssions-house on the said 3d day of' June, or your recognizance will Sestreated." It is calculated that this alteration in the arrangements will cause great4dal of confusion, which will be turned to the advantage of e prisoners. On Thuray lasit another experiment was made by Mr. arkins, theg )merican, to show the powerful effect of steam. His Sw machin as the propeUing power of discharging from a tube musket bullets in one minu,e. A ball discharged from it against hardsubstance, atagiven distance, was flattened as thin as a dling; and Iirt. Parins has no doubt that he could by the same tans produce suffldent force to discharge fifty 20Vl. baUls in the e period of tme.B,itish Travep.cr. On Saturday two iuliuisitions were taken at the Black orse, York-street, Westminster, on the bodies of two persons who d though in apparent health, dropped down dead that morning. 'ne of them was a man of the name of Jones, who had for niany uar past earrned a scanty subsistenre by the sale of cakes, &c. at ecomer of Parliament-street, and who fell down dead while eningat that spot. Theother was a soldier, of tbe name of Gotz, ho fell down lifeless while proceeding towards the Norse Guards. hejury in both casea returned a verdict of -Died by the visitation On Saturday morning, Ir. Ebsworth, a hatter in East nithfield, wna attending at the Court of Conscience in Osborne. eet, Whitechapel, to claim some small debts, and on his name be- g called by one of the criers of the court, as he was approaching e Commissioners to ftate his case, he suddenly fell back, and in- Ily expireL He bas left a large farmily to bewail his loss. (J Tuesday the Despatch coach from Manchester to this ce was overturned rnea.Soothil Bar. Theaccident wasoccasion by thefall of the off-wheel horse. The coach contined four in. [t and eight outside passengers, all of whomprovidentially escaped thout receivmg ny eerious injury.-LeedsAfercury. he report of the Defiance coach having been overturn. near RoEbdale, on M0nday so'nsiigbt, is, we are authorized to et bolly uofonnded.-Lecs flercuty. rhere is an error inl a part of the paragraph concerning 'fire which happened at the houase of MUr. Haris on Friday night. fe child was resued by her mother, and the latter, with the as- uce of the watchman, extinguisihed the fiebefore the arrnvel of~ -f i ' .a