The Sun. — 1836-11-28 (London, England)

MADE UP TO SATURDAY EVENING. Males. .-- 6 Prisoners under sentence of death Prisoners under sentence of transportation for life 0 10 14 years .... 0 35 7 years .... 3 59 Ditto, for trial at the present Sessions Ditto, whose judgments are respited .. . . _  Ditto, acquitted On the ground Of insanity, but remain dur 0 ing Royal pleasure 4 0 Ditto, committed by Commissioners of Bankruptcy 1 0 Ditto, under sentence of confinement 1 ..... ill 185 Total In addition to the above number, there are about "' I other prisoners in a course of examination at the sevens police-offices, so that before the session terminates the ag; gregate number will be little short of 300. The Deconbe Sessions commence this day fortnight.  This morning the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, ece°4ll panied by the Recorder, Aldermen Sir Chapman ger; shall and Farebrother, the Common Sergeant, and th City Sheriff, opened the business of the present Sessloo9' The Grand Jury having been sworn, The RECORDER proceeded to address them. He said it would not be necessary to occupy their time at an length respecting the discharge of their ordinary duties, bu': he should advert to circumstances which, he understood sometimes interfered with their full performance. Th_e great object of the institution of a grand jury being net unnecessarily to place in jeopardy the liberty of any Per; son by putting him upon trial without. the existence e' such evidence as uncontradicted, would be sufficient to ci6; tablish his guilt, the gentlemen whom he addressed would take care to have in all cases such a detail of facts a'Aci cumttancos as would upon an exparte view induce them believe the prisoner guilty. But the attention of the C..,"ourtbs" been called to the fact that bills were frequently ignored ibr want of a proper sifting of the evidence, or without °,l examination of all the witnesses who might be require to substantiate the charge. It not unfroquently bac pened that the party prosecuting was not himself cog,,,' zant of all the circumstances, and it would be neceet to call in the policeman, who, in addition t', Navin;lke prisoner in custody, often saw the crime committed. '',„„ would therefore recommend the grand jury tso exam":,"l all the witnesses whose names appeared on the back the bill of indictment, unless they were previously satila tied by the examination of one or more. Neither shoabe they ignore the bills, where prosecutors, probably from t.oir trifling value of articles stolen from them, or from .t 4 influenced by the friends of the accused, seemed not inchn, to press the charge. He trusted the present grand jury sve-0, diligently attend to this part of their duty, and apply th.e 0, selves more closely to the examination of the evidence, in much as they had not the assistance, as in the King's nelltie of an officer of the Court to direct them in its discharge• cl made these observations because it had been commutr,eatea, by the Magistrates that from the causes to which. be 11,0. vertcd bills were ignored, where, after due and v.nxious "1,1 quiry, they returned depositions in such a strAte viltir warrant an investigation before a petty jury. The crilq-$4 dar for the present sessions contained the names 01,:the prisoners, and probably before the close of the wee co' number might be increased to 300. The Recorder Pof ceeded to notice the circumstance of two cases, °Pie be child murder, the other for arson, which they ivotliubel called on inquire into, and said he had no doubt talc! would give to them, as well as to all those which 'oreit come before them, that attention which the public We' required.