LONDON EAMON.% On Monday lASI these sessions were opened before the Lght 800. the Lord Ilityor, the Sheriffs, Aldermen Brown, Perrino,. and Ti loon. Tar Common Sergeant, in charging the Grind Jury, con gratulated them on the comparatively small another of pri• stoners for trial at the present sessions. Amongst other mat ters which he recommended to the notice of the Jury, hr mentioned the vehicles called " Vans," which might be seen daily passing through the streets loaded to frightful heights, to the imminent danger of his Majesty's saltier ts. CHARGII OW A.,SAULT AO•INST • SOLDIZA.—Wm. Blithe, a corporal in this second regiment of Foot Gnards, was tried upon an indictment, charging him with having assaulted It. Longdale with a musket, nod also with having threatened his life, he. 'lnc prosecutor, Mr. Robert Langdale, stated, that an the !Trio of September last he was passing through the city, dean towards Fleet•strcet, when he was on the kirh of the pavement, and was pushed off{ after w hick some title said ion peremptory tone " Get um of the way." On turning round san some soldiers coining the same wary. The witness immediately exclaimed," What the d—l do )utt meals by that 1 I doubt whether you have any right to walk on the pavement at all, and certainly not its push me off." The to whom lie addressed himself told him to go add be d—.—d. The witness went rind spoke Ito the emporia, telling him what had happened, and that lie hail sin right all:dryer to march his mess along the pavement witit hit d bayonets. The corpoiiil told him to gib and lie d--d. Tile a thou demanded Isis name, 411 lilt . leallle the regiment, •hen the corporal exclaimed, w V% hat ! your blood, if you don't get out of my way run you through a ith my bayonet." M the same mo. meal he took his musket from his shoulder and lowered the iwint. The a Wiles, started hack, or, he satire, he veil!) belicvi•il, the defendatit would have run him through. A totals named Talbot corroborated the statement made A. it, • iiriweentor, and said Clint the bisunet an, lowered HI IL di vettilli to the bony of the prosecutor. Mr. Adolphus addressed the Jury on behalf of the defen th,oi. Common Serg►ant summed up the evidence. Toe Jura returned a .erdirt of Not Gmll3. ommandiug officers of the regiment o too a cre pros nt coot (toe prisoners loud alo ays borne too excellent character for propriety of conduct. The Common Sergeant weld, it on , the opinion of himself and the Court that Mc had acted a ith the greatest propriety alol condoms,. The learned gentleman ►aid, that had the u,i•ruoduct been on the part of the soldier, the Court %mold Cr. taint) have puhisheol him in the most severe and ext in- Ono) manner. WEDNESDAY, DEC. S. William East, the driver of one of the Clapton coaches, WE., tiled upon an indictment, charging him with having committted an untrareuns ab!•Il It upon another uftlie Clap ton road go, nand Kendal. The deft odour was convicted, and was sentenced to be imprisoned 14 days. MIDDLESEX .sESSIONS. These seitions commenced on Moodily lost, before N. Ceuta, Esq. ebullition, and a lull benris of Nlngistratee.- I.unicchaiel, offer lisp Juries were sWoril, the trial of pit. sit.iessund traveiseis was proceeded on. Edwaid Limos, and Vlltoe, his Nife, new indicted for 44.4,1 wilfully set the to the dwelliug-huuse in which they I:%ed. • Mr. IVaFord stated the MAC for the prosecution in a very forcible 10;11)114-r. A signet, produced a model of the ground floor of the h.) Are iu tt hit h the defeudatitt lit ed, :And to oho h the fire had been S•ouh :Siarshall deposed, that she lodged on the first floor u! the house, in toe lower part of which, eon 11.allug of ashop and pal lout, was occupied by the prisoners. About seven tit lock on the morning of the 19th Seplcints•r, ♦ aisle Evans cause into her room, and said they were all on ire below stalls. Tiw .. tn c s s ran down and 11)ok II jug of sva , er vsi.h her. When -lie came to the door of the pribo• lie:, parlour, which opened into the common passage, ti.e toot wf the stnits, she saw fire in the room, and %stinted to go in, but Vienne EVIVII3 prevented her, nnd said no our s:louiti go in till her hushaod came home. The ait ness all be 4)11•Uilled • Virtue Evans replied, "No matter. we ate insured." 'Hie %tine:, then went to tlit dour and gave the alarm of no:. Edward Spaik-, a carman, saw Virtue Evans buying brandy at a shop near her own, about seven o'clock the morning of the fire, and soon atter heard Sarah IVlarshal crying •s Eire" at the pi isimer's door. He immediately inn up to the house, hot Virtue Evans refused him admittance into the room that %vas tin fire, saying,'' No one shoulf.,o nu to plunder her proves ty till her liosbaud came home." He (heti went, with several others to the yard, and got into the parlour through the window. There was a bed in the par. !um, which was un tire, mid also the furniture in different pa•r• of the room, and in a boa in the shop there was a hand kerchief an tire. lie thought, Gum all the appcalances, twat the tire had been horning titer an hour, and th,st it could not have been at cidental. Abraham Levi saw Edw. Lyons and his two sons leaving hii house about sit tielsuk un the morning of the fire—they al. carried bundles with them. 51r.'1'h..nlav Ite3d, sUrVII,rf of the Sun Fire.irmirance olcr, stated, that he made an estimate of the property lost b' the iii e, which lie valaen at $Ol. 7s. The prisoner stated 1 loss at 1591.-1001. to•. 114 in benk notes and silver. A clerk in the 1 a.ur....ee.o.lire proved that the pt 'other Iwo; insured fur fir se Mr. P 3 alb fur 1001. iLaJ abOUi a fOltni_lit before the dre lie neared for 3001. Mr. Al tld' et•ell the Jar) for the pi ison^rs. Ile said Esc has el, art pr..ved, that the husband was ak,eni when the we toot( Ltate, and he looped the Jury o ouid Lai Ithtd him nci tt hie lut lob Wife% CUUdUcI, which he Wall cot ptet;t•ut to prevent. . _ fiie eh:Aquila charged Cie Jury, that if they belit veil the hatband lu, i conectit..l w iii, w ite'.aettinig the tiou,e 1114 ti , e, he WO quiiiiy amity zu Uhe mid clone ii N III) h, u‘%ii e Jurl. a ithuut a itioineueb heti:atom, found both the priaohen rio Ch..isishu said, the crime was of both entiluOt), that she Cuesl must take time to deliberate ou the iissiti.h. WLDNEsDAY, DEC. 5. - Kenyon was indicted fur iiszilling J. Wilson, a cLicitable, 'the prootcntor is a constable, a d .tateil, that en the nittbt el the coronation he w•a.' in Poi vitt. le Care WAS a great COlll.Ollll at of persuni, ast.i.iubied, leek- THE NATIONAL REGISTER ing at the company going to the Duke de Fries, the Spa nish ambassador's grand entertainment. Some boys threw squibs among the crowd, and at die open carriages used by some of the company. He seized one boy who had thrown a squib, mid said he should go with him. The people took the boy's part, and iesened him. He (tlie prosecutor) attempted to keep utf the mob with a sword cane, but they p . don him, and he ran; a brick-bat struck him from behind, and lie fell, and in the fall his cane dropped from his hand, and the shod came out.— The prisoner was one of time persons who pressed on him most, and struck him. The prosecutor admitted, on his cross-examination, that he never skewed his constable's staff, though lie had it with him, but positively denied that lie drew his sword. A gentleman, who was present, swore, that when the crowd attempted to rescue the hoy who had thrown the squib from the prosecutor, lie drew his sword, and nou rished it at them, which was the cause of his Lein as saiilted. The Jury immediately acquitted the prisoner. The chairman told the prisoner he probably owed his acquittal to the feeling excited by the proseentot's draw ing his sword instead of his oaf, but he lutist not again meddle with the constables. SURREr SESSIONS. On Monday last these sessions commenced before C. liar. ri ~,,, , Esq. (the chairman), Jain) Hedger, D. King, S. Davies, and J. Holmerv, Esqrs. theory Bird was convicted of feloniously stealing four fowls, the ploperly of William Loudou Wilts, of Champion Bill, Camberwell. The Chairman immediately sentenced the prisoner to be transported Mr seven years. Joh❑ Pierce was indicted for committing an assault upon W. BCONn, a junior clerk iu the lotter.s.ullice of Messrs. Richardson,(Moillork, and Co. Win. Bruno vtated, that on the Sd of Auzust last, as he was returning home to Kennington, between sine and ten o'clock in the evening, he heard a female voice imploring assistance ; witiaeb, rail immediately to the spot, and pet ceived a woman struggling in the urns of the defendant.— The %infest:expostulated with Pierce, when hr directly re ceived a violent blow on the face from the prisoner which felled him to the ground ; on the blow was repeated ; aSi atc human came op, amid secured the defendant. 'rho de frodalit w as foutal Guilty, and sentenced to two months' iui pi ounment in Horsetioniger-lone. WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5. Robert Bewler, a hackney COIieIIIDAD, was tried upon a charge of having embezzled twenty shillings, the property of his master, Mr. Jackson, of the Kin g's Arms, in the Kent -goad. . The prosecutor stated, that the prisoner drove a hack ney coach for him. Ile went out with it, as usnal, on the nth of November, but did not return home either upon that day or upon the next, and he (the prosecutor) set persons open the scout. Towards night be received information that the coach had been seen with five resur rection men in it, and who were set down at the King's Bench stand. On going there be found the prisoner in a state of iiitoxation, and the horses in a state of the utmost exhaustion. On interrogating the prisoner, he was told by him that lie was coming home on the night before, when five gentlemen took the coach and kept hint until that morning, when lie was discharged at the foot of Ittackfriars Bridge. He admitted that lie had received his fare from the gentlemen. The niches fare was 225. besides two days' fare. The prisoner received regular wages. He was given in custody, when the officer, on searching him, found I tts. 6d. The. Jury found the prisoner Guilty, and the Court sen• (cured him to be imprisoned for six months to hard labour in the county gaol; besides, be prevented from (hiving a hackney coach again. Elizabeth Cox was convicted of hissing received goods stolen from the house of Mr. Coeerley, Theobahl-strect, far which robbery titre men were sentenced to he trans ported on Tuesday. The prison( r cohabited with one of' them—she is young, and the Court expressed their hopes that time was s.ili some chance oilier reformation; vie; therefore sentenced her to be imprisoned t months to the comity gaol. John Drake was convicted of haviug stolen I Is. flint, an old man who had invited him to drink %Oh ssLen (he prisoner took Rut opportunity of picking his pocket.— lie was sentenced to be inipi Owned for six months to 114111 Id lion re Esther Williams was tried on a charge of having stolen a pair of trowscrs, tile property of David Morgan, ta , lor, in the Borough. The Jury found her gudty,aiel the Conti sentenced her to be imprisoned for !litre mouths. --- OLD 11.11LEY SESSIONS. WEDS 61MA Y, Dec. 5 —This being the Gist clay of the Session of Oyer and Terminer, or Gaol Deliver", 1 ,, r the County of sliddlesex and City of London, the Laid Mu) or emote in stale to open the &moos. ExTEN►IVa FOROURIES —Henry Thompous, a person of vei y re.pectable appearance, was charged on on indict went with having uttered, on the 18th of Ma" la-t, a cheque, purporting to be drawn by 11. C. Lloyd. Esq. on the respect. able lirm of Meru. Jones, Lloyd, and Co. wills iuteut to de. fraud Mr. I•'taae Pontet, of Pull Mall. It appeared, that on the 18th of May dm prisoner went to the chop of Mr Pontet, and purchased a quantity of snuff, nmortitiug to 61. and gave at cheque for 111. 6s. in payment, felting the change. This was subserviently discov, red to be a forgery. Tau other pieces of paper, of a similar des cription, acre afterwards passed—one to Mrs. Thomas, Charing Crii., and the otio r to a Mr. nook, in the Way mai ket. &sera! other charges were against the uofurtu hate plisoner, a ho made no sort of defence, but (hi ealhlm• self sitt,rel" on the mercy of the Court. The Jury instantly pronounced the prisoner Guilty— Death. Mr. Pooh's, jun. in the wool feeling niunnor, recommended theipo ',toner to into r y. T. Fol vris indiru d for receivinf, one him k of tin, value 151. the property of It. lob , knowing the ba11,1:, to have been felonious') quivu by on, 4i. Fletcher. The tobo.ery took place av lo n g ago us the h of Decent. h..r, 1818, 011 the morning of a hoch d.o) Fletcher. who woo snot to Mr. IVilwn, a wharti.q.,er, in Mill law'. 'rotary - street, was seen to leave his moot. is Knishes with a block of tin, and to - aced to the shop of tan prisoner, a ho was then n dealer We Pliarinc•slores. io Holy well Street. Shoreditch.— An ntri.:er apprehended Fletcher just after he depositcd the block hi the prisoner's house, nod alien be enquired of the latter whether he had any such article in the shop, hr de. nied that be had. It was found, hoarser concealed in a dark place, and while the officer was starching, the prisoner made his escape from the house, and wits seen no more by the police until Friday last, when the same officer met hirn, and took him into custody. Fletcher was convicted at the Surrey Assizes in March, Several witnesses appeared and gave the prisoner a very good character. The Jury found him guilty; but recommended ltim to mercy on account of the good character that had been given him. Mr. Justice Bailey said, lie would take cnre to give us much effect to the recommendation as he could, consistently with the circumstances of the ease; hut hr felt himself bound to observe, that men like the prisoner were often known to keep up a fair character in their own neighbour. hood, by paying their way honestly, a lien privately they were eau) ing on a tiefatious traffic, the pionts of which enabled them to keep up their payments. John Deakin was capitally indicted for breaking and en. tering the dwelling-house of Robert Wray; Esq. in the parish of Edmonton, and stealing therein a large quantity of wea►ing apparel, his property. The laundry adjoining Mr. Wray's dwelling house, ant enclosed within the same wall, was broken into in the nigh t of the eth of November, and plundered of all it contained,— The following Saturday an officer scent with a search-war rant to the house of the prisoner, who lived in the neigh bourhood, and he there found the stolen property in different a woos. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty. Tuuasusw, DEC. illia m Woolley was capitally indicted for breakii and entering the do elling-howie of Mt. Charles Ward, and stealing therein u tea chest and other property. The Jury retired for three quartets of an hour, and thsu returned a verdict of Not 6111Ity„ . . . John Chester, need VI, was capitally indicted for assault ing Anne Emma Grey on the King's highway, and taking from her person a ridicule, two handkerchiefs, and wane silver amides, her property. The prosecutrix, tin the eveeng mentioned in the indict. meat, was walking near IHrick-lane, Whitechapel, with a gentleman of her acquaintance, when the prisoner and se veral otheiv attacked them, and tile prisoner snatched the property mentioned from the hand of Miss Grey with great violence. The prisoner in his defence denied any participation in the crime, and called several witnesses, who gave him a good character. _ The Jury found him Guilty—Death. The prosecutrix, on account of the good character given to the prisoner, begged leave strongly to recommend him to mercy; and the Jury joined in the recommendation, on ac count of hi, youth. Mr. !IMOD Garrow• said, lie would take care to forward the recomineudation in the precise words in which it wa, couched. During the absence of the Jury in the case of Woolley, Mr. Justice Bayley ordered Juel Wilkinson and Joseph Nlarsdeh to be put to the bar to receive the opinion of the Juil.4es upon their case; it will be recollected they were con victed last sessions of stealing a quantity arm: vomica, arid that an objection sias taken, on the ground that it %sus nut taken with an intention to steal, but merely to evade the payment of the duty. Toe Court, however, considered, that taking, even for thoi purpose, was II felony, and acquainted the prisoners that they would be brought up nt the end of the Se,sionv to re ceive judzment. Win. Hall and John James Burton were tried for a bur glary in the duelling house of J. Drriper,on the t of Bay. Hall was found guilty, and Burton acquitted.—Aged 14 and sad 181 y _ _ _ rum v Dsc. 7.—John Chapman, aged IT, was capi tally indicted for assaulting Eleanor Wade, on the King's aid Lking from her person a pock( t book, cons tutiscm; wo "old rings, and 151. in hank macs. Al is. Wade is the a ife of a respectable tradesman, and u❑ the 20th November, on returninr , home from the house of frueinl, she observed a lipase on file very near her non. 'tic had occasion to pass the lire, and in so doing she was sur rounded by a gang of radians, Ulllllllg whom wan the p rs-osser. He heal her by the whilst the other pulled up ber clothes and robbed tier or the property mentioned in the iodictim nt. Prosecut x mad her loss loom is, owl iss aboot half au hour aficrweirds she was infot toed that many bawl eious characters haul been apprehended, and acre then in custody at the aat h house. Prosecui Via went there, out singled out the prisoner from eight or Mile others. He had been taken near the tire, but nothing had ben► found upon his person. The prisoner in his defence alleged that he was absent from the place at the time mentioned. He called three girls to prove an alibi, all of at swore that at the time when Mrs. Wade was robbed, the p. ioniser was at a dance and radii:, at Lambeth street. Toe Jury returned a verdict of--Not Guilty . William Cordell was indicted for stealing a gelding, value 71. the property of James Held who. The arimal was taken flans the pasture in which the pri soner had bet n d.rected to place it on the night of the Dili Nose, ber, and the pri.oher at an surly hour the following inorilieg aims stopped with it in his 110Sit'Sei )))) on the While. chapel rotal, by the patrols, whose suspicions were eseited by the appearance uf the prisoner. The prisoner dill not give satislactury mist% crs to the questions put to him, and was in consequence stopped. The faille' of the prisui.cr stated, that his run had been subject in flu+ r.r the id , t fire yei.rs, in consequence of a kirk of 4 h•.r•c, nod that he was frequently in a state of mental th The Jar) retired far a short time, and on their Warn pros nounet d the prisoner—Gailty. Chinks Yates was capitnlly indicted for hiirglaritonly breriking and entering the dwelling house of li. Itenciuti, with intent to Mr. liencriiit i, rt cord meter, residing In Adams-street, Whil+Nrupel, und had born out no the evening of the 24th of November. A, ae wat 1 winning hutre about nine o'clock he SIM tt On/Ugh fan glass, and know in,4 that l'e had left isu p. non in the huu4e, he went to the duo - , looked liirwu;6 the key hole, and tam the priioner and bill/liver nine 01.11111:16,4 in the passage, WV: of then. lih a light iu 1 " 8 hand. fle unlock. the door, upon in Web the light is- , s put out, and the mon ran out of the buck-door. The pititoner boon afterwards v. as f-ood in the privy at the buck of the Iwu,e , a bite nu us,oriment of picklock keys and it pilll9lllllrUUS box were alto found. The Jury found the prisoner Guilty—Death. The peosecutor ri conisne.oled bi a to mercy on nce•unt of his youth—he nits VO )tars o. not.