London Sessions.
These sessions commenced at Guildhall yesterday, before the Ri'ght Hon. thc LORD IMAT Ro, the Recorcler, anl thc bench of Aldermen. The RECORDER, in addressing the Grand Jury, after noticing tsat the calendar was more than usually heavy, anti remarking par- ticuilarly that there was one prisoner harned with murder, and ex- plaining at some length the legal detinition and description of that offence, took occasion to alludc to a chlarge of bigamy, which, sai;l heRecorder, "though not upen the calendar, is likely, aa I h wve un . derstood. to be brought under your consideration, antd it becomes necessary, therefore, tbr me to explain to you the law as it stands upon that subject. It is not absolutely necessary by the lhaw of England to constitute the offence of bigamy that the fi-st mar. riage should be contracted within the kingdom: it is ruff- cient thut it be contracted agreeably to the legal rites of the country in wlhich it i; solelnnizedt and the second marriage in 13ngland will render the party liable to be indicted hiere -the latter marriage making the offence of biganiv. So, on the other hand, thou;fli the first marriage took place in Enz1and, yet if the secend marriage be contracted out of the countr", no indictment for bi.amv will lie, the offence not beinrg committed within the kingdomn. Nor is thlis restricted merely to foreign coantries: a secontl rnarria,e contracted cither in Scotland or IreCand, however punishahle by the laws of those king. doms, would not conistittite a c large of bigamy. If, therefore, You should find in any case brought before you, that the second rmarriage nad bcen contracted out of England, you would do right to throw out the bill. There is a statute upon tlhis subjeet, wbith forms an exception to the general law; but it is not necessary that I should expl2in it to youi, as I understand that the c:ise to which I allude thoes not conae witlhin that exception." After tile Grand .Jury withdrew, the Court was occunied for some time with several cases ef trifling assaults, none of whic'- possessed any feature of public interest or importance. I.ONDON SE S;S-IONS.