OITY AND fMMUUJI. p re asiggalla Or . tbe Grand nary. The GrandJuryeese yeaterday,having do. s oget the mithsess of the term. The follow= se their presentment: ero the HenorneterheJtsders of the Courts end Terminer. Giarrier ransoms, de, • The "Grand Inquest, in confeiniitT with visage and precedent, beg leave to submit the , following Presentment: The number of criminal cams . smbuiltted at this term for our cOnsUlerstion bas been quite large, and of every grans. Maw the moat tri lling mtsdettiesinor lathe hilthest,felany. The interval which - elapses between the regular sessions of • the Courts secumalates a very! large amount of crivranaktitudwte, =Jr of It of a trifling character, whites onr jndg memt, might be mere gam y disposed of. at a great saving tO the ux-payers in the cost of boarding Court prisoners, de.' We are shined the law now Sinctionathe surranoiNd Grand Jurors at the illseretitut 1 of the Cou A general-jail deliveragght, by a i edict() exerene of this power your bluestloness, Born Utne; !to time, be eg _Otte rden% e `they ayers lightenedfand - the ors Oosecuting . officers ' and Grand -inquest rendered leas Irksome and more effective. la view. 'Of agrowing neces sity, arising :rem the . Inmate! In the baldness of the courts, -- we stringly recommend that an Assistant Distract Attorney. be authorized by law, to wham the preparation et all business to be jiresented Cottle liran d I nquest shall be Aconfls now re nted the Attorney employed town in this capacity Is, as we understand under no !official responsibility ;whatever: takes no oath of office while atrtingzide e d t o 'leer of the Grand Jury, and Is their deliberation.. e District , It Is, of course. IMpossigle for is ete de " Atter my to be personally present' , calling him elsewhere. nue t. necessity for a We believe there IL r zumm, and we radical change in this d° ton thereto. Call the attention of e eell sir arly ennoble' , and urge It as wo rt , elements of the „ taot,,l°% District At eT,„hmee,eemene— sufficiently large to contrib an assistant without in any ute th e e costs to the county or sui logy inereag° llo t at Mine twenty-four juror summoned ea' , the gr ,, t , g i u m eal, i b b itr u ge t la b : n orn , r i n ed hs t s .. been delinquency On the part ,of jurors, in absenting themselves, Is a public wrong that calls :loudly for a summary and effective remedy, In our judgment the character and purity of the jury box would be greatly sieve ted and Unproved, and the ends of justice more nearly suoserved, by a prompt and regu lar attendance of summoned jurors. and would at tbe same time relieve the corps of enrofessioriarjurymen e of their arduous la bors, in earniug a precarious livelihood by ever loltenng about the courtrooms to be picked up as trainmen whenever Occasion re quires. We beg to dlreetthe attention of the County Commissioners to the very uncomfortable condition of the jury rooms. The mealtre n sliti tli3; of e b rui re rent se frscniglitertrlyd.og the m aunt so much so, indeed, that they have frequently been permitted, through the courtesy of the corms, to desert the rooms and seek quarters at some hotel for their deliberations. We can • see no reason whatever why the jury rooms should not be fitted up and furnished in a comfortable manner, and it is to be hwied that the desired improvements will be made with-, out delay. A visit to the county jail convinces us; both in a moral and economical . point of view, of the absolute necessity of the completion of the Work House at the earliest time possible. . The preseut crowded condition of the cells Interferes greatly with that degree of cleanll - and other common comforts, that are one to the unfortunate Inmates.- lu annusber of rates as many as five and six prisoners are huddled together in one cell, supplied with one small bedstead, two tags of strawthe merest mune for teas—with no other covering than two flimsy blankets. The supply of be.b; ding to each cell is scarcely sefficient to con tribute to the comfort of two persons. Wo would, therefore, urge upon those in au thority over the matter, to have the wants of . the jail supplied with such neurimary articles as will at least protect the inmates from the save ity of the Inclemencyy of the =wan. The protect of consolidating the cities !of Pittsburgh and Allegheny, and the Boroughs surrounding, into one great municipality, is a questiOn of such grave Importance to the en tire population of the county an to fall within the scope of the functions at the Crane In our opinion, the measure is not only lets ' tble, bat -is imperatively demanded by the highest public considerations. taste ad of ,a - dozen potty Boroughs, with inefecient police. conflicting regulations, and rival interests.the whole should be merged under one powerful. central administration, extending over its ter ritory protection to person and property which the lenificent government of a great city affords its people. While entire unifor mity in public. sentiment cannot be expected on thusnr any other local Issue, yet it le bee Hayed that. the objections urged are mainly ; • due to a misconception of the terms on intact" be dconsoliation may be fairly effected. There can no doubt that the project can be CO arranged, as to carry with it the .greatest good to the greatest number.. Without entering Into a discussion of the de. tails, terms, or plans, of consolidation -it is safe to assume , that the flat and mat' troublesome didicalty in the way, viz : The present debts of the different municipalities, worgd remain to be provided for just as they are pow, each to take care of its own; and in no way to be responsible for the indebtedness o t f others existing prior to- consolida.- /Slit were generally understood that Mach plan for providing for the obi debts would be addpted, the main opposition would be over. come. indeed it would be difficult to imagine what arguments could be adduced, even by the most captious against a measure fraught with such incalculable advantages to the - whole commnrilty . - So-deeply move impressed with the impor tance of tbe early. success °Ube project, that we have no hesitation in urging our fellow citizens to inaugurate a plan at once. so that tt, can be acted on by the-coming legislature, that thereby we may be united under one great city government. We take occastoa to acknowledge the very courteous and attentive services rendered by 4.11. Flack, Esq., the worthy Assistant Dis trict Attorney dating our deliberations. Wm M. Haase, Foreman. - W. H. Ctrz,r, 'J. B. Mute.. Resent' Memoir, . Joey AL Emu, P. if. Lames", James SHIPMAN, ti . JOHN D. tiCcitr, 'Joao Boons, Damn gusw, • W. D. Parrzasoa. 0. F. 11.thatisa. hi. Gases. Ur D. Eagransuit, j Systeiciaaile Pocket PieAar We have no doubt that'll:ere is an organized gang of pick pockets in the city at this time, composed of persons of both sexes, who make the Diamond market the principal. scene of their plundering operations. They reason, wilco logically,-hat at this holiday season, an unusual numter of well-filled purses may tiY picked up in the city market, Where people go' la quest of the luxuries out of which to con struct their Christmas dinners. And the way prices run lust now, It_ requires something of a purse to secure the traditional turkey and odkins.e We have an Idea that the most ex pert and successful of th-se pick pockets are women; they can mix with the crowd of le. male par baser*. and ply theirvocation,litth out attracting the suspicions with which the other sex would be regarded under the same circumstances: Yesterday afternOon, a lady who keeps a boarding house on Third street, 'while waxing her purchases, bad her pocket lightened ot a ports 'rnonate cos caning forty dollars; and later •In the day -about live o'clock—a tierman woman ;who had brought a lot of poultry: in from the • Country, and had dispwd of nearly her en t gre Mock, was robbed in the same manner of the proceed,' of her sales—about eventy- Ore collars. In both instances women are suspected of having been the thieves; and that ' they were greatly* actiitated ha their opera tionby. the crinoline congregated about the market stands where the robberies took place, at t e nd g would citation our lady .redden attending the markets, to be very Wei their money. any etleSeelPe s ted o f hadmg a large sum in her posasssion, is lin. „,..weelif followed through the crowd, by the ti'ir , "l+4,said closely watched tudil the iwit. le ormattunity far , robbery 'Presents if" Tilet • Liberty iltllkdr . It Tit be:tememl:emsd that off the night of the rth s s " 4m ber- Samuel Black, Samuel Stout and Lafayette Johnston broke Into the house of Patrick La.., r East Liberty, and assanited him la the moat „latent nee, ate , which they committed abrutatero saelt on his wireAttemptine s '''' person. They were follwli theie .. ttet ;;: and all made their escape. latorteatt o wax made by Slrs:Lannan before Justt ae cLarglng her assailants with aasstat "a t tery trite* Intent to commit a rape, - w erreeta Were issued. but, as la alleged, no sumeleat efforts were made to capture the &Maw& he. oently, Mr. Lannan Went to. Jilstleo PhtiliCe and . instated Mutt 'new measurristehould bs taken to sperehendithe misatlents f .blauselt and wire.. Ito accomplish this, Mr. . Lannon en