The Recorder went to Brighton on Tuesday, and made his
report to the King respecting eight prisoners capitally convicted at the two last 'Sessions; all of whom were respited during the Royal pleasure.
At the last sessions of the Central Criminal Court, the Grand Jury returned a true bill against Mr. Alderman Brown, of Canterbury, for
ierjury, alleged to have been committed by him in the evidence he gave fore a Committee of the House of Commons on the Canterbury lection petition, when Mr. Villiers was unseated. Mr. Brown has removed the indictment by writ of certiorari into thS Court of King's Bench.
Thies was an unusuallly large attendance of the Middlesex Magis- 10.,14 the Sessions-house, Clerkenwell Green, on Thursday. The business was opened by the Clerk of the Colin producing a letter from Mr. Rotch, tendering his resignation of the office of Chairman, in consequence of the quarrel in which he bad become involved with Mr. Winchester. Mr. Rotch entered into a defence of his conduct, and detailed most of the circumstances, already known, respecting the chat. lenge, and the subsequent attempts at reconciliation. After a brief discussion, in the course of which several Magistrates spoke eulogisti. cally of NIr. Rotch, the letter was ordered to be entered on the mi. nutes, and to be taken into consideration on the next court-day. Mr. Halsewell then attempted to bring the extraordinary conduct of Sir William Curtis, in the affair of Mr. Morris Barnet, under the notice of the Court. But Sir Peter Laurie maintained that it was irregular for them to sit in review on what had been magisterially done by one of their brethren ; other gentlemen on the bench concurred with Sir Peter; so Mr. Halsewell was compelled to give way.
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