The Sun.
London, England, 1833-12-06 00:00:00

confirmed.
Mr. STUKELEY called the attention of the Court
to the reports which had appeared during the last
few days in the public prints, of what had occurred
at the Old Bailey Sessions, and from which it ap-
peared that the Middlesex Magistrates had been, in
a most unceremonious manner, accused of having
been guilty of a series of gross inaccuracies. The
blunders alleged to have taken place had occurred
in the office of the Clerk of Indictments. Now,
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he had always thought the Clerk of Indictments to
be an officer with whose appointment, or whose
mode of discharging his duties, the Chairman and
the Magistrates generally had nothing to do. It
was with astonishment, therefore, lie read the at-
tacks made upon the Middlesex Magistracy, and lie
would take the present opportunity of inquiring of
the Court with whom the appointment of Clerk of
Indictments rested, and whether any means could
be adopted for insuring the more efficient discharge
of the duties of his office ?
The CHAIRMAN said, with respect to the first
question, his answer was, that the appointment wa4
one with which neither the Magistrates nor the
Chairman of the Sessions had any thing to do. It
was in the gift of the Clerk of the Peace, who, as
they well knew, derived his office from the Lord
Lieutenant of the county. The present Clerk of the
Peace (Mr. Selby) was a gentleman far advanced in
years, and was, he regretted to say, at the present
moment so very unwell that he feared it would be
impracticable to make any representations to him
with a chance of a beneficial result ; index-11 he learnt
that it was not probable that he would ever recover
so far as to he able to attend to any matter of public
business. The manlier in which the Middlesex Ma-
gistrates had been attacked in another place was
such that they owed it to themselves not to pass the
attacks by, and he considered they would not be
doing their duty if they did not appoint a Committee
of Inquiry with instrucions to seek an interview
with the Secretary of State and vindicate the Court
from the charges so wantonly cast upon it. So far
from the Grand Jury having been employed in find-
ing bills for trial at the Middlesex Sessions, to the
delay of those which had to go before the Judges at
the Old Bailey, he had actually adjourned the Mid-
dlesex Petit Jury for one entire day, in order that
the Grand Jury might devote themselves exclusively
to the Old Bailey business. After the manner in
which the Middlesex Magistrates had been bearded
and insulted by the Judges of another Court he
thought it highly necessary that they should make a
proper representation on the subject to his Majesty's
Ministers. It was really high time for them to pro-
tect themselves. These attacks had been allowed
to go much too far.
Several magistrates declared themselves unani-
mously of opinion that the observations made by
different members of the bar at the Old Bailey Ses-
sions were highly improper and offensive.
It was agreed that a Special Committee should
be appointed to report to the Court on the subject
of what had been asserted at the Old Bailey, and
that a suitable representation and explanation should
be made to Lora Melbourne.
The following gentlemen were named on the
Committee :—Sir W. Curtis, Sir C. Forbes, Sir J.
Williams, Mr. John King, Colonel Clithero, Capta.n
Acklom, Mr. Haslope, Mr. Halsewell, Dr. Robert.
son, Sir J. Scott Lillie, arid Mr. Sergeant Andrews;
three to be a quorum.
A variety of other business of minor impottance
was afterwards disposed of. The Court did not
rise till a late hour in the afternoon.

SUICIDE.—A young female, named Sarah
Lee, residing with her father and sister, at No. 3, Watts's
place, Regent-street, Horseferry-road, terminated her ex •
istence on Tuesday evening, by inflicting an extensive and
horrible wound in her throat with a razor. In an early
part of the evening she accompanied her sister to Roches.
ter-row, and on her sister's entering the house of a friend,
she observed that she would wait outside until her return.
On her sister, however, leaving the house, she missed the
deceased, when she hurried home, and found her lying by
the door of her own residence, with her throat horribly
mangled with a new razor, which was found near her, but
life still remained. The assistant to a surgeon was prompt
in his attendance, who found the wound of such a nature
as to render it impossible for her to survive, and she died
in a few minutes after. The deceased lost her mother
about seven months ago, who was greatly attached to her,
and this had an effect upon her mind, as at times o
subject her to fits of melancholy of a truly distressing na
ture. For hours she has been olicerved to walk alone in
the garden, in a desponding state. An inquest was held
last night before Mr. Higgs, and the Jury returned a ver-
dict of " Temporary Derangement."
THE REIGN OF TERROR.--A few days
previous to
do T
totheorfiaglnl
moftfi, Robespierre,
and her granddaughter,
rre, Madame d'Ozanne,
age
Marquess
a lovely young worn in of 22, perished in the same in ;s
nacre. The personal beauty of the latter, which was
much celebrated in the neighbourhood, had interested one
of the brigands of the Orange in her fate, who promised
to exert his influence with the Council of Five to s the the
life of the grandmother on condition of receiving the hand
of M idemoiselle d'Oz none. Tile poor girl overcame her
horror of reluctance for the sake of her aced relative, and
promised to marry this man on condition of his success on i
the promised application. The life, however, of so for-
midable a conspirator as a superannuated and dying
woman, was too great a favour to be granted even to a
friend, and the only boon which he could obtain, was the
promise of Mademoiselle d'Ozanne's life, in consideration
of her becoming his wife. " Ell bien I it put mourir
ensemble," was her answer, without a moment's hesita-
tion, and next day, accordingly, both the relatives perished
ou the same scaffold.