The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-06 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

A special Court of Common Council was holden yester-
day, in consequence of a requisition to the Lord Mayor, for
the purpose of considering a petition presented by Mr.
Lawley, of the committee representing the vestries, boards
of works, and boards of guardians of parishes on the south
side of the Thames, for the assistance of the Corporation,
independently or in co-operation with them, in their op-
position to the Court of Chancery, to te site in Stangate,
selected for the erection of St. Thomas's Hospital, and also
to aid them gratuitously with the needful witnesses and
documents.

The Lord Mayor presided at the Council, which was held
in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion-house, and there was
a full attendance of members of the Court.
ST. BARTHOLOMEW'S HOSPITAL.

Deputy SCAMELL, before the business for which the Court
was specially convened was proceeded with, brought up a
report having reference to the appointment of the late Mr.
Cubitt as Governor of St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
It will be remembered that at the last Court of Common
council a motion was agreed to that the City Solicitor
should at once, by applying for a writ of quo warranto, take
steps to test the validity of the election of Mr. Cubitt as one
of the Governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, on the
ground that not being an alderman of the city of London at
the time of his election he was not eligible. The death of
Mr. Cubitt of course entirely altered the position of affairs,
and the General Purposes Committee, to whom the matter
was referred, and of which Mr. Deputy Scamell is chairman,
now brought up a report, in which they recommended that
the election of Mr. Cubitt should be treated as altogether
void, and that a writ of mandamus should be applied for,
calling on the governors of St. Bartholomew's Hospital to
elect the Lord Mayor, who would have been entitled to the
office of governor upon the original vacancy, if Mr. Cubitt
had not been appointed.
The report was agreed to, and instructions will be given
to the City Solicitor immediately to proceed in the matter,

with Mr. Lawley that the site of Stangate was not the place
for an hospital to be built, and if it were possible to find a
site more suitable, he certainly thought it would be ad-
visable.

Mr. Deputy BOWER asked if the Court, in agreeing to
the motion, pledged itself to incur any expense.
Mr. LAWLEY said, merely in producing the necessary
witnesses, and to be represented by counsel.
Mr. Deputy ELLIOTT supported the motion, and thought
that any money would be well spent in such an object. He
thought the site proposed was a very undesirable one, and
for his part thought there was no spot like his old favourite,
the Surrey Gardens. He hoped the Court would unani-
mously send the matter to the General Purposes committee.
The motion was put and carried unanimously, and the
Court adjourned.

The Lady and the Mayor.

The Correctional Tribunal of Provins (Seine •et-
Marne) has just tried Mine. Rollin, the wife of a
notary of Troyes, who has a country seat at
Champcenest, on a charge of assaulting M. Tartois,
the mayor of the last-mentioned place, on the 15th
of August last, while in the execution of his duties.
It appeared from the evidence that the young men
of Champcenest had determined to celebrate the
Emperor's fete with a display of fireworks. They
accordingly raised the necessary funds, purchased
a number of rockets, Roman candles, &c., and made
preparations for firing them at a plats where they
could do no harm, and could be best seen by their
friends and neighbours. All the principal inhabi-
tants of the village assembled on the occasion,
among whom were the cure, and Mme. Rollin with
her family. The fireworks were lighted, and all
present were peaceably enjoying the spectacle, when.
M. Tartois, the mayor, who had been jovially pass-
ing the evening in company with his six firemen
and their captain, suddenly appeared on the scene,
and imperiously ordered the spectators to fall back
to a greater distance. As Madame Rollie
and her party did not see any occasion for this
interference, they declined to obey the order, and
the mayor so far forgot himself as to give that lady
a push on the breast, to which she instantly re-
sponded by a ringing slap on the face. At the same
time, one of the firemen, in attempting to force back
Mme. Charron, the mother of Mme. Rollin, pushed
her down, and she broke her thigh in the fall. The
mayor felt his dignity so much lowered by the
affront thus offered him in the presence of his towns-
men that he lodged a complaint against Mme.
Rollin. When the cause came on for trial a great
number of witnesses were heard, and the Tribunal
decided that the mayor and his subordinates had
acted with unnecessary violence ; that the blow'
received by the mayor was only a just retort for an
outrageous assault, which could not be considered
as belonging to the exercise of his fanctiona ; and
that, consequently, he had been slapped as a private
individual and not as a mayor. For these reasons
the Tribunal acquitted Mme. Rollin, and ordered
all expenses to be paid by the prosecution. Mme.
Charron, who was the greatest sufferer by the
mayor's conduct, has since applied to the Council of
State for an authorisation to sue for damages.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

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MANCHESTER-THURSDAY.

At our market this morning the attendance was good, and
wheat, both English and foreign, was firmly held for the
prices of this day se'nnight, with a moderate consumptive
demand. Flour was steady in value, but the inquiry was
limited. Oats and oatmeal firm, but dull, Beaus about
stationary. Indian corn the turn dearer.