The Sun.
London, England, 1831-06-24 00:00:00

TOWN--HALL.

Sarah Carter, a poor woman from Kent-street,
was summoned on an information, lodged by Skin-
ner, the elder, for hawking brooms without a licence.
The case being proved, the defendant was con-
victed in the penalty of 10/., and committed in de-
fault.

THAMES POLICE.
The i►►vestigation into the circumstances attend-
ing the death of a seaman named Thomas Elliott,
quarter-master of the Sir David Scott East India-
man, who, it was alleged, had been murdered on
board that vessel in January, 1825, off Canton, was
yesterday resumed before Mr. BALLANTINE.
Several witnesses were examined; and the result

was, that the stalcment of Russell, who lit ought
forward the charge, was contradicted in all its ma-
terial points. It appeared, that the spirit•room in
which the prisoners were confined was supposed to
have been cleared, but that some had been left in it
by mistake, and that the drinking of this brandy had
caused the death of Elliott.

Mr. BALLANTINE finally dismissed the ease, ot-
serving that the inquiry had ieft no imputation
whatever on the character of Captain Ward.

MARYLRB ONE.

Ye;terday a young woman, about twenty-two
years of age, and far advanced in pregnancy, came
into this office with Mr. Thomas Read, the parochial
messenger of Marylebone, to depose to an order of
affiliation made on Viscount Laborde, late secretary
to Prince Talleyrand, as French Ambassador to the
Court of Great Britain.
She stated that her name was Mary Ann Met-
calf, and that Viscount Laborde was the father of
the child of which she was pregnant. She under-
stood that the Viscount had left the Ambassador's
service a week ago, and was packing up to return to

France.
About an hour afterwards Read reurned to the
office with Viscount Laborde and a friend of his.—
The Noble Viscount did not attempt to dispute the
paternity of the forthcoming child, and was ordered
to give security to the parochial authorities.
Yesterday a discarded waiter, of the name of
George Whybrow, who had been about three months '
ago discharged fiom Green's Hotel, Lincoln's-inn- '
fields, was charged with robbing his late employer of
silver plate and other property to the value of about
1501, by concealing himself in the pi emiseF.
Whybrow was fully committed to Newgate for trial.
On Tuesday Mrs. Anne Williams, au old woman
above sixty, was charged before Mr. RA WLINSON, with
being attacked with a severe epileptic fit on Tuesday
evening. Some of the D division of the new police, hav-
ing observed a crowd collected round a gentleman's door,
in Chapel-street, Lisson-grove, about seven o'clock on
Tuesday evening, went up to ascertain the cause, when
they found the old WOllllll working in, apparently, a severe
fit. They immediately carried her to a doctor's close by ;
but, so good a proficient was Mrs. Williams in playing the
Epileptic, that even the son of Esculapius was imposed
upon, and recommended the officers to convey her with
all speed to the infirmary. While on their way to the in-
firmary they were met, unfortunately for the old woman,
by Serjeant Tate, of the same division, who immediately
recognized her as '' an old hand." lie stated that it was
rather a singular peculiarity in her tits that she was never
attacked except in some respectable neighbourhood ; and
the only efficient restorative was a dose of brandy, or even
at times, the fit would condescend to go utf with an appli-
cation of vulgar gin.
The serjeant ordered the constable to set her down,
when the fit became more violent than ever. The serjeant
indented his thumb-nail into the top of bee little finger.
Mrs. Williams immediately opened her eyes, and looked
in the serjeant's face. " Well, old girl," exclaimed Ser-
jeant 'fate, " haven't I easily cured you?" "No wonder,"
responded Mrs. Williams, looking about despairingly for the
brandy .bottle, " when you've almost pulled my fingeor off!'
Mr. RAWLINSON congratulated the new police on the
possession of so much medical science, as displayed by
Serjeant Tate. Ile considered him quite an original in
the treatment of disease, it being the first time in his life
he heard of au epileptic fit being cured in the manner re-
sorted to by the serjeant.
Serjeant Tate added that on their way back they called
at the doctor's, and told bins by what a simple irecess
Mrs. Williams was recovered ; and the doctor said she was
an arrant impostor, well deserving of punishment.
Mr. RAwLINSON did not look upon the doctor's indig-
nation as at all wonderful, considering that the old lady
had imposed upon him, and was afterwards so speedily
cured by one who did not profess ever to have " walked
the hospitals."
The old woman would fain rob Serjeant 'rate's science
of its due :need of fame, and make the Magistrate believe
that the doctor was right in the opinion lie primarily
entertained of the prognosis of her disease ; however
nothing could shake Mr. Rawlinson's estimate of the
Serjeant's skill, and the old warr.an was committed in
default of bail.