The Sun.
London, England, 1829-09-29 00:00:00

MANSION-HOUSE.

MR. HUNT AND THE CORPORATION OF LONDON.
—Mr. Ht,nt applied to the LORD MAYOR, with
whom Alderman 'FAREBROTHER was sitting at the
time, for a warrant .against the City' Chamberlain,
or for a summons, if his Lordship thought it the
most courteous way; that City Officer having re-
fused to pay the sum of 2001. due to the auditors
of the City:uccounts, for their labours for two years.
He consilered that the Chamberlain was responsible
to the Lord Mayor for having, notwithstanding re-
peatedapplications, detained that sum of money
after it had been ordered by a Court of Common
Council to be handed over to the gentlemen who
had performed the duty of examining the City ac-
counts.

The LORD MAYOR said that the application was
certainly a very new and unexpected one, but he
waa convinced that he had no power to act. The
Chamberlain was not responsible to him, and the
case was not onP with which a Magistrate could
interfere. The Court of Common Council had the
antliori•y to enforce the payment of the sum ; and
if Mr. Hunt would petition that body, redress or
satisfaction would, doubtless, be afforded.
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Mr, Hunt said that it would be extremely absurd
in him to petition the Court of Common Council,
of er having been appointed by the Livery to inves-
tigate a system of delinquency with which the former
body was chargeable.—(Loud laughter.)—He and
his 'brother Auditors had detected the Common
Councilmen in certain mistakes, and it would be in-
deed extraordinary to ask them to interfere to ob-
tain for those who were supplied with the weans of
exposing the system the reward of their zeal in
such a cause. He trusted the Lord Mayor would
endeavour to prevent the necessity of making a pain-
ful complaint in the Common Hall which was about
to be held,;---(Laughter.)
The LORD MAYOR said that the matter was one
of debt; and if Mr. Hunt did not like
an appeal to

the Court of Common Council, be could try the
effect of a civil action.

Mr. Hunt—My Lord, I must then apply to the
Livery.
LOW-STREET.

Mr. Stirling, the Coroner, waited on Sir 11.
BIRNII and Mr. HALLS, yesterday afternoon, to say
that the parish officers of Finchley had applied to
him for the depositions taken at the inquest which
sat to inquire into the cause of the death of Mrs.
Phillips, but that he had declined to give them up
except to Sir R. Birnie.
Sir R. BIRIIE said, that he would rather be
without them. 7he parties had applied to him, and
were to appear again on Wednesday, but, unless
they should take upon them to charge some person
with the murder, he certainly should not administer
an oath on the subject.
Mr. Stirling observed, that it was very strange,
undoubtedly, how the laudanum got into the me-
dicine bottle.

Sir RICIIARD asked if it appeared that any person
unconnected by blood, or not acting in the capacity
of a servant, was in the house at the time.
Mr. Stirling said, he did not know of any such
person being in the house.
Mr. HALLS thought a Magistrate could not inter-
fere without a direct charge, and that the Coroner's
depositions could not be of any service. The
poisoning a whole Select Vestry, of which an ac-
count was given in the newspapers, was the best
thing of the kind he had ever known ; and for his
Part he thought the writer deserved a patent.—
(A laugh.)
Mr. Stirling then retired, saying he would be
in attendance again on Wednesday.