The Sun.
London, England, 1818-12-01 00:00:00

EXTRAORDINARY CASE.

The Loan MAYOR this day held his first Court
of Ses ion ,it Guildhall. The Recorder, Alder-
man Sir C. fitiNTF.R, WOOD, the Sheriffs, &c. were
On the Bench. The Banisters, Attornies, and
Juries, being also in attendance, Mr. Snet.roN
called upon the Officers to open the Court. No
answer was given, and for some time -surprise
filled the Court ! Ihe Clet kof the Assigns again
Called out for one of the Officers to make Foch-
malon, but in ,At length, one named Elm-
•her appeared, who, instead of doing the duty, ad-
dressed the Court :---he said he stood there-'taloue,
all his brother Officers -having deserted him, hav-
ing come to a determination nut to work without
pay. Neither the preSent, nor the late Sheriffs
had-paid them for (heir attendance at the-Session-s,
and he was- one among those who -had bre() sub-
jected to the hardship.
The Court turned to the Sheriffs foi an expla-
natiOn.

Mr. Sheriff ROBERT' said that he acted in con-
cert Sri h his colleagne Gwynne upon the snhjec.,
and they resisted the payment of the Officers,
upon the ground that they had not appointed
them.

The RECOIIDER said, tile hu3iness cf the Ginrt
,a-as nGt to be interrupted by the tiltet cations
nt Sheriffs and dolt Officers ; it the latter did
not do their duty, the (miner acre bound to per-
form it by law.

A long discussion now took place ; when the
Bench at length Said, the ntttr! shoulj be iitune-
dia.tety investigated by the Court-of Aldermen, to
prevent, tire Itcurrence of sr) shßtnefut 4.. circum-
stance.

The Officer then opened the Conrt, when Grand
and Petit inries were :sworn in.---A few trials af-
ter., ards took place, hot they %tele destitute of
importance and interest.

'SUP-POSED MURDER OF AN I,FANT.-Yesterday
afternoon tin Inquest was held at the Kw:: and
f.lteeo, flare-street, Bethnal-green, before J. W.
UN wIN, Esti Coroner, on the hotly of an infant
found dead in a pond, in Hare-street Fields, on
Saturday morning last.—Mr. Frederick F,e,ar,
surgeon, in ‘Vhitechapel, deposed, that he was
called to examine the body, which lay at Bethnal-
green Wolkhonse, about two o'clock on Simday
afternoon. He opened the body, and discovered
that the lungs were not inflated, which, with
other circumstances, tended to show the cutH
was not burn alive : it Was a female child, and
appeared to have been born about a week, but it
seemed- only to be about two days in the water
In consequence of this opinion the Jury, brought
in a verdict of-,--" S:ill born."
A MoTHE:II KILLED BY HER CHILD Moll-
thy se'nnight an *lnquisition was taken at Fran.-
lingham, Suff.dk, on the body. of Mary, the wife
John Smith, who was unfortunately 'idled ou
Sunday morning :--ber husband had on the Sa-
turday -endeavoured to discharge his gun, but, k.s
it would not go off, be set it down in. his room
loaded, and went taom home early on the follow-
Mg morning. About seven o'clock, his wife be-
ing busy making the fire, her little favourite boy,
a child about 10 y,ars old, playing in toe room,
took up the gun (which kvas a long one, and he
could scarcely hold it out) when it went oil, and
the contents lodged in his mother's .head, which
cattse`d her ins:ant death. Verdict—" Accidental
deal b."

Slitotoe..--,-A gentlemanly looking matt, appa-
rently about 40 years of age, alighted from the
Hero Bristol coach, on Thursday evening, at the
Star and Garter Hotel, Worce3ter, and imme-
diately procertiek;d to a' girl-smith's, to putchase_
brace of small holster pistols, which he. requested
might bellotitled, as he was going fo'hward by the
coach. This being done agreeably to his dirre-
tion„ he retuned to the Star, aad after dillint4
there, desired to be.shown to a bed-room. lie
had not been long in the room, when the report
of is pistol was..heard, and on opening his door.
the unfortunate gentleman was found lyingon the.
bed nearly lifeless, having shut himseit through
the heart. He expired in a few minutes. from
a memorandum in his pocket-pook, it appeared
that his. name was R. hcbsori but up to the
present time, no farther accounts can be collect-
ed. His hat and bag were purchased at Liverpool.