Star. — 1821-03-14 (London, England)

MARCO 10.—Toesday, the Wreay Annual Hunt took place. The company were numerous and respectable, and the chase afforded excellent sport. After the hunt, about eighty' Gentlemen sat down to a genuine John Bull dinner, prepared by Slea ; after which the company, according to the custom of *early 300 years, were regaled with ale; during this time the scholars of the Wresy school, who had distinguished themselves, were presented with prize books. This school is solely for the education of the children of Wreay, and is endowed.—Notice of the election of Mayor for the ensuing year having been given by James Connell, Esq. the late President, Thomas Smallwood, 'Esq. of Durdar, was proposed as a candidate for this convivial! and honourable office, and Scott, Ea+ of Blackball-wood,' the former by the late Lord Mayor, and the latter by Thompsoo, Esq. of Springfield, near Carleton, when the spew of hands proved in favour of Mr. Scott, who was then placed In the stale chair, and carried through the village, accompanied by the presiding Magistrite, in his scarlet robe, with the small silver bell of great antiquity, and the rest of the company. The ceremony of chairing was attended with the usual music and cheering.—The foot-races having been announced, eight or Dine, youths, under 14 years of age, entered the bits for one of the hats--half-mile heat. This race excited considerable interest, and was well contested—betting 2 to 1 on Tawney, but which* soon changed in favour of the game-keeper's son, of Barrock Lodge; this stripling, though least was not last of" the runners, be won in grand style. The second race was run by four men— one mile, and won by Scott, of Hesket, who also got the gloves for leaping.—The sports of the field being concluded, the Members of the Hunt poured many long and Jeep libations to sacOttus—" ever fair and ever young !"  Yesterday an Inquest was held at the Hand and Crown, Church-street, Bloomsbury, on the body of Ann Crawley, an infant. It appeared in evidence, that on Sunday morning last, the mother of the deceased having occasion to leave home for a short time, she endeavoured to put the child to sleep ; on which she placed it under the bed-clothes, and left it on the bed in the adjoining apartment belonging to Mrs. Hammond, who at the time was absent from home. The mother did so, in consequence of not having her own bed prepared. During her absence, Mrs. an►mond returned home, and not being aware that the deceased was in the bed, she turned up the bedstead, and thought no more of it until the niother' of the deceased came home ; when, on asking for the child, the bedstead was immediately searched, and the deceased found quite dead. Mrs. Hammond became almost distracted at being the mile of the child's death, and proceeded immediately to BowStreet, where she offered herself to justice, saying she had murdered the child. Here she was not detained; on which she immediately went to St. Giles's watch house, where she intreated that she might be detained, and was apparently delirious ; she was detained, after the circumstance was inquired into, till the result of the Coroner's Inquest. Mrs. Crawley, Mrs. Hammond, and Furzeman, the officer, were examined. No blame whatever was attached to Mrs. Hammond, as her total ignorance of the deceased being in the bed was proved, and having no recent quarrel with the parents ; and nothing happening to warrat an inference that it proqeeded from malice— the Jury returned a verdict of Accidenue Death.