The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-01 00:00:00

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.
WORSHIP-STREET.
Yesterday Thomas Johnson, a well-dressed, power-
ful young man, was charged before Mr. D'Eyncourt
with the following scandalous outrage.
Bingley, a constable of the R division, stated that
while on duty in the Old Ford-road, Bow, at half-past
one o❑ the morning of the 27th ult., he heard a great
disturbance opposite a public-house there called the
City of Paris, and on hastening up to ascertain the
cause of it found the prisoner and two companions of
his quarrelling with another person, and he advised
them to go away. They at that time did so, but in
two or three minutes after two labourers came up,
one without any covering on his head, and asked him
if he had seen three men go by with his cap. He
told them that he had, and the men hurried after the
prisoner and his companions, who, as soon as they
reached them, turned upon them and repeatedly struck
them. Witness laid hold of one of the prisoner 'a com-
panions, but the instant he had done so the prisoner
commenced a furious attack upon him with a thick
stick, and beat him over the head with it with such
violence that, as the witness expressed it, his hat was
completely cut to pieces. Witness seized hold of the stick
to save his head, and succeeded in getting out his rattle
to spring it for assistance; but the rattle was immediately
wrenched out of his hand and broken to bits ; and while
engaged in a struggle with the prisoner one of his
companions stooped down in the road, and grasping
up a brick, hurled it at him with such force that it
struck him heavily on the back of his head, and the
blood gushed out of his mouth and one of his ears.
The two other men instantly took to their heels and
escaped ; but the noise of the contest attracted the
notice of a second officer, who came up at the moment,
and the prisoner was at length secured and lodged in
the station. The constable added that he had been
unfit for duty for two days in consequence of the in-
juries he had sustained, and was now only on such
light duty as he was fit for.
George Faulkner, one of the labourers referred to,
corroborated the constable's evidence in all its leading
particulars, but somewhat aggravated the case by
stating that he had distinctly seen two brickbats
hurled at the officer, and that both of them struck
him on the heed.
When asked if he wished to offer any answer to
the charge, the defendant coolly observed that he
believed he had behaved very badly to the officer, but
that he was very much intoxicated at the time, and
now very much regretted his conduct.
Mr. D'EYNCOURT at first directed the depositions
to be taken by Mr. Vine, the chief clerk, with the
intention of committing the defendant and his com-
panions for trial for a joint and aggravated assault ;
but upon its being intimated by the officer, that
though he had made every exertion to apprehend the
two men who had escaped, he had been unable to find
any trace of them, and that there was no probability
of his being able to do so, he at once sentenced the
defendant to pay a penalty of 3/. for his share in the out-
rage, or in default to stand committed for one month
to the House of Correction.
CL ERKENW ELL.
Mrs. Susan Keal, charged with having assaulted
Mary Margaret Ann Junes, by which her death was
caused, appeared before Mr. TYRWHITT, pursuant to
her bail, to answer that charge.
The case excited considerable interest, and the hus-
band of the defendant, with numerous friends, was
present,

Mr. Shaw, solicitor, attended for the defence.
Mr. Inspector Tarlton' N division, said, that a
jury had assembled at St. Bartholomew's Hospital to
inquire relative to the cause of the death of the de-
ceased, but the inquiry was adjourned in order that
the depositions taken at this court might be forwarded
to the coroner, to be read over to the jury.
Mr. TYRWHITT acceded to this, and ordered that
the defendant should renew her bail to appear to
answer the charge on a future day.
Bail was then put in, and Mrs. Beal left the court
with hee friends.
Mr. Charles Wood, solicitor, was re-examined,
charged with obtaining money under false pretences.
Mr. Lewis attended for the prosecution, and said
that the circumstances connected with the case on the
part of the prisoner were serious and cruel. He had
been admitted as an attorney in 1832, but was not
certificated. A young man named (1-reigson, a me-
dical student, was committed for trial on a charge of
rape, when the prisoner, who represented himself as
an attorney, undertook his defence, and at various
times obtained sums of money to the amount *f up-
wards of 51. to fee counsel, &c., but on the case being
called on, Mr. Ballantyne applied to the Court for its
postponement, in consequence of not having received
a brief or the retaining fee. The prisoner having
absconded with the money he had received, he was
eventually apprehended by Charles Bow, 383, S
division.

Witnesses having been called to prove the facts,
the prisoner was committed for trial, but he will be
brought up again in order to complete the depo-
sitions.

twelve months, while his wages were only 501. per
annum.
The prisoner, who seemed to treat the affair with
the utmost nonchalance, was fully committed for trial.

SWEARING IN THE NE W SHERIFFS.
COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
Yesterday morning the Sheriffs for the city of
London and Middlesex, Alderman Carter and Mr.
Croll, were presented to the Cursitor Baron of the
Court of Exchequer, Mr. Bankes, for the approval of
her Majesty, with the accustomed formalities and
ceremonies, in the Court of Exchequer, Westminster
Hall.

The Sheriffs having entertained the'Livery of their
respective companies and the members of the Court
of Aldermen at breakfast at the London Tavern, pro-
ceeded to the Guildhall, where the procession was
joined by the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor in his state
carriage, accompanied by the S wordbearer and Town-
crier with the city mace, the High Bailiff of South-
wark, and his chaplain, followed by the Recorder,
Common Sergeant, the Town-clerk, and other officers
of the Corporation ; the Sheriffs and Under-Sheriffs,
in their state carriages ; and the members of the Li-
very of the Clockmakers' and Spectaclemakers' Com-
pany, with their banners and streamers, accompanied
by two military bands.
The civic procession afterwards took water at Black-
friars-bridge, and proceeded in the City barge to
Westminster ; they landed at a temporary pier erected
near the Houses of Parliament, and afterwards pro-
ceeded to the Court of Exchequer, in Westminster-
hall—the Lord Mayor, the Recorder, with the new
Sheriffs, Alderman Carter, citizen and clockmaker,
and Mr. Croll ; on either side the members of the
Court of Aldermen, according to their seniority,
taking their stations in the bar appropriated to the
Queen's counsel ; the other members of the corpora-
tion, as also the late Sheriffs, remaining on the Poor
of the court.
Tne arrival of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
having been announced, Mr. Cursitor Baron Bankes
entered the court in his scarlet robes, and took his
seat on the bench. The usual proclamation having
been made,
The RECORDER proceeded to present the Sheriffs to
the Court as having been elected by the citizens of
London, by virtue of their ancient privileges, to fill
the office of Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, and
in doing so entered into a brief history of their early
career, and the means by which they had attained
the proud position of being elected to fill the high and
important office, and submitted their desire that the
choice of the citizens of London should, through the
Learned Cursitor Baron, receive the approbation of
her Majesty.
The Learned CURSITOR BARoN:in a lengthened
and complimentary speech, expressed the entire satis-
faction and approval of her Majesty of the gentlemen
selected by the citizens to fill the office of Sheriff.
The customary oaths having been administered,
The RECORDER then read the new Sheriffs' warrant
of attorney to receive all writs and processes, which
he presented to the Queen's Remembrancer, by
whom it was again read., and prayed that it might be
recorded.
The appearance of the late Sheriffs and Under-
Sheriffs, with their accounts, having also been re-
corded,
The senior Alderman below the chair proceeded to
do suit and service for a piece of ground called the
Moors, in the county of Salop, by cutting with a
hatchet a bundle of st icks, and also one with a bill-
hook, and did the like office by counting 61 hobnails
and 6 horseshoes for a 'tenement called the Forge, in
the parish of St. Clement Danes.
The RECORDER then., in the name of the Sheriffs,
invited the Cursitor Ba ron to their inaugural banquet
in the evening, after w'oich the procession returned to
the City in the same o rder.
THE BANQUET.
The banquet was given at the London Tavern. An
unusually large nucober of invitations had been issued
and covers were laid for 300 gentlemen—more than
can be quite conveniently accommodated, even in
the large room of this •great banqueting house. Mea-
sures which have rece iitly been taken for the better
ventilation of the apartment contributed much to the
comfort of such a numerous assembly.
The new Sheriffs, of course, presided. Among
their guests were the Solicitor-General, M.P., Lord
D. Stuart, .21. P., the Lord Mayor elect, M.P., Mr.
Masterman, M.P. Aldermen Sir J. Key, Bart., Sir
R. W. Carden, Sicinter, Moon, Finnis, and Law-
rence, the Queen's
.Aemembrancer, the Governor
and Deputy. Govern' r of the Bank, Mr. E.
James, Q. C., Mr. e ex-Sheriff Cotterill, Mr. ex-
Sheriff Swift, M.P.,. the Ottoman Consul, Sir
G. E. Hodgkinson, C q)lonel Morse Cooper, Captain
Hankey, R. N., Captae.n Embleton, Captain Haviside,
Captain Williams, the Mayor of Southampton, Pro-
fessor Brande, Profess cir Graham, the Master of the
Clockmakers' Company , the Master of the Spectacle-
makers' Company, the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the Rev.
Mr. Christmas, the Re:'. T. Binney, Mr. W. Hawes,
Mr. Dillon, Mr. Du n can Dunbar, Mr. Wyld, Mr.
D. Nicoll, the Chair= t n of the various committees of
the Common Council, :Ind other gentlemen connected
with the city.
Grace was sung aft er dinner by a party of vo-
calists, under the direr t ion of Mr. Hopkins, organist
of the Temple Church, and the loving cup was sent
round, Mr. Harker pr. )c laiming welcome.
The usual loyal toes is were then given, and duly
honoured, and were followed by that of " Church and
State," which was ack elowledged by the Rev. Mr.
CHRISTMAS.
The toast of " The el army and Navy, and the im-
mortal memory of the l ;Hike) of Wellington, was drunk
in solemn silence. It was acknowledged by Colonel
COOPER and Captain B ANKEY.
The toast of " The L ord Mayor, and prosperity to
the city of London," fu
Mr. DILLON, who me es called upon to speak to it,
made some appropriato remarks, in the course of
which he took occasion to congratulate his fellow-
citizens that civic holm ers were not confined to any
creed or party, but v e re open to every man who
showed himself worthy of them.
The next toast was t hat of "Her Majesty's Mi-
nisters."
The SOLICITOR—GENE PAL said he had much grati-
fication in returning tha aks for the honour conferred
upon her Majesty's Min a iters by that large assembly,
but regretted that he sr as the only member of the
Ministry present to mak e the acknowledgment. Du-
ties of a public nature had called some to a distant
part of the kingdom, an, I others were obliged, after
their toils and anxieties 'to seek the repose necessary
to prepare them for the arduous duties yet before
them.—(Cries of "He Le, hear," and cheers.) He
should consider it right to conform to the salutary
rule of abstaining, upon • this convivial occasion, from
any reference to those q luestions upon which, in this
free country, there mu st be difference of opinion.—
(Hear, hear.) But Ito felt that he might claim
credit, on behalf of the r linistry, for a sincere and firm
determination to do the it best to perform the duty
committed to them. It was in no ordinary times and
under no ordinary difficu .1 ties that the present Govern-
ment had accepted the ti a ,k which her Majesty had
been pleased to intrust to them ; but they had entered
upon it, and they were firmly determined to go on
with the performance c f their duty, using their
utmost exertions and bestowing the utmost
power of intellect which. Providence had bestowed
upon them to promote ti .ZE prosperity of the country.
—(Cheers.) It' this cre d it might be claimed any-
where, surely it might ia the city of London, from
whose citizens the Minis try might depend upon re-
ceiving, as every Ministi had received, the support
and encouragement whic .t loyalty to their Sovoreign
and attachment to the i.c stitutions of their country
would justly lead the pi ic tple of the greatest city in
the world to bestow upo n those who had the arduous
duty of conducting the affairs of the country.—
(Cheers.) The compan y had been pleased to drink
the toast of " The Arm' and Navy ;" and when he
saw how it was received , 'he could not but rejoice that
the Government had ha I the satisfaction of placing
at the head of the army , by the gracious permission
and command of the So v ereign, one of whom it was
unnecessasay to say moi 'e k the way of praise than
that he was worthy to t road in the steps of the illus-
trious hero so lately lost to us—(Great cheering)_
and that they had also t' let satisfaction of seeing at the
head of the navy one ivho possessed and deserved
the entire confidence of that branch of the service,
and of the Sovereign t sod the country.—(Cheers.)
But, above all, he (t he Solicitor-General) could
not but be reminded of the duty of guarding
and protecting the in+ sn'ests of commerce, which
had raised this great r to its proud pre-eminence ;
and that commerce her Majesty's Ministers, through
good and evil report, in Consistency with justice to all
classes of the community, were prepared by every
means in their power t a encourage and promote.—
(Cheers.) After advert ing to the remarks of Mr.
Dillon, and expressing hi s respect for that honourable
spirit of industry by whit 41 the humblest man among
us, whatever his origin, ho w
ever helpless he might have
been in the earlier period of life, might hope to rise
to the highest positions in the state, and after avow-
ing also his satisfaction in forming part of an assem-
bly met to do honour to a n ancient and important
office, much connected with the administration of the
law, being himself a membi rof the legal profession,
the Solicitor -General concluded with expressing his
confidence, that whatever tl te tenure of office of her
Majesty's Ministers might be , they would at the clo'e
of it retire into private life conscious that they had
done their best to deserve .he approbation of their
fellow-countrymen.—(Cheer s.)
The toasts which next follo wed were those of
I, the Sheriffs," proposed le] r the Solicitor. General ;
"the House of Commons," ai 3knowledged by Lord D.
Stuart; " the Lord Mayor .1 sect," " the Magistrates
of the City," acknowledge d by Sir John Key ;
" the C!ty Members," for whom Mr. Masterman
responded; aud. "Prospeii -,37 to our mercantile
marine."