The Sun.
London, England, 1864-11-09 00:00:00

rHE SUN, LONDON', WEDNESDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1864.

given of the prosperous career of the Lord Mayor, and ho
doubted not that during the year of office his lordship
would continue to deserve the good opinion of
his fellow citizens. To the late Lord Mayor his
lordship begged to offer his congratulations. After hav-
ing served his term of office he was about to retire into
comparative privacy, but during the whole time he had.
displayed everything that could belong to a patriotic citizen
and upright magistrate. His Lordship further remarked
that he felt assured that although ceasing io occupy a very
important position he would still discharge more public
duties that remained to him, and that ho would continue
to deserve the approbation and meet with the sympathy in
the discharge of those which he had hitherto experienced
Aldermen LAWRENCE bowed his acknowledgments.
The LORD MAYOR was then sworn. The late Lord
Mayor was also sworn to render into her Majesty
a full account :of the receipts on account :of the Crown
during his mayoralty, and to "behave himeelf properly,"
according to the old style of the oath, whilst he did so.
The other formalities having been gone through, the
Recorder invited the judges to the banquet at the Guildhall
this evening.
The Lord Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, the Recorder
and the other officers of the City then withdrew, and pass-
ing through the other courts, the Lord Mayor, through the
Recorder, invited the judges presiding to the banquet.

The procession then returned to the City in the same
order as coming.

The Ballot Society.—Dr. Cumming and the

Great Millenium.

At the Sheriffs' Court yesterdays in the case of Oliver v.
Bontems, which has been referred to Mr Bradon, registrar
of the Lord Mayor's Court, Mr Buchanan, on the part of
defendant, who is the honorary secretary to the Ballot
Society, applied to have the award of the abitrator made an
order of court.

His Honour (Mr Commissioner Kerr)—Do you apply
far costs ?

Mr Buchanan—Oh, no. You Honour will remember
that the plaintiff ought to recover for services alleged to
have been rendered to the Ballot Society, but it was proved
that the deendant never gave any authority. The arbi-
trator found in favour of the the defendant on every
gronnd,

- His
Honour—Do you apply for the costs of the arbi-
tration ?

Mr Buchanan—There are not any.
B is Hon• ur—That is very surprising.
Mr Buchanan—The plaintiff is a poor man, and Mr
Wrandon declined to charge him anything, Mr Bontems
declines to ask for any costs, and I have waived my fee.
His Honour—All this is very extraordinary. You must
not let the public know of this or it will create quite a sen-
sation. (A. laugh.)

Mr Buchanan—l may add something more, and that is
that Mr Bontems has instructed me to give plaintiff £3 :as
a present to him.

His Honour—Arbitrators declining their costs and attor-
nies waiving their fees I If this gets to the ears of Dr
Cumming he will fancy that the great millenium is at
hand. (Great laughter.)

Mr Buchanan—Oh I it must not be taken as a precedent.
Mr Osgood tregistrar)—The best plan will be to make
the order for defendant without costs.

Mr Buchanan—Yes. I think that will do. The order
was then made as agreed.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr Commiasioner Goulburn.)
IN RE F, G. LEE,

This bankrupt was described as of Fitzroy •street, Fitzroy-
equare, clerk in holy orders, and this was a meeting for last
examination and discharge.

The balance-sheet shows, debtor to creditors unsecured,
£21,087 ; debts secured, £2,000 ; liabilities in respect of
others, L 1,154 ; property given up, £6OO ; property in the
hands of creditors, £7,600.

Mr Evans, for the assignees, read the evidence given on
a former occasion. He said that the principal creditor re-
sided in Scotland, and the bankrupt had property in Eng-
land. As to the property held by the creditors, consisting
of a church, he was afraid that the bankrupt was too san-
guine as to its value, and it would be satisfactory if it rea-
lised one-half the amount. The bankrupt had built the
church partly from his own funds and partly from money
borrowed, and all the difficulty arose from the bishop for
some reason having refused to consecrate the church.
The bankrupt, in examination, now made claims for sti-
pend alleged to be due from the churchwardens, but he did
not conceive he had any legal document by which he
could recover it. There were other points on which he had
doubts as to his rights.
His Honour sail they better all be inserted in the ac-
counts, and see if anything would result to the creditors.
Mr Evans did not offer any opposition, as there was no
ground for imputing anything against the bankrupt than
having been over-sanguine.
His Honour concurred, and said the bankrupt was entitled
to his discharge.