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

SOUTHWARK.

James Cooksey, a powerful young man, was charged
with assaulting his father and mother, and breaking
several panes of glass in their house. Both the pri-
soner's parents, who were in attendance, exhibited
marks of violence inflicted by the hands of their un-
natural son. The father stated that the defendant
called at his house on the previous evening, and being
refused admission, owing to his bad conduct, he
rushed at him and struck him in the face, and gave
him two black eyes, which were apparent. Com-
plainant's wife, hearing the noise, came out, when the
defendant immediately attacked her, and struck her a
violent blow on the bridge of the nose that made it
burst out bleeding, and he then ran out of the house
and commenced throwing stones at the front windows
and smashing the glass. He (the father) had exerted
every means in his power to curb the impetuous
temper of his son, but all efforts were unavailing. He
had apprenticed him to a trade, but he had ran away.
He next got him a ship and sent him to sea, but he
returned as bad as ever, and plundered him (the
father) in such a manner that he was compelled to
turn him out of his house, and on his refusal to let
him in the previous night he acted with the violence
described. He added that the defendant had been an
inmate of almost all the gaols of London, and he was
apprehensive that he would commit some desprate
offence If he was not restrained by the strong arm of
the law.
The defendant said he came out of gaol the previous
day, and that he went to his father's house to get
something to eat, but was refused ; and that when he
insisted on it he was seized by his father and mother,
and in the struggle they received the injuries they
complainedof.
Mr. SEcsEs said that the defendant's parents were
perfectly justified in refusing admission to a son who,
by their aeount, had conducted himself with such
violence, and who disregarded their advice, and was
apparently going headlong to destruction. The
Magistrate then sentenced the defendant to find sure-
ties for his future good behaviour, besides adjudging
him to pay fos the damage of the windows he had
broken, or, in e,cfault of payment, to be committed.
The defendant said he could neither find sureties
nor pay the amount of the glass he had broken.
Mr. SEca.mt—Then you must go to gaol.
LAMBETH.
James Cannon, the ruffian sweep, who has been for
years the terror of the respectable inhabitants of
Camberwell and NValwortb, who has maimed for life
several policemen, and who has been in custody since
Monday, the 14th of September, on a charge of
having committed a most savage and murderous as-
sault on police-cons able Michael Dwyer, 135 P, was
brought before Mr. Elliott for further examination.
When the case was called on a sergeant belonging
to the P division informed the magistrate that the in-
jured constable was not yet in a fit state to attend and
give his evidence, and handed in a certificate of the
divisional surgeon to glow the fact.

Cannon, on hearin; the officer's statement, in a
voice something between a grunt and a growl, said
he very much doubtedwbether there was anything
the matter with the colstable ; on the contrary, he
believed, that he was kejt back merely to punish him,
and that all he wanted vas justice.
Mr. ELLIOTT assured him he should have justice
done to him, and read ova a certificate of which the
following is a copy
"I certify that Police-unstable No. 135 P
Michael Dwyer, is impro,ieg, but not in a fit stare to
attend at the police•court.
t-r. S. FLOWER, Surgoo o.
"Camberwell-green, Sept, 30."
The prisoner on hearing the certificate read ex-
pressed himself satisfied, and ho was remanded for
another week.

James Linstead, shopman to Mr. Chapman, a
draper in the Brixton-road, who stood charged with
plundering his master to a 'ery considerable extort,
and in whose boxes upwards of 301. in cash was found,
was placed at the bar for fins“ examination.
In addition to the evidence before given, a brotl ier
shopman deposed that for several weeks past he had
observed the prisoner during the breakfast and d;,.n-
ner hours lean over that part of the counter wlL.re
the till was situate for the professed purpose of get-
ting the day-book, and on each occasion he hezi-cl
money chink. When asked why he had not men -
tioned this circumstance to his master, the witness
said that on a former occasion he bad mentioned his
suspicions about the prisoner. The witness said be
bad on a former occasion mentioned his suspicions
about another young man to Mr. Chapman, but he
took no notice of it ; and if he had spoken to him
again he thought h might be considered as units-
cessarily complaining of his fellow-shopmen.
It was further stated that the 51. note found among
the money had been changed at the prosecutor's
shop, but as the prosecutor's sister, who usually gave
change, is at present in the country, the fact could
not be positively proved.

The prosecutor said that he was prepared to prove
that the prisoner had expended 801. within the 144

twelve months, while his wages were only 501. per
annum.

Tne prisoner, who deemed to treat the affair with
the utmost nonchalance, was fully committed for trial.

SWEARING IN THE NEW 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 wordbeafer 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' Corn-
piny, 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 floor
of the court.
The arrival of the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs
having beers 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 us 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 sticks, 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 Baron to their inaugural banquet
in the evening, after which the procession returned to
the City in the same order.
THE BANQUET.
The banquet was given at the London Tavern. An
unusually large number 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 recently 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, M.P., the Lord Mayor elect, M.P., Mr.
Masterman, M.P., Aldermen Sir J. Key, Bart., Sir
R. W. Carden, Sidney, Moon, Finish, and Law-
rence, the Queen's Remembrancer, the Governor
and Deputy. Governor of the Bank, Mr. E.
James, Q. C., Mr. ex-Sheriff Cotterill, Mr. ex.
Sheriff Swift, M.P., the Ottoman Consul, Sir
G. E. Hodgkinson, Colonel Morse Cooper, Captain
Hankey, R. N., Captain Embleton, Captain Haviside,
Captain Williams, the Mayor of Southampton, Pro-
fessor Brande, Professor Graham, the Master of the
Clockmakers' Company, the Master of the Spectacle-
makers' Company, the Rev. Dr. Mortimer, the Rev.
Mr. Christmas, the Rev. T. Binney, Mr. W. Hawes,
Mr. Dillon, Mr. Duncan Dunbar, Mr. Wyld, Mr.
D. Nicoll, the Chairman of the various committees of
the Common Council, and other gentlemen connected
with the city.
Grace was sung after dinner by a party of vo-
calists, under the direction of Mr. Hopkins, organist
of the Temple Church, and the loving cup was sent
round, Mr. Harker proclaiming welcome.
The usual loyal toasts were then given, and duly
honoured, and were followed by that of " Church and
State," which wee acknowledged by the Rev. Mr.
CHRISTMAS.
The toast of "The Army and Navy, and the im-
mortal memory of the Duke of Wellington, was drunk
in solemn silence. It was acknowledged by Colonel
COOPER and Captain HANLEY.
The toast of " The Lord Mayor, and prosperity to
the city of London," followed.
Mr. DILLON, who was called upon to speak to it,
made some appropriate remarks, in the course of
which he took occasion to congratulate his fellow-
citizens that civic honours were not confined to any
creed or party, but were open to every man who
showed himself worthy of them.
The next toast was that of " Her Majesty's Mi-
nisters."
The SOLICITOR-GENERAL said be had much grati-
fication in returning thanks for the honour conferred
upon her Majesty's Ministers by that large assembly,
but regretted that he was the only member of the
Ministry present to make the acknowledgment. Du-
ties of a public nature had called some to a distant
part of the kingdom, and 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 " Hear, 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 questions upon which, in this
free country, there must be difference of opinion.—
(Hear, hear) But he felt that be might claim
credit, on behalf of the Ministry, for a sincere and firm
determination to do their best to perform the duty
committed to them. It was in no ordinary times and
under no ordinary difficulties that the present Govern-
ment bad accepted *'re task 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 prformance of their duty, using their
utmost exertions and bestowing the utmost
power of intellect which Providence had bestowed
upon them to nromote the pro-perity of the country.
—(Cheers.) if this credit might be claimed any-
where, surely it might in the city of London, from
whose citizens the Ministry might depend upon re-
ceiving, as every Ministry had received, the support
and encouragement which loyalty to their Sovoreign
and attachment to the institutions of their country
would justly lead the people of the greatest city in
the world to bestow upon those who had the arduous
duty of conducting the affairs of the country.—
(Cheers.) The company had been pleased to drink
the toast of " The Army and Navy ;" and when he
saw how it was received, he could not but rejoice that
the Government had had the satisfaction of placing
at the head of the army, by the gracious permission
and command of the Sovereign, one of whom it was
unnecessasay to say more in
i the way of praise etha
than
that he was worthy to tread n the steps y h
illus-
trious hero so lately lost to us—(Great cheering)._
and that they bad also the satisfaction of seeing at the
head of the navy one who possessed and deserved
the entire confidence of that branch of the service,
and of the Sovereign and the country.—
(Cheers.)
But, above all, he (the Solicitor-General) could
not but be reminded of the duty of guarding
and protecting the interests of commerce, which
had raised this great city 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 prepars d by every
means in their power to encourage and promote.—
(Cheers.) After adverting to the remarks of Mr.
Dillon, and expressing his respect for that honourable ,
spirit of industry by which the humblest man among
us, whatever his origin, however 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 an ancient and important
office, much connected with the administration of the
law, being himself a member of the legal profession,
the Solicitor-General concluded with expressing his
confidence, that whatever the tenure of office of her
Majesty's Ministers might be, they would at the close
of it retire into private life conscious that they had
done their best to deserve the approbation of their
fellow- country men.—(Cheet.J.)
The toasts which next 'followed were those 'of
" the Sheriffs," proposed by the Solicitor- General ;
" the House of Commons," acknowledged by Lord D.
Stuart; " the Lord Mayor Elect," " the Magistrates
of the City," acknowledged by Sir John Key;
" the City Members," for whom Mr. Mesterman
responded ; and " rospsrity to our mercantile
marine."

Mr. T. DUNBAR, is acknowledging this latter
toast, expressed bis apprvhensiun that the country was
not looking as it ought to the interests of our mer-
cantile marine, and was leaving too much to the
chapter of accidents. It was to the mercantile ma-
rine we must look to man our navy. Was not
Nelson himself in the merchant service ?—(Hear,
hear.) We were now actually sending out our
brawny peasantry as emigrants under a foreign flag,
to save a few shillings I—(Hear, hear, and some
laughter.) Mr. Dunbar repeated his complaint of
such a practice with some warmth, and concluded
with observing that, if men must be sent out from
this country because they could not live in it, at least
we ought not to .end away the blood and sinews of
the nation under a foreign flag.
Atter a few other toasts, among which were " the
131 r of England" (acknowledged by Mr. JAMES),
and "the Visitors" (acknowledged by the Mayor of
Southampton), the company separated at a rather
late hour.