The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-09 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 9, 1863.

LAW INTELLIGENCE—This Day,

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Fane.)
IN RE COLONEL WAUGH-THE LONDON AND EASTERN

BANK.

Mr. Sargood applied this morning for the release of the
bankrupt from custody. It will be remembered that a short
time since his honour, Mr. Commissioner Goulburn, granted
leave for the bankrupt to come up and surrender after the
expiration of 21 days, unless the order was set aside on
appeal. No appeal, however, was made, and he now sur-
rendered.
Mr. Linklater, for the assignees, opposed, on the ground
that no notice had been given to them of the intention to
apply for his release. The first he heard of it was a notice
in the papers this morning. He gave a alight sketch of the
case, which is very generally known. The bankruptcy
took place so far back as 1857, when the bankrupt absconded
and resided abroad for some years. He was after some
time outlawed ; but on his return to England he was ar-
rested at the suit of the official managers of the estate of
the London and Eastern Bank for £50,00D, and by another
creditor. Although the bankrupt had been allowed to sur-
render he had not got protection.

Mr. Sargood contended that notice to the creditors was not
required by the statutes or by the rules ; and, besides, the
detaining creditors had had notice, and that was sufficient.
Mr. Linklater urged that the creditors were entitled to
appear in any matter connected with the bankrupt's release
or applying for his discharge, and it would take some time
to get the voluminous papers and material to ground the
opposition.

Mr. C. E. Lewis, for the official managers of the London
and Eastern Bank, also opposed on the ground that he was
not prepared, and the c Ise would last a long time.
His Honour ultimately said that he would not interfere
until the case could be heard on its merits, and the assig-
nees must have reasonable time allowed them.

The case was adjourned to a day to be fixed by Mr. Com-
missioner Holnyd.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE—This Day.

MARLBOROUGH- STREE r.

A BATCH OF ITALIAN BEGGAR BOYS.—Five boys
named Marco, Pieto, Guiseppi, Luigi Bozzini, and Luigi
Scildi, who got their living by going about the streets at
the West-end with guinea-pigs, which they exhibit as an
excuse to enable them to beg, were charged before Mr.
Tyrwhitt with begging.
Thorpe, 88 C, proved seeing the boys following and
annoying gentlemen, in Albemarle-street, and asking them
for money.
A gentleman asked the boys what they had to say, and in
reply they said they had done nothing.
Mr. Tyrwhitt said he supposed they were brought to this
country by a padrone.
Thorpe said they were brought here under pretence of
being taught a trade.
Mr. Bowles, ono of the inspectors of the C division,
asked that the boys might be remanded, so that the Italian
Ambassador might be communicated with, with the view
of sending them back.

Mr. Tyrwhitt remanded them for a week.
It appears that though Italian boys have frequently
been remanded on the suggestion that they would be sent
back by the Italian Ambassador, they seldom or never have
been.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.—This Day.

NEWMARKET RACES-THIS DAY.

BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.

LIVERPOOL CUP.
6to 1 agst Oakapple (taken)
7to 1 agst Knave (taken)
Bto 1 agst Joey Jones (taken)
11 to 1 agst Barchettina (taken in force)

GOODWOOD STAKES.
9to 2 agst Aufield (taken in force)

MIDDLESEX SESSIONS.---This Day.

THE RIOT AT CREMORNE GARDENS.

The further hearing of witnesses in this case was resumed
this morning. The court was crowded to excess.

The several defendants, Reginald Herbert, John Bir-
kett, Joseph Edward Saville, Robert Shawcross, Charles
M'Dougall, and Charles Mott, were charged in a great
number of counts with riot, and creating a breach of the
peace at Cremorne-gardens.

The witnesses Forrest, Fisher, Hack, and three or four
police-constables were examined, and repeated their state•
ments which have already appeared in 1 he Sum.
Each was submitted to a most searching cross-examina-

lion, more particularly Forrest, wh , it was sought to prove
a prize fighter, and not as he stated himself to be, a com-
mercial man. in explanation he said on one occasion a man
insulted him, he returned the blow, and on the spur of
the moment he said he would fight him for £3O. The money
was staked, the fight took place the next morning, and he
won it. That was the only time he had ever taken part in
a pugilistic encounter. The other witnesses adhered strictly
to the evidence they had given as to the part each defen-
dant took in the disturbance.

Mr. E. T. Smith was then examined. He said the scene
at Cremorne on the occasion of the riot was one of the most
disgraceful things he had ever seen. He begged of the
people who were unwillingly mixed up in it to desist, and
assist him is restoring tranquillity. The destruction of
property was enough to distract any person. There were
between 30 and 40 police-constables present, and they were
completely overpowered.
Mr. Digby Seymour, who appeared for Shawcross—Do
you know, Mr. Smith, that there is a party frequenting
your gardens known as the white choker party. (Laughter.)
Mr. Smith—Upon my word, I don't know.
Mr. Seymour—Do 3 ou know whetber Shawcross belongs
to that party ?
Mr. Smith—l don't know. I know nothing about the
" white-choker" party. From what I have since heard
from some persons of position, I believe that in his sober
moments he would not be guilty of a dishonourable action.
Mr. T. Atkinson—You say the destruction of property
was very great ? _ _

Mr. Smith—Yes, it was enough to drive a man distracted.
',Laughter.) I never saw such a rush as was made towards
the close of the affair in all my life.

The Assistant-Judge—You eay all the defendants were
present taking part in the disturbance ?
Mr. Smith—Yes, my lord. . . _

Mi. Seymour—Can you speak to any particular act done
by either of the defendants?
Mr. Smith —No, I cannot ; the confusion was tre-
mendous.

The Assistant-Judge—ln what state do you think
Shawcross was when you saw him ?
Mr. Smith—Decidedly the worse for liquor.

This closed the case for the prosecution.

Sergeant Ballantine then addressed the jury on behalf
of Herbert. As there are five other leading counsel to fol-
low the learned sergeant, and witnesses for the defence are
to be examined, the case will not terminate before to-
morrow.

The Prince of Wales at Mercers' Ball

His RGyal Highness the Prince of Wales honoured
the Mercers' Company with his presence yesterday
morning, at their hall in Cheapside, for the purpose
of taking up his freedom in that most ancient of the
twelve great City guilds.
The master, wardens, and court of assistants met
at noon. The old structure had put on quite a fes-
tive aspect in honour of the day, banners being
suspended from its walls, and a bank of flowering
plants rising from the dais prepared for the royal
visitor. The worshipful the master, the Rev. Mark-
land Barnard, incumbent of Coiney, himself the,
fourteenth of his family who bad held that office,
was supported by a fUll court. The master end court
of assistants, attired in their scarlet robes of office,
were in waiting at the Cheapside gates to receive
the Prince, when his Royal Highness, whose car-
riage had become blocked in that busy thoroughfare
and had been turned by the police into Ironmonger-
lane, suddenly alighted at the private entrance, and
as it were taking his entertainers in flank necessi-
tated a somewhat ruffled reception. The gracious
cordiality of the Prince and the ready self-possession
of the members of the court soon set matters
straight, and his Royal Highness, accepting the
conduct of the master, ascended the grand staircase
into the hall, where the royal presence was grace-
fully acknowledged by the ladies, who thronged
both sides of the apartment. As the Prince ascended
the stairs the band of the Artillery Company, under
the conduct of Mr. Hird, played a few bars of the
National Anthem.

The Prince of Wales was attended by Lieut.-Gen.
Knollys, Lord Alfred Hervey, and Capt. Grey. His
Royal Highness having taken his seat upon the
dais, the master standing upon his right hand, and
the other members of the court being stationed
around, Mr. Barnes advanced with the books of the
company and read therefrom the various entries re-
ferring to the necessary suspension of the standing
orders, and the proposal to confer the freedom
of the company upon the Prince of Wales,
which was described to have been carried by
acclamation in a full court. His Royal Highness
having bowed his acknowledgments, Mr. Barnes
administered the customary oath. The Rev. the
1 Master then addressed the Prince in the following

erins :

May it please your royal highness—lt is a source
of unfeigned gratification to the master and war-
dens, to the court of assistants, and to the genera-

lity of this company, to have had the honour of en.
rolling your royal highness among the members o
the Mercers' Company—the first in rank and the
most ancient in constitution of all the guides in the
City of London. Your royal highness will perhaps
allow me to observe that the antiquity of the
Mercers, as a metropolitan guild, may be traced as
far back as 1172, and that the company received its
incorporation in 1392 at the hands of his Majesty
King Richard 11., who conferred upon it the dis-
tinguished honour of becoming one of its brethren.
I will net run the risk of wearying your royal
highness by enumerating the many persons who as
members of this company have done honour to it,
and whose arms, arranged round these walls, bear
testimony to the respect in which they were held ;
but I cannot pass lightly over such names as Sir
Richard Whittington, the great artist of his own
fortune, and the founder of those extensive chari-
ties which are happily more substantial than the
romantic legend which is associated with his
memory. Nor must I omit to mention Caxton, to
whom we are indebted for that invaluable art of
printing which has brought the nation from a state
of practical darkness to one of intellectual light. A
word, too, must be given to Dean Colet, the founder
of our great Pauline School, which has long been
the nursing mother of students and poets, of war-
riors and divines. The name also of Sir Thomas
Gresham, celebrated for his magnificent foundation
of the first Royal Exchange, and for his confidential
position in the council of the great sovereign Eliza-
beth, must not be forgotten here. I come now, sir,
to one who was memorable in history, Sir Thomas
Boleyn, grandfather of your illustrious ancestor,
Queen Elizabeth, who was herself a tree sister of this
company ; and, passing on to modern days, we have
the gratification of including among our members, by
ancestral descent, that gallant soldier, Lord Hill,
who throughout the Peninsular war was second only
to the indomitable Wellington. It only remains for
me to express to your royal highness our deep sense
of the honour you have condescended to confer on
us, and to assure you that we fervently trust an
abundant measure of happiness may be in store for
your royal highness and for your beautiful and
accomplished bride. May the bright example of
your intellectual and high-minded father, whose
early death the nation still deplores, ever influence
your path through life. May you, under God, be
the instrument to displace that thorny chaplet
which the will of God has woven for your august
mother, our beloved sovereign, whose personal
attributes and whose domestic virtues so greatly en.
dear her to her subjects; and when, in the course of
Providence, you are called to assume the throne of
your forefathers, may you be spared not merely to
rule over the millions which compose this mighty
nation, but to live and to reign within their hearts."
The PRINCE listened with marked attention to the
Master's address, which was admirably delivered,
and replied as follows :—Master, Wardens, and
Court of Assistants, I am glad to avail myself of the
last opportunity which my stay in London affords
me of attending here this day to receive the free-
dom of your ancient and honourable company. The
oldest of the city companies, the Mercers, is hardly
exceeded by any in the amount of its charities or in
its capabilities of doing good. How these powers
have been exercised the list of the foundations of
the company and of the distinguished persons whom
you have enumerated as benefactors and freemen
tell us. Amongst the latter the great Sovereign,
who was herself a sister of the company, stands
conspicuous, and commerce and science appear
equally to have lent their representatives to en-
noble the Mercers' Company. To be connected
with such names in the freedom and history of your
company is an honour and a privilege I am proud
to have conferred upon me• I thank you sincerely
for the terms in which you have mentioned the
names of my beloved mother and the Princess, and
for the happiness you desire for us both.
The beautiful casket containing the freedom was
now handed to the Prince, who examined it with
evident admiration and interest. A work of the
highest goldsmith's art, this casket is wrought in
Gothic style, with pillars at each corner, the lid
bearing the form of a Gothic cupola, very richly
ornamented and surmounted by a crown in various
coloured enamels, from which rises the Prince of
Wales's plume. The front is divided into three
arches, or compartments, the centre one bearing the
arms of the Prince and Princess of Wales in
coloured enamels, surrounded by the Garter with
its motto, "Hopi snit que mal y pence." In the
centre of the remaining arches are the arms of the
Mercers' Company, also in coloured enamels, with
their motto, "Honor Deo." On the reverse,
divided in like manner into three arches, the cen-
tral one bears the following inscription—
" Presented to H. R. H. Albert Edward Prince
the occa-
sion Guild of the City of London, on
of Wales, K.G., by the Corporation of Mercere.
, 1 1863." sion of his royal highness honouri_nagyr bY
accepting the freedom of the compan.Yho' the
monograms of the Prince and Princess
basednc
upon a slab
plain blue enamel. The casketrinameated
This inscription is supported on. etetsserofsid.we
with gar•
of black Australian marble, ornamented
the whole work is
lands of flowers in gold,
and skill of the
worthy of the artistic taste and
execution—Mr. C.
success-
ful candidate for its de abyles in
resented the various members
The Master now Prince of Wales, who presently
to the
of the court
banqueting room,
Master,
where a civic
the od by Messrs. Staples,
g oaf
stehnetof the
luncheon, ' prepared
on the company's service of gold
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of Bruton-street.
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sat on the right of theand
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left hand. During the company a hale
on his Royal
repast the Master
proposed the father
in
" The Health of his Royal Highness
Prince of Wales, citizen and mercer:' the
having been warmly responded to,
Mr. .Tohnsou,
This toast
ness took cordial leave of the his royal high•
highness octogenarian,
members of the company,and •
master and the several
retired.