The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-28 00:00:00

Dinner to the Judges.

Last evening her Majesty's Judges were enter-
tained at dinner by the Sheriffs of London (Alder-
man Dakin and Alderman Besley), at the Trafalgar;
Greenwich. The Bench was represented on the
occasion by Mr. Baron Martin, Mr. Justice Shee,
Mr. Justice Mellor, and Mr. Justice Montague
Smith ; and the Bar by Mr. Malins, Q.C., Mr.
Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. Serjeant Tindal Atkinson, Mr.
Giffard, Q.C., Mr. Metcalfe, and Mr. Sleigh. There
were also present Mr. Roebuck, M.P., Alderman
Salomons, M.P., Alderman Rose, M.P., Alderman
Finnis, Alderman Allen, Alderman Mechi, Alderman
Waterlow and Ald. Stone, the Under-sheriffs (Mr.
Septimus Davidson and Mr. De Jersey), Mr. Brand,
the Corporation Controller, Mr. Paull, Mr. Nelson,
the City Solicitor, Mr. Grant, Mr. Collingridge,
and many others, the company numbering from 60
to 80 in all, and the banquet being a very sumptuous
one. On the removal of the cloth, the usual loyal
toasts having been given from the chair, some others
of a complimentary kind were proposed, Mr. Baron
Martin responding to that of " Her Majesty's Judges,"
and Mr. Malins and Mr. Hawkins replying to that
of " The Bar" in facetious speeches. Mr. Roebuck,
M.P., speaking to the toast of the House of Com-
mons, with which his name had been coupled, said
he knew that among his learned friends present a
great deal of small wit was employed in criticizing
the House of Commons, especially by men who had
not been members of that assembly. He had been
wonderfully impressed that evening with the truth
of the old fable of the Fox and the Grapes. That
assembly, however, ruled the land. Whatever it
had done England followed. It might be,
and he knew it was, that England had
been raised to her proud pre-eminence not
simply by the House of Commons, but by her
people ; but the great virtue of the House of
Commons was that it represented her people, and
that what the people learnt was put into legislative
form in the House of Commons. The power of Eng-
land sounded over the world, and the House of Com-
mons—aptly representing, as it did, the English
people—was deserving of the respect and admiration
of mankind. And in these times of electioneering
he would say to candidates for seats in that assem-
bly, " Think of what you promise." The English
House of Commons as it was had worked out
the happiness of England and of the world, and
it behoved him to be very careful how they touched
that ark of our protection. Let men remember that
it had been made by time and by trouble, and do
not let them be misled by electioneering fascina-
tion into promising what they neither would nor
could perform. That which came now before
the people of England was the happiness of the
people of England. That happiness depended
on the constitution of the House of Commons,
and nothing should be promised that could not
be performed. He could not, while on his legs, for-
get all that we owed to that house, and all that we
expected to owe to it in future, and he earnestly
urged upon his friend who desired to sit in that
house that they should not compromise the power
of England by promising that which they could not
perform, or promising that which ought not to be
performed. The speech of Mr. Roebuck was re-
peatedly applauded, and on resuming his seat he
was loudly cheered. The company separated about
half-past 9 o'clock.

ATTEMPTED MURDER AT SUNDERLAND.—On Sun-
day afternoon a brutal case of stabbing occurred at Sunder-
land, in the house of Luke Caveney, shoemaker, Silks-
worth-row. A quarrel took place between the landlord and
his lodger, a man named John King, both being under the
influence of drink at the time. Some blows wore ex-
changed between the men, and King afterwards went out
of the house into the yard. Caveney then ran, upstairs for
his shoemaker's knife, rushed out into the yard and at-
tacked King, stabbing him seriously in three places.
Caveney was taken into custody, and lodged in the police
Atation.