The Sun.
London, England, 1862-06-24 00:00:00

ELECTION OF SHERIFFS, THIS DAY.

A common hall was held this day in the Guildhall, for
the purpose of electing two citizens to rill the offices of
Sheriff of London and Middlesex for the ensuing year.
A great amount of excitement was occasioned by the
proceedings, as the persons selected to fill the office were
looked upon as certain to succeed to the honour of knight-
hood on the occasion of his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales attaining his majority in November next.

The Lord Mayor, by right, had nominated Hilary
Nicholas Nissen, Esq., citizen and stationer, of Mark-lane,
and Richard Mitchell, Esq., spectacle maker, pursuant to
the acts of the Common Council of 7th April, 1748. In

opposition to his nomination, there are four aldermen below
the chair eligible to be put in nomination. Of these only
one, Alderman James Clarke Lawrence, has claimed the
suffrages of the livery ; and the other gentleman seeking the
honour was Hugh Jones, Esq., warehouseman, of Wood-
street, spectacle maker and loriner.

At ten minutes past one o'clock the Lord Mayor, the
sheriffs, the under-sheriffs, and aldermen appeared upon
the platform.

The RECORDER having opened the proceedings with the
usual formalities,
The COMMON SERGEANT read the names of the Alder-
men, viz., James Lawrence, Dakin, Besley, and Gibbons,
eligible for the office, and also of those gentlemen proposed
by the Lord Mayor. -
Mr. Deputy LLOYD said he had the honour to nominate
Mr. Hugh Jones, as another candidate for the office of
Sheriff. He was a man of the highest honour and integrity,
and one who would fulfil the duties in the most admirable
manner.

Mr. ANDERTON seconded the nomination of Mr. Hugh
Jones. (Cheers,) That gentleman had plenty of money,
and was ready to spend it. (Laughter and cheers.) He
was also a man of great hospitality, which he did not con-
sider an objection. (Cheers.) Mr. Hugh Jones had risen
from the ranks, and he felt certain the citizens would not
think the less of him for that, but that they would elect
him for sheriff amidst the loudest acclamations. (Cheers).
The TowN CniEp. then came forward, and called for a
show of hands for the respective candidates, after which
Sheriff COCKERELL made the announcement that the
election had fallen upon Hugh Jones, Esq., and Hilary
Nissen, Esq.
A poll was then demanded and granted on behalf of Al-
derman Lawrence.

The voting will commence this day and continue open
until this day week.
Each of the candidates after the proceedings terminated
came forward and addressed the meeting, all of them ex-
pressing the greatest confidence of success.

TIGERS IN SINGAPORE.--These animals, eager
for prey, cross from the mainland by
swimming the narrow
strait, hardly more than half a nautical mile in width
which separates it from the island. Dr. Logan, the
excellent editor of the Singapore Free Tress, assures
us that till within the last six or seven years, 360 na-
tives had annually been carried off by the tigers, Even
at present, over 100 persons a year are kilbd in the
forest by the tigers that prowl there. Shortly before
our arrival, in the month of Marc, four persons had
perished by these vorc.cious animals. For an explana-
tion
of such horrible occurences we must consider the
heedlessness of the natives and the peculiar conditions
affecting the mode of agriculture followed on the island.
Government, however, does not neglect publishing
ordinances, by which as far as possible to discourage these
formidable invaders. They have offered a reward of 50 dols.
for every tiger killed. So soon as the track of a tiger has been
struck, the natives usually dig a pit of 15 or 20 feet deep, which
they cover slightly with grass and brushwood, and fasten
close by a goat, a dog, or some other living creature. As
soon as the tiger, eager for his prey, seeks to seize the poor
animal, the brushwood gives way under him and he falls
into the pit, where ho is speedily finished by muskets.—
Dr, AFtherzer's Cruize.of the Novara.