The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-11 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

cc/11711ri. (Loud cheers.) There is one circum- 1
stance, however, connected with thi, day that
cannot be overlooked in connexion wi h the Prince
of Wales, namely, that he is not at present in
this country. Why is he not here ? The rea-
son that he is absent on this d,.37 is, the sad
and painful bereavement which the nation and the
Sovereign sustained in the course of this year. But
for that sad event he would have been here. Pro-
vidence willed it otherwise, and though rejoicing
with the Sovereign on this happy day, we deplore
that her feeling and joy cannot be shared by one who
shared in every feeling of her joy and happiness.
(Hear, hear.) My Lord Mayor, I beg to return
thanks on behalf of the army for the manner in
which their health has been drunk. (Cheers.)
The Duke of SOMERSET returned thanks on be-
half of the navy ; and Col. M‘MultDo on behalf of
the volunteers.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The health of
her Majesty's Ministers," which was received with
loud cheers, _ _

THE BANQUET.

The customary civic banquet was given at Guild-
hall last night, and derived more than usual im-
portance from the P..ct of the Prince of Wales
coming of age. Among the Ministers present were
the Prime Minister, Earl Granville, Earl Russell,
the Duke of Somerset, Mr. Cardwell, M.P., &c. ;
Lord Brougham, the Judges, the Attorney-General,
several Ambassadors, &c. The hall was magnifi-
cently decorated, and more than 1,100 guests were
present.
After the loving cup had passed round,
The LORD MATOrt said—The first toast I have
the honour to propose is " The Queen," and it must
be confessed we enjoy a great blessing in having in
this nation a Queen who has been a model to all
other monarchs. (Cheers.) She has been alike a
mr,del wife, a model mother, and a model Sove-
reign, and I am quite sure that in the recent dis-
pensation of Providence she has had the deep sym-
pathy of all her subjects. (Hear, hear.) May she
continue to rest satisfied that she is surrounded by
a free, enlightened, and loyal people. (Cheers.)
" God save the Queen," the principal part being
sung by Mdme. Parepa.

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even more valuable than the gold fields in other poi. he complained of pain in his head. In his evidence
on Saturday, Dr. Bell said he had not visited Mr.
tions of the continent.
Sir R. Nl'Donald, Sir C. Nicholson, and Governor White that morning, but on the previous day he
Xennedy warmly and eloquently expressed the was progressing favourably. Still, if he continued.
feeling of deep loyalty and affection which prevails to go on favourably, he would not be able to attend
in all the Australia: colonies to the mother country, the court to give evidence before a fortnight hence.
its institutions, and ito mona..7'h, ,
and the pain which The Bench remanded all the 30 prisoners for a week
of the colonies but consented to take bail for their appearance.
they felt at finding the me tetance hin office Eleven of them, who were said to have been the
treat„4 lightly or approvingly by mit b): I most active in the commission of the outrage, were
in this country. cwerally required to find two securities in £lO
After some further discussion, the meeting ter- :-
u.-ud to enter into their own recognisances in
each
urinated with the usual vote of thanks. f2O, and the remaining give bail
the su 19 to m
of
amp
for their appearance next
in half those am
`Saturday. Mr. White,
the prosecutor i n t
i is well known in musical circles in the West Riding
he case,
of Yorkshire, and is much respected.
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OPENING OF THE NEW LAMBETH SUS-

_eENsioN BRIDGE.

Yesterday at three o'clock this bridge was, -
the first time, thrown open to the public. There
was no ceremony beyond the withdrawing of the
barriers in the presence of the directors and the
secretary. This being done, Mr. Hodges, the dis-
tiller,drove the fire-engine,fullymanned,and drawn
by four splendid chesnuts, from the Lambeth to
the Westminster sid
The e, and the vibration it occasioned
was very trifling. Lord Mayor having started
OD his way back to the City at about half-past two,
for a large p
had seen the show to get'ortion of those who
left plenty of time fora
Millbank, and it is not,
therefore, surprising that the Midge was thronged,
both in the road and on the footways. We regret
to say that some persons were entrusted with the
parish engine, a small but weighty machine,witho whlC.h
they drew across the bridge pp
ut
any proper superintendence—at a great speed, the
result was a respectablelooking lad about 10 years
of New-street, Prince's-
old, named Langridge,
road, was knocked down and run over. He was at
once carried to th surery of Messrs. Jeffree and
Sankey, Paradisee-streegt, Lambeth, where it was
found that his arm was broken and his head consi-
derably bruised and cut; he was therefore placed
in a cab and taken to St. Thomas's Hospital. This
was the only "feature''—an unfortunate one, truly
—in the day's proceedings.
This is a wire rope and girder bridge, and is re-
markable rather for the cheapness and the rapidity
with which it has been constructed than its light-
ness or beauty ; its actual cost having been £30,000,
exclusive of land taken, which cost another LlO,OOO,
and its erection having occupied one day short of a
year. It has three spans of 280 ft. each, and is over
all nearly 900 ft. from end to end: the uprights are
supported on cylinders similar to those now bein
fixed for the bridge at Hunge, ford. The wire ropes
to which the girders are suspended are of great
thickness, and of the very best iron, and the whole
is painted a dark green, and lighted by globe-
shaped lamps. The roadway is of wood, the piles
used to construct Westminster-bridge having bees
made available. The footway is paved with thin
flags cut from some of the etone of the old West-
minster-bridge. It is intended to charge no toll
till the 16th instant, from which time foot passen-
gers will have to pay a halfpenny, and one penny
per horse will be the rate for vehicles. These
rates are as low as possible ; and having re.
Bard to the denseness of the population at Lam-
beth and Westminster, it is believed that this will
be one of the exceptions to the general rule, which
appears to be that tolled bridges over the Thames
are not remunerative to the proprietors.

LAW INTELLIGENC—E.—Nev. 10.

COUNIBI ItlAßlii.lb.

COURT OF QUEEN'S BENCH.
THE QUEEN T. TR N, HATHAWAY AND OTHERS.--
THE LATE TRAMW WAY.
In this case, which was a prosecution against the
defendants for laying down, contrary to law, a trana-
way in the Queen's high-road, from Westminster-
bridge to Kennington-gate, and which resulted in
a conviction of the defendants, and the uprooting of
the tramway, Mr. Joyce now moved for a rule to
show cause why an attachment should not issue
against the defendant (Hathaway) for the costs in-
curred in the prosecution of the indictment agains to t
him ; and calling upon his bail—he having gone
America—to show cause why their recognisances
should not be estreated. Train one of the defen-
dants, b.d been personally served with a rule before
he left this country for America, where, according to
the public journals, he was at present; but Hath-
away had evaded service.
Mr. Justice Wightman—As far as the principal
is concerned you are entitled to a rule absolute
and as far as the bail are concerned, to a rule nisi.
Rules absolute and nisi accordingly.
SABEY Y. STEPHENS—MISCONDUCT OF A JURYMAN.
This was an action brought by an aged widow,
to recover compensation in damages against the de-
fendant, for loss sustained by her in the death of
her son, owing to his (r e defendant's) alleged neg-
ligence in the erection of a scaffold on which the
deceased and others were at work, and by the break-
ing down of which plaintiff's son and another work-
man lost their lives. It appeared on the trial, which
took place a few days ago before Mr. Justice
Crompton and a common jury in the Bail Court,
and which resulted in a verdict for the defendant,
that the deceased was a carpenter, in receipt of 335.
a-week wages, and that the defendant is a zinc-
worker in Old-street-road, St. Luke's. The ace ident
occurred in St. Martin's-hall, where the defendant
was employed to place zinc plates to reflect the
anti-light. To do that it was necessary to construct
a scaffold, aiA a swing one was determined upon as
a suitable constfuctioec n
eased and for the aothmeccorpliparties,shment
in-
of
the object. The d
were on the scaffold when,
eluding the defendant,
unfortunately, one of the poles sustaining the
planks broke, and all but the flefendant were pre-
cipitated to the ground. The deceased and another
were killed by the fall, and the °the?' at ties who
fell were more or less injured. The defendant
saved himself by clinging to and holding fast
by a gas pipe, until a ladder was procured, And his
rescue from imminent danger was effected. The
evidence for the defence was, that the materials em-
ployed in the construction of the scaffold were
sound, but that in support of plaintiff (who mainly
depended on her son for support) was that the de-
fendant's negligence consisted in his employing
unskilful persons to construct the scaffold.
At the conclusion of the case, and shortly after
the verdict had been delivered, a juryman ad-
dressed the learned judge, and complained that one
of his brother jurors, as he was informed, had
written to the defendant, hoping as they had given
him a verdict, that he would in return give them
compensation.
The learned judge expressed his indignation at
such conduct, but regretted that he had no power
to deal with it.
he full Court, and complained that
Mr. g:rgeant Parry now made a similar repre-
sentation to
the pure stream of justice was contaminated by
such a proceeding.
The Court intimated that, as the conduct com-
lained of was represented to have taken place
p
after the trial had concluded, they had no power
to interfere.

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, COLCHESTER—Nov. 8.
A large supply of wheat, but mostly in poor condition.
Trade slow, and is under last week's rates for anything but
am .3, m.,........}.t.m. 1ia....14.y morc. xi.mtif..l, and is cheaper.
Beans and peas were unchanged in value.
Wheat, white. Ns Ns Beans, Maz
le & sag
ma11.36s 42s
an.. 348 36s
red 44s 52s midd
Barley
Oat . ...... 20s 26s gray 38s 42s

GLOUCESTER--Nov. 8.
We had a very full' supply of grain to-day. Wheat
sold at about last week's rates, and 9 fair business doing.
Foreign wheat in limited demand. Barley and beans are
unchanged. Oats were dull.

IRD—Nov. 7.
ay at market was fair, and
>er qr. The trade was very
reaper.
teas, Partridge 37s 40a
White 39s 409
Boiling 4os 43a
Dun 3ss 389

DlttO ...... -s
Beans, Tick, old ..345 39s
new..—s —a
Harrow Ticks ..35s 40s
new..-5 —5
Mazagazi. .......30s 388

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