The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-29 00:00:00

SWEARING IN OF THE NEW SHERIFFS,

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday, at the Guild-
hall, for the purpose of the induction of the recently-elected
Sheriffs for the city of London and Middlesex, Mr. Henry
Muggeridge, citizen and innholder, Alderman of Castle
Baynard ward, and Mr. Charles D. Crosley, citizen and
poulterer, into the office of Sheriff of London and Sheriff
of the county of Middlesex, and the administration of
the oaths required by the statute for the due perform-
ance of such office for the year ensuing. Previous to
the holding of the Court the sheriffs elect entertained the
master, wardens, and court of assistants of the Inn-
holders' Company, the deputy and common council of
the ward of Castle Baynard, the sheriffs, Mr. Alder-
man Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis, arid a numerous circle
of private friends, to a splendid breakfast at the Albion
Tavern, Alderogate.street.
Shortly before two o'clock, the Lord Mayor, attended
by several "members of the Court of Aldermen, the Re-
corder, the sheriffs—Alderman Wire and Mr. G. A.
Wallis, the sheriffs elect—Alderman Muggeridge and
Mr. Charles D. Crosley, their under-sheriffs—Mr.
Alexander Crosley, and Mr. Frederick Farrer, and '
other corporate officers, proceeded to the hustings in the
Guildhall, to attend the common hail of the Livery. The
Lord Mayor having taken the chair, and the usual pre-
liminaries gone through, the oaths were administered
by Mr. Sergeant Merewether, the town-clerk, to, and
subscribed by, both the Sheriffs elect, and also by Mr.
Alexander Crosley, as senior Under-Sheriff.
The chains of office having been placed over the
shoulders of the Sheriffs, the ceremony closed.
The Sheriffs briefly addressed the Livery, and the Lord
Mayor, Aldermen, and Sheriffs returned to the Court of
Aldermen.

The duties of the Sheriffs do not strictly, commence
until to-day, Michaelmas-day, on the election of Lord
Mayor, when a vote of thanks will be proposed to the
outgoing Sheriffs, Alderman Wire and Mr. G. A.
Wallis.

POISONING CHILDREN' BY LAUDANUM. - Mr. G. S.
Brent, the deputy coroner for the western division of
Middlesex, and a highly respectable jury of the parish
of St. Mary, Islington, held an inquiry of some duration
and importance, yesterday, at the Fox public•house,
Islington-green, touching the death of an illegitimate
male infant, aged 5 weeks, belonging to a young
woman, sempstress, named Ellen Swithers, residing with
her mother at No. 13, Old Paradise-row, in the same
neighbourhood, who died on Tuesday might last, from
the effects of laudanum administered to him by the
mother, to produce a.sta.te of quietude and sleep, when
he was laid to rest. The jury returned a verdict to the
effect that "The deceased was accidentally poisoned by
laudanum." The proceedings then terminated.

CLEANSING STABLES. —The Board of Guardians of the
Holborn Union have directed notice to be given to the
occupiers of stables within the limits of the union, stating
that, pursuant to the recommendation of Dr. Maclough-
lin, the medical inspector to the General Board of Health,
the guardians have to request that all accumulations of
dung should he removed and carted away every morn•
ing before eight o'clock.
SUICIDE FROM LONDON-BRlDGE.—Yesterday, between
the hours of 12 and 1 o'clock, the numerous pedestrians
passing along this crowded thoroughfare were thrown
into considerable alarm by a man getting upon the para-
pet of the bridge, on the up-water side, over the centre
arch, and precipitating himself therefrom into the river.
Drags were also had recourse to in order to find the
body, but without effect.
GREAT CRINNIS COPPER MINING COMPANY. Yes-
terday the second general meeting of this company took
place at their offices, Austinfriars—Mr. Cobbett pre-
sided. The report of the committee showed the pre-
sent state of the mine to be highly satisfactory, and the
future prospects still more so.
EARLY CLOSING ASSOCIATION—Since the general meet-
ing of the association, which took place in Exeter-hall on
the 6th inst., Mr. Lilwall, the advocate of early closing of
shops, has been visiting his detached stations throughout
the metropolis, in order to ascertain their state, and,
where wanted, to put them in a condition of greater

efficiency.
The needle manufacture of Redditch and the neigh-
bourhood is in a very depressed condition ; and the
glove trade of this city is flat, partly, perhaps, from the
absence of American orders ; and some of the operatives
are out of work altogether, and others not fully em-
ployed.— Worcester Chronicle.
YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION.—A numer-
ous and respectable assemblage of ladies and gentlemen
attended yesterday to witness the appropriation of the
building formerly occupied by the Literary Institution
at 165, Alderagate-street, to the use of the Young Men's
Christian Association. A very elegant entertainment
was set before the visitors in the spacious and hand-
somely-decorated reading-room, and at the conclusion of
the repast the circumstances under which the association
became the possessors of the building were briefly
brought under the notice of the meeting by the secre-
tary.
MICHAELMAS GEESE.—Yesterday the great poultry
markets at Leadenhall and Newgate-street were plenti- ,
fully stocked with Michaelmas geese. In addition to
the quantities brought from Suflelk and Norfolk, the
facilities of railway transit brought' large consignments
from the Midland and Western counties ; in addition,
numbers arrived by steam-boats from Ireland, France,
Belgium, and Holland, and it is calculated that at least
100,000 'rad of geese were on sale yesterday. The
effect of this enormous supply was extremely beneficial
to the public, a fine goose being obtainable for 4s. 6d.
that at other times produced Bs.
DoGs.—ln Nottinghamshire the county police have
taken notes of all persons keeping dogs, in order to assist
the assessors of taxes, so that those who have a " fancy"
for keeping the animals shall pay the new duty of 12s.
THE STANDARD STEAMER. —This vessel, intended for
the new serv•ice between Liverpool and Dublin;.yester,
day took a trial trip down the Thames with the most
satisfactory results. The Standard is from the yard of
Messrs. Mare, Blackwall, of 552 tons, builders' measure-
ment, furnished with a pair of trunk engines, of 50-horse
power, by Messrs. Rennie, of Blackfriars. Her ma-
chinery worked admirably, and her performance gave a
mean speed of 11 knots an hour.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR.

DESPATCH FROM THE
CRIMEA.

VIENNA, FRIDAY MORNING.

A Russian courier had been captured, bearing
despatches, from which it appeared that 20,000
Russians (2,000 ?) were prostrated by the cholera,
and that the whole force in the Crimea did /not
exceed 45,000 men.
A battle was expected on the 20th.

PARIS, FRIDAY, SRPT. 29.

The Monitcur publishes the following :
" A despatch from Ohl Fort, of the 18th Sept.,
announces that the allied armies were to advance
on the following day, the 19th."

PARIS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28.

The Thabor, which left Constantinople on the
20th of September, has arrived at Marseilles.
The steamer Ajaccio had reached Constantinople
on the 19th from the Crimea.

She left the allied troops preparing to march
against the Russian army before Sebastopol.
The Russians, only 25,000 strong, expected rein-
forcements of 15,000.

It was thought that a battle would be fought on
the 20th beforo the arrival of tho Russian rein-
forcements.

At Eupatoria 400 Russians surrendered on the
first summons.

BATTLE IN THE CRIMEA.' •
The following despatch has also been received :
PARIS, THURSDAY.

It is now confidently stated that on the 19th the
Allies and the Russians met, and a fight ensued.

A French division were th© first in action. The
English soon came up, and th© Russians fell back
with much loss.

These statements reach us through Vienna.

CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 21.
The entire expedition landed in Kalamita Bay
on the 18th, without resistance.

The cholera was committing great ravages at
Sebastopol.

The armies would march on the 19th into the
interior.

The latest news from the Crimea is dated the
19th.
The Scotch Greys sailed to-day for the Crimea,
on board the Himalaya.

VIENNA, THURSDAY, SEPT. 28.

Advices from Varna of the 19th state that the
allies were reported to be entrenching themselves
at Mamaschai, a village near the mouth of the river
Katcha. Their outposts were at Kamenna—in the
the direction of Bashi Serai.

At Burliuk several Russian spies were shot.
A deputation of submission and obedience from
the native population had appeared in the allied

camp.

ATHENS, SEPT. 22.

Mavrocordato is still opposed to the proposal of
quartering 2,500 French troops at Athens this
winter.

DESPATCH FROM MARSHAL ST. ARNAUD.
It has just been stated that a telegraphic
despatch has been received from Marshal St.
Arnaud, mentioning that everything was going on
well, but that an unavoidable delay of 48 hours
had occurred in his movement on Sebastopol.
If this be the case, it would explain the want of
intelligence since the landing.

TURKEY.

CONSTANTINOPLE, SEPT. 15 4 r.m.

Up to this time no steamers have arrived from
the expedition, and we have reliable information
about the landing. A. French steamer came in
this morning from Varna with some sick on board ;
sho does not, however, bring anything from the
fleets. I therefore repeat that up to this time no-
thing is known. We are hourly expecting either
the Caradoc or Banshee from the expedition with
the first news.

Ismail Pacha, late second in command on the
Danube under Omer Pacha, has arrived here on
his way to his new appointment of commander-in-
chief of the Ottoman army at Kars.
On Monday, Said Pacha, the new governor and
viceroy of Egypt, left Constantinople for Alex-
andria.

2,500 soldiers and 2GO horses have arrived here
from Tunis. On Monday, Fuad Effendi returned
from his mission to Thessaly and Epirus, which
provinces have been totally pacified.
The Porte has accorded a further delay to Greece
of two months for the settlement of the pending
differences between the two Governments.

, The Journal de Constantinople states, on the
faith of letters from the Black Sea, that some gun-
boats which had embarked 200 Russian soldiers at
Taganrog for the Crimea, had foundered in a gale
of wind, and all on board perished. Accounts had
been received that the Circassians, under the com-
mand of Daniel Bey, a relation of Schamyl, had
had two combats with the Russians, under the or-
ders of General Wrangel. In the first the Poles,
who formed part of the corps d'armee, deserted,
with two pieces of artillery, and made prisoners of
30 Cossacks who pursued them. After the second
combat the Ru.ssians fled, throwing two of their
pieces of artillery into a deep ravine, and the Cir-
cassians effected a junction with Schamyl at Zaka-
lala.

The same journal announces the arrival in that
city of Ismail Pasha, the ex-commandant of Kala-
fat, and the conqueror of Citate, who had come to
the capital to receive the reward of his dis-
tinguished services, having, as before announced,
been named Muchir by the Sultan, and ap-
pointed Commander-in-Chief of the. army of
Anatolia. Omer Pasha, who had invited Ismail
Pasha to visit him at Bucharest before he set
out for Constantinople, parted from him with the
greatest regret, saying, in presence of his staff, that
in losing Ismail Pasha, he was losing his right arm.
On his road towards the capital the Turkish soldiers
wished to take his horses from his carriage and
draw him ; when he at length dissuaded them from
their purpose they insisted on escorting him to
Rustchuk, taking turns to lead the horses by their
bridles.