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

BOW-STREET.-(THIS DAY.)

Henry Fitzpatrick, a young man known to the police,
was charged before Mr. Henry with having stolen a
valuable gold snuff-box, on the lid of which was a beau-
tifully-executed miniature portrait of the Emperor Napo-
leon 1., the property of Colonel Wm. Gordon Cameron.
It appeared that on the evening of the 27th inst. the
prosecutor left the United Service Club between 10 and
11 o'clock, at which time he had the box safe in his
coat pocket ; but on reaching Maddox-street, Regent.
street, he missed it. The pocket in which it was placed
was a deep one, and had no hole in it ; and
the box now had no appearance of having fallen. On
the morning of the 28th the prisoner showed the box to
a person, and said he had picked it up in the Strand.
That person took it to a pawnbroker's to ascertain if it
was gold, where it was detained, suspicion being aroused
as to how it had been come by. The prisoner afterwards
made his appearance at the shop, and stated that he
found the box at the corner of Vigo-street. Police Ser-
geant Pocock was called in, and the prisoner was taken
into custo iy. Thu prisoner said he picked it up as he
WAS returning home from Marylebone, where he had
been spending the evening with Lis friends ; but on in-
quiry it was found that he had not been at the place
mentioned for some considerable time.

Mr. Henry committed the prisoner for trial.

MARLBOROUGH-STREET-(THIS DAY.)

PAYING DEAR FOR A SPREE. —Mzchael Welds was
brought before Mr. Hardwick charged with creating a
disturbance, and breaking a square of glass, value 31.,
at the Waterloo Tavern, Haymarket. Mr. Jas. Tindall,
the landlord of the above tavern, stated that last night,
between 9 and 10 o'clock, he was sitting in his private
parlour with some friends when he beard a disturbance
in front of the bar. He went out and saw defendant
and another man fighting, and before witness could get
round the bar to part them, the defendant's head was
knocked through a large square of plate-glass, which
would cost witness 3/. to have replaoed. The man with
whom defendant was fighting, seeing the mischief that
had occurred, ran out of the house, and complainant
having sent for a constable gave defendant into custody.
The prisoner, in answer to the charge, said he was
agreeable to pay for the damage at the rate of ss. a
quarter, that being the time he received his pension.
Mr. Tindall had known him for some time and no doubt
would take his word.

Mr. Tindall declined prisoner's offer, and said his
word was not so be depended upon.

Mr. Hardwick said if defendant did not come to some
more satisfactory arrangement he should be obliged to
send him to prison.

Defendant said he could not offer more than he had
already done.
Mr. Hardwick said the defendant must pay 3/. for the
damage, or in default to be committed for a month.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR (THIS DAY)

To-day, being Michaelmas-day, a Common Hall was
held at the Guildhall, for the purpose of electing an
alderman to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year
ensuing.

The two aldermen next in rotation were Mr. Alder-
man Moon, and Mr. Alderman Salomons.
Previous to the election the Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
SheriffA, and other officers of the corporation, attended
divine service at the church of St. Michael's, Bassishaw,
Basinghall-street, owing to the church of St. Lawrance,
Jewry being under repair.

The annual sermon was preached by the Lord Mayor's
chaplain, the Rev. Mr. Moon.
. The sermon, as usual, will be printed, and the Com-
mon Council will vote the rev, gentleman a sum of fifty
guineas.

At the conclusion of the service the Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, &0., returned to the Court of Aldermen.

A court of Common Hall of the Livery was afterwards
held, and the election was made in the usual way.

SWEARING IN OF THE NE W SHERIFFS.

A Court of Aldermen was held yesterday, at the Guild.
hall, for the purpose of theinduction of the recently-elected
Sheriffs for the city ofLontlon 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 l3aynard, ttio sheriffs, Mr. Alder-
man Wire and Mr. G. A. Wallis, and a numerous circle
of private friends, to a splendid breakfast at the Albion
Tavern, Aldengate-street.

Shortly bean; 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-bheriffs—Mr.
Alexander Crosley, and Mr. Frederick Farrer, and
other corporate officers, proceeded to the hustings in the
Guildhall, to attend the common hall 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.

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 ptiblic-house,
Islington-green, touching the death of an illegitimate
male infant, aged 5 weeks, belonging to a young
woman, sempstress, named Ellen Smithers, residing with
her mother at No. 13, Old Paradise-row, in the same
neighbourhood, who died on Tuesday night last, from
the effects of laudanum administered to him by the
mother, to produce a state 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 Guardian 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 be removed and carted away every morn-
ing before eight o'clock.
SUICIDE FROM LormoN-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 AssoclATlON—Sincethe 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, Aldersgate-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.—Vesterday the great poultry
markets at Leadenhall and Newgate-street were plenti-
fully stocked with Michaelmas geese. In addition to
the quantities brought from Suffolk and Norfolk, the
facilities of railway transit brought large consignments
from the Midland and Western counties • in addition,
'lumbers arrived by steam-boats from Ireland, France,
13elgium, and Holland, and it is calculated that at least
100,000 head 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 Ss.
Doers.—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 nsw service between Liverpool and Dublin, yester-
day took a trial trip down the Thames with the most
satisfactory rcsnits. The Standard is from the yard of
Messrs. Mare, BlAckwall, of 552 tons, builders' measure-
/11t, .•t, 1•4!;,.,1 with x parrot trunk .ezv.itwft,,.ofs(l-bor,rl
power, by :4,5,,r8. R.tnoie, of Biackfriars. Her ma-
chinery worked admirably, and her performance gave a
mean speed of 11 knots an hour.

I 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, SEPT. 29.

The broniteur publishes the following :
" A despatch from Old 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 before the arrival of the 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 the first in action. The
English soon came up, and tho 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