The Sun.
London, England, 1838-11-10 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER, Nov. 9.

The Court rose for a short time dabout two o'clock, in or-
der to prepare for the reception of the Lord Mayor and hic
cortege. In a short time the procession arrived, and the Lord
Mayor, the late Lord Mayor. the Sheriffs, with Aldermen
Llinson, Sir C. Marshall, and Harmer having taken their
places within the bar, the Recorder had the honour of pre-
senting to their Lordships the Right Hon. Samuel Wilson,
who had been unanimously elected by the citizens of London
to fill the high office of Chief Magistn to of that important
city. His election had been conducted in all respects accor-
ding to the ancient charter and privileges of the City, and the
gracious approval of the Crown, signified through the Lord
Chancellor, had confirmed him in the office to which he had
been called by his fellow-citizens.
Lord ABINGER congratulated the Lord Mayor on the high
dignity conferred on him by the unanimous suffrages of his
fellow-citizens, confirmed, as it had been, by the gracious ap-
proval of the Sovereign.
The Lord Mayor was then sworn in the usual manner, the
late Lord Mayor put in persons to render his acceunts, the
Recorder gave the usual invitation to the banquet, and the
procession withdrew.

Tuesday evening last, as Mr. F. W. Willisford, of
Sloane-street, was passing through Brompton-grove, his at-
tention was arrested by a noise which proceeded from an area.
He was at first inclined to disregard it, and actually walked
some distance past the house, but curiosity indUced him to
return, and the noise being repeated at the same moment, he
recognised it as that of a person in the act of choking, but it
being quite dark he could see nothing. He immediately ob•
tained admittance and ran towards the area, but finding no
one there, and observing a step-ladder against the cistern,
Mr. Willisford ascended it, plunged his arm as low as he could
reaeh into the water, and extricated the body of a young fe-
male, and with the assistance of Mr. Chinnock succeeded in
restoring animation, which had nearly become extinct. It ap-
pears that the only cause for this rash attempt at self-destruc-
tion was a disagreement between the girl and her mistress.
IRISH SUPERSTITIONS.—It is a well-known and
accredited fact, that the fortunate finder of a four-leaved
shamrock is expected to become immediately possessed of
immense wealth. Many an Irish person has spent, and does
spend hours and days in vainly searching for this envied
plant. What, then, will Mr. Lover say, who (in a note to
his popular song on this subject) boldly . asserts that "no
such thing exists?" What will the Botanical Society, now
lecturing at Newcastle ?—what, above all, will Crofton
Croke
mrsage queue-foilayiwheninfor have informed
withinhatn this
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three specimens
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of this
a lady residing at Fulham. It will, no doubt, create still
greater suprise to learn, that up to the present moment the
delighted lady
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tory
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which and the interesting anxiety of the circumstances, she is
kept (as is said of a neighbourhood where mad dogs abound)
‘• in a state of the greatest excitement."—Literary Gazette.
Yesterday morning, berwcen five and six o'clock, a.
female, about 35 years of age, whose tattered and filthy gar-
ments bespoke the very extreme of want and penury, was dis-
covered lying in a state of insensibility on the towing-path of
the Regent's Canal, near to Maiden-lane, King's-cross. She
was evidently suffering from starvation and exposure to the
weather. She was removed to St. Pancras Hospital. It is
supposed that her object in proceeding to the spot where she
was found was to drown herself.
Mrs. Owen, late Miss Beaumont, of the Theatre
Royal Covent Garden, and her highly talented son, the young
Roscius, of the Theatres Royal Birmingham and Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, will make their first appearance, the former since
her return to the stage (to support her son), and the latter his
first before a London audience, on Tuesday next, at the Royal
Surrey Theatre.