The Sun.
London, England, 1846-10-29 00:00:00

THE NEW JUDGE.

On Tuesday the ceremony was witnessed of Mr.
Vaughan Williams, the new judge, taking leave of the
Society of Lincoln's Inn, of which he was a member.
At ten o clock there was a large assemblage of benchers,
barristers, and students, in the New-hall, when the ex-
pectant Justice of the Common Pleas was introduced
with great solemnity, and was thus addressed by Lord
Campbell:—
" Mr. Vaughan Williams,—On account of the absence
of the treasurer, I am unexpectedly called upon, as the
senior bencher present, to address you on your taking
leave of this society, with the view of your being created
a judge. The task is easy and agreeable, foe I have
marked your career from your early youth, and I. am
well acquainted with your extraordinary merit. Having
received a sound classical education, which ought al-
ways to be the foundation of professional emi-
nence, you began the study of the law, and
you pursued it diligently, liberally, and syste-
matically, having before your eyes the example
of your revered father, who was one of the most
deeply learned common lawyers of modern
times ; and who, if it had pleased Providence
to prolong his life, must have reached the highest pro-
fessional honours. Soon after you were called to the
bar you afforded proofs of your proficiency, by giving
to the world—along with an associate who was worthy
to join you in such an undertaking, and who has long
adorned the judgment-seat (Mr. Justice Patteson)—an
edition of your father's works. enriching and elucidating
them with annotations of the highest value. You after-
wards published a work of your own, upon a very im-
portant branch of the law, most scientifically arranged,
and distinguished by such accuracy, that not only prac-
titioners, but judges, are ready to appeal to its autho-
rity. Your progress at the bar has been most creditable.
Despising the arts by which some seek to force them-
selves into notoriety, you have only striven to qualify
yourself as an advocate, and zealously and honourably
to conduct the causes of the clients who have solicited
your patronage. Thus you have gradually risen to be
the head of your circuit, and to occupy an enviable
position in Westminster Hall. For some time every
man there has been of opinion that, next to him-
self, you were the fittest person to be raised to
the bench duly estimating your integrity; your
temper, and your manners, as well as your
learning and ability. On this ground you have been
selected on the vacancy caused by the death of
my lamented friend, Mr. Justice Williams. I have the
means of knowing that the Lord Chancellor, the consti-
tutional adviser of the Crown on such an occasion, un-
influenced by any party or personal considerations, was
only solicitous to find the man who, from his accom-
plishments and his character, was best qualified to per-
form the duties of the office, and that he acted upon the
maxim, Deter digniori. lam confident, like all who hear
me, that his anticipations will be fulfilled, and that here-
after you will be classed with Hale, and other great
judges, who have reflected so much lustre on this society.
I must say that we do not take leave of you with regret,
since such is your destiny. I have now only, according
to ancient usage, to present to you a purse containing
ten guineas, as a retaining fee to plied for us during the
fleeting moments that you are supposed to practise as a
sergeant-at- law, and earnestly to wish that you may
long, in health and happiness, enjoy the high office of a
judge, to which we know you will be an ornament."
The bell was then tolled, Mr. Vaughan Williams was
warmly congratulated on his elevation, and the company
dispersed.

The Penelope steam-frigate, Captain Giffard, pro-
gresses slowly in her fittings for sea, owing to the diffi-
culty iu getting men to enter for her. First Lieutenant
Hall, 1 sergeant, 1 corporal, and 14 gunners of the Royal
Marine Artillery, and 1 fifer and 11 privates of the
Patent Marine Corps, embarked in ber for service this
morning. Notwithstanding the persevering attempts
which have been made to prejudice this vessel in the
eyes of naval men and the public, it is asserted by her
late master, Mr. Salmond, the oldest and most expe-
rienced steani-master in the fleet, that there is not a
more efficient steam-vessel for all purposes in the world;
and, certainly, a vessel that will run upwards of 200 miles
in any available weather upon 20 tons of coals, and carry
her armament and stores equally well in a comfortable and
serviceable state, cannot be so valueless as to be fit only
for a coal depot, as has been stated. Her having been
beaten in a trial of speed on, the coast of Africa by a
French vessel of inferior horse power, was made to ap-
pear at the time more discreditable than the facts (which
are in our possession) really were.
The Vengeance, 84, Captain Lushington, is fitting in
the Basin with much dispatch. She has topmasts fidded,
has tried all her spare spars, and will cross lower yards
to-morrow. She was only commissioned this day week,
without even a cross tree over her lower mast-head. She
has only about 100 working men; but it-will be perceived
by the progress made that they, as well as their officers,
acre all of the right sort. We regret to state that Captain
Lushington is very unwell.
The Dauntless, steam-frigate, built after the design of
Mr. John Fincham, the talented master-shipwright of
this dock, is cradled, and nearly ready for launching.
The papers, however, which have announced her pro-
bable debut on or about the 9th proximo are in error, as
the tides will then be neaped. If she is not launched' by
the sth she must wait until the 19th.
The Naiad coal depot was masted yesterday.
The Mercury tender returned from Sheerness last
night at sunset.
The Cyclops steam-frigate, Captain W. F. Lapidge,
arrived yesterday morning from Southampton, whither
she had towed the Ripon.
The Netley tender sailed for Plymouth on Sunday
evening.
The Sylvia tender, Lieut. Warren, was docked on Sa-
turday, and undocked yesterday.
The Goodwill lighter arrived yesterday with stores
from Plymouth.
her provisions,
Captain
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Williams,
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or
stores and coals, and to be victualled ad interim on the
dTehreed Avenger,
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flag-ship.—Times.

NORTH BRITISH RAILWAY.--It is understood that
Mr. Hudson has taken the present opportunity to make
an offer to the directors to lease the line in perpetuity,
a xepting it in its present condition, and to guarantee the
shareholders 7i per cent. The offer, however, it is said,
has for the present been declined.—Berwieh Warder.
FATAL ACCIDENT IN THE RIVER —Tuesday an
an inquisition was taken before Mr. William Baker, Co-
roner, at the Waterman's Arms, Ferry-road, Poplar, on
the body of Benjamin Naylor, a carpenter, aged fifty-
six years. It appeared from the evidence that the de-
ceased resided in the above house, and was a single man.
On Sunday night last he and a man named Francis Ray,
mate of a sailing barge called the Wheatsheaf, were
drinking in the Anchor and Hope publie-heuse, in the
Ferry-road. Ray was the worse for liquor, and the de-
ceased endeavoured to persuade him to go on board his
vessel, which was lying in the river off Millwall. The
deceased left Ray in the public-house for the purpose of
hailing the Wheatsheaf for a boat, and it is supposed he
got too near the edge of the wharf and fell between the
lighter moored off Hanimond's Wharf and the shore.
He remained jammed in this place until the tide flowed,
and was drowned. His body was found on the following
day near the same spot. The jury returned a verdict of
"Found drowned."

TERRIBLE ACCIDENT AT lIOXTON.—TWO LIVES
Losr.—On Tuesday afternoon a most lamentable cccur-
rence, by which two poor men lost their lives, took
place in Britannia-row, immediately opposite the Hoxtoa
New Church, and but a few houses distant from the
police-station of the N division. Four houses had lately
been pulled down, and the materials cleared away, and
preparations were making for the erection of houses of
a superior class upon the site, for the foundations of
which the ground had been dug to a considerable
depth, and labourers were employed in excavating under
the street for the formation of cellars, when about one
o'clock yesterday afternoon the whole mass of earth
fell in upon those who were so employed. Several men
narrowly escaped destruction, but two labouring men
were completely buried. This having been ascertained,
a number of labourers were immediately set to dig them
out, a work of great difficulty, in consequence of the
tough clayey nature of the soil, and after nearly three
hours labour, one of the poor fellows was got out, but
apparently. lifeless. The body was, however, conveyed
to the neighbouring police-station in Robert-street,
where every preparation had already been made, and
under the direction of Mr. Coward, the police surgeon,
assisted
.by many other professional gentlemen, various
means for restering animation were tried, but unhappily
without effect. The deceased, whose name was James
Haynes, has left a widow and four children destitute.
At six o'clock last night his fellow-sufferer, named Wil-
liam Lockhart, 11145 dug out quite dead.