The Sun.
London, England, 1869-11-09 00:00:00

THE ARRIVAL AT WESTMINSTER.

On the arrival of the procession at Westminster
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor, accompanied 14
the Sheriffs, the Common Sergeant, and Sword and
Mace bearers, proceeded to the Court of Exchequer/
and the Chief Magistrate of the City of London, the
late Lord Mayor, awl the rest of the civic party,
took up their position in the front bench,
usually occupied by the Queen's Sergeants and
Consul. The Lord Chief Baron, Sir F. Kelly, and
other Judges of the Court, habited in their State
robes then entered, and the Lord Mayor, Mr. Al-
derman Besley, was introduced by the Comm°
Sergeant in a very complimentary speech. The
Lord Chief Baron congratulated the Lord Mayer
on his selection by his fellow-citizens to the important
office of Chief Magistrate for the year ensuing of the
City of London. He said he had no doubt the
duties would be most efficiently performed, and 01
his retiring from office he would receive the thank°
and congratulations of those who had selected hinl
for the honour. He, the Lord Mayor, also appeared
there to claim the ancient rights and privileges be-
longing to the city, and he had no hesita-
tion in granting all that was required. To
the late Lord Mayor he had to offer his con-
gratulations on the very efficient manner
in which he bad fulfilled the duties of Chief gam
gistrate during his year of office, and although he
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returned into comparative privacy, yet he would
have the satisfaction of knowing that he had dis-
charged his duty to the satisfaction of her Majesty
and the Livery of London.

The ancient oaths were then administered to
the Lord Mayor, and the late Lord Mayor
was also sworn to give full and good
account of the City funds during his year of office,
and, according to the words of the oath, to " con-
duct himself properly while so doing.
me Common- Sergeant having invited the judges
to the banquet this evening at the Guildhall, the
procession returned to the City.

POLICE IA TELLIGENCE.-7 his Day.

T Ali ES.

REFRACTORY PALTERS.—A SCENE IN A POLICE-COURT.
—Three paupers belougirg to St. George-in-the-East
were brought before Mr. Benson charged with refractory
conduct. They gave their names as follows—Elizabeth
Irwin, aged 26 years, Margaret Haggerty, 13, and Mar-
garet Welsh, 18, all strong, ablebodied women.
They kept up a continued clamour in the court, ana
abused Mr. William Allison, the master, most shamefully
Welsh has been repeatedly convicted, and was once BeII"
tenced to two months' imprisonment and hard labour for
dangerously kicking Mr. Folo, one of the relieving racer'
and she then said she would ruin him. The other pri-
soners have also been convicted. Three more shameful,
foul-mouthed vixens have never appeared in a court of
justice. _ _

Mr. Allison, who is an invalid, stated amidst groat flOl
and clamour, that the prisoners made a noise on Santini
night, and threatened and frightened some infirm °ld
women, who were very much terrified. That morniug
they were dancing on the tables, and made use of obs°9lle
language. They also swore at an old woman, and at-
tempted to got at her and beat her. They were ordered
into the lobby near the street, when they peremptorily de:
manded their discharge, which ho refused. They had don;
that so often, and the inconvenience of their going °tl
and coining in week after week was so great that the
Board of Guardians ordered that no more discharge°
should be granted until the Board was consulted. 1:11,ie
prisoners the* made a great noise, screeched, yelled, 011
shouted " Murder," although no one touched them, and
he was obliged to call in the police.
The prisoners said the master kicked them and threat'
ened to cut their heads off. He declared there was not
word of truth in their statements.

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The magistrate sentenced _ them to days ' imprison'
ment and hard labour.

MARLBOROUGH- S TREET.
DISAPPOINTED FROM SEEING TER LORD MAYOR'S SO;
—Two lads, named O'Brien and Johnson, alias Lee, wer''
charged before Mr. Tyrwhitt with loitering for a felonioag
purpose.
William Beechy and Phillip Shrives, two divisoliAl s
detectives, saw the prisoners last night pushing amongst
the persons leaving the London Pavilion in a v?,„,
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suspicious manner, and followed them to Windral-o-
street, and then saw them looking into carriages waiting
at the Argyle Rooms, and on going to take them ill''
custody, suspecting they had something about them 'O/hie,
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did not belong to them, Johnson started off. BeechN
having left Shrives to look after O'Brien, went in purialls
of Johnson and took him into custody. Johnson said ths‘
his sister had treated him to Astley's Theatre and Old
O'Brien was going to see him home.
In answer to Mr. Tyrwhitt, the officers said they knelf
Johnson as a companion of thieves, and Sergeant COlci
1 C, said that Johnson, whose real name was Les, had
been twice convicted and never did any work.
Johnson—Don't I? You once had me for nothing at ala
Mr. Tyrwhitt committed Johnson for two months an
O'Brien for one month with hard labour.
Johnson (while leaving the court)—And it's Lord
Mayor's day, too !

WESTMINSTER.
A GANG OF CADGERS SENT TO PRlSON.—Patrick
taugb, 42, James Slater, 25, James Thompson, '24, se
Wm. Campbell, 50, four stalwart fellows of forbiddiel
aspect, and in a regular cadgers "get up," were charge
with begging under the following circumstances.
Walter Barrel!, a divisional detectivo, said he was is th:
company of Shaw, a brother officer, last ni ht in Begeni;
street West, when ho saw the prisoners engaged in the t
ordinary occupation, singing a doggrel, which had Ileit"e;
sound nor meaning, and asking alms. Murlaugh (with c'llf
arm) and Slater wore walking down the middle °
the road singing, and the others, the first of 'll3.°T
had but one arm and the other but ono leg, wore g,t°l"-
into all the shops along the road soliciting alms, an7,,,res
fusing in many instances to leave when thu user's,
lf,aonrdlaindsytangcei;e a butch
men declined to give them money. At
ipbell livaalsfpensuoy abusive that of
to get lid ,t,e-ttl
him. Witness and his companions took
into custody, and on searching them at the st f it
tion ss. 10d. was found on them, the greater part of
being in coppers.tis ed or
The -* •
poners all denied that they had iatimidattheit
annoyed any one; they were merely trying to get
vigte
living by singing, and simply accepted what mouoY
(lea'
given thorn. If let off on this occasion they would es-
your to procure situations. t the
The worthy Magistrate observed that this was no
vg,
way to get a situation, going about in an organised gaviho
trading upon their misfortunes, and annoying pereee! to
refused them alms when solicited. Ile must put aat
such a nuisance, and prisoners and all he sent to C°lCl
Fields for 10 days' hard labour.