The Sun.
London, England, 1859-06-24 00:00:00

ELECTION OF sHEEz_rt,:.tbW LONDON,

MIDDLESEX.-(THIS DAY.)

A Common Hall of the Livery of "the City of London
was held this morning at the Guildhall, for the pur-
pose of electing fit and proper persons to fill the office of
Sheriff of London and Sheriff of Middlesex, the Chamber-
lain, and other officials.

The Lord Mayor, with a full attendance of aldermen,

presided.
Mr. Alderman Phillips and Mr. Alderman Gabriel wore
unanimously re-elected sheriffs.

'Mr. B. Scott was re-elected Chamberlain.
Other officials having been re-elected,
Aldermen PHILLIPS and GABRIEL returned thanks, and
the proceedings terminated.

Mr. 0. C. T. Eagleton, of 84, Newgite-street, is ap-
pointed Under-sheriff, to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff elect
Phillips, and Mr. Charles Gammon, of the firm of Lepard
and Gammon, of Cloak-lane, to Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
elect Gabriel.

SWEARING-1N OF. TRE LORD CRAN-

CELLOR-(THIS DAY.)

This morning the ceremony of swearing in Lord Camp-
bell as Lord High Chancellor of England took place
before Sir J. Romilly, the Master of the Rolls

The oaths having been taken by Lord Campbell, his
lordship afterwards, in his official capacity, sat with the
Lords Justices Knight, Bruce, and Turner.
Sir Alexander Cockburn, also, as Lord Chief Justice of
England, was shortly afterwards sworn into office before
the Lord Chancellor, in his private apartments, and the
same ceremony was gone through by Sir William Erle, en
his being appointed Lord Chief Justice of the Common
Pleas.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.-(THIS DAY.

BOW STREET.

UTTERING A FORGED LETTER.—James Davison was
placed at the bar on remand, charged with uttering a
forged letter with intent to defraud.

A female domestie in the service of Mr. Philpot, of
Montague-street, Russell-square, said about a week ago
the prisoner brought a letter to the house for her master,
which she delivered to him.

Mr. Philpot said—l received the letter spoken of by my
servant. On opening it I found that it contained a memo-
rial, purporting- to be drawn up by the curate of Hampstead,
for the purpose of raising £36 to defray the expenses of ob-
taining the admission of a child into the Blind Asylum.
The petition was drawn up in the most harrowing lan-
guage, and bore the signatures of the Rev. Mr. J. P.
Fletcher and Mr. Prior for subscriptions. Some doubts
having arisen about the genuineness of the application, the
Mendicity Society was communicated with, and an officer
was ordered to watch the house, as the man said he would
call again for an answer. The letters was as follows :
" Hampstead Parsonage, June 17, 1859.
" The Rev. Thomas Anger presents his compliments to
J. Philpot, Esq., and at the earnest entreaty of Mrs.
Clarke, begs to submit the enclosed document for his
charitable cdnsideration. _ _

" Mrs. Clarke is a native of Lyme Regis, Dorset,
daughter of the late James Baker, and related to John
Baker, boot and shoemaker, Combe-street, Bloomsbury,
and maternally related to John Harding, Bridge-street, •f
that town. Having a knowledge of J. Philpot's family for
many years, Mrs. Clarke is induced to hope he would add
his signature to the memorial to enable her to procure the
boys's admission, to-morrow being the day of admission.
The Rev. Thomas Anger has taken more than usual interest
in this case, having known the family during their resi-
dence in this parish, and hopes that the motive which
prompts him in thus addressing J. Philpot, Esq., will find
some apology."
A list of names was then given as persons in Lyme Regis
to whom Mrs. Clarke was known.

The Rev. Mr. Anger, perpectual curate of Hampstead,
said the letter was not in his handwriting, and it was not
written by his direction..,) The signatures of Mr. Fletcher
and Mr. Prior he knew to be fictitious, as he was well ac-
quainted with the handwriting of both these gentlemen.
Horsford, the constable of the Mendicity Society, said
he watched the house and saw a well-known begging-
letter writer, named Sullivan, go to the house. Sullivan,
on seeing him, ran away, but very near the spot he saw
the prisoner.

The prisoner, who declined saying anything, was fully
committed for trial.