The Sun.
London, England, 1866-06-21 00:00:00

Dinner to the Judges.

Yesterday evening Mr. Alderman Gibbons ann
Mr. J. Figgins, sheriffs of London and Middlesex,
entertained her Majesty's judges at a banquet in the
hall of the Salters' Company. The judges whe
honoured the sheriffs with their company were Baran
Martin, Justice Willes, Justice Keating, Baron
Pigott, Justice Mellor, Justice Shee, Justice Solit'
and Justice Lush ; and among the members of the
bar who were present were Queen's Counsellors
Warren, Chambers (Common Sergeant), Malinsl
James, Hardinge, Giffard, and Millward ; and Sera'
geants Payne, Tindall Atkinson, and Robinson, en
Mr. Sleigh. General Pennefather represented the
army, and Sir W. Codrington and Sir F. Nicholson
the navy. The prime wardens and masters of thae
principal City companies had also been invited! 3118
most of them were present. The loyal toasts
proposed and responded to with the usual eatha.
siasm. In proposing the toast of the ,4 Army, ICI,
and Volunteers," Mr. Sheriff Gibbons expressed t'e
hope that we might escape the privations which sow
nations of the Continent were already suffering. ,0
responding to the toast, General Pennefather el"
luded to the improvements which had been iatr°;
duccd into the organisation of the British army iluue
the administration of the illustrious Duke the Con
mander-in-chief, and expressed a confident opinion
that as the army had never failed in the past, s° in
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the future it would never fail to perform all that
was required of it. Admiral Codrington, resP°ll-,l*-
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ing for the navy, said that although sailors Or
always particularly at home in the City of 14°11;
don, a genuine salt would feel even more than i.no
home in the Salters' Hall. The health a
Lord Mayor having been duly honoured,
Sheriff Gibbons proposed the toast of Her
express
jesty's Judges," and in a brief speech
the confidence which all classes of the PeePr:
and more especially the citizens of London, ellte
tained in the honesty, the uprightness, and the
partiality of the present tenants of the jildiej:
bench. The toast was received with all the honours'
and in its acknowledgment Baron Martin said that
although the judges in the discharge of their daticre
did not depend upon popular applause, they Wt hoe
naturally not insensible to public approval. Fel.
last century and a half at least no judge hadallosic
private favour to overpower the obligations of Pub' GI
duty ; and so long as a similar course was pursllied
he did not doubt that the judicial bench svoll'f
command the respect and the esteem not onli of
the citizens of London but of the whole people °st
England. With the City of London, as far at le,ahe
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as their criminal jurisdiction was concerned! .
judges had a more than usually intimate connello
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and on that occasion it was not inappropriate t°'
knowledge that nothing had more conduced to t..
well administration of the law in the City of 14:1113"8
don than the excellent judgment which the eitizfar
had displayed in the election of those who, as ted
as the law was concerned, principally represented
them. The learned baron concluded by PreP°3,o
4i The health of the Sheriffs," rhichf was resporw ty
to by Mr. Sheriff Gibbons. Among the other t 0
were " The Bar of England," responded to by the
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M. Chambers, Q.C., and " The Magistrates of tvlic.
City of London," acknowledged by Sir J. Musgr,i°l4
The proceedings of the evening were enliveue'oe
the performance of a party of vocalists, under
direction of Mr. Lawler.