The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-02 00:00:00

THE NEW SHERIFFS.

On Monlay afternoon, the presentation of the new
Sheriffs (Messrs. Aldermen Hunter and Sydney) took
place in the Court of Exchequer, before the Cursitor
Baron (Banks), at Westminster. The civic procession
arrived shortly after two o'clock, by water, accompanied
by the state barge, with the Lord Mayor and the civic
authorities, at Westminster-bridge, when his Lordship
and the Corporation immediately proceeded to the Court
of Exchequer, where they were received by the Cursitor
Baron and a large body of spectators. His Lordship
and Sheriffs elect were ushered into Court by the several
officers to the Chief Baron.

The REconntat addressed the Court to the following
effect :—Mr. Cursitor Baron, I have the honour to pre-
sent to this Court William Hunter and Thomas Sydney,
Esqs., chosen by the citizens of London to fill the office
of Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of Middlesex. Mr.
Hunter has been for upi'ards of twenty years a member
of the Corporation of London, and a representative of
the Ward of Coleman-street, in the Court of Common
Council; placed during that period in nearly all the
standing Committees of the Court, he has been succes-
sively called upon to fill the chair of each Committee.
On the retirement of Sir 'William Heygate, occasioned
by the election of that gentleman into the office of
Chamberlain of the City, Mr. Hunter was unanimously
chosen Alderman of the ward he had so long and ably
represented in the Court of Common Council, and he
has now the happiness to find that the opinion
formed of him by the inhabitant householders of his
ward, founded on an experience of his character and
conduct for so many years, is entirely in accordance with
the sentiments of the citizens at large. The Livery of
Londoa having conferred upon Mr. Hunter the shriev-
alty on Midsummer day last, he will, at the expiration
of his year of service, have perfected the legal qualifica-
tion of candidates to fill the office of Chief Magistrate
of our ancient city. The Livery have appointed with
Mr. Hunter a gentleman and a merchant of London ex-
tensively known, esteemed universally, and in every re-
spect worthy of the same important trust and distinc-
tion. And I may be permitted to anticipate the accus-
tomed forms and solemnities of admission into office,
when I announce to you, Sir, the fact of Mr. Sydney's
recent election as alderman of the ward of Billingsgate
so recent, indeed, that the interval required by law be-
tween election and admission had not expired when the
Court of Mayor and Aldermen were assembled on Satur-
day last. The transaction in which we are now engaged
is not au idle and unimportant ceremony—a vain and
empty pageant. The citizens of London (the metropolis
of the commercial world) in the exercise of their ancient
and chartered right—of' their undoubted right to place
whom they will, as " Sheriffs of London, and Sheriff for
the metropolitan county of Middlesex," here, in her
Majesty's Court of Exchequer, present these gentlemen,
thus discreetly chosen, in token of their loyalty to the
Sovereign, and in the exercise of a great public trust,
wi h which the administration of the law, and the liberty
of the subject, are intimately connected ; exhibiting,
after the lapse of centuries, the unabated energy, the
usefulness, and the security of free popular municipal
institutions, which, taking root in the foundations of the
monarchy and the Constitution, have grown with their
growth and flourished with the increasing prosperity of
the empire. The Recorder, in a few words, complimented
Mr. Musgrove and Mr. Moon, the gentlemen who had
just filled the offices of Sheriffs of London and Sheriff of
Middlesex, so much to the satisfaction of their fellow-
citizens, and to their own honour.
The CURSITOR BARON then addressed the Recorder
to the following effect:—llis Lordship said that to the
Court of Exchequer exclusively belonged the duty of
recognising and superintending the rights and privileges
of the citizens of London to choose their own magis-
tracy and sheriffs, which rights, after many centuries,
were granted to them by the Crown, and after having
been severed froni the royal prerogatives had been given
to the citizens of London, which they had retained up to
the present moment, and which these gentlemen, on the
part of the citizens, attended to claim. The Learned
Baron said he fully agreed with the Learned Recorder
that this was no idle pageant in which they were en-
gaged, but that it was a solemn recognition on the part
of the Sovereign to the authorities of the first city in the
empire, of their full rights and privileges, and on behalf
of her Majesty that Court fully recognised the rights and
privileges which were claimed at their hands. The
Cursitor Baron then paid the Sheriffs elect and the late
Sheriff a high compliment for the manlier in which they
had been chosen by their fellow-citizens. He then said
it must be a gratification to the gentlemen who had just
retired from office that they had received the unanimous
thanks of their fellow-citizens, and he trusted that when
the term of the year of office expired with the Sheriffs
elect that they would meet with the like high and cheer-
ing reward, which would be the highest reward that
could be paid any individual ; and on behalf of her
Majesty he begged again fully to recognise the rights
and liberties of the citizens of London, and the Baron
desired the officer to record the names of the Sheriffs
elect.
The usual ceremonies of the Court were then per-
formed by Alderman Thomas Wood, as the senior Al-
derman (not having passed the chair), doing suit and
service by counting the hobnails and horse-shoes, and
chopping sticks, after which the civic procession re-
turned by water.

Monday night the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex
gave a grand banquet in honour of their inauguration
into their high office at the London Tavern. Alderman
William Hunter, the senior Sheriff, presided, supported
by his colleague, Thomas Sydney, Esq., the Lord Mayor
of London, the Lord Mayor elect (Alderman Gibbs), the
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East India Com-
pany, Lord J. Russell and W. Masterman, Esq., Mem-
bers of Parliament for the City of London, a very large
number of the Aldermen, including Alderman Salomons,
the Recorder, &c. The :limier and wines were of the
first order, and neither pains or expense appeared to be
spared by the providers of the feast in furnishing an en-
tertainment worthy of their character and of the occa-
sion. One feature of the scene was not less important,
though perhaps not quite so obvious, as the good cheer
displayed on the well-covered tables—namely, the ven-
tilation of the room.. It appears that it has been
thoroughly ventilated by artificial means, and the
comfort and pleasure felt by the whole party, gave
every reason to believe that the reality did not
I fall short of the appearance. About two hundred
and seventy gentlemen sat down to dinner, and the
gallery was filled with ladies. A military band was in
attendance, and a company of glee singers added greatly
to the entertainment of the evening. The routine toasts
on such occasions—namely, the Queen, the Queen Dow-
ae,er, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest of
the Royal Family, and the Army and Navy, were drank
with the usual enthusiasm. The health of the Lord
Mayor and the Lord Mayor elect were drank, the former
with considerable approbation, the latter with some
manifestation of dislike on the part of a portion of the
company. In replying to the toasts of the " Members for
the City of London,"
Lord J. RUSSELL, after thanking the Sheriffs and the
meeting, observed that the example of the City of Lon-
don was looked up to by the whole country for freedom
and commerce, and by following that example England
surpassed every other nation in the world.—(Hear.)
The country at this moment enjoyed the inestimable
blessings of peace ; if it were a peace obtained by the
dishonour of the English name, it would not be a bless-
ing but a curse ; but he was happy to say that it was
one in which the honour and best interests of the nation
had been consulted. In conclusion, he trusted, that
when the time should come for the Members for the City
to relinquish their charge, they would be found by their
constituents not unworthy of the honour that had been
conferred on them.—(Hear.)
The remaining toasts were then disposed of, and the
party broke up about eleven o'clock.

BOROUGH OF SOUTHWARK RE,

GISTRATION.

The revision of the list of voters for the opulent and
extensive borough of Southwark was commenced yes-
terday at the Town-hall, by S. C. C. Fish, Esq., the
barrister appointed for that purpose.
On the Revising Barrister taking his seat, the over-
seers of the various parishes delivered in lists of persons
entitled to vote in their respective districts.
The revision of the lists was then proceeded with.
Several persons who had claimed had theirs disallowed, as
they did not appear LO substantiate them.
The REVISING BARRISTER said that persons who had
claimed to have their names placed on the register must
appear before him, to make out their qualifications, other-
wise they would be disallowed.
Mr. Sydney Smith, who appeared on behalf of the
free-trade interest, said the Revising Barrister was em-
powered to call upon the overseers, in the absence of
claimants, to prove from documents in their possession
that they (the claimants) were properly qualified to vote
for Members of Parliament.

The REVISING BARRISTER said if persons who claimed
did not attend to make out their qualifications, he did not
think he should be justified in calling upon the overseers
to do so, as their duties were sufficiently onerous, and
they ought not to be put to additional trouble by the
negligence of claimants.
claimed in respect of a portion of a
Waterloo-place, in which he
hojusoeh,nsiCtuoavteendtraytkp.
6,
had resided for 19 years, and for which he paid a weekly
rent of Bs.

Mr. Sydney Smith, who supported the claim, made an
observation concerning the duty of the overseers, in re-
spect to proving the sums for which persons were rated.
The REVISING-BARRISTER (with warmth)--What are
you, Sir—in what capacity do you appear here ?
Mr. Sydney Smith said he attended as an agent to
support certain claims.
After some further discussion the claim was allowed.
The claim of a person named Peter Taylor was dis-
allowed, because the rates had not been paid.
The landlord of the house bad been in the habit of
paying the rates, but in this instance he had not paid
them within the time required by the Act of Parliament.
In the revision of the list of voters for St. George the
Martyr, the name of Nathaniel Nichols, of Bethlehem
Hospital. was objected to by a Mr. Matthews, as net
being duly qualified. His name, and the names of the
Rev. James Garrett, the chaplain of the institution, and
John Thomas, who holds a situation in it, were struck
out.

--The revision then terminated. There were very few
claimso
fand n
terest! objections, and none of them involved any

A MAN KILLED ET A BULL.—A man, named
Daniel Jones, a tenant of Mr. -William Thomas, draper,
Carmarthen, was tossed by a two-year-old bull, on a
farm in Llanllawddog parish, on Wednesday. The
animal threw him high into the air, and as he fell caught
him on his horns and again threw him. his death al-
most immediately ensued. The verdict returned by the
coroner's jury, who met at the house of the deceased,
Clwtancochon, was to the effect that Daniel Jones had
met with his death, but how did not appear in erid'inee.
—Welshman.

1 CRICKET.
TIM AMATEURS WITH HILLYER. AND MARTINGELL
V. THIS COUNTY OP Esszx, WITH A. Mrxs, Esg., AND
PILCII.—Tbis was the seventh annual match between
these distinguished elevens, and was played at Abridge,
in Essex, on Friday week (by an accident the score did
not come to hand until last Saturda7), upon which occa-
sion there was much fine play exhibited. The singular
feature in this match was the different results upon the
score, in reference to the given men ; for whilst llillyer
and Martingell, on the part of the amateurs, marked
respectively, 16 and 13, Mr. A. Mynn and Pilch placed
two round. 00's between them. But the bowling of
llillyer and Martingell was of the finest character, and
it is not at all unlikely—for such a thing is possible—
that they may have played too much lately, or a pair of
" spectacles" would not hare been manufactured by such
players as Mynn and Pilch. It was a " one day's"
match, however, only, and therefore the amateurs won
by 54 runs.

NOTTINGIUM v. GRANTLIA.II.—This was an excellent
contest for the display of scientific hitting, but it will be
remarked that the Grantham folks stood not tho "ghost
of a chance" against the splendid batting of Mr. F.
Noyes, Morley, Billyeald, and Galloway, nor could they
make any effective stand against the admirable bowling
of Mr. Cresswell and Redgate. It unfortunately hap-
pened that the weather, after the contest had occupied
the greater part of Monday and Tuesday, became so bad
as to induce the parties to abandon all idea of playing the
match out.

LUTTERWORTII V. WALCOTE.—The match .between
the clubs of these places was played a few days since,
when, in consequence of the excellent slow under-band
bowling of Wilson of Lutterworth, his party were de-
clared to be the winners by 23 runs.

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