The Sun.
London, England, 1850-09-28 00:00:00

HAY DIANZZTS.

SMITHFIELD.—Meadow Hay, 2/ 8. to 31 15s; Clover,
31 Os to 41 65; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1/ 8, per load.
A moderate supply, and a sluggish demand.
CVMBERLAND.—Meadow Bay, 2/ Si to 31 18i ;
Clover, 3/ Os to 4145; and Straw, 1/ 3s to 1. 9 per load.
Supply good, and trade dull. _ _ .

WHITECHAPEL. - Meadow thy, 21 5s to 31 14s;
Clover, 310 s to 4/ 8s; and Straw, 11 23 to 1/ 8s per load.
Both Hay and Straw moved off slowly, at late rates.

CLERKEN WELL.—(THIS DAY.)
Three showily-dressed women, named Ann if ichs,
.lane El iott, and Mary Burton, were charged with rob-
bing John Fish, a seafaring man, of thirteen sovereigns,
having previously administered to him some deleterious
drug, by which ho Ras rendered insensible.
The prosecutor stated that on Sunday night week be
met the three prisoners, and a fourth woman not yet ill
custody, in Goswell-street-road, and at their solicitation
went with them to a pie-house, where be treated then►
to a few tar:s. From that he accompanied them to the
Golden Horse public-house, where he ordered a pot of
ale, of which they 1.11 took part, but he had no sooner
taken off his glass than ho felt himself becoming quite
stupid. The women then began to shore him about,
and he could trit.ke no resistance, nor " bell)
himself in the least." At length he be-
came quite insensible, and when he recovered
found himself lying on the ground in Glasshouse-yard•
His money wilt., then gone, but he was quite certain be
had it safe in his pocket when he went into the Golden
Horse.

A policeman deposed to finding the prosecutor in 1
helpless condilion in Glasshouse-yard on the night stateu •
A woman, named Isaacs, stated that she saw the three
prisoners and anothcr woman lead the prosecutor, vvh°
seemed u, able to walk, into Glasshouse-yard, and pre;
sently afterwards the women ran into the street, cue 01
them saying, " I've got it—all right."
They were fully committed for trial at the Central
Criminal Court.

ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR AND
INAUGURATION OF THE NEW SHERIFFS•

(THIS DAY.)
A Common Hall was held to-day in the Guildhall
of the city of London, for the purpose of inaugurating
the new Sheriffs, and for the election of a Lord Maier
for the ensuing year.
Shortly after eleven o'clock, the Lord Mayor, at-
tended by the Common-Sergeant, the Town Clerk,
several of the Aldermen, and the new and old Sheriffs'
entered the Hall and tcok their places on the
platform in the Hall. The ceremony of
augurating the new Sheriffs then took plae
,i.ce
the old sheriffs, Mr. Alderman Lawrence and 1".1.'
Nicoll, divested themselves of their chains of office,
and placed them on the shoulders of their successors.
This ceremony having been concluded, the Lord
the
Mayor and all the civic officers retired,
Lord Mayor and Aldermen proceeding to the Court
of Aldermen to decide among themselves Who
they thought competent to be Lord Mayor for
the ensuing year. After remaining there
till twelve o'clock, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, theold and new Sheriffs, proceeded in procession to tee
church of St. Lawrence, Jewry, where a most excel-
lent sermon was preached by the Lord MaYnre
cheplaire from 2d chapter Ist Epistle of St. Peter,
14th verse, " Sent by Him for the punishment of
evil-doers, and for the praise of them that do well.
As usual, a vast crowd collected outside the Guilds
hall to witness the procession going to allu
returning from church. The Lord mayor,
Aldermen and Sheriffs, were dressed in their
full costume of office, and were attended by the,
beadles of their respective wards, in their official
dresses covered with gold and silver lace. The Dial'
shall., footmen, coachmen, and postillions, were deco-
,lt:
rated in a still more gorgeous trapping, and alto
gether presented a most pleasing spectacle. 1";
crowd outside looked upon all the golden and give'
liveries with wonderment and delight. The car,
riages and liveries of the sheriffs appeared to be the
great subject of attraction, and certainly the WI
pages are worthy of the sheriffs of the first city 011
county in the world.
The election of Lord Mayor appeared to create
much less excitement than we have witnessed 0a
many occasions, notwithstanding the paragraph thsai.
has gone the round of the papers that an opposite)
was intended.
At one o'clock the procession returned into thee.
Hall from the church, and after proceeding to be
Court of Common Council and the Court of Alder_
men, the Lord Mayor, accompanied by several of the
Aldermen and the different civic officers, entered t
Ball and took their seats on the platform, when, they
usual forms having been gone through, of
Mr. Sergeant AIFREWEATHER, in the absence ~
the newly-appointed Recorder, by the direction of tll9
.
Lord Mayor, stated to the Livery the important Mir
they had to perform of selecting a Lord Mayor. Afte
which
The COMMON-SERGEANT stated the names of all the
aldermen who had not passed the chair, and who w,*
all competent to be elected Lord Mayor; and en.
doing so, he was about to state that the names of to
aldermen would be put up seriatim, when
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Mr. G. SUOLBRED attempted to address the ---
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that moment, it was not competent for hies to do see.
The names of the different aldermen were teen
put up in rotation, the majority of hands being 1
favour of Mr. Alderman Musgrove and Mr. Alder°
man William Hunter. the
Mr. SHOLRRED then came forward to addressned
Livery, but was met with increased noise. He hope
the Livery would elect some great merchant 01 " 0
City, and he would therefore propose that Aldercee_,
Salomons should be the Lord Mayor for the Ye 971
ensuing; and upon this being negatived, he Prfetclee
Alderman Lawrence. This proposition met wit°
same fate.
The COMMON-SERGEANT then declared that thse,
election of the Livery had fallen upon Alderman 3111
grove and Alderman William Hunter.
The Lord Mayor and Aldermen then returned eo
their court to select one of the two gentlemen 'b,
turned to them by the Livery, and after 90,60,
sence of short duration they returned into the '
when
Mr. Sergeant MEREWEATHER announced that htolide
election of Lord Mayor for the ensuing Year
fallen upon Alderman Musgrove. itb
The Lord Mayor elect was then invested Wrf,
e,
the insignia of office, and addressed the Lige(l
stating that he accepted the office with gratitude '—
pride.
Thanks were then voted to the late Sheriffs for the
dignity and urbanity with which they bad conduaeilon
themselves during their year of office, and the P
then adjourned.