The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-01 00:00:00

THE NEW SHERIFFS.

Testssday afternoon, the presentation of the Ile!
Shari'l's (Messrs. Aldermen Hunter and Sydney) too
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 civ!°
authorities, at Westminster-bridge, when his LordshiP
and the Corporation immediately proceeded to the Court
of Exchequer, where they were received by the Cursit?r
Baron and a large body of spectators. His Lordsl-11
and Sheriffs elect were ushered into Court by the severw
officers to the Chief Baron.

The RECORDER 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 upwards of twenty years a member,
of the Corporalion of London, and a representative of
the Ward of Coleman-street, in the Court of Comm°
Council; placed during that period in nearly all the
standing Committees of the Court, he has been. succer
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 (31
Chamberlain of the City, Mr. Hunter was unanimously
chosen Alderman of the ward lie had so long and ably
represented in the Court of Common Council, and be
has now the happiness to find that the opinie!l
formed of him by the inhabitant householders of 11
ward, founded on an experience of his character and
conduct for so many years, is entirely in accordance wit'l
the sentiments of the citizens at large. The Livery °`;
London having conferred upon Mr. Bunter the shrie
alty on Midsummer day last, he will, at the expired°
of his year of service, have perfected the legal qualifier •
Lion of candidates to fill the office of Chief :Magistrate,
of our ancient city. The Livery have appointed wit'
Mr. Hunter a gentleman and a merchant of London el‘.
tensively known, esteemed universally, and in every re'
spect worthy of the same important trust and distior
tion. And I may be permitted to anticipate the acce
tomed forms and solemnities of admission into office'
when I announce to you, Sir, the fact of Mr. Sydney!
recent election as alderman of the ward of Billingsgin'
so recent, indeed, that the interval required by law be'
tween election and admission had not expired when tb.
Court of Mayor and Aldermen were assembled on Sanlr
day last. The transaction in which we are now engara
is not an idle and unimportant ceremony—a vain at°
empty pageant. The citizens of London (the metroril
of the commercial world) in the exercise of their anthill
and chartered right—of their undoubted right to pisc!,
whom they will, as " Sheriffs of London, and Sheriff",
the metropolitan county of Middlesex," here, in her
Majesty's Court of Exchequer, present these gentletuil
thus discreetly chosen, in token of their loyalty to 11l
Sovereign, and in the exercise of a great public tras,;
will which the administration of the law, and the libell;
of the subject, are intimately connected ; exhibiting;
after the lapse of centuries, the unabated energy, wo
usefulness, and the security of free popular municillio
institutions, which, taking root in the foundations of
monarchy and the Constitution, have grown with tiled
growth and flourished with the increasing prosperity
the empire. The Recorder, in a few words, complimented
Mr. Musgrove and Mr. Moon, the gentlemen who ,bed
just filled the offices of Sheriffs of London and Sherin,,
Middlesex, so much to the satisfaction of their fefiew
citizens, and to their own honour.
The CURSITOR BARON then addressed the Racist-
er
to the following effect:—His Lordship said that to °do(
Court of Exchequer exclusively belonged the duty 0
recognising and superintending the rights and
of the citizens of London to choose their own mngo,'
tracy and sheriffs, which rights, after many centella
were granted to them by the Crown, and after has
been severed from the royal prerogatives had been gift,,
to the citizens of London, which they had retained uP
the present moment, and which these gentlemen, on
part of the citizens, attended to claim. The Learlo
Baron said he fully agreed with the Learned Recorur
that this was no idle pageant in which they were
gaged, but that it WAS a solemn recognition on the 06
of the Sovereign to the authorities of the first city in
empire, of their full rights and privileges, and on he'd
of her Majesty that Court fully recognised the right3,lo
privileges which were claimed at their hands. 10
Cursitor Baron then paid the Sheriffs elect and the;',/
Sheriff a high compliment for the manner in which
had been chosen by their fellow-citizens. He then Prot
it must be a gratification to the gentlemen who had
retired from office that they had received the unaninl",o
thanks of their fellow-citizens, and he trusted that ffro
the term of the year of office expired with the Shei/os
elect that they would meet with the like high and chei
ing reward, which would be the highest reward Tret
could be paid any individual ; and on behalf off ba
Majesty ho begged again fully to recognise the
and liberties of the citizens of London, and the P'ift
desired the officer to record the names of the Sher
elect.
nee
The usual ceremonies of the Court were thin iitfr
formed by Alderman Thomas Wood, as the senior 011
derman (not having passed the chair), doing suit os/
service by counting the hobnails and horse-shoed' re
chopping sticks, after which the civic procession
turned by water.

Last night the Sheriffs of London and Nlicleic°
gave a grand banquet in honour of their inaue:o,
into their high office at the London Tavern. Alde
rto
William Hunter, the senior Sheriff, presided, serge
by his colleague, Thomas Sydney, Esq., the Lord tba
of London, the Lord Mayor elect (Alderman Gibbsc,./000,
Chairman and Deputy-Chairman of the East Int:he-40r
pany, Lord J. Russell and W. Masterrean, Esq., Pure
bere of Parliament for the City of London, a veil fare
number of the Aldermen, including Alderman Sell tV
the Recorder, &c. The dinner and wines were (Ito V
first order, and neither pains or expense appeared eir
spared by the providers of the feast in furnishing :noes'
tertainment worthy of their character and of the foot,
sion. One feature of the scene was not less imPe, bef
though perhaps not quite so obvious, as the goal 'or
displayed on the well covered tables—namely, the bee,
tilation of the room. It appears that it has the
thoroughly ventilated by artificial means, s° of.
comfort and pleasure felt by the whole parthd'ool
every reason to believe that the reality di able
fall short of the appearance. About two hu the
and seventy gentlemen sat down to dinner, 5°,",9
gallery was filled with ladies. A military band ',AO/
attendance, and a company of glee singers added grog'
to the entertainment of the evening. The routine two'',
on such occasions—namely, the Queen, the Queen
stogy
ager, Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rei.o4,
the Royal Family, and the Army and Navy, were 'tor°
with the usual enthusiasm. The health of the/ott
Mayor and the Lord Mayor elect were drank, the °soil°
with considerable approbation, the latter with f the
manifestation of dislike on the part of a portion °co (of
company. In replying to the toasts of the Moab.
the City of London," a the
Lord J. RUSSELL, after thanking the Sheriffs sclipe'
meeting, observed that the example of the City medal
don was looked up to by the whole country for ,fr
and commerce, and by following that example Dligeoru4
surpassed every other nation in the world.--tAtost
The country at this moment enjoyed the inelo,',„ the
blessings of peace ; if it were a peace obtained uf,lesir
dishonour of the Eglish name, it would not be s 0!,
ing but a curse ; but he was happy to say thatit
one in which the honour and best interests of th° tbo,'
had been consulted. In conclusion, ho trusts?! CD;
when the time should come for the Members for toetheir
to relinquish their charge, they would be found b 1 pee
constituents not unworthy of the honour that kg"
conferred on them.—(llear.) a °.
The remaining toasts were then disposed oft
party broke up about eleven o'clock.

,pled
A MAN KILLED DT ♦ Bur.L.—.A. man, fiAope' ,
'
Daniel Jones, a tenant of Mr. William Thomas'
" ,1"-
Carmarthen, was tossed by a two-year-old be'
farm in Llanllawddog parish, on Wednesdal. Aug'
animal threw him high into the air, and as he fell 't,j3 o''
him on his horns and again threw him. His dello, el
most immediately ensued. The verdict returned hoe
.1
coroner's jury, who met at the house of the dec.' br
Clwtancochon, was to the effect that Daniel Jon/tote.
met with his death, but how did not appear in el
Welshman.

BIRTHS. ail
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On the 26th ult., at Amble, in the county of North eh
land, Mrs. Thomas Browne, of a daughter.
_fr Iftit
On the 26th ult., Mrs. Pegg, of the Royal Tor'
_„1,
Brighton, of a son, still-born.
L.
On the 26th ult., at Bridge House, Hampatead-roAA,
0*
John Shnons,jun., of a son.
0411 c 6
On the 26th ult., at Upper Seymour-street, Porten-'pr,",,
the lady of John Newman Tweedy, Esq., of Port-sw
of a daughter.
sille°
On the 28th ult., at Croydon, Surrey, Mrs. Willis, 13
of a son.

MARRIED. 11°lli On the 17tk ult., at Holly Lodge, Louhborough, ilicbedeo
J. 13ow1es, D.D., Rector of Woodstock and domestic to kyo,
to his late Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex,
Mary, the youngest daughter of the late Sir WilliamslBr,
High Sheriff of Leicestershire. )11) of
On the 24th ult., at Rendham, the Rev. Stanley
Vicar of Tannington, to Anna Maria, youngest er,
the late James Rowland Morgan, surgeon. be° of
On the 26th ult., at the Collegiate Church, 1f..-111//ebter
Alfred Woods, Esq., of Liverpool, to Jane, Wiest o'l'
Joseph Higgin, Esq., of Manchester, „ of P'ol
On the 28th ult., at Croydon, Samuel Thomas, scnlter
Charles Jones, of Stratford. to 'Emma Josephine, —l3
Mr. Joseph Moate, of Warlingham, Surrey.

DIE ,
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On the 23d ult., Samuel Emden, Esq late of
• f belLd'
Surrey.
On the 21st ult., at Oxford, Adam Sedgwick Ciiall°ll;v °II'
Buckland, youngest son of the Rey. Dr. Buckland, ''''.- 0
Christ Church.
of t"
On the ad tilt., Captain Joseph Hammell, late ,he
Regiment of Foot. fo
On the 15th ult., at Liege, Jessie, eldest daughter
late John Wigstone, E T- it, Middlesex.

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.....in W igst .., .esq., Trent-park, ....add.,
On the 23d ult., at Fairy Croft, Saffron Waldel,
, ,0f)"'
Fiske, Esq., aged 69.
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On the 25th ult., atEast-road, Horton, Moll tali '
rOO
William Potter, aged 72. hire'
On the 25th ult., at Guilsborough, NorthalliPt°lls- rer
Anna Oliphant, aged 72. wfoilf ,aool
On the 26th ult., at John-street, Bedford-row, ,E sum-
man, second daughter of the late T. Edwards, go!' ci#
Clapham, aged 17. ,„, vox
On the 22th ult. at Earl's-terrace, ICensini6,"-AlePti
TAdlow Holt, Esq.,,Q.C., and Vice-Chancellor of ""
rook
of Lancaster. of $
On the 29th alt., Mr. John Davis, news-agent, op
street, Bloomsbury. ht,
,
On the 30th ult., Mary, the wife of John Brig rfiso
V.l46nS.t'hoef 3013ruthnsuw1t.ic,ka-pt aitharastoff
IHacie,ghßamritzghetllw..
Maria, the wife of E. A. Lloyd, Esq.

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