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The election of Lord Mayor, on Saturday, took place with less excite- ment than was expected : the 'long shore men had threatened opposition to the rotation candidate, Mr. Alderman Musgrove, because he stoutly refused the "usual compliment" ; but nothing came of the threat.
Mr. Shoolbred, or Shoebridge, urged the Liverymen to elect some great merchant, like Alderman Salomans, whom he proposed ; but the "-voices" were not gained by him. The Livery chose, almost unani- mously, Alderman Musgrove and Alderman Hunter, the two seniors on the list of qualified persons ; and the Court of Aldermen, retiring briefly to their chamber, selected the first, Alderman Musgrove. In the absence of the Recorder, the legal formalities were performed by the Common- Sergeant and Town-Clerk. Mr. Shoolbred, or Shoebridge, urged the Liverymen to elect some great merchant, like Alderman Salomans, whom he proposed ; but the "-voices" were not gained by him. The Livery chose, almost unani- mously, Alderman Musgrove and Alderman Hunter, the two seniors on the list of qualified persons ; and the Court of Aldermen, retiring briefly to their chamber, selected the first, Alderman Musgrove. In the absence of the Recorder, the legal formalities were performed by the Common- Sergeant and Town-Clerk.
The new Sheriffs—Alderman Robert Walter Carden, citizen and cutler, and Mr. George Edmund Hodgkinson, citizen and spectaclemaker—were inaugurated on Monday. They made their progress in state by the usual route on the river from Blackfriars Bridge to Westminster, to be recog- nized, on behalf of her Majesty, by Mr. &am the Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer. Wind and tide being adverse, the voyage by the slowly- rowed barge took upwards of two hours—much to the trial of the Cursi- tor Baron's patience. Arrived at Westminster Hall, and in the Exche- quer Court, Mr. Common-Sergeant Bullock went through the ceremonies of introduction, and essayed the honours of biographical eulogy that Mr. Law was wont to do with such grace and propriety.
Introducing Mr. Carden as descended on the father's side from a gentleman who had been engaged for some years in the practice of the bar in the Tem- ple, he added the particular of his maternal parent, that her "immediate father" was a gentleman known as far as the English language has ex- tended—Mr. Walter of the Times newspaper. "Mr. Carden commenced his career of life in the service of his country in the Army; but the prospect of permanent peacesoon convinced him that that profession would no longer afford sufficient occupation for his energy and industry. He therefore left the profession which had been his early choice, and, attaching himself to one which would be more adapted to the intercourse of nations at amity with each other, be employed himself in the monetary transactions of great nations in amity, and became an eminent member of the Stock Exchange ; where his zeal, assiduity, integrity, and honour, have gained him the esteem and respect of his fellow-citizens."
Mr. Hodgkinson's ancestors on the father's side have been for centuries employed in cultivating their own freeholds in the county of Derby. "He is descended on the mother's side from a gentleman whose name is celebrated in the manufacturing interests of our country—Mr. Humphry Jennings, the founder of the iron trade in the great iron mart of Birmingham. For him- self, he is the representative of the third great branch of national interest— the maritime commerce and shipping of the country : he has been for Tars himself engaged in that branch, and has raised himself to distinction there- in; his character is well known amongst those who are in any way interested in the commercial greatness of the country ; he has raised himself to a high character by his assiduity and integrity ; and he is here today as the other Sheriff of London and joint Sheriff of liliddlesex."
The Cursitor Baron gave her Majesty's unqualified approbation to the excellent choice made by the citizens, and congratulated the late Sheriffs on their satisfactory performance of duty in the past year. The appear- ance of the late Sheriffs was then recorded ; the new Sheriffs performed the usual suit and service, by cutting two faggots and counting six horse- shoes and sixty-one nails; and the ceremony thus completed, the Sheriffs returned to the City of London.
A recent order for the appropriation of prisons to distinct classes of of- fenders came into operation on Monday in the Metropolis. All the fe- male prisoners and all male prisoners under seventeen years of age were removed from the House of Correction at Coldbathfields to the House of Correction at Westminster; and all male prisoners above seventeen were removed from the latter prison to Coldbathfields. Prisoners committed under the Hackney Carriage Act, and for want of sureties, were removed from both those prisons to the House of Detention. Nearly nine hun- dred persons were thus transposed. At Guildhall Police Office, on Tueselavr7ohn Ihneell was convicted of in- fringing a rAeistered dengrifeif a ventilator incanted by William Dixon, of Ineirpool. Macias Siot'for each 4-two-Offences, and 101. expenses. Bend!. talked otkappl jag te'*ounsel before he ceased to make more ventila- tors : he said he sould net pltf 70/.; bat the pseeneutor promised to give him tine to provide/the money.
A swindler has lately been attempting to -dupe the London brewers and distillers, and has in some instances succeeded. His plan is to fix on some respectable publican residing in the vicinity of a brewery or distillery, and to learn whether he deals with the firm ; if so, the swindler draws a check on a London banking-house, forging the publican's name on the back of it, and then sending a messenger in the garb of a pot-boy with a request to the brewer or distiller, in the name of the publican, that ' he would be obliged by cash for the check." If granted, it soon appears that the bankers have no account with the drawer.
The Great Western Railway authorities have satisfied themselves, that in flinging a bottle from a carnage, Mr. Shivers, however imprudent, was not actuated by a malicious spirit ; and therefore they have abandoned the prose- cution against him. This was announced to the Marylebone Magistrate on Wednesday. Wise, the man who was wounded, has recovered ; and it was stated that Mr. Shivers would make him a present.
At Southwark Police Office, on Saturday, George Wood, a "switchman" employed on the Brighton Railway near New Cross, was charged with omit- ting to turn certain " points," whereby the lives or limbs of divers persons were endangered. The complaint was made on the part of the South-eastern Railway Company. A ballast-train left London Bridge for the Bricklayers' Arms station; at New Cress it was necessary to get upon another line of rails ; Wood refused to turn the points for that purpose, and the peo
the ballast-train alleged that this refusal put them in danger of a co on with another train. But it was shown by the Brighton Company, on behalf of their servant, that he had only obeyed his orders ; and that if he bad turned the points and allowed the ballast-train to pass across the road to get upon the rails for the Bricklayers' Arms, there would have been imminent danger of a collision with a train then just due. The Magistrate decided that Wood had done his duty, and dismissed the complaint.
Two rewards are offered-for the conviction of the villains who attacked and robbed Mr. Cureton-501. by Government, and 50/. by Mr. Curetou. They left rich spoil behind them, having missed a number of gold coins while sweeping off the silver ones.
On Wednesday, the Police produced Henry Denham, a rough-looking young man, at the Manerionhouse, and charged him with having been con- cerned in the robbery and outrage. It seems that this person is a thief, sad has been convicted. The Police received information that he was one of the robbers, and expect to bring the charge home to him; but us yet the evi- dence is not very strong. Mrs. Wilson, who lives in the house where-Mr. Cureton lodges, and who admitted the three men on the 20th September, stated that she could not swear to the prisoner, but she believed that he was the last of the three who entered the house. The noise of the violence and robbery had attracted the attention of Mrs. Edwards, who lives in the first floor ; and as Mr. Cureton was usually very quiet, she went to speak to Mrs. Wilson about the noise, but could not find her. Mrs. Edwards saw the three ruffians descend the stairs ; but, unfortunately, did not particularly notice them. Denham protested his innocence, and said he was a patient at St. Thomas's Hospital at the time of the robbery—an out-patient. He was remanded.
The mass of fire at the conflagration in Mark Lane was so immense that the hardest substances—as chain cables—were melted together like lead. A number of trophies belonging to the late Brigadier Pennieuick and other Indian officers, some of them won at the battle of Chillianwallab, were in an iron safe which became buried in the ruins; the "fire-proof " recepta- cle was partly fused, and the trophies were destroyed, or confusedly blended in a valueless mass of half-vitrified ashes and softened metal. Great quanti- ties of hot water ran from the ruins into the wine-cellars of Messrs. Cunliffe and Dobson, raising the temperature of the place to 740: it was feared that the large stock of wines would be damaged ; and cold air was pumped into the place, and the thermometer fell several degrees.
The extensive premises of Messrs. Brooke, tallow melters and chandlers, in the Southwark Bridge Road, were burnt down on Thursday night. While the workmen were melting tallow in a large pan, the mass caught fire ; the men attempted to smother it, but were obliged to retreat, and in a few mo- ments the flames spread in every direction. An engine-station is placed imme- diately opposite the spot, and in five minutes an engine was at work ; but from the combustible nature of the stock, the firemen could do nothing to save the factory : however they prevented the fire from getting a firm hold on contiguous buildings.
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