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London, England, 1853-11-19 00:00:00

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'fhe Bank of Frame ha. re.ohi•il that the rate of
is not to Ie• rai.e4l. The admires on roil
way ttltare.t are to be nslnee►i from 4)0 to 50 per
rent., and the who-tees QII übligatams are fxed at
70 per cent.

On the 14th f September last. l'aiitain !tawlin.
the coanunuhler ut the Ennuis station on th. 4 west-
ern comt of .Itilea, 'ietlt an expedition opined tho
%.11age ut lair. the whiiiiilnuts of what'll hail
plundered arid Ii th d heveral French merchant's. The
dive his‘iug been iketruyetl, the chief+ ut the
sited lot react..

SP AIN.
The publiNlker of the Deur io Espanol has been
ennikultteti to two months' impri.tattnent, awl a lino
of No rents. for an 'whir against the Ministerial
measure% relative. to railroad',

lint iii•st.v and the al Fatuil, %lilt a timid
of distinguished visitor'. are expeeteil to remove from
Windsor to Osborne on 'Unesilikv next, to sojourn till
titristinais.

Esmasit Str‘e Nm,i%rios os rut:
The new Liverpool steamer .4rgenthm, as appears by
letter 4 just reeeised from the Plate, had returned to
Buenos Ayres. On I.lw ',list of September she left
that play,. for the purpose of ascending the Parana ill
Rosario, which port was limb, in twenty•one I rs
and thirty minutes steaming, the vessel having been
obliged to *hop at San Nicolas to wood. The Argen
firm hell Itltsllll.lo in lilt` )lelled
Itnelltt..‘%lTs in twenty hours. steaming. 11l passing
the isbuid of Martin tiazeia on her ascent, the
though retrying the English tlag, was
tired al by a ',Mall st•littimitr sit thii
it4I111141; 11111 on her deseent Mr. Hadfield, Ilw agent
of the Liverpoid eompany, who went ashore, was
at:mired by the etuumandiuit that the guns had been
fired asi om his psi aiission. The sessel was received
at San Nicola: and Rosario with great enthusiasm
Ivy this inhabitants.

CITY, Sotorila) Afternoon.
951; MeNieao, IIA I ; ;
Pitio 11/4.ferreil. 211 2h ; Ittoonan, 111 1;1; Bir-
mingham, lil•te :1; Lulea...hire and Yorkshire, li:oh 11;
M 11161141, illy :1; tiron WiNierii, 911 :1; Vork.liire,
211 1; lh,verm. Ist Sinus of Emmy. :1:11 4
Strasbourg% :11l I, -I sliv uud x hi; Lyoub, 1:11 141 ;
Exchequer 11111 N, v N prl,ll/IAUU.

Liatvtitstiv Forit ltAcks.—
These raves for a challenge I'llll 111111 111'1'%1'11111111111
silver tankards commenced nu Monday, the. 14th.
After three slay* of "bumping " r/tl'l'l4 1111' 11411111 A WO'S
141.1111e141 111 11111, viz., the Lady Ma rga ret (St. Jaha's
and the Trinity. Thu t► m. nice am rowed on
Thursday, the Ilth, between these Iwo, and after a
good rave was won by the Lady ,linryoret. Tho fol-
lowing was the winning crew :—.l. E. Cayley ; i. kl.
Snow ; :I. ti. Forster; i. J. Wright ; lt. t'ayloy
(coxswain ).

A eit,,witru IfErTiso assembled in Manchester
Weilmaiday, haying been called together by mini-
?dhoti 1.0 expresa sympathy with Turkey in her present.
struggle for iii114.1101111.111!1. against Russia. Nearly
2,11410 persons gathered in the (*on' Exchange on this
oecamion. Many foreign I gentlemen residing in
the neighbourhood Ina 1,1 it wax midersioml, been
also advised not to attend, iii order to make the eieut
a purely English expression ..f feeling. Sir I'. Napier,
Mr. Urquhart, and other ;speakers addressed the
aasembly .luring the cow* 1 the peueeediugs,

Tug Socirry Il1•• AN ti qt•4airra held their first
meeting for the .11•`1!111 111 Ilt 1154'13 .1 fill
The 11110,1 important feature 41f the meeting
eransisted 111 I h.' alllll111neelnl•Iut or II Pieties of'
donations, comprising a number of valuable printed
works, whirl Inel been presented to the seeiut,
daring the week. A 1114plag them were two V 011.1311194,
o%l'll by Mr. William Salt, containing
the royal proelaunations lupe reigns of Elizabeth and
Jau►os 1, all in II high 1.11,1.' of preservation. The
4,llerti. in 411 proelaisuiti44l was,
this valuable addition, the most regular and exten
sive in the kimtdoen. It is now a deposit 44 histo-
rical fret, which will prove of the utmost importance
to inquirer% into those period* of the history of the
country lips's' which these documents especially
bear.

It is prulamea 4. *Wen the Chariv-rnnan
e.plan•ii it tutu a lwn., awl ea/limp. cauu,a a), and to
..reet new ailisnatehes nu boll. sitlrm the it.•r
An Attti•ittni.nr Aso*istatas luta heti' eautl.lisheil in South.
anipton.
Po: .11aTtS4,1 in Very t 1117111.11, eirelllll/411thrt,. 10 .I.lmg in
Ipswich, *reuniting us a lural pato,' , Laos. albar dime trans'
‘tieeee.i.-11 u. ciatatructitig a inlaid a taw:blue,
1111.)11•PI by 13, HIIII 111 deep, a lao•li is wet is $4 • MI".
b•-tug put in tuittiins by a Pier, V/ . It was powerful email*
to turn a grunilatone against the loose. of INK' 1141 n..• it oho
bast au kill, Nil. tits •. It littr, kept u. 1111..1
upwards of :WI hsauv., at the roll •4 *lnch tom.. the aisew4l
was Itoot olitlillil+ll. .1. awl ti, oanainuctlir. *kw., Itatallt•
is
1.11.4101.% e..111.•t0.1s that Op. llo,•10 in
ttltt.ititl4 imoiltinti
wasolterell t.. ilv“.1•51 firms in liontieli who ileenio.4 taking
It up, suttee %shall three pyritous I:wlinging to flue .4 the
that rums 14rUthurrnt. 1111 1014,14 di hat, raanuilest that
utaehile, have Iron intlue...l (it pay the investor liberally,
wail have token thy uta‘ltitte M. 1NU4141 to pivevituty

684

THE PREMIER'S GUILDHALL SPEECH.

[The following is an authentic copy of the speech which the Premier had intended to
deliver at Guildhall on lord Mayor's day, hut which the arrival of certain telegraphic
despatches induced him to discard fur the address which the country has perused with
so much ratinfaction.)

THE EAR!. Or ABERDEEN : My Lord Mayor, I beg to return you my
cordial thanks for the flattering expressions you have used towards
me and my colleagues. Perhaps it is not too much to wish, though
it may be rather too much under the circumstances to expect, that we
should have n favourable construction placed upon our motives and
intentions. We have, lam well aware, been standing for the last four
or five months in a more humiliating position than England is aecus-
towed or satisfied to see occupied by those who have charge of her
honour and her interests. lam free to confess, my Lord Mayor, that
the situation in which we have been content to remain is one the
apparent disgrace of which (solid only be atoned for by ultimate
and complete success. But if it be proved that we have stooped
to conquer, have crouched to rise, have crawled to tower, then in it
trading country where the end elevates the means, and where the
question is, not whether a course were honourable, but whether it were
successful, then, my dear Lord Mayor, I think our protracted degraila
thin will be deemed but an enhaneement of our triumph. My daily
organ may this day have prepared you in some measure for the grati-
fying announcement I have now to make, for you have been told that
rumours from all quarters represent that the Oriental question has
been virtually adjusted. I have now at once to give that assuranee
more amply and more definitely, and to apprise you that, thanks to
Providence, the Oriental question is settled. The armies of the North
will be withdrawn from Turkey, the reasonable demands of the Czar
being complied with, while the honour and integrity of the Ottoman
empire are maintained, and Europe is freed from the apprehensions
of war. (Expected enthusiastic eheeriny.) Yes, my Lord Mayor, such
are the fruits of our much-vituperated negotiations, such are the
results of our patience and liongsutfering. England has been insulted
anti derided, but England has her reward. Russia is appeased, Turkey
protected, peace restored. (More expected cheering.) And now, my
Lord Mayor, to turn to domestic topics. 1 must say that her Majesty's
Ministers look with entire satisfaction at the prosperous condition of
the country. It is true that trade is everywhere depressed, and that
in the City, here, your merchants, terrified at the condition of foreign
affitirs, know not whether to buy or to sell, and prefer the lesser be-
cause certain evil of being ruined by doing nothing. It is true that
the funds have sunk, that thousands of workmen are everywhere on
strike, to-tiny eating the bread of idleness, but to-morrow, it may be,
toasting it at the tires of sedition. It is true that, thanks to our volley,
bread once fourpence is now thirteen-pence, and that humble and
peaceful men are looking with sadness to a miserable winter, the grief
of some of them but slightly alleviated by the forethought which has
brought down the income tax to reach them. But what are these
trifles, while the country beholds in office a Ministry which promises
leforMS so splendid, that it has felt ashamed, during its tenure of
office, to spoil their effect by giving anything on account? I should
feel myself degraded did I argue the question. Pressed by the
Leader of Opposition, pinned down to a solemn pledge, and the pill
clenched on the other side, my noble friend the Leader of the
House of Connnons has undertaken, "by all that gods can bind," to
bring forward, at an early petits' of the session, a large and com-
prehensive measure of reform. The nation has marked that pledge,
and awaits its redemption. It is not for me to state what the mea-
sure is—for any statement of mine would be hypothetical—my noble
friend is rather fidgetty about letting me see his papers—but I am
justified in saying that it will be a measure worthy alike of the
time which so imperatively called for it, that not a petition on
the subject has been presented to either House, and of the graceful
and spontaneous way in which it was promised, not as a party move, or in
default of a better answer to charges of neglect, but as the announce-
ment of a statesman's conviction of a nation's decree. But, my Lord
Mayor, this grand measure, whose mere promise is to make England
forget her depreciated funds, her agitated trade, her thousands of
threatening idlers, and her myriads of trembling workers, could only
be introduced and elaborated in a time of peace Had our negotia-
tions failed, and had what have been called our blunders resulted in
war, our pledge of reform must have been unredeemed, an] the
breaches in the walls of our constitutional Zion have been unrepaired,
for it is not in turmoil and excitement that men cam calmly and profitably
discuss legislative ameliorations. Therefore, my Lord Mayor, I am
doubly happy in announcing to you to-night, not only the certainty of
peace, but of reform ; and I will only add, that, if I exult in the good
news of which I thus apprise you, I do so only because I believe it to
be the duty of a Christian man to give himself a puff whenever he gets
a chance. Tremesdoes cheeriny was expected to (vilely the conclusion qf the
Noble Burrs addreu.)

SATURDAY,

THE NEW ELDER BROTHER.

ON Wednesday last the Right Hon. the Earl of ABERDEEN was made
an Elder Brother of the Trinity House. The operation was performed
with great skill and hu►nanity, and, notwithstanding the advanced age
of the patient, he was enabled to entertain the Cabinet Ministers at
dinner in the evening. Several of them state that they were very
much entertained indeed, the Noble Earl having favoured them with
a g►aphic account of what had taken place in the morning. Some de.
tails which could be communicated without breach of confidence have
been given to our reporter.

It appears that, on the adding a new Elder Brother to a society
which takes charge of the interests of navigation, it is usual to submit
him to a brief examination. This has of late become a mere form, but
the Earl of ABERDEEN insisted upon being subjected to a strict
catechizing. No man, he said, was less afraid of being asked ques-
tions than himself all he hated was, as had been seen in the House
of Lords, the being expected to give answers. He was therefore ex-
amined as fidlows

Q. hoes your Lordship understand navigation?
A. l sheuld be sorry to say that I understood anything; but
I have wailed on various tacks in my time.
Q. What is the mariner's compass ?

A. An invention much resembling her Majesty's present Govern-
ment, its principal feature being a stiff' yet vacillating article, but
which, under all circumstances, turns to the North for direction.
Q What is longitude ?
A. I can best illustrate it by a speech of my colleague the
Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Q. What is latitude ?

A. I can best illustrate it by a speech of my colleague the First
Lord of the Admiralty, especially when he is abusing those who have
no opportunity to reply.
Q. How do you rectify the Globe ?
A. By contradicting it in the Times.
Q. What are the Poles ?
A. Great nuisances. I wish you would not talk of them a valued
friend of mine has suffered much from their ingratitude.
Q. What is a degree ?
A. The terill which indicates how much more helpless my friend
Sir C. Wood was than any previous Chancellor of the Exchequer.
Q. What is the use of the Quadrant ?
A. It is of no use now Before they spoiled it by pulling down
the columns, it was very useful as at shelter during rain.
Q. What is an observation ?
A. A remark. Palmerston makes very impertinent ones,
especially about me, and some other people laugh at them who ought
to know better. I mention no names, but if Russell and Graham
were here they would understand me.
Q. What is a log ?
A. Let us go on to the next. I hate egotism.
Q. What is a buoy ?
A. The Lord Privy Seal is one, and a smart one, and in forty or
fifty years' time may do me credit.
Q. What do you mean by a bearing ?
A It's what those stockjobbers do, and I wish you'd ask them
what they mean by it. I don't understand it, but it sends City men
down to us growling dreadfully, and saying that our blunders have
something to do with it.
Q. What is a knot ?
A. A clique, or Coalition. Also the state into which a Coalition
has got the Oriental question ; but it was not my fault, because I
always wanted everything left to a friend of mine, who understood the
matter better than we did.
Q. What is the use of heaving the lead overboard ?
A. Ah ! now you've got hold of Graham's jokes. That is his
rude way of hinting that a new Premier is wanted; but I wittily tell
him—ha! ha !—that lead is better than brass ; lm ! ha! ha ! Brass—
do you take ?—ha! ha! ha!
This sparkling witticism threw its utterer and all his brothers
into such convulsions of laughter that the examination ended.