The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-09 00:00:00

HOUSE OF COMMONS--(THIS DAY.)

The Speaker took the chair at 12 o'clock; but the
proceedings of the sitting were exclusively confined
to the swearing in of Members.

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

The civic " show," on Lord Mayor's Day, which Lon-
doners, for centuries past, have always looked forward to
with pretty much the same degree of certainty as they
anticipated the return of the four seasons of the year,
has actually been dispensed with, and the streets of the
great city, to-day, presented a total absence of that ex-

citement and bustle which, at least within the recollec-
tion of the oldest inhabitant, has always been witnessed
on the occasion of the. Lord Mayor's trip to Westmin-
ster, on the 9th of November.

The main thoroughfares were not, as is ordinarily the
COO on the " Show" days, entirely closed, and the
traffic through them being wholly uninterrupted, the
business in the City was carried on as usual; and no
doubt those of the clams who prefer attending to busi-
ness rather than engaging in civic processions, felt gratified
atthe change. The determination of the Corpo-
ration to do away with the procession and banquet,
on this 9th of November, has certainly met with
the public approbation; and it will, perhaps, not be the
least honourable record in the annals of the city, that,
wedded as they naturally are to old customs, they, out
of respect to the memory of the illustrious dead,
allowed the day to pass over without any public pageant
or feasting.
Instead of proceeding by water, the Lord Mayor, and
those who on such occasions take part in the prcaes-
sion, went to Westminster in their private carriages.
The new Lord Mayor then proceeded through the
hall to the Court of Exchequer, accompanied by the
late Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and the
Mace-bearer, and several members of the Court of Al-
dermen and Common Council. The Judges on the
bench were the Lord Chief Baron and Barons Alderson,
Platt, and Martin.
The RFAIORDER in a brief complimentary address in-
troduced the new Lord Mayor to the learned barons. He
stated that Mr. Alderman Challis, who had been elected
to the high office of Chief Magistrate for the ensuing year,
was a native of the City of London, and had for many
years been respected and honoured by his fellow-citizens,
in consequence of his success in business, and his activity
and benevolence in connexion with the various charities
of London. Upon the death of Mr. Alderman Wood,
the Ward of Cripplegate selected Mr. Challis as their
alderman, and he had discharged his magisterial func-
tions most satisfactorily. In 1346, he was elected Sheriff
of London ; and he had performed the duties of that
important office with great honour to himself. At the
last general election he was returned, after a contest, as
the representative in Parliament of the Borough of
Finsbury, by one of the largest majorities that bad ever
sent a Member to that assembly. Ile was subsequently
proposed as Lord Mayor for the ensuing year, and
elected wih entire unanimity. In the course of his
speech tilt Learned Recorder alluded to the death of
the Duke of Wellington in the following terms:—lf his
Lordship had not come, upon this occasion, attended by
all the pageantry which have severally accompanied his
predecessors, it has not been from any desire to abridge
in the slightest the just splendour of his office. It
has been from a feeling which I am sure your lordships
will be tae first to acknowledge—a deferenceto the senti-
ment which would have forbidden any festive demonstratin
while the nation was waiting to pay the last and most

solemn tribute of respect to the memory of one of the
greatest heroes of the age.
The CMIET 13s.uost complimented the Lord Mayor on
the high and honourable position which he had attained,
and said he had no doubt he would ably acquit himself
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of the civic party withdrew, and returned in their car-
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intimated to the Judges, previous to his departure, that
though on the present occasion the customary banquet
would not be given this evening in the Guildhill, his
Lordship begged permission to invite them to one at
some future day.