The Sun.
London, England, 1863-11-09 00:00:00

THE SU N, LONDON, AI ON DAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 9, 1863.

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THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF DUBLIN.

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The Very Rev. R. Chenevix Trench, D.D., Dean of
Westminster and of the Order of the Bath, has definitively
accepted the Archbishopric of Dublin, with the Chancellor-
ship of the Order of St. Patrick, tendered to him by Lord
Palmerston. Although an Englishman by education and
settlement, Dr. Trench is an Irishman by birth and extrac-
tion, and his appointment is likely to meet with general
favour across the Channel.

This eminent poet. scholar, and divine was born on Sept.
9, kBO7, so that he is in his b7th year. He is the second son
of Mr. Richard Trench, of Botley, Hants, barrister-at-law,
by Melesina Chenevix, relict of Col. St. George, and daugh-
ter of the Rev. Philip Chenevix (son and heir of Richard
Chenevix, Archbishop of Waterford, 1741-9), a lady whose
interesting journal, edited by her son, the Dean of West-
minster, was published a year or more ago, and was one of
the most valuable books of the season. The family is a Gal-
way one. Frederic Trench settled in that county 150 years
ago, and his descendant, Frederic of Woodlawn, M.P. for
Portarlington, created Lord Ashton in 1800, was Mr.
Richard Trench's elder brother. The present Lord Ashtown
is first cousin as well as brother-in-law to the new arch-
bishop, who is connected with the Whites of Woodlands'
Lord Bloomfield, Lord Drogheda, and other Irish families'
besides having considerable landed property in Ireland him-
self, bequeathed to hint by his father.

Dean Trench was educated at Harrow School and Trinity
College, Cambridge, graduating in 1829. After being for a
short time incumbent of Curdridge, Hants, he became curate
to the present Bishop of Oxford at Alverstoke, in the same
county, in 1841, from which period may be dated his literary
reputation and professional advancement. The bishop and
his quondam curate have always been on terms of the great-
est intimacy, and no one can have heard the latter preach
without recognising the manner of the master. When the
Bishop of Oxford became Dean of Westminster, Lord
Ashburton presented Mr. Trench to the.rectery of ltchin-
Stoke, near Winchester. In this position, outside his parish,
which is a model of neatness and beauty, moral as well as
natural, there was little for Mr. Trench's activity to \yolk
upon, for the theological atmosphere of Winchester was not
to his taste, and he took very little pains- onlicoal the fact:
In 1845.6, he was Huleean lecturer at Cambridge, and in
047 he accepted the divinity professorship in King's Col-
lege, London, an office which at once brutal-lit him into the
best London society, as he had by that time become widely
known as a poet. and a writer. In 1855-6 it was supposed
that h 4 would have had the Bishopric of Gloucester, but
some hitch occurred, and, by way of compensation, the
Deanery of Westminster was conferred upon him. Here he
has been chiefly known for his establishment of the Sunday
evening services, and for his readiness to preach and lecture
anywhere in London for good objects. His management of
Westminster School has not been successful, but his heart
was in his study, and he left the business of the abbey and
its estates to Lord John Thynne and Dr. Cureton. It must
be said, however, that Dr. Trench, who advocated the re-
moval of the school into the country, and the abolition of
the time-honoured play, had the manliness and candour to
bow to the expressed wish of the old Westminsters' com-
mittee, and to announce his intention of doing his best for
the improvement of the school, while retaining its time-
honoured customs.

It need not be said that Dean Trench is known as an au-
thor wherever the English language is spoken. As a poet
his " Sabbation," ," Honor Neale," and especially his
"Justin Martyr" and " Genoveva" have long ago entitled
him to a similar rank among poets to that occupied by his
friend Lord Houghton. As a divine, his "Notes on the
Parables," "" on the Miracles," "on the Sermon on the
Mount," &c., have passed through several editions, and are
standard theological works among the clergy and candidates
for ordination. As a philologist his " Study of Words" is,
perhaps, his most popular book; but literary men know
that ho is one of the projectors of the new English cll.:-
tionary—the design of whichhe introduced to the world with
his essay "On the deficiencies of our English Dictionaries."
In his views the new archbishop is High Church-3S the
Bishop of Oxford is High Church, with large sympathies
for all sections within the Church, and without the slightest
particle of intolerance or fanacticism in his composition. If
he is equally on good terms with the Bishop of Oxford, Mr.
11aurice, Mr. Thaokeray, and Lord Houghton, it may be
safely said that he will never be liable to the charge of
illiberality. He is likely to be an ornament to his native
country, and the mainstay of her Church in days which
may be critical.
Dean Trench married, in 1832, the Hon. Frances Mary,
sister of the present Lord Ashtown, and daughter of Mr.
Frederic Trench, brother of the first per, by whom he has
had a very large family.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

THE NAVY.

The screw launch Experiment, fitted with twin screws
driven by double cylinder engines of 3-horse collective power
(nominal), made her second official trial at Portsmouth, on
Saturday, under the supervision of Commander Brett, of
her Majesty's ship Asia, the trial being conducted by Mr.
J. Ward, assistant to the chief engineer of Portsmouth
dockyard, and Mr. G. Murdoch, inspector of machinery
afloat. The wind was from the eastward, raising a slight
swell on the water that was rather against the chance of
the vessel exhibiting her hightest possible rate of speed.
A reference to the figures appended will, however, show
that the speed attained on the present trial was rather in
excess of that on the first trial ; but, as a higher and more
uniform pressure of steam was maintained on the present
than on the previous trial, there is no doubt that had
the conditions of force of wind and smoothness of
water been equal, the experiments would have realised a
speed of seven knots. On reaching the measured mile in
Stokes•bay four runs were made, with both propellers
working, with the following results :-Ist run 6.394 knots.
steam pressure 601b5.; 2d, 7.1.14 knots, steam pressure,
621b5.; 3d, 6,428 knots, steam pressure 62Ibs. ; 4th, 7128
knots, steam pressure 641bs. The mean speed of the four
runs was 6.780 knots. The evolutions of the engines ranged
from 302 to 304. Two runs were made with one propeller
(the port) only working, the results being :-Ist run, 4.551
knots, steam pressure 601115.-; 2d, 4 075.knets, steam.-peos-
sure 601bs. The mean speed wars 4.613 knots, the revolu-
tion of engines ranged from 320 to 360. These results
being found sufficiendy conclusive as to the boat's speed,
using both or only one propeller, she was next tested in
making circles, which were completed as follows :—With
both propellers going ahead—Half circle to starboard, 35
sec. ; to port, 32 sec. ; fall circle, to starboard, 1 min. 8
s ;to port, 1 min. 8 sec. The diameter of the circle was
nearly three times the boat's length. With one propeller
driving ahead and the other astern, the following results
were obtained, the boat, as will be anticipated from previous
trials with twin screw vessels when driving their screws in
opposite directions, revolving after the fashion of a turn-
table, but with a spiral motion astern :—Half circle, to
starboard, 35 sec. ; to port, 32 sec: ; full circle to starboard,
1 min. 57 sec. ;to port, 1 min. 37 sec, It will be seen that
in twisting the boat round a circle the diameter of which is
her own length, a somewhat longer time is occupied than
in going round one three times her length. In the one in-
stance speed is sacrificed to the circle's diameter, and in the
other instance it is the reverse. The power of steering the
boat by the screws alone was next tested, and was at-
tended with the same certain result which has always
attended a similar experiment with twin screws. In
fact the boat, it was found, could be steered by her
screws alone with a precision and ease equal, if not
superior, to what would have attended the use of her
rudder. This exactness or ease may not probably be found so
readily attainable in a vessel of large tonnage, but there can
be no possible doubt that a vessel of any tonnage may be
steered with perfect safety in the Thames, or any other
river having a sufficient depth of water, by her screws alone
and without any rudder. Some further trials will be made
at Portsmouth with the Experiment, it being intended to
try her with her masts and sail on board, and her bow gun
and carriage fixed in their positions, and with her other
stores on board. It is very likely that this last trial will not
be attended with the most satisfactory results, as the boat
would then be too deep in the water either for speed or sea-
worthiness, It is the intention of the Admiralty to fit all
launches of first-class ships in the same manner in which
the Experiment is fitted, and simply as steam-tenders or
tow-boats they will be invaluable to the ship they belong
to. Towing the ship's boats, with their respective
crews on board, or any armed expedition, with her own
crew as riflemen, but with no big gun, the steam launch
would move along at a good speed ; but the load of a heavy
gun and its ammunition and masts and sails would so reduce
her speed as to render her all but useless as a towing vessel
to the other boats of the ship. With a ship's launch steam •
ing up an enemy's river with the other boats of the ship in
tow the crews of the latter would not expose themselves in
rowing, and, in addition, could bring their rifles to bear on
the river's banks from under the cover of their boats' bul-
warks, if not engaged in working the boat's gun. The Rus-
sians have for some time supplied single screw steam
launches to their ships on foreign service, and use them
chiefly as a means of transport, Her Majesty's ship Warrior
will, it is expected, be the first vessel in the British Navy
ahatwill be supplied with ona aLthe twin screw launches. -
The Orontes, screw iron troopship, Capt. W. H. Hire,
arrived at.Spitheird, late on Friday evening, from Malta and
Gibraltar. The military invalids were transferred from the
ship on Saturday to Natley Hospital, and the time-expired
men, women, and children, insane men and prisoners, to
the depots of their regiments, &c. The naval invalids were
transferred to her Majesty's ship Victory, and the Royal
and Naval Hospital at Haslar. Two warders and 32 con-
victs (the latter are tickets-of-leave), who also came from
Gibraltar in the ship, were transferred to the convict prism
at Portsea. Soma 700 tons of old stores and a large quantity
of condemned powder has been sent to England in the ship
rom Malta and Gibraltar, The Orontes sailed from Malta
on the 31st ult., leaving at anchor there her Majesty's ship
Hydra, Procris, and Redpole. The Malacca, 20, screw)
sailed from the Rock for England on the 20th ult. The Gib-
raltar, screw, liner, Capt. Prevost, sailed for Malta on the
31st ult. The Racoon, 20, screw, Capt. Count Gleichen, was
lying at Malaga. At Malta there was dullness of trade, and
consequent grumbling ashore, owing to the lengthened ab-
sence of the fleet at the Piraeus, Since leaving England the
Orontes has done very efficient service in the Mediterranean
in the exchange of regiments between Malta and Gibraltar,
and in the performance of which duty the conduct and at-
tention to the wants of their military passengers of Capt.
Hire and his officers are spoken of in very high terms. It
is, however, stated that although the Orontes was designed
and constructed for an improved Himalaya, she is, in fact,
very far from being even the equal of that vessel. Her ma-
chinery is of insufficient power, and she can with difficulty
average 10 knots. Her steering power is also defective, her
wheel requiring considerable alterations. At present it
takes six men in ordinary weather to steer her. She is an
excellent sea boat and remarkably easy in, rough weather.
Her immediate requirements (to make her approach the
Himalaya in comfort to her passengers and speed) are, a
poop on the upper deck, and the present cabin space on the
main deck added to the troop berthing ; some alterations to
her machinery, and additional boiler space. It will take
about three weeks to make good her ordinary defects.
The crew of the screw steamship Desperate, 8, were paid
off on Saturday at Devonport, in the presence of Admiral.
Superintendent Symonds. The sloop will be placed in the
3d division of the Steam Reserve in Hamoaze.

The paddlewheel steam-tender Sprightly, from Parts.
mouth, arrived on Saturday at Plymouth, with supernume-
raries for the Royal Adelaide.

The Emerald, 35, screw steam-frigate, 2,913 tons, 600-
horse power, Capt. A. Cumming, which recently formed one
of the Channel squadron, was paid out of commission by
Capt. Charles Wise, A.D.C., Superintendent of Sheerness-
dockyard, on Saturday. On Friday the officers of the dock-
yard and Sheerness Steam Reserve inspected the vessel
and machinery, and she is to be placed in the 3d division of
the Steam Reserve.

The sailing transport Empress, belonging to Messrs.
boulder Brothers, taken up by the War Department for
the transport of the 4th battalion Military Train to Auck-
land, New Zealand, sailed from -Woolwich pier yesterday
morning, in tow of two steamtugs as far as the Nore. The
ship's hold was stowed well up with war stores of every de-
scription, consisting of guns, trenching tools, tents, forage,
hospital comforts, and an immense number of cases idled
with saddlery, harness, &c., amounting to 100 tons mea-
surement, and 100 tons of powder and ammunition in her
magazines. A large number of sheep, pigs, and poultry
were shipped for the voyage, and a patent distilling appa-
ratus will supply 550 gallons of fresh water per day. The
married officers and a proportionate number of the men are
accompanied by their wives and families,
The following appointments were made on Saturday at
the Admiralty :—Lieut. H. R. E erners, to the Liffey; Lieut,
H. C. Onslcw, to the Tamar ; Arthur Blennerhassen, mid-
shipman, to the Royalist; Jas. H. 'Wallis, assist.• surgeon,
to the Cumberland; Arthur J. Ireland, assist.-surgeon, to
the Duke of Wellington; and George Doveson, clerk, to the
Adventure.

during the past fortnight, principally from the 30th and 23d
Depot Battalions at Aberdeen and Cork.

The preparations for the Crawley court.martial being
completed on the part of the prosecution, it is intended,
should Col. Crawley not require more time to arrange his
defence, that the Court shall assemble on Thursday next.
Apartments in the club-house have been fitted up for him,
to prevent the unpleasantness of his removal to and from
the court. The members of the Court will comprise Gen.
Sir George Wetherell, President ; Major- Gens. Lawrenson
(Inspector of Cavalry), Russell (commanding 3d Infantry
Brigade at Aldershott), Rumley (Inspector of Infantry),
and Hodge (commanding Cavalry Brigade at Aldershott) ;
Col. Gambier, Royal Artillery ; Col. Oakes, 12th Lancers ;
Lieut.-Col. Jenyns, 13th Hussars ; and Lieut.-Col. Sargent,
let battalion 3d Buffs. Sir Alfred Horsford will be prose-
cutor, and Col. Pipon officiating Judge. Advocate-General.
On Friday, in accordance with the sentence of a court-
martial, the ceremony of drumming out a soldier was per-
formed at Aldershott. The culprit was Private Peter
O'Donnell, of the 76th Regiment, whose extraordinary
attempt at desertion was noticed in the Sun about three
months ago. It will be remembered that O'Donnell
escaped, with bis rifle, bayonet, and 20 rounds of ammuni-
tion in his possession, into the Long Valley, and for three
days kept a pursuing party at bay, being ultimately lost
sight of in the direction of Reading. Subsequently he quietly
returned to his regiment, was placed under arrest, and tried
by court-martial for the offence. Being found guilty on the
several counts of desertion, firing at a corporal of the 76th
Regiment and a private of the 6th Dragoon Guards, and of
losing various articles of regimental apparel, ammunition,
&c, he was adjudged to undergo four years' penal servitude,
to be ignominioualy.oxpalled her MAjp.s.ty:a_service, and to
be branded with the letter " D." The two companies of
the 76th Regiment remaining at Aldershott having
assembled in the barrack square, together with the band
of the 60th Rifles, the prisoner was marched out haud:i
cuffed, wearing only his shirt and trousers, as when last
seen at the period of his escape. Since his arrest he has
constantly feigned insanity, and he now exhibited a very
defiant bearing. The companies being drawn into line,
and the front rank marched 15 paces to the front, Captain
O'Donoghue, the senior officer in command, read the charge
and the finding of the court-martial, together with the whole
list of offences recorded against the prisoner, from which it
appeared that his name had figured in the defaulters' book
41 times, and that he had previously, at Glasgow, been sen-
tenced to 112 days' imprisonment, and to be branded with
the letter D. On the conclusion of the reading of the sen-
tence the prisoner threw his cap high in the air and shouted,
" Long live Queen Victoria! Good bye 1 Three cheers for
old Ireland I" Quickly stepping out, he was followed by the
band of the 60th Rifles playing " The Rogue's March." On
arriving at the end of the line he turned round, bowed nearly
to the ground, again shouted " Good bye," and threw his
cap into the air three or four times. He was then marched
under an escort of_the 60th Rifles, to the military prison to
undergo his full term of punishment.
A detachment of 100 non-commissioned officers and men
of the Royal Artillery have arrived at the headquarters of
the Ist division of the depot brigade, Royal Artillery, from
the depot brigade at Warley, to undergo a course of instruc-
tion in gunnery previously to embarking for service in India
or the colonies.

The hired transport King Arthar arrived at Spithead on
Saturday, from the Thames, and was yesterday towed into
Portsmouth harbour, to embark the head-quarters of the
55th Regiment for conveyance to Madras.

On Saturday afternoon the Royal Artillery four•oared
gig attached to Staddon Fort, in Plymouth Sound, left the
Barbican Pier for Bovisand, under the control of Sergeant
Drew, No. 7 Battery, 4th Brigade, besides whom there were
in her Gunners Hamlyn, Fiederick Hawkings, William
Stevens, Sieveley, Robert Johnson, and James Mahoney,
Mrs. Drew, wife of Sergeant Drew, Mrs. Wilson, wife of
Bombardier Wilson, and Mrs. Brown, wife of Bombardier
Brown, all belonging to the same battery. It appears that
after she had left the Barbican, and when in the Sound, the
oars were taken in and their canvas—a sprit .sai'.—hoisted.
Just opposite Staddon Point, shortly before 4 o'clock, a
sudden squall from north-west jibbed the boat, which cap-
sized and turned bottom up. The cries of the people having
been heard by the sentry on Staddon Fort. an alarm was
instantly raised and artillerymen from the barracks rushed
down the hill. Some jumped into the contractor's boat,
others assisted in manning the coastguard boat, and both
pulled out. Considerable time had, however, Elapsed, and,
on coming up to the capsized boat, two persons only were
on it—viz., Sieveley and Mrs. Drew. The former was vainly
seeking to save the like of the latter, who, although cling-
ing to the keel of the boat, was quite dead. Johnson was
pulled up by his comrades with a rope from Bovisand Pier.
Mahoney swami aehorer -All -the rest .wereAraw.u.e.d,-and-
none of their bodies are as yet recovered.
The screwCo.),Captainsteamship Sea king (belonging to Messrs.
Robertson Pinel, 1,5 u 0 tons burden, went
new
a
alongside Woolwich pier on Saturday, in the service of the
War Department, and commenced shipping 1,400 quarter-
barrels of prepared ammunition for the colonial government
of New Zealand. A large amount of stores is in readiness
for shipment, including two complete batteries of 12-
pounder Armstrong guns, and No. 4 battery, 4tn brigade
Royal Artillery, in command of Lieut.-Col. Barston, will
embark on Thursiay morning for passage to New Zealand.
The strength of the battery has been increased to 258 non-
commissioned officers and men by a member of volunteers
from other brigades since their arrival at Woolwich. The
officers, whose names have been inserted in a former num-
ber of The Sun, are 15 in number. There are likewise six
officers' wives and five children, and 60 women.

REPORT ON RAILWAYS.—The Commission ap-
pointed in November, 1861, by the Minister of
Agriculture, Commerce, and Public Works, to inquire into
the working and construction of railways in France, has
just published a voluminous but highly interesting report,
and it is signed by the vice-president, M. Michel Cheva-
ier, senator, and the secretary, M. Adolphe Moreau,
auditor at the Council of State, whose ability and skill
in putting together the materials collected with great pains
and research, reflect equal credit on his industry and talent,
and fully entitle him to the honour of having his name
asssociated with that of so eminent a man as M. Michel
Chevalier. There is not a point of interest connected with
the subject that has not been thoroughly sifted in this
volume, wbieh may be considered more in the light of a
treatise on railways than of a dry offieial report. We
glean the following recommendations of the Commission as
most likely to interest the general reader. Touching the
speed of express trains, which in France does not exceed
a maximum of 57 kilometres (351 miles) an hour, while in
England it attains as much as 71 kilometres (44 miles)
an hour, the Commission acknowledges the expediency of
raising the average speed to 60 kilometres, but admits that
this condition cannot be imposed upon railway companies
in the case of lines the gradients of which require a slack-
ened speed in the interest of the passengers themselves and
their personal security ; that it is desirable that there should
be at least one express train per day each way on every line,
and that, although no steps should be taken in the matter,
it would be desirable to admit second and third class pas-
sengers to the advantage of the express train. Regarding
omnibus trains, there should be one at least of these trains
per day on the principal lines, going at the rate of 40 kilo-
metres ('25 miles) per hour. The correspondence or check
granted to a passenger for the purpose of exchanging the
line by which he has come for another which crosses it has
always been the object of special agreement between the
companies. The agreements are communicated to the Go-
vernment, and cannot come into force until the sanction of
the Minister has been obtained. As this necessity usually
causes great delay, and therefore inconvenience to the pub-
lic, the commission is of opinion that the agreement should
be allowed to be acted upon five days after it has been com-
municated to the Government. The Minister may then, if
necessary, suppress it ; but if it should work well, he may
sanction it at his leisure. Concerning the important qu!s-
don of personal security in trains, so as to prevent the
recurrence of such crimes as that of the murder f
.01
Poinsot, the Commission examines at length the
various
Poinsot, of -
plans plans proposed, such a 5 ;2ell-handles within the_rroeamoor.
passengers, or the guard being' enjoined to pass
riae to carriage by means of the l'ootboards and handles,
ei p
&c., and arrives at the conclusion that the -,116.. *l:mischief's
enable any one to stop the train, either
groundless
sake, or from some foolish motive olimp:acticable
fear ; and that the second plan
...ow., ani where
on these lines where the tunnels are toorr"
At all events,
the guard would be exposed to lose his
al ry to render pas-
legislative enactments would be n
fdfotdhfeorCothminardi.sesliaosns
sengers liable to punishment if the
means placed at their disposal fordattieelf
apparatus,
ybeemesausdrepeaseboadt useot
aoifnitnhge
assistance. Another recommendation
be
astperaoelvooi coke, whenever
esocn:ttr
ofinotnibuses
to
carriages,is, that e t
andher curtains
that
coal or
be blindsused
the railway stations. Concerning the goods' trains, the
the
a enginealso advocatesi s pl.
ovtibdeedadwmitishsiaensa
Commission is of opinion that the present rate of 125 kilo-
,' ought to be raised to 200 kilometres.
metres per hours
speedy romote the '
But in order further to p
deli of goods,
- that companies be authorised
it propos.,s to convey mode-
rately-sized parcels by express, but only from one terminus
to another, the total weight not to exceed '2,000 kilos.
The diminution of stoppages is a great consideration with
the Commission throughout the report, where it is stated
that with this view an apparatus has been invented
fore :changing mailbags not exceeding 12 kilogrammes at
without stopping
the station: the trains. Lastly, the com-
mission propPe6 to empower companies to modify their
tariffs, on condo,
on of their communicating them to the
Government. If aftet.,a month the latter has not interfered,
the tuff may be put in 'roe ; but the Minister has always
the right of suspe,,oingll "
he volume is full of interest-
ing details, antl i
WC. worth Itoperusal of profession al
Men.

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LORD MAYOR'S DAY,

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This day the customary civic procession went
from Gaildhall to Westminster, where Alderman
William Lawrence, recently chosen Lord Mayor of
the City. of London for the year ensuing, was pre-
sented to the Barons of the Exchequer, sitting in
their court, with all the usual pomp and circum-
stance. The , weather was auspicious, and great
crowds of persons lined the whole route through
which the cortege passed.

The procession formed in the open space in front
of the Guildhall at the usual hour, 12 o'clock, and
proceeded by the following route—Gresham-street,
Coleman-street, London-wall, Moorgate-street,
Princes-street, King William-street, Canon-street,
St. Paul's Churchyard, Fleet-street, Strand, to
Westminster.

The Lord Mayor was attended as usual by his
ancient knights and esquires armed cap-a-pie, men
in brass and steel, with plumed helmets, lance and
standard bearefs, &e., and although the cavalcade
was not as extensive as on former occasions, yet it
was quite as attractive, and pleased the thousands
of holiday maker's and sight seers quite as well as
if it had been of more than ordinary length.
The following was the order of procession :

The Band of the London Rifle Volunteer Brigade.
_
'Three Trumpeters.
The Band of the Royal Society for the Protection of Life

from }ire.
Watermen bearing the Banners of the following Livery
• - Companies of the' Oltref'llondOrk

Spectacle Makers' Company.
Loriners' Company.
Plasterers' Company.
Coopers' Company.
Inn-Holders' Company.
Painter Stainers' Company.
Saddlers' 'Company.
Ironmongers' Company.

Salters' Company.
V2l
.. g Goldsmith's Company. Et P.
i
~ a Fishmongers' Company.
a Master and Wardens of Fruiterers Company in ar, i
...
Pi 0 Carriage. `.4 7..
The Band of the Third Tower Hamlets Volunteer Brigade.
Banner of the Arms of the Worshipful Company of
Carpenters.
Banner of the Arms of the late Sir Win. Staines, Knight,
_ _ _

Lord Mayor 1801.
Banner of the Arms of the late Alderman Lawrence.
Banner of the Arms of Robert William Kennard, Esq.,

M.P.
' Banner of the Arms of Alderman James Clarke 0
f 4
a Lawrence. Pcs
*4 The Union Jack. Ts
O Banner of the Arms of the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. r-,
U The Royal Standard
_ __

The Beadle bearing the Company's Mace.
The Clerk of the Company, in his Chariot. .2
5 The Members of the Court of Assistants, in their .1g
a. Carriages.
aThe Wardens of the Company, in their Carriage. ';gl
The Master of the Company, in his Chariot, attended
by the Chaplain.
Watermen bearing the following Banners :
Royal Standard.
Banner of England. Union sack.
Banner of S3otland. Banner of Ireland.
Six Streamers of the City.. Banner of the City of
Arms. London.
The Band of the Grenadier Guards.
Description of the Armour worn by the Knights and
Esquires in the Procession.
First Knight, _

In a plain Cap-a-pie Suit of Armour of the early part of the
17th Century, attended by Two Esquires; one a Swords-
man in a Suit of Black and White Armour, the other in
a Demi-Lance Suit.
Second Knight, _ _

In Tilting Armour, early part of the 16th Century, attended
by Two Esquires; one in Cavalier Suit of Laugruned
Armour, the other in Cavalier Suit of Bright Armour.
Third Knight, _ _ _

In Tilting Suit of the Second Half of the 16th Century, at-
tended by Two Eiquires ; one in Half Suit of Bright
Armour, the other representing a D.:ani-Lance.
Fourth Knight. _

In a Cap-A-pie Suit of Engraved Armour of the First Ralf
---ef--the-1664-C4mtary, uttendod by Two 14. en-at-A rnis in

Foot Armour.

Fifth Knight,

:n a Cap-à-pie Suit of Bright Ationr of the First lialf of
the 16tu Century, attended by Two Esquires; one in a
Suit of Splints with engraved Moricn, the other in a
Back-plate of Steel.
Sixth Knight, _ _

In a Cap-à-pie Suit of Black and White Armour of the
First Half of the 16th Century, attended by Two
Esquires; one in Maltese Armour, the other in. Italian
Armour.
The Band of the Irish Rifle Volunteers.
The Two Under Sheriffs.
The Officers of the Corporation of London.
Three Trumpeters.

Mr. Sheriff Cave, in his State Chariot, drawn by Four
Horses, Attended by his Chaplain.
Three Trumpeters.
Mr. Sheriff Nissen, in his State Chariot, drawn by Four

Horses, Attended by his Chaplain.
The Band of the Hon. Artillery Company.
Tho Aldermen who have not Passed the Chair.*
The Recorder.
The Aldermen who have Passed the Chair.
THE LATE LORI) MAYOR.
The LADY MAYORESS, in her STATE CARRIAGE

Will Join the Procession on its return
from Westminster.
The Lord Mayor's Servants in State Liveries.
The Band of the let Life Guards, ounted.
The City Marshal on Horseback.
Gentlemen of the Lord Mayor's Household.
THE RIGHT HON. THE LORD baY°ll".
In his State Carriage, Drawn by Six Horses,
Attended by the Chaplain, Sword Bearer, and Common Crier
Guard of Honour, on Horseback.
The Military Escort will be a Detachment of the
12th Lancers.

COURT OF ExcIaQUER.
On the arrival of the Lord Mayor at Westminster
Hall, his Lordship at once proceeded to the Court
of Exchequer. a standing position in front
The civic party took
of the bench reserved for Queen's
counsel.
Th® RECORDER rho addressed the Court and
said—My Lord Chid Baron, I have the honour to
introduce to your lordship and this Court the Right
Hon. William Lawrence, elected by the citizens of
London to fill the office of Lord Mayor for the year
The gracious approval of her Majesty has
ensuing,
ratified the choicec of the citizens, and now his lord-
ship
required tor one entering upon the performance of
soh a responsible and important office. The
learned gentleman after proceeded to give
a brief outline of the career of the now
Lord Mayor, who, he remarked, had carried ona
very extensive business for many • years, and in all
his dealings had been characterised by honour and
integrity. He concluded by saying
Lawrence was held in the that Alderman
highest esteem by his
fellow-citizens.

The LORD CHIEF
upon
BAR
oX congratulated Alder-
man Lawrence having attained the honour
so highly-prized and eagerly
sought after by every
citizen, viz., that of be
ing elected Lord Mayor of
London and Chief eing
Magistrate of the City of Lon-
don. Ho was not one of those who thought the
present proceeding an idle and unnecessary pageant,
because the new Lord Mayor appeared before the
Court to claim certain rights and privileges which
15ave belonged to the City from time immemorial.
He felt much gratified at the account he had heard
from tit:ke learned Recorder, and he had no doubt that
during hik: lordship's year of office he would exert him-
self to pertain his duties in the most advantageous
and efficient mtznner, that he was certain he would
succeed, so that ai its termination he would con-
tinue to deserve the good opinion of his fellow-
citizens. The Lord Chief Baron concluded
on hie
s
remarks by congratulating Alderman Rose
manner he had fulfilled his term of office, embracing
as it did some of the most important events that had
occurred for many years.
Alderman LAWRENCE then bowed his acknow.

ledgments.
The Lon]) MAYOR was then sworn. The late
Lord Mayor was also sworn to render unto her
majesty a full account of the receipts onaceounhtoef
the Crown during
his Mayoralty, and
~ to behave
himself properly" according to the old for
. m of oath,
whilst he did so.
'rho other formalities having been ,
B',)n through,

The Lord Mayor, the late Lord
officers of the City then witlL
through the other courts, the la
the Recorder, invited the presi_
City banquet.
The procession then returned to the City from
Westminster by way of the Strand, Fleet-street,
Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's-churchyard, Cheapside,
King-street, to Guildhall. The London Rifle Bri-
gade met the procession at Temple-bar, and preceded
the Lord Mayor to Guildhall, where they formed a
guard of honour.

Mr. Cobden on the Conduct of the British
Authorities in Japan.

The following letter from Mr. Cobden has been received
by Mr. Ashworth, Mayor of Rochdate _

" l‘dh
My dear Sir,—Circumstaneesliwilul"fprf Novembereveat
me
e 4.
front
Paying my accustomed visit to Rochdale previous to the 9th
inst., and I fear I shall therefore not have the satisfaction
of attending a public meeting under your presidency as
mayor. I regret this both on personal and public givunds.
I should have taken the opportunity of calling the atten-
tion of my constituents to the last news from the East.
"I have been reading carefully- the official coriespoml-
n respecting our recent proceedings in
eJaelljus.lttPiusbs
al horrible
ribnarrative, which I find difficult to
treat with calmness. It appears that a despatch was sent
by Ear) Russell, instructing the British representatives in
th to blin despatch,t h prince's
tho
British e
that country to demand redress from Prince Satsuma, one
of its feudal chiefs or daimios, for the murder of Mr.
Richardson, and, in default of which, discretion was given
to our naval commander, either to 'seize or detain' the
town
prince's steamvessels, or shell his residence, or blockade his
steamers,port. Tandanemreidruager
ptnrfi,orcacceeedtooeradthifnoegrthtwi of Kagosima, when, too his own
quote his language, 'the conflagration thus created con-
tinued with unabated ardour up to the time of the depar-
ture of the squadron, 48 hours subsequently to the first at-
tack,' which, he proceeds to say, affords reasonable ground
for believing that the entire town of Kagosima is now a
mass of ruins;' and he expresses his`trust that her Ma-
jesty's 'Government will bepleasedto approve' his deeds.
"It is stated, I know not how truly, that Kagosima is a,
city of more than 150,000 inhabitants. In an interesting
account of Japan, which appeared in the Revue des Deux
Mondes of the 15th October, from the pen of M. Adolpho
Linden, a recent traveller in that country, this place is de-
scribed as L'un des plus oonsiderables entrepots du com-
merce de rile de Kiou-siou.'

without previous warning, of a city of even 100,000 inhabi-
rea"lNy oimw,plleietambeyasthkeyoduostoulicoonstioind,erwfoitrh
a moment what
incendiary eltants. There is always in such towns hundreds of infants
at their mothers' breasts, thousands of children under five
years of age, hospitals with their sick, and numbers of
aged and infirm, tottering on the brink of the grave;
there, too, must be women over whom the pangs of
maternity are impending, and there will be found homes
filled with mourning for the dead who are awaiting tho
rites of sepulchre. Such is the normal condition of every
large city, whether in Asia or Europe. Now, picture this
great commercial entrepot, with all its contents, reduced in
43 hours to a heap of ashes ; try to realise in imagination.
the fate of its population ; and then ask yourself what great
crime they had committed to bring on themselves this havoc
and destructi, n. To our shame and confusion the answer
must be that this is the way in which Englishmen, under
the command of Admiral Kuper and Colonel Neale, ad-
minister justice for the murder of an individual 100 miles
away—of which crime the inhabitants of Kagosima were as
guiltless of all knowledge and complicity as your own
neighbours in Rochdale. It is precisely as though an
enemy should lay Bristol in ashes because 'an individual
had been murdered on tho highway between London and
Brentford. And tho chief actors in this outrage on
gapponroobawtioornd
ooff
threogirreat
00-r
eilvmueromotroonnt,Ytc:oionallytelaady ocflaiemxPtoretrashien

"There has been much criticism in this country on the
manner in which the civil war has been conducted by the
Americans, We have been prompt to condemn a people,
over whom we have no control, for acts for which we are
in nowise responsible. I remember the indignation with
which the Prime Minister denounces General Butler's pro-
elamation in which he threatened to consign to the cala-
house those women who should insult his soldiers in the
streets of New Orleans. Will he and his colleagues now
make themselves and the country accomplices after the
tact in these atrocities of their own agents, who, in coa-
-1 temptuous disregard of the instructions of their G overn-
ment, have brought this heavy disgrace upon the country
I trust not. But, at all events, let us not forget that our
moral power in the world is at stake ; that if, as a people,
we condone such crimes as these, when penetrated in our
name by those for whom, under heaven, we are alone re-
sponsible, we shall only invite the scorn of mankind by
assuming to tit in judgment, as moral censors upon the
delinquencies of other nations.-Believe me, Yours sincerely,
" Mr. G. L. Ashworth. Mayor." " R. COBDEN,

SS
nod BenAthTnEsiNalstAieN.—succelsisEoAt
the he7rl:ahte
tragictrium artiste,phat
Miss BATEMAN, on her first appaarance in the character of
LEAH, in tne new five act Drama of that title, having been
nightly repeated, and even exceeded during the lasr four
weeks, amidst the applause and tears of crowded audiences,
and ti.eprofoun i impression created upon all who have wit-
neased the touching impersonation by Miss Bateman of the
heart-broken Jewish maiden, being confirmed by the unani-
-I,nons verdict and critical approval the entire press, the
Zankzerot the NEW ADEL PH I THEATRE has the honour
Thnnounce that Mias BA.T EMAN will appear in the New
ra of LEA II EVERY EVENING till urther notice ; and
for Mer to meet, as far as possible, the increasing demand
exisltaulls, has added two more rows to those previously
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