The Sun.
London, England, 1862-11-08 00:00:00

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the fact of the Prince of WALES attaining his ma-
jority will be unofficial, informal so to speak, spon-
taneous, and =authorised, or at any rate unorigin-
ated, by the officers of the Government. Even sup-
posing that this could have been otherwise, the
circumstance of the 9th of November falling in
1862 upon a Sunday, would have necessitated the
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realms until the day following that 9th of Novem-
ber, that is to say, until Monday. As with H.R.H.'s
Birthday, so with LORD MAYOR'S Day in 1862
—both have to be regarded as if falling upon
the Monday. The only difference in this being

hat the postponement of the former until Monday

(as a day of rejoicing) will be purely treated as an
optional matter by her MArESTY's lieges. While
it is thus arranged, there is nothing of course pre-
cluding the authorities from celebrating the occa-
sion—without any courtly show or pageantry—ac-
cording to the ordinary system by the customary
distribution of honours. A Brevet could in no
way jar with the respectful dedication of the
present year of grace to the signs and evidences
of a national as well as of a courtly mourn-
ing. H.R.H. the General Commanding-in-Chief

—then, we presume, to be allowed his full title of
Commander-in-Chief of the Royal Forces—H.R.H.
the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, it is understood, will at
length receive, what he might reasonably have held
in his grasp long since, considering his services and
his popularity—his baton as a Field Marshal. A
similar recompense for yet longer and more varied
services than those of his Royal Highness will also
be awarded, it is understood, to Lord GOUGH and
to Lord CLYDE. Possibly there may be awarded
to a select few a step or so in the Peerage—a pro-
ceeding that none will regret or resent if for once it
be but carried out judiciously. A curious dilemma
occurs in regard to the award, according to custom
upon those occasions, of a baronetcy to the
then LORD MAYOR of London. H. R. H. the
Prince of Wales having been born now just one-
and-twenty years ago—of all good days in the
year—upon the Lord Mayor's Day, upon the ninth
of November, the award of the usual baronetcy,
would, under ordinary circumstances, have been a
matter of some little difficulty, or, at any rate, of
some little delicacy at the date of his Royal High-
ness attaining his majority ! It is especially a
matter of difficulty 'or delicacy under existing cir-
cumstances. For, in the first place, the bewilder-
ment is, of course, as to which of the two Lord
Mayors ought in reason and by right to obtain
the baronetcy ? Ought it to be the in-coming
Lord Mayor or the out-going Lord Mayor

—a
ROSE or a CUBITT ? The latter, that is
to say the old LORD MAYOR, that as and not (the
LORD MAYOR Elect, the one simply that is to be)
has been LORD MAYOR, as it happens, twice over,
two years in succession. He has consequently a
double prestige at the moment in regard to his
claim, a supposed claim in respect to the baronetcy
—a
double prestige the reward of his merits and
popularity. But—added to all this—it so happens
that, upon the 9th of November upon which H.R.H.
the Prince of WALES comes of age, now in this
year of grace, 1862—Lord Mayor CUBITT will still
be Lord Mayor of London! The Lord Mayor

Elect (Mr. ALDERMAN ROSE) not being sworn in
(by reason of the 9th falling this year upon a
Sunday) :until Monday, the Tenth of November !
Out of this dilemma in regard to the award of the
baronetcy, we can recognise no escape but by the
doubling of the gift for once—the awarding, that
is to say, not of one baronetcy but of two ba-
ronetcies

Sworn in though Lord Mayor ROSE has been
this day at Guildhall—it will not be until Monday
that he will be officially confirmed in the occupation
' of the civic chair upon the usual presentation at
Westminster.

The King of PRUSSIA is persisting in a course
which can have but one of two results. Either he
must crush Prussia with his army, or he and his
army must humble themselves before the will of the
people. In another speech which he has just deli•

vered to one of his got-up deputations, he has been
uttering again the most offensive despotism, couched,
as that quality always is, in paternally kind lan-
guage. He assumes the responsibility of his rebel-

lion against the constitution he was sworn to main.
tain. " The great measure"—that, we presume, of
declaring that he would spend the nation's money
without the nation's leave, and keep a larger army
than the nation wished for —this " great measure
sprang chiefly from his own initiative." He has
a small faction of reactionaries in the country, and
a large proportion in the army, who spur him on to
this arbitrary and illegal course ; but he is jealous,
apparently, of their sharing with him, except as
humble accomplices after the fact, the honour of
bearding the law of the land, and the represen-
tatives elected by the people to pronounce the
nation's opinion on the very point now in dispute.
Ha confesses that the country does not appre-
ciate his fatherly contempt for its representatives
and the law so deeply as he desires, but he is sure
they will do so in the end. He has " been afflicted
to learn that they have so badly interpreted his
language," never seeming to suspect that the peo-
ple have much more reason to be afflicted by
his language. He talks to them of the " kind
intentions of himself and his ancestors," which,
as the politeness of their representatives has not per-
mitted any expressed suspicion on that point, are
surely quite irrelevant. His subjects will not dis-
pute with him respecting motives, bat they are
warranted in trusting the " wisdom of Parlia-
liament," as compared with the wisdom of
one, not very sagacious old gentleman,
although he bears the name of King. This belief
in the superior wisdom of a " multitude of Coun-
cillors," the KING has the strange audacity to term,
a spirit of contradiction and of falsehood which
must be
~ broken before true progress can begin in
Prussia?

All this seems very like telling the people, " I
mean henceforth to govern with the Parliament, if
it will do vb hat I require of it ; Without it, if it ven-
tures to differs from me." On which plan, it is ob-
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EROR 8 religious scruples
about doing his duty at Rome—even tells
the people that religion is at stake in this
quarrel
of a King with his people over a budget and an
army ; and, lest any doubt of his real meaning
should exist, he connects all with the year of revo-
-1 lution. He says :—" The party agitations compro-
mise yet higher interests—they disturb the religi-
ons feeling of my people. This cannot be permitted ;
and I will contribute for my part to the end that
thu faith may be preserved in the midst of the
people. It is imperative that we should all see to
it, that affairs are brought into a better condition,
for many appearances recall the situation of 1848.
It is my duty and my will to p rotect all the pre-
cious interests of the country, and I will firmly
resist every unjustifiable demand. GOD will give
me strength to do it. Have confidence in me; GOD
has never abandoned Prussia."
So it seems " The Sword of GOD and King Wm-
Lux l" is to be the new cry. The country is

either too chileish yet, or too wicked and factious
to be trusted to know its own interests. The KING
knows them and " GOD will give him strength" to
protect them. How can the people but "confide"
in so pious a KING. There is, however, doubtless
much doubt in Prussian minds whether the inspi-
ration be from Heaven or from the opposite direc-
tion, especially when they see that his MAJESTY,
whether he care or not for the welfare of the people
cares very obviously for the power which shall
make him a kind of human deity in Prussia. Love
of uncontrolled power is not, in the 19th century,
held to be one of the Heaven-born virtues,

INAUGURATION OF THE NE TV LORD
MAYOR.-(THIS DAY.)

This morning the ceremony of swearing in and inducting
Mr. William Anderson Rose, alderman of the ward of
Queenhithe, the Lord Mayor elect, into the civic chair,
took place in the Guildhall, with an imposing ceremonial.
Previous to the ceremony a special Court of Aldermen was
held in the Council Chamber, at which the Lord Mayor
(Alderman Cubitt) presided, when Mr. Alderman Rose was
formally introduced, and having entered into the usual
bonds for the performance of his office, a procession was
formed, to proceed to the Common Hall to perform the
ancient customary formularies. The Lord Mayor and the
Lord Mayor elect were preceded by the Master and War-
dens of the Spectacle Makers' Company, the Bridge Master,
the City Comptroller, Mr. B. Scott, the Chamberlain, the
Town Clerk, the Cif y Rersembrancer, Mr. Secondary
Potter, Mr. Under Sheriff Maekrell, Mr. Under Sheriff
Farrar, Alderman and Sheriff J. Lawrence, Alderman and
Sheriff Hugh Jones, Alderman Sir J. Musgrove, Alder-
man Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Sir F. G. Moon, Alder-
man Wilson, Alderman Sidney, Alderman Allen, Alderman
Dakin, and other civic functionaries. The Lord Mayor having
taken the chair, and the Court opened, the Town Clerk kneel-
ing administered the oaths of allegiance and supremacy, and
the oath to preserve the rights and privileges of the livery,
and for the due performance of the duties appertaining to
the office of Lord Mayor, which having been taken and
subscribed, the Lord Mayor elect executed the deed of
covenant for the due custody of the plate and furni-
ture of the Mansion- house. After the ceremony, Mr.
Deddome, the town crier, bearing the mace, advanced from
the lower part of the hall, and de'ivered up the insignia of
his office. Mr. Sewell, the sword bearer, also advanced
and resigned his trust. The City Chamberlain, the Purse
Bearer, and the Comptroller of Accounts, also separately
advanced in like manner, and delivered up the respective
insignia of their offices. The Lord Mayor then rose from
the chair, and advancing to Alderman Rose, placed the gold
collar on his neck, and handing him the gold key of office,
inducted him into the chair as Lord Mayor for the year
ensuing. The officers who had resigned their trust were
reappointed. Immediately after the ceremony a Court of
Aldermen was held, and Alderman Rose took his seat for
the first time as Lord Mayor of London. The usual show
and presentation will take place on Monday.

LATEST NEWS.

THE WAR IN AMERICA.

(Per Asia.)

NEW YORK, OCT. 27 (Evening).
The Confederate general, Wise, is advancing to
attack Yorktown with 20,000 men.
The Confederates have evacuated Galveston,
Texas. The Federals have since occupied the city.
The Federals have also occupied Sabine Pass,

Texas.
The Confederates occupy the Tennessee shore,
opposite Island No. 10.
General Beauregard officially reports that aboli-
tionists had attacked Pocataligo and Yoosawatchie,
on the Charleston railroad, but were repulsed and
driven to their gunboats. They came in 13 gun-
boats and transports.
General Pleasanton's cavalry and Burnside's
corps have crossed the Potomac and are moving on
Leesburg.
The Federal troops on Bolivar Heights will move
forward on Monday.
Active movements are making on the Upper
Potomac.
The Democrats have carried the elections in
Pennsylvania by 3,500 majority.
In Ohio the Democratic State ticket has been
elected by 8,000 majority.
NEW YORK, OCT. 28 (Evening).
General M'Clellan has established his head-
quarters in Virginia.
The Confederate General Bragg, in his official
report of the battle at Perrysville, claims to have
driven the Federals two miles, and captured eight
pieces of artillery. The pursuit was stopped by
night. General Bragg carried from Kentucky
4,000 waggons of provisions.
Confederate Generals Price and Pillow are re-
ported on the Hatchie River, marching on Bolivar
with 70,000 men.
A small Confederate force has been defeated at
Waverley, Tennessee.
The Confederates are reported to have evacuated
Winchester, and to be moving in the direction of
Staunton, Virginia. Gen. Burnside is ad►ancing
to Winchester.
A body of Confederates visited Manassas Junc-
tion on Friday last.
A thousand Confederate cavalry have taken
possession of the Memphis and Charleston rail-
road, nine miles from Memphis. They are sup-
posed to be the advanced guard of the Confede-
rates, who are going to attack Memphis.
It is semi-officially announced that the Federal
debt up to the present time is under 660,000,000
dols., and that the outstanding claims on the Go-
vernment do not exceed 20,000,000 dole.
The Southern journals assert that the Federals
have refused to permit aliens to leave the South on
board flag of truce boats.

TURIN, Nov. 8.

In consequence of the advice of the physicians
attending upon Garibaldi, he expressed his wish to
be conveyed to Pisa. The removal was accordingly
effected to-day, without inconvenience to the
patient, on board the steamer Moncalieri.

MADRID, Nov. 8.
The _Mario Espanol asserts that the Queen o.
Spain is enciente.

The Correspondencia confirms the intelligence of
the Spanish Envoy, Senor Ceballos, having quitted
Mexico.

COPENHAGEN, NOT. 7.

The draught of the reply to be given to the Prus-
sian despatch and the Austrian memorandum was
submitted to the King on Wednesday last by the
Privy Council, and has been approved by his
Majesty.
The Government has decided upon transferring
the offices of the Ministry for Holstein-Lauenberg
to Plon, in Holstein.

The Chancellery and the Minister for Holstein
Lauenberg himself are to remain here.
Count Fritz-Moltke has been appointed Presiden'
of the Provincial Government of Holstein,Lauen
berg.

The Kisg, in reply t© a congratulatory address
presented yesterday by a deputation from the
Council of the Empire, said i--
" I entirely agree with the policy of the Ministry,
and I confidently hope that all difficulties may yet
be happily overcome and a settlement obtained."
To-day all the members of the Council of the
Empire have been invited to dine with the King.

TRIESTE, Nov. 7.
Fugitives from Greece continue to arrive here.
Athens is reported to be quiet.
Grivas has made pecuniary claims upon the

Ministry.
The Turkish troops upon the frontiers of Greece
have again been reinforced.