The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-07 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

The inauguration of the new Lord Mayor, Alderman
Sidney, is to be celebrated on Wednesday next. No-
thing daunted by the inquiry of the commission now
sitting, the corporation have decided on installing their
new chief magistrate into office with nearly all the cere-
mony and pageantry of ancient date. The novel fea-
tures in the procession, in place of the traditional men in
armour, or armed knights, will consist of a car, drawn
by six horses, bearing the figure of Justice ; 13 heralds
on horseback, attired in national costumes, bearing the
standards of France, Turkey, Prussia, Italy, Russia,
South America, China, India, North America, Spain,
Austria, Greece, Portugal, the Netherlands Denmark,
Persia, Belgium, and Sweden ; an Australian trophy,
signifying the auriferous and pastoral character of the
colonies, drawn by two oxen ; banner of Peace and
Prosperity ; implements of industry, borne by artists
on horseback, two abreast ; and a car, drawn by nine
horses, three abreast, bearing two figures, representing
Peace and Prosperity. Mr. Sheriff Wallis is announced
to appear in his private carriage ; while Alderman and
Sheriff Wire will occupy his " full state chariot." The
procession will leave Guildhall shortly after eleven
o'clock, and, passing into Gresham-street, proceedjdown
Princes-street, Lombard-street, Fer church-street, Min-
cing-lane, Great Tower-street, Eastcheap, down Fish-
street-hill, past the Monument, along Thames-street, to
Billingsgate-market, where his lordship, who is alderman
of the ward, will embark on board the City barge. The
interior of Guildhall has been fitted up for the banquet
in the evening. Although Mr. Sheriff Wallis has been
induced to take part in the procession, he will not be
present at the banquet ' • the whole expense of the enter-
tainment will therefore fall on the new Lord Mayor and
Alderman Wire.

STATE OF TRADE.

(From the Manchester Guardian of Saturday.)

MANCHESTER, Nov. 4.—Goods have been dull, but
'without any giving way in prices ; during the last day or
two, however, rather more, disposition for business has
shown itself in some kinds of cloth, including T's and the
lighter domestics. We may say, too, that we are closing
the week in an increasingly hopeful mood as regards
business in general. If this most propitious weather
continue, we shall probably have wheat down in price ;
and as to the Eastern question, a well-authenticated
account of an engagement, even if adverse to the Turks,
would now lead people to look for a hastening of diplo-
matic conclusions, than for the advent of a general
war. As regards the disputes between employers and
employed, we do not hear that the general suspension
of work at Wigan, Preston, and Bacup, appears in the
way of being terminated. The mills in the Burnley
association were closed on. Friday last ; and at Bury
fifteen leading firms have given notice that they will
cease operations on the 10th inst. The Glossop masters
have given notice for the withdrawal of the 10 per cent.
which they had added to the wages of their hands ; and,
if a strike should ensue, the mills in the associated dis-
tricts will be closed. This is a course now widely con-
templated. We learn from Royton that the fustian
weavers in the employ of Messrs. Henry Whitaker and
Sons, George Holden and Son, Holden Brothers, and J.
and G. Travis, returned to work on Thursday, after a
strike of eight weeks' duration.
BRADFORD, Nov. 3.—Wools-----There is no move in
combing wools, and the supplies in the hands of the stap-
lers, and coming to the commission houses, augurs
strongly that the country dealers have not had so many
buyers visiting them as in years past, Yarns—The ces-
sation of looms around here, and the turnouts in Lan-
cashire, have brought the business of the spinners within
a narrow limit, and at no period for very many years has
there been such a stoppage of machinery. In reeled yarns
there is some offering, not of a very first-class kind.
LEICESTER, Nov. B,—Our market may be summed in
the word—caution in every branch. Manufacturers are
curtailing production, and worsted spinners are working
short time. But little is doing in wools, for which there
is no fixed value, nor any disposition amongst the
staplers to force sales.

STATE OF TSB WOOLLEN TRADE.

(From the Leeds Mercury of Saturday.)

lIIIDDERSFIELDt Nov. 1.--We have had a very flat
market again to-day, there having been very few buyers
either in the cloth-hall or the warehouses. In wools
there has been some little doing at reduced prices.
Goods in a great many cases are also lower.
ROCHDALE.—We have had an extremely dull market,
with very little business doing. The merchants are
unwilling to purchase only at reduced prices. There
is a decided fall in the price of wool, varying from
11d. to 2d. per lb., and the manufacturers buy for im-
mediate use only. In the warehouses the country orders
are much more limited than is usual in the beginning
of November.

LEEDS, Nov. 4.—We have no change to report in the
state of the woollen cloth trade ; it continues in the
same dull, inactive, and languid state it has been in
during the last four or five weeks. The trade in the
warehouses is dull ; the present is not the shipping
season, hence that branch of the trade is still, and those
whose business is principally confined to supplying the
wants of buyers who attend this market have been very
quiet this week, as we are not aware that a single buyer
of importance has been in the town. The country trade
houses are circumstanced the best at present, but even
they complain of their business being very much cur-
tailed.

HALIFAX, Oct. 29.—The general state of this market
is one of dulness and discouragement ; and the little
business that is passing in the wool trade is rather de-
clining prices, both as regards combining and clothing
descriptions. The nominal quotation for middle wethers
is 15d, per lb.

PASSENGER-SHIPS' STORES.—In accordance with a
suggestion on the part of the Customs' authorities, the
Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioners have
instructed their officers to affix an official seal or stamp
on all packages of bonded or drawback stores opened by
them in the course of their inspection of the stores and
provisions of passenger-ships, and have caused one to be
prepared and furnished to the emigration officers at
Liverpool, Southampton, and Plymouth, as well as at
the port of London, with directions to use it for the
purpose desired and in the manner directed ; and, in
order that the seal may be recognised by the proper offi-
cers of Customs, the Commissioners have caused impres-
sions of it to be furnished to them for that purpose.
MUNICIPAL VACANCY IN THE WARD OF CHEAP.—Mr.
Edward Watson, silversmith and jeweller, of 6, King-
street, Cheapside, died on Saturday, the 31st ult., at
Brightob. He represented the ward of Cheap in the
Court of Common Council for 22 years. His remains
were interred on Saturday last in Bunhill-fields. The
deputy of the ward, Eugenius Fenning, Esq., and four
of the Common Councilmen, attended the funeral in a
mourning coach, the beadle of the ward following in
another vehicle, with the mace of office covered with
black crape. The deceased was much respected. Most
of the shops in the ward were closed during the whole
of the interment. By this occurrence a vacancy has
been occasioned in the ward of Cheap, but it is not ex-
pected that it will be filled up before the ensuing St.
Thomas's Day.

THE MEETING OF THE BRITISH ASSOCIATION IN
LIVERPOOL,--A numerous and highly influential meeting
of the scientific and literary gentlemen of Liverpool,
convened by the Mayor, Samuel Holme, Esq., was held
on Friday in the Council-chamber, at which resolutions
were passed for the purpose of giving a suitable recep-
tion to the British Association, and committees ap-
pointed to carry out the objects of the meeting. We
have no doubt, from the respectability and unanimity of
the meeting, that the members of the British Association
will, or) their
visit in September, 1854, receive a hearty
and hospitablwelcome from the inhabitants of "the
greatest seaport in the world.".