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 ; 18 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 occupphis " full state chariot." The
procession will leave Guildhall shortly after eleven
o'clock, and, passing into Gresham-street, proceedidown
Princes-street, Lombard-street, Fenchurch-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.

The Earl of Aberdeen (Premier) is staying at Argyll
House until the Christmas recess, when his lordship, if
public affairs will permit, will visit his ancestral seat,
Haddo House, Aberdeenshire. The noble earl was
obliged to decline the invitations of several of his noble
friends to visit them in Scotland,. preferring his official
residence in Downing-street.
The Secretary at War (Mr. S. Herbert) intends re-
turning to town in the course of a few days for the dis-
charge of official business.
THE FIFTH OF NOVEMBER.-011 Saturday this an-
adversary was commemorated in the usual manner in
the metropolis, and with considerable freedom in the
suburbs. Of late years it has been the practice to
borrow the form and lineaments of the doomed effigy
from the most unpopular public characters of the
day, and on Saturday Nicholas, Emperor and Auto-
crat of all the Russias, might be seen parodied
in the chair which three years ago carried the like-
ness of Cardinal Wiseman. In the evening the
police in the principal thoroughfares were considerably
reinforced for the repression of the firework nuisance,
but crackers and squibs were 'nevertheless heard in
Regent-street, and several arrests were made. A serious
explosion took place in Queen-street, Tower-hill. A
pensioner named Callaghan, who keeps a small shop,
had bought 71. 10s. worth of fireworks of different de-
scriptions ; and Mrs. Callaghan, in order to show one
of her customers the manner in which squibs were let
off, lighted one of them, the sparks from which fell upon
her whole stock. The persons in the shop immediately
made their escape, and the premises were in 'a few
minutes in flames. A considerable amount of property
was destroyed before the fire could be extinguished.
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 befurnished 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
Brighton. 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, on their visit in September, 1854, receive a hearty
and hospitable welcome from the inhabitants of "the
greatest seaport in the world."
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. Tae country trade
houses are circumstanced the best at present, but even
they complain of their business being very much cur-
tailed.
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 la decided fall in the price of wool, varying from
lid. 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,