The Sun.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

TALLOW.

This market may be considered steady, and eonsiderang
the arrivals of nearly 20,000 casks within the last two•or
three weeks, the priee has not declined so much as some
persons anticipated. The price for 'sal the year 'is' 48s to
48s 3d, and for the spring months, 48s 3d to 495. For really
fine Y. C. on the spot for small precis, 48s 9d to 49s is being
paid; There are letters from St. Petersburgh this morning,
up to the 31st of October up to which time, the total ship-
ments were 111,000 casks, but ship room was very scarce,
and much doubt existed about all getting away before
winter came on. Town Tallow is by no means plentiful, the
price is 50s Gd to 51s net cash. Rough fat, .2s 10d;
melted stuff, 38s; rough ditto, 245.

THE WEATHER.—During .the last fortnigli.E the
weather in this town and neighbourhood has been un-
commonly beautiful for the season, and althoukh there
were. last week two or three frosty, nights,' the air has
been on the whole exceedingly mild: A day or two
ago we saw a bed of roses and other flowers in bloom in
a garden in the outskirts. Very little rain has fallen,
and therefore the atmosphere is much more bright, clear,
and refresbing than it usually is in NoVember. Indeed,
so far as the present month has gone, it has completely
belied the character vihich has been given it from time
immemorial. Manchester E.tatniner.
Oa Friday morning last an accident oceurred on
the Eastern Counties Railway, pear Chadwell, caused by
a truck used for conveying rails or plates to different
parts of the line requiring repair being left ,on the " up"
line. The truck was smashed to pieces by the engine of
a goods train, and the engine itself much damaged, but,
fortunately, no one was injured by the accident. Three
" plate layers" were taken into custody for neglect of
duty in leaving the truck on the fine instead of putting
it into a " siding," and were committed to the House of
Correction at Ilford, one for six Weeks, and the other
two for one. month each.
LORD MAYOR'S DAY IN THE OLDEN TIME.—
The first account of this annual exhibition known to
have been published was written by George Peele, for
the inauguration of Sir Wolstone Dixie, Knight, on the
29th orOctober, 1585. On that occasion, as was cus
tomary to the times, there were dramatic representa-
tations in the processions of an allegorical character.
Children were dressed to personify the City, magnani
niity, loyalty, science, the country, and the river Thames;
they also personated a soldier, a sailor, and nymphs,
with appropriate speeches. The show opened with a
Moor on the back of a lynx. On Sir Thomas Middle-
ton's mayoralty, in 1613, the solemnity is described as
unparalleled for the cost, art, and magnificence of the
show, pageant, chariots, morning, noon, and night tri-
umphs. In 1655, the City pageants, after a discontieu
ante .of. about fourteen years, were revived. Edmund
Gayton, the author of the description of that year, says,
" Our metropolis for these planetary pageants was as
famous and renowned in foreign nations as for their
faith, wealth, and valour." On Lord Mayor's Day,
1671, the litrw, Queen, and Duke of York, and most of
the nobility being present, there were "sundry shows,
shapes, scenes, speeches, and songs in parts:" and the
like, in 1672 and 1673, when the King again "graced
the triumphs." The King, Queen, Duke and Duchess of
York, Prince Rupert, the Duke of Monmouth, foreign
ambassadors, the chief nobility, and the Secretary of
State, were at the celebration of Lord Mayor's Day in
1674, when there were emblematic figures, artful pieces
of architeeture, and rural dancing, with pieces spoken
on each pageant.