The Sun.
London, England, 1848-10-23 00:00:00

EVENING, OCTOBER 23, 1813.

I THE PRESENT MAYORALTY.
At the conclusion of business in the Court of
Common Council on Thursday, the last notice on the
paper having been regularly disposed of,
The LORD MAYOR rose, and addressed the Court.
His Lordship congratulated the members upon the
fact that there remained nothing to be done connected
with the corporation. The whole of the business
appointed for that day, the last on which he should
have the honour to preside over the Court, had been
completed, and he had reason to congratulate the Court
and himself that the paper had been cleared upon each
day on which they had assembled before he left the
hall. He attributed the circumstance to which he
had just adverted to the conduct of the members of
the Court themselves, to the punctuality with which
they had given their attendance, to the courtesy with
which they had invariably acted, to the general ex-
pression of good feeling, and to the uniform and har-
monious support with which he had all through his
year of office been upheld by them in the performance
of his duties to his fellow-citizens. He could truly
say that he retired from office under the most satin
factory impressions of the kindness of the Court, and
that he should carry along with him a most grateful
recollection of their conduct to him, and of the inva-
riable disposition they had manifested to promote the
benefit of the public and of their fellow-citizens.
Mr. \\"IRE, in the name of the Court, stood forward
and said that it was impossible for the members to
separate without declaring that they felt for the gen-
tleman who had pre-sided over them for the last year,
and who was about to retire from the office which he
had so admirably filled, the highest respect and
esteem.— (Cheers.) The feeling was one in which
the public most cordially participated, for the whole
course of the Lard Mayor's conduct embraced the
most complete system of serviceable agency for the
community at large.— (Loud cheers.) Upon every
occasion on which the interests of the public
were concerned, it was only to give a hint
to the Lord Mayor that it was necessary to have his
Lordship at the head of a movement to accomplish
the object, and the means and the judgment were at
hand.—(Loud cheers.) The Court felt that upon all
occasions the utmost courtesy was shown by his
Lordship, and that, much higher still, the most ex-
traordinary impartiality was manifested in the whole
course of his Lordship's presidency in the Court over
which he had acted so much to the admiration of those
who were delegated by his fellow-citizens to represent
their claims and their necessities.—(Loud cheers.)
The Lord Mayor, upon leaving the Court, was
cheered by all the members, who stood up and con
tinued their acclamations in the most hearty and
sincere manner.

BRISTOL SUGAR MARKET, OCT. 20.—The market
has been inactive this week, and the transactions since
our last are quite unimportant. Refined goods find a
steady sale, but at very low rates. In rum there is very
little doing.—Bristot Mercury.
CHICHESTER BARRACKS.—It is rumoured that ex
tensive alterations will shortly be made both to the in-
fantry and cavalry barracks in this city. Should the
enlargement of the buildings take place, the latter will
contain an entire regiment.
" THE READER", IN A rRINTING-OrFICE..-11l a
printing establishment, "the reader" is almost the only
individual whose occupation is sedentary; indeed, the
galley slave can scarcely be more closely bound to his
oar than is a reader to his stool. On entering his cell,
his very attitude is a striking and most graphic picture
of earnest attention. It is evident, from its outline, that
the whole power of his mind is concentrated in a focus
upon the page before him; and, as in midnight the
lamps of the mail which illuminate a small portion of
the road seem to increase the pitchy darkness which in
every other direction prevails, so does the undivided at-
tention of a reader to his subject evidently abstract his
thoughts from all other considerations. An urchin stands
by, reading to the reader from the copy—furnishing him,
in fact, with an additional pair of eyes; and the shortest
way to attract his notice is to stop his boy; for no sooner
does the stream of the child's voice cease to flow, than
the machinery of the man's mind ceases to work: some•
thing has evidently gone wrong; he accordingly at once
raises his weary head; and a slight sigh, with one pas-
sage of the hand across his brow, is generally sufficient
to enable him to receive the intruder with mildness and
attention. Although the general interest of literature,
as well as the character of the art of printing, depends
on the grammatical accuracy and typographical correct-
ness of " the reader," yet from the cold hearted public
he receives punishment, but no reward. The slightest
oversight is declared to be an error; while on the other
hand, if by his unremitting application no fault can be
detected, he has nothing to expect from mankind but to
escape and live uncensured. Pact. Goldsmith lurked a
reader in Samuel Richardson's office for many a hungr)
day in the early part of his life.—Quarterly Review.
THE NEW ARCHBISHOP OF PARIS.—M. Sibour,
the new Archbishop of Paris, who took possession of
his see by deputy on the 12th, on Wednesday made his
solemn entry into the metropolitan church. The
chapter, curbs, and vicaires of the diocese, the semina-
ries, ecclesiastical communities, and an immense crowd
of the faithful were assembled. On arriving at the great
door of the church, the prelate was complimented by
the Ableii Gaguemet, first Vicar-General, Archidiacre
of Notre Dame, and Dean of the Chapter, who, in a
well-timed speech, reminded the new Archbishop that
three months before the walls of the church were orna-
mented with inscriptions in honour of the pastor who
had given his life for his flock, and that the church of
Paris, laying aside its mourning, saw with joy the ar-
rival of a pastor disposed to make the same sacrifice it
God should require it. The Archbishop replied in suit-
able terms. lie was then conducted to the altar, where
some prayers were said. He then ascended the pulpit,
and delivered an address to the people on the duty of
the pastor to the flock and the flock to the pastor. On
returning to the altar he received the obedience of all
the priests, who, two by two, kissed his ring, and he
gave them his blessing. This ceremony terminated, he
chanted from his pontifical chair the vespers of St.
Denis, first Bishop of Paris, after which he gave the
solemn benediction. The Te Deem was then chanted,
and on its conclusion the clergy, in procession, recon
ducted the Archbishop to .the archiepiscopal residence.
A considerable crowd pressed round the procession, an
the Archbishop frequently gave his blessing to the
people.—Paris Paper.
AN AMERICAN MARVaL.—A dead alligator, as
newspaper readers may remember, which was lately
found floating in the bay of New York, awakened much
speculation among naturalists; the recent discovery of
the skeleton of another, almost as far north, in New
Jersey, is therefore, not a novelty of wonder in these
regions, except from the immense size of the latter, and
from a matter of most curious antiquarian interest con-
nected with its exhumation. This last alligator or cro-
codile, measuring 30 feet in length, was found in Eaton-
town, New Jersey, about ten miles from Lon,.. Branch,
while digging for marl. The skeleton lay about feet
beneath
six
beneath the surface in a stratum of green sand; and
underneath this skeleton, as if it had dropped from the
mouldering stomach of the monster, was found an ancient
coin! This coin is described to us by an intelligent cor-
respondent, who has handled it, as about the size of a
dollar; its composition, in which there is a large share
of silver, being probably Corinthian brass. On the face
of it is the figure of a lion, with the date " 6-48" in
Arabic numerals; on the reverse, amid several illegible
letters, the fragmentary words, " Arg. Procon. Latia
Mo." may be deciphered round two larger letters in the
centre, one of which is the Greek " II" with an " R"
interwoven with it. We understand that the whole of
this curious matter is to be brought before some anti-
quarian society in the regular mode, with all the neces-
sary testimony as to facts particular of the discovery.
But while those learned gentlemen are puzzling them
selves as to the pro-consulship in which this coin was
cast, and calling in the aid of the geologist to account for
its locality, our quick-minded readers will instantly jump
to the honest conclusion that this crocodile, who found
burial amid the sands of New Jersey, had, 2,000 years
ago, half digested some Roman soldier in the rivers of
Africa, ero he floated westward for a new meal, with the
poor fellow's last coin still preserved in his maw.—New
York Literary World.

MILK FOR THE PEOPLE.—There exists on Long
Island, near Brooklyn, several manufactories of milk—
the process of which should be known. One of these
dairies covers a space of 600 feet front by 300 feet deep,
carefully closed in, so as to be as private as possible—
the business of the people being to drink the milk, not
to know how it is made. In this encles-re 400 cows are
kept all the year round. These cows are fed on the re-
fuse slop of whiskey distilleries, and it is given to them
warm. Each barrel costs six cents, but being adulter-
ated with water and cheap feed brings the price still
less. Such is the fondness of the cows for this vile corn.
pound, that after having fed upon it for a week or more
their appetites become so depraved that they will take
no other food. The result is, their milk producing
organs are stimulated to a wonderful degree ; they
yield enormously, but soon become diseased ; their
gums ulcerate, their teeth drop out, and their breath
becomes fetid. Though thus diseased, they do not fall
away in flesh, but, on the contrary, puff and bloat to
an appearance of great fatness ; their joints stiffen so
that they cannot lie down, and rarely or never come out
alive. Bad as this is, the milk is aftetwards mixed
with molasses water and whiting, and then sold to the
people of Now York for pure milk ! Any one may ob-
serve the thirty six vans that carry it round every
morning. It is of course very injurious to children, who
use it in much greater quantities than adults. Some idea
may be formed by computing one barrel of slop to a cow,
costing sixpence, and the milk produced being eighty
cents.—New York Paper.
ACCIDENT ON TIIE ABERDEEN IZAILwAir--We
regret to announce that this (Tuesday) morning's train
from the south, when near the Dubton station, was
thrown off the lino with a violent concussion, sending
the engine across the other line of rails into a bank of
earth, tearing up about forty yards of the rails, whereby
the engine-driver was considerably injured, it is hoped
not seriously. It is believed the cause was the breaking
of a crank handle, which thus forced the engine off the
line. The stoker had a narrow escape, as well as the
passengers.—Brechin Advertiser.

ACCIDENT.—On Saturday afternoon Lord Ran-
eliffe was going slowly down Pelham-street in his car-
riage, and when near the bottom of the street, a lad,
whose name we have not been able to learn, slipped, and
before his Lordship could pull up the horses, rolled
under the fore-wheel, which passed over his body. The
lad was taken up, and, we understood, was conveyed to
the infirmary, but on making inquiries there such turns
out to be the fact. His Lordship did all in his power to
prevent the accident. The lad is said to be recovering.
—Nottigham Journal. - _

CARRICK FOR A HAREI--A gentleman in Ayr
lately received a present of a hare from the district of
Carrick, of the goodly weight of iulba. 20z.,