The Sun.
London, England, 1856-09-30 00:00:00

LLOYD'S SHIPPING.—(This Day.)

LONDON, Sept. 30.—Wind this day at noon, W.;
strong breeze and cloudy. The gale of Saturday and
Sunday appears to have been general all round the coast.
PORTSMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Louise,
from Akyab, for Antwerp ; Riverdale (tpt.), Scutari ;
Edumga (tpt.), Ealaklava.
PLYMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Abigail,
from Mobile; Marsala, NewfoundlamiSailed—Thomas Ar-
buthnot, for Geelong.
FALMOUTH, Sept. 29.—Wind N.N.W.—Sailed—Cathe-
rine Adamson, for Sydney, N.S.W.
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COWES, Sept. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—Pauline, from
Maulmaiu, and sailed for Bremen.
DOVER, Sept. 29.—Wiud W.—Arrived—H.M.Str.
Vivid, from Woolwich.

KvE, Sept. 29.—Wind W.—Arrived—John Wesley,
for Quebec.

(PEn 3LEOTRIO TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Tuesday Morning.
Arrived—Thomas Powell (s.) and Progress, from Car•
diff ; Bzeez3, Cork ; Myrtle, Denia.
Sailed—Effort, for Sunderland; Florida and Fanny,
Newport.

LIVERPOOL, Tuesday Morning,

Wind N.W.
Arrived—Sparkling Sea, from Baltimore ; Effort, M
ramichi ; Thor, St. Petersburg.
Sailed—Clymene, for Savannah ; Queen, Rotterdam ;
August, Ghent ; Minetta, Honolulu ; Victorine, Ostend ;
Pomond, Memel.

QUEENSTOWN, Sept. 28,
Wind K.
Arrived—Arciidino, from Archangel.

(BY SUBMARINE AND BRITISH TELEGRAPH.)
GRAVESEND, Tuesday, 9.45 a.m.
Wind W., tide one hours' flood, fine.
Arrived, Sept. 29.—Alliance, from Algoa Bay; Wm
France, Cronstadt; Eudora Ilialaga.
Arrived, Sept. 30. —Vivid,DfrEoAmL, Tuesday,Caen 11.25 a.m..
Sailed.—Albion, steamer, for Boulogne.

Wind W.,_ moderate.
Passed—Orbona, from the Cape of Good Hope ; David
111cIvor, Sydney; Elizabeth, Colombo; Tartrr, Balak-
lava ; Glenroy, Calcutta —all for L')ndon ; Renshaw, from
London, for Mogador • Queen of the South, London, for
Corfu ; Crimea, Richbucto, for Hull.
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Anchored and put back.—Southampton, from London,
for New York.

The Champion of, the Seas, from Australia, is now
dushe was appointed to sail with the mails of the
lOteh. of July from Melbourne, and has therefore been 81
days out. She will bring 15 days' later news, and her
gold freight is likely to be large.
MANstoN-liousE.—Yesterday the Lord Mayor enter-
tained at dinner the Lord Mayor elect, the members of
the Court of Aldermen, the Sheriffs, M. Sebire, mem-
ber of the municipal body of Paris, M. Goadin, several
members of Via Court of Common Council, and a num-
ber of gentlemen of his own ward.
TROOPS FOR MALTA.—It is currently reported (says
the Malta Beacon) that 10,000 troops will shortly be
added to this garrison, as also a large fleet of ships of
war, which may be expected in the first week of Oc-
tober.

'INAUGURATION OF THE NEW
SHERIFFS OF MIDDLESEX.
(This Day.)

To-day the time-honoured custom—but whether it
would be " more honoured in the breach than in the
observance" we will not now stop to enquire, though
the farcical formula observed on these occasions savours
in this age strongly of the ridiculous—of the Sheriffs
of Middlesex proceeding from the City to Westminster
hall, there to do suit and service in counting sundry
hob nails and chopping of wood, was observed with
that pomp, gravity, and decorum so peculiarly ago'
ciated with all civic pageants, but which invariably
provokes a smile from the spectator as the outward
and visible signs of an institution requiring
much alto'
ration. The time is gone by when the spare form of
a city merchant, or the burly figure of an agriculturist,
requires to be enveloped in certain trappings to give
dignity to the offices they fill, and inspire a we, respect, and
obedience from the people. The latter know now bow
to pay obedience to a man in office from the authority
he wields, and they respect him for his integrity and
private virtues ; and the sooner such mummeries as these
are dispensed with the better.
At 12 o'clock the Lord Mayor, the Lord Mayor-Elect,
the Aldermen, Recorder, Town Clerk, and all the other

important functionaries of the Corporation, with the
Lord Mayor's household, assembled, in their robes of
office, in the Aldermanic Chamber, Guildhall, where they
were shortly after joined by the new Sheriffs, Mr. J• 3'
Mechi (the celebrated agricolturist) and Mr. F. Keats,
whom the former were to accompany to Westminster to
be sworn in by one of the Barons of the Exchequer, is
accordance with the terms of the act of Parliament of
last session, passed in consequence of the abolition of the
office of Cursitor Baron (caused by the death of gr.
Bankes), whose duty it was to swear in the new Sheriff'•
The procession left the Guildhall in state, and pro-
ceeded to Blackfriars-bridge, where they took water,

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arriving at Westminster-bridge about two o'clock.
The procession having landed, re-formed and croseo
over into Palace yard to the Court of Exchequer, wile"
they took up their respective positions within the bar.
The Lord Chief Baron then entered the court, Oa
took his seat on the bench.
The Recorder then formally presented the Sheriffs and
his Lordship for the approval of her Majesty, and in
doing expatiated on their position and capability of die"
charging the office of sheriffs.
The Lord Chief Baron expressed her Majesty's app
proval of the choice of the citizens of London, when
The legal formula litving been gone through, the are;
mony of cutting two faggots with a bill, as suit and
service for a piece of land called the Moor, in the count,
of Solop ; and counting 6 horse shoes and 61 hob-osill'
as suit and service for a piece of land called the Forge,
in Essex-street, St. Clements, the proceedings terms.
neted.
The Recorder, in the name of the Sheriff's, invited bill
Lordship to the banquet at the Albion Hotel, Aldergstv
street, this evening.
The procession then withdrew.

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