The Sun.
London, England, 1856-11-05 00:00:00

ADDRESS TO THE LORD MAYOR.

The following address to the Lerd Mayor was in course
of circulation in the City yesterday. It has already re-
ceived the signature of the principal bankers and mer-
chants, inc!uding the gcivernor, deputy-govtrnor, and
directors of the Bank of England, and the chairman and
vice-chairman of the East India Company. It is hoped
that an opportunity of i•i;,;ning the address will be afforded
to the citizens generally before the end of the week, when
it will probably be presented.

" To the Right Hon. David Salonaons, Lord Mayor
of London.

" We, the undersigned bankers, merchants, and citi-
zens of London, desire, on the expiration of your year of
office as Lora Mayor, to convey to your lordship our
high apweciation of your conduct durirg a year more
than ordinarily fertile in public events. You commenced
your term of office at a period when England was en-
gaged in a sanguinary war. The arms of the Allies
have been triumphant ; and it has been your peculiar
good fortune to be enabled to proclaim to your
fellow-citizens the restoration of peace to Europe. You
have had the honour of welcoming to the City of London
his M:.j.!stv the King of Sardinia, one of the sovereigns
allied with Eogland, who was sumptuously received in the
Guildhall. A featfal inundation having occasioned great
suffering amongst our neighbours in France, our thanks
are peculiarly due to you for affording us an opportunity
of showing how deeply the British people feel for the
happints:s and prosperity of their French neighbours.
Throughout all the varying circumstances of the year
you have admirably maintained the ancient reputation of
our City, and the character of its magistracy. We rejoice
to know./ that, although placed in a somewhat peculiar
position, your conduct in office has commanded general
approbation, and that you leave the civic chair enjoying
the high respect and esteem of all your fellow-citizens."

MR. BRATBST JONES'S POLITICAL

SOIREES.

Last night Mr. Ernest Jones held tho second of
his political soirees at St. Martin's Hail. There
was a numerous attendance. The platform was
ornamented with several silk banners, containing
inscriptions which asserted the right of workirig
man to participate to the full extent in the products
of his own labour.

Mr. JONES, on prorenting himself, was loudly
cheered. He said that, in pursuance of his pr:Omise,
he had the pleasure of again meeting them, for the
purpose of conveying some political and social in-
struction to the public of this:country, and he was
happy to be able to inform them that the hall .hed
been taken for the next four months. These efforta
were made with the assistance of some friends to
the spread of social and political truth, and espe-
cially of Mr. Gregory, one of the most eminent
merchants of the city of London, and the author or
an admirable work on misrule in high places.
(Cheers.) Some portions of the press supposed that
he was pecuniarily interested in these' soirees, but
he was there gratuitously, and Mr. Gregory, who
Acted as the treasurer, would apply any profits, that
remained after the expenses were paid to the propa-
gation of political truth. (Cheers.) Politics were
hitherto too much confined to the tavern and the
pothouse, and it was the object of the soirees to
introduce them on a more appropriate stage, and
to accompany them with musical and social recrea-
tion. (Cheers.)
The first part of the musical programme was then
proceeded with. It included the " Song of the
Day Labourers," and a " Song of Resurrection,"
two odes written by Mr. Jones, and sung by Mr.
Lowry and the other vocalists.
Mr. JONES then proceeded to deliver a discourse
" On the fabric of the British Constitution," -which
he described to be founded in the darkness of the
middle ages, and to be one of the vilest shams and
greatest legislative curses ever inflicted on a people.
The British constitution, ho said, represented two
elements alone, land and money, but was mainly
founded on the monopoly of the land. From this
point of view he traced the history of the country
from the period of the Norman conquest to the
present time, and endeavoured to pity° that all the
legislative enactments of the Parliament were
founded on the principle of the monopoly of the
laud and a landed aristocracy. Mr. Jones thus
concluded :—As the land is the fountain of all ma-
terial blessings, so a landed aristocracy is the foun-
tain of all social curses. All others are but the
side-currents flowing out from that polluted
source. Leave the land untouched, and Heaven
itself will never grant you happiness. The land—
it is the sacred altar, whence labour, that true
worship, sends from its fields and gardens the sweet
incense most acceptable on high ; the land—it is
the safety of a people, the emerald shield that God
has given nations, to hold between themselves and
misery ; the land—it is the radiant armour that
clothes the shining limbs of liberty. My country.
men, wo have been bereft of that defence. Its
glorious guard has been stripped frern you, leaving
you naked, shivering to the blasts of *ant. Join
with me fur the re-conquest of the land ; it is the
task of the age—the mission of the century. You
talk of unchaining yourselves; unchain the land,
and your own chains will fall. The franchise is
the bond that binds your hands ; but land mono-
poly is the dungeon that surrounds your bodies.
At the conclusion of his address Mr. Jones was
much applauded.

STATE OF TRADE.

MANCHESTER, NOT. 4.

The easier state of the Liverpool cotton market
causes rather greater difficulty in the sale of cloth,
and we have had but a quiet market. The ac-
counts from India, which were considered rather
favourable, have not yet led to much business, and
the orders placel yesterday and to-day by meat
shipping houses have been inconsiderable in
amount. Printing cloths, shirtings, and other
fabrics suited to the home demand are in rather
more request, at full prices. Velvets, velveteens,
cords, and satteens are in fair demand, and are get-
ting dearer, velvets being difficult to buy in conse-
quence of many of the makers being engaged
for three months forward under contract. In
some few cases sellers have been willing to meet
the terms of buyers this morning in goods where
there aro any stocks, but, generally speaking,
manufactureis exhibit much firmness in demand-
ing the prices current last week. Spinners are also
firm, and, although yarns are about id. per lb. be-
low the highest rates demanded a week ago, there
is no disposition to give way further. There is a
quiet market for all kinds of yarn, but if spinners
would have given way a little there would have
been more business in 16's to 24's water twist. In
40's, 50's, and 60's mule for India there was some
inquiry, and also in yarns suited to China. Double
yarns continue scarce in consequence of the rather
heavy orders already iu the hands of spinners for
execution, and some fair orders are in the market
for Germany, but are held over in the hope of
rather easier prices.

Messrs. John Slagg and Co. report :—" We had
a steady market throughout the week, and a fair
amount of business was done at last Tuesday's
prices. Yesterday and to-day, however, owing to
the change in the cotton market, there has been
little or nothing done either for the home trade or
for shipping; but we cannot make any change in
our quotations, as, though there is more anxiety to
sell, manufacturers generally are too free . from
stock to give way at all in price."
Messrs. George Fraser, Son, ,and Co. say :
" There has been a decided dull and inanimate
market, with a very limited amount of business.
Prices remain generally as last week, but the busi-
ness now doing is only when some reduction is made
in the rates asked."

LEEDS, Nov. 4.

The markets in both the coloured and white
cloth-halls have been very quiet this morning,
and purchases have been confined mostly to mix-
tures and other low goods. In prices and the
general tone of the woollen cloth trade no alteration
can be noticed. The morning has been very foggy,
so chat it was difficult for buyers properly to see
colours.
The woollen market at /luddersfield has also to-
day been of a quiet character, which is attributable
partly to its being between seasons and partly to
purchasers waiting fbr the wool sales commencing
on Thursday. The warehouses and cloth.halls are
both dull. Drabs and mohairs find the readiest
sale, but little is doing worth recording. No
change in wool.

THE GERMAN CURRENCY CON-
FERENCE.

VIENNA, Oct. 31.—Great secrecy was observed
as long as the Currency Conferences were going on,
but the results of the prolonged deliberations of
the representatives of the leading German States
are now generally known. The basis of the silver
currency will be the Customs-Union pound. One
pound of fine silver will be coined into 45 florins
in Austria, into 30 dollars in Prussia, and into 52i
florins in the Federal States in southern Germany.
A silver coin, which will be a legal tender in all
the German States, is also to be minted, and 15 of
them sill contain one pound of fine silver. The
coin in question will therefore-be worth two dollars
in Prussia, three florins in Austria, and three and
a half florins in southern Germany. A gold "cus-
toms-union " coin will also be minted, of the value
of 14 or 15 Austrian florins. The gold coia will
be called " crown " and 50 crowns will be coined
out of one pound of gold. The protocols of the
Currency Conferences have been forwarded to the
German States which were not represented here,
and when they have been taken into propercon-
sideration another and general conference will be
held. It must be added that the price at which
the German
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AUSTRIAIV PINANG.

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The stock of specie is 83,452,322t1.; the bank notes
in circulation, 382,450,020. ; the bill portfolio,
83,724,572f1. ; and the advances on Governmente further 14-ati o
stock, 76,652,600E1. On account of the shares of
the newly established " Hypothek " Bank
29,509,9701. have been paid in. In the month of
probablyl
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September the stock
.of specie was. 81,034,706 g.
and the bank notes in circulation 386,822,326 e
Nine months ago the metallic. reserve of the bank
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Europe fora few years, and Baron Bruck retains
will flow between Donau-eschingen
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portfolio,onfinancesl only
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Austria,
and the Black
Sea before the Minister of Finances •
will be able to
make both ends meet.