The Sun.
London, England, 1867-10-18 00:00:00

AMERICAN SQUADRON AT SPITIIEA

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—This Evening,

Amsterdam Short. 11 18 11 18
Ditto 3 Months. 12 0 12 0
Rotterdam
Antworp — '25 821 25 37
Brussels — 25 32f 25 37]
Hamburg _ 13 1U 13 10
Paris Short 25 10 25 171
Ditto 3 Months. 25 25 25 30
Marseilles
Frankfort on the Maine 1204 1201
Vienna — 12 7U 12 75
Trieste — 12 70 12 80
Petersburgh
Berlin
482 f6f 627
Cadiz
Leghorn
Milan
Genoa — 28 30 28 60
Naples — 28 30 28 60
Palermo
Messina
Lisbon —51 f
Oporto —51 f

THE LORD MAYOR'S PROCESSION.--It is under-
stood that a memorial from the leading merchants and
bankers of the city of London is about to be presented to
Mr. Alderman Allen, the Lord Mayor Elect, in order that
the procession on the 9th of November may be so arranged
as to prevent the necessity for any of the thoroughfares
being closed. The ceremony might be conducted in due
state without involving any material interruption of the
general treks, and a conviction is therefore entertained
that the request will be unhesitatingly complied with,
especially as the circumstance of the alternative route of
Holborn-hill being this year blocked up would greatly ag-
gravate the ordinary chances of disorder, and much in-
crease the responsibility that would be incurred through
any neglect of an obvious remedy.
ELECTION OF A DOCK SOLICITOR AT LIVERPOOL.
—Mr. John North, who recently resigned his office
as solicitor to the Mersey Docks and Harbour Board, was
yesterday granted a retiring allowance of £l,OOO. The
board subsequently elected as successor to Mr. North, at a
salary of £2,000 for the first year, with £2,500 per annum
afterwards, and no retiring allowance, Mr. A. T. Squaroy,
a local solicitor, who has been for several years profes-
sionally connected with the Steamship Association and
the American Chamber of Commerce. It was stated that
Mr. Squaroy's appointment had been favourably received
by both the commercial community and his professional
brethren.

CHILD MURDER.—Last evening the deputy-
coroner for Westminster held an inquest upon the body of
a newly-born female child which had been found in a
passage leading to a school-room at Bedfordbury. Medical
evidence proved that the infant had bean born alive, and
murdered by the head being crushed. There was no trace
of the guilty parties, and the jury returned an open verdict
of " Wilful murder against some persons unknown."
SURREY LICENSING DAY.—At the usual October
Quarter Sessions for the county of Surrey yesterday,
the Court proceeded to hear and adjudicate upon applica-
tions for music and dancing licenses. Mr. Penrhyn, the
deputy chairman, presided, supported by a number of
magistrates. Several unopposed applications for renewal
of licenses were taken first. Mr. Oppenheim made an ap-
plication on behalf of Mr. G. T. Clark, for a music and
dancing license for the Lilford Arms, Lilford-road, Cold-
harbour-lane, Camberwell. Mr. Thompson opposed the
application on behalf of a number of the residents in the
neighbourhood, on the ground that the house in question
was a nuisance. After some witnesses had been heard the
license was refused. On the motion of Mr. E. Clark, an
application by Mr. R. Gurney, the proprietor, for a license
for music and dancing, was granted for the Bells at Rich-
mond. At the instance of Mr. Thompson, a license for
music and dancing was granted to Mr. Robert Edwin
Villers, for the South London Music Hall, in the London-
road, Southwark. The Court then applied itself to the
disposal of the criminal business of the sessions.

THE REFORM LEAGUE.—A special meeting of
the general council and delegates from the various branches
of the Reform League was held last evening, at the Sussex
Hotel, Bouverie-street, for the purpose of considering the
best means of obtaining the repdal of the ratepaying
clauses of the Reform Bill. Mr. G. Mantle presided. It
was resolved—" That, in consequence of the increasing
dissatisfaction of the people with the ratepaying and other
clauses of the Reform Bill, the proposed banquet of the
League le entirely abandoned." A resolution was then
adopted, calling a national convention of delegates from
the various branches of the League, and from all other
Reform associations in the three kingdoms, to meet in
London in February next, to discuss the best moans of
obtaining the repeal of the ratepaying clauses of the Re-
form Act, and to reiterate the demand of the people for
manhood suffrage and the ballot. Another resolution was

also carried, condemning the arming of the police as
measure tending to interfere with the liberty of the sub-
ject, and assimilating the police of this country to that of
the Continent. The proeeedinos conviuded with a vote el
thanks to the chairman,

The official visit paid by the Commanding Ad-
miral-in-Chief of the United States' Navy, Admiral
Farragut, to the commanding military and naval
authorities at Portsmouth, on 'Wednesday, on the
arrival of the United States' screw frigate Franklin,
at Spithead, was duly returned yesterday morning
by a visit paid to Admiral Farragut, on board his
flagship by Port Admiral and Naval Commander-
in-Chief at Portsmouth, Admiral Sir T. S. Pasley,
K.C.B. ; Lieut.-General Sir G. Buller, K.C.B. ;
Lieut. Governor of Portsmouth and Military Com-
mander-in-Chief, and Admiral Superintendent G.
G. iVellesley, C.B. The gallant officers embarked
from the dockyard on board the steampaddle yacht
Vivid, and on disembarking from her on board the
Franklin, at Spithead, the English ensign was hoisted
at the fore of the American frigate and saluted,
the compliment being returned by Sir T. Pasley's
flagship, the Victory, in Portsmouth harbour. The
First Lord of the Admiralty, the Right Hon. Henry
Thomas Lowry Corry, M.P., accompanied by First
Sea Lord Vice-Admiral Sir Alexander Milne,
K.C.8., the Director-General of Naval Ordnance,
Rear-Admiral Astley Cooper Key, C. 8., and Capt.
T. Brandreth, private secretary to the First Lord,
arrived at Portsmouth yesterday by the train due
from Victoria station at 12 50, on a special visit to
the commander-in chief of the naval forces of the
United States, on the occasion of his visit to Spit-
head and Portsmouth. Mr. Corry, with his col-
leagues and private secretary, accompanied by
Port-Admiral Sir Thomas S. Pasley, embarked from
the dockyard on board the Admiralty paddle yacht,
Black Eagle, staff Commander Whillier, the Admi-
ralty ensign being saluted by her Majesty's ship
Victory, and proceeded out to Spithead, where they
joined Admiral Farragut on board his flagship, the
Franklin. On their lordships stepping on board the
American frigate her crew "manned yards," and the
English flag was hoisted at her fore royal masthead
and saluted with 19 guns, the compliment being re-
turned immediately by her Majesty's ship Victory
running up the ensign of America and saluting it
with a like number of guns. The Lords of the
Admiralty remained on board the Franklin, the
guests of Admiral Farragut, until nearly 5 p.m.,
when they bade adieu to their gallant host and re-
embarked in their yacht for the shore, under re-
newed honours from the American frigate. Their
Lordships landed from the Black Eagle at the
Southsea Pier, and returned to London by the 5 10
p.m up train to the Mid Sussex, London, Brighton,
and South Coast line. The Mayor of Portsmouth
has invited Admiral Farragut and his officers to a
banquet in honour of their visit to Portsmouth, but
the reply received by his Worship expresses the
regret of the Admiral of his inability to accept the
invitation, owing to the intended departure of the
Franklin and her tender the Tropic for Lisbon, on
Sunday or Monday next.