The Sun.
London, England, 1859-11-09 00:00:00

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

On the arrival of the Lord Mayor at Westminster-hall,
his lordship at once proceeded to the Court of Exchequer.
The civic party took a standing position in front of the
bench reserved for Queen's counsel.

The Learned RECORDER, in addressing the Court, said :
My Lord Chief Baron,--I have the honour to introduce to
your lordship and this Court the Right Honourable John
Carter, elected by the citizens of London to fill the office of
Lord Mayor for the ensuing year. The gracious approval
of her Majesty has ratified the choice of the citi-
zens. The learned gentleman then proceeded to give a
short history of the career of the new Lord Mayor, stating
that he had for many years carried on business in the City
of London, during which time he had won the good opinion
of his fellow-citizens, and had for a considerable period been
their representative in the Court of Common Council, and
on the death of the alderman of his ward (Cornhill) was
unanimously elected to fill the vacancy. He had subse-
quently served the office of sheriff, and'at the termination
of his year of office received a vote from the livery, and he
felt well assured that he would not be found wanting at the
post of honour to which he had been now elected. The
learned gentleman having also intimated that the late Lord
Mayor, who had so well fulfilled the office during the past
year, was in attendance, concluded by presenting the new
Lord Mayor in the usual form to take the oaths.

The LORD CHIEF BARON said--My Lord Mayor, I beg
to congratulate you on having attained that honour which
the learned Recorder has expatiated on in his address to
the Court. You appear here as first magistrate of the
greatest city in the empire. You appear here to claim cer-
tain rights which belong to the great city of which you are
the chief magistrate, and the ceremony which takes place
on this occasion is not to be considered as a mere idle
pageant, for in reality it is to retain on your part those pri-
vileges which have existed from time immemorial. I rejoice
to hear the account of the learned Recorder of your past
life and success, and doubt not that during your mayoralty
you will continue to deserve the good opinion of your fellow-
citizens. To you, the late Lord Mayor, I beg to offer my
congratulations, and you retire, having undoubtedly dis-
charged your important duties, into comparatively private
life. You have, during your year of office, displayed every-
thing that could belong to a patriotic citizen and upright
magistrate. I feel assured that in retiring into comparative
privacy the discharge of those public duties that remain to
you will occupy the whole of your attention, and that you
will continue to deserve that approbation, and to meet with
that sympathy in the discharge of them which you have '
hitherto experienced.
Alderman Wire bowed his acknowledgments.

The Lord Mayor was then sworn. The late Lold Mayor
was also sworn to render unto her Majesty o. full account of
the receipts on account of the Crown during his mayoralty,
and to " behave himself properly" according to the old form
of oath whilst he did so.

The other formalities having been gone through, the Re-
corder invited the judges to the banquet at Guildhall this
•vexing.

The Lord Mayor, the late Lord Mayor, the Recorder, and
the officers of the City then withdrew, and passing through
the other courts the Lord Mayor, through the Recorder,
invited the judges presiding to the banquet.
The procession then returned to the City in the same
order as in its coming.

MILFORD HAVEN.--With reference to the re-
marks yesterday on Mr. Page's " Report on Milford Haven
for ocean steamships, and a naval arsenal," the South
Wales Railway Company desire to state—first, that pier
accommodation at present exists for ocean steamers at
Milford Haven ; and, secondly, that there is railway com-
munication thence to Manchester. A floating pier extends
into deep water at the terminus of the South Wales Rail-
way at New Milford (Milford Haven), and is available for
large steamers at any state of the tide. At this pier, the
Calcutta, a large ocean steamer, which sailed for Lisbon
and Brazil on the 2d inst., took in cargo and coal direct
from the railway trucks, which are lowered to the floating
pier by means of hydraulic machinery, and the traffic in
connection with the stcaners to and from Waterford and
Cork is carried on in a similar manner daily. Railway
communication exists between Manchester and Milford
Haven both by way of Newport and by way of Gloucester.
Through rates aro established, and Manchester goods are
now sent to New Milford by one or other of these routes
for exportation.—Times' Correspondent.
THE DEFENCES OF VICTORIA.—A meeting of
the Chamb( r of Commerce, held on September 13, for the
purpose of discussing the quest ion of defence, was but thinly
attended. The following resolution, proposed in a long
speech by Mr. Sichel, and seconded by Mr. Sumner, was
carried without opposition :—" That a deputation, consist-
ing of the following gentlemen, the President, Mr. J. G.
Francis, Mr. T. J. Sumner, and the mover, do wait upon
the Chief Secretary to request information as to the steps
which have been taken for the protection of the colony, and
in the absence of any such stops, to request that he will
urge upon the Government at home the necessity of keep-
ing upon the Australian naval station not less than four
powerful steam-frigates, and, further, send out to Mel-
bourne three fully 'armed men-of-war, to serve as flag-ships
for the protection of this part of the country.-4uBtralian

LATEST NEWS.

CALCUTTA & CHINA MAILS.

MARSEILLES, WEDNESDAY MORNING.
The Valet* with the mails from Calcutta and
China, arrived at Marseilles at 7 a.m. this day.
The mails left for London at 10 a.m.
Letters will be delivered on Friday morning.

The following telegrams have been received at
Mr. Reuter's office :

PARIS, Nov. 9.

The Ifloniteur of to-day publishes a dispatch from
General Martemprey addressed to the Mir ister of
War, and dated near Zekkora, Nov. 6th. General
Durieux with two divisions attacked the Zekkora
and forced the hostile tribes to retire towards the
south. General Durieux by skilful manceuvring
obtained a victory over the tribes, equally as bril-
liant as the victory of Malah. In addition to a
great quantity of booty, the horses and arms of the
Spahis who had been killed at Sidi-Zaer were re-
taken.

The troops are in excellent health and spread
terror everywhere before them, and the people im-
plore their mercy.

PARIS, Nov. 8.

The Emperor arrived here to-day at 3 o'clock
from Compiegne, and proceeded to the Hotel du
Louvre to pay a visit to the Grand Duchess Maria
of Russia.

12.10 P. 31.
The Bourse opens rather firm, but inactive,
Rentes, 70f. 10c.

3.25 P.M.

The market has undergone no change. The final
price of Rentes is 70f. 5c., being only a shade
higher than yesterday.

ZURICH, Nov. 8.

The signature of the treaty has been delayed cm
account of Austria claiming payment of the
40,000,000 florins due by France on account of Pied-
mont in Conventions Illunze instead of the new Aus-
trian currency. Baron de Bourqueney has referred
the question to Paris for instructions, and it is
thought that the difficulty will be overcome, and
the treaty signed without further delay.

FLORENCE, Nov. 7.

The Assembly has resolved to take into conside-
ration the proposition to create Prince Carignan
Regent of Tuscany in the name of the King of Sar-
dinia, and will give its vote on this subject to-
morrow. The resolution was received with cheer-
ing by the public.

BOLOGNA, Nov. 7.

The Minister, the Marquis de Pepoli, read to-day
before the Assembly a message announcing that the
Government had always pursued a system of mode-
ration, and further stated that the financial re-
sources of the country had during the last quarter
increased a million and a half ; and concluded by
saying that the establishment of a Regency would
place the credit of the country on a firm footing,
and that Central Italy would appear before the
Congress with more authority.
The National Assembly of the Romagnese has
unanimously voted the Regency of Prince Carignan,
and has invested him with full powers.
The Prussian Gazette publishes an article of
which the following is a summary :
" The Alge»zeine Zeitung insists on its statement
that the interview between the Emperor of Russia
and the Prince Regent of Prussia had a tendency
hostile to England. The same paper pretends that
Prussia had entered upon the policy of France and
Russia to isolate England, and had promised to
maintain an unconditional neutrality in case war
should be declared by France against England. In
order to support these absurd insinuations the Al-
gemeine Zeitung refers to the imaginary statements
of some Prussian newspapers which are known to
belong to the Opposition press, and which have
a self-understood interest to disfigure every step of
the Government for the sake of obtaining a basis
for attacks against it. The writers of the Alge-
?wine Zeitung place themselves by their conduct
on the same footing with certain French journals,
which, in translating the malevolent conjectures of
the Prussian Opposition press, transformed them
into positive facts. These tactics may be considered
ingenious, but are hardly patriotic or useful to the
interests of Germany.' "

VIENNA, Nov. 8.

The Schiller Festival has been celebrated here
to-day in a most brilliant manner in presence of
immense crowds of people.
The torch-light processions were numerous and
well attended. The greatest order and enthusiasm
prevailed throughout the town. The weather was
exceedingly fine until towards the conclusion of
the festival, when rain fell, but not, however, in
any considerable quantity.

MADRID, Nov. 7.

Marshal O'Donnell will positively leave this
evening. The transport steamers detained on
account of the bad weather have now arrived at
Algesiras, and offensive operations will commence
immediately.