Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1860-10-27
MISCELLANEOUS READING.

NISCELLANEOCSh hEADING.
ELECTION OF LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
Saturday, September lst. being Michaelmas
day, u common-hall was held, in accordance
with ancient usage, in Guildhall, for the cleo
ton OF a chief magistrate for the city of
London IN the ensuing civic year. The fol-
lowing shows the manner in which O choice
was made:
Previous to the election the lord mayor,
aldermen, and sheriff, accompanied by all
the principal officers Of the corporation,
wearing their appropriate robes and badges of
office, went in state to the church of ST. Law
rencc-Jewry, and heard Divine service and
a sermon, which was preached by the Rev.
Henry Christmas A. NJ, the lord mayors
chaplain.
After the arrival of the procession at Guild
OF members of the corporation who had serv-
ed the office of sheriff, and were eligible to
ill that Of lord mayor, viz: VIM Cubitt, NJ.
?. alderman and fish monger; Sir Henry Mug
gcride, alderman and innholder; VIM. a.
Rose, alderman and spectacle maker; viii
liam Lawrence, alderman and carpenter;
Warren S. lIales. alderman and tallow chand-
Ter; Benjamin S. Phillips, alderman and
spectacle maker; Thos. Gabriel, alderman
and goldsmith; VIM. T. Allen, alderman and
stationer; John J. Mechi, alderman and lori
mer; and Edward Conder, alderman and
wheelwright.
The mace bearer then put the names to the
meeting, one after another, of the alderman
eligible to the mayoralty. when large ma
iority of hands were held up in favor of Al
derman Cubitt The mention of Sir Henry
Muggeride's name was followed by the next
greatest number of hands; and that of Al
derman Mechi elected complimentary
cheer
The lord mayor and alderman proceeded
to the chamber to decide between the two for
whom the show of hands had preponderated
over the rest Of the members of their body
eligible to fill the Office, and on their return,
the common sergeant, at the request of the
lord mayor, announced that the election had
fallen on Mr. Wm Cubitt, Nj. p, alderman
and fshmonger. The announcement was
followed by loud and prolonged cheering, ac-
companied by waving of hats and handker-
chiefs.
EiCISSITUDEs or ROME AND HER PoPES.--
The Papacy is not 50 near its end as many
hope and expect. 1t has survived many L
tug as hard as the present. In 1927 the com.
bined German and Spanish armies of Charles
Y. stormed and sacked Rome, enactiDg III its
streets the most dabolical cruelties, burning
torturng, robbing ravishing, and destroy
ing for ten days. Some six thousand of the
inhabitants perished, 100000 crowns of
plunder were collected, and Pope Clement
VII paid 100000 ducats for his own ran
som. Luther thought that the end of Rome
had come. But it has survived and recov-
cred Sixty years ago it was IN the hands Of
Napoleon who seemed to hesitate whether
to crush it or not In 1920, 1881. and 1913,
it was prey to revolution, Garibaldi him
self, at the last date, expelling the Pope
who escaped in the disguise Of footman on
a coach box. A republican government was
then established, but another year saw him
back again, and now he looks for support
from the despotisms which would themselves
tremble at his fall. His temporal dominion
may be even now at an end but that domin-
ION is really his weakness, and not his
strength, and when he is we'll rid of it he
will reign as headI of the Roman Catholics,
with more substantial influence than for
long time past.-English paper.
DogBs' FIRST "MorloN. ."-Dobbs. during
his first session as a member of the Legisla
ture, was caught without a speech. He was
remarkable for his modesty, and his thirst
for red eye"
One unlucky day, the proceedings being
rather dull, and Dobbs being rather thirsty.
he concluded TO 90 over to the hotel and take
a drink As Dobbs rose to leave the hall,
he caught the speakers eye. The Speaker
supposed he intended to address the house.
and announced in low voice
"Mr. Dobbs"
Dobbs started as ifhe had been shot The
assembled wisdom of the State had their eyes
fixed upon him. He pulled out his pocket
handkerchief to wipe away the perspiratlon,
and feeling it Unnecessary to say something, he
thundered out:
Second the motion"
There is no motion before the house."
said the Speaker.
Then IL -"
The silence was breathless.
81"
Dobbs couldnot think of anything to say.
But bright idea came to him, and he finish
ed with
81 move to adjourn"
lhe motion didn't 90, but DobDs uid, ana
nothing more was seen Of him that day.
NELSON WoRSuIppED AS HEATHES
lDoL.-A letter from Hayti says Among
the Acul mountains there has been found,
in an old house, bust of Lord Nelson. 1t
is of white marble, somewhat stained by
time and neglect. Nelson is represented in
his costume Of Admiral, and bears on his
breast FIVE decorations in commemora-
ton Of the battle of Aboukir, has the in
scription Rear Admiral Lord Nelson of the
Nile Another medal bears tho words: Al
mighty God has blessed his Maje.ty's glory
This bust, interesting in its artistic and his
torical association, was found on an altar
devoted to the fetish worship, where FOR half
a century it has been reverenced as the Del
ty of the Mountain Streams. The names Of
the scuIptors were 'Coale and Lealy, of Lam
beth Thus, for fifty years, bust of an
English Admiral has been worshipped as q
heather idol"
NJ. SpIQuEL, French chemist, gives the
recipe for silvering spoons and