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      behave better in future . We believe that amongst the provisions of these treaties is a stipulation to encourage gradual emancipation in Cuba by means of apprenticeship , with a very long term . It is quite possible t&at that might be contemplated ; but if s 6 ti W < ftM iinpl y fio animosity in our Government , nothing hostile to the United States . We agree that the fulfilment of such a project would be inconvenient , and we have always expressed our opinion that the sooner Cuba belongs to the 'Oiflon the better . Surely , however , it would be easy for the United

      States to accomplish that junction without a quarrel with England and France ; which would be more damage to the liberty of the world than any other conflict . Another story of the " cook and bull" order , is specially prepared for English readers . The President has recently made certain appointments , and he is represented as having done so without the advice of the Senate , contrary to a fundamental usage of the republic . No representation could be more delusive . " When the President is inaugurated , the session of Congress is "usually approaching a close , and the Senate

      generally sits a week to confirm : the appomtments made by the President . In the interval , other appointments have to be made , and they are always made upon the understanding that they await the confirmation of the Senate . President Pierce has made such appointments , and it is more than probable that they will be confirmed when Congress meets , on the usual ground of confidence in the chief magistrate and his selection . In the recent cases General Pierce has strictly followed the ordinary routine . In the United States , the author of the letters in the " Mmes has already

      been mentioned by name , and taunted with the extraordinary imaginative colouring given to his correspondence ; which is ascribed to the supposition that he is deeply disappointed because General Pierce has not discerned in him the qualifications for office . For our own part , we cannot withhold an expression of regret , that the English journal of the widest circulation should consent to derive its American news through a channel so distorted , and to publish what purports to be intelligence , but which discreditably fails to convey to the English reader the slightest information of American politics as they are .

      While the new Lord Mayor Sidney ascends his throne with the usual pageant and banquet at the Mansion House , the late Lord Mayor Challis resigns the throne with a peculiar device for immortalizing his one-year reign ; and the Hoyal Commission keep up an accompaniment obligato of inquiry into the ways and doings of the Corporation . The device of ex-Lord Mayor Challis , is to set up a statue to Prince Albert , in commemoration of the great Exposition of 1851 ; and thus , whon posterity looks upon the statue of the

      comely Prince , and calls to mind the greatest event of " our reign , " it will perceive that the memorial is erected by the immortal Challis ; so that , chronology notwithstanding , Challis will somehow or other bo associated with the Prince and the Exposition . Ridicule has made much of the mayoral device ; but the noblemen and gentlemen who were invited subscribed freely . Statues arc becoming a drug , and who could refuse one to the Prince F Publishers advortisc

      Christinas presents ; ironi ^ a guinea Bible to a Keepaahe or Chateaubriand ' s Alula , you may suit yourself with an appropriate gift for a bride or word . Sculptors will soon be advertising memorial busts and immortality statues , suitable for PrinccH , noblemen , M . P . ' s , Sec . Jt will be easy to lceej ) a ritock of bodien on hand , with classic legs , to be headed with a cast from the original , on the . shortent notice .

      Besides the improvements promised in the groat cardinal improvement of the City Municipality , there are some others already proceeding or commencing . The society for the amendment of the law , which has already secured such an immense amount of practical , improvement in the statutes and m the practice , him opened its session l > y nominating a committee to procure thd appointment of a MiniHtcr of Justice , to preside over the legislation wad conduct of justice on behalf of the Executive Government .

      A smaller improvement , but one of tho deepest importance , is the establishment of au in fun t nursery , whore the children of the poor may be received in charge . This is an innovation appro - priately introduced into the parish of St . Mar-* a ' a , xmclor tho iiniuodittto superintendence of

      the Rector , Mr . M ^ 6 keB ^ ie , an active and benevolent man . Amongst the ladies who take a foremost part in this excellent institution are Mrs . Gladstone and Lady Gpderich . The strike in the cotton fields continues * with no inajaediate prospect df an -a ^ ommodation . While the JS " ortn country seamen are giving tip their strike , th . 0 nlasters nxtire cotton districts « a * e in more than one place adding to their demands a retractive to the tan per cent , where it has

      already been allowed to the hands ; and they , appear to have done so at Glossop ^ We have already expressed our opinion that they could not afford that rise commercially ; but that circumstance does not render it less deplorable that th . ey should have been so foolish as to grant what they must retract ; that they should throughout ¦ manage so ill as to have given to a difference already sufficiently vexatious , all the aggravations of disappointment , perversity , and bad feeling .

      The cholera still advances in its aggregate numbers , though it does not show itself with great virulence at any particular spot . The recently published report of the Registrar General has one interesting fact , in addition to the well-known fact , that the pestilence flourishes best amidst crowded habitations and squalor : the virulence of the disease is very nearly in an inverse ratio to the elevation of the ground on which houses stand . At an elevation of a hundred feet as compared with twenty feet , the deaths are as 2 to 30 .

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      THE NINTH OF NOVEMBER . The new Lord Mayor , Mr . Sidney , had a fine day for his mediaeval progress through and about his domains . Wednesday was rather bright for the season , and the atmosphere was just chilled enough to be bracing . The civic procession set out from Guildhall at noon , in grand array . Mr . Cooke , of Astley ' s , had been called in ; and everything that an experienced dealer in show and theatrical effect could do was done . There were the mounted police and the lancers to

      clear the way ; beadles and school-boys , and pensioners and boats' crews , fire brigades , heraldic banners , watermen , and a host of officials connected with the companies and the corporation . Then the Common Council of the Lord Mayor ' s ward , the Sheriffs , and the higher legal officers of the City ; then the Aldermen , a portly crew ; then the late Lord Mayor , followed by the " banner of justice" and " Justice " herself ; the " nations , " an Australian trophy , divers allegories , and the Lord Mayor himself . Of this procession the more remarkable features were the

      emblematic cars and cavalcades , so peculiar to the burgher class all over the continent , but only recently introduced in our civic processions . The standard bearers were particularly noticed , especially the Russian and Turk ; the former being dreadfully hissed ; the latter , heartily cheered . Having gone about the City , the Lord Mayor and train went to Westminster by water , and appeared before the Barons of the Exchequer , according to the ancient custom . When they returned , they landed at Blackfriars Bridge , and thenco to Guildhall .

      In the evening the old civic hall was gay with preparationa for dinner , to which there carao troops of guostH . Amongst them &ir James Graham , Viscount Palmerston , Lord Canning , Lord J . Russell , Earl of Clarendon , Earl of Aberdeen , late Lord M ' ayor , Marquis of Salisbury , Viscount Mandevillo , Sir C . Wood , Sir W . MolcBWorth ; Sardinian , American , and Paraguaian Ministers ; Danish Charge" d'Affaires , Mr . Cardwoll , Lord Hathorton , Sir J . Pattoson , Mr , Baines , Sir « T . Pakington , Mr . Walpolc , and Mr . Cornewall Lewis .

      The speaking was below tho average . Lord MayorH are seldom orators , and Mr . Sidney iH no exception . Sir J amen Graham , in reply to tho " Navy , " spoke the usual commonplaces , Tho British navy is ready to fight , to protect commerce—in short to do its duty in peace or war . Mr . Buchanan , from America , represented tho foreign Ministers , but not with any oratorical display . Then came Lord Aberdeon returning thanks for tho flattering toast— "to her Majesty's Ministers . "

      On my own behalf , and on that of jny collougueH , I lutfj to otter my neUiiowledgniontHi'or the flattering- expression !) with which our hoaltliH have been proposed , nrid the mode in which they have ( icon received by the company . It ia not too much , I trust , for uh to hope that in the difficult pnmtion in which we are plucod we may receive a favourabl y consideration for tho motives wliieh influence uh in the discharge of our duty . ( Cheers . ) It in true that we are the servants of the Crown , but happily in this our tiny ouch ice

      serv is not ineompatihlo with a sincere desire to promote the welfare arid lmpjunosH of the people . ( . Hour , near . ) Notwithstanding the wonderful progress of thin country in science and ui art , 1 am aware that much yet remains to be done , and that tho huccohb of future efl ' oits may he tfi'eiitly either promoted or retarded by the conduct of the Minister who may happen to be in office . ( Hear , hear . ) My lord , I know that much is expected from uh by tho country , and I hopo that we shall bo found ready and willing to anowov to the cull . In ft country such aa ours

      and i& a height of 'Civilization such as that in which we live , the rear triumphs pf a Minister must consist in pro . moting $ ke -piogtete 6 i industry and the development of the natural iresotatadB . Such a course is the object of her Majesty ' s present government . I trust that nothing 1 may happen to iirrpetlfe our oitfward progress , and that whatever reforms jhay 1 ) 6 ftefceSs&ry will be carried on in the absence of toy ; disturbitte ; causes , whether foreign or domestic ( Hear , heftr . ) When last I stood up in this room , as the ' guest ; -, of ydur lordship's predecessor , I declared that the policy of he * Mtq&iltfB governinent was a policy of peace that *

      I desire ' now to repeat declaration , and I go further and Bfty that no other principle " of policy-will ever be announced by me . ( Loud cheers . ) But , emphatic as these words may be , let nj © hot be understood as conceiving the impossibility of war , because the occasion may arise when war cannot be avoided , except at the expense of our country ' s honour . ( Hear , hear . ) All I can say is , that as far as I am concerned war will never be undertaken except with , reluctance , and when imperatively demanded by the honour and interest of the country . Such I believe to be the duty of an English Minister , as I am sure it is that of a Christian man . ( Cheers . )

      As for the rest , it was not worth much .. Lord Clarendon was as commonplace aa Sir James Graham , in defending the Peers when not attacked ; and Lord John Russell only escaped from truisms about the Commons by referring to the City Commission . He said he was gratified to find that the corporation did not shrink from that inquiry , but manfully courted the most searching investigation . He believed that by promoting useful reforms the corporation , would hest promote their own stability , and their efficiency as an element in the . government of the country .

      Lord Palmerston and the " Lady Mayoress and the ladies , " Lord Campbell for " the Judges , " and Mr . Sheriff Wire for himself , brought what Seems to have been a dull evening . to a close .

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      THE CITY COMMISSION . As yet the evidence of Mr . Acland , taken , before the Commission , has called forth nothing hut indignant disclaimers . He was again examined , on Tuesday , but he added nothing to substantiate the charge previously preferred against the Court of Common Council , of bribing the press . He showed , however , that the accounts of the Corporation are in & state far from intelligible . Sir George Carroll has denied some of the evidence , respecting bribery , point blank ; and Mr . Alderman Wilson , in his place in the Court of Aldermen , haB begged the public to hear both sides before it decides . He promises a satisfactory answer on the part of the Court . The Commission sat again on Thursday . Mr . Fisher , a solicitor of Combe , Delafield , and Co ., narrated a case of hardship suffered at the hands of the City . Messrs . Combe hired a wharf for landing malt on the Westminster side of Waterloo-bridge in 1833 . The City put in claims for the porterage and mileage of the malt . As the claim was resisted , bills were filed in Chancery in 1835 . The firm were advised to apply for leave to inspect the documents under which the claim was made , and in 1842 Vice Chancellor Knight Bruce made an order to that effect . The City appealed ; Lord Lyndhurst confirmed the order . The City took the appeal before the House of Lords . It lias not yet been decided , and all the suits are at a stand . This litigation has cost the firm 2000 / .

      Mr . Hubbard , governor of the Bank of England , stated that ho conceived the reason why merch ants will not accept civic offices to bo that conscientious scruples prevent them from performing judicial functions for which they have neither the requisite time nor inclination . The next witness , however , Mr . John Dillon , of Morrison and Dillon , thought that the merchants affected to treat civic honours with contempt becauHo they desire to neglect the public duties attached to them . Mr . Dillon would not abolish municipal ininsti

      stitutions in tho City . He would give corporate - tutions to the metropolitan boroughs ; and then lie would place tho police , tho sewerage , and tho lighting and paving under federal boards formed of members or these corporations . Mr . Dillon confirmfl Mr . AclanciH view of the City accounts . " In vulgar p hrnso y ou can neither make head nor tail of them . " They ougin to be made intelligible . l «' or instance , ho had » ° Jr been able to get an answer to the question— what is tn income of tho City of London 'i

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      LETTERS FROM PARIS . tiMTXKJl XOVIII . Paris , Thuiwlay HvoniiiK , Nov . , l ^ - Tina trial of the affair of " the Opera Comiquo comrnenoed on Monday lrmt . The diwloBureH ' <™ anxiously occupied public attention . Homo are um ing of the dangois they have incurred : othorH an cunning whether the conspirators were liiujk . «« »»* fc real organization . Many are surprised at tno ii men of any importance in the prmoipal com > j There has even boon n whisper in Pans , that * ' » ] it of the plot were actually shot on the veiy h of their arrest , and that the men now hoio f ° .. * ltialAint r are mere puppets , or , at best , doubltnav of tlio low nctoi-H in the buHinoHH . I ) ar j ,: I don ' t believe this liut report , for iiry » J * what occasioned it wan , probably , the throat * oi

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    • Leader (1850-1860), Nov. 12, 1853, page 1082, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/l/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2012/page/2/