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in armour , attended by their esquires . Tho Under Sheriffs and Sheriffs , in their state carriages , appeared a little later in the procession , and then , headed by the band of the Honourable Artillery Company , the Aldermen who have and havo not passed the chair . Tho retiring Lord Mayor
( Alderman Cotton ) followed ; after him the mounted band of one of the regiments of Household Cavalry ; and , preceded by the City Marshal , the City Trumpeters and his servants , in their gorgeous state liveries , came the great man himself , Lord Mayor Sir Thomas White , in his state
coach , with his chaplain and sword-bearer , and escorted by a troop of the 21 st Hussars . On reaching Westminster , his Lordship went through the customary formalities ; having invited the Judges of the various divisions of the High Court of Justice to honour the banquet with their presence , the
procession started on its return to Guildhall , via the Thames Embankment , being joined by the Lady Mayoress , attended by her maids of honour . At the banquet which followed , the whole of the Cabinet were present , the Duke of Richmond and Gordon having returned to town from
Balmoral . The usnal speeches followed , that of tho Prime Minister being listened to with eagerness , and greeted with enthusiasm . The usual crowd of roughs appeared in force , but the police effectually restrained their blackguardism whenever it became too effusive to be pleasant to the inoffensive spectators of the show .
Meetings about the Eastern Question still continue to be held throughout the country , though at less frequent intervals . Among the more important speeches that have recently been delivered , the most noticeable
is that of the Marquis of Hartington who spoke at considerable length at the comparatively small town of Keighley , remarkable chiefly for the anti-vaccination views of its poor law guardians . The speech was that of a statesman who has a full sense of the
responsibility that attaches to all his utterances , not that of a violent partisan . Among other recent speeches may be mentioned Messrs . Sclater-Booth and Baillie-Cochrane ,
both of them Conservative M . P . ' s . We may add here , that the Marquis of Salisbury has been appointed to be Her Majesty ' s special Ambassador at the approaching conference on the Eastern Question .
It seems that'latterly the roughs of Dublin have been exhibiting the greatest violence to the detriment of all peaceful citizens , not only on ordinary week-days , but likewise on Sundays . Certain of them , however , have met condign punishment at the hands of Judge Lawson . These
ruffians brutally assaulted one or more constables , in the execution of their duty , and on being found guilty were severally sentenced to five years' penal servitude , to the no small consternation of their companion blackguards . A third rough had a similar punishment meted out to him on
Monday , for a similar offence . Attempts are being made at intimidation , but the just severity of this upright and fearless judge will , we trnst , have the desired effect of repressing this too-prevalent lawlessness in the Irish Capital .
A special exhibition of chrysanthemums , fruit and vegetables , was offered , on Tuesday , at the Royal Horticultural Gardens , South Kensington . Among the principal exhibitors of chrysanthemums were Messrs . Charles Turner , of Slough , and Messrs . Veitch and Son , of Chelsea . Mr .
Williams , of Upper Holloway , contributed a fine collection of plants of various kinds . Messrs . James Carter aud Co ., of Holborn , and Messrs . Sutton and Son , of Reading , offered prizes for vegetables . Among the fruit were some magnificeut grapes , contributed by Mr . Wild Smith ,
gardener to Viscount Eversley , and some fine pine apples , exhibited by Mr . Eyre , of Newbury . A series of gunnery experiments has been proceeding at Eastbourne for a considerable time past , the object being to ascertain the battering power of certain guns , and the merits of different kinds of shells . One of the old Martello
Towers in the immediate neighbourhood has been the target , and the results arc considered by the artillerists who conducted the experiments to have been in every way satisfactory . This is , doubtless the case , for very little of
the tower remains standing , the brickwork , which in some places was seven feet thick , having been battered to smithereens . The gun employed was a 61-pouuder , weighing 95 cwt .
Except in » few places , Guy Fawkcs' Day is no longer celebrated with the same eclat as formerly—at lea ? % in the Metropolis , Moreover , the memorable day fell this y . ? aron a Sunday , and people celebrated the event , some on Satur-
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day , but the majority on Monday . On the former of these days we saw a miserable abortion of a guy in the neighbourhood of Aldersgate Station , aud not far removed , therefoi-e , from our offices . It was intended , or we imagined it , to bear some resemblance to , Emperor William of
Germany . But though that monarch has had a good deal to do with gunpowder in his day , he is the sworn enemy of ragtag and bobtail , and would never have permitted any such indecent liberties to be taken with him as his effigy was submitted to in Aldersgate-street . At Lewes ,
Hitchin , Exeter , and other provincial towns and cities where the day is still remembered in the good old fashion , the authorities appear , very wisely , to have acquiesced in tho proceedings . Consequently , no disturbances occurred . The guys Avere paraded during the day with becoming
solemnity , and , when the shades of evening came on , were duly consigned to the flames of the numerous bonfires specially piled up for their destruction . While the effigies
of Fawkes , the Pope , and other public personages , past or present , were being thus destroyed , some excellent displays of fireworks were given . At Croydon there seems to have been some little disturbance . The local authorities had
not the same common sense as the authorities at Exeter and elsewhere . The consequence then was a considerable amount of disturbance , and but for the strength of the police , the rough element would have had opportunity for earning further distinction in ruffianism . At Oxford and
Cambridge , precautions were taken against the usual town and gown rows . There were a few scrimmages , howover , in spite of the efforts of the proctors , and these resulted in sundry broken heads . But nothing more serious happened .
We hear by telegrams from America , that the Election of Mr . Tilden the Democratic candidate for the Presidency is considered certain , but by only the narrowest of majorities . This of course , may be taken as a vote of the United States
on the policy pursued by the Executive during the last sixteen years , during which the Republican party has been supreme . We trust the government of Mr . Tildenassuming him to have been elected—will serve to promote the welfare of the United Srates .
Cardinal Anronelli is dead , he who , for a quarter of a century , has been the faithful minister of Pope Pius IX ., the kindly old scold who occasionally excommunicates a score or . two of Freemasons . The Cardinal is said to have
amassed enormous wealth which goes to his nearest relations , a brace or more of nephews . Who his successor will be is not yet determined . Death has also claimed another victim in the person of the youthful Duchess d'Aosta , wife of the King of Italy ' s secoud son , Prince Amadeo , some time
King of Spain , till the Spanish Grandees , who had invited him to their country behaved so shamefully , that the fine young fellow , as he is , shook off the dust from his feet and returned home . His young wife , however , never , it is said , recovered from the anxiety and indignities
to which her husband was exposed during his short kingship , and hence her death , at the early age of twenty-five . Warlike operations have ceased for the present , and we hope there is no chance of their being renewed when the period of the armistice is concluded . The proposal of a
Conference appears to meet with general approval , so it is reported , at least ; but Russia , as is her custom , has been creating difficulties about the boundary line to be drawn between the contending armies . Austria , however , is
opposed to the latest rumoured demand of the Czar , which is to the effect that the Turks shall retire to the positions they held on the 17 th ult . Austria proposes the line be drawn as it would have been on the 31 st ult ., which seems far more reasonable . Meanwhile General Tchernaieff has
returned to Belgrade , and is about to enjoy a few weeks rest in Russia According ' - ' venturer , war will be resumed , but five of the ( r- - ^ . ' v . ' . vers nf Europe may happen to think differently from the General , who has not yet achieved the position of a Napoleon I ., so as to dictate
the alternative of peace or war to Europe . He may be riffht ; for there is no marking : the limits of Russian intriguo . The more we dwell upon the recent agitation in this country , and the conduct of Russia now and during her whole career , the more amazed are we that
Englishmen should have wished so brutal a power to act as champion of Christendom . The indignation ot the people at the cruelties committed was righteous , but the foul deeds of Russia have been as atrocious , if not more so ; in testimonv whereof we need but mention the names of Earl Russell and tho late Lord PalmerBton , statesmen
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in armour , attended by their esquires . Tho Under Sheriffs and Sheriffs , in their state carriages , appeared a little later in the procession , and then , headed by the band of the Honourable Artillery Company , the Aldermen who have and havo not passed the chair . Tho retiring Lord Mayor
( Alderman Cotton ) followed ; after him the mounted band of one of the regiments of Household Cavalry ; and , preceded by the City Marshal , the City Trumpeters and his servants , in their gorgeous state liveries , came the great man himself , Lord Mayor Sir Thomas White , in his state
coach , with his chaplain and sword-bearer , and escorted by a troop of the 21 st Hussars . On reaching Westminster , his Lordship went through the customary formalities ; having invited the Judges of the various divisions of the High Court of Justice to honour the banquet with their presence , the
procession started on its return to Guildhall , via the Thames Embankment , being joined by the Lady Mayoress , attended by her maids of honour . At the banquet which followed , the whole of the Cabinet were present , the Duke of Richmond and Gordon having returned to town from
Balmoral . The usnal speeches followed , that of tho Prime Minister being listened to with eagerness , and greeted with enthusiasm . The usual crowd of roughs appeared in force , but the police effectually restrained their blackguardism whenever it became too effusive to be pleasant to the inoffensive spectators of the show .
Meetings about the Eastern Question still continue to be held throughout the country , though at less frequent intervals . Among the more important speeches that have recently been delivered , the most noticeable
is that of the Marquis of Hartington who spoke at considerable length at the comparatively small town of Keighley , remarkable chiefly for the anti-vaccination views of its poor law guardians . The speech was that of a statesman who has a full sense of the
responsibility that attaches to all his utterances , not that of a violent partisan . Among other recent speeches may be mentioned Messrs . Sclater-Booth and Baillie-Cochrane ,
both of them Conservative M . P . ' s . We may add here , that the Marquis of Salisbury has been appointed to be Her Majesty ' s special Ambassador at the approaching conference on the Eastern Question .
It seems that'latterly the roughs of Dublin have been exhibiting the greatest violence to the detriment of all peaceful citizens , not only on ordinary week-days , but likewise on Sundays . Certain of them , however , have met condign punishment at the hands of Judge Lawson . These
ruffians brutally assaulted one or more constables , in the execution of their duty , and on being found guilty were severally sentenced to five years' penal servitude , to the no small consternation of their companion blackguards . A third rough had a similar punishment meted out to him on
Monday , for a similar offence . Attempts are being made at intimidation , but the just severity of this upright and fearless judge will , we trnst , have the desired effect of repressing this too-prevalent lawlessness in the Irish Capital .
A special exhibition of chrysanthemums , fruit and vegetables , was offered , on Tuesday , at the Royal Horticultural Gardens , South Kensington . Among the principal exhibitors of chrysanthemums were Messrs . Charles Turner , of Slough , and Messrs . Veitch and Son , of Chelsea . Mr .
Williams , of Upper Holloway , contributed a fine collection of plants of various kinds . Messrs . James Carter aud Co ., of Holborn , and Messrs . Sutton and Son , of Reading , offered prizes for vegetables . Among the fruit were some magnificeut grapes , contributed by Mr . Wild Smith ,
gardener to Viscount Eversley , and some fine pine apples , exhibited by Mr . Eyre , of Newbury . A series of gunnery experiments has been proceeding at Eastbourne for a considerable time past , the object being to ascertain the battering power of certain guns , and the merits of different kinds of shells . One of the old Martello
Towers in the immediate neighbourhood has been the target , and the results arc considered by the artillerists who conducted the experiments to have been in every way satisfactory . This is , doubtless the case , for very little of
the tower remains standing , the brickwork , which in some places was seven feet thick , having been battered to smithereens . The gun employed was a 61-pouuder , weighing 95 cwt .
Except in » few places , Guy Fawkcs' Day is no longer celebrated with the same eclat as formerly—at lea ? % in the Metropolis , Moreover , the memorable day fell this y . ? aron a Sunday , and people celebrated the event , some on Satur-
Our Weekly Budget.
day , but the majority on Monday . On the former of these days we saw a miserable abortion of a guy in the neighbourhood of Aldersgate Station , aud not far removed , therefoi-e , from our offices . It was intended , or we imagined it , to bear some resemblance to , Emperor William of
Germany . But though that monarch has had a good deal to do with gunpowder in his day , he is the sworn enemy of ragtag and bobtail , and would never have permitted any such indecent liberties to be taken with him as his effigy was submitted to in Aldersgate-street . At Lewes ,
Hitchin , Exeter , and other provincial towns and cities where the day is still remembered in the good old fashion , the authorities appear , very wisely , to have acquiesced in tho proceedings . Consequently , no disturbances occurred . The guys Avere paraded during the day with becoming
solemnity , and , when the shades of evening came on , were duly consigned to the flames of the numerous bonfires specially piled up for their destruction . While the effigies
of Fawkes , the Pope , and other public personages , past or present , were being thus destroyed , some excellent displays of fireworks were given . At Croydon there seems to have been some little disturbance . The local authorities had
not the same common sense as the authorities at Exeter and elsewhere . The consequence then was a considerable amount of disturbance , and but for the strength of the police , the rough element would have had opportunity for earning further distinction in ruffianism . At Oxford and
Cambridge , precautions were taken against the usual town and gown rows . There were a few scrimmages , howover , in spite of the efforts of the proctors , and these resulted in sundry broken heads . But nothing more serious happened .
We hear by telegrams from America , that the Election of Mr . Tilden the Democratic candidate for the Presidency is considered certain , but by only the narrowest of majorities . This of course , may be taken as a vote of the United States
on the policy pursued by the Executive during the last sixteen years , during which the Republican party has been supreme . We trust the government of Mr . Tildenassuming him to have been elected—will serve to promote the welfare of the United Srates .
Cardinal Anronelli is dead , he who , for a quarter of a century , has been the faithful minister of Pope Pius IX ., the kindly old scold who occasionally excommunicates a score or . two of Freemasons . The Cardinal is said to have
amassed enormous wealth which goes to his nearest relations , a brace or more of nephews . Who his successor will be is not yet determined . Death has also claimed another victim in the person of the youthful Duchess d'Aosta , wife of the King of Italy ' s secoud son , Prince Amadeo , some time
King of Spain , till the Spanish Grandees , who had invited him to their country behaved so shamefully , that the fine young fellow , as he is , shook off the dust from his feet and returned home . His young wife , however , never , it is said , recovered from the anxiety and indignities
to which her husband was exposed during his short kingship , and hence her death , at the early age of twenty-five . Warlike operations have ceased for the present , and we hope there is no chance of their being renewed when the period of the armistice is concluded . The proposal of a
Conference appears to meet with general approval , so it is reported , at least ; but Russia , as is her custom , has been creating difficulties about the boundary line to be drawn between the contending armies . Austria , however , is
opposed to the latest rumoured demand of the Czar , which is to the effect that the Turks shall retire to the positions they held on the 17 th ult . Austria proposes the line be drawn as it would have been on the 31 st ult ., which seems far more reasonable . Meanwhile General Tchernaieff has
returned to Belgrade , and is about to enjoy a few weeks rest in Russia According ' - ' venturer , war will be resumed , but five of the ( r- - ^ . ' v . ' . vers nf Europe may happen to think differently from the General , who has not yet achieved the position of a Napoleon I ., so as to dictate
the alternative of peace or war to Europe . He may be riffht ; for there is no marking : the limits of Russian intriguo . The more we dwell upon the recent agitation in this country , and the conduct of Russia now and during her whole career , the more amazed are we that
Englishmen should have wished so brutal a power to act as champion of Christendom . The indignation ot the people at the cruelties committed was righteous , but the foul deeds of Russia have been as atrocious , if not more so ; in testimonv whereof we need but mention the names of Earl Russell and tho late Lord PalmerBton , statesmen