Star. — London, England, 1831-04-05 00:00:00

Pope. This Gazette contains also a proclamation from Gene ral Frimont, Count Appodocclo, addressed to the subjects of his Holiness. They are informed that His Holiness having demanded succours hom His Imperial Majesty, Royal and Apostolic, to re-establish order and tranquility in this part of the Pontifical States, where evil-intentioned persons had usurped the legitimate Government, be (General Frimont) was on the eveof entering their city, with the troops put at his disposal, to re-establish order. The Holy Father, in fact, having uselessly employed ways of mild ness, and not having been able to recal them to submission, warned the inhabi►ants that these troops would preserve the most exact discipline, and he hoped that they would render them all the succour possible.— Corefis de France. SPIRIT OF THE JOURNALS. Mits.—We have been gratified by seeing • report of the proceed ings yesterday at the Lord Mayor's dinner. If any sentiment so mi. ninnious or vindictive, and therefore so unworthy of a great occasion, as one of triumph over a fallen foe, could find admission into the minds of Englishmen, when they have the most glorious of all causes to animate and inspire them, there might have been enough in the trans actions of that festive but eminently important meeting, to justify such a spirit. All doubts, for those by whom doubts had been entertained, though we were not among them,—all fears, though we feared nothing,—all jealousies about the result of things among the most susceptible friends of constitutional liberty—may now, and for ever, be dismissed. The Duke of Sussex, speaking as he did with manly dignity, the sentiments of his illustrious sovereign and brother, bete the most em phatic testimony to the cordial and complete support which his Majesty affords to his confidential ministers, and the encouragement he vouchsafes to his loyal people in their joint pursuit of Parliamentary reform. Lord Grey, Lord Brougham, and Lord John Russell, all distinctly and solemnly confirmed, in their respective speeches, the satisfactory declara tion already delivered by the Duke of Sussex, and left upon the mind of the company an impression —which no malignant intrigues or ma rouvies will henceforth be able, though ever so slightly, to disturb— that our Gracious Monarch, is head and hand, heart and soul, devoted to the same grand national object with his people. lIIRALD.—WhiIe the Attorney-General asserts that the Crown can prevent boroughs from returning Members, by declining to issue the customary writs, the Duke of Wellington denies the power of Parlia ment to disfranchise boroughs, but on grounds of specific corruption, proved at the bar of Parliament in every case. He says :—" Not one of tire boronghs can be disfranchised, unless an act of delinquency can be proved against it." This opinion is as erroneous as the other. The Attorney-Genesal over-rates the power of the Crown; the Duke of Wellington under-rates the power of Parliament. The one would make the best system of Parliamentary representation precarious, by being held on the tenure of the Royal sufferance ; the other would make the worst system eternal, by denying that there is a power inhe rent in the Constitution to change it for a better. Has the Duke of Wellington been Prime Minister of this country without arriving at such an elementary knowledge of the Constit u ti on as wou ld t eac h him that although each of the three Estates of the realm, in their separate capacities, have but limited powers, yet that combined, or, in other words, when they form a Parliament, their united power is absolute and transcendent ? If he will not believe us, let him hear the greatest of English lawyers, Sir Edward Coke, who says " The power and jurisdie tint: of Parliament is so transcendent and absolute that it cannot be con fined, either for causes or persons, within any bounds." This power can control and alter the succession to the Throne—it can alter the established religion of the country—it has done both. It can alter even the constitution of Parliament itself, as it did in the Instances of the Acts for triennial and septennial Parliaments. Can Parliament do these things, and shall it be powerless only when it comes in contact with the corrupt and rotten system of the boroughmongers ? What would Sir Edward Coke say to such an interpretation of its between dent authority ? POST.—The organs of the revolutionist ministry appear to think that they cannot too deeply insult the throne which their patrons' machinations would subvert. One of these organs—the loudest, the most audacious, and the most favoured of the number—has the In solence to say that there are persons honoured by the personal fa vour of, and accordingly enjoying facilities of access to their Majesties, whose names need only be publicly mentioned to com pel them to betake themselves to eight, so degraded, so in. ! famous are the habitual associates of Royalty, as they Bow fish in the calumnious descriptions of the revolutionary party. ' From this the Members of the House of Brunswick may anticipate what they have to expect should the revolution be accomplished. The party which threatened to ride rough-shod through Carlton House were disappointed by the wisdom, the firmness, and the patriotism of George the Fourth. In revenge they now seem fully determined to throw the torch of conflagration into St. James's. We suspect they are ones more rash and premature in the exhibition of their purpose. There is yet time for William the Fourth to chew himself the worthy summer of his Royal Brother. NA PAL 1N TELLIGENCE. MAILS ASILIVU. Tun Dior—Dublin. i • Waterford. 1 ; 1. Arm. 4.—Wind E.N.R.—Saded for the River, the Orwell snd Berwickshire. Arrived and sailed for the River, t he Rambler, Paulin, from the Cape of Good Hope. POIITSIIOUTS, Arau. 4.—Wind W.--Arrived his Majesty's ship Manley, from Bermuda. Armoury, Aram S.—Wind E.N.E. Fautourn, Aran s.—Wind E.N.B. Aram s.—Arrived the Abeam. Hove, from Fitasira. Off the port, the Sedulous, Goldsworthy, from Lisbon. PENZANCZ, Aran. S.—Arrived Dragon, from Trieste. Off port, Astrea, Fyall, from Barcelona ; Silvia, Woodcock, from Gijon ; and Enigheben, Jansen, from Cette. SCILLY. —Arrived, —Arrived, the Edinburgh, Bax, from China; Friends, El liot, from Lisbon; Angeldela, Guarde, from Garay; Zelina, Slow, from St. Andero ; and Alalviea. Chelwish, from Bilboa. The Mann Concepcion, Barline, from Bilboa, has arrived with loss of anchor and rabies, &c. and part of the cargo thrown overboard. The Canopus, Bongnal, from Genoa, has arrived off port. MILFORD, APRIL Y.—Arrived the Venus. Mopon, from Cephalo nia ; and Isabella, Williams, from Bilbao. APRIL 3.—Arrived the Leslie Alexander, Morris, from Odessa. HOLYHEAD, APRIL I.—Arrived the Nelly, Dick, Berm, Guest, and Sophia, Davison, from Babas. Livaaroor., Arazz 3.—Arrived of the port, the Ellen Jenkinson, ----, from Lisboa. Gummy, Aran. 2.—Arrived the Eliza, Rankin, from Oporto. CORK, Ann. I.—Arrived the Mamie'', Adams, from Cephalonia; Argo, Marti from Alicant ; and Navarino, Sparks. from London. KINSAL!, Aram I.—Arrived, the George the Fourth, Barry, Galli poly, and Good Hope, Skinner. Naples. DUNDIR, Ariut 2.—Arrived the Anne,Wilson, and William, Ilam say, from Memel. - Sr. [vas, Aran. 3.--Arrived the Grace, bloUard, from Gallipoly. AMSTERDAM, APRIL 2.—An English brig, commanded by Captain Holiday, from Landon, was stranded 29th ult. Dear Flushing. Arrived at Bermuda, the Charles, Dudne, fr o m D e m erara , an d Grand Turk, Simpson, from Jamaica. Arrived at Naples, the Harbinger, Champion, and Camilla, Bibbi ns , from Cardiff; a n d orine, Betts, from Liverpool. The San Jose, A guerre , from klboa to Plymouth, foundered at sea Yid ult. Crew saved. HINTS TO OFFICE as.—The Commander-in-chief at Nladraa has notified to all European Officers and troops under his im mediate orders, whether belonging to his staff, cavalry, artillery, or infantry, that " neither mustachios nor the beard on the chat" are to be allowed to be worn, unless by the native troops. Cu Ea P EDUCATION.--At a meeting of the Edinburgh Gaelic School Society, last week, it was stated, that the average expense incurred by the Society in teaching an individual to read the Scriptures, and in furnishing him with a Bible or Testament, has not exceeded thir teen ehillinbs and twopence. Preparations are making for placing the statue of the Duke of York on a pedestal, it is said, of thirty-five feet high, in the centre between the two flights of steps which are to constitute the opening into the Park at the end of Waterloo-piste. It is reported that Mr. John Kemble, son of Mr. Chas. Kemble, who has been for some time at the University of G ott i ngen , has placed himself in such a perilous situation as to endanger his life, by his having, with twelve brother students , _ joined the revolutioni s t s at Cadiz. It h as b een positively stated that the whole party were amongst those who had the misfortune to fall into the hands of the Go vernment, and have been formally tried and condemned. Sunday week Mr. C. Kemble set off suddenly for Paris, and it is stated that the cause of his journey is to endeavour to procure intercession fur his son. While the family of Mrs. Stevens, of Commercial-road, Chelsea, were at Church, on Sunday morning last, the house was en tered by means of skeleton keys, an d ro bb e d o f B an k notes amount i ng to 3121. a silver watch, several silver spoons, and other articles of pro. nerty. The numbers of the notes which were stolen are known, which - 11 1 Y probably lead to the detection of the thieves. A poor fellow, named James Green, confined in St. Luke's madhouse, was suffocated in his crib on Wednesday night by a fellow-maniac, named Barrett, who had unfortunately not been tied down for the night. Sunday last, the house of Mr. Liverd, at Windsor, was entered and robbed of Bank notes and sovereigns to the amount of 6061. Mr. Llverd had lately been in business in London as a publican,and went to Windior a short time ago for the benefit of his health, intending to purchase another public house with the money which he had received from the concern he had left. On Sunday morning, Mr. Liverd and his wife went to church, having locked up the house, and on their re turn at about one o'clock, found that the doors had been opened by means of false keys, and that the whole of the sum mentioned, together with a silver watch, and six silver tea, and two table-spoons, had been carried off. Mr. Liverd has thus been deprived of the whole of his property, and is in consequence reduced to ruin. EASTER FESTIVITIES. --.0.- TH E THEATRES. - -- --- --- DRURT-LAXE.—After the whams of Piaorro, at thin Theatre, last night, a new piece was intwolosod. entitled The lee Wild; er,the Frown Hand, of which the filoWitig is the plot, as far as we could collect it s—Harold, the Sea (Mr. H. Wallach), was wrecked in the Scandinavian Sea, where his was beset by ice, and his crew pe rished except himself and Memo ro, his Henchman ( Mr. Harley.) Mol t Beln_g_ddatute of all the necessaries of life , they are discovered by the Ice Witches, two of whom fall in love with them, supply them with food, and entertain them for sees doe; but despairing of being able to inspire them with sselpsual attachment, they discharge them, having previously stead dam with qualities calculated to chill any person whom they approoded. During the absence of Harold ken his dominions, GruthisM Chief of the Hills, ( Mr. Howell), and his band, carried off liegibly Ulla, daughter of Sweno, (Miss Crawford), who had been betrothed to Harold, and Minna, her at tendant, (Mrs. Waylett), who had been the sweetheart of Magnus Sun. On their return to land, an engagement took place between both pardes. The result of which was, that Ulla and Minna were rescued from Gruth of, who was killed in the contest; but it being pro. posed to have the parties married, Ulla and Minna were benumbed with cold at the approach of Harold and Magnus Sporn, in conge qsence of the chilling properties with which they were affected. In this state of affairs, Freyr, the Sun God, (Miss Poole), the ggursatt enemy of the los Witch, hastens to their relief, defeats the machtwdons of their persecutor, and restores the lovers to life and happiness. Magma Saoro, whose chilling powers had put to flight his mistress and all his old fem ale favourites, is also suddenly raised from the freezing point to a more warm and comfortable temperature—not less to his own delight than to that of Minna, who did not relish the idea of marrying an icicle. The piece, we understand, is written by Mr. Buckstone. There Is a good deal of fun in Mr. Harley's charac ter, Magnus Snore, and he played it right merrily. Minna, the smart, pert attendant of Ulla, was represented very amusingly by Mrs. Waylett. She executed two ballad airs with much live. liness of expression. Mrs. W. Barrymore, as Heeler, exhibited her attitudinarian graces most felicitously, and also gave the dialogue with playful propriety. The dances are extremely tasteful, and the music, composed and selected by Mr. T. Cooke, Is pleasing. The scenery, particularly the Palace of the Ice Witch, was very imposing. About the conclusion, Cupids were introduced flying with torches in elle* hands, which cliched rapturous applause. The piece was well received throughout. The announcement of its repetition was received with unanimous applause. CowEirw•tiaawww.—Last night, a new drama, entitled Neuha's Cave, was produced at this Theatre. It is founded upon the circum stance of the mutiny of the crew of the Bounty, detailed in " The Island" of Lord Byron. It may be remembered that the ship bad long ' been stationed at one of the Friendly Islands, where the crew had at tached themselves to many of the natives ; and withal, enamoured with the easy way of life, the luxurious climate, and the plenty abounding there, resolved to return back, and to that end mutinied against their officers, and sending them adrift in the cutter, made pail for the scenes of their former pleasures. The officers also make the island, and, assisted by a party of the natives, attack the mutineers, muter them, and repossess themselves of the vessel. All this is faithfully followed in the drama in question, and all the interest of the story, with the aid of the very beautiful scenery, the grotesque yet picturesque dresses and deportment& of the South-Sec Islanders, excited considerable commendation, and the curtain fell to applause. Miss Taylor played Navels very sweetly ; Mn. Vining was a most efficient Torguil ; and Keeley whimsical as ever, as one Pimpernel Chickweed, a travelled gardener. Quozer's TgEgTaz.--This neat little theatre, determined not to be behind hand with its overgrown contemporaries, has been quite super. abundant in novelties, which, if not superexcellent in their way, are sufficiently good to provide amusement for those whom fastidiousness has not rendered difficult to please. In addition to the Danish Wife and the Merry Wives of Barbican, two pieces which have had s suc cessful run, we were presented last night, with a new farcetta, called Double or Quit,, and an Easter spectacle, styled, in the felicitous phraseology of the play-bill, a new, grand, melo-dramatic, mi litary spectacle, called The French Spy. The new farce, which commenced the evening's entertainment is a complete coun terpart of Hightetsys sod Byways, a piece recently produced at Drury-lane. They are both taken fro ml the French, and are perfectly similar, with this difference only--that the Drury-lane piece was adapted with much mote skill, and thrown into the hands of far better per. formers; for, indeed, with the exception of the acting of Mrs. Glover, which is always good, the performance of Doable or Quits was truly but a sorry business. After that and the other two pieces had been disposed of, came the grand spectacle, in which species of entertain ment managers who wisely cater for the tastes of the holiday folk, are went to put forth all their strength ' • and it is but justice to The French Spy to state, that it was deservedly successful. The ace r:, the dresses, and the decorations , were really upon a scale of 7 our far beyond what one might reasonably expect in so small a and the piece was: altogether well performed. The late siege and storming of Algiers by the French formed the ground-work for the plot, which is carried on with sufficient interest up to the final dengue. .sent—the capture of the fortress, and the destruction of the pirates. There is, of *suns, an abundance of noise, smoke, fighting, and all that sort of thing. The acting of Mademoiselle Celeste, as a dumb lady in love with one of the French leaders, and assuming the charac ter of a cadet of Lancers, and tnbssgneatly that of an inspired Arab boy, is highly deserving of praise. admirable dancing of Made moiselle Constance also merits mention; and, on the whole, the piece was completely successful, and its repetition was announced amidst much applause. SURREY Tssavan.—This theatre, last night, abounded in variety and novelty. Independent of MICHAEL BOAC, the chin performer, and a countryman of bin, designated as the human flageolet, or German sif- Seer ' there were three new piecetws new romantic drama, called The Meadsotan, a melo-drama, called The Dog of the Convent, and a comic pantomime called The Enchanted Groot. The first piece is founded on a superstition prevalent in some parts of Germany. where it would appear the executioner has an axe and a sword hung over his door, as • badge of his horrible trade; and the belief Is, that when these two implements clash together, as any one enters his house, this may be regarded as a certain token of a violent death. The piece is composed by Mr. Almar, one of the actors, and, on the whole , is well arranged, and by no means destitute of interest. The Dog of the Content represents a family passing Mount St. Bernard, who, owing to the violence of the storm, lase their way ; but at last all of them, with the exception of a favourite child, a boy of ten years of age, reach the convent. On their arrival one of those dogs of that convent, so ce lebrated in story, is sent out in quest of the child, and returns with him in safety. This is the most interesting part of the piece, though there is a long plot, in which robbers, monks, soldiers, and a maniac incendiary, are all !nought into action, but with little effect. The piece is insufferably long and tedious. The last scene, however Is very good. This maniac, for purposes not explained, had carried off a lady of the party, and • ransom was sent to the robbers, with whom he had collusion. The ransom was in a box, and was sup posed to consist of precious jewels and gold • but on the box being opened the faithful dog rushed out, dispersed the robbers, and fastened, at last, with the utmost fury, on the maniac, whom, as the curtain fell, he was supposed to leave for dead. The scenery in this piece is evidently defective, /there being not the least appearance of pines, or snow, or bleak mountains, which form the chief features in that elevated region. The pantomime has not much to recommend it, and any good qualities it possessed were much lessened by untoward circumstances, such as defects in the ma chinery, and for one half of the time a total want of light from the foot lamps. On the whole, however, the evening's entertainment appeared to give satisfaction. 31r. Vale, in the fi rst piece, excited a great deal of merriment, and M. Boai, an d ' his friend, who imitated admirably a variety of birds. were loudly applauded. The house was very well at tended; and, with the exception of a short, but pithy and pugilistic dis turbance in the pit, the greatest good order prevailed. Connate THEATRE.—This popular establishment commenced its campaign for the season last night, with a very strong company. Dur ing the short recess, the house internally has been very considerably re embellished. The boxes have been reedited and newly papered, and tastefully fitted up with festoons of rose-coloured figured muslin. There is also anew splendid act drop, representing a grand historic temple of the drama, with a superb vignette border ' illustrated by scenes from ' some of the most popular dramas produced at this theatre, among which we noticed the Horatii and Curiatil, Edward the Black Prince Guy Faux, Peter Bell the Waggoner, Shipwreck of the Altdusa, Tr ial by Battle, Cloth of Gold, Mips of Terror, The Veteran and his Pro geny, El Nyder, to. The figures are by Jones, and Phillips has ex ecuted the other portions of the scene. The whale appearance of the Theatre is very neat and pretty. On this occasion, two entirely new pieces were produced. The first, a romantic melodrama, called 7 he Black Spider, or Me Field of Terror ; and the other, an original le gendary melodrama, entitled The Man Wolf, or Me Loup Garou of the Odenwald. Both pieces are of very peculiar interest, exceedingly well arranged, and the characters well cast. They are of German tradition, and abound with all those mysterious and supernatural incidents which are so peculiar to the country. Besides the old favourites, the company has been strengthened by a Mr. and Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. Digging, Mr. Bennett, and Mr. Gray, from the Birmingham Theatre, who all received a hearty welcome, and exerted themselves with effect. The scenery in the various pieces is entirely new ; the first piece concludes with a rushing of real water, forming a coup trail never equalled by any other Theatre. Between the pieces was produced a pantomimic sketch of eight scenes, taken from the most popular in the last pantomime, called Silver Penny ; It is entitled Harlequin's Holiday, or the EaslerOjering, for the amuse ment of the holiday folks. The house was crow ; and as usual, on Easter Monday, the gods enjoied themselves In noisy mirth. THI EASTER HUNT.—The annual turn-out at Epping has for many ages been a matter of serious consideration to the various classes of the community who inhabit that wilderness of houses called the Metropolis, and which seems very likely to extend its mazes even to the sylvan shades of Epping Forest, which in former times were redo. lent of naught but deer and evil doers. The interest which the chase has afforded, independent of the fun of seeing the dogs put the stag to his speed, has many shades of intensity, commencing with the idle *mace, and going through aU the intermediate degrees, up to the portly Alderman. The incensing artificialities of society have increased the numbers of those classes who take an in- Wrest in this species of pleasure; there have been superadded hose dealers, oosternsongers, Jews, stage.coachmen, lawyers'-clerks, stuck-brokers, su .bakers, •d et ella qua mine deseribere in puts est." The takes down with Infinite care a " grad" that has long since sees his b es t d a y s , an d w h ose teet h h ave b een filed and burnt by the dentist, which he palms upon the unsuspecting cock ney as a five-year old : the costermosger experiences a real delight in going to Epping—for, reckless of all, he keeps his donkey at top-speed, by means of "the raw" which be has established, and often outdoes his compeers on the road,much to his joy. A glass of gin and a few oaths make him as happy as a Lord, and he returns to St. Giles's or Toth ill-fie Ids tore. count the triumphs of the day. The Jew goes down u a matter of business, to look after the top-boot and breeches gentlemen, who have borrowed, at a price far exceeding its value, the best red coat in his shop; the stage. coachman drives down those who can't ride, and who won't walk; the lawyer's clerk goes down, because he thinks it gives him an air of fashion; the stock-broker, because there's little business in the Alley; and the sugar-baker, because its a " sweet day." All seek their amuse ment in one common way from a different motive, and some even went down to Rpping because they could not help it. The hunt of yesterday was not of that brilliant description to rival Its former glories. The throw-off was, as usual, fixed for one o'clock ; but the impatience of the steeds anticipated that hour most fearfully, for the throwing off began almost as soon as the getting on. At about 20 minutes past one, the deer was let out of his cart, and the ten minutes' law having elapsed, the hounds were set on the slot. The stag, however, was not up to the mark, for he lagged along so lazily, that had it not been for a stray greyhound which dogged him, and alarmed his fears, the pack would have closed on his haunches and have torn him down long ere they could have been called off. When he was once fairly on he showed them sport; be went across the country from Fsinnead Bottom down to Chingford Hatch, and thence he got into the forest again, when, after a short chase, he was driven acme the water, and the day being far' spent, the dogs were called off, and he was left to roam. We under stand be was never chased before, and therefore took a line of country which proved to the cockneys a" terra incognita," and raised such a terror in them as to deter them from following him. ORRENWICK FAIR —At this festive season no place presents greater attractions to the holiday- folks than this ancient and celebrated scene of fun and frolic. The numbers that yesterday flocked to enjoy the pleasures of this far famed spot, were as numerous as we ever recol lect upon any former occasion. Every vehicle that art or ingenuity could devise, was put into requisition for the purposes of convey. ance ; but no: a few of the votaries of pleasure, either from want of the means, or perhaps inclination, wended their way upon those contrivances which Nature, in her bounty. afforded to mankind, for the various purposes of locomotion- The Park presented a most animated scene, which was considerably heightened by the sun breaking forth at intervals. Here and there were seen parties of goodly folks sitting under the " shadowy shade of u mbra ge o us trees ," partaking of the good things of this life; while in other parts, groups of lads and lasses bustkd through some romping play— " When sport and mirth their joys dispense; Joys raised, refined by innocence." But the fair was the great magnet of attraction. Here was as usual every thing that could please the eye, or gratify the heart. The usual number of shews were exhibited. In one place, the pig-faced lady vied with the attractions of a double-headed child ; in another, a Swiss giantess and a Spanish dwarf divided the attention of the gapirg crowd; then again, the Red Barn, or the Murder of Maria Martin, was exhi bited in all the fulness of its horrors, to petrify the astonished beholdc Upon the whole, the amusements were of the very best description, and at a late hour of the night the road to town was thronged with crowds, who startled the dull ear of night by their hilarious vociferation. GRAND EASTER ENTERTAINAIENT AT THE MAN. SION-HOUSE. Yesterday the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor gave a very splendid dinner at the Mansion-House. The occasion was distinguished by the presence of his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and several of his Majesty's Ministers. Immense crowds were gathered round the Mansion-house, and the reception of the Ministers was enthusiastic in the very highest degree. The great Hall was decorated with green boughs, and magnificently lighted up with gas, and the Egyptian Hall, in which the dinner was laid out, shone with amazing brilliancy. Amongst the guests Of the Lord and Lady Mayoress we observed, be sides his Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, Lord Akhorp, Lord John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdown, the Marquis of Clanricarde, Lord Nugent, Lord Carlisle, Lord Godeiich, Lord Auckland, Prince Esterhasy, the Bishop of Llandaff, the Speaker of the House of Commons, Sir James Graham, Sir James Mackintosh, the Hon. George Lambe, Mr. Pouktt Thompson, the Lord Advocate of Scotland, Mr. Robert Grant, Mr. Charles Grant, Mr. Verson Smith, the Solkitor.Geneval, Mr. Spring Rice, Mr. Phillips the Under , the Dean of Bergen% the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the India Company, the Mem bers for the city and the county of Middlesex, and several other Mem bers of Parliament. The Marchioness of Westmeath, the Countess of Mansell, Lady Grey and Lady °screens Grey, Lady Mary Butler, the Hon. Mrs. Amer, Lady Mary Wood, &a. &r. Al l the arrangements wire admirably made by the Lord Mayor's Committee. The company began to arrive at a little after five o'clock, and were ushered into the drawing-room, from whence, at a little before seven, they proceeded to the Egyptian Hall. Soon after dinner, the Lord Mayor rose to propose the health of his Majesty. He was, he said, aware that it was not customary to introduce the toast he was about to pro pose, and which was very properly always the first tout, with any remark, because the loyalty of the people of Eng land, especially those of the metropolis, was such, that it was only necessary to mention the King's name, to ensure for it the most cordial reception in every company where it might be given ; and if ever it would be more unnecessary than at another time to vary from the usual course, it cer tainly would be under the reign of William the Fourth, a Monarch who, from the first moment he ascended the throne, had, by every act of his reign, entitled himself to the gra titude, and enthroned himself in the hearts and affections of his grateful and loyal subjects. He certainly, therefore, I should not be disposed to vary from the ordinary prac tice, did he not feel that our gracious and beloved King was entitled to the especial thanks and gratitude of every subject of the realm, for the noble and disinterested example he had set, and for the considerate kindness which he bad manifested to promote his people's welfare, in meeting the distresses of the times, by refusing that to which by precedent be was entitled, a splendid and expensive outfit for our gracious Queen, (loud cheers ;) by attending on all occasions to every circumstance calculated to promote the national good, and especially for the unlimited confidence he bad been pleased to repose in his upright and enlightened Ministers, and for the countenance he had afforded to the vast and important measure which now occupied the minds of the people from one end of the kingdom to the other : (chews.) With those sen timents of gratitude and affection to our beloved king, for that as well as every other act of his reign, he felt that he could not give the toast without endeavouring to express his own sentiments. which he also felt to be those of his fellow citizens : (loud applause.) His Lordship then gave " The King," with four times four. The Lord Mayor next rose to propose the health of the Queen. Knowing the affectionate regard and ardent loyalty felt by every inhabitant of this great metropolis for our be loved Queen, and the warm interest which she always ma nifested for the welfare of the people, and convinced of the affectionate attention which her Majesty paid to her Royal Consort—a bright example, which must give a tone to the character and conduct of the country—he knew that the com pany whom he had the honour to see around him would hail with gladness the opportunity of drinking the health of the Queen (cheering). The " Health of her Majesty" was then drunk with three times three. The Lord Mayor next proposed the " Princess Victoria and the remaining branches of the Royal Family." It af forded him the opportunity of calling the attention of his guests to a distinguished member of that family, the Royal and Illustrious Duke who had condescended to honour him with his company. (Cheers.) His Royal Highness was not a Prince to whom we paid respect merely because he was a member of the Royal Family and a Prince of the Blood; we owed him every mark of dutiful respect, gratitude, and esteem, for the libe r al an d en li g ht ene d course of conduct which through his life he had adopted, and for the distin guished support he had always afforded to the various liberal and charitable institutions which adorned the land. The toast was drank with three times three, and with great enthusiasm. The Duke of Sussex Legged to return thanks, in the first instance, fur the compliment which had been paid him by the Lord Mayor in proposing his health. It was impossible for him to express the feelings of pride and satisfaction by which he w as impressed, in being a guest of the worthy Lord Mayor of London. He had been for a length of time de prived of the happiness of attending at such festivals ; but he could assure the citizens of London that it was a gra tification which he had long sighed for to sit with them in the midst of their hospitable enjoyments. (Cheers). When be saw himself surrounded by such a company, among whom were those Ministers whom his Majesty had been pleased to call to his councils, and in whom his Majesty placed the most complete confidence ; (cheers.)—when be saw, too, the unanimity of feeling which so generally pre vailed, he could not but express himself convinced that the feelings and wishes of the Crown, the Government, and the people, were all in the most perfect harmony together : (loud cheers.) He also begged leave to congratulate those around him upon the triumph of liberal opinions, which his Majesty's Ministers had uniformly and strenuously sup ported, and which will hereafter prove the happiness and glory and honour of the country. ',Continued applause.) The Lord Mayor next proposed the health of the " Lord Chancellor," whose brilliant career must, he said, have been noticed by all with the highest possible satisfaction. They might have been disposed to conclude that when the noble lord was so honestly chosen member for Yorkshire, be had attained the highest summit of glory. The Lord Mayor drew a very animated picture of the merits of the noble and learned person whose health he proposed. The Lord Chancellor, after returning thanks for the great kindness which had been conferred upon him, by the man ner in which the toast just proposed had been received, said that he, above all his colleagues, felt peculiarly the honour which had been displayed towards him, in being requested to attend this great City feast. In coming to the Mansion house, he had the pride and satisfaction of knowing that he was coming amongst his fellow-citizens, for he had had the honour of being enrolled a freeman of the City of London at a period of his life which he should never forget. There was one thing which was to him a source of great consola tion, and it was this, that he and his colleagues continued to enjoy the confidence, the steady and unflinching confi dence, and support of a most gracious master (loud cheering). He believed also that they possessed the confl. dence of the people of this country (reiterated cheers.) He had then no anxiety, no fears, and he could assure those whom he bad the honour to address, that the Ministers who were so backed, so accepted, and so supported, would do their duty faithfully to that gracious Sovereign and that people (continued cheering). It was impossible for the King's servants not to be proud of the popularity which their Royal Master enjoyed ; that popularity was not confined within the walls of that Hall, it was universal; it extended over the whole empire as far as his Majesty's fame, and deeds, and councils were known (applause ;) and indeed he was not astonished that a Prince should be popular who was the patron of the arts, the firm supporter of commerce, and the steady friend of the City of London and its liberties. The Duke of Sussex, in proposing the healtbocf the Lord Mayor, eulogised the conduct of his Lordship, and adverted to the brilliant assemblage which was that night congregate d together. The Lord Mayor returned thanks, and proposed the health of Lord Grey, whose wise and liberal policy was so much the object of admiration, and whose measures, he felt confi dent, would advance the prosperity of the nation. Earl Grey returned his best thanks for the honour done him. The Lord Mayor bad been pleased to advert to the state of the country when his Majesty's present ministers came into office, and to the success which had followed the endeavours of ministers to quiet the public mind— (Cheers). His Lordship's testimony in favour of his Ma jesty's ministers was exceedingly gratifying to him; and it was truly satisfactory that the exertions which had been made by Government to restore tranquillity to the country had been duly appreciated by those who were capab:e of judging of those exertions--(Cheers). His Lordship had also alluded to certain measures which had been introduced into Parliament by him. This was, perhaps, not the most fitting occasion on which to allude to those measures, and all he could allow himself to say respecting them was, tbkt he had the entire concurrence of his colleagues as to the pro priety of those measures, which were founded on principles Iwhich be had advocated throughout the whole period of his , public life, and which h e b e li eve d wou ld, b y b e i ng b roug h t I into full operation, mainly contribute to the perfect stabi.ity of the country : (loud cheers.) In bringing forward the measures to which allusion had been made, his object was to maintain unimpaired the institutions of the country : (cheers) ; institutions upon wEich the power of England : greatly depended, (hear, hear) ; and to maintain a hid' was the duty as well as the inclination of the Government ; (cheers.) Possessed as he was of the gracious approbatioa of his indulgent master relative to the measure adverted to, and of the concurrence of the people, it was impossib!e for him not to succeed, having such encouragement and suc:i support in that course which he considered to be for the ad vantage of the country generally. (Loud aptlause.) The Noble Lord concluded by returning the most hearty thanks of his Majesty's Government ; and sat down amidst the Ina: t marked demonstrations of respect from the company. The Lord Chancellor then gave " The Health of the Lady Mayoress," which he prefaced by a well-turned coin ! pliment respecting her Ladyship's attention and kindness to her guests. The Lord Mayor next proposed " The health of Led John Russell, a toast which he prefaced by a spirited de scription of t'.e public career of the Noble Lord, whom his Majesty's Ministers had, with great good sense and judg ment, selected to introduce into Parliament the important measure of Parliamentary Reform : (cheers.) Although the Noble Lord had introduced the lite:mum under such anspi dons circumstancfs, it was well known that he had nun er ous and discouraging difficulties to compete with in the virulent opposition which had been raised lay those who were so deeply interested in continting to violate the constitution, and supported by others who were not allowed to give an opinion of their own, or else whose understandings were so obtuse that they were incapable of discovering the great benefits which must immediately follow : (cheers.) Lord John Russell briefly returned thanks, and repeated what had been already stated by the two noble lords who formed so distinguished a portion of his Majesty's govern. ment. Backed by the confidence of the Sovereign, and by the almost universal approbation of the people, it ails im possible that a triumph should not be obtained. It was the greatest source of gratification to the government to find the unanimity between his gracious Majesty, the public, and themselves so perfect. Sanctioned, encouraged, and upheld by such combined strength, defeat was impossible to the friends of the measure to which the Lord Mayor had so elo latently alluded. (Loud cheering.) The festival was admitted to be one of the grandtst ever even at the Mansion House at Easter. It is impossible to ssoceive any thing more cheering to the numerous guests ut both sexes than were the reiterated assurances of his Majes ty's Ministers, that there was no use whatever in thruk,ing obstacles in the way of a radical retail') in the represti.ta fion of the people. • . 4 ,~