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UNIVERSITY TAPE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 24, Sufroik-street, Pall-mall East, London, S.W. (Established 1825). Incorporated by Royal Charter. NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That the ANNUAL GENERAL COURT of this Society will be held on WED NESDAY, the 10th instant, at WILLIS'S ROOMS, No. 26, Ring-street, St. James's-square. The Chair will be taken at Four o'clock precisely. CHARLES M. WILLICH, Secretary and Actuary. 3d June, 1883. LEGAL AND GENERAL LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY. 10, FLEET -STREET, LONDON, B.rn JUNE, 1863. The Proprietors of this Society are requested to take notice, that the Dividend tor the current year will be payable at this office on WEDNESDAY, the Ist day of .July next, and following days, between the hours of Eleven and Two o'clock. The Transfer B. oks of the Society will be Closed from the 13th to the 30th instant, both days inclusive. Ey order of the Board, JOIIN NETTLE CON, Secretary. _%WESTERN MANCHESTER and LONDON LIFE ASSURANCE and ANNUITY SOCIETY. Established 1842. Chief Offices-3, Parliament-street, London, and 77, Kino - -street, Manchester. A cm - in - -Arthur Scratchley, Esq., M.A. SPECIMENS OF BONUS ALLOTTED. —E. G. has paid ;£lB3 lls. 3d. in Premiums towards his Policy for £1,500; £lO6 12s. id. Bonus has already ( 1 860) been allotted to him. R. S. has paid £7 6s. in Premiums towards his Policy for £5O ; £6 2s. 11d. Bonus has ahead) (1860) been allotted to him, ANNUITIES AND ENDOWMENTS GRANTED. Full Prospectuses, Proposals, and every information may be obtained from the Actuary in London, the Local Secretary in Manchester, or any of the Society's Agents. AGENCY DEPARTMENT. This Society, always desirous of extending its operations and connections, offers to influential residents in the towns and villages of the United Kingdom liberal allowances on busine . ss which they may b e a bl e to introduce. The services of So,i citors, Medical Men, Surveyors, Auctioneers, or Tradesmen of good local sta n d ing, are invited in the capacity of Pri vate or Publi c A gents. All applications to the O ffices a re treated as confid ent i al. Prospectuses, Forms of Propos al , Almanacks, &a, forwarded post free. THE ONLY OFFICE WHOSE BONDS AND POLICIES OF GUA RANTEE ARE ACCEPTED BY TUE TREASURY, CUSTOMS, INLAND REVENUE. GENERAL POST-OFFICE. WAR, ADMI. RALTY, HOME, COLONIAL, INDIA, AND OTHER GOVERN MENT DEPARTMENTS. THE EUROPEAN ASSURANCE SOCIETY. DIRECTORS Dr LONDON. HENRY WICKHAM WICKHA3I, Esq., M.P., Chairman, John Cheethana, Esq., Stalybridge. John. Field, Esq,, Warnford Court, City. C harles Forster, Esq., M.P. for Walsall. Richard Francis George, Esq , Bath. Henry H. Harrison, Esq., Hamilton-place, St. John's-wood. Thomas C. Hayward, Esq., Minories and Highbury. John liedginF, Esq., Cavendish Club. James Edward 3Pronnell, Esq., Wolverton. C , W. Reynolds, Esq.. Eaton-place, Belgravia. Richard Spooner, Esq., late her Majesty's Commissioner of Customs, Bomt”y. N. Wickham Wickham. Esq., M.P. for Bradford. Thomas Winkworth, Esq., Gresham Club, and Canonbury. J. P. Brown-Westhead, Eaq., M.P. for Yo r k . ' Security is provided in approved cases for Officers of Bank inn- and Commercial Establishments, Public Companies, Municipal Corporations, and for other places of trust. Life Assurance may be combined with Guarantee on ad vantageous terms. Prospectuses, Forms of Proposal, and every information may be obtained from the Chief Offices, 2, Waterloo-place, Pall-mall, London; and 39, George-street, Edinburgh. PROVIDENT CLERKS' MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. Established 1840. TRUSTEES. Thomas Baring, Esq., M.P. Wm. Geo. Prescott, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P. I Baron L. de Rothschild, M.P. Mutual Lib. Assurance for all classes. This Association has now in existence 6,000 policies, for a total sum of £1,500,000. The Annual Income is £61,000 The Accumulated Fund exceeds .. 200,C00 .. It has paid in Claims The whole of the profits are divided quinquennially among the Members. Three divisions have already been made' when the following sums have been added as bonuses to the Policies Dec. 31,1847 .. „ 3852 ~ 1857 .. ~ 12 Malting the tot al bonus additions, £96,600. Bonuses ma - be received in cash or a ppli e d t o th e reduc tion of premiums at the option of the assured, in lieu of an addition to the policy. Attention is especially invited to the system of free or paid -1113 policies introduced by this Association, by which the sacrifice so often submitted to on the relinquishment of a po icy is wholly avoided. The balance-sheets of the Association are open to all, Whether assurers or otherwise. Active and influential agents will be appointed in unrepre sented districts. .. £5,400 .. 11,500 .. 23,200 .. 56,500 WM. THOS. LINFORD, Secretary. Chief Office, 15, IVioorgate-street, E.C., May 1, 1863. GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY, No. 11, Lombard-street, London, E.C. Established 1821. Subscribed Capital, Two Millions. DIRECTORS. Sir MINTO FARQUHAR, Bart., M.P., Chairman. CHARLES WILLIAM CCRTIS, Esq., Deputy Chairman. Henry Hulse Berens, Esq., .John Labouchere, Esq. Henry Bonham Carter, Esq. G. Shaw Lefevre, Esq. ('harles F. Devas, Esq. ' John Martin, Esq. Francis Hart Dyke, Esq. Rowland Mitchell, Esq. Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Bart. James Morris, Esq. James Goodson, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq. Thomson Hankey, Esq., M.P Henry R. Reynolds, Esq. John G. Hubbard, Esq., M.P. Abraham J. Robarts, Esq. Fredk. H. Janson, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq. AUDITORS. Lewis Loyd, Esq. 1 Henry Sykes Thornton, E sq. Cornelius Paine, jun., Esq. I Noel Whiting. Esq. Thos.Tallemach, Esq., Secretary I Saml. Brown, Esq., Actuary LIFE DEPA RTMENT.—UNDER THE PROVISIONS or AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT, this Company now offers to new In surers EIGRTY PER CENT. of the Profits, at Quinquennial Divisions, or a Low Rate of Premium without participation of Profits. Since the establishment of the Company in 1821, the Amount of Profits allotted to the Assured has exceeded in cash value £660,000, which represents equivalent Reversionary Bonuses of £1,058,000. After the Division of Profits at Christmas, 1859, the Life Assurances in force, with existing* Bonuses thereon, a mounted to upwards of £4,730,000, the Income from the Lite Branch £207,000 per annum, and the Life Assurance Fund, independent of the capital, exceeded £1,618,000. LOCAL MILITIA and VOLUNTEER CORPS.—No Extra Premium is required for service therein. LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their value% if such value be not less than £5O. ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, re ceived and registered. MEDICAL FEES paid by the Company, and no charge or Policy Stamps. FIRE DE PARTMENT.—lnsurances are effected upon every description of property at moderate rates. Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company. TEA.—MOORE BROTHERS respectfully inti mate that their New Prospectus is now ready. They especially recommend their improved Family Tea, reduced to 3s. 2d. ; Souchong reduced to 3s. Bd. ; mixed Assam, re duced to 3s. Bd. ; and the finest Assam, reduced from 4s. 4d. to 3s. 11d. per lb. A.D. 1729. R OYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANC E CORPORATION (Established by Charter of his Majesty George the First) FOR SEA, FIRE, LIFE, AND ANNUITIES. Offices, Royal Exchange, London. Branch Office, 29, Pall-malL OCTAVIUS WIGRAM, Esq., Governor. GEORGE PEARRES BARCLAY, Esq., Sub-Governor. Sir .TORN HENRY PELLY, Bart., Deputy-Governor. DIRECTORS. Henry Bainbridge, Esq. Wiimot Holland, Esq. Robert Barclay, Esq. Earl of Leven and Melville. John Garratt Cattle y, Esq. Chas. Jno. Manning, Esq. Mark Cur r i e Close, Esq. Henry Nelson, Esq. William Davidson, Esq. The Hon. Josceline W. Percy. E s Thomas Dent, E q. Charles Robinson, Esq. Alexander Dru ,ce E Fredk. Jos. Edlman s , so Samuel Leo Schuster, Esq. Riversdale W. Gree n, Esq. Eric Carrington Smith, Esq. 4 . o Wi s l e li p a h m so S m ol e tzu E E sci„ sq. m.p. Robt. Amadeus Heath,l'Escsq. Wm. Tetlow Hibbert, Ese lq :: . , gal s i . atlallace, Esq. Jas. Stewart Hodgson, Es Medical Referee, sAmliE Baring Young, Esq. L SOLLY, Esq., F.R.S. NOTICE.— rhe usual fifteen d ays allowedfor payment of FIRE PREIIIU3IS falling due at Lady Day will expire On 9th April. FIRE and LIFE ASSURANCES may be effected with this Corporation on advantageous terms. In the Life Department, assurances are granted with par ticipation in Profits, or, at lower Premiums, without such participation. The Reversionary Bonus on British Policies has averaged nearly 2 per cent. per annum on the sum assured. Equivalent reductions have been made in the Premiums payable by persons who preferred that form of Bonus. The divisions of Profit take place every Five years. Any sum not exceeding £15,000 may be insured on one Life. This Corporation affords to the Assured— Liberal participation in Profits—with exemption from the liabilities of partnership. A rate of Bonus equal to the average returns of Mutual Societies—with the guarantee of a large invested Capital Stock. Tice advantages of modern practice,—with the security of an Office whose resources have been tested by the ex perience of nearly a CENTURY AND A. DALY. The Corporation have always allowed the Assured to serve in the Militia, Yeomanry, or Volunteer Corps within the United Kingdom, free of charge. ROYAL EXCHANGE, LONDON. EGET. P. STEELE, Secretary. R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY. HEAD OFFICES, di nil LiverpoeL Insurance -29, Lombard-street, L 1,,,0nd0n, and Royal , 1,000,000. hand over Total Annual Revenue exce eds £500,010. Accumulated Funds in E follows : MMUS has bee n as pDREEPARTM NT. £196,148 The Receipt of F F I I R R E E 1854 1856 £ 11 2 5 81 : 1 35 03 four years, by the While for 1862 they I 1 18 5 60 8 The Fire Revenue has been enhanced, during the last six exceeded ifoo,oo. . enormous sum of more than £lOO,OOO, and years it has the latesen doubled. e d Al oreovert Parliamentary Return o f Insurance Tax paid to the Inland Revenue Office (ordered to be pr nt by the House of Commons, Bth July, 1862) exhibits R OYAL INSURANCE COMPANY, as respects increase s. of the business, at th e HE AD OF ALL the Insurance Offices. LIFE DEPARTMENT. shown by The rapid progress and p os itr on o f th i s b ranc h will be best erected f or the the following statement of the New Life business Year. Sum Ass 1855.....A55ured New Premiums. ......... Z 206,514 1857....... £5,909 18 7 1859 ...... ....... :1 ........ 430.1, t 7,250 0 .... 10 •• 1:1,086 8 5 270 8 6 1861 ........... ... 521,1 •• While the sum assured by 01 16,627 18 0 New Polices i n tt e year 1862 Sterling. amounts to more than Eeven Hun dred Thousand Pounds Large Bonuses declared 1855 and 1880--x2 Per Cent. per annum. The greatest Bonus ev er continuously- declared by any Company. PERCY M. DOVE, M anager and A c t uary. JOHN B. JOHN STON, Secretary in London. O _____ LDRIDGE'S BALM OF COLUMBIA, established upwards of thirty ye ars, i s the best and only certain remedy ever discovered for prese rv i ng, s t rengthening ? beautifying, or restoring the hair,whiskers, or moustaches, and preventirtgthem turning grey. Sold in bottles, 3s. 6d., es., and Its., by C. and A. OLDRIDGE, 22, Wellington-street. Strand, London, W.C., and all chemists and perfumers. For chil dren'a and ladies' hair it is most efficacious and unrivalled, RIIPTURES.-By ROYAL LETTERS PATENT. --- WHITE'S MOO-MAIN LEVER TRUSS (PERFECTED AND EXHIBITED IN _ THE GREAT - . _ XIIIBITIONS or 18M AND 1862), is allowed by upwards of Two Hundred Medical Gentlemen to he the most effective nvention in the curative treatment of Ii ERN I A. The use of a steel spring, so often hurtful in its effects, s here avoided—a soft bandage being worn round the body, while the requisite resisting power is supplied by the Hoc-Main Pad and Patent Lever, fitting with so much ease Ind closeness that it cannot be detected, and may be worn luring sleep. A descriptive circular may he had, and the truss, which cannot fail to fit, forwarded by post, on the dr aumference of the body, two inches below the hips, being sent to the manufacturer, No. 22,136 , NEW NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR ,OF "NO CHURCH." On Friday, June 12, in 3 vols., CHURCH AND CHAPEL. By the Author of " No Church," " Owen : a Waif," &c. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vols., THIRD EDITION of LIVE IT DOWN. By J. C. JEAFFRE.ON. "This story will sa ti s fy most readers. The interest g oes on increasing to the last p age It is by far the b est work of fiction 31r. Jeaffreso n hasyet 'weft en.''—Athen ?CUM. Hurst and Blackett, 13, Great Marlborough-street. Complete in Four Volumes, Octavo, £3, THE SPANISH CONQUEST IN AMERICA, AND ITS RELATION TO THE HISTORY OF SLAVERY, AND TO THE GOVERNMENT OF COLONIES. By ARTHUR HEL "S. Vols. I. and 11. 2Ss. Vols. DI. and IV. 16s. each. London : Parker, Son, and Bourn, West Strand. Now ready at all the Libraries, A NEW NOVEL, BY THE REV. J. PYCROFT, Author of " Twenty Years in the Church," 17)R A G O N'S TEETH 2 vols., post Bvo., cloth boards, price 21s. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. SAWYER'S FAMOUS LONDON DINNER 17 FOR THIS DAY. At 25. 6d. each Person. SOUPS. Chesterfield. Claremont. FISH. Turbot and Lobster Sauce. Fried Soles. ENTREES. Sweetbreads ala Belleveau. Rolards of Beef, sauce Piquant. JOINTS. Roast Beef. Roast Mutton. SWEETS. Phut Puddings. Sandwich Pastry. Cheese and Salad. An extensive and carefully selected stock of FRENCH, RHENISH, MOSELLE, and other WINES, imported ex pressly for the London Dinner. THE LONDON, 191, FLEET-STREET. T " OXFOR D, e, OXFORD STREET. Every Evening wail be performed Selections from the following Operas : Verdi's LA FORZA DEL DESTINO ; and Flotow's MARTHA. Supported by Miss Russell, Miss Townley, &C.; Messrs. Albert, Green, Bernardi, Huish, Kimberley, and W. Evans, with full band and chorus. Conducted by Mr. Jonghmans. Drew Dean's Flute Solos UNSWORTH, the modern Demosthenes. Eugene, W. Randall, J. Hutchenson, and the mat vellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND. " These two Parisian clowns have carried the art of tumbling to apparently the highest pitch of perfection, and it is impossible even for the most staid of visitors to avoid being amused by their originil gambols. They elicit shouts of laughter and applause."—Times, April 7, 1863. CANTERBURY HALL AND FINE ARTS GALLERY. NOTICE.— ENTIRE CHANGE OF ENTERTAINMENT. This Evening the Marvellous ARTHUR and BERTRAND, the Two French Clowns. ARTHUR LLOYD'S burlesque Drama, arranged expressly for him. A. B. HOLLINGSWORTH'S new Comicalities, ezo, SAM COLLINS, with new Songs. UNSWORTH, the celebrated Stump Orator. EUGENE, and G. HUTCHINSON. GRAND SELECTIONS from OrERAS, GLEES, a n d CANTATAS. Principal Artistes—Miss Russell, Miss Townley ; Mr. Green, Signor Bunali, and Signor Tivoli. Conductor, Mr. Jonghmans. Admission—Hall, 6d. ; stalls and balcony, Is. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE.—lmmense Success of the Great Spanish Gymnasts, the RI3ARELIS. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. The admirers of Leotard are respectfully invited to witness BALAGER'S PERFORMANCES on the TRAPEZE.— FIRST WEEK. ROYAL ALHAMBRA PALACE. T h i s agnific B ent uildin, the Best Ventilated and Coolest Place of Resort in London g , A OPEN DAILY from Twelve to Five FREE OF CHARGE. The Choicest Wines and Refreshments. A RGYLL ROOM S.—JULLIEN'S PROMENADE CONCERTS. NOTlCE.—Duri^g the Week the Selections will be—" Il Trovatore "—" La Huguenots "—" La Forza del Destino," &e., at Eleven o'clock. Jullien's Grand Descriptive Galop, THE DERBY, To he dedicated to the Ow, er of the Winning Horse. LEVY, the great wonder on the Cornet-a-Piston, plays from half-past Nine to Twelve. Admission, is. 29, GEORGE-STREET, HANOVER-SQUARE. THE LONDON ANATOMICAL MUSEUM, containing 1,200 Models, Natural Preparations, Monstro sities, &c., illustrating every part of the Human Frame ; also the Moving Anatomical Dying Zouavc, Julia Pastrana, &c. Admission, One Shilling (for Gentlemen only), from 10 till 10. Lecture at Four. Illustrated Catalogue free for two stamps. Address the Secretary, as above. THE FARMER'S BAROMETER, 505., a new Instrument, by Negretti and Zambra, will cor rectly indicate whether the Barometer falls for Rain or for Wind. Particulars by enclosing stamp.-1, Hatton-garden; 57, Cornhill ; and 122, Regent-street. MOORE BROTHERS, 35, London-bridge, City, E.C. PECTACLES.—The Patent Newly-invented ki Tinted Spectacles are patronised by the majority of the Nobility, including Viscount Palmerston. They afford extra ordinary relief to weak, dim, and defective vision.—S. and B SOLOMON S, Opticians, 39, Albemarle -street, Piccadilly. LUXURIANT WHISKERS, Moustaches, and Eyebrows produced in a few weeks by the use of ELLIOTT'S TONIC LOTION, the stimulative properties of which are unfailing in their operation. Thomas Elliott invites a trial from the most sceptical, that they may be con vinced of its infallible power. Price 3s. 6d., Is. 6d., 10s. 6d., and 21s. Forwarded on receipt of postage stamps.—Thomas Elliott, hairgrower (first floor), 51, Fenchurch-street.;:T. E.'s wigs, £1 10s. OS TEO Ell) 0 N Patent, March 1, 1862, No. 560. . GABRIEL'S Self-adhesive Patent Indestructible MINE RAL TEETH and FLEXIBLE GUMS, without palates, springs, or wires, and without operation. One set lasts a lifetime, and WARRANTED FOR MASTICATION and ARTICULATION, even when all others fail. Purest ma terials only, at hall the usual cost. Messrs. GABRIEL, the old-established Dentists, 27, HARLEY-STREET, CAVENDISH-SQUARE; 34, LUDGATE-HILL, LONDON ; 65, NEW-STREET, BIRMINGHAM; and 134, DUKE-STREET, LIVERPOOL. Complete Sets, 4 to 7 and 10 to 15 guineas. - One visit only requi r ed from country patients, Gabriel's Practical Treatise gratis. Consultations free. Mr. WHITE, 228, Piccadilly. A Single Truss, 165., 218., 265. 6d., and 31s. 6d. Postage, Is. 1 Double Truss, 31s. 6d., 425., and 525. 6d. Postage, is Bd. kn Umbilical Truss, 425. and 528. 6d. Postage, is. 1043. Post-office Orders to be made payable to John White, Post office, Piccadilly. ELASTIC NEWPATENT STOCKINGS, KNEE-CAPS, &c., for Varicose Veins and all cases of Weakness and Swelling of the Legs, Sprains, &o. They are porous, light in texture, and inexpensive, and are drawn on iiYe an ordinary stocking. Price 4s. 6d., 7s. 6d. , 6, 101 to 168. euh. Postage 6d. JOHN WHITE, Manufacturer, V& Piccadilly. T HE best TROUSERS for gentlemen to wear are those made by ELSTOB, of 60, New Bond-street. They are neither so low in price as to necessitate their being carelessly put together, nor so dear as to gain only the wealthy as purchasers. "In media via tutissimus ELSTOB'S TROUSERS, TWENTY-ONE SHILLINGS PER PAIR. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road. in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail• way Terminus, at King's-cross. Patron—The QUEEN. President—The Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. lcile of fre e This was the first hospital t o introdu c e t he principle and instant admission to the destitute sick, without for mality of governors' letters. It is entirely devoted to the ti tution in its most pitiable form—viz., that which is j es - panted by sickness and disease, and is now of sufficient magnitude that, with adequate support, it may be rendered capable of admitting into its wards a very large proportion of the casual sick of this great metropolis. It requires Put the funds in order to have 500 beds available for the reception of these the most wretched of our fellow-creatures. 111 creover, it gratuitously affords medical advice and medicine to more, on the average, than 3,000 out-patients a week. The Weekly Board feel it their imperative duty to make an EARNEST APPEAL to the public for continued iluppctt, to enable them to admit and relieve the distressing ca es that daily present themselves. Contributions are received by the Treasurer, dward Masierman, Esq., Ni c h o l as -lane; also by Messrs. Cout ts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and a uo h ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smit h, Pa y ne, and Co. ; Glyn n ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barcl a y and Co. ; Denison and a Co.;W Maras, Deacon, and Co. ; Over e n d, Gurney, and and ai.N..sbeland Co. ; Messrs. J. Barned and Co. , Liver p ool Hospital. STANFORD EL SMITH, SeetetarY. ;~~ r• tr Q,Vll&Ardzot, dtiotot,,, • - • rt :) , k' -1 3 •-.3 4,0 A ) Or, e N- tit!, _ IK , N •• • • 4w06.- %147.() . 1 7 . #1,1, t ,. 1 11111 111 1V ' t _ • ro.". . J• • • ;. THE SUN, LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1863. LON DON AND NORTH - WESTERN RAILWAY. The Proprietors are reminded that the Spec , al General Meeting of the Shareholders stands adjourned to WE DN ES DAY, the 10th day or June instant, at Twelve o'clock at Noon, at the EUSTON STATION. CHARLES E. STEWART, Secretary. Eu.t - n Station, June Bth, 1863. MR. T. CARRICK begs to announce to his Artist Friends and the Public, that his Photographic 14,stablishment, 32, Regent-street, Piccadilly-circus, is now in full operation. Cartes de Visite, 10 for Its. 6d; 21 for £l. Miniatures on Ivory, Marble, and the Photographic base in his former styles. sprang from the groups of columns was just suffi ciently relieved in colour to mark their graceful sweep, and give an appearance of lightness to what was a framework of the strongest and most solid kind. Handsome stars of gas suspended from this ceiling gave a brilliant light, showing off to perfec tion the decorations of the hall, which were relieved and heightened to the utmost by the dark, rich groundwork of the crimson and black carpet. The side paths wero draped with crimson and white, and the side bays forming the walls were alternately filled in with mirrors draped with crimson velvet, and the superb tapestry pictures lent for the occa- sion by Mr. Attenbozough. Anything more exqui site than the design, colour, and execution of these needlework cartoons it is difficult to imagine. The effect of these noble pictures relieved the glitter of the mirrors, which on every side seemed to repro duce the scene in an endless perspective of brilli ancyand colour,which was almost indescribable from its everchanging features yet constant beauty. From this noble reception-hall the visitors passed under the richly-carved pointed arched roof, which led to the hall itself, and which had been re lieved in gold and colours by Mr. Crace with such admirable taste that, while the main features of the architecture were brought prominently forward with the best effect, the decorations themselves were kept so subdued as to appear the natural accom paniments of the quaint old stone-work, and as if they were contemporaneous with the walls them selves. They harmonised, in fact, not less with the architecture than the age of the building. The Hall itself was, of course, the great centre where the splendour of the scene was made to culminate ; and really the old building did present an aspect worthy of the greatness of the City and the fete. It is very difficult to describe the aspect of any ball room, and _ . _ —.— especially so to describe this, with all its richness and its colours, its masses of flowers and heavy silken draperies, and above all the effect of the as semblage of distinguished visitors which thronged its floor, and made such a glorious mass of varied tints as quite subdued the decorated walls above, lofty and brilliant as they were. It was a wonder ful scene, where beauty of form and beauty of tint and design were pushed to their highest excellence; where the eye ranged from cool green banks of feathery ferns and rich exotics to the bright tone of the stained glass windows lit from behind, and so on down the storied walls, dimmed with the sombre heraldry of bygone time, to the rich throne on the dais. On every side there was something to admire, though all was iu such perfect keeping that it was not easy to distinguish what. On every side there was a distinct sensation of improvement, yet with out much evidence of change. It only looked as if the interior had been finished, not altered ; and it would be difficult to give higher praise than this to decorative skill. The flat unsightly panelled roof was no more to be seen, but in its stead rose from the coloured cornice above the columns a fine series of oaken-looking carved ribs or principals, with their quatrefoils filled in with City shields, and giving support to - the great baskets of ferns and flowers in which the chandeliers were concealed, through not quite so artistically as could have been desired. This old baronial-looking roof is what the building ought to have en promanence, and what it really did have till the great fire of London destroyed it, with the chapel attached to the hall. The curious carved work of the walls was brought out last night with tints of gold and sombre colours ; and heraldic shields, bearing the arms of all the Lord Mayors of London who have held the office, filled the painted panels, going back in chronological order to a date too remote to men tion. At the east end, on a raised dais, covered with a rich carpet, stood the throne for the Prince and Princess. It was of crimson voivet and gold, backed by a "a cloth of estate" bearing the arms of the Prince and Princess, shown on a noble tapestry, re- produced from one made for the Prince's great an , cestor Henry VIII. Above it rose the Prince's coronet and feathers, the latter nine feet long, and executed in the finest spun glass, like drooping ail ver. Beneath the velvet canopy were placed two chairs of state, to find the like of which one might ransack Wardour-street in vain, richly (:ecorated in rock crystals, angular in appearance, hard and un easy of yin fact,strictly Gothi c , ev en to the minutest carving their legs and arms. They seemed and were, in truth, the only uncomfortable seats in all that splendid hill. The windows just above this were filled with rich tapestry adornments, while behind the throne, on either side along the walls, were the arms of all the sovereigns, English or Con tinental, whom the City have entertained ; and the number and splendour of these showed the extent to which the Corporation have carried their hospitality from the oldest times. At the west end was the orchestra, built up with mirrors and crim son draperies, with figures in brilliant armour standing in the niches, and the colossal statues of the quaint old Danish demigods Gog and Magog glaring grimly down iuto it. Above, from the walls, hung the banners of the Companies, and half-way up the gilded columns were trophies of flags and shields beautifully grouped. The rich line of gold and colours here was most appro priately broken by the:gilded gallery over the south entrance, which was filled with soft banks of palms gro u p e d here, as everywhere e a I n s d e fe rns, b y Mr. beautifully scott, the brother to the Chamberlain. The stained glass windows at the east end were lit from behind, and shone with a quiet rich light that was exceedingly fine, and which was set off to the utmost by lines of minute gas jets round the arched cornices of the windows, twinkling like little diamonds. At the west end only part of the window was illuminated, and the rest left in dark ness that the tones of the fine old stained windows might not interfere with the gaudy and most un sightly glitter of a huge glass star lit from behind with gas—a tawdry street ornament which the city authorities had insisted on Mr. Crace bringing i n somehow, and which even his skill failed to intro duce with any mitigation of its vulgar effect. It was the only fault committed in the Hall, but it was a most conspicuous one. The proper place for this common shop illumination was the Guildhall yard ; its position in the interior of the Hall itself was a most unfortunate mistake ; and this opinion s eemed to be shared by e ver y bo dy present. Wisely which, the marble has honoured de parted heroes were on this occasion not swadd led ° 1 allegories unw is el w y, it i h t is w h d i i e ffi h cu t l h t e to c s i a ty y up in cloths to hide their cold disfigurement of the walls, but atood forth in all the bright relief afforded by crimson draperies as a background. All that can be said is that they gained nothing by preferring their claim to notice, for there is none which rises much above the level of the New-road style of sculpture. The only merit they possess belongs to tbeir inscriptions—Chatham's having been written by Burke, Pitt's by Canning, and Nelson's by Sheridan. Such, then, as we have recapitulated, were the changes which were made in the Hall, such the de tails of the ornamentation which went to make up so brilliant an effect. But one would need to write in form and colour to convey an adequate impres sion of what the effect really was, even if it were possible to convey it by description at all. Soon after the first visitors had arrived the Lord Mayor in his state robes, and accompanied by the Lady Mayoress, entered the Hall, when all rose to re ceive them. They remained, however, only a few minutes, talking with Miss Coutts, and then re turned at once to the hall of reception to receive their guests, who were now arriving in what might almost be called a continuous crowd. The titles of the highest officers of State, of the most distin guished members of either house, of almost all the foreign Ambassadors were called in rapid succession as carriage after carriage set down, and their occu pants pressed forward to make their bow to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and then passed onward to the ballroom. Long before the arrival of their Royal High- nesses the Hall and its approaches were densely thronged. The heat, indeed, began to Oe un pleasant, and it was found necessary to open the upper windows, which at once afforded a great and much needed relief to all present. Nevertheless, in spite of the crowd and heat, the whole scene was one of striking grandeur and magnificence. The Hall, with the general effect of its decorations and its lighting up, seemed a blaze of gold, which the light dresses of the ladies and the uniforms of the gentlemen set off to the utmost. The band in the orchestra under the hideous star had been playing all the evening, but as 9 o'clock drew near:its strains were hushed. A quarter-past 9 was the time fired for the arrival of the Royal guests, and almost to the second of the time the trumpets in one long Royal clamour announced that they had come. It took some time for them all to assemble in the reception hall, for the party was a large and brilliant one. Foremost came their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Prin- cess, the former wearing his uniform of Field Mar. shal, with the Garter riband and star. The latter wore a rich but simple white dress, with the coro net and brooch of diamonds given by her Royal _ __. _ _ husband, but with the superb City necklace of brilliants. Her hair was turned back from her fore head, in the style with which her portraits have made us all so familiar, setting off her fair young features and fine expressive intellectual forehead to the utmost advantage. She looked if possible even younger than on her marriage day—quite girlish, in fact, in her simple white attire. With them came Prince Alfred, in his lieutenant's uniform, his face locking bronzed, and almost weather-beaten, in con trast with the fair complexion of his brother or the still more delicate bloom of his young sister-in-law. With the Royal party cametheir Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Cambridge, Prince of Reuss Schleiz, Prince of Orange, and her Highness the Princess of Servia. In attendance upon them were the Earl and Countess of Mount Edgoumbe, Lord Harris, Lieut.-General and Mrs. Knollys, the Hon. Mrs. Stonor, Hon. Robert Meade, Lieut.-Colonel _ _ _ _ Koppel, Major Teesdale, Lady Geraldine Somerset, Lady Edith Somerset, Colonel Home Purves, Coun tess de Gray, and Major Cowell. At once upon their alighting the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress advanced to receive them, and the Princess of Wales taking the arm of the Lord Mayor while the Prince gave his to the Lady Mayoress, the party headed by the Entertainment Committee, entered the hall. The band played the National Anthem as they entered, but beyond this there was no manifestation, and nothing but the prolonged deep reverences from all sides as they passed marked the presence of the Prince and his young bride. Arrived at the dais there was a moment's pause, and the Princess seated herself in the chair of State which was meant for the Prince, as on that side of the throne his Royal Highness was to take up his Freedom of the City. The Lord Mayor stooped forward and informed her Royal Highness of the mistake, when she instantly changed from the Prince's seat into her own, and was so little able to restrain her smiles at the mis take that none else around her could help smiling also. The city officials then mustered round a plain office table placed at the foot of the throne. At the head of this the Lord Mayor took the chair, and the official elements of the assemblage at once resolved themselves into a Court of Common Council. The Lord Mayor, as President of the Court of Common Council, wearing his magnificent official robe and gold chain ; the aldermen their bright scarlet robes, and the councillors their mazarine gowns. The ponderous sword and mace of the Corporation—em blems of its power and antiquity—lay piled in front of the Chief Magistrate. The To Ai n-clerk, the Chamberlain, and the Clerk of the Chamber (the ministerial officers on whom the duty of conducting the ceremony devolved), wore each his official robe —that of the Chamberlain in particular being CDR spicuous for its elegance. Here the Court, taking no manner of cognizance of the presence of Royalty, but assuming the indifference of the House of Peers, which reads a bill for deepening the Thames, or adding salt to the sea, before the coming of her Majesty to open Parliament—the Court of Common Council, we say, began, in that lordly assembly and splendid hall, to read the minutes of the previous Court, which were duly confirmed by a show of spotless kid-gloved hands. The routine ceremony of taking up the Freedom, the same with his Royal Highness as with any other entitled by birth to the privilege, then began by Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town-clerk, reading the resolution passed by the Court of Common Council at their meeting on the 12th March last, as follows : " Resolved unanimously,—That his Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, be very respectfully requested to take upon himself the freedom of this City, to which he is entitled by patrimony ; and that upon his acceding to this request his Royal Highness be presented with the copy of the freedom, enclosed in a casket, in testi mony of the affection and profound respect entertained by this Court for his person and charaeter." (Cheers.) Mr. SEWELL, the Clerk of the Chamber, read the official 'record of his Royal Highness's title to the freedom, which was in these terms : " Chamber of London, Bth day of Juno, 1863. Born without the liberty of the City, to wit, at Buckingham Palace, in the county of Middle sex, 9th of November, 1841. "His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, K.G., &c., son of his late Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince Consort, Duke of Saxony, Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, K.G., Sce., a c i t i zen of London, came before the Chamberlain, the day and year aforesaid, and desired to be admitted into the freedom of this City by patrimony, because he is legitimate and was born after the admission of his father into the said freedom. The admission of the father is entered in the book marked with the letter H, and bears date the 28th day of August, in the fourth year of the reign of her Majesty Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord 1810." His ROYAL HIGHNESS then read aloud, and after wards subscribed, the subjoined declaration, which was handed to him by the Chamberlain, and which is a customary form long in use in the Corporation on admission to the freedom. The copy from which the Prince read was printed in letters of gold, on crimson watered satin, bound in morocco•leather :- 4 , I, Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, do solemnly declare that I will be good and true to our sovereign Lady Queen Victoria ; that I will be obedient to the Mayor of this City; that I will maintain the franchises and customs thereof, and will keep this City harmless, in that which iu me is; that I will also keep the Queen's peace in my own person; that I will know no gatherings nor conspiracies made against the Queen's peace, but I will warn the Mayor thereof, or hinder it to my power ; and that all these points and articles I will well and truly keep, according to the laws and customs of this City, to my power. " ALBERT EDWARD. " The foregoing declaration was made and subscribed at the Guildhall of the City of London, this Bth day of June. 1863, before me, "BENJAMIN SCOTT, Chamberlain." Mr. SCOTT, the Chamberlain, addressing the Prince, said— " May it please your Royal Highness—The Mayor, Al dermen, and Commons of this City in Common Council assembled, having very respectfully requested that your Royal Highness would be pleased to assume the freedom of this City in virtue of the citizenship of your late lamented father, and your Royal Highness having condescendingly presented yourself to comply with the legal formalities in cident to such a step, it devol ve s upon me, in accordance with custom, to address a few words to y o ur Royal High ness. The Corporation of London feels gratifies thusd by the ki n d n ess which induces you r Ro y al Highnes to pre sent yourself to claim, as of right, that citizenship which, under the circumstances, it is precluded from conferring as a gift. It may interest your Royal Highness to learn that, although the present proceediags are in accord with the invariable practice of this ancient municip not alioriginat ty, in the exerc i s e of franchises con firmed, though ed at the Norman Conquest, yet, that the present, it is believed, is the first instance of a Prince of Wales claiming the free dom by patrimony; that is, as a son born subsequently to his father's admission to citizenship. The congratulations which I tender on this occasion assume therefore a BOTile• gh I trust a not unacceptable form. wha t e xceptional, thou / at t em pt not by any words of eulogy to enhance in your freedom Roya l Highness's estimation the worth of th e enume rating the distinguished princes, statesmen, warriors, by patriots, and philanthropists whose names are recorded on PR1CE.....-..4d. STAMPED ....sd. the roll of honorary citizenship—some of whose statues look down upon us from these walls. I prefer rather to felicitate your Royal Highness that you come, claiming to associate your name with such worthies, as the son of as excellent and universally beloved a citizen as ever had his name inscribed on the records of this, or indeed of any city. In view of the brilliant festivities awaiting the participation of your Royal Highness and the illustrious Princess your Consort, it would ill becon eme to detain your Royal Highness unduly. I therefore present at once the copy of the record of your Royal Highness's freedom with an appropriate casket which has been prepared for its reception, and I very respectfully request that you: Royal Highness will allow me the honour of offering you the right hand of fellowship as a citizen of London. (Loud cheers.) In conclusion, I desiro to ex- press, in the name of his Lordship the Mayor, his brethren he Aldermen. and of every member of this honourable Court, an earnest wish and heartfelt prayer that every bless ing and happiness may attend your Royal Highness, both as regards your exalted publi3 position and your auspicious domestic relationship, and that by the grace and favour of Him by whom Kings reign and Princes decree justice,' your Royal Highness may be enabled so to imitate the example and emulate the virtues of the late Citizen Prince —(cheers)—as to win and enjoy as large a measure of affec tion as clusters round his memory, and comprehends within its folds the greatly beloved and most illustrious lady the Queen of these realms." (Cheeers.) The copy of the record of the freedom was of itself a work of art of its kind, not less than the casket containing it, the wording of the document being illuminated upon a scrip of vellum, with the City arms at one end and the seal of the Chamber of London at the other, while the Prince's plume, the arms of the Lord Mayor, and those of the Chamberlain were also worked into the fabric. The record ran as follows : " His Royal Highness Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, K.G., &c., son of his late Royal Highness Francis Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince Consort, Duke of Saxony, and Prince of Saxe-Coburg Gotha, &c., a Citizen of London, was admitted into the freedom aforesaid, and made the declaration required by law in the Mayoralty of William Anderson Rose, Esq., MX., Mayor, and Ben- jamin Scott, Esq•, F.R.A.S., Chamberlain, and is entered in the book signed with the letter S, relating to the pur. chasing of freedoms and the admissions of freemen (to wit) the Bth day of June, in the 26th year of the reign of Queen Victoria, and in the year of Our Lord 1863; in witness whereof the seal of the office of Chamberlain of the said City is hereunto affixed. Dated in the Chamber of the Guildhall of the same City the day and year abovesaid." This was enclosed in a casket of pure gold, a casket which, for its general design and minute artistio finish, makes it, beyond all doubt, ene of the most exquisite pieces of goldsmiths' work that the City has ever offered to royalty. It was designed and executed by Benson, of Ludgate-hill, and either as a specimen of rare and difficult chasing in its massive festoons of flowers tinted by gold of different colours, or as a specimen of enamelling in its quaint masks and richly emblazoned shields, it is decidedly the most important and elaborate work of the kind in gold that has been produced in this country for many years, The highest praise we can give it is, that if the chasing and enamelling were in the same style of art upon either copper or iron the value of the casket would be as great and it would be quite es costly to make as if done in pure gold. The gold in the casket, though nearly 600 z,, is the least part of the value which attaches to it as a work of art. His ROYAL HIGHNESS said, in reply to the Chamberlain : " My Lord Mayor, Mr. Chamberlain, and Gentlemen, — It is, I assure you, a source of sincere gratification to me to attend here for the purpose of being invested with a privi lege which for the reasons you have stated you are unable to confer upon me, and which descends to me by inheritance. It is a patrimony that I am proud to claim—this freedom of the greatest city of the commercial world, which holds its charter from such an ancient date. My pride is increased when I call to memory the long list of illustrious men who have been enrolled among the citizens of London, more especially when I connect with that list the beloved father to whom you have adverted in such warm terms of eulogy and respect, and through whom I am here to claim my free dom of the City of London. My Lord Mayor and gentle men, the Princess and myself heartily thank you for the past—for your loyalty and expressions of attachment to wards the Queen, for the manifestations of this evening to wards ourselves, and for all your prayers for our future happiness." (Cheers.) On the motion of Mr. TRUSCOTT, Chairman of the City Lands Committee, seconded by Alderman COPELAND, it was resolved, in conformity with an ancient custom, "that the address of the Chamber lain and the reply of his Royal Highness be entered upon the journals of the court, and printed in the minutes." Alderman Copeland and Alderman Wilson, the two senior members of the Court of Aldermen, were then presented to the Prinee, as were also, iu turn, Mr. Lawley and Captain Parker, the mover and seconder of the resolution in the Court of Common Council, and Mr. F. Wyatt Truscott, the chairman of the Entertainment Committee. With these formalities the ceremony terminated, and the Royal visitors withdrew from the Hall, but, presently returning, the ball began, the Lord Mayor leading off in a spirited quadrille with her Royal highness the Princess, immediately in front of the haut pas, and the Prince with the lady Mayoress. Prince Alfred danced with the Princess Mary of Cambridge ; and the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Mount Edgecumbe, Lord and Lady Bury, Major Teesdale, Colonel Keppel, Mrs. Stoner, thr Hon. Miss Stanley, Lord de Grey and Lord Harris took part in the quadrille. For nearly two hours the dancing was maintained with unflagging spirit, her Royal highness joining repeatedly, and the Prince still more frequently. On one occasion, the Prince of Orange engaged the Princess for a part ner in a quadrille, Prince Alfred dancing with the Lady Mayoress, and the Princess Mary of Cam bridge with the Lord Mayor. At times the Duke of Cambridge, the Prince Reuss Schleiz, the Duke of Manchester, Lord Granville,. Lord Grosvenor, Lord Bury, and other distinguished persons, joined in the dance, which was conducted in an open space in front of the dais, kept with difficulty from the eager crowd of guests who passed to witness it. Shortly before 12 o'clock the Reception Com mittee, amid a flourish of trumpets, led the way for the Royal party to supper in the Council Chamber, the Lord Mayor conducting her Royal Highness the Princess, and the Prince the Lady Mayoress. The Council Chamber on this occasion presented a grand and royal aspect. Its pretty lantern and tapering roof had been exquisitely gilded and deco rated by Mr. Crace, and from the four columns on which the dome rests depended large gilt baskets filled with flowers. The lights from above were so arranged as to fall softly upon the portrait of her Majesty in her coronation robes. The east end of the Chamber was filled in with mirrors, which Were just sufficiently seen between the tall, rich, green. banks of heaths and ferns and p alms to make thi s most beautiful end of the room s eem like centre of wild of luxuriant garden in the tro p ic ! , in hamber were hung thectr to the air. The sides of the C which a scented foun tain cast its fresh, cool spray wwh , which we have already ith two of the rich Giulio ROlllar ldt3 tapestries es t and finest of the series of mentioned. The subjects here were the meeting of Sc ipio and Han nibal and the triumph of Scipio. The north end of the Chamber was devoted to a display o f the almost untold wealth of the wealthiest corporation the world has yet seen, and from the floor almost to the ceiling this side of the Chamber was hidden by massive gold plate, which in glitter ing array rose tier above tier in one great pile, over which the statue of George 111. seeme d to k wa tch with outstretched h an d s . In mo re 14 appear ance it was a magnificent and most suggestive pile of almost unknown value. Here were salvers as large as baths, quaint beakers, and flagons formed like dragons, bears, and cocks; tall old tapering cups of the time of the Tudors, with finely-pointed lids like s • Fires ; salts as big and massive as modern footstools, made at a time when they were really used to mark distinction as to rank, when the Court sat above the salt, and the Livery below this ancient emblem of hospitality and welcome. The City companies all poured forth their wealth of cups and salvers to place them at the service of the Lord Mayor on this occasion; and the silver plate was sent literally by tons, but scarcely any but gold was allowed a place on this magnificent buffet. Almod THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY. Yesterday evening the long expected, long pre pared for entertainment to the Prince and Princess of Wales was given at Guildhall, in the presence of one of the most illustrious assemblages which the municipality has ever drawn together to share in its magnificent hospitality. It was not so much a ball as a grand assembly, a fete which was occasionally varied with dancing ; but it was, under whatever name, a splendid entertainment, and one worthy both the illustrious guests and the City which gave it. It has set a proper example of what such en tertainments should be, and though, perhaps, not absolutely perfect, it attained as near to perfection as we can ever fairly look for on these great occa sions. All old precedents were quite disregarded yesterday. The Metropolitan Police not only aided the City functionaries, but actually, and not figura tively, lined the route. Barriers were erected and maintained at every opening, while the Life Guards condescended from their high estate to keep the streets at 6 o'clock for a Ball which was to com mence at 10. These precautions were not only ar- ranged, but observed, and the green lanes of Horn sey or Dulwich were not more clear from obstruc tions than the streets of the City for the arrival of visitors, even before the Hall was quite in order to receive them; Compared with the want of arrangements for the entry of the Princess or on the night of the minations, the programme of yesterday deserves the highest praise, whether it be due to the Corporation ,hemselves, or to their new Commissioner of Police, Colonel Fraser. Six was the time fixed for the opening of the Hall, in accordance with the rule of etiquette which demands that when Royalty hon ours the festivity the guests should be assembled to greet its arrival. Even before 6, however, the vehicles of the earliest of the early visitors formed a :hin line, which was kept slowly moving towards Guildhall. All the guests of the evening came armed with a monstrous slip of pasteboard about the size of an ordinary proclamation, which was their ticket of admission. Showing one of these cartoons at the carriage window was sufficient to remove any obstacle; but without the aid of one of these highly decorated placards one might as well have attempted to drive through the City yesterday evening as on the night of the illuminations, and more than this it would be difficult to say. At 6 precisely the doors were opened for the admission of visitors, and as in these cases of high State and splendid ceremonial the first guests always tread on the skirts of the last carpenter, there was no exception to the rule on this occasion. Daylight glared fully in upon the decorations, dimming the gas to mere yellow spots upon the walls; there was more than a trace of ladders here and there, with certain dull, rough, jarring sounds, which led one shrewdly to suspect that sawing was going on, with an intermit tent hammering now and then. But this was all. The hurry and confusion of the last half hour had given place to a stately, gorgeous calm, and the rich interior of the City palace seemed as if the hand of decorator or upholsterer had never done more than keep it in order with reverent touch for ages past. The centre space was railed off with silken ropes at either end, as if for dancing, but it was soon evident that little dancing could be done that night, for with the instant of the opening of the doors the visitors began to arrive. Faster and faster they came with every minute, till the thin line widened to a broad stream as they kept pour- ing in—" lords, ladies, captains, councillors, and priests," visitors of all ranks and in all dresses— corporate, civil, academic, official, naval, military, or Court suits. _ _ Mr, Truseott, in Court dress, was earliest at his post at the entrance, bland, smiling, and trying to " make believe" that he had not been up for the last _ .. week, and that the great brunt of all the prepara tions had not fallen, in their responsibility at least, on him. With him was Mr. Kearns and the Alder men and members of the Common Council who were to act as stewards, and who each and all were armed with solemn -looking wands of office, enriched at the top with the city arms in silver, surmounted with the Prince's plume and crown. Ushered with care and courtesy by the stewards, the visitors were passed quickly into the hall and other buildings, where, it is almost needless to say, they found ample to occupy their attention and admiration till the great State business of the evening began. With scarcely a single exception, one expression of sur prise and delight broke from the lips of all on first entering the great central chamber of the City Guilds—so perfectly becoming the grand aspect which the hall should wear, but never yet has worn till yesterday, With all its decorations, how ever, which made it such a festive-looking hall, it required no great amount of architectural or anti quarian knowledge to see that the structure was never intended, when it was built, as the great Hall of all the Guilds of London. Partly a college, partly a chapel, now half repaired, now half burnt down, it has been everything and anything by turns, but, for the last 400 years at least, always the civic Hall of London and centre of municipal justice. Its quaint perpendicular architecture has undergone some changes, but few improvements, though enough has always remained of its ancient beauty to make it capable of a stately appearance when the features of its construction were properly considered. Unfortunately, in all previous Royal entertainments until now this has not been done. The curious carved panelling of the walls has been hidden by mirrors and drape ries, and the cheap tinsellings and worn stock pro perties of a Lord Mayor's Show have been struck anywhere about its walls in hideous disarray. Such a style of decoration might have been followed on this occasion, and so added another to the long list of costly failures in matters of taste which have distinguished these municipal festivities, had not an entirely new Entertainment Committee been chosen, with Mr. Truscott for its most able head and chairman, and with an equally able vice-chair man in Mr. Kearns. Their first step was to ascer tain how many people they could comfortably ac commodate before they issued their invitations, a proceeding which was in itself a perfect defiance of previous rules and customs; their next, to disregard the former rules of city architects and officials, and give the whole place up to one really competent decorator, Mr. Crace, that he might make it worthy of the great occasion and the honoured guests to meet there. How well and completely this was done is now known ; but the decorations and im provements are worth a description by themselves. First, then, to secure most ample accommodation both for receiving the visitors, for dancing, and for supper, a temporary reception-hall, large enough to cover all Guildhall-yard, and two stories in height, was built from the designs of Mr. Allen. sTahbeo about s l e 2 m o e n f e t et s t l o o r n e o gy by 45 4 this sfe e t w i de, structure, de, is divided by clusters of handsome and massive Gothic columns into a number of bays or compartments. Two passages along this hall, one on each side, were set apart for the general visitors, the centre avenue, enclosed by ropes of purple silk, was reserved for the royal visitors alone. All the decorations of this room were of a light cream or stone colour, relieved with gold. The ceiling was a pale blue, dotted with go ld en , s tars, while the groiningof the arches which ~~ the only exception made to this rule, aft regard& the City plate, was in favour of the Pepl7s cup—t • cup which, from its chasing, was ten tim.im more, costly than if it had been made of the purest gold. Between the groups were arranged tall candelabra filled with lights, some of 10 and 20 branches.,, and all of the same costly metal and workmanship, vhile just between the masses of gold work Messrs. ' Ger " rard, who had the entire arrangement of the buget, had skilfully broken the glittering line by the int/ 0- duction of some noble works in silver of their ovni• Beneath this grand trophy of centuries of well-' preserved wealth the table of the Royal party wag spread in horseshoe form, and this, too, like the; buffet, was almost covered with the finest specimens of art in gold and silver which the City possesses, while over the seat of honour hung the great silver chane.eiier belonging to the Fishmongers' Company. At this almost regal table the Lord and Lady Mayoress presided, the Princess of Wales being on the right of the Lord Mayor and the Prince on the left of the Lady Mayoress. On the left of the PriucL' of Wales sat the Duchess of Cambridge and Princes Alfred; on the right of the Princess the Pzince of Orange, the Princess Mary, and the Duke of Cam , brid ie. The other visitors who had the honour of supping with the Royal party were Lord Granville, Lord Palmerston, Lady Palmerston, Sir George Grey, Lady Grey, the Duke of Newcastle, Lord de Grey, Lady de Grey, Sir C. Wood, and Lady Mary Wood, the Dake of Somerset, the Duchess of Somerset, Mr. Cardwell and Mrs. Cardwell, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alderley, Mr. Villiers, the Duke of Wellington and Duchess of Wellington, Lord and Lady Sydney, the Marquis and Mar chioness of Ailesbury, the Turkish Ambassador, the Austrian Ambassador, the Countess Apponyi, the French Ambassador, the Bavarian Minister, the Baroness de Cetto, the Italian Minister, the Netherlands Minister, the Danish Minister, the American Minister and Mrs. Adams, the Sax= Minister, the Swedish and Norwegian Minister, the Spanish Minister, Count Nesselrode, the Duke of Richmond, the Duke of St. Albans, the Duke of Buccleuch and Lady Victoria Scott, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, and the Duke and Duchess of Sutherland. After the supper and before returning to the ball. room in the Hall the Royal party were conducted through the Court of Aldermen. On ordinary occasions there would have been little to show ceiling, in but its heavy decoratio ns and overloaded in which Thornhill's picture is set in a massive-looking frame in the roof, like a cheap cameo mounted in mosaic. It WBS not this, how ever, which they were taken to see, but a pleasant and rather graceful little surprise which the corpo ration had prepared for the Princess. In a large, deep recess, occupying nearly one side of the court, was a lovely moonlight scene of a palace with a' broad-spreading lawn reaching down in the fore ground to where the real plants and ferns had been artistically arranged by Mr. Scott, so as to make it seem almost a continuation of the picture. This picture, which, lit from behind, made an exquisite moonlight scene, was a picture of Prince Christian's Palace of Bernstorff, where the Princess Alexandra was born, and standing in the centre of the lawn was a portrait of the Princess herself, as if in the act of moving forward towards the entrance of the mansion. Regarded only as a most effective scene by moonlight the picture would have been worth a visit, but it was evidently dearly welcome to the Princess as the picture of what was once her home, and she was earnest and animated in her praise of it. The whole idea of showing her this picture, as it were, en passant, made it a well-timed and deli cate compliment to her visit, and the corporation must have been more than repaid by the evident gratification it afforded her. It was one of the prettiest incidents of the night. The general company supped in a lofty and com modious apartment over the Reception Saloon, and of precisely the same dimensions, designed to ac commodate nearly 600 people at supper at one time, and immediately contiguous to it were three smaller rooms, adapted for the occasion by flooring over the Courts of Queen's Bench and Common Pleas, and capable of accommodating about 300 more. These several apartments were prettily lighted by star-shaped gaseliers, suspended from a raftered roof, and the walls were draped with a ma terial of pink and white, cool and agreeable to the eye. About 60 or 80 of the more distinguished guests supped in the Court of Exchequer, and some of the general company, unable to find room else where, took refuge in a tent erected in the open space in front of the Town Clerk's office. The sup per for the whole company, some 2,000 in number, was furnished by Messrs. Ring andßrymer, of Corn hill, and, with all its appointments, was worthy their reputation. At 2 o'clock the festivity was at its height, though the departure of the Royal guests was evidently near at hand. When they did at last take their leave no etiquette could entirely restrain the warm. testimonies of affectionate respect which bid them farewell. Their departure caused a momentary blank, and the most distinguished visitors hastened to follow the example set by the Royal party. It was not, however, by any means generally emu lated, and the chandeliers were struggling feebly and inffectaally against the dawn before the festi vities ended, and long before the last guests had de parted from this, the greatest, the most magnifi cent, and certainly the most successful of all the I many great entertainments of the City. " ESSAYS AND REVIEWS."—This apparently in mitertmteienoafbthlee c p a r s i e vy wi c l o l u c h o o m before il e on Friday, tl the Judicial t be i th C in st. o . t will be remembered that on the hearing of the case Dr. Lushington condemned Dr. Rowland Williams, the author of the article " Bunsen's Biblical Researches," to one year's suspension from his benefice, and the Rev. H. B. Wilson, author of the article entitled " The National Church," to the same amount of punishment, upon which both the rev. gentlemen gave notice of appeal. It is said that both Dr: Williams and Mr. Wilson intend to dispense with legal as sistance before the Judicial Committee, and that each will argue his own case, that of Dr. Williams being taken first. THE CENTRAL RELIEF FUND.—The weekly meeting of the Executive Committee was held at Manchester yesterday ; Sir J. Kay Shuttleworth presided. The honorary secretary reported that the receipts of the past week had been £2,270 lls. 3d.; balance allthe bank, £362,465 12s. 10d. Mr. Commissioner Far reported that the deci ease in the week ending the 30th May of per sons in receipt of relief in 27 decrease since the 6th of December was 102,316 persons, leaving 169,697 still chargeable. The W hich . retary's t for May was presented, by it appears Unions was 1,868. The total monthly report that the total number of persona in receipt of relief on the books at the end of May as compared with the end of April shows a decrease of 72,000. The attention of the committee was ca n e d by the reports of their inspectors and by infor mation from individual members to the fact that consider. able n umbers of persons not belonging to the class of mill operatives as well as persons ordinarily relieved from the parochial rates had been admitted on to the relief lists dur ing the winter months, and still continued in receipt of re lief. It was, therefore, decided that a circular should be prepared, directing the attention of the local committees to ' the circumstances, requesting them to furnish the Central COmmittee with the return of the various classes of persons in receipt of relief from them and urging upon them the expediency t of an early revision ohforthofepirereroelnio of the eflist, classes h oo a s view referred to now re red ucti on uc upon on of th the relief funds. Grants were made tol3pla cesfrom the gener a l f un d to the amount of .£6 000, £3,000 to Manchester, and £2,000 to including Pre ston. Grants wer e ma d e t o Ti ntw i s tl e , C rom pt o n, and Broad bottom of £292 from the Employment and School Fund. Grants were made of £4O 2s. to six of the local committees for the superintendence of labour. THE THAMES AND THE TYNE.—During the week commencing 15th of Juue there will be no less thaw three great skiff matches between London and Newcastle men on the Thames ; the great match being that between Robert Chambers, of Newcastle, the present champion of the Thames, with Green, of Australia, for £2OO a side and the championship of the world. Chambers left the North for London on Saturday, and will take up his quarters at the Feathers Tavern, Wandsworth. er He is acco ard Winship. mpanied by the veteran oarsman Hen r y Clasp and Edw He w ill row the m atch in the beautiful skiff, the Princess Alexandra, with which he beat Everson, the Greenwic a New h wa t erman , early in the s eason. Teesdale Wilson, castle man, will row Drewitt, of London, in the second match for £ lOO a side; and the third skiff match for the me sum w ill be between Cooper , a T y ne boatman, and E a vero o f the Thame s . The two above mentioned Tyne s g, men are now in training on the Thames. Those impending great ma tches are attracting muc h attention on the T y ne, and in the north country generally. The betting at New castle is at present 7t04 on Chambers. Drewitt is backed at 6 to 4 on the same river, and in London 6 to 4 is bet on Everson in the third match. iy.~ ~~.~