The Express.
London, England, 1863-06-09 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 9, 1863.

SeTHALBERG'S FAREWELL.-S. THAL-
BERG'S FAREWELL MATINEE is London will take
=kat the Hanover-square Rooms. on MONDAY next, lone lb.
tla ; family tickets to admit tour guineas unre-
served mats, 10e. Id. ; to be had at the libraries end music-
'ellen. and of Mr. Fish, Hanover-square-rooms, where the plan
of the seats may be seen.
MR. CHARLES DICKENS'S READINGS.
The LAST READING. Hanover square Rooms.— Ou
MAY EVENING nest June IL at 8, Mr. CHARLES
DICKENS will READ his POOR TRAVELLER MRS. DAMP,
and THE TRIAL FROM PICKWICK, for the last time this
seam.—Stalls. fia ; centre seats, Is. , back seats, Is., of Chap-
man and Hall, 193, PlooadHly; Pottle and Sou's. 14, Royal
Eschwllls ; Austin's aloe, BA Jstessaball and at Payne's °Moe,
Hanoweequare imam
THOMAS HEADLAND, Secretary.

The Chairman of the Committee .
Mr. P. Wyatt Truscott.
_-- Alderman Gibbose
Alderman Abbess.
The grand City entertainment, which has em- Alderman GabrieL
ployed the best energies of the Corporation and its The Recorder.
officers, and furnished a subject of town talk for Alderman Carter.
The Rwordbrarer. The Macebearer'
several weeks, took place last night, and realised pH, Hurd High.. the Prince of Wales, with the Lady
the most sanguine expectations of its promoters. Mayoress.
Famous as the City has long been for hospitality of The Lord Mayor, with her Royal Rightism the Prince,of
a somewhat solid order it has yet a reputation to Wales.
earn for lighter entertainments, and in this ball, Swat.' at their Royal Higheeme and a the /Ade Mayereee'
given in honour of the Prince and Princess of This procession passed under the old porch into
NVales, it has been able to satiety its friends and the great hall, and marched slowly round the
disappoint its enemies. Struggling with the con- building, between the dense rows of admiring
fined limits of a building, the chief lines of which guests. Foremost came their Royal Highnesses the
were laid down nearly five centuries ago, when Prince and Princess, the former wearing his uniform
London had probably only a few thousand inhabi- I of field marshal, with the riband and star of the
! tants, it has succeeded, by wholesale annexation Garter. The latter wore a rich but simple white
STEVENS and SON, Wine and Spirit Merchants. ' and reconstruction, in providing house-room for two dress, with the coronet and brooch of diamonds
COGNAC BRANDY.—Thewell.known dlfflcultyexpefienoed or three thousand guests—one-half of whom were given her by her royal husband, but with the
by the public in obtaining this much-esteemed foreign spirit in a ladies dressed in all the extravagance of the prevail- superb City necklace of brilliants. Her hair
raenrstryinereefleStiesveirtinet s°,
onotl.'esh"fr etliTytf'rfthewlirchgntri: jog fashion. To say that every room and passage was turned back from the forehead, in the style
most implicit reliance may be placed. S. eau Son import none wan filled to overflowing—that at those points with which her portraits have made us all so
but tine brandies, halting their selections to the shipments of where the Prince and Princess stood, eat, ate, familiar, setting off her fair young features and
those Cognac houses whose names and reputation are an ample
guarantee of quality and parity. To invalids and esrequtrmg danced, or received the formal addresses of the ties expressive intellectual forehead to the Or
brandy for medicinal purposes S. and Son would particular', ad- evening, there wag a series of determined crushes, most advantage. She looked if possible even
dress themselves. Their prices are oldlow :—Brandy perior •
old cognac, ills., Las. : ditto choice pale, TM.. Xos. pergallon. is only repeating what wehave tosay at every public younger than on her marriage day—quite girlish, in
`Nines and spirits of all kinds delivered tree within five miles. drawing room, or royal reception, but there fact, in her simple white attire. With them came
Terms cash.-78, Bishopegateatreebwithin. I was far more room for dancing than many Prince Alfred, in his lieutenant's uniform, his face
persons expected. On all these occasions looking bronzed, and almost weather-beaten, in
the boats have to invite twice as many confront with the fair complexion of his brother or
persons as they can conveniently accommodate, and the still more delicate bloom of his young sister-in-
even then offend twice as many persons as they are law. With the royal party came their Royal High-
compelled to invite. The plan of building sup- misses the Duchess of Cambridge, the Duke
plementary halls, and taking in public streets and of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Cambridge,
public offices for convivial ante-chambers, hardly Prince of Reuss Schleiz, Prince of Orange,
gets over the difficulty, for the interest centres in and her Highness the Princess of Service
the one principal room in which the chief guests At once upon their alighting the Lord Mayor and
are congregated, and there the natural rush of Lady Mayoress advanced to receive them, and
eager sightseers is constant and embarrassing. the Princess of Wales, taking the arm of the
When the City visits. the West-end the same coin- Lord Mayor, while the Prince gave his to the
plicatione occur, and therefore the West-end can Lady Mayoress, the party, headed by the En-
hardly complain of being hustled and crowded when tertamment Committee, entered the Hell. The
it visits the City. band played the National Anthem as they entered,
The lamp stars, gas devices, and banners along but beyond this there was no manifestation, and
the Strand, Fleet-street, and Cheapside--many of nothing but the prolonged deep reverences from all
them put up for the Queen's birthday and left for sides as they passed marked the presence of the
the royal visit to the City—were indications of the Prince and his young bride. Arrived at the dais
spirit in which the festivity of last night was re- there was a moment's pause, and the Princess seated
gelded by the outside public. Since the memorable herself in the chair of state which was meant for
Visit of the Queen to the City in 1851 (not to refer the Prince, as on that aide of the throne his royal
to the earlier banquet given to her in 1837) there highness was to take up his freedom of the City.
has been no civic rejoicing which has excited more The Lord Mayor stooped forward and informed
general interest than this ball to the Prince and her royal highness of the mistake, when she in-
Princess of Wales. If rumour speaks truly, fabu- 'tautly changed from the Prince's seat into her own,
lons sums, iu the form of grants to charities, have and was so little able to restrain her smiles at the
been offered for tickets, and fabulous estimates mistake that none else around her could help smiling
have been made of the corporation expenditure on also. The formal business of the evening then com-
this occasion. If 20,0001. were put down as menced—the presentation of the freedom of the
the coat of all the hospitality which was City to the Prince. This was opened by the Town
freely offered to the two thousand and clerk, in due form, and the following record of his
odd guests present last night, the cake... , Royal Highness's title was read by Mr. Sewell,
tion would probably be within the mark A Clerk of the Chamber :
corporation can hardly expend this princely sum .c champs,. of London, eighth day of June, 18133.—80rn
without gaining credit for an outlay of three times without the liberty of the City, to wit at Buckingham
the amount, and public curiosity is naturally sti- palace, in the county of Middlesex, 9th Nov, 1841.
mulatod to see the favoured ones for whom so much .. Hi. Royal nigh... Albert mend Prince of Wales,
money has been lavished. The whole line of tho-
roughfare from Marlborough-house to Guildhall LG ke
~ &c.. /sc., ~ son of his late Royal Highness Fronde
Albert Augustus Charles Emanuel, Prince Consort, Duke
was therefore crowded yesterday afternoon soon lof Saxony, Prince of Saxe Coburg Gotha, K-G., he., he.,
after 5 o'clock, and by 7 o'clock the footways round at., a citizen of Load**, came before the Chamberlain the
St. Paul's and in Cheapeide had become impassable. I day and year aforesaid, and desired to be admitted into the
The foot and mounted police were drawn up in the ;
freedom of this City by patrimony, because be is legitimate,
road way,and a company of Horse Guards kept watch ;
at the Peel Statue, and at the top of every lane, , and was born after the admission of his father into the and
freedom. The admission of the father is entered in the
street, court, or alley leading into Cheapaide. The
book marked with the letter 14, aud bears date the twenty-
long line of cabs and carriages began to form soon I
• hth clay of August, in the fourth year of the nign of her
after six, and the occupants were received with ' 'Z. ty Queen Victoria, and in the year of our Lord one
those marks of popular approbation and comments •
thole' nd eight hundred and forty."
which are always freely offered on these occasions. i ula
I The unexpected fineness of the evening added to the Mr. Scott, the City Chamberlain, then delivered
crowd, and the stoppage of all ordinary business I the following address :
traffic added considerably to the excitement. May it please your Royal Highness—The Mayor, Alder-
The guests—as was generally expected—arrived am, and Commons of this City in Common Council worn-
very early, and were received in the temporary ball bled having very respectfully requested that your royal
by the Lord Mayor, the Lady Mayoresa, and a cote- highness would be pleased to assume the freedom of this
mittee comprising most of the prominent members City, in virtue of the citizenship of your late lamented
of the corporation. The band of the Grenadierdiogly
father, and your royal highness having co
Guards—mounted aloft in a small orchestra, much incident
yourself to comply with the legal formalities
lin the same way as they were mounted at the Exhi- incident to such a step, it devolves upon me, in accord-
, bition Hall given in 1862—played enlivening *nee with custom, to address a few words to your royal
marches and dance-music as the company entered. highness. The Corporation of London feels gratified
M. Jullien's fine band was also in attendance as by the kir/dues which induces your royal high.
soon as the doors were opened at six o'clock, and it nee thus to present yourself to claim as of right
kept up a strain of melody in the chief hall during that citizenship which under the circumstances it
the whole of the evening. Some few of the more lis precluded from conferring as • gift. It may
distinguished guests were late in arriving, but ' interest your royal highness to learn that although the
the bulk came before eight o'clock, and the hall Present Proceeding. are in accord with the invariable Pm'
and all the approaches were crowded by that hour. ; tioe of this ancient municipality—in the exercise of frau-
A square space near the east end of the building chiles confirmed though not originated at the Norman
and dais was kept guarded for the members of the . conquest—yet that the present, it is believed, is the first
court and the corporation, but outside this charmed instance of a Prince of Wales claiming the freedom by
circle, notwithstandingcertain regulations on patrimony, that is, as a son born subsequently to his
paper, each visitor did pretty much as he liked. ; father's admission' to citizenship. The congratulations
The door leading to the royal apartments was I which 1 tender on this oocanon, assume therefore a some.
jealously guarded by a cluster of sheriffs, common- I what exceptional, though I trust a not unacceptable
councilmen, and beadles, and the approaches to the I form. I attempt not by any words of eulogy to
crypt, kitchen, and the supper-tables laid under I enhance in your royal highness's estimation the
cover in the yard leading to
_the Sewer-offices and worth of the freedom by enumerating the dis-
c
Baainghall-street, were boarded up with planks tinguished princes, statesmen, warriors, patriots, and
concealed by drapery. Here it was—in the crypt— i philanthropists, whose names are recorded in the roll of
that her Majesty was entertained at supper at the honorary citizenship, some of whose statues look down
ball given in 1851, and those who remembered this upon us from these walls. I prefer rather to felicitate your
former festival could hardly help comparing it royal highness that you oome claiming to associate your
disadvantageously with the one they were assisting name with such worthies, as the son of as excellent and
at. On allaides members of the corporation were being universally beloved • citizen as ever had his name inscribed
congratulated on the success of their decorations and on the records of this, or indeed of any city. In view of
arrangement., and little groups of critical visitors, the brilliant festivities awaiting the participation of your
who had no particular remora to conceal their real royal highness and the illustrious Princess your consort, it
thoughts, were indulging in half audible murmurs would ill become me to detain your royal highness unduly.
of delight and approbation. I therefore present at once the copy of the record of
The want of galleries in the chief ball was, of your royal highness's freedom, with an appropriate casket
course, very much felt, especially during the Ull- which has been prepared for its reception,
avoidablecrowdinginthehourimmediately preceding and I very respectfully request that your royal high.
the formal business of the evening. The attempt nee will allow me the honour of offering you the
of the chosen member, of the Common Council—the right hand of fellowship as • citizen of London. In condo-
special constables of the hall—to clear a passage akin I desire to express, in the name of his lordship the
round the sides, and down and across the hall, for mayor, his brethren the aldermen, and of every member of
the royal procession, was attended with much ; the honourable court, an earnest wish mil heartfelt prayer
difficulty and inconvenience. A gallant effort 1 that every blaming and happiness may attend your royal high.
on the part of a few of the younger members of the '' nue, both as regards your exalted public position and your
corporation to bring the ladies to the front, caused ! aurpicious domestic relationship, and that by the grace and fa-
considerable well-bred commotion in the crowd, and your of " Him by whom kings reign and princes decree jug-
destruction to light skirts, though it was pro- tine," your royal highness may be enabled so to imitate the
ductive of satisfaction and pictorial effect in example and emulate the virtues of the late citizen Prince
the end. At this hour, about nine o'clock, as to win and enjoy as large a measure of affection as
while the City bells were ringing, and a murmur cwt." round his memory and comprehends within its fold
was running through the crowd that the Prince the greatly beloved and most illustrious lady the Queen of
and Princess had started from Marlborough-house— tbs., mks..
the pressure and heat in many parts of the hall After this oration, the memorials of citizenship
became intense, though it was compensated for by
the brilliant picture placed before those visitors were handed to the Prince, in a casket, which
appeared to give the highest satisfaction to the
whose heads towered above the mass. The whole royal party.
hall was densely packed with guests in every vs- After his Royal Highness had received this gift,
riety of costume—the ordinary court dress, blue and
and signed the c
purple gowns of Common Councilmen and Alder- customary declaration of allegiance
to his Lord Mayor and his City, he read the fol-
men mingling with the lighter dresses of the ladies, lowing address :
and the green and scarlet tints of theWindsorandCity
My Lord Mayor, Mr. Chamberlain, and Geutlemen,—
uniforms. One balcony over the south porch was
It* I assure yon, a source of sincere gratification to me
filled with ladies, and something like a large private
to attend hero for the purpose of being invested with the
box was constructed in the north wall, looking
privilege you have stated you are usable to confer on me,
on to the dais, but the balcony in the centre of the I
___,
whiob
~,_ to by bahezitanea It is a patri.
north wall was completely loaded with evergreens. ''''' ""'"'"' me
Where scarlet cloth was not used as curtains for mony that I am proud to claim—this o
" 6ty of the commercial world, which holds its
rather bleak doorways the hangings were of the
charter from eachsuch an ancient data My Pride is isommed
Tiosestt approved mediaeval type, as gay as the gaze-
Tax Nile Knee or Gerics—According to a cor- I when I call to memory the long listof illustrious men who
respondent of La Prance, King George of Gnus will re- • hen been enrolled among the citizens of London, when I
About tweety minutes put nine •a somewhat
main for another year in Denmark to complete his studios.
d' t flourish of trumpets from the heralds erased with that list the beloved father to whom you have
At the end of next May his marriage will be celebrated with la"! • .
prociaimea the approacn ot t e royal party, and th
the third daughter of Qoasa Victoria, and on the Ist of through whom I am here to claim my freedom of the City
band then immediately began the National Anthem.
Jane, 1864, he will set out for the country he is to govera. . • . . of London. My Lord Mayor and gentlemen, the Princess
Atter a very pleasing recep.ion in the outer nail a
al there the affairs of the nation will be es- ' awl myself heartily thank you for the peat—for your
Until his arrival
procession was formed in the following order : I h Queen—tor
trusted to a ripen conocicouncilloyalty and expressions of attachment to e
Commotion,
At a recent meetingof the mauagiug council of the Yr. R. Field. Mr. H. H. Huth. the manifestations of this evening towards ourselves, and
merchants' gold of Kiimpberg, the Chained's, is accordance Mr. E. Burka. Mr. W. Hertridge. , for all your prayers for our future happinea
with an order received from the government, moved that Mr. G. Cuthbert Mr. W. Lawley. The Prince stood during the whole of this quaint
during the presence of the Crown Priam and Crown Princess The Chairmen of Sub-Comm Mug : ceremony, and appeared a little nervous ; but the
Mr. John Kearns. Mr. B. Lowman Taylor. Princess sat upon the throne, and appeared highly
of Prussia in the dry, an entertaioureat should be given in The Tows Cisji,
their hum,. The preposition was negatived by 11 votes i Sheriff Joust. amused at the prextraooceerdidnary ngs.
council meeting, one of
against 4. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence. After this

THE NORFOLK-SQUARE HOTEL is rime to
and in view of the Arrival Platform of the Great "fetters
Railway Station, Paddington. Ladles' coffee-room. Hot and
cold baths. 'antis on appliestkm.

CAUTION.—The existenoe of s " oounterfeit"
ildu=se d
the airtime* of the "gamins" artists, 'm"oo the
MARSHALL'S HUNGARIAN BRANDY, easel
to Cognac," and vectagty that the public should see each bottle
to capsule& b eUed, and cart branded " J 0. Marshall," sole
consignee. Of all retailers, la Bd. per bottle : or 421. per doses
ease (carriage paid).—Depot, 114, Aldersgateatreet, City.

ALLSOPFS ALE and GUINNESS'S STOUT.
JOHN F. BIGGS and Co., sots emsfracters for Bottled
Beer to the laternatlenal Exhibition, Agenta for Samuel Alleopp
and Pena India Pale Ale and Burton Ale. and (lithium. Soo,
and Co.'s Extra atm!, Importers of Wines and Spirits.—Ofilece
and Stores, the Royal Exchange, F.C.—The trade supplied on
liberal terms for cash.

BROWN and GREEN'S KITCHEN RANGES
(Prize Medal. International Exhibition, 1862) roast meat
in front of the fire without interruption to the action of the
oven. hot-plate, boiler, dc. The ovens are well-ventilated, and
perfect either as roasters or for the baking of bread or pastry.
Yor efficiency, economy, ventilation, and cure of smoky
chimneys. these ranges are unequalled. They are of all sixes and
prices : and the large onos, fitted with bathand atom apparatus,
&c., form the most complete appointment for large establish-
, ments —Bl, litahopsgatestreet

PROUSERS.--Spocial attention is called to the
NOW SPRING GOODS, and gentlemen who do not mind
fair prim for a prod pair of trousen can depend on
and patter= that cannot be excelled, at
HABILTON and ILISIPTONR, TAILORS,
106, liarand (opposite Rioter Ball).

OPENING of HYAM and Co.'s NEW
PREMISE:I,66 and 67, OXFORD-STREET.—These exten-
sive and main:llllcent Premises are NOW OPEN, and the public
ate respectively invited to Met the new buildings and inspect
the RTIOSI arrangements which have been carried out for the
furtherance of badness and public accommodation.

OPENING of HYAM and CO.'S NEW
PREMISES, M and 67, OXFORDSTRELT.—GROUND
MOIL —This portion of the New Building is appropriated to
the display and sale of Gentlemen's Suits and Separate Garments
for immediate weer. Its out space and {{`{sacral render it
capable of displaying to advantage the assortment of
Attire ever submitted, at one view, to public on.

OPENING of HYAM sod Co.'s NEW
PREMISES, al and Cr, OXFORD-STREET. ORDER
onto has been spared in the planning of
this Branch, with Its eeleetbn rooms. fatting 101X0*, cnttlag
rooms, milting rooms. to Every seasonable novelty In fabric
is here displayed, and the mitten engaged are to competent to
the olden committed to them.

OPENING of HYAM and Co.'s NEW
PRY 111 Sta, 66 and et OXFORD.STRIEL—CHILDNETB,
BOYS', and YOUTHS' DBPARTM Mir —Flik47 BLOM—This
extenaive Branch Is kept perfectly distinct, and is docked with
a east and varied assortment of Attire for the young of en ages,
In which Attire the proprietors are known to exceL A separate
Dekertinent for Hata, Hosiery, Shirts, Scarfs. Collars, Outfits,
Umbrellas, etc.—Hymn and Co., 66 and 67, Oxford-street . ?I, tt,
end 2S, New-street, Birmingham: and 42., Briggs*, Leeds.

TLADIES.—ROWLAIIDS' ICALTDOR, en
1. Oriental Botanical Preparation for Improving and Beauti-
fying the Complexion and &kin. The radiant bloom It imparts
to the cheek, and the softness and delicacy which it induces of
the hand. and arms, its capability of soothiag irritation and re-
moving all rednees, tan, pimples, spots, trecklm, diecolorations,
end other cutaneous visitations, render U indispensable to every
toilet. It obviates all the effects of climate on the skin, whether
with reference to cold and inclemency, or Intense solar heat.
Prior ts. 6d. and 9a. 6d. per bottle. —Sold at 20, if tton.garden :
and by chemists and perfumers. Ask for "Rowlands' Kulydor,
and beware of spurious and pernicious articles ender the name
et “Lalydor."

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MANIJAL of LATIN PROSE COMPOSITION.
la By H. Mtosasingn Nahum, ILA., Yellow of Merton Col.
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for TLITOBB and STUDENTS. Ea. ed.
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TELEGRAPHIC INTELLIGENCE.

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[Stamped, Id. Additional]

the oddest of all odd preliminaries to a ball, the
royal party retired for a short time to their apart-
ments for refreshments, and after a few minutes MONDAY POPULAR CONCERTS.
returned to the hall again, and opened the ball
about ten o'clock, seeming to enjoy their dance. These truly popular concerts—which combine what
I would a few years ago havebeen thought the utterly iocompa•
The Princess of Wales graciously gave her band tibia characters of popularity and refinement—are, for this
to the Lord Mayor in the first set, the Prince of
their fifth season, drawing to close. The concert of last
Wales dancing with the Lady Mayoress. The set was &seismical ao, of the preceding, for it wee made
was made up by Prince Alfred and the Princess
up of a selection of the fineet chamber composition@ of Hest.
Marl, the Duke of Cambridg:e and Lady Edith hove. ;
to the doors with a delighted • •
and it was as popular, for the hall was
Somerset, the Hon. Major Henniker and Lady
Alice Cuffs, Major Teesdale and the Hon. Mrs 811.4 and applauding au
Francis Stonor, Viscount Bury and Miss Amy
I The !eat two concerts of the mason are announced—the
Salomone, Lord Bann and the DOWIt43BII De Grey of _ the 29th Jan@,
and Ripon. Afters very few minutes' interval :::(14 thebenefitos
'
Chappell) on the Gth July.
gi • her hand to Prince Alfred, and the Prince of
Wales dancing with the CountessOleichen. In the
same set were the Duke of ICarabridge with the
Countess of Westmoreland, Lord Alfred Paget with
the Luly Mayoress, the Duchess of Manchester
with Viscount Hamilton, Viscount Bury with Miss
Snow (sister of the Lady Mayoress), the Duke of
Manchester with the Countess Constance Grosve-
nor, and the Lord Mayor with Mies Simpson. A
waltz was next called, and again the Princess
joined in the dance. The Prince waltzed with
Lady Victoria Seen, and Lord Alfred Paget with
the Lady Mayoress. A third quadrille, in which
the royal visitors again participated, glad-
dened the hearts of all present. In this
set the Princess of Wales danced with
the Prince of Reuse Schleiz, the Prince of
Wales taking the hand of the Countess Apponyi.
In this set Prince Alfred danced with the
Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor with the Princess
Mary, the Duke of Cambridge with the Duchess of
Manchester, the Earl of Westmoreland with the
Lady Edith Somerset, Viscount Bury with the
' Countess Constance Grosvenor, the Duke of Man-
cheater with the Countess of 'Westmoreland, the
Earl Grosvenor with Viscountess Bury Lord Alfred
Paget with Lady Eleanor Hare, and Baron Freda-
, rick Rothschild with Lady Adele Hare.
A short interval now followed, during which
the Prince and Princess entered into an animated
conversation with the Lord Mayor and the lady
Mayoress, expressing their admiration of the
' beauty of the arrangements and their deep sense
of the loyal reception accorded to them. The
Lord Mayor pointed out to the Princess the lead-
ing features of the civic hall, and her royal high-
ness expressed herself warmly interested in the ex-
planations afforded.
The ball now became general, and the Prince
and Priucese very readily observed the delight their
presence gave to the assembled guests.
At half-past eleven o'clock a flourish of trumpets
srasounoed that supper was served, and the Princess
of Wales taking the arm of the Lord Mayor, the
Prince of Wales leading the Lady Mayoress, the
illustrious guests descended from the dais, and
proceeded through the hall and its adjacent cor-
ridors to the Council Chamber, now radiant with
a brilliant illumination of wax lights and hidden
gas jets, reflecting with redoubled brilliancy the
gorgeous ornaments of the apartment and ban-
quelling table. The Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress sat at the head of the table, the Princess
of Wales on the right of the Lord Mayor, and the
Prince of Wales oar the left of the Lady Mayoress.
The other guests at this princely entertainment
were the Prince of Orange, the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Mary of Cambridge, the Duke
of Cambridge, the Prince Alfred, and the following
members of the diplomatic and aristocratic world :
The Countess IYApponyi, the Turkish Ambassador,
the Duchess of Somerset, Earl Granville, the
Baroness de Cetto, Viscountess Sydney, the Duke
of Buccleuch, Mrs. Adams, the Duke of Suther-
land, the Duke of Wellington, the Spanish Minister,
the Countess De Grey and Ripon, Lady Stanley of
Alderley, the Danish Minister, the Duchess of
Sutherland, Sir G. Grey, the Duke of St. Albans,
the Netherlands Minister, Mrs. Cardwell, Mr.
Vil-
liers, the Duke of Newcastle, the Italian Minister,
Lady Victoria Scott, the American Minister, the
Duke of Manchester, the Earl de Grey and Ripon,
Count Neaselrode, the Austrian Ambassador, the
Duchess of Wellington, the French Ambassador,
the Duchess of Manchester, Viscount Sydney,
the Marchioness of Ailesbury, the Bavarian Minis-
ter, Lady Grey, the Duke of Richmond, the Saxon
Minister, the Marquis of Ailesbury, the Swedish
and Norwegian Minister, Viscount Castlerosae, and
the Countess of Desert.
The general guests supped in the large temporary
supper-rooms erected in Guildhall-yard, and the
Entertainment Committee were comfortably pro-
vided for in the Court of Common Pleas.
On returning to the ball-room, the royal party
were conducted through the Court of Aldermen,
where a pleasant surprise had been prepared for
the Princess. In a large, deep recess, occupying
nearly one side of the court, was a moonlight scene
of a palace with a broad-spreading lawn reaching
down in the foreground to where the real plants
and ferns had been artistically arranged, so as to
make it seem almost a continuation of the picture.
This picture, which, lit from behind, made an ex-
quisite 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 en-
trance of the mansion.

MUSIC.

DRAMA.

PRINCESS'S.

The romantic drama of Court and Camp waa
preceded last night by a new cmiedietre is one act by Mr.
G. Roberts (author of the drama of Lady /adley's Secrd),
entitled Cowin Tom. The Mae. which ie of umnistakes.
bly French origin, was wall received.

INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION
BUILDING, South Kensington.
A GRAND MILITARY CONCERT to AID of H.R.H. the
PRINCESS MARYS FUND, for Providing Nurses for the
Inmates of the CAMBRIDGE ASYLUM, will be given In the
International Building, South Kensington by special permission),
en SATURDAY next, the 13th Julie. Doors open at 5, the
Cowers to commence at g precisely.
Under the Immediate Patronage of
- .

Him Royal Highness the Prince of WALSH,
Her Royal Highness the Princess of WALL'S,
Her Royal Highness the Duchess of CAMBRIDGE,
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE, and
Her Royal Highness the Princes. MARY ADELAIDE.
The BANDH of the
he HOUAEHFirst OLD
Guards BRIGADE, consisting of
T Life ,
The Second Life Guards,
Royal Horse Guards ;Blue),
The Grenadier Guards.
Colintrealn Guards. and the
Scots Fusilier Guards,

will perform on this occssion.
See the full Programme, now ready.
Admission, Se.. reversed mats 7. esi. ; stalls, numbered and
Strictly reserved, Ms. Tickets to be obtained at Mr. Sarni
Royal Library, 1, St. James'a-street, ; Mr. Mitchell's Royal
Library, 3S, Old ISonil•street Mr. Weaterton Library, Sts
George's:blare, Knightabridge : Messrs. Keith, Poems:. and Co.,
Cheap.iile . and at Mr. Austin's Ticket-other, Ss. Janicis:hall,
28,

OPERA and FIELD GLASSES.—NEGRETTI
and ZAMHRA warrant their Gi•SM, ae unrivalled for
lwillianey, power, and definition op to ten miles range, Yla and
42a, case compile.—t, Hatton garden Cornhlll ; 124
Jtegent•street and Crystal Palace, Sydenharn

Pews FIRST CLASS and LONDON PRIZE
MEDALS.
WATUERSTON and BROODEN,
GOLDSMITHS .11.1 JEWELLERS.
MasaMetoty, 16, klowrietts-MreM, Covent...garden, W.C., Leedom,
N.U.TWs establlsAment Is closed at 6in the evening, sod cs
Saturdays at 1 o'clnct.

MESSRS. MECHI and BAZINgdom have on SALE
the largest variety In the kin of TRAVELLING
and DRE.SSING BAGS for Ladies and Geutlemen.-112, Regent-
street, ands, Leadenhallatreet, London.

SPECIAL NOTICL—TO GENTLEMEN.
MR. MILES (Alfred Webb Miles), 73, Brook-
street, Hanover-equare, u prepared to submit for public
approval all the
NEW TROUSERS PATTEILAIS
for Spring and Summer wear, width will be found In greater
variety and better than ever. The continual remark of gentle-
men to their friends le, Why pay mote than Itla for your
wormer trousers
EVERYBODY KNOWS Mr. MILES removed from Bond-
street in 1t 9.

IN FUN THIS WEEK, Puke One Penny,
The Old Jaw Bone.
Lord Henry George Charles Gordon Lennox, M.P.
Our Prim Baum.
The International Dog Show.
The City ?Section

Now ready, handsomely bound to magenta cloth, gilt,
price Is &1.. post paid. sa,
THZ THIRD HALF VESELY VOLU ME of FUN', with numerous
Engravings by talented artists, and articles by distinguished
writers

The Ftrit sad Seeded Volumed, uniform with the third, cm sale.
80. Fleet-street,