The Express.
London, England, 1846-11-10 00:00:00

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-1111aMiaMPAST.—Ektensive preparations having
gaaan*lgher in the Lord Mayor's Day with ickit, the
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• dip neighbourhood of Guildhall were 'crowded with
•'•e • fra
and vast, numbers were admitted Into the building
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Mwitness the ceremony of breakfasting,
_which was
4n• •1 in the Council Chamber, by the Lad Mayor,
lire s=wab, and principal City officers, no after 11
t"'' The birriers within the doors of the hall offered an
'• • resietanoe to the strength and impetuosity of the
, so that the activity of the police was unavoidably
to, but a considerable time elapsed before the bustle
;' 'ambieegnt to a oonclusiou. The improvements in the de-
sigagee arrangements are included in the following account.
AeMMI was externally lighted with gas, coils of pipes having
• ,its weed amongst the arms of the Lord Mayor and the
gem', so that a peculiar brilliancy broke forth as the
wag approached. The front of the hall's entrance porch
see Worsted with armour from the Tower. Two most
• mamas chandeliers, made by the deceased Mr.
wore su•pended from the eeilini of the hall. The
ejeseithese beautiful specimens of art is sal** be 1,0001.,
haida executors of Mr. Collins sold them to !he corporation
sig, as they were considered to be too large for an
dbas *Mk building. The chandeliers are ornamented with
ilia glass. At about a quarter-past twelve o'clock, the
, god Mayor received notice that the order of procession
; shoat to commence, and the company accordingly left
• the breakfast room.
Pioesseitom.--.The weather,—which, inasmuch as
aim was as rain, was, for a Lord Mayor's Day, compeer
got he,—induced an unusually large congregation of
sommers to assemble along the line of streets through which
• les fion was to pass.
The Lord Mayor having taken his seat in the state car-
riage, the procession moved on. A most alarming rumour
bad been spread that the men in armour were to be reduced
Is number, if not wholly discontinued, but we rejoice to
base it in our power to state that the rumour was entirely
• Wounded. In fact, the procession was not shorn of one
5,1 of its time-honoured and tawdry splendour. The
tly printed programme now before us was rigidly
to. There were the necessary policemen to clear
the way," with the "beadle of the worshipful company
of spectacle makers," peradventure to see the way;
whilst the company itself, dividing across the foremost fes-
ters of the show—formed by the standards, the banners, the
arras, and "the Junior City Marshal on horseback "—ranged
themselves at each side. Then came the Lord Mayor's
targemaster, the Lord Mayor's bargemen, and the Lord
Mayor's banner. These were followed by an ancient herald,
a pair of kettle-drums, a trumpeter, and one of the gentle-
men from Batty's Royal Equestrian Circus, encased in a suit
of armour, preceded by his standard-bearer in half armour,
bearing his banner," or rather that of the ancient knight,
whose armour is supposed to have been borrowed for the oc-
casion. The sheriffs followed, each guarded in the rear
by other " ancient knights," one of whom, besides being
mounted on a charger, was "armed cap-ti-pie in a suit of
burnished braes scale armour, and plumed." The Lady
Mayoress was the next, and perhaps the greatest attraction,
drawn in her state carriage by six horses, and attended by a
fourth " ancient knight." At last came the state carriage,
with "the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor," having for
his companions, " the chaplain, the swor.l. bearer, the common-
Crier, and the water-baliff." A guard of honour, "on horse-
back," closed the procession. In this order it made its im-
posing way through Gresham-street, King William-street,
and Adelaide-place, to London-bridge, where the authorities
embarked in the state barges, and proceeded to Westminster

lialL
. THE CEREMONY AT WESTMINSTER HALL. —About
two o'clock an intimation was conveyed to the learned
barons of die Exchequer that the civic procession might
shortly be expected to arrive ; and accordingly, Mr. Serjeant
Manning was interrupted in a long and learned argument.
' Their lordships retired, and shortly after came into Court,
apprriately robed for the occasion. Mr. Baron Parke, in
the absence of the Chief Baron (owing to a domestic be.
reaveraent) occupied the chief seat on the bench. Mean-
time, the civic dignitaries had arrived, and taken their
places in the centre of the Court, in front of the seats usually
oegupied by the Queen's counsel. The Recorder, addressing
the learned judges, said—" My lords, I have the honour to
present to she barons of this Court the Right Hon. Sir Geo.
Carroll, who has been chosen by the citizens of London to
fill the high and important office of Lord Mayor for the
seining year. And it is my pleasing duty to announce
1:0 your lordships, that her Majesty has been most graciously
pleased to signify, through the Lord Chancellor, her Ma-
ty's entire approbation of the choice which the citizens
ve made. After a diligent application to business for
more than thirty jeers, occupied, during that long period, in
extensive financial operations with the leading capitalists of
London, Mr. Carroll, some years ago, meditated a retire-
ment from the more active scenes of life, and was anxious to
confine his public dutiep to those which his commission as a
magistrate for the county of Essex might daily require at his
hands. But the future Lord Mayor had not anticipated the
earnest opposition which those friends who had witnessed
his successful and bor.ourable meet were prepared to offer
to a scheme calculated to deprive them of much of his
society, which they coveted, and to deprive the public of
those services which, in an enlightened sphere of action, Mr.
Carroll was eminently calculated to perform. Accordingly,
in 1837, Mr. Carroll was prevailed on to undertake the office
of Sheriff of London and Middlesex, in conjunction with Sir
Moses Montefiore. His year of shrievalty afforded much
exercise for his talents, and prepared the way for his fulfil-
ment of an office much more dignified and impor-
tant. In 1839; Sir George Carroll was unanimously
elected alderman of the ward of Candlewick ; and in taking
upon himself the duties of this new station, he was fitted to
become a ssandidate for the office of Lord Mayor. He has
invariably evinced his attachment to the laws and liberties
of his country, and he has ever tempered a firm and efficient
discharge of his public duty with that suavity of manners
which marks the true English gentleman. The learned Re,
corder then alluded to the late Lord Mayor, and passed a
high eulogium upon the manner in which he.had discharged
the duties of the office.
Mr. Baron Pmuse then addressed the Lord Mayor in the
following terms: My Lord Mayor, In the absence of the
Lord Chief Baron, under circumstances of a melancholy and
painful nature, I am called on to be the organ of communi-
cation between this court and your lordship, and the great
corporation of which honourable mention has been made.
The splendid ceremonial of to-day is not a mere idle pageant;
it has been adopted in pursuance of a very ancient custom—
s custom as ancient as those from which the corporation you
representhas derived many of its rights and privileges. And
it baa been performed, not simply for the purpose of display.
an the magnificence and wealth of that corporation, but to
add honour to the administration of the law, and respect for
the franchises of the city. My lord, I feel assured
that the respect which we feel for that corpora-
tion will suffer no diminution from the circum-
stance of your lordship's elevation to the high
office which you now hold. The splendid eulogium which
has jest been passed upon you by the learned Recorder has
convinced us of your amiable character and of your capacity
to discherge the arduous duties 'which were imposed upon
yon by your election to the office of Sherif. In your die-,
charge of that office you have displayed those qualities
which always find their proper estimate in the mind of the
intelligent public; and I believe you to be possessed 0(411
those qualities which aro essential to the administration of
justice. We have now the happiness to live in times of
pave. The, groat bulk of her Majesty's subjects have now
no recollection of the horrors of war ; and it is likely, there-
fore, that the exercise of those qualities which you have
already displayed will prove sufficient to carry you through
your year of office with ease and satisfaction. But if the
contrary should happen, and you "hoist& be called on to dis-
charge more onerous and more responsible duties, I have no
doubt pm will display all the courage and determination
which the exigencies of the times may require, and which
you have already manifested so greatly to your honour. His
lordship then briefly addressed Mr, Alderman Johnson,
and congratulated him on having passed through his year of
office, and fulfilled its duties so entirely to the satisfaction of
hie fellow-citizens.
The usual oaths were then administered to the Lord Mayor,
and some formalities were gone through, irmludingthe calling
on the bite Lord Mayor to produce his accounts for the past
year, which was done, and Mr. Alderman Johnson was
sworn to their correctness. Before leaving . the court, his
lordship invited the learned barons to the civic banquet at
Guildhall, which invitation was cordially accepted by their
lordships, as well as by the judges of the ali' courts, op
whom hislordship waited for the purpose.
Tun RRTURIC—The procession having re-formed, re-
turned to the state barges at Westminster-bridge, where
they 'embarked a little before three o'clock. Having remised
Blackfrian-bridge the dignitaries debarked. The prommiem
was once more put in order, and moved on through Sew
Bridge-street. At the obelisk the ceremonial was ramilmed
the more imposing by the junction of such of the Midge
anbassadore, ministers of state, the nobility,. judges, NOW
lam of parliament, and other persons of distimillem, gibe
bid, accepted invitations to the banquet. The. meennite
et,,, wended its dignified way up Ludgate-hill, aroma IL
,_„aart Clturobyard, and along Cheapride and King-street to
'lnaball. The Lord Mayor was well received *roughest
tile 'tole ef the route.
MI IMADOCRAL msnourr.—According to custom the new
Chef Megistrate gave his inaugural banquet in Guildhall ea
the return of the civic procession from Westminster. The
ladle board groaned under the luxuries and delicacies of the
season with which they were laden, and the whole arrange-
ments reflected the highest credit en the Lord Mayor's com-
mittee, of which Mr. Deputy Evans was the chairman, and
by whom Messrs. Younghuiband and:Soo, of Gerard's, had
been entrusted to act SR providones or chefs de
secusaand isse.
Shortly after three o'clock the company began,
were received by Mr. Goldham, the master of the ceremo-
Pies. Among the distinguished guests who honoured the
Lord Mayor and the Lady. Mayoress with their preeence
were-of her Majesty's Ministers, the Lord Chancellor, Lord
John Russell, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Marquis of
Claariearde, the Earl of Auckland, Lord Campbell, Viscount
Pdmerston, M.P. ; Viscount Morpeth, M.P. ; the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, the Right Hon. Sir George Grey,
But ; the Right Hon. Sir J. C. Hobhouse Bart.; the
Right Hon. Thomas B. Macaulay. The juts present
were—Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Justice Coltman, r. Justice
NVightman, Mr. Justice Erle, Mr. Baron Platt,and Mr. Justice
Vaughan Williams. The Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, Mr. Serjeant Channell, Mr. Serjeant Clarke, Mr.
Serjeant °melee, Mr. Serjeant Bain, and Mr. Serjeant
Wilkins, represented the bar of England. Among the gene.
ral company were Viscount S.Manford, Viscount Anson, the
Hon. E. J. Stanley, Lord Dudley C. Stuart, Sir S. Canning,
Baron Rothschild, and several members of Parliament.
The " Non Nobs" was given in excellent style by the en-
°dins, i who oconpied one of the galleriee, and comprised Mist
'-übitt, Miss Romney, Miss Rogers, Messrs. Jolly, sea. and
jun., Mr. Parleington Smith, and two young gentlemen
attached to the choir of St. Paul's.
The LORD MAYOR proposed, in due succession, the heaths
of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, the Queen Dowager, and
H.B.H. Prince Albert, which were received end responded

to-with-aft Mermanifeetations of loyalty, devotion, end at-
tachment.
The Loan MAYOR next rose and said, that the toast helms
about to propoie to*, notice of the distingnithed guest*, by
whose presence he stha gilt dal honoured, had reference to a
distinguished personage, to whora„ in distantilays; the deetinies
of this great empire miAtt, be mieninitted. • Anxious for the
welfare of the young PrUos of Wales. ha (the Lord Mayor)
had taken the liberty to make separate allto
Born on • Lord Mayor's day, his fthyal Highness had a
peculiar claim upon the attention and *wards the cities
of London. Not doubting that the Oltatrione young Prince
would, under the tuition of her Majesty the Queen and her
gracious Consort, be educated in the prkeiples of the British
constitution, he (the Lord Mayor) entertained no fears that
he would eventually be well prepared to administer (when-
ever it might please Providence so to order it) the rule and
government of this truly great nation. He begged to pro-
pose the " health of the -Prince of Wales, and the other
branches of the royal family." (Loud cheer,.)
The toast of the ' Army and Navy " followed, end was
briefly responded to by Admiral Sir Charles Adam and
Major Pole on behalf of thii branches of the service to
.which they respectively belong.—To the toast of " Prosperity
to the City of London and the trade and commerce thereof,'
which followed, due honours were paid by the company,
The LORD MAYOR said that he hid every conviction the
next toast, that of the health of the late Lord Mayor, would
meet with warm approbation. (Loud cheers.) It would
detain the company too long, were he to attempt to descant
upon the multiplicity of good qualities which his excellent
friend possessed. He had fulfilled to the utmost the duties
of his office, he had maintained the civic hospitalities to the
unbounded satisfaction of his fellomeitisene, and he had WM
golden opinions from all. (Cheers.) He begged to preps,
the health of the late Lord Mayor.
Mr. Alderman Joarreow, in feeling terms, acknowledged
the honour paid him, and expressed the satisfaction he felt
in the belief, that as he had promised so he had fulfilled the
promise to hand down to his successor the rights, privileges,
and immunities of his fellow-cidseas undisturbed and maw.
niched. (General cheers.)
The Loan MAYOR observed that the next toast he had to
propose would, he felt assured, be received in the mews
which it not only deterred, but commanded. It WAS the
health of the most distinguished legal functionary k
the realm, the Lord High Chancellor. (Loud chews.) He (the
Lord Mayor) knew of no man within the realm who lived
more justly in the heart, of her Majesty's subjects than did
the eminent individual to whom he alluded. To the firm,
equitable, and just discharge of the high trust confided to
him by his sovereign, the Lord Chancellor added a suavity
and urbanity of manner which was highly gratifying to all
who might have the honour of approaching him. With
these feelings he most request the company to join him in
drinking the health of that distinguished nobleman, the
Lord High Chancellor of England. (Cheers.)
Lord Correxuast was most egthusiestically greeted
on rising to respond to the toast. His lordship said
he should indeed be happy if he could flatter himself
that he deserved any portion of the kind expressions with
which the Lord Mayor had been pleased to introduce his
name. He, however, sincerely hoped, that at some future
time his lordship, on reflecting upon his (Lord Cottenham's)
future conduct, would not have reason to lament or relent
from the good opinions he had been pleased this day to ex-
press. (Cheers.) In former years he (Lord Cottenham) had
frequently been present at_festivities in the Guildhall; hut
this occasion was peculiarly gratifying to him, inasmuch as
that since he had last the pleasure of partaking of the civic
festivities the honour had been conferred upon bim of being
admitted a member of this great corporation ; and, there-
fore, though formerly he had felt himself a str, :neer, he now
believed himself to be amongst his brotherhood—his fellow-
citizens of London. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed as a toast the health of
the Foreign Ambassadors.
The To RICISH AMBASSADOR replied in a few words, which
were wholly inaudible.
The Loan Maxon, in rising to propose the next toast, ex-
pressed his entire confidence that it would receive the
favourable approbation of those uow assembled. The
citizens of London had always been proud to evince their
loyalty and devotion to the sovereign by supporting the
ministers in whom the sovereign thought fit to place con-
fidence. (Hear, hear.) Under the most favourable circum-
stances under which this nation could be pieced, the position
of the administration, however constituted, was OM 44 great
responsibility and of great anxiety. At the present moment
those responsibilities and anxieties had been ineresaml=
dispensation of Divine Providence. (Hear.) Feeling ia
and, confident that their utmost endeavours would be directed
to assuage the calamity, which he (the Lord Mayor) was
happy to think was not so great as had been represented, he
felt happy in proposing the healths of her Majesty's Minis-
, ters—a body of men who were prepared, he mid not doubt,
to meet the evil, and, with the co-operation and confidence
of their fellow-countrymen, successfully to combat it. To
describe the character of the present Premier of England
would entail upon him (the Lord Mayor) too heavy a task—
the attempt to do so was unnecessary, because all
knew, from long experience, that the measures of
that distinguished nobleman and statesman were all
directed to the public good. (Cheers.) There was
another circumstance to which he mast allude,
vie., that for the first time the City of London had the
honour of being represented in parliament by the Prime
Minister of the realm. Taking all these points into consi-
deration he (the Lord Mayor) was sure his fellow-citisens
would sot be satisfied unless they gave, on this occasion, her
Majesty's ministers a wenn and cordial reception. (Load
cheers.) He, therefore, meed the " Health of Lord
John Russell and her Ministers." (Renewed
cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL immediately rose, and was received
with enthusiastic plaudits. Hislordshipspoke as follows: My
Lord Mayor, Ladies, and Gentlemen: I beg leave, in the name
of my colleagues, and in my own, to return you our most
grateful thanks for the honour which has just been done us
by the Lord Mayor and this most distinguished company.
I can assure you that we shall use our utmost endeavours to
promote the interests, to guard the honour, and to maintain
the liberties of this great empire, and I trust that with the
support and approbation of the citizens of London, we
may be enabled to contribute to these great end& (Loud
cheers). I have, however, another responsibility cast
upon me—a responsibility which belongs to me personally,
because I must always remember that the lest time I had the
honour to appear in this hall, it was to be re-elected as one
of the representatives in Parliament for this great city.
(Loud cheers.) But, my Lord Mayor, I feel that the duties
of a Minister of the Crown and those of a representative are
not of A clashing or contradictory, but, on the contrary, they
are compatible and harmonious. I state this because I be-
lieve that the citizens of London feel deeply for all the
great interests of the general community. I believe thatthe
hearts of our citizens vibrate with every fear of dangerous or
evil circumstances, while they rejoice with satisfaction in all
the good fortune with which the nation may be blessed.
(Load cheers.) Adopting a comparison, the citizens of
London became passim I, as it were by an electric tele-
graph, of all that passed in every part of the empire, and
whatever intelligence might be subject matter of joy, in that
they rejoiced, while in matters of lamentation, theyhastened
to contribute to the utmost the means fur its alleviation.
(Loud cheers.) Firm in this conviction, I feel that my
duties as • Minister of the Crovin and those of your 'repre-
sentative may be well mingled and joinedtogether. (Cheers.)
To you, my Lord Mayor, I beg to offer my congratulations.
upon the choice made of you by your fellow-citizens as their
akf magistrate for the ensuittg year. I have loft known
and esteemed yore ekartmtar, and can feel no doubt but that
pm will boamolay support the dignity which has been con-
Med npna peat hat let me tell your lordship that you
mill Mitts *slight teak to perform, if you mean to imitate
the conduct, and emulate the example of your most worthy
sad excellent predecessor in the civic chair. (Cheers.)
feel erndidant that you will discharge the duties, and main-
tain*, dissoltim of your ofke, to the satisfaction of your
fallow-dllogas, and hence, I trust, I shall have the sanction
of tlie anipmiy in proposing " the health of the Right
Honourable Me Lord Mayor.' (Load cheers.)
The Logo Matron, in returning thanks, exprared his do-.
teeminegian to famalate the example at hirlierzleesseere, and:
to the beet ebb abilities, tomiintaist the and privileges.
of the community over which he bad been called upon to
preside. (Hear, hear.) I>Y conclusion, he begged to propose
as the nisxt toast," The health of the Marquis of Lansdowne
and the House of Lords."
The Marquis of LANSDOWNR expressed hie gratifieation
in being selected as the representative on that ore eeion at a
non-representstivo body, and assured the assembly perasot
that if, there was a question upon which the Rodeo of
Lords Were unanimous, it was the determination to maid-
Ws the rights, privileges, and immunities of the City of
Lesion. The noble President of the Council, in con"-
propoied " The health of the Lady Mayoress."
The Loan Maros responded to the Mat, and shortly,
afterwards the ladies quitted the hall to participate in Os '
pleasures of the ball-room, for which the council-chamber
had been prepared.
The remaining touts, " the members of the Houk of
Commons," to which Mr. Masterman replied ; of " the
Judges," responded to by Mr. Baron Parke; of the " Bar
of England, acknowleged by the Attorney-General, swa-
mi others, followed, and the festivities of the ball-room
commenced, and were protracted to a late hour.

WORKING MEN'S TEETOTAL. DEMONSTRATION.—
A meeting of tee-Wailers belonging to the working claws
was held yesterday evening, in the large room of Exeter-
ball. The chair was taken by Dr. Oxley, of Hackney.
The proceedings were opened some minutes before the ap-
pointed time (half-paststx) comp/mem ot the roottleiN
already toll. The followin proposidoss had been p
by wy ottezt upon which g
the opeudisa mere inteMio
Lie a esemeestaly,
That Se was mem emit kaa lbe up et kikahriting beverages
Iblllehhpsedlor WM& epee thalabourpg whim it Worm
reg=eadslas, au I soualty, missEs4=l thssa to maim
nod messy: Ilbet Mop hamnisre Me by
es sums neessmey le momobeheals•Messpik. limn and Vat
the beaded Wises me be mil premesa elms Os meet my
Mt=et Mee, esimilesis sot iletemodest arid.used kbour-
in mai pueblo esseptim ems Ws sod wiles le testify.
And the
yew Menem et the rest lastelti hi* ma cm-
seistioasl resagernd tetid ebstissese *me may
intax=limew, ass that hat cam •prestleable, salerary,
and
Several speakers addresead the meeting, aumstogst whom
were Mr, MeKechnie, a journeyman tailor ; Mr. Jackson, a
gunsmith; Mr. Rowe, a gas-stoker ; Mr. Davis, • carpenter;
Mr. Palmer, a seafaring man ; Mr. Applegate, coal whipper;
Mr. Morris and Mr. Mcßean, coal porters ; Mr
..Reyn
formerly • bricklayer's labourer, but now, in conse-
quence of taking the pledge, " a master man, with a
horse and cart;' Mr. Waltero, a shoemaker; Mr. Robin-
son, a paper stainer; Mr. Bateaux- an iron founder, Ac.
Each of the speakers was strenuous in asserting, in opposi-
tion to all who have argued the contrary, that intoxicating
liquors are not only unnecessary, but positively injurious, in
all mace, especially to the working classes; and each bore
personal testimony to the benefits arising from total absti-
nence. A memorial was adopted, which wee addrused to