The Express.
London, England, 1847-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

The annual state procession of the Lord Mayor,
sheriffs, and other civic dignitaries, to Westminster, took
place yesterday, according to =memorial custom. The pageant,
as it passed through Thames-street, displayed all the be.
painted and bedizened pomp of a daylight theatrical caval-
cade, wherein the chief actors were grave magistrates and
rich merchants. Comparing the show with similar exhibi_
tions in former years, there was little to attract attention,
unless it was the formal impressment into the service of
about half a hundred of the old tars of Greenwich, earl
of whom in his characteristic national (hospital) ccotume
was provided with a tin shield and a baton, and thus caps
risoned, the pensioners of England's navy marched two and
two in front of the Fishmonger-sheriff, whose connexion
with the sea was thus strongly indicated. A multitude
of sight seers waylaid the procession on its progress down
Queen-street and through Thames-street to Blackfnars bri4e,
but the precautions taken by the police to maiutain index
were successful in preventing accidents.
The water procession reached Westminster-bridge shortly
before 2 o'clock, when the Lord Mayor, aldermen, and Wiens
constituting the civic earli.ge, disembarked, and proceeded on
foot to Westminster Hall, while the barge of the Stationers'
Company went on to Lambeth Palace to make the usual
presentation to the Archbishop of Ca n terbury of the almanacs
published fur the ensuing year.—The Lord Mayor, preeedad
by the City Marshals, and attended by the late Lad Mayor,
the recorder, sheriffs, aldermen, and under sheriffs, on
entering Westminster Hall, advanced to the Court of Ex-
chequer,and having taken his position in the Queen's coma'
bar, the recorder, in a laudatory speech, introduced to the
court the Lord Mayor elect —The Lord Chief Baron ad.
dressed a few words of congratulation to the new dignitary.
the usual oaths of office were then administered to the Lori
Mayor by the Queen'. Reniembrancer, and the ex-Lord
Mayor having handed in his accounts, the Recorder, in the
name of the Lord Mayor and sheriff., invited the Lord Chief
Baron and his learns brethren to the banquet at Guildhall.
The Lord Mayor, attended as before, then left the court, and
proceeded in succession to the Court of Queen'. Bench, the
Court of Common Pleas, and the Courts of the L rd Chan.
(eller, the Mauler of the Rolls, the Vice-Chancellor of Eng-
land, and those of the two Vice-Cnancellors, where the invi-
tation to the banquet was repeated. This concluded, the
civic authorities re-embarked, and proceeded on their return
to Guildhall. _ .

TILE BANQUET AT Gritnua it. commenced shortly before
seven o'clock. The preparations were upon the usual exten-
sive scale. Some judicious means were adopt, d for im-
proving the lighting and ventilation of the interior, by the
construction of a large conservatory adjoining one of the prin-
ripe' apartment.. This was made ornamental as well as
useful by good store of plants, and the addition of a pie.
tonal representation of Henry VIII. and his retinue em-
barking from the Tower of London. The picture included
a view of old London-bridge covered with houses, and a
sketch of the ancient cathedral of St. Paul. From the ailing
of the great hall were suspended the two magnificent chan-
deliers which were manufactured for the occasion of the ban-
quet to her Majesty the Queen, soon after her accesion.
These chandeliers measure twelve feet in diameter, and are
of coloured glam, having the royal arms and initials with
national emblems painted in the several compartments, and
being enriched with prisms of cut glass produces on the
whole a most beautiful effect. On each side of the hall the
walls were illuminated with almo-t innumerable gas jet'
along the whole of their Gothic compartments and
cornices. These and various other parts of the
ball were tastefully ornamented with tl spa, batmen,
pieces of armour, and military trophies and devices,
Tarnished from the stores of her Majesty's ordnance. In the
great west window was displayed the Star of the Order of
the Garter, composed of brilliant glass drops, which has al-
ways been an object of attraction. In the window at the
opposite or east end there was this year introduced a novelty
of a singularly curious and beautiful character. At the bath
of the window, and immediately over the Lord Mayor's
meat, were the words, " God save the Queen !" in large and
brilliant letters, and immediately above, in the midst of an
elaborate trophy, was placed, in honour of the birthday of
the Prince of Wales, a magnificent plume of feathers with
the usual appendage of royal coronet and motto, " lett Dien,"
This object measures nine feet in height, and, with the ex-
ception of the stems, which are of gilt metal, is composed
entirely of spun glass of the finest texture and most dazzling
whiteness; the fibres which constitute the feathery portioe
of the plume are as fine as hair, and have the son and glossy
appearance of silk ; their flexibility admits of being formed
into the most perfectly natural shape, and thus a highly
graceful elegance has been preserved in the whole arrange-
ment. This singular adaptation of glass was said to be the
first known instance of its kind. It is altogether an ob-
ject of great beauty and skill as a specimen of art. As a
matter of curiosity it may be added that the combined
length of the several fibres of glass employed in the construe,
tion of this interesting ornament is equal to 50,000 miles. The
Court of Exchequer was converted into a dining-room for a
portion of the guests, for whom accommodation could not be
provided in the hall itself. It was ornamented with a num-
ber of large and fine paintings, including the one recently
presented to the corporation of the King of the French
(described in another column). This picture, which
contains the portraits of most of the leading civic function-
aries, was an object of much attraction throughout the
evening. The council chamber, with its collection of paint-
ings and sculpture, was appropriated as usual for the pre-
sentation of guests to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress
prior to the banquet, and as the retiring room afterwards.
B 3 an outlet at the upper end of this room visitors passe
through a small ante-room into the Court of' Aldermen's
chamber, elegantly fitted up as a withdrawing room. From
openings made by the removal of the two large windows at
the en of this apartment, the company obtained a view of
another new embellishment, more startling perhaps than any
thatpreceded it. This was a representation of part of the Alpine
pass across Mount Simplon. In this instance an attempt has
been made to convey an idea of the grand. or and wildness
al the scene, not merely by a painting on a plain surface, but
(after the manner used at the Colosseum) by erecting actual
structures, and employing other accessories to represent the
various features of it. The scene therefore occupies the
whole area of a large courtyard, and may in fact be called
a model of the locality it represents, which is the gorge and
gallery of Oondo, with the waterfall of the Frascieodi, en
ibe Italian side of the Simplon, about four leagues from
Demo D'Ossola. It is intended by the corporation that all
these decorations (including the plume of feathers, the
Alpine scene, and the conservatory), shall remain up for use
at the Polish ball, which will take place on the 17th inst.
Accommodation was provided for between 800 lad 1,000
Rests. The arrangements were directed by the Lord

Mares committee, and were unexceptionable, except so far as
the position asaigned to the reporters, who were so placed that
it was all but impossible for them to hear a word of what was
passing at the principal table ; but as this was an inconve-
nience shared in by at leas: live-sixths of the whole company
it wasno doubt unavoidable. The hall was opened
to the .nrited at half-past three o'clock, and many
of those who bad not joined in the procession to
Westminster made their appearance at that early hour.
But it was the return of the procession that brought the
crash, and from the arrival of the first carriage of the cortege
until the hour of dinner, the announcement of guests ; and
the musical salutes which greeted the more important of
them were incessant. Lord John Russell arrived shortly
before half-past six, and was received with the most enthusi-
astic greetings. The other members for the City of London,
Sir G. Grey, the Earl of Auckland, and Lord Denman, were
also cordially welcomed. On the right of the Lord Mayor at
the upper table sat the late Lord Mayor ( Ald. Sir G. Carroll)
Lord Russell, Lord Campbell, the Right Hon. Sir George
Grey, the Right Hen. Fox. Maule, the Right Hon. T. M.
Gibson, M.P., the Duke de Broglie (the French ambas-
sador), the Prussian, American, Dutch Mexican, Saxon,
Swedish, and Sardinian Ministers ; the 'Hon. Sir Edward
Cast, Count de Jarnac, Mons. Felix Cotter, Admiral Dun-
dee, Admiral Prescott. Hon. W. Cowper, H. Rich,
/I P., Sir C. G. Young (Garter), J. Parker, Esq., M.P., H.
Tufnell, Esq., M.P., IL G. Ward, Req., M.P., B. Haws,
Esq., R. W. Grey, Esq., M.P., Sir Felix Booth, Bart., Mr.
Sheriff Cubitt and lady ; and on the left the Lady Mayoress,
the late Lady Mayoress, Lord Denman, Lord Chief Justice
Wilde, the Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Rolfe, Mr. Sheriff
Hill and lady, Mr. Justice Creswell, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr.
Justice Williams, the Attorney-General, Lord Dudley
Stuart, Right Hon. W. Biogham Baring, J. Pattison, Esq.,
11. P., Baron Rothschild, M. l'., J. Walter, Esq., M.P., de.
no dinner (which, with the exception of the turtle soup, of
which, as usual, there was a profuse supply) was cold.
"Non nobis " having been cbaunted, and the " loving
asp" having paned, the LORD MAYOR gave the following
toasts in succession " lier Majesty the Queen ;" " The
(Nita Dowager, and may she speedily return to this country
with restored health;' " His Royal Highness Prince
Albert, and the rest of the royal family ;" all of which were
drunk with the accustomed honours.
The Lola MAYOR next gave : " The Navy and Army,"
coupling the toast with the health' of the Earl of Auckland
and Sir E. Cust. The Earl of Auckland, on the part of the
navy, and Sir E. Cult, on the part of the army, severally re-
turned thanks, assuring their host that the approbation of
their country was the highest reward the two services which
they respectively represented aspired to.—The next toast
was, " Preeperity to the City of London and its trade."
The Loan MAYOR next gave "The Right lion. the late
Lord Mayor," passing upon him a high eulogium in respect
to the manner in which he had performed his duties as chief
magistrate during his year of office.
Alderman Sir G. CARROLL returned thanks. It gave him
great gratification to find that his conduct during his year
of office had met with their approval, and he assured them
that next to his own consciousness of having done his duty
to the best of his ability, this public expression of the satis-
faction of his brother citizens was his greatest reward.
The Louo MAYOR then said My lords, ladies, and gen-
tlemen, we are honoured here to-day by the presence of many
distinguished guests, and amongst them not only are there
the ministers who conduct the affairs of this country, but
many who represent the interest' of the most important
foreign nations. I look upon their presence here es a most
gratifying circumstance, and as the best security we can have
for the maintenance of the amity and peace of Europe and
the world. (Cheers.) In the maintenance of peace the true
interests of all countries consist" ; and in coupling with
the toast I am about to give you the foreign ministers
who have done as the honour to be our guests to-day, the
health of the Due de Broglie, the ambassador of France, I
am sure you will agree with me, that between no two coun-
tries is it more important for the interests of the world and
of civilisation that the relations of amity and peace should
continue than between France and England.—The toast was
enthusiastically responded to. _ _ .

The Duc DE BROOLIB returned thanks ; but, owing to
the cause before referred to, whether he spoke in French or
English we are unable to say, for not one syllable of his ob-
servations reached our reporter.
The LORD MAYOR said that the next tout he hail to
submit he wee sure would meet with the unanimous appro-
bation of the company. It was, " The Health of her Ma-
jesty Ministers.' (Applause.) He did not give this as a
political tout, nor was it necesaary that he should at this

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thee propose to introduce politics in that hall. (Hear.) It
.0, however, right, in his opinion, that the government
should kuow that they had the support and confidence of
the City of London. The manner in which the pre-
mot ministers had exercised the funetiona of govern-
ment entitled them to the fullest confidence ; and he
was quite sure that while they continued in the same course
the citizens of London would go with them heart and hand.
Feeling confident that they would carry out those measures
only which should tend to the honour and conduce to the in-
terests and prosperity of this great empire, he bad great plea.
sure in proposing The Health of the Right lion. Lord J.
Russell and her Majesty's M inisten"—(Cheers)— whose exer-
tions for meeting theexigencies of the liana, end for provid-
ing for those difficulties which the present circumstances of
the country bad occasioned, might be crowned with sumer
was hie heart-felt prayer. (Cheers.) The tout was drunk
amid cheer• from all sides. Silence being partially restored,
Lod .1. RussELL said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gen-
tlemen, on the part of myself, and the rest of her Majesty's
ministers, I beg to return you our sincere thanks for the
high homer you have done us in thus drinking our health'.
We are fatly aware of the importance of the support of the
City of London to any ministry who may be entrusted
with the task of carrying on the government of this
meters. Your confidence, therefore., being so essential, we
cannot feel other than deeply grateful for this public expres-
sion of it. I can assure you that her Majesty's government
have in all they have done intended honestly to do that
which they believed to be most beneficial to the best interests
of the country—(hear, hear)—and in that spirit—omitting
all subjects of political con•roverey—vre sha
wll
ennot hesitate to
administei, and if ncel be exceed, the law hev or we may
think it neeessaty for the public safety and the public welfare.
(Cheers) I h...ve heard with great pleasure your lordship's
wmtintonis w:th reference to the continuance of peace—'en-
tonics which have been so eloquently responded to by my
illustrious triend, the French ambassador. I wish, like him,
thst the peace which has now happily lasted 30 years may
endure, and that the same desire for peace which, after the
experience of the horrors of a long and bloody war, prevailed
throughout Europe, may be equelly universal, now that we
have had the experience and the benefits of 30 years of peace.
(Cheers.) I trust that this company will permit me, before
I sit down, to propose the health of the Lord Mayor.
(Heir). It is of the utmost importance that the functions
of the chief magistrate of this great city should be adminis.
tired not only with integr but with &moue and temper,
and I rejoice to find that the choice of the citixene has in
the present instance fallen upon one who unites those quali-
fications, and Wh.) will, I em sure, show himself equal to meet
any circumstances which during his period of officeimay arise.
The Loan MAYOR then gave the Judges of the land,"
which Lord Denman acknowledged ; and the " Rrepresen-
tatives of the City of London in Parliament," coupling the
tout with the healthy of Mr. Masteiman and Barns Rothe
chill.—Baron Rothschild returned thanks.—To the conclud-
ing wa-u, the " Aldermen of the City of Loudon," the
"Sheriffs of London and Middlesex," Mr. Alderman Lucas
and Mr. Sheriff Rill severally spoke in acknowledgment.
The Lied Mayor and the principal guests then retired,
after which dancing commenced, and was contiuued till a
late hour.

The Gazette of last evening contains the royal pro-
clamation fur the further prorogation of parliament from
Thursday the llth to Thursday the 18th instant, then to
assemble for the despatch of urgent and important affairs.
In the House of Lords on that day the business will be
limited to the teen present taking the oaths and signing the
parliamentary roll ; sn the House of Commons, to that of the
election of Speaker, when, it is understood, the Right Hon.
Charles Shaw befevre, member for North Hants, will be re-
elected without opposition. On Friday, the members of the
House of Commons, preceded by their Speaker, will attend
the House of L .rds to hear her Majesty's approbation of the
right hon. gen:biman's appointment, signified by the Lord
Chancellor ; and the interval between that day and Tuesday,
when the royal speech will be delivered, will be occupied in
either house by administering the usual oaths, and the sign-
ing of the parliamentary rolls.

How THE GERMANS HONOUR THEIR Pons.—The
tows of Weimar had purchased the house of Schiller. It is I
now about to be restored and the rooms to be adorned with
furniture of the same description as that which was to be
found there when the great man inhabited them. His room
will be adorned witk the same paper. And besides all this,
a museum will be formed in the house, in which will be
placed all Schiller's works and all writings and objects which
are in any way connected with his memory.
INQUESTS, YESTERDAY.—EXPLOSION OF Flag-
ICORIO AND Loss or LlFE.—Before Mr. W. Payne, the
coroner, an Monday night, at the Dover Castle, Old Kent-
road, on the body of Mrs. Isabella Beetroot, aged 27. the
wife of a master corn-chandler, carrying on business at No. 1,
Hendra-road, Old Kent-road, who wu killed by an explo-
sion of fireworks.—Mr. T. Huff, foreman of the goods depot
at the Bricklayers';Arms terminus of the South Eastern Rail-
way, said that on the night of Friday list, shortly after
twelve o'clock, he was in the yard at the back of Mr. Bart-
rope's house, in company with several other persons, amongst
whom was the deceased. He had been asked by Mr. Church,
one of the railway clerks, to go and let off a few fireworks to
amuse the people in the house. A box containing a number
of fireworks bad been placed in Mr. Bartrope'e wash-house
in the yard, and u each article was taken out the door was
ordered by Mr. Church to be closed, and to prevent the pos-
sibility of an explosion a bull's.eye lanthorn wan used to
light the wash-house instead of a candle. Whilst they were
letting off the fireworks, a rocket, which bad beea tied to a
stick, as soon as the light was applied, instead of ascending
into the sir, shot horizontally en one side and fell amongst
the people in the yard. Mr. Church begged of deceased to
remove, as she was then standing with her hand on the lock
of the door; but, instead of so doing, the instant the rocket
exploded, she ran into the wash-house, when the sparks from
the rocket entered, and alighting on the box of fireworks,the
whole exploded with a fearful noise, setting fire to the de-
ceased's dress and filling the place with sulphur. As soon as
possible deceased was got out, when she was found to be most
dreadfully burned —By a Juror: The fireworks provided
had been sent by some one to the station to be forwarded to
Margate, and to be left at the terminus there till called for.
It being illegal to send fireworks by railway, acid one of the
clerks suspecting the contents of the box, had the same
opened; and as it was ordered by the directorsthat in the event
of any fireworks being discovered they were to be destroyed
by some means; and therefore the box had been detained.
The Coroner : There is a heavy penalty for persons sending
fireworks by rail?—Witness Did not endeavour to find out
the party who sent them, as it was not his business. The
Coroner : Surely it was some person's business. You say it
is illegal to send such dangerous articles by railway, and that
heavy penalties are recoverable from parties so sending, and
yet no attempt is made by you to find out the person who
brought this box to your station. Witness: I dare say the
superintendent of the station has made inquiries about the
case.—Mr. J. Taylor, surgeon, proved that he was called in
on the night in question, about half-past twelve o'clock, to
sec the deceased. On his arrival he found her lying in the
kitchen, much burned over the head, face' neck, and breasts.
The usual remedies were applied without success, and she
expired on Sunday morning last. —Mr. J. Fothergill, super-
intendent of the Bricklayers' Arras goods depot, said
that he recollected a box being taken to the station
about two months since. It was suspected to con-
tain combustibles, and was therefore opened and detained.
Did not know to whom it was directed. They had every
reason to believe that the person who sent the fireworks was
the same person as they were directed to. A person called
at the London station two days after the box was let and
inquired if it had gone to Margate.—The Coroner: You
could have followed him and have seen where he went to, or
you could, on finding the box filled with fireworks, have
emptied it, then sent it to Margate, and on the party apply-
ing at Margate for it have given him into custody. It cer-
tainly appears most extraordinary that these articles should
have been left at your terminus. and no trouble taken to find
out the guilty parties.—By a Juror Did not recollect that
they were on the premises till Guy Fawkes day, and being
apprehensive that an explosion might happen, and the com•
pony's property get damaged, gave orders that they should
be taken into the yard and destroyed.—A Juror: Surely
there is some better way of getting rid of these articles
than setting fire to them. Water would have been the
best means of destroying them—By the Coroner: Had not
reported the circumstance to any of the officialr, but believed
the directors had been informed of it —The Coroner:
It seems most extraordinary that although yen have the
power of inflicting heavy penalties on persons so offending,
yet no attempts are made to bad them, and, as far as we
can learn, the case is not even reported to the directors
Mr. H. F. Church stated that he was chief clerk at the
Bricklayer,' Arms railway station. He was present when
the explosion occurred. He had ordered, after a great many
fireworks had been discharged, that they should be removed
to the luggage bank, Mr. Fothergill having refused to let
any more off. The sparks, however, fell in such directions
that witness considered the luggage-boxes might be in some
danger, and he had them removed.—The learned Coroner
having summed up, the jury returned a verdict " That the
deceased, Isabella Bartrope, was accidentally burned to death
by an explosion of fireworks ;" and added, " that they
considered it was through the loose manner in which the
business at the Bricklayers' Arms italic's is done ; and they
also considered that great blame is attached to the direc-
tors of the South-Eastern Railway Company in not giving
sufficient and proper instructions to their servants."—The
Coroner perfectly coincided with the remarks of the jury.
ALLEGED NEGLECT.—defore Mr. Baker, at the Magpie
and Stump. Cable-street, Wellclme-square, on the body of
Aldrich Geirkin, aged 27, a German, who committed sui-
cide. The deceased was a malt roaster and had very good
employment in the above vicinity. About a week prior to
his death he went to lodge at No. 6, Elizabeth-street, St.
George's, being at the time in n state of indisposition, but
perfretly rational in his manners. On Sunday morniag the
landlord went into kis room, and found him suspended to
the bedpost with his handkerchief fastened round his neck.
He was much alarmed, and wholly unable to cut deceased
down, and suffered upwards of two hours to elapse before
medical aid was procured.—Mr. Garrott, a surgeon, said
that he saw the deceased shortly after nine the same morn-
ing, and the body was quite warm. He had no doubt from
the symptoms that lite might have been spared had the
body been released upon the first discovery. The landlord
was, at the request of the jury, severely reprimanded by the
coroner for his negligence, and a verdict of " Temporary in-
sanity" was recorded.