The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-18 00:00:00

CITY ENTERTAINMENT TO KING
GEORGE THE SECOND.

The following account is taken from a manuscript in the
possession of Mr. Charles Hick, Vie present Sword-be, rer
of the City of London. It is fro n the boik of the City
Sword-bearer of the year 1727, immediatel: after George
the Second succeeded to the thione, and is the only record,
meagre as it is, of that entertainment :
" 1727.—L0RD MAYOR'S DAY, WHEN THE KING

DINED IN THE CITY.
" October the 29th, being my Lord Mayor's Day, but.
happening on a Sunday, it was kept on the 30th, Monday—
hour eight for nine—scarlett gown, to meet at Guildhall
my Lord's crimson velvet go:via ; cap of maintenance ; pearl
sword ; damask gown ; and chain, and mace, and collar of
S.S. The Aldermen breakfasted with my Lord on roast
beef and burnt claret. We proceeded to the Three
Cranes and took barge, and went to Westminster, and
after walking round the Hall, and making a bow to each
Court that were then sitting, went up to the Exchequer,
and after making three bows, dropped the point of the sword
at the last of the three. The sword-bearer sat on the cryer's
seat. The Recorder made a speech concerning the occasion,
with the Mayor on his right, and the old Mayor on his left
hand ; and then my Lord Chief Baron made a speech coin--
plimenting the new and late Lord Mayor, and then they
swore in the Lord Mayor, and swore the late Lord Mayor to
some particulars. They then gave the Recorder some parch-
ment to read. After that was done they returned, making
three bows as before, the sword being on the right hand and
the mace on the left, then round the hall again, making
our compliments as before, and leaving a parchment at
e .ch court, and inviting the judges and sergeants that were
then sitting, and then returned to the barge, and went
back to Blackfriars, took coach, and in Cheapside stopped
and dropt the point of the sword because the King and
Queen were there, and then proceeded to Guildhall. The
sheriffs returned to Cheapside on horseback, at the sign of
the Bear, a linen-draper, where the King and Queen were,
and conducted them to the hall to dinner. My lord mayor
met the King at the gate, and presented the sword to him
upon his knee. The King touched it and returned it. My
lord then carried the sword before him to the council
chamber, the sword-bearer walking before. When dinner
was upon the table, my lord carried the sword to the hust-
ings, were there was a splendid entertainment provided.
When the Queen and two princesses were set some time,
the King dismissed my lord, and the Queen my lady
mayoress (she waited on the Queen, at the same time as
my lord waited on the King). Then the sword-bearer took
the sword, and carried it before my lord, the point down-
wards, to my lord's table, which was at the other end of
the ball, where the Sheriff's Court is kept. After some
time their Majesties drank to my lord mayor's good health,
and prosperity to the city of London, and the trade thereof,
which was proclaimed by the common crier, at the interces-
sion of my lord chamberlain.
" After some time a health was proclaimed by the com-
mon cryer after the following manner :--` My Lord Mayor,
Aldermen, and Common Council drink to his Majesty
King George's good health. The Lord Mayor, Aldermen,
and Common Council drink to our gracious Queen Caro-
line and all the Royal Family's good health.' As soon as
dinner was over, my Lord returned to the King, the sword
being down till he came to the hustings ; then my Lord
took it and carried it back to the Council Chamber.
" After they had been there some time they went into
the matted gallery and began the ball. Their Majesties
expressed a great satisfaction, and staid till half-past eleven
o'clock, when my Lord and Lady waited upon them to
their coaches. My Lord staid till three in the morning.
There were tables in the body of the Hall for the Privy
Council, Judges, Foreign Ministers, and the Common
Council. Galleries on each side of the Hall for the lades ;
the music in the balcony between the gyants. The swords
bearer's table was in the Court of Common Pleas.
" The King gave orders for 1,0001. to be paid for the
discharge of poor debtors.
" This entertainment was ordered by a Committee of
Aldermen and Common Council. All the officers were in
waiting, and those of Guildhall also. The common hunt,
and so many officers as attend the Lord Mayor elect, at-
tended the late Lord Mayor on this day.
" N.B. The King always dines in the city the first Lord
Mayor's Day after his accession. In the morning the sword-
bearer sends word to the common hunt a little before my
Lord Mayor moves, because of tile old mayor meeting and
falling in the rank.
" Upon this occasion the sword-bearer has 5/., and a
new damask gown, ordered by the Committee. The officers
discharged until the sth of November."

THE LATE MR. SAMUEL WESLEY.

The remains of this celebrated musician were gathered
to the tomb of his fathers yesterday morning, amidst a
large concourse of his relatives, connections, and friends.
The family vault is in the small burial ground attached to
the old church in High-street, Marylebone, and was con-
structed at the express desire of the Reverend Charles
Wesley, who, differing from his brother, the Her. John
Wesley, entertained a strong feeling against interment in
unconsecrated ground. Th vault is small, and was ori-
ginally designed to contain no more than five coffins. That
of the deceased has now filled up the only unoccupied
niche. The bodies of the Rev. Charles Wesley, Mrs.
Wesley, Miss Sarah Wesley, and the brothers, Charles
and Samuel, therefore, sleep together to mingle in one
common dust.
About the hour of twelve, Mr. Turk, the organist of
Westminster Abbey, arrived with a strong band of choris-
ters, each emulous of spontaneously offering their homage to
departed genius. Amongst them were the Masters J. and W.
Coward, and two others of the young gentlemen of Westmin-
ster Abbey, Messrs. Lloyd, Hobbs, Brownsrnith, W. A. Neild,
Turner, Chapman, C. Purday, Atkins, A. Novelle, R. Clark,
&c. Shortly afterwards appeared the hearse containing
the body, accompanied by two mourning coaches. Of
his own family the mourners were the Rev. Charles Wes-
ley, Mr. John Wesley, Mr. Samuel Sebastian Wesley,
and Mr. Erasmus Wesley, four of the six sons of the de-
ceased, and Mr. Glenn, his son-in-law. Of his friends were
Mr. Adams, Mr. }larding, Messrs. Gauntlett, Mr. Wake-
field his medical attendant, Mr. Davison, the Rev. Mr.
Jackson, &c., &c. The presence of Mr. Moseheles, Dr.
Crotch, and Mr. Attwood was prevented by their absence
from the metropolis. The high and solemn service of the
cathedral was performed with a splonlour and dignity
which produced a visible effect on the spectators. The
sublime ritual of our Church was chanted to the strains of
Purcell and Croft ; and the affecting cerernany closed
ith the beautiful chorus from Handel's funeral anthem,
" His body is buried in peace ; but his name liveth for
evermore." The pure intonation of so many practised
vocalists in the open air produced an effect which, together
with the solemnity of the scene, will not readily be forgotten
by those who witnessed this last sad tribute to one of the
greatest musicians this country has ever produced. There
was a slight error on the coffin plate. Mr. Wesley died
on the 11th of October, egcd 71 years.

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The Duke of Buckingham is sufficiently well
to take daily airings, and occasionally enjoy pheasant shoot-
inc.,: in the Stowe preserves, which arc said to be well
stocked.—Bucks Gazctic. ,
The British Association, in its zeal for the interests
of science, carries its scientific views even beyond the limits
of the British empire. Through the medium of M. Arago,
an illustrious member of the Association, they moved the
Bureau des Longitudes to solicit from the French Govern-
ment the publication of the series of observations on the
tides at Brest, and a reduction of the astronomical obser-
vations made at the Ecole Militaire. The Brest observa-
tions have accordingly been printed. The application to
the French Government was accompanied by a vote of the
General Committee of the Association to appropriate 500/.
for a duplicate reduction of the astronomical observations,
with a view to secure the utmost accuracy in these impor-
tant computations.
At a meeting held at the Falcon, Gravesend, a few
1 days ago, Mr. Park, the treasurer, repelled the tand
otal
amount of subscriptions received for the captain,- mate,
crew of the /lledwoy steamer, which was burnt a short time
since, to be 1361. ss. The, Committee appointed for dis
buting the money, after examination of the merits of the
case, awarded it in the following manner :—To the captain,
05/. ; first mate, °5l. ; second ditto. 121. 10s. ; engineer,
12/. ; three seamen and two stewards, 81..55. each-411. 5s
two stokers, 5/. each-101. i stewardess, 71. ; waiter, 2/. ;
boy, W. 10s.-1 301. ss.
Yesterday morning, between the hours of twelve
and one o'clock, the engines belonging to the Fire Esta-
blishment Station in Whjtocross-street and Jeffery's-square,
were required at a serious fire which bad broken out in a
workshop belonging to Mr. Christy Brown, fancy brush-
maker, No. 71, Gardener's-row, Old-street•road, Saint
Luke's, which terminated in causing considerable damage
to the premises, and the suffocation of thirty-six pigeons.
The fire was seen by some of the inhabitants burning with
great fury in a detached building at the back of the houses
in Gardener's-row, and connected with Mr. Brown's pre-
mises. On the alarm, the most praiseworthy assistance
was rendered by the persona living in that neighbourhood,
and the poiiuc, who lost no time in sending for do talistanw
of the engines. Fortunately, however, before their °Trivial
the lanes were got under by buckets of water be!pg titres; n
over them. A loft above the workshop was the reccp.
taclo of thirty-six pigeons, all of which perished by suffoca-
tion before they could be released. The stock on the pre.
mises was partially burnt and damaged by water ; but in
what manner it originated is not known. It was conjec.
turcd to have been caused through the negligence of one of
the workpeople, in leaving a lighted candle on the premises
when he left work. The loss, we understand, will fall on
the Imperial Fire Office.