The Sun.
London, England, 1837-10-13 00:00:00

CHICI-JESTEII. MARKET—Oct. 11.
Beef
Mutton 3_ 8 4 1 Pork 3 10 4 8

Lamb 46 Ad to 5s 2d per stone.
Supply of fat stock moderately good, and trade rather dull.

ROYAL VISITS TO THE CITY.

QUEEN ANNE'S VISIT TO THE CITY OF LONDON ON
LORD MAYOR'S DAY, 1702.

The following notice is compiled from a scarce tract,
" The Triumphs of London," 1702, and the various news-
papers of that period :
On the first Lord Mayor's day in her reign Queen Anne
honoured the citizens with her presence. Her Majesty
came into the City about two p.m., in a purple coach,
drawn by eight curious horses, the harnesses of which were
all purple and white ; the Countess of Marlborough and
another lady sitting backwards. A numerous train of
coaches followed, with her Majesties Ladies and Maids of
Honour, the Lords of the Privy Council, the Speaker of
the House of Commons, the Judges, and several other
Noblemen. A lane was made for them at Temple-bar by
the militia of Westminster, and from thence to Ludgate by
the City Trained Bands, and so to Guildhall by the Com-
panies of the several Liveries of the City. All the hal-
conies were hung with rich tapestry.
As her Majesty passed by St. Paul's a great number of
children belonging to the several workhouses were placed
on scaffolds, and one of them made a speech to her Ma-
jesty, as did also one of the boys of Christ Hospital.
The Lord Mayor, on returning to Blackfrias stairs, was,
at his landing, saluted by the Artillery company. in buff,
and silver bead-pieces ; and also by St. Martin, a hero and.
champion of the Church, and the patron of the Company
of Vintners, represented by a person in rich armour, cap-a-
pee, mounted on a stately white steed, richly plumed and
caparisoned. The Saint wore a large mantle, or scarf of
scarlet, and was followed by several cripples and beggars
supplicating for his charity. Before him danced twenty
satyrs, with tambours ; two persons in rich liveries walked
by his horse's side'; the balberdiers with rural music went
before him ; and ten Roman lictors in silver head-pieces,
with axes and fasces, marched before the company until
they reached the wide part of St. Paul's, where the Saint
addressed the Lord Mayor, having first satisfied the beg-
gars with portions of his scarf and the following lines :
" Cease, cease your mournful cries, and to relieve
Your wants take this--'tis all I have to give."
The first pageant was the Indian galleon, a bark rowed
by Bacchanals, and containing the God of Wine ; the
second was the chariot of Ariadne, the mistress of Bacchus ;
the third the Temple of St. Martin, formed by eight pillars
of the composite order, and containing figures of St. Martin
and the cripple, and the saint's peculiar virtues—Charity,
Liberality, and Magnificence ; the fourth pageant was called
the Vintage, but, represented a tavern entertainment ; the
fifth, the Arbour of Delight, a fountain running with wine,
with Silenus and Satyrs.

Her Majesty was pleased in a balcony from Cheapside
to see the cavalcade ; the Lord Mayor and Aldermen as
they passed by paid their obeisance to her. She was then
conducted by the two Sheriffs to Guildhall, where the
Lord Mayor surrendered to her the sword, which being
returned, his Lordship carried it before her Majesty to the
apartments appointed for her reception, and afterwards to
the table wbere she was pleased to dine. Several ladies
of the greatest quality had the honour to dine with the
Queen at the same table. His Royal Highness (Prince
George of Denmark) being that day somewhat indisposed,
was not present, as otherwise he intended to be. Her
Majesty conferred the honour of knighthood upon Gilbert
Heathcote, Esq., Alderman ; Francis Dashwood, James
Eyton, and Richard Hoare, Esqrs. In the evening her
Majesty returned to Whitehall with the same state she
came ; the streets were again lined with train bands, and
the houses were illuminated.

The Prince Naryshken, the Grand Chamberlain to
the Emperor of Russia, is, as we before stated, one of the
richest subjects in Europe. His property lies in the Ural
mountains, on the borders of Tartary, producing the richest
iron ore in the world.

On the 7th of October the Belgian Minister of Fi-
nance introduced a Bill into the Chamber of Representa-
tives for reducing to four centimes the stamp duty on news-
papers of all dimensions,