The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-10 00:00:00

THE GUILDHALL BANQUET.

At about half-past 12 o'clock a few carriages
arrived, but the door was not opened for admission till
1 o'clock. There was not the slightest confusion
during the whole time the company began to pour in.
At- a quarter-past 3 o'clock it was announced that
the procession was coming, and the Chairman and

Committee immediately proceeded from the various
parts of the building in which they were stationed, to
the entrance at the porch.
The Duchess of Kent was soon afterwards
announced, and was followed by the Duchess of Glou-
cester, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince
George and Princess Augusta of Cambridge.
The Lady Mayoress was then summoned to the
porch entrance to await the approach of the Queen,
who entered the door at 20 minutes past three o'clock.
The band in the Gallery then played " God save
the Queen," and her Majesty entered preceded by the
Lady Mayoress, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and
Members of the Committee.

She immediately proceeded to her Majesty's re-
tiring room, where she remained with the Duchess of
Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the Duchess of
Gloucester, about twenty minutes.
The Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Corporation rose
when her Majesty entered the drawing-room. Intro-
duced to the presence, the Recorder proceeded to read
the following address :
" May it please your Majesty,
" We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Mayor
and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London,
approach your Royal person to express to your Ma-
jesty the sense we entertain of your Majesty's most
gracious condescension, in vouchsafing to adorn by
your Royal Presence, on the Anniversary of our Great
Civic Festival, the Banquet prepared in the Guildhall.
" The joyous acclamations of the people that greeted
your Majesty's Progress to this Hall, find an echo in
every breast within this, your Majesty's most ancient
and Royal City. These are not the indications of in-
terested adulation offered to greatness in the zenith of
its power. They arc the out-pourings of an ardent
and affectionate spirit that pervades and animates as
one man the mighty masses of assembled multitudes,
eager to testify, in the fervour of British feeling, their
attachment to a Constitutional Sovereign, in the per-
son of their beloved Queen.
" The most gracious Declaration and Assurance
pronounced by your Majesty, and published to the
world upon ascending the Throne of the United King-
dom of Great Britain and Ireland, are yet fresh in the
memory, and glowing in the heart of a grateful and
confiding People. In the exercise of the highest pri-
vilege we enjoy,—that of personal communication with
the Sovereign,—it was reserved for the Citizens of
London to receive from the lips of Royalty the avowal
of those principles that so happily transferred to your
Majesty's ancestors the hereditary sceptre of these
Realms.

" Deign, therefore, most gracious Lady, with re-
newed assurances of their devoted loyalty, to accept
from the Citizens of London the humble, but sincere,
offering of their poor Thanks and imperfect acknow-
ledgments for the honour this day conferred upon them
by your Majesty's auspicious visit in the heart of the
Metropolis of this favoured Empire. May your Ma-
jesty long live in the enjoyment of health, and of the
choicest gifts that Providence can bestow, to commu-
nicate to your subjects, and to experience on the
Throne, the blessings that attend the good Govern-
ment of a free, happy, and religious People."
Her Majesty emphatically returned the following
answer :

" I thank you for this loyal and affectionate ad-
dress, and I have much pleasure in receiving it here,
and upon this occasion.
" I entirely concur in the sentiments which it ex-
presses.
" It has been the custom of the Kings and Queens,
my predecessors, to visit, upon their accession, the
City of London, and my regard for this great com-
mercial community, the metropolis of my empire, ren-
ders it to me a great satisfaction to follow their ex-
ample."
Her Majesty was then graciously pleased to order
letters patent to be made out, conferring the honour of
Baronety on the Lord Mayor, and to knight the two
Sheriffs, who now are Sir John Caroll and Sir Moses
Montefiore. The latter gentleman is the first Jew that
ever was knighted, at least so they said at the Hall.

The Lord Mayor then introduced the Aldermen and
their ladies, who kissed hands. After which her Ma-
jesty returned to the Retiring-chamber with the
Duchesses of Kent, Cambridge, and Gloucester, with
the same ceremony as had been observed at her entrance.

The ceremony occupied about half an hour. The
Nobility, the Foreign Ambassadors, the Judges, and
other guests, who had the privilege of entre into the
drawing-room, then proceeded to the Hall, and took
their scats at the banquet tables.
At five o'clock, Mr. Charles Bleaden, who provided
this most splendid entertainment, announced to the
Committee that the banquet was ready. The Chair-
man of the Committee immediately proceeded to the
Queen's retiring room, and, through the Lord Cham-
berlain, announced that all the preparations were com-
plete. _ _

At twenty minutes after five the Queen descended
to the Hall, preceded by the Lord Mayor, the Lady
Mayoress, and the Royal Family, and, amidst the
acclamations of the company, took her seat on the
magnificent throne.
Her Majesty then commanded the Lord Mayor and
Lady Mayoress to take their seats.

THE BANQUET.
ARRANGEMENTS OF THE TABLES.
THE ROYAL TABLE.

At the Queen's table were seated on her right, in
the following order, the Duke of Sussex, the Duchess
of Kent, the Duchess of Cambridge, Prince George of
Cambridge, and the Duchess of Sutherland. On her
Majesty's left sat the Duke and Duchess of Cam-
bridge, the Princess Augusta of Cambridge, and the
Countess of Mulgrave.

Table No. 1.
Lady Mayoress
/ Lord Mayor
Lady
Archbishop of Canterbury...... Sir Wm. Heygate, Bart.
Marquis of Lansdowne Lady
Duke of Norfolk Lady
Duke of Wellington

Marquis Conyngham ,, Lady
Earl of Surrey
1 Earl of Albemarle
Earl of Hamster ..... c Lady
Earl of Minto
Lord John Russell ). Lady
Viscount Melbourne
Viscount Morpeth
Viscount Howick
1 Bishop of London
Lord Foley Lady
Lord Barham i Sir Chapman Marshall
Right Hon. Sir G. Cockburn Lady
Right Hon. Sir G. Murray
Right Hon. C. P. Thomson Mr. Alderman Johnson
Right Hon. T. Spring Rice Lady
Right Hon. Sir E. Sugden 5 Lady
1 Right Hon. Sir H. Vivian, Bt
Sir Robert Harry Inglis, Bart c Lady
Colonel Buckley 1 Mr. Alderman White
Exon of Yeomen of the Guard
Lady
Richard Spoor, Esq., Mayor Mr. Sheriff Carroll
of Sunderland
Lady
Mr. Town Clerk
Sir J. Shaw, Bt., Chamberlain Mr. Common Sergeant
No. 2.
Lady
Mr. Alderman M. Wood
Lady
Lady
Mr. Alderman Venables
Lady
Lady
i
Mr. Alderman Lucas
Lady
Sir John Key, Bart.
Lady
Lady
Mr. Alderman Farebrother Earl of Durhain
Lady
Lady
Mr. Alderman Copeland
Lady
Lady
Mr. Alderman Wilson
Lady
Lady •• Lord Lilford
Mr. Alderman Harmer Lord Hill
Lady
Lady Z. Right Hon. Henry Goulburn
Mr. Alderman Pirie 8 Right Hon. John C. Herries
Lady 1 Right Hon. Sir H. Hardinge
Mr. Alderman Lainson
Lady
Mr. Aldermaa Humphery S Right Hon. H. Labouchere
Lady
Mr. Sheriff Montefiore
Lady

Robert Ellis, Esq.
H. F. Wood, Esq...
Mr. Sergeant Arabin