The Sun.
London, England, 1863-06-06 00:00:00

THE ROYAL VISIT TO THE CITY.

As the time draws near the interest with which
the forthcoming entertainment at Guildhall is re-
garded increases, Of the 2,000 odd persons who
have been invited by the Corporation few indeed
have had occasion to decline the compliment, and
those only from pressing considerations. The Duke
of Cambridge, the Duchess of Cambridge, and the
Princess Mary were among the first to accept invi-
tations after the Prince and Princess ; and up to last
evening the following, among other eminent per-
sons, had intimated their intention to attend the
ball :—Lord and Lady Palmerston, Earl Granville,
the Duke of Newcastle, the Duke and Duchess of
Somerset, the Duke of Buccleuch and LadvVictoria
Scott, the Duke and Duchess of Manchester, the
Duke and Duchess of Wellington, the Duke and
Duchess of Sutherland, the Duke of Richmond, the
Duke of St. Alban's, the Marquis and Marchioness
of Ailesbury, the Marquis and Marchioness of Salis-
bury, the Earl and Countess De Grey and Ripon,
the Earl and Countess of Macclesfield, Earl Grosve-
nor and Lady Constance Grosvenor, the Earl and
Countess of Mount •Edgcumbe, Viscount and Vis-
countess Sydney, Lord and Lady Stanley of Alder-
ley, Lord Clyde, Lord Harris, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, Sir George and.
Lady Grey, Sir Charles and Lady Wood, bir Robt.
and Lady Emily Peel, the Marquis of Hartington,
Baron Lionel and Baroness de Rothschild, Mr.
and Mts. Disralie, Sir Edward Buiwer Lytton, and
Sir Wm. Hayter ; nearly all the foreign Ambassa-
dors, and 14 of the Judges, Lords Justices, and
Vice-Chancellors. Lord Derby will not be able to
be present, nor will Earl and Countess Russell.
At a recent meeting of the Court of Aldermen,
held at the Mansion-house, a resolution was passed
on the recommendation of the General Purposes
Committee, conferring on Colonel Fraser, the newly
appointed Commissioner of Police for the city,
something like despotic powers to clear the public
thoroughfares from Temple-bar to the Mansion-
house and Guildhall, so as to maintain an unin-
terrupted passage for the carriages bearing the
Prince and Princess, with the suite of their Royal
Highnesses. The Commissioner, armed with this
authority, has since issued certain regulations for
the occasion, which concern the public generally,
but more particularly all persons invited to the fete.
They are to this effect. The hall will be opened for
the reception of guests at 6 o'clock. From half-
past 5 no carriage or other vehicle will be allowed
to enter or remain in Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St.
Paul's-churchyard, Cheapside, or the Poultry, un-
less provided with a ticket for Guildhall. The bar-
riers in the neighbourhood of the Hall will be closed
as early as 5 o'clock, and after that hour no
person, excepting servants attending upon the car-
riages of guests, will be allowed to enter or remain
in Guildhall•yard or the immediate approaches.
Carriages containing persons provided with tickets
may pass the barriers up to half-past 8 o'clock, after
which time no carriage will be permitted to do so
on any pretence until the Prince and Princess shall
have passed. All carriages with guests for the Hall
must approach from Cheapside, through King-
street, and set down in Guildhall-yard. On leaving
the Hall carriages will pass off through Guildhall-
buildings and Basinghall-street.
Up to last evening the work of decoration at
Guildhall, though well advanced, was far from com-
plete, and every moment of the only two working
days which remain will be required to finish the
preparations. As the ornamentation of the hall, after
the designs of Mr. Crace, is developed from day to
clay it challenges admiration for its beauty and sim-
plicity, and the oldest members of the corporation
concur in the opinion that on no festive occasion
there within their recollection was the place so ap-
propriately embellished-