The Sun.
London, England, 1837-11-08 00:00:00

answered to the lady's desire, and he thought that. a great
many more ladies- might be accommodated upon .the same
terms. The sum of 1,0001., divided amongst four cha-
rities which he had in his eye, would be of infinite ser-
vice, particularly at this season of the year ; and, high
as the honour of dining in the royal presence Would be, he
was convinced it would in several instances he given up for
the gratification of rendering a benefit of so exalted a na!
ture. His Lordship was anxious that the denial upon his
part of any knowledge of so singular a proposition should
be made public, and that he should be most happy to be
the bearer of a message to the Entertainment Committee
upon the subject.
One of his Lordship's attendants in the justice-room
stated that a gentleman had called at the Mansion-house
when his Lordship was at Guildhall, and mentioned that he
and his lady had been honoured with tickets for the grand
entertainment, and would gladly wave the honour in, favour
of the munificent proposer, if there were any foundation for
the statement at all. _

The LORD MAYOR said he bad cei tainly heard that in-
dividuals were ready to give large sums of money in return
for the distinguished honour of dining with her Majesty,
and he believed that there never was an occasion in the
history of civic entertainments in which such desperate ef-
forts were made to procure admission. He knew, not,
through the Entertainment Committee, but through- other
sources, whose veracity he could not *doubt, that multi-
tudes of the very first people of the empire had made in-
effectual struggles to obtain tickers, but he did not hear that
any one of them had proposed as retribution a donation of
1,000/. to a charity. Indeed he thought that the report
was one of those monstrous fictions which sometimes sprang
from the ingenuity of the parasites of a new. sovereign.
The interest the public in general take in the approach-
ing event, may be pretty well understood from the vast
numbers that were attracted to the City yesterday to view
the preparations that arc making ; indeed, it was with great
difficulty, as the afternoon approached, that pedestrians
could make their way along the principal thoroughfares.
Throughout the day the whole line of streets -from Charing-
cross to the Mansion-house was thronged with an ever-
changing multitude, amongst whom were many country-
folks, whom curiosity had collected to observe the prepara-
tions making for the reception of the Queen tomorrow.
They found, however, very little to amuse them, except
the contemplation of each other ; and there they certainly
found variety enough. There was nothing as yet to be seen
on the houses except the skeleton of an illumination at dis-
tant points, and occasionally the erection of a device, which,
however splendid it may appear through the lines of a thou-
sand_lamps, as was indeed the sole object, looked rude and
paltry in the light of day. The height and extent of the
scaffoldings in the front of the different churches, however,
impressed one with an idea of the eager thousands that will
be rOected to morrow. The aggregate of all kinds of
vehicles era; us great, perhaps, as had ever been seen in
that part of Leedom By to•night the decorative prepara-
tions will all lnive been completed.
Many of the shopkeepers in the line of the procession
have given notice to their customers that after twelve
o'clock this day they will dieeontinue business, in order to
allow time for the removal of the sashes of their shop-win-
dows, and the erection of benches within. Already in
many places shops are quite emptied of their usual contents,
it being evidently- of far greater importance, in a pecuniary
point of view, to enlarge the space from which a glimpse of
the royal cortege can be obtained than to save the expense
of moving and replacing the goods. It is the intention of
the civic authorities to illuminate Temple-bar in a very
splendid manner ; workmen were employed the whole of
yesterday for that purpose, and towards evening the west
front was nearly completed, the principle features of which
are a large crown, surrounded by the rose, thistle, and
shamrock, the wcrd " Welcome" in large Roman capi-
tals, a splendid star, the letters "V. R,." and the City
arms. 1%10:4e.es are pasted in the most public place, to the
effect that vehicL"'
of aft descriptions must be cleared out
of the principal streets
o'clock in the morning, ;a:dtobtie to be permitted
lhursday, The
no hnoacceofupnrtocession by nine
to enter the barriers after .that hour' nn
police have instructions •to afford the public; .y. facility
to view the procession, and great care will be taLl7l to
prevent accidents.
The river will present a gay and -animated .appearance,
the various craft being decorated with flags; streamers, &c.,
as will also be the numerous steam-boats, with the addition
at night of being illuminated with variegated lamps. The
workmen employed in the Docks will have a holiday, and
throughout the City' business will be generally suspended.
The following notice is posted at the South Sea House :--
"The Court of' Directors of the South Sea Company give
notice that in consequence of her Majesty's intended visit
to the City on the 9th instant this house will be closed, and
all business suspended."
We understand that arrangements have been made to
allow carriages, &c., passing over Waterloo-bridge on Lord
Mayor's day to cross the Strand from Wellington-street to
the opposite street ; this will be the only communication
in Westminster for carriages, &c., from North to South on
that day.
St. Paul's Church-yard will be a scene of great attrac-
tion. The Christ's Hospital boys will occupy a range of
150 feet immediately in front of Queen Anne's statue, and
facing Ludgate-hill. Here her Majesty's carriage will stop
sonic four or five minutes, while a speech, according to ancient
custom, is addressed to her by the senior Grecian. Imme-
diately adjoining this station is that of the Goldsmiths' Com-
pany, occupying a frontage of 100 feet ; then those of the
Fishmongers, the Merchant Tailors,. the Scriveners, Dis-
, tillers, Tallowchandlers, Cutlers, &c., in succession. At
the east end •of the cathedral, fronting St. Paul's School
(which is fitting up in a most splendid manner. for the re-
ception of its patrons, the Mercers' Company), will be
placed the Stationers and Grocers, all whose erections will
be handsomely decorated, and in the evening brilliantly il-
luminated. The. laying down of the necessary gas appa-
ratus for one only of these booths has cost its occupier
100/. The site of these platforms has been in the hand-
somest manner given up to the different Companies by the
Dean and Chapter.
The Lord Mayor leaves the Guildhall on horseback, to
meet her Majesty, at one o'clock precisely, and the different
Companies will follow in his wake as far as their platforms,
where they will quit the procession and defile to their re-
spective places. It is understood that the whole of them
will appear in full civic costume.
MUSICAL ARRANGEMENTS.--"BeSideS state trumpeters,
private bands, &c., there will be stationed in St. Paul's-
churchyard, with the Christ Church scholars, eight trumpets
and trombones, on which a flourish will be given the moment
her Majesty passes under Temple-bar; and when the Royal
procession arrives at St. Paul's another grand flourish will
be given ; then an address will be delivered by one of the
scholars ; after which the whole amounting to about seven
hundred, will sing the national anthem, accompanied by the
trumpets and trombones, which cannot fail to prove highly
effective and. interesting. In Guildhall there will be four
trumpeters stationed at the various tables, Harper, jun.,
attending at her Majesty's table. Two military bands will
perform alternately in different apartments, while the elite
of the Philharmonic wind instrument performers will be
stationed in a gallery within the hall just above another gal-
lery, in which Sir George Smart and a strong vocal cores
will be stationed), who will perform during the banquet some
popular compositions ; and, after " Non nobis Domine,"
they will accompany the singers in " God save the Queen,"
and other national pieces:
It is the intention of the Sacred Harmonic Society to
perform the national anthem on her Majesty's return from
Guildhall. The use of the extensive platform, erected for
the City of London Schools, has been kindly granted by
the Committee. There will be about five hundred voices,
assisted by thirty wind instruments.

►TTO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE

LORD MAYOR OF LONDON.

My Lord,—By reason of the commercial advantages
derived to the Port of London from "a sigh/," which has
caused her citizens feelings of gratitude, 1 seize the occa-
sion of intimating, that " in the orders" for the Procession
of your Lordship as Chief Magistrate of the City, before
the Queen on Thursday next, the most material symbol of
civic regalia—the typical rod of justice—is omitted.
I therefOre beg to suggest, although at the eleventh hour,
a conformity with ancient ceremonial ; and as no place is
assigned—that " the Cap of aintenance" may be uplie!d by
the Imperial Standard Yard.
The more special in this eventful epoch, as the Ex.
chequer stamp thereon associates the Sovereign with the
chartered rights of the citizens of London : this r, gal
emblem being not only the signature of " the legal juris-
diction" of the Lord Mayor as Conservator of the River
Thames by legislative enactment since 1836, but al3o of
her Majesty's Courts of Common Pleas and Queen's Bench
under one measure of obedience and personal trial by Jury,
throughout the realm.
My Lord, I have e honour to subscribe myself,
CHARLES HENRY ACKERLEY.
Bath, Nov. 6, 1837.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
Sir,—ln a little work lent me 1 find the following para•
graph—it may be interesting to some of your readers.
Your's very respectfully,
THOMAS YOUNOHUSBAND.

Gerard's Hall, Basing-lane, Nov. 6.
" In 1250 the King granted that the Mayor of London
should be presented to the Barons of the Exchequer. Sir
John Gisors, then living at Gisors' Hall, now Gerard's
Hall, was the first Mayor who had the honour of performing
this ceremony.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
Prince George, and the Princess Au ;este, visited the IL y-
market last evening, to witness Mr. Sheridan I.nocvles s
comedy of The Love Chase.