The Sun.
London, England, 1831-05-04 00:00:00

BANBURY, MAY 3.

Our Banbury Correspondent, in his communication of
yeverday, omitted to mention that the Town Clerk, the
agent of the Patrons of the Borough, brought to the
hustings and half read the Riot Act, when he discovered
his mistake, and found he had forgotten the Act against
Bribery and Corruption. It was then liughed at as a
mere mistake. It is since learnt that one of the North-
amptonsh;re troops of Yeomanry, under the command of
Thomas Carter, Esq., of Edcut, a violent Anti-Reformer ;
an Oxfordshire troop, under the command of Major
Bowles, brother-in-law to Mr. Goulhurn, the Ex-Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, a pensioner, as clerk to his
brother•in-lacy, when Secretary for Ireland ; and two
other troops, under the immediate orders of Lord
Churchil, an Anti-Reformer, were on their march to-
wards Banbury. All this goes far to explain why the Riot
Act was so ready, while the Act against Bribery and Cor-
ruption was forgotten. Let the Anti-Reformers beware
how they appeal to arms in support of their expiring cause.
Can they not be content with its dying a natural death?
Will nothing satisfy them but its death by violence? We
are happy to learn that the day finished happily; not an
insult, after the election, was offered to the opponents of
Reform ; nor a pane of glass broken, though the extreme
darkness of the evening (the lamps not being lighted at
this time of the year) afforded every facility for any un-
lawful act of this kind.

VISIT of the KING and QUEEN to the CITY,

The Royal Entertainment Committee commenced the
preparations for the reception of their Majesties, imme-
diately after its re-appoiutment, with its characteristic
activity. Several meetings have taken place at the
Guildhall, and various improvements upon the former
plan have been proposed and adopted. The flooring has
been laid down in the hall, and the workmen employed
by the contractors have commenced active operations.
The Committee immediately entered into engagements
with those tradesmen who did every thing so much to the
satisfaetion of the members of the Corporation in Novem-
ber. Mr. Leach, of the London Coffeehouse, is to
supply the dinner. He has purchased for the occasion
some magnificent china, and an entirely new butlerage.
The pate is to be supplied from the Mansion-house and
the various Companies of the city, and a brilliant side-
board will be exhibited behind the throne.

It was pressed upon the Committee to surround the
Guildhall with a gallery, for the accommodation of the
female visiters, according to the arrangement adopted upon
the visit of the Prince Regent and the Monarchs after the
peace ; but the Committee, with every disposition to
make the place worthy of the occasion, we are told ob-
jected to the project as one of great inconvenience as well
as great expence. It will be recollected, too, that at the
time of the visits of the Monarchs, ladies were not ad-
mitted to the ball, and it became a matter of absolute
compulsion to give the wives and daughters of the Mem-
bers of the Corporation an opportunity of witnessing the
grand spectacle. Upon the approaching occasion, as
tickets are to be issued for the admission of those who
would otherwise have so much reason to complain, it is
considered unnecessary to incur such increased trouble anil
an increased expence of 5,000/.
At the bottom of the hall, the great window will ex-
hibit the star which attracted so much admiration in No-
vember amongst the public ; but it will blaze between the
letters W. and A. the initials of their Majesties. Other
improvements will be made in the hall, which will contain
a much greater body of light than was to have illuminated
the building on the 9th of November. Sir George
Smart is to preside over the whole musical department.
The gallery over the entrance to the Hall will be filled
with first.rate vocal performers, and the new gallery op-
posite to it will be filled with instrumental performers
from the Philharmonic band.

All the members of the Royal Entertainment Corn-
mittee were yesterday assembled in the Hall, fur the pur-
pose of determining upon a variety of suggested improve-
ments. It is quite unnecessary to say that the extra-
ordinary change which has taken place in the political
circumstances of the country, and the glorious example
set to the country by the city of London, by the una-
nimity in favour of Reform, have produced an alacrity
amongst the Members of the Corporation in preparing to
receive the King which never could have been paralleled.
It is also unnecessary to say, that the whole will be con.
ducted upon the most magnificent and liberal scale.