The Sun.
London, England, 1849-10-30 00:00:00

The more immediate scene of action—the neigh-
bourhood of the Coal Exchange—presented an ap-
pearance of extraordinary excitement and gaiety.
The Corporation and their officials seemed to be in a
perfect fury about the importance and responsibilities
of their position, and could only be compared
to a man coming into some unexpected
good fortune, and being incapable, from tht
suddenness of the change, of distinguishing between
standing upon his head, and assuming his proper
perpendicular. If their loyalty had been confined
under hydraulic pressure, and had suddenly got a
vent, their anxiety to give expression to it could not
have been more unbounded. They were all attired
in Court dresses, wearing at the same time their
scarlet gowns and their chains and insignia of office,
and they certainly did no discredit to the rich and
powerful constituency which they represented. The
Aldermen who had passed the chair, and a priori
partaken most frequently of "ye sumptuous feasts
of ye ancient City," spoke volumes by their appear-
ance of the hospitality of the Corporation, for each of
them represented a corporation in his own person.
We were disappointed in finding the absence of that
well-known class of individuals who, with what
justice we will leave the initiated to ask, have
acquired a world-wide reputation we allude to the
fish wives of Billingsgate. Although they may be
presumed to have a somewhat dubious claim to the
respect of the public, there cannot be a shadow of a
doubt that there is not a more loyal and patriotic
array of women in the kingdom. What would have
been a more interesting sight than an assemblage of
these redoubtable characters, not in their fishey
dresses, but in their best attire, with clean aprons, gay
ribbons, and jolly rubican countenances, which would
even bear comparison with an Alderman ? A visit
from a Prince of Wales would have set them almost
mad, and made them as enamoured of the little fellow
as the ladies of Scotland were of Prince Charlie. Un-
fortunately, these members of the softer sex have got
into bad repute, not so much through their own acts
as through their tongues; but it should be recollected
that their vocabulary is as necessary to the sale of
fish as French is to a schoolmaster; and that, bad as
some think it is, it has been sadly corrupted by
foreign importations, for no slang phrase gets into
circulation now-a•days but it is said to belong to the
lexicon of Billingsgate.
ST. JAMES'S AND THE GREEN PARKS.
These parks were the scene of great bustle and
animation as early as nine o'clock this morning,
being thronged with respectably-dressed persons, who
were anxious ,to catch a sight of the Royal party on
their arrival from Windsor, and the excitement was
increased by a report that was current
that her Majesty was so far recovered
that she intended to be present. At twenty minutes
before ten o'clock two royal carriages and two pri-
vate carriages for the servants left Buckingham
Palace for the Great Western station at Paddington,
to bring the Royal party to Buckingham Pa'ace.

PADDING TON STATION.
At twenty minutes before ten o'clock the
special train, bringing Prince Albert, the
Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and
their suite, arrived at the Paddington station.
The Prince, the Prince of Wales, and the
Princess Royal, who were all dressed very plainly,
upon alighting from the royal carriage were received
by the directors and several officers of the company,
who handed them to the carriages that were waiting
for them, and the royal party immediately drove
off to