The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-14 00:00:00

CITY ENTERTAINMENT IN HO-
NOUR OF THE CORONATION OF HER
MAJESTY QUEEN VICTORIA.

Yesterday this most interesting event took place in the
Guildhall. Some difficulty had originally been found in fixing
upon a vacant. day for it to come off, in consequence of the
great number of parties which were pre-announced by the
nobility and gentry in honour of the distinguished foreigners
who greeted the coronation of our young and truly illustrious
Queen with their presence. At length, through the indefati-
gable zeal of the Committee, and the generous fortearance,
we believe, of Sir Robert Peel, who put off an entertainment
which be had meditated for this very evening, the auspicious
event took place, when England's proudest and wealthiest
city beheld united in the bond of ft:llowAip within the pre-
cincts of her festive ball some of the most noble and distin-
guished members of every nation and community in the civi-
lized world. It was a proud day for England—it was, we fondly
trust, a happy day for Europe—ratifying, as we look upon it,
that pledge of peace which, nearly a quarter of a century .ago,
was first, with so much pomp, splendour, and enthusiasm, re-
ciprocated within these very walls. It was a truly enebling
and touching scene to behold the veteran heroes, the opponent
chiefs of a long previous warfare, vying with one another in
reciprocating the warmest testimony, not to their indivhival
merits as Generals (for that were a theme which either of them
would almost disdain), but to the bravery, the moral valour,
and the high-mindedness which characterise the two great
nations whose troops they so many years corninanded ; and
re-echoing the assurances of the cordial sentiments of friend-
ship and respect which now exist between those two great
nations.

The preptvations for this august occasion were nearly on the
same scale of splendour as that which was exhibited on the
occasion of the late visit of her most gracious Majesty to the
City. The throne which her Majesty occupied was still there,
surrounded, however, with a gilt railing, in front of which was
the chair occupied by the Lord Mayor. The wall around the
chief table was ornamented with richly-emblazoned shields of the
several foreign kingdoms and states whose Ambassadors Extra-
ordinary attended at the Coronation of her Majesty, and who
were this evening seated at the table beneath. The body of
the hail was hung with rich crimson drapery, and either end
of it was lined with mirrors, which reflected again and again
the splendid scene passing between them. The tables were
laid live in lreadth across the hall, with ample room between
tent for the stewards and attendants to pay every possible at-
tention to the comf,rts and requirements of the company, a
duty which we feel happy to say they executed with, perfect
success. and without.the least appearance of-confusion.
The hour nvmcd on the cards of invitaticn was six o'clock ;

bc.tstsearly as five o'clock the guests began to make their
appearance ; and the string of arrivals went on thickening in
density, and increasing also in the splendour .and rink of the
individuals, till about a quarter to seven. They were ushered
in the usual state to the council-chamber, where they were re-
ceived by the Lord Mayor. The avenues leading to this
apartment were hung with drapery, and filled nith flowers of
the choicest and most fragrar.tdescription. The Duke of Sussex,
the Duke of Wa Ilington. andthe Duke of Dalmatia,wcre loudly
cheered on their vray to this apartment; Viscount Melbourne
also waa received with marked applause ; and, with these ex-
ceptions, we believe the preliminary formalities, I ke most
before-dinner ceremonies, were rather monotonous and unin-
teresting. At a few minu'es before seven, the common coun-
cillors having previously taken their places at the upi-er por-
tion of the first tables, the bulk of the company made their
way to the hall, and soon possessed themselves of the seats
allotted to them. The sound of the trumpets at the top of
the steps leading into the hall-room, the council cha über
then ennouneed the approach of the State prece-sion, which
immediately made its appearance, headed by the Lord Mayor
and consisting. generally of her Majesty's :Milistrrs and the
illustrious for.ngt ers in whose honour the eatert iinmeet was
maims given. The procession haying made the tour of the
hall. preceded as before by the trumpets, proc..ed. d to the
chief table, where the Lord M ,yer aid his distineuishcd
guests took their places according to the following arralge
meat

THE LORD MAYOR,
SUPPORTED ON 1113

lemur ev LErr or •
His Royal Highness the Duke of Archbishop of Cant...ri.ury
Sussex Lord Chawellar
Hia Royal ingi.ness D.:ke The Lord Primate of al I. elani
de Nemours Duke of Richmond
His Royal Highness th,2 Duke of Beaufort
Cobourg Bucelcuch
The Austrian Ambassador Wellington
The Ru,sian Ambassador Sutherland
The French Ambassador Marquis of Salisbury
Count Ludolf Londonderry
Prima de Ligne Westminster
Prince Schwarzenberg
Baron do Capel:en
Marquis de Mtratiores
Prince Putbus
Count Allen
Marquis of Brignoles
Couut de Lowenhielm
Duke de Palmella
Marshal Soult, Duke of Dalmatia
Prince of Holstein
rince of Furstenberg
The Prussian 'Minister
The Belgian Minister
The American Minister
The panish Minister
The tardinian Minister
The Grecian Minister
The Hanoverian Minister
Tile Saxon Minister
The Swedish Minister
The Portuguese Minister
The Mexican Minister
Mr. Van Buren, son of the Presi-
dent of the United States
Mr. R. Abercromby, son of .he
Speaker
Alderman Sir C. S. Hunter
Birch

Lord Seymour
Marquis of Blandford
Earl of Shaftesbury
Ba ngton
Aberdeen

Orkney
Blexborcugh
Lichfield
Duce

Lo•elac?
Lord bn Russell
Viscount Melbourne
Palmerston

I ord George Lennox
I ord Granville Somerset
Lord Francis Egerton
Viscount Howick
Strangford
Beresfod
Lord Stanley
Dalmeny
Viscount Ingestre
Lowther
Lord Worsley
Glere!g
Willoughby d'Ercsby
Hill

Brougham
Hoyden

Sir W. Heyg•te
Brown

Thompson, M.P.
Sir P. Laurie
Copeland, M.P.
Sir C. Marshall
Johnson
T. Wood
White
Magnay
Sir M. 3fonte6ore, Sheriff
The Bishop of Bangor
St. Davi l's
Carlisle
Oxford
Gloucester
Chichester
Salisbury
Hereford
Derry
Right Hon. Sir R. Peel
H. Geulburn
Sir G. Cockburn
J. C. Herries
Sir G. Murray
Sir H. Hardinge
Sir J. Graham
G. R. Dawson
Sir E. Sugden
T. D'Eyncourt
W. Cowper
S. Rice
W. Gore

Teignmouth
Captain Beaufort
The Hon. Sir Lowry Cole
Captain Dundas, R.N.
Colonel Joues, R. A.
Alderman Scholey
Sir 3f. Wood, M.P.
'enables
Lucas
Sir J. Key, Bart.
Farebrother
Kelly
Wilson

Harmer
Pirie
Lainson
Humphrey
Sir J. Carroll, Sheriff
Sir J. Shaw, Chamberlain
Right Hon. the Speaker
Sir J. Hobhouse
T. S. Rice
Sir R. H. Vivian
H. Labouchere
C. S. Byng

The Lord Chief-Justice
Tindal
Hon. Justice Littledale
Bosanquet
Coleridge
The Attorney-General
The Solicitor-General
Mr. Sergeant Taddy
Lords of the Admira!ty,
Sir C. Adam
Sir W. Parker'
Captain Troubridge
Captain Berkeley
Lords of the Treasury,
Mr. It. Steuart
Mr. O'Ferrall
Sir W. Wood, Deputy-Garter
Secretaries of the Treasury,
Mr. E. J. Stanley
Mr. A. G. Spearman
Mr. C. Wood, Secretary of the Ad.
miralty
Mr. S. M. Phillirps •
Hon. F. Mauls
Hon. W. F. Strangways
Sir G. Gray, Bart,
The Suites of the Foreign Princes
and Ambassadors
Amongst the other distinguished individuals present were
the following Members of Parliament :—The three city Mem-
bers (Crawford, Grote, and Pattison), Captain Alsager, Mr
Baines, Sir F. Burdett, Mr. Byng, Sir E. Codrington, Sir
W. Follett, R. Gordon, D. W. Harvey, Mr. Holmes, Mr.
Hume, Mr. Easthope, Sir R. Inglis, Sir C. Kerrison, Mr.
Litton, Mr. O'Connell, Sir F. Pollock, Sir G. Sinclair, Mr.
It. V. Smith, Mr. E. Tennent, Sergeant Wilde, Mr. T.
Wood, jun., Messrs. J. H. Ley and W. H. Ley, clerks of the
House of Commons, the Sergeant and Deputy, the Speaker's
Secretary, and the Chaplain.
The Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank, the De-
puty-Chairman of the East India Company, and many of the
most eminent merchants and bankers.
We have said that the arrangements on the present
occasion were on a scale of splendour about equal to
that which signalized the auspicious day when her Ma-
jesty Queen Victoria paid her first visit to her devoted and
loyal citizens in November last. Of course somethinn• must
necessarily be allowed for the different periods of the year
when these two great entertainments took place. Yester-
day the earlier proceedings were of course conducted by day -
light, and that blaze of illumination which distinguished the
very first glimpse of the hall on the 9th of November was not
now apparent.
This trifling discrepancy at s'a:tnig, however,
between the two entertainments was mere than adequately
compensatA by the splendour which vies in preparat:on for a
later period of the evening,e
Since the memorable era of 1813, when so many of the
crowned heads cf Europe partook of a city banquet under the
roof of this ancient and noble hall, we do not remember that
the sublime art of illumination has e‘er been exhibited with
more effect than it was last night in the Guildhall of London.
For the seasonable reason we have mentioned, the hall was nut
lit up pr:or to the arrival of the company, save only
the two magnificent chandaliers, msde by Collins for
the Queen's visit in November. These, at a very subdued
ktate, were just alight, and many were the suppressed mur-
mur It vireine x the company at the tim" dinner was drawing
• at the gloom which aparently threatened them.
TAIZT)ps ..cas evidently the intent and purpose of tho7e
itendel this department; for on ae health of
IS Queen being given, or either on the last tre-
tAM4#• tit `'tin co times three," and the strik
, nati,mal anthem, a blaz. of' light was po:
• by enchantment. from the Gothic wic„lows
of the as well as fe:m th two ch inde:icts,
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