The Sun.
London, England, 1841-11-11 00:00:00

THE BANQUET AT GUILDHALL.

Two circumstances relieVed this entertainment from
the usual routine of city festivals; the first was the birth
of an illustrious Prince, which has given joy to every
loyal heart throughout the kingdom ; and the second,
the first appearance of the representatives tef the new
Ministry before a large audience of the citizens of Lon-
don, comprising men of many shades oipolitical opinion.
The first—that is, the- fond hope of the nation in the
birth of a Prince—was the theme of the evening. It
was referred to in almost every speech, and every allusion
to it was hailed with the most hearty plaudits. The re-
ception of the Ministers was by no means favourable.
Oa the Right of the Lord Mayor we observed the
French Ambassador,- the Lord Chancellor, Sir Robert
Peel, Lord Wharncliffe, Earl Haddington, Earl Ripon,
Lord Stanley, Lord Fitzgerald, Sir James Graham, Lord
G. Somerset, Sir H. Hardinge, Sir E. Knatehball, -Earl
Lincoln, Earl Delawarr, Earl Jersey, Earl Jeradyn, Vis-
count Canning, Viscount Lowther, Due Andre "'dc Casil-
liana Laurent, Prince de CorsinL Lord E. Bruce, Lord
Colville, Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, Colonel Darner,
Right Hon. Lowry Cole, Mr. I'. M. Gasket], Sir G. Sey-
mour, Captain Gordon. There were also present Mi-
nisters from the Netherlands, Venezuela, Hanover,
Prussia, Brussels, and Saxony: the Chine d'
Chinese Affaires
of Mexico, of Sicily, of Demnarl, of Ate:et-he of Russia,
and Turkey. On the left were the Duke of Buccleuch,
Earl Aberdeen, Lord Hill, Lord Langdele, Lord Abinger,
.Vice-Chancellors K. Bruce end Wigram, Right Hon. S.
Lushington, Mr. Justice Pattesiin, Mr. Baron Gurney,
Jastides Coleridge, Mettle, and Wightman,, Attorney-
General, Sergeant Ludlow, Sergeant Bompas, Sergeant
Shea, and Sergeant Glover, Sir C. Wetherell, Sir T.
icremauthe lieu. (.3. Herbert, lion. S. Scott, Hen. Man-
ners Sutton, Ilea. Captain Howard, C. E. Trevelyan, G.
W. Hope, J. aseerman, G. Lyali, Colonel Wood; W.
Colton, Sir Juhei Lushington, Deputy Chairman of the
:Fist India Conranny, Sir G. Larpent, Sir J. L. Golden:id,
Sir P. Fellowes. General Briggs, A. Hastie, 11. D. Man-
t.;les, and Mr. Teralent.
The Loan Meeoe gave, as the first tease
jeste: the (le sen."—(Lorel cheers.)
The Lott a llAyore was delighted to propose, as the
next toast, "The Infant. Peluso, the Heir Apparent to the
Throne."--(Loud end enthaeiastie cheering.)
The Lean Mevoe then gave, " The Queen Dowager,
Prince Adhere' the Princess Royal, and the rest of the
Royal Yeamily."
The next toast was, "the Army and Navy."
Lo':d Huse returned thanks for the army. In doing
so, he was understood (for he was all but inaudible) to
congratulate the company on the auspicious birth of a
Prince. who, `rein personal obsereation, he could take on
:himself to say was a remarkably fine boy.—(Great cheer-
ing.) He corkt assure the company he Mt most grate •
fel for the eomplimeet they had paid the service to which
he belonged. lie' mig,ht, perhaps, be allowed to men-
tion, as it reason why he felt en additional interest in
their proceedings. that, in 1541. an ancestor of his own
oechpie,l that chair as the first Protestant Lord Mayor.
Lord Corn-nee returned thanks for the navy. •
The Loan Meeen then proposed, "Count St. Aulaire,
and the Foreign Ambassadors."
Count Sr. At:Lees:li addressed the company with
much earnestness in French, and expressed his extreme
regret that he had to address that company in a lan-
gintee which was not known to the whole. lie felt a
most anxious desire to express the delight he felt at
being present at a Lord Mayor's feast on such a day a•;
the present, It had dawned suspiciously, and he trusted
that the brightness of the dawn would lie fully borne out
by the continued splendour of the day .—(Lord cheers )
Ile begged to assure the company that not only did
France look to England with a friendly and brotherly
feeling. hut the Royal Family of France entertained a
" family" end, most intimate affection for the Royal
Family of England.—(Cheers.)
The Loan Meyon gave " her Majesty's Ministers,"
which was responded to with cheers.
Sir RPEEL returned thanks. He said, my Lord Mayor,
Ladies, and Geethenen, whatever obligation her Ma-
jesty's. Ministers may owe to you for the compliment you
have just paid them, I should ill respond to the feelinge
which you have expressed in so enthusiastic a manner if I
did not on their parts express, in the first in-
staller, their conlial satisfaetion at being allowed
to join with their fellow-subjects in this ancient hall in
expressing their feelings of exultation at that auspicious
event which will make this day memorable in the an •
nals of the empire—(Loud cheers)—and which, by
completing the domestic happiness of her Majesty, and
presenting an heir apparent to the British throne, will
till with joy the universal people of this great country.—
(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, I rejoice that you have had
an opportunity of manifesting such feelings of loyalty in
the presence of distinguishecrforeigners—the representa-
tives of powerful and friendly States. I rejoice that
you have had another opportunity of showing that
whatever political differences may divide us, and what-
ever may be the conflicts of party inseparable from
the working of free and popular Governments, we
are all united as one man in sentiments of attach-
ment to the monarchy, and in a feeling of devotion to
the person of our Sovereign.—(Loud cheers.) The feel-
ings which they have witnessed this day is an
example of the feelings which pervade the whole inha-
bitants of this country. The people of this country will
see with delight the prospect of increased security for
their liberty and happiness, and they will look forward
with hope and joy to the succession in the fulness of
time to the throne of his ancestors of the Prince who had
been born this day, and who they confidently true:. shall
—formed under the care and instructed by the example
of his illustrious parents—at some future, and, as we
pray, most distant day, prove himself worthy of the
high destiny to which he is called—worthy of filling the
throne of this United Kingdom, of protecting the Con-
stitution, and advancing the liberties and happihess of a
free and generous people.—(Long-continued cheering.)
Gentlemen, I must now, on behalf of her Ma-
jesty's Government, return you our warmest thanks for
the manner in which you have received the propo-
sal from the Chair. They are deeply sensible of
the weighty importance which attaches to the favourable
opinion and confidence of the city of London. They
know what powerful elements arc these to any Govern-
meat, and they look forward as the highest rewards for
the cares and toils of official life that they, shall prove
themselves worthy of your confidence and esteem. That
that is the feeling of every individual to whom her Ma-
jesty has confided the high trust of office I am eatisfled;
and, allow me to say, that if I were insensible of such
considerations, I should be peculiarly unworthy the post
I hold.. I.cannot enter the city of London without a
feeling of pride at my connection with that mercantile
industry, of which this city is the chief seat. Nor can
I take my place in this hell without recalling my
obligations to the city of London, and without remem-
bering the proofs of confidence which I have received
within these walls, and which now encourage me to
address you, not as a stranger, but as a fellow-citizen
proud of. his connection , with your city.—(Great
cheering.) In these feelings my colleagues cor-
dially participate, and it is not the language of flat-
tery, it is not the language of mere compliment, when
I assure you that we feel in our collective capacity a
deep anxiety to testify on every occasion our respect for
the authorities of your. City, and our earnest desire to
ep-operate with theta in promoting- the public tranquil-
lay, and advancing the comfort and welfare of the inha-
bitants,-(Cheers.) Allow me, before I sit down, to
propose. the toast of the health of the Chief Magistrate,
who has tiiie day entered on his high office.. I have every
confide:see, leore his past exertions and his high charac-
ctehieeort.sh.a)t your expectations.—(Loud
The Lord Mayor."
OR returned th
The LORD mktanks, and proposed
The LORD Cal ANC EL, said that after an in-
terval of several years
meet-
ing in that place
so. mangy
friends
pleasureAn meet-
s .and. acqulintances.
He had again wituessed with pl
L°-1:11ave.lu;
of their ancient ceremonies, and he
the performance
grati-
fication of seeing them surrounded' Ilyildthagam the
signia. He rejoiced, above -all, that hey still their oon in-
nued to possess that extensive property which conti-
alwaya so liberally and so beneficially aamwinlich they
had
further rejoiced that they still retained thoseteired. He
privileges which they had that day exercised uplor
vteain t
minster Hall—privileges which they had ineariabl '
nifested in support of the great principles of the do nsinta:
tution. There was a period when he despaired of their
maintenance, but the storm that threatened us had blown
over, and they had survived its effects. His Lordship
bad been pleased to advert to the office which he
then
tact that on former -
held,. and to' he
been honoured with thishightrust. There were cir-
cumstances connected with his present possession of (Alice
which rendered his appointment peculiarly gratifying.
It' they would allow him to advert to so dry a subject as
the law, he should explain what he meant in a few
words. For many years, as unfortunately was well
known to this country, there had existed an accumula-
tion of causes in the Court over which he presided, and
which none of his predecessors had been able to reduce.
No person laboured more conscientiously or effectively
for ;that purpose than his immediate predecessor, but
with no better result. lie congratulated them on the
prospect of a more favourable state of things. An in-
crease in the powers of the jurisdiction of the Court of
Chancery had been obtained, and this standing reproach
would now be entirely removed. Should his expectation
be realised, he should have the satisfaction of feeling that
he had in no inconsiderable degree discharged the debt
which he owed his country, and that hehad not held the
seals in vain.—,Theers.)
" The Duke's " health was given at the end of the
evening, and received, of course, with loud cheers.
The other civic toasts were then drunk, and the com-
pany separated.
The
LIGHTING CF THE GUILDHALL.
ehe lighting of the scene of entertainment was upon
the•
most Splendid scale, and might be trnly styled the
chefcr"„ro . .
gas illumination. Three beautiful chan-
deliers of of
ions of Urgerth:lete iiihrzlnswns gave light to the upper re-
s buth the most magical effect pro-
ceeded from theYcoanti of which, like so
many sparkling diamonds, marked out the sixteen com-
partments of potpie side walls. architecture which composed the
2,000 jets
oflrie,,..lstar on the western window, with ilk;
weight jets u
glass,
and consisting of several hundred
was the gem of the evening. We
were giren to unde;t
thrown upon the scene
eaud that the tout ensemble of light
given by 71,640 wax of festivity was equal to the light
• The aistribution candles.
The
great chandeliers, teeao lights was as follows :—Three
compartments, 6,600 ditc)jets of light ; sixteen gothic
West window, I,°oo ; East window, 1,200 ditto
Queen's Bench;2so ditto ditto
; Grand star, 2,000 ditto
Council-
chamber, centre sobbies, 150 ditto ; Council-
-5,180 ditto ; Passages, chandelier,Boo `lino
Lowe's new burners,
each of the jets giving the, ; Total, 23,880 jets ;
the whole gave light equal to thatt of
three wax candles ;
wax candles, or 11,940 pounds ve- produced by 71,640
that that quantity of wax would eight' It is calculated
five to six hours, whereas, the Ilirnphillo more than from
lighting of Guildhall,
which commences at half-past three
turned off till half-past three in the m°oerleek, seldom is
The yx-
hibition of the gas in the Guildhall, 0,171
occasion,
was the first public exhibition of Lowe's Patent gas, to

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