The Sun.
London, England, 1867-07-04 00:00:00

The Sultan and the Corporation of London.

His Highness the Sultan having honoured the
Corporation of the City of London by accepting
their invitation to an entertainment, on the occasion
of his approaching visit to this country, most costly
preparations are being made by the civic authorities
for the occasion, which will probably be on Thurs-
day, the 18th of July, though the day is not defini-
tively
fixed. The invitation of the city was conveyed
through Lord Stanley, the Secretary of State for
Foreign Affairs, and promptly accepted by his High-
ness, the reply being made through Lord Lyons.
The entertainment will be in the nature of an
evening reception, as being most in unison with the
wishes of the Sultan. It will be given in the Guild-
hall, and an address of congratulation and welcome
in the name of the Corporation, and on the part of
the citizens at large, will be presented to his Highness
in a casket of gold. This part of the ceremony will
be followed by a grand concert and ball, the enter-
tainment concluding with a supper. The occasion
being in itself altogether unique, the history and
traditions of the Corporation of London, replete as
they are with examples of the entertainment of
crowned heads from time to time, scarcely afford a
precedent for it, but the authorities have resolved, so
far as in them lies, to render it in every respect worthy
of the illustrious visitor, and of their ancient renown
for munificent hospitality. With this view they have
appointed a committee consisting of more than half
the magistrates and of the representatives from the
25 wards into which the city is divided, to make the
requisite arrangements and to conduct the reception,
and have voted an unlimited amount of money. The
invitations will be about 3,000 in number, and will
include the Prince of Wales and other members of
the Royal family, the whole of her Majesty's Mi-
nisters and great officers of State, Peers, members of
the House of Commons, and foreign Ambassadors,
among other persons of distinction. To-day, 'at a.
meeting of the Common Council, Mr. Deputy Fry,
the chairman of the Entertainment Committee, will
move a resolution, pursuant to notice, to the effect
that upon the occasion of the visit of the Sultan an
address be presented to his Highness in a gold box
of the value of 100 guineas.
Meanwhile most elaborate preparations are being
made in anticipation of the event at Guildhall. A
stately reception saloon is iu course of erection in the
open space in front of the hall and leading to it,
from a design by Mr. Horace Jones, the city archi-
tect, and in other respects the hall itself is being
adapted and adorned for the occasion. The re-
ception saloon, which is of the most solid materials
and workmanship, will be 100 ft. long by about
60ft. wide, and be disposed in two floors, with a
handsome facade and verandah towards King-street,
Cheapside. The upper floor will be approached by
four easy flights of stairs at each corner of the nevi
building, and supported on rows of lonic columns.
It is intended to be used as a supper room on the
occasion, and will be of a size sufficient to accom-
modate 600 guests at one time. A double staircase
will also lead to the upper story through the en-
trance to the Law Courts, and the whole of the
approaches to it will be ornamented with fountains,
statuettes, and choice flowers. Two of the LaW
Courts are likewise being so adapted as to afford ac-
commodation for about 300 more guests at supper.
The handsome and spacious apartments on the
ground floor, after having served the purposes of a
reception saloon, will be made available for &trac-
ing later in the evening, as will also the great hail
itself, which has been restored and embellished at
immense cost within the last few years.

At the eastern end of the Guildhall a dais is being
constructed, 50ft. wide by 36ft. deep, on the centre
of which will be a throne, with three canopied scatO
--one for the Sultan, another for the Prince of
Wales, and the third for the Viceroy of Egypt. The
sides and back of the dais will be hung with crimson
velvet, decorated with gold, and with crescents and
stars. The open court-yard, between the Alder'
men's Chamber and that of the Common Council,
will be converted for the occasion into an Italian
garden, ornamented with fountains, statues, and
rare flowering plants, and a handsome apartments
recently constructed as a committee. room for the
city magistrates, will be appropriated to the use 0
the Sultan. In the Council Chamber, which i°
being expressly fitted up for the purpose, his High'
ness and about 60 of the more distinguished gueota
will be entertained at supper.
The occasion altogether promises to be one of or
traordinary magnificence and interest, for which
parallels are only or chiefly to be found in the
memorable entertainments given by the Corpora'
tion to the allied Sovereigns in 1814, to her Majcstl
the Queen in 1837, and to their Royal lliglanessea
the Prince and Princess of Wales on their marriage'

TIIE VISIT OF THE VICEROY OF EGYPT.--3130
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress will have the bon°
of entertaining at a grand banquet at the Mansion House;
on Thursday, the 11th inst., his Highness the Viceroy' of
Egypt, who has accepted the invitation given to him
the Lord Mayor at Paris.

THE REVIEW IN HYDE PARK.—The galleries ill
Hyde Park will not be open for the admission of the pull
until 8 o'clock on the morning of the sth inst. As reget:,
the admission of horsemen on to the grass in the Park, t'
orders issued by his Royal Highness the Commander-ill'
Chief are to be adhered to.
ROYAL AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY.—The
stock department has been temporarily fenced off ftfk
the implement ground, in order to prevent confno`fooi
during the four days set apart for the preliminary tr'
of the implements. The Great Eastern Railway CO3':l
pany is engaged in delivering goods, and the gee°-,.1/
public is now necessarily excluded from the ell
e
ground until the commencement of the trials for inT„,l
ments on Wednesday, the 10th inst. Dynamometers °'-r,
other scientific apparatus are being erected for the Ptl„s
pose of testing the capabilities of steam engines, thresh'
machines, &c.
The select committee on the arrangement of
House of Commons met on Tuesday, and examined
Barry, architect of the Now Palace of Westminster. °71.0
gestions for enlarging the interior of the Chamber we
offered by Lord Elcho and Mr. Lanyon, and Mr. 133rde
was instructed to consider how iar they could be 11°$6
practicable, and to report to the committee at its O'd
meeting, which will be in about ten days. It IA PrePosoo
to make the house oval instead of square ; to Place 06
Treasury Bench and the front Opposition Bench ill ;
middle of the Chamber ; to:set back the Speaker's 61'6„iff
and to throw into the body of the Chamber the seats 13'"
reserved for peers and distinguished "strangers." 00
THE NOTTINGHAM BUTCHERS AND THE
VEAL QUESTlON.—Yesterday a meeting of the Nottingli'ue
butchers was held at the Hide and Skin Market, for vo
purpose of taking into consideration what stops should
t 0.
adopted with reference to the white veal question. 1V1L..;04
W. Simkins was in the chair. The following resole''ot.
was unanimously adopted :—" We, members of the
tingham Butchers' Association, whos3 names are append
pledge ourselves not to bleed calves before killing t' to
and to use our best efforts to induce the trade generally
adopt the same resolve." The signatures follow.