The Sun.
London, England, 1850-03-22 00:00:00

The EXHIBITION of ALL NATIONS.

THE COUNTRY MARKETS.
BIRMINGHAM, MARCIE 21.—At Gloucester market on the
16th wheat was again Is per quarter cheaper. At Worcester,
same day, lower prices were not submitted to. Barley nomi-
nally altered, and very difficult to sell. Oats 6d per quarter
lower, but few fine ones were, however, offered. On beans
and peas the turn was again in favour of the buyer. This
week very little English wheat has been offering, and for that
which has changed hands fully as much money has been ob-
tained; but we cannot report any improvement either in the
price or demand for barley. Only retail parce:s of oats have
been disposed of. No transactions wor►h notice reported in
either beans or peas. At this day's market there was a short
supply from the farmers, and English wheat realised rather
more money, but we make no alteration in our quotations.
Fine barley the turn dearer, secondary qualities very unsale-
able. Oats 6d to is per quarter lower. We had very few in.
quiries for either beans or peas.
LouGHBOROUGH", MA exit 21.—At our market to-day, there
was a better demand for wheat, at is over last week's prices.
Malting barley Is higher. No alteration in oats or beans.
BOSTON, MARCH 20.—Wheat, red 23s to :1530d, white 36s
to :J9s, extra 425; barley 20s to 25s ; oats lOs to 16s; beans,
19s to 21s; peas 20s to 2..,s per quarter.
LYNN, MARCH 19.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to
40s ; barley 183 to 20s, fine 22s to 25s per qr.
NEWARK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, white 41s to 435, extra 455,
red Stis to 395, extra 40s ; barley, malting 24s to 265, extra 275,
second and grinding 21s to 235; oats, feed 16s to 17s,
seed 211 to 23s ; beans, 24s to 265, seed 27s ; peas, white and
blue 30s to 325, seed 345; spring tares, 36s to 40s per qr.
DERRY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 19.—The supply
of fat beasts to-day was again good; those from the North of
England were very superior animals, and were readily disposed
of; the attendance of purchasers was large and there was con-
siderable business transacted, more especially amongst the
best quality of animals. The show of fat sheep was large, but
sales were rather flat. There was a better supply of tat and
store calves than we have had this season. Fat pigs about the
average. Beef made from 5d to bid per lb. ; mutton, sid to
6il; veal, 5d to sid per lb. ; pork, 7s 6d per score. Rough
fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb; calf skins,
2d to 3&d per lb.
GLASGOW, MARCH 20.—For the last fortnight the weather
has been favourable for field labour, mild and dry. Our sup-
plies coastwise have been fair of wheat, and liberal of barley
and oats ; from Ireland they continue insignificant ; and from
abroad only 822 barrels •of flour and 250 quarters of Indian
corn arrived from New York About 855 quarters of wheat
reached Grangemouth from the continent. Business has been
qui©t during the week. Fine wheat has undergone no quote-
able change ; other articles barely sustained last Wednesday's
currency. This day's market was well attended by town ar.d
country buyers. Some firmness was evinced by holders, and
the sales effected were mostly at or near the rates of this day
week. Wheat moved off petty freely; beans were in fair re.
quest, and flour sold in retail. Other articles were in slow
demand.

EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 20.—Wheat The
quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 452 qrs, being
'5l qrs less than last week. Top price 2s, and the average

d down-64 qrs unsold. Barley—The quantity brough
forward was 377 qrs, being 253 qrs less than last week.
Price on the top is cown, and the average ad up-105 qrs
unsold. Oats—OF this kind of grain we had 1,199 qrs
brought forward, or 226 qrs less than last week. The top price
the same, and the average 4d up-193 qrs unsold. jeans
The quantity of beans to-day was 181 qrs, or 76 qrs less
than last week. Price on the top Is, and the average
4d up-54 qrs unsold.
Top of Wheat ... ..• •.• 63j1b. 4's Od
„ Barley ... ••• 56i1b. 26s Od
~ Oats ... ••• 42ilb. 24s Od
„ Beans •..• 6611 b. 3ls Od
EDINBURGH CATTLE MARKET, MARCH la—The supply
of cattle this morning was 673, being 77 less than .last week.
Sales dull, and at the close of the market a number unsold.
Top price, 6s 6d ; current, 6s to Os Od • middling and inferior,
4s 6d to 5s per Dutch stone. The supply of sheep this morning
was 1,703, being 519 less than last week. Sales were slcwly
effected at about last week's prices. Top price of best mutton,
6d per lb ; current, from bid to Cd ; inferior, 4d to 40.
Nearly all sold.
DUNBAR, MARCH 19.—Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought
38s, and prices to 345. Barley, weighing 581bs, brought 245,
and prices to 21s. Oats, weighing 461bs, brought 19s 6d, and
prices to 15s Od. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought
26s 6:1, and prices to 00s.

Coax, MARCH 20.—Flour—First 12s Od to 13s; extra 14s;
seconds, lOs 64 to 12s ; households 9s to 103 Od; thirds, 7s to 83
per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to 00s Od; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat.
meal, lOs to 005 Od per cwt. Indian corn 127 s 6d to 135 s per ton.
Bran 3/ 178 64 to 4/ Os:per ton. Hay—Farmers 285 to 355; average
325; dealers 30s to 38s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers
1,5 s Od to 265 Od; average 225; dealers 255 04 to 28s Orl;
average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 64 to 6 ;
household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to
104 per lb Eggs-3s 8d to 3s 10e1 per hundred. Coals—
Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Neath
Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt..
Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat
—Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 64; veal bd to
6d; pork aid to 3id ; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages bd per
lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s pet
ton. Bark—Barbary 715 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French
71 5s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per atone.
Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; re d
ditto 20s to 223 per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 11/ per
ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s,
second quality, lfis per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s;
salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 2id per lb.
Potatoes, white 84 to 10d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano—
Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel,
195 per barrel.
NAVAL INTELLIGENCE.

MALTA, MARCH 15.—The outward mail reached
Malta on the night of the 13th, and was forwarded per
the M..rlin yesterday at noon. The homeward mail
arrived early this morning per Ripor, and will leave at
seven P.M. this evening, the overland portion via Mar-
seilles at noon.

The Rosamond has left for Tangier, Algiers, Gib-
raltar, and England.
The Bulldog will follow early in the week. Mr. Jones,
paymaster and purser of the Bulldog, exchanges with
Mr. Little, of the Volage. Lieutenant the lion. Mr.
Hobart, acting in the Bulldog, joins the Ganges.
The Ardent is to be laid up in ordinary. Her cap-
tain, officers, and crew are to be turned over to the
Locust.

Captain Carey, 44th Regiment, on leave in England,
has an extension of leav,-. to June next.
Some officers of the Rosamond and a lieutenant in
the garrison bas been fined 305., 205., and 15s. for as-
ssubing the police. The cause of the assault proceeded
from the police handling t )o severely a gentleman they
had in custody. The details would possess no feature of
interest.

Mr. Doherty, the Quartermaster of the 44th, proceeds
this evening by the Ripon to England.
PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Encounter, 14, Cap-
tain G. T. Gordon, arrived this morning from tbo Expe-
rimentil Squadron, bearing dispatches from Commo-
dore Martin. She sailed from Gibraltar on the 9,h inst.,
at rhich date the squadron of Commodore Martin, com-
prising his pendant ship Prince Regent, 92 ; the Lean-
der, 50, Captain Dacres; the Indefatigable, 50, Captain
Smart ; the Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington ; and the
steam ships Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougall ; Arrogant,
46, Captain Robinscai ; and Terrible, 21, Captain Hope,
bad started on a cruise to the westward for a fortnight
or three weeks before returning to Lisbon, which point
the Encounter did not touch at; she has conssqueutly no
political news.

The Daunt'ess screw-frigatP, 24, is ordered to be fitted
for trial with all dispatch.
PLYMOUTH, Ms.acx 20.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate
Stromboli, Captain Lord Amclius Beauclerk, went up
harbour on Monday to take on board jurymasts and
gear, and proceed to Glasgow to conduct the new iron
steam-vessel Simoon to Woolwich. When passing to
the eastward of Drake's Island a man fell from stowing
the anchor of the Stromboli, and, passing under her
bows, came up again, tumbling every way, under her
stern. Fortunately, the boat belonging to Mr. Walker,
the Queen's Harbourmaster, was towing alongside, and
her coxswain (Miner) cast off, and reached the poor
fellow with his boathook just in time to save his life.
The officers and crew of her Majesty's frigate Are-
thusa, Captain Symonds, were inspected on Monday by
Commodore Lord John llay, and were paid advance.
In the evening one of the men, Thomas Williams, fell off
the gooseneck, forward, and, although it was between
ten and eleven o'clock at night, four of his messmatea
jumped over atter him; their efforts were, however, in-
effectual, and he was lost. At half•past two o'clock
this afternoon the Arethusa, under all plain sail, left for
Lisbon.

The Diligence transport arrived on Sunday from Pem-
broke.

LICENSING CREMORNE GARDENS.—On Wednesday
the adjourned annual licensing mteting for tie Kensing-
ton division took place at the Holland Arms, Kensington,
with a full bench of magistrates, Robert Tubb, F,q , in
the chair. It appeared there had been 20,0001. ex
pended on the property of Cremoroe-gardens, and that
there bad been, since the year 1846, emitted to the gar-
der:, upwards of one million of persons. It was further
shown that not a single police complaint had ever been
preferred. Af, Pr consich,rable discussion, the chairman
prevented the proprietor with his licence.
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The Athenceum justly calls it one of the best novels of
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GRAND BANQUET AT MANSION-HOUSE.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Lord
Mayor with his company at dinner last night, to meet a
very large and distinguished party of the friends end
promoters of the great Exhibition of the Works of In-
dustry of all Nations to be held in 1851. The chiel
Offic-es of State, leading Members of both Houses of
Parliament, Royal Commissioners for the promotion of
the Exhibition, the principal members of the Corpora-
tion of London, the masters cf the great City companies,
several large contributors to the fund for the Exhibition,
and other gentlemen of eneineece, accepted the Lord
Mayor's invitation, and were among the company at the
Mansion-horse; and—which formed a distinctive pecu-
liarity of the occasion—nearly all the mayor: or other
chief municipal officers of the corporate towns of the
Unitel Kingdom were also aces inbled, and in their robes
of office surrounded the chief magistrate of London; so
that the people of almost every town of importance were
represented by their first eitizm. Such au assembly
might be regarded as in this respect like the exhibition
itself—that by the triumphs of modern engineering skill
in regard to rapid and convenient transit it.has become
possible.
The Lord Mayor had made due preparation for the
reception of the Prince and such an influential company;
and great interest was excited in the City. The arrivals
began about half--past five o'clock, by which time a
crowd of spectators was collected in front of the Man-
sion-house and in the Neighbouring streets. The guests
were reoeny in official costume, or Court dress or uni
form. The Foreign Ministers attended inemusual num-
her. Prince Albert drove up at a quarter•past six
o'clock, and was received in state at the grand entrance
by the Lord Mayor. with the sword and mace, and hie
chaplain; Colonel Fitzroy, of the Artillery Company,
was also in attendance, and the corridor (which was
tastefully decorated with shrub.) was lined by eighty of
the troop under his command. His Royal Highness,
who wore the dress of an Elder Brother of the
Trinity-haute, was loudly and heartily cheered in
the street ; and, having entered the Mansion-house,
was conducted to the drawing-room, where the Lord
Mayor had the honour of presenting his guests
t the Prince. Among those present wors--
The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne, the Mayor of
Beth, the Mayor of Bedford, the Mayor of Barnstaple,
the Mayor of Birmingham, the Returning Offieer of
Blackburn], the Mayor of Briegwater, the Mayor of
Bolton, the Mayor of Bradford, the Mayor of Bridg-
north, the Mayor of Bridport, the Mayor of Bodinin,
ribs Chief Cousiahle of Brighton, the Mayor of Bristol,
the Mayor of Buckingham, the Chairman of Petty Ses-
sion, Burnley, the Returning Officer of Bury, the Mayor
of Bury St. Edmunds, the Mayor of Boston, the Mayor
of Cambridge, the Mayor of Canterbury, the Mayor of
Cardiff, the Mayor of Carlisle, the Mayor of Carmar-
thee, the High Bailiff of Cheltenham, the Mayor of
Chichester, the Mayor of Colchester, the Mayor of Co-
ventry, the Deputy-Bailiff ef Darlington, the Mayor cie
Dartmouth, the Mayor of Denbigh, the Mayor of Derby,
the Mayor of Devizss, the Mayor of Doncaster, the
Mayor of Dover, the Mayor of Dudley, the Mayor of
Exeter, the Mayor of Gateshead, tee Mayor of Glouce:•
ter, the Mayor of Grantham, the Mayor of Gravesend,
the Bailiff of Guernsey,
the Mayor of Guildford, the
Mayor of Halifax, the Mayor of Harwich, the Mayor
of Hastings, the Mayor of Hertford, the Mayor of Ha-
nnon, the Chief Constable of Huddersfield, the Mayor
of Hull, the Mayor of Huntingdon, the Mayor of Ips-
wich, the Chief Magistrate of St. Helen's, Jersey, the
Returning Officer of Knaresborough, the Mayor of Ken-
dal, the Mayor of Kidderminster, the Mayor of Laun-
eestoe, the -Chairman cf Commissioners, Leamington,
a Mayor of Leeds, tho Mayor of Leicester, the High
Constable of Lewes, the Mayor of Lichfield; the Mayor
of Lincoln, the Mayor of Louth, the Mayor of Lynn,
the Mayor of Monmouth, the Mayor of Maid-
stone, the Mayor of Marlborough, the Mayor of
Manchester, the High Constable of Margate, the
High Constable of Merthyr Tydvil, the Mayor of
Newark, the Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Mayor
of Newcastle-under-Lyne, the Mayor of New-
port, Isle of Wight, the Mayor, of Newport,
Monmouth, the Mayor of Northampton, the Mayor
of Norwich, the Mayor of Nottingham, the
Mayor of Oldham, the Mayor of Oswestry, the
Mayor of Oxford, the Mayor of Penzance, the Mayor of
Plymouth, the Mayor of Portsmouth, the Mayor of
Preston, the High Constable of Ramsgate, the Mayor of
Reading, the Mayor of Ripon, the Chief Constable of
Rochdale, the Mayer of Richmond, the Mayor of Ro-
chester, the Mayor of Rye, the Mayor of St. Albans,
the Mayor of Salford, the Mayor of Salisbury, the
Mayor of Sheffield, the Mayor of Southampton, the
Mayer of Stafford, the Mayor of Stamford, the Mayor of
Stockport, the Mayor of Stockton-upon-Tees, the Chief
of Stoke-upon-Trent, the Returning Officer of
Stroud, the Mayor of Swansea, the Mayor of Tatnworth,
the Mayor of Tiverton, the Mayor of Tewkesbury, the
Mayor of Wakefield, the Mayor of Walsall, the Mayor
of Warrington, the Mayor of Welshpool, the Mayor of
Weymouth, the Mayor of Wigan, the Mayor of Winches-
ter, the Mayor of Windsor, the Mayor of Wisbeach, the
Mayor of Wolverhampton, the Mayor of Worcester, the
Mayor of Yarmouth, Lord Mayor of York, the High
Bailiff of Westminster. Scotland—The Provost of Dun-
fermline, the Provost of Aberdeen, Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, Lord Provost of Glasgow, Lord Provost of
the Provost cif Kirkeldy, the Provost of Paisley, the Perth,
Provost of Leith, the Provost of Montrose, the Provost
of Stirling. Ireland—Lord Mayor of Dublin, the
Mayor of Belfast, the Mayor of Cork, the Mayor of
Limerick, the Mayor of Waterford,
The company included also the following distinguished
personages:—
Prince Albert, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mar-
quis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Palmer-
ston, Lord Carlisle, Lord Grey, Bishop of London, Sir
J. Graham, Sir G. Grey, Lord Clifden, the Groom in
Waiting, Colonel Beuverie, Colonel C. B. Phipps, and
Colonel C. Grey, Mr. W. E. Gladstone, M.P.
THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES.
--The French Ambassador, the Bavarian Minister, the
Bcunos Ayrean Minister, the Portuguese Minister, the
Neapolitan Minister, the Prussian Minister, the Danish
Minister, the Netherlands Minister, the Swedish Mi-
nister, the Russian Minister, the American Minister.
the Austrian Charg6 d'Affaires, the Sardinian Chars
d'Affairee the Belgian Consul, the French Consul, the
Free Towns' Consul, the Russian Consul, and the lies-
shin Consul.
THE ComMISSIoNERS.—EarI Granville, Lord Stanley,
Lord J. Russell, M.P., Sir R. Peel, m.p. Mr 11. Labou-
chere, M.P.. Sir Archibald Galloway, Mr. T, Baring,
M.P., Mr. C. Barry, Mr. T. Bezley, Mr. R. Cobden,
M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt (engineer), Mr. T. Field Gibson,
Mr. J. Gott, Lord Overstone, Mr. P. Pusey, M.P.. Mr'
Alderman Thompson, M.P., Sir J. P. Boileau, Mr. J.
C. I'eache, Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. W. Cotton, Sir J.
W. Lubbock, Mr. S. M. Peto,
M.P- Baron Lionel de
Rothschild, M.P., Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, Mr. J.
Payne, Mr. T. Winkworth, Mr. Cole, Mr. C. W.
DilkeMr. G. Drew, Mr. F. Fuller, Mr. R. Stephenson,
M.P., Mr. M. D. Wyatt, and Mr. Scott Russell.
THE ALDERMEN.—Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr.
Alderman Copeland, M.P., Mr. Alderman Wilson, Sir
,
Chapman Marshall, Mr. Alderman HumpherY, M.P.,
Sir W. Magnay, Sir G. Carrel, Mr. Alderman Hooper,
Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. Alderman Musgrove, Mr. Alder-
man Hunter, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman
Sidney, M.P., Mr. Alderman Moon, Mr. Alderman,
Salomons, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Carden, Mr. Sheriff
Nicoll, Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff Mi •
lane', Mr. Chamberlain, and the Town-Clerk. G
THE MASTERS OF COMPANIES.—The Master cif the
Mercers' Company, the Master of the Grocers' Com-
pany, the Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company,
the Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, the
Master of the Skinners' Company, the Master of the
Merchant Tailor's Company, the Master of the Sal-
ters' Company, the Master of the Ironmongers' Cons-
pally, and the Master of the Clothworkers' Company.
CHAIRMEN or COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.—
Mr. James Bailey, City
Lands; Mr. James Low, Bridge-
house; Mr. Deputy Peacock, Commissioners of Sewers;
Mr. E. Shaw, Navigation • Mr. T. White, Coal, Corn,
and Finance; Mr. J. T. Norris, General Purposes; Mr.
T. Rowley, Markets; Mr. J. Blades, Library; Mr. De-
puty Hale, City of London School; Mr. H. Brown, Offi-
cers and Clerks ; Mr. T. H. Hall, Improvement ; Mr.
Deputy Harrison, Freedom ; Mr. R. Taylor, F.S.A.,
Secondaries; Mr. F. Farrar, Law Bills; Mr. J. Wood,
Consolidated; Mr. H. L. Taylor, Markets Improvement;
Mr. T. Dakin, Deputy-Governor of Irish Society.
The Vice-Chancellors of Cambridge and Oxford,
Lieutenant-Colonel Fitzroy,
M.P., Sir J. H. hilly, sir
A. L. de Rothschild, Mr. J. Masterman, M.P., Mr. W.
Cubitt, M.P., the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England. the Deputy-Chairman of the East
India Company, Mr. Forster M.P., Mr. Deputy Lott,
F.S.A., Mr. J. Morrison, Mr. 'J. Dillon, Mr. Abel Smith,
Mr. S. Gurney, jun., Mr. H. Tucker, Mr. A. Caldecott,
Mr. W. D. Starling, Mr. H. D. Stone, Mr. W. Forman,
Mr. G. Peabody, Mr. J. Robinson), Mr. W. F. A. Delany,
Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. Clift, Mr. G. Whiting, and the
Rev. C. Marshall, of Sydenham, Kent, chaplain to the
Lord Mayor.
The guests, as they were presented, with the exception
of the Court circle, passed on through the reception room
to the entrance of the Egyptian-hall,where the banquet
had been prepared. This magnificent apartment bad
been decorated in a most appropriate manner, under the
direction of Mr. Bunning, the city architect, by the in-
troduction of trophies upon the columns, representing
the several counties of England, and also Ireland, Scot-
land, and Wales. It se timed fitted up for a hall of con-
f rence for the representatives of every industrial de-
partment. The products and manufactures cf every part
of the kingdom were symbolised by means of paintings
upon shields affixed to the columns, and by small gutta
peecha models, and iu some instances by stuffed animsle,
the whole being backed with laurel and formed into
groups. Ireland appeared to be portrayed in its agricul-
tural produce—its pork, its butter, its linens ; Scotland,
too, was indicated in its manufactures and agriculture as
well as by its wild game and its plaids; Wales was re-
cognised by the leek and the gnat's bead, and its minerals
were not overlooked. The English counties wean
distinguished by representations cf the articles

for which they are most famous—some by their oxen,
i their corn, their hops, their cider, their cheese; some
by their cottons, their woollens, their carpets, their
lace; some by their minerals, some by their game. High
upon the wall at the eastern end of the hell, behind the
Prince's chair, were two well painted colossal figures, re-
presenting Peace and Plenty, the former with a wreath
encircling the globe. Underneath was a large painticg
in distemper, showing the ships of all nations discharging
their cargoes in the•port of London for the exhibition.
This painting, which was extremely well executed, was
said to be the work of Mr. F. Fenton. At the opposite
end of the hall was the figure of Britannia, with four
angels proclaiming to the four corners of the world an
invitation (we apprehend) to bring their product; for
the approaching exhibition. As if to make the repre-
sentation the more distinct, there was placed in the hand
of Britannia a sketch or plan of a building for the re-
ception of The articles, and a painting of the exterior
hung below. The plan exhibited a large circle filled with
as many radii, or we might say avenues, from the circum-
ference to the centre as could be conveniently intro-
duced. In each of these the articles exhibited would
of course be placed, and the public could pass up one
and down the next in a continuous 'stream, each person
entering or leaving the stream at such avenue or walk as
he pleased; the centre appropriated to the horticultural
department, forming an agreeable grove visible from
every part. and a gallery above giving a curious bird's-
eye view of the wholee Iu the piCture of the exterior the
dome surmounting the supposed building was painted to
represent the world. At the base of the,balcony at each
end of the halt were suspended shields, on which were
the arms of various nations. . The hall was brilliantly
illuminated, and these embellishments attracted (as may
he supposed) no little attention and admiration.
The Prince and circle, and.. the Lord Mayor, entered
the hall at 7 o'clock and took their places. The banquet
was then served. It was supplied by Messrs. Ring and
Brymer, and was Of the most sumptuous order, fully sus-
taining the character of their establishment. There was
a magnificent display of plats upon the tables.
' Grace was said by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the
Rev. Charles Marshall.
The bill of fare included:—
First Coarse—Tortue claire, tortue a I'Anglaise, tur-
bots bouillis a la sauce do homard, turbans" de filets de
soles, sautuon de Glo'ster boilli, mackerel en mantelot,
anguille aux tomato, trachea de saumon la Tartare,
fried fish, filets de merlans a la horly. .
Side Board—Pitit pates, baron of beef, filet, de pou-
lets au supreme, ris de veau la St. Cloud. homard a la
Indionne, fricandeau de velum, pigeons aux champignons,
cotelettes homarde, grenadines de yew, turbans de filets
lepreaux, chickens, capons, turkey poults larded, hams
and tongues, ornamented, ribs of lamb, raised ornamented
pies, lobster salads, prawns, Chantilly baskets, orna-
mented trifles, pine, strawberry, noyeau, Rhenish and
Italian creams, Dantzic, noyeau, and Maraschino jellies,
nougat with cream, Charlotte a la Busse, gateau de
fjenene, gateau a la Duchesse, apple tarts, fanchonnettes,
boudin Sr. Clair, raspberry, apricot, and green gage
teurtes, hunting puddings, trifles, cabinet puddings,
Nesselrode puddings, creamed tarts.
Removes—Hauuches mutton, chines mutton, sirloins
beef, quaiters lamb, Guinea fowls, ducklings, goslings,
turkey poulte, pea fowls.
Dessert—Pines, grapes, oranges, apples, nuts, dried
fruits, preserved ginger, brandy and cherries, Savoy
cakes, almond cakes, mixed cakes, wafers.
Ices—Pine, rnidefauit, raspberry, lemon, ginger,
cherry, &e.
After dinner, according to custom at the Mansion-
house, the loving cup was seat round,'the usual welcome
being proclaimed by the toast-master, Mr. Harker.
Graee was then sung by the vocalists. This department
was arranged •by Mr. Hobbs, assisted by Miss Birch,
Miss E. Birch, Mil's Dolby, Mr. Francis, Mr. Young,
Mr. Lockey, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Bradbury, and Mr.
Machin. They had idle aid of the Coldstream band.
As may be supposed the whole department was very
powerfully sustained. After grace,
The LORD _MAYOR rose and said,—May it please
your Royal Highness, m y Lords and Gentlemen,—The
first toast I have the honour to propose to you this even-
ing is one I am sure you will respond to, and that with
enthusiasm, it is " The health and long continued hap-
piness of our beloved and most gracious Sovereign
Queen Victoria." ,
The toast' was drunk upstanding, with three times
three.
The National Anthem was very effectively performed.
The LORD MAYOR then said,—My Lords and Gentle-
men,—l have the distinguished honour to entertain this
evening the Consort of our beloved and gracious Queen.
In proposing the health of his Royal Highness Prince
Albert, allow me to connect with it an expression of my
desire that the great exhibition about to take place in
the year 1851, and which his Royal Highness takes so
great an interest in, may benefit not only this metropolis,
but produce good and lasting results throughout the
United Kingdom, and a brotherly feeling towards all na-
tions. With these sentiments I beg to propose " The
health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and success
to the Exhibition of 18.51."
The toast was received with the most enthusiastic cheer-
ing, the whole company rising as one man to do honour
to the Prince.
His ROYAL Ilnemeass, in acknowledging the toast,
spoke as follows:—My Lord Mayor,—l am sincerely.
grateful for the kindness with wbeich you have proposed I
my health, and to you, gentlemen, for the cordiality with
which you have received this propceal. It must, indeed,
be most gratifying to me to had that a suggestion which
I had thrown out, as appearing to me of importance at
this time, should have met with such universal concur-
rence and approbation, for this has proved to me that the
view I took of the peculiar character and requirements
of our age was in accordance with the feelings and
opinions of the country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I con-
ceive it to be the duty of every, educated person closely
to watch and study the time in which. he lives, and, as
far as in him lies, to add his humble . mite of individual
exsrtion to further the accomplishment of what he be-
lieves Providence to have ordained.—(Cheers.) No-
body, however, who has paid any attention to the par-
ticular features of our present era will doubt for a
moment that we are living at a period of most
wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish
that great end—to which indeed all history points—
the realization of the unity of mankind.—(Great cheer-
ing.) Not a unity which breaks down the limits and
levels the peculiar characteristics of the different na-
tions of the earth, but rather a unity the result and pro-
duct of those very national varieties and antagonistic
qualities. The distances which separated the different
nations and parts of the globe are gradually vanishing
before the aehievemeata of modern invention, and we
can traverse them with incredible speed; the languages
of all nations are known, and their acquirement placed
within the reach of everybody ; thought is communi-
cated with the rapidity, and even with the power cf
lightning. On the other hand, the great principle of
'the division cf labour, which may be called the moving
power of civilization, is being extended to all branches
of science, industry, and art. Whilst formerly the
greatest mental energies strove at universal knowledge,
and that knowledge oat confined to the few, now they
are directed to specialitier, and in these again even to
the minutest points. But the knowledge acquired
becomes at once the property of the community at
large; whilst, formerly discovery was wrapt in secresy,
it results from the publicity of the present day that no
sooner is a discovery or invention made than it is
already improved upon and surpassed by competing
efforts.—(Cheers.) The products of all quarters of the
globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only to
choose which is the best and cheapest for our purposes,
and the powers of production are intrusted to the stimu-
lus of competition and capital. So man is approaching
a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mis-
sion which he has to perform in this world. His reason
being created after the image of God, he has to use it to
discover the laws by which the Almighty governs His
creation, and, by making these laws his standard of
action, to conquer neture to his use—himself a divine
instrument. Science discovers these laws of power,
motion, and transformation; industry applies them to the
raw matter which the earth yieldi us in abundance, but
which becomes valuable only by knowledge; art teaches
us the immutable laws of beauty and symmetry, and
gives to our productions forms in accordance with them.
—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the exhibition of 1851 is to
give us a true-test and a living picture of the point of
development at which the whole of mankind has arrived
in this great task, and a new starting point from
which all nations will be able to direct their fur-
ther exertions.—(Cheers.) I confidently hope that the,
first impression which the view of this vast collection
will produce on the spectator will be that of deep thank-
fulness to the Almighty for the blessings which He has
bestowed upon us already here below; and the second,
the conviction that they can only be realised in propor-
tion to the help which we are prepared to render to each
other—therefare only by peace, love, and ready assist-
ance, not only between individuals, but between the na-
tions of the earth. This being my conviction, I must be
highly. gratified to see here assembled the magistrates of
all important towns of this realm, sinking all their local,
and poesibly political differences—the representatives of
the different political opiniOns of the country, and
the representatives of the different foreign nations—
to-day representing only one ,interest.—(Cheers.)
Gentlemen, my original plan had been to carry out
this undertaking with the help of the Society of Arts
cf London, which had long and usefully laboured
in this direction, and by the means of private capital
and enterprise. You have wished it otherwise, and de-
clared that it was a work which the British people as a
whole ought to undertake. I at once yielded to your
wish, feeling that it proceeded from a patriotic, noble,
and generous spirit.—(Cheers.) On your courage, per-
severance, and liberality the undertaking now entirely
depends.—(Chaers.) I feel the strongest confidence in
these qualities of the British people—(Cheers)—and am
sure that they will repose confidence in themselves—
confidence that they will honourably sustain the contest
ef emulation, and will nobly carry' out their proffered
hospitality to their foreign competitors.—(Cheers.) We,
her Majeaty's'Comtnissioners, are quite alive to the in-
numerable difficulties which we shall have to overcome
in carrying out the scheme; but having confidence in
you, andje stir Own zeal and perseverance at least, we
require only your confidence to make its contemplate the
result without any apprehension.—(Enthusiastic cheer-
ing, several times renewed.)

Colonel Bonyvats acknowledged the toast.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The health of the
Foreign Ministers," and caliei upon the French Ambas-
sador to respond to the toast.
His Excellency M. Dnourte DE LHUYS, the French
Ambassador, who was received with much cheering,
said—My Lords and Gentlemen, when I cast my eyes
around me I behold the cities of England represented by
their chief magistrates in this assembly, which I may
truly call the House of Commons of English industry.—
(Cheers.) I trust it is the shadowing of the futufe.—
(Ilea-, hear.) Foreign nations flocking to the banner
raised by Great Britain will be represented here very
soon by their various productions in one vatt assembly—
" A mighty maze, but not without a plan;"
I may add, a garden tempting with fat bidden fruit.—
(A. laugh.) We are all arras° that the golden fruits of
exotic industry are often withheld from our grasp by a
dragon whose protective claws and sleepless eyes are al-
ways on the watch. But you, gentlemen, acting on an
august, impulsion, have thrown open your doors to the
competition of the world.—(Hear, bear.) On another
occasion I compared this rivalry of nations to a peaceful
contest; but I think it should rather be likened to a
school in which we all of us have something to learn.—
(Cheers.) And, though I belit ve that all will be gainers
by the experiment, I venture to say that your manufac-
turers will not rev the least advantage from it; for, as
it has been justly remarked, their merit consists in the
cheapness of their prices, in the texture of their fabrics,
and in the durable nature of their productions—not in
their fine glossy surface, as the wife of the Vicar of
Wakefield would say—(Laughter and cheers)—but in
such qualities as wear well.—(Recessed cheers.) These
qualities are the result of a hidden skill, of which no
curious geze can penetrate the mystery; whereas the
attractions, the external beauty, and the superiority of
design in which others are sureteed rather to excel, are
open to first sight, atel are accessible to imitation; but
whether iu the school, or on the field of tattle, I am
sure England will stand her ground.—(Loud cheers.)
The next toast was " The House of Lords aad the
Marquis of Linsdownr."
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in acknowledging the
toast, said—lt is a source if unmixed pleasure to assist
upon this occasion, when there are, by the hospitality of
the Lord Mayor, so many present who represent those
corporations and places which I may be permitted to
term the fountain he ids of industry—(Loud cheers)—
from which are perpetually flowing those streams which
supply the wants of the people of this country, and then
overflow to the most distant pmts of the world. I feel
that I am assisting upon a solemn as well as an interest-
ing occasion—as his Royal Highness has so well said,
the commencement of a new epoch, the consequences of
which no man can mea.ure or anticipate.—(Hear, hear.)
But this we may say, that we feel confident the stream
of industry will only flow the more freely when placed
in competition and within the. reach of observation of
the industry of other countr:es, and that united they will
be a source of happiness and greatness to this country,
and administer to the comfort and civilization of the
world.--(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The Health of
Lord J. Russell and her Majesty's Ministers."
Lard J. RUSSELL, who was louldly cheered, said—My
Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I have so often had Occa-
sion to thank your Lordship and this great city for the
indulgence with which you view the intentions and mo-
tives of her Majesty's Ministers, that I have no fresh
words in which to express my gratitude for such kind-
ness; but I will take this occasion to say that I think
your Lordship has added most powerfully to the proba-
bilities of the success of this great exhibition in asking
the representatives of the corporation of England to
assist at this inauguration.—(Cheers.) I feel sure,
gentlemen, that this design, like all other good designs,
will have collateral Effects,perhapsequally advantageous
with those which must directly flow from it.—(Cheers.)
Because, in having an exhibition of the industry of all
nations, you will produce before the world such an ob-
ject of interest and curiosity that the most distinguished
men of all nations—the men most remarkable in science
and art in every rank of life and in every profession, will
hasten to flock hither to have the advantage of beholding
this grand collection, and the pleasure of reflecting that
they have been present at this great national exhibition.
—(Applause.) lam sure that we cannot have here such
an assemblage of distinguished men, who are apt to visit
us now from time to time as individueln scarcely
meeting each other,—we cannot have such an assem-
blage at one time without their being animated with
more friendly feelings towards •England and each ether;
and thus will be promoted in a secondary and colla-
teral manner, but most effectually, that great brother-
hood of nations which it is Royal Highness's most laud-
able ambition to promote.—(Cheers.) I hell sure,
therefore, that you will have the most advanta-
geous effects of good Rill and amity flowing from
this festival, which all men will agree in celebrating as
the great jubilee of industry and of peace.
The next toast wee " tord Stanley and the Royal
Commissioners for the great Exhibition of all Nations in
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Lord STANLEY, who rose along with Mr. Cobden and
the other Royal Commissioners, seas very loudly cheered.
His Lordship said,—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I
need hardly say that I feel it a very distinguisbe, as I
also feel it a most unmerited honour, to have my name
asso&ated, as it has been this evening, with that great
and important exhibition, the preparation for which is
the occasion of this great assemblage. I know that there
are many of my colltagaes on the Commission to whom
the task of returning thanks might far more fitly be
confided; and I know not for n hat reason my humble
name has been selected from among them, unless for
the purpose of practically demonstrating here, as prac-
tically we demonstrate in the Commission itself, that
men of the most different political opinions, men of the
most opposite vrews—(Hear,, hear)—can and will co-
operate cordially and harmoniously for objects which all
alike conceive to be promotive of the public good.—
(Cheers.) More especially are we bound to cherish such
feelings, and to act upon such principles, when, as in the
Commission, we are presided over by our Royal Presi-
thnt,—by one who, from the moment of his appearance
in this country, down to the present hour, among his
many claims npon the gratitude and affection of the
country, has had none more high or more worthy than
this—that in his high station he has always abstained
from interfering with the political contests of the day.—
(Great cheering.) At the same time he has never shrunk
from putting himself forward, as befits his high station,
his distinguished character, and his eminent abilities,
whenever objects were to be accomplished which were
f.,r the benefit, the advantage, and the improvement of
his adopted country.—(Cheers.) I feel, in returning
thanks for that Commission, that if I were to enter into
the objects for which it has been instituted—its high,
and I think I may venture to say, its holy objects—l
should only weaken the effect produced upon your minds
by the most truthful, able, and eloquent statement made
to you by its
Royal President.—(Cheers.) It is not to
the Commission that your thanks, are due; we labour
cordially, but most humbly, under the presidency of his
Royal Highness. For my own part, when it, was desired
that my name should be placed upon the Commission, I
assented to the proposal mainly because I conceived. it to
be my duty to give all the assistance in my power to the
promotion of an object which excited a deep interest in the
mind of the Sovereign, and a deeper interest still—if that be
possible—in the Consort of the Sovereign, the fatherof the
future sovereign, though God grant, gentlemen, that
that future may be so distant that few indeed among
those whom Ism now addressing may live to witness it.
—(Cheers.) -I cannot, however, deprive myself of the
satisfaction bearing my humble testimony, in con•
junction with that of my colleagues who have already
addressed you, to the possible and probable effects of this
great exhibition. I agree with my Noble Friend the
Noble Marquis, that those effects, moral and social,
immediate and contingent, it is difficult to anticipate and
difficult to exaggerate. But this, at all events, is a
matter of certainty, that it must tend to bring together
into harmonious concord the nations of the world; it
must teed to improve the good feeling between various
nations; end at this time and in this age of progress,
when throuaiout the world the mass of the people are
acquiring a larger and a larger share in the government
of their own countries, it is a matter of no ordinary im-
portance that the mind, the attention, and the affections
of the people should be withdrawn from feelings of in-
ternational jealousy and hostile aggression, leading to
sanguinary wars, which, even when moat successful,