The Sun.
London, England, 1850-10-26 00:00:00

THE GREAT WESTERN.

There has been a controversy with regard to excur-
sion trains, and some memorials, &c., have been pre-
sented to the Great Western Company on the subject.
A short letter was published some days since from the
secretary to the Bishop of Oxford, acknewlodging the
receipt of a memorial from Oxford. The subject has
now undergone consideration, and the result has been
communicated to a clergyman at Bristol who was the
medium of communication from the Bishop and clergy
there. The following letter has been written for the
purpose of making known the sentiments of the board
after reconsidering the subject:—
" Rev. Sir,—ln reply to your letter of the 3d inst., I
am desired to inform you that since the receipt of the
memorial from the Lord Bishop of the diocese, and other
clergymen residing in and near Bristol, as well as similar
memorials aad letters from others, the directors have felt
it their dnty to reconsider the whole subject of Sunday
excursion trains.

"It may be here mentioned that the consent of this
company to provide occasional trains of that description
was only given after experience had shown that there
was, on the part of persons employed incessantly in shops
or factories during every other day in the week, a grow-
ing requirement for relaxation during the Sunday, by
passing it either at the seaside or iu the country, instead
of remaining to spend both their time and their money ut
some suburban tavern.

" With one or two exceptions every metropolitan railway
company had cff .riled the facility of cheap trains to the
trading and poorer classes, whose subsistence depen is
on their continued labour from the Monday morning
until Saturday night, to enable them to quit London
early on tha Sunday morning and return home at night.
"It had been ascertained that persons resorting to
those trains conducted themselves fur the most part dur-
ing the Sabbath with exemplary decorum and propriety.
Many who while in Lordon never quitted their rooms to
attend Divine service were known to go to church in
the country; attracted to it, there can be little doubt,
in numerous instances, by relations or friends, whom
they were enabled to visit by means of those cheap fares.
A decided improvement, not only in the character and
habits, but also in the heeilth of the industrial classes
of the metropolis, has been remarked as mainly to be
opportunity of change and relaxation af-
fordedasc r ascribed db
by
to
thatthe osystem.p
" The directors having satisfied themselves that such
cheap trains were alike beneficial to the company and
conducive to the welfare of those classes (peculiarly en-
titled,gatory
as other companies did, the only upon theta to accord the same fa-
cility public
as they conceive, to every such consideration),
thought
to itthoebli
means of travelling into the west of England being ex-
clusively under their control.

lections urged against such
to in the memorials, I am
~ After a very careful deliberation of the matter,
desired to acquaint you that the directors cannot wt
realiln tsh, ea
sv aardivocursteodb
per-
ceive in them sufficient grounds to justify the reversal
excursion
of their former determination. Entertaining very high
respect for the motives and feelings of all who have
signed those representations, they regret that it is not
consistent with their sense of duty to withhold from the
trading and working population of this country such so-
cial and moral benefits and relaxation from their daily
labour as railways can alone confer by a system of
cheap trains—calculated as they believe such excursions
are to promote a better observance rather than a dese-
cration of the Sabbath by those who do not wilfully
misuso them.

I have the honour to be, Rev. Sir, your faithful obc-
dient servant, " C. A. SAUNDERS, See.
" London Terminus, Paddingdon, Oct. 25.
Rev. R. A. Taylor, M.A., St. Werburgh's, Bristol."

before the Hereford people for a line of railway from th.e,
HEREFORDSHIRE RAILWAYS.--
Grange, on the Gloucester and Dean Forest Railway, tnu
Ross, along the eastern bank of the Wye to Hereford, there
There is a proposal
to form a junction with the Shrewsbury and Hereford, and
completing the line through from Liverpool to Scuth NV, ales
—23 miles. Estimate, 250,000/. for a single line; the con;
tractor taking 100.0001.—and debentures raisable,
:,0,0001.;
leaving only 10.),000/. to be raised by shares.—North Wales
Chronicle.

ANOTHER FIRE IN DEVONPORT.—ScarceIy had
, p
the engines finished their labours at the fire at the S"P
Works when a report was spread that another conflagration
had broken out on the premises of the Old Oak beershop and
in Princes-street Devon ort.
house adjoining, The West of
England Brigade opened the first waterplug, and attached
their hose; the jet pipe they directed to the back part of
the beershop. In the front were three engines, worked by
artillerymen and a large party of the 4th Regiment. The
soldiers were distributed over different parts of the buildings,
and were basily engaged in removing furniture from the ad-
joining houses, and directing the waterpipes. major-General
the Honourable Henry- Murray, accompanied by his aide-de-
camp, Captain Protheroe, and Brigade-Major Nelson, was
early on the ground. The back part of the building was en-
tirely consumed, the roof and floorings all gave way shortly
after a number of soldiers had been ordered away from the
spot, and there was scarcely a vestige, save the walls, of any-
thing left. The house adjoining the beershop was entirely
gutted, and it was feared that the next house would have
taken fire. The tire was first discovered by a boy, who saw
smoke issuing from the shutters, and be immediately alarmed
the inmates. This was about five o'clock. All the family of
the occupier escaped without injury. At the time we left
there were six engines in full play, namely, the West of Eng-
land, the Military, the Dockyard, the Davonp9rt Town En-
gine, and two others. The fire was still burning with great
energy.—Second edition of the Plymouth Journal.
THE LAST PARISIAN BALLOON ASCENT.--M.
Poitevin gives the following account of his balloon ascent on
Sunday : —" We left the Hippodrome at half- past five o'clock,
and soon found ourselves above the Champ-de-Mars about
2,000 yards in height. The ccld became very sharp, and our
three intrepid 'Fines de l'Air,' whose courage did not fail a
single instant, began to discover that their costumes, very
pretty, but rather two aerial, were not precisely travelling_
dresses for such high regions, and they felt a strong desire
to abdicate their divine role, and return tl the car to change
their dresses of lace and muslin for clothing much warmer;
although Fines de l'Air,' their teeth began to chatter. we
put the mechanism, which is as simple as it is solid, in snore_
ment, and the travellers returned to the car, where they
quickly exchanged their clothes. Our balloon had twice
been in cold clouds, and we lost sight of the earth; but the
wind brought us over Paris, and we passed over the Pan.
theon, the Jardin-des-Plants, and the Fort of Villejuif. By
this time the ladies had completed their toilette—a strange
operation at such a height. The night having begun to ap-
proach, I effected my descent without the slightest shock."-.....
French Paper.
rADVERTISEMENT.]
Messrs. HARDING and C 3., 81, Pall-mall, beg to
intimate to the public that, in consequence of the rebuilding
of their premises, it has become imperative on them to
dispose of the whole of their valuable Stock, which they
have determined to offer for immediate Sale, at a very con-
siderable reduction of price. Messrs. H. and Co. offer to the
public the assurance that the Sale thus announced is bona
fide. Their entire Stock, consisting of Silks, Ribbons, Lace,
Embroidery, Shawls, Scarves, . locks, Mantles, Gloves, and
the recherché Selection of Millinery, for all of which their
establi,hment is so eminently distinguished, will be unre-
servedly subjected to the reduction. The Sale will be eon-
tinued for a limited period,

YORK, FRIDAY NICHT.—It will readily be remem-
bered that not very long ago the Lord M.yor of London,
in a spirit of magnificent hospitality, entertained at one
of those splendid banquets for which the metropolis is
unrivalled, and which calls forth such gorgeous exhibi•
tions of the wealth and luxurious taste of the municipa-
lity of the chief city of .the world, his Royal Highness
the Prince Consort, and the mayors and chief magis-
trates of the principal towns in the kingdom. His Lord-
ship's object in carrying out so happy an inspiration as
that which led him to inaugurate these civic gatherings
was to stimulate by the friendly intercourse of a dinner,
and by verbal encouragement, the accomplishment of the
great project which will render the yuir 18.51 so remark_,
able in the annals of England. It was but natural tf at
this example should be followed by the great corpora-
tions of the empire, and, after some correspondence en
the subject, the notion which originated with the Lord
Mayor of York of giving a return banquet was considered
and discussed at a meeting of the mayors and other civic
authorities at Derby, when it was resolved that a sub-
scription should be entered into for the purpose of
enabling the Lord Mayor of York, in conjunction
with the municipalities of the United Kingdom, to re-
ceive the Prince Consort and the Lord Mayor of London
on a scale of becoming magnificence. The subscriptions
flowed in rapidly and fully, though there were some de-
faulting bodies, which suffered accordingly in the rejec-
tion of their tardy money. At last the invitations were
issued for the 25th of October, and M. Soyer was en-
gaged for many days previously in preparing those won-
derful combinations which delight the eye and the palate
alike, and have secured for him so high a place among
the gastronomic worthies of the world. The invitations
were eagerly and fully accepted, and every effort was
made to render the banquet worthy of the givers and of
the recipients. Nearly 100 mayors and heads of boroughs
declared their intention to be present, and it soon became
evident that the Guildhall would be tested to the utmost
in order to afford adequate accommodation to all those
who were derirous of taking part in the proceedinge. All
its spacious accommodations failed to give room to more
than 240 guests, and as places were eagerly sought after it
became difficult to make seselection satisfactory to all. York,
the home of the Roman Emperors, when London was
comparatively neglected by the masters of the ancient
world, made a display worthy of the far-famed city
which gave a grave to Severus and to Constantine Chlo-
rus, and afforded a rallying cry to the haughty factions
which fought for the English throne, and well was she
represented by her chief magistrate. For two or three
days past the inhabitants of the surrounding districts
have been pouring into the city, so as to fill all the
hotels to overflowing; while the nobility and gentry
sent in their carriages to add to the number of handsome
equipages which filled the streets of " horse renowned"
York. When it was understood that Prince Albert had
intimated to the Lord Mayor that he would not take any
of the royal vehicles, and that he therefore must trust to
his Lordship for a conveyance, several of the noblemen
and gentlemen in the vicinity sent in applications to be
allowed to place their carriages at his Royal Highness's
disposal, and in such an embarrassment of riches the
Lord Mayor acted on the maxim "first come first served"
and gave the preference to Lord Wenlock, whose offer
came in before any other.
The Lord Mayor of London and suite left on Thurs-
day, at halt-past nine o'clock, and by special train on the
North-Western line (and Midland), and with the .Lady
Mayoress, the Rev. C. Marshall (Chaplain), Miss Stone,
Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, the Sword, Bearer, Mace Bearer,
Cryer, &c., arrived in about four hours and three quar-
ters at York, where
,after a short delay on the part
of the Lord Mayor of York, who was not pre-
pared for such extraordinary speed on the part of the
railway authorities. They were received by his Lord-
ship, and conveyed to the Mansion house, whence they
retired to their private apartments when they had par-
taken of his Lordship's hospitality.
By the evening and night trains a great number of the
guests and of strangers, anxious to be present on the oc-
casion arrived, and their numbers were increased by con-
tinual accessions to-day, till the city, in spite of bad
weather, storm, and rain, presented an appearance
of great animation. The Mansion-house was the
centre of attraction. Redecorated for the occasion, with
all its golden lions re-gilt, its paint renewed, and
fresh as when, some hundred years ago, the archi-
tect gave it the finishing touch, it would, perhaps,
have been but little regarded but for the concourse of
illustrious strangers within its walls. M. Soyer him-
self, " heavy with cares of state and thoughtsof gravy,"
flickered to and fro like great Turenne on the eve of
some fatal field, swaying crowds of solemn-looking and
strangely-attired cooks, who stalked backwards and for-
wards with the chef cfceuvres of their art. Police-con-
stable kept watch and ward over entremetr, rAumes, and
hors d'oeuvre, and a good-natuted mob familiar with the
simple, dishes of their district, were rich in criticism,
which, howeier, lacked the test of experience on the ec-
centric viands before them; that they were some of them
not only eccentric, but costly, may be guessed from the
fact that one dish, to which turtle, ortolans, and other
rich denizens of land and sea had contributed, cost not
less than 1001.

Previous to the general presentation before the ban-
quet, the Lady Mayoress, Mrs. Sladen, and Mrs. Dolby,
had the honour of being presented to his Royal High-
ness.

The Lord Mayor of London, with his secretaries
and chaplain, arrived in York on Thursday, and a
considerable number of the provincial mayors also came
in the course of the day. The inns were very full, and
it was difficult for late comers, who had not secured
accommodation, to obtain it. This morning brought fur-
ther arrivals, and between three and four o'clock Lord
J. Russell, the Earl of Carlisle, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, Sir G. Grey, Earl Fitzwilliam, and other
persons of distinction, came in by the trains then reach-
ing York. The directors of the York and North Mid-
land line proceeded to Normanton to meet Prince Al-
bert, and escort him along their line. The train which
brought his Royal Highness dashed into the station
shortly before tour o'clock, the journey froth London
by the North-Western and Midland lines having been
performed, we believe, in four hours and a half, or
within two minutes of that time. We observed the
Marquis of Abercorn at the station, and Colonel the
Hon. C. Grey and Colonel the Hon. F. Se) mour in at-
tendance upon the Prince. A guard of honour was
platform. His Royal Highness was re-
drawn up on the
ceived by the Lord Mayor of York me alighting, and
was conducted to Lord Wenlock's carriage, which was
in waiting, and in which the Prince drove to the Man-
sion-house, attended by an esc _krt of the 2d Dragoon
Guards. His Royal Highness was enthusiastically
cheered by the people.
The Hall, which is a fine old Gothic apartment of the
15th century, was decorated with great taste, under
the superintendence of Meters. Nutt and Walker. At
oce end was placed the principal table, in a semicircular
form, five tables, stretching at right angles to the base of
it, being destined for the rest of the guests. These all
shone with epergnes, plateaux, centre pieces heaped up
with pines, grapes, and the richest fruit, with silver
plate, beneath innumerable lights. Among the embel-
lishments were various productions in patent glass sil-
vering, prepared expressly fur the occasion, as being
peculiarly appropriate to a festival to celebrate the ap-
proaching congress of the artistic industry of nations.
These specimens consisted of gilt, silvered, and bronzed
figures, bearing large globes of silvered glass, on whose
surfaces the whole scene was vividly reflected in minia-
ture. Two highly-chased salvers, on pedestals, at the
head of the centre table, in ruby glass, the inner sur-
faces being variegated by the application of the silvering
process, were very beautiful. There were also three
superb drinking cups, one for his Royal High-
ness Prince Albert, and one. each for the
Lord Mayors of London and York, the first
in ruby glass, portions of the stem and base
internally checkered with silver, and on the sides bear-
ing beautiful white sunken medallions of her Majesty
and the Prince Consort, and the Royal Arms of Eng-
land. The other two cups were of the same size and
shape, but instead of being ruby and silver the colours
were emerald and silver: and on the sides were the pri-
vate arms of each of the Lord Mayors, together with
the usual heraldic emblazonneents of the cities of Lon-
don and York respectively. The uncertainty of the
Lord,Mayor of Dublin's arrival prevented a cup being
prepared for him. The roof, sides, and pillars glittered
with civic banners, for the most part finished with great
beauty and formed of the richest materials, soft silks and
glistening satins, whereon were displayed arms, devices,
and heraldic bearings, each one of which had its peculiar
history and significance; the banner of York was worked
by the Lady Mayoress, and was conspicuous to the right
of the chair. Behind the chair was placed an emble-
matical device representing Britannia in her conven-
tional attire receiving the industrial products of Europe,
Asia, Africa, and America at the base of a palm tree,
on the branches of which rested the arms of the city of
London, while the shields of York and of the most im-
portant cities and towns of the kingdom surrounded
medallion portraits of the Queen and Prince Albert,
plaeedin the centre of the decoration. At each side of the
portraits were emblematical figures of Ireland and Scot-
land, crowned by the Prince of Wales's plume, supported
by cupids holding garlands of white and red roses, and
surmounted by the Royal Arms.
In front of the principal table, on a raised dais or
platform, covered with purple cloth, was placed, in fanci-
ful and elegant arrangement, a collection cf maces, state
swords, and valuable civic insignia, belonging to the
various corporate bodies, of all sizes and forms, varying
in shape, ornaments, and design---some, indeed, almost
grotesque in their antiquity. They presented, never-
theless, a rich coup piled across in careful confu-
sion, and wreathed with flowers and rare evergreens,
through which there gleamed the bosses and incrusta-
tions of gold on the ancient maces, which had been
wielded by generations of mayors, with the velvet
sheaths and gaudy mountings of gigantic swords of state.
The splqndid honours borne by the chief magistrate of
London were no t added till the banquet had commenced;
but the ancient city of Norwich crowned the gaudy
grouping with its jewel bestudded mace—a present from
Queen Bess herself,

The Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Mr. T. Granger,
the Lord Provost of Glasgow, Mr. W. Murray, the
Mayor of Birmingham, Mr. W. M. Lacy, the Mayor of
Blackburn, Mr. J. Pilkingtor, M.P., the Mayor of
Wolverhampton. the Chief Constable of Merthyr Tyd-
vil, Mr. J. W. Russell, the Mayor of Bolton, Alderman
Cannon, the Mayor of Coventry, Mr. T. B. Troughton,
the Mayor of Carlisle, Mr. J. Steel, the Mayor of Gates-
* head, Mr. W. H. Brackett, the May or of Warrington,
Alderman Allcard, the Mayor of Doncaster, the Mayor
of Dudley, the Mayor of Swansea, Mr. D. W. Jame 3,
the Mayor of Lynn, Mr. S. Abbott, the Mayor of
Cardiff and friend, Mr. G. W. Seymour, of Yurk, and
Mr. J. S. Sladen, of Penal Bank. Manchester, the
Secretaries to the Lord Mayor of York, Mr. S. Lay-
cock, Colonel Grey, Colonel Seymour, Captain M•Clin-
took, Mr. H. S. Thompson, the Rev. D. R. Currer, the
Mayor of Liverpool. the Mayor of Wakefield and friend,
the Mayor of Bradford, Mr. Salt, Mr. R. Milligan, Mr.
W. Hurafall, the Mayor of Halifax, Mr. Ackroyd, Mr.
J. J. Stansfield, steward, the Mayor of Gravesend, Mr.
Donald M•Rae, the Mayor of Kidderminster, Mr. T.
Hulken, the Mayor of Bridgewater, Mr. R. Smith, jun.,
the May or of Newcastle-under-Lyne, Mr. J. Smith, the
Mayor of Tewkesbury, Mr. H. Brown, the Mayor of
Ripon. Mr. J. P. Robson, the Mayor of Hertford, the
Lord Mayor of London's suite, Major Tempest, Captain
W. S. Smith, W. Rand, S. Smith, Mr. 0. M'Leod, Mr.
S. Waterhouse, jun., Mr. F. Cropley, Mr. T. Baldwin,
the Chief Constable of Huddersfield, Mr. J. Brook, the
Chief Constable of Rochdale, Mr. T. B. Wood, the
Mayor of Dover, Alderman Finnis, the Mayor of
Boston and friend, the Mayor of Windsor, the Mayor
of Tamworth, the ex-Mayor of Tamworth, the Mayor
of Bridgenortb, Mr. T. Deighton, the Hon 0. Dun-
combe, the Hon. B. Lawley, Sir John Johnstone, the
High Sheriff of Yorkshire, Sir C. Tempest, General
Sir W. Warre, Mr. W. B. Denison, Mr. R. Cobden,
M.P., Mr. W. E. Milner, M.P., Mr. J. G. Smyth, Col.
Campbell, Lieutenant-Colonel Beckett, Lieutenant-
Colonel Pollard, Colonel Lloyd, Mr. Digby Wyatt, Mr.
Scott Russell, Mr. J. Paxton, Mr. E. Bowring, Mr. C.
W. Dike, Mr. J. Sheppard, Mr. J. Gott, Mr. W.
Cubitt, M.P., Mr. C. Barry, Dr. Lyon Playfair,
steward, the Mayor of Derby, Alderman Sanders, the
Mayor of Chichester, the Rev. J. V. M'Carogher, the
Mayor of St. Alban's and friend, Mr. T. Thirlwalt, Mr.
T. Boulton, Stafford, the Mayor of Riebmond, Mr. L.
Cooke, the Mayor of Maidstone, the Mayor of Welch-
pool, Mr. J. R. Hutophrys, steward, the Mayor of Be-
verley, Mr. Sandwich, the Mayor of Lichfield, Mr. D.
Green, the Mayor of Stockton-on-Tees, Mr. J. W.
Wilson, the Mayor of Carmarthen, the Mayor of Staf-
ford, the Mayor of Oswestry, Mr. Peploe Cartwright,
the Provost of Stirling, Mr. R. Balfour, steward, the
Rev. W. Dixon, the Recorder of York, the Mayor of
Hull, the Rev. W. Palmer, Mr. E. F. Collins, Mr. B.
B. Thompson, Mr. T. Price, Mr. J. Meek, Mr. W. Gray,
Mr. B. Dodsworth, the City Sheriff, the Town Clerk, Mr.
G. Leeman, steward, Mr. R. Hey, Mr. J. Seymour, the
Mayor of Southampton and friend; the Mayor of Louth,
Mr. J. Rofe, the Mayor of Carnarvon, the Provost of
Kircaldy, the Mayor of Grantham, Mr. W. Walkington,
the Mayor of Guildford, Josiah Ridpeth, the Mayor of
Manchester, Mr. T. B. Potter. the Mayor of Bristol, the
Mayor of Cork, Dr. D. Corbett, the Mayor of Belfast,
Mr. J. Stirling, the Mayor of Portsmouth, the Mayor of
Leeds and friends, the Mayor of Norwich, Mr. R. Wood-
cock, jun., the Mayor of Nottingham, Alderman Heard,
the Mayor of Preston, Mr. J. Catterall, the Provost of
Leith, Captain Thompson, the Mayor of Winchester.
Mr. C. Bailey, the Mayor of Gloucester, the Mayor of
Great Grimsby, the Mayor of Newport, Isle of Wight;
the Mayor of Newport, South Wales; the Mayor of
Salisbury, Mr. Bowser, the Mayor of Tiverton, the
Mayor of Salford, Mr. G. Langwortb, Mr. T. Critchley,
the Mayor of Sheffield, Mr. S. Nanson, the Mayor of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Mayoi of Leicester, Mr. T.
Nunnelly, the Mayor of Bath, Mr. T. Wintle, the Mayor
of Devonport, the Rev. J. Barnes, the Mayor of Stock-
port, Mr. E. Marsland, the Mayor of Wigan, Mr. Eck-
ersley, the Mayor of Cambridge. Mr. C. F. Foster, the
Mayor of Yarmouth, Mr. A. Gourlay, the Mayor of
Bury St. Enmund's, Mr. J. H. Holmes, the Mayor of
Rochester, the Constable of Margate and friend, the
Mayor of Ram gate, Mr. G. Burgess, the Mayor of
Newark, Mr. G. Gilstrap, Mr. ex-Sheriff Nicoll, &c.
The following was the
BILL OF FARE.

Trente Deux Porages—Quure potages a It Victoria,
queue id. It Prince of Wales, huit id. a la tortue
transparence, seize id. a la moderne.

Trente Deux Yoissons—Huit turbots a la Mszarin,
buit truitos saumones a Ia marinii3re, Ind: filets do mer-
lons >i la c;ame, buit crimp cod aux bui'res.
Trento Deux Releves—Six chapona a Ia Nelson, six
saddle-back de mouton Gullois, quatre aioyoux de tceuf
au rairott, six haunches do renaison, six cuatiers
d'agneau de msison a la, Sevigni.l, quatre dindonneaux en
diadetne.

Trente I)eux Flanes—Huit jambons a la York, huit
poulardes a la. Rasse, huh tinaballes de riz a la Royale,
huit pat chiud ala VesphaliFine.

Qiiarante Huit EutrC,—Huit sautes de faisans au
fume de gibier aux truffes, huit de cotelettes do mouton
a la Vicorntesse, huit de blancs de volaille ala York
Minster, huit de riz de veau a la Palestine, huit de ris-
solettes de volaille a la Pompadour, huit de salmi de
gibier a la chasseur.

SECOND COURSE.
Quarante Intis—Huit de perdreaux aux feuilles de
Med, huit de faisans tart ei au Cresson. six de cane-
tons au jus d'oranges, six de grouses a l'Ecossaise, six
do levreaux au jus de groseilles, six de ke3asses et be.
cassines au jus.
Cent Entremets Dix chartreuses de 1 ashes, dix
go his de fraises Frarcase3 a la Fontainebleau, dix ea-
lades de grouses a la Soyer, dix galantines aspiques
la Voliere, dix petits Macedoines de fruit cristalise, dix
mirontons de homard aux olives, dix crevettes au vin de
Champagne, dix gateaux cremant it la Duke of York,
dix ere Les traneparentes au Kirchenwaser, dix tar-
tlettes pralit 6; aux cerises de Montmorency.
Vint Releves—Dix paniers de fruits glaces a la Lady
Mayoress, dix jambons en surprise a l'ananas.
SiSi'a Table—Vegetab'es, cé 6:i I la creme, choux
f1211r9 au beurre, haricots vent, seakale, choux de
Bruxelles.

Grand dessert floreal a la Watteau.
EXTRA DISHES ON THE ROYAL TABLE.

Les rougets a l'ltalienne blanche, le John Dory a la
mariniere, l'extravagance culinaire a la alderman, le
volauvent a la Tally rand, le peon a l'ancienna Rome
garci des ortolanF, les guillemb•s des Ardennes, la ci eiae
de la Grand Bretagne A la Victoria, la c, erne ae la
Grand Br, tagna :1 la Albert, les rec titles aux huitres
gratinees a l'Osteud, la hum do sanglier a l'Allemande
en surprise, _ _ _

Desert floreal ala Watteau. Raisins de Fontaine-
bleau, fraises des boil Frat cais, fishes de Montreuil,
atm" raisins Muscat, melons, bananas, cowpote Ce
Chaurnonfelle.

Poirea a is Duchesse d'Angouleme.

After grace had been pronounced at the close as at
the beginning of the banquet by the Rev. Canon Trevor,
" the loving cup" was passed round, af,er the usual
greeting delivered in the name of the Lord Mayor to all
his guests, in the usual civic fashion, by Mr. Harker,
the London toastmaster, and a flourish of trumpets. The
less said about the singing the better.
The CHAIRMAN—May it please your Royal Highness,
my Lord Mayor, my lords, and gentlemen,. the first
toast which, as chairman of this large and important
assemblage, it is my duty as well as my privilege to
propose to you, is one which will bo anticipated by all
who hear me.—(Loud cheers.) The first thought which
naturally springs from the inmost recesses of a Briton's
heart on these festive occasions, when warmed with so-
cial intercourse and genial cheer, we naturally turn our
thoughts to all that are nearest and dearest to us, is a
cordial and heartfelt aspiration for the health and hap-
piness of that beloved Sovereign under whose mild and
benignant sway those comforts and blessings are con-
tinued to us. The days of chivalry, as it was remarked
by an eminent departed statesmen, are indeed gone by,
when a thousand swords would have leaped from their
scabbards to avenge the slightest injury or insult offered
to a Queen, but there are yet thousands and tens of
thousands of honest hearts and hands on Britain's soil—
ayel and amongst those whose hands are better used to
spade, to plough, to shuttle, and to loom than to war-
riors' steel, who would to the best of their ability and
power rally round the person and the throne of Queen
Victoria.—(Loud cheers.) I shall therefore conclude by
giving—" The health of our gracious Queen, and long
may she reign over us."—(Tremendous and continued
cheering and applause.)
As soon as the cheering bad subsided,
The CHAIRMAN again rose and said,—ln the presence
of the august personage who has this day honoured us
with his company, I feel considerable difficulty in saying
all which my feflings would prompt me to; but I trust
I carry the feelings of all this large assembly along with
me when I say that the claims of his Royal Ilighn?ss to
the gratitude and affection of the people of this his
adopted country from the first of his appearance amongst
us are founded on this pure and worthy idea, and is that,
whilst carefully abstaining from interfering in the poli-
tical contests of the day, he has never shrunk from
coming forward as befits his high station, his distin-
guished character, and his eminent abilities in the pro-
motion of any scheme which has for its object the fur-
therance of the social, the agricultural, or the commer-
cial interests of the country.—(Loud cheers.) In the
language of the Romans of old, it might well be said of
his Royal Highness—Cwsorem posies et fel-tunas suns—
" You carry the hopes and fortunes of Britain with
you."—(Cheers.) I believe I express the feelings of
'his meeting and of the country when I say that since
he first appearance of his Royal Highness among us
.e has entitled himself in every place to she gra-
itude, as ho has endeared himself to the aff-ettons
of the people .of this country.—(Loud cheers.) His
claims are founded on this sure and certain
i
basis, that while wisely abstaining from mixing in

sensible cf your kindness in proposing my
health, and I beg you, gentlemen, to believe that I feel
very deeply your demonstrations of goodwill and cor-
diality towards myseh. I assure you that I fully reci-
procate these sentiments, cud that it has given me sin-
cere pleasure to meet you, the representatives of all the
important towns of the kingdom, again assembled at a
festive board, in token of the unity and harmony of
feeling which prevails amongst those whom you reere-
sent, and on %%tech, I am persuaded, the latippiaess
arid well-being of the country so materially depends.—
(Lew' cheers.) It was an idea honourable at once to
s
the liberality and the discernment f the Lord Mayor
opfitaLboiendrtotnof,tob,ifonrveiteye eu-oustatrotead ine theie i
e m bunder his hos-
un-
dertaking upon which you were going to enter—
(Cheers)—when, according to ancient custom, the
loving cup went round, it was a pledge you gave each
other, that, whatever the rivalries of your different
localities might be, you would iu the approaching con-
test all act and appear as one, repieseetieg your
country at the gathering of the products of the nations
of the earth.—(Loud cheers.) I see, by your anxiety to
return, before your terms ot office shall have expired,
the compliment which Linden has pard you, that you
personally appreciate to its full extent the intention of
its chief magistrate, and you could not have selected a
better place for your meeting than this venerable city,
which is so much connected with the recollections and
the history of the empire, and is now prominent in the
centre of a district in which a high state of agriculture
is blended with the most extensive production of maim-
factures.—(Loud and continued cheering.) But 1 see
likewise, in your anxiety to meet us, her Majesty's
Commissioners, again, a proof of your earnest and con-
tinued zeal in the cause of the approaching exhibition
it could not be by the impetus of a momentary
enthusiasm, but only by a steady perseverance and sus-
tained efforts, that you could hope to carry
out your great undertaking, and insure for your-
selves and the nation an honourable position in
the comparison which you have invited.—(Cheers.) If
to cheer you on in your labours, by no means termi-
nated, you should require an assurance that that spirit
of activity and perseverance is abroad in the country, I
can give you that assurance, on the ground of the infor-
mation which reaches us frcm all quarters, and I can
add to it our personal conviction, that the works in pre-
paration will be such as to dispel any apprehension for
the position which British industry will maintain.—
(Loud applause.) From abroad also all accounes
which we receive lead us to expect that the works to be
sent will be numerous and of a superior character.
Although we perceive in some countries an apprehen-
sion that the advantages to be derived from the exhibi-
tion will be mainly reaped by England, and a consequent
distrust in the effects of our scheme upon their own inte-
rests, we must, at the same time, freely and gratefully
acknowledge that our invitation has been received by all
nations with whom communication was possible in that
spirit if liberality and friendship in which it was ten-
dered, and that they are making great exertions and in-
curring great expenses in order to meet our plans.—
(Cheers.) Of our own doings at the Commission I should
have prefered to remain silent; but I cannot let this op-
portunity pass without telling you how much benefit we
have derived in our difficult tabours from your uninter-
rupted confidence in the intentions, at least, which guided
our decisions; and that there has been no difference of
opinion, on any one subject, between us and the local
committees, which has nor, upon personal consultation,
and after open explanation and discussion, vanished and
given way to agreement and identity of purpose.—(Hear,
near, and cheers.) (His Royal Highness, after a short
pause, proceeded with evident emotion.) There is but
one alloy to my feelines of satisfaction and pleasure in
seeing you here assembled again; and that is the painful
remembrance that one is missing from amongst us who
felt so warm an interest in our scheme, end took so
active a part in promoting its success; the last act of
whose public life was attending at the Royal Commis-
sion; the admiration for whose talents and character,
and the gratitude for whose devotion to the Queen,
and private friendship towards myself, I feel a con-
solation in. having this public opportunity to express.—
(Sensation and low murmurs of approbation.) Only et
our last meeting we were still admiring his eloquence,
and the earnestness with which he appealed to you to
uphold, by your exertions and personal sacrifices, what
was to him the highest object—the honour of his coun-
try.—(Hear, hear.) He met you the following day, to-
gether with other commissioners, to confer with you
upon the details of our undertaking, and you must have
been struck, as everybody has been who has had the be-
nefit of his advice upon practical points, with the atten-
tion, care, and sagacity with which he treated the mi-
nutest details (Cheers) proving that, to a great
mind nothing is little—(Cheers)—from the knowledge
that, in ;the moral and intellectual, as iu the physical
world, the smallest point is only a link in that great
chain, and holds its appointed place in that great whole
which is governed by the Divine wisdom.—(Loud cheers
and applause.) The constitution of Sir Robert Peers
mind was peculiarly that of a statesman, and of an
English statestnae.—(Cheers.) He was liberal from
leeling, but conservative upon principle.—(Continerd
cheers.) Whilst his impulse drove him to foster pro-
gress, his sagacious mind and great experience showed
him how easily the whole machinery of a state and of
society is deranged, and how important, but how difficult,
also, it is to direct its farther development in accordance
with its fundam,•ittal principles, like organic growth in
nature.—(Loud cheers.) It was also peculiar to him
that, in great things, as in small, all the difficult:es and
objections occurred to him first. He would anxiously
consider them, pause, and warn against rash resolutions;
but having convinced himself, atter long and careful
investigation, that a step was not only right to be taken,
but of the practical mode also of safely taking it, it be-
came to him a necessity and a duty to take it.—(Cheers.)
All his caution and apparent timidity changed into
coursge and poser of action, and, at the same time,
readiness to make any personal sacrifice which its exe-
cution might demand.—(Applause.) Gentlemen, if he
has had so great an influence over this country, it was from
the nation recogn'zieg in his qualities the true type of One
English character, which is essentially practical. Warmly
attached to his institutions, and revering the bequest
left to him by the industry, wisdom, and piety of his
forefathers, the Englishman attaches little value to any
theoretical scheme.—(Cheers.) It will attract his at-
tention only after having been f r some time placed be-
fore him; it must have been thoroughly investigated and
discussed before he will entertain ir. Should it be an
empty theory it will fall to the ground during this time
of probation. Should it survive this trial it will be on
account of the practical qualities contained in it; but its
adoption in the end will entirely depend upon its har-
monizing with the national feeling, the historic develop-
ment of the country, and tee peculiar nature of her in-
stitutions.—(Loud cheers.) I: is owing to these national
qualities that this favoured land, whilst constantly pro-
gressing, has still preserved the integrity of her Consti-
tution from the earliest times, and has been protected
from wild schemes, whose chief charm lies in their no-
velty, whilst around us we have seen, unfortunately, whole
nations distractee, and the very fabric of society endan-
gered trom the levity with which the result of the ete-
perience of generations, the growth of ages, has been
thrown away to give place to temporarily favourite
ideas.—(Cheers.) Taking this view of the character of
our country, I was pleased when I saw the plan of the
Exhibitiou of ISSI undergo its ordeal of doubt, discus-
sion, and even opposition; and I hope that I may now
gather from the energy and earnestness with which its
execution is pursued, teat the nation is convinced that
it accords with its interests and the position which Eng •
land has taken in the world.—(His Royal Highness re-
sumed his seat amid a vei.ement burst ot applause,
which was repeated again and again with the greatest
fervour.)
The Lord Mayor of YORK, in giving " The health of
the Archbishop and Clergy," said,—ln an assembly like
the present. comprising no doubt men of different poll-.
thrill as well as religious cmcds, I do not call upon you
to join in the toast -I
am now about to propose as bind-
ing your full concurrence in every particle of that sys-
tem of religion which I firmly believe to be the best
calculated under all circumstances to promote eta°
growth and permanency of religion in the country; but
I call upon you to unite in wishing the health of a
body of men who, as a part, at least, of that great
social fabric which has hitherto withstood the
storms and tempests which have convulsed other coun-
tries—(ber, hear)—have on. the whole fulfilled the
duties of their several stations most exemplarily and sa-
tisfactorily.—(llear, hear.) His Grace the Archbishop,
who honours us with his presence, will forgive me saying
that his unwearying kindness, his unceasing endeavours
to promote peace and goodwill among his pastoral
charge, and his earnest desire to spread far and wide
sound knowledge and education throughout his extended
diocese, demand our warmest acknowledgments.
The Archbishop of YORK rose to return thanks—My
Lord Mayor, my Lords, and Gentlemen, it would be un-
pardonable in me to occupy the time of this important
and brilliant meeting further than, in the name of the
clergy of the diocese of York and in my own name, to
thank you for the kind notice you have been pleased to
take of us. As to the magnificent project connected
with this day's assemblage, I—speaking as an individual
—regard it as likely to promote that peace and har-
mony among ourselves, and that good understanding
among the different nations of the earth, which
it is the bounden duty of clergymen to preach and
to encourage, and I therefore hope that it may
have the greatest success that its illustrious pro-
jector can possibly desire.—(Cheers.) As to my
brethren in the Chuich, many of whom I have the hap-
piness to see present, I have no doubt that all of those
who occasionally visit the metropolis for purposes of
pleasure or of business 3 ear by year will on the ensuing
weetiis be found wending tilde way to the capital, to
see with their own eyes ttio wonders which the Exhibi-
tion ot 1551 promises to bring forth. In conclusion, I h
can only bay I thank you for the honour you have

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The Lord Mayor of YORK Rare " The Army and
Navy," mid saki—l trust, ft, ntlem,,n, that thirty years
of on',mparative peace arid trarquiflity have not oblite-
rated from our ma:norms the tervices of those gallant
re,!ti who hate upheld tte gloriuus standard of old
England—(Cheers)—which hs
" Braved a thousand years

The battle and the breeze."
—(Rcrewed cheers.) While w•e indulge tbe fervent
hope that their active services mzy not again be speedily
required, yPt ever and anon the rumbling of the distant
thunder, and the flashing of the lightning through the
yet far distant cloud, warns us to consider that the tern.
pest, of which a few scattered drops occasionally hate

visited us, may yet again break over our heath, and
that the best preparation for a continuance of peace is.
the ability to resist unjust aggression .—(Loud cries of
t• Hear, hear.") Whatever occasion meet arise I fear
not—l doubt not—that the army and navy of England
will always be found ready to maintain the honour
and interests of that country in every clime and cir-
cumetance.—(Loud cheers.)
Captain CAMPBELL briefly retuned thanks for the
army and navy.
The Lord Mayor of YORK then rose to propose " The
Health of the Lord Mayor of London." He said—
SOME) centuries have elapsed since the Lords Presidents
of the North held their court in the now mouldering
halls which adjoin the ruins of St. Mary's Abbey; and
with the exception of some, slight reminiscences in an
adjoining chamber of the reception which was prepared
for " Bonnie Prince Charlie," I .have searched in vain
the records of our city for traces of a visit so interest-
ing as we are favoured with to-day.—(Cheers.) The
Chief Megistrana of the first comwercial city in the
world visits the ancient metropolis of the north—
(Cheete)—end although we can only give his Lordship
•• a country cousin's welcome," that welcome is heartily
and cordially proffered.— (Great eheering.) His civic
sun is about to set, sod though it is too often the re-
proach of human nature taut we worship only the
rising of the meridian sun, we are happy on this occa-
sion to welcome the departing " orb of day "—(hear,
hear)—and take this opportunity of uttering a cordial
acknowledgment of his munificent hospitality, and
anxious desire to fulfil every duty of his high and im-
p:o-tant office.
The toast was received with very great cheering in
all parts of the hall.
The Lord Mayor of LONDON said,—l cannot but feel
much flattered by the very kind manner in which you
have proposed my name to the present assembly; and
allow me to take this opportunity of thanking you for
those coati/ and magnificent preparations which were
made for my reception in York, and the cordial welcome
hich has been insured to me from your fellow-citizens.
May it please your Royal Highness, my Lords, and gen-
tlemen, I assure you that when I had the honour of en-
taining, in March last, your Royal Highness and the
chief municipal officers of the kingdom in the city of
London, I had no idea of receiving so immediate a re-
ward. I proposed that gathering of municipal authori-
ties to meet your Royal Highness principally from the
firm conviction that such a meeting, under the auspices
of the chief magistrate of the city of London, would do
much to forward the grand scheme which your Royal
Hizhne,s originated—the great Exhibition of the In-
dustry of all Nations in 1851. In entertaining your Royal
Highness under those circumstances, I was glad to avail
myself of an opportunity thus afforded me of manifest-
ing, on behalf of the city of London, our warm attach-
ment to the throne, and also showing the usefulness of
our vcnerab!e municipal institutions. The high respect
raid this day to the office which I hold, and your kind-
ness to me personally, would amply repay me, if such
were sought for, but I shall hale a fuller satisfaction it I
feel that I have aided in the least that design which is
calculated to benefit so greatly my fellow-citizens, our
ciutery, and the world.—(Loud cheers.)
The Lord Mayor of Yonx next rose to propose, "The
Health of Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Minis.-
tors," and said,—My Lords and Gentlemen—Were we
passengers on board some noble ship, traversing the
wide Atlantic, whilst the breezes blew and the billows
swelled around us whilst the stately masts strained
and quivered in the gale—whilst here and there
the ligntning's flash showed some mighty hull dismasted
and rolling rudderless upon the waste of waters, we
should at least w hen the gale abated, and we were sail-
ieg in comparatively smooth waters—(Hear, hear)—
be thaekful to the captain and the crew who had kept
the dock during the storm,-and done their best to pilot
the ;hip through—(Cheers)—though we might differ
about a point or two in her coarse, or think it would have
;seen better to take in or let out a reef or two more in
ter sails.—(Hear.) I propose now to give you "tt e
health of Lard John Russell and her Majesty's Minis-
term "---(Cheert)—of torn who have done their beat to
fulfil their arduous and important duties—(Hear, hear)
—and I am sure have the good of their country at
heart, whatever diff-rence of sip'nion may exist as to
the best mode of effecting it.—(Renewed cheers.)
Lord JOHN RUSSELL, On rising to return thanks for
the toast of " Her M-ejesty'a 'Ministers," was very
loudly cheered. His Lordship said—l rise for the pur-
pose of returning the most grateful thanks of her Ma-
jesty's Ministers for the honour which you have dune
ten in drinking their heelthe. I certainly will not en ter
(it would be the worst taste if I were to do so) into any
political topic upon this occasion; and I am happy to
think that if the conduct of her Majesty's Ministers is
attecked, we have two Yorkshiremen in the Cabinet who
aid be ready to defend it in this cooaty.—(A. laugh.)
The citizens cf London have been apt to think that, in
point of civic hospitality, our Lord Mayor is above all
other corporations, but I must own that you have this
day given us reason to apprehend rivalre, and I think
the future Lord Mayors of London must look to their
laurels that we may not lose our reputation for hospita-
lity and munificence.—(Cheers.) I feel that, on this
occasion, we havO to consider what hopes we have of
the success of the Exhibition of 1851, and I cannot but
think that it is of good augury for that exhibition that
so many of the chief magistrates of the cities and towns of
this kingdom should have invited his Royal H.tghness
and the Lord Mayor of London here, on purpose to
express their wishes that the exhibition may succeed
and prosper—(Cheers)—because I cannot forget that
the chief magistrates of our municipal towns and cor-
porations are not like those in some other countries, the
ore cures of the Executive Government, but that they
c-,D30 from the popular wilt.—(Hear, hear.) They are
the chosen of popular election—(Hear)—and chosen be-
e :me they are believed to have the capacity, along with
the councils which are associated with them, of pre-
serving the Reece, of providing for the security, and of
felting care of the health of the cities and towns in-
trusted
to their charge,—(Hear, hear.) I a iy, there-
fore, that the mayors and chief municipal magis-
trates of this kingdom represent not merely their own
views, but represent one of the most valuable parts of
the institutions of this country; that, like those below
them and those above them—like the vestry of the
smallest parish, and like the Commons' House of Par-
liament—they derive their strength and their force from
tliex origin in the popular will, and the enjoyment of
popular c mfidence.—(hear.) And now, my Lords and
gentlemen, let ma say that I partake with those who
have spoken in hopes of the brightest kind for the ex-
hibition of next year. Ido so because I think that
there are not direct, but many colateral, benefits
which are likely to arise from this project—(Hear,
hear)—and let us consider that we are now
asset to try what can be effected by the arta
of peace. Tnirty-five years ago the nations of Europe
were emerging from a dreadful, a costly, and a sangui-
nary war, in the course of which war the va-
rious nations or Europe exhibited—let it be
confessed—let it ever be gloried in—exhibited
all the virtues which are required in war—
courage and hardihood in enterprise, fortitude in
enduring euhaiission for the sake cf their independence
to the greatest end most painful sacrifice. They did all
Ohs beenuse, whether wisely or unwisely entered upon,
n.,ttonal indept,taderL:e tea's the ohject—a prise for which
ev..rf effor:, should bt, tuade.—(llear.) If the nations of
Ehr,,pe then exhibited, we may say, with scarcely an
excei;tion, tee virtar:s which b...tortg to war, I think that
at% or so many year: of peace it is now for us to show
tract there are advantages which can be gained from
peace—(Near)—that there are virtues which belong to
peale.—(bear, hear.) I trust in the exhibition of next
y ,ar we shall show taw.; We con promote the comforts,
that we can enitirge the knowledge, that we can
strengthen the kindly affections of mankind towards each
other—(.lear, hear)—and thus produce effects which,
great as those virtues were which were shown in war,
will Le far more profitable to the world in general, and
m ire consosiant with those lessons which we learn from
religion and from morals. I trust, therefore, we shall allow
not only that peace has her victories as well as
war, but that those victories, while they have as bright,
have a far purer glory than any that can be attained by
combat and destruction of human life.—(Cheers.) I
think if we see that result, not only this country, but
the rations of the world will have reason to be grate-
ful to that Prince who formed this project, who has
persevered in it against tall opposition—(Hear, hear)—
who is about to reap the reward of his exertions
(Cheers)—attended with no benefit but much labour to
hiinself—(Hear, hear)—but undertaken with views of
benevolence and love for the interests of mankind.
Earl FITZWILLIAM, iii giving the toast of the "Royal
Commissioners and the Exhibition of 1851," expressed
his delight in believing that the Prince was not merely
the ostensible patron, but the real author of this great
scheme.—(Cheers.) 'The Noble Earl observed that he
looked upon this scheme as likely to turn the thoughts,
not of this country only, but of all nations, to an eme)a-
lation by which humanity was to be improved and ad-
vanced —(Hear, hear) to adopt the description of
the poet-- In this small seminal principle there was an
enfolded latitude of bough, under the shade of which,
when expanded, might repose the industry of nations
yet unborn."—(Hear,) He would add that the great
variety in the weights and measures and coias of civi-
lized nations was an inconvenience worthy the serious
consideration of all engaged in advancing this great
scheme; and though it had been most wisely determined
not to give prizes for the articles exhibited on this great
occasion, he could have wished there had been one ex-
ci.prinn, and that a prize were offered for the best essay
on this subject.—(Hear.)
Earl GRANTILLE, in acknowledging the toast, ex-
pressed his satisfaction that it had been proposed by one
who gave proof that he did not merely wish to
empty compliment, but had well reflected uponthe pay
YgoOdn
results which might flow from this and succeeding e
hibitions. Earl Granville added—l may, perhans,t;
allowed to add that, from having been lately in Bel-
gium and Germany, I can testify to the very general
interest and feeling shown in those countries upon the
subject.—(Hear, hear.) I found it a general subject
of conversation among all classes, and nothing was
shown but a feeling of goodwill and hope of its
success.--(Hear.) I happened accidentally to say to a
gentleman talking upon the subject that some anxiety
was naturally felt as to the perfect success of the under-
taking, owing to our comparative inexperience compared
with foreign nations of exhibitions on a scale of this
sort. His answer was that there could not be a doubt
that the practical genius of Englishmen would carry
snele an undertaking to a successful issue.—(flear, hear.)
I think we must feel that this confidence, not only shown
by an accidental speech, but the anxiety of all mar.ufac-
. terers of Europe to exhibit—the demands from foreign
nations thr greater space than the Commissioners are
stile to allot— eo throw a very heavy responsibility upon
,r all ttr se .ho have co-operated to carry on this under-
• ing.--(llear, bear.) The Royal Commissioners, ani-
the example of his troy al Highness and the
Te, ;:hhgai suppert given to them in the country, h v
e t
vrlelrzu,., te tha.t respensibility.—(Hcar, }:ear.)'aTlane°y
dtfli:ulties; they hays bets) financial •
ties
r (ble'!'u 1 ;at . one moment they were eery nearly We.
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