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

The EXHIBITION of ALL NATIONS.

GRAND BANQUET AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Lord
Mayor with his company at dinner laA night, to meet a
very large and distinguished party of the friends and
promoters of the great Exhibition of the Works of In-
duftry of all Nations to be held in 1851. The chief
Officers of Siete, leading Members of both Houses of
Parliament, 11 ,yal Consinissioners fur the promotion of
the Exhibition, the principal members of the Corpora-
tion of London, the masters of the great City companies,
several large contributors to the fund for the Exhibition,
and other gentlemen of eminence, accepted the Lord
Mayor's invitation, and were among the company at the
Mansion-house; and—which formed a distinctive pecu-
liarity cf the occasion—nearly all the mayors or other
chief muuicipal officers of the corporate towns of the
Unite I Kingdom were also assembled, 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 citizen. Such an 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 Ci,ty. 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 mostiy in official costume, or Court dress or uni-
form. The Foreign Ministers attended in unusual num-
ber. Prince Albert drove up at a quarter• past six
o'clock, and was received in state ee the grand entrance
by the Lord Mayor, with the sword and mace, and his
chaplain; Colonel Fitzroy, of the Artillery Company,
was also in attendance, and the corridor (which was
tastefully decorated with shrubs) was lined by eighty of
the troop under his command. His Royal Highness,
who wore the dress of an Elder Brother of the
Trinity-house, 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
to the Prince. Among those present wore:—
The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne, the Mayor of
Bath, the Mayor of Bedford, the Mayor of Barnstaple,
the Mayor of Birmingham. the Returning Officer of
Blackburn, the Mayor of Bridgwater, the Mayor of
nßolton,the
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d the Mayor of Bothnia,, the Mayor of Bridg-
the Chief Constable 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 Sc. 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-
then, the High Bailiff of Cheltenham, the Mayor of
Chichester, the Mayor of Colchester, the Mayor of Co-
ventry, the Deputy-Bailiff of Darlington, the Mayor of
Dartmouth, the Mayor of Denbigh, the Mayor of Derby,
the May or of Devizes, the Mayor of Doncaster, the
Mayor of Dover, the Mayor of Dudley, the Mayor of
Exeter, the Mayor of Gateshead, the Mayor of Glouces •
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 Ho-
piton, 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 May or of Kidderminster, the Mayor of Laun-
ceston, the Chairman of Commissioners, Leamington,
tee Mayor of Leeds, the 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 Newcaitles-04-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 c f Peertsnee, 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 Consteble of
Rochdale, the Mayor of Richmond, the Mayor of Ro-
cheeer, the May or of Rye, the Mayor of Se Albans,
the Mayor of Salford, the Mayor of Salisbury, the
Mayor of Sheffield, the Mayor of Southampton, the
Mayor of Stafford, the Mayor of Stamford, the Mayor of
Stockport, the Mayor et Stockton-upon-Tees, the Chief
Bailiff uf Stoke-upon-Trent, the Returning Offle,r of
Stroud, the Mayor of Swansea, the Aiayor c Tatovvortb,
the Mayor of Tivett)n, the Mayor of Tewkesbury. the
Mayor of Wakefield, the Mayor of Wuhan, the Mayor
of Warrington, the May or of Welshpool, the Mayor of
Weymou th, the Mayor of Wigan, the Mayor of Winches-
ter, the Mayor of Windsor, the Mayor of Wisbeecb, the
Mayor if 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 of Kirkaldy, 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 cf 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.
TILE FOREIGN MINISTERS AND BEPRESENTATITEL
—The French Ambassador, the Bavarian Minister, the
Beunos 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 Charge d'Affaires, the Sardinian Charge
d'Affaires, the Belgian Consul,
Free Towns' Consul, the Russian Consul, and the Hes-
sian Consul. the French Consul, the
THE COMMISSIONERS.—Earl Granville, Lord Stanley,
Lord J. Russell, M.P., Sir It. Peel,
M.P., Mr H. 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. Peache, Mr. A. K. Barclay Mr. IC Cotton, Sir J.
W. Lubbock, Mr. S. M. Pete, M.P., Baron Lionel de
Rothschild, M.P. Mr. P. Le Neve Foster, Mr. J.
.
Payne, Mr. T. Winkworth, Mr. H. Cole, Mr. C. W.
Dilke, Mr. G. Drew, Mr. F. Fuller, Mr. It. Stephenson,
M.P., Mr. M. D. Wyatt, and Mr. Scott Russell.
THE ALDERMEN.--Mr. Alderman Ferebrother, Mr.
Alderman Copeland, M.P.,
Mr. Alderman Wilson, Sir
Chapman Marshall, Mr. Alderman Humphery, M.P.,
Sir W. Maguey, Sir G. Cerro', Mr. Alderman Hooper,
S:r 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 •
lard, Mr. Chamberlain, and the Town-Clerk. si
THE MASTERS OF COMPANIES.—The Master of 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' Com-
pany, and the Master of the Clothworkers' Company.
CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.—
Mr. James Bailey, City Lands; Mr. James Low, Bridge-
house • Mr. Deputy Peacock, Commissioners of Sewers;
Mr. Shaw, Navigation • Mr. T. White. Coal, Corn,
and Finance; Mr. J. T. dans, General Purposes; Mr.
T. Rowley, Markets; Mr. J. Blades, Library; Mr. De-
puty Hale, City of London School; Mr. 11. Brown, Offi-
pers and Clerks ; Mr. T. IL Hall, Improvement • Mr.
Deputy Harrison, Freedom ; Mr. R. Taylor,
Secondaries; Mr. F. Feriae, 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. 11. Polly, 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. Delane,
Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. Clifr, .Mr. G. Whiting, and the
Rev. C. Marshall, of Sydenhann 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-ball, where the banquet
had been prepared. This magnificent apartment had
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.,med fitted up for a hall of con-
ference for the representatives of every industrial de-
partment. The products and manufactures of every part
of the kingdom were symbolised by means of paintings
upon shields affixed to the colamns, and by small gutty
percha models, and in some instances by stuffed anim ds,
the whole beiag 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 goat's held, and its minerals
were not overlooked. The English counties were
distinguished by representations of the articles