The Sun.
London, England, 1826-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

THE CIVIC FEAST. .
Guildhall and the old Court of King's Bench were
crowded with company lot* before five o'clock. The
number of persons invited absolutely exceeded the teem-
modation.whickthe spacious hall and the. adjoining apart-
ments afforded; and we observed several unfortunate
ivights, who could not obtain seats, eyeing in much des-
pair, the enviable. Situations which had been obtained by
those gentlemen and ladies who had appeared early, on the
scene.

At half-past six the Lord Mayor entered the hall in
grand procession, followed by the late Mayor, and a num-
ber of persons of distinction. Amongst them we observed
the Earl of Liverpool, Mr. Canning, Mr. Peel, Mr. Hus-
kisson, Prince Polignac (the French Ambassador), Lord
Chief Justice Best, Mr. Justice Gaselee, Mr. Justice
Holroyd, Chief Baron Alexander, Mr. Baron Hullocic, the
Master of the Rolls, Lord Mountcharles, Sir G. Cock-
burn, Sir B. Martin, &c.

The dinner (of which we cannot speak in very laudatory
terms, nor vet of the wines, some of which, particularly the
hock and a species of champagne, that savoured strongly
of home-manufacture, .were exceedingly bad) having been
despatched with all due diligence,
The healthy of the King, the Duke of York and the
Army, and the Duke of Clarence and the Navy, were pro-
posed and drank with the accustomed honours.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed, with three times
three, the " Health of the late Lord Mayor, wishing him
every happiness and comfort in his retirement."
The late LORD MAYOR, in returning thanks, declared
that he had, to the utmost of his power, while in office,
watched over the tranquillity of and prosperity of the City i
•
of London.

The .Loup MAYOR next gave " the health of Prince
Polignac, the Ambassador of his Majesty, the King of
France; trusting that the amity. which at present existed
between the two Kingdoms might continue unbroken."
(Cheers.)
Prince POLIGNAC expressed the , deep sense he enter-
tained of the honour which had just been conferred upon
him. His Court, he could assure those whom he now ad-
dressed, was actuated by the best feeling towards this
country. For hiMself he felt proud to be entertained by
the chief men of this ancient and wealthy city ; and• he
heartily wished that its trade and commerce might con-
tinue to flourish with unabated prosperity.—(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR, after a short prefatorroulogium,
proposed the health of the Earl of Liverpool, with three
time js three, which was loudly cheered.
The Earl of LIVERPOOL returned thanks. He felt most
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given, and the flattering way in which it Wad teen received.
In the discharge of his public duty, he could not be insen-
sible to the good opinion of any respectable class of his
fellow-citizens, but he must feel, most particularly, so
ardent a mark of approbation, coming, as it did, from a
body which represented the metropolis of this kingdom.—
(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed, with three times three,
the health of the Right Hon.. George Canning, on whose
eloquence and general talents he pronounced a warm eulo-
gium.—(Much applause.)
Mr. CANNING, in returning thanks, adverted to the pe-
riod when all Europe was engaged in a war of more than
ordinary magnitude. That time had gone by, and the
labour. of those who held high and official situations were,
in consequence, considerably lessened. Those labours
were , now comparatively light and trivial; and as they
were directed towards the cultivation of peace, and the
diffusion of arts and commerce throughout the world, they
carried with their success reflections of the most gratifying.
nature. They had this day heard, in their own language,
uttered by an illustrious foreigner, what were the senti-
ments entertained towards Great Britain, by that country,
with which, for twenty years, they had struggled (as we
understood the Right Hen. Gentleman) for the mastery
of the world. Those sentiments, he was happy to say,
were of the most conciliatory description ; and he was
sure it would be most satisfactory to the assembly, when
he declared, that the feelings which had been this
day expressed on the part of France, would have
been re-echoed, with delight, had the representatives of
the other European Courts been present.—(Cheers.)—
Successfully to cultivate the continuance of the peace and
tranquillity which now happily prevailed, would afford a
sufficient reward for all the labours to which, a public
man, he must necessarily be exposed.—(Cheers.)
The Loup MAYOR then proposed the health of the
Right Hon. Robert Peel, to whose courteous conduct, and
persevering exertions, in his situation of Secretary of State
for the Home Department, he could bear, from experience,
the most decisive testimony ; as, in his situation of She-
riff, he was frequently obliged to hold communication with
the Right Honourable Gentleman on subjects- of consi-
derable unportance.—(Prank with three times three, and
great applause.)
Mr. PEEL returned thanki. The public approbation
which his conduct had this day received was peculiarly
valuable, because the situation which he had the honour
to hold placed him in constant communication with the
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proceedings. He must say that those coin-
munications afforded him the most unmixed satisfaction. 1
He could truly assert, that during the period of five years
in which he held his present situation as Secretary of
State for the Home Department, there had not, for one
moment, been an interruption of the cordial understand-
ing which subsisted between him and the authorities of
the city of London. and which was so essential to the
good government of the city.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed, with three timer(
three, the health of the Right lion. W. Huskisson.—
(Much applause.)
livautsso:v returned thanks. if the manner"
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which he had hitherto discharged his duties merited their
approbation, that approbation constituted his reward, and
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returned thanks.
The MASTER of the Rou.s, on his health being drunk,
with much applause, said, that lle knew hunsel -f too well