The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-26 00:00:00

line of her Majesty's progress to open the new Royal
Exchange, on Monday, the 28th inst.
" By order of the Paving Committee,
" A. BURSTALL, Surveyor."

POST-OFFICE REGULATION FOR MONDAY

NEXT.

The following notice was issued last evening by com-
mand of her Majesty's Postmaster-General :—" General
Post-office, October 25, 1844.—Notice to the public.—
The several departments of the General Post-office, in
St. Martin's-le-Grand, except the inland and foreign,
the ship letter, and the London district Post-offices, will
be closed for business after twelve o'clock at noon on
Monday next, the 28th inst., on the occasion of her Ma-
jesty's visit to the City, to open the Royal Exchange.
The offices, above excepted, will remain open for the
receipt and dispatch of letters as usual. The Money
Order Office will be open from ten o'olock until twelve
o'clock at noon, for the payment and issue of money
orders."

OFFICIAL PROGRAMME OF THE STATE

PROCESSION.

The procession is to leave Buckingham Palace at a
quarter to eleven o'clock. The route is along the Park,
through the iron gates by the German Chapel, into Pull-
man, along Pall-mall, Cockspur-street, Charing-cross,
the Strand, Fleet-street, Ludgate-hill, St. Paul's Church-
yard, Cheapside, to the Royal Exchange.
Detachment of Life Guards. _ _

Her Majesty's Carriages, each drawn by six horses.
Two Grooms The first Carriage, Two Grooms
walking. drawn by six bays, walking.
Conveys
Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State,
Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber,
Exon of the Yeoman of the Guard,
Page of Honour in Waiting.
Two Grooms The second Carriage, Two Grooms
walking. drawn by six bays, walking.
Conveys
Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert (Lord Geo. Lennox),
Groom in Waiting (the Hon. Captain Duncombe),
Groom in Waiting to Prince Albert (Capt. F. Seymour),
Silver Stick.
Two Grooms The third Carriage,
walking. draws by six bays,
Conveys

Two Grooms
walking.

Lord in Waiting (Lord 13yron),
Treasurer of the Household (Earl Jermyn),
Vice-Chamberlain (Lord Ernest Bruce),
Comptroller of the Household (the Right Honourable
Colonel Dawson Darner).
Two Grooms The fourth Carriage,
walking. drawn by six bays,
Conveys,
Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert (the Marquis of
Exeter),
Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (the Earl of Be-
verley),
Captain of the Gentlemen-at-Arms (Lord Forester),
Master of the Buck Hounds (the Earl of Rosslyn).
Two Grooms The fifth Carriage Two Grooms
walking. drawn by six bays, walking.
Conveys,
Maid of Honour (the Honourable Lucy Kerr),
Bedchamber Woman,
Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk),
Gold Stick.
Two Grooms
walking.

Two Grooms
walking.

The sixth Carriage, Two Grooms
drawn by six blacks, walking.
Conveys,
Lady of the Bedchamber (Lady Portman),
Maid of Honour in Waiting (the Honourable Miss A.

Murray), _
Lord Steward (the Earl of Liverpool),
Lord Chamberlain (Earl Delawarr).
Yeomen of the Guard.
Twelve Footmen, four and four.
Four Grooms THE STATE COACII, Four Grooms
walking. Drawn by eight cream- walking.
coloured horses,
Attended by a Yeoman of the Guard at each wheel, and

two footmen at each door, conveying
THE QUEEN,
His Royal Highness Prince Albert,
The Mistress of the Robes (the Duchess of Buccleuch),
The Master of the Horse (the Earl of Jersey).

Escort of Life Guards.

The carriages of the Ambassdors and Foreign Minis-
ters are to assemble at the lower end of St. James's-
street, to be in readiness, at half-past ten o'clock, to fall
into the line immediately after the Queen's procession.
The carriages of the Cabinet Ministers will form in
like manner, and be ready at the same time, to fall into
the line immediately after those of the Ambassadors and
Foreign Ministers.
The general direction of the procession is under the
orders of Lord Charles Wellesley, Clerk Marshal ;
Major-General Wemyss, Equerry to the Queen ; and
Lieut.-Col3nel Bouverie, Equerry to Prince Albert.
On the arrival of the state procession at Temple-bar,
and after the due reception of the Sovereign by the Lord
Mayor, the order of the procession will be altered by the
accession of the Civic cavalcade (the order of which pro-
cession was inserted in our journal yesterday).
The Lord Mayor and the authorities of the city of
London, with their officers, taking place in the royal
cortege immediately after the sixth royal carriage, and
the Yeoman of the Guard, as seen in the above official
programme.

The following is a list of the present Masters of the
twelve principal Companies of the city of London, in
the order of their precedency, invited by the Gresham
Committee, at Mercer's Hall, to the opening of the
New Royal Exchange by Queen Victoria, on Monday,
the 28th of October, 1844 :-
1. Mercer's Company, incorporated 1393, George Aston,
Esq., Master.
2. Grocers' Do., incorporated 1345, Cornelius Paine,
Esq., Do.
3. Drapers' Do., incorporated 1439, Thomas Walker,
Esq., Do.
4. Fishmongers' Do., incorporated 1384, William Wan-
sey, Esq., Do.
5. Goldsmiths' Do., incorporated 1327, Henry Blan-
chard, Esq , Do.
6. Skinners' Do., incorporated 1327, John Locke,
Esq., Do.
7. Merchant Tailors' Do., incorporated 1466, William
Gilpin, Esq., Do.
8. Haberdashers' Do., incorporated 1447, James Law
Jones, Esq., Do.
9. Salters' Do., incorporated 1558, J. Fisher, Esq., Do.
10. Ironmongers' Do., incorporated 1464, John Birkett,
Esq., Do.
11. Vintners' Do., incorporated 1437, L. D. Jacquier,
Esq., Do.
12. Clothworkers' Do., incorporated 1482, Edward
Gregory, Esq., Do.
Inscriptions on the exterior of the Royal Exchange:—
" The Earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof."
" Anno Elizabethm R. XIII. Conditum—Anno Victorke
R. VIII. Restauratum."
Fortun a My. Honor Deo.
Dne Dirige Nos I Prosperity to my House.