The Sun.
London, England, 1821-11-10 00:00:00

THE DINNER.

Guildhall, where the City Banquet was given,
was fitted up for the occasion in a very superb
manner, and a flood of gas light gave full effect to
the table ornaments, and to the brilliant dresses
of the Ladies.
The Eastern tables, which were elevated above the rest,
were appointed for the accommodation of the Lords and their
Ladies, the Foreign Ambassadors, the Judges, and such
of his Majesty's Ministers as attended. The other tables were
placed length-ways, east to west, and decorated with temples,
arches, allegories, emblems of commerce. &c., and military and
naval trophies, with the names of several heroes, who have de-
served well of their country. -.14.t the end, over the Lord May-
or's chair, was a magnificent Crown—the pannels of the Hall
were hung with rich• drapery, and when the company were
seated, the whole had a very grand effect. A military band
was stationed in the music gallery, and played several military
and other tunes after dinner.

Dinner having,been concluded, and " Non nobis Domino"
perform Al,
The LORD MAYOR gave " The King," with four times
four. It was followed by loud applause.
The toast of " The Duke of York"—" The Duke of Clar-
ence and the rest of the Rayal Family"—" The City of Lon-
don and its trade" " The Rose, the Shamrock, and the
Thistle"—and " The Duke of Wellington" followed.—The
latter.was received with warm applause.
The Duke of WELLixoTox begged, leave to return his
best thanks for the honour which the company had done him ;
and in return he begged to drink all their good healths.—
Wheerso_

" The Most Noble the Marquess of Londonderry," with
three times three, was the next toast.
Lord LONDONDERRY also begged leave to express his
sense of the honour conferred on him, in proposing his good
health, as well as for the kind manner in winch it had been
received. He was not prepared for the compliment that had
been p7id him, and it therefore was the more grateful to him.
—(Applause.)
The health of Lord Viscount Sidmouth was honoured with
three times three.

Lord SIDMOUTIE said, he was highly satisfied with the hon-
our they had done him ; and in return he begged leave to drink
all their good healths.
The Duke of YORK begged leave to give a toast, in which
he was sure they would all heartily concur—the health of the
Lady Mayoress.—(Loud ApplauSe.)
The Loun MAYort returned thanks for his Lady, observ-
ing, that he was desired to say,. that her Ladyship would be
happy to see all her friends at the Mansion-house.
The Duke of WELLINOTONproposed a toast, which he was
sure they would all give with satisfaction—" The health of the
Lord Mayor.."—(Loud cheers.)
The LOAD MAYOR returned his acknowledgments. He was
grateful for the honour they had conferred on him. He was
sensible of the high importance of the office to which his fellow.
citizens had elevated lum ; and he assured all around him, that
he would exert himself as much as possible to fulfil its duties
with advantage to those who had placed him there.—(Applause.)
The Ladies then began to withdraw, passing round by the
Lord Mayor's Chair. The LADY MAYORESS also retired to
the tea and coffee-room.

The business of the evening having been resumed,
The LORD DIAL o 4 gave the health of the Chancellor of the
Exchequer, who returned his acknowledgments.
The Duke of YORK gave the health of the late Lord Iltayor.
—(Loud( heers.)

Mr. Alderman THORP said he felt highly complimented by
the toast which had just been given, especially when it came
from so illustrious a quarter. He was glad to see his worthy
successor surrounded and supported by such illustrious charac-
ters; and with such advantages he trusted that their new Lord
Mayor would go through his honourable office with satis-
faction to himsaf and advantage to his fellow-citizens.—(Loud
Applause. )
s " Foreign Ministers with three times three."—The Portu-
guese Ambassador, in his own name, and in the ferns of those
who were near him, returned thanks for the honour that had
been paid to them. _ _

The healthy of the Judges and the Sheriffs having been
given, the health of the Members of the City of London in Par-
liament was announced, and loudly applauded.
Sir W. Cu wris rose, and was received with much good hu-
moured applause. He was glad, in times like the present, to
see themselves surrounded with such illustrious honourable
company ; what he beheld convinced him that the good old times
had come round again.---(Laughter and cheers.)—The appear-
ance of the Hall assured him of their loyalty. To say that the
City was not loyal, was a libel.—(Much laughter and cheering.)
—Men's minds would at times wander ; but eventually thy
would come round. So he had found it.—(Cheering.)—He had
been returned for the City seven times. He had differed with
some of those who had been returned with him ; but the height
of glory to which the country had been raised, proved that he
had differed from them on right ground•—(More cheers.)—He
had been to a distant part of the Kingdom, and oh ! had they
been there, as he had, and had they seen what he bad seen, they'
wont never forget the events.—(Cheering.)—He concluded with
stating, amidst much applause, that if the country were true to
itself there was no cause to fear.

Alderman BRIDGES and Mr. WILSON returned thanks, and
after some further toasts the distingUished company retired..
The tables were cleared away to make room for dancing, which
was kept up to a late hour.

The'dinner passed "off uncommonly well. The courses and
wines provided were excellent; the regulations good; and the
general appearance of the Hall most satisfactory. It was half-
past six when the dinner commenced, and half-past ten when
t 1.4 Pike of Yon x, the Ministers, &c. retired.

kIEBDOMADARY.
SUNDAY, November H.—Twenty-first Sunday after Trinity.
Sun rises at 29 m. p,fter 7 ; sets at 31 m. after 4.—Moon rise 4
15 m. after 5 evening.
MONDAY 12.-31 or. of St. M. 2 r.—Sties rises 31 m. after 7;
sets 29 m. after 4.—Moon rises 18 m. 'after G.•
TUESDAY 13.—Cam. T. div. n.—Sun rises 32 m. after 7; seta
28 m. after 4.—Moon rises 34 in. aftet7.—Twilight lasts 2 9.
WEDNESDAY 14.—Sun rises 34 M. after 7 ; sets 2ti m. after 4.
Moon rises s(j m. after 8.
THURSDAY 15.—Sun rises 35 m. after 7 ; sets 25 in. after 4.
Moon rises 17 m. after 10.
FRIDAY l ff.—Sun rises 37 m. after 7 ; sets 23 m. after 4.
Moon Last. Quarter at 2 h. 3.ti m. afternoon.
SATURDAY 17.—Sun rises 38'in: after 7; sets 22m. after 4.
Moon rises at midnight.

- PRICE OF STOCKS . -
Tills my v .11' TWELVE'. O'CLOCK.
3 per Cent. Bed. 77 .77 Bank Lang Ann. 19:7—IgthS
3.per Cent. Cons... 77 78 linlia Bonds 7os.
4 per Cent 4164 Excheq. I:ills,
s;per Cent. Navy Ann.llo.; 111 Cons. for Account 7B 70

HIGH WATER AT LOSDO
Morning, 3 minutes after 3.

,N BRIDGE TO-MORROW.
1 Evening, 23 minutes after 3.

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SOLEM QUIS DICERE .r.aSUM AUDEAT

LONDON,
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1821.

We received this day the French Papers of
Wednesday, from which we give extracts under
the usual head of FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. The

question of peace or war still remains in the same
uncertain state, but it would appear that both
Russia and Turkey are completing their regi-
ments to their full numbers, and are placing their
armies in the highest state of equipment, so as to be
ready for commencing hostilities at a moment's no-
tice.—The French corvette La Bonite has arrived
at Touloun from Smyrna, which she left on the
Ist of October. Rear-Admiral if.tm; IN, with
the French squadron under his command, were
then at that port, and had rendered important
services to the Franks at Smyrna, and particularly
to the Greeks, who had been again the objects
of persecution, on occasion of the late festival of
the Courban Beynam.—Tripoli, Leydt, Latakia,
and Rhodes were quiet towards the middle of
August ; but in the Isle of Cyprus, the massacres
which began in July were continued up to
the 17th of Sept., and the conduct of the Turks
was marked by the same atrocities which have
disgraced humanity at Constantinople and other
towns under their dominion. The C reek
squadrons amounted to 170 sail, and continued to
threaten the Turkish fleets with their fire-ships
the latter have succeeded hitherto in avoiding their
rencounter, but when the approaching winter
compels them to anchor in some port, they will
have little chance of escaping destruction.

The KING of the NETHERLANDS has been
severely censured, on account of the want of
that favourable reception in his dominions which
our MONARCH experienced through all other
places in his continental excursion. But it is by
no means reasonable to impute to the K►NG of
the NETHERLANDS the churlish torpidity of his
subjects. It is well known that a republican
spirit has long marked the character of the
people of Flanders and Holla►►d, and the mix-
ture of both was only calculated to increase that
spirit; and if the KING were not supported by
other Potentates, it is not likely that he would
long retain possession of monarchical power.
But it is alleged that the KING is under the in-
fluence of Russia, and more than insinuated that
the great Autocrat of that Empire has instigated
feelings hostile to this country. But can it be
supposed that any political views would prevent
that courtesy which one Monarch would natu-
rally spew towards another, upon an occasion
too that rarely could occur? The idea is ab-
surd, and can only arise in malignant motives or

silly conjectures. If our KING was neglected in
the Netherlands, the cause must be traced to
the boorish democracy of the people, not the
Monarch, who is bound to this country by every
sentiment of gratitude and justice.

The Spanish Cortes had confided to a Com-
mittee the discussion of certain propositions for
the establishments of public beneficence, or in
other words for making provision for the poor ;
and the Committee has submitted to the House
a new project, which is expected to give rise to
interesting debates. The Committee, in speak-
ing of the urgency and importance of the mea-
sure, express themselves thus :—" In the very
bosom of abundance, in a nation which has at all
times lavished immense treasures in behalf of the
needy classes of the State, the helpless and abject
are still neglected, from the moment wretched-

less comes upon them, till they reach the verge of
he tomb. 'They are exposed to all the horrors of

hunger and nakedness, to the absolute want of
moral and physical education, and left destitute,
of the necessary means for the preservation of

life, and the exercise of their faculties in favour
of themselves, or for the utility of their fellow
countrymen." These are crying evils from which
even the free institutions of Spain Ivill not enable
her to free herself, unless her domestic economy

be founded upon principles, the action of which
entirely, independent of the peculiar forms of
Government. In the worst days of her political
degradation, it appears that immense treasures
hive been unsuccessfully lavished upon the needy
classes of the state. In the proudest period of her
political regeneration all the revenues of- her
empire, if directed to the same object, would,
without a wise and reproductive system for their
administration, produce only the same unsatisfac-
fp.ctory results. No country is more oppressed
with pauperism than England, notwithstanding
the political freedom of Englishmen, the immense
wealth and inexhaustible resources of their empire,
and the munificent liberality of their public in-
stitutions. We hope that the Spaniards will re
cognize the principle of our poor laws; but that
they will found a very different practical systen
upon it, than that which has arisen in this country

e are desh'ed, by authority, to state, that
the PUBLIC DEFAULTER, noticed in our Paper
of Yesterday, did not belong to the VICTUALLING
OFFICE ; and that the VICTUALLING no.tao
had no controul whatever over the circumstances
out of which the defalcation in question is stated
to have arisen.

It would be a wiser course in Government to
be scrupulous in examining the qualifications of
future candidates for vacancies, than to turn
some old servants adrift, or suddenly to reduce
the incomes of others, who have either lived fully

up to those incomes, or perhaps have contracted
debts which they intended to discharge by future
retrenchment, under the confident expectation
that their official situations would last with their
lives.

Ertract of Letter from Washington, Oct. I.
" The wreck of a copper-bottomed schooner,
supposed to be a French vessel of about 120 tons,
came.ashore four miles to the south of Cape Hil-
leras, deck separated from the hull, spars along-
side. Fifty odd hogsheads of rum (said to be
Jamaica) full, and twelve stove in, have floated
from her ; a trunk, containing French books and
many printed price currents and circulars, pur-
porting to be from a commercial house at Paris,
establishing a commercial house at St. Thomas's.
None of the papers which were saved by the
Custom-house officers give any names by which
information of the vessel can be obtained."

Advices from Madrid of the 25th ult. state,
that the principle of the new loan lately an-
nounced, and which had been subscribed to in
Part by the Spanish merchants, is found so objec.
tionable, that there is every probability the
measure will be abandoned, and a new contract
has
formed.
Barata, the Minister of Finance,
it is said, departed from the , powers con-
ferred on
him by tile Cortes in so many points
that the contract cannot be confirmed, and the
resignation of M. Barata will of course follow.—
This loan, it should be observed, is distinct from
that of which the bonds now circulating in this
Country form a part.
WlNosoa,Nor.B.—This day being her Royal
highness the Princess AUGUSTS'S birth-day, the
tnurning was issued in by ringing of bells, and in
thehall evening- a grand ball took place in the Town
; the houses of her Royal Highness's trades-
people were all grandly illuminated in the even-
ing on the- occasion. Mrs. DAWSON, of Saint
Leonard's Rill, gave a grand dinner to a number
of Nobility to-day.
Yesterday the Duke of YORK paid a visit to
the KING at his Palace, in Pall-mall, on his arri-
val i 1 England.
The Marquess of LONDONDERRY had a long
audience of the KING yesterday.
The Marquess of ANGLESEA is expected to
visit the Metropolis, for the purpose of paying
his respects to his MAJESTY on his return.
The Lords Justices for the Administration of
t,uhe Government during his MAJESTY'S absence
'rm England, did not meet on Thursday, as
stated in a Paper of yesterday, nor did the Duke
ofN-ORK- and Marquess of LONDONDERRY dine
'with the KING, as also erroneously stated.
The houses of several of the King's trades-
Le°l3le and those of many private individuals,
hi again illuminated last night, in honour of
S'ILIEiTY'S return to the capitalof his Empire.
a G e have great satisfaction in learning, from
• entiernan who has recently returned from a
joofurney through Scotland, that the manufactures
and that Country are in a very flourishing condition,
tr that there is full employment in the various
o particularly mentioned the business
-a "ax-dressing, at which journeymen can earn
s. to 30s. per week, a proof of the great de-
__l"and--for that important staple, the linen ma-
e-nsufactu„,
lie further states, that the harv-
est has been abundant, and the various crops
oarielY got in. Upon the whole, the appearance
every thing in Scotland is most cheerful and
graifying.
s.rst Thursday evening the Royal Society held its
Meeting for the season. The attendance
1714 thy - very numerous. The President, Sir nom-
DAvv, took the Chair about half-past
u'ight o'clock. A Paper, by Sir EvEa,tan Home,
SP, the Structure of the Eye, was read to the
uctety.
tur/nlicr.hrecn,. the LORD MAYOR'S procession
was re-
from estminster. OLIVE, the Princess
for Cnuinberland, W
Mewed herself to the mob, at the
theinesr„,Of Pleet-market. The pickpockets availed
.ves of Severalthis opportunity, and disencumbered
liagentlemen in the crowd of their pocket-
sufferer
"gkerchiefs and watches ; but the greatest
such Was a countryman, who was robbed of his
_
ce. amounting to 901. he bad re-
Ived for cattle in Smith which sum
field.