The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-19 00:00:00

THE ROYAL EXCHANGE.

On Thursday the Joint Committee of the Corporation
add Mercers' Company were engaged some hours in con
aultation on the measureit to be adopted for the reception
of the Queen and her Illustrious Consort at the opening
of the Royal Exchange on the" 28th instant, and also to

det,ermine on the affairs generally connected with the
opening of that noble public edifice.
As the day approaches the works of the interior have
been proceeded with with increased activity, so that the
entire range of apartments of Lloyd's, and the Royal
Exchange, and the London Assurance Companies may
, be in as forward a state of completion as possible by that
period, and from the progress made within the last fort-
night it is the general opinion that the different rooms
will bealmost finished, so as to require but slight pre
partition and temporary decoration on the auspicious
occasion. As far as the works internally hare arrived,
they are satisfactory to all parties concerned. With re-
gard to the exterior of the building, a few days would
prove sufficient to allow all the necessary arrangements
to be complete. A number of workmen have been em-
ployed in cutting through some of the walls, which
divide the different range of rooms, belonging to the
public companies occupying parts of the building, in
'order that her Maje:ty and the august personages
who are to be present at the imposing ceremony, may
go over the whole of the interior of the Exchange
with all facility. On Thursday the Subscription Room,
belonging to Lloyd's, was completed all but fitting up
those places where decoration is required, and for that
purpose workmen in the course of the day entered to
commence the embellishments, which are to be of a
superb description. It is in that room where the grand
entertainment is to be laid out, a cross table for ten to be
placed on a raised flooring at the south end of the room,
at which her Majesty, his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
and the principal guests are to be seated. Three ex-
tended tables are to be formed from north to south, and
the leading visitors having the favour of an invitation,
the Lord Mayor, the members of the Royal Exchange
and Gresham Trust Committees, the Aldermen and
Common Councilmen of the City, and chief civic officers,
are there to be accommodated.

We understand that their Royal Highnesses the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge, the Hereditary Grand
Duke and Grand Duchess of Mecklenburgh Strelits,
and his Serene Highness Prince Edward of Saxe
Weimar, are invited to grace the ceremony by their pre-
sence at the entertainment. The Duke of Wellington
has engaged to meet the Queen and Sir Robert Peel,
and several other members of the Government are like-
wise to attend. The Earl of Jersey, as Master of the
Horse, and the Lord Chamberlain, Earl Delawarr, and
Lord Steward, the Earl of Liverpool, are to be among
the officers uf the royal household who will attend on
the Sovereign in their official capacity. We understand
that mOst of the Foreign Ministers are to be invited, also
the Lord Chancellor and judges.
It is determined that sufficient space can be afforded
at those tables for 360 persons. At present it is not posi-
tively known whether an orchestra will be erected for a
band, as, by the way, there are to be three military
bands, we hear those of the Royal Horse Guards (Blue),
the Coldstream Guards, and the Grenadier Guards. At
the several banquet tables a gorgeous display of plate is
likely to be witnessed, for not only that belonging to
the Corporation, but, it is said, that belonging to the
Goldsmiths' and other wealthy companies, is to be used
in :the adornment of the regal table and remaining festive
boards.

In the Commercial-room, a spacious and noble apart-
ment, ranging the whole extent east to west of the
north side of the merchants' area, an entertainment is
to be supplied for 400, and in the colonnade in the
quadrangle or merchants' area 600 persons are to be
accommodated.

The Lord Mayor and Civic functionaries are to be in
waiting at Temple-bar at twelve o'clock precisely, so that
due homage may be paid to the Queen on her Majesty's
entrance into the City of London. On the civic and
royal procession reaching the portico of the Exchange,
the members of the committee, headed by the chairman,
are to await her Majesty, who, on descending from the
royal carriage, will be formally received by those gen-
tlemen.

It is presumed, according to the plan at present agreed
upon, that the Queen and Prince Albert, followed by the
high officials of the royal household, and the noblemen
and ladies in attendance on her Majesty, are to be con-
ducted by the south colonnade round the area to the grand
western entrance, at which the illustrious party enter on
their arrival ; and then her Majesty and Royal Consort
will walk across the ctperx_ouv-,; ineOtati,ts' area,t to,
the east area, and turning to-tfie left,",ascen4 the,prin
cipat-staireaver:l6-ptit. boittiop of the ,builcllPg appro-
priated to Llayttel indthenatheQiieenie to fasa through
the lobby to the Commertird-fothri, ifili-from,thence by
the north-west corner, at which point-are-what areternyeds
the " unakiroprilited.rooms,7,,to,the west front, passing
through t he_apartinents belonging to the Royal Exchange.
Assurance Company to the eolith: aide, .and wilA there,
enter the futtge apartmente,
,aeleeted. for _ the London
Assuiance Company. In that"part- of the Exchange a
room is to be prepared for the exclusive use of the Queen.
At the announcement of the banquet, appointed, we
understand, for two o'clock, her Majesty passes from that
private room by a temporary doorway to the reading and
map-room of Lloyd's, at the south-east corner, which
communicates with the subscription room alluded to be.
fore, as the apartment devoted to the uses of the banquet.
The lion. Artillery Company have received orders
from Sir James Graham to attend at the Royal Ex-
change, to form the guard of honour to her Majesty.
There are to be 600 special constables, in addition to
the City police force on duty along the line of procession,
as given by us some days back.

PROJECTED IMPROVEMENTS IN CIIEIAIEA.—Last
Tuesday a numerous meeting of the inhabitant rate-
payers of St. Luke's, Chelsea, was held in the vestry-
room, to consider the propriety of improving the road
and footways, and adopting measures to abolish Queen's-
elm and Royal Hospital-row turnpikes—the Rev. Charles
Kingsley, Rector, in the chair. Mr. Kruse, coal mer-
chant, stated that the meeting was held in compliance
with a requisition signed by 175 ratepayers. Not only
was the Government resolved upon building a street
from the new Houses of Parliament, but an embankment
of the Thames, fifty feet wide, would be also immediately
commenced. It was, therefore, the interest of the resi-
dents of St. Luke's to do all in their power to make
their district an object of attraction to visitors.—(Hear,
hear.) At the present moment the wretched state of the
roads and the want of footways rendered it almost im-
passable. In conclusion, he moved a resolution to the
following effect :—That the highway and lighting boards
be empowered to obtain an Act of Parliament for paving,
lighting, and otherwise repairing the parish of Chelsea
(exclusive of Hans Town), and for raising the necessary
sums for those purposes, and also for getting the turn-
pikes at Queen's-elm and Royal Hospital-row removed
beyond the limits of the parish. Mr. Jeffree, senior
churchwarden, seconded the motion, and said that the
improvements embraced nice miles of road and sixty
thousand square feet of footway, the estimated cost of
which was 30,0001., which could be repaid in a few years
at four per cent., and by a rate not exceeding one shilliner
Mr. Davis moved and Mr. Chambers seconded an.
amendment, that a committee of forty ratepayers be ap-
pointed to consider the proposition and report thereon
.Upon the question being put, there appeared 30 hands
for the amendment and 88 for the original motion ;
majority for the latter, 58.
S. T. NIMAN'S —On Saturday, when the Rapid
coach was passing through St. :Ninian's, and coming
down the steep descent in that village, where it is next
to impossible to prevent the horses from going a little
quicker, it went right into the centre ola drove of sheep
pent together in that narrow place, where it was in vain
for them to attempt to escape, and overthrew seven of
them, several being killed on the spot, and the others '
=limed and bruised. The drivers of the sheep, acting
zellonsly for their masters' interest, seized the horses !
and detained the coach until they received satisfaction
for the loss sustained, for which they are to be corn- I
mended.—Stirling Journal.