Star.
London, England, 1825-10-01 00:00:00

THE DINNER.

At six the company had assembled, the Lord Mayor
took the chair in the great room, the Cursitor Baron
sat on his right, the la.rd Mayor elect on his left, and
the Sheriffs at either end of the same table.
The entertainments were unusually sumptuous, both in
respect to the viands and the wines ; and we should do
injustice to a tried and approved faithful servant of the
' civic interests, to neglect to speak in terms of the most
marked approbation of the sedulous and assiduous
attentions of Under-Sheriff Smith to the accommoda-
tion of the whole company.
The corps de musique was well selected. It consisted
of Mr. J. Smith, Mr. Pyne, Mr. C. Taylor, Mr. Leer,
and others ; and it is needless to add, that the vocal
part of the entertainment was perfect in its kind. After
ivon Nobis, and the removal of the cloth, and the usual
loyal toasts of "The KING," "The Duke of York and
the Royal Family," g‘ the Army and Navy."
The Lotus MAYOR proposed the health of the Lord
Mayor Elect, and congratulated the City 013 the choice
which they bad made of a new Chief Magistrate, wish-
ing to him and his successors times of peace and of
general good-will between the country and its en-
lightened Government, such as it had been his own
peculiar good fortune to experience in the discharge or
the duties of this arduous station. _

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Alderman VENADLES returned thanks in a suitable
speech, congratulated himself on the prospect of having
the assistance of two able Sheriffs, and only wished that
he might deserve as well of his fellow-citizens, at the
conclusion of his office, as the out-going Lord Mayor,
whose health he proposed in return.—The toast was
drank with enthusiasm.
The following toast was that of " the new-elected
Sheriffs," who were complimented in a marked manner
on the hospitality which they had evinced this day,
which, as the Lord Mayor observed, amounted to the
discharge of one full half of their duty.
Alderman Cane/pea and Mr. KELLY returned thanks.
" The Cursitor Baron of the Exchequer," " the Re-
corder," and " the Common Serjeant," were severally
given, and their healths drank with suitable demon-
strations of respect.
On giving the health of the City Members, Alder-
man WOOD took occasion to announce his intention of
offering himself to their notice cn he next General
Election, and professed his entire and instant readiness
to account for his Parliamentary stewardship before
his constituents.
Alderman Bataan addressed the company in a similar strain.
The convivialities were kept up till a late hour, and it was
generally admitted that few shrievalties had ever had a more
auspiciou., and 'none a more hospitable inauguration.
• " The year 1235 also is memorable from a little City incident,
which has contrived to transmit its remembrance to our times
by means of an annual ceremony at swearing in the Sheriffs,
September 30, before the Cursitor Barons of the Exchequer, which
is performed with much solemnity by one of the Aldermen, in
presence of the Lord Mayor, who goes into and continues in the
Court covered. One Walter k Bruin, a farrier, obtained a grant
from the Crowu of a certain spot of ground in the Strand, in the
parish of St. Clement Danes whereon to erect a forge for carry-
ing on his business. For this the City was to pay annually an
acknowledgment or quit rent of six horse-shoes, with the nails ap-
pertaining, at the King's Exchequer, Westminster. The forge and
manufacture exist no longer, but the acknowledgment, after a lapse
of so many ages, condones still to be paid."—Hussar.

The fellows who robbed and cruelly ill-treated Mr.
J. Coot, of Taunton, have been lodged in gaol at Exeter, for
another robbery.
Tire Middlesex Adjourned Sessions were held yester-
day, and some uninteresting eases of assault disposed of.
The king of PRUSSIA, when at the Opera in Paris,
a few days age, sac in the stage-box, with five of his
Courtiers and his son, a boy apparently about twelve
years of age. His Majesty was the plainest dressed man
in the Theatre, a:eating a 'blue coat, without cross,
star, riband, or any insignia of rank, a coloured waist-
coat, white duck pantaloons, and Wellington boots.—
His attendants we:e seated at a little distance from him,
Conversing amongst themselves, and apparently not
paying hqn that attention generally shewn to Mo-
na:chs, even iucog. As a proof of this, it may be
mentiohel that the play-bill slipped twice from the
front of the box on the group, and his Majesty stooped
down himself to pick it up. Between the acts he quit•
ted the box, leas tog his attendants behind him, and BOLIVAR is expected in this cquntry, for the benefit
went to the next box, whrte was the Doke of CUMBKR of his health..
LAND, to whom be spoke while standing at the entrance, It is said that there are 1,000 unemployed looms in
and lwld.ng the clout in his hand. Glasgow!