Star.
London, England, 1828-11-11 00:00:00

THE BANQUET

Was altogether magnificent; it was on a grand scale,
and the appointments were rich and liberal on the ex-
treme. The Hall was splendidly and appropriately
decora!ed, and had a very handsome effect. The scarlet
drapery was cont.nued all round, and the supply being
plentiful, the effect was satisfactory. It was perhaps the
best lighted Hall in tire universe; the centre was richly
illuminated by brilliant chandeliers, and the sides were
ornamented by festoons of gas lights of unrivalled bril.
limey. At the western extremity of the Hall, the She-
riffs' end the Lord Mayor's Arms were exhibited in
transparency, and at the eastern extremity there was a
,sp'endid Brunstrick Star ; it was the most brilliant thing
of the kind we ever witnessed. The source of the illu.'
onioation was unseen in the Hall, but a million points
sparkled with uncommon brightness, and the variety of
the colours added to the effect.
Ti.e company was numerous and elegant. At about
a quarter before six the Lady Mayoress entered the
Reception (the Council) Chamber, and assumed the dis-
ringuished station which custom and propriety have
assigned to her. The presentations to her Ladyship
were numerous. Among the distinguished persons who
were introduced to her Ladyship were—
His Grace the Duke of Wellington and the Right Hon. Robert
Peel, the Lord High Chancellor, the Right Hon. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer, the Right Hun. the Secretary for the Colonies, the
Earl of Aberdeen, Lord Ellenborough, Viscount Lowther, the
Master of the Mint, President of the Board of Trade, Lord Ashley,
Earl Alowitcharks, Lord G. Souteelet, the Right Rev. the Lord
Bishop of London, the Lord Chief Justice of the Coon of King's'
Bench, Mr. Justice Bayley, Mr. Justice Park, Mr. Justice Gawks,
Mr. Baron Garruw, the Recorder, the Common Sergeant. Mr.
Sergeant Arabin, Mr. F. Pollock, Mr. Horace Twiss, M P. Mr.
Manning, M.P. Mr. Attwood, M. P. Mr. Spottiswoode, M.P. Mr.
Hume' M.P. the Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr. Plana,,
M.P. the Dutch Ambassador, the Swedish Minister, the Aortae=
Minister, the Colombian Minister, General Thornton, Sir Francis
Freeling, Sir Thomas Lawrence, Sir Christopher Robinson, Sir
James Williams, Sir Thomas Wilson, and Sir George Naylor; the
Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the. East India Company, the
Chairman of the Bank of England, together with most of the
Aldermen, and the chief Merchants of the City.
In accordance with custom, the LORD MAron and
the LADY MAYORESS, accompanied by their most dis-
tinguished guests, made a tour of the Hall previous to
taking their seats at the table, and they were welcomed
with loud and general applau.e. The entrance both of
the Duke of WELLINGTON and of Mr. Secretary Pair,
created a great sensation, and those illustrious Ministers
were warmly cheered.
The men in armour took their usual stations, and
when the company had sat down to dinner the appear-I
ante of the Hall was handsome in the extreme. This
is the only civic feast, we believe, at which Ladies are
present, and the beauty, the grace, the splendour which
they give to the effect of the scene is infinitely superior
to any other charm which the day can boast of. It is
delightful to see those who are at once the riches and
the ornament of civilized society mingling with the
partners or the parents of their fortune, on the day of
tesaive hilarity and worthy triumph.
To do justice to the dinner would be a difficult task.
Liberality and taste where every where predominant.
Turtle and all other luauries were served in profusion,
and champagne, hock, cold punch, claret, and other
wines, were most liberally distributed. The company
appeared to do justice to the provision, which was as
ample as their capacities for enjoying it.
The dinner being disposed cf, and 4. Non Nobis"sung
by the professional Gentlemen present, the Lord Mayor
gave " The King," which was drunk with loud appro.
bation, and followed by the national song of " Goo save
the King," the company joining heartily in chorus.

The next toast given front the Chair was " The Duke of Cla-
renee, and the rest of the Royal Family," which was drank with
applause, and followed by " Hole Britannia."
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The LORD Marne/hen gave as a toast," The Army and Navy."
The taint which succeeded was, •, The Lord Mayor and the
Sheriffs of London," which was received wit► applause, and fol-
lowed by Lord Mornington's glee of " The Waterfall."
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the health of the
late Lord Mayor," who had, during his year of offi• e.
more than realized the high anticipations which had
been formed of him upon his entrance t it.

This toast having been drunk with much approbation,
The late LORD MAYOR (Lucas) exist essed his warmest
thanks for the compliment which had been paid to him.
He could assure them that he had sought, by as.iduity,
to discharge those duties, which requited talents to
which he did not pretend—all he had is give them was
honesty and good intention, and these had met their re•
ward—(Cheers). He congratulated the City on having
in the present Lord Mayor, a younger and abler man
to do their duties—one who united, more thin Any man

be knew, the confidence and good will of his fllow-
cit;zens—(Great applause),
The LORD MAYOR said he had much pride in pro•
posing the toast he was about to give; it was the health
of an illustrious indiviklval who had that day honoured
him with his presence, and who had tendered great and
signal services to his country. His illustrious guest was
entitled to the gratitude of the coutitr y troop the glory
which he had acquired for the British Army; but he
was still more ent tied to the love and respect of the
nation for the services which he had rendered it as its

Prime Minister—(Loud cheer►) Not only had his
exe►tions in the field givtn peace t, Europe, but bis
wi►dom in Council had guarded the dignity and the
welfare of his native land. The cuuntry was thertfne

indebted to the Duke of Wellington for peace, and for
the preservation of peace—(Hear, hear). And it must
be most satisfactory to the country to see that his Grace
was connected with colleagues who were ready to, and
capable of taking a direct part in the affairs of the
country, and contributing to its welfare by their unani-
mous and strenuc us exertions—(Applause). He pro-
posed, therefore " the health of the Duke of Wellington
and his Majesty's Minkers."—The toast was drank
with three times three and hod cl eers.
The Duke of WELLINGTON said be estimated most
highly any mark of approbation proceeding from the
Chief-Magistrate and Citizens of London. Their ap-
probation must ever be dear to him, and it-gave him
great pride and gratification to find that his endeavours
'to serve his country in the field were still remembered
.--(Cheers). He took a deep interest in the welfate of
the City of Landon, and he congratulated the Citizens
on the election they had made of a Chief Magistrate for
-the ensuing year. With the talcet an! integrity of
!the Right Honourable Gentleman his felloa-citizens
:were well acquainted; they f.ad tried him in the most
se ponsible situations, and they had every reason to
to well satisfied with his conduct—(Cheers). He (the
Duke of Wellington) was grate'ul for the compliment
which had been conferred upon himself, and he could
assure the company on the part of his colleagues, that
it was their wish to forward the interests and to cul-
tivate the esteem and friendship of the City of London.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " the Health or
the Lord Chancellur.' He expressed his gratitude to
his Lordship for bis attendance that day, and the high
admiration which be entertained for his talents.
The toast having been drunk with applause,
The LORD CRAucsta.oft, after returning thanks for
'the honour which had been conferred on him, congra-
tulated the citizens of London on the choice which they
'had made of a Chief Magistrate. He spoke not only
'from the many proofs which the metropolis had given
:of its confidence in the Right Hoo. Gentleman, but also
,from his own private knowledge of his deserts. It was'
impossible for ail one to enter that great city without
being struck with admiration at the good order which
was everywhere preserved in the midst of an unrivalled
commerce; and that good order was mainly to be atiii-
buted to the strict impattislity and unb nding justice
with which •the laws were administered and %app..: ted
by the Magistrates—(Cheers).
The Duke of WELLING rON, after passing a high
eulogy on the Llrd Mayor, proposed ' his Lordship's
health,' which was drank with three times three, and
warm testimonials of approbation.
The LrIRD MAYOR said he felt most deeply indebted
to the illustrious individual who had proposed ties health,
for his great kindness, and to his friends around him
for the warmth with which they had drank it. He was
already greatly in the debt of his fellow citizens for the
many lOW ks which they had given him of their ccrifi-
&rice, and he could only then assure them, that he
should be ever ready, proud, and anxious to serve
to the utmost of his power—(Cheers). He knew Via
the office he was entering upon was an arduous one. but
he saw many kind friends aroundhim, to whom he was
bu• e he might apply for assistance in case of necessity,
without being in any danger of meeting with a refusal
—(Cheers)—and therefore he busted that he should,
with industry and integrity, be ab!e to discharge its
duties to the satisfaction of those who had done him the
honour to call on him to fill it—(Hear, heal).
The Loan Cmaucar .os. then proposed " The Health of the Lady
Mayoress," which was drunk with three times three, and loud
applause.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, on the part of the
Lady Mayoress, for the honour which had been con-
ferred upon her ; and assured the company that it
would be the endeavour and the pride of her Ladyship
to uphold the dignity and ancient hospitality 01 her
station—(Applause).
The Loma MAYOR rose to propose the health of a
Gentleman, who was most highly esteemed as mem-
ber of his Majesty's Councils and of the House of Com-
mons; he meant the Right Hon. Robert Peel. That
Right Hon. Gentleman had endeared himself to the
country by the consolidation of the criminal laws, and
by the great benefits which his exertions generally had
conferred upon the nation—(Loud cheers). He was
proud to see him in that Hall on that occasion, and he
hoped and trused that he would long be presei ved to
his country. That Right Hon. Gentleman had long
filled the highly important office of Secretary of State
for the Home Department ; it was one with which the
Chief Magistrate of London must necessarily have
much communication, and he knew of no Gentleman he
could as soon wish to see in that office as his Right
Hon. Friend—(Cheers).
Mr. Secretary Pales health was then drunk with marked appro-
bation.
Mr. Secretary Pm, assured the Llrd Mayor and the
company that the compliment which he had just re-
ceived was peculiarly gratifying to his feelings: He was
really proud and grateful for the honour which had been
conferred upon him, and for the manner in which his
endeavours to serve the public had been noticed—
(Cheers). It was for the benefit of the community that
there should be a perfect good understanding subsisting
between the Chief Magistrate of the City of London and
the Secretary for the Hume Department. There had
long been such an understanding, and he ardently and
sincerely hoped that he should never witness, much less
be the cause of its interruption; and knowing as he
did the worth, the experience, and the ability of the pee-

sent Chief Magistrate, he could have no ground fot feint
or apprehension that the fulilment of his wishes would
be deittoyed—(A; pl.o e).
The Lotto MAYOR proposed The heilth of ford Tenterden.
Chief Justice of England,' which was drunk with loud applause.
Lord Tertrauneu returned his thanks to ti e Lord
111apr for the manner in a hich he MO proposed his
health, and to the company for the manner in which they
I had received it. That was the first opportunity he had
had of attending a festival of- this kind, and he was
'onions of expressing, on that occastua. in allusion to
what had fallen from the Lord Chancellor respecting
the administration of the laws, his opinion of the great
merits of the Jary of the City of London—(Applause).
He had filled the judicial station he then had the honour
of holding for ten years, and he was desirous of taking
that public opportunity of testifying his admiration of
the manner in which the London Jut y discharged their
dutees—(Loud applause).
The health of the Bishop of Lannon having been drunk with ap.
phrase, the Bight Rev. Prelate returned thanks, and expressed
anxiety, in as far as he was able, to administer to the spiritual and
moral welfare of those entrusted to his charge.
tit the health of the SPEACILII of the House of Commons being
drunk, the Right Hon. Gentleman expressed his gratitude for the
honour conferred on him. In the office which he had the honour
of holding, it was his duty to be impartial ; be bad endeavoured to
be so, and he trusted that, from their approbation, he might con.
elude be bad nor altogether failed in his efforts—(Applause).
" The health, of the Sheriffs, Messrs. Booth and Copeland,"
were then drank•; and Slr. Sheriff Boom returned thanks, Mr.
Corasaun being absent In consequence of illness.
The Logo Ifa.Yoa then proposed " The health of the Attorney.
General and the English liar"—(Applause).
The ATTORNET-GiNBRAL :twine.' thanks. He
trusted the English Bar would for ever maintain its
independence. If it once forfeit-d that, it was gone
altogether, at lea►t as far as the benefit of the public.
As in all other professions, instance, vircted be four
m mbers of the bar who had forfeited their indt.
pendence for preferment, but he believed that as, a
body a more independent one than the Bar was t►ot'to
be found, and he trusted it would fur ever continue so.

" The Magistracy and other Civic officers" next
drank with suitable applau•e. and at ten o'clock his
Lordship and the Lady Mayoress, and their divt.n-
gui.hed guests, withdrew to the ball•rooni, where
dancing was commenced and kept up with gleat spirit
until an early hour of the morning.

Tim ynnmg and elegant LADY MAYORESS appeased
in foil Conti costume, which on account of the general mourning,
was obliged to be black. The dress consi•ted of black tulle worn
over a rich satin petticoat, with a very fuU dunbk garniture of the
same, richly wreathed with black beads, and finished with uperb
bead tassels, flowers, and Bounces of Chantilly bland; a mantras
of rich ►lack velvet, which was wreathed round with a tulle garni-
ture, clasped with beads, to correspond with the dress. lit' Lady-
skip wore a superb coronet of feathers, and black blond lappets. and
a very magn &cot suit of diamonds, and looked most beautiful and
interesting.

Friday night Mr. Bowser, of T4unton yews, Onset.
square, was stopped by thr• e men, near Spa Field', who
assaulted him in a most violet' manner. and left him
senseless nn the ground, after robbing him el' a 51. nom
and a sovereign.
A red deer was tak-n last week, after a Chace f sr
veral miles, in the palish f &milord Peverell, by
some labourimg men, 1k ilo hal discovered the anim4l
whilst at work near the lime-kiln. at Burlescombe:
Tneir effoits to secure him bad been repeatedly baffled.
until attempting to take a vet), lii4ll hedge. he tell
back into a pond of deep water.—West Briton.

MANCH RSTER, Nov. S.—There has this week been
a very brisk demand for mist for shipping. Yet, not.
withstanding. there are, comparatively speaking, no
cks on the markets. Some buyers would willrnglt
make cot tracts for the whole of the winter months, a
'period when sales for the foreign mar kets ate generally
very stagnant: it is, we are assured, impossible to get
'such an advance on yarns as would be adequate to the
rise which, within these few weeks, has taken place in
the raw material. B ath fustian: arid printing cloths
:have been dull for some week , and are very low in
price. We hear that tt.ere has this week been more in.
,quii y for them, but not on satisfactory terms. The de.
Land for printed calicoe', we are told, is rather im-
proving. We ale sorry to hear of two or three heavy
failure, at Glasgow, in which some of our townspeople,
chiefly spinners, it is said, are heavily interested. With
respect to one of the hones, however, some hope eats
ithat it may be enabled to get through it, difficulties.'
MURDER I s Surrime —Last year, a boy, named
Ansel', was found murdered in a field at Nlilden,
Suffolk, but nothing transpired to ca•t suspicion on ar.y
person. On Tuesday last, however, Geotge An,ell, the
brother of this boy, about ten Teats old, was likewise
found dead in a fi Id at the same place, with his 04.04
cut. He had been in toe employ of Mr. Woodgate, a
farmer, and suspici-n now fell cn a labourer in the
same service, named G. Partridge, twenty-two years cf
age, who had absented himself. He was pursued and
overtaken in the af.ernoon at Monk's Eleigh,
upon examining him, his clothes were found to be
bloody, and the blade of a clasp knife in his pocket was
also stained with gore. Under a promise that Iris con.
fession should not be disclosed, he avowed his guilt to
the Rev. Mr. Holloward, to whom he gave the follow-
ing account s—The boy had firmer's' taunted him with
sheep-stealing, and in crossing the field where the boy
was on Tuesday morning, to look for a swisgel,
asked him what business he had there?—Pis net.
answered, el What's that to you ? If you ask me that
again, clout y Jur head." In scorning with the
swinge'. no further altercation wlia•ever occurring, he
seized the boy by the head, and cut his throat. He
denied that he had any thing to do with the murder of
the ft her brother. The Rev. Gentleman, atter sun.
siderable discussion, was compelled to give this con-
fession in evidence, and while doing so he was gra atly
affected, and frequently wept. The Jury returned a
verdict of Wilful Murder against the prisoner, and he
was committed for trial.

Wednesday Wigglesviorth, who is employed at
Mr. Kay's new factory at Hirddsrsfield, laid his loaded
pistol on a table. whilst he retired to rest. Unfortu-
nately one of his sons, eight years old, took it up, sad
after playing with it, it went off and shot an elder sis-
ter, sixteen years of age, through the head. She was
at the time diessing a younger child, but fell dead im-
mediately.
'lna CHESTER Ciscurr.—At the late Knut4
Sessions, the Magistrates passed a resolution declara•
tory of their opinion that it would be desirable to in-
clude the county of Chest .r in the Circuits of the Judges
I.f Westminster Hall. without interfering with the con-
stitution of the County Palatine Courts in other re-
spects. In lutuie, (Word, it is supposed, will be added
to the Midland Circuit; and the Noi than Circuit will
be divided, so as to include Wales (4nd of course Ches.
let) in one of its branches.—Ciesier Courant.
Wedneisby evening a bail, y rick, containing about
forty quarters, the property of Mr. Setwood, of Bright.
well Farm, Oxon, near Henley, was destroyed by fire,
supposed to be the act of same incendiary.
REMARKABLE INCREAse.—Thursday 79 pommel,
weighing in all 19iIh, the produce of a single potatoe
of the knapsack kind, were dug up in a garden belong-
ing to bit. Williams, baker, Bridge•stmets

CLERICAL IN fELLIUENCE.

OXFORD, Nov. 8.

3londay the nonsfnation of the Rev. John Henry Newman,
AI. A. and Fellow of Oriel College, a. a Public Examiner in Liter is
liumanioribos was approved in Convocation.
On the same day the following Degrees were conferred t
51ASTBR Of MUM
Rev. Henry Vere Hodge, Exeter College.
BACHIII.OII3 or ARTY.

Evan Pugh, Jesus CoMg-.
Charles William Arnott, Exeter College.
hlonday the following Gentlemen were elected Fellows of All
Soul's Colieges—Rohn Kenyon, Commoner of Christ Church ; Wm.
Reginald Courtnay, Commoner of Christ Church ; Charles John
Gooch, Commoner of Christ Church ; Norman Hilton Macdonald,
Gentleman Commoner of Oriel College; and George Cary Elwes,
Commoner of Trinity College.
CA NIBRIDGE, Nov. 7.
Tuesday the Rev. Githert Ainslie, Master of Pembroke Col-
lege, was elected Vice Chancellor of the University for the ensuing
year.
The Seatonian Prize, for the present year, is adjudged to the
Rev. E. Smedley, of Sidney Colllege, for his Poem on " Saul
at Elision"
The Rev. James Saunders, M.A. and John Gibson, F.Sq. B A.
of Sidney Sussex College, were on Friday last elected Foundation
Fellows of that Society.
The Rev. William Young, B.D. Fellow and late Tutor of
Emanuel College, has been presented by the Ma-ter and Fellows
of that Society, to the Rectory of Allen in the county of Somerset.
The Rev. George Pierce Richards, M. A. Fellow of King's Col-
lege, has been presented, by the Provost and Fellows of that So-
ciety, to the Vicarage of Kew and Petersham, Surrey, recently
held by the Rev. C. C. Colton, M.A.
On the .2d inst. the Rev. S H. flanks was instituted by the
Bishop of Ely to the Vicarage of Dvllingham. in this county.
The following Gentlemen were ordained by the Bishop of Ely,
in the Chapel of the Palace at Ely, un Sunday last :
aItACCONL
Richarl N ill.ott, M.A. St. John's coll.
Wdckin Maddy, M.A. St. John's cull.
George Iltv,gr, 11. A. Corpus Christi cull.
P 1415514.
Samuel Horptio Bunks, MAL Trin. hall.
J .mes Caulfield Brown, B.A. St. John's coll.
Thomas Faedell, SC. Q.seera's coll.
Ralph Clinton, Ii A. Eman. hall.
Thomas Hattry, S.C.L. Cath. hi!.
Benjamin Chapman, B.A. Christ's culls
Frederitk Field, M.A. Trio. colt.
Joseph E Conimow, Carla. hall.
ECCLESIASTICAL raqmoTtoxs.

Rrv. T. Harrison, ill. A. of St. Joiner College, CambrlJge. has
been appointed Head blaster of the Foundation Grammar School
ot Ilaid.t Inc.

The Ik-hop of I,Vinchester has been pleased to license the Rev.
J. Browne, B.A. to the Cutacy of Milton, Hants.
Rev. l'dward James Moor, B. A. to the Perpetual Curacy of
Krsgrave, St.ffo.k.
Rev. C. B. Bruce, B. A. to the Rectory of St. James, South Elm
ham, Suffolk.
Rev. George P. Richards, of King's College, Cambridge, to the'
Living of Kew and Petersham.
The Rev. John Pears, A. M. late Minister of the Scotch Church,
Malittg's itig, Sunderland, has bzen appointed by Government to
one of the Scotch Churches in Africa; and the Rev. John Ander-
son, of Edinburgh, has received a unanimous call from the congre-
gation assembling in the above church to he his successor.
Tuesday the Rev. Robert Retipath, A. 11. was ordained to the
office of the holy ministry, and the pastoral care of the United As-
sociate Corercgation of Ealeoshead, by the United Associate Urea-
bytery of 1 trth.
The Y.sth ult. the Associate Burgher congregation, Rathgate, gave
harmonisation to Mr. Clement 3loscrip, Preacher, to be their
pastor.