The Statesman.
London, England, 1818-11-10 00:00:00

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LORD MAYOR'S DAY.
Teeter(lay being Lord Mayer's Day, tie in•nerif•
sine took place in the order deicribed in our Paper
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Saturday. The late I.trl 31abor, the Lard
Mayor Elect, *c. enikatt Aon -roam the I state barges
et
Queenhithe, and proceeded to trestmitister. Aifer
the usual Ceremonies had been gone through, tht re-
turned by water to Blackfriars-bridze, where they
disembarked, at d the precession being again formed;
Aey Proceeded to Guildhall to dinner. The craved
etas immense, and we lament to learn that several ar.
tridents occurred, particularly at the end of Fleet. . d
street, where two or three individuals were mach hurt.
THE FkAST.
The lintel Annual Fent was given by the Lord
'Mayor and Sheriffs at Guildhall. The company was
*sunroof and respectable. According to •our ob-
ineation, no less than 1500 persons were present ;
easel, as it pretty generally happens where custnut
warrants the presence of the Ladles, they formed'a
very decisive majority. This we could see armee
cklarly from the improved illumination of the Halt,
the two new gas chataleliers being equal in &tett.
those at those at the Winter theitre4.--The
spectacle was indeed rendered peruliatly
through this additional illumination, and being front
it enabled to set', we cannot hesitate to say, that the
, city may venture to vie • with the west and of the
town in the quantity and quality•of female beauty.
About via nic:ock the Lord Mayor, followed by a
long procession, entered the flail from the Cowbell
Chamber. Among those by whom his Lordship was
accompanied we noticed
Lords Liverpool, Bathurst, and Sidinouth ; the
American, neasiatr, end Baden Ambassadors; the
leirvacellor of the Exchequer •, Chief Justice Abbot ;
she ifice-Cbsticellor ; Chief Justice Dallas ; Judgett
Park, floiroyd, and Bortooghs ; M'ssrt. Long and
.Cuurtenay. In ad.laticio In those personages, we re-
cognised in the root*, !sir John Sylvester ; Serjeente
Vaughan and Firth; and the Common-Sergeant ;
with-all the Aldermen, including Mesita. Wettlioste
end Wood.
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After dinner the dinalitossit, held to hav Asp*.
,aye of loyally, were drank whh the gnat dasiolf.i
'trillions of respect anl regard.
Upon proposing the healtn of the EuvapOlin Am-
atssrilorq, the Aushosaador of Baden, as we under-
Stood, retorted thstrka in a neat speech, delivered iti
she English language:

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Tbistosst i7ttiowed by a toast prapOsed by the
Lotto Maltose, after an impressive address. His
Lordship said, that on .proposing tire Irealth of the
Representative of that Ilitintt %Welt spnke the same
language as England, end altich ackiitlialedged this
coutory as its parent Stair, he could not (kola of
meeting the most gracious reception. For however
America might have been separated from EN/laud.
still Englishmen must feel towards the Americans a
great degree of affinity, awl that this feeling might
serve to produce hettseen both the most cordial bar.
many, must be the wish of all good men connected
with• either station.; therefore he concluded that ail
who heard him would cordially drink the toast he
earl shoat to propose. Iltintety,-1" tire American Ate:
bssiador, end permanent peace between this country
and America."
Ti,is toast as &link' the semi end anivetteir
nisiiitestations of cordiality.
When Mr. Rusts, the American Anshasvedor, rose
to return thanks, he seas saluted with accismationa
of applause. This Gentleman, after espressicg hie
settee 1,1 liar honour conferred upon his illation and up-
on hi.nself, by the manlier in which the toast bad
been receited, observed, that it nail the interest of
America to maintain peace anti harmony with Eng.
hind ; but slitl more reciprocating the sentiment which
the Merting had heard from the Lord Mayor, it was
the feeling of America to pursue that course. That
the sante feeling prevailed in this country he hoped
and trusted, anti that the amicable connection be.
tureen t•o coutitties so nearly allied would he cor-
dial and long.iiv.d was, he assured the Meeting, his
most anxious wish. -( Applause.) . •
The LORD MAYOR, its plOpuitittg the health of his
Majesty's Ministers, observed, that the City was on
this occasion honoured by the presence of four of
those Slinisitr:. What service those Nlioisters had
already rendered to• the country, was sufficiently
knowis to every one who heard him; and what Ser.
vice they 1/•11 tho dtapnaitio/i Alld capacity of still far-
ther rendering, could not be doubted ; therefore he
eslcuisto.i upon the unanimous and cordial receptiou
01 the km t which be submitted.

After the tout oas drank, with three time, three,
Lord LIVLRP.IOI. rose to return thanks on the part
of himself and his Colleagues. In art Adatinistras
lion, of no short duration, end marked with events
of the utmost itoporiance to this cor:try, as well es
to Europe generally, it was, he said, the object, as
it was the dirty, of his Majesty's Miahrters, to cost.
Cult the best interests of their coveter, and portico.
larly those of that great Citr, which was the Capital
of the Britioh Empire—Opplausts )—llis Colleagues
partook with him of the pleasure which the approba.
(ion of this great City was calculated to produce, and
he trusted wiry would continue to deserts that sp.
probation.
The health* of the late Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress followed, which were appropriately received.
The LORD MAYOR, aofter panegyrizing the tidier.
nutrition of justice in• this errantry, proposed the
,health of• tLe4udges, which was drank with three
times three, end .., •
Chief Justice Ansdr observed, that on his part,
mud that of his brother °Jerilyn, he returned thanks
.fir the nomr conferred upon them.
• her., their lordships retired.
• We recur ked that-the political tossts,and especially
that with regard te-Ministers, was not propoael until
nine o'clock, when nearly five.sisths of rte coma
parry, lacludiwg all the Ladies, had retired free the
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The diststeriead the manner In which it was server'
sip, deserve greet praise, sod this praise is, we on.
derstand, to be divided bet ween the Committee who
had the management of the feast, mad the Proprietors
of the Freemihotio' Tavern, by whom it was pro.,
sided, together with wines of the best quality.
After a very convivial evening, wart en.
livened by some songs, from Masts. Dignom, Pyne,
Leete, Bc. the Meeting broke up about 1 1 o'clock,
to proceed to thc ball at the Mansion.howse, white
was attended by a lively #nd splendid cousirany.

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