passable by reason of the-crowds of loiterers and gazers. It

was half-past three when the Lord Mayor assisted her Majesty to

At length the great day dawned ; and, contrary to the prophecies of alight at the door of the Guildhall. The Lady Mayoress, who was the croakers, with a prospect of sonic sunshine and HO rain. At an waiting at the entrance, was presented by her husband ; and the Queen early hour, all the avenues leading to St. James's Park were crowded passed on to the Royal reception-room, followed by the Dutchess of with pedestrians moving towards Buckingham Palace. About noon, Sutherland and Lord Albemarle.

a stroeg boy of Police took up their station on the sides of the centre The Council-Chamber had been fitted up for the Royal reception- :tall ; and soon afterwards, the carriages of the distinguished persons

who were to form a part of the Royal procession began to arrive. At room-

this time the crowd in the Park was immense. Chairs, forms, barrels, mouldings and festoons of red and white flowers. At the lower end were three tables, any thing which would enable people to see over their neigh- large plates of pier-glass, with elegant gilt tables, vases, and other ornaments. Lours' heads, were hired by the eager multitude. Alen and boys In the centre was a brilliant :or-molu and steel-mounted gas lustre, and four climbed up trees and railings, and after a brief struggle with the Police, chandeliers illuminated the corners of the chamber. The room was covered were ellowed to keep their places. with a rich Brussels carpet with white medallions and chintz colouring. Upon with six horses, left Buckingham Palace, and took her station at the velvet. In this apartment there was no other chair or seat of any kind."' bead of the procession in the Mall, where the carriages of the other From the reception-room the Queen went to the retiring-room, at. nienil,ers of the Royal Family were drawn up. At two o'clock pre- tended by the Dutehess of Kent, the Dutchess of Gloucester, and the cisely, the first of the Queen's carriages began to move through the Dutchess of Cambridge. The Aldermen's room had been fitted up as a triumphal arch. The Royal state carriage was seventh in order : her retiring-room-

Efty grenadiers in uniform. The fronts of many of the houses were by. .A range of booths in St. Clement's Churchyard, and seats on the worthy citizens proceeded to mount their chargers, which were waiting for them in the Temple-yard. The horses were brought from

Cbt Court. the Artillery Barracks at Woolwich, and each was led by the soldier

Companies, and the boys of Christ's Hospital. The Royal carriage " It was hung throughout with crimson fluted cloth, finished with gold

the platform stood a chair of state splendidly gilt and covered with crimson

About a quarter before two, the Dutchess of Kent, in her carriage

BIajesty was accompanied by the Dutchess of Sutherland, Mistress of " It was beautifully decorated with fluting, ornamented with festoons of rope. the Robes, and the Earl of Albemarle, Master of the Horse. Deafen- The floor was covered with a crimson and gold carpet, and the curtains were of ing and long-continued cheers greeted the Queen's first appearance on striped crinpon silk. The cornices were thickly gilt, and the apartment was the joyous occasion. On the footpath of the road leading through the lighted up with a cut-glass chandelier. In the recess was a maentfleent toilet- precincts of St. James's Palace from the Park to Pall Mall, there was table covered with white satin, embroidered with the initials . V. it ' a crown and wreath in gold, and looped with gold silk rope and tassels. In tiiis private a crowd of men, women, and children, but of the children most, who were rat ged in front by their parents and friends. The instant the apartment of her Majesty were three of the splendid chaits which decorated the state apartments of George the Fourth, and other chairs, richly gilt. It ira Queen came in sight, the little folks raised their caps and bonnets, and also furnished with console-tables with marble tops, and a marqueterie centre slictated with all their might. The Queen seemed exceedingly pleased table, and cabriolet-chairs and sofas with magnificently-embroidered seats, eta with this juvenile detnonstration of delight. It was noticed that while chair varying from the others. There was also an ottoman fitted up under the the windows of every other house exhibited happy and loyal faces, the stained glass windows, which were partially seen with the names ot the Alder' residence of the Queen Dowager and the shop and house of a Tory men upon them."

batter were shut up. The procession, as it passed into Pall Mall, In about twenty minutes, the Queen entered the drawing.room, consisted of the carriages of the members of the Royal Family, and when the chief guests were assembled. Here the address of the City of the Household, preceding the Royal state carriage ; after which of London was read by the Recorder, and a suitable reply given by came an escort of Life Guards, and then the carriages of the Cabinet the Queen. Her Majesty then ordered that a patent of baronetcy .Ministers, the Judges, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Ashburnham, should be made out for the Lord Mayor, and was pleased to knight the ArAbishop of Canterbury, and Mr. Grote. The carriage of the the two Sheriffs, Mr. Carroll and Mr. Montefiore. Duke of Sutherland, with whom was Lord Alorpetb, brought up the At twenty minutes past five, dinner was announced ; and the Queen,. rear. A gravel road-way had been laid along the streets. As the pro- preceded by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, and conducted by cession passed to the left of the statue of Charles at CharingCross, the the Lord Chamberlain " in respectful silence," descended into the scene was most striking and magnificent. Not only the windows and Hall, where the banquet was prepared.

balconies, but the parapets and roofs of the houses, at Charing Cross, The Hall, usually so dingy and dirty, was converted into a most mag- the Strand, and even down Whitehall beyond the Admiralty, were nificent banqueting-room, brilliantly illuminated ; decorated with crun- crowded with cheering spectators. Morley's Hotel, the truion Club, son cloth and silk, with flags and banners and armour on the walls. and the portico of the National Gallery were covered ; and under the On entering the Hall, the first object which attracted attention was the lee of the western pepper-box of the Gallery, were a group of about throne ; which is thus described-

covered with gay-coloured cloths, evergreens, flags, transparencies, " It was placed upon a raised platform at the east end of the Hall. It was

and lamps. Banners and national flags were strung together and • The descriptive passages, printed with inverted commas, are taken verbatim frcra stretched across the Straud at various points ; and numerous the &lily papers. We have endeavoured, however unsuccessfully, to term a connected and intelligible narrative out of the copious but ill-arranged materials they supply . constructed with an elegance of taste which gave a tenfold lustre to the costli- ness of the materials of which it was composed. It was surmounted by an entablature, with the letters V. R.' supporting the royal crown and cushion. In the front was an external valance of crilne011 velvet, richly laced and trimmed avith tassels. The back fluting was composed of white satin, relieved with the royal arms in gold. The curtains were of ctiinson velvet, trimmed with lace, and lined with crimson silk. The canopy was composed of crimson velvet, with radiated centre of white satin enamelled with gold, forming a gold ray front which the centre of satin diverged. A valance of crimson velvet, laced with gold, depended from the canopy, which was intersected with cornucopias, introducing the rose, thistle, and ehanirock, in white velvet. Beneath this splendid canopy was placed in the state chair ; which was richly carved and g, ilt and ornamented with the royal arms and crown, including the lose, thistle, and shamrock, in crimson velvet. Its proportions were tastefully and judici- ously diminished to a size that should in sonic sort cotrespond with the slight and elegant figure of the young Sovereign for whom it was provided. It is, we believe, the Sa1,1:leAt chair of state ever constructed by a modern artificer. The footstool was of crimson velvet, decorated in a manner that corresponded well with the rich and beautiful colours and drapery of the thione itself. The plat- form on whieii the throne stood was covered with ermine awl gold carpeting of tile richest do eription ; and the steps and passage by which the throne was approached were covered with materials of a scarcely less costly description. In front of the throne was placed the royal table, extending the u hole width of the platform. It was thirty-four feet long and eight wide ; and was co- vered with a cloth of the most exquisite damask, trimmed with gold lace and fringe. limesides and front of the platform were decked with a profusion of the rarest planta and shrubs.

" The portion of the Hall appropriated to the throne and royal table is elevated one foot nine inches above the level of the Hall; and a large mirror, twelve feet lung and ten feet wide, at each side of the throne, reflects the brilliant and crowded scene at the western termination. On each of the return sides stand two mirrors, ten feet long and ten feet wide • and before the mirror is arranged, in the most effective manner, the plate of the City and of the Com- panies, gathered together for this brilliant occasion. The mirrors, with the shelves of plate, are intersected with crimson Vatican drapery, which is con- tinued in all the various compartments throughout the Hall.

o From the bottom of the platfiwm on which the throne and royal table stood, four long tables extended nearly half way down the Hall. At tiro* tables sat the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, the Foreign Ambassadors, the nobility, the Aldermen, and a few of the members of the Court of Common Council. The royal avenue leading to the throne was in the middle, having two of the tables on each side.

" Oyer the porch entrance, was the new gallery, built, by the desire of Sir George Smart, for fifty vocal and instrumental performers. This gallety projected in a manner certainly prejudicial to the general appearance of the Ball; but the harmony was immensely promoted by the combination. The gallery over the steps leading to the Council Chamber, which was upon this occasion converted into the Queen's drawing-room, was decorated with banners end armour very tastefully arranged ; and on each side of the steps stood a figure in complete armour, fresh from the hands of the armotwer of the Tower. The gallery opposite the music-gallery was occupied by three stacks of armour; complete coats of mail were suspended from other parts of the hall."

" From the roof were suspended two chandeliers of stained glass and prisms, manufactured in great perfection by Mr. Collins, of Temple-bar. Gas-pipes,

with innumerable burningejets representing the tasteful folds of drapery, covered the sides of the hall. The rich and gorgeous dresses of the ladies, the

uhealing brilliancy of their ornamental jewellery, and the graceful waving of

their plumes, which formed their only head-dress, together with the more fantastic, but not less costly and glittering, habiliments of the gentlemen in full Cuurt costume, contributed greatly to the imposing and effective magnificence of the scene."

The Queen took her seat on the throne amidst the acclamations of the company. The Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress took their station on either side of her Majesty, but were almost Immediately ordered to be seated. The Queen's dress was of pink satin, very richly embroi- dered with silver ; over her left shoulder was the riband of the order of the Garter, a ith the George appended ; on her head the Queen bad a splendid diamond circlet ; she also wore diamond ear-rings, and had a stomacher of brilliants.

An incomplete list of the company is given in the daily papers, from which we select a few of the more distinguished names. At the Royal table, were the Dukes of Sussex and Cambridge, the Dutehesses of Kent, Gloucester, Cambridge, and Sutherland. Prince George of Cambridge, Princess Atiattsta of Cambridge, and the Countess of Mulgmve. There were four other principal tables, at which were seated, without much regard, it would seem, to ordinary precedence, Ministers of State and Citizens, Peers, Bishops, and Commoners, with now and then a lady —Lord 'Melbourne, the Duke of Wellington, Sir Peter Laurie, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mr. Charles Pearson, the Foreign Ambas- sadors, Mr. Grote, Miss Spring Rice, Lord Langdale, Lady Cecilia Underwood, Lord John Russell, Lord Durham, Lord Mulgrave, Mr. Spring Rice, Sir Edward Sugden, Sir Robert Inglis, Sir Richard Vvvyan, Alderman Winchester, Lord Howick, Sir George Murray, Lord Palmerston, Lord Combermere, Lord Hill, Lord Glenelg, Mr. David Salomons, the Marquis of Chandos, Sir John Key, Lady C. Legge, Captein Berkeley, Sir Charles Wetherell, Mr. Byng, Mr. Fox Maille, Mr. E. J. Stanley, Alderman Brown, Sergeant 'faddy, Lady Mary Stopford, Mr. J. Pattison, Sir Claudius Hunter, Mr. Alderman Birch, and the editors (reporters ? ) of newspapers.

The dinner, of course, consisted of a profusion of good things—.20 tureens of turtle soup, 50 boiled tinkles and oyster-sauce, 60 roast turkies, 10 sirloins of beef, 40 dishes of partridges, 60 dishes of mince. plea, &c. &e. ; all supplied by Mr. Bleaden of the London Tavern. The china and glass was supplied by Messrs. Davenports--

"The dessert plates for the royal table are of white china, with vine border in geld, and a wreath of oak-leaves and acorns in raised mat gold around the rho- A medallion at the top contains the crown, and another at the bottom the City arms, emblazoned in their proper colours. In the centre are the letters V. R.,' in a handsome cipher, surrounded by an enamelled wreath of Sneers of the most brilliant tints and exquisite workmanship. There were twenty.four of these plates, valued at 10 guineas each. The decanters, claret. jugs, champagne, hock, and other glasses, are all richly cut, and ornamented 5% iii a vine herder, varied with the rose, thistle, and shamrock, and the royal arms, " The following are some of the articles of handsome gold plate used at the Queen's table and sideboard, supplied by Messrs. Brook and Son, Poultry-4 splendid large richly chased monteths ; 62 rich embossed two- - handle cues and Covent: 12 splendid rich chased bowls; let very large awl licilly chased edge scroll salvers ; 24 smaller ditto ; 3 splendid chew! takers; 7 very floe old chased antique salts; 80 chased two-handle cups; 10 magnificent embossed flagons; 13 elegant chased tanka; ds, stinthi 6,6; relief, very beautiful ; 26 large rosewater dishes, chased o ith groups of tigers*, Feast of the Gods, &c. in bold relief; 14 elegant antique large ettibus,2.1 eN,r1,1, various, to correspond with rosewater dishes ; 22 splendid scroll arm cate!e/abras, bold chased plinths and pedestals ; I splendid plateau with chased figures iii trumps 4 plateaus, chased edges in bold relief; I large splendid silver chandeli T, with branches formed of dolphins, for her Majesty's drawingwonn. Total value about 150,000/.

" The gold plate for the royal table, furnished by Emanuel Brothers, sf Bevis Marks, was of the most costly description and elaborate workmanship. In the centre of the table, was a magnificent epergne, supported by figeree of the three Graces, on sphynx pedestals, surrounded by a wreath of vine ;rid oak- leaves. On either side were two massive candelabra en suite, on which the royal arms were displayed in burnished gall The soup and &ince tureens, cell wets, d'shes and covers, claret jugs, t..c. were of the same costly matetial, mid ornamented in a similar manner. The massive gold dinner mti soup p';itts fit her Ma- jesty's use were ornamented with vine barders, cha ed e. sirts, led ml coat .1 with the royal arms. " The china for the general company was a put while ground. t.)c: itt with that provided for her Misiioty'a tilde ; the lit ',it.- :Ring itt ei,• • • lee.te, and void of all ornament, with the exception of a vine herder in 1 surrounding the rims, haeillee. &c. Vast cplantities it 0ol:1 ',Site were lent by different private gentlemen through Mr. ;headers .,:n .:.1c.ie;it value to somewhere about 400,000a" After dinner, " Non nobis Domine " was S11117, ; nail01E11.

by a flourish of trumpets, time Common Crier adveneed to tile letddle of the Hall, and said, " The Right Honoureble the Lord M yor eives the health of our most Gracious Sovereign, Queen Victoria." The company simultaneously rose, and drank the toast with enthusiasm. " God save the Queen" was sung ; after which her :Majesty rose mil bowed repeatedly, with extreme affability of manner. The Comnioa Crier then shouted—" lier Majesty gives the Lord Mayor and Pros- perity to the City of London." Bishop's " When the wind blew*" was then sung. The only other toast was 'The Royal Femily," given by the Lord Mayor. Several pieces of music were 1)e...formed during the evening ; but as there were no politics and no sliceches, the dinner ceremonial was felt to be a dull affair.

At half-past eight, her Majeety's carriage was announeed. Most of the principal guests left the Hull at the same time.

The Queen returned by the same route as in the morning, hut not in state. In spite of the unpleasant weather, and the unusually dirty con- dition of the streets, the erowd was still very great. Oii arrivieg at the end of Cheapside, her Majesty was greeted with " God save the Queen," sung by many hundred voices, accompanied by a band of wiel instruments. This was arranged by the Harmonic Society, who had obtained permission to occupy the galleries which had in the tnornin; been appropriated to the scholars of the City of London Sehools. Along the entire route, till the Royal carriages readied :Marlborough

House, her Mejesty was greeted with enthusiastic cheer: ; aid the rain having ceased for a time, the illuminations appeared to great ad- vantage.

The daily papers contain between seven and eight columns of pain- ciders of the illumination; but they are only tiresome to the reader. The great majority were stars and crowns in various coloured iserips, some with and some without the initials " V. R." The occasion did not furnish much scope for the display of " ingenious devices." The Morning Post penny-a-liner gives the following aS the most striking exhibition of the night- " A little above Essex Street, there was an illumination extealing ever the dimensions of five extensive houses and shops, and from its novelty attracte4 universal admiration, and frequently elicited the approbation of the passing crowds from the style of the arrangement, which was quite non-tile, uI which presented a tonic ensemble that during our walk we did not see enrpassed or even equalled. The illumination commenced at the bowie of Mr. Undel down, and terminated at that of .Mr. Baugh, goldsmith and jeweller. In the centre of the house appeared this sentence, ' Victoria, may thy ringo be long and happy.' This passage was surmounted by the royal initiais in 21111k2r-COlourol. limps, awl an old English crown in variegated lamps. To heighten this exhibition, 2 number of Brunswick and other stars of several orders were also attached to the framework of the illinninatiou : the whole was surrounded hy festoons of l•iiirel, oak, and palm, and wreaths of evergreens, likewise bouquets of atifici ii and real flowers."

During the whole of the day and night, the multitude were cederly and good-humoured ; and few serious accidents occurred.

A diamond ornament of great value fell from the magnificent dress of her Majesty, as she alighted from her carriage at Gui Ihahl. The ornament was broken to pieces, and the jewels dispersed in dilTerent directions. It is gratifying to be able to state, that through the dili- gence and integrity of the persons in attendance on the -put, every diamond was recovered and restored in the course of the evening._ Morning Post.