14 JULY 1838, Page 7

The banquet at the Guildhall yesterday to the Foreign Princes

and Ambassadors was a very splendid affair. The decorations of the Hall were nearly the same as on the Queen's visit to the City. Besides the distinguished foreigners, the Duke of Sussex, the Duke of Wellington, Lord Melbourne, Sir Robert Peel, Mr. O'Connell, and many Mem- bers of both Houses of Parliament, were present at the feast. The Duke of Wellington and Marshal Soult were loudly cheered. The speeches were complimentary and commonplace, as usual on such occa- sions; but nothing could surpass the excellence of all that was pro- vided to tickle the corporal palate. Marshal Soult has visited the East and West India Docks and the British Museum. On Wednesday, he went to Windsor Castle and Eton College ; and on Thursday to Beulah Spa.