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- Few events so elaborately prepared pass off without mischance, as the great ceremonial of Queen Victoria's opening the new Exchange in the City did on Monday.

As early as seven o'clock in the morning, the influx from the suburbs -was observed; and by eight o'clock the best stations for seeing in the line of the procession were thronged. Every care was taken to impart order and smoothness to the proceedings. The line of road was laid throughout with gravel ; a preventive against the noisy jolting of the atone pavement and the slipperiness of the wood. Strong barriers were made across the streets that came into the line, to prevent the ingress of carriages and break the pressure of the crowd. From Buckingham Palace to Temple Bar the preservation of order was intrusted to 2,600 of the Metropolitan Police, under the command of 200 sergeants ; sol- diers of the Life Guards and Royal Horse Guards (Blue) and of the Seventeenth Lancers, stationed two and two at intervals of a few yards, helped to keep clear the path. The arrangement on the East side of Temple Bar was similar, only that the Police were those belonging to the City. It is remarked that the crowd was throughout quiet and orderly ; a result to which the great good-humour of the police and military contributed ; though some little distinction is made to the dis- paragement of the City Police, their temper and influence on the crowd. From the beginning of the Strand to the Exchange many persons had seats constructed in their shop-windows ; converting the shop-front, as it were, to a little section of a theatre-pit : such seats were well filled in general ; and near Temple Bar, we are told by a magniloquent reporter, there was "a galaxy of beauty and fashion." But every window of every house was filled; often, in the City particularly, by ladies splendidly dressed. Indeed, every house was so thronged with visiters attracted from a distance by the show, that those who could not obtain better seats poured upon the house-tops and parapets, and were fain to be con- tent with a bird's-eye view of the coach-roofs and hat-crowns. Some had even scaled the dizzy heights of St. Paul's Cathedral. In open apanes, and on favourite points—such as the churchyards passed by the procession, on the leads over low shop-fronts, on the top of the Bank of England, and the like—seats were erected out of doors; covered more or less substantially, and decorated with drapery and flags. Along the 'whole way stood a close crowd of pedestrians, forming an immense line of living creatures, with large knots collected in the open spaces—as in St. James's Park, Charing Cross, and St. Paul's Churchyard. Some- times the crowd clustered in curious figures—such as the pyramid of heads formed by those who stood on the steps of Nelson's Pillar and round the base of the column, and the statue of George the Third in Pall Mall East, which was turned into a mound of little boys. In the Strand, in the neighbourhood of Wellington Street, the crowd was by no means great ; there being an easy passage on the pavement behind the line of spectators at the very time the procession was passing. Upon the whole, the decorations along the line did little credit to the taste of the residents. There were some large flags, and a good many small ones, some scraps of drapery, festoons of coloured stuffs, bows of ribands, artificial flowers, painted inscriptions, and here and there under the guise of decoration was put forth some huge puffing advertisement. The standing-room in the Poultry was reserved, somewhat arbitrarily, for the Livery of the City Companies; who arrived to take up their ground about ten o'clock, each Company preceded by bands and ban- ners. Such was the pathway as it appeared during the Queen's progress.

About eleven o'clock, the Royal procession emerged from the marble arch of Buckingham Palace, and went forward in the following order.

Detachment of Life Guards.

Her Majesty's Carriages, each drawn by six horses. Two Grooms The First Carriage, drawn by six 'bays. Two Grooms walking. conveying walking. Gentleman Usher of the Sword of State, Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber, Exon of the Yeomen of the Guard, Page of Honour in Waiting. Two Grooms The Second Carriage, drawn by six bays. Two Grooms walking. conveying walking. Lord in Waiting to Prince Albert (Lord G. Lennox), Groom in Waiting (the Honourable Captain Duucombe). Groom in Waiting on Prince Albert (Captain F. Seymour). Silver Stick.

Two Grooms The Third Carriage, drawn by six bays, Two Grooms walking, conveying walking. Lord in Waiting (Lord Byron), Treasurer of the Household (Earl Jermyn), Vice-Chamberlain (Lord Ernest Bruce). Comptroller of the Household (the Right Hon. Colonel G. Dawson Darner). Two Grooms The Fourth Carriage, drawn by six bays, Two Grooms'

walking. conveying walking. Groom of the Stole to Prince Albert (the Marquis of Exeter), Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard (the Earl of Beverley), Captain or the Gentlemen-at-arms (Lord Fore,ter), Master of the Buckhounds (the Earl of Route' 1.

Two Grooms The Fifth Carriage, drawn by six bays, Two Grooms

walking, conveying walking. Maid of Honour (the Honourable Lucy Kerr), Bedchamber-woman, Earl Marshal (the Duke of Norfolk), Gold Stick.

Two Grooms The Sixth Carriage, drawn by six blacks, Two Grooms walking. conteying walking. Lady of the Bedchamber (Lady Portman), Maid of Honour in Waiting (the Honourable Miss A. Murray), Lord Steward (the Earl of Liverpool), Lord Chamberlain (the Earl Delawarr). Yeomen of the Guard. Twelve Footmen, four-and-four.

Four Grooms The State Coach, Four Grooms

walking. Drawn by eight cream-coloured horses, walking. Attended by a Yeoman of the Guard at each wheel, and two Footmen at each door; conveying MS QUEEN, His Royal Highness Prince Am:num The Mistress of the Robes (the Dutchess of Buccleuch), The Master of the Horse (the Earl of Jersey). Escort of Life Guards.

As the principal carriage issued from the Palace-gate, there ran through the crowd, says one account, "a thrilling murmur of delight, which ex- pressed more of heartfelt pleasure than the loudest cheer could have done. Every hat was raised and handkerchief waved ; and the simple words God bless you I' were uttered, and ran along the line, as the carriage passed, caught up as they fell from every lip : they were the quiet, earnest, well-sustained feu-de-joie of loyalty, bursting from the hearts of the people, of the poor, the humble, and the honest." The Queen looked charming, and was splendidly dressed. Her costume is thus described by the chronicler of the Court-

" Her Majesty's dress was of white satin silver tissue, of the richest and most elegant design ; portions of the pattern representing leaves and foliage, being of different textures, and some having the effect of burnished silver. It was open in front from the girdle, increasing in width as it approached the bottom, and displaying a petticoat of the most valuable old point lace. The sleeves were short, and at the top of each was a very brilliant diamond orna- ment. The dress had a most chaste and magnificent appearance; the silver brocaded satin of which it was composed being ornamented with valuable dia- monds down each side of the front, placed at intervals on white satin bows. The dress was of Spitalfields manufacture. "Her Majesty had a most splendid diamond stomacher, some of the bril- liants in it being of extraordinary size and lustre ; and on the left side the Queen wore the star of the Order of the Garter, having the cross in the centre formed of rubies, and the rest of the star composed of diamonds. The necklace, ear-rings, and bracelets were of brilliants. Over the left shoulder was the riband of the Garter looped with diamonds, and having a most magnificent George suspended, composed of large and valuable brilliants ; and on the left arm was the Garter, of purple 'velvet, edged with diamonds, and having the motto, Boni Boit qui mal y pense,' set in diamonds. " iler Majesty wore at the back of her head a miniature crown, entirely formed of brilliants, and a diamond tiara surmounting the forehead." Prince Albert was in uniform as Colonel of the Artillery Company, and, to the ladies, seemed an Adonis. The cortege passed along the Park, and out at the iron gates by the German Chapel into Pall Mall. The carriages of the Ambassadors and Foreign Ministers and of some Cabinet Ministers, had assembled at the lower end of St. Ministers, Street ; and when the Royal procession had passed on, they followed in the line. The whole then went along Pall Mall, Cockspur Street, Charing Cross, and the Strand, to Temple Bar ; the Queen and Prince Albert frequently acknowledging the acclama,' Lions that greeted them. The gate of the City had already been in a bustle of final prepa- ration. Divers detachments of Guards, of Police, and Yeomanry, had passed ; working up the spectators into a state of "excitement." About eleven o'clock, the Duke of Cambridge dashed by in his carriage, too fast to be recognized ; then the Dutchess of Kent, the Duke Of Wellington, and some others who preceded the state procession. About the same time arrived a party of Horse Artillery ; who took nr air station in the open space before the King's Bench Walk in the Middle Temple, and there dismounted ; the well-trained tomes to serve as dig- aified and discreet steeds for the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and others in the City procession ; the men themselves as grooms, the better to secure the behaviour of the horses. The City grandees came in carriages, alighted at Messrs. Child's bank, which they entered, and then hurried out again to mount their chargers. The Deputies and Common Coun- cilmen wore mazariue cloaks and cocked-hats ; the Aldermen were in scarlet robes ; and the Lord Mayor was splendidly dight, wearing a robe of crimson velvet, with a collar of SS. and a Spanish hat and feather. Luckily, Mr. Maguey is a gentleman of some presence, and he bore his "trying costume" very well. As soon as his Lordship arrived, the gates, newly painted, closed pro forma, and reopened just before twelve o'clock, as the head of the Royal procession presented itself for admission into the City. The Queen's carriage drew up ; and the Lord Mayor, approaching it on foot, with a profound reverence, presented to her Majesty the City sword of state. The Queen touched It, in token of acceptance, and signified that the Lord Mayor should re- tain it. A reporter, who seems to have been at the top of Temple Bar, thus graphically but discreetly describes what took place under the arch- way— " 'No, no, my Lord Mayor!' was, we believe, her Majesty's reply to his Lordship's offer to surrender to the Sovereign, according to ancient usage, the emblem of his exclusive jurisdiction within the walls of the City. This reply was made the more gracious by the kind tone in which it was delivered, and the gracious movement by which it was accompanied. We cannot, however, Touch for the exact correctness of the above words, [or, more appropriately, considering the post of the reporter, the below words,] nor that they were all that her Majesty was pleased to say ; for, besides that the ceremony took place under the arch, such was the noise and confusion just at the moment, owing to the anxiety of the crowd to obtain a nearer view of the Sovereign, that it was impossible for persons even in the immediate propinquity to the stale-coach to hear what passed." The Lord Mayor remounted, and resumed his station. He seems about that moment to have become the object of high notice- " Whilst remounting, her Majesty, in a smiling and most complaisant manner, turned to Prince Albert, who sat on her left, and evidently indulged in some remarks on the appearance of the Lord Mayor; for his Royal Highness hnme- fliately rose in the carriage, and passing in front of her Majesty, looked out of the window on the side on which the Queen was sitting, and having resumed his seat again, entered into conversation with her Majesty, and apparently ap- peared to coincide in the remark she had made." The civic body was here interpolated into the procession, imme- diately behind the twelve footmen and before the Queen's coach..- Police-officers on horseback.

Carriages of the Members of the Court of C011111200 Council. The State Carriages of the Sheriffs. Carriages of the Aldermen. The Lord Mayor's State Carriage. The Junior City Marshal on horseback.

Members of the Court of Common Council, in their mazarine gowns, on horseback, each with au attendant ;

Mr. Henry Muggridge, Mr. William Gresham,

Mr. Samuel S. Edkins, Mr. W. J. Frodsham,

Mr. James Bayley. Mr. James Audertou, Mr. Thomas Q. Finals, Mr. W. Collingwood, Mr. Edward Godson, Mr. Joshua G. Bedford, Mr. Walter A. Peacock, Mr. Richard Dixon. The Senior City Marshal on horseback. The Sheriffs, in their scarlet gowns and chains, on horseback, each attended by a sergeant and a groom; Mr. Thomas Sidney. Mr. William Hunter. The Aldermen in their scarlet gowns, (those past the chair in their chains,) on horseback, each attended by a beadle and a groom, and also by a Private of the Royal Artillery ; Mr. Alderman Farncomb, Mr. Aldermaa A. Hooper, Sir George Carroll, Knt., Mr. Alderman Johnson, Mr. Alderman Wood, Mr. Alderman Farebrother,

Sir P. Laurie, Knt., Sir J. Key, Bart., Mr. Alderman LUCAS, Sir C. S. Hunter, Bart.

The Common Crier on horseback, The Swordbearer on horseback, (Mr. S. Beddome,) (Mr. C. W. Hick,)

carrying the City Mace. with the Cap of Maintenance. Tett LORD MAYOR, Three (The Right Hon. William Magnay,) Three Footmen in in a Crimson Velvet Robe and Collar of SS. Footmen in State Liveries. on Horseback, bearing the City Sword of State. State Liveries.

In its lengthened order the procession dragged its way along Fleet Street, Ludgate Hill, St. Paul's Churchyard, Cheapside, and Poultry ; arriving without any striking adventure at the new Exchange. The front of the building had been stript of the scaffolding and boards that had disguised it in its progress ; but the open space in front was still enclosed with a low fence, to keep off the pressure of intruders ; and before the portico, another kind of extra portico had been erected, for the greater convenience of the Queen on alighting—a tent-shaped wooden structure, fancifully lined and decorated with drapery. The body of the procession went on to the Northern entrance ; where the officers and ladies of the Household and the City dignitaries alighted ; hurrying back to the Western front to receive her Majesty. In the wooden building were also assembled the Duke of Wellington, Lord John Russell, Sir Robert Peel, and several of the principal guests ; who stood by on each side as the Queen passed. Her Majesty alighted about half-past twelve o'clock, and, leaning on the arm of Prince Albert, entered the building ; while at that moment the Royal standard was hoisted at its summit. A procession was formed to escort the Queen round the building, in this order—

Mr. James Barnes, Clerk of the Gresham Committee. Mr. William Tite, the Architect. Trumpeters, in state dresses, with silver trumpets. The Gresham Committee; including Mr. Richard Lambert Jones, the Chairman of the Committee, and Mr. George Aston. MaAer of the Mercers Company. The City Remembraucer. The two Sheriffii. Members of the Court of Aldermen below the Chair. The Recorder. Members of the Court of Aldermen above the Chair. The Lord Mayor. The QUEEN and Prince ALBERT. Ladies attending on the Queen, Officers of State, and Ministers.

In slow state this procession entered the merchants' area, and walked round the arcade or" Ambulatory" which surrounds the roofless quad- rangle. The ceiling and walls of the Ambulatory, adorned with en- caustic painting by M. Sang, of Munich, attracted the particular notice of the Queen. The quadrangle was filled with ladies and gentlemen connected with the Corporation ; a carpeted pathway across being kept free for the passage of the Queen to the great staircase. At this time the scene was very brilliant, with the new colours of the building, the

State-dresses of the Court, the military and official. uniforms, the civic

splendours, and the gala costume of the company in the quadrangle ; military bands keeping up an atmosphere of music. As the Queen reached the great staircase' there was a pause ; and the bells of the cam- panile tower, now heard for the first time, chimed " God save the- Queen." The procession entered the Lloyd's Underwriters Room ; where a collation was laid out ; the walls splendidly adorned with crimson velvet and looking-glass, the tables glittering with gold and silver plate. But her Majesty passed on into the Reading-room, which was now fitted up as a Throne-room. The walls were hung with crimson velvet, the floor was covered with crimson cloth ; at the Eastern end, on a dais, was a throne of crimson velvet, backed by a curtain of the same, bordered with gold lace. The Queen having taken her seat, Prince Albert stood upon her right hand, the Dutchess of Kent and the Duke of Cambridge on her left ; Sir Robert Peel and Sir James Graham near the Prince ; the Lord Alayor and other members of the Corporation in a semicircle facing the Queen ; the Foreign Ministers and Cabinet Ministers, with their ladies, and some of the chief guests, around ; a guard of Gentlemen-at-arms at the entrance. All having taken their places, the Recorder read the follow- ing address-

" To the Queen's Most Excellent Majesty.

" The humble Address of the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London, in Common Council assembled.

" Most gracious Sovereign—We, your Majesty's faithful subjects, the Lord Mayor, Aldermen, and Commons of the City of London in Common Council assembled, together with the Master, Wardens, and Commonalty of the Mys- tery of the Mercers, joint Trustees of Sir Thomas Gresham, hail your Majesty's auspicious presence in the heart of the Metropolis on this renowned and favoured spot with the liveliest sentiments of devoted loyalty and attachment "The privilege we this day enjoy of approaching your Royal person under the roof of the new Exchange revives the memory of the olden time, when your Majesty's illustrious predecessor, Queen Elizabeth, vouchsafed to adorn by her presence the simpler edifice raised by a citizen, and dedicated to the commerce of the world.

" Your Majesty in this respect emulates the example of that great Monarch, who deemed it no disparagement of her imperial state to proclaim by the herald and to distinguish the work of a subject by the title of the 'Royal Exchange.' "It is recorded in the graceful narrative of events inscribed on the founda- tion-stone of this building, that 'the relief of indigence and the advancement of literature and science' entered into the capacious scheme of the original founder of this noble institution, and were made subsidiary to the stability and grandeur of a commerce coextensive with the habitable globe. "Yielding to that eminent citizen and benefactor of his kind, Sir Thomas Gresham, the signal merit to plan and execute at his own charge this glorious work, we still rejoice to trace the assisting hand of the City and the ancient Company of Mercers from the earliest prosecution of the design ; and our gratitude is kindled on reflecting that each memorable epoch of the Royal Ex- change is marked by the solicitude of the reigning Monarch to raise and to rebuild the structure from the ashes to which it has been twice reduced by the calamitous effects of fire.

" King Charles the Second commenced the former building on the 23c1 of October 1667; and the illustrious Prince the Royal Consort of your Majesty, under your Majesty's auspices, laid the first stone of the present edifice on the 17th of January 1842. "Deign, therefore, most gracious Lady, to regard with your Royal approba- tion this work of our bands, the noble and well-constructed pile again raised by the citizens of London, and erected on a site rendered worthy of the objects of so vast an undertaking, to endure, we fervently pray, for ages, a Memorial and imperishable monument of the commercial grandeur and prosperity and of the peaceful triumphs of your Majesty's happy reign.

" Signed by order of the Court,

"HENRY ALWORTH MEREWETHER." The Queen turned to Sir James Graham, who handed to her Ma- jesty the reply, which she read as follows- " I receive with peculiar satisfaction this dutiful address. It is a pledge of the affectionate loyalty of my people, presented on an auspicious occasion, in a place long renowned as the centre of the commerce of these realms. " It delights me to behold the restoration of this noble edifice, which my Royal ancestors regarded with favour, and which I esteem worthy of my care.

" Within the last three years, when fire had destroyed the ancient building, my beloved consort laid the new foundation ; and this day I gladly celebrate the completion of the work, quickly executed, but grand and perfect in all its parts. " The relief of the indigent, the advancement of science, the extension of commerce, were the objects contemplated by the founder of the Exchange. " These objects are near to my heart. Their attainment will, I trust, be recorded among the peaceful triumphs of my reign ; and I shall rejoice if I am thus enabled, by the blessing of Divine Providence, to promote the profs perity and happiness of all classes of my subjects." The Queen gave the Lord Mayor her hand to kiss, and said, "It is my intention, Mr. Magnay, to confer the dignity of Baronet upon you, to commemorate this event "; adding, "Sir James Graham, see that the patent is prepared." Having made an obeisance in acknowledg- ment, the Lord Mayor successively presented to the Queen the mover and seconder of the address, the Master of the Mercers Company, the Sheriffs, and Mr. Tite the architect ; all of whom kissed hands. tier Majesty, accompanied by Prince Albert and her Royal relatives, then retired to a private apartment which had been prepared for her use.

Meanwhile, the guests took their places for the banquet. At one o'clock, the Queen came forth again, and, preceded by the Lord Mayor, entered the Lloyd's Merchants Room, which was set out with a ban- quet for those guests who could not find places in the chief saloon. It was decorated with trophies of arms and an equestrian figure of Queen Elizabeth ; before which the Queen paused. Her Majesty was then conducted across the vestibule to the Lloyd's Underwriters Room ; where, attended by the Lord Mayor, she took her place at the board. Her Majesty sat at a cross-table at the upper end of the room ; having on her right hand Prince Albert, the Duchess of Kent, the Count De St. Aulaire, and the Honourable Miss Paget; on her left, the Duke of Cambridge, the Countess De St. Aulaire, the Turkish Ambassador, and Viscountess Canning. A service of gold plate had been manufac- tured expressly for this table. The handles of the knives and forks were knights clad in armour, and on the spoons were chased the beads of the twelve Apostles ! The Queen's doyleys were of peach-colcured satin, embroidered, and trimmed with lace. The general company sat at four tables running parallel along Weapon,. Among the more costly decorations IX the chief table, were two mag- nificent bouquets, tributes to the Queen's taste for flowers ; and some fine hot-house grapes and strawberries. The bills of fare at this civic banquet are historical documents of some interest. The following, so beautifully displayed on satin by Messrs. De La Rue and Sons, of Bun- bill Row, that the Queen desired a copy of it to be sent to Windsor Castle, was the list for the Royal table-

Potage de tortue a to ReMe d'Augle- Potage de tortue clair. Potage de percireaux (blanc). [terre. Potage a in Beaureau.

Entrées Chaudes.

Wets de grouse k la Ferigeux. Collies a la Macedoine.

Cotelanes its venuison an chassear. Cronstades ha bechamelle.

Entrées Froides.

Puree de volatile a la Rube. Magnonnaise de perdreaux. &lade a la Russ. Cotelettes d'agneau sax concombres.

Pain de foies gras I is Perigord.

Homard a la Saxe Gotha. Aspri la belle rue. Chaud-froid de poulet In gelie. Salmis (raid de grouse. Filets de boulades it la Cardinal.

Crosses Pieces.

Here de sanxlier ha Bohemienne. Dindon on galantine de Montpellier. Jimbale—garni de faisan aux truffes. Gmndenoir do reau an beurre.

Chapou I la Montmorency. Gitteau de lievre aux tram Entremets.

Fonds d'artichaut is Pecarlate. Haricots veils I l'huile.

Relsifis I la magnonnaise. Choufleur is la gelee. Gfiteau a Is Poniatowsky. Croque-en-bouche praline.

Conglauffe I la saxonne. Grosse meringue I Is Parisienne.

Suedoise d'ananas. Miroton de peches. Mangoes any amandes. Noujuts d'abricets. Creme Fransaise is la vanille. Gelee ile Baldric.

Bordure aux abricots verts. GMeau di. millefeuilles.

Fromuge Bavarois an Kirschwasser. Flan gami de pavies.

Buffet.

Hot roast pheasants. ffet.

Hot roast chickens.

Cold roast beef. Larded peafowl.

This was the general bill of fare— Roast chickens—pates of game—Westphalia hams—beef it la George the Fourth— roast partridges—larded capons—house lamb—roast pheasants —tongues—barons of beef—galautines de pottlardes— cotelettes our concombres—maguounaises de homard- salades de roktille—petits pates it la Reine—ris its yeas a la Romaine—balotines crag- nean—Blets de soles I la Proveugale—crevettes—grouse salads—giteaux a Is Fran. 9aise—noujato d'abricots—jellies—meringues a la Chantilly—compotes de fruits—con- serves de pommes—rhubarbe Is la Regence—gelees aux fruits—patisserie aux amandes. Pine apples—hot-house grapes—pears—dried fruits—ice creams.

Among the guests were—Sir Robert and Lady Peel, the Duke of Wellington, with other Ministers and officers of State; Lord Langdale and other Judges ; Lord John Russell and other Members of both Houses of Parliament; Sir Robert and Lady Sale, Sir Henry and Lady Pottinger; nearly the whole of the Court of Aldermen, and a number of gentlemen connected with the offices and commerce of the City. The Bishop of London said a short grace before and after the repast. During the banquet, a military band performed several pieces of music. At the conclusion of the meal, the Common Crier succes- sively gave these toasts—" Her most gracious Majesty Queen Vic- toria," " the health of Prince Albert," " Albert Prince of Wales and the Royal Family." By command of the Queen, the Lord Mayor gave "Prosperity to the City of London." It was noted that Queen Vic- toria rose and turned to Prince Albert in drinking his health, "with an expression of countenance strongly indicative of affection." Of the last on the list it is said that "Her Majesty drank the toast in a manner which evidenced the interest she feels in the prosperity of the trade and commerce of the City ; and Prince Albert turned towards the Lord Nayor and bowed in a marked manner to his Lordship." During the feast, Mr. Lambert Jones and some other gentlemen went about dis- tributing among the guests copies of a medal, in gold to the principal guests, in silver to the others. On the one side of this medal, which is about the size of a two-shilling piece, is the head of her Majesty, with the inscription "Royal Exchange opened by her Majesty Queen Vic- toria, Oct. 28, 1844." On the reverse are presented three shields, with these arms respectively—the Gresham arms at the top surmounted by the grasshopper, the City arms on the left, and the arms of the Mercers Company on the right. These are surrounded by an inscription- " First stone laid by his Royal Highness Prince Albert, January 17, 1842." After the last toast, the Queen, with Prince Albert, retired to her private apartment.

At twenty minutes after two o'clock, her Majesty and the Prince issued from their chambers, and, escorted as before, passed through the great room, down the stairs to the quadrangle. There was a general rush of the company to the same point, to witness the ceremony of what may be called the christening of the structure ; in the centre of which, where a statue of the Queen is to be placed, her Majesty stopped. The members of the Corporation and the Ministers formed a circle round the Queen. The heralds having made proclamation, and silence having been commanded, the Queen received a slip of parchment from Sir James Graham, and said, in an audible voice—" It is my Royal will and pleasure that this building be hereafter called the Royal Ex- change." This concluded the ceremonies of the day ; and after a few complimentary words to the Mayor and the architect, her Majesty, still leaning on Prince Albert's arm, proceeded to her carriage.

It was not the one that she came in ; for the state-carriages had been dismissed to the Royal stables on their arrival ; but the Queen and Prince, with their suite, entered several " Royal dress-carriages," and returned rapidly the way they came. Although the return was not in state, the way was kept clear as before ; and the spectators were scarcely less numerous ; though, Eastward of Temple Bar, numbers had been drawn off by a report that the Queen would pass along another route to the Great Western Railway. The party regained Buckingham Palace at a quarter past three o'clock.

The occasion was celebrated by the most wholesale festivity and hospitality in the City. The Lord Mayor entertained at the Mansion- house four or five hundred visiters, who assembled to witness the spec-

Mete ; and in the- evening the Lady Mayoress gave a ball. The Artillery Company, and several of the Livery Companies, dined with more or less magnificence. The principal tradesmen entertained large parties whom they had invited to witness the show ; more than one prince of the linendrapery and cognate retail trades extending his hospitality to as many as a thousand guests.

At night, although it had been officially announced that there would be no illumination, a number of houses were brilliantly lighted up, especially in the City.

On Wednesday and the two sabsequent days the public were admitted by tickets to view the building. - Many thousands have availed them- selves of this privilege.

The scholars of St. Paul's School had petitioned the Queen to be allowed to present an address when the procession should pass the school ; but, not wishing that her progress should be stopped, the Queen signified that the address might be forwarded through the Secre- tary of State. Accordingly, a Latin address and poem were trans- mitted, and graciously accepted. Addresses from Christ's Hospital and Merchant Tailors School were presented through the same channel.

The Times, which opposed the election of Alderman Gibbs to the Mayoralty, keeps up its hostility to the Walbrook Churchwarden; and repeats the suggestion of a correspondent, that the bankers, cor- porate bodies, and persons interested in preserving a civic reputation for probity, should join in requesting the Lord Mayor not to act until the pending suits in which he is engaged are determined. The corre- spondent's notion is backed by an anecdote-

" That many of his opinions are entertained by the public at large, is evident from a remark which fell on Monday last from the lips of a distinguished guest

at her Majesty's table in the Exchange, and which appeared to meet with general acquiescence. On his being informed that Mr. Alderman Gibbs had not ridden on Monday in the civic procession, it is stated that a Cabinet Mi- nister observed, 'that a man who could not venture to meet public opinion was unfit to fill the office of Chief Magistrate of London."

The Morning Post, deprecating the task of Mr. Gibbs's defence, still hints indulgence for him, and treats this story as doubtful. The Alder- man's defender thus accounts for his absence from the procession-

" With respect to the non-appearance of the Lord Mayor Elect at the proces. 'ion on Monday, the truth is, that he had fully determined to be present, and

even persisted in his determination until a late hour on the morning of Mon-

day, only giving it up at the instigation of those whom he could not possibly refuse. It was not the dread, certainly, of any ebullition of popular displeasure which prevented Mr. Gibbs taking part in a ceremony which his election as Lord Mayor fully entitled him to do, but simply that the Queen might not be exposed to any annoyance. So far as regards the remarks of a Cabinet Minis- ter, of course the Times is more competent to speak than we are; though we think the story extremely improbable.

The order purporting to be by the Lord Mayor, forbidding persons to pass through certain streets near the Royal Exchange after nine o'clock on Monday morning, was disclaimed before Monday came: two para- graphs were inserted in the Observer, one stating that the order was not in accordance with any expressed wish of the Queen ; the other stated that "the Lord Mayor disclaimed all knowledge of the document ";— " which, upon further inquiry, turns out to be an unfinished paper sub- mitted by the Commissioners of Police several days since to a Com- mittee of the Court of Aldermen, and which had been referred for the further consideration of the Committee in a conference with the Commissioners ; and, by some accident, in the hurry of business, it was committed to the hands of the printer without undergoing the requisite revision."

Rather a serious accident occurred just as the Queen left the Royal Exchange. One of the men who had the care of the flags on the roof

of the edifice, reaching over incautiously to see some part of the gay- eties below, lost his balance, and fell headlong through two skylights, alighting on one of the staircases. It was at first thought that he was killed on the spot ; bat on his being removed to St. Bartholomew's Hos- pital, it was found that he was still alive; and next day he was pro- nounced to be mending.

A Court of Aldermen was held on Tuesday. Sir Peter Laurie moved a vote of thanks to the Lord Mayor for his judicious and admirable conduct during the proceedings of the previous day. The motion was seconded by Sir Claudius Hunter, eagerly supported by several Alder- men, and carried unanimously. The Lord Mayor briefly but emphati- cally acknowledged the compliment. The next business was to swear in the new Alderman for Portsoken Ward ; and there was a great rush of the supporters of Mr. Salomons and Mr. Moon to maintain their re- spective claims. Protests against the election were handed in on the part of Mr. David Salomons, and of several electors of the ward; but the Court declined to receive them, except in the usual form of memo- rials. The place being so thronged with a turbulent crowd that Mr. Moon could not enter to take the oath, the Court was cleared. Mr. Francis Graham Moon then appeared at the bar, subscribed the statutory declaration, and was admitted. Alderman Wood moved that it be re- commended to the Judges and Commissioners of the Central Criminal Court to discontinue the evening sittings ; intending afterwards to move, that to facilitate business three daily courts be held instead of two. No seconder appeared, and the motion fell to the ground. The Court adjourned.

At the Central Criminal Court, on Saturday, Myers, a Jew, was con- victed of stabbing Mr. Clayard, (in the way we stated on the 28th September,) and sentenced to be transported for fifteen years.

James Carruthers, who was convicted, on Friday, of sending threaten- ing letters to the house of Messrs. Coutts and Co., with a view to ob- tain money, was sentenced, on Saturday, by Mr. Justice Maule, to a year's imprisonment.

An infant has been strangled at Ratcliffe Highway, by getting its head between the back-rails of a chair placed at its bed-side, and then falling out of bed.

An inquest was held before Mr. Wakley, at Ruislip Common near Uxbridge, on Thursday, on the body of William Terry, a labourer. His sister said that the man had no regular employment, but obtained his living by jobbing about. He had no lodging, but had for two years been allowed to sleep in a loft, on some straw or hay. Often he had not had a shilling a week to live upon. He had twice been in the Union Workhouse, the last time three years ago ; but he said that he never would go in again, if he could get one meal a day out of it. She and her husband are very poor ; but he usually came to their house on Sunday, to get a bit of meat ; and he came last Sunday. On Wednes- day he was sent to her house, in a manare-cart, as he was dying; and sixpence was sent with him by the person in whose loft he had been allowed to sleep. She gave him some milk but he could not eat, and he grew rapidly weaker. On Thursday morning, she went to seek the Relieving-officer, who lived four miles off, at Hillingdon : he not being at home, she followed him to Uxbridge Church ; but that also he had left. She then went to Mr. Rayner, the district Surgeon ; who came to see the man ; but-he died in three hours. She had no cordial in the

house when he died, nor money ; only bread and butter. Mr. Rayner was examined ; and in the course of his examination he produced the blank form of an order such as he usually gave for nourishment in cases of sickness it directed the Relieving-officer to "Supply with ; unless you know he is in such circumstances that he can Supply h self with the same." To obtain what was ordered, the pauper would sometimes have to walk as far as six miles; and then a discretion would lie with the Relieving-officer as to the fulfilment of the order. The Coroner expressed great indignation at that arrangement. The Jury, without retiring, unanimously returned a verdict "That the death of William Terry had been caused by want of food and other necessaries of life."