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’ftont, of the contents of which moft of the diftinguiflied 
guelts partook. 
After dinner Non nobis was fung, and the toalls were 
given (with an appropriate glee or long between each) 
by found of trumpet, there being two trumpeters placed 
at the top of the hall, near the throne, who were anlwered 
by two at the bottom. 
The lord-mayor, in propofing the toalt of Field-marfhal 
the Duke of Wellington, addreffed him nearly in the fol¬ 
lowing words: “The highly-gratifying vifit of his royal 
highnefs the prince regent to this feftive hall, accompa¬ 
nied by mighty fovereigns and renowned warriors of fa- 
reign nations, is ftill frelh in our recollection. Many, per¬ 
haps all of us, regretted that the Britifh hero was not feeii 
amidit the laurelled conquerors upon that memorable oc- 
cafion. The regret was natural, but perhaps unfeafona- 
ble, for who can doubt but the invincible commander of 
our own brave armies deferved a civic triumph to himfelf ? 
It would be ingratitude not to celebrate diftinftly the 
fplendid victories achieved by our own illuftrious general, 
which accelerated the reftoration of peace; victories not 
bellowed by the capricious favour of fortune, but won by 
a noble perfeverance, through adverfe circumftances, and 
by liard-contefled ftruggles with rival generals of confum- 
mate ikill, and veteran troops of acknowledged valour; 
and, though every tribute of praife is due to the native 
bravery of our own foldiers, of what avail would it have 
proved if it had not been directed and raifed even to en- 
thufiafm by the military genius, the perfonal valour, and 
the indefatigable vigilance, of their great commander. His 
grace will allow me, in the name of my fellow-citizens, 
to allure him, it is not in his prefence that we praife him 
snoft; and that, in the entertainment given to him this 
day, they do not pretend to do more than tellify their 
gratitude for fervices rendered to his country, which, in 
their eilimation, not any honour from the crown, nor any 
epplaufe from the people, can more than adequately re¬ 
ward.”—His grace, in reply, totally declaimed any pecu¬ 
liar merit attaching to himfelf; but attributed it, under 
Divine Providence, to the perfeverance of the nation, the 
wifdom of his majefty’s councils, the care and attention of 
bis royal highnefs the commander-in-chief, and the brave 
co-operating exertions of his fellows in arms, fo many of 
whom he felt highlygratified in feeing furroundiug him upon 
this occalion; and above all, he laid, he had the honour 
of commanding an army of Englifhmen, who loll not an 
atom of the 1 pirit of their country, and behaved as En- 
glilhmen Ihould do. 
The lord-mayor, in propofing the toad of his Majefty’s 
Minifters, took the opportunity of faying—“ On this oc- 
cafion it will be almolt fuperfluous to compliment them 
in words : the prefence of the duke of Wellington is it- 
felf a panegyric on their conduct; they wifely appreciated^ 
bis charafter, and boldly trufted the bell military ener¬ 
gies of the nation to his uncontrouled direftion. By this 
and fimilar meafures they have fteadily aflifted the great 
common caufe ; and amidit the unexampled fuccefs which 
has attended their miniftry, they have the candour todif- 
-claira as prefumptuous the attributing to any man, or fet 
of men, the aufpicious termination of the late arduous 
conteft. Such liberality of fentiment and conduft at 
once advances their own merit, and benefits their country, 
by promoting a fpirit of conciliation through all ranks 
snd parties in the ftate; and I mult requelt his majefty’s 
mini Iters to accept our grateful thanks for the glorious, 
and we truft permanent, peace, which this country has 
lately obtained, and which we attribute in an eminent de¬ 
gree to their ability in negociation, as well as to their 
energy in conducting the war."—The ear! of Liverpool, 
In the name of his majefty’s minifters, made a moft elo¬ 
quent reply, in which he paid the higheft compliments to 
the duke of Wellington, whofe fueceffes had far out* 
ilrippe.d all human expectation. His lordlhip faid his ma* 
|efty’s minifters had to be grateful for the confidence 
had been placed in them; and attributed the glo 
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rious refillts of the late arduous eonteft to the fteady per¬ 
feverance of the nation, amonglt whom none Itood more 
confpicuous than the citizens of London. 
Towards the clofe of the evening a temporary ftaircafe 
was opened from the galleries into the body of the'hall, 
by which the ladies defeended, and pafled round the whole 
of the tables on the huttings, and every one had the ho¬ 
nour of fhaking hands with the immortal hero and the 
royal dukes, and fome of the younger ones were faluted 
by his grace. Near feven hundred ladies were in the gal¬ 
leries, molt fuperbly dreffed, and amongft them we no¬ 
ticed the females of the lord-chancellor’s family, lady El- 
lenborough and her daughters, the lady of the jpeaker of 
the houfe of commons, lady Elizabeth Whitbread, and 
many other ladies of rank and fafliion. The. appearance 
of the ladies afforded one of the moft fplendid and grati¬ 
fying fights that could be imagined. 
The duke has been named ambaffador extraordinary 
and plenipotentiary to the court of Louis NVIII. and will 
fet off for Paris dire illy after the rifing of parliament. 
On the eaft fide of Guildhall-yard, between Guildhall 
and Blackvvell-hall, is Guildhall Chapel, which was a col¬ 
lege or chapel dedicated to Mary Magdalen and All Saints, 
and commonly called London College. This college was 
founded, according to Stow, about the year 1299, by Pe¬ 
ter Forneloe, Adam Francis, and Henry Fr^wike, for a 
cuftos and four chaplains. This college being old and 
ruinous, Henry VI. upon application to him by the mayor 
and citizens of London, granted them a iicenle to rebuild 
and enlarge it ; and the chaplains, See. belonging to it 
were increafed, by the founding of divers chantries, to a 
cuftos, feven chaplains, three clerks, four chorillers, and 
feven alms-people. The mayor and chamberlain were the 
patrons of this foundation, and the bilhopof London the 
ordinary; and, in 1542, bifliop Bonner made llatutes for 
its better government. This college was fuppreffed by- 
Henry VIII. and, in the year 1551, Edward VI. granted it 
to the mayor and commonalty of London, for the fum of 
456I. 13s. 4ti. to be held in foccage of the manor of Eaft 
Greenwich; fince which time it has been called Guild¬ 
hall Chapel. This edifice, which is perfectly in the Go¬ 
thic talie, was defaced, but not burnt down, by the fire 
in 1666, and has been fince repaired. In three niches 
are ltone figures of king Edward VI. queen Elizabeth, 
and king Charles I. treading on a globe. The windows 
are fpacious; there is a gallery at the weft end ; the walls 
are hung with tapeftry ; there is a wainfeot covering over 
the aldermen’s feats, and a particular feat for the lord- 
mayor, adorned with cartouches; a handfeme wainfeot 
pulpit and defk, and a neat altar-piece, inclofed with rails 
and banifters. Divine fervice ufed to be performed here, 
before the lord-mayor and aldermen, weekly, as well as 
on particular occafions ; but this practice has been difeon- 
tinued for fome years ; and the Coult of Requetts is now 
held here.—Contidering the importance of this place all 
together, we have prefented cur readers with an engraving 
reprefenting the Front of Guildhall, with Guildhall Yard 
and Chapel, after a drawing made on purpofe. 
At the fouth-weft corner of Guildhall-yard, is the 
parifli-church of St. Lawrence Jewry, which runs weft- 
ward on the north fide of Cateaton-ftreet. It is de¬ 
dicated to Lawrence, a Spanifiv faint, born at Hu etc a,, 
in the kingdom of Arragon; who, after having under-, 
gone the molt grievous tortures, in the perfecution un¬ 
der the emperor Valerian, was cruelly broiled alive upon 
a gridiron, with a flow fire, tiii he died, for his it rice 
adherence to Chriltianity; and the additional epithet of 
Jtzury, from its Situation among the jews, was Conferred 
upon it, to diltinguifh it from the church of St. Lawrence 
Pountehey, now demolilhed. This church, which was 
anciently 3 rectory, being given, by Hugo de Wicker.* 
broke, to Balicl college, in Oxford, anno XS94, the rec¬ 
tory sealed; wherefore Richard bifliop of London eon* 
verted it into a vicarage; the patronage of which ftill 
eonHRwes in the raafter and fchola'rs of that college. The 
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