The Foreign Ambaseadore Extraordinary have accepted the invita- tion of
the London Corporation to a public dinner at the Guildhall on Tuesday next. It has been resolved that the number of guests, exclu- sive of Aldermen and Common Councilmen, shall not exceed 600.
On Monday, Marshalt Soult visited the Bank of England ; and was conducted over this national establishment by the Governor, Deputy-Governor, and some of the Directors. The gallant officer was very much astonished at the large quantity of gold and silver de- posited in the Bullion-office ; and repressed his admiration of the mode y. conducting business generally ion the Burgh. The fact of the Marshal's presence at the Bank soon became known ; and the Stock Exchange, and other places of public resort, were immediately deserted, all par- ties being anxious to pay in mark of respect to the ancient toe but now the friendly visiter of this country. Alarshial Soffit was enthusiasti- cally cheered by the crowd of persons who witnessed his departure from the Bank.—Times. j.11arsLal Soult's admiration of the mode of conducting business generally at the Bank, proves that the old soldier knew no more about that " mode " than any other French Marshal who had never beers there before. Had Soult, as a punishment for his sins, been forced to go to the Bunk fur a small supply of ready money, lie would have been any thing but pleased with the " mode " of cash- ing checks there. First, Ire would have given his order to a smart young gentleman, who would have carried it of to some distant part of the vast establishment, and returned with it in twenty- minutes or thereabouts ; then he would have been sent to one counter for notes, to another for gold, to another for silver, and been kept at each per-
Imps ten minutes or a quarter of an hour. In fact, there is no greater greater nuisance to one whose time is valuable, than the necessity of going to the Bank of England. Some persons, to our knowledge, have removed their accounts from the Bank in consequence of the re- monstrances of parties with whom they do business, against the re- ceipt of their checks on that establishment.] Marshal Soult has also visited the London Docks, the East India House, the 3lansionhouse, the Hall of the Goldsmith's Company, Barclay's Brewery, and the Zoological Gardens.
On Tuesday and Wednesday, there was a rush of people to West- minster Abbey, to see the decorations and fittings-up for the grand ceremony of the preceding week. Many thousand persons were ad- mitted.
Mr. Lee, High Constable of Westminster, who rode on horseback in front of the procession to and from the Abbey on the -28th, died on Saturday; in consequence, it is supposed, of the great fatigue he underwent.
Dr. Ireland, Dean of Westminster, is dangerously ill. At the be- ginning of the week his life was despaired of ; but he has since rallied. According to all the newspaper accounts, last week, Dr. Ireland offi- ciated at the Coronation ; but he was actually in bed at the time; and his place was supplied by Lord John Carteret, a Prebendary of West- minster.
Notwithstanding the notice issued on Saturday that the fair in Hyde Park was to terminate at nine o'clock that night, and the subsequent notice issued on Monday morning, calling on all person having booths, shows, stalls, &c. to commence pulling them down immediately, that they might be removed before ten o'clock p. m. only the principal theatres and a few of the larger refreshment booths were daring Mon. day pulled down, and at night the remainder were illuminated as before, and the fair, notwithstanding the heavy rain, was kept up with consi- derable spirit. During Tuesday, the work of demolition proceeded but tardily, and was not concluded at night. We understand that the fair has been altogether a failure, scarcely any of the speculators having realized more than their expenses.— Times.
On Friday evening, a woman who declined giving her name, but whose dress and manlier indicated respectability, was suddenly taken in labour, in the booth of Eastgate, of the Crown and Anchor, Kent Road. She was safely delivered of a fine girl, and was conveyed to the Workhouse, St. George's Hanover Square.
A woman from the country, about fifty years of age, was seized with apoplexy, in the act of pushing through the crowd at the entrance of Westminster Abbey, on Wednesday. She was taken to the Hospital, and died in a few minutes.
A diamond pin, worth forty guineas, lost by Lady Harriett D'Orsay on the Coronation-day, has been fortunately recovered. A young man who had picked it up, offered it to a pawnbroker, who retained and restored it to the owner.
On Saturday and Monday, the newspapers giving an account of the Coronation, to be sent by post, were so numerous that extra convey- ances were employed by the Post-office, and the coaches did not leave town till after nine o'clock. On Monday the number of newspapers was 175,000.
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