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After dinner, Non Nobus Domine was sung; and then, preceded by a flourish of trumpets, the common crier advanced to the middle of the hall and said, "The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor gives the health of our most gracious Sovereign, Queen Victoria." The company simultaneously rose and drank the toast with enthusiasm.
Underneath his uniform was found a gold medal with the inscription, non solum nobus, sed pro patria, "not for ourselves only but for our country." The body was removed to Washington City, where it lay in state in the East room until burial.
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