The Sun. — London, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY. THE BANQUET. In the evening the usual inaugural banquet was g iven in Guildhall, which was tastefully fitted up for the occasion. The following is a description of the decorations: —The entrance lobbies leading into the Great Hall were decorated with military trophies, figures in ar mour, sculpture, mirrors, and flowering plants. The Great Hall was used as the banqueting room. In addition to the usual accommodation, a gallery, with an open Gothic front, had been erectedatthe western end, which afforded additional dining space, and was also used as a music gallery. The windows on" the north and south sides of the hall, which about the beginning of the present century were built up, bad been opened and restored. Three of these had WTI filled with stained glass, the subject being his torically connected with the city of London. In the lobbies in the Aldermen's Court Room and in the Council Chamber was placed various works of art. The more distinguished of the company on their arrival, soon after 6 o'clock, were presented to the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress in the Court of Aldermen. One of the first Ministers to arrive was General Peel. He was received with loud cheers. Sir 11. Cairns arrived soon after and was -- - cordially cheered. Mr. Disraeli was enthusiastically received. The arrival of Earl Derby elicitedshouts of applause. The Lord Chancellor and Sir John Pakington were also most cordially greeted. Dinner was announced at a quarter to 7 o'clock. The following is a list of the principal guests : The Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, Earl and Countess of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. General J. Peel, Earl of Bradford, Earl and Countess of Derby, Hon. G. J. Noel, Sir G. Montgomery, Lord Stanley, Earl of Devon, Right Hon. Sir S. H. North cote and Lady Northcote, Viscount and Viscountess Cranborne, Right Hon. J. S. Pakington and Lady Pakington, Vice-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir S. Colpoy Dacres, K.C.8., • Admiral Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay, Right Hon. B and Mrs. Disraeli, Right Hon. Lord J. Manners, Earl of Carnarvon, Right lion. Stephen Cave and Mrs. Cave, Lord Naas, Right lion. Sir Hugh Cairns, Right Hon. Sir William Page Wood, the Portuguese Minister, the Salvador Minister, the Peruvian Minister, the Brazilian Minister, the Mexican Minister, the Columbian Minister, the Spanish Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, Col. T. E. Taylor, Mr. G. W. Hunt, Mr. G. A. Hamilton, Earl of Longford,Earl and Countess ofßelmore,Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, Sir J. Fergusson, the Hon. G. Barrington, Mr. Montague Corry, Mr. Lancelot Holland, Mr. J. Newman Hunt, Sir J. Rolt, Sir W. Bovill, the Archdeacon of London, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P., Lord Robert Montagu M.P., Mr. W. AP Cullagh Torrens, M.P., Mr. J. A. Roebuck, Q.C., M.P., Mr. A. Smee Ayrton, M.P., Mr. F. Doulton, M.P., Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Twentyman, Mr. IL N. Nissen and Mrs. Nissen, Mr. T. Cave, M.P., and Mrs. Cave, Mr. G. J. Cockerell and Mrs. Cockerell, Mr. J. Figgins and Mrs. Figgins, Ale. H. Jones and Mrs. Jones, Mr. T. Cotterell and Mrs. Cotterell, Mr. R. W. Kennard, M.P., Mr. W. F. White, Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Mr. F. Hicks, Trea- surer of St. Thomas's, Sir J. Thwaites, Sir R. Mayne, Sir T. Henry, Capt. Burstal, Capt. Baker, Mr. S. Warren, Mr. J. Johnson, Mr. H. Hawkins, Q.C., Mr. C. Freemantle, Mr. J. H. Sanderson, Mr. C. S. Pcrceval, Hon. E. P. Thesiger, the Assistant- Judge and Mrs. Bodkin, Admiral Sir F. W. Gray, K.C.8., Mr. S. Hart, R.A., Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P., Capt. Derriman, R.N., Major-Gen. Baker, Viscount Turnour, Rev. W. Rogers, Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr. W. Vaughan, Mr. S. Bucker, Mr. D. Meinertzhagen, Mr. P. N. Laurie, Col. Hon. H. Duncornbe, Capt. C. E. Mangles, Mr. R. M. Ebsworth, Lord Colville, Mr. S. Clarke, Dr. Burge, Mr. J. D. Allcroft and Mrs. Allcroft, Sir J. Tyler, the Mayor of Notting ham and lady, Mr. C. Sherriff, M.P., and Mrs. Sheriff, and Mr. W. Lord. The distinguished guests in proceeding through the hall to their seats at the principal table were loudly cheered. The Earl of Derby conducted the Lady Mayoress to her seat on the left of the Lord Mayor ; and Mr. Disraeli gave his arm to Mrs. Phillips, the late Lady 2.Jayoress. The dinner was provided by Messrs. Staples, of the Albion Tavern. The Rev. Mr. Stock, of All hollows, Upper Thames-street, the Lord Mayor's chaplain, said frrace • The LORD MAYOR, in rising to propose the first toast, was received with loud cheers. He said—For centuries past, on the 9th of November, the walls of this ancient hall have reverberated with the expres sions of loyalty from the citizens of London, and on no occasion have those expressions been more sin cere and hearty than on the present ; for never was the throne occupied by a monarch who deserved and enjoyed more of the esteem and love of her people. cheers.) Long may her Majesty reign over a loyal, free, and prosp erou - . snation I give you "The health of her Maje s t y t h e Queen. " The toast was drunk with all the honours, and f o llowed by the National Anthem.MAvon—Loyaltyanda The LORD attachment to the Th rone naturally suggest our next toast ai t hT and d n h a o t nation e n , r eaard the whole Royal Family with f believing that they will in every Way se prove them selves worthy of their illustrious ut ; and so far the country has not been di sa • ppomted. The bearing of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and of his Royal Him: the Duke of Edinburgh has won for them the affec tionate regards of all classes of the people. (Cheers.) The citizens especially recollect that in addition t o this being the inauguration of their Lord Mayor it is also the anniversary of the birthday of their noblest citizen, the Prince of Wales. It is with much pleasure, therefore, that I propose the toast of the health of " Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members of the Royal Family." The toast was drunk with all the honours. The LORD ILLY on, in proposing the next toast, said--The military and naval services of this coun try have always been held in special regard by the people ; for while human nature remains as it is— so long as the principle of aggression and the de sire to possess what belongs to another continues a characteristic of mankind, armies and navies must be maintained ; and the more efficient they are the more likely- will they be to prevent the horrors of war. (Cheers.) Desirous as this coun try is of being at peace with all the world, WO recognise the necessity of being at all times prepared for the casualties of war, and with this view incessant vigilance is required in the prompt adoption of scientific inventions in the material of war, otherwise the well armed and accoutred force of to-day might to-morrow be found armed with only obsolete weapons and totally unprepared to meet the enemy. (Cheers.) It is therefore with' great satisfaction that the nation sees the care of her army intrusted to one who from long ser vice knows what a soldier is, and what he requires, as General Peel—(loud cheers)—and that the navy is confided t o a Fi rs t L or d so well tried and effi cient as Sir John Pakington. (Loud cheers.) Our Volunteersheaviece o sor f ecently distinguished themselves service in foreign that kind which we hope will service ever be the only required of them, that no culogium is necessary from me Secretaryinpropo of State fur sthetie I give their health, which I shall theleaveto f or War to resp on d to. you " The Army, tie Navy, and the Vol u nteers." " The toast was drunk with loud cheers. General PEEL—When I was called upon by the those late Lord Mayor, on the occasion of oneof magnificent banquets for which his mayoralty was so distinguished, as well as by the great zeal and ability with which he p erformed his duties—whenl was called upon to return thanks on the part of the army, I predicted that before the conclusion of the year armies would excite much greater attention than was then accorded to them ; and I think that my prediction has been verified, for I would venture to say there is not a country that has got an army whose attention is not now called to the necessity of rearming and reorganising it. With regard to organisation there is no regular army that can ex ceed our own in point of discipline, or requires less re-organisation so far as the regimental system is concerned ; but we have lessons to learn from the past. Depend upon it that in future wars will be so sudden, so sharp, and so short that there will be no time for preparation. This was proved by the rapidity of action in the late campaign. The report of the Royal Commission will enable us, I hope, to improve the condition of our soldiers ; but it is not to the regular army merely that we must look for the defence of the country. We have also the Militia and the Volunteers to look to. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON—My Lord Mayor, my Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I see in this splendid assembly naval officers of high rank and great dis tinction who might well be called on to acknow ledge the toast which your Lordship has just pro posed ; but custom prescribes that on account of the office which I have the honour to hold I should. acknowledge that toast on behalf of the navy. I know that I speak the sentiments of those gallant officers whom I see near me when I say that they highly appreciate the feeling which is expressed by this toast—that they enjoy the confidence and good opinion of their countrymen. The officers and sailors of the British navy never deserved that con- fidence more than now, and I am sure that under no circumstances would the assurance of that good feeling be more acceptable to them than when ten dered by the Lord Mayor of London, and sanctioned by the unanimous feeling of this great gathering of the citizens of the metropolis. But I may be allowed to regard this toast on this occasion in another aspect. I cannot be unmindful of the rela- latious between her Majesty's Government and the navy of England, and I feel bound to say that we are not insensible of how costly are those great establishmentsby which the navy of England is main tained. I am afraid, and especially in these days of advancing science, costly they must remain ; but it will be the duty of those who administer the navy to take care that those great establishments shall be managed with the most strict regard to economy, and that there shall be no wasteful expen- diture of the public money. (Cheers.) It is not in- consistent with this declaration that the Government establishments must be managed with strict eco- nomy to turn for a moment to another not less im- _ . portant branch of this great department. I speak not in the sense of menace or in contemplation of war, but I speak sincerely in the interests of peace when I say that her Majesty's Government will deem it to be one of their first and greatest duties to maintain unimpaired the strength and efficiency of the British navy, and take care that it is maintained at that point which is imperatively required by the extent of our empire, and the greatness of that com merce which stretches into every corner of the world. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR—The interests of this great city are so bound up in the maintenance of peace, and the citizens so fully recognise the presence of foreign Ambassadors as a guarantee for its maintenance and the goodwill of other nations, that they are at all times gratified to see foreign Mi nisters as their guests. (Cheers.) The SPANISH MINISTER returned thanks. The LORD MAron next proposed " The Health of the Lord Chancellor," which was drunk with great cordiality. The LORD CHANCELLOR—Notwithstanding the ex treme personal kindness which has been manifested by you, my Lord Mayor, I cannot consider the pre sent toast, which I rise to acknowledge, as personal to myself. I regard it as the expression of the an nual homage which on these great occasions is in variably paid to the law, through its representative —the individual who happens at the time to be its head. Whatever difference of opinion may exist with respect to many other institutions there is a universal feeling pervading the country that to our equal laws and the impartial administration of them we owe the security of all the rights and liberties of the people. One circumstance which, perhaps, attaches the people to these more than any other is the part they are called on to perform in the administration of the law. That is strikingly and continually demonstrated within the precincts of this great city. At one time the highest criminal court of justice in the kingdom, presided over by the Lord Mayor, holds its sittings, where the citizens, assem bled as jurymen, de6de upon the rights and liber ties of their fellow-subjects. At another time the Judges of the Superior Courts hold their sittings here, and all the great commercial questions and all the great questions which are interesting to a com mercial community are practically decided by mer chants and by persons interested in the trade and commerce of the country. And these tribunals are presided over by Judges of great learning, of per feet integrity, of entire independence, securing the confidence of the people in their decisions, and never more decidedly so than at the present moment. But all human laws are necessarily imperfect ; laws which at one time were adapted to the circumstances of the community at another time fail to be appro priate. In the complicated relations of society new interests spring up which require new adap tations of the law; and, consequently, reforms and amendments of our laws from time to time become necessary. There is no more important duty imposed on a Government than to observe what is required for the amendment of the laws and apply themselves to it. (Cheers.) Now I know there is nothing more dry or uninteresting than anything connected with the law, and I have not the least desire to mar the gaieties of this festive scene by any de tails on those subjects. I can only say this, that my noble friend who is at the head of the Government has always shown himself to be an earnest legal re former. I believe that disposition to be shared by all my colleagues, and I can only say in general terms, without entering into particulars, that we are all of us disposed to introduce such amendments and reforms of the law as have become absolutely essential. (Cheers.) I would say one word only to those who I think are over hasty and eager in those matters. in atters. There can be no experimental legis lation. New laws, before they are made, ought to be very carefully considered, and to be so tho roughly matured that they may take their place as a permanent part of the legal system ; for expe rience has shown us a t n ha r t epe it al is it m w u h ch en m i o t re is ea m sy ad t e o . make a bad law than With the disposition I have expressed, and so sin mc e e r n e l t, I y e ntertained trus t it m by every be in our power to i n t r oduce member of the Govern , such reforms into th e l aw as may be acceptable to the people; and when this anniversary comes round again, and such a great and brilliant assemblage as that I see before me is again collected together in this magnificent hall, I trust that all we have done for the law will not diminish that respect and reverence w hich have been entertained for it ; which havebe ex pressed on the present occasion, and f or wh i ch l have en deavoured thus imperfectly t o th ank you. (Cheers iO The ) RD MAYOR—During the last three cen turies that have elapsed since the Lord Mayor first gave ole the a l n augur ation banquet in this ancie n t an d b ever th e citizens of London have been noble l, h on oured by the presence o o of f Kings,al l nations, Princes, and nobles,y and distinguished statesmen shade of politics ; th e occasion being recognised as one on which all part ies for the time are on perfect equality—the history of t he Guildhall of the city of history of the struggles and London being, in fact, a triumphs of the people in their efforts to secure their civil and religious liberty, enda n gered by the en croachments of the Crown on the one hand, or tur bulence and disloyalty of the people on the other. It would, therefore, be incorrect to say that politics are excluded from this hall. This, however, I may say with perfect truth, that the citizens ever wel comed with sincere cordiality her Majesty's Ministers, whatever be their politics—(lear, hear)—and always rely upon them for the main tenance of all our civil and religious rights and privileges, and, I will add, on no party with more perfect reliance than the present Government. We admire the p a t r i o ti sm w hi c h p rom pt s m en of the ihighest standing in the country, of the fairest powers of mind, o f re fi ne d tastes ' an d magn ifi cent f ortunes , to forego ease, and for love of country dedicate all to its service. (Loud cheers.) We are satisfied that the present Government will loyally and faithfully serve the:country, and maintain its honor and dig nity. In thi s confident assurance, I have great pleasure in prop os i ng as a toast " The health of her Majesty's toty'sas twas Ministers." The drunk with great enthusiasm. The Earl of DERBY, who waS received with great enthusii sin, said—My Lord Mayor, my Lords, Ladies, , and Gentlemen, I rise for the purpose of express sing, or at least endeavouring to express, on the pa rt of my colleagues and myself our grateful sense of the high honour which you have done us on the pr esent occasion, of the kind and flattering terms in which your lordship has been pleased to spmk of myself and colleagues, and the gratifying, the cordialLmay I say the more than cordial man ner in which our health has been accepted by this great assembly. (Loud cheers.) And yet, my Lord A layor, my colleagues and myself do not so far deceive ourselves as to attach to such demoustra- tions dof your goodwill any political significance. We know, and we know well, that the manner in which. you have received us is the generous expres sion of English feeling, which always desires to cheer and to encourage those who, in what they believe to be the interest of the country, take upon themselves onerous and laborious duties, and endea vour to. fulfil those duties to the best of their ability. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, we may have a claim upon your sympathy from our common feelings and from some similarity of our position. You and we —I speak not individually of myself, but of the Government collectively—you and we are entering upon a new career of office. You and we feel alike that in attempting to discharge the arduous duties of that office our best support must be the confidence and the goodwill of our fellow-countrymen. (Loud cheers.) Our first and primal object must be to deserve and win that goodwill. We both of us con- sider that goodwill, that confidence, and that public esteem to be the highest honour to which a public man can look in any situation of life; and I think I may add, my Lord Mayor, that we shall both of us be equally discreet in abstaining from stating by what particular measures we shall recommend our selves to the country. (Loud cheers.) My Lord Mayor, it would be certainly out of place on the present occasion and at the present time if I were to presume in the slightest degree to touch on any question which could approach to party significance; but, speaking in the midst of this great metropolis— speaking in the presence of your lordship, the chief magistrate of this great city, the heart and centre of the commerce of these islands ; speaking in this room, which has witnessed so many generations of great and meritorious men, I think I may congratu late your lordship, the city, and the country on the gratifying fact that, notwithstanding the monetary pressure which we have endured, notwithstanding the disasters and calamities which have brought dis tress on many and ruin on some, yet the public credit stands unimpaired ; yet the revenue maintains itself ; yet the commerce of this country never, to my knowledge, was on a better, sounder, or healthier foundation. (Cheers.) Again, my Lord Mayor, it is a subject of gratification that we have had the satisfaction of witnessing the close of two sangui nary wars--one of shorter, the other of longer dura tion; but both of them accompanied with an amount of bloodshed and misery far beyond that which attends ordinary war, and both of, them, also, bear ing too closely the character of that most most de plorable of all wars—namely, civil war. 'We rejoice to see the return of peace. With regard to that great country, our natural friend, our relation, I may call it—that great republic across the Atlantic—the storm of war has indeed ceased there, but the surface, nay, I may say the interior, of society is still ruffled and agitated. Yet I cannot but believe that that great and powerful nation, which has made such glorious efforts for the purpose of keeping down the burden of debt which that war has entailed on its national finances—which is making such superhuman efforts to recover its financial position—l cannot but believe that a country so deeply interested in the science of self-government will, and speedily, know how to compose the agitation which at present pre vails, and exhibit to the world at no distant period again the gratifying prospect of a great, a proud, and a prosperous community. (Loud cheers.) And, gentlemen, I may be permitted to say that if in the course of that dreadful war which has so long de vastated that country any questions may have arisen between that and our country which have produced the slightest amount of unpleasant feeling, I have a confident expectation that the two Governments approaching these questions in a spirit of mutual for bearance and kind conciliation—(loud cheers) —will arrive at such a solution of those questions as not only to remove all remnants of bitterness, but place on a better foundation than ever our relations with this great country, to which we are bound by so many ties of interest and regard. (Loud cheers.) Of the war in Germany I will not pretend to speak. It is not for us to pass an opinion on the merits of that war, and it would be premature now to express any opinion as to its ultimate results. But with regard to two of the countries mainly interested in that war—with regard to Austria and Italy—now that by the transfer of Venetia a burden is taken off from one and a long-desired province is acquired by the other, I entertain, in the best interests of the world, a confident hope that these countries will de rive mutual advantages in maintaining the most friendly relations, and that Italy especially, released from any apprehension of foreign invasion or war, will devote its attention to its internal affairs and the further development of its great interests and resources. (Cheers.) It is quite true that we can claim no part in any great military achievement ; but we, thank God, have no sanguinary battle to deplore. We have no military triumphs to boast ; but peace has its triumphs as well as war, and in the course of the past year we can point to a triumph more advantageous to the human race, redounding more to the credit of the country, than any which could be acquired by any warlike operations, how ever skilfully conducted and however bravely car ried on. (Cheers.) I allude to that great triumph which has been achieved by British science, by British skill, by British perseverance, by British energy., by which we have maintained our claim to exercise dominion over the sea, and combined in in timate and enduring bonds the great continents of Europe and America, between which we have suc ceeded in annihilating time and space. (Cheers.) And yet, my Lord Mayor, although we have not been engaged in any warlike operations, I can hardly say that we have no military achievements to boast of, because in the course of the present year we have seen the capital of Belgium occupied by a military force, comprised of the joint forces of France and England. (Cheers and a laugh.) We have seen that invasion conducted with the most perfect suc cess, and prominent among the invaders are no less a person than the late Lord Mayor of London. (A laugh.) That invasion has been one of a very re markable character. Our riflemen—the Volunteers —there have reaped laurels on a bloodless field, but they have achieved a still greater conquest by their good conduct and admirable behaviour, a conquest not over the territory, but over the hearts and affec tions of the people whom they invaded. It is well known that the appetite for foreign invasion grows by that which it feeds on, and next year we contem plate a bolder step, and I may frankly state—it may n t e o n t t b i o e n d e i p f l t o h m e a(tli Government b v , er u n t I me n w t i l next state yearthat e i t is nv a t d h e e in- the neighbouring country of France on a very exten sive scale. (Cheers.) I think that the city of Paris, that great and beautiful city, is placed in very serious danger of being in the occupation of the hosts of Eurqme and the world, to such an extent that our neighbours will find it a very serious diffi culty to billet and provide for them. (A laugh.) But it is one gratifying fact in such an invasion— it differs from all other invasions in this—that the invaders, and not the invaded, are the parties most likely to be laid under contribution. (Cheers.) It is my earliest hope, and I am sure it will be the earnest hope of all those whom I address, that such conquests and invasions may be the only ones that Europe is destined for many years to witness— (cheers) —conquest and invasions which leave be hind them no sting of bitterness, no envenomed feelings, but which, on the other hand, by exciting through various countries mutual feelings of respect, admiration, and esteem, are a better security than anything which kings can offer or statesman devise e t a h e e e ti e ' n o r earthl d s and w e x i l - 1 general w alp o e r a d c s e ,, p of p to r for e n s t e e l :d in e . ~ (Cheers.) I have now, my Lord Mayor, into l t i l s l hank t ehi h y g o t for t i em the e f kin e rso d l n o es ng s N a v t h i i na ch you hav e.(C ha hee e r s s h . n I gratefully to express our sense of the honour you desire, on the part of my colleag ues and myself, THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1866. have done us in drinking our healths. I hope I need not assure you of the deep satisfaction which wefeel at having had the honour of being received here as Ministers of the Crown in this noble and time honoured hall, with that princely magnificence which has long been characteristic of the city of London. And here I might close the observations I have to make, but that I have your permission to offer a toast which does not require much comment on my part. In the early part of my observations, my Lord Mayor, I drew a parallelbetween your position and ours. lam not about to continue that parallel. I am not about to say anything about our imme diate predecessors. (A laugh.) Perhaps we are not exactly the persons to do that—(a laugh)—or the best judges of their merits. But with regard to your predecessor I have no such hesitation. I ven ture to say that, having had the honour of being received by many Lord Mayors, I never had the honour of meeting with any one who discharged the social duties of his high office with more grace, ability, and dignity than the late Lord Mayor. (Loud cheers.) It is not for the purpose of any in vidious comparison_ for, as Mrs. Malaprop says, comparisons are odious—that I make this reference to your lordship's immediate predecessor, but know ing your own qualifications, and the manner in which you have discharged the duties which have devolved upon you, I entertain a confident hope that you will not disappoint the expectations which have been formed of you in attaining the high posi- tion to which your fellow-citizens have raised you, and when the time comes when you must retire from it—l don't mean to suggest any comparison between the period of your tenure of office and our own—(a laugh)—but when you have to say to your fellow citizens valete you may add with confidence et plaudite. (Loud and continued cheering.) The noble lord concluded by giving "The Elealth of the Lord Mayor," which was drunk with alp the ho nours . The LORD MAYOR, having briefly acknowledged the compliment, said—lt is at all times a pleasing task to propose the health of one who, while filling his office, has on every occasion received marked testimony of the approval of his fellow-citizens as to the manner in which he discharged his duties. My predecessor the late Lord Mayor—(loud cheers) — has received the most ample expressions of applause for his dignified and admirable conduct as chief magistrate of the city of London—(cheers) —and he now retires into comparatively private life with en hanced claims to the respect and esteem of his fel low-citizens, founded on the honours of the chair well sustained, and its duties faithfully performed. (Loud cheers.) I have great pleasure in giving you .‘ The Health of the late Lord Mayor." The toast was drunk with much cordiality. The late LORD MAYOR (Mr. Alderman Phillips), who was received with loud cheers, said—lt was once said by a distinguished statesman that the two happiest days of his life were, first, that on which he accepted office, and, secondly, that on which he quitted it. If this applied to a distinguished states man, how much more must it necessarily apply to a Lord Mayor, whose tenure of office is one series of anxiety, of responsibility, and of labour. (Cheers.) I have had the good fortune to serve my fellow citizens during the past year. I know that I have served them faithfully and conscientiously—l wish I could hope that I had done so efficiently. (Cheers.) I retire from this office with a deep sense of grati- tude, with a hope that I have won the good feeling and the confidence of my fellow -citizens, and that I may have the still greater fortune to retain it. (Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR—The next toast I have to pro pose is " The House of Peers." (Cheers.) The House of Lords is one of the most cherished insti tutions of our noble Constitution, formed as it is of the most distinguished members of all the profes sions. Not a few of these have sprung from eminent citizens of London. (Cheers.) While the House of Peers contains much of the wisdom, learning, and dignity of the nation, it no doubt holds fast to many of our national prejudices, but even in that respect it may be said to reflect the feelings of the British public. (Cheers.) The Earl of MALMESBURY returned thanks. The next toast proposed by the Lord Mayor was that of " The Judges," which was acknowledged by the Lord Chief Baron. The LORD MAYOR next proposed the " Health of the House of Commons," which lie said, notwith standing the sweeping changes with which it was threatened, fairly represented the intelligence and general interests of the people. He only hoped, however it might be altered, its new constitution would represent them as efficiently, and would se cure for it as thoroughly the respect and attachment of the people. (Cheers.) They were favoured to night with the presence of the able leader of the House of Commons. (Loud cheers.) He was sure they were all disposed to do Justice to the high motives which actuated that right hon. gentleman, and that they would be prepared fully to suport and sus tain him amid all trials, difficulties, and anxieties with which he would have to cont en d. The right hon. gentleman, he sincerely believed, had only the welfare of the community at heart. He desired to do his best for the commerce of the country, and he earnestly hoped his measures would be successful. (Loud and continued cheers.) The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was re ceived with great applause, said—My Lord Mayor, when I last, some few years ago, had to respond to the toast which has just been give n f rom th e c h a ir mine was comparatively an easy task, for I had only to express on the part of the House of Commons our sense of the distinction conferred upon us by the city of London in drinking our health, and to offer to the city of London our reciprocal regard and consideration. The relations between the city of London and the House of Commons are of so long a date—they are so memorable in events, and are, I doubt not, at this moment so deeply cherished that any observations of mine would be mere surplusage. But you, my Lord Mayor, have reminded us this evening that some busy spirits have since that day arisen who have challenged the claim of the House of Commons to public respect and regard, and even have denied its title to that noble appellation which it has so long borne. But when we are told that the House of Commons has only for generations perpe trated a system of misgovernment ; when we are told that their claim to be a representation of the various classes and interests of this country is a mere imposition, I cannot prevail upon myself to believe that such opinions will ever be favoured by the city of London. (Loud cheers.) I cannot believe that the city of London will forget that for generations they have co-operated with the House of Commons in building up that great fabric of public right and popu lar liberty under which it is our boast and our bles sing to live—(renewed cheers) —I cannot believe that the city of London will forget that to this reviled House of Commons the triple blessings which above all others contribute to form and establish private and pub lic happiness—personal liberty, the freedom of the press, and the pure administration of justice, which have been so happily established in this country, are certainly in no slight degree owing. Nor can I believe that an enlightened community like the city of London will forget that for now half a cen tury the House of Commons, by gradual and by continuous efforts, has adapted the commercial system of this country to the requirements of the age, and to the ever fluctuating circumstances of human affairs. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I trust that great deeds like those will not only be remembered, but repeated in this country. My Lord Mayor, I maintain that they have been, and they only can be, accomplished in a land which is blessed by Parliamentary and by municipal insti tutions. (Cheers.) Individuals may form com munities, but it is institutions alone that can create a nation. (Loud cheers.) The following toasts were then given and duly responded to " The Aldermen of the City of Lon don," "The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex," " The Attorney-General and the Bar of England," " The Lady Mayoress," and " The Recorder." After which the company separated. Some months since it was mentioned that Dr. W. Byrd Powell, a phrenological enthusiast in America, bequeathed his bead to a widow lady who had been a favourite pupil. A Kentucky court ordered the head to bo severed and given to the lady, which was done. The wid ow w i t h this odd dowry was soon after married to Professor A. T. Kickeler, who is now lecturing in . New York on phy s i o l og i ca l subjects, and illustrating his subject with Dr. Powell's head. MISCELLANE JOAN NEWS. During the war which began with the fall of Sumter and ended with the collapse of the Confe deracy the State of Illinois furnished 258,217 men. Only the great States of New York, Pennsylvania, and Ohio exceeded this amount. These men were furnished under the following calls : April 15, 1861, for 75,000 mon 4,820 April 22, 1861, for 500,000 men 81,952 May and June, 1862, for threo months' men 4,696 July 2, 1802, for 300,000 men October 17, 1863, for 500,000 men March 14, 1864, for 200,000 mon 21,351 April 23, 1864, for 100 days' men 11,368 July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men 15,412 December 19, 1864, for 300,000 men Total 238,217 Of the coloured men enlisted in the war, Illinois raised 1,811. Of sailors, 1,171. Of the 250,000 men this State furnished for the war, 72,291 suf fered some casualty, or left the service before the expiration of their term of service. Killed 8,908 Died of disease 19,934 Deserted .. 13,040 Honourably discharged 2,443 Dishonourably discharged 493 Discharged for disability Officers resigned 3,334 Loss on gunboat General Lyon Executed Total To her credit, be it said, the citizens of Illinois paid a smaller sum of commutation money into the Trea sury than any other State. Of the $26,366,616 paid for commutation, Illinois furnished only $15,900. lowa comes next, with $22,500. The district of Columbia alone paid $96,900 for commutation money, and Pennsylvania raised over eight and a half millions of dollars for this purpose. To obtain the two and a half millions of soldiers that en listed the National Government paid a little over three hundred millions of dollars. In addition to her share of this amount, Illinois, in her state capa city and through her county and other organisa sations, paid seventeen millions more, as follows : First District Second District Third District Fourth District 971,223 Fifth District.. 2,313,674 Sixth District Seventh District Eighth District Ninth District Tenth District Eleventh District Twelfth District Thirteenth District $17,296,205 It is proposed that a Convention of coloured soldiers and sailors shall be held in Philadelphia on the Bth of January, 1867. It is to be composed of those men of colour who fought for the country during the war, and the object is to lay the claims of the race in a proper memorial before Congress. The Convention of the coloured voters of New York, now in session, has appointed a set of delegates to attend this Convention. One of the largest fires with which Ballston, Saratoga county, has ever been visited, occurred in that village on October 18, resulting in the almost total destruction of the manufacturing establish ment known as Chapman's Glen Woollen Mills, owned by Messrs. E. 11. and G. Chapman, but leased and occupied by Mr. A. J. White for the manufacture of broadcloth. The fire originated at 6 p.m. from the friction of a shaft in the wheel room and burned until midnight. The total loss will not fall short of pox), principally covered by insurance. About forty operatives were em ployed at the time of the fire, though the capacity of the mill was much greater. From Havanna we hear that on the 10th October, the Queen's birthday, the Captain-General held a court, and the next day a grand review of 10,000 men took place. A terrible hurricane commenced in the Bahamas on the 30th Sept., and lasted two days. Half the town of Nassau, N. P., was de stroyed by the storm. Houses were blown down, roofs carried away, trees uprooted. Trinity church was demolished. A portion of the roof of the Government House was carried away, and the roof of the Marine Hospital was entirely blown off. Vessels were driven ashore and knocked to pieces, and wharves demolished. The neighbouring islands suffered in the same manner. A large number of vessels have been lost or damaged. This hurricane is the severest which has been experienced since 1813. Tickets-holders in the Vincent and Butterfield gift concert are unable to obtain any information of the result of the drawing, which took place several weeks since. A large amount of money was invested in the enterprise. The members of the firm have left the city, and their office is closed. No one supposes there will be any distribution of prizes whatever. The accident on the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, near Union, Oct. 17, resulted in the death of one passenger—M. E. C. Mathews, of Elmira. The accident was caused by some murderously dis posed persons removing a rail from the track. The company has offered a reward of $2,000 for the apprehension of the guilty parties. Another death has occurred from the late terrible fire at Quebec. Bread and provisions are being regu larly distributed among the sufferers by the Catholic priests and Sisters of Charity, who are working night and day. A theatrical performance has been given in aid of those who have lost everything they possessed by the fire. The insurances on the burned districts are very small in comparison to the losses, and are stated as follow :—Quebec, $200,000 ; Liverpool and London and Globe, $45,000 ; Lanca shire, $24,000 ; London and Lancashire, $15,000 ; Phoenix, $2,000 ; North British, $lO,OOO ; Queen, $5,000; Western of Upper Canada, $800; Western of England, $3,000 ; British America, $40,000 ; Royal, $6,100 ; Imperial, slo,ooo—total insurance, $376,900. The Toronto Leader says the calamity occurred at a time when the city was not in a con dition to bear even a much less loss without the most serious consequence. Quebec, like most manu facturing towns, is subject to great fluctuations in prosperity. A large number of mechanics are dependent for a livelihood on ship-build ing; a branch of industry which flourishes one year and declines another. This sum mer employment has been scarce in the ancient capital ; and a very large number of work men have been compelled to leave and seek employ ment elsewhere. As there is no other place in the province where there is any considerable shipbuild ing, ship carpenters, if they cannot get employment there, are obliged to go to the States. Many have gone during thq last few months. These facts show how ill-prepared the working population, who form the principal sufferers, were for this calamity. Ottawa Lake, in Whitford, Monroe county, Michigan, is about two miles long, half a mile wide, and about 40 feet deep at the deepest part, when full. It discharges in the spring a large amount of water through its outlet, which forms the north branch of the Ottawa creek at Sylvania. This lake has been dry three or four times, during the last thirty years, when a whirlpool is seen in the centre, into which cakes of ice andother articles are drawn in and disappear. In the winter of 1862-3 the ice over the whirlpool was broken and cakes of it thrown on the ice around by air escaping from be low, and the lake settled about 5 inches in 12 hours. Samuel Stacy and others were on the lake at the time the ice broke. There is abundance of fish in the lake, and some pike have recently been caught weighing 141bs. The Commissioner of Patents has decided that the Yale patent upon cast, chilled, and wrought iron, burglar and fire-proof safes and vaults, dated October 19, 1852, ought not to be extended or renewed for a new term, or a term of seven years, on the ground that the inven tion and improvements contained and covered that patent were the invention and improve ments made by Lewis Lillie, of Troy, New York, as the original and first inventor, and embraced in and covered by the re-issue of his (Lillie's) patent, dated November 1, 1865, it being a re-issue of a patent granted on his application, July 15, 1851. Considerable improvements are taking place in Philadelphia, in the vicinity of liaddington, in the Twenty-seventh Ward. Mr. Robert J. Mercer has purchased Bull's Head Hotel, a substantial building of 80 rooms, with the grounds, at Sixty-fifth and Sixty-sixth and Vine streets. The property is to be at once converted into a first-class hotel. Mr. Powers, of the firm of Powers and Weightman, has bought 150 acres adjoining the Burd Asylum, to build several mansions upon it in the spring. Mr. Thomas has also secured a lot on Blockley avenue, at Sixty-fourth and Vine streets, to build a residence for his family. The neighbourhood is beautiful and rapidly improving. During the flag presentation to the Zouave Vo lunteer Company of Freedmen at Charleston, Oct. 18, General Scott arrested those wearing shoulder straps and side-arms, in violation of the general orders of the department, which prohibit military organisations of any kind in South Carolina. A series of free lectures are to be delivered in Philadelphia during the winter. This laudable pro ject to provide agreeable entertainment for the com munity is conducted by the Young Men's Christian Association, with the view of extending the benefits of their organisation to thousands of young men who have not yet joined that body. The first lec ture was most successful, the Musical Fund Hall being crowded with attentive listeners. We hope so good an example will be imitated. In answer to a serenade given to ex-Attorney General Speed at Louisville, October 11, he ex pressed his joy over the late triumph of the party of universal truth and justice in the States, and ex horted his hearers to speedily organise in Kentucky for co-operation with the great Union party every where. The number of passengers who have arrived at Quebec since the opening of navigation is 27,000, an increase of 9,000 over the same period of last year. The earnings of the Atlantic and Great Western railway during the first eight months of the present year were, in round numbers, three millions six hundred thousand dollars, an increase over the cor responding months in 1865 of about 10 per cent. The coloured convention at Albany, N.Y., would not admit Miss Susan B. Anthony as an honorary member, and some amusing speeches were made against associating with 4, white trash." They, however, allowed the good lady to make a speech in behalf of equal suffrage. Mr. Andrew J. Colvin, formerly a Democratic politician, also spoke for equal suffrage for men and women of all races, and , told the negroes they could not expect to get their own rights unless they would go for the same rights for women. The only important action of the con vention was the adoption of an address demanding equal suffrage in New York. During September the - number of immigrants that arrived at Castle Garden, New York, from abroad, was 15,482, brought by 44 vessel•, two of which were American vessels, the others foreign. Of the immigrants arriving during the month, 7,117 came from Liverpool, 3,182 from Bremen, 2,405 from Hamburg, 1,171 from London, 489 from Glasgow, 396 from Copenhagen, 161 from Antwerp, 127 from Londonderry, and 45 from Madeira. From January 1 to October 3, 1866, 186,642 im migrants arrived at New York, as compared with 140,218 during the same period of 1865. There are now over five hundred large manufac turing establishments in the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, among which are fifty glass factories, fifty-eight oil refineries, thirty-one rolling mills, forty-six iron foundries, thirty-three machine shops, twelve boiler works, six large steel works, ten brass foundries, sixteen potteries, five cotton mills, four woollen mills, nine plough factories, ten establishments for heavy forging ; also a number of whits lead factories, chemical works, saw, axe, cop per, and other manufactories o f only the great staples of trade, turning out nea rl y $100,000,000 of her own manufactures —making it the largest manufacturing city of the West. The banking-house of E. IL Gruber and Co., Leavenworth, Kansas, has failed with liabilities of about $250,000 and assets of $75,000. It owes depositors $95,000. There is much excitement, as the loss falls on the poorer class. The Democratic Convention for the Eighth Dis trict of Massachusetts met at Worcester on the 12th October. Hon. George Hodges declined a nomination, and on. the first ballot Alexander De Witt was nominated. He dist) declined ~ pleading ill health and advanced years, and moved that TT. A. Williams, of Worcester, be nominated by accla mation, which was carried, and Mr. Williams ac cepted the nomination. _ . Mr. George Peabody's generosity appears exhaust less. We are constantly hearing of fresh acts of munificence. He has just presented to Harvard University 150,000 dollars for a museum and pro fessorship of American archaeology and ethnology. Mrs. Stanton, the female candidate in N'ew York, belongs to a family of good position. She is the daughter of Judge Cady, of New York, and the wife of Henry B. Stanton, an eminent barrister of the same State. The following is the letter published by the New York Times from its Washington correspondent, on the subject of an American protectora te of Mexico, referred to in the telegrams :—" The Mexican ques tion at last draws to a complete and positive solu tion. I shall be disappointed if, before this letter is printed, there is not at least a semi-officialannounce ment that the immediate withdrawal of the French and Maximilian from Mexico is a fixed fact. The basis of this solution has already been foreshadowed. It is briefly the assumption of a protectorate by this Government over Mexico, which shall guarantee the French claims, and in compensation there for the Mexican Government cedes the peninsula of Lower California and other territory to the United States. The French influence in Mexico is thus uprooted, Maximilian's crown of cactus will be hung up to dry and wither in the conservatory of the House of Hapsburg, and the United States become wet-nurse for the enfeebled Mexican Republic. lam not yet fully posted as to the details of this important piece of diplomacy, but it will be well known within a short time. It has been subject of frequent consi deration in the Cabinet of late, and to-day it is receiving its finishing touches in the matter of mili tary details, in a lengthy consultation between the President and General Grant. The announcement will, of course, produce considerable surprise and varied comment. The momentous question whether Congress will ratify this action will be next in order for consideration and comment." The Vermont Legislature has unanimously re elected the present Board of Justices of the Supreme Court for the year ensuing. Their names are as follows :—Chief Justice, Hon. John Pierpont, of Vergennes; Assistant Justices, Hon. James Barrett, of Woodstock; Hon. L. C. Kellogg, of Rutland; Hon. Ashael Peck, of Montpelier ; Hon. W. C. Wilson, of Bakersfield, and Hon. B. H. Steele, of Derby. Col. W. G. Veazy, of Rutland, was chosen reporter of the Supreme Court decisions. A terrible hurricane began in the Bahamas on the 30th September, and lasted two days. Nearly one half of the town of Nassau was destroyed by the storm. Houses were blown down, roofs carried away, and trees uprooted. Trinity Church was demolished, the Government House lost part of its roof, and the roof of the Marine Hospital was blown off. Vessels were driven ashore and knocked to pieces, and wharves were demolished. The neigh bouring island suffered in the same degree, and a large number of vessels have been lost or damaged. The hurricane was the most severe experienced since 1813. In conformity with the limitation for the presen tation of claims against the fund now under the charge of the Commissary-General of Prisoners, principally money that had been taken from Union prisoners of war and recovered, fixed by direction of the Secretary of War to be on or before October Ist, 1866, of which due public notice was given by the Commissary-General of Prisoners, no claims pre sented after that date will be considered by the Board of Officers now in session in Washington, convened by special orders, No. 486, War Depart ment, Adjutant-General's office, of the date of October 1, 1866. Such evidence, to complete the claims presented before that date, as has been re quested by letters addressed to claimants of their agents, must be forwarded to the Commissary- General of Prisoners, at Washington, D.C., so as to reach that office on or before November 15th, 1866, to enable the Board to make their report, and complete their pro rata awards. The following circular has teen addressed to Southern Governors : " Department of State, Washington, Oct. 18, 1866.—T0 his Excellency the Governor of the State of Sir,—On the 4th inst. I had the honour to address a letter to you informing you that schemes were on foot to induce freedmen to emigrate to foreign countries, and particularly to Peru, and suggesting that all legal and moral means at your command should be used to prevent what was be lieved to be an attempt, under specious pro mises of advantages, to practise imposition upon the ignorant freedmen of our country. _ _ " Referring to that communication I have now the honour to transmit for your information extracts of the despatch addressed to this department by a Consul of the United States in Peru, under date of the 15th ult., which prompted the suggestions upon the subject referred to which had already been made. —I have the honour to be your Excellency's obe dient servant, 'YM. H. SEWARD. " ' EXTRACTS. " ' I consider it my duty to advise the Government that a person named Mullan, a native of Chili, re sident in Lima . . . . has departed for the United States with the object of contracting for 2,000 familia of negroes for this country. The intention of the parties interested is to give the speculation the colouring of free colonisation in that country, but that the negroes are to be sold in the same manner as the Chinese coolies, for the term of eight years for the sum of $375 cash, under the pretext of re munerating the speculator for passage and advance money. The negroes to receive during the eight years twenty-five cents in Bolivia currency, equal to 33 1-3 d per cent. less in hard money. There is no necessity for me to enumerate or depict the horrid cruelties, suffering, and ill-treatment inflicted upon the Chinese labourers, and which would be the fate of the deluded people brought here under this con tract, if permitted to be carried out by our Govern ment I will also add that the greater part of the negroes are already contracted to planters on the terms above mentioned. I leave the matter to your better judgment and discretion, and remain, &c.,,, The Atlantic Telegraph leaves us in the dark as to whether the excitement at Baltimore culminated into a riot. The last report was " Tranquillity had been restored," which might either mean that the public mind had been tranquillised, or that rioters had been suppressed. It could be no ordinary elc citement, as it seems to have affected the price of gold between 2 and 3 per cent. in the face of the payment of the half-yearly dividend on the Five" twenties, which must have caused the disburseme nt from the Treasury of some four or five millions sterling. Late news of the terrible hurricane reports that in Nassau there were 617 dwelling houses destroyed and 609 damaged, five places of worship destroyed and three damaged, seventeen warehouses destroyed/ one theatre destroyed, and one thousand and thirty' four persons rendered houseless. In the out islands, from Abaco to Mayaguana, the destruction of Pre: perty was severe in proportion, and a number of were lost by shipwreck and otherwise. A t , Victoria Hill the crews of the Ely and Thames, an d two men of the Georgiana, were drowned. At Long Cay (Fortune Island) fourteen lives were lost by shipwreck. Mr. Finlay, a sailmaker of the Eastern district of New Providence, was blown away in h is schooner at Alligator Bay, Long Island, during th e hurricane, and has not since been heard of. A despatch from Lawrence, Kansas, states that one Senator, and perhaps a majority of;the members of the House from the county, will support e 2c- Governor Curry for United States Senator. Later advices from the Sixth Congressional Pis' trict of lowa place the re-election of Hon. A. AV; Hubbard beyond doubt, notwithstanding the forge d document purporting to come from the Republican Committee, and falsely reporting Mr. Hubbard ° death. COUNTRY MARKETS. WAKEFIELD.—FRIDAY. The wheat trade firm, at last Friday's price°. B 3rl°/ :ully as. dear. L IN C OLN.—FRIDAY. 56 New white wheat, 53s to 60s ; new red, 50s to 555 per.„.o„- stone. Barley for malting, 42s to 49s per qr ; grind' 34s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, 22s to 325. Beans, 48s 50s per 38 stone. LIVERPOOL.—FRIDAY. We had a moderate attendance at our market to-cn and wheat was not in active demand, at ld to 2d per 1001,0 decline. Flour sells slowly, at 6d to is under last Wee' ,L, a rates. Oats and oatmeal unchanged. Grinding barley 4 ', per 601 b lower. Indian corn in good demand, bringing 35s Od to 35 6d per qr. DERBY—FRIDAY. The supply of wheat on offer to-day was tolerable, A t the trade dull, business being done in fine samples at ab °l4 , 9 late quotations. A fair inquiry for barley, and choice 10 " realised quite late rates. Oats in steady request at top terms. Beans a fair trade at a trifling advance. 3 6 New white wheat, 62s to 66s ; old red, 56s to 61s pof stone. Barley for malting, 44 s t o 48 s p er qr. ; grill" a ro i 37s to 38s per 30 stone. Oats, new, 27s to 295; old, 29e is 34s per 24 stone. Beans, old, 50s t o 525 ; new , 46s to uu per 38 stone. S TAMFORD—PRMAY. Wheat was a tolerable show to-day, and rates We r° very little changed. Oats and beans dearer. 86 New white wheat, 56s to 60s ; red do., 52s to 56s per„, 23 stone. Barley, malting, 42s to 48s; grinding, 34s to °4l- per qr. Oats, new, 24s to 28s ; old, 28s to 32s per 24 WO Beans, 52s to Ms per 38 stone. Peas as of late. RIPON—FRIDAY. White - wheat, 8s Od to 8s 3d per bushel ; red Gs 3d to 715 3d; beans, 6s 93 to 7s 3d; oats, 27s to 32s per cir ; 13 : 11441 35s to 41s Od. BRISTOL SUGAR—FRIDAY. There has been a fair demand for all kinds of sugar tli • E l week, and the sales made were at about full rates. ..- 11111 in free demand at about late rates. COAL MARKET. Price per ton at the close of the market. cl• s. d. ~"4 6 Lambert's W.Hartley 17 3 West Hartley ... ...... -I. ' A 0 Original Hartlepool .. 22 0 Jonassobn'sW. Hrtl'y r o 0 Cassop Pittington lB 6 Buddle'sWestHartley 11 0 Tunstall Hetton Lyons l9 9 Wallsend Haswell.... . „ 22 9 Tees Ships at market, 46—sold, 42. 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