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The *4 ' e ta sold at Id. 'er ' ich.. If through the post, Is. Ad., 3s. 6d., and us and pos'age, &c. The following letter is one out of the tt4 , c` Its pro , ,,fs, Nt t the folla ting Medical Testimony to the cure of five cases , Is 4 S !relics-, from G. H. Boutell, Professor of Galvanism : Yja t . " Southsea, near Portsmouth, Il ants, sth Nov., 1848. !Oc' t 7. GRIMSTONE.—Sir—I must in justice to you send the f01!,94b !, 9 4 b tEctinconial with regard to the extraordinary efficacy of year ne, it in cases of Gutta Serczaa. I have used it in five cases with 151 4 astonishing benefit and cure. Sir, yon may advertise this I ! At „k what use y ou pl ease. The cures have who ll y aston i s h ed a 4 t housands of others.—l a m , Si r, & c., s4l G. H. BOUTELL , P ro f esso r o f Galvanism." S4l,:tlers to Mr. William Grlmstone, Herbary, Highgate, near N; , at which establishment he continues to manufacture his S fo l p HERB TOBACCrJ, so much esteemed in all foreign parts. tstl tla u Wing letter, in testimony of its delightful qualities, is from s ,?5' Pl`.:a.sures of Home :" 4 11411 1 . Springfiel:a Cottage, Honiton, Devon, 15th August, 1848. 4 1 4 1;1 1 cann , ..t deny myself the pleasure of stating how highly I ii:.:lol,'',7ll'.!rb Tobacco. I have no w f oun d i n i t a su b s tit u t e . tor °, ear, hitherto obtained by me from a friend in Constant!, ik tr isua sure that lovers of mild, fragrant Tobacco would find e at and acceptable gift, at a very reasonable price. io S ," I am your obedient servant, to " STUART FARQUHARSON, D.C.L. %.1 4 kr sa, i t li e„: "Illiam - Grimstone, Herbary, Highgate." lkibl,,"` n sively-fam ed Tobacco is sold by all chemists and drug -4.'" o thers, with 'W. Grimstone's signature attached, at 7 ] , d, ° h. 9d9 and *9. 6d. 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By G. R. GLEIG. Also, in this Popular Series, Blanche Montaigne . . . . By P. 11. My - e7s. Pilot J P. Cooper. Last of the Mohicans . • Puritan (the) and his Daughter Prairie Clarionet, &c. . . • • Charms and Counter Charms Sense and Sensiblity . • Red Rover . . . . Lionel Lincoln . . . • Jane Sinclair, &c. . . • The Spy . • • • • Pioneers . . • • • Pride and Prejudice London : George Routledge and Co., Soho-square ; And all Booksellers, Newsmen, and Railway Stations . J K. Paulding. . J. E. Cooper. . W. Carleton. . N. Wlntosh. . Jane Austin. . J. F. Cooper. . W. Carleton. . J. F. Cooper. THE EXHIBITION of WORKS of ANCIENT and AIEDLEVAL ART and NPECIMENS of RECENT lIItITISII MANUFACTURES, is NOW OPEN, at the House of the Society of Arts, John-street, Adelptil, daily, between the hours of Ten and Four. Admission, Is. —Catalogue, Is. • After an ode, admirably performed, The LORD NTAYOR proposed " The health of the Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, and the rest of the Royal family." The toast was drunk with all the honours. His Royal Highnei•s Prince ALBERT then rose and said,—Gentlemen, it is my pleasing duty to propose to you "The health of our noble boat, the. Lord Mayor, and prosperity to t he city of London"—(Cheers)—let me add, " the commercial metropolis of the world." The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and then proposed " The health of the Archbishop of Canterbury and the clergy." The Archbishop of CANTERBURY. who was very warmly welcomed, satik—My Lord Mayor. I have to thank you for the great 'honour you have conferred both upon me and the body to which I belong. lam grati fied to have the opportunity of thanking you for t 03 honour you have done me in supposing that I should be happy in taking a share in the great object which • ii uprerrnost in our minds to-day.—(Hta,, hear.) You might, my Lord, have supposed that the minis ters ef religion were comparntively indifferent to such an ()Wet, which is in a great degree of a secular character; but you have ,jagged rightly in remem bering that whilst we are ministers of religion we are at the same time citizens, and we do not ceire, to be pa triots—(Cheers)—and as citizens and as patriots we must tike a lively interest in whatever tends to prem.:to the national prosperity and to aggrandize our country . —(Hear, hear.) I trust that the undertaking now pro posed will be as successful in its result as it has been grand in its conception.7—(Cheers.) There will be still more occasion flir rejoicing, my Lord, if the aspirations of his Royal Highness shall Iri answered, as I trust they will, and if that which has for its object the national prosperity and credit shall also improve the social rela tions and add to the andeable intercourse of the different nations of Europe with our Own.—(Hear, hear.) We shall rejoice in this be4zuse it will carry into effect that glorious characteristic ef our holy religion—goodwill amongst men.—(Hear, hear.) The LORD Maroa then gave " The Army and Navy ; and must always be most disastrous to the peaceful develop. -meet of: the i r industrial resources ` and commerce, and of those arts which tend to humanise and improve man kiod.—(Cheers.) I know that there are some who look with a jealous eye upon the probable competition of fO , zeigners, and who apprehend that the British manufac turer and tradesman will suffer from their intervention. I entertain no such fears ; for I must remind his Excellency the Fi each Ambassador, who addressed you lately, that largely as we throw open our doors, 3st eras C uti c t e h ll e o a r p o pfrtoahing occasion th a t wa k e f u l d ragon the cf thiclaws—(Lau- because, g because, although productions hte h r e ) q . a:r will not shoat he the ter ror ill be elf:flitted to competition, they welt not be ad mitted to general consumption except upon satisfying the rigorous demands of that unsleeping dragon.—(Renewed laughter.) I know that apprehensions have been enter. dined upon this subject, and I certaiuly beve been sur prised, within these sew hours, to hear expreseions used in a place th which I will not further' allude, by a Noble and Learned but somewhat volatile Preece: ot niine—(A lsugh)=-:who ironically congratulated ii;es citizens of Loudon in reference, to this matter. I look upon it in no such light. No doubt there are brensebei of industry in which the foreign competitors wia surpass us ; for ins; &:nee, in departments of taste in design, and grace and elrgsnce of ornament; but for teas which combines eractical use with finished elegance, and adeptatio e o f means to the accomplisbnient of their end, I believe was need shrink from competition with no nation on the ,art,.. Even where we find ourselves surpassed by others, still, having befsire our eyes the specimens of their ex cellences, let me ray that the English artizacs will net be slow to apprehend, to imitate, and in a very short time to excred them,—(Hear, Lear.) Before Isle dean I may ba permitted to say ore word to those repre- Sear:Mitten of the industry of the country who are by the hospittlity e.f the Lord Mayor gathered round this bard, Laming an assemblage such as England has never before beheld.—(Cheers.) It wet a worthy and a noble thought, worthy of the chief megisirste of the commercial metropolis of the world, to collect around him the municipal representatives of the industry of the citi es an d towns of this country.— (Cheers.) It was a worthy thought thus to connect the heart of this great country with the uttermost extremity f the body politic.—(Great applause.) Gentlemen. the suocessof this great enterprise rests with the country large. It is thrown on you to say whether or not it shall be crowned with success.—(Loud chesre) Lord. PALMERSTON proposed " The Health of tan Lady Mayoress," and The LORD MAYoR returned thanks. The Loan Maros proposed "The health of Sir R. Peel:" • Sir R. PEEL, who weer received with enthusiastic cheers several times renewed, said—My Lord Mayor and Gen tlemen. I ton very sensible of the complimen t weich Las been paid by the Lard Mayor in connecting nly name with the House of Commons, and in thus devolving on me the duty of returning thanks for the tcast which he Las just given. I know indeed no other claim which I can prefer for that distinction, excepting, perhaps, that I have for a greater number of years than any other Mem ber of Parliament present occupied a seat its tne Rouse of Commons, with the exemption, indeed, of my Noble Friend on the right hand, the Secretary or State for Foreign Affairs, to whom h as b een already assigned a more congenial and agreeable duty—(Laughter and cheers)—which he has terformed with so much alacrity and spirit—(bear) —in proposing the health of the Lady Mayoress.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I speak in the pre sence of many very distinguished Members of the House of Commons—of men belonging to various political com binations, and entet mining different opinions on many questions cheply affestitig the public welfar e ; but I cart leisure you that, though on other points we may differ, we are unanimous in the desire to deserve and pas-ens the confidence of the assembly I am addressing. —. (Cheers.) We are unanimous al-o in the desire to wit. ness the success of teat treat unleiteking, the interests of which we are met this day to promote.—(Renewed cheers.) Gi ntlenarn, we, I mean not only the original premoters of this undertaking, but I incluiteyou who ere here present on this occasion, arid who, I eensider. are giving by your presence a pledge that you will to your utmost promote its success—alear, hear).— xe , sal y, including all, ask fro m the House of Commons flo ating but a general assurance if its *empathy seed goosl wile—(Hear, hear.) We. do not solicit nri3-iogielerive intervention for the purpose of giving to us extraordinary resources. We do not ask or expect any vete of plebe ° money ; but, then, gentlemen, if we are content t o forego those advantages, we should well consider the, responsi bility we Lave undertaken.—(,Hear, hear.) We are mskieg an engagement in the face of the world —en en gagemeenwhich corem;t4 the credit and character of this gie:t country —an engaeement which by the individual energies of English:nee should effect that which has been only effected in other countries by the sanction of Go vernments and the aid of public resources.— (Hear, hear.) Gentlemen, I have no fear of failure.—(Loud applause.) I am confident that we shall sucseed.—(Cheers.) In spite of the cavils of some, and the interested fears of ethers that their score:ft may he known, I feel perfectly confident, aftsr the eugazement we have thus contracted in the fete of the world, committing the honour and the faith of England, that such is the spirit of Englishmen that this greet undertaking will not be permitted to fail.—(Loud cheers.) Gentlemen, it is a uotele undertaking notwithstanding the cavils that may he made and the apprehensions that may be entertained; it is a noble undertaking to bring together upon one cen tral spot and to exhibit to the view of the world the natural productions which an all-wise and beneficent Creator has distributed through various climes and in various regions f,r the purpose of stimulating the bige nutty and eArcising the mental faculties of men; and , through the exertions of their faculties, enabling Hitt creatures to provide f or t h e physic:d comfort, the intel lectual improvement, and the social happiness of man kind.—(Cheers.) It is a noble object to test by experi eace to what extent the ingenuity and dill' of various nations have corresponded with the purposes of the Creator, and have so improved the nature] advantages which each country may possess within its own limits as, through commercial intercourse, to supply the wants and add to the happiness of mankind.—(Cheers.) In other countries and other climes there,have been splendid spectacles for the gratification of the people. There still remain the ruins of ancient edifices, almost uninjured by time, in which, for the gratification of. the people, there were chows and costly spectacles, when, on 'a Roman holiday, there were hecatombs of wild beasts slaughtered, and sanguinary contests of men sissies% men. We propose to gratify the people by a very dif ferent spectacle.---(Loud cheers.) We propose to teach them gratitude to their Almighty Creator by the exhibi tion of the wonderful contrivances of nature for the hap piness of mankind--to di aw closer the bonds of general amity tend friendly intercourse by honourable rivalry in Ingenuity and skill.—(Cheers.) We Englishmen do not anticipate that competition with any presumptuous con• Edence in our superiority —we desire to impart the knowledge we possess, and to gain in return the know ledge which otters have, and by the intercommunication of knowledge to improve our mutual relations, tied to in crease our respective means of adding to the cosnfott and happiress of our fellow -creatures,.—(Loud cheers ) Gentlemen, lot me, like my Noble Friend, say a word to those who are met together under this hospitable roof, and who reprete at the corporate bodies of this great em pire, possessing the confidence of their fellow-citizens and holding their edifices by the Same tenure as that by which we, the Members of the Rouse of Commons, occupy our position—namely, by the free voice of the people. Let me entreat you not to be satiefied merely with attendance at the Mansiou-house this night. —(Hears hear.) Let me inform you that you will have an opportunity to-morrow moruing of con ferring with the executive committee at the Palace at Westminster, and the Commissioners will be ready to give you any information you may requite. Gentle men, I do hope that, possessed of the infermatien we shah be willing to afford yen!, you will return to your respective district, r. mom baring the erg - re - setient you have contracted by your presence here tiiis.day, and firmly resolving that this noble undertaking, which has the favour and good wishes of your grsciou Sovereign— which has been originated, and is now directed and cherished by that Prince, not more illustrious by his rank and station than by his virtaus and acquirements— ((ireat cheering)—resolving that this noble undertaking, to which the character and the honour of England are now committed—(Che e r s )— s h a ll not fall--(ch cor o_ but that it shall be borne triumphant over every obstacle by the energy and determination of the British people.-- (Great cheering.) The LORD MAYOR again rose and said—May it please your Royal Highness, my Lords, and Gentlemen,—l am honoured this evening by being surrounded by most of the chief magistrates for the cities. towns, and boroughs of the United Kingdom. In proposing their health, I do to with a firm belief that they have, in common with the inhabitants of the me tropolis, a s i ncere wish to, promote the grand design of his Roy al Highness in the exhibition cf the work s o f art of all nations. •The.f will , lam con fident, sti mu l ate their fellow-t oinistnen to manuracture ' and produce the beat works of set for this exhibition, • and thereby show to the whole world that " Englishmen have intelligence, skill, and industry to compete with all nati ons w ith ou t fear or jealousy, and by• so doing will andthis hisappppiyneslasnedo.thleitrhtletr-• insure peace, throughoutoor o h T s, he healths of the Chief Maps' trittes of and towns of the Milted Kingdom," Te toi h LORD MAYOR of YORK then rose and sa i d—My g Lord Mayor, Lords, and Gentlemen ,_ -I feel it a distin tbbe„_ i t e p a r , o b p: r s o e u g guished honour to be called upon ia return thanks for the toast which has been proposed. I might lute the somewhat hackneyed phrase of wishing the task had fallen into abler hads; but the splendid entertainment we have partaken of, the noble views promulgated by his Royal Highness, might well inspirit me to fulfil the intimation made to me on entering this room, that I should fulfilf the c this dut y. As regard s th e municipal - stitutions otry. thein pare of history CS3not show so bright a record as that of the belted earls and mitred prelates of former days. The cradle of our in fant liberties was rocked in the walls of our corporate towns, and the steel cap and leathern doublet of the hard/ burgher of the north were as fre qet ntly seen on the bat tle-field in defence cf our rights and i, non end the lan ce o f mounted chiv benies -merle pen the the e mun i cipal staple manufactures institutions. Icno laterentin alry. dawe At thatiured period the wishes an d vo i ce of the country , and give to 'the humblest individ ua l s s h are and interest in thelocalaffairs and welfar e o f hi s country. We thus, in the city Trc ry ys re tle u y r embody present, can boast of no extensive trade or manufacture, but we shall beet fulfil the wish of our noble president, and the purposes of this noble banquet, by endeavouring, t alti in his can r te p ect i ve neighbourhood, to proinul ga'e the beneficent views of his Royal Highness, and exciting amongst the many an interest in their success. The LORD MAYOR of DUBLIN (Mr. Reynolds, M.P.) said—My L or d M ayor , my Lords and Gentlemen-- Permit me to assure you tear I speak with perfect sin cerity when I Say that I am profoundly thankful for the compliment Which you bare Taid me in coupling my name with the chief ntagletretes of the United K.ingdoto, The EXHIBITION of ALL NATIONS. THE COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM, MARCIE 21.—At Gloucester market on the 16th wheat was again Is per quarter cheaper. At Worcester, same day, lower prices were not submitted to. Barley nomi nally altered, and very difficult to sell. Oats 6d per quarter lower, but few fine ones were, however, offered. On beans and peas the turn was again in favour of the buyer. This week very little English wheat has been offering, and for that which has changed hands fully as much money has been ob tained; but we cannot report any improvement either in the price or demand for barley. Only retail parce:s of oats have been disposed of. No transactions wor►h notice reported in either beans or peas. At this day's market there was a short supply from the farmers, and English wheat realised rather more money, but we make no alteration in our quotations. Fine barley the turn dearer, secondary qualities very unsale able. Oats 6d to is per quarter lower. We had very few in. quiries for either beans or peas. LouGHBOROUGH", MA exit 21.—At our market to-day, there was a better demand for wheat, at is over last week's prices. Malting barley Is higher. No alteration in oats or beans. BOSTON, MARCH 20.—Wheat, red 23s to :1530d, white 36s to :J9s, extra 425; barley 20s to 25s ; oats lOs to 16s; beans, 19s to 21s; peas 20s to 2..,s per quarter. LYNN, MARCH 19.—Wheat 30s to 345, fine 36s to 40s ; barley 183 to 20s, fine 22s to 25s per qr. NEWARK, MARCH 20.—Wheat, white 41s to 435, extra 455, red Stis to 395, extra 40s ; barley, malting 24s to 265, extra 275, second and grinding 21s to 235; oats, feed 16s to 17s, seed 211 to 23s ; beans, 24s to 265, seed 27s ; peas, white and blue 30s to 325, seed 345; spring tares, 36s to 40s per qr. DERRY SMITHFIELD MARKET, MARCH 19.—The supply of fat beasts to-day was again good; those from the North of England were very superior animals, and were readily disposed of; the attendance of purchasers was large and there was con siderable business transacted, more especially amongst the best quality of animals. The show of fat sheep was large, but sales were rather flat. There was a better supply of tat and store calves than we have had this season. Fat pigs about the average. Beef made from 5d to bid per lb. ; mutton, sid to 6il; veal, 5d to sid per lb. ; pork, 7s 6d per score. Rough fat, 3s 6d per stone of 141bs. Hides, lid per lb; calf skins, 2d to 3&d per lb. GLASGOW, MARCH 20.—For the last fortnight the weather has been favourable for field labour, mild and dry. Our sup plies coastwise have been fair of wheat, and liberal of barley and oats ; from Ireland they continue insignificant ; and from abroad only 822 barrels •of flour and 250 quarters of Indian corn arrived from New York About 855 quarters of wheat reached Grangemouth from the continent. Business has been qui©t during the week. Fine wheat has undergone no quote able change ; other articles barely sustained last Wednesday's currency. This day's market was well attended by town ar.d country buyers. Some firmness was evinced by holders, and the sales effected were mostly at or near the rates of this day week. Wheat moved off petty freely; beans were in fair re. quest, and flour sold in retail. Other articles were in slow demand. EDINBURGH GRAIN MARKET, MARCH 20.—Wheat The quantity of wheat brought forward to-day was 452 qrs, being '5l qrs less than last week. Top price 2s, and the average d down-64 qrs unsold. Barley —The quantity brough forward was 377 qrs, being 253 qrs less than last week. Price on the top is cown, and the average ad up-105 qrs unsold. Oats—OF this kind of grain we had 1,199 qrs brought forward, or 226 qrs less than last week. The top price the same, and the average 4d up-193 qrs unsold. jeans The quantity of beans to-day was 181 qrs, or 76 qrs less than last week. Price on the top Is, and the average 4d up-54 qrs unsold. Top of Wheat ... ..• •.• 63j1b. 4's Od „ Barley ... ••• 56i1b. 26s Od ~ Oats ... ••• 42ilb. 24s Od „ Beans •..• 6611 b. 3ls Od EDINBURGH C ATTLE MARKET, MARCH la—The supply of cattle this morning was 673, being 77 less than .last week. Sales dull, and at the close of the market a number unsold. Top price, 6s 6d ; current, 6s to Os Od • middling and inferior, 4s 6d to 5s per Dut c h s t one . Th e supply of sheep this morning was 1,703, being 519 less than last week. Sales were slcwly effected at about last week's prices. Top price of best mutton, 6d per lb ; current, from bid to Cd ; inferior, 4d to 40. Nearly all sold. DUNBAR, MARCH 19.—Wheat, weighing 001bs, brought 38s, and prices to 345. Barley, weighing 581bs, brought 245, and prices to 21s. Oats, weighing 461bs, brought 19s 6d, and prices to 15s Od. Beans and peas, weighing 651bs, brought 26s 6:1, and prices to 00s. Coax, MARCH 20.—Flour—First 12s Od to 13s; extra 14s; seconds, lOs 64 to 12s ; households 9s to 103 Od; thirds, 7s to 83 per cwt. Oatmeal lOs to 00s Od; Indian meal 6s 9d to 7s ; wheat. meal, lOs to 005 Od per cwt. Indian corn 127 s 6d to 135 s per ton. Bran 3/ 178 64 to 4/ Os:per ton. Hay—Farmers 285 to 355; average 325; dealers 30s to 38s Od; average 36s per ton. Straw—Farmers 1,5 s Od to 265 Od; average 225; dealers 255 04 to 28s Orl; average 00s Od per ton. Bread—Wheaten loaf 64 to 6 ; household loaf 5d to bid per 41b. Fresh butter, 9d to 104 per lb Eggs-3s 8d to 3s 10e1 per hundred. Coals— Newport 15s; Lydney 17s ; Landore 15s ; Best Neath Culm 14s per ton. Tallow 40s Od to 00s per cwt.. Whisky, 25 o. p., 5s 9d per imperial gallon. Meat —Beef 4d to 6d; mutton 5d to 64; veal bd to 6d; pork aid to 3id ; bacon 6d to 7d; sausages bd per lb. Hops 131 Os per cwt. Bangor slates 312 s 6d to 315 s pet ton. Bark—Barbary 71 5 s to 815 s; Valonia 141 to 0/; French 71 5s ; English 0/ per ton. Fleece Wool 10s to 12s per atone. Hemp 321 to 001 per ton. Fish— Scotch herrings 16s to 17s; re d ditto 20s to 223 per barrel ; Newfoundland 9' Os to 11/ per ton. Timber—Memel, 85s per ton ; deals, first quality, 18s, second quality, lfis per 100. Hides—Market 14s to 20s ; salted 15s to 21s per cwt ; calf skins 2id to 2id per lb. Potatoes, white 84 to 10d; Minions 12d to 13d; Guano— Peruvian, 111 10s; Icbaboe, 91 per ton; Tar—Archangel, 195 per barrel. NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. MALTA, MARCH 15.—The outward mail reached Malta on the night of the 13th, and was forwarded per the M..rlin yesterday at noon. The homeward mail arrived early this morning per Ripor, and will leave at seven P.M. this evening, the overland portion via Mar seilles at noon. The Rosamond has left for Tangier, Algiers, Gib raltar, and England. The Bulldog will follow early in the week. Mr. Jones, paymaster and purser of the Bulldog, exchanges with Mr. Little, of the Volage. Lieutenant the lion. Mr. Hobart, acting in the Bulldog, joins the Ganges. The Ardent is to be laid up in ordinary. Her cap tain, officers, and crew are to be turned over to the Locust. Captain Carey, 44th Regiment, on leave in England, has an extension of leav,-. to June next. Some officers of the Rosamond and a lieutenant in the garrison bas been fined 305., 205., and 15s. for as ssubing the police. The cause of the assault proceeded from the police handling t )o severely a gentleman they had in custody. The details would possess no feature of interest. Mr. Doherty, the Quartermaster of the 44th, proceeds this evening by the Ripon to England. PORTSMOUTH, THURSDAY.—The Encounter, 14, Cap tain G. T. Gordon, arrived this morning from tbo Expe rimentil Squadron, bearing dispatches from Commo dore Martin. She sailed from Gibraltar on the 9,h inst., at rhich date the squadron of Commodore Martin, com prising his pendant ship Prince Regent, 92 ; the Lean der, 50, Captain Dacres; the Indefatigable, 50, Captain Smart ; the Thetis, 36, Captain Codrington ; and the steam ships Hogue, 60, Captain M'Dougall ; Arrogant, 46, Captain Robinscai ; and Terrible, 21, Captain Hope, bad started on a cruise to the westward for a fortnight or three weeks before returning to Lisbon, which point the Encounter did not touch at; she has conssqueutly no political news. The Daunt'ess screw-frigatP, 24, is ordered to be fitted for trial with all dispatch. PLYMOUTH, Ms.acx 20.—Her Majesty's steam-frigate Stromboli, Captain Lord Amclius Beauclerk, went up harbour on Monday to take on board jurymasts and gear, and proceed to Glasgow to conduct the new iron steam-vessel Simoon to Woolwich. When passing to the eastward of Drake's Island a man fell from stowing the anchor of the Stromboli, and, passing under her bows, came up again, tumbling every way, under her stern. Fortunately, the boat belonging to Mr. Walker, the Queen's Harbourmaster, was towing alongside, and her coxswain (Miner) cast off, and reached the poor fellow with his boathook just in time to save his life. The officers and crew of her Majesty's frigate Are thusa, Captain Symonds, were inspected on Monday by Commodore Lord John llay, and were paid advance. In the evening one of the men, Thomas Williams, fell off the gooseneck, forward, and, although it was between ten and eleven o'clock at night, four of his messmatea jumped over atter him; their efforts were, however, in effectual, and he was lost. At half•past two o'clock this afternoon the Arethusa, under all plain sail, left for Lisbon. The Diligence transport arrived on Sunday from Pem broke. LICENSING CREMORNE GARDENS.—On Wednesday the adjourned annual licensing mteting for tie Kensing ton division took place at the Holland Arms, Kensington, with a full bench of magistrates, Robert Tubb, F,q , in the chair. It appeared there had been 20,0001. ex pended on the property of Cremoroe-gardens, and that there bad been, since the year 1846, emitted to the gar der:, upwards of one million of persons. It was further shown that not a single police complaint had ever been preferred. Af, Pr consich , rable discussion, the chairman prevented the proprietor with his licence. THE MARRIAGE CONTRACT.--A new novel under this title, written by Miss Harriet Raikes, the daughter of Mr. Raikt s, so well known in the circles of fashion, and clubs of St. James's-street, has just been published by Mr. Bentley, and has already attained great popu larity. The author, who resided occasionally in Paris and London, mixed with the most distinguished society in the metropolis of both countries, and has given us pictures of society, such as can be painted only by those who have had these opportunities. They are painted to the life. The reader who takes up this powerful story will not be able to lay it down until he reaches the end. The Athenceum justly calls it one of the best novels of the year. [ADVERTISEMENT.] Srasms in the stomach, Flautulency, and Indigestion cured by Holloway's Pills.—Ex tract of a letter from Mr. Dalwood, of Goodwood, near Syd ney, New South Wales, dated 14th September, 1549. "To Professor Holloway. Sir, —Having had an experimental knowledge of the good effect produced by your valuable pills, I consider it my duty to make it known that two years ago my daughter, then sixteen years old. had suffered for a long time with cramps in the stomach, flatulency, and indigestion. I tried various remedies viithout benefit, but a few doses of your wonderful pills have restored her to perfect health, and she is entirely free from any symptoms of her firmer complaint."-- Sold by all Druggists and at Professor Holloway's Establish ment, 244, Strand, London. GRAND BANQUET AT MANSION-HOUSE. His Royal Highness Prince Albert honoured the Lord Mayor with his company at dinner last night, to meet a very large and distinguished party of the friends end promoters of the great Exhibition of the Works of In dustry of all Nations to be held in 1851. The chiel Offic-es of State, leading Members of both Houses of Parliament, Royal Commissioners for the promotion of the Exhibition, the principal members of the Corpora tion of London, the masters cf the great City companies, several large contributors to the fund for the Exhibition, and other gentlemen of eneineece, accepted the Lord Mayor's invitation, and were among the company at the Mansion-horse; and—which formed a distinctive pecu liarity of the occasion —nearly all the mayor: or other chief municipal officers of the corporate towns of the Unitel Kingdom were also aces inbled, and in their robes of office surrounded the chief magistrate of London; so that the people of almost every town of importance were represented by their first eitizm. Such au assembly might be regarded as in this respect like the exhibition itself—that by the triumphs of modern engineering skill in regard to rapid and convenient transit it.has become possible. The Lord Mayor had made due preparation for the reception of the Prince and such an influential company; and great interest was excited in the City. The arrivals began about half--past five o'clock, by which time a crowd of spectators was collected in front of the Man sion-house and in the Neighbouring streets. The guests were reoeny in official costume, or Court dress or uni form. The Foreign Ministers attended inemusual num her. Prince Albert drove up at a quarter•past six o'clock, and was received in state at the grand entrance by the Lord Mayor. with the sword and mace, and hie chaplain; Colonel Fitzroy, of the Artillery Company, was also in attendance, and the corridor (which was tastefully decorated with shrub.) was lined by eighty of the troop under his command. His Royal Highness, who wore the dress of an Elder Brother of the Trinity-haute, was loudly and heartily cheered in the street ; and, having entered the Mansion-house, was conducted to the drawing-room, where the Lord Mayor had the honour of presenting his guests t the Prince. Among those present wors-- The Mayor of Ashton-under-Lyne, the Mayor of Beth, the May or o f B e df or d, the Mayor of Barnstaple, the Mayor of Birmingham, the Returning Offieer of Blackburn], the Mayor of Briegwater, the Mayor of Bolton, the Mayor of Bradford, the Mayor of Bridg north, the Mayor of Bridport, the Mayor of Bodinin, ribs Chief Cousiahle of Brighton, the Mayor of Bristol, the Mayor of Buckingham, the Chairman of Petty Ses sion, Burnley, the Returning Officer of Bury, the Mayor of Bury St. Edmunds, the Mayor of Boston, the Mayor of Cambridge, the Mayor of Canterbury, the Mayor of Cardiff, the Mayor of Carlisle, the Mayor of Carmar thee, the High Bailiff of Cheltenham, the Mayor of Chichester, the Mayor of Colchester, the Mayor of Co ventry, the Deputy-Bailiff ef Darlington, the Mayor cie Dartmouth, the Mayor of Denbigh, the Mayor of Derby, the Mayor of Devizss, the Mayor of Doncaster, the Mayor of Dover, the Mayor of Dudley, the Mayor of Exeter, the Mayor of Gateshead, tee Mayor of Glouce:• ter, the May or o f G rant h am , the Mayor of Gravese n d, the Bailiff o f G uernsey , the Mayor of Guildford, the Mayor of Halifax, the Mayor of Harwich, the Mayor of Hastings, the Mayor of Hertford, the Mayor of Ha nnon, the Chief Constable of Huddersfield, the Mayor of Hull, the Mayor of Huntingdon, the Mayor of Ips wich, the Chief Magistrate of St. Helen's, Jersey, the Returning Officer of Knaresborough, the Mayor of Ken dal, the Mayor of Kidderminster, the Mayor of Laun eestoe, the - Chairman cf Commissioners, Leamington, a Mayor of Leeds, tho Mayor of Leicester, the High Constable of Lewes, the Mayor of Lichfield ; the Mayor of Lincoln, the Mayor of Louth, the Mayor of Lynn, the Mayor of Monmouth, the Mayor of Maid stone, the Mayor of M a rlborough, the M a y or o f Manchester, the High Constable of Margate, the High Constable of Merthyr Tydvil, th e M ayor o f Newark, the Mayor of Newcastle-on-Tyne, the Mayor of Newcastle-under-Lyne, the Mayor of New port, Isle of Wight, the Mayor, of Newport, Monmouth, the Mayor of Northampton, the Mayor of Norwich, the Mayor of Nottingham, the Mayor of Oldham, the Mayor of Oswestry, the Mayor of Oxford, the Mayor of Penzance, the Mayor of Plymouth, the Mayor of Portsmouth, the Mayor of Preston, the High Constable of Ramsgate, the Mayor of Reading, the Mayor of Ripon, the Chief Constable of Rochdale, the Mayer of Richmond, the Mayor of Ro chester, the Mayor of Rye, the Mayor of St. Albans, the Mayor of Salford, the Mayor of Salisbury, the Mayor of Sheffield, the Mayor of Southampton, the Mayer of Stafford, the Mayor of Stamford, the Mayor of Stockport, the Mayor of Stockton-upon-Tees, the Chief of Stoke-upon-Trent, the Returning Officer of Stroud, the Mayor of Swansea, the Mayor of Tatnworth, the Mayor of Tiverton, the Mayor of Tewkesbury, the Mayor of Wakefield, the Mayor of Walsall, the Mayor of Warrington, the Mayor of Welshpool, the Mayor of Weymouth, the Mayor of Wigan, the Mayor of Winches ter, the Mayor of Windsor, the Mayor of Wisbeach, the Mayor of Wolverhampton, the Mayor of Worcester, the Mayor of Yarmouth, Lord Mayor of York, the High Bailiff of Westminster. Scotland—The Provost of Dun fermline, the Provost of Aberdeen, Lord Provost of Edinburgh, Lord Provost of Glasgow, Lord Provost of the Provost cif Kirkeldy, the Provost of Paisley, the Perth, Provost of Leith, the Provost of Montrose, the Provost of Stirling. Ireland—Lord Mayor of Dublin, the Mayor of Belfast, the Mayor of Cork, the Mayor of Limerick, the Mayor of Waterford, The company included also the following distinguished personages:— Prince Albert, the Archbishop of Canterbury, Mar quis of Lansdowne, Marquis of Salisbury, Lord Palmer ston, Lord Carlisle, Lord Grey, Bishop of London, Sir J. Graham, Sir G. Grey, Lord Clifden, the Groom in Waiting, Colonel Beuverie, Colonel C. B. Phipps, and Colonel C. Grey, Mr. W. E. Gladston e , M.P. THE FOREIGN MINISTERS AND REPRESENTATIVES. --The French Ambassador, the Bavarian Minister, the Bcunos Ayrean Minister, the Portugue se Minister, the Neapolitan Minister, the Prussian Minister, the Danish Minister, the Netherlands Minister, th e Swedish Mi nister, the Russian Minister, the American Minister. the Austrian Charg6 d'Affaires, the Sardinian Chars d'Affairee the Belgian Consul, the French Consul, the Free Towns' Consul, the Russian Consul, and the lies shin Consul. THE ComMISSIoNERS.—EarI Granville, L or d Stanley, Lord J. Russell, M.P., Sir R. Peel, m.p. Mr 11. Labou chere, M.P.. Sir Archib a ld Galloway, Mr. T, Baring, M.P., Mr. C. Barry, Mr. T. Bezley, Mr. R. Cobden, M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt (engineer), Mr. T. Field Gibson, Mr. J. Gott, Lord Overstone, Mr. P. Pusey, M.P.. Mr ' Alderman Thompson, M.P., Sir J. P. Boileau, Mr. J. C. I'eache, Mr. A. K. Barclay, Mr. W. Cotton, Sir J. W. Lubbock, Mr. S. M. Peto, M.P- Baron Lionel de Rothschild, M.P., Mr. P. L e N eve Foster, M r . J. Payne, Mr. T. Winkworth, M r . C o l e , Mr. C. W. DilkeMr. G. Drew, Mr. F. F u ll er, Mr. R. Step h ens on, M.P., Mr. M. D. Wyatt, and M r . S cott Russe ll. THE ALDERMEN.—Mr. Ald erman Fare b rot h er , Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., M r . Al derman Wil son , Sir , Chapman Marshall, Mr. Alde rman HumpherY, M .P., Sir W. Magnay, Sir G. Carrel, Mr. Alderman Hooper, Sir J. Duke, M.P., Mr. Alderman Musgrove, Mr. Alder man Hunter, Mr. Alderman Challis, Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., Mr. Alderman Moon, Mr. Alderman, Salomons, Mr. Alderman Finnis, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Carden, Mr. Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. Under-Sheriff Wire, Mr. Under-Sheriff Mi • lane', Mr. Chamberlain, and the Town-Clerk. G THE MASTERS OF COMPANIES.—The Master cif the Mercers' Company, the Master of the Grocers' Com pany, the Prime Warden of the Fishmongers' Company, the Prime Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company, the Master of the Skinners' Company, the Master of the Merchant Tailor's Company, the Master of the Sal ters' Company, the Master of the Ironmongers' Cons pally, and the Master of the Clothworkers' Company. CHAIRMEN or COMMITTEES OF COMMON COUNCIL.— Mr. James Bailey, City Lands; Mr. James L o w, Bridge house; Mr. Dep u ty P eacock, Comm i ss ioners of S ewers; Mr. E. Shaw, Navigati on • Mr. T. White , Coal, Corn, and Finance ; M r . J. T. Norris, G e neral Purposes; Mr. T. Rowley, Mark e t s; M r. J. Blades, Library; Mr. De puty Hale, City of London School; Mr. H. Brown, Offi cers and Clerks ; Mr. T. H. Hall, Improvement ; Mr. Deputy Harrison, Freedom ; Mr. R. Taylor, F.S.A., Secondaries; Mr. F. Farrar, Law Bills; Mr. J. Wood, Consolidated; Mr. H. L. Taylor, Markets Improvement; Mr. T. Dakin, D e p uty -G overnor o f Irish Society. The Vice-Ch ance ll ors of C am bridge and Oxford, Lieutenant-Colon e l Fi tzroy, M.P., Sir J. H. h i lly , sir A. L. de Roth sc hild, M r. J. Master man, M.P., Mr. W. Cubitt, M.P., the G overnor an d D e puty-Governor of the Bank of England. the Deputy-Chairman of the East India Company, Mr. Forster M.P., Mr. Deputy Lott, F.S.A., Mr. J. Mor r i son , M r . 'J. Dillon, Mr. Abel Smith, Mr. S. Gurney, jun., Mr. H. Tucker, Mr. A. Caldecott, Mr. W. D. Starling, Mr. H. D. Stone, Mr. W. Forman, Mr. G. Peabody, Mr. J. Robinson), Mr. W. F. A. Delany, Mr. W. Leaf, Mr. J. Clift, Mr. G. Whiting, and the Rev. C. Marshall, of Sydenham, Kent, chaplain to the Lord Mayor. The guests, as they were presented, with the exception of the Court circle, passed on through the reception room to the entrance of the Egyptian-hall,where the banquet had been prepared. This magnificent apartment bad been decorated in a most appropriate manner, under the direction of Mr. Bunning, the city architect, by the in troduction of trophies upon the columns, representing the several counties of England, and also Ireland, Scot land, and Wales. It se timed fitted up for a hall of con f rence for the representatives of every industrial de partment. The products and manufactures cf every part of the kingdom were symbolised by means of paintings upon shields affixed to the columns, and by small gutta peecha models, and iu some instances by stuffed animsle, the whole being backed with laurel and formed into groups. Ireland appeared to be portrayed in its agricul tural produce—its pork, its butter, its linens ; Scotland, too, was indicated in its manufactures and agriculture as well as by its wild game and its plaids; Wales was re cognised by the leek and the gnat's bead, and its minerals were not overlooked. The English counties wean distinguished by representations cf the articles for which they are most famous—some by their oxen, i their corn, their hops, their cider, their cheese; some by their cottons, their woollens, their carpets, their lace; some by their minerals, some by their game. High upon the wall at the eastern end of the hell, behind the Prince's chair, were two well painted colossal figures, re presenting Peace and Plenty, the former with a wreath encircling the globe. Underneath was a large painticg in distemper, showing the ships of all nations discharging their cargoes in the•port of London for the exhibition. This painting, which was extremely well executed, was said to be the work of Mr. F. Fenton. At the opposite end of the hall was the figure of Britannia, with four angels proclaiming to the four corners of the world an invitation (we apprehend) to bring their product; for the approaching exhibition. As if to make the repre sentation the more distinct, there was placed in the hand of Britannia a sketch or plan of a building for the re ception of The articles, and a painting of the exterior hung below. The plan exhibited a large circle filled with as many radii, or we might say avenues, from the circum ference to the centre as could be conveniently intro duced. In each of these the articles exhibited would of course be placed, and the public could pass up one and down the next in a continuous 'stream, each person entering or leaving the stream at such avenue or walk as he pleased; the centre appropriated to the horticultural department, forming an agreeable grove visible from every part. and a gallery above giving a curious bird's eye view of the wholee Iu the piCture of the exterior the dome surmounting the supposed building was painted to represent the world. At the base of the,balcony at each end of the halt were suspended shields, on which were the arms of various nations. . The hall was brilliantly illuminated, and these embellishments attracted (as may he supposed) no little attention and admiration. The Prince and circle, and.. the Lord Mayor, entered the hall at 7 o'clock and took their places. The banquet was then served. It was supplied by Messrs. Ring and Brymer, and was Of the most sumptuous order, fully sus taining the character of their establishment. There was a magnificent display of plats upon the tables. ' Grace was said by the Lord Mayor's chaplain, the Rev. Charles Marshall. The bill of fare included:— First Coarse—Tortue claire, tortue a I'Anglaise, tur bots bouillis a la sauce do homard, turbans" de filets de soles, sautuon de Glo'ster boilli, mackerel en mantelot, anguille aux tomato, trachea de saumon la Tartare, fried fish, filets de merlans a la horly. . Side Board—Pitit pates, baron of beef, filet, de pou lets au supreme, ris de veau la St. Cloud. homard a la Indionne, fricandeau de velum, pigeons aux champignons, cotelettes homarde, grenadines de yew, turbans de filets lepreaux, chickens, capons, turkey poults larded, hams and tongues, ornamented, ribs of lamb, raised ornamented pies, lobster salads, prawns, Chantilly baskets, orna mented trifles, pine, strawberry, noyeau, Rhenish and Italian creams, Dantzic, noyeau, and Maraschino jellies, nougat with cream, Charlotte a la Busse, gateau de fjenene, gateau a la Duchesse, apple tarts, fanchonnettes, boudin Sr. Clair, raspberry, apricot, and green gage teurtes, hunting puddings, trifles, cabinet puddings, Nesselrode puddings, creamed tarts. Removes—Hauuches mutton, chines mutton, sirloins beef, quaiters lamb, Guinea fowls, ducklings, goslings, turkey poulte, pea fowls. Dessert—Pines, grapes, oranges, apples, nuts, dried fruits, preserved ginger, brandy and cherries, Savoy cakes, almond cakes, mixed cakes, wafers. Ices—Pine, rnidefauit, raspberry, lemon, ginger, cherry, &e. After dinner, according to custom at the Mansion house, the loving cup was seat round,'the usual welcome being proclaimed by the toast-master, Mr. Harker. Graee was then sung by the vocalists. This department was arranged •by Mr. Hobbs, assisted by Miss Birch, Miss E. Birch, Mil's Dolby, Mr. Francis, Mr. Young, Mr. Lockey, Mr. Lawler, Mr. Bradbury, and Mr. Machin. They had idle aid of the Coldstream band. As may be supposed the whole department was very powerfully sustained. After grace, The LORD _MAYOR rose and said,—May it please your Royal Highness, m y Lords and Gentlemen,—The first toast I have the honour to propose to you this even ing is one I am sure you will respond to, and that with enthusiasm, it is " The health and long continued hap piness of our beloved and most gracious Sovereign Queen Victoria." , The toast' was drunk upstanding, with three times three. The National Anthem was very effectively performed. The LORD MAYOR then said,—My Lords and Gentle men,—l have the distinguished honour to entertain this evening the Consort of our beloved and gracious Queen. In proposing the health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, allow me to connect with it an expression of my desire that the great exhibition about to take place in the year 1851, and which his Royal Highness takes so great an interest in, may benefit not only this metropolis, but produce good and lasting results throughout the United Kingdom, and a brotherly feeling towards all na tions. With these sentiments I beg to propose " The health of his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and success to the Exhibition of 18.51." The toast was received with the most enthusiastic cheer ing, the whole company rising as one man to do honour to the Prince. His ROYAL Ilnemeass, in acknowledging the toast, spoke as follows:—My Lord Mayor,—l am sincerely. grateful for the kindness with wbeich you have proposed I my health, and to you, gentlemen, for the cordiality with which you have received this propceal. It must, indeed, be most gratifying to me to had that a suggestion which I had thrown out, as appearing to me of importance at this time, should have met with such universal concur rence and approbation, for this has proved to me that the view I took of the peculiar character and requirements of our age was in accordance with the feelings and opinions of the country.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, I con ceive it to be the duty of every, educated person closely to watch and study the time in which. he lives, and, as far as in him lies, to add his humble . mite of individual exsrtion to further the accomplishment of what he be lieves Providence to have ordained.—(Cheers.) No body, however, who has paid any attention to the par ticular features of our present era will doubt for a moment that we are living at a period of most wonderful transition, which tends rapidly to accomplish that great end—to which indeed all history points— the realization of the unity of mankind.—(Great cheer ing.) Not a unity which breaks down the limits and levels the peculiar characteristics of the different na tions of the earth, but rather a unity the result and pro duct of those very national varieties and antagonistic qualities. The distances which separated the different nations and parts of the globe are gradually vanishing before the aehievemeata of modern invention, and we can traverse them with incredible speed; the languages of all nations are known, and their acquirement placed within the reach of everybody ; thought is communi cated with the rapidity, and even with the power cf lightning. On the other hand, the great principle of 'the division cf labour, which may be called the moving power of civilization, is being extended to all branches of science, industry, and art. Whilst formerly the greatest mental energies strove at universal knowledge, and that knowledge oat confined to the few, now they are directed to specialitier, and in these again even to the minutest points. But the knowledge acquired becomes at once the property of the community at large; whilst, formerly discovery was wrapt in secresy, it results from the publicity of the present day that no sooner is a discovery or invention made than it is already improved upon and surpassed by competing efforts.—(Cheers.) The products of all quarters of the globe are placed at our disposal, and we have only to choose which is the best and cheapest for our purposes, and the powers of production are intrusted to the stimu lus of competition and capital. So man is approaching a more complete fulfilment of that great and sacred mis sion which he has to perform in this world. His reason being created after the image of God, he has to use it to discover the laws by which the Almighty governs His creation, and, by making these laws his standard of action, to conquer neture to his use—himself a divine instrument. Science discovers these laws of power, motion, and transformation; industry applies them to the raw matter which the earth yieldi us in abundance, but which becomes valuable only by knowledge; art teaches us the immutable laws of beauty and symmetry, and gives to our productions forms in accordance with them. —(Cheers.) Gentlemen, the exhibition of 1851 is to give us a true - test and a living picture of the point of development at which the whole of mankind has arrived in this great task, and a new starting point from which all nations will be able to direct their fur ther exertions.—(Cheers.) I confidently hope that the, first impression which the view of this vast collection will produce on the spectator will be that of deep thank fulness to the Almighty for the blessings which He has bestowed upon us already here below; and the second, the conviction that they can only be realised in propor tion to the help which we are prepared to render to each other—therefare only by peace, love, and ready assist ance, not only between individuals, but between the na tions of the earth. This being my conviction, I must be highly. gratified to see here assembled the magistrates of all important towns of this realm, sinking all their local, and poesibly political differences—the representatives of the different political opiniOns of the country, and the representatives of the different foreign nations— to-day representing only one ,interest.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, my original plan had been to carry out this undertaking with the help of the Society of Arts cf London, which had long and usefully laboured in this direction, and by the means of private capital and enterprise. You have wished it otherwise, and de clared that it was a work which the British people as a whole ought to undertake. I at once yielded to your w i s h, feeling that it proceeded from a patriotic, noble, and generous spirit.—(Cheers.) On your courage, per severance, and liberality the undertaking now entirely depends.—(Chaers.) I feel the strongest confidence in these qualities of the British people—(Cheers)—and am sure that they will repose confidence in themselves — confidence that they will honourably sustain the contest ef emulation, and will nobly carry' out their proffered hospitality to their foreign competitors.—(Cheers.) We, her Majeaty ' s'Comtnissioners, are quite alive to the in numerable difficulties which we shall have to overcome in carrying out the scheme; but having confidence in you, andje stir Own zeal and perseverance at least, we require only your confidence to make its contemplate the result without any apprehension.—(Enthusiastic cheer ing, several times renewed.) Colonel Bonyvats acknowledged the toast. The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The health of the Foreign Ministers," and caliei upon the French Ambas sador to respond to the toast. His Excellency M. Dnourte DE LHUYS, the French Ambassador, who was received with much cheering, said—My Lords and Gentlemen, when I cast my eyes around me I behold the cities of England represented by their chief magistrates in this assembly, which I may truly call the House of Commons of English industry.— (Cheers.) I trust it is the shadowing of the futufe.— (Ilea-, hear.) Foreign nations flocking to the banner raised by Great Britain will be represented here very soon by their various productions in one vatt assembly— " A mighty maze, but not without a plan;" I may add, a garden tempting with fat bidden fruit.— (A. laugh.) We are all arras° that the golden fruits of exotic industry are often withheld from our grasp by a dragon whose protective claws and sleepless eyes are al ways on the watch. But you, gentlemen, acting on an august, impulsion, have thrown open your doors to the competition of the world.—(Hear, bear.) On another occasion I compared this rivalry of nations to a peaceful contest; but I think it should rather be likened to a school in which we all of us have something to learn.— (Cheers.) And, though I belit ve that all will be gainers by the experiment, I venture to say that your manufac turers will not rev the least advantage from it; for, as it has been justly remarked, their merit consists in the cheapness of their prices, in the texture of their fabrics, and in the durable nature of their productions —not in their fine glossy surface, as the wife of the Vicar of Wakefield would say—(Laughter and cheers)—but in such qualities as wear well.—(Recessed cheers.) These qualities are the result of a hidden skill, of which no curious geze can penetrate the mystery; whereas the attractions, the external beauty, and the superiority of design in which others are sureteed rather to excel, are open to first sight, atel are accessible to imitation; but whether iu the school, or on the field of tattle, I am sure England will stand her ground.—(Loud cheers.) The next toast was " The House of Lords aad the Marquis of Linsdownr." The Marquis of LANSDOWNE, in acknowledging the toast, said—lt is a source if unmixed pleasure to assist upon this occasion, when there are, by the hospitality of the Lord Mayor, so many present who represent those corporations and places which I may be permitted to term the fountain he ids of industry—(Loud cheers) — from which are perpetually flowing those streams which supply the wants of the people of this country, and then overflow to the most distant pmts of the world. I feel that I am assisting upon a solemn as well as an interest ing occasion—as his Royal Highness has so well said, the commencement of a new epoch, the consequences of which no man can mea.ure or anticipate.—(Hear, hear.) But this we may say, that we feel confident the stream of industry will only flow the more freely when placed in competition and within the. reach of observation of the industry of other countr:es, and that united they will be a source of happiness and greatness to this country, and administer to the comfort and civilization of the world.--(Cheers.) The LORD MAYOR then proposed "The Health of Lord J. Russell and her Majesty's Ministers." Lard J. RUSSELL, who was louldly cheered, said—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I have so often had Occa sion to thank your Lordship and this great city for the indulgence with which you view the intentions and mo tives of her Majesty's Ministers, that I have no fresh words in which to express my gratitude for such kind ness; but I will take this occasion to say that I think your Lordship has added most powerfully to the proba bilities of the success of this great exhibition in asking the representatives of the corporation of England to assist at this inauguration.—(Cheers.) I feel sure, gentlemen, that this design, like all other good designs, will have collateral Effects,perhapsequally advantageous with those which must directly flow from it.—(Cheers.) Because, in having an exhibition of the industry of all nations, you will produce before the world such an ob ject of interest and curiosity that the most distinguished men of all nations—the men most remarkable in science and art in every rank of life and in every profession, will hasten to flock hither to have the advantage of beholding this grand collection, and the pleasure of reflecting that they have been present at this great national exhibition. —(Applause.) lam sure that we cannot have here such an assemblage of distinguished men, who are apt to visit us now from time to time as individueln scarcely meeting each other,—we cannot have such an assem blage at one time without their being animated with more friendly feelings towards •England and each ether; and thus will be promoted in a secondary and colla teral manner, but most effectually, that great brother hood of nations which it is Royal Highness's most laud able ambition to promote.—(Cheers.) I hell sure, therefore, that you will have the most advanta geous effects of good Rill and amity flowing from this festival, which all men will agree in celebrating as the great jubilee of industry and of peace. The next toast wee " tord Stanley and the Royal Commissioners for the great Exhibition of all Nations in 185' Lord STANLEY, who rose along with Mr. Cobden and the other Royal Commissioners, seas very loudly cheered. His Lordship said,—My Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, I need hardly say that I feel it a very distinguisbe, as I also feel it a most unmerited honour, to have my name asso&ated, as it has been this evening, with that great and important exhibition, the preparation for which is the occasion of this great assemblage. I know that there are many of my colltagaes on the Commission to whom the task of returning thanks might far more fitly be confided; and I know not for n hat reason my humble name has been selected from among them, unless for the purpose of practically demonstrating here, as prac tically we demonstrate in the Commission itself, that men of the most different political opinions, men of the most opposite vrews—(Hear,, hear)—can and will co operate cordially and harmoniously for objects which all alike conceive to be promotive of the public good.— (Cheers.) More especially are we bound to cherish such feelings, and to act upon such principles, when, as in the Commission, we are presided over by our Royal Presi thnt,—by one who, from the moment of his appearance in this country, down to the present hour, among his many claims npon the gratitude and affection of the country, has had none more high or more worthy than this—that in his high station he has always abstained from interfering with the political contests of the day.— (Great cheering.) At the same time he has never shrunk from putting himself forward, as befits his high station, his distinguished character, and his eminent abilities, whenever objects were to be accomplished which were f.,r the benefit, the advantage, and the improvement of his adopted country.—(Cheers.) I feel, in returning thanks for that Commission, that if I were to enter into the objects for which it has been instituted—its high, and I think I may venture to say, its holy objects—l should only weaken the effect produced upon your minds by the most truthful, able, an d e l oquent statement made to you by i ts Royal Presid ent.—(Cheers.) It is not to the Commission that your thanks, are due; we labour cordially, but mo s t h um b ly, under the presidency of his Royal Highness. For my own part, when it , was desired that my name should be placed upon the Commission, I assented to the proposal mainly because I conceived. it to be my duty to give all the assistance in my power to the promotion of an o bj ect w hi ch exc i te d a d ee p i n t eres t in the mind of the Sovereign, and a deeper interest still—if that be possible—in the Consort of the Sovereign, the fatherof the future sovereign, though God grant, gentlemen, that that future may be so distant that few indeed among those whom Ism now addressing may live to witness it. —(Cheers.) -I cann ot, however, deprive my se lf o f th e satisfaction bearing my humble testimony, in con• junction with that of my colleagues who have a l rea dy addressed you, to the possible and probable effects of this great exhibition. I agree with my Noble Friend the Noble Marquis, that those effects, moral and social, immediate and contingent, it is difficult to anticipate and difficult to exaggerate. But this, at all events, is a matter of certainty, that it must tend to bring together into harmonious concord the nations of the world; it must teed to improve the good feeling between various nations; end at this time and in this age of progress, when throuaiout the world the mass of the people are acquiring a larger and a larger share in the government of their own countries, it is a matter of no ordinary im portance that the mind, the attention, and the affections of the people should be withdrawn from feelings of in ternational jealousy and hostile aggression, leading to sanguinary wars, which, even when moat successful,