The Express.
London, England, 1864-09-30 00:00:00

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DINNER AT THE MANSION HOCSK
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Lest evening the Lord Mayon and Lady Mayoress
eutortained Alderman Hale, the Lord Mayer sleek and
about 250 guests, who were Wetted to meet him at a coo-
gratutitiry hauled in the Suplatioltall.
The Coldstream Guards band were la attendance, and seder
the able direction of A. F. Ocidftiy, Qs& leader, played
during the banquet se chose from the favourite romps.
titian of Auber, Strauss, Mozart, M•yerhose, Bishop, Body
Albert, Musgrave, Code, he. ; sad a very affective wood
party, dimpled by the retires J. L Hatton, sad amaielles
of Miss Wells, Miss Whytook, and Mr. Chaplin Henry con-
tributed • ninety of soils, glees, aod readored
with peat taste. Mr. Harker, the toast-rastier, having
pared round the loving cup, announcing ti. Lord Mayor's
sad Ludy Mayoreala welcome in his usual eisotive style--
the usual tributes of loyalty sod arfectsonati raspiest were
paid to bet Majesty, Om Prince of Wales, sad the root of
the royal family, sad the services and important duties of
the army, navy, and volunteers appropriately achaorrisdged
to this latter Mesh
Otiesral Sir F. Smith, Admiral Sr F. Nioolsoe, end ilajor
Baal, whom Dames had been coupled with the reepectivs
services, severally responded.
Sir F. torte observed that however greet the !rarities
in the Darla service, it was . nothing to the state el .hamis
which the way was in, owing to the disputed quake el
which was the bem descriptioo of oedema°, and whet the
most depoodable sortti fire-enrol* &field or the Whiterarth,
or the broach-kadar or tin mumiki-hieder. leer Freisdik
also paid a high tribute to the late Lord Herbert for the lin-
rovtinettis he had eiletied in the seminary oesdities of the
Motheh i,elteseitehis NI111101111•111111.,
us the army had y redound. Si, F. Maim
in his speech e • strong opinion in fencer of a
strong fonts °lazuli. heavily armed, swift valets to pretest
our comnieroa is tiniest war,
The LORD MAJOR nest gave "the Health of the Lord
Mayor sleet." This, he meld, was a soma important meet—
the toast of the day. and a most important roast in tbiz
anode of the corporation. It had bons wisely provided that
there should be no break la the high corporate °Mow. Os
Midsummer-dal the sheriffs were elected, end they cams
into office at Michaelmas, when their first duty was to pre-
side over the electios of the Lord Mayor for the sassing
year. They bad performed that duty that day, sad the
vote of the livery usembled in the Guildhall had fallen
tpon his friend Mr. Alderman Hale, the Lord Mayor sleet.
ppily no man could attain that high sad imports... also
by a sudden jump. It took some years befote a man coded
arrive at that position. Hs mut be first elected as
alderman of some ward, and be must also bow serval
the ofiiti of sheriff; and then when the livery
returned him with some other member of
Court of Aldermen, that court usually aaset
the senior of the two, provided he bad performed his duties
to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens, and bad filled all
the pre scribed preliminary °Som. This was a good regn-
latioo, for it insured an adequate aoquaiatance with the
duties of th• °Mos. Thirty-alas years ago hi. freed the
Lord Mayor elect was elected a member of the Comas.
Council. in which office he well performed hi. duties; and
27 years ago, when chairman of a committee appointed for
the purpose, he originated the City of London School. and
had continued the chairman of that school committee till
now, and under his auspices and by the asostaoce of its able
routers, it had arrived at its present act Dowleiged Ides
position. If the Lord Mayor elect had dose on more that
I that he would hays deserved the reaped and support of his
fellow-citimins ; bat be had silo send the office of deputy
of the wand under the leas Alderman Hunter, mad se with.
fectorily to the liverymen of that weed that
at Alderman Hunter's decease he was mash
mouldy chose, to fill the eldermank office. ( Haar. bow.)
He had glace filled the °aloe of diem', sad had se per-
formed the important duties attoching to it that he had
won the approval sot only of the citizens of lidos, bat of
the public of the whole metropolis. (Hear, hoar) Lad
now the time bad arrived when in dm mono be should 11l
the highest office—the civic chair. (Hear, hear.) He fellow
citizens had assembled In tine numbers in their 0•4111•11
that morning, and had elected him unanimously to thee
high office, which conferred honour not only en him bat
upon times by whom he had been chosen. (Hear. hear.) He
begged to tire the health of the Lord Mayor sleet.
The toast was drunk with amen

Alderman Hasa (Lord Mayor elect) thanked the Lard
Mayor for the very kind meaner in which he had istrodueed
his (Alderman Hale's) hum. It was not for him te make
promises ea to what he would do during his year of oflice, bat
he might, nevertheless, mare them of Lis determination to
do his bat to aerie his fellow citizens, sad to prove to
them that they hid not sleeted an nolvertby perms to pre•
side over them. He promised also to do hie best to nary
out the traditional hospitalities of the Mansion-besse Ws a
way that he looped would give satiefeaten to the /ebbs
(Cheers.)
The Loan Mayon then pys " The HOMO of GOILI10•11.*
coupling with the toast the mama Mr. Gesebea, se elf
the members for the city of Leedom
Mr. Goecars acknowledged the toast, observing that out
of session people wrote totters to the newspapers satin
forth graveness, cenoludimireserally with the words " this
requires the interference of the Booms of Commons ;" but
when in session the House of Comma* took op UNDO
miasma' the public coodeniad their over officiouseess,
and said, " we don't wait any interfereees st all." so that
the duties of that house were not always so agreeable aced
generally satisfactory ea might be desired. He could wish
that, is toasting. the House of Commons, they were teretiog
an unclogging body, and that the menthes, of it bad
within • very short time, to nodose the ordeal which
Mayor elect had panned through so pleasetly to day. He
hoped, however, that when it fell to his lot spin te pretend
himself to his fellow-eltireas his electios would be ea nasal-
moos as had been that which had taken place is the Guild-
hall that morels, ; and it would be an 'Ultima edemas,
if it were followed by as ignorable a gatherievitha at
which they were Dow amenibled. (Cheers tad ter.)
The LORD Mato* elect pa the health of Lewd
Mayor, which was warily responded to, and
His LORDSHIP returned thanks, observing, is the mum of
has remarks, that It had bees the hellion of late to mdse.
your to depreciate the aspartame of the City of tondos by
referring to the falling off in its resident popaletioe an
shown by she last mums ; but 'tallyho of that hied meet
be taken oily for what they were worth, sad with ea a•
planation. The eseesm as they Mom, was hikes
at midnight, but had it been takes in the day time
it would bare given a very &fermi renal. The fact was
that there sever were so many poem earryieg en bootees
te the City of hoodoo as at the want time. Between 760,UUU
and 800,000 people altered the City every morning to their
daily compotioes72oo,ooo of them cams in me.
reprices, madam' the daily employment of no
less them betwese 60,000 sod 70,000 public carriages ;
and taking otl things into amount, there mild be no quo-
boo that the iodine population of the City was mem is
sumerous nor its commercial importance so great as is was
now. (Hem, beer.) In reply to a remark of A Menne
Hale's as to the passibility of his (the Lord Mayor's) being
elected a mambo of parlameat, he added that, should be
in the moan of amts be called upon to campy snob a
patties, be would always be reedy to advocate these prim
Opts" of local self-government ender which the City of Los-
don had arrtved at its present high position, and the weary
at large had achieved civil and religious liberty, ad an an.
pandleled degree of sonmereial prosperity.
" UPS Itsparates of the City a London, with the health
of Alderman Muagrove," was the oat toast, for which
Alderman MISOILOVR returned thanks.
•• The Mister Cutler of Sheiks-Id, and Prosperity to
Trude." was given by the Lord Mayor, and responded to by
the Master Cutler.
~Te. Fruiterers' Oempay, the Carpenters' Oomem
the Sheriffs ivis, Aldermen DAM and Beasley),
late sheriffs Mears. Nissen sad Ceve), and the Conserea.
Will of the ver Thames' were severally tasted. ad the
usual etoltisoent Wain been pay to the Lady Maymass.
it was re 'eel to by the Lard Mayor, &a the sumeray
separa

PROFESSOR JOW67/ AND G WELK PHILOSOPHY. —The
strident. of Greek literature and philosophy, who have krag
been wailing for the " Republic of Plato," by Professor
Jowelt, will be glad to leant that the mum of the delay is
the preparatice of two long introductory volumes, which
will be of great interest to students of Greek philosophy
and Plato. This great work, which is expected to appear
early next euninier, will consist accordingly of three large
volumes, the fist °Detaining a history of the early Greek
philmophy down to the time of Plato, the sewed costainiag
a copious analysis or condensed translation of all Plates
Dialogues, with introductions, and the third containing the
text of the Republic, a translation, sad full textual mid
explanatory notes.—Patrice.
DZNOLITION or Tsa G SEAT Ex is t RITION BUILDING.
—The great eastern arch of the ElLibities toes blows down
wit► gunpowder by the Royal Regimen. on Saturday last
sad to-morrow, at eve o'clock. the waiters eine is
to be similarly dimmed of. Her Ilieieety's Comae-
sneer* of the Exhibition of 1881 have agreed to ellen
access on this °comics from the Horticuitural Gaidea
to the vacant space on which the Exhibition baildiug
stood, and from which the beat view of the enpicles Is to
be obtsiood. The 00411)01 of the Horticultaral noreety have
intimated that every volunteer in uniform will be admitted
to the HOdienitolll Gerdes free os that day. The em
timers have takes advaatage of the opportunity to try
some experiments. A new kind of temples was used ea
Saturday leek mid possibly some other innovates may he
tried on Saturday seat

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