The Express.
London, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, JULY 19, 1860.

BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE TO HEE
MAJESTY S MINISTERS.

Yesterday evening the Egyptian Hall at the
liansion.houee Irma thrown open to a brilliant circle mem-
bled to meet her Majesty's ministers. Upwards of 300
of the nobility and gentry. including the whole of the cor-
poration, and a considerable number of foreign guests, sat
down to a sumptuous dinner supplied by Messrs. Ring and
Brymer, his lordship's purveyors. Amongst the guests the
embeasy from Morocco attracted general attention, from
their grave demeanour sad singular costume ; and his FA.
cellency Hassan Ali Khan, the ambassador from Persia,
and suite, were also the object, of great interest and
curiosity. There was slao an immense variety of
naval, military, and volunteer uniforms, so that alto-
gether this dinner was probably one of the most
brilliant parties of the season.
The cloth having been removed, and the loving cup sent
r his lordship gave the " Queen," which was responded
to the customary loyal enthusiasm.
Alm seat toast was "The Prince Consort, the Prince sif
Wales, and the !seminal branches of the royal family ;" I
the Lord Mayor, in p it, making a graceful allusion'
to the speech of his Royal Highness the Prince Consort at
the International Stetter& Conroe.
His LOIWORIP then gave the Army and Navy," observ-
ing that in whatever quarter of the world the noble men
comprising those two services were called upon to fight, he
know they would never forget their home, and he hoped
sad trusted that their home would never forget them.
(Chases.) Maw what might, he was satisfied they would
do their duty, and show that they were not unworthy mut
meson of those brave soldiers who distinguished themselves
in the wars of 1804 and 1815, and much more recently
the Crimea and India. (Cheers.)
The Duke al Samar, in replying on the part of the
navy, alluded to the servicee which the navy was called
upon to perform in China and New Zealand, and said WA if
thee was saralatileto isierrek bei.e• Obieraq~d,

this be wee eartain,-that whatever account; did eoara,
they
would bear teseasony to the gallant bearing, the boldness
and bravery of the British sailor. (Cheers.)
&r JOIN Byname briefly acknowledged the toast on
the part of the army.
His LORDISIIIP then gave the health of "Her Majesty's
Ministers," to whom he said the country was trade' deep
obligations for the manner in which they dialler's& the
onerous and difilcult duties belonging to the high and dis-
tinguished positions they occupied. They all knew that the
prime minister of the country frequently sat in the House
of Commons for sixteen hours at a time, yet he never
seemed exhausted or worn out, and performed the duties of
his office with the seine ardour and vigour which marked him
career twenty or thirty years ago. (Hear, hear.) He there-
fore had no hesitation in Liking them to drink to the health
of Lord Palmerston and the different noblemen and gentle-
men whom he had rallied round him in enter to carry on
the government of the country. (Hear.)
The toast having been drunk with much applause,
Lord Pausal:ewe—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentle-
seen—For myself and my colleagues I beg to return my most
grateful thanks for the kind meaner in which our healths
have been proposed byyour lordship, and alsoforthefriendly
and en;busastic manner in which the toast has been received
by the oompany. Your lordship has been pleased to make a
emparisoe between the amount of daily labour
which we have to perform, and that which falls
to the lot of the Lord Mayor of London. My
lord. I believe it would be difficult to say who during
their tenure of office leads the most laborious life, but
when his lordship refers to the late hours and other in•
)carious incidents of our vocation as regards bodily health, I
*leave to say that there is one course of Wee( which I am
reminded by the magnificent entertainment to which we
have been invited, which I believe to be still more injurious
than the hard work and late hours of the House of Com-
mons, if on every day of the week, every week of the
month, and every month of the year, your lordship
was obliged to indulge in so splendid and luxurious a
repast as that at which we are now assembled. (Cheersand
laughter.) I can assure you, ladies and gentlemen, that,
feeling as we do the great responsibility of conducting the
affairs of the nation, the greatest satisfaction we can experi-
ence is in retiring occasionally from the turmoil of political
life and enjoying as we now do the splendid hospitality of the
first magistrate of the City of London. It must always be
a pleasure to us to see ourselves in the greatest commercial
city of the greatest commercial nation of the world, and I
trust we may take some credit to ourselves for having during
this present session proposed several measures which must
tend greatly to the commercial prosperity of the country.
(Hear, hear,) It has sometimes been the fashion to my
that commerce destroys the manliness and hardihood of
• nation, but the commercial history of the world is full of
examples showing the fallacy of that theory. (Hear,
bear.) However, if any dill stronger proof were wanting
of its unsoundness, we have it in the events of the present
year, when 130,000 of the youth of this cetintry, the ma-
jority of them engaged in commercial pursuits, have sub.
mitted to privations and fatigues to which their previous
habits had rendered them totally unsuited, and have thrown
their whole zeal and energy into the task of providing the
best means of defending the country. (" Hear, hear' and
cheer..) I think that already the volunteer movement is
the noblest spectacle that has ever been exhibited by any
nation in the world. We are not without examples is
which, when danger imminently threatened • conntry,wbes
the enemy was knocking at the• door, the Mien WM ee OM
man, and tearing themselves from the business and pismires
of civil life, prepared to shed their blood for their ementry.
But this is not an instance of this kind. It is mid that the
lion in the desert sniffs the danger afar off, and preperes
hisuself betimes for whatever emergency may oc-
cur. It is so with the youth of this country. They
have an instinctive feeling that circumstances may arise
in which the ordinary defences of the country may prove
inadequate to the occasion. Although their spirit is pro-
phetic. I trust that its prophecy will not be accomplished ;
vet still we must rejoice to see that with a manly energy
*and courage which could not be surnamed they have already
arrayed themselves in the numbers I have stated, and
would, if need be, double, treble, or quadruple their num-
bers. (Loud cheers.) IT has been said that if you want
peace you must prepare for war. That is true, and it is
untrue. It is untrue if it is meant that • nation should
arm itself, and place itself in an airviess,„ ive attitude;
that it should increase its naval and military este-
blishments more than is necemary. for defence. In
that case it seems evident that aggression upon neighbours
is intended, the neighbours are necessarily filled with dia.
trust and alarm, and instead of being securities for peace
such preparations become the strongest inxotives to war.
(Hear, hear.) Far better when a nation contents itself, as
we are doing, with defensive arming, and repudiates all
aggressive demonstrations. Such preparations are the best
preservatives of peace, and 1 trust wo shall long continue to
keep ourselves in that condition, and say that peace we will
have, because he who attacks us shall ever rue the day be
has dose so. (Loud cheep.) trust that what lam say-
ing will be taken in its proper sense, as a compliment to
that great and noble body the Volunteers of England, who
may tie looked upon as the moat active and practical mem-
bers of the Peace Society. (Cheers and laughter.) The
noble lord concluded by repeating his acknowledgments for
the toast.
The Loan MATOR then gave " The Foreign Arnie's'.
den," to which Count Bernstorff, the Prussian ambassador,
replied in • few words.
The Loan CHANCELLOR, in responding to the toast of
" The House of Lords," described that assembly as the
rallying point of public opinion in England. When public
opinion went too fast, the Lords were ready to restrain it ;
and, on the other hand, when the occasion required it, they
were ready to listen to the voice of the people, and to be
guided by political necessity. (Hear.)
Hi. LORDeHIP, in complimentary terms, proposed " The
House of Commons."
Lard JOHN Bresem, in replying to the toast, mid the
Ham et 00a1M001 was an ancient body, which had always
Men massed in defending the liberties of the country. The
corporation of the City of London was likewise an ancient
body, which had at all times exercised a similar function'
at one time protecting the people against the aggressions f
the aown, and at another -.defending the crown from the
encroachment of the people. Therefore, a strong sympathy
hes always existed between the House of Commons sad the
corporation of the City of London. Both were
our most ancient institutions, and he trustedV
whatever measure the House of Commons might
apply to the City of London, it would show
respect for those great principles of which that corporation
had invariably been the great supporters. (Cheers.) It
bed pleased her Majesty to appoint him the minister on
whom devolved tho diplomatic business of the country, and
be trusted that in no instance had any act of his sacrificed
the national interest or tarnished the national honour. It
was the duty of the government to maintain the honour
and interest of the country, without at the same time for-
getting what was due to other nations, and to endeavour to
bring about such a general agreement as would promote
civil and religious liberty all over the world. (Chem.)
The Lotto CRANCELLoR then proposed the health of the
Lord Mayor, which was drunk with great cordiality.
The LORD MATOR next gave, " The president and gentle-
men of the International Statitioal Congress."
M. Le Gorr returned thanks in the French lan-
He begged on his own part and on that of his 001.
Carnes,. the delegates from foreign countries at the Inter-
national Statistical Congress, to thank the Lord Mayor sad
the company for the tout which had been proposed. He
was happy to be afforded the occasion for making knows the
sentiments of gratitude which they all entertained for the
affectionate and cordial hospitality they bad received in that
great city. For his own part he would carry away
a sweet souvenir of some of the pleasantest days of
his life, which were those he had passed
his English friends. It should be his duty, as wars:
pleasure, to make known to the government which he led
the honour to serve the profound sympathy of which be;
and his colleague* had been the object, in. that congress
which he trusted would turn out to be • congress of pews

After one or two further observations, IL Le Ooyt con-
cluded by repeating hr atlmowlisdgoteute.
Lord ?ALI/MIMS pve "The Lady Mayorese,"after which
the remaining toasts were digxeed of, and the company
I separated.

INTERNATIONAL STATISTICAL CONGRESS.

The several sections re-assembled yesterday
morning at ten o'clock.

811CTION 1.-JUDICIAL STATISTICS.

Lord BROUGHAM preluded. The subject of "Civil and
Criminal Statistics " was spin discussed in connexion with
Mr. Leone Levi's paper so entitled, when the following
additional resolutions were adopted :
" That the statistics relating to the procedure of courts
of justice in their civil jurisdiction should exhibit the
number of actions, suite, or other proceedings commenced •
the number of causes entered for trial ; the number tried,
distinguishing the defended from the undefended ; the
number referred to arbitration ; the number struck out or
withdrawn or settled previous to or at the trial, or ter-
minated otherwise than by judgments ; the number and
nature of judgments, decrees, or orders ; the number of
rammer ; the number of new trials, and why granted ;
the number and effect of executions, whether spinet the
or the property ; the number and nature d inter-
locutoryn orders and reps; the duration of suits; the
subject-matter of suits ; the amounts in litigation ; the
amount recovered ; the court fees • the taxed core ; the
number sad result of appeals or proceeding, in error ; and
the nationality of plaintiffs and defendants.
"That a uniform clarification and a comparative nomen-
clature of the subject-matter of suits instituted in the civil
courts of the several states, and the procedure of these
marts, would be productive of great advantage in facili-
tating the comparison of the civil jurisprudence of the dif-
ferent civilised nations, and that to effect these objects it is
desirable to ascertain how far the subject-matters of suits
lOW the procedure of thicourte in one country have their oqui-
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in what manner the subject-matter■ of suite and the pro-
cedure of the courts may be most scientifically and usefully
tabulated and returned.

" That TtiiiioWriChissification and a comparative nomen-
clature of the crimes and offences, and of the punishments
recognised by the several states, would be productive of
Feat advantage in facilitating the comparison of the penal
jurisprudence of the different nations ; and that to effect
these objects it is desirable to consult the criminal law of
the different countries, and to ascertain bow far the crimes
and offences, and the punishments recognised in one coun-
try have their equivalents in other countries.
" That crimes and offences be divided in some such mode
as the following, via., crimes and offenow against the state,
religion public morality, public order and peace, the per-
sou (in his person ; in hie property), property, international
I law."