The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-10 00:00:00

LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

INTRODUCTION OF THE LORD MAYOR TO THE
BARONS OF THE COURT OF EXCHEQUER.
A few minutes before two o'clock the Lord Mayor, the
late Lord Mayor, the Right Hon. the Recorder, Alderman
Finnis, Alderman Sir W. Cubitt, Alderman and Sheriff
Kennedy, Alderman and Sheriff Rose, the Town Clerk,
the City Solicitor, and several of the members of the Court
of Common Council entered the Court. A slight mistake
occurred in the positions occupied by the Lord Mayor and
the late Lord Mayor. According to the usual practice, the
Lord Mayor ought to have taken his station at the right
hand of the Recorder, and the late Lord Mayor on the left
of that right hon. gentleman ; but by some inadvertence
the late Lord Mayor was placed at the right hand of the
new Lord Mayor— a circumstance to which, it will be seen,
the Lord Chief Baron alluded at the close of his address.
The Lord Chief Baron, Mr. Baron Parke, Mr. Baron Al-
derson, and Mr. Baron Martin having taken their seats on
the bench, _ _

The RECORDER, addressing them, said that in pursuance
of the duties attached to the office he had the honour to
hold, and in maintenance of an ancient right, he had the
honour to appear in that court upon that occasion for the
purpose of presenting to their Lordships, the Barons of her
Majesty's Exchequer, the gentleman who had been se-
lected by the citizens of London, in the exercise of their
prerogative, to fill the chief seat of authority for the
ensuing year- he had the honour to introduce to their
Lordships Mr. David Salomons, who had been elected by
his fellow•citizens to fill the high office of Lord Mayor.
On former occasions it had been one of his duties to give
utterance to the expression of his confidence in the ex-
cellence of the selection which had been made by the
citizens of London in the gentleman who had preceded
the Lord Mayor in that high office, but upon the pre-
sent occasion the circumstances concerning that choice
were of a nature so novel and so important that he felt it
a portion of his duty to express his opinion that the day
upon which the present Lord Mayor was elected would
form a memorable day not only in the annals of the city of
London but in the history of religious freedom. It was
well known that the present Lord Mayor was a member of
the Jewish persuasion, themembers of which had for many
ages been scattered throughout the earth, had been a pro-
scribed people, and had been the marked objects for bitter
oppression and cruel persecution; but of later times that
oppression and that persecution had very considerably di-
Minished, even if it had not been totally abandoned by
most nations. In their own country, however, there had
been no disposition to interfere with persons of the Jewish
perivasion in the exercise of their commercial pursuits, and
gradually and by degrees such had been the effect of civi-
lisation that almost every shackle which had formerly op-
pressed that people had been removed. The family of Mr.
Alderman Salomons had for upwards of a century been con-
nected with the city of London as merchants, as under.
writers, and in the general commerce of the country ;
while the alderman himself had been distinguished as a

patron of genius in every form in which it had appeared,
and his conduct had been marked by energetic and suc-
cessful efforts in the promotion of education and civilisa-
tion. And he might here be permitted to add, that Mr.
Salomons had been equally celebrated for the large chroi-
table contributions by which he had endeared himself to
his fellow-citizens. It was not alone by this election that
Mr. Salomons would be hailed by the members of his com-
munity as their champion, but it would be borne in re-
membrance that he had successfully vindicated their right
to hold municipal offices. In the year 1831 Lord Denman,
whose name could not be mentioned under that roof hut
with the strongest feelings of respect and veneration, who
was then the Common Sergeant, had advised the corpora-
tion of the city of London that they could admit Jews to
certain municipal offices by administering to them such an
oath as would be binding on their conscience. In the year
1835 Mr. Salomons, having distinguished himself for his
charitable contributions and his benevolent efforts in
the city, was chosen one of th 3 sheriffs for Lendon and Mid-
dlesex; and in order to remove any doubt as to whether,
being of the Jewish persuasion, he was competent to fill
the office, a special act of Parliament was brought in and
passed by both houses, and accordingly, on the 29th of
Sept. of that year, Mr. Salomons assumed the duties of
sheriff. In the course of the same year Mr. Salomons
was elected Alderman of the Ward of Aldgate, but at that
time there were certain oaths and a declaration required
to be taken by the holder of that office, which Mr. Salo-
mons, with his religions feelings, was unable to subscribe
to, and the result had been that the Court of Alder-
men had found themselves conscientiously compelled to
appeal to the law on the subject. Accordingly, pro-
ceedings were taken in the Court of Queen's Bench,
when a decision was arrived at in his favour ; but, on an
appeal from that decision to the Court of Exchequer
Chamber, that Court held that the taking of the oath and
declaration which was required by the act of George IV.
could not be evaded. Some time after this Mr. Salomons
was elected to the office of High Sheriff of the county of
and in that case it was held that it was not necessary

for him to subscribe to the declaration to which he ob-
jected. That office Mr. Salomons bad filled to the fullest
satisfaction of all parties. In the year 1844 Mr. Salomons
was again elected an alderman of the city of London, but
the law remaining thesame as at his former election to that
office he was again rejected by the Court of Aldermen.

About this time a noble and- learned lord (Lyndhurst)
brought in a bill the effect of which was to enable persons of
the Jewish persuasion to accept and hold municipal offices,
one result of which was that Mr. Salomons was again
elected an alderman iu the year 1847. Mr. Alderman Salo-
mons being deeply impressed with a feeling of gratitude for
this peaceful triumph of the cause of civilisation and
education, manifested his gratitude by the establishment
of a perpetual scholarship of SW. a-year in the City of
London Schools. Having been appointed an alderman in
1847, Mr. Salomons thought it right to perfect himself as
far as possible in the duties which would devolve upon a
magistrate, and became a member of that profession of
which he himself was proud, and of which their lordships
'were such distinguished ornaments. In the year 1850 he
was elected as one of the representatives for the borough
of Greenwich; as their lordships were probably aware,
the right of the Alderman to sit without taking certain
oaths had become the matter of legal proceedings, which
wore still pending. The citizens of London, however, re-
joiced that whatever difficulties might exist in respect of
the law as to Mr. Alderman Salomons taking his seat in the
House of Commons, yet there there was nothing to prevent
their electing him to fill the high office of chief magistrate
of their city. There was an important year before there;
the year which had just passed had also been one of my ked
importance, and it might be that the ensuing year might
be distinguished by the crowning of their triumphs ant a
happy peace. Ho had given an outline of the history of
the present Lord Mayor, and it was upon the grounds
which he had stated that the citizens of London had chosen

him as their chief magistrate. He doubted not that at the
termination of his year of office the Lord Mayor would he
greeted with the samo expression of esteem, respect, and
satisfaction which had greeted him at the conclusion of his
shrievalty. Sir Francis Graham Moon, who now retired
from the office of chief magistrate, had discharged its func-
tions in a manner which had not only redounded to his
own credit, but had shed lustre over the body of which he
is a member. Sir Francis Moon had had the good fortune
to fill that office in a year which had been distinguished by
the visit of those illustrious persons, the Emperor and Em-
press of the French. He had also the unusual gratificati,n
of entertaining as his guests the Prefect of Paris and a nu-
merous deputation from the municipal body of that city.
He, with other members of the corporation, had subse-
quently paid a visit to Paris, and one result would be to
cement the growing attachment between the people of the
two countries, and thus show to the world at largo that

the people of those conntries were but as one community.
Sir Francis Moon, at the termination of his year of office,
retired intocompara,tive private life with the esteem and

respect of his fellow-citizens.
The CHIEF BARON said ho had to congratulate the Lord
Mayor, on being presented in that Court, as having been
chosen by his fellow-citizens to fill the highest position in
the greatest commercial city the world had ever beheld. The
election of the Lord Mayor was marked by a variety of cir-
cumstances which had become part of the history of the
countrgratifying to find that the tone of religion
had so moderated It
was
that owing to his conduct his fellow-
citizens had deemed h.
Majesty as qualified to fill
of presentation to her
which they could confer the highest municipal office
upon him. The Lord Mayor had
also been deemed srti
not only of the city of Ly
onect being appointed a magistrate
London, but of two counties. It was
gratifying, furthermore, to compare the toleration of the
present day with the state of things as they had existed in
that country very little more than
century since. When,
in the year 1753, a bill was passed
the Legislature te
enable persons of the Jewish
persuastyn to become natural-
ised without taking a part in the ceremonytg in which they
could not join without profanation, aLerriinse to so much
public clamour and public disturbance
that one of the first measures introduced intl") Ptharatiam
year,
during the ensuing session was an act to repeal that act,
not on the ground that there was any apprehnision of (ten-
ger arising to the Christian religion itself, but because it
produced so much public disturbance and clamour that the
peace of the country was endangered, and the effect in all
probability, would have been to drive out of the country
all persons who professed Jewish opinions. The Lord
Mayor appeared in that court upon the present occasion
to assert the right of the citizens of London to elect their
own chief officer, and to claim for the citizens all those
privileges and immunities which they had enjoyed from
ancient times. He had no doubt that by his be-
nevolence and charity, of which so much had been
attributed to him by the learned Recorder, he would
at the termination of his year of office, retire with as much
honour and credit to hi:eh-self as had distinguished any of
his predecessors, many of whom had taken a high place in
the history of the country. He believed that, should any
public disturbance arise during his year of office, the Lord
Mayor would be prepared to exercise the authority of the
chief magistrate with that firmness and energy which
ought to belong to one filling so high an office. But, for
himself, he must say he saw no cause for apprehension of
anypublic disturbance. With regard to the late Lord '
Mayor, Sir Francis Moon, his year of office had expired,
and he was happy to congratulate him upon his retirement
would ei,rnparative state m of private life ; nevertheless he
doubtleesve many duties to carry out, which he would
iatedh auccomplish with credit to himself. He congratu-
ini portant alucT the way in which he had discharged the
visit of the tmesesehich had fallen to his lot during the
happy also to hPavrert and Empress of the French. He was
on having been hoonhe opportunity of congratulating hiai
with the title which"evred, by the favour of her Majesty,
ei)ottul. descend to his children, on the
occasion of that anspi visit. He would now advert to a
circumstance which had paused soma
aseme little confusion in the
the Court had always re cei
court. His imression
until the present occasion
an
on from the civic
authorities as to tha Barons.whilriteTlr'neor(ti, Mayor would
be presented to the That had
his had not been
been done in
the present instance, and therefore the Bs
in court to nceiva the Lord Mayor on
h-- entrance.
Look-
ing at the arrangement of the civic body me theyhensto,x
for, instead, before the Court, he could not help remarking that '
had not " the right man in the right place,"
on the right hand side, and the' late
Lord the Lord Mayor being
Lord Mayor on the left hand side of the Recorder, he fom;sl
that, both were on the right hand side of that learned fan,
tionary. Next year, when he should have the happiee„ of
receivin :tho Lord Mayor on his retirement, he hope to
see all parties in their right places.
The usual oaths were then administered, and
The Recorder, by the command of the Lord Mayor, in-
‘itcd their Lorhehipe to partake of a banquet to be given
at the rSuildhall that evening
The m e.
c
BARON said that some of the members of
the Court 7ould do themselves the honour of being pre-
sent.

THE BANQUET
given by the Lord Mayor and Sheriffs on their accession to
office, took placeucaalt at the.Guildball. The decora-
tion of this splendid
city festivity, with the ad-
jacent apartments requisite ofo tho accommodation of the
guests, was intrusted to. 4 funning, the city architect,
who acquitted himself of ther.dot!Y in a manner which folly
sustained his Previous
andsrieputationfor artistic taste. The
m
lobbies andreception. rooms were orna-
mented with a rrcfuF.L:n of rlants, ata tuary, and arraoli.:l

trophies, and in some of the larger apartments very beau- I
tiful transparencies were exhibited.
In the banquetting-hail the compartments of the great 1
eastern window, above the dais occupied by the Lord Mayor
and the principal guests, were filled in with a large allego-
rical transparency, painted by Messrs. Fenton and Abso-
lom. The principal figure of this design represented Liberty
pointing to the printing press—the emblem of civilisation
—which, with Education and Justice (represented by alle-
gorical figures), are dispelling Superstition, Prejudice, and
other evil passions. Below this design is the motto,
" Magna est et prmvalebit." Immediately behind the
Lord Mayor's seat, and beneath the large transparency,
were portraits of the Sultan, Omar Pasha, the King of
Sardinia, and General Della Marmora. The splendid glass
star of the Order of the Garter, presented (we believe) to
the corporation by Mr. Alderman Copeland, glittered
with its usual brilliancy from the western window, and
the Gothic screen at that end of the building was sur-
mounted by allegorical figures representing France and
England, below which were displayed medallion portraits
of Queen Victoria and the Emperor of the French. On the
north side of the hall were displayedat intervals medallion
portraits of the Duke of Cambridge, Lord Raglan, Sir De
L. Evans, General Simpson, General Cathcart, and Lord
Cardigan, and on the south side were portraits, in a similar
style, of Prince Napoleon, Marshals St. Arnaud and Pelis-
sier, General Canrobert, Admirals Lyons, Bruat, and Ha-
melin, and General Bosquet. These portraits were sur-
mounted by military trophies, composed of swords, mus-
kets, pistols, and bayonets, anti around them were grouped
v3ry tastefully the national colours of the allied Powers—
England, France, Turkey, and Sardinia.
Among the guests we observed the French Ambassador,
the Lord Chancellor, Lady Cranworth, Viscount Palmer-
ston, the Earl of Clarendon, Lord John Russell, Viscount
Hardinge. Lady Hardinge, Lord Panmure, Sir George
Grey, M.P., Sir Chas. Wood, M.P., Sir Benjamin Hall,
M.P., Mr. R. Vernon Smith, M.P., the Marquis of Salis-
bury, the Earl De la Warr, Viscount Dttncan, M.P., Mr.
Lowe, M.P., the Sardinian Minister (Count d'Azeglio),
the Turkish Minister (11. Musurus), the Haytian Minister,
the Brazilian Minister, Count Zamoyski, Lord W. Len-
nox, Lord Stanley, M.P., Lord Wodehouse, Lord Oran-
more, Sir J. Shelley, M.P. Sir A. D. Gordon, General Sir
John Burgoyne, Capt. A. Milne, Sir C. Douglas, Mr. Jas.
Wilson, M.P., Mr. Frederick Peel, M.P., Mr. Massey,
M.P„ the Mayor of Boulogne, Mr. T. F. Elliott, Mr.
Masterman, M.P., Baron L. de Rothschid, M.P., Baron
Meyer Rothschild, the Hon. C. P. Villiers, M.P. Sir
Walter Riddell, the Hon. W. F. Campbell, Mr. Roebuck,
M.P., Mr. Apsley Pellat, M.P., Mr. J. Abel Smith, M.P.,
Sir J. Paxton, M.P., the Deputy-Governor of the Back
of England, the Deputy-Chairman of the East India
Company, Lord Campbell (Chief Justice of England),
Chief Baron Pollock, Lord Justice Turner, Vice-Claan-
cellor Wood, Mr. Justice Cresswell, Mr. Baron Platt, Mr.
Justice Willes, Mr. Alderman Farebrother, Mr. Alderman
Copeland, Mr. Alderman Wilson, Sir George Carroll, Sir
James Duke, Mr. Alderman Farncomb, Sir J. Musgrove,
Mr. Alderman Sidney, Mr. Alderman Wire, Mr. Alder-
man Finnis, Mr. Alderman Cubitt, M.P., Sir R. W. Car-
den, Mr. Alderman Carter, Sir H. Muggeridge, Mr. Al-
derman Eagleton, Sir H. W. Poland, Sir G. Hodgkinson,
Mr. Swift, M.P., Sir C. D. Crosley, &c.
Lord John Russell, who arrived before any leading
members of the Ministry, was received with some applause.
The Turkish Minister, the French Minister, and the Sar-
dinian Minister were loudly cheered as they passed through
the hall on their way to the reception room.l Lord Pal-
merston and Lord Panmure were also warmly greeted
when their names were announced.

The banquet was provided by Messrs. Staples, of the
Albion, and fully sustained the reputation of their cuisine.
The band of the Coldstream Guards, stationed in one of the
galleries, performed selections from several popular over-
tures during dinner, and an efficient vocal corps, under the
direction of Mr. Ransford, also contributed to the enjoy-
ment of the guests. Mr. Harker officiated with his usual
efficiency as toastmaster.
The cloth having been drawn,
The LORD MAYOR gave the customary loyal toasts, which
were duly honoured.
His LORDSHIP then said that the corporation of London
recently had the honour of receiving in that hall the Empe-
ror and Empress of the .French—(cheers)—and they had
then the pleasure of hearing from the chosen Sovereign of
the French nation a declaration of the importance which
he attached to the alliance between this country and
France. (Cheers.) The Emperor and Empress, on their
way to and from that hall, were received with the uni-
versal plaudits of the people of the metropolis, and that
feeling had been reciprocated when the Sovereign of this
country had paid a visit to France. (Cheers.) The im•
portance of an intimate alliance between the two coun-
tries was acknowledged by both, and he had, therefore,
great pleasure in proposing " The health of the Emperor
and Empress of the French." (The toast was drunk with
three times three and loud cheers.)
The FRENCH AMBASSADOR said,—Je vous remercie,
Milord Maire, d'avoir propose dana cette enceinte le toast
qui vient d'etre si chaleureusement accueilli. Il y a 35
ans qua rEmpereur Napoleon I. exprimait le regret de
n'avoir pu vaincre les prejugees des deux peuples et de
n'avoir pu gagner ramitie de l'Angleterre "Quo de
grandes choses," s'ecriait-il, "nous aurions pu faire en-
semble !" Eh bien, Messieurs, ces grandee choses s'accom-
lissent aujourd'hui pour le bonheur et la securite du monde.
Le tombeau de Napoleon a recu la piens° visite de votre
illustre Reine, et sous un autre Napoleon, qui a compris
lee veritables interets de son pays, la France est devenue
l'intime allies de l'Angleterre. (Cheers.) Ce n'est pas
tout. Notre alliance ne repose pas seulement sur des cir-
constances a cidentelles, mais ear l'etroite union des in-
terets des deux peuples—(cheers)—interets aujourd'hui
t Alement confondus qee rien d'heureux on de malheureux
no pout arriver chez l'un sans se reproduire chez l'autre.
Quand deux pays en sont arrives Id, leur alliance est a
l'abri de toutes especes d'intrigues. (Cheers.) Aucune
puissance humaine ne pent plus lee B:!parer. (Cheers.)
Et quand on pease que runion de nos deux pays, l'un plus
specialement maritime, l'autre plus specialement nailitaire,
constitue la plus grand puissance qui alt jamais existe,
nous pouvons attendre dans la plus complete secarite
risme de cette guerre. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then rose, and said it was with great
pride that lie now ps-vimuc.d tho tv.zb of "The Army and
Navy of England, together with the Armies and Navies of
our Allies." (Applause.) The English army had, during
the present war, more than sustained its ancient reputation
for heroic valour. (Hear, hear.) Its patience under severe
hardships, its unflinching loyalty, and its determined bra-
very deserved from the people of this country the warmest
gratitude. (Cheers.) The British army had been nobly and
fraternally sustained by the troops of our ally the Emperor
of the French. (Applause.) The terms which he had used
with respect to the English army applied with equal force
to our allies the French, and the conduct of the French
troops during the present war claimed not only our grati-
tude but our admiration. (Cheers.) Nor ought he, when
speaking of the deeds of the armies of England and France,
to omit to call special attention to the conduct of our allies
the Sardinians, who had entered into the contest wich the
utmost chivalry, and had shown the strongest desire to be
foremost in the fight. (Cheers.) Our Turkish allies, also,
who might be considered, as it were, the principals in the
war, had proved that they could valiantly defend their
country against the assaults of an aggressor. (Hear, hear.)
Ho had great pleasure in giving the health of Field-Mar-
shal Lord Hardinge in connexion with the army ; and the
First Lord of the Admiralty would, he was sure, acknow-
ledge the toast on behalf of the navies of England and of
our allies.

The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Lord HARDINGE begged to return thanks for the honour
just conferred on the army. Ho thought that on no for-
mer occasion had British officers and soldiers surpassed the
reputation which they had acquired during the present
war. (Cheers.) In the course of the war important ope-
rations had been undertaken. The stronghold of the
enemy had been captured, his fleet had been burnt or
sunk, and in fact the strength of the Russian army and
navy had been seriously crippled. (Hear) He was anxious
to bear his testimony to the. ardent friendship and cor-
diality which had existed between the French and English
armies, for be believed that it was to their cordial co-ope-
ration that were mainly to be attributed those successful
results at which they all rejoiced. (Applause.) The Lord
Mayor had very properly proposed the health of the French
army. He (Lord Hardinge) would not presume to return
thanks on behalf of the French army, but he might be al-
lowed to give expression to those sentiments of warm
esteem which were entertained for the French soldiers by
the officers and soldiers of this country serving in the
Crimea. (Cheers.) He had great pleasure in paying this
tribute to the French army in the presence of the French
Ambassador. The noble lord, who was indistinctly heai d,
concluded by expressing his approbation of the valour dis-
played by the Sardinian troops at the Battle of the Tcher-
naya and by the Turkish army at Silistria, and more re-
cently at Kars. (Applause.)
Sir C. WOOD returned thanks on behalf of the navy, ob-
serving that he was confident he was sufficiently acquainted
with the feelings of those engaged in that service to be
able to assure the company that they would receive this
distinguished mark of favour with the highest gratitude.
Perhaps he could hardly with propriety return thanks on
behalf of the French navy for the honour conferred on
them, but as they had been recently associated with the
British navy in all their operations, ho thought that the
officers and men of the navy of France could scarcely be
dissociated from the British navy when such 'a toast as the
present was proposed. Some time ago he expressed his
belief that whenever the navy was called upon it would
discharge its duty with the same efficiency as that which
had ever distinguished it, and he was sure he might now
confidently say that the officers and men of the navy had
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proposed "Prosperity
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City of London and to its Trade," which was acknowledged
by the DEPUTY-GOVERNOR of the Bank of England.
The Loan " l!klevoit proposed " The health of the late
by Mr. Alderman Lord Mayor,
MooN. and the compliment was duly acknowledged
The LORD MAYOR then gave "The health of the Foreign
Ambassadors," which was briefly acknowledged on behalf
of the corps diplomatique by the French Ambassador.
"The Health of the Lord Chancellor" having been
pro-
posed by the LORD MAYOR, the noble and learned Lord
briefly acknowledged the compliment.
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The LORD MAYOR then observed that he es honoured
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hall
lnmc euos
must feel
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and every one in
that evening by
ththeatp
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of those distinguished individuals present. (Applause.)
n
all occasions the presence of her Majesty
The people of this country were ever readys
advisers, to welcome
be-
cause, unless the choice of the Crown were ratified by pub-
lie that the business of the
'
lie opinion, it was impossible
the present tune
her for, and expected—nay,
her Majesty's Ministers
country could be properly carried on. At me
•
i
more than that—they had the complete support of the
country— (cheers)—for the public had themselves been
most anxious that the war in which they were now en-
gaged with cue of the great Powers of Europe should ap-
pear to that Power itself, as well as to the European
t
States and to the world at large, a war undertaken not
only by the Crown and by the GOVTITDDIen
such
which the sympathies of the country were fully'but one in
enlisted,
and in the prosecution of which the Government might
feel sure of enjoying the support of the nation, until
circumstances might arise as would assure to this country
and its allies the certainty of an honourable and durable
peace. (Cheers.) Ho begged leave to propose " The
Health of Lord Palmerston and her Majesty's Ministers."
(Loud cheering,)
Lord PALMERSTON said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and
gentleman, on behalf of my colleagues, and for myself, I
bee- you to accept our most cordial thanks for the hcnour
you have done us in proposing this toast and. especially
for the kind and flatteri
who are honoured wiathwtahyes
received. It must ng manner in which it has been
cobnefinideonste gorfatthifeyienrgowton. those
who
entertained at the hospitable board confidence
the chief magistrate
of this great city. Those persons who are charged with
the conduct of public affairs must, indeed, be inadequate
to the performance of the duties which devolve upon them
if they are insensible to the value of that great principle of
commercial enterprise which, I may say, is consecrated by
those who sit within these walls. (Cheers.) That com-
mercial enterprise is one of the main foundations of the ;
greatness and the power of nations. In peace the enterpries 1
cf commerce diffuses ci-yilisation ; it promotes the in-

tercourse of nations; it throws down the bar-
riers which separate people from people ; and tends
to unite mankind in the bonds of common brotherhood.
(Cheers.) When war unfortunately happens—as in the
course of human events we must expect that it sometimes
will—e )mmeroe furnishes those means by which war can
be successfully carried on in such a manner as to insure a
safe, honourable, and lasting peace. (Cheers.) It must,
my Lord Mayor and gentlemen, be deemed at all times by
high-minded, men one of the noblest positions to which an
individual can aspire to be charged with the conduct of
the affairs of a great nation like this. (Cheers.) But if
ever there was a moment when those who are charged with
such a duty may feel peculiarly proud of the honour con-
ferred upon them, and also peculiarly sensitive as to the
deep responsibility which that honourable charge imposes,
the present moment is beyond question the greatest that
ever, perhaps, was in the memory of man—(cheers)—for
never did a nation present a nobler spectacle to the world
than does the British nation at this time. (Cheers.) We
have entered into a great contest, rot rashly, not hastily,
not with levity, but upon full and mature deliberation.
(Loud cheers.) We have entered into that contest because
we felt that the war was necessary as well as j ust—(cheers)
—and this nation evinces, from one end of the country to
the other, a steady, a cabs, but a deliberate determination
to submit to every sacrifice which the conduct of the war
may entail—(cheers)--to show itself equal to every exer-
tion which the prosecution of that war may require, to ex-
hibit the utmost constancy in carrying on the struggle,
and to continue its sacrifices and exertions until peace shall
be obtained on conditions such as we may be entitled to
demand. (Cheers.) We have present upon this occasion
the representatives of those three allies with whom we are
bound in the enterprise which we have undertaken. We
have at this board the Ambassador of the Emperor of the
French—that great ally who, I must do him the justice
and honour to say, has, by the magnanimity of his mind,
by his far-seeing perception, and by the honesty and
single-mindedness of his policy—(cheers)—cemented a union
between two nations which have too long been divided by
jealousies and mistrust, but which, I hope, will from this
period, in the words of ley noble friend the French Am-
bassador, for ever continue to be intimate and confiding
friends. (Loud cheering.) We have also at this board
the representative of the Sultan, in whose cause we have
thrown ourselves into this war, and whose subjects have
nobly shown that they were worthy of the assistance which
we have afforded them. (Cheers.) We have, too, the re-
presentative of the King of Sardinia—(loud cheers)—a
Sovereign whose character anti the conduct of whose people
excite the warmest sympathies throughout this country,
and whose good faith inspires our most implicit confidence.
(Cheers.) I trust that these representatives of our allies,
let them go where they willthrough the length and breadth
. of the land, will see nothing and will hear nothing but
, what will enable them to report to their respective Sove-
reigns that, while we place the utmost confidence and re-
liance upon the constancy with which they will support us
, in the war in which we are engaged, they may rely with
. equally implicit confidence upon the determination of the
people of this great country ; and no man can doubt that
when these four Powers are earnest in a cause—when they
have drawn the sword with a full determination not to
sheathe it until they have accomplished their purpose—
• (loud cheers)—no human efforts opposed to their will can
be successful in marring their exertions. (Renewed cheers.)
. I beg permission, ladies and gentlemen, to propose a toast
L which lam sure you will drink with the greatest satisfac-
. tion—" The Health of our host, the Lord Mayor."

The toast having been drunk with the usual honours,
The LORD MAYOR briefly returned thanks, observing
that he was deeply sensible of the responsibilities of the
office which had been conferred upon him by his fellow-
citizens, and that he hoped, with their support and by the
blessing of God, to justify the good opinion which had led
them to place him in so important a position. His lord-
ship then gave " The House of Lords," observing that
many members of the peerage traced their descent from
Lord Mayors of the city of London.
_ _

Tho toLst was acknoivledged by tho Marquis of SAMS.
BURY.

The LORD MAYOR next proposed "The Health of the
Lord Chief Justice of England and the Judges of the Land,"
and Lord CAMPBELL returned thanks.

The LORD MAYOR then gave the " House of Commons,"
observing that among his guests was an eminent member
of that house, who had long been its leader, and whose
family had borne a distinguished part in English history,
and he would therefore associate with the toast the name
of Lord J. Russell.

Lord J. RUSSELL then rose, but was received with min-
gled cheers and hisses so loud as to render the few sentences
uttered by the noble lord inaudible to those who were not
in his immediate vicinity. The noble lord was understood
to express his gratification at seeing Mr. Ald. Salomons in
tho position of Lord Mayor, because he regarded his at-
tainment of that office as a triumph of the cause of civil
and religious liberty, of which he (Lord J. Russell) had
always been an ardent supporter.
Sir G. GREY proposed The Ladies," and the toast was
acknowledged by the Lord Mayor, who gave " The Health
of the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex."
Mr. Alderman KENNEDY returned thanks.

Several other toasts were subsequently given, that of
" The Bar of England" being acknowledged by Mr. Ser-
geant CHANNELL, and that of the " Court of Aldermen"
by Mr. Alderman COPELAND.