The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-23 00:00:00

MR. LAYARD IN LIVERPOOL.

• Li VERPOOL, SATURDAY.
The hon. member for Aylesbury, A. H. Layard, Esq.,
arrived in Liverpool last night, and has since been the
guest of T. M. Mackay, Esq., one of the owners of the
Black Ball line of Australian packets.
Shortly after noon to•day Mr. Layard was introduced
in the Exchange News-room to the leading merchants by
Mr. Mackay.
The owners of the Black Ball line, anxious to afford the
commercial public an opportunity of hearing Mr. Layard,
invited about 300 of the principal merchants to a de-
jeuner on board their new clipper, the Donald 11`Kay,
lying in the Coburg Dock. The entertainment was laid
out in the between decks, which was decorated with the
flags of all nations, the most conspicuous being those of
England, France, America, and Turkey. About 230
persons sat down to a very sumptuous repast, replete
with all the delicacies of the season.

,Mr. T. M. MACKAY occupied the chair, supported on
his right by Mr. Lnyard, the American Consul (Mr.
Hawthorne), and Sir Thomas Gresham ; and on his left
by J. B. Lloyd, E,q. ex-mayor of Liverpool, the French
Consul, and Sir J. H. Maxwell, Bart. The mayors of
Birmingham, Salford, and other large towns were also
present.

The CHAIRMAN proposed in succession the healthy of
"The Queen," "The Emperor or the French," (to which
the French Consul responded), "The President of the
United States," (the United States' CensUl, Mr. Nath.
Hawthorne; responded), "The Stitan of Turkey" (the
Turkish Consul replied), " Prince Albert," "The Army
and Navy" (Major • Semple and Sir. John H. Maxwell,
Bart., responded), "The Mayor and Corporation of
Liverpool'' (in the absence of the Mayor, who was in
London, Mr. J. B. Lloyd, ex-Mayor, responded), and
"The Consular Agents of Friendly Powers of Liver-
pool " (acknowledged by Adiniral Grenfell).
The CHAIRMAN then proposed the toast of the day,
"The health of Mr. Layard. He observed that 'he did
not know. if there was any subject on which greater di-
versity of opinion existed than in what truly constituted
a distinguished man. If he was to go on, the Liverpool
Exchange and ask the gentlemen there what was their
notions of a distinguished man, one would say Lord Pal-
merston, another Lord Derby. .(Cheers 'and laughter.)
Few would think of the merchant or. manufacturer, who,
by years and years of toil, enriched the commerce of the
country—few of the enterprising shipowners, who sent
their vessels into every part of the world, and upon whose
flag the sun never sets,iew would think of those amongst
us whose open-handed literality has not been the less
because unseen. (Applause.) He (the chairman) did
not in the least object CO either of the noble lords
dist had
in-
guished, named, or any other noble lords being calledhse
posi..
guished, but he drew a line between those w
their positions. (Hear.) Uncommon circaniman,
but Mr.
tions distinguished them, and those who
sdtaisitlcionegsumieighehlt
sometimes arise to distinguish a comnirwas an uncom-
Layard was far greater than that.
It would have I
to Mr. I
been strange if; after the ban .
o be bad not desired
mon man iu common circumdsstoamncees(;ffer
made
he bad received
to see Liverpool, the p
llin ly accepted the invita-
L.ayard, peevious to theielaeset
ferleenc,tiowh,ich
such an offer, and he had
whenwi g
given to him. After a
tion to attend thatand an eloquent allu-
the chairman went
gone by when the people of
on to say that tho day
kheitschdiosfeoMvert:.
iLedaasyylaiaatrddN' Layard's
01
ei h
sraiopnidtos
' of this (rreat. country should be contingent on
England would rest colitent that the direction of the
destinies
family arraogetnenll. (Hear and applause.) He (the ch&r-
man). was no enemy to the aristocracy ; but this ho did
contend for; that the man put into office should be ca-
pable of fulfilling its dales. (Hear.) middle
tthaevomuirliLle
stmaernorable words had
e(al apspgleasnasked fnodr wviars.
L' aft
)c,
al er ad rts
become the proverbial words of the nation, "the right
man im n the right place." (Hear.) It was Mr. Layard's
himself to be muzzled by
sterling honesty in not allowing
the acceptance of an office for which he felt himself not
suited, that had rallied
aground him the whole of the peo-
pie of Epgiand, and proved that in politics, as in every
other transaction 'of lifhtea, h. honesty was the best policy. 'lt
b
was on rth
t oi
A.-gurs6tuenildHeriry -LeayaBarile: E*cl
Ith'e,mMttPo' Pledge
a
Mr. LATUD rose and was greeted with the (mCohseet ran-
i tiMilatto_
eeriDg.
- ttora• priiigtiory obeerva-
-- - - _

allusion of the chairman s, Ise
st from Liverpool did him the
hint on a recent occasion; and
. come forward to represent this
deeply gratified by such an offer,
'fitness that he bad, to some ex-
he had assumed in public life.
s mind what all statesmen should
—Linn, that honesty, was the best policy, he could
not *ink of deserting that less constituency—which bad
always treated him with kindness and consideration—
notiOthstanding the'greater honour that might have ac-
crued from representing snob a large commercial town as
Live4pool. Mr. Layard then spoke of the advantages
that public men derived from being introduced to the
vario is commercial and industrial sections of their coun-
try; and he expressed his double debt of gratitude to the
chairman for his various attentions. With respect to
the chairman's statement that he (Mr. Layard) had com-
mended his career at sea; it was not so, but in, perhaps,
the More dangerous profession of the law. (Laughter.)
Mr. ILayard then briefly sketched the circumstances
which shut led him _into _public life. Not finding
himself at home in the study of the law, he resolved
to ,s.O to India, through a speech he once chancel to
hear from the latti Daniel O'Connsil. But he got
no fur-slier than Persia, where be thought of introduc.
ing se much more extended British trade. After many
adventures there, he was engazed t.) the embassy of
Constantinople. with Lord de Redcliffe. Returning by
chan4e to this country:about the time of the rise of the
Eqst4rti question, he was drawn into it, and thus had be
become somewhat of a ptiii:ic politician. In other cu.-
cu ttiscancee he shouldhave confined himself to literature
anti jslience, of which be was dearly fond. ' He must say
that's avieg passed si•mneb of his time ahread, he was
tnhoet Brri tYi sir, well
constitution
at edwihtoinb- with--the
butho
practicaltr uwsoterdkinthag ot!
befor long, from belles introduced to such gentlemen
(tzhfte_lgylz
as were then - before being
he should become better
acquaintedsub
e tg;_
h_...e____,vi i 3
con-
sidered their relative position
to dWell at very great-
lengthupon h e themfe he; but
wme nhi tgeqhnuat
he
sesttaeihyooanntas: of suCh vast imporance e:.a.t 8
-stake.
few words upon.tbern. He ;hen strongly commented on the appeals that had been made in the north of
England 'to - the sympathies and pockets; against the
} ik . ae With.
tmh a regardottn to public
Hee and noble principles
war, 'as unworthy of the
which should actuate natieree enoune'ed that st de
of things that made worldly prosperity
rosrserdviesapiptsrorveapi.utation with thect,enn
taz"rt nation
and
lie- thouhttbethasttandard of
eaup,p)nrOldvalp
individual ; and very much of our influence abroyaod n
de-
pended upon our national character.
cheers.) There were many who condemned 'th'e war
from motives of pity; and they would haste to terms of
peace. Bat he had a brother before Sebastopol, some
of his dearest friends were in the army and navy ; he
bad himself seen them bleed, and do that which was
more than seeking the bubble reputation at the cannon's
mouth—do their duty in the face of every danger and
hardship which could appal man—yet be felt that there
were moments when synipatby should be repressed be-
fore the sterner worth of principle—of duty. (Cheers.) ,
He thought the country was never befsre in such a cris
tical position as at present. He did not want to go
into a minute histsry of the war, which he strongly
held to be just and necessary, as was proved by a care-
ful study of the' circumstances which 'were indicated
by the Vienna note. Count Nesselrode, in his explana-
tion of that note, proved what the designs of Russia were
upon'Turkey. Had it not been for that explanation,
most 'probably our Government would -have forced Tur-
key to have accepted that Vienna note. Mr. Layard
then proceeded to deny that this was a religious war : .
were it so, he would be the last party to encourage the
spilling of drop of blood. He believed that the
peace of Europe was endangered by the Russian encroach-
ments ; and therefore it' was that he supported the war.
If peace at irst could have been obtained upon sae and
honourable terms, he should have been the first to accept
t. The speaker then alluded to the noted article in the
'llfoniteur, which he had no doubt might be attributed to
the Emperor of the French, and which stated that we had
gone to war to secure the following four points :—To
preserve the integrity of Turkey ; to guarantee the
European equilibrium-; to advance civilisation ; and to
insure respect for treaties. Alluding to the four points
said to be the basis of the . terms upon which peace
was expected to be recorded 'at the conference at
Vienna, Mr. Layard expressed his decided opinion that,
if a peace had been secured merely on these bur points,
the whole of this war would have been most cruel and
unprofitable. Ile reiterated his often expressed opinions
of the insecurity of the Austrian alliance, because the
principles of the Russian • Government were precisely
those which best suited the Austrian despotism. He
believed that the proposed quintuple protectorate of the
Principalities woeld be an entire deception, unsatisfae•
t ry to the inhabitants, dangerous to the independence,
and highly injurious to our commercial relations with
those countries, especially with Servia, which considered
the nucleus for the solution of the Eastern question. This
speaker then alluded in detail to the other three points,
which he argued to be most impracticable and unsubstan-
tial. Had these terms been agreed upon, we should find,
ourselves in a thousand times worse position than if the
Vienna note bad been accepted. After alluding to the
proposed increase of t t.aation, he asked if the war was to
be conducted as it had been hitherto l (Cries of No, Lu.)
Should it be conduo,ed with that eternal reference to

the " Peninsula He strongly condemned the system
of family influence, patronage, and selfaggrandisenaent,
as containing within it the very germ of our dangers for
the. future, and the cause of our sad pa-it failures: Within
a few mouths this country would have to pass through a
great crisi,, but he thought the " Peninsula"—(laughter)
—would rn•t get them out of it. We wanted states-
men who w‘aild introtluee, into every department of
Governmer.t the systenis and idea§ in keeping with the
improvements of the age. (Cheers.) Al:tiding to the im-
perfect representation of the people, and the feebleness
(lithe Whig., Mr. Layard coneuded his telling speech
by a peroration in whiah to tbflutictl to the decline of the
commereiatcit-es of the ,tuiddle ages es furt.ishing an
example and a ;Naming to Britain, Attar, calling upnn
:lit assembly to joie with him in exposing all abuses,
and in endeavourt,g to put the right men in tire right
places, Le concluded by proposing " The Town a•id
Trade of Liverpool," and sat down a:nidst overwhelm-
ing applause.
The toast was acknowledged in suitable terms by Mr.
11._TIorriby.

Several toasts, including same highly complimentary
:o gentlemen connected with t'ae Black .Ball line of
)ackets, followed, and the entire proceedings we're of a
Melly interesting character. -

MELANCHOLY DEATH OP THE LAST SENIOR
WRANGLER OP CAMBRIDGE.

CAMBRIDGE, April 21.—A great gloom bat pervaded
all members of the university. throughout the day, by
reason of the intelligence of the sudden death of Mr,
James Savage, of St. John's College, who, at the -exami-
nation in January last, won, alter a keen intellectual
contest, the highest honour that his Alin% Mater could
bestow. From the best. evidence that can be gleaned,
Mr. Savage left his rooms on Thursday morning for the
purpose of taking his customary walk, or in Cambridge
term his "constitutional," and nothing more could be as-
certained of his whereabouo nntil this morning, when in.
telligenee arrived in Cambridge that he had been found
lying dead in a dry ditch bounding a field in the occupa-
tion of Mr. Tofts, of Whittle Farm, near this town. At
half-past 5 this afternoon,an inquest was held at the Three
Horseshoe-s, Madingley, before Mr. F. Barlow, county
coroner, when, by the evidence adduced, it appeared
that a labourer in Mr. Tuft's employ was, with his
brother, passing by the ditch above-mentioned a little
before 7 a.m. this morning, when he saw the body of
deceased. The hat was off, and laid near his head, with
a pair' of Spectacles therein, and a pockethandkerchitl.
lay near his feet. Information was immediately given
to the authorities, who found, upon instituting in.
quiries, that the deceased had been first missed from hie
college on Friday morning, when deceased's bedmaker
informed Mr. Courtney, one of his intimate friends, that
Mr. Savage had net slept in his room on Thursday
night. Mr. Courtney immediately acquainted -Mr;
France, tutor to deceased snd deceat ed's brother, sn
undergiaduate of Pembroke College, of his disappeal•
mice, aid his brother started by' the next train for Lon-
don, to see if he had' been heard of there. Deceased
was a botanist, and one of the gamekeepers of Sir Y
Cotton, deposed that he had seen him in Madingley
wood about half-past eleven on Thursday morni:gn
gaged apparently in searching fcr flowers. t h
t l:e beawaal
having been informed' by the gamekeeper
.ct ec
An outrai'
tprleesuptays abiyngt,
haenrdoatdhsaitdeif
went
ent wanted
away I
no
uribd.
the place where he was afterwards f
Some silver was
nor were there any
0 f vhcer.Y. 1, . .A. urna
found in deceased's pockets, a yard and a half front
and water, and, about
nation of the body presented nocitinita...
camphor
there was picked up another .
the head of the deceased,
nd tions of violence,
presenting no evidence to the
small phial empty,
contains
and regular habits,13.
good " Mr• Th 11, a Burgeon of
Cambridge,
whoof the dwra
that the vessels
smell of having
• were much distended with blood,
brain,and there
much congestion over its whole
enjoyed ceased
was surface. On re-
moving the Jura mater, a large amountof
extravmated
blood was found on the surface
otherwise presented no of the brain, which
appearance of disease. Tilers
was no doubt that deceased died
phial produced contained only from apoplexy. The
phor, which many e a weak solution of cam-
mouths with. The otheri ra)"
carried to rinse their
Staffordshire family, and
j ury, wit!' oit
hesitation, returned a verdict of " Died
by the visits, ion of God."
Nr. Savage was in •
m a d teatraai theeneesd
poeto faan
thinyrol
rt egma.ll deleterious.oePwxtb examination,
aint. containingrha—teirtoel
11° nw:
andDs
ae°r
if.
his 22d year, a member of a
was educated. at University
College, London. After the inquest, his remains were
conveyed to St. John's College, and as a mark of honour
deposited in the Combination-room, previous to removal
for interment in lientish-town. At the period of bis
decease Mr. Savage was not a fellow of Sr. John's but
would have been so elected at the first vacancy.' It I.€l
hut a few weeks since the remains of the late 3fr. Steel,
second wrangler in 1854, and who also met a premature
death, were deposited in the cemetery of Cambridge.

THE NEW SOCIETY OF PAINTERS IN WATER..
COLOURS. —Among the company pretent at the private
view of this society on Saturday, were—the Duke of
,Earl of Denbigh,
Northumberland, the Marquis of Lansdowne, Mar-
chioness of Aylesbury, Earl of Cardigan, Earl Grey, Earl
-the Winchester, Lichfield,
Carlisle, atl. Worcester; Lord Grosvenor, Lord Glenelg,
oi‘wiaisgseErCdeor;tl3esisshofopLgooefgford
a.ndl.Jord Broughton, Major-General Sir William litv
ries, Sir John Anson, the liou. Arthur Rimlr4-*.F
Yip-oust 1:41.41(7) 44.

THEATRE ROYAL IIAYIIARKET.
Under the management of Mr. Buckstone;
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed RGIIEO AND JULIET. Romeo, INS CUSb-
ntan ; Juliet, Miss Swanhorough.
After which. a new Extravaganza. called THE NEW HAY-
MARKET SPRING MEETING, 1855.
To conclude wi h A KISS IN THE DARK.

ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE, OXFORD-STREET.
trader the Management of Mr. CHARLES Kurt.
THIS EVENING,
win be perfbrmed the original adaptation of Casimir Delavigne'a
Niatorical Play, entitled LOUIS TILE ELEVENTH. Principal
es:grader by Mr. C. Kean.
To conclude with (11th time) a Romance, in two acts, entitled
THE MULETEER OF TOLEDO; or, King, Queen, and Knave.

THEATRE ROYAL ADELPHI.
Proprietor, Mr. B. Webster.—Directress, Madame Celeste.
THIS EVENING,
Will be performed the Drama entitled THE MYSTERIOUS
STRANGER.
To olnciwie w:th A NEW EDITION OF THE FAIRY TALES
OF MOTHER GOOSE, with numerous highlycoloured Illustrations

RIYAL OLYMPIC?, TIIEATUE.
Lessee and Manager. 31r. A. WIPD.
THIS EVSISING.
WJI be performed a Comedletta, called LkW FOR L IDIE9,
Characters by Meters. A. Wigan, G. Vining, H. Cooptr, Lanvers
aad Miss Cast'eton.
which, RILL OR CURE. Characters by Messrs. Robson,
After ,
and T. Vining' Mrs. A. Wigan and Miss Bromley,
Imery
To be followed by the Fairy Extravaganza. called THE YELLOW
DWARF' AND THE XING OF IHE GOLD MINES.

ROYAL STRAND THEATRE.
'Under the direction of Miss Rebecca Isms.

THIS EVENING,

Will be performed Donizettra Opera of THE DAUGHTER OF
SSE REGMENT.
After which, KING QUEER AND HIS DAUGHTERS THREE.
To conclude with THE WATERMAN.

ASTLEY'S ROYAL A3IPHITHEATRE.
Lessee and Manager, Mr. Win. Cooke.
Great and Glorious success !
Novel Performances of the Dwarf Elephants.
THIS EVENING.
An interesting Equidrama called, THE FIELD AGAINST THE
FAVOURITE !

After which, the matchless SCENES in the ARENA, In which
lflss Emily Cooke will appear.
Te conclude with a lively Afterpiece,
A new Military Act Drop, painted by Fenton, has been added to
the Embellishments.
Box-orace open from Eleven till Four. Stage Manager' Mr. W.
West. Acting Manager, Mr. W. S. cook.. Equestrian Director,
W. Cooke, Jun.

HIGH WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE.
Tno DAY —Morninr 2 min.after 6 Finning 26 min. aft. 6
To•MOBlow —Morning 51 cain.nft ler 6 Evening 23 min. al. 7

11111 WEATHEILLSun OPTION, April. 22.
TEMNOMBTIIOI, LW TEI SLOB.
53 —highest sine noon yesterday.
37 —lowest this morning and during the night.
51.—this day, at noon.

BAROMETIN, 30'55.
WIND, E.N.E.— Very fresh breeze, with fine, sunshiny,
cold weather.

APRIL 23.
51—highest since noon yesterday.
3R--lowest this morning and during the night.
50 —this day at noon.
BLBOMRTZE, 30.38.
WIRD. N.E.—Light breeze, with very fine weather.