The Sun.
London, England, 1855-05-17 00:00:00

NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
Serjeant Richard Bye I Serjeant John Craw
Corporal Chas. J. Moulton
PRIVATES.

William Ivy
Thomas Walters
James M'Key
James Wyatt
Jonathan Emery
Duncan Menzies
Peter Grimmond
Peter Rappill
George Biddlecombo
Drummer Joh❑ Liffey
Many of the non-eon-Imi
in the above list are relate(

William 3f‘Lagan
William Robertson
William Boyd
Benjamin Drummond
Alexander Hannah
Elijah Richens
Charles Sterrey
John Pye
George Watt
Drummer William Juggins
issioned officers and privates
d to noble families.

BANQUET TO HER MAJESTY'S MINIS-
TERS AT THE MANSION-HOUSE.

Her Majesty's 'Ministers and a distinguished party
Were last evening entertained at a grand banquet, given
by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress, at the Mansion-
house.
Grace after meat baying been said by the Rev. Mr.
Moon, thejLord Mayor's chaplain,
His Lordship rose and gave in succession "The
Health of her. Majesty," and "Prince Albert and the
Royal Family."

The LORI; MAYOR then proposed, in terms highly
laudatory of their achievements, "The United Fleets
and Armies of France and England," with which he
coupled "The Health of the Commander-in-Chief and
the First Lord of the Admiralty."
Viscount Hardinge returned thanks on behalf of the
Army, and Sir C. Wood for the Navy.
The LORD MAYOR next gave "The Foreign Minis-
ters," and Baron de Cetto (the Bavarian Minister)
responded to the toast.
The LORD MAYOR proposed the toast of the evening,
" Her Majesty's Ministers, and the Health of Lord
Palmerston."

No cheering followed the toast.
Lord PALS ERSTON—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gen-
tlemen, I can assure you, on the part of myself and my
colleagues in the Government, that we are most grateful
to you for having noticed us, not in the way of Nolle-
kens—(a laugh)—but with your accustomed hospitality,
and that cordiality with which we are in the habit of be-
ing received when we have the honour to attend your
festive board. (Hear.) It must always be a matter of
great pride and gratification when those who:are charged
with the conduct of affairs find that their exertions in
the public service have met with the approbation and
support of the great body which is represented by the
City of London. It is impossible that any men who are
worthy to be entrusted with so important a charge can
be indifferent to the consciousness that in this City are
represented two great principles, which form the founda-
tion of the Power, the prosperity, and the grandeur of
England—l mean the principle of commerce, and the
principle of civil and political liberty. (Cheers.) In
proportion as those, who I may say, are the organs of
those two principles, are pleased to approve of the con-
duct of the Government of the day, in the same propor-
tion must that Government be stimulated to increase
their exertions in the performance of their duty, encou-
raged by the satisfaction of thinking that those exertions
have procured for them the approbation and support of
the country. (Hear.) My Lord Mayor, we are now
engaged in a great and arduous struggle, and although
it may be justly said that we know little of this war ex-
cept that which reaches us from abroad, that the thun-
ders of the cannon roll far from our shores, that the
flashes of battle are not seen by our eye, and that
the pressure of the contest has not been felt within
our land : yet, notwithstanding this— notwithstand-
ing that the war has sat lightly upon us, how-
ever heavily we know it presses upon our antagonist,
you may be sure of this, that it is, has been, and
will be our earnest desire to terminate that war at any
moment at which terms can be obtained that are consistent
with the dignity of the country and with the future se-
curity of peace. (Hear, hear.) Buts the motto of this
country will be that which I tkm sure it ought to be—
Peace with honour ;or war with victory. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, perhaps you will permit me to avail myself
of the opportunity which the Lord Mayor has given me
by proposing my health, of taking the liberty of pro
posing a toast. I beg to propose to you, then, " The
Health of your Chief Magistrate the Lord Mayor ;" and
at the same time to tender him the thanks of myself and
my colleagues for the generous hospitality with which
he has received us this day. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR responded to the toast, and con-
cluded by giving "The House of Lords, and the Health
of the Duke of Argyll."
The Duke of ARGYLL returned thanks.
The next toast was "The House of Commons, and the
Health of Lord John Russell."
Lord J. RUSSELL—My Lord Mayor—ln returning
thanks on behalf of the House of Commons, I may at
least claim for that house the merit of being industrious,
for the number of bills and blue-books which issue from
that house year by year is a sufficient proof of the atten-
tion which it gives to its duties. I trust, my lord, that
those hills and those blue-books produce fruit, though
occasionally some time may elapse before that is the
result. We hope, however, we are of use to the country,
because there is in the House of Commons a spirit
which, borrowed from the people, and sympathising
with the people, has in times of peace devoted itself to
the improvement of our institutions, to the extension of
trade, to the amendment of the laws, and to various
subjects which in times of peace naturally engage our
attention. (Cheers.) I think that the House of Com-
mons has, and I trust that at all times it will have, that
weight with the country ; and having that weight with
the country, it will, by inquiring into and
correcting
abuses, at the same that it reverences the institutionsn of
the country, set an example to the world at la
show how excellent it is to carry with us the heartsrge and
and
the minds of a free people. (Cheers.)
The Earl of CLARENDON then rose
sinrid doingp/o so on
posed‘m‘Tphh?.
Health of the Lady
grid mented her ladyship
°egiven to the Emperor
aMayorsis:Or' andd
Mayor on the brilliant
reception which they had
latelyand Empress of the French on the occasion of the Im-
perial visit to Guildhall.
Some other toasts were
subsequently given, and the
Company
separated about eleven o'clock.
The entertainment was provided by Messrs. Staples,
of the Albion, upon a scale of profuse liberality, and
Mr. garker was toastmaster.