The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

COURSE OF EXCHANGE.—THIs D.Y.

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Rotterdam ............ 12% Genoa ...... .......... 25 60
Antwerp .............. 25 411 I Milan .......... • •
Brussels .... • . .... 25 40 I Venice.— .. • • ......
.. 13 814 Naples .... • . 41%
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I Palermo ..............131
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Berlin .. • . New York,6li days: sight
Vienna .......... • • .... 12 40 Philadelphia ..........
•• .... 12 42 PRICES OF BELLICN, PER OZ.
Petersburg .... ~...... 36 Foreign Gioia in Bars £3 17 9
Nladrid ............... 49% Portugal Gold Coin
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Barcelona ............ , New Dollars .... 0 0 el
Aevi!la • I Sliver in bars •.... 0 5 0%

CIVIC BANQUET TO S. R. ff. THE DUKE

OF CAMBRIDGE.

A. grand banquet was given at the Mansion-houselast
night to his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, to
which a very large number of the leading members of
the aristocracy and persons connected with the commer-
cial interests of the City were invited.
A guard of honour, forni‘d of the Light and Grena-
dier Companies of the Royal London Militia, under the
command of Captains Brook and Grant, was drawn up
in front of the mansion, to receive the gallant and
illustrious duke.- Among the company present we
noticed their Excellencies the Turkish Minister, the
Swedish Minister, the American Minister, the Danish
Minister, the Brazilian Minister, the Hanseatic
States Minister, the Right Honourable the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of Oxford, the Vis-
count de Chaubannes, the Hon. J. Leslie Melville, the
Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Hon. Major Fitzmaurice,
Sir F. Barinv, Bart., M.P., Sir George Hamilton
Seymour, Sir W. Gore Ousley, Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Pol-
lock, Sir Edward Ryan, Sir Geo. Lee, Mr. J. Master-
.man, M.P., Mr. Bass, M.P., Col. French, M.P., Mr.
Lindsay, M.P., Mr. Norman Macdonald, Col. Sykes,
Lieut.-Col. HAI, Lieut.-Colonel Tyr whitt, Lieut.-Col.
Wean', Captain Hatton, Captain Hibbert, Captain
Brooke, Captain Grant, Aldermen Farebrother, Wilson,
Humphery, Magnay, Sir James Duke, Sir George Car-
roll, Sir John Musgrove, Challis, Sidney, Salomons,
Finnie, Sir Robert Walter Carden, Wire, Cubitt, M.P.,
Mr. Alderman and Sheriff Muggeridge, Mr. and Mrs.
Sheriff Cro,sley, and numerous members of the Court of
Common Council.

It being a "full dress" banquet, the numerous mili-
tary and militia uniforms, and the gay dresses of the
ladies, of whom there was a considerable number pre-
sent, gave a brilliant appearance to the Egyptian-hall.
The tables were decorated with large quantities of plate
and works of art, and flags and barmen. were gracefully
arranged at each extremity of the hall,
The cloth having been removed,

The LORD MAYOR proposed the bealths of her Majesty
and of Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales, and the rest
of the Royal Family. The toast having been warmly'
and enthusiastically responded to,
The LORD MAYOR next gave "The health of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge," and in doing so
stated that he felt no small amount cf pride and gratifi-
cation in having upon his right hand a prince of the
royal blood—(vheers)— an illustrious prince, who in all
the duties of life had performed his part in accordance
with the example left by his ancestors, and in a manner
which reflected the highest credit even upon his dig-
nified position. (Loud cheers.) He had acted with
that noble valour which was to be expected from
one through whose veins courageous blood ran high,
and. with an indomitable courage which would pre-
serve his name upon the brightest page of our history,
and hand it down to the glory of posterity.
(Cheers.) In the name of the company present he
greeted his Royal Highness upon his safe return to his
country, after laving performed deeds of noble daring, of
indomitable perseverance, and of forbearance, which had
won the admiration of the wholfs civilised world. Beyond
all this, he welcomed his illustrious guest as one who was
emphatically "The soldier's friend"—one who was not
content to remain in his tent, but who took part in the
battle, and who, after the comhat bad ceased, tenderly
looked after the comforts of his men. (Cheers.) His
country owed much to the goo'd example in this respect
set by his Royal Highness, and he rejoiced in having
that opportunity of giving expression to the humble feel-
ings of respect and admiration which he entertained for
his illustrious guest. In addition to his military renown
his Royal Highness was cheerfully engaged in following
•out that course of charity and benevolence in which his
late honoured and lamented father was so conspicuously
employed, and the various charitable institutions of the
country possessed in him a warm and devoted friend.
(Loud cheers.) His lordship concluded by proposing
the health of his Royal Highness.
The 'toast having been drunk with the greatest enthu-
s"awn,