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

CIVIC BANQUET TO S.P.H. TIM DUKE
OF CAMBRIDG.E.

S. 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, formed of the Light and Grena-
dier Companies of the Royal London Militia, under the
command of Captains Brook and Grant, was drawn-up
ILn front of the mansion, to receive the gallantawnde
illastrious duke. Among the company
present
noticed their Excellencies the Turkish
MinisetDanish
t.,
the
t
Swedish Minister, the American Minister, the
Hanseatic
Minister, the Brazilian Minister, ,thehe
Chanc
States Minister, the Right Honourableexfor el-
t d
the Vis-
lor of the Exchequer, the Bishop of
Melville,the
J•Leslie
count de Chaubannes, the Hon. •.
Major Fitzce
Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, the Hon-
George Hamilton
Sir F. Hiring, Bart., M.P.,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir G. Pol-
Seymour, Sir W. Gore Ousley,
lock, Sir Edward Ryan,
Sir Gee. Lee, Mr. J. Master-
man, M.P., Mr. Bass,, _
le Col. French, M.P., Mr
Lindsay, M.P.,
Norman Macdonald, CA. Sykes,
Lient.-Col. Lieut.-Colonel
Mr. Tyrwhitt, Lieut.-Col.
M`Caul, Captain, r.atton, Captain Bibbed, Captain
Brooke, Captain (errant, Aldermen Farebrother, Wilson,
Humphery, MagfflaY,
Sir James Duke, Sir George Car-
roll, Sir John Musgrove, Challis, Sidney, Salomons,
Finnic, Sir Robert Walter Carden, Wire, Cubist, M.P..
Sheriff Muggeridge, Mr. and Mrs
--r. Alderman and
Sheriff Crosse Iy, 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
acd works of art, and flags and banners were gracefully
arranged at each extremity of the ball.
The cloth having been removed,
The Lows Matoa proposed the healths of her Majesty
and of Prince Albert, the Prince of Wales' and the rest
of the Royal Family. The toast having been warcaly
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 of pride and gratifi-
cation in having upon his right hand a prince of the
royal blood—(cheers)—an illustrious prince, who in all
the duties of life had performed his part in accardance
with, the example left by his ancestors, and in a manner
which reflected the highest credit even upon his dig-
nified position. (Loud cheers.) Ho had acted with
that noble valour which was to be expected from
one through whose veins courageous blood ran ligh,
and with an indomitable courage which would pre-
serve hie name upon the brightest page of our hist -.my,
and hand it, down to the glory of posterity.
lCheers.) 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 whole 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 combat had ceased, tenderly
looked after the comtorts of his men. (Cheers.) His
country owed much to the good 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'aern,
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in returning thanks, said—
It is at all times to me a source of the greatest pleasure
and satisfaction to have the honour of paying my respects
to the chief magistrate of this great City in his splendid
and hospitable hall, but upon no occasion has that plea-
sure been greater than the present, when, under God's
protection, I an enabled again after a lapse of some time
to address so dietinguiehed a company as that now as-
sembled together. The enthusiastic manner in which I
have been received, as well during the time when his
lordship was proposing my health as out of doors while
on my way to this building, prochices in me feelings of
the deepest gratitude. (Cheers.) Since I list had the
honour of addressing the citizens of London I have wit-
nessed many varied scenes, some of them of great excite-
ment, of great satisfaction, and of great applause ; others
of a more painful and heanrending character. I can as-
sure you that after all these feelings, agreeable, honour-
able, and distressing, there is nothing which can be a
greater reward to myself, and to those who have been
engagei with me in these great undertakings, than upon
our return to receive the hearty welcome and kind con-
sideration of the citizens of London and of the general
population of this great :toiletry. (Cheers.) It we have
obtained that kind of feeling which I venture to think,
from the kind manner in which I have h en received, I
have obtained, I can assure you that it is a satisfactory
reward for all we have gone through. (Cheers.)- But
when I find myself placed in this honourable, and I
may truly say proud position, I ask myself the question,
What have I done to obtain this proud position I" As
for myself, I have done nothing more than my duty.
(Cheers.) But I feel this, that I have hod the honour
and satisfaction of being placed at the head of troops
who have nobly and galiantly performed their duty.
(Cheers.) .Ll. general placed in high command ha',
need, an easy task when he is supported, as I hare been,
by officers and soldiers such as those of the first division
and the-other divisions of the British army With which
I have been connected. So long as that intrepid feel-
ing, that indomitable courage exists in our arniv, which,
thank GOd, I am happy to say ewes exist from the
highest to the lowest, eo long may we rest assured that
the honour of this country e ill be safely kept. (Cheers.)
I have also had the satisfaction of being associated with
allies with whom I am proud to have acted.. I have great
pleasure in seeing present a gallant admiral Gf the
French navy, and of assuring this company in his pre-
sence that it has been to me a source of the highest satis-
faction to have been associated with the French army in
the East. That great alliance which has now, thank
God, been cemented, and which, I trust, will increase in
firmness from day to day, will, I believe, receive a new
strength from the speedy arrival in this country of that
great and illustrious man, the Emperor, who now rules
over the French nation. (Loud Cheers.) May our alli-
ance with France long continue, may the presence of his
Imperial Majesty give a fresh impulse to it, and may
it cause its influence to be felt all over the world.
(Cheers.) I am sure that lam speaking the senti
meats of your lordship and of the company when I eav
that we shall welcome the Emperor of the French cn
his arrival with that cordiality and warmth which will-
g; ably- him, and produce the best results all over
the world. .(Cheere.) In conclusion, I beg to express
to your lordship, as well on my own behalf as for those
brave and gallant men whom I have lad the honour to
lead, with whom I feel completely identified, my kind
expressions of esteem and regard fir the manner in
which the toast has been proposed and received. (Con.
t'nued cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed the toast of "The
'United Fleets and Arm4s of Great Britain and France"
coupling with the toast the names of Lieut.-General Sir
G. Pollock, Admiral Ryder Burton, and Admiral Vis-
count de Chabannes, of the-French navy. '
Admiral DE CHABANNES, who replied to the teast in
English, said—l beg leave, my lord, to return you my
most hearty thanks for the toast which Lao been proposed
by your lordship, and for tine kind inentien which has been
made of me by his Royal Highness upon your right. He
d;d so both in his own name and in the name of tie French
navy and of the French army, and felt meet happy t•• have
this opportunity of expressing the cordial and bro-
therly fee
ling which the French army and navy enter-
tained towards England, the English army, and the
English navy. (Cheers.) These feelings of brotherhood
common action, by common dan-
ger;, been produced by
mutual esteem, and .ay
r 3 by mutual assi:tance,by
ge together. (Cheers.) These
great hardships shared
trusted, a solid foundation for an
feelings had laid, be
the two countries. He believed
during nnion between
enhadb ncemented
d foundation, for itbeen
it would be a soli
in. our blood, and, like Roman cement, would endure for
ever. (Loud cheers.)
His Royal Highness bad inti-
d calamities had been connected
mated that great evils an
w+.l flags 411' the war ;but one of s greatest results had been
Placinge
side by side the of France and Eng-
',"ll,;in iand untino the navy of each country,
and army
mskio th s soldiers, and sailors friends and
e brothee g o cer ,
r _e
n trusted that this feeling of
fraendlY brothe (Chehoeid woulers..
dlong continue for the benefit
of the two countries, 411(1the security of the peace of
the world. che4 for
Lent...Get:lererq hanks
far the army. G• Poeeocx briefly returned t
1
AOrrir
a. -,IDER thanks for the
navy, expressed le, 'too, in returning
leet year the ire stet
that in the month of August
an opportunity reeeti tin the Black Sea had not had
felt convinced that, he,lv't!, with the Russian navy, for he
Lave elapsed befere the enemy"en six hours Wou:d not
stroyed or the greater part eil fleet had been either de-
navy. Had such a reeult bee"' pie
leesion of theßritish
have been ne necessity for the Vehi(ived there would
now discuesing the question of oft of Vienna, to be
Russian power in the Black nee. tremoderance of the
The LORD MAYOR next pro (
iheeree
Posed
Majesty's Ministers." The heath of her
The CHANCELLOR of the EXcitencee, - !
thanke, said that his Royal Highness, in aereturhing
which he bad addressed to the company, had remarks
upon the support which a general at the
head
ot :large('
derived from the confidence of the
troops underlies an"
wand. A similar support, though different in Romee re-
spects, was derived by her Majesty's Ministers from the
consciousness that they enjoyed the confidence of the
great'community of the country, such as that which was
then represented in that hall—a community celebrated
for their antiquity and wealth and power, and thus con_
ferring upon those on whom the responsibility of public
affairs is thrown the means of conducting those affairs to
a successful termination, It was only by well-earned
confidence that it was possible for her Majesty's Mieis-
ters to succeedin the difficult task which was imposed
upon them. With reerct to himself, be might state
that, in the office which he bad the honour to hold, he
felt that, addressing as he did that portion of the metro-
polis which WRS more immediately connected Roth its
trade awl its monetary affairs, that confidence &laid only
be earned by imitating the example of those eminent per-
sons who had preceded him in the office which be held,
by an exact maintenance of all the arrangements of
Government, and thus upholding that public credit upon
!hid the safety and honour of this country to so