The Sun.
London, England, 1855-11-03 00:00:00

LONDON, SATURDAY EVENING, i\ OVEMI3Eit 3. 1855.

seats himself will be under the magic spell, and appear to
the audience, under
_circumstances least expected, in a posi-
tion as peculiar as perplexing.
• Act. 11: The Mystery of the Charmed Chest ; or, the
NUclens of the Night's Wonders. 'To comprehend which the
audience will have the goodness to. observe, in an earlier part
of the evening, the chest suspended (like Mahommed's coffin)
in mid-air, into which all things will travel, and out of which
all will produced.
Act. 12. The Homological Evaporation ; or, the Shortest
Route to the Antipodes. Illustrating- the easiest mode of
ridding oupelves'of a troublesome friend, and the advantages
of the newly-discovered dia-terrestrial passage from the west-
ern to the eastern hemisphere.
Doors Open each evening at half-past 7 ; commence at 8.
Private boxes., 6d. and 1/. ls., to be obtained at the
Box-office, oi• at the principal libraries; stalls, 4s. ; dress
circle, 3s. ; upper boxes, 2s. ; pit, ls. ; gallery, 6d. The
Box-Office is open daily, from 11 till 5, under the direction
of Mr. Chatterton, jun. Grand fashionable Morsiug Per-
formance on Saturday. November 3, at 2 o clock. Doors open
at half past 1.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 313 T OCTOBER, 1353.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY DO HEREBY GIVE NO TICE, That the
notification issued on the 18th of July last of a reduction in the rate
of Interest on the Company's Bonds is WI CH DRAWN.
JAMES C. MELVILL, Secretary.

MAST INDIA lioU3p., 31sT OCTOBER, 1855.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do he,eby give Notice. that the Rate of
Rxch'nge at which they will receive Cgsh for Bills on Bengal and
Madras will, from the present date, and until further notice, be 2s. Id.
the Company's Rupee, and for Bills on Bombay 2s. 134 d. the Com-
pany's Rupee.

JAMES C. MELTILL, Secretary.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.—The
Directors hereby Give Notice that they will receive Money
on Loan, to pay off Dts'ientures falling due, and are prepared to accept
Tenders !or the same for a period of' 3,5, or 7 years at 5 per cent.
per annurh. Appl.cation may be made to the undersigned.
order of tha-Dirpe.tors.
CH %S. A. SIUNDERS;
Paddington Station, 2d November, 1855.

OYAL SWEDISH RAILWAY COMPANY,
11L 18, Cannon-street, City.
The owners of Shares and Obligations in this Company are respect-
fully reminded that the Ha'f-yearly INTEREST, due the 27th instant,
may ba receive.l on or after that day, by application at the Offices of
the ;. oinpany, between the hours of eleven anti three o'clock.
JOIN SADLEIR, Chairman.
26th October, 1855.

THE ROYAL BRITISH BANK,
(Incorporated by Charter),
For transacting every description or Banking Business on the

SCOTTISH SYSTEM.
Drawing accounts are opened for any parties properly intro Wed,
And interest allowed on the daily balances, if these da not fail nnler
100/. Deposita of any_amount are receivable, at rates of interest
varying from 2 to 5 per cent. per annum, according to the time for
which the deposits are made. Promissory Notes or Bills, at any
date, and with or without interest. as may be agreed on, and Circu-
lar Bills or Letters of Credit and Drafts or Orders are granted, pay-
able to bearer by tne Correspondents of the Bank in every town of
any no'e at home or abroad ; and Bills of Exchange or Drafts on
the Bank in Sets, for use in the Colonies, In India, China, and me-
ricA, may be obtained by customers and others, on application at the
Chief Office. Advances for fixed periods on securities readily con-
vertible, and Cash Credits, on the scottisli system, are granted to
respectable par:les, if customers of the Bark. Discounts of approved
Bills of Exchange are made for any parties having accounts with the
Rank, .for whom also Remittances are made, and Bills collected, in
any place where there is a banker; and Dividends, &c., received
Wi thoi it charge.
Forms of applica' inns for opening accounts, &c., will be supplied,
and any further informatlon may he obtained at the Bank, or at any
of th-i Branches, viz.: —Strand Branch, 429, Strand; Lambeth
Branch. 77, Bridge-road : Isl ngton Branch, 97, Doswell-road ; Pim-
lico Branch, I, Shaftesbury-terrace, Victoria-street: Borough
Branch, 60, Stones'-end, Southwark; Piccadilly Branch, 32, Re-
gent's-circus.

By order of the Court of Directors.
HUGH INNES CAMERON, General Manager.
Chief Oftlce, 16, Tokenhouse-yard, Lothbury,
London, Ist October, 1855.

GUARDIAN FIRE AND LIFE
ASSURANCE C 331 PAN Y,
No. 11, Lombard-street, London.
D 111ECTORS.
FRANCIS HART DYKE, Esq., Chairman.
HENRY HHI;SE BERENs, Esq., Deputy-Chairman.
John Dixon, Esq. -stewart Marjoribanks, Esq.
Sir W. M. T. Farquhar, Bart. John Martin, Esq., M.P.
Sir Walter R. Farquhar, Brt. Rowland Mitchell; Esq.
T.Hankey, jun., Esq.. M.P. .Tames Morris, Esq.
John Harvey, Esq. Henry Norman, Esq.
John G. Hubbard, Esq. Henry R. Reynolds, Esq.
George Johnstone, Esq. John Thornton, Esq.
John Labouchere, Esq. James Tulloch. Esq.
John Loch, Esq. Henry Vigne, Esq.
AUDIIORS.
A. W. liobarts, Esq. Henry Sykes Thornton, Esq.
Lewis Lloyd, jun., Esq. John Henry Smith, Esq.
George Keys, Esq., Secretary.
Samuel Brown, Esq., Actuary.
LIFE DEPARTMENT.—Under the provisions of an Act of Par-
liament, this Company now offers to future insurers Four-fifths of
he Profits, with Quinquennial Division, or a Low Rate of Premium
without participation of Profits.
The next division of Profits will be declared in June, ISGO, when
al participating Policies which shall have subsisted at least one year
at Christmas, 1459, will be allowed to share in the Profits.
At the five divisions of Profits male by this Company. the total
reversionary Bonuses added to the Policies have exceeded 913,000 .
At Christmas last the Assurances in force amounted to upwards
of 4,240,000/. ; the Income from the Life Branch in 1854 was more
than 200,001/. ; and the Life Assurance Fund (independent of the
c.;uarantee Capital) exceeded 1,700,0001.
FOREIGN RISKS.--The Extra Preminms required for the.. East
111(1 West Indies. the British Colonies, and the northern parts of the
United States of America, have been materially reduced.
INVALID LIVES.---Persons who are not in such sound health as
would enable them to insure their Lives at the Tabular Premiums,
may have their Lives insured at Extra Premiums.
LOANS granted on Life Policies to the extent of their values, pro-
vided such Policies shall have been effected a sufficient time to have
attained in each case a value not under 50/.
ASSIGNMENTS OF POLICIES.—Written Notices of, received
and registered.
Medical fees paid by the Company, and no charge will be made for
Policy Stamps.
FIRE DEPARTMENT.—lnsurances effected upon every descrip-
tion of property, at moderate rates.
Losses caused by Explosion of Gas are admitted by this Company.

A.RGYLL ROOMS.-LAERENT'S CASINO
NOW OPEN for the winter season. The followine
Music will be performed by his celebrated Band during
the week : March aux Flambeaux. Waltzes —The Lily
of the Valley (D'Albert), Zephir Lufte (Gang'l), Fenella (Tinney),
Ethel Neweome (Laurent), La Sultano (Bosisio). Quadrilles—Le
Rol du Pastel I..amotte), Les liugenots (Laurent), Palermo (D'Al-
bert), Bride of Lammermoor (Tinney), ll Trovatore (Tatou).
Polkas—Des Hulands (Lamotte), Italie ((aviolo), The Lillian (D'Al-
bert), Des Coucous (Bouaquet), The Zouaves (Laurent). Galops—
The Imperial Guards (Laurent), The liecla (etreather). Schottische
—La Gutrlande de Fleure (Bosquet), La Varsoviana (Laurent). Prin.
•Ipal Cornet A Piston, M. Boulcours.—Pours open at S. Admission
in° Shilling.

TO LOVERS OF FISH.-100 GENUINE
YARMOUTH BLOATERS for 65., vackage included.
THESE HIGHLY ESTEEMED DELICACIES AND CHEAP

ARTICLE OF FOOD
forwarded to all parts, on receipt of penny postage stamps or P. 0.0
(preferred). send full and plain direction, county, and nearst sta-
tion.—Address THOS. LF.TTIS. jun., Fish Curer, Gt. Yarmouth.
" This is• the third season Mr. Lettis has *supplied us with Yar-
mouth bloaters, and we find the quality excellent.—J. Erashowe,
house steward, Blenheim Palace. —Oct. 20, 1854."
"Mr. Lettis,—As soon as you send out your genuine bloaters, I
shall be glad to have a ►upply as usual; those I had last year gave
great satisfaction.— %. F. Courroux, Ambaasador's Court, St. James's
Palace.—Oct. 1, 1055."

QIR WM. BURNETT'S DISINFECTING
FLUID, for destroying all Offensive Smells and purifying Fick
"corns, &c. Its cost is less than One Farthing per Gallon when
diluted for use.
Sold by all Chemists, and at 18, Cannon-street, City.
Gallons; 55. Quarts, 2s. Pints, ls. Half-pints, 6d.

Surgeon-Dentist,entirelyno w ipdeserstlnf A2o Fl eReTi.
t
R. HOWARD,
1 ed an intro.luc
FICIAL TEETH, fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they wilt never change colour or
decay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used.
This method does not require the extraction of roks, or any painful
operation, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useful in mastication.-52, Fleet-street. At
home from ten till five.

QTAR PACKETS from the TERRACE PIER,
►7 GEIAVESEND, 9, 2.
BILI/104W1CH WHARF, BLACKWALL, on the arrival rt
following Trains from Fenchurch-streel, 10 %, 314, westher permit-

Ing.
The Packets will will at the Rosherville, Greenhithe, Puttee'
and North Woolwich Piers.
To or r,,e, <kritee:,end ens 'L0nd0n.......... 10d. s. 2d
„ Gravesend and Blackwell or Woolwich Bd. .. Os. 104
„ F'rith and London— •....... ••• Bd. .. N. 10d
„ Erith and Blackwell or W001wich...... 6d. .. Os. Bd.
tet,,,een Gravesend and Intermediate Piers.. 6d. .. Os. Bd.
October 23, 1855.

PUBLICATIONS.

13, GREAT MAICLIIMOUGIt-STREET.
ANEW WORK
.by the Anther of "Margaret
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shortly published 14y Messrs. Hurst and Bleckett, successors to Henry
Colburn. Orders received at Tall the Libraries.

• NEW NOVEL BY MRS. LA TOUCHE.
Now ready at all the Libraries, in. 3 vols.,
LADY WILLOUGHBY ; or, the Double
MARRIAOK.

By Mrs. LA Tourns.
Hurst and Blackett, Pub:ishers, successors to Usury Colburn, 13,
Great Marlborough-ztreet,

MONTAGUE GORE, ESQ., ON DRITiSIi INDIA.
Price One Shilling.

A LECTURE on the PRODUCTIONS and
RESOURCES of BRITISH INDIA.

•
By MoNTkaus GORE, ESQ. •
Delivered before the St. James's Literary and Philosophical Society.
James Ridgway, Piccadilly, and all Booksellers.

Devised Especially for Self:lnstruction, and equally adapted to the
purpoles of the Protssional Teacher,
LE BRETHON'S FRENCH GRAMMAR,
by SANDIER, 11th Edition: A Guide to tho French Lan-
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• By J. J. LE BRETIION.
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Just published.

KINBURN.—WYLD'S MAP and CHART of
0 feIIAKOV, KINBURY, NICOL A lEV. and KHERSOY,
wail the FOrt.i, Batteries, and Soundings, with a Map from Odessa
to l'erecop. I sheet, Is. 6d., in case, 2s. 6,1.
WYLD'S MAP of the CRIMEA, with the Roads and Passes. 1
sheet, 35., in case, ss.
James R yid, Geographer to the Queen, Charing-cross East, next
door to the Post-office, and 2, Royal Exchange.

Ts published this day,

KINBU RN, citc AKOV, NICHOLAIEV.-
Stanford's Map of the Roads, &c., between Odessa, Nicho-
daief, PerCitop, Simpheropol, and Sevastopol, with e larged Plans
of Odessa end Nkholaief, compiled from the Russian Maps in the
possession of the Royal Geographical Society, the Admiralty Charts,
and other documents. Price, one large sheet, 4s. ; case, is.

Also, Stanford's Map of the Country between Odessa and Yerekop.
Price 2s. sheet; case. 4s. 6d.
London : Edward Stanford, 6, Charing-cross ; and Letts, Son, and
Co., Hoye Exchange.

THE PROPOSED COMPULSORY
VACCINATION' EX CENSION ACT.—Compulsory Vaccina-
tion of her Majesty's Ministers as an example to the nation at large.
Tb.,y cannot object to the ordeal. Read Mr. GIBBS' PAMPHLET
on this all-important qulstion, published by Sotheran and Co.
Read the lITGEIST and MEDICAL REFORMER for NOVEMBER.

To be bad at the British College of Health, New-road, London;
the Hygeist Oftic,, 272, Strand ; and of all the duly authorised agents
for Mr. Morison's Unlversal Medicine.

EXPLOSION ON BOARD T!I ABBOTTS
BEADING, AND LOSS OF LIFE.

Captain Halsted, R.N., secretary to Lloyd's, has re-
c.ived the following communication from the Admiralty,
reporting a shocking catastrophe on board the English
ship Abbott Reading, of Liverpool, while lying in Val-
paraiso Harbour, on the 12th of Sept. last, accompanied
with loss of life, as briefly noticed in our shipping news
of Wednesday :
" Her Majesty's ship Nereus, Valparaiso,
Sept. 13, 1555.
" Sir,—ln the absence of the Commander•in-Chief, I
beg to report, for the information of my Lords Commis-
sioners of the Admiralty, the result of a frightful explo-
sion by gunpowder which took place on board the Bri-
tish ship Abbotts Reading, of Liverpool, John Walsh
waster, in this port, on the afternoon of yesterday, the
12th inst. ; and that you will be plea,,ed to point out to
their lordships the careless manner in which gunpowder
is put on board and stowed in merchant vessels trading
to this coast.

"It appears from authentic sources which I have
ascertained, that the said ship had on board, on her at,
rival, 1,315 kegs of gunpowder, each keg containing 251 b.,
and that tqese were stored not only on the top, but in-
discriminately among the general cargo, which was com-
posed of iron, paint, pitch, hardware; &c. These kegs
at e all of tight construction, being wooden hoopei and
liable to sustain damage easily by the ordinary working
of a ship at sea. I have found by inquiry that the, whole
contents of eight of these keg had been strevenatnongst
the cargo, and that twenty others hal 133ett landed halt
empty, with the heads out of some and hoops wanting
on others ; that on discharging the cargo, and when re-
moving come casks on the iron bars, the friction caused
the wasted powder to explode, thereby blowing up the
entire of the upper deck, and inflicting dreadful injury
to some and loss of life of two of the ship's crew, four
others being at this moment in a very precarious state.
This is by no means a solitary instance, but is the in-
v ,riable mode in which gunpowder is stowed on board
merchant ships arriving at this port.
" I beg that you wilt be pleased further to inform
their lordships that I have just received per barque
Mary Anu Johnstone a supply of gunpowder and shells
and other ordnance stores for the use of the Pacific
squadron, the powder beinc, somewhat about 50 tons
weight, and that the Board ofb Ordnance bad caused a pro-
per magazine to be contracted in the hod of the vessel
for its reception. So far the Government powder and
combustibles were in a comparative state of security ;
but, in addition to this, the ship had oa board 400 kegs
of gunpowder of the same description I have named,
which was stowed in the same indiscriminate manner
above described, among casks, iron bars, and jars of
naphtha, and, from an inspection of the vessel, I am

only surprised she esniped.without accident.
" In conclusion, I have deemed it my imperative duty
to make this communication, in order, if their lordships
think fit, to draw the attention of the Board of Trade
and that of the C4mmittee of Lloyd's to the subject, so
that some regulations may be made, compulsory on mas-
ters and owners of ships conveying gunpowder, to have
proper naagazines constructed for its reception, so as to
avert it possible a recurrence of the aid catastrophe we
were witnesses of yesterday.—l am, sir, &C.'
(Signed) " ALEXANDER MAMMY,
Master Commander.
"To the Secretary of the Admiralty."

THE BUFAST BANQUET.

-_ ~.,~_~

LORD CARLISLE IN THE NORTH.
_ DUBLIN, Friday Morning.—The banquet, which Was
given in the Music-ball, was attended by upwardi of
250 parsons, among . whom may be enumerated the
Marquis of Londonderry, Viscount Gough, Viscount
Massareene, Lords Rossinore, Annesley, Dufferin, Robe.
Montague, and Lurgan ; S:r Robert Bateson' Bart., Sir
James'Emmerson Tennant, Mr. W. Kirk, 111.P.,Mr.
R. Davison, M.P., Mr. J. Richard,on, M P., Dlr. Jas.
Whiteside, M.P., Major-General Gough, Mr. William
air.2,an, Mr. Wibiain S. Crawf)rd, the Lard Bishop of
Down, the Right Rev. Dr. Denvir, &c:

After the health of her Majesty had been duly
honoured, the toast of the Emperor of the French was
proposed by the Mayor, and received with the most
overwhelming applause. The futile attempt which was
made a short time since to prevent the toast being given
at the banquet doubtless stimulated the enthusiasm
which was manifested.

The MAYOR then rose, and propuFed " The health-of
the Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland." He said that his Ex-
cellency was well known to them all. He had been in
Ireland in 1835, and won the golden opinions of the
people of this country. Since then, after storing his
mind by travel in foreign countries, lie had come home,
and was intrusted by her Majesty with the government
of Ireland. They all admired his virtues and high qua-
lities, and he was sure would respond to the toast.
His EXCELLENCY replied as follows certainly do
think it a very great and crowning honour to the
warmth of welcome which I have experienced on my
first visit to the north of Ireland and the town of Bel-
fast to have had my name received as it has just bee.n.by
such a c impany as that which is no assembled here.
I see around me many men of large hereditary property
and high historic descent, members of all our leading
professions, including heroic ornaments of our military
..circles. (Cheers.). • I see-dimi ta ries -of —Cie •eh omit) Art
lights of the law, and especially many of the enlight-
ened and spirited architects of their own fortune•, who
have nurtured the marvellous Progr,s- of Belfast and of
its whole adjacent region. (Hear.) lam conscious that
I sustain one great diQadvantage from never having been
here before. I can perceive and can wonder at the in-
dications of activity, life, industry, and public spirit
which surround me on every side, but I cannot compare
the present with the past, from which it has emerged. I
can say much has been done, but I cannot rightly esti-
mate how much of that has been done by the active
hands and thinking heads which now throng your
streets and are gathered around this very board. I
cannot tell how rapidly achieved has been the con-
trast between the present aspect of your wards and
thoroughfares and that period when the Lough only
gleamed between silent hills—when neither chim-
neys nor palaces fringed the side; of the Lagan. It
always seeint to me to be rather a piece of sup r-
fluous i.npertinence when a stranger who has been
the last to arrive proceeds to drench thoso who
have all their lives been inhabitants of the place
with a c Tious dose of their own statistics. Belfast is
sufficiently provided with merchants, with manufac-
turers, with professors of science and literature, to fur-
i.ish all the information that can be needed respecting

its progress in commerce, manufactures, religion, wealth,
and education. It has many useful and noble institte
tutions for the instruction of youth and for the promo-
tion of the knowledge of religion. May it ever find a
great many to profit by them ! It has, I have witnessed
to-day, as good a prison as any in the land. May it find
very few to profit by it ! I have no doubt that, like
other great commercial communities, this district sus-
tains its periods of reverse and depression ; and I doubt
not that the terrific war which is now shaking Europe to
its centre must make itself felt in the conduct of busi-
ness as extensive as yours, and which leans so much upon
the supply of raw material from such a wide circumfer-
ence. What influence this ought to have upon the cul-
tivation of flax in your own fields I must leave to prac-
tical men to decide. But, while matters such as these
must be decided, and can only be decided, by considera-
tions of material interest, higher and more interesting
considerations have no weight at all. I have had the
opportunity of seeing how many of the men of Belfast,
of Antrim, of Down, and of Ulster, as well as of the
other Irish provinces, hare returned from the seat of
war piteously wounded and disabled, but exhibiting as
much of patience and exemplary fortitude in their for-
lorn condition as they had done of heroic daring in the
deadly breach and on the crimson battle-field. I make
no scruple to declare that every dey that passes over
our heads makes me intensely long for the day when
the sword can be sheathed with honour ; and, as it i,
the happy fortune of this country to be able, when its
sons assemble kr festive purposes, to drink the
health of so many Sovereigns as its allies, I trust we
may see the day when a stiil longer list of toasts will
number every Sovereign in Europe without excep-
tion. But till the attainment of a pea -se which shall
be at once fair, safe, and honourable—(cheer-)—I feel
confident that, while our soldiers are thus prodigal of
life and limb, our citizens will be cheerful and resolute
to makina the exertion with a struggle entails, ea5.4.1,411at
you, gentlemen of Ulster, will show yourse'ves as equal
to the eaerifices of war as you have in times past shown
yourselves able to reap the noblest laurels of peace.
With respect to my own share in the proceedings of this
evening, and to the two busy days which preceded and
follow it, you a-e, I believe, aware that I came hither
originally more upon a matter of private and domestic
than of public, and certainly not in any degree what is
usually termed political concern. (Hear.) But, now that
we are assembled here in more formal guise, and more
after the usual manner of public assemblies, I feel con-
fident that no political difference will betray itself be-
tween us. In the higher and more true sense of poll-
tics, indeed—how to govern communities by the light of
temperate wisdom and in the paths of Heaven-directed
order—how to train citizens to the noblest purp 'sea of
their existence—here, I trust, no essential difference
will be found among parties, however opposed, or
churches, however divided. In this respect we can all
widely benefit the country and the age to which we be-
long by cheerful obedience to the law of the realm, by
that spirit of conciliation, 'forbearance, and love which is
the higher law of Heaven. The condition of Ireland is
at present such, on the whole, as gives rise in my mind
to the strongest feeling of satisfaction and of hops. There
is generally a manifest decrease of outrage and °rime,
with one or two occasional hideous exceptions, sufficient
to warn ne, where human conduct is concerned, never to
presume. A griculure is undergoing an immense develop-
ment, and it must be the task of many of you, gentlemen,
to see that our manufacturing processes exhibit the same
progress. New schools of education, new colleges of
learning, new temples of religion, are multiplying on every
side. The general condition of the people is strikingly
advanced in ease and comfort. They are better fed,
they are better clad, there ie an infinitely greater pro-
portion of shoes and stockings—(laughter)—than when
I was here last, and the new complaint of Ireland is that
there are almost too few to work and too few mouths to
be fed. I have heard, indeed, lately something of new
arrivals being expected in this country from America.
Well then, gentlemen, will they be all Irishmen, returning
home to till their fields again, to work their looms again,
to kiss their wives and families again ? It so, we will
heartily bid then welcome provided they at least come in
some moderation. Can it be that they could come, that
any could come here with any hostile intention ? I feel
sure that the good sense, as well as the good feeling, of
all true-hearted Irishmen or Americans would repudiate
the monstrous supposition. (Loud cheer=.) If, contrary
to all expectation and all reason, they would so come, I
ought not to say that they would be as welcome as the
others ; but of this I feel content—that the Antrim
Rifles, whom I left in Dublin, and the North Down
Rifles, whom I find in Belfast, will be able to give a very
good account of them. But we will not let such
monstrous images mar our social harmony, and I would
rather leave you with bright impressions about you of
successful commerce, rewarded industry, restored peace,
and extended civilisation. These ideas connect themselves
permanently with the town of Belfast. The best way for,
me to embody them is to ask of you to drink to the
health of it first magistrate, the chairman, who so ably
presides over the proceedings of this evening. (CheerS.)
Captain T. VERNER, Mayor, responded in a few ap-
propriate sentences.

Lord R. MONTAGUE, High Sheriff of Antrim, gave
the " Army and Navy," and prefaced it in a becoming
manner. " Our Gallant Allies," was proposed by Lord
MASSEREENE, and " the Memory of those who have
fallen in resisting the Aggressions of Russia" was given
by Mr. WurrEsiDE, M.P., in a long and eloquent
speech. " Her Majesty's Ministers" followed ; and
" The House of Lords and Commons" was responded to
by Lord LONDONDERRY and Mr. KERR, M.P. Several
other toasts were given and responded to. The pro-
ceedings did not terminate till after midnight.