The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

THE AUSTRIAN LOAN.

• The subjoined notification regarding the' Austrian
loan was furnished on Tuesday afternoon. Of the total of
3,500,000/, the sum of 2,250,0001. is to be subscribed in
London, and the remaining 1,250,0001. at Frankfort.
The issuing price is nominally 90, but some allowances
of interest in the payment of the instalments will re-
duce it to 881. 19s. 7d, These instalments will fall due
every alternate month, and will extend to 10th March,
1853. A. sinking fund of 1 per cent. per annum is to be
applied to pay off the bonds at par, a certain number
being drawn by lot every half year.
" FIVE PER CENT. AUSTRIAN LOAN FOR 3,500,0001.

[PRICE SD.

BANQUET AT FISHMONGE'RS'7HALL.
Last night the Fishmongers' Company entertained a
t".!)1-_this distinguished guild,.at a most sumptuous banquet
large party, consisting chiefly of the henorsry.members
in their noble and spaeious hall. The I'ritee Warden,
Mr. J. Weston,-preskled, having on his right the Mar-
quis 'of Clauricarde, Earl Grey, and site American sad
Persian Ministers. On the left of the chairman sat the
E trl of Clarendon, Viscount Palmerston, ItT.P., Lei-a
R. Groavenor, and Sir C. Wood, M.P. There
were ake at table Major Mirza Ibrahim Malcolm, Admi-
ral Sir 0. Aden), Admiral Sir T. Cochrane, Atdermen
Sir J. Duke, Musgrove, Humphery, Cubitt, and Vinnis,
Sir R. Ferguson, Bart., M.P., Mr. L. King, M.P., Sir
W. Clay, Bart., M.P., Mr. Cowan, M.P., Mr. B. Hawes,
Vice-Chancellors 'Turner, Kiudersley, and Parker. Sir
D. Davis, the Governor and Deputy Governor of the
Bank, Mr. Thornely, M.P., Mr. Sergi,ant Goulburn, Mr.
Bacon, Q C., Mr: R. Gurney, Mr. Cocks M.P.,tl Mr.
Henry Drumond, M.P., Mr. Mitchell, ALP 'M
r. C ey,
Mr. Powles. Ste.
The dinner was served by Messrs. Ring and Butner.
The arrangeMents were excellent in every department.
When the cloth had been cleared, Mr. Harker, .the,
toast-master, made, the usual proclamation of the .. wel-
come3l and the loving-cup went round.
The PRIME WARDEN then gave the usual loyal and
constitutional toasts, prefacing each with appropriate
introductory remarks. The toasts were.; received with
much enthusiasm; and the National Anthem was very
efficiently performed after the health of the Queen had
been drunk.

The toast of " The Navy and Army" was very neatly
acknowledged by Admiral Sin C. Adam. .
The P.RIME WARDEN then proposed " The health of
;he Foreign Ministers," connecting the toast with the
names of the American Minister and the Persian Envoy.
. s Thoetoot was drank. amid tetach'applantte. : s
ISO tifecielleneY the Astreatioaki 041 MiXesrme, 'IM
very cordially received; said—Mr. Prime Warden, my
Lords, and Gentlemen, in behalf of the corps to which
Thelong,' libeg to present• their thanks and mine for
the high honour you have done them io drinking their
health on this occasion.—(flear, hear.) I can 'only
regret that some others of my colleagues are not here
to return thanks to you, Sir, and to .this ancient
corporation, for your kind hospitality, extended to
us on this and many other occasions.—(Hear, hear.)
My friends upon my right represent the extreme east,
and I have the honour to represent the extreme west; I
am only sorry that there are not representatives to fill
up the charm between us.—(Cheers.) I will venture,
however, on behalf of my colleagues, to express to you,
gentlemen, what I believe they all feel, —II sincere desire
to maintain peace and amity with. the. British empire.—
(Cheers.) For myself, I hope I may be pardoned for
saying a word, not on my own account, but on account
of ray country, and of my countrymen, several of whom
I notice here to-night.—(Hear, hear.) I feel highly
honoured in being called upon to return thanks on
this occasion, standing in the midst of one of the ancient
corporations of this old, this extraordinary city of Eons
don. I stand here in the midst of a corporation 2t O•
years older than the country which I have the honour to
represent—(Hear, hear)—and a corporation number-
ing now nearly eOO years of existence cannot,
I think, have anything very bad in. it.—'-(Hear, hear.)
I know the origin of the companies oft London, the
twelve groat companies—and this among the most an-
cient—having control at one time not only of the
cemmerce of England, but of the revenues of the
Crown; and I know that not only England, but the
world, has been deeply indebted to these corporations in
early times for their commerce, for their liberal spirit,
for their promotion of constitutional liberty.—(Hear.)
This Corporation has the honour of numbering among
its members the man who slew Wat Tyler.—(Cheers.)
Your Corporation has now, Sir, turned from the arts of
commerce, from trade, to something else; it has turned
from the occupations and professions with which it
started, and has become a great charity.—(Hear, hear.)
You are now educating the orphan, sustaining the widow
in her distress, carrying light and knowledge and virtue
and religion through your country and the world.—
(Hear, hear.) I hope that the prosperity of this Cor-
poration may long continue, and that you may add to
your numbers, as you have done to-day, great and glo-
rious names, which we feel proud to speak.—(Cheers.)
I cannot sit down without expressing my gratification at
meeting here many of those excellent friends with whom
I have been on terms not only of amity and international
comity, but with' whom it is more than that—(Hear,
hear)—and I hope they will respond to the idea—we
have been personal friends.—(Cheers.) But I know you'
have a long list of toasts, and some of the eloquent of
England are to follow; I will therefore take up no more
of your time, except by stating that my friends on my
right charge me to say how much they are gratified in
meeting you—(Cheers)—and let me add, that I wish this
Corporation: and all its members prosperity and happi-
ness, and another fire hundred years of as much useful-
ness and honour as the last.—(Cheers and laughter.)
The PRINE WARDEN then proposed " The House of
Peer.," coupling with the toast the names of the Mar-
quis of Clanricarde and Earl Grey. The House of Peers
recruited its -ranks, occasionally, from the body of the
people, and the coramonalty might almost be jealous of
that noble House for absorbing such a large portion of
the wealth, and intelligence, and dignity of the country;
but it was gratifying that those who had so distinguished
themselves should be raised to' honour.—(Hear, hear.)
The Marquis of Clanricarde had carried out very im-
portant improvements in an establishment in the City—
the Yost-office —(Cheers)—and the company would
delight to honour Earl Grey for his own excellence as
well as for that drown et venerabile nomen which he bore.
The toast was much applauded.
The Marquis of CLANRICARDE said,—ln performing
the task which your kindness imposes upon me, I beg
to express my sincere • conviction that the House of
Peers are deeply sensible of such compliments as that
which you have been pleased to pay them.—(Hear,
hoar.) They know the value of such tokens in up-
holding and maintaining and extending their au-
thority and influence and means of being useful to
their country.—(Hear, hear.) The House of Lords is
indeed, as yon have said, Sir, constantly recruited from
the ranks of the rest Of the community, and especially
from the noble services and professions of the country;
and therefore there asn be little doubt that it will retain
that sincere love of liberty and national iedependence, as
well as order, for which that assembly has been distin-
guished. It has always shown the most strict and jealous
regard to the rights and privileges of all classes of the
community; and if at times that assembly may have ap-
peered to be less prompt or less eager to adopt reforms
or innovations, the Lords have never shown themselves
insensible to the requirements of the country, or to the
feelings of their fellow-countrymen.—(Hear.) I think it
must be allowed that they have fulfilled the duties al-
lotted to them with advantage to the country. For my-
self, Sir, I thank you for the very flattering manger in
which you have been pleased to speak of me. It is very
gratifying to me to be admitted to the splendid hospita-
lity of so respectable and honourable a corporation of
the greatest metropolis in the world, particularly a.oora
poration so distinguished for maintaining thesepurtPei:
of civil and religious liberty which I have always
..
deavoured, to the best of my.power, to promotes
...e.
which onentioned my
Prime Warden, the manner in
t.
nooses upon me the
name in connexion with this
d t 0
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hist has been said by
duty of adding
afeworls share with him the grati-
my Noble Friend. Whilef
the oonipliment
a isn t h ,fora
t
you have
tilde which he expresses
orwe are both me I also
paid to the House of which
Earl GREY, who was received with cheers, !ad
_M
beers,Ola : claim which has been paid to myself—a corn-
otohtiise.ngarleehtistory,
improvementand wh when I
duehich I feel that my prin
Aliment for w
have been pleased to al-
hereditary one to which you
I recollect that the con-
nexionlude.--(Hear.) Indeed, when
city of
of my father with the city London and with
this company dates from, I believe, nearly sixty years
a successful
ago—(Hear, hear)--when I compare the situation of
tfeheelcdoemeppllYiminendtebtedt°
this great country now with , what it was in that
you std
and.tocitphael
to the meaSuree which it was his fortune, having
issue—(Hear, • hear)—when I reflect upon this, I
cannot deny that I feel proud of the name which I have
the honour to boar.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, for myself
advoceted in early life, to live to carry to
I wilt not venture to say anything except that I feel
most grateful to you for the very great indulgence and
re-
flectdark hpeewriodmuofcho.uref
kindness with which you have been pleased receive
the to receive
the toast.—(Cheers.)
The " Health of the Prime Warden" was proposed
by the Merquis of CLANRICARDE, and dr k with proposed
by
na much
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed " The
Health of
the Earl of Clarendon," who had that day permitted the
company to enrol him among their honorary members,
and whose health they would drink as a brother Fish-
monger.—(Cheers.) The Prime Warden briefly reviewed
and eulogised the Noble Earl's administration in Ire-
land, and tendered to him the acknowledgments
company as. Irish proprietors, noticing . of the
which what was alarming in that the rapidity with
country passed away,
and tranquillity was restored.
The toast was very much cheered.
The Earl of CLARENDON was 'with much
cheering' as he rose to address the received
'd--
Mr. Prime Warden, my Lords and°Gnielatfil" . I bsaegl to
offer you my most cordial thanks for the honour which'
1 you have done me in drinking my health; and, although
I fear lam compelled respectfully, but sown* you
praise which
sincerely, to dissent from the yl I can
the Frame
to .
Warden has had the goodnesskeAtow upon roe, 3e',
speaking, as-he.does, as the representative of a company
possessing, and administering admirably, great property
in Ireland, I do feel pleasure in finding that. he could
allude in such flattering terms to mY administration in
Gentlemen it was a
Ireland.—(Cheers.) period of diffi-
culty:
culty: during those five years Ireland pissed through a
Period of no ordinary difficulty.—(Hear, near.) There
was agrarian outrage; there was constant agitation;
there were pestilence and famine of unexampled extent
and duration—during which, however, to the best of my
knowledge, not one person died of starvation upon your
property—(Cheers)—and, in addition to this, th ere were
revolutionary tendencies which, to any mind, and the
minds of others, savoured strongly of
rebellionAi,
though
it has since been the fashion to ridicule
and e
or
a deny
that
anxiety
idea.—(Hear, hear.) Bat the ca
necessity
which such accumulated disasters, of
brought with them, were more than compensated
h subsequently took place, and
a by the improvement which