The Sun.
London, England, 1864-03-29 00:00:00

ATTEMPT TO STORM DYBBOL.

We (Times) have received the following telegram
from our special correspondent at the Danish
headquarters :-
1
SONDERBORG, MONDAY, 10.8 A.M.
This morning, at 3 o'clock, an attack was made
on Bastion 6, and on the whole Dybbol
The Prussians were thrice repulsed ; at last the
Prussian soldiers refused to obey their officers'
command to advance.
The Rosf Krake fired on the Prussians'
right from Wemmingbond. The engagement
lasted seven hours. The cannonade continues. One
hundred Danes are killed and wounded; 22 Prussian
prisoners have been taken. Only four Danish regi-
ments were engaged."
The Commander-in-Chief of the Danish army
reports as follows :--
"At three o'clock this morning the enemy at-
tempted to surprise our position at Duppel. He
penetrated between two of our trenches, but was
repulsed to his former position. The engagement
lasted four hours.

" The conflict extended along the whole line.
" Our ironclad took an effective part in the

contest.

"It is announced from the North of Szhlescvig
that the Prussians in Jutland are moving south-
wards.

MEXICO AND SAN DOMINGO,
SOUTHAMPTON, MARCH 29.
Advices from Mexico by the A trato state that
four French war steamers were
blockading the
port of Acapulco. There is no other news of
importance.
The Spanish are reported to be making no
progress in San Domingo.

WURTEMBURG•

STUTTGARDT, MARCH 29.

The King has determined that daring his illness
the prerogatives of the crown shall be more abso-
lutely transferred to the Council of Ministers, and
that the Crown Prince shall preside at the Council,
and sign documents in his Majesty's name.

THE WEST INDIA AND PACIFIC MAILS.
SOUTIIAMPTON, March 29.
The Royal Mail steamer Atrato with the above
mails has arrived here. She brings 148 passengers,
and 4,000,000 dole., of which are diamonds to the
value of 3,000 dols., and pearls valued at 7,052
dole.; also 827 packages of cargo-
The Atrato left St. Thomas on the 15th inst., and
experienced strong north and north-easterly winds
with a head sea since the 24th.
H.M.S. Columbine from Portsmouth arrived at
Valparaiso on the 6th ult.

The news from Chili is unimportant. The
Republics upon the South Coast were concentrating
the!r efforts in ►he development of peaceful
pursuits.

An invitation of the Government of Peru to an
American Congre3s had been welcomed throughout
Chili.

H. M. S. Satlej arrived at Callao on the 26th
ult.

At Valparciso the freight market was firm, Ex-
change on Lvindon 60 to 90
days, 44 pence to 44
pence halfpenny,

Bullion—Bai silver, ape, 10.75 per mare. Hard
dollars 8 per cent. premium.
The Government of Perh had addressed a concili-
atory note to Bolivia and Chili, offering their ser-
vices for the settlement of the differences between
them.

The invitations to a congress of delegates from
the South 4.merican Republics were expected to
be extended to Central America, Mexico, and Santa
Domingo.

At Demo )rara sugar reaping had generally com-
menced. The crop is oßtisfactory. The tonnage

Rris excess►ve, sugar was 13;-tog taken at from
lOs to 15s per ton to London and Liverpool. Rum
in good demand. Elen:inge on London at 90 days'
sight, 476 dots.

The cultivation of ectron was largely increasing
espreosiiy in the norrhur❑ provinces of Peru.

Ecuador was traiqui,. Tht growing, of cocoa
and coffee had been pkrited on a large scale.
The army had been considerably reduced.
Panama had been visited with a shock of earth-
quake, but no damage was dove.
Cotton growing was increasing.

At Grenada the weather was fine for sugar.
making and cotton-gathering, and at Barbadoes it
was beneficial to the crops. Reaping was not yet
become general. Planters look to further improve-
ment in canes.

The health of the island was good.
At Jamaica cotton-growing was being pushed on
vigorously. Pimento and coffee scarce; the latter
has further advanced in price. Sugar supply small.
Fair, 21s to 225. Exchange on London at 90 days)
per cant.

FRANCE.

PARIS, MARCH 29.

The Conslitutionnel of to-day publishes an article
signed M. Limayrac, on the Danish circular refer.
ring to the conduct of the Austrian and Prussian
troops towards the inhabitants of Schleswig. The
article points out the anomalous nature of their acts
and concludes thus

" Modern diplomacy should seek for a new code
of international law, conciliating the liberty and
dignity of nations, and guaranteeing the preserva-
tion of the European balance of power."

Another article by M. Limayrac appears in the
same paper, maintaining that the enthusiastic
reception which Garibaldi will meet with in London
will be equally embarrassing to two of England's
allies, Italy and Austria. The writer observes that
while English is preparing to welcome Garibaldi, a
soldier who has fought bravely for the iedependence
of his country, she manifests scorn and indignation
at Mazzini, the instigator of infamous conspirators
and the associate of assassins.
BOURSE, March 28.—The market is almost null
as regards the amount of business, but the prices of
Saturday are generally well maintained. Threes,
for the Account, are unvaried at 66. 15c. Mobilier
has slightly improved, being now at 1,060 f. Rail-
way Market with little or no variations. Stock
and other securities became offered towards the
eaving off as follows :
Italian Loan 67 95
Do. end month 67 75
N4.3,,i7 ditto
end month —
ituHait3.o
ustrian ..... • . 80 50

close, and prices receded,
41 per Cents. 92 90
Do. end month
3 per Cents
Do. end month.,, €6 05
, 1053 50
Do, any? month„ —1052 50
..3330
Fancier .„,.1290 --
Roman

RAIL

Orleans
Northern
New ditto
Lyons and Mediterranean
N ew ditto
Smthern
Western ...
Eastern ....
Sardinian
Austrian
Lou, bard
North of Spain
Saragossa
Ditto to Barcelona

Pobr. ...,av

Deferred

WAY:S.

Ave/101r,
1002 50 lal3 75
975 - 975 -

952 50 .. 951 25

905 - - -
657 50 .. 622 50
525 - .. 527 50
477 50 480 -
368 75 „ 370 --
412 50 .. 411 25
547 50 .. 547 50
487 50 .. 488 75
587 50 .. 590 -

Naval and Military Intelligence.
THE NAVY.

MALTA, March 24.—The following naval movements
have taken place :—On Friday her Majesty's ship Magi-
ciennne, 16, Capt. M Armytage, and the Royal Oak, 35,
iron-cased ship, Capt. F. A. Campbell, arrived from the
lonian Islands with large quantities of ordnance stores;
and on Sunday the Gibraltar, 81, Capt. Prevost, came from
Corfu in two days, similarly loaded. The Magicienne left
Corfu on the 9th inst., calling at St. Mauro. and Ithaca for
stores, and bringing Lady llotham as passenger. The
Royal Oak left Corfu on the 16:h, and came here direct—
passenger, Lieut. C. D. Inglis, R.N. On the 18th the Cos-
sack, 20, Capt. W. R. Rolland, left on return to Corfu, and
on the following day the Surprise, 4, Commander W. H.
Whyte, arrived fram Benghazi and Marsa-Souzah—passen-
ger, Lieut. Drew, It. N, This vessel has been attending on
the chartered steamer Fanny Lambert, while the repairs
were being made to the Malta and Alexandria telegraph.
The iron screw troopship Dromedary, 2, Master-Cora. A.
Brown, arrived on Tuesday from England and Gibraltar on
her way to Corfu. The Magicienne left yesterday, it is be-
lieved, for Corfu. A letter from Corfu of the 9th inst.,
which has been from some c Ansa or other delayed on its way,
contains the following passaze :
" There has been a case of hanging here. It took place
on the 7th inst. The culprit was a sergeant of the 6th Regi•
ment, who about six weeks ago shot his wife deliberately
with his rifle. He was tried by a general court-martial and
sentenced to death. Ho attempted two or three times to
commit suicide, and once, having succeeded in secreting a
piece of glass in his bed, cut a vein in his arm, and was
quietly bleeding to death, when it was discovered and the
bleeding was stopped with some trouble. The only persons
allowed to witness the execution were the troops in garrison,
the sentence having been previously read to the prisoner,
who in a brief speech exhorted his comrades to keep from
drink, which he said had brought him to such a miserable
end, He wore many medals. There was great difficulty in
obtaining a hangman, as the Greeks would have murdered
any one of their own people if they had known him to per-
form the part of executioner. In the way it was managed
it was quite impossible fer them to get hold of him, as he
was brought over secretly io.n Albania, and wore a mask
all the time he was in Corfu."

Her Majesty's 'War Department screw steam transport
Lord Panmure, Mr. H. T. Moore commander, has been de-
spatched to Messrs. Simpson's, in the Isle of Dogs, to un-
dergo repairs of screw-shaft, steam-tube, &c., and to be
caulked and painted throughout. A powerful shipway
praase has been erected at the works, by which the skip
was .hoisted up, sal was adjusted on the cradle in readiness
to be ovcfrhauled and repaired. The process occupied only
57 minutes.

Mr. Reed's .04perimental ironcased sloop Enterprise left
Woolwich yester:lay on an official trio' trip. Staff Com-
mander Luke, R.N., .end Mr. Tricketta, Inspector of Ma,
chinery in the dockyard, accompanied the ship on the part
of the Admiralty, and Mr. Rv.venhill, who supplied the
engines, attended on hie own bei;alf to watch the result of
the trial.

Capt. Delamere, Lieut. Frampton, and 94 non-commis-
sioned officers and privates of the Woolwich division Royal
Marine Light Infantry took their departure yesterday from
headquarters at Sheerness to join the new steam flagship
Bombay, commissioned for the south-east coast station of
America, to succeed the Forte, flag of Rear-Admiral R. L.
Warren. The men were accompanied from the barracks at
Woolwich by a crowd of wellwilhers. Their arrival at the
railway station was the signal for a hearty round of cheers,
which were repeated on the departure of the train.
The following appointments have been made at the Ad-
iningty :—Lieut. L. C. Reppel, to the Indus—B. S. Jack-
son, to the St. Vincent, for the Sealark—C. Strickland,
assist surg, to the Supply—C. J. Farnell, assist Burg, to
the Wellesley—R, J. Hay, chief engineer, to the Bombay
—I. Coade, chief engineer, to the Cumberland, for the
Bristol—W. B. Stephens, of the Dart, promoted to acting
chief engineer, and appointed to the Archer—E. M'Avory,
engineer, to the Bombay—G. Lucas, engineer, to the Ma-
jestic—W. Rowley (a), engineer, to the Cumberland, for
the !Etna—J. Daly, assist engineer, to the Dee—J.
M'Garahan and Charles Thomson, assist engineers, to the
Bombay—R. Hetherington, R. Roberts, and C. Wakeman,
assist engineers, additional, to the Bombay.

THEATRE ROYAL, ADELPHI.—Their Royal High-
nesses the Prince and Princess of Wales are expected to
honour the performances of the above theatre by their pie •
sauce to-morrow evening, when, by command, " The Dead
Heart" will be performed, commencing at eight o'clock.
Mr. Benjamin Webster will take his original part of Robert
Landry.

Their Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cam-
bridge and Princess Mary left Cambridge Cottage, Kew,
yesterday, to honour the Dukeand Duchess of Manchester
by a visit at Kimbolton Castle, Huntingdon. Their royal
highnesses will remain at the castle several days.
The Earl and Countess of Wilton end Viscount
and Viscountess Grey do Wilton let Egerton Lodge,
Melton Mowbray, yesterday, on a visit to Colonel Cust, at
Arthingworth, for the Northampton races. The noble earl
and countess return to Egerton Lodge on Thursday to en-
tertain a large and distinguished company during the races
at Croxton Park, which commence on the following day.
COMMENCEMENT OF THE METROPOLITAN RAIL-
WAY (LOOP LINE) TO SMITIIFIELD.-111easrp. Kelk and
Lucas intend to commence the loop line from the Farring-
don-road station of the Metropolitan line of railway to
Smithfield on Monday next, whence they will proceed to
the jultction with the Finsbury extension line. The ground
from the station to Smithfield-bars, is already cleared from
Charles-street. by the back of the West London Union, to
Greenhill's-rents.

TIIE DANISH :QUESTION.—The Conferences for
the settlement of the Danish question will begin in London
on April 12.

Circular Dispatch of the Danish Cabinet

(REUTER'S EXPRESS
CuPENIIBGEN, M,reh 24.
The following eirenkr di,p ten been fur-
warded by M. de Quaade, tLe D.nisn .Min'oo.er
F 'reign Aff.irs, to the oiplomatie tigents of the
Daaish Government abroaa

" Copenhagen, March 15.
" Monsieur In Comte (le Baron),—The evens now taking
piece is the duchy of Schleswig, under the auspices of the
Austro-Prussian army, assume daily a more alarming cha-
racter for the interests of the King and the future of the
monarchy. It is urgent that the attention of friendly Go-
vernments should be called to the deplorable result of the
policy pursued by Germany with regard to Denmark.
Europe m ty, perhaps, recognise more clearly what are the

veritable motives of the Germanic invasion, and what fate
the German Guvernments destine for one of the oldest mon-
archies of Europe. The rapid sketch of the acts and deeds
of the Austro-Prussian authorities in Schleswig which I am

about to give in the following lines will suffice to enable
you to form a correct idea of the manner in which those two
Powers aro proceeding to preserve the pledge which they
have come to tear from the hands of the legitimate

Sovereign.
"It is known that, when the great Garman Powers re

solved to invade the duchy of Schleswig they declared to
Europe that they intended to respect the sovereignty of
the King ; that they would only occupy the country tem-
porarily, and that the occupation had no further object
than to furnish them with material guarantees that the
Danish Government should fulfil certain engagements
contracted in the years 1851-52 regarding the equality of
rights secured to the two nationalities as well as the non-
incorporation of the duchy in the kingdom. Subsequently
Herr Von Zedlitz, the Prussian commissioner, declared, in
an ordnance of the Bth of February, that the existing
laws of the Duchy of Schleswig were to remain in force in
so far as the operations of war and the suspension of the
royal authority did not entail exceptions to this rule; that
all the functionaries who should sign a Fmnise to obey the
authority with which they were invested might, de facto,
continue their functions so long as they conformed to that
promise and committed no off3nce in or out of their official
capacity; and, lastly, that all political demonstrations, of
any kind whatever, should remain prohibited. Neverthe-
lEss, the real facts which have occurred in Schleswig are in
the most absolute contradiction with these declarations.
" The signs of the King's sovereignty have been every•
where effaced ; the royal aims have been removed from the
public buildings, and there is not even a block of atone in-
serted in the wall of the Town Hall bearing the cipher of
Frederick VII. which has not been violently dragged out by
the Prussian commander. Laws are abolished which in no
way affect the operations of the war, and are not in contra
diction with the temporary suspension of royal authority;
and these laws are abolished not temporarily, but in such a
manner that the new organisation bears a permanent cha-
racter. Thus the arrangements made before the negotiations
of 1851-2, with the view of regulating the use of languages
in the churches and schools of the mixed district, have been
partly abolished by the ordinance of the commissioners
of Feb. 19, and the German language has become the only
one authorised in the churches and schools of the greater
part of that district. The former arrangements, however,
took into account that 61e language of the people is partly
Danish and partly German. Byso acting the commissioners
have renchred it itepos.-ible for a great number of inhabi-
tants speaking Danish to hear the sermon in the mother
tongue, white formerly hie langulg, used in Divine service
was niternateiy Danish and Gerinbn. .1.337 au ordinanc., 01

the 22d of February tre,h measures were taken to carry ou'

the new system, and there is reason to beii,ve that no
scruple will be made of dismissing nearly all the cu ates
and teachers of the elementary schools in the parishes in
question. In two of the colleges of the duchy nearly all the
professors have .been driven from their posts. One of these
colleges has been reopened with professors hostile to the
King's Government and inaugurated by revolutionary
hymns—the other remains closed. Functionaries of the
Royal Government are dismissed en mirsse, even when they
have signed and observed the undertaking relative to obedi-
ence to the authority of the commissioners. In the south-
eastern portion of the duchy the superior authority has been
confided to a man who in 1849 was the War Minister of the
Insurrectional Government, and in the south-western por-

tion it is placed in the hands of a man who signed an ad-
dress to the Insurrectional Government requesting that the
duchy of Schleswig shou'd be withdrawn from any connec-
tion whatever with the Danish monarchy,
" These two men appoint persons at their pleasure to all

the offices of the southern part of the country. The indi-
viduals whom the commissioners invest with the public
functions in other parts of the country are also, with few ex-
ceptions, persons who have already given proofs of revolu-
tionary tendencies. On mendacious informations a number
of respectable magistrates and functionaries have been im-
p-isoned and treated with the utmost indignity, on suspicion
of b -ing spice. Sfiace the beeinnin; of Feb. M. Bia.unfeldt,
a rn qistrAP, has been, notwithstanding his being 55 years
old, tied and dragged on foot between two horsemen to
Rendsburg, where the sentinels on guard showed him for
money to the pspulace of the place. Fcur clergymen of the
middle and eastern portion of Schleswig have been arrested
in their houses and put in prison, where they were thrown
on straw in damp cellars, in the midst of Prussian soldiers
accused of theft. Revolutionary demonstrations, such as
the proclamation of the eretender, and the departure of the
deputations charged to compliment him, are organised
openly without meeting with the least hindrance on the
part of the military or civil invading authorities, while they
take care to p: event and repress by vexatious proceedings
every loyal protest or manifestation on the part of the great
majority of the population remaining faithful to the King.
Nowhere is the ancient flag of the country tolerated, while
the commissioners have given express permission to hoist
the flags and cockades which, during the insurrection of
1848, served as symbols of the rebellion against the legiti-
mate Government. Even the monument in the cemetery
of Flensburg sacred to the memory of the warriors who
have perished in fighting for the cause of the King has
not been respected. Even under the eyes of the commis-
sioners of Austria and Prussia a band of workmen from
Holstein was allowed to mutilate and demolish this work
of art, the position of which in the midst of a place sacred
to the dead ought to have protected it from all insult.
"Those facts form the most violent contrast with the
intentions which the great German Powers had announced
to Europe, and of which their representatives in the duchy
should secure the fulfilment; and, seeing the zeal with which
the commissioners support, often by the most unjust and
arbitrary means, all the efforts made by the seditious faction
of the population for the incorporation of Schleswig with
Germany, it will not be difficult to discover the solution of
this enigma, or to recognise the ambitious projects con-
cealed under the declarations by which the German Powers
endeavour to reassure the consciences of the other states
of Europe.

" I may, perhaps, soon fiad myself in a position to make a
similar communic%tion to you in reference to the proceed-
ings of the enemy's troops in Jutland—proceedings which,
it appears to me, correspond in many respects with the
manner in which they have conducted themselves in Schles-
wig,—l have the honour to be, &c.,
(Signed)

" QTJAADE."

DEATH OF PROFESSOR PILLANS.—This eminent
educationist died at his house, Inverleith-row,
Edinburgh, on Sunday morning, at the advanced age of 86.
The late Mr. James Pillans, M.D., LL.D , &c., was born
at Edinburgh in 1778, being the son of a printer there, and
was educated at the High School and University of that
city. Among his early associates and fellow-students were
Henry Brougham, Francis Horner, Francis Jeffrey, and
other names which afterwards became celebrated in the
literature and Whig politics of the ScOttish metropolis. He
also made the acquaintance of Thomas Campbell, in Lon-
don, about 1797. Mr. Pillans began active life as a tutor,
first in a private family, and afterwards at Eton; and in
January, 1810, he became, at the suggestion of Francis
Homer, a candidate for the rectorship of the High
School of Edinburgh, then vacant by the death of Dr.
Alan. To this office, which he filled for ten years and a
half, or nearly eleven sessions, he was elected by the Town
Council. In 1820 he was unanimously chosen Professor of
Humanity (Latin) in the University of Edinburgh, and
filled that important chair for the long period of 43 years,
having retired only last sear in consequence of failing
strength. He last appeared in public at the meetings of
the Education Section of the Social Science Congress held
in Edinburgh last autumn, though then unable to take any
part in the business. Throughout his long and temperate
life he had scarcely ever known a day's sickness, and he
only succumbed at length to the advance of years. For
about 50 years his name has been widely known as an
earnest, devoted, and enlightened instructor of youth, and
he was, in his earlier years particularly, a strenuous advo-
cate of the cause of popular education. His career was
marked both in the High School and University by great
success in the cultivation of ancient literature, and particu-
larly Latin verse. He was the author of severed works, both
on elementary and classical education, on ancient geography
and Roman literature. As a teacher it was his boast that
ho had lessened the frequency of corporal punishment in
the High School, and substituted the supremacy of honour,
principle, and affection for the reign of terror and the pros.
tration of fear. Ho enjoyed in no common degree the regard
and gratitude of his pupils, the list of whom L, eluded hun-
dreds of the best educated and most successful of his coun-
trymen. About ten years ago ho was entertained to dinner
by a large company of gentlemen who had attended his
classes in the High School, and who, through their chair-
man, Lord Neaves, bore the most cordial testimony to his
admirable methods and distinguished services in the culti-
vation of the youthful mind. Mr. Pillans married a sister
of the late Rev. John Thomson, the celebrated painter, but
his wife predeceased him many years and left no family.
Lord Lifford, in a letter to the limes, says he
knows of an able-bodied man in Ireland, the father of a
family, who receives but £3 10s. and his oatmeal food as
wages for six months.

Persons in debt may obtain instant protection against
imprisonment or seizure of their goods, and an entire release
from all debts and liaLilities without publicity, by application
to Messrs. Marshall, solticltors of the Court of Bankruptcy,
Charges under £5 payable by easy instalments. Offices—
(established 1830), 12, Hatton-garden. city branch-0, Moor-
gate-street, Bank,---ADvr.

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HER MAJESTY.

WINDS R. CASTLE, March 28•

The Qieen, aecoinpnied by her Royal liighuess
Princtes walked and drove in the grounds
this morning.
The Portuguese Minister and the Right Hon.
and Mrs. Cardwell left the CAsti_e this morning, And
returned to London.

Count Lavradio had the honour of dining with
her Majesty the Queen, the King of the Belgianll
and the royal family yesterday.

Mr. Henry O'Neill has had the honour of a sitting
from his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for
his picture of the Landing at Gravesend, and Mr.
H. l'Veigall has been honoured by a sitting 'rum
the Princess for her full-length portrait.
The Right Hon. Sir George Grey 1'1.P., left toWa
yesterday for Stratton Park.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colo'
nial-office from the Governors of Malta and Gibral-
tar, and from the Lord High Commissioner of the
lonian Islands.

VISIT LT THE QUEEN TO THE ROYAL HoRTI"
CULTURAL GARDENS.—Her Majesty has signified
her intention of visiting the flower show, to be held in the
gardens of the Royal Horticultural Society to-morrow.
The Queen is expected to arrive about 11 o'clock, and will
be received by the council and officers of the society at the
entrance in the Exhibition-road. As her Alajosiy does not
object to the presence of fellows on this occasion, the
privilege of an admission, at the north entrance of the
gardens only, as early as ten o'clock, will be accorded theta
and their friends in the possession of tickets,
The Earl Grey has gone to Alu wick Castle►
Northumberland, for the Parliamentary recess. The Cou
teas Grey left Carlton-house-terrace on Saturday on a tour
of visits during the holidays.

The Countess Heioise de Hamel de Manin bag
arrived at Devonshire House, Brighton (from Cumberland
House, Bayswater), on a visit to Mrs. Foster,
Lord and Lady Bateman will receive a distin•
pushed party at their seas, Kelmarsh Hall, during the
Northampton race meeting, The circle invited assembled
yesterday,

Colonel Lord Seaton has arrived at Fent on'e
Hotel, St. James's-street, from Ireland.
Lady Louisa Grevi4le and Lady Charlotte Greville
have arrived at the Queen's Hotel, Upper Norwood.
The Right Hon, Sir George Grey, Bart., M.P.,
left town yesterday for Stratton Park.

Rear-Admiral the Hon. James R. Drummond
and Mrs. Drummond left the gallant officer's official resi•
dance at the Admiralty on Saturday, for a short visit to
Paris.

Banquet at the Mansion-house,

Tile annual Easter entertainment was given by the Lord
:',li)er and Lai), Alayore6s at the Alausion Huuse last
to an assembly of between twu and three hundred

persons.

At the banquet the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress were
supported by The Marquis of Salisbury and Lord and Lady
Maiden on their right, and by his Royal Highness the Dato
of Cambridge, Lord Stratford de Redclitre, and &r John
and Lady Dalrymple Hay on the left.
Grace after meat having been said by the Lord Mayor's
chaplain, the Loving Cup was quaffed.
The LORD MAYOR rose, and said, in giving the introduc-
tory toast, the health of the Sovereign of these realms, it was
a toast that came home to the hearts of Englishmen in
whatever quarter of the globe they might be sojourning;
and in the city of London it was always received with the
enthusiasm which it deserved, (Hear, hear.) H,3 gaVO
them, then, " The Health of her Majesty the Queen."
(The toast was drunk with three times three and loud
cheers.)

The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The Health of the
Prince and Princess of 'Wales." (Cheers.)
The next toast from the chair was " The Army, Navy,
and Volunteers," coupled with the names of his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge and Admiral Walcott.
(Loud cheers.)

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE returned thanks for the army
and volunteers. The army, he observed, must be gratified
by any mark of favour and affection which was shown to
them by any portion of their countrymen, and more es, eci-
ally when the compliment cams) from the city of London,
which had never been backward in showing its confidence
in and approval of that portion of her Majesty's forces.
(Hear, hear.) At the present moment the bulk of the army
was not actively employed, although we had ca our hands a
small war in New Zealand, where, however, he was happy
to think our troops, under the able command of Sir Duncan
Cameron, had achieved such ra-ults that we might soon hope
to hear of the conclusion of hostilities. It was true, also,
that some of our troops had been actively engaged on the
frontiers of India; but there, again, the British soldier, in
conjunction with the native, had evinced a gallantry and
spirit, determination, courage, and fortitude which had done
them the greatest honour. (Cheers.) We were living in a
time of peace; nevertheless, the British soldier required all
our sympathy and support ; for there was no army in the
world that was so scattered and so constantly employed in
every portion of the globe of the British army ; and he was
sure that it would be understood by all that the arduous
service and the battling with climate which theßritith soldier
was called upon to endure were far more serious than the
honourable career of active service. (Hear, hear.) With
regard to existing circumstances, we were, it was true, liv-
ing in a time of peace; and as a soldier he fully shared in
the sentiments expressed in the wish that that state of things
might long continue. Still he could not disguise from him-
self the fact that, whether we looked to Europe or to America,
there were very important transactions going on in both
hemispheres—in fact, be feared he must say that both were
in a state of war. Hitherto we had had the advantage of
keeping clear of these contests, and so far as he was con-
cerned he could only say that din an honourable way we could
continue to do so he sincerely trusted we should. He was
also convinced of this, that the present was not the moment
when we could play tricks with our establishments, and
that, therefore, it was of all things necessary that, whether
it were our army or our navy, both those establishments
should be kept up in the most complete and efficient manner ;
for though this country was determined by every honourable
means in its power to keep out of the wars that were nowgoing
on, he was sure it would never submit to humiliation or con-
tempt. (Cheers.) In a state of things such as that he
believed that those who were now most anxious for peace
would be the first to desire war; for in these circumstances
alone war was justifiable, and upon that great principle
alone had this great empire ever engaged in any conquest.
(Hear, hear.) With respect to. the volunteers, he enter-
tained the firm conviction that if at •any moment difficul-
ties should arise that force would be found as efficient in
reality as it was now powerful on paper. According to the
returns the number of volunteers amounted to 150,000 men;
but if only 11)0,000 could be brought into the field as a sup-
plementary force to the regular army, the value of such an
auxiliary must be admitted by every one. (Cheers.) He
was delighted to think that there was that day a large con-
centration of volunteer troops in the neighbourhood of this
metropolis, because ha thought those cancentratiuns were
of immense importance and advantage. Indeed, a volunteer
force could only be maintained by being brought together
now and then, in order to show their merits and demerits.
fie believed, however, tnat the merits of our volunteers
greatly surpasses their demerits; and he was certain that
on the morrow they would have the opportunity of resting
in the various newspapers that the proceedings of that day
had passed off in a satisfactory manner. (Cheers.) On behalf
of the army and the voluateets, then, he had great pleasure
in thanking them for the honour they had conferred upon
those branches of the military force in drinking their health.
(Loud cheers.)

Admiral \VALcoTT, in replying for the navy, said that as
the senior naval officer present he could net hut express the
sorrow with which he saw the glorious wooden walls of
Old England passing away. Hencetorward they were to be
cased in iron, but he was happy to know that in no other
respect would any transformation ba effected. Our jolly
tars, those gallant and generous hearted men, would still
be true to their flag, and would never be found wanting at
a period of emergency. Mere wooden walls would
no longer form a defence against the ponderous guns
of Armstrong and Whitworth ; in future wars, there-
fore, it would require nerves of steel and hearts as well
as ships of iron to contend with such ponderous weapon is
but he believed that qualification would never be wanting,
and that the occasion would call forth the same irresistible
courage and profeEsional skill that had always adorned the
naval history of our country. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOn proposed " The House of Peers, and
the Health of the Marquis of Salisbury." (Cheers.)
The Marquis of SALISBURY responded to the toast.
The Lotto MAYOR next proposed "The Health of the
House of Commons," which was responded to by the Hen'
Mr. Denman, Q.C., who gracefully referred to the intimate
connection of his father in former times with the Cor-
poration of city of London, an allusion which WAS
loudly cheered. It was only for a short period he had
held a seat in that house; and there were others present
who had enjoyed that honour for a much longer period,
but he believed he might say on no occasion in the history
of this country had the singular and interesting fact been
presented to the country of the House of Commons being
led with so much honour, with so much vigour, and %illh
such thoroughly English' spirit—in this both sides Nwilud
tt
agree—as by one who was not only the leader but the tether
of that house. (Loud cheers.) He would not therefore
misunderstood when he said that, so far as their inclination:
and determinations were concerned, the honour and
inte-
rests of the country were safe while the House of Commons
was led by its present leader. (Loud cheers.)
comSepvaenryaloeupthareartetd.oasta Were then drunk, after which OA