The Sun.
London, England, 1863-07-02 00:00:00

Dinner to the Earl of Derby at tLe Mansion

House,
Last evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress gave a
surnptrious entertainment to the Earl of Derby at the Man-
sion Ilouse, when the prominent members of the Conserva-
tive party in both Houses of Parliament were invited to
mr..et their distinguished chief.
The company began to arrive soon after 6 o'clock, and
were -received by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoreas in the
saloon. At 7 o'clock the Earl of Derby was announced.
His lordship was accompanied by the Countess of Derby
and Lord Stanley. The reception accorded to the noble earl
by the brilliant circle around the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress was marked by the greatest cordiality.
The banquet was served in the Egyptian Hall, which was
tastefully ornamented for the occasion.

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large spectroscope at all throughout the journey, their rudeness by any scruples on the score o
and through the thick atmosphere and large amount courtesy and decorum ; and the stentorian lungs of
of vapour I was unable to make any use of the the members for Birmingham and Brighton are
, available to swell the cheers which greet alike the
camera kindly prepaaed by Mr. Melhuish, with
plaueibie reasoning of Mr. Forster, and the frantic
plates specially prepared by Mr, H. Norris, of Bir- extravaganeies of the unhappy mountebank who
mingham. This ascent must rank among the most sits for Leicester. The same vigorous lungs give a.
extraordinary ever made; the results were most force and power of annoyance to Radical interru
equable
unexpected. We met with at least three distinct
temper .of Mr. Roebuck, and disconcert Lord
layers of clouds in ascending, of different thickness,
IL Cecil, whose resolution and self-confidence
reaching up to four miles high ; when here the are not yet fortified by experience. The
atmosphere, instead of being bri_ ht and clear, as it ministerialists, as in duty bound, cheer their
has always been in preceding ascents, was thick and leaders, whether the Solicitor-General rise to ex-
misty, but perhaps the most extraordinary and un- mist' the escape of the Ala
tobama, or Mr. Glad
Government
expected result in the month of June was meeting
with snow and crystals of ice floating in the at- notwh yet
thas
entitled to
ean army, a navy, and a nation is
recognition. But no. one can
mosphere at the height of three miles, and of nearly watche the course of debate without perceiving that
one mile in thickness. the apologists of the North, or of a policy favourable
My thanks are due to Mr. Negretti, who kindly to the North, always speak as apologists, with the
attended to assist me to the last moment of my consciousness that they address an audience which.
dislikes to hear; while every phrase that expresses
leaving the earth. a e nerous sympathy with Southern heroism and a
From the chairman, Mr. Moore, and from all,
rational confidence in the first triumph of the
whether directors, officers, or men, in whatever Southern cause is eagerly caught up and enthusias-
capacity, I met with liberality, courtesy, and atten- tically cheered by every section of the house, ex-
tion, which speaks well for the order of so vast an cepting that small and hated faction who on this,
undertaking ; and lam glad of this opportunity of as on every other question, are at issue with the
expressing my thanks to them. 1 would not in par-
wishes, the hopes, and the feelings of the English
nation. No one can mistake the sincerity of the
titular omit Mr. Ortton, who, as manager of the
cheers that greet a Minister who has occasion
gas, and with inadequate means at his command, to make a speech disagreeable to the North ;
contrived through zeal and intelligence to meet Mr. while the perfunctory character of the ap-
Coxwell's requirements. plause which accompanies an official speech
The place of descent was in a field adjoining the against recognition is as evident as the half-hearted--
farm of Mr. H. Jones, on the borders of the counties ness of the special pleading of Mr. Gladstone against
the motion of Tuesday night. The house, like the
of Cambridge and Norfolk, 20 miles from the Wash,
countiy, wishes well to the Coisfederates • rejoices
and eight miles from Ely, next to the field in which in their victories, regrets theirs nfferings, glows with
the dam of the celebrated racehorses Gownsman and indignation against the crimes and cruelties of which
and Avenger was grazing, which did not exhibit they are the victims. And this sympathy, national
and Parliamentary, is in itself a strong and power-
any sign of fright. Our best thanks are due to Mr.
tut a
argument in favour of the Confederate claims.
Jones for his kind assistance and liberality.—l am, For it is sympathy which has grown out of the de-
sir, your obedient servant, velopment of American character and the increase
Blackheath, July 1. JAMES GLAISHE R. of English knowledge. At first the national feeling
was adverse to the South, and those who knew the
truth and laboured to make it clear had an uphill
work to do. It is the growth of knowledge as to the
source of the struggle—in the determination of the
South not to be ruled by a sectional faction,
and not in a love for slavery—it is the virtue of the
Confederates, the savage brutality, cowardice, and
insolence of the Northerners; it is the conviction
that there is nothing respectable in the attempt of
the Federal Government to conquer the South, and
everything that is generous and chivalric in the
determination of the South never to be conquered ;
it is the certainty that the Confederates are in the
right and the invaders in the wrong, that has taught
the English people, as well es their representatives,
from their hearts to desire that the tide of invasion
should be rolled back, and that the Confederate
States of America should take that high place among
the nations to which they are entitled by deeds of
heroism that have few parallels in the history of
mankind. Against this sympathy the advocates of
aggression, the champions of despotism—the ad-
mirers of President Lincoln and apologists of Gen.
Butler—find it every day more and more difficult
o contend.

COUNTRY MARKETS.

NEWCASTLE—TUESDAY.
There bas been a fair business doing in wheat to-day,
but the supply was limited ; farmers being busy in conse-
quence of the fine weather the attendance was small ; sales
at former quotations.
Old white wheat..s4s to 60s Old red wheat, ..53s to 56s
New do. ..50s to 56s New do. ..45a to 50s
Malting barley....37s to 42s Oats 22s to 30$
Grinding d0.....29s to 32s I Beans 355 to• 450

HULL—TUESDAY.
The wheat trade since our last report has been quiet. At
this day's market there was a lair supply of English
wheat, which was taken off slowly at barely last week's
currency. Foreign neglected, with no advance upon last
week's rates. Grinding barley sold better, at late quo-
tations. Beans and peas steady. Oats dull.
Wheat.... Old white per qr. 4Bs Od to 50s Od
Old red
New white .. ~
New red ...
• 17
Barley.... English malting 36s Od to 37s Od
Grinding 26s 6d to 28s Od
Saal and Oderbruck
Holstein and Danish 2Bs Od to 29s Od
Grinding
Oats English, old
Archangel and Riga, per st OBl2O to 13d
Friesland and Dutch' oBl3cl to 08130
Swedish and Danish 05123/4d to osl 3d
Beans ....English, old, per qr 43s Od to 458 03
New pigeon 42s Od to 44s 03
New tick 4os Od to 42s Od
Egyptian
Peas Foreign boilers
Grinding
Tares ....Spring —s Od to —8 03
Indian Corn
Linseed, feeding
crushing
Linseed cakes (Hull) 110 0: 0 to £0 0 0
Foreign Bl5 oto 9 0 ()
Rape cakes 6 5 oto 610 0
Bones