The Sun.
London, England, 1865-04-18 00:00:00

rous company, including several persons of consi-
deration and note, at dinner, at the Mansion-
sion, which was served in the Egyptian-hall with
the splendour customary there on such occasions.
The guests were about 250 in number, and among
them were :—The Bishop of Carlisle (the preacher
of the Spital sermon in the morning), General Sir
Fred. Smith, M.P., Sir. G. Bowyer, M.P., Admiral
Sir Frederic Nicolson, C. 8., Sir Arthur Buller,
M.P., Sir Edmund Hornby, Chief Judge of the
Supreme Court of China and Japan, and Lady
Hornby ; the Hon. Fernando Wood, Mr. and Mrs.
Wood, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England, Colonel Sykes, M.P., Captain
Sykes, Mr. H. Paull, M.P., and Mrs. Paull,
Mr. J. T. Norris, M.P., and Mrs. Norris, the
Baron and Baroness Van Bussche ; Mr. Gilpin, .
treasurer of Christ's Hospital ; the treasurer
of St. Bartholomew's Hospital and Mrs. Foster
White, the treasurer of Bridewell Hospital and Mrs.
Johnson, the treasurer of St. Thomas's Hospital and
Mrs. Hicks, the Master of the Worshipful Company
of Tallow Chandlers, and Mrs. Cooper; Mr. J. B.
Heath, Italian Consul-General, and Mrs. Heath;
Mr. Marraaduke Sampson, Consul-General to the
Argentine Republic, and Mrs. Heurtley ; Mr. Josiah
Hale, Professor Brande, Mr. H. Pownall, chairman
of the Middlesex magistrates ; Colonel M'Call, Cap-
tain Chads, R.N., and Miss Chads, Mr. and Mrs.
Joseph Hoare, Mr. George Hankey, Mr. and Mrs.
W. IL Twentyman, Mr. and Mrs. Du Plat Tay-
lor, Mr. Graham Gilmore, &c. Mr. Alderman Sid-
ney, M.P., and Mrs. Sidney, Sir Robert Walter
Carden and the Misses Carden, Mr. Alderman
and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Lawrence, Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Gabriel, Mr. Alderman and
Miss Allen, Mr. Alderman and Mrs, Mechi,
Mr. Alderman Abbiss and Mrs. Downing, Mr.
Alderman J. Clarke Lawrence, Mr. Alderman
and Mrs. Gibbons, Mr. Alderman and Mrs.
Waterlow, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Lusk, Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Stone, Mr. Alderman and Sheriff
and Mrs. Dakin. Mr. •Alderman and Sheriff and
Mrs. Besley, Colonel Fraser, Commissioner of
Police, the Town Clerk and Mrs. Woodthorpe, the
Common-Sergeant and Mrs. Chambers, the Secon-
dary and Miss Potter, the Remembrancer and Mrs.
Corrie, the High Bailiff of Southwark and Mrs.
Gresham, Mr. Under-Sheriff and Mrs. De Jersey,
Mr. Under-Sheriff and Mrs. Davidson, the Chair-
man of the Principal Corporation Committees, Mr.
Webster. Q.C., and Mr. Samuel Whitbread.

On the removal of the cloth the loving-cup was
passed round the board, and then the LORD MAYOR
gave in succession " The Queen," " The Prince and
Princess of Wales, with the rest of the Royal
Family," and " The Army and Navy and the
Volunteers."

General Sir FREDERICK SMITH responding to the
toast of the Army and the Volunteers, said at
no time had he known the British army in a more
efficient state than at present, and he spoke from
long experience of it. It was not, he said, an army
of aggression, but of defence, and it would be at all
times willing and able to perform its duties. The
Army was in the highest state of efficiency in all its
departments, and whether it was called on to defend
our interests at home or abroad the country might
rely on its being equal to the work. Adverting to
the Volunteer movement, he said he felt confident
from the first that it would be a great success, and
the events of that day at Brighton he had no doubt
would afford additional proof of the general effi-
ciency of the force. It now consisted of 150,000
men, and he for one, as an old officer, should be as
much at home with the. Volunteers as with the
regular army. They were men of more intelligence
than ordinary soldiers, and having besides, in the
majority of cases, property, wives, and families to
protect, more efficient service was expected from
them. Some years ago it became often a question
whether we should be attacked by a foreign Power,
but that question was settled at once and for all
by the establishment of the Volunteer force. If our
colonies should be attacked he felt confident we
should be in a positiorr to defend them, and while
Canada remained loyal it would be a great disgrace
to this country if it were to neglect to defend them.
Admiral Sir FREDERICK NICOLSON, speaking for
the Navy, said its chief duty was to protect the com-
merce of the country. However much opinionsmight
differ as to the number of ships we ought to have,
or as to whether there were certain dependencies of
this country that ought to be retained, or certain
colonies that ought to be defended, we were all
united in thinking that it was of great advantage
to the country that its commerce should be ex-
tended, and that it was the paramount duty of the
Navy to defend that commerce wherever it might be.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed the " Health of
the Bishop of Carlisle," as the preacher of the Spital
sermon of that day, taking occasion to speak of
him as a laborious parish priest before he was raised
to the dignity of the episcopate, and as an ornament
of the Church to which he belonged.
The Right Rev. PRELATE, in acknowledging the
compliment, dwelt upon the advantages likely to
arise from the Bishop of London having thrown
open the dome area of St. Paul's Cathedral for
Divine service on Sunday evenings, and therebyin a
sense revived the services which, in ancient times,
were accustomed to take place at Paul's Cross.
Sir. G. BOWYER, M.P., speaking to the toast of
" The House of Commons," which had been given
from the chair, said, speaking in that hall, devoted
to hospitality, he could not forget that the constitu-
tion of the city of London was more ancient than
that of Parliament. That constitution presented to
the world the illustrious example of those municipal
liberties which had been in all history the germ of
political liberty, and without which our political
liberty would indeed be insecure. He could safely