The Sun.
London, England, 1865-06-12 00:00:00

On Saturday evening a sumptuous banquet was given to
his Royal Highness the Prince of "Wales by the Fishmon-
gers' Company in their hall at London-bridge.
Covers were -laid for 170. Among the distinguished
guests who attended to meet his Royal Highness wore—
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, K.G., the
Duchess of Sutherland, the Lord Bishop of London and
Mrs. Tait, Lord Brougham, Lord George Cavendish, M.P.,
Lord Ebury and the Hon. Miss Grosvenor, Rear-Admiral
Lord Clarence and Lady Clarence-Paget, Lord Mount-
Edgeumbe, Lord and Lady Elcho, the Chancellor of the
Exchequer and Mrs. Gladstone, the Lord and Lady
Mayoress, the Lord Chief Justice Erle, the Lord Chief
Baron and Lady Pollock, the Attorney-General and Lady
Laura Palmer, Vice-Chancellor Sir W. Page Wood and
Lady Wood, Lieut.-General Rnollys, Lieut.-Col. Keppel,
Col. Tyrwhitt, Col. Gould, Col. Buckton, Sir John and
Lady_Bowring, Sir Rowland and Lady Hill, the Hon. G.
C. Talbot, the Hon. H. B. NV . Brand, M.P., and Mrs. Brand,
Sir S. Morton Peto, Miss Peto; Mr. Thomas.
Mitchell, M.P., Mr. W. R. Crawford, M.P., 'Mr. Thomas
ilanbury, jun., M.P., Mr. Remington Mills. M.P., Alder-
man William Lawrence and Miss Lawrence, the Governor
Of the Bank of England and Miss Holland ; Mr. and Mrs.
James M'Henry,
and Mrs. Hibbert, Mr. G. H. Davis, LL.D., Mr. Haldane,
Mr. Elsey, Mr. W. Rathbone Gregg, Mr.
and many others connected with the banking and commer-
cial interests of the city of London.
' His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, who was most
cordially cheered on arriving at the hall, was received by
the Prime Warden (Mr. James Spicer), Mr. Walter Yen-
ning, Mr. Renshaw, Mr. George Moore, Mr. W. Kynaston,
Mr. Joseph Travers Smith, and Mr. Towse, clerk of the com-
pany. The Prince was conducted to the reception-room,
in which the guests had assembled. Soon after dinner was
announced. The Prince led the Duchess:of Sutherland, and
the Duke of Cambridge conducted Mrs. Spicer, the lady of
the Prime Warden (Mr. James Spicer) to the bangeting-
hall.

On the sideboards placed at either end of the hall, and
on the table was ranged a magnificent display of costly
gold and silver gilt plate.
The dinner was supplied by Messrs. Ring and Rymer, of
Cornhill, and was, with the dessert and wines, excellent.
The musical arrangements were under the direction of
Mr. Henry Buckland. Mr. Harker was toastmaster.
The cloth having been removed, and grace sung by the
vocalists in attendance,
The PRIME WARDEN, who presided, rose ',to propose the
first toast,:which on such an occasion, he was convinced, re-
quired no preface and no comment from him. He gave " The
Health of her most gracious Majesty the Queen." (Cheers.
The toast was drunk with all the honours, ond followed
by the National Anthem.
The PRIME WARDEN next proposed " The Health of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, and the rust of the Royal
Family." The toast acquired special interest from the fact
that he who :was the object of it had condescended to
honour that ancient and loyal corporation with his pre-
sence that evening. (Cheers.) He felt certain,he expressed
the sentiments of all present, as well as his own, when he
said they were all gratified and grateful that their illus-
trious guest should have so graciously responded to the
invitation of the Court of Fishmongers' Coinpany. He
was. not using the language of flattery, but simply re-
cording a fact with which the people of these realms,
from one end of the kingdom to
,the other, were conver-
sant when he 'said that the esteem and the affection with
which his Royal Highness was regarded by her Majesty's
subjects were owing no less to his amiable manners, his
kindly disposition, and the condescension which he in-
variably displayed in his intercourse with all the classes
of the community than to the exalted position which
h
and the relation in which he stood as heir
apparent to the British Throne. (Cheers.) There was
another circumstance which had endeared him to the people
e occupied,
of England, and that was that he had followed so closely
in the footsteps of his ever-to-be-lamented and illustrious
father, by lending his high sanction to the promotion of
those industrial exhibitions that tended so much to elevate
and improve the tastes and habits of the lower classes. The
people of Ireland wero highly gatified by the late visit of
his Royal Highness to Dublin for the purpose of opening
their Exhibition, and the favourable impression produced
by that visit would not be soon forgotten. (Cheers.) With
respect to the illustrious consort of his Royal Highness,
though connected only for a brief period with the people of
this country, she had already endeared herself to all classes
of her Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) They rejoiced that she
had so recently presented to the nation another infant
Prince—(cheers)—=so that now they had two Princes who
hereafter would have the right of inscribing their names
on their freemen's roll. (Cheers.) On the part of all present
he offered hearty congratulations on the auspicious event,
and their prayers should ascend for her Royal Highness's
speedy cover
The toast was drunk with the greatest enthusiasm.
rey.(Cheers.)

The Prince of WALES, who on rising was much cheered,
in aclmowleding the toast said—Mr. Prime Warden, your
Royal Highness, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—l thank
you very much for the kind manner in which my name
and that of the Princess of Wales, and the other members