The Sun.
London, England, 1865-10-26 00:00:00

Banquet at `the Mansion•house.

The Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress enter
tamed yesterday evuning a large party at dinner in
the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house. The ban-
quer was given immediately in honour of the mas-
ters and wardens of the 12 great livery companies
of the city, and a number of members of the corpo-
ration and their friends were invited to meet those
special guests of the evening. The company, which
consisted of upwards of 200 ladies and gentlemen,
comprised the following personages : General
Sabine, President of the Royal Society ; Admiral
Sir F. Nicolson, Bart., C. 8., Major-General Bell,
C. 8., Col.. Sir H. Edwardes, K.C.8., and Lady
Edwardes, Mr. Hodgson, President of the Royal
College of Surgeons ; Mr. Delarue, President of the
Royal Astronomical Society ; Mr. Hamilton, Presi-
dent of the Geological Society ; Mr. Lee, M.P.,
Mr. Russell, M.P., the Masters and Wardens of the
Twelve Livery Companies, the Members of the
Board of Conservators of the River Thames, Capt.
Inglefield, R.N., and Mrs. Inglefield, Col. Walmis-
ley, commanding Ist City of London Artillery Vo-
lunteers ; Col. Warde, commanding Ist City of
London Rifle Volunteers; Col. Richards, command-
ing 3d City of London Rifle Volunteers ; the Con-
sul General of the Argentine Republic; Mr. Whit-
bread, Mr. Barnett, Mr. and Mrs. Hankey, the
Court of Assistants of the Tallow Chandlers' Com-
pany, Mr. Moore, Mr. L. Taylor, Major Russell,
Mr. L. Simpson, Mr. R. Scott, Mr. Fowler, Alder-
man Sir J. Musgrove, Bart.,(Sir. F G. Moon, Bart.,
Sir R. W. Carden, Alderman Carter, Aldermen
Rose, Alderman Lawrence, M.P., Alderman Ga-
briel, Alderman Allen, Alderman Mechi, Alderman
Abbiss, Alderman Besley, Alderman Waterlow,
Alderman Stone, the Chairman of the Corporation
Committees, &c.
At the conclusion of the dinner the healths of
her Majesty, and of the Prince and Princess of
Wales, were given from the chair, and cordially
honoured by the company. The next toast was
" The Army, Navy, and Volunteers," and the com-
pliment was acknowledged on behalf of those re-
spective services by Major-General Bell, Admiral
Sir F. Nicolson, and Lieut.-Col. Warde. The lat-
ter gallant gentleman took occasion to express his
belief that the volunteer force was now in a well-
disciplined condition, and to offer his thanks to the
corporation of London for their services in promot-
ing the efficiency of the City of London Volunteer
Rifle Brigade.
The LORD MAYOR, in afterwards proposing the
toast of " The House of Commons," with which he
coupled the name of Mr. Alderman Lawrence, M.P.,
said that it was impossible upon such an occasion to
forget that that assembly had just lost one of its
greatest ornaments. (Hear, hear.) He had him-
self heard Lord Palmerston address the House of
Commons in the year 1811, and he remembered
that the noble lord had then given promise of those
high qualities he had since so strikingly displayed.
He was a man specially remarkable for the courtesy
and geniality of his address, and the cordiality of his
manners had added the charm of a personal regard
to the admiration which his brilliant talents and
great public services naturally created among every
class of his fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.)
Mr. Alderman LAWRENCE, in responding to the
toast, said the first thought that must arise upon
such an occasion in every mind was that
the House of Commons had just lost its most dis-
tinguished member. Lord Palmerston was a man
who had won the esteem, regard, and affection of
every person in England, and not in England alone,
for his name was known and valued in every quar-
ter of the globe. He was respected and beloved as a
man who had never made an enemy and never de-
serted a friend. He had left us in a state of peace,
and his memory would long be cherished by his
country as that of one of the greatest of her bene-
factors. (Hear, hear.)
The next toast was " The Health of the Masters
and Wardens of the Twelve great Livery Compa-
nies," which was acknowledged by Mr. Vinning,
the prime warden of the Fishmongers' Company.
Some other toasts followed, and the company
separated shortly before 11 o'clock.
The musical arrangements were under the direc-
tion of Mr. J. L. Hatton.

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A meeting of gentlemen interested in promoting
the industrial education of the people was held on Tuesday
evening, in the Prince of Wales Hotel, Dublin, for the
purpose of appointing a committee to bring under the
notice of the Government and the public, in any re-arrange-
ment of the educational system of this country, the claims
of the Irish industrial classes togrertter encouragement for
industrial education. Mr. Frank Thorpe Porter occupied
the chair. A committee was appointed for the above pur-
pose, and held its first sitting immediately afterwards.
TESSELATED PAVEMENT AT EXETER.—Workmen
employed in sinking the foundations for a new church at
Exeter have come, at a depth of 10ft., upon some portions
of tessolated pavement, evidently of great antiquity.
We understand that the British Museum and
South Kensington Museum will be closed on Friday, the
27th inst., being the day appointed for Lord Palmerston's
funeral.