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LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, MAY 11, 1854.

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3IR. ALBERT SMITH'S MONT BLANC,
including the BERNESE OBERLAND and the SIMPLON,
T 111.4 EVENING, and Every Evening at Eight o'Clock, (except
Saturday) ; and Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday Mornings, at Twu.
Stalls, 3a. (which can be taken at the box. office every day from II
till 4 ; area, is.; galley, Is.—Egyptlan Hxll, Piccadilly.

THE WAR.

stationed until such time as transports can be provided
for conveying the regiment to the seat of war.
The 21st Royal North British Fusiliers, now lying in
Dublin, are under orders for immediate embarkation.
This regiment was paraded on Tuesday morning on the
esplanade in front of the Royal Barracks, under com-
mand of its colonel in charge, Lieutenant-Colonel
Swiney, and was inspected by Major-General Cochrane,
who expressed high satisfaction at the fine condition of
the men, and at the well-disciplined state of the regi-
ment generally.
On Monday the 27th Enniskillens, at present in Dub-
lin, received final orders to prepare for immediate ser-
vice in India. For months past this regiment has ex-
pected to form part of the contingent to Turkey, the
corps being among the earliest included in the list of
those destined to take part in the war.
The sth Dragoon Guards, stationed at Ballincolig,
under orders to proceed to the seat of war, expect to
leave daily for their destination. It is reported that the
monster steamer Himalaya, as soon as her repairs are
made good, will arrive in Cork harbour and convey the
men and horses direct from this port to Constantinople.
A large quantity of the hay which has been ordered for
the use of the cavalry departing from England to the seat
of war has been contracted for in Devonshire. For the
purpose of executing the contract extensive premises
have been engaged at Exeter, where presses of great
power are erected. Each press works two bales at a
time, the two containing about one seam of hay. The
pile of bundles, originally measuring about eight feet in
height, are thus reduced to two feet ; the sides are then
pared, and the bale is secured by four cords, when the
pressure is taken off, and the process is complete.
About five tons are daily sent off by the South Devon
Railway to the victualling-office, Plymouth, where they
undergo a rigid inspection before they are taken into
store.

NAVAL AND MILITARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Waterwitch, 8 guns, sloop, Commander A. H.
Gardner (June 28, 1851), arrived at Sheerness yesterday
at 8.30 a.m. from the West Coast of Africa, last from the
Downs, waiting Admiralty orders. The Waterwitch left
Sierra Leone on the 30th of March last, and has recently
experienced very bad weather during the north-east
gales. The man who murdered Mr. Carr, second-
master of the Myrmidon, iron paddle-wheel steam-vessel,
Lieutenant-Commander William K. Jolliffe, has been
given up by the islanders of Kanna, and handed over to
the Portuguese Governor of Bissao. The Governor of
Sierra Leone has gone down in the Myrmidon to take
charge of him, and he will be taken back to Sierra Leone
and there tried for the murder. There can be no doubt
of his being the person who committed the murder, as
confirmatory evidence was given by the islanders of
Kanna to the Portuguese Governor of Bissao on his
being delivered up. It is, however, expected that he
will be formally tried at Sierra Leone for the murder,
and executed at Kanna, as a warning to the islanders
there. All was quiet on the coast at the time the
Waterwitch left. The French war steam-vessel Sesos-
tris arrived at Sierra Leone on the day the Waterwitch
sailed. The Sesostris was on her passage to the South
coast. Slave vessels were rarely to be seen, and the only
slavers that were seen were sailing under American
colours, but whether American vessels or not was in
some cases doubtful. The Waterwitch has been out two
years and ten months, during which time the officers
and ship's company have been very healthy ; there
has not been a single death of any one of her crew,
and her daily sick list has only averaged three per cent.
of her entire complement. She has been actively em-
ployed on the coast nine months out of twelve.
At 1.30 p.m. yesterday Vice-Admiral of the Red the
Hon. Joceline Percy, Commander-in-Chief at Sheerness,
accompanied by Captain Lord Ikederick Kerr, of the
Waterloo, 120 guns, as flag captain, visited and in-
spected her. The crew went to general quarters, and
fired. They were then put through the great gun,
musket, and cutlass exercise, manning and arming ship,
fire bell, making sail and shifting topsails, all of which
was done in first-rate, seamanlike style. Vice-Admiral
the Hon. Joceline Percy passed a very high compliment
upon the officers and men, as to their perfect efficiency
throughout his inspection. On the gallant Admiral
leaving, the entire crew were passed on deck, and were
addressed by their esteemed commander, and informed
that, in consequence of the war with Russia, their ser-
vices would be still required, and that they would in a
few days be draughted to serve in other ships. The
only whisper that was passed was, " We have been to-
gether for some time ; all we wish is to be sent all on
board of one ship, and still be shipmates. We know
our men ; send us to any place the service may require,
but do not break up our little mess. We have been
taught our duty here as sailors, and we are ready to do
it in the Baltic, Black Sea, or anywhere we are sent."
Their commander informed them that as long as they
remained in harbour at Sheerness three-fourths of the
entire ship's company would be allowed leave daily,
leaving one-fourth to carry on the ship's duty. The tars
doffed their castors, and giving a cheerful bow to the
quarterdeck, left to make immediate arrangements for
going on shore.
The Longboat, sailing tender to the Formidable, has
returned to Sheerness, from Dover, with volunteers for
the navy ; they are all fishermen, and, in several instances,
masters of fore and aft fishing-vessels.
Lieutenant Marcus E. Smithett, of the Tribune, re-
turned to Sheerness on Tuesday with his prize crew,
who brought home the Russian ship Fenix. The mas-
ter, mate, and one man, who were on board, have been
set at liberty from the receiving-ship Crocodile, Com-
mander William Greet, off the Tower. The ten Rus-
sian Finland seamen who were taken out of the last
prize the Tribune took off Scarborough, left Sheerness
on Tuesday in the steam-vessel Myrtle, under charge of
Master-Commander William S. Bourchier, for the Cro-
codile. On their being mustered on board the Tribune
the oldest of them, a fine fellow, stepped forward, and,
in the name of himself and shipmates, prisoners, most
gratefully thanked the officers of the Tribune for the
kindness shown towards them while on board that ship.
They went fore and aft among the ship's company and
bade them farewell, and wished them every success in
the Tribune. In return the officer in command, First-
Lieutenant William Thorp, expressed his entire satisfac-
tion at their conduct during the time they had been on
board that ship as prisoners. The Tribune is refitting
running gear, &c., and being partially caulked on her
upper and main decks, and will shortly be ready to pro-
ceed to sea again.
The Formidable, 84 guns, Captain-Superintendent
Christopher Wyvill, was yesterday put out of the fitting
basin at Sheerness, and moored at the basin buoy, in
consequence of its being found necessary to clear out
the mud frcm the bottom of the basin. A contract has
been entered into with Mr. Josiah Hall to get out and
carry away 10,000 tons of mud from the basin.
The Fox, 42, Captain Tarleton, C. 8., returned to
Spithead yesterday moping from the Downs, to be
paid off.
The Scourge, 6, paifilewheel frigate, Commodore
Adams, fitting for the Coast of Africa station, had her
steam up yesterday to prove her boilers and machinery,
and they answered perfectly satisfactorily.
The Colossus, 80, under process of conversion to a
screw ship at Portsmouth, has had an additional party
of workmen put upon her to expedite her for service.
The Eurydice, 26, Captain Omnianney, left Spithead
yesterday morning for the North Sea. The Brisk will
follow her in a day or two.
On Thursday the revenue cruiser Eliza, Captain O'Mal-
ley, stationed at Cork, put to sea to watch Russian ves-
sels that might put into the Channel. On Saturday she
fell in with a fine Russian hark of 580 tons, called the
Argo, commanded by Captain Steinman, which she ran
alongside and declared a war prize. She came into
Queenstown on Saturday evening with the British en-
sign flying above the Russian flag. On Monday she was
taken in charge by Collector Cassell, the Deputy-Mar-
shal of England, and her papers were handed over to
Mr. John Besnard, J.P., prize commissioner, and
Mr. John Bennett, prize actuary. It appears that the
vessel belongs to Abo, on the coast of Finland ; that her
master and crew are Finlanders ; that she sailed from
Matanzas on the Ist of April, with a cargo of molasses,
consignedlto the firm of John Kirkland and Sons, Liver-
pool, and that she was to call at Queenstown for orders.
The Mayor, Mr. J. Besnard, and Mr. Bennett, will hold
a court and take evidence in answer to queries fur-
nished by the Government, and all the documents will
be forwarded to London, where the decision will be made
as to whether the vessel and cargo are to be dealt with
as a prize. The crew for the present remains in custody
on board the barque.
The hospital-ship Belleisle, 24, Commander Hoskin,
lying at Plymouth, received 12 seamen on Tuesday from
the guard ship Impregnable, 104, Captain A. Lowe, and
32 from the Royal William, 120, Captain Kingcombe.
Her officers and crew were paid wages on the same day,
and she will probably sail at once for the
expedite e
ing of the Exmouth, 90, in No. 4 slip at Plymouth.
Vice-Admiral Sir Thomas Cochrane, Byester-
day struck his flag on board the Victory at Portsmouth,
and went on leave.
Contracts for the supply of 2,000 quarters of wheat
were taken at the Royal Victualling-yard, Plymouth,
yesterday. Messrs. Hurrell and Crossing arMr. James
Horswell 400 quarters, all at 78s. per quarter.
The transport Herkaway, with horse artillery from
Portsmouth, for the Mediterranean, having had defects
made good, was towed into the Channel on Tuesday,
and proceeded ; wind, west.
The Culloden (No. 35), transport, embarked another
detachment of the 13th Light Dragoons at Portsmouth
dockyard yesterday morning, consisting of Major Gore,
Ensigns M•Lean and Pursell, and about 50 men and
horses, for Turkey ' • also Veterinary-Surgeon Jix and
Dr. Maclean, of the 42d.
The Calliope (No. 43) has also arrived at Portsmouth
to embark further detachments of the 13th to-morrow.
Four sailing vessels of large tonnage, chartered for
the conveyance of troops, have been visited by the Go-
vernment officers, and reported as ready for their des-
tined service. These vessels are expected to arrive at
Kingston harbour at Liverpool.
The depot of the first battalion, First Royals, consist-
ing of 7 officers and 257 rank and file, left Plymouth
Citadel on Wednesday, and proceeded at 6.55 a.m. by
the South Devon and Great Western Raily to Durston,
whence they march to Dorchester, where they take the
rail for their new station, Winchester.
The first division of the 34tgiment arrived at
Sheffield, under the
Re
Portsmouth garrison yesterday from
command of Major Goodenough.
The second division of the 11th Hussars assembled in
complete service order on Tuesday morniag on the parade-
ground, Portobello Barracks, Dublin, and, having been
carefully inspected by Major-General Cochrane,and Major
Douglas, were formed into a cavalcade, headed by the
bands of the Royal Horse Artillery, the 3d Dragoon
Guards, and the 16th Lancers. On issuing from the
barracks the troops were loudly cheered by their
comrades and by a large crowd of persons who had
assembled to witness their departure. They proceeded
at a walking pace, followed by the s igh t-loving
multitude, for a considerable distance out of the city, the
interest of the occasion being augmented by the presence
of the three bands, which accompanied the division as far
as Ball's-bridge, and would perhaps have gone further, if
they had not been deterred by the unsettled appearance
of the weather. The troop reached Kingstown about ten
o'clock, and the business of embarkation commenced
shortly afterwards, and was conducted in the same man-1
ner as on the preceding day, a largo crowd, including a
number of fashionables, having attended to witness the
operation. The vessel in which they embarked was the
Asia, a merchant ship of 800 tons burden, (Capt. New-
land, master,) the interior of which has been fitted with
every convenience and requisite calculated to promote
the health and comfort of the men and their horses. The
division consisted of 49 men and 50 horses, and the offi-
cers who go out with it to the seat of war are Capt. Cook
and Lieut. Haughton. The 3d division of this fine corps
was to embark yesterday (Wednesday) morning. It is
expected that as soon as the whole of the 11th shall have
been embarked the 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards will
march from Newbridge kr,,Dublin, where they are to be

001NSTANTINOPLE and the WAR at the
'kJ EGYP TIAN Id ALL.—" Had it not been for the cold, I sould
have believed that I saw the Diorama at the Egyptian Hal, hwith
the restless tide of London street life surging around me."—The
Eastern Correspondent of the Daily News. The Lecture is delivered
on Wednesdays and Saturdays by Mr. J. TI. STOQUELLER, and
on the other days by Mr. C. KENNEY—DaiIy at Half-past Two
and Eight.— Admission, 18

AURENT'S CASINO, ARGYLE Rooms,
1.1 (Lessee, CHAS. C. LAURENT, Onslow-house, Fu.aam-road),
—The above Rooms are now OPEN FOR THE SEASON.
and will continue open every evening, with LAURENT'A
I'ELEFIRATED BAND. Constantinople Quadrille, Sultan Polka,
Fair Star Wa•tz, and Overlanl Mail Galop, by D'Albert ; a!so, by R.
Lair ant , the following Waltzes La belle Francalse, Leonora,
Villi-
kiss and his Dinah, Admission, Is. Doors open at half-past 8.
Dancing to commence at 9 o'clock, and ter "inate at half-past 11.

ATTRACTIVE NOVELTIES.
ROYAL POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTION.
PATRON—H.R.II. PRINCE ALBERT.
The SEAT of WAR, showing the principal places on the DANUBE,
KALAF AT, WID DIN. GIURGEVO, SEB ASTOPOL, the entrance
to the BLACK SEA, BATTLE of SI 0 PE, and DE-TRUCTION
or the TURKISH FLEET, and other scenes (kindly supplied by
the proprietors of the ' Illustrated London News"), EXBIHITEI)
in a NEW SERIES of DISiOLVING VIEWS.
LECTURES by J. H. PEPPER, Esq on the CHEMISTRY of our
DAILY BRE AD, in special relation to that made by the NEW
PROCESS at the MARYLE 'SONE WORKHOUSE, daily at Two
o'clock ; and In the Evenings on the MANUFACTURE and
DECORATION of PAPER.
LECTURE by Da. BACIIIIOFFNER on ELECTRICITY, and the
ELECTRIC LIGHT. Exhibition of Trestrail's Method of Raising
Sunken Vessels, &c.. &c.
Open Mornings and Evenings. Admission, is.; Schools and
Children under Ten years of age, Half-price.

THE CHOLERA!!!
Prevented by the destruction of all noxious effluvia.
CREWS'S DISINFECTING FLUID.
RECOMMENDED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS.
THE CHEAPEST AND STRONGEST CHLORIDE OF ZINC.
Quarts, 2s. ; Pints, Is. ; Half-pints, 6d. Sold by all Chemists,
Druggists, and Shipping Agents, and at Commercial Wharf, Mile
End, London. Agents—Messrs. D. ew, Ileyward,and Barren, Bush-
lane, Cannon-street, City.

" WHERE SHALL WE GO THIS
MORNING?"
Such is usually the query over the breakfast table with visitors to
London. Let us answer the question. If you can admire the most
beautiful specimens of Papier Mache manufacture which are pro-
duced in this country, dholayed in the most attractive forms - if you
want a handsome or useful Dressing Case, Work.Bor, or Writing
Desk—if you need any requisite for the work-table or toilet—or if
you desire to see one of the most elegant emporiums in London, then
you will go to MECIII'S, 4, LEADENHALL-STREET, near the
India House, in whose show-rooms you may lounge away an hour
very pleasantly.

SALT and CO.'S, EAST INDIA PALE ALE.
In consequence of the REDUCTION in price of Hopi, the 6s.
per barrel advanced on this Ale in October last, is taken off.
BURTON-ON-TUENT, MARCEL 27th,1854.
STORES.
London • 22, Hungerford-wharf.
Liverpool 52, Henry-street.
Manchester •• 37, Brown-street.
Birmingham .... 26%, Bull-street.
Bristol ••
Nottingham •• 44, Greyhound- street.
Dublin .. • • 4, Crown-alley.

Edinburgh
Dundee .............. 13, New Inn Entry, High-street.

THE BANK.

The speech of Mr. Gladstone on Monday night threw
much light on many things, but probably on none more
than on the relations between the Government and the
Bank of England. This subject is gradually creeping
into importance, and assuming dimensions second to
none of those with which the present preoccupation of
the public mind allows us to deal. The principle in-
volved is that of the propriety of transacting the busi-
ness of Government through the medium of a joint-stock
company, in preference to the agency of a publio de-
partment, and much may, undoubtedly, be said for and
against this proposition. On the one hand, a joint-stock
company has facilities for obtaining the best information
and the best assistance, together with a permanency and
a lively interest in the success of its undertakings which
are wanting to a public department. But a public de-
partment is a far cheaper, more flexible, and efficient
machine, and, if it be unstimulated by the hope of in-
dividual profit, it is not so likely to be deluded and led
astray by personal interest. Opinion certainly during the
last few years seems to have been running more and more
counter to the retention of the joint-stock principle
among the approved and recognised agencies of Govern-
ment. The failure of the railways, not only in managing
their own affairs with tolerable prudence, but in per-
forming the public duties with which they are intrusted,
has not been without its effect on the minds of thinking
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men, and has tended to discredit the agency which has
bequeathed to us such unsatisfactory results. The discus-
sions also illustrating the expense, delay, and divided
responsibility that result from governing India through
a company, have created the germs of a public opinion
unfavourable to the permanence of such a machinery.
Under all these circumstances, Mr. Gladstone's disqui-
sition on the relations of Government and the Bank of
England is a very seasonable contribution towards an
inquiry of daily increasing interest and importance.
The very compliments of the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer to the Chairman and Deputy-chairman of the Bank
are suggestive and significant. " Ile casts no imputa-
tion on the Bank. Harmony and co-operation ought
always to exist between the Bank and the Govern-
ment. On the one hand, the Governor and Deputy-
Governor of the Bank act as the guardians of the
separate interest of that establishment, and, on the
other hand, the Chancellor of the Exchequer acts
as the guardian of the peculiar interests of the
public ; one maintains what he thinks right on behalf
of the bank, and the other on behalf of the public."
No doubt these statements are perfectly true, but are
they consistent? Granting that it is expedient that the
Government should act in perfect harmony with the
Bank—that is, with the agency it employs to pay and
receive money on its account—is that end most likely to
be secured by employing an agency which has an interest
pointedly and obviously opposed to the interests of the
Government ? And would not this harmony appear more
likely to be obtained by absorbing these functions into
the Government itself, by making Government, in fact,
its own banker, and, instead of the not very intelligible
plan of securing harmony by creating a diversity of in-
terest, rendering that harmony absolutely certain by
their identity ? If our money affairs are to be always
managed by conflicting bodies harmony is impossible,
and it is vain to say it is desirable while we neglect the
obvious means of its attainment. The truth is, by creat-
ing and pampering with so large a sum of public money
a body like the Bank of England to do that for us which
we could do so much better for ourselves, we neither in-
sure harmony nor discord; but this we do insure- -that,
whether the Bank agrees or disagrees with the Chancel-
lor of the Exchequer, the public must suffer. Their
interests are opposed in the characters of borrower
and lender, depositor and depositary, and, if they
agree, that agreement is purchased at the public expense
by keeping a deposit unnecessarily large, and by paying
interest to the Bank for lending us our own money.
If, on the other hand, the Chancellor of the Exchequer
be not disposed to carry on business in the manner most
advantageous to the Bank, and therefore least advan-
tageous to the public, discord ensues, and by that dis-
cord the credit and resources of the Government very
materially suffer. It is in the power of the Bank— a
power derived from its intimate association with the
Government—indirectly to countermine a Chancellor of
the Exchequer, to discredit his projects, to lower his
authority, and to bring to bear numberless secret but
effective influences against him. Thus certain evil
seems to result from intrusting the monetary affairs of
the public to a separate corporation, whether the rela-
tions of that corporation to the Chancellor of the Exche-
quer be those of harmony purchased with the public
money, or discord fomented to the public injury. One
advantage of a public department would be that
it would require no conciliation, that it would merely be
an instrument, instead of an antagonist, and would, at
any rate, introduce no anarchy into our councils. It is
quite right that our Finance Minister should have the
benefit of hearing the opinions of men who differ from
him as to the best means of securing the public interest;
but it seems hard and unreasonable to embarrass an
overtasked minister in controversies with persons who
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it is admitted they are bound exclusively to regard and
advocate—the interest of their own shareholders.

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as the Bank of England could create money ad libitum,
subject to no other condition than the payment of gold
for paper on demand, matters were likely to go on more
smoothly ; but, now that this convenient source of sup-
ply is checked, the smallest and most reasonable de-
mands by the Government on the Bank are bitterly re-
se MNl.V.hoGlathdstatnnis awarenn could
of thee
Gladstone
d very "head and front of his offending" is, that at the
commencement of a war, and after the compulsory re-
demption of many millions of debt, he borrowed from
the Bank, after long notice, a sum which never exceeded
1,350,000/., that he was a debtor to the Bank for only
six weeks, and that his average liabilities during that
short period were only 900,000/. ? No one, we think,
after reading his statement, can doubt that the
objections made by the Bank were not urged
in the interest of the public, and that, the
time has arrived for reconsidering an arrangement
which so stranzely calls upon one department of Govern-
men to justify itself before Parliament and the nation
against the attacks of another. We have said nothing
here of the enormous cost of the Bank of England to the
public—of the absurdity of borrowing our own money,
or of alienating from the Crown one of the most lucra-
tive and indispensable of its prerogatives. We have
simply confined ourselves to exposing the anarchy, con-
fusion, and detriment to the public service which must
necessarily flow from divided and inconsistent interests;
and we think that it clearly results that the millions
which we place at the disposal of the Bank of England
are employed not in the purchase of a benefit but of a
loss—not to strengthen our credit, but to weaken it—
not to increase our facility in making payments in anti•
ciPation of rowans, but to diminish it,72lmre.

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THE SONS OF THE CLERGY.

The bicentenary festival of the sous of the clergy was held
yesterday, in the Metropolitan Cathedral. The first festi-
val was held in St. Paul's Cathedral in 1665, when certain
zea'ous members of the Church, moved with compassion
for the helplessness and privations of the clergy, suffering
under the calamities of those times, formed themselves
into an association to alleviate their distresses. This private
association was followed by the establishment of a public
body, incorporated by royal charter from Charles 11., which,
from the circumstance that the first promoters of the festival
were all sons of clergymen, became commonly known as the
Corporation of the Sons of the clergy. The funds are im-
partially administered to claimants from all the dioceses of
England and Wales, and annually assist about 1,200 per-
sons, of whom 700 are widows and aged single daughters
of deceased clergymen, whose small pensions of 101. it
was one of the objects of the present festival to augment.
Another object is to extend the means of the corporation
for assisting sick and disabled clergy, and relieving them
and their families in urgent cases of distress. A third
object is to educate and place out in life the children of
poor clergymen, and thus to render assistance most highly
valued by the parents, and peculiarly calculated to effect
great and durable gold.
Divine service, with a full choral accompaniment, was
performed in the cathedral at three o'clock. The members
of the choirs of her Majesty's Chapel Royal, St. Paul's,
Westminster Abbey, St. George's Chapel, Windsor, th©
Cathedrals of Bristol, Canterbury, Chester, Ely, Hereford,
Lincoln, Norwich, Rochester, and Winchester, and of Ox-
ford, Cambridge, and the Temple, assisted, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Goss, organist of St. Paul's, who composed a
new anthem for the occasion. The total number of vocalists
exceeded 250, and the service was performed in the most
effective and imposing manner. His Royai Highness
Prince Albert, attended by the Marquis of Abercorn
(Groom of the Stole), Viscount Torrington (Lord in Wait-
ing), Col. Wylde, and Capt. Du Plat, occupied seats on the
south side. The Lord Mayor, aldermen, sheriffs, and City
officers, had places allotted to them on the north side. The
centre and transept of the cathedral were fitted up to
accommodate 6,000 persons, and at least that number were
present. An appropriate sermon was preached by the
Archbishop of Canterbury, who selected hiss xfrom the
10th chapter of St. Matthew, 41st vorse— Htfe that re-
ceiveth a prophet in the name of a prophet shall receive a
prophet's reward."
The members of the corporation afterwards dined at Mer-
chant Tailors' Hall, Threadneedle-street. The Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor (Mr. Alderman Sichiey) occupied the chair,
supported on his right by his Royal Highness Prince Albert,
the Marquis of Abercorn, and the Bishop of London, and on
the left by the Archbishop of Canterbury, the Earl of
Winchelsea, and the Bishop of Winchester. The following
noblemen and gentlemen were also present :—Viscount
Torrington, Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir E. N. Buxton, the
Bishop of Rochester, the Bishop of Hereford, the Bishop
of St. Asaph, the Bishop of Sodor and Man, the Bishop of
Worcester, the Bishop of Lincoln, the Bishop of Ripon,
the Bishop of Bangor, the Bishop of Chichester, the
Bishop of St. David's, Mr. Justice Coleridge, the Dean of
St. Paul's, and the Hon. H. Liddell, M P.
Covers were laid for 420. The cloth having been re-
moved,
The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Church and Queen."
The toast having been warmly responded to, the right
hon. gentleman proposed the health of his Royal Highness
'Prince Albert, the Royal Steward 'of the year, Albert
Prince of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family. The
Corporation of the Sons of the Clergy had, from the earliest
times, been favoured with the patronage of royalty, and
upon the present occasion his Royal Highness Prince
Albert had attended the anniversary festival for the third
time. (Applause.)
His Royal Highness PRINCE ALBERT returned thanks,
and said—My Lord Mayor, allow me to return you, in my
own behalf and on that of the royal family, my best thanks
for the manner in which you have proposed our healths ;
and to you, gentlemen, for the cordial response which
you have made to the toast. I am, indeed, highly grati-
fied to have been a witness to the 20uth anniversary of
this festival, notifying, as it does, that the people of this
country do not relax in efforts which they have once
undertaken, and do not forsake the spirit which ani-
mated their forefathers. (Cheers.) When our ancestors
purified the Christian faith and shook off the yoke of a
domineering priesthood—(cheers)—they felt that the key-
stone of that wonderful fabric, which had grown up in
the dark times of the middle ages, was the celibacy of
the clergy, and shrewdly foresaw that their reformed
faith and newly-won religious liberty would, on the
contrary, only be secure in the hands of a clergy united
with the people by every sympathy—national, personal,
and domestic. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, this nation has en-
joyed for 300 years the blessings of a Church Establishment
which rests upon this basis ; and cannot be too grateful
for the advantages afforded, by the fact, that the Christian
ministers not only preach the doctrines of Christianity,
but live among their congregations, an example for the
discharge of every Christian duty as husbands, fathers,
and masters of families—(cheers)—themselves capable
of fathoming the whole depth of human feelings,
desires, and difficulties. Whilst we must grate-
fully acknowledge that they have as a body worthily
fulfilled this high and difficult task, we must bear in
mind that we deny them an equal participation in one of
the actuating motives of life, the one which, amongst " the
children of this generation," exercises, perhaps of necessity,
the strongest influence—l mean the desire for the acquisi-
tion and accumulation of the goods of this world. Gentle-
men, the appellation of " a money-making parson" is not
only a reproach, but a condemnation for a clergyman, de-
priving him at once of all influence over his congregation.
Yet this man, who has to shun opportunities of acquiring
wealth open to most of us, and who has himself only an
often scanty life income allotted to him for his services,
has a wile and children like ourselves, and we wish him to
have the same solicitude for their welfare which we feel to
our own. (Cheers.) Are we not bound, then, to do what
we can to relieve his mind from anxiety, and to preserve
his children from destitution when it shall have pleased
the Almighty to remove him from the scene of his
labours ? (Applause.) You have given an answer
in the affirmative by your presence here to-day ; and
although this institution can do materially but little,
morally it gives a public recognition of the claims
which the sons of the clergy have upon the sympathy and
liberality of the community at large, and, as such, is of the
greatest value. May it continue for further hundreds of
years as a bond of union between clergy and laity, and on
each recurring centenary may it find the nation ever ad-
vancing in prosperity, civilisation, and piety. (Cheers.)
His Royal Highness again rose and proposed the health
of his Grace the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury and the
Right Hon. Lord Denman, president and vice-president of
the Sons of the Clergy. Lord Denman was compelled to
be absent, but the Archbishop of Canterbury, he was glad
to see, was present, and in good health. Before sitting
down, he hoped the company would allow him to be their
spokesman in returning thanks to his Graca for the very
eloquent and feeling sermon which he had delivered that
day.
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY acknowledged the com-
pliment, and proposed the health of the Lord Mayor.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed "The
Stewards of the Festival, and thanks for their entertain-
ment."
The Earl of WINCFIELSEA returned thanks.

Mr. C. J. BAKER, the treasurer and registrar of the Cor-
poration, announced the results of the festival to be as fol-
lows :—H.R.H. Prince Albert, 1051.; subscriptions of 113
stewards of the day, 3,500/. ; collection at the cathedral,
690/. ; subscribed at the dinner, 3,1451. ; estimated collec-
tions at churches, 3,6001.; Lady Willoughby do Broke, 5001.
Total, 12,059/. (Loud cheers.)
The remaining toasts were :—" The Lord Bishop of
London and the other Prelates"—the Lord Bishop of
London returned thanks ; " The Peers and Members of
Parliament present"—the Marquis of Abercorn and the
Hon. Henry Liddell returned thanks ; " The Dean and
Chapter of St. Paul's, and Thanks for the Use of the Ca-
thedral"—the Dean returned thanks; " The Merchant
Tailors' Company, and Thanks for the Use of their Hall"
—the Master returned thanks ; " The Treasurers of the
Corporation of the Sons of the clergy, Sir It. H. Inglis,
Bart., Mr. Alderman Copeland, and Mr. Freslafield, M.P."
It. H. Inglis returned thanks.
The repast, which was an extremely handsome one, was
supplied by Mr. Bathe, of the London Tavern. Mr. Higgs
officiated as toastmaster.