The Sun.
London, England, 1854-09-09 00:00:00

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BANQUET AT GLASGOW.

On Wednesday evening a banquet was held is Glas-
gow in commemoration of the inauguration of Baron
Alarochetti's statueof the Queen, which ceremony took
place during the day. The party assembled in the fine
old Town-hall, which has not been opened since the visit
of her Majesty in 1849. The Lord Provost occupied
the chair, supported by Baron Marochetti, Sir Archibald
Alison ; Rev. Mr. Gleig, the Chaplain-General to the
Forces ; Sir James Anderson,
M.P., Mr. Macgregor,
M.P.' Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P.,
cipal Macfarlan,
&c. Bailie Gourley officiated as croupier, supported by
Mr. W. Lockhart, M.P., Mr. A. Hastie, M.P., &c.
After the health of her Majesty had been drunk with
great applause, the LORD PROVOST proposed in a special
bumper " The Emperor Louis Napoleon and our
brave allies, the French," which was received with pro-
longed cheering.
Sir A. Aelsosr, in proposing " Tl7e health of Baron
Marochetti," said—l feel the utmost satisfaction in hav-
ing been in some degree the means of introducing to this
city the distinguished artist. Gentlemen, if there is one
man now in Europe who will look back with pride and
satisfaction to the career he has run, it is our noble friend,
Baron Marochetti. Born with the advantage of rank and
fortulie, possessing all that ordinary men consider as the
last goal of their ambition, he, like his illustrious coun-
tryman, Alfieri, considered them not as a gift, but as a
responsibility, as conferring upon him an obligation to
justify the elements of his -rank and the possession of
the gifts of fortune by rendering himself as eminent in
the arts of peace and in the fine arts as .his ancestors
had been in the career of war. I need not say how be
has fulfilled that object. We have only to look at the
proceedings of this day--we have only to look at the
two statues of the Duke of Wellington and Queen Vic-
toria to see how amply and bow nobly he has attained
his object. (Loud cheers.) Fifteen years have now
elapsed since a question arose in this city as to the
artist to whom was to be entrusted the formation of the
Duko of Wellington's statue. There was a great keen-
ness, and a very laudable and proper anxiety evinced
on the part of many most meritorious men in this country
that it should be given to a British artist—that the hero
of Great Britain should be commemorated by the genius
of Great Britain. But there were others who thought
that the fine arts constituted a republic, where there is
no distinction of nation and country—that wherever
genius exists there a countryman is to be found. (Im-
mense applause.) Baron Marochetti was then wholly un-
known to every member of the Wellington Committee.
His reputation, indeed, had been wafted across the Alps,
but none had seen his works, and the only specimen
we bad was in the small model he sent of the
statue of Emmanuel Fillibert, which now graces the
city of Turin. The moment that statue was beheld it
was seen he was a man among a million, and to that
man Glasgow should entrust its great' work. I need not
say how that work has been accomplished. (Hear.) We
have only to look at what we have seen in Glasgow to-
day to be convinced that the genius of our illustrious
friend is equally capable of undertaking all the greatest
works of art, for he has erected in one square a statue
which will commemorate to posterity the character of
that hero who bore aloft the star of conquest only to
render it the instrument of mercy—who was a warrior
only to become a pacificator—and he has to-day drawn
the veil from a statue which will exhibit to the eyes of
our admiring countrymen—l may say his admiring
countrymen, tfor he is an adopted son of Britain—a per-
fect representation of the features of that illustrious
Queen who bears the sceptre of this empire and of the
ocean only to make it the sceptre of justice. If there is
any gratification on this occasion, it is to think that
in those testimonials to our illustrious Queen and hero
an initiative has been shown by Glasgow. There was
no monument in Scotland to the Duke of Wellington
till Glasgow erected its one, and there was no
monument to Queen Victoria till the veil was drawn
from tho statue to-day. (Applause.) Glasgow has
thus shown that, if she can appreciate the deeds of our
hero, she can no less appreciate the virtues of the Sove-
reign on the throne, who is the great model to whom all
her subjects look up. I hope this is not the last occa-
sion on which we shall meet to do honour to the genius of
Baroh Marochetti. There is a fund already created for
a statue in this city to that statesman who Las impressed
his signet on the commercial policy of this country, and
who has done so much to cement the union of nations.
We have a great square in this city, in which the smoke
of the city is as hostile to vegetation and natural beauty
as it is favourable to works of art--:(a laugh)—a square
which already contains a monument to Sir Walter Scott
and Sir John Moore, a native of Glasgow, and I hope it
will not remain long without a statue of Sir Robert
Peel—(loud cheers)—and let us all hope that in that
square will yet be seen a statue on which shall be repre-
sented the united arms of France and England, which
shall bear, perhaps, the name of Napier, Raglan, or
Cambridge ; and, on one side of it, shall be represented
the name of Sebastopol, and on the other side the name
of Cronstadt. (Great applause.)
Baron Marochetti's health was then drunk with all the
honours.

Baron MAROCEIETTI, who was received with applause,
said—l rise with gratitude, but with great embarrassment,
to acknowledge the honour done to the fine arts in my per-
son by a company representing one of the greatest com-
mercial and industrious communities of this empire.
seed I say how proudl am that my hand has been chosen
to record in this noble city your grateful respect to a grand
captain and great warrior, and your loyal affection for your
noble and illustrious Queen ? I should speak as a stranger,
but your hospitality makes me at home ; as a foreigner,
but art is of no country—art is of all countries. Had I
needed to be taught this lesson, my brother artists of
England and Scotland would have taught it me by the
kindness with which they have welcomed me as one of
their body; but, among the many marks of hospitality
and honour which I have received in Great Britain, I
have had no tribute of hospitality more splendid pr cor-
dial than this, and no trophy more gratifying than the
commission which Glasgow has entrusted me—that one,
above all, which has given rise to the festival to-night.
(Cheers.) I am proud to own my obligation to this
pod city, and, in returning thanks for the honour you
have done me, let me give back collectively your greet-
ings in the motto of your city arms —" Let Glasgow
flourish."

Mr. 11IACGREGOR, M.P., gave "The United States of
America, and may those who are so nearly related to us
in blood never be separated in friendship." He referred
to the fact that in 1306 there was only one vessel on the
Clyde that traded with America, and enlarged on the
incalculable benefits arising from the increased commerce
with that country. He believed Scotland was more in-
timately connected with America by language and in-
terest than any other country in the world.
His Excellency, Mr. BUCHANAN, the United States'
Minister, in reply, said—l cannot feel myself a stranger
in a strange land in the presence of this company. I
almost feel as if my feet were on my native soil. (Hear.)
I feel that I am in the presence of relatives and friends,
and glad I am that by mere accident I happened to be
here upon this occasion. We have not as yet done much
to cultivate the arts in America, but we have taste to
admire them, and the statue of the Queen that was dis-
closed to the wondering and admiring eyes of the people
of Glasgow to-day did not produce a warmer feeling of
admiration in the minds of my artistic friends than it did
in my own mind, rude as it is in matters of the kind.
(Hear.) And why should I feel myself a stranger in a
strange land here ? We speak the same language, we read
the same books, we worship the same God, and the dis-
tinguished authors: of Scotland are as familiar as house-
hold words to the whole population of America. Every
child born in the greater portion of the United States of
America has as good a right to receive a common school
education as be has to breathe his native air and to drink
of the fountains of his native country ; and the poetry of
Burns and of Scott, the romances of your distinguished
novelists, and the works of your distinguiished historians,
are read from the Atlantic' to the Rocky Mountains.
(Hear.) I never have been in Scotland before, but I
confess I had very strange reflections, and very agreeable
ones, in travelling through Glasgow to-day. You cer-
tainly are a great people. You made the most furious
raids in bygone times that ever were made by mortal
men, and these desperate conflicts have been ennobled,
and all the world has been made to understand their
nature, by your poets and novelists. But the better
age of utility has succeeded the age of romance, and I
think the most perfect specimen of that is in the reflection '
that there is a steamboat now plying on Loch Katrine.
Alas for poetry and romance after that ! (Laughter and ap-
plause.) With regard to the two countries, although
much has been done to make them enemies, and although
vexed questions have arisen to estrange them, yet coun-
tries which God has united the folly of man cannot put
asunder. And I do trust, and hope, and believe that all
the clouds that have been for a long time, and to some
extent are yet lowering upon us, will be buried in the ,
deep bosom of the ocean. With Glasgow we certainly
have stronger ties than with almost any other city in
the world, because I have no doubt that the citizens of
Glasgow not only entertain an affection for us, because
we are bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh, but
they are a trading people, and they like good customers.
(Hear, hear.) I therefore trust and hope that the bonds
of mutual friendship which unite us and them at pre-
sent, and unite us both with the whole empire of Great
Britain, may become stronger and stronger, and may be
perpetual. (Prolonged applause.)
The CHAPLAIN-GENERAL (Mr. Gleig) then rose and
said that be had been requested to propose a toast which
would, without doubt, be received with the utmost coy-
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attitude of constant antagonism.
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years France and England stood in
constant antagonism towards each other. Forms of go-
vernment in eitherland mightpass away, and be succeeded
by others ; dynasty might supplant dynasty ; yea, religion
itself change the manner of its worship, and, in some part,
the very articles of its creed ; but in the hearts of either
people a fire continued to burn, which could not, a
of as
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to over-estimate the amount of moral evil which arose warriors
received and administered. (Applause.) is impossible
out of this struggle between the w
in the world, for its effects wereto greatest nations
felt everywhere.
The hardy emigrant who had bought a hole or biat•

self in the West was stayed by it in his efforts to
reclaim the wilderness. Ho left his axe sticking in the
half-cloven tree, and went forth to fight our hereditary
battle. (Hear:hear.) The merchants of Madras and
Pondicherry threw aside their book; took up the
sword, and became soldiers to the death ; and even the
benighted slave of Africa received no other light than
came from the blaze of hostile cannon and musketry. It
seemed, indeed, as if the earth was too narrow to con-
tain both people, and that the very ocean had refused to
bear up their flags in common. How could the arts
which soften life, or tend to raise man in the scale of
moral being, flourish under such circumstances I At
the same time let justice be done. There is no evil out
of which some good springs not. He had had a little
experience of the French as enemies, and they were a
noble foe. We found it always, difficult, sometimes
impossible, to beat them in the fight ; but when the
fight was over they were always to us as brothers. And
so far each nation learnt to respeckthe other, even while
their hostility was the bitterest. 13iit.peace came at last ;
and though it did not anything which

could be called a close
enabled both to make
of what the last 40 y

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when the war of the FA
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which could together conquer a peace
hoped would prove as lasting as that
been broken. And thus, mutually esteeming ande
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specting each other, they would enter upon a new cours
of rivalry, of which the improvement of mankind, social
as well as political, would be their object. In that high
and lofty strife each would do their best ; and by their
hearty co-operation the blessings of civilisation would be
carried to the remotest corners of the earth. The Chap-
lain-General then concluded, amid much applause, by
proposing the following sentiment :—" MU'
the cordial
union which now happily subsists between Great Britain
and France be the means of securing a speedy peace and
advancing the civilisation of the world."
Monsieur MAtmoussnr, the French Consul, replied in
the following terms :—Aux paroles si vraies et aux
pewees si bien exprirnees que nous venons d'entendre je
repondrai dans toute la sincerite demon Arne. Oui,
messieurs, felicitous nous de vivre 4 UDO epoque 11.1s-
quelle l'Angleterre et In France soot enfin etroitement
unies, et soyons assures que les dures epreuves de Is
guerre montreront encore davantage la valeur et la
necessite de cette belle et. puissante alliance. (Cheers.)
La volonte energique et loyale qui ne cesse, en France,
de faire le bien et de corn battre le mal—cette volont4 qui
fait qu'aujour d'hui, du nord is l'est les etendards de /a
France flottent unis h ceux de la Grande Bretagne, satire
aussi, n'en doutons pas, avec le retour des bienfaits de la
pair, cimenter, entre nous, d'dternelles et d'amicales
sympathies. (Cheers.) Merci, messieurs, d'avoir Wert
voulu vous associer au toast qui vient d'dtre porte. Qua
nos voeux soient les lames pour la conservation des
jours prdcieux d'un monarque qui a droit aux sentiments
de respect et d'admiration, non seulement de tons 'leg
peuples, mais encore de tons les partis. Que nos voeux
soient unis pour les succbs de ros soldats, de nos matins
dont l'abnegation est si noble, le covrage si &eve ; pour
ces hommes enfin, qui, precisement en ce moment
affrontent des dangers qu'iis connaissent dejh, et en
faisant noblement d'advance l'abandon de leurs vies,
prouvent combien, avant tout, ils aiment leur patrie.
(Cheers.)

After several other toasts had been duly honoured the
meeting separated.

THE CUTLERS" FEAST AT SHEFFIELD.

The inauguration of the Master Cutler Thou
Moulson, Esq.) was celebrated on Thursday last with
the usual formalities.

The dinner was announced at about a quarter after
four o'clock, and the guests who occupied with the
Master Cutler the cross table, were on the right hand,
the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam, Sir T. White, Bart.,
J. A. Roebuck, Esq., M.P., R. W. Milnes, Esq.,
M.P., Peter Fairbairn, Esq., Leeds ; E. S. Murphy,
Rev. Mr. Payne, of Dewsbury Moor ; Capt. Minchen,
Captain Sir W. Russell, R.N., W. Jeffcock, Esq., and
Wilson Overend, Esq. On the left hand were—the
Lard Mayor of London (Thomas Sidney, Esq.), George
Hadfield, Esq., M.P., the Vicar of Sheffield, Major
Faux, R.N. Phillipps, Esq., Major Byrene, the Mayor
of Wolverhampton (John Neve, Esq.), W. Smith, Esq.,
the Rev. Joseph Hunter, of London ; and G. W.
Chambers, Esq.
After the usual loyal toasts had been proposed and
responded to enthusiastically,
The Master Cutler Paid—My Lords and Gentlemen,
—The next health I have the honour to propose is that
of a nobleman who is a near neighbour, and one who
has always proved himself a friend to this town. I
congratulate myself that we have the honour of his
company on the present occasion. (Cheers.) I shall
not attempt to speak of him as a political character,
or dwell upon his merits, for those only who have
known him since he first ascended yonder steps
(Paradise-square) can fully appreciate the Value of his
long life, and testify to his worth. His manner of life,
certainly, has always been a pattern to those of his own
rank, and a bright example to any man in any condition
in life. I have great pleasure in proposing " the health
of the Right Hon. Earl Fitzwilliam." (Loud cheers.)
The Earl FITZWILLIAM warmly responded to the
toast.

In the course of the evening the Earl FITZWILLIAM,
referring to the war said—Gentlemen, before I sit down,
just let me warn you against the flattering notion that
you can bring this war to a speedy issue. (Hear.) I
do not believe you can, and for this reason, because you
cannot touch the vitals of Russia. (Hear.) You may
rely upon that. I will not call it a nation, for it is not
a nation—it is an aggregation of nations, %or rather an
aggregation of encroachments upon the rights of other
nations. (Cheers.) We have taken one fortress from the
Czar, and supposing we should take another at another
extremity of his empire, I doubt whether even then you
would force the Czar to reason. (Hear.) He knows
you cannot touch what I have called the vitals of his em-
pire. I fear, therefore, that it must be a long war---a
war to the raging of which we must make up our minds.
Recollect, it is not a mere flash in the pan—it is not to
be done in a moment—it is not to be done like a clap of
thunder ; but you may rely upon it, it will require much
patience and resignation on the part of the British na-
tion before you can bring this war with Russia to a close.
Its termination may be near, but I confess that I do not
look forward with any expectation that it can be done
speedily, and in a satisfactory manner. You might un-
doubtedly close it shortly, but then you would not do it
satisfactorily also. (Hear.) It must be done satisfac-
torily, whether it be accomplished speedily or at some
distant period. (Cheers).

Mr. William Cooke's wonderful elephants having
finished'a most brilliant career in Paris, are now per-
forming to crowded audiences at Hamburg. They will
shortly return to the amphitheatre, and appear in a new
spectacle written expressly for these Eastern wonders.
We understand that Mr. Nelson Lee, the celebrated
pantomime author, has, at this early period, sent in hi■
Christmas offering, which has been highly approved of
and accepted. The subject selected by Mr. William
Cooke is of a most elaborate character.

ST. JAMES'S-SQITARE.—REMOVAL OP THE RESERVOIE•
—ln the centre of the garden enclosure of this, the oldest
of patrician squares in the metropolis, for many years
has existed a large open reservoir or pond, the water be-
ing let off at intervals, and renewed by means of machi-
nery. For some time past much objection has arisen
from the inhabitants to the continuation of the reser-
voir, as being more a nuisance than an ornament, from
the fact that in still weather, like that of the present
season, it attracts all the soot and offensive matter that
would otherwise escape, and which remains on the sur-
face for a time, afterwards settling on the sides or bot-
tom of the basin. The prevailing epidemic has more
directly, no doubt, called the attention of the committee
of the square, consisting of his Grace the Duke of Nor-
folk, the Lord Bishop of London, the Marquis of Bristol,
and Earl de Grey, to the consideration of its improve-
ment or removal ; and acting upon the advice of Mr.
Roberts, their surveyor, the whole of the water has been
drawn off, and the open space filled up with earth, a
fresh grass plot being laid on the surface, which will
doubtless be more fragrant and genial to the inhabitants
than the stagnant pool of water that has for so many
years been suffered t 3 exist.
THE LEVANT.—SOUTHAMPTON, Friday. —The screw
steam-ship Manilla (Captain Evans), belonging to the
Peninsular and Oriental Company, arrived here from
Constantinople at one o'clock p.m. Her dates of sailing
are :—Constantople, August 14 ; Smyrna, August 18;
Malta, Augustin 24 ; Gibraltar August 31. She brought
six passengers, and a cargo consisting of 423 bales of
goat's wool, 36 bales of silk 400
, 57 bales of carpets,
bales of paper stuff, 166 bales of skins, 78 paFkagesaot
of
elephant's teeth, 129 barrels of red raisins, 303 cases
of almonds,
black ditto, 681 drums of sultanas, cases
cammony, 15
100 oases of Malaga raisins, 64
cases of gum, 23 cases of opium,
53 packages of sundries.
RIOTS.--FRIDAY.—The strin-
gent BREAD
the
magistrates appear to
gent measures adopted by
the disturbance. The
leallsescasoes of sponge, and.
have been effectual inquelling is6id. the 41b. loaf. The
general price of bread to-dap
both of whom fired into
r), one or
master (John Bonse
d and wounded some women and
the mob on
yesterday Wednesday,
taken before one of the county
children, were
and,after a brief examination, were re-
magistrates,
Saturday. Several men were brought before
journeyman baker (William White), together with his
re-
manded till
orning,
charged with taking part in
the Mayor t
behaviour
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twelve
goodwel
ve
Lasto night bands .of " specials," each fifty
t 1 d strong, and Leaded by a captain, pa ro e the streets up
'clock, when great number of
to nearly twelve o a
ed and ultimately the town was committed
to the care of the police, as usual. Some men were ap-
wmtheoernertihdosits.,miss
prehended for endeavouring to excite the populace, but
no outbreak took plaee. The persons who are at the
bottom of this affair appear to have escaped observation.
The appearance of the town is the same as usual, and
most of the bakers have resumed business.
OPEN-AIR PREACHING.—On Sunday evenings, Aug.
20 and 27, the Rev. John Kynaston, M.A., vicar of
Tideswell, preached in the large open space at the bot-
tom of the town of Tideswell, in this county, to large
and very attentive congregations. It is estimated that
100 persons who are not accustomed to attend any Place
of religious worship were present. During the whole
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