The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-10 00:00:00

TRADE AND NAVIGATION RETURNS.

The official trade and navigation returns for the month
ending Oct. 10, have been issued.
The declared value of some of the principal exports,
compared with that for the same articles during the cor-
responding month of last year, was as follows :-
1852. 3853.
Beer and Ale £49,410
Coals and calm 158,996 ... _ 180.498

Cotton manufactures
Cotton yarn
Earthenware

2,499,646
653,910
121,828 ...... 118,762

Haberdashery and millinery... 205,763
Hardware and cutlery
Linen manufactures
Linen yarn

521,061
392,168
483,026
118,043

Machinery
Metals 9134,182
Silk manufactures
Woollen manufactures
The comparison of imports for the nine months is as
under :

1852.
no. 27,932

1853.
33,940

Oxen

Sheep. no. 144,722
Wheat qrs. 1,994,734

Barley
Oats

qrs. 474,174
qrs. 850,479

Hemp
Hides

Oil, palm
Potatoes

722,566
778,364

PLAN OF PETER THE GREAT FOR TILE
SUBJUGATION OF EUROPE.

The following remarkable document, bequeathed
by Peter the Great to his successors on the throne
of Russia, is deposited in the archives of the Palace
of Peterhoff, near St. Petersburg. The document
was first brought to Europe in 1757, by the Che-
valier d'Eon, who being in the good graces of the
Empress Elizabeth, was enabled to obtain a copy.
On his return to France, charged by his Impe-
rial mistress with the ratification of a supplement
to the treaty of Versailles, he communicated this
extraordinary document first to M. l'Abbe de Ber-
nis, Minister of Foreign Affairs, and subsequently
to the King himself. This stupendous scheme of
European dominion, as sketched out by Peter,
seemed, however, utterly chimerical to the Minis-
ters of Louis XV. The document is
_of peculiar
interest at the present time.
It will be seen that Peter the Great asserts his
views to be the decrees of Providence ; and that
he regards the Russian people as called to the
future supremacy of all Europe. He leaves the
precepts which are subjoined, and which he com-
mends " to their constant attention and observance,
even as Moses commended the Jewish people to
the observance of the tables of the law."

SHAR MARKETS-(THIS DAY).

BRITISH RAILWAYS.

RAILWAYS.

'Aberdeen
Ambg. Nottng. Bost.
& Eastn. Juno
Belfast & Ballymena
Blrmng. Wolverh. &
Stour Valley__ „„
Birkenhd. Lancsh. &
Cheshire Junct
Do. Chesh. & Birk.
£5O & £25 C0n5...!1
Do., £20.....
Blyth & Tyne original
£25 (iss. at £45)
Bristol & Exeter_ _
Caledonian.
Chester & Holyhead
Cork and Bandon
!Cork, Black. & Pass
Cornwall
Dublin&Belfast June
Dundee Perth &Aber-
deen Junction
Do. New .............
lEast Anglian (.425 L.
& E. & L. & D.)...„
all Do., (MS E. & H.)
all Eastern Counties
100 Eastern Union,A. stk
100 Do., do.

100

Closing Prices
this day.

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9 - 10

12 10 dj

" THE TESTAMENT OF PETER I.

" In the name of the holy and indivisible Trinity,
we, Peter, Emperor, or Autocrat, of all the Russias,
&c., to all our descendants and successors in the throne
and government of the Russian nation.
" Almighty God, of whom we hold our life and our
Crown, having constantly enlightened us with his
wisdom, and sustained us by his mighty arm, &c.,, we
leave it in charge to our successors—

100
100
all
all
all

8i Doi-ewA(lateThirds);
100 East Lancashire

100 Edinburgh & Glasgow
3i Ediub. and Peebles...

" I. To keep the Russian nation in a constant state
of warlike readiness, and the soldier prepared for
battle, and in full activity ; not to allow him repose
unless for the recruiting of the finances of the State ;
continually to renew the constitution of the army, and
to choose the most opportune moments for aggression,
thus to make peace serve the ends of war, and war pro-
mote the objects of peace in the interest of the aggran-
disement and growing prosperity of Russia.
"2. To gather together, by every possible means,
skilful generals during war, and learned men during peace,
from the several most intelligent nations of Europe, that
the Russian nation may profit by the advance of other
countries without losing any of her own home supplies.
" 3. To mix themselves on all occasions in the negotia-
tions and disagreements of the people of Europe, and,
above all, in those of Germany, which, from its geogra-
phical position, interests her more immediately.
"4. To sow division in Poland, by continually fo-
menting jealousies and disturbances • to buy over the
powerful with gold ; to influence the members of the
Diet, and to corrupt them, so as to hold the control in
the election of their kings ; to obtain the nomination of
partisans, to support them, and, whenever possible, to
take the opportunity of marching Russian troops into
that kingdom, and to remain there until the time shall
come for permanent occupation. If the neighbouring
Powers oppose difficulties, soothe them for a time by
apportioning shares in the country, in such manner
that the gift may be revoked.
"5. To take the most you can from Sweden, and
cause her to attack you, which will give the pretext for
subjugating her. It will serve this view to isolate her
from Denmark, and Denmark from Sweden, or to foster
carefully their rivalry.
"6. Always to take the wives of Russian princes
from among the German princesses, so as to multiply
family alliances, to draw the bonds of interest closer,
and even to join Germany in our cause, by this con-
tinual extension of our influences.

1100- Edinb.Prth.&Dunde

1 Forth and Clyde June.
100 Glasgow &S. Western
100 Great Northern Stk
100 Do., A. Stock
100 'Do., B. Stock .....
100 Gt. Sth. &West. (Ire. )
100 Great Western..
11 Irieh South-Eastern.
all !Lancaster &Carlisle

111 IDo., Thirds
1100 Lancasn. &Yorkshire

174 Do., Fifths
11,f Do., Wst. Riding 'Cu
all Leeds Northern
all Liv. Crsby. &So utbpt.
all London & Blackmail
8 Lond. Mb. & Sthend.
100 Lond.Bright.&S.Cst.
100 London &N. Western
12 Do. Fifths
1 Do. ,16/.5h.,32&8...0

2i Do. -Eighths
100 London 4 S. Western
Do., X5O
34 Do.,
all Lndndrry.&Coleraine
all Lndndrry. & Ennisk.
,100 Manch.Shef.&Lincln.

4i Do., Man. &Lin. Un.
100 Midland .......
100 Do. Birming.&Derby
47i Midland G.West.(lr.)
17i Do. Shares
all Newcastle &Carlisle
100 Newmarket

25
100
St.
6
25

"7. To cultivate, in preference to all other, the alli-
ance of England in commercial matters, as that is the
Power which has most need of us for the extension of
its maritime interests, and which can be most useful to
us in developing our marine. We should exchange our
timber and other products for her gold, and establish
with her merchants, her seamen, and our own, the most
intimate communications, which the people of that coun-
try will form for the purposes of navigation and com-
merce.

" 8. Never to relax in the extension of your territory
northward, on the shores of the Baltic, and southward
on those of the Black Sea.
"9. ENCROACH AS FAR AS POSSIBLE IN THE DIREC-
TION OF CONSTANTINOPLE AND THE INDIES. He who
reigns there will be the true ruler of the world. To
work this out, raise wars continually—at' one 'time
against Turkey, at another against Persia ; make dock-
yards on the Black Sea ; by degrees make yourselves
masters of that Sea ; as well as of the Baltic ; this double
project is necessary to final success ; hasten the decay of
Persia, and penetrate to the Persian Gulf.; establish, if
possible, via Syria, the ancient commerce of the East,
and push onwards to the Indies, which are the entrepot
of the world. Once there you need not fear the gold of
England.
"10. To seek to cherish with care Austrian alliance ;
seem to encourage her ideas of future sovereignty over
Germany, but secretly foment jealousy of her among
the Princes. Endeavour to induce each by turns to
ask the aid of Russia, and exercise a sort of protectorate
over the country, which may pave the way for future
domination.

5 Do. Bury Extensions
17. Newpt.Aberg.&Htfd
7 Newry & Enniskillen
all Newry Warrenpoint
& Rostrevor
Norfolk..
Northn. Counties Un
North British
North Devon, No.l
Do., No. 2 •• •••
Dc., i A Deferred...
Do., B Guaranteed
North L0nd0n........
N. & S. Wstn., Hamp-
stead, and City Jn..
North Staffordshire..
North Western........
N. & S. Westrn. June
Nuneaton, Hinckley,
and Leicester
Oxford Worcester &
Wolverhampton
Portsmouth
Scottish Central
Scottish Midland
Shrewsbury & Birmg
Do., L. & N. Westu
Guaranteed Stock
Shrewsby. & Herefd
Shrewsby. & Chester
(Nor. W. MM.)
Do. Halves, do
Do. Oswestry
Shropshire Union....
Do. A, B,C, &D, fully
paid up at per cent.
South Dev0n..........
South Ea5tern.........
South Wales
S. Yorksh. River Dun
Do.. .• ••
Staines,Wok.,&Wok.
Stockton & Darling
Stockton & Hartlepl.
Taff Vale
Do £lO shades
Do. Pref., No. 1
Thames Haven Dock
and Rail
Vale of Neath
Waterfd. & Kilkenny
Waterford& Lime ri ck
West
West End of London
and Crystal Palace I
West London
Wlnblecion &Croydoi.
York Newctl. & Borw.
Do. Extensions.......
Do. G.N.E. Purchase
York & N. Midland..

100
3i
100
16
11§
all

261
13i
20
20

" H. To attach and unite around you all the scattered
and schismatic Oreeks who are spread over Hungary and
in the south of Poland.

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111 121p'
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" 12. To make yourself their centre and support, and
to establish, firstly, a universal dominion by a sort of
sacerdotal hingeskip or democracy; this will make you
many friends in the very homes of your enemies.
" 13. Sweden dismembered, Persian vanquished, Po-
land subjugated, Turkey conquered, our armies concen-
trated, the Black Sea and the Baltic swept by our fleet,
send secretly, first to the Court of Versailles, and then
to that of Vienna, to share with them the empire of the
world. If either the one or the other fall into this
scheme, which they cannot fail to do at a proposition
so flattering to their self-love and their ambition, make
use.of the acceptance to crush the other ; you may in
turn crush the remaining one, by entering upon a struggle
which cannot be doubtful in result, Russia possessing
already all the East and the major part of Europe.
" 14. If, which is not probable, each of the Powers
refuses the offer of Russia, it will know how to ex-
cite quarrels between them, and make one exhaust the
other. Then, seizing a decisive moment, Russia will
pour down her arinie., already concentrated, on Ger-
many, and at the same moment two immense fleets of
transports, the one sailing from the Sea of Azof, the
other from the pert of Archangel, loaded with Asiatic
hordes, under the convey of the armed squadrons of the
Black and Baltic Seas. Advancing along the Mediter-
ranean and by the Atlantic, they will overwhelm France
on one hand, while Germany will be overrun all the
other, and, these two countries conquered, the rest of
Europe will pass easily and unresistingly under the yoke.
" Thus may and should Europe be conquered."

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20
50
20

Basiness done
this day.

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32 1i 2

81i 21 2 A

103 2 3
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FOREIGN.

A atwrp & Rotterdam
Belgian East. Junct
Beziers to Graissessac
Central of Italy
Charleroi & Erquelin
Demerara
Dijon and Besagon
Dutch Rhenish
East Indian
Do. Extension
Gt. Indian Peninsula
Gd. Junct. of France
Gd. Trunk. of Canada
Shrs. and Bonds
Gt. Central of France
Gt. Westn. of Canada
Shares
o. bonds(l i55.)1857
Do. bonds (2 i55.)1873
Hamilton & Toronto
Do. 6 per cent
Lake Const. & Basle
Lucca and Pistoja, 5
per cent. pref.
Luexembourg
Do. (Railway)
Do

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Do. (Canal)
Do. 6 p. cent. pref.
Lyons & Mediterran
Madras
'Maria Antonia
Do. New
Melbourne Dk. & Ry
Namur & Liege (with
interest
Do. (ex interest)
Northern of France

6
id p

-

7i : 8
33 --

all Do. 201. 3 p. c. Bds
[tiny; B. &Ams. Shs.
all NorwegianTrnk. Pref
10 Paris and Lyons
40 Do. bonds
all Paris and Orleans
all' Paris and Rouen
all Paris and Strasbourg
4 Paris Caen& Cherbrg.
104 Quebec & Richmond
all Rouen and Havre
9 Royal Danish
2 Royal Swedish
all Sambre and Meuse
6 , 5i per cent. pref
2 S.E. of France
6 Southern of France
6 St. Andrews & Quebec
2s. Upper India Scrip
all West Flanders

- 8.
154 - 16

41 -
37i -

10 Do. 5 per c. Pref
10 Western of France
4 West. of Switzerland
2 'Wiesbaden
12 .Zealawi

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LINES LEASED AT FJXRD RENTALS.
Leasing Closing Prices Baldness
Sbr. Paid RAILWAYS. Compass. this day. this day.
50 all Bedford and LnIN.W.
Bletchley
St. 100 Buckghamsh L. (SENN. 100 102
50 all Clydesdale Jc Caledon... 50 52
St. 100 E. Lincoln. gr
6p. cent ... . Gt.Northn 140 145
25 all Glas. Barr. & Caldonian.
Neils. Direct. •• •
25 all Do. New Do — . .
25 all Glstr.&Dn.Fr. Gt.74Testn 3O 32
100 all Hrtlpl. Dk. & Yk. New
Railway di Berw..
50 all Hull dr Selby Y.diN.Md. 108 110
25 all Do. 1 Shares Do 54 55
126 all Do. I Shares. Do 26 276
12i all Lon.&Greenw S. Eastern l3 146
20 all Do. Preference Do 24 256
St. 100 Lowestoft gr.
4 per cent... Norfolk
St. 100 Do. 6 per ct.. Do —
56 all Manch.Bxton. Ln.&N.W
and Matlock & Midld 2 - 3
50 all Middlesbro' di Stckton dz
Redcar Darlingt.-
100 all Midld.Bradfd Midland... 99 101 100 A
50 all Northern and
Easternsp.c. E. Count.. 61. 63
50 all Do. 6 per ct Do
50 all Do. Fixed sp. cDo.. . .
25 all Prest. & Wyre L. drl\ . W
diLndiYk
126 12 Do. 6 Shares. Do —
St. 100 Roystn.&Hit. Gt.Northn 140 145
St. 100 Do.Shepth.St. Do 140 145
25 1.88 Shef. Roth. & Lancash.&
Goole g. 5. p. c Yorksh — d
12 96 S. Staffordsh.. MrMClean lid 7/
50 all WearValleygr Stockt. &
• 6 per cent ... Darling .
25 all Do.. Do 306 31 316 6,
St. 100 Wilts&Somrst Gt.Westn 9B 100

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25

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100
100
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100

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St.
St.

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8
10

25
10
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all
all
10i
100
100

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1853.

11 pm
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MINES.
1 all Agua Fria ..... .. . . . p 1A $
1 all Anglo Austrin. Gold d ... par
10s. all Anglo Californian d par
10 2 Australasian l+
20 6 Australian 2} -- 3 3,1
1 all Australian Cordillera l - k d
1 all Australian Freehold. d
1 all Ave Maria —
1 all Baden (Gd.Dachy of) A d
50 all Blamarvon Iron and
Coal
1 all British Austria. Gold $ $ d
20 13.5 British Iron 8 10
35 24A Brazilianlmp.(issued
at £5 pm si 6i
30 all Do. Cocaes & Cuiada 2 2}
20 15 Do. St. John Del Rey 37 39 39 8$
1 A Carson's Creek id Par
10 all Cobre Copper 43 45 11A
5 1 Colonial Gold $ p 14
15 Copiapo lli 124
St. all Copper Min. of Eng. 55 65
25 all Do. Pref. 7i p. cent. 5 7pad
5 all English and Austin.
Copper Smeitg. Co. 2A 3 d
20 all General l4 16
2 all Gt.NuggetVeinScrp. A • p 2A
2 Do. Registered
31 all Great Polgooth
1 all Lake rathurst..
1 all Liberty 2 -
3 all Linares ll ... 13 12i
1 all Lona. &Californ. Gold
Quartz Crush. Co
1 all Mariquita d par
10 9 Mexican&S.Americn. 7 7A
1 all New Granada id par
1 all New Linares Mining
and Smelting Co — 1
1 all Nouveau Monde — ',lll 12
20 all Pontgiband Silver
Lead Min. & Smelt.
6 1 Port Philip — la
1 all Quartz Rock d par
50 all Rhymney Iron 8 30
15 15 Do. New —
30 11i Santiago de Cuba 4 5
1 all South Australian.., .
10 7 Tin Croft . 6
28A all United Mexican 3 q gl
"2
1 all Waller $ $ d
1 all West Granada — $ d
1 all West Mariposa 4 - :1
1 12s. Worthing Mining of
Australia
1 all Yuba

JOINT-STOCK BANKS.
40 all Australasia 75 77
40 all British Colonial Bank ...
and Loan Company
50 all British N. American ...
20 2 Chrtd. Buk.of India,
Austral., and China id jdis
25 5 Chrtd. Bnk. of Asia. 1 ldis
100 25 Colonial
100 20 Commercial of Lond —
20 10 English Scottish and
Australian Chrtd 1 Ad
20 15 London Chrtd. Bnk
of Australia — 16/
50 20 London and County ...
50 10 London Joint Stock —
100 20 Lond.andWestminst —
100 35 National Provincial
of England
20 10 Do. New —
50 22A National of Ireland —
20 all New South Wales
25 all Oriental Bank Cor
poration
100 25 Provincial of Ireland ... ... 48
10 all Do. New —
5 1 Royal Australn. Bkg.
and Gold Imp. Co d— par
25 25 South Australia
25 all Union of Australia 73 75 r3l
2A Do. New 74
50 10 Union of London
40 all Union of Madrid
MISCELLANEOUS.
5 5 Aubin Coal and Iron ...
25 In, Australian Agricult. 42 43 42
20 14 Australsn.Pcific.Mail •• •
10 8 Australn. Royal Mail •••
10 2i Berlin Water Works —
80 38A Brit. American Laud 60 65
5 31 Brit. & Coln. Smeltg.
and Reduction Co
100 324 Canada Company
5 5 Crystal Palace — 1 p5l 6 A
5 1 Do. New —2 i
4 2 Crystal Pal. of France ,
20 3 Eastern 5team........
25 20 Electric Telegraph (A) 17 19
25 15 Do. (B) l2 14
1 1 Electric Tel. of Irel ••• •••
15 14 Gen. Steam Navigat —
20 18 General Screw Steam ...
20 74 Irish Beetroot Sugar
20 6 Magdalena St. Navig.
1 all Nat. Pt. Steam Fuel ... . .
10 4 Netherlands Laud li ii,(l
2 1 N. S. W. Coal & Inter-
Stem. Nay. Co —
1 all N. B. Australasian —
1 A Do. New • •
20 10 Nrth.of Europe Steam
5 all Peel Rr. Ld. & Minrl. p 51 I
5() all Peninsular & Oriental
50 25 Do. do. ... 38
2 all Portland Iron Co ...
100 60 Royal Mail Steam • .
1. all Scot. Austral. Invest l,; lip 2i
25 25 South Austral. Land 35 37
1 all Submarine Telegraph ...
100 28A Van Diemen's Laud 144 154

SAILING OF THE MARCO POLO.—This celebrated clip-
per-ship sailed from the Mersey yesterday afternoon for
Melbourne, with a very large number of emigrants on
board, every berth being occupied. She is commanded
by Captain M'Donnell, who was chief officer during her
celebrated voyages, Captain Forbes having been ap-
pointed to the Thunderbolt, now building at Boston.
SACRED HARMONIC SOCIETY.—The opening concert
of the season is fixed for to-morrow, the 11th instant.
Handel's Te Deum for the Victory at Dettingen, and
one of his Anthems for George the Second's Coronation,
and Mozart's well-known Twelfth Mass' are the works
selected for the occasion. The performances continue
under the able direction of Ur. Costa.

THE LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

THE BANQUET.

The :)anqua, for which invitations had been issued in
the joint names of the Lord Mayor and Mr. Alderman
and Sheriff Wire, took place in the Guildhall. The de-
corations were of the usual character, consisting chiefly
of banners and numerous devices, in which—somewhat
strangely in a civic hall—ancient armour and weapons
fcrmed the most prominent features ; but the coup d'ceil,
where the gas stars and the lines of gas jets which mark
the tracery of the walls shone out in all their brilliancy,
was most striking and imposing.

On the right of the Lord Mayor were the late Lord
Mayor, the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Aberdeen, the
Earl of Clarendon, Lord J. Russell, M.P., Lord Can-
ning, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Wire, Lord Palmerston, Sir
C. Wood, Sir J. Graham, the American Minister, the
Danish Charge d'Affaires, and the Minister of Paraguay.
On the Lord Mayor's left were the Lady Mayoress, the
late Lady Mayoress, the Marquis and Marchioness of
Salisbury, Lord and Lady Mandeville, and Sir W.
Molesworth.

Among the company we observed Lord Hatherton,
Mr. Cardwell, M.P., Sir J. Patteson, Mr. M. T. Baines,
M.P., Sir J. Pakington, M.P., Mr. S. Walpole, M.P.,
Mr. G. C. Lewis, M.P., Sir C. G. Young, Sir J. Dod-
son, the Recorder and Mrs. S. Wortley, the Lord
Mayor's Chaplain, the late Lord Mayor's Chaplain, Mr.
E. Ball, M.P , Mr. Schollfield, M.P., Sir R. W. Car-
den, Mr. J. Wilson, M.P., Mr. Chaplin, M.P., Lord
D. Stuart, M.P., Mr. Masterman, M.P., and many of
the aldermen, members of the Common Council, and
officers of the corporation.
The Earl of Aberdeen and Lord John Russell were
loudly cheered as they passed through the hail on their
arrival, previously to their presentation to the Lord
Mayor and Mr. Sheriff Wire, in the reception-room.
At the conclusion of the banquet Mr. D. R. Harker,
the toastmaster, proclaimed, as usual, a " Welcome"
to the guests, and the 6` loving cup" went round. Grace
was then sung by a very efficient corps of vocalist's,
comprising Miss .Ransford, Miss Eyles, Miss Bassano,
Mr. Ransford, Mr. W. E. Ransford, Mr. Francis, &c.
The LORD MAYOR gave, in succession, the healths of
"The Queen," and of " Prince Albert, the Prince of
Wales, and the remaining branches of the Royal Family,"
which were enthusiastically received.
The next toast was, " The Navy and the Army," in
proposing which the Lon)) MAYOR expressed his hope
that this country might continue to enjoy the blessings
of peace ; but observed it was fortunate for them that,
although they could not number among their warriors a
Nelson or a Wellington, they might have the advantage
of the services of men, in both branches of the service,
who were trained in the school of those immortal heroes,
if the neo3ssity for their aid should arise. (Cheers.)
Sir J. GRAHAM, in returning thanks for the navy, said
—he could only give that distinguished company the
assurance—trite, but true—that, whether in war or in
peace, the British navy would be found ready to do its
duty. (Cheers.) If war should be imminent, and an
enemy should be found to insult the British flag, the
British navy would be ready to maintain the honour of
that flag. In concert with the allies of this country, it
would be the duty of the navy to promote the observ-
ance of treaties, which were the best securities of peace.
(Cheers.) Another thing the British navy was at all
times ready to do--namely to protect the commerce and
trade of this country, which were the life and strength of
the British nation. He felt highly flattered in being the
representative of the British navy, to whom the approba-
tion of such a meeting would afford great encourage-
ment. (Cheers.)
Lieutenant-General Sir J. WILSON briefly acknow-
ledged the toast on behalf of the army,
The Loan MAYOR next gave " Prosperity to the City
of London and the trade thereof," observing that the
present prosperity of the city was unprecedented, and
that he hoped it might long continue to boast of the
most extensive trade in the world.

The toast having been duly honoured,
The LORD MAYOR proposed, in highly complimentary
terms, the health of his predecessor in the civic chair.
Mr. Alderman CHALLIS having returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed the health of the
foreign Ministers—(cheers)—coupling with the toast the
name of the American Minister.

Mr. BUCHANAN, in responding to the toast, said he
performed the duty, although it had unexpectedly de-
volved
upon him, with hearty and cheerful goodwill. If
his diplomatic associates had all been present they could
not have failed to be gratified at the manner in which
the toast had been received, and, in their names as well
as for himself, he begged to return thanks for the distin-
guished honour conferred upon them. He confessed
that he had been very much struck with the gorgeous
spectacle he had witnessed that evening. He had read,
in his own land, descriptions of these splendid pageants
of the middle ages, but the reality was fully equal to the
description. This spectacle had made a deep and lasting
impression upon his imagination in this utilitarian age.
His country was progressive, yet he knew how to admire
such a magnificent spectacle of ancient times. This was
truly the age of utilitarianism. What a desecration of
chivalry and romance it was to place a steamboat on the
Lake of Killarney I (A laugh.) He might mention, as
a commentary on the age in which they lived, that, at
the very moment to-day when he finished reading a de-
scription of this pageant, he received a letter from his
own country making the most minute inquiries as to the
mode in which a very distinguished statesman in this
country proposed to consume the smoke of Londen.
(" Hear, hear." and a laugh.) This was an idea which
had not yet presented itself to the minds of his country-
men. He (Mr. Buchanan) did-not profess himself to he
a diplomatist. Very far from it. But in this age diplo-
lornacy had rendered important service to the world.
The first and highest duty of a diplomatist was to exer-
cise all his faculties, consistently with his instructions,
to preserve peace, and to promote friendly relations
among the nations of the earth. This task, though less
glorious, was far more useful to mankind than that of
the warrior ; and he ventured to hope that it might be
successfully performed by the distinguished diploma-
tists who were at present intrusted with negotia-
tions on which the peace of the world might depend.
(Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR (after proposing " The health of
of the Lord Chancellor," who briefly returned thanks),
said they were on that occasion honoured with the pre-
sence of many of her Majesty's Ministers—(cheers)—
and among them the head of a Government which, it
was well known, had exerted itself to the utmost to pre-
serve the peace of the world. (Loud cheers.) The
most unwearied endeavours had been made by the Cabi-
net to maintain the peace of Europe and of the world at
large, and he had much pleasure in proposing " The
health of the Earl of Aberdeen and her Majesty's
Ministers." (The toast was received with loud
cheering.)
The Earl of ABERDEEN rose to respond to the toast.
The noble earl said—My Lord Mayor, I have to return
you my sincere thanks for the very flattering mariner in
which you have proposed, and in which this company
have received, the health of my colleagues and myself.
Perhaps it is not too much to hope that, with regard to
persons in our situation, a favourable construction, at
least, may be placed upon our motives and intentions in
the discharge of our duty. (Cheers.) It is true that
we are the servants of the Crown ; and happily, in these
days, such service is not incompatible with the most sin-
cere desire to promote the welfare, the happiness, and
the prosperity of the people. (Cheers.) Notwithstanding
the prosperous condition of this country in all its great
interests, and the wonderful advances that are made in
every department of art, science, and industry, I am
quite aware that much yet remains to be done, the suc-
cess of which may be promoted by her Majesty's Minis-
ters. Much improvement, much reform, in the condi-
tion of the people, whether social, moral, or political, is
demanded. I know, my Lord Mayor, that much is
expected from us by the country, and I hope we shall
be found ready and willing to answer to the call. In a
country such as this, and in an age of civilisation like that
in which we live, these are the real triumphs—these are
the glories—to which any Government ought to aspire.
(Cheers.) I trust that nothing will happen to impede or
to check the progress of those-improvements and of that
reform which I so ardently desire to see effected. (Hear.)
They can only be successfully carried out by the continu-
ance of that tranquillity which we have so long enjoyed
—and in the absence of all disturbing causes, whether
foreign or domestic. (Renewed cheers.) My Lord
Mayor, some time ago, when I last had the honour of
being the guest of your predecessor in office, I made a
declaration, perhaps in the hearing of some now present
that the policy of her Majesty's Government was a policy
of peace. (Hear, and cheers.) I desire, on this occa-
sion, to repeat that declaration. (Renewed cheering.)
I will go further, and I will say that no other principle
of policy will ever be announced by me. (Cheers.)
But, as emphatic as these words may be, they are not to
be understood as signifying the impossibility of war.
On the contrary, we know full well that this cannot be
the case ; but they signify that so far as I am concerned, 1
war will never be undertaken by me without reluctance,
and never but when demanded—plainly demanded—by
a due sense of that honour and the interests of this
country. (Hear, and cheers.) This I believe to be the
duty of English Ministers. I am certain it is the duty
of a Christian man. (Cheers.)
The noble EARL immediately rose again, and proposed ,
"The Health of the Lord Mayor," who acknowledged
the compliment, and gave " The Earl of Clarendon and
the House of Peers."
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or their speeches so long, or the debates
be so numerous
so often adjourned as was necessarily the • case in the
other house of Parliament ; but he could say that in the
House of Lords the public business was performed with
conscientious care, and with an earnest desire to promote
the religious welfare and the temporal prosperity of every 1
class in the country. (Cheers.) The days of aristocratic
privileges were now happily gone by, never to return, 1
and he believed the House of Lords maintained its high
position from the deference which it exhibited to public
opinion, and from its willingness to receive impulses
from without upon all questions affecting the general as
compared with what he might call the class interests of the
country. (Hear, hear.) Thus, on a recent occasion,
when a great social, political, and commercial question
was under consideration, they had seen the House of
Lords laying aside what some might call its prejudices,
and others its interests, and voluntarily deferring to the
unmistakeable wish of the people. (Cheers.) Of this
ke was sure, that there was no body of men more anxious

to obtain and to deserve the good opinion of their fel-
low-countrymen. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The House of Com-
mons," coupling with it the name of Lord J. Russell,
who, he said, had secured universal respect from his
advocacy of every measure of public improvement.
Lord J. RUSSELL said, that whatever view the House
of Commons might take of any question in the first in-
stance, they invariably pursued that course which they
believed would be most conducive to the public welfare,
and this circumstance he attributed to the practice of free
discussion. The Lord Mayor had alluded in the course
of his observations, to the inquiry now in progress with
regard to the corporation of London. As a represen-
tative of the city of London, he (Lord J. Russell had
been proud to find, when the inquiry was first proposed,
that, instead of shrinking from it, the corporation openly
and manfully courted inquiry. (Hear, and cheers),
and he felt sure they would in the same spirit lend
their aid to the full prosecution of that inquiry. (Hear,
hear.) If there were abuses, he hoped they would be
corrected ;!if reforms were need, he hoped they would be
made ; but he thought they should proceed upon the
principle on which the corporation was founded—the
free election by the citizens of their own magistrates.
Lord PALMERSTON observed, that if the distinguished
guest of the Lord Mayor, the representative of the
United States of America, our cousins, he (Lord Pal-
merston) might al:nost say our brothers on the other
side of the Atlantic, with whom he trusted we should
always maintain the most friendly and inti—ate
rela-
tions--(cheers)—if that distinguished man had been im-
pressed by the magnificence of that banquet, he could
not fail to have been struck by the galaxy of beauty
which surrounded him on every side. (Cheers) He
(Lord Palmerston) would say with confidence—and with.
out meaning offence to the representative of ally'other
country—that that beauty could not be.exceeded by any
nation of the earth. (Cheers and laughter.) He was
sure the gentlemen present would cordially join drinking
"The Health of the Lady Mayoress and the Ladies."
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and gave "The
Chief Justice of the Court of Queen's Bench, and the
Judges."
Lord CAMPBELL, in acknowledging the toast, observed,
that some persons had talked as if the result of the
present commission of inquiry into the corporation of
London would be the abolition of that corporation. He
hoped, however, that no such result would follow, but
that in the reign of Albert the Tenth the monarch would
be invited to receive the loyal hospitalities of the city of
London. (Cheers and laughter.) If the corporation
were to be removed at one fell swoop, he thought a great
sensation would be created among the Courts of Europe
than would be caused by any other political event— (a
laugh)—for when they heard that the office of Lord
Mayor was abolished, they would believe that a revolu-
tion had indeed commenced. (Cheers and langhter.) He
would remind his noble friend (Lord J. Russell) that
when the general measure of corporation reform was
proposed, he (Lord Campbell) wished to include the
corporation of London, for he believed that to reform
whatever abuses existed would be true Conservatism.
(Hear, and cheers.) Such reform ought, however, to
be cautious, safe, and gradual. He had been glad to
learn that before the commission of inquiry was ap-
pointed the corporation had themselves offered every
facility for the investigation—(cheers), and he trusted
the result would be, not to destroy the corporation, but
to place it upon a more firm and satisfactory basis.
The LORD MAYOR gave the health of

Mr. Alderman and Sheriff WIRE, who, in returning
thanks, expressed his determination, while upholding
the privileges of the city as far as he could, to advocate
whatever reforms were requisite and in conformity with
the spirit of the age. (Cheers.)
Several other toasts were proposed, and the company
then retired to the drawing-room, where coffee and other
refreshments were provided,