The Sun.
London, England, 1853-11-14 00:00:00

FAREWELL BANQUET TO LORD

ELPHINSTONE.

On Saturday evening, the chairman and directors of
the East India Company entertained at dinner Lord
Elphinstone, previous to his proceeding to his post as
Governor of Bombay, to which he has recently been ap-
pointed. The dinner took place in the London Tavern,
and was characterised by all the splendour and magni-

ficence for which that establishment is famous. The
display of gold plate was profase in quantity, and curious
and rare in workmanship. The dinner comprised every
delicacy of the season, and the wines were of the first
order.

Mr. Russell Ellice, chairman of the board of directors,
was in the chair, having Lord Elphinstone, the guest of
the evening, on his right hand. There were also present,
on the right—Earl Granville, the Marquis of Lansdowne,
Lord Canning, Lord Hardinge, Sir Charles Wood, Mr.
Wigram, Lord Campbell, Mr. Sidney Herbert, Sir James
Graham, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr. Card-
well, Sir James Hogg, Vice-Chancellor Page Wood,

Sac. On the left of the chairman there were—The Lord

Mayor, the Deputy Chairman of the Company, the Earl
of Elgin, the Earl of Bessborough, the Earl of Shelburne,
Lord Sydney, Mr. Lock, Lord Ernest Bruce, Lord
Stanley of Alderley, Mr. S. Lushington, Mr. Hayter,
Mr. Baines, Lord Justice Turner, Vice-Chancellors Kin-
dersley and Stuart, Sir Richard Jenkins, the Solicitor-
General, &c. Among the company there were also pre-
sent —Sir 'Willoughby Cotton, Sir George Pollock, Mr.
Mills, Colonel Sir Colin Campbell, Hon. Leslie Melvill,
Sir C. Pasley, Mr. Masterman, M:P., Sir H. M. Wheeler,
Sir Henry Willock, Mr. Mangles, M.P., Mr. Lowe,
M.P., Mr. James Wilson, XP., &c.
After giving the healths of the Queen, Prince Albert,
and the rest of the Royal Family, which were duly
honoured,

The CHAIRMAN said they came now to the toast of the
evening. They were assembled to bid farewell to the
noble lord on his right, who was about to proceed to
India as Governor of Bombay. (Applause.) He had
been elected by the unanimous vote of the court of direc-
tors, and that vote had been cordially approved of by
the Crown. Lord Elphinstone was no untried man ;

they had already had experience of his abilities in ad-
ministering Indian affairs. They had had experience of
his talents as Governor of Madras, all the duties of which
office he had discharged to the entire satisfaction of the
directors ; and they had, therefore, complete satisfaction
in having appointed him as Governor of Bombay, being
assured that in his rule he would not only study to for-
ward the interests of the East India Company, but to
promote the happiness of the many millions of our fel-
low-subjects entrusted to his care. He was sure that
all present would join him (the chairman) in the wish
that it might please God that the noble lord might be
spared to return to his native country, and live long to
enjoy the satisfaction of feeling that he had advanced the
happiness and promoted the interests and the welfare of
the millions of her Majesty's subjects over whom he was
now called to rule. (Great applause.)
Lord ELPHINSTONE thanked the company for the flat-
tering manner in which they had received his health.
This was not the first time that he had stood in the posi-
tion of returning thanks for an honour conferred upon
him of a similar nature ; but he mast confess he did not

find that that at all lightened the difficulty of finding