The Sun.
London, England, 1854-11-10 00:00:00

At that time the Earl of Aberdeen and Lord Pa]

merston made their appearance, and were loudly we,
corned. Lord John Russell and the Earl of Clarendon,
who followed almost immediately, were also most cor-
dially reoeived.
A few minutes after seven, the Lord Mayor and the
Sheriffs, preceded by the mace-bearer and other officials,
entered the hall amidst the cheers of the company,
The healths of her Majesty, Prince Albert, Albert
Prince of Wales, and the rest of the royal family, having
been given and loyally responded to,
The LORD MAYOR said the next toast which he had to
propose was one of peculiar interest at the present mo-
ment, and he was sure every one present would do it
ample justice—it was "The Armies of England, France,
and Turkey," with which he would couple the name of
Lord Harding e. (Loud cheers.) •
Lord HARDINGE, in responding to the toast, said he I
had been called upon on several former occasions to ac-
knowledge the honour done to the defenders of the
country, and he had always expressed his opinion that
whenever the country might require the services of our
army and navy they would not be found wanting. He
could now say with the utmost confidence that our
array had not degenerated, since they had recently dis-
played on the field of battle all those qualities for which
they had been so long celebrated. (Cheers.) The
first instance in which their bravery had been displayed
in conjunction with that of their French Allies, under
the direction of Lord Raglan and Marshal St. Arnaud,
was at the battle of Alma, in which they obtained the
most signal and splendid victory.. (Cheers.) The second
instance in which they were displaying their cool and
determined courage was in the siege of Sebastopol,
where they were showing a courage and discipline
worthy of their best days. (Cheers.) In the annals of
history there was no instance in which an army had
had greater difficulties to encounter than had been ex-
perienced by the Allied armies during the present cam-
paign in the Crimea. In forcing the passage of the
Alma, and in besieging Sebastopol, the English and
French troops had displayed the greatest valour and
bravery. Lord Raglan possessed all the great quali-
ties of a commander, and had on all occasions shown
himself to be perfectly worthy of the command en-
trusted to him by her Majesty. (Cheers.) The best
feeling existed between the English and French troops,
and that feeling was likely to continue, founded as it
was on mutual respect and esteem ; and he felt confident
that they would continuo to act together, as they had
hitherto done, with perfect unanimity of purpose.
The Lord MAYOR next proposed " Prosperity to the
Trade and City of London," coupling with the toast the
name of the ex-Lord Mayor.
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY, in responding to the toast,
said he was happy to find that amidst the strife of war,
and notwithstanding the high price of food, the pro-
sperity of the city of London was never greater than
at the present moment. (Cheers.)
The Lord MAYOR then proposed "The Health of the
French Minister, and of the other Foreign Ministers
who have honoured the banquet by their presence."
(Loud cheers.)
Count WALEWSKI (the French Minister, who was
greeted with several rounds of cheers), in acknowledging
the toast, said—Je viens, au nom du corps sliploma-
tique, remercier l'honorable assembla qu'il me soit per-
mis tout d'abord do former un souhait auquel, j'en sues
certain, tous rises coMgues s'associeront sans reSserve—
&est qua votre administration, my Lord Maire, prenne
fin au milieu de circonstances plus paisible que celles qui
signalent eon avenement. Mais ce qui a'est pas moins
d6sirable c'est, que la paix qua nous appelons tons
des nos vceux les plus sinceres soit une paix durable,
et pour qu'elle soit durable it faut qu'elle repose sur des
conditions do stability en rapport avec le grand fait
qui domino notre opoque, et qui rillustre, avec le
grand fait qui a chang6, en pout le dire, la politique
du monde, et qui doit rassurer cur l'avenir les plus timides
comma lee plus incr6dules. Ce grand fait c'est l'union
des deux peoples qui marchent h le tete de civilisation—
c'est l'alliance de la France et de r.A.ngleterre. (Loud
cheers.) La bataille d'Alrea, qui prendra place dans
les fastes de l'histoire, parmi les faits d'armes les plus
glorieux du siècle ; la prise do Bomarsund, les port des
l'ennemi bloquds dans toutes les mere, ce ne sent lh que
des pr6ludes, mais qui t6moignent assez hautement de ce
que cette alliance pent faire et de ce qu'elle fera. (Cheers.)
Esp6rons qu'au moment ou je parle les drapeaux r6unis
de l'Angleterre et de la France et de la Turquie flottent
victerieux sur les murs, on plutOt sur les ruines de Sebas-
topol. (Loud cheers.) Nous pouvons sans trop de pr -
fsonaption nourrir set espoir ; car tout doit nous en donner
la confiance—la bravoure et le patriotism° de nos soldeabtlse,
la superiorit6 de nos connaissances militaires, a
emulation qui regne entre les deux arm6es et lee deux
marines, et, par dessus tout, la saintet6 de 1a cause
n
qu'elles d6fendent. (Loud and continued cheering.)
The following is a translation of the above
the speech
My Lord and Gentlemen,—ln the name of
diplo-
matic body, I return thanks to this honourable body,
'ish
and beg to be permitted at the outset to express
a
in which I am certain all my colleagues willunreservedly
join, and that is, my Lord ,Alayor, that your administra.-
tiers may close amidst circumstances snore peaceable
than those which mark its commencement. But yet
there is one thing not less to be desired, and that
is, that the peace which we all so ardently desire
in the sincerest manner may be a lasting peace, and
that it may be lasting it must, above all, rest on
conditions of stability in harmony with the great fact
which marks our epoch, and which illustrates it, to-
gether with the great fact which, 5° to say, has damaged
the politics of the world, and which henceforth must re-
assure the most timid as well as the most iecrehdiscilhouads.
This great fact is the union of the two nations
vance at the head of civilisation—it is the an
France and England. The battle on the
aAlma,lwche oficli
may well take its place among the brightest achieve-
ments that the page of history has recorded, and to pass
from this, the crowning proof of the military prowess
of the age, I come to the siege of Bomarsund ; to the
blockaded
blockaded ports of the enemy ; and yet these are but
preludes of what such an alliance cando, and will yet
accomplish, (Cheers.) Let us hope that, at the moment