The Sun.
London, England, 1846-07-13 00:00:00

THE SUN, MONDAY E-VENING, Jrldir 13, 1t446.

Invarie'ble object of the enemy in all his encounters, to COT!. j SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.
ceal, if possible, the loss he sustains. On our side the loss TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUN.
has been comparatively triflingly—one dan—amounting
gerous only
ly. to four
men—three of them wounded bad
The Sr-In—Havinglaid here
the St. Leger animals, I willthe pretensions of the second,
M Cape Mounted Rifles, both officers and men, distieguished bard, and worst cies of
themselves by that wonted courage and activity which has wind up by reyie the "crates," composing what
earned for them, throughout this trying campaign, the high . may be truly termed the "first class." They are only
character et' brave men and good soldiers. The small party six in number, but each one is more formidable than any
of the 7th Dragoon Guard 9, under Cept. Hegg, also behaved ten of the other classes. First and foremost is the
well in this bush tight big, a kind of warfare very foreign to- " Premier". (it the betting list—
that to which they have teen trained." M - SIR 'TATTON SYKES. by Melbourne, out of Vitellius's
We have an account of a spirited affair in 'which a trader,
named Murray, now Kaffir interpreter, with a few of the dam, who Won the iwo Thousand Guineas Stakes,
easily defea,inne :he imffed-up crack Tom Tullock and
Cape Corpe, and a party of Fingoes, made a dash upon a
the Marquis of Exeter's ame nag St. Demetri, for which
herd of cattle, in the possession of the Kaffirs, near Fort
Peddie, and succeeded, besie es killing two or three of the pertormance he was immediatelyg elevated to the ranko
second favourite for the Derby, and, upon the
enemy, in capturing 500 head Information received
retire-
to-day that the Leger of C. Buckner, on the Bushman's talent of Sting, took the premiership; but immediately
River had been attacked by the Kaffirs, and who succeeded preceding the Epsom week was knocked out of his po-
in getting off with about GOO head of cattle. The attack was sition in the betting, and peppered most unmercifully—
made just at the close of the day, the K./ars rushing down somewhat to the astonishment of his owner and the
in great force amongst the cattle. An Englishman, named backers of the stable. Several rumours were afloat.
.Middleton, was shot dead in this affair, and Mr. Buckner ie One, that he went queer; another, that he pulled up
said to be wounded. lame after a gallop; but in this instance I am inclined to
TWELVE o'Ceocie.—Received this moment the following I think that " rumour" was entirely out, for I am cer-
from the Beaufort division : tain, that when Sir Tatton made his appearance on the
Downs, he was everything his friends could wish; his
doings there made noise enough; many say that Bill
Scott, through exhaustion, lost the race. I all not of
the number. I have no doubt he was exhausted, but
Pyrrhus's game blood " told." From the, distance to
the winning-post, every stride the latter took brought
him nearer to the front. In spite of all that Scott could
do, he could not keep ahead of Pyrrhus, the latter
winning beautifully in the last five strides by a neck.
Now, taking these performances of Sir Tatton into con-
sideration, it is very evident he must not be "potted"
against, abhough at his present price he is not worth
backing. The Derby was a jumble among several of
the animals, aed it will not do to rest entirely on the
deci ion of that race as a proof of the merits of Fancy
Boy, Sting, and one or two other starters. lam not at
all certain that the redoubtable Sir Tatton can beat
either Fancy Boy, Sting, or Grimston, and until he beats
one of this trio I shall not be convinced of his capability
of winning the St. Leger.
STING, by Slane, out of Echo, the Derby " Premier"
for eleven months out of the twelve, who won his two-
year old races easily, beating all sorts of fields—good,
bad, and indifferent—the horse who had great odds laid
against his even being second, so sure at that time were
his backers of his victorious march over the Derby
course. What a tale time has told. The once mighty
"crack" (as I predicted some three or four weeks pre-
vious to the Derby day) was literally nowhere. It has
been asserted that he was severely dosed—in sporting
parlance, nobbled; but, whether he was or not, his
chance was entirely out at the turn, from being thrown
out of his stride, and from being forced to go outside
his horses. These accidents settled his chance for the
Derby, and made him an outsider for the Leger. At
his present odds, 40 and 50 to 1, he is well worth back-
ing, and of all outsiders the most formidable. He will
finish in the front, if he does nothing more. It is not
improbable you may have a taste of his quality at York,
in the Great Yorkshire Stakes. All I have to say about
him in conclusion is, keep him on the right side of your
"book," which advice, if you take it, I'd pledge my
word you will not repent the so doing.
BROCARDO, by Touchstone, out of Brocado —a true
son of Touchstone—possessing his sire's strength and
speed, and game to the back-bone. He has only started
fur one race, and that one was the Derby, when he run
a very good third. Had either he or Sting, won
the settling would have been awful—it would have
swamped one-third of the ring. Upon the strength of
his solitary trial and blood, he was backed to win an
enormous sum. He has numerous friends for the Leger,
who fancy he can beat anything. I think otherwise.
PYRRHUS THE FIRST, by Epirus, out of Fortress.
This stout nag of Mr. Gulley's, out of one of the best
brood mares in England, made his debut by winning the
Newmarket Stakes, beating 'lago by half a length—a
performance, in the opinion of the ring, of so little con-
sequence that he was priced at 33 to 1 for the Derby,
but at the very last he came with a rush, and left off se-
cond favourite, Bto 1 being readily taken. His winning
the first race in the world proves his quality ; the finish
was the most superb piece of racing, both on the part of
man and horse, that I ever had the pleasure of seeing.
Since then he has only been in public once, and then he
walked over for a Foal Stakes, at Winchester, thus
having won all the races he has ever started for.
GRIMSTON. by Verulam, out of Morsel—the fastest
three year old for a distance that can be found ; his
victories at Ascot and Newcastle elevated him to the rank
of a favourite. If he is up to the mark at Doncaster
they will have some difficulty in stalling him off.
FANCY BOY, by Tomboy, out of Muleteer's dam, the
" Pet of the Prophets" for the Derby, and the first fa-
vourite in the ring, was so awfully knocked about before
starting, and in the race, that his running for that event
cannot be taken as a criterion of what he can do ; the
same may be said of his running for the North Derby
Stakes at Newcastle, where he was down twice, or he
would most assuredly have won. My opinion of him is
that he will be placed for the St. Leger, and at his price,
20 to, 1, ought to be backed for a good sum. The in-
juries he received at Newcastle are not of such a serious
nature as were at first supposed.
To conclude my St. Lager remarks, I will name ten
animals, from which I firmly believe the winner will
spring, viz., Comoush, Fancy Boy, Dolo, Grimston,
Brocardo, lago, Sting, Pyrrhus the First, Joinville, and
Sir Tatton Sykes ; and if I were obliged to take but
five to produce the winner, I should name Comoush,
Fancy Boy, Sting, Pyrrhus, and Grimston.
The Liverpool meeting commences on Wednesday
with the Bickerstaffe Stakes, which lago or Joinville
will win. The Produce Stakes to Danceaway, if she
goes, otherwise Louis Philippe.
The Sefton Stakes to Danceaway or Thalia, the latter
for choice.
The Mersey Stakes will have a field of seven, or there-
abouts, viz., Glentilt, Cassandra colt, Eryx, Maid of
Motherwell, Wolverton, Meeanee, and Miles's Boy. Out
of these two are dark. One of the latter (Meeanee) and
Glentilt I select for my champions.
The match between Lor f Stanley's Ahdiel, Set 71h,
and Lord Glasgow's Canada filly, Bst 41b, will be won I
should say by the former.
On Thursday Lord Stanley's Meeanee will easily de-
feat Lord Glasgow's filly, by Sir Hercules, out of Deer-
slayer's dam. His Lordship of Glasgow's bad luck has
stuck to him for so many years that it has become a
settled thing to back his rivals, no matter who or what
they are, and in this instance I shall not deviate from
the beaten track.
The Foal Stakes will be won by lago, Inglewood or
Ironstone pla) ing second fiddle.
The Derby Handicap will have a good field, probably
ten or twelve, with Burlesque, Gannet, or the Marquis
of Conyngham for winner.
The Liverpool Cup has thirty acceptances out of
ninety-nine nominations, and fifteen may be expected to
show, viz. : —Mendicant, Intrepid, Highwayman, My
Mary, Poynton, The Baron, Rowena, Satyr, Plaudit,
As you like it, Inheritress, Yardley, The Conjuror.
Robin Burns, Roper's Daughter. From the above lot I
select Mendicant, 7st ; Rowena, 7st 81b ; Plaudit,
6st 61b ; and Inheritress, Bst 71b, as the best, both on
paper and in the field, at their weights. Inheritress
cannot be overweighted, considering that she is 6 years
old ; neither can Rowena ; but as to Plaudit and Mendi-
cant, the case is differer.t. The former is a slow affair,
receiving a year and 81bs from the latter, who, conse-
quently, stands at a great disadvantage; yet, notwith-
standing her weight, I shall look to Mendicant or
Rowena for winner; and in the event of these missing the
mark, to Inheritress. With the trio, I'll lay odds
v'in safe.

Botha's Post, May 5.
The Kaffirs passed within two miles of this post at day-
light this morning, driving flocks of sheep and young lambs,
to the number of about 10,000, from the colony, right over
the mountains in the direction of Wiltshire. We succeeded
in capturing about 800 during the forenoon.
It seas a heart-rending sight to see the beautiful flocirs
driven by the infatuated wretches right in front of the mili-
tary frost, and yet so weak is this deta cbment that we
scarce dare leave the boundary stones of the fort, far less
attempt to give chase when we see .the stock of the ct-
lonists pouring into Kaffirland. As it now iz, all we can de
with saftety is to preserve our lives, and keep the position
we hold.

Information has come. in a letter addressed by M. R.
Ayliff tt the Rev. W. Shaw, that the Kaffirs, about 300
strong, attacked the merino flocks of Mr. J. Howse, while in
the field on Thursday last. The account states, that on the
Kaffirs opening- their fire a party of Dutch boers, mounted,
immediately fled. Mr. Ayliff dispatched a party of 16 of his
men, chiefly persons of colour, who maintained a fight for
some time, but who were overcome, leaving three of their
number dead on the field.
The engagement took place within sight of the fine pre-
mises of Leeuw Fontein. Five Kaffirs were killed. 141 r.
Ayliffwrites—" The Kaffirs have now taken from here, from
myself, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Oats, 380 head of caulk, 7 horns,
and 17,000 sheep." About one hundred people, includiOg
Burghers, are dependant upcn Mr. Ayliff for focd, and he has
not a sheep left tc kill.
We have further accounts from the N.E. boundary, the
purport of which is, that the Tambookies have not
.yhet
joined in the war, and it is confidently affirmed that Umti-
rare (Umtikaka) will not join in the confederacy. The in-
tentions of the other principal chief, Mapassa, are doubttitil,
but as he is uncle to Sandilli, it is thought that he will jo4t
the hostile party.
Kreli, it is affirmed, has already committed himself, and the
Europeans in this country are in great alarm, and entreating
help to assist them in getting into the colony. There are ito
fewer than 58 white persons now there exposed to the must
imminent danger.
Information came in this morning from Fort Peddle of sin
affair with the enemy, which the safety cf the country re-
quires us to pronounce as one of the most discreditable it has
yet been our painful duty to record. The details, as collected
by us. after very careful inquiry, appear to be as follows :
On the Ist instant, the Fingoes being attacked near the Beka
station by Pato's Kaffirs, an alarm was given at Fort Peddie,
and the troops were immediately placed under arms. Our
journal on Saturday closed its accounts from hence exactly at
this point. It now appears that a force was ordered from
Fort Peddie to the scene of action, consisting of two troops
of the 7th D. (1., a small party of the Cape Mounted Rifles,
two fie.d pieces under Lieutenants Hill and King, a detach-
ment of about 60 of the 91st, under Capt. Campbell, and a few
mounted burghers. The alarm was given at half-past 12, and
yet these troops only moved from Fort Feddie, under the com-
mand of Col. Richardson, 7th D. G., at half-past two o'clock, the
distance to march being about five miles, and which was
done within an hour and a half, consequently reaching the
spot on which they halted about four o'clock r. M. This point
is a round hill, abutting in a fine open ridge, sprinkled with
low thorn bushes, being upon the whole a very favourable
position for the movements of cavalry. The detachment of
the 91st had been directed to make a little detour, and one
of the guns was halted about a mile in the rear. On reach-
ing the top of the ridge the Kaffirs were seen in great force
along the opposite valley, in which is situated the Missionary
Institution, called the Beka Station. The enemy, on seeing
our troops on the height, instead of retreating, with unparal-
lelc audacity made a signal by waving a kaross, when in-
stantly, in the face of the troops, the village or station was
fired. They then moved boldly forward in the high road,
and advanced in force to confront them. In the meantime,
however, the gun had got into position, and a few
shells were thrown, the first three doing no execution, but
the latter, fired by Lieutenant Hill, killing, it is said, some
twenty or thirty Kaffirs. Nothing daunted by this the
enemy moved steadily forward along the high road. On see-
ing this Lieutenunt Colonel Richardson, instead of dashing
forward, ordered the bugle to sound a retreat, and without
firing a carbine, the troops were actually wheeled round, and
retired at a brisk pace to Port Peddle! So peremptory
was this order to retreat, that time was not given for the
discharge of the field piece, though actually shotted, and
though, as affirmed, tl:e officer in charge of it entreated he
might be permitted to fire. The civilians were anxious, and
also the Cape Corps, to engage the enemy, and it now
remains for the officer commanding this force to show
wherefore he withdrew to the shelter of a fort, when so
favourable an opportunity was presented for crippling,
or, as Colonel Hare would say, for "striking a heavy blow"
u•)on the enemy. We call for inquiry into this affair—for
rigid, sealching inquiry. The facts, as we have stated them,
are, as we are reluctantly compelled to believe, after the most
careful inquiry, substantially correct ; and if this be so, then
in what a painful position does it place those on whom rests
the responsibility of this retrograde movement. Lay bare
the strong points of the case and they are these :—A body of
about 200 British troops, chiefly cavalry, with two field-
pieces--with 300 armed Fingoes in their immediate vicinity,
and who had single-handed maintained a long engagement
with the enemy, with the strongest fortress on the
frontier only Ave miles in the rear, and a body of
five hundred more Fingoes immediately at hand,
the road perfectly unobstructed ; and vet, despite of
all these favourable circumstances, a strong body of cavalry,
well mounted, and whose bounden duty it is to defend this
part of the Queen's dominions, retired before a horde of
savages, and that at the very moment they were about to
rush into and lay waste the colony. We repeat that in all
its circumstances this is one of the most deplorable affairs we
have yet had to record, as well as one of the severest blows
the colony at this eventful crisis has yet received. That
such is the fact is seen by the subsequent proceedings of the
very savages, before whom this body of British
troops were made thus to retire. The Kaffirs,
it is said, immediately dispatched messages to
the neighbouring chiefs, boasting they bad driven
the Dragoons before them with so much precipitation
that they rode one upon another, and had even killed their
dogs in their hurry to escape. The public look to Sir Pere-
grine Maitland, as he values the lives of the inhabitants of
this frontier, which are now in imminent peril, to deal with
this affair upon ite own merits.
We shall not attempt to make conjecture in order to ac-
count for this extraordinary forbearance towards the enemy.
We have had it intimated to us that Lieutenant-Colonel
Richardson, in thus retreating, only acted in accordance with
the peremptory orders received by him from Lieut-Colonel
Lindsay, 91st Regiment.

IRELAND.
THE ORANGE ANNIVERSARIES.
DUBLIN, JULY 10.—The preparations to commemorate
the approaching anniversary of the battle of Aughrim appears
to be general in the province of Ulster, and serious appre-
liensions of disturbance are entertained the peaceably dis-
posed inhabitants of the north—Protestant as well as Roman
Catholic. The evil tendency of these political gatherings
was forcibly depicted by Mr. Justice Crampton, in opening
the commission at Armagh on Wednesday last.
" There is on the calendars," observed his Lordship, " one
case upon which I think it right to offer you some observa-
tions. It has occurred during the course of the past month.
It is a ca,e of riot, in which a considerable number of persons
are implicated. It is a riot which, I fear, has grown out of
party spirit, and, indeed, perhaps I might say, out of what
is often called religious differences; although I must say
that I much doubt the propriety of the application, and that
I think they would be more appropriately termed anti-
Christian disputes, because I believe it is not, it can-
not be, from the root of religion that such bitter fruits arise.
It is not in the nature of things that such should be the
case. The spirit of the Christian religion, which we all in
common profess, would, on the other hand, inculcate peace
and brotherly love in all and towards all. We may, no
doubt, in discharging the good offices which come in our
way, prefer those who are Members of our own household of
Him,
sYmpathy ; but we
faith, and to whom we are bound b
wdboom auto we
all
should recollect, also, the precept of
ac-
knowledge as our Head and our Master, •o
as we would wish they should do unto us;' and that mtheir.:
spirit is within us it should be our aim to demonstrate as
much as possible. We should strive to restrain oursek,es,
and others, from all demonstrations of a different spirit.
The species of party demonstrations, to which I have re•
ferred, are essentially selfish. They are entirely selfish,
inaimgch as they do not spring from love, they do not
lead to love, they are of the spirit of evil ; they tend
only to opposition, and to the creation of dissension, to
strife, to bloodshed, and to murder. Ido sincerely trust, that
the peasantry of this country, and the artisans, may feel the
of
exercise
on the advice of those gentlemen who
leadership over them, who reside among
shouldpropr propriety
e 3;
cracting ttic
them, and who ever prove themselves their best friends and
protectors, and that they will open their eyes to the absur-
dity as wcll as the sinfulness of such preposterous practices.
I trust they will abstain from every species of party proces-
sions, or displays calculated to excite opposition. If there be
past events, either of a religious or of a secular nature, the
anniversaries of which may seem to some to be fit subjects for
celebration,
in the way of joy and merriment, let them be ce-
lebrated as it becomes Novel subjects and as becomes Christian
men—men desirous to observe and respect the law of the land,
aro! that Christian law which all of us profess to follow and to
obey. Por my own part I would earnestly inculcate on all, that
they should'abstain upon this, as upon all occasions, from any
public or irritating display 6f their particular opinions, doc-
trines, and sentiments, calculated to excite animosity, or to
lead to breaches of the peace. I would call upon all to
abstain from every manner of provoking or insulting lan-
guage to their neighbours, and from the exhibition of all
party symbols and party badges of every description ; to put
forward nothing having the name of party attached to it, and
to make it theirrule of life to give offence to none. lam
convinced, that, if ties
adir,onitions,
itelwheo
Interests. and consulted th
the hatable igndleveid, people of this country knew their own
ut they would attend to these
they are, in the spit'
they adhered re their
loyalty, and respected the law of the
now offers them.it ;eafnideatenesi't,bis;
land, and the Christian 1.
it would do more to preserve the
peace of the country, se4wl
gssity, than would even numerousldregin;ents of soldiers, or
be
that these obss
rvations are not in place,be devised'it
illaY
case to which I just nu referred; t, but,
as far as regents the
may not be amiss to impress on tile i4traett:szerthoer not it
ti;a: ppasantry, and upon all classes, their Importance, say
this, 4e,,:::4:ge. I have heard of threatenings having been made,
of getting L4p manifestations of the kind; and I will
only say, to such as iskr,';eten to join in them, that they
should not do so, that they are tke.b,;.;,cmirig.. that they
are
4140E4 ; it is not for me to say now that they are illegal,
but thsy a;e unconstitutional in spirit and also un-christian.
On etfieF 1,44 xlp man must, indeed, act absuidlY; he
must be weak, Its mast 1, lei d 1 yit ? could be tempted to
loin in them, zifter ail the lesims wVOI 44,.,79 been written,
f.,f the eotaitry? 44: chS4F4 and
10, in the history is equal folly and nod-
foolic,ii pi,;;;Il a man must be, who would
ness, and wiek,etiess displayed by any OL
attempt to off'er him .oi-icesition."

On Friday, the Knowsley Dinner Stakes to the
Peri colt.
For the Liverpool St. Leger, six or seven will be
brought to the post, including Dolo, Brother to Sir
Henry, and Brother to Millipede. Fancy Boy's start-
ing is of course very doubtful—it is hardly possible that
he has recovered from his shaking at Newcastle, and if
he does go he will win ; otherwise Doh), brother to Sir
Henry second.

I am, Sir, yours, &c.,
THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF.

Saturday evening.

MUSEREAD.—As a boy employed to keep birds from a
wheat-field adjoining Moor Brake, was amusing himself by
firing a -small cannon, the furze took fire and burnt inces-
santly for several days. Nearly the whole of it was de-
stroyed, as well as potatoes in an adjoining field. Fears were
entertained for the safety of the dwelling-house and barns,
but the late rains have extinguished the fire.—Somerset
County Gazette.
ANTHER HORRIBLE SUICIDE AT NoTTINGrIASI.—
The Nottingham Guardian of Friday mentions the follow-
ing terrible case of suicide in Nottingham, which oc-
curred last week :—Scarcely was the excitement allayed
occasioned by the recent double suicide in Nottingham, than
another man was discovered in the fields at Holme Pierre-
pont, near Nottingham, hanging in a holly bush, and who
has since been identified as a person of the name of Mellows,
a huckster, who was in the habit of attending Nottingham,
market with vegetables. The deceased had been missed
some days, and the body when discovered was in a most
dreadful decomposed state, which would induce a belief that
he had been dead some time. The discovery was first made
by a lad, who was looking in the holly for bird's nests, when
lie saw the body of a man suspended by the neck. The
Coroner, C. S. Swann, Esq., wes immediately made
acquainted with the circumstance, when an inquest
was held on the body, at the Fox and Crown, Holme Pier-
pont, at which the following evidence was adduced :
Samuel Richmond, a lad of fourteen years of age, on
being sworn, deposed that he resides at Radcliffe, and
works for Mr. Joseph Burgess, at Holme Pierrepont. On
Friday witness was sent to the stackyard to fetch some rakes,
and in going there he went over the lawn, in front of Earl
Danvers' Hall, and saw a sparrow fly into the holly bush on
the lawn. Witness went to the bush, thinking there might
be a nest, when lie saw the deceased hanging in the middle
of the bush. At first he thought deceased was "skulking."
Witness consequently shouted to a man in the road, and
asked him to come and see if there was not a man hanging.
The man came to his assistance, and they then discovered
that the deceased was suspended from a bough in the holly
bush by a handkerchief. He was quite dead. His toes and
one knee touched the ground. The man cut the deceased
down. His face appeared much swollen and flyblown, and
his hands were very black. He was dressed, except his hat,
which lay by the side of him. From the situation in which
he was discovered lie could not have have been easily seen
by persons walking past the bush, Deceased was placed on
the lawn, after which witness went to his work. Other wit.
nesses were called; who stated that the deceased had ex—
hibited signs of mental derangement when he was last seen
alive; and it further appeared that he was a very drunken
character. Verdict, "Temporary insanity."
DANGEROUS BUILDING IN WYcil-STREET.—The of-
ficial refereez under the Metropolitan Building Act, having
received notice that ths louse No. 17, Wyche street, Strand,
was in a dangeroui and ruinous condition, proceeded under
the 40th, 41st, and 42d section of the'above Act. The eeF7
tl4chte of the district surveyor fully bearing out the infornfa-
tfili'enaicitiicnc4wviZ secured given
6to the owner and occupier, that unless
Within fouTteen days, the overseers
of rwrla would proceed to 141 down p 0 shove tip for the
expense to be borne by the $414 a
safety of the puutZ .all,
the material of 04 house. This was the first case under
these scctioas,

M4WPRESTER ATI:MY/XI:TM .SOIREE.—The Eight Hon.
Lalor Sheil, Esq., M.P., has accepted the invitation of the
.4iNctors to be present to the approaching soirée.

should, upon leaving England, carry with kim the recoi-
-1 lections of all the kindness he had received, but more
. particularly fir the attention paid to him by the first
city in the orld.—(Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR again rose and said that, after the
manner in which the company had received the name
of his distinguished guest, be must call upon them to do
honour and give proof of the regard they had for his
illustrious father, Mehemet Ali. That illustrious
-..sovereign-had gained the confidence and esteem of the
British nation, not merely for the march he had made in
the cause of civilisation, but for the facilities which he
had afforded the commerce of this country to communi-
cate more rapidly with our possessions in the East. He
called upon the company to evince that confidence and
esteem by joining him in drinking the health of his
Highness Mehemet Ali.—(Great cheering.)
The PACHA replied by expressing his desire to state
that the manner in which the name of his father had
been introduced had caused him the deepest sensations
of gratitude, and to assure the compapy that his father
was most anxious to continue those relations of amity
which were so essential to the mutual interests of both
countries. (Cheers.)
Ihe LORD MAYOR, in proposing " The health of
Lord John Russell and her Majesty's Ministers," said
that, as he had very recently had the honour of receiving
the Noble Lord's predecessors as guests in that hall, he
hoped, before he quitted the civic chair, to have the ho-
nour of receiving and entertaining the Noble Lord and
his colleagues. As chief magistrate he was bound to
keep aloot from politics, and to receive with a hearty
welcome those whom it might please the monarch to call
to her councils. (Loud cheers.)
Lord J. RUSSELL rose and was received with great
applause. He said that he rose to return thanks, in the
name of his colleagues and himself, for the great honour
which had just been conferred upon them. Having so
lately accepted office from his gracious Sovereign, he
could only sal- that it would be their endeavour to pre-
serve the institutions, to maintain the honour, and to give
free scope to the energies of this great country.—(Loud
cheers.) The task so imposed upon them they should
endeavour to the letter to perform, but all they could
at present ask from their fellow-countrymen was not to
trust them with their confidence, but to confide
to them some degree of patience until they should
have a fitting opportunity of developing the plans by
which they sought to achieve the objects which he bad
stated.—(Cheers.) The Noble Lord proceeded to ob-
erve upon the presence of the illustrious guest of the
Lord Mayor, and to express his conviction that what
Ibrahim Pacha had beheld upon the banks of the
Thames would not be without producing beneficial re-
sults on the banks of the Nile.—(Cheers.) The Noble ,
Lord concluded by proposing " The health of the Lord
Mayor." _

Several toasts adapted to the occasion were then
drunk, and the highest degree of hilarity prevailed.
Mr. Harker, the toast-master, performed his duties in a
very effective manner.