The Sun.
London, England, 1851-05-09 00:00:00

FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 9,, 1851.

and it gave them high satisfaction to think that
their conduct had been approved of by the chief
magistrate of the city and their fellow•cibzens. That
approbation was the highest reward that could be
conferred on them f)r their labours and anxieties. It
gave him great satisfaction to think that there had al-
ways existed a strong and intimate connexion between
the Judges and the Lord May or and Aldermen. From
ancient times there had bee❑ a high court of criminal
jurisdiction in the Cily, over which the Lord Mayor pre-
bided, and when that court met the judges had much
pleasure in mixing with the magistrates cf the City.
They went together, on solemn occasions, to the cathe-
dral of St. Paul to offer up their prayers to the Al-
mighty. Again, at the festive board, they had the
pleasure of being invited to the Mansion•house and the
Guildhall to partake of the elegant hospitality of the
City. In former times that hospitality used to be re-
ciprocated by the Sergeants, but he was sorry that of
late years that custom had fallen into disuse. He re-
joiced in the prospect which existed that the ancient
festivities were to be revived—(Laughter)—for ho had
read in the newspapers—and therefore it must be true—
that the Society of the Middle Temple were about to
give a grand dinner and ball to the illustrious foreigners
assembled on our shores, to the Lord Mayor and Al-
dermen of the city of London, and to tho magistrates.
Barristers would once more dance round the bonfire, and
the grave Lord Keeper would again open the ball, the
seals and the mace of office dancing along with him.—
(Much laughter.) Thus would the festivities of Queen
Bess be revived in the reign of Queen Victoria.—
(Cheers.) But even if these visions should not be re-
elised the judges would always retain a most grateful
and pleasing recollection of the hospitalities of the
Mansion-house.

Thtn LORD MAYOR then gave as a toast, and in highly
complimentary terms to the Noble Lord, " Lord Cran-
worth and the House of Peers."

Lord CRANWORTII returned thanks, and in doing so
said that he was, with one exception, the youngest ruam-
ber of the House of Peers. He believed, however, that
whatever might be its defects, it was an institution deeply
rooted in the affections of the country. To confess that
it did not always discharge its duty was but acknowledg-
ing that it was a human institution. He considered the
House of Parrs eminently qualified for the part which
they took in the Constitution, and he hoped for himsc-If
that he would never do discredit to such a body. Al-
luding to what had fallen from Lord Campbell, with re-
ference to the disuse into which the ancient festivities of
Sergeant's Inn had fallen, he thought the Noble and
Learned Lord had come to a lame conclusion in not an-
nouncing that the Sergeants, of whom ho was the head,
and among whom he had great influence, were to set the
example in reviving those festivities.—(Laughter.)
Lord CAMPBELL proposed "The health of the Lord
Mayor," and in doing so alluded to the high opinion
which was entertained abroad of the importance of his
Lordship's office. He quoted as an illustration of this a
story which he had heard from Sir J. Romilly. A dis-
tinguished foreign nobleman once said to him, " I hope
you may one day reach the office of Lord Mayor—
(Laughter)—and, if not, at all events, that you may be-
come Lord Chancellor." He gave the health of the
Lord Mayor as a man of high honour, of great suavity
of manner, and as actuated by an earnest desire to serve
his country.
The LORD MAYOR, having returned thanks, pro-
posed " The health of Dr. Lushington," who, after ac-
knowledging the compliment, gave as a toast " The Lady
May oress."
The ladies then withdrew, and after a succession of
toasts, among which were " The Bar of England," to
which S,a-Lleant Manning replied, and " The Governor of
the Bank of 11411 ad," responded to by Mr. T. Ilankey,
the entertainment terminates.