The Sun.
London, England, 1851-11-11 00:00:00

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LORD MAYOR'S DAY. 1
1 FRANCE.
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THE BANQUET. e read in the Constitutionnel:—" The rap-
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'The ceistonaary banquet took place in the evening , proch ement of the different fractions of the majority
?‘t Guildhall, which was brilliantly illuminated with s wind i appeared to result from the nominations
gas, and decorated with a variety of banners. Among made in the bureaux was only apparent ; the
the company present were—Lord J. Russell, the new entente cordiale only really exists between
Chancellor of the Exchequer, the Marquis of Salis• the
members of the Legitimatist fraction and that
bury, the Solicitor-General, Lord D. Stuart, several of B I. Thiers. We will give a proof of this to our
of the Judges, Queen's Sergeants-at-law, &c. It was read era, who have already acquired a knowledge of
a remarkable circumstance that at this civic feast no it f rota the nominations of the vice-presidents and
representative of a foreign power was visible, and the seer etaries of the Assembly.
The representatives and
representative was that the usual toast of " the Foreign the club of the Rue des Pyramides assembled on
2linisters" was on this occasion omitted. Tke arsday, and the members of the bureau, MM. de
At the conclusion of the dinner, and after the loving Bits oglie,de Montalembert,Odilon Barron and D club
cup I been charged to take friendly steps with the club
cup bad passed round,
The Lome MAYOR rose and gave "The Queen," of the Rue de Rieoli, gave an account to their col-
expressing a hope that she might long continue to I:aguesdof the. result of their mission. That mission
reign over a happy and loyal people.--..(Cheers.) u. r rea ers will remember had for object to rally the
The LORD MAYOR. next proposed, with some prate- 'dissident fractions of the majority, and to reform for
tory observations, which the hum of general conver- that purpose the old Parliamentary club of the Conseil
! dEtat. The Honourable Members announced to
station. in the hall prevented us from catching, "The
Prince Albert, Albert Prince of Wales and the other that meetiue ng, that they
li• had
amet from their colle guns
f the R de Rivo recept ion so repulsive
branches of the Royal Family." that they were not able to accomplish their man-
The toast having been duly honoured,
~ Niffy and date. They had opened their diplomatic mission
Tie ' LORD MAYOR then gave the
Army," observing that the country felt a -deep sense by demanding whether the club would accept the
of obligation to those who had dietinguiehed them- candidateship to the vice-presidency of M. Leon
selves in maintaining its honour both. by land and Faucher, and at the same t ime that of MM. Peupin
sea.—(Hear, hear.) and Berard. This proposition was met by a positive,
Admiral Srewafer returned thanks for the navy. it might be even called brutal refusal. The Legitimo-
ripon it the country might depend for the preservation Orleanist coalition replied, in order to cut the matter
of its peace and independence; for the best security : short, that it was decided to remain in its exclusion,
for peace was our known -ability to resent Con- :md that it did not desire to come to any understand-
gres sion.—( Hear, he Many amiable minds ing on any subject whatever with the club of
ceived that the time had. come when national quarrels the Rue des Pyramides. The Honourable Gen-
might be decided by n simple appeal to law and jug- tlemen who had undertaken the mission were
tice, and when there would no longer be any necessity obliged to retire, and relinquish the idea of
for the red coat or the blue coat, for the musket or carrying their attempt at reconciliation any
the great gun ; but he thought and believed that the Further. This proceeding caused a warm discus-
of people would think with him, that •ion in the meeting. The question was started of
great ma.jority
that happy time had hardly yet arrived—the olive- making the affair known by a sort of official note
branch Was not yet spread all over the world.—(Hear, emanating from the club and inserted in the journals.
hear.) He would not mention in the present COM- This idea was opposed by M. Odilon Barrot, who re-
pany the frightful word invasion, but, glancing at our marked that it was deplorable enough that a schism
commerce and our colonies, he believed they would should exist between the Parliament and the Executive
be of 'opinion that, in order to preserve our colonial ' power, without giving fresh uneasiness to the people
empire, secure free commerce in distant seas, and to by letting the country see the divisions which exist
show the humblest of her Majesty's subjects that he in the Assembly. The proposition of the questors
was entitled to and should have his rights, the navy was aftewards discussed. That proposition, which
muat be supported. To that navy the nation might eras invented in the club of the Rue de
safely commit the keeping of its dearest interests. Rivoli, and afterwards presented under the patronage
Sir G. POLLOCK returned thanks for the army. of the questors, was not even communicated to the
The next toast was, " Prosperity to the City of meeting of the Rue des Pyramides. It was unani-
London and the trade thereof." mously resolved on by the latter to oppose it. The
The LORD MAYOR afterwards gave the " Health conditions stipulated between the Legitimatists and
of the late Lord Mayor," and complimented Sir J. M. Thiers, as the price of the latter's co-operation,
Musgrove on the ability and impartiality with which, was afterwards the subject of conversation. That
during his tenure of office, he had discharged its condition is said to have been the formal renuncia-
duti tion of the candidateship of the Prince de Joinville,
Sir J. Muscatovn expressed his acknowledgments and the withdrawal of the proposition of M. Creton,
for the manner in which the Lord Mayor had pro- to which he engaged himself, declaring, moreover,
posed his health. He had endeavoured to perform his that if the author of it persisted in bringing it for
duties with integrity and uprightness, and with a de- ward at this time, he would speak against it."
sire to serve his fellow-citizens and his country, acid
he hoped he bed been successful in its eff )rts.
The Lome MAYOR proposed the " Health of Lord
John Russell, and her Majesty's Ministers"—(Cheers)
s—and said he believed the Noble Lord did all in his
power to uphold and advance the interests of this
great country.—(Hear, hear.) He yielded to no man
in bin attachment to the Constitution of this country,
and he believed that Constitution was well supported
' by the present Administration.—(Hear, hear.)
Lord J. Russeaa said, he had to return his most
grateful thanks for the manner in which his health
had been proposed by his Right Hon. Friend the Lord
Mayor. He could assure the company that nothing
was more gratifying to his feelings than to receive
their approbation—(Hear, hear)—endeavouring as
. her Majesty's Ministers did to merit that approbation
by following the strict line of their duty towards the
country.—(Hear, hear.) He could never visit that
corporation without a feeling of respect for a body
which for so many centuries had preserved the re-
spect and attachment of their fellow-citizens.—
(Hear, hear.) It was impossible to regard without
reverence the corporation which heti withstood all
the shocks of time—(Hear)—which had withstood
all the attacks that were made, whether by arms
under the Plantagenets or by judicial tyranny under
the Stuarts, and which had in every crisis preserved
its attachment to the liberties of the country—(Hear,
hear)—likewise, let him say, which had even in the
most perilous times known how to separate liberty
from license, and which, in the person of an early
Lord Mayor, had struck down the disturber of social
ordet.—:(ffear.) Let him add, that it was impossible,
even in reference to the element of time alone, not to
look with respect on that body which saw the timbers
of the roof of Westminster-hall still fresh, and which
had survived to behold and encourage the erection of
the Crystal Palace.—(Hear.) For these reasons,
therefore, be always looked with regard towards the
history of the city of London and its corporation, and
be was disposed, to say, in the last words of Sir William
Blackstone 's Commenturies, " Esto perpetua.''—
(Hear.) And now he would say a few words, and
but a few words, as to what he conceived should be
the main object of the policy of this country at the
present time. He believed that main object should be
peace. His opinion was, that there was nothing in
the present aspect of affairs which should induce this
country to separate a single hair's breadth from that
pacific line which it had adopted, and that not only
for ,its own welfare but for the welfare of the world.
The maintenance and the inculcation of peace was the
duty, interest, and policy of this empire ; and let him
=add, that he trusted that the Exhibition which bad
:been witnessed in the present year, bringing, as it bad
done, ve•rious nations together, would have done much
to dispel the fallacy which at one time had great pre-
valence—that it was the interest and wish of England
to embroil other nations, and provoke dissensions
among them.—(Hear, hear.) He thought all nations
would now be convinced, that supposing we had no
regard for what was our duty, supposing we were not
animated by sentiments of humanity and benevolence,
still it was our interest as a nation to see other coun-
tries prosper, and that in their prosperity and their
advancement in wealth and civilisation we should
find the sources of our own wealth and our own pros-
perity.—(Hear, hear.) He would therefore, even on
the score of interest, say, that while we maintained
peace, we were most anxious that all other nations
should make advance in material prosperity, and that
we might all flourish and advance together—(Hear,
hear)—convinced that the more other nations flou-
rished and the more they advanced, the more happy
and the more prosperous should we ourselves he, and
the more likely to continue with them in relations of
peace and concord. With these words, therefore,
thanking the Lord Mayor for the gracious manner
in which he had proposed the health of her Majesty's
Ministers, he would ask the indulgence of the corn •
pany while be proposed that they should drink the
health of the Lord Mayor. His Right Hon. Friend
had undertaken a most arduous task ; he had suc-
ceeded to a mayoralty which had been in itself a
period of great prosperity ; he would therefore have
a difficult task to perform. But he (Lord J. Russell),
knowing his ability, knowing his devotion to that
which he thought right, felt no doubt that he would
quit his mayoralty with increased reputation, and
be rewarded with the gratitude of his fellow. citizens.
In conclusion, the Noble Lord proposed " The health
of the Lord Mayor."
The toast was drunk with cheers.
The LORD MAYOR returned thanks, and proposed
"The Marquis of Salisbury and the House of Peere."
The Marquis of SALISBURY having acknowledged
the toast,
The LORD MAYOR gave "The Lord Chief Baron
and the Judges..
The LORD CHIErBARON returned thanks for his
learned r ne
the
d
compliment paid them, and he trusted that
Utley long
would deserve the approbation of their fel-
low-countryme n.
yo3l (E 1 ear, hear.)
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The LORD nexto proposed " Sir C. Wood
and the House of Coratia
The CHANCELLOR of the Excne van, on the part
of the House of Commons and himself, begged
sincereto
return thanks for the honouraiintrustedcohtahtei t
uct company
mn
constituents,
to
ny
had just done them. Their several
whom they were responsible, had
the interests of this great and mighty empire. A mtnem
those interests none were more important than thoseong
centered in this great and mighty metropolis; and
no people were more capable to pass a judgment on
their conduct than the enlightened and intelligent
community which he had now the honour of ad-
dressing. The Right Hon. Gentleman concluded by
proposing the health of the Lady Mayoress, for which
the Lord Mayor returned thanks.
Some other toasts of a routine character having
been given the assembled company withdrew from
the tables.

FRENCH OFFICERS AMONG THE KAFIRS.

We find the following in the Akhbar of Algiers on
the 30th ult. :—" In the war now raging at the Cape
of Good Hope, the Kafirs have received the support of
several foreign officers. Among the number is a
Frenchman named Parel, who served for a long time i❑
Alg:ria as sub•oficer of artillery, and wai afterwards
in the same rank i❑ the garde mobile, where he
displayed great bravery. After that corps was dis-
banded be embarked on board a vessel bound for
the East Indies, which put in at the Cape. On
learning what was taking place in that country, he
repaired to Lita• Kou, a Kafir town inhabited by a
powerful people, to whom he off ?red his services,
which were readily accepted. He has since taken
part in several sanguinary affairs, and he has acquired
a great ascendancy in the country by his courage
and intelligence. He commanded the fortress of
nskov, a❑ important position, which defended the
principal defile leading: into Upper Kafraria. The
English troops have several times besieged this fort,
but after losing a great number of men, were obliged
to retire. This circumstance has given a high reputa-
tion to Parel, who will probably play a very important
part in the war in that country."

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SUN- COLOURED DAGUERREOTYPES.—From recent
proceedings in the Academy of Sciences at Paris, reported in
an American journal, we perceive that some of the experi-
ments of M. St. Victor, as well as of M. Becquerel, in heli
clammy or sun colouring, silver
have boon published. A °-
plate, prepared with water acidulated witu hydrochloric acid
and the battery gives, it is said, all the colours, by the
action of light, but the ground of the plate is always black
. , in is a_dikficulty and a secret. It has also been
f.. is.. AZaTigZbinces which produce coloured times
•19::744•14-1"01, ~si 1. •• es by means or light. Would not
I tho ' :ef,(lo)3ttl4 Of; , :t. Pierre, as to the relation between
,i'.:ttoliitir - autriturA &id A. ed some additional light on this
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