The Sun.
London, England, 1860-08-02 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 2, 1860.

TLIE MASSACRE oF TUB INNOCENTS.

(From .Punch.)
FYTTE FIRST—FEBRUARY.
It was a score of blithesome Bißs

Merrily came they in—
And fair without looked the gamesome rout,

And neat as a new-made pin ;
Each would-be law, without a flaw
Or erasure-line within.

'Twas a sight to behold these Bills so bold,
So blithe and debonnaire,
As each took his place on the paper,
Where room was still to spare,
With the Member that was in,charga of him,
So proud of his nursling fair.
Sir Bethell le Bland, in either hand,
Led innocents many a ono ;
The first be was strong, and lusty and long—
With Bankruptcy writ thereon;
And a train• pf Law Bills followed him,
Whose godfather was " Plain John."
And proud was. the mien of Gladstone, I ween,
As his masterful way he bore,
With bills enow most fathers to cow,
A gambolling before :
Wines, Spirits, and Paper, and Savings Banks,
And Hansard he knows what more I

Tho' cool of blood, and fishy of mood,
Even LEWIS was stirred with pride,
As with conscious face he took his place,
With two old Bills at his side—
One yclept City Corporation Reform--;
One Highways—often-tried.
And SIR CHARLES DE WOOD, bewildered ho stood,
And you scarce his head might see,
For the crowd of Bills the space that fills
Where Sin CHARLES his head should be—
All Indiin Bills, with porcupine quills,
A-bristling angrily.
Mare blithe M.P.'s I trow than these,
St. Stephens did ne'er espy :
Never blither bills, ignored the ills
That no Bill may defy
Woe, woe, to see their Feb'mrarie,
And to think of their July I

FYTTE SECOND —J II LY.
The spring is past, the year flies fast,
The Session draggoth sore :
Till the summer that is no summer

E'en now is well nigh o'er,
And each bored M.P. doth sigh to be free,
And will brook to be bored no more,

Then it's up and spake Lord Palmerston,
And a cruel smile smiled he,—
" Now bring your Bills, your little Bills,
My Ministers, to me ;
.That I may choose what Bills, and whose,
Are fittest y-slain to be."

Then up and spake the Bankruptcy Bill,
That at Bethell's knee did stand—
" Now, father, dear, ye'll save me here,
For all this Lord's command ;"
But with rueful look, he the innocent took,
And stabbed with his own right hand I

Night after night—'twas a sorry sight—
Each sire, against his will,
With hasty knife a-taking the life
Of his own unhappy Bill—
And their Lord, the while, with his cruel smile,
Still crying, " kill—kill—kill I"

Night after night-72twas a sorry sight
To see those bodies piled
All under the table of the house, ,
So innocent, and mild !
And Palmerston, with wicked will,
Upon the murderers smiled I

Till, one by one, the work was done.
And of all that gamesome rout,
Brought in, with glee, in Februarie,
But three or four mane out :
And with brand of Cain, for his children slain,
Each Ministere went about !

GRAND BANQU,E2' AT 7161131ONGE.RS'

HALL TO LORD CIF DE.

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Yesterday evening the Prime Warden and Wor-
shipful Company of Fishmongers celebrated the re-
tArn of Lord Clyde to England by a magnificent
banquet in their noble hall at London-bridge. Covers
were laid for 120, and the dinner comprised the
rarest delicacies of the season and those famous
wines for which the cellars of the worshipful com-
pany are celebrated. The guest of the evening, Lord
Clyde, was one of the earliest arrivals, and was at
once enrolled an honorary member of the company.
His lordship, who was attired in plain evening
dress with the ribbon of the Bath, appeared to be
full of vigour and in the best health and spirits.
The following is the list of the company :
,Lord Brougham, Lord Cranworth, General Lord
Clyde, Viscount Enfield, M.P., Sir C. Wood, Bart.,
M P., Vice-Chancellor-Sir W. P. Wood, Lord Jus-
tice Knight Bruce, the Attorney-General, the Soli-
citor-General, Major-Oen. Sir R. Dacres, K.C.8.,
Vice-Admiral Sir G. Sartorius, Col. Sir A. Sterling
and Major Alison (aides-de-camp to Lord Clyde),
Major Franklin, Major Finch, Sir A. Horsford, Sir
F. Currie, Bart., Sir H. C. Montgomery, Bart., W.
U. Arbuthnot, Esq., Sir F. Heygate, Bart., M.P.,
Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr. Alderman
Cubitt, M.P., T. Hankey, Esq., M.P., G. Glyn,
Esq., M.P., R. P. Da.wscrn, Esq., M.P., E. Ball,,
Esq., M.P., R. Ihnbury, jun., Esq., M.P., T. A:
Mitchell, Esq., M.P., G. Clive, Esq., M.P., the Go-
vernor of the Bank, the Chairman and Deputy-
Chairman of the East and West India Deck Com-
pany, the Governor of the Irish Society, the Master
of the Drapers' Company, the Prime Warden of the
Goldsmiths' Company, the President of the College
of Physicians, Capt. Dalby, Dr. King, Dr. Billings,
Rev. W. Molyneux, Rev. R. B. Aspland, J. Hib-
bert, Esq., J. Grant, Esq., M. H. Bodkin, Esq.., As-
sistant Judge, H. B. Poland, Esq., C. Pressley,
Esq. (Stamp-office), Lewis Cubitt, Esq., W. H.
Pollock, Esq.
The Prime Warden, Mr. Western Wood, pre-
sided.

The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN proposed " The health of her most
gracious Majesty the Queen," whom he extolled as
a pattern to her sex, and entitled to the warmest
admiration of her subjects.
Thetoast having been enthusiastically drunk,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The health of his Royal
Highness Prince AIWA ; Albert, Prince of Wales,
and the rest of the Royal family." With regard to
his Royal Highness Prince Albert, he had long
since established himself in the good opinion of his
adopted country by his judiciously abstaining from
mixing himself up with any political party, and
devoting his leisure and his opportunities to the
promotion of the arts and sciences. The Prince of
Wales had recently conferred a peculiar gratiflea-
tisn on the Country by his visit to Canada—a step
which had been dictated by that wisdom which
characterised every act of her Majesty, and which
would one day—he trusted a distant one—qualify
him for the arduous duties of government. He had
every confidence also that this visit would tend still
more to consolidate the good relations which hap-
pily prevailed between this country and America,
and in that view he asked them to drink the toast
he had proposed. (Cheers.)
The toast was drank with loud applause, after
which

The PRIME WARDEN was sure he would have no
occasion to ask at the hands of the company a cor-
dial welcome to the toast which he was now about
to propose, because the mere mention of that toast
and the name of the individual with whom it would
be associated, would ensure for it a most unanimous
and enthusiastic reception. He had to give the
"Army and Navy," of whom the country was most
justly proud. (Hear.) However long a peace Eng-
land had enjoyed, events, comparatively recent, had
shown that both those services were not deficient
in able commanders, nor in brave and unconquir-
able men. (Cheers.) They were now honoured with
the presence of Lord Clyde. (Enthusiastic cheer-
ing.) His unflinching bravery, which never
made him careful for himself, was yet tempered
by a prudent caution for his soldiers. (Conti-
nued cheers.) His unflinching endurance under
trials and difficulties and his glorious and success-
ful triumphs had become matters of history, and
would hereafter fill one of the brightest pages of
British military annals. (Cheers.) It was impos-
sible for him to describe all that Lord Clyde had
effected, but his services, he thought, might be sum-
med up briefly by claiming him as the pacificator of
India. (Renewed cheers.) But as it would pro-
bably be distasteful to his lordship to dwell further
upon that subject, he would just say a word with
respect to the sister service—the navy. Though of
late years the navy had not had the same oppor
tunity as the army for displaying its bravery, yet
the country had entire confidence in the wooden
walls of Old England ; and, while it did not grudge
the expense of properly fortifying these islands, it
still trusted for protection to those wooden walls
and to the gallant men who defended them.
(Cheers.) The Prime Warden then gave the toast,
accompanying it with the names of Lord Clyde and
Admiral Sir G. R. Sarteeius.
The toast was drunk with great applause.
Lord CLYDE, who appeared to be deeply moved
by the enthusiasm with which his health had been
received, said—Mr. Prime Warden, my Lords, and
Gentlemen, I rise to return to you and to the mem- ,
bers of the Fishmongers' Company my sincere
thanks for the great honour you have done me in
proposing my health, and for the kind manner in
which the toast has been received. Being totally
unaccustomed to the making of speeches, I trust
you will pardon me for any omission or any defi-
ciency that may occur on my part. It appears to
me, and I feel it to be of great value, that entertain-
ments like the present form an important part of
the reward which public servants receive from
their fellow-countrymen when they return from
I their services abroad. They are proud of such dis-
tinctions, and no one more proud of them than my-
self. (Loud cheers.) I have received many honours,
conferred in the most gracious manner by her
Majesty, honours which were far beyond my merits,
and far beyond anything which I ever dreamt of
receiving. The kind reception I have met with to-
day from my countrymen in this hall—men holding
a high position in the metropolis—convinces me
they do not think me altogether un worthy of the
honours which her Majesty has bestowed. (Cheers.)
You speak of soldier, Mr. Prime Warden. I have
been 50 years a soldier, and I can tell you that the
men of England, Ireland, and Scotland have not
deteriorated; I say it boldly, that they are as obe-
dient soldiers, when properly officered, as ever
served in the British army. (Loud cheers.) The
Prime Warden has been pleased to pay me some
handsome compliments respecting the late war in
India, but I must say that to one man above all
does England owe a great debt of gratitude, and
that man is the present Governor-General. (Hear.)
Lord Canning throughout the whole trying period
of the war was brave, cool, and self-possessed, ex-
hibiting all the qualities of a great administrator.
I had the honour of mairtaining intimate relations
with his lordship during the whole of the three
years I remained in India, and I believe that it was
the support which his firmness of character gave
me that enabled me to fulfil the expectations which
my countrymen had entertained of my mission.
Therefore, whilst receiving with gratitude the com-
which is now paid me, I think it only
pliment
right that Englishmen should know the merits of
and I may say gifted, man, whose pru-
the great,
dence and calmness in difficulty, whose never-dis-
turbed self-possession, exercised so powerful an in-
fluence on the suppression of the mutiny. (Loud
cheers.) The noble and gallant lord, in conclusion,
again thanked the company for the toast.
Admiral SARTORIUS, in responding on the part
of the navy, said we had the means of preventing

the possibility of invasion by any nation, however
powerful, or by any combination of witions. Not
only had we the rifle volunteer movements but the
improvements in artillery and musketry had entirely
changed the whole system of defence, and increased
the advantage of the defence over the attack a hun-
dredfold. When he considered that we posseosed such
means for our protection, he said as a seaman, that it
was impossible for any successful invasion of our
shores to take place by ships. (Cheers.) And in
addition to all these resources there was the mer-
cantile steam marine, which, although a very
powerful arm, we were too apt to overlook. Ifs,
for one, was not disposed to distrust the profes-
sions of the Emperor of the French. He honestly
believed that the Emperor wished to be on good
terms with us, but if the angel Gabriel were on the
throne of France, he would say trust to the same
courage and decision which in former times had
secured the safety of the country. (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN said that the exigencies of the
State had prevented their having the pleasure of
the company of Lord Palmerston, Lord J. Russell,
the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and other of her
Majesty's Ministers. What had caused their sud-
den call to Osborne, it was not for him to say.
Whether it had any reference to that very friendly
letter from the Emperor of the French, which they
had all seen that day, he knew not;_ but if it were
a genuine letter, he thought it ought tote a subject
of great rejoicing to all. (Cheers.) No doubt her
Majesty's Ministers had had a very onerous session
to go through, but if they had unhappily not ac-
complished all they could have wished, they had
properly done as much as they could. (Hear.)
They had certainly experienced some obstruction.
(Laughter.) It was not for him to say whether
it arose from a sense of duty or disappointed ambi-
tion, but it had interrupted the progress of ha-
portant public measures in a manner unusual until
the present day. While giving them every credit,
as he was sure the country would, for a desire to do
all which was required, he was sure they would
cordially agree in wishing them better success next
year. (Cheers.) The worthy chairman concluded
by proposing " Her Majesty's Ministers," coupling
with the toast the name of Sir C. Wood. (Cheers.)
Sir C. WOOD offered his acknowledgments for
the kind regrets which the Prime Warden had ex-
presscel for the absence of her Majesty's Ministers ;
but no one regretted that absence more than did
he (Sir C. Wood), because the result was to devolve
upon him, who was so ill qualified, the task of
responding to the toast. The Prime Warden had
said that Ministers had been unexpectedly sum-
moned to Osborne. That was true ; but as it was
not expected that he (Sir C. Wood) should divulge
state secrets, he should only say that that summons
had deprived his colleagues of a very great pleasure.
Allusion had been made to the state of business dur-
ing the present session, and he admitted that ho had
been present at dinners like the present, when
ministers were able to enumerate a much longer
catalogue of successful measures than they could
show during the present year. He was sorry that
so little had been done, but he was not one of those
who thought thst doing much was always doing well:
He thougEt the principle of non-interference with
the internal concerns of other nations was the best.
(Loud cheers.) Her Majesty's Government had ad-
hered strictly to that principle, and their example
had prevented the interference of other nations, so
that every nation was now left to the settlement of
its own affairs. (Hear, hear.)
The CHAIRMAN, en rising to propose the next
toast, said it was one which recommended itself
especially to those of them who were fishmongers,
seeing that the distinguished individual to whom it
referred—Lord Brougham—had been a member of
the company for 39 years. (Cheers.) He heard a
gentleman near him suggest " months" and cer-
tainly if they were to test the noble lord by the
vigour of his intellect months would be a more ap-
propriate measure of the duration of his member-
ship. (Hear.) They all knew how earnestly he had
devoted himself to every object designed for the
general good, to the emancipation of the slave, to
the amendment of the law, and to the promotion of
the arts, sciences, and 'literature of the country.
(Hear, hear.) Only recently they had been reminded
by the magnificent oration which he delivered in the
city of Edinburgh of his stupendous powers of elo-
cution and the wonderful extent of his knowledge of
public affairs. He asked them,therefore, to join with
him in drinking the health of the honorary members
of the company, and especially that of Lord
Brougham. (Cheers.)
The toast having been enthusiastically drunk, and
with manifestations of the most sincere respect for
the noble and learned lord,
Lord BROUGHAM rose to return thanks, and was
received, as he did so, with loud and prolonged
cheering. He said :he rose to return his hearty
thanks for having had bestowed upon him the
honour of acknowledging the toast on behalf
of the honorary members of that ancient cor-
poration, of which he had the honour of being at
least one of the oldest. (Cheers.) He could not
look back upon past times, however, without re-
membering that amongst those members were
several of his most valued and distinguished friends,
and particularly he might name the celebrated
Lord St. Vincent, under whose banner—which
floated over the heads of those who witnessed his
victory at St. Vincent's—he had before now ad-
dressed that ball. (Cheers.) And he had the
happiness of knowing that their latest acquisition
of an honorary member was one which conferred
honour upon them rather than upon him—he meant
his gallant friend Lord Clyde. (Renewed cheer-
ing.) His noble and gallant friend began his
career under the late lamented and illustrious
Duke of Wellington—illustrious above all the men
of his age, and lamented by all the men of his age,
by the allies whom he had served, by the countries
which he had saved, and not now unlamented by
the foes whom he subdued. (Renewed cheering.)
Lord Clyde began his splendid career under that
illustrious man, and if he had been alive at this
day, he would have been impelled by the gallantry
of his conduct, by the bravery he had shown, and
by the success which deservedly attended him
throughout his arduous campaigns—the Duke of
Wellington, he said, would have singled him out,
as he (Lord Brougham) now did, for his chief and
first admiration, while he would have equally
appreciated in him that which had not escaped the
observation and eulogy of non-military men like
themselves, and upon which they were all of them
competent to pass a judgment—namely, the gallant
self-devotion with which his noble friend did not
suffer two suns to go down before he set forth to
India. (Tremendous cheering.) His gallant
friend had justly and kindly given honour to whom
honour was due, his excellent friend the Governor-
General, and he had also done honour to whom
honour was due in the persons of the brave sol-
diers who served under him, and who were proud
of being under his command. (Hear, hear,) His
noble friend, speaking of these gallant men, might
well say that, so long as England had such soldiers
at her disposal, in all climates and at all times, she
need not fear any chances that war might bring
her. (Cheers.) It was a comfortable reflection
that, such a chief having returned to them, he should
bear such high testimony to our gallant army. For
one, he had no apprehension that peace would be
broken, but mortals could only see a little way be-
fore them. The future was always more or less
veiled; but at all events it was right to be prepared,
and to feel that we were safe. (Hear, hear.) And
here he would make the remark that he did not sus-
pect the designs of any particular power, and he
hoped no power suspected us. People did not like
to be suspected, but then the best way to avoid
being suspected was to be careful that your conduct
should. not be suspicious. War was a thing above
all others to be shunned by all honest men ; yet as
long as men were men, wars might happen ; and in