The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-19 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 19, 1860.

BRITISH POSSESSIONS.

Closing
Share Railways. Paid. Business done
Price
100 (Atlanticlf., St Lawrence' all 80 82—
stk ,
80m.,8 5
per aroda &.Cent Ind; 100 95 96 96
cent.
18 Do. Do. 13! 16 11 1 d
201 Buffalo and Lake Huron, all 44 55d
201 Do. New
10 Do. Preference
Buffalo,Brant,&Godric4i 100 75 80
100
I 6 p. bds. Aug. 1, lsi,
100 Do. do. July 1, 1872 100 67 72
100 Do. do. .Tune 1, 1874 100 65 70
5 ,Cleutta.&S.F.astn. (Lim' 3 id pr
20 Cape,Eastn.Proy. (Lim.' 2s.
20 Cape Town ,t Dock Scrip 5 14 la d 31
29 Ceylon Guarantd. Gp. c. 75 14 4 d
175 'Demerara all
20 Eastu. Bengal gu. sp. c 10 la 11 d
stock East Indian, gu. sp. c. 100 101 IC2 1011 1
20 Do. F Shares Ext all d pr
20 Do. Jubbulpore all d pr
100 Do. 45 pc. Debentrs all 981 991
100 Do. sp. c. Deb., 1864 all 1004 1014 1015 1
20 Geelong & Melbourne all
stock Geelong Corporation 6
per cent. Bonds 100
stock Grand Trunk of Canada 100 24/ 251 25; 651
100 Do. 6 per cent. Pref all 7? 79 71
100 Do. 6 per ct. Debentr all 51 53
100 Do. 7 per cent. 1862 all 58 62 541
100 1 Do. do. 1867 all 62 55 54
100 1 Do. do. 1872 all 50 55
stock 'Gt.lndiaPenin.gua.sp.c.i 100 971 985 985
20 I Do. New gua. sp. c 8 d d
20 ,Gt. South.oflndia(Lim)t
guaranteed 5 per cent. all 2 1/d
201 Gt. W. of Canada Shares all 115 Ili 111 1
205 Do. New ...... 18 94 9 d
100 Do. Bonds pay. '76, with
opt, till '6O
100 Do. do. '73 till '6O all 05 100
100 !Do. do. '73 without opt all 93 96
100 IDo. 51 p. c. do. '77 do all 90 03
stock ;Madras, guar., 41 p. c lOO 85 87
stock Do. do. 5 per cent lOO 951 fel 961
stock Do. 44 p. c. Extension 100 88 89
20 Do. Fourth do 15 11 15 d
20 Do. do all
stock Melb.Corp. 6p. 0. Bode lOO c
20 :eoN.vßrunswick & Ganda
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20 iDo. Do. •• • • a all
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20 ,St. Andrews & Quebec A 18 i
10 !Trinidad (Lim.) Scrip.. 1 d
FOREIGN RAILWAYS.
10 Antwerp & Rotterdam all 54 ti 51
20 1Ardenne5........... .. all —p
20 Balt.&S.Fran..Lim.7 p.c. 10 la 154
5 Belgian East. Junction all 4 1
20 IBeziers to Graissessac.. all
6 iCs”-neaux Mine & Rail all 10 11
100 jCopiapo ........ & ...... all
10 I Ditto Extension .... all I 3 21d
20 (Dutch Rhenish ........ 10 21 24,1 13;
20 !Eastern of France .... all 231 241
20 'Grand Itus. Guar. 6p. c. 6
20 Do. do. ell
20 Great Central of France all
20 Gt. Luxem., Con. shs... all 61 6; 71 7
20 Italian Junction ...... all
20 Lake Constance & Bale. all '
20 Lierre & Turnhout .... all
20 Lyons & Geneva all
331 'Maria Antonia all
10 iDo. New
20 Namur & Liege all 71 74
20 IDo. 6Pref.
16 'Northern of France all 881 391
16 Do. New Shares .....15
10 Norwegian Trunk Pref. all 75 64
20 Paris,Lyons, & Meditor. all 151 361
20 Paris & Orleans.
20 f Recife & S. Fran. (Pern )
I gua. 7p. ct. litn l3 3 251
20 & Dunaburg l4
10 Rome & Frascati all
20 ;Royal Danish.
5 Royal Swedish „ all
4 Do. 7 per cent. Pref all
20 Sambre & Meuse
10 Do. 54 per cent. Pref all 85 AA
20 San Paulo, lim, g. 7p. c 2 11 ad 31
20 IS.Aust.&Lomb Venetin 12 4d a 1 131
20 'Southern of France.— all 20 2t
81 ',West Flanders ...... all 5; 6
10 iDo. 51 p. c. Preference all 95 9i
20 & N".W. of France
23 ;Western of Austria 6
20 !Western of Switzerland all
6 Wiesbaden
6 !Do. S per cent. Pref all
20 IZealand

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COLONIAL GOVERNMENT SECURITIES.
Can. Gov. 6 p.c.Ja.&July 100 112 117
Do. 6p. cent. 1879 100 114 4
Do. 6p. cent. 1880 100
Do. 6p. cent. 1882 100
Do. 6p. c. rec. at Aug. 100 All m
Do. 6p. c. Mar. & Sept. 100 1111 113
Do. 5 per cent lOO 1031 104 1011
Do, Scrip B2
N.B.Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 1081 109/ 109 ,
Do. 6p. a Ap. & Oct. 100
N. S. W. Gov. sp. c., 1866 100 1001 1011
Do. sp. c., 1871 to 1876 100 1005 1015 1014
Do. 5 p.c.,1888 &upwds 100 1004 1011 1014
Nova Scotia Gov. 6p. c.
sterling, 1875 ' 100 108 109
S.Aus.Gt. 6 p.c.1878 &up. 100 108 110
Vic. Gov. 6 p.c. Ja.&July 100 I
Do. do. 6 p.c. Ap.&Oct. 100 1071 lOB 10
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MISCELLANEOUS.
10 ,Anglo-Alexican Mint .. all 13 14
1000 Atlantic Tel. (Limited) all
25 Australian Agricultural 19 31 33
10 'Berlin Water (Limited) all 4/ 54 5
50 'British American Land 40 30 32
50 'B.&I.Mag. Tel. A. (Lim.) all 35 37
20 Do. 13,7p.c.ti111852 (Lim.) all 18 20
20 Do. C. (Limited) all 13 15
324 Canada Land all 110 113
10 Chan.lslands Tel. (Lim ) all
stock Cop.Min.ofEng.&Smltg all
25 Do. Pref. 71 per cent.
stock Crystal Palace.
stock Do. Preference
stock Do. 6p. c, Pet let. Deben. 100 108 110
stock Electric Telegraph
25 Do. New l5 21 1
5 English &Aus. Copper. all 21 21
15 Oren. Steam Navigate m 1-1 244
1 Great Ship Limited)... all
1 Do. 174 pct Preference all 1
5 Lon. District Tel. (Lim.)
20 London Discount (Lim.) 5 11 1 d
4 L.G. Omnibus Co. (Lim.) all 1 11
20 Madras Irr. and Canal.. 1 14 21 21 3
10 Mediter. Electric Teleg. all
10 Med. Exten. Tel. (Lim. all 2 4
25 National Di s. Co. (Lim.) 5 1/ 11d
20 Nerbu.Coal&lron (Lim 5 3 2
10 Netherlands Land all 1
5 Do.B p.c.Pref..iss.atl dis all 4 1
100 N.Br.&NovaScotiaLand 80
N.B.Australasian (Lim.) all 7 14
1 Oriental Gas (Limited). all 1
1 Do. New Shares (Lim.) . 15s. 4pr y •
10 Orintl.ln.Steam(Lim.)A 6
10 Ditto B.
10 Ditto C 2s.
stock Peelß.Lnd.&3lin.(Lim ) 100 50 53
50 Pen. & Oriental Steam
50 Do. New 25 13 14
20 RedSea&lnd.Tel.g.4lp e all 17 'lB p
50 Rhyrpney Iron
100 Do. New 5 6
all Royal Mail Steam 6O 46 48 474
stock Scot. Austin. Inv. (Lim lOO 130 135
2,5 South Australian Lan all 83 35
Submarine Tel. Scrip all
Do. do. Registered .. • an t
10 Do. dm all 5 7
20 Tr. &DLn.mCcaleohUpea r.dCan.
1001, V&U ie ... 254 s 10

THIR EDITION.

SUN OFFICE, Six o'clock..

ITALY.

A letter from Naples says :—" It would seem as
if Victor Emmanuel would leave Naples in the
week after Christmas, but it is not easy to
obtain any certain information on that subject.
The King is apt to take sudden resolutions, and to
adhere to them. He was to have stayed some days
longer at Palermo. The Sicilians were beginning
to press him with solicitations, in order to induce
him to remain for the grand fetes of the immacu-
late Conception. His Majesty got annoyed, and
immediately gave orders for his departure, no mat-
ter what the wind and weather might be, and three
hours after he left Sicily. The same thing may
happen at Naples ; but, before he goes, it is said
that he will give a farewell ball at the Palace. The
ladies of Naples are preparing an address to the
fair dames of Northern Italy, expressive of their
sisterly feelings, like that sent by the ladies of
Mantua to the women of England, thanking them
for their sympathy for the Italian cause during
the late war."

LAW INTELLIGENCE.—(This Day.)

COURT OF BANKRUPTCY.
(Before Mr. Commissioner Holroyd.)
CSI RE MORTIMORE AND CO.-THE GREAT LEATHER

FAILURE.

This case was taken again to-day, and the several legal
gentlemen duly appeared for their clients.
At the time this report left Mr. Schraeder was under-
going a long examination by Mr. Karslake.
A further adjournment will be the result.

POLICE INTELLIGENCE.—( This Bay).

MARLBOROUGH-STREET.

EXTRAORDINARY SCENE AT A PHOTOGRAPHER'S.—
Mrs. Hannah Winter Thompson, wife of Mr. Winter
Thompson, 430, Oxford-street, keeper of a photographic
establishment, and Henry Manners, in her employ, were
charged, the former with committing a violent assault on
Mr. Wm. Elliott, scrivener, of 15, Great Charlotte-street,
Blackfriars, and the latter with assisting in the same, the
two summonses being heard together.
Mr. Elliott then stated that on the 10th of December he
was passing by the defendant's place, and seeing portraits
outside he was induced to go in to have two portraits taken
at Is. each, and having had them taken he agreed to have
one of them painted for 6d. extra. The female defendant
then showed him some frames, and wanted him to have one
at 15s. ; at the same time he demurred, and Mrs. Thomp-
son then asked him if he thought she stole the frames.
He replied that he did not. She then said she would cut
them, and she cut one of them so as to get it in a smaller
frame, and he said that if she cut the other he would not
have it, and that he would take it without a frame. She
said he should pay for the frames, and on his being about
to leave, as he told her he would do, she seized him by the
collar, threw him down, and pommeled him right and left,
dragging him about the place.
Tho assault was clearly proved, and Mr. Beadon fined
Mrs. Thompson £3 and costs, or one month, and the other
defendant 20s. or 14 days.

THIS DAY'S SHIPPING.

LONDON, Dee. 19.—Wind this day at noon—E. ;
moderate breeze and fine, with sharp frost.
PLYMovrit, D c. 18.—Wind E. S.E—Arrived —Queen
Bee, from London, for Sydney. Sailed—Moses Davonport,
for Boston, U.S.
BRISTOL, Dec. 18,—Wind W.—ArriTed—Margaret,
from it. John's, N B.
PORTSMOUTH, Dec. 18.—Wind W.N.W. to N.W.—
Arrived—Masaniello, from Moulmien. Sailed—H.M.S.
Spiteful, for Sheerness.

(MY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH.)
SOUTHAMPTON, Wednesday Morning.
Wind calm ; weather clear and frosty,
Arrived, Dec 18—Isabella, from Sunderland; Ceres,
steamer, from Dublin ; Alliance, steamer, from Havre ;
Valliant, from Sunderland.
Sailed—Stadacona, for Poole ; Wonder, steamer, for
Jersey ; Ceres, steamer, for London ; Brilliant, for Jersey.
The telegraph from Hurst announced that the Pera,
steamer, passed there at 10 minutes past 5, but she is not
up to this time (10 o'clock) in sight.

ET SUBMARINE AND MAGNETIC TELEGRAPH.
GRAVESEND, Wednesday Morning.

Wind S.; frosty.
Arrived—Leo, steamer, from Rotterdam.
Sailed—Paulina, for Copenhagen.
DEAL, Wednesday Morning.

Wind S.S.W., moderate.
Anchored—Wave Queen, schooner, from London, for
Jersey.

SPORTING INTELLIGENCE.

BETTING AT MANCHESTER.-TUESD.tY.

TWO THOUSAND.
6to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered)
6to 1 agat Diophantus (offered)
DERBY.
6to 1 agst Dundee (taken)
13 to 1 agst Big Ben (offered)
20 to 1 agst Diophanta (taken)
20 to 1 agst Kettledrum (offered)
25 to 1 agst Dictator (taken)
25 to 1 agat Klarikoff (taken)
60 to 1 agst East Sanley (taken)

TIIE MAILS.

MAILS DUE.

Australia, Ceylon, and Mauritius (via South-
ampton) .. . • .. .. .. .. Dec. 19.
Do. (via Marseilles) Jan. 12.
Brazil and Cape Verds .. .. .. ~ Jan. 5.
Buenol4 Ayres, Monte Video, &c. .. .. Dec. —.
Bahamas and Havana (via New York) .. .. Dec. —.
Cuba and Mexico .. .. .. .. .. Dec. 29
Canada, &c. (via Galway) .. .. .. Dec. —.
Cape of Good Hope, &c... .. .. .. Jan. 1.
China, Penang, and Singapore (via S'ampton) Dec. 19.
Do (via Marseilles) Dec. 27
Gibraltar (via Southampton) .. . .. Dec. 19
India (Calcutta), Ceylon, &c. (via Southampton) Dec.
Do. (via Marseilles) Dec. 27.
India (Bombay), (via Southampton) .. .. Dec. 25.
Do. (via Marseilles)
... Marseilles)
.. . .
.. n• . • • Dec. 19.
Lisbon •• •• •• •. .• •• Dec. 21
Malta, Egypt, and Adon (via Southampton) .. Dec. 19.
Do. (via
Vigo, and Oporto .. ..
DJaec.. 4.
21.
United States, California, &c. .. .. .. Dec. 20.
Western Coast of Africa, Madeira, Teneriffe .. Jan. 10.
West Indies and Pacific, Carthagena, Cuba, &c. Dec. 29.

THE WAR IN CHINA.—The Patrie has the fol-
lowing :—" It is stated positively that despatches received
from St. Petersburg announce that General Ignatchef, the
Russian ambassador at Pekin, was in that city during
the negotiations which preceded the signature of the
treaty of peace, and that he kept up the most friendly
relations with the French and English ambassadors.
It is also stated that the evacuation of Pekin would
take place by the Tien-tsin road. The allied squa-
dron was waiting at Petchili for the return of the
troops ; but the Admirals, by way of precaution, had sent
back the gun-boats to Shanghai, as they were not able to
support the navig.tion of thq, Yellow Sea during the month
of November. The English journals have stated that the
allies are to leave a body of 3,000 men at Tien-tsin. The
last stipulations on this subject are not known, but there is
nothing in the previous advices to lead to the idea that a
measure of that kind would be adopted, and the utility of
which is not apparent if all the other clauses of the treaty
be immediately executed."
ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUSIC.—The nomination
for the two King's Scholarships vacant at this time of the
year took place on Monday. The Board of Examiners con-
sisted of Mr. C. Lucas (chairman), Mr. John Gloss, Mr. H.
Blagrove, Mr. G. A. Macfarren, Mr. W. H. Holmes, Mr.
Frank R. Cox, and Mr. Walter C. Macfarren. The num-
ber of candidates examined was 25—nine young gentlemen
and 16 young ladies. The following were elected scholars :
—Miss A. Zimmermann and Master J. Hill. The follow•
ing candidates were specially commended :—Miss L. Bayley,
Miss R. A. Brinsmead, Miss Kinkel, Miss E. Peachey, and
Miss E. G. Stevens ; Messrs. F. J. Arnooi., B. Mallatratt,
and S. Weeks. The following were commended :—Miss H.
Milton, Miss E. P. Sellman, and Miss S. J, Thomson;
Master C. 11. Deffell.
LIFE BOAT SERVICES.—WALMER, Dec• 18.—

Last night about half-past seven o'clock rockets were
thrown up by the light vessel at the south end of the Good -
win Sands, and at the same time blue lights were shown,
as a signal of distress, by a vessel on the Semis. The Deal
and Weimer lifeboat, of the National Lifeboat Institution,
was at once launched and proceeded to the assistance of
the versel in distress, which proved to be the barque Ulric,a,
of Russia, last from Cork, and bound to Rotterdam,
with a cargo of guano. The barque is 580 tons bur-
thee, and from not understanding the set of the tidos,
got on shore at low water. The master requested the
lifeboat to stay by him and the crew to assist, with others,
to lighten the vessel by throwing part of the cargo over-
board, and furling the sails, &c. This was done, and by
the aid of a steam tug the vessel was got afloat about one in
the morning and towed round to the Downs, having sus •
tabled no apparent damage, and the lifeboat returned to
the shore about four o'clock this turning,
According to advices from Galatz, the three Sar-
dinian vessels which were, not long since, placed under
embargo at the Sulina mouth of the Danube, have 60,000
rifles on board, a large quantity of ammunition, and some
artillery. It is whispered that two other Sardinian ves-
sels, which were also laden with arms, have managed to
get their cargoes on shore,

DLYIVER TO LORD CLYDE.

Last night the Master and Wardens of the Wor-
shipful Company of Merchant Taylors gave a grand
banquet in honour of General Lord Clyde, at their
magnificent hall, Threadneedle-street.
It is necessary to mention that at a Court of As-
sistants of the Merchant Taylors' Company held as
long ago as the Bth of January, 1858, it was unani-
mously determined to present the noble and gallant
lord with the freedom of that corporation. The
resolution agreed to on that occasion was couched
in the following terms :
" That the honorary freedom of the company be
presented to Lieutenant-General Sir Colin Camp-
bell, Grand Cross of the Most Hon. the Order of
the Bath, Commander-in-Chief in India, in testi-
mony of his long and faithful services, and parti-
cularly in effecting the gallant relief of the late
Major-General Sir Henry Havelock, with the
women and children, and the sick and wounded at
Lucknow, and the total routing and annihilation of
the Gwalior mutineers near Cawnpore,"
In accordance with this resolution, Lord Clyde
was yesterday duly installed and sworn in as an
honorary member of the worshipful company.
Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, G.C.8.,
also had the same distinction conferred upon
him by the unanimous vote of the Court of
Assistants in January, 1859, and it was likewise
intended that his formal induction should take place
yesterday; but, owing to the severe indisposition
of the gallant General, that part of the day's inte-
resting proceedings had unfortunately to be post-

poned.
A distinguished company assembled at the dinner
in the evening. The guests, who were upwards of
£5O in number, included his Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge, K.G., Honorary Member of
the Company ; the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor,
Honorary Member of the Company; the Right
Hon. Lord Chelmsford, Honorary Member of the
Company ; General the Right Hon. Lord Clyde,
G.C.8., Honorary Member of the Company ; the
Right Ibn. Sir John L: M. Lawrence, G.C.8.,
Honorary Member of the Company; Lord Stanley,
M.P., Major-Gen. Lord Rokeby, K.C.8., Lord
Radstock, Mr. Justice Wightman, Col. the Hon.
James Macdonald, C. 8., Sir Anthony Rothschild,
Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Seymour, G.C.8., M P.,
Lieut.-Gen. Sir H. Bentinck, K.C.8., Major-Gen.
Sir Richard Airey, K.C.8., Lieutenant-General Sir
Harry D. Jones, K.C.8., Sir Richard M. Bromley,
K.C.8., Sir Fitzroy Kelly, Q.C., M.P., Sir Hugh
M'Calmont Cairns, Q.C., M.P., Sir William G.
Armstrong, C. 8., Captain Sir L. M'Clintock, R N.,
Major- General W. F. Forster, K.H., Major-General
Willoughby, C. 8., Colonel Tyrwhitt, Major J. F.
Richardson, C. 8., Major Sutherland, Colonel
M‘Murdo, C. 8., Mr. Alderman Sheriff Abhiss, Mr.
Sheriff Lusk, Captain Willoughby, R.N., Major
Richard Lawrence, Major Sullivan, Major Snell,
Mr. Richard Matins, Q.C., M.P. ; Mr. J. Campbell,
Q.C. and Commissioner of Charities; the Governor
and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of England, the
Treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, the Trea-
surer of Christ's Hospital, the Treasurer of St.
Thomas's Hospital, the Treasurer of Bridewell and
Bethlehem Hospitals, Mr. Mayne, Reader on Civil
Law, Middle Temple; the Prime Warden of the
Fishmongers' Company, the Master of the Skinners'
Company, the Master of the Haberdashers' com-
pany, the Master of the Salters' Company, the
Master of the Ironmongers' Company, the Master
of the Vintners' Company, the Master of the Dis-
tillers' Company, Mr. F. B. Outram, Rev. Dr.
Vivian, Rev. Dr. Peile, Rev. Richard Elwyn, Head-
Master of the Charter house School ; Dr. Babing-
ton, Dr. Pickford, Mr. Henry M. Vane, Mr. Frede-
rick Mildred, Mr. John Rogers, Mr. Chas. Rickards.
The galleries were occupied by groups of ladies.
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge wore
the Order of the Garter, and Lord Clyde the Grand
Cross of the Bath ; the other military guests also
appeared in the various honorary decorations inci-
dent to their rank. The chair was occupied by Mr.
Charles Gordon, Master of the Company.
The cloth having been removed, the usual loyal
toasts were duly proposed and enthusiastically
received.

The CHAIRMAN, in giving " the Army and Navy,"
expressed the pleasure it afforded him to entertain
his Royal Highness the Commander• in-Chief, to
whose supervision the country was so much indebted
for the high efficiency of the first of those services.
Their thanks were eminently due to his Royal
Highness for the admirable manner in which the
expedition to China had been sent forth—an expe-
dition whose efforts had now happily been crowned
with success, and that too at the smallest possible
sacrifice of human life. (Cheers.)

His Royal Highness the Duke of CAMBRIDGE,
who on rising was received with loud applause, said
—Master Warden, my lords, and gentlemen, I beg
to return you my most sincere thanks for the high
compliment you have paid me in coupling my name
with the army. Having from my early youth been
brought up a soldier, I naturally feel more deeply
interested in that noble profession than in any
other, and therefore it is always a matter of great
gratification to me as the head of that service to
hear its merits well spoken of. I believe that the
British army has on all occasions deserved well of
the country, and I am proud to think that the
country is ever ready and anxious to express its
feelings of gratitude towards it. (Cheers.) It
may appear to some that compliments such as that
which I have now the honour to acknowledge
are of little value. But that is an entire mistake.
When men who have served their country faith-
fully in distant parts of the globe are, on their re-
turn home, greeted by their countrymen, many of
whom have hitherto been perfect strangers to
them, with a cordial and hearty welcome, together
with a generous appreciation of their past exer-
tions, you may rely upon it, gentlemen, that such
manifestations have a deep effect upon the army,
and are felt by all who aro connected with it, be
their station high or low. (Cheers.) Of late
years, unfortunately, we have had constant occa-
sion to call upon our army for services in the
field, and I flatter myself that that army has inva-
riably come well out of the ordeal—(cheers)—and
that the nation has no reason to be dissatisfied with
its achievements. We have had a very recent ex-
hibition of its powers in a distant land. And
althotgh I have been mentioned as having assisted
in sending out the expedition to China in an effi-
-cient state I can take very little credit to myself
on that score. The praise is really due to my gallant
friend on my left (Lord Clyde), for it was he who
fitted out that army for service in China. The ex-
pedition was chiefly composed of troops proceeding
from India, and Lord Clyde, being Commander-in-
Chief in that country at the time of its preparation,
the merit of its ad mirable equipment mainly be-
longs to him. (Hear, hear.) I think we may also
say that the general officer now intrusted with the
command of that army, Sir Hope Grant, has de-
served well of his country—(cheers)—and such is
the opinion I hear uniformly expressed of his ser-
vices as a soldier in every quarter, military or civil.
It would ill become me on this occasion to refrain
from expressing my sense of the valuable aid which
the expedition has received from a recent very im-
portant invention in gunnery. (Hear.) Sir Wm.
Armstrong has the merit of having invented a new
gun which has been employed in China, and
although this is neither the time nor place for
drawing comparisons between the invention of
that distinguished man and the valuable
and important improvements effected by
others in the same department, still, as
his weapon has now been tested in the field
and has come well out of the trial, it is, I think,
hut right to express—and I am very happy to have
this opportunity, in Sir William's presence, of ex-
pressing—my appreciation of the great advantage
which his genius and skill have conferred alike on
the army and the country, (Cheers.) Allow me
now, gentlemen, to observe that I have always
great pleasure, as a member of this ancient com-
pany, in meeting my excellent friends in this mag-
nificent hall ; but I must say that on no occasion
on which I have had the good fortune to
of your splendid hospitality have , soldier,
I as a partake
ory
felt more pride or satisfaction thanyour hon I do to-day ay,
when you have enrolled among
members the name of my gallant and distinguished
friend Lord Clyde—(cheers)—for if ever there was
a man who, in my opinion, has deserved well of
his country, it is my gallant friend on my left.