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

Yesterday evening the Prime Warden and Wor-
shipful Company of Fishmongers celebrated the re-
turn of Lord Clyde to England by a magnificent
ban quet 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 oft le 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-Gen. 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. Dawson, Esq., M.P., E. Ball,
Esq., M.P., R.. Hanbury, jun., Esq., M.P., T. A.
111itetiiiVEsq., MY., G. Clive', :1-1`,55)., M.P., the Go-
vernor of the Bank, the Chaiimatii and Deputy-
Chairman of the East and Westt4lndia Dock 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 Wool, 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.
The toast having been enthusiastically drunk,
The CHAIRMAN gave " The health of his Royal
Highness Prince Albert; 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 laCs leisure and his opportunities to the
promotion of the arts and sciences. The Prince of
Wales had recently conferred a peculiar gratifi ea-
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 unconquer
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 us 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. Sartorius.
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 ray 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
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 maintaining 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-
pliment which is now
paid me, I think it only
right that Englishmen should know the merits of
the great, and I
may
i say gifted, man, whose pru-
dence and calmness n 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