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TUESDAN EVFNING NOVEMBER 11, 1856,

doubtless turn his attention to such measures as would
maintain the national prosperity in a time of peace.
They had seen that the noble lord had lately employed
himself in visiting the manufacturing districts, and wher-
ever he presented himself to the people his talents and
acquirements.must be highly appreciated. He begged to
give "the health of Lord. Palmerston and her Majesty's
Ministers." (Loud and prolonged cheering.)
Lord PALMERSTON, who wag received with loud cheering,
said—Your Royal Highness, my Lord Mayor, ladies and
gentlemen, for myself and for my colleagues I beg you to
accept our most sincere thanks for the honour you have
clone us by the reception ycu have given to the toast that
has just been drunk. I can assure you that the goodwill
—I trust I may say the approbation—of our fellow-coun-
trymen must always be the greatest encouragement and
reward of those who are charged with the conduct of pub-
lic affairs. (Cheers.) The different classes in this country
are all deeply occupied with their own avocations, and it
is not often that they have the opportunity of meeting
at such festive boards as that around which we are
assembled ; and on that account, speaking for my col-
leagues, I may say that we peculiarly prize the opportu-
nity afforded us of receiving in this magnificent hall the
splendid hospitality of this great city, and of here cement-

ing acquaintanceships—l trust I am not saying too much
if I call them friendships—which may not only conduce to
our personal comfort and gratification, but which must
have a useful tendency to facilitate the intercourse of po-
liticians and commercial men in various transactions con-
nected with the business of the country. You, my Lord
Mayor, have adverted to the events of the late war, and
to the peace which has-foll'Osied. 'At the commencement of
the present year this country possessed the finest army and
the most magnificent fleet that were ever engaged in de-
fending the honour and the rights of England. (Cheers.)
The spirit of the people was roused to as high a pitch as
was ever witnessed in this country. (Cheers.) There was
every prospect that, if the war had continued, future suc-
cesses would have been obtained, equal at all events to
those which had crowned the armies of the allies'; but
when we found that we could obtain by negotiation terms
of peace which would satisfy our just demands, and which
would secure the future peace and independence of Europe,
we thought it our duty to sheathe the sword, and, in con-
junction with our allies, to put an end to the hostilities
which were at the time in progress. We were convinced
tbat the people of England would willingly forego the pro-
spects of future military and naval glory when they were
s ttisfied that the objects of the war had been substantially
accompli-,hed. It now remains that the conditions of the
peace shall be faithfully executed—(cheers)—and honour-
ably observed—(renewed cheering)—and then I trust
that the peace of Europe will be placed upon a se-
cure and permanent foundation. (Loud cheers.) The
Lord Mayor has adverted to a visit which I
have just made to the manufacturing districts of
this country. It is indeed most gratifying to those
who are charged with the conduct of public affairs to
witness everywhere the industry, the enterprise, I will say
the genius, of the people of this land—(hear)--to see upon
what secure foundations the prosperity of the empire rests,
and to augur from the glorious present the future increas-
ing progress of the wealth, the power, and the prosperity
of our common country. (Cheers.) I can only express my
fervent wish that this great city, which is, I may say, the
centre of the commercial wealth and enterprise of the
world, which regulates the commercial affairs of almost
every country ou the face of the earth,--may continue for
the future to flourish as it has done in the past ; that it
may continue to be the heart—for so it may be termed—of
this great country, and that it may not only contribute to
the wealth and prosperity of England, but that it may
tend to promote the blessings of peace and civilisation in
every country of the habitable globe. (Cheers.) I again
beg to thank you, ladies and gentlemen, in the name of
my colleagues, and for myself, for the honour you have
done us, and to assure you that nothing can give us greater
pleasure and satisfaction than to have opportunities like
the present of being received at the festive board of the
corporation of this great city. (Loud cheers.)
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said a pleasing duty had de-
volved upon him. He had no doubt the present Lord
Mayor would perform the onerous and responsible duties
of his office in such a way as to add to the esteem and
affection withwhich he was regarded by his fellow-citizens,
and he therefore proposed that they should drink the
" Health of the Lord Mayor." (Cheers.)
The' LORD MAToa was warmly received on rising to re•
turn thanks. He could assure his fellow-citizens that he
felt the same anxiety on entering upon his year of office
which his esteemed predeciSsof had desCribeci, and that
his best exertions should be given to maintain the dignity
and hospitality of the corporation, and to discharge the
duties of his high office. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said that the maintenance of the
most cordial relations with foreign States was desirable,
and to this end foreign Ministers and representatives were
necessary. They were honeured ley the presence of several
members of the corps diplontatique, and ho begged to pro-
pose their health iu connection with that, of the Brazilian
Minister. (Cheers.)

The BRAZILIAN MINISTER rose and spoke as follows
My Lord, Ladies, and Gentlemen, --In the name of the
diplomatic body of which I have the honour to be the re-
presentative on this occasion, I have to return my cordial
thanks for the toast which has been just given by the Lord
Mayor. The corps diplornative; whose presence here is
the symbol of the go K 1 relations which subsist among the
nations, see in the feast which inaugurates the election of
your chief raegisti Ate a special motive for taking part iu
the rejoicings which reign in this hall. Charged with the
duty of reconciling the lawful interests of their respective
countries when unfortunately in coniict, the representa-
tives of foreign powers are nevertheless the agents of Peace,
the only sure basis of the civilisation, wealth, and pros-
perity of nations. The festiv,ties of this day renew the
ancient traditions of your history, and recall to mind the
privileges of a people which, by its attachment to its free
institutions, and by its intelligent industry, has attained
to the highest point of actual prosperity. Such results can
only be obtained and secured by peace, and by that moans
the opulent City of London, the arterial centre of the cir-
culation of the world's riches, has known bow to procure
for itself the grandeur and renown which are its due, and
which confer upon it so much of honour.
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The House of Lords."
The Marquis of SALISBURY returned. thanks.
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The Judges."
Chief Baron POLLOCK acknowledged the toast.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The Health of the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer and the House of Commons."
The CHANCELLOR of the ExcarEQuElle
who was very in-
distinctly heard, said he felt satisfied the time had arrived
when very different opinions were entertained with regard
to the House of Commons from those which had prevailed
some years ago. Persons who had passed the middle period
of life could remember the time when fears .were expressed
that the House of Commons would not confine itself within
the boundsprescribed by the constitution, but that it would
trench upon the prerogatives of the Crown, upon the pri-
vileges of the House of Lords, and upon the authority of
the executive Government. It was thought at that period
that there had been so great au infusion of the democratic
element into the House of Commons that it would not re-
strict itself within the limits prescribed by the constitu-
tion. Now, however, they were told that the House .of
Commons had fallen into a state of inefficiency, but he
thought he coati confidently appeal to the course pursued
by the House of late years as a !sufficient answer to the ac-
cusation. . (Cheers.) The House of Commons had not
merely to take a prominent share in the legislation of the
country, but during the last two or three years, when a
great war had occupied the attention of the whole com
munity, it had been the duty of the House of Commons to
superintend the conduct of that war, and it had thereby
been precluded from prosecuting some important legislative
reforms. Happily, however, peace had now been con-
cluded, and the House of Commons would be enabled to
devote its entire attention to those reforms which wore
demanded by the voice of the people. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next gave "the health of the
Sheriffs," from whose energy and experience in agriculture
and commerce a most efficient shrievalty might be ex-
pected.
Mr. Sheriff MEcur briefly returned thanks.

Lord PALMERSTON said that hitherto the toasts had been
rather selfishly confined to the male sex, but they ought
not be wanting in expressions of thankfulness for the bril-
liant display of female beauty which had been assembled
within tho Guildhall on that day. He, therefore, pre-
posed that they should do homage to the Lady Mayoress as
representing the female part of the assembly, and drink
her health. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said he was instructed by the Lady
Mayoress to say that She was greatly indebted to his lord-
ship and the company for the kind manner in which the
toast had been proposed and received. The Lady Mayoress
wished him to assure the company that nothing should be
wanting on her part to uphold the hospitality of the City
of London.
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members of the city of Lon-
don," and " Mr. Alderman Wire and the Magistrates of
the City."
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Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster with his usual effi-
ciency. Among the vocalists were Miss Birch, Miss Eylos,
and the members of the Orpheus Glee Union. The band
of the Coldstream Guards, under the superintendence cf
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The Lord Mayor and, the principal guests then retired,
mid the company repaired to the various lobbies and
chambers of the Guildhall, which were decorated with great
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SOUth entrance

into the Guildhall were lined with an imitation of the
Bayeaux tapestry, painted by Mr. C. Fenton. Next the walls
commencing at the entrance door were arranged figures of
men in armour and trophies from tho 13th century, con-
cluding with the Minis rifle as the latest improvement in
military weapons. The first lobby, after passing through
the banqueting-hall, contained a statue of the " eagle-
slayer," by Bell, and a statue of " Genius chained," by
Durham. On 'the north aide of the aldermen's court-room a
large temporary conservatory was fitted up, in the centre of
which was a colossal statue of Australia by Bel!, hacked up
with a picture representing Melbourne, painted by Mr. F.
Fenton. In the yard on the western side of the alderman's
room was a representation of the Stanbach, near Inter-
lachen, in Switzerland, also painted. by Mr. Frederick Ful-
ton. In the alderman's room was a bust of the Right Hon.
the Lord• Mayor, by Lough ; the statue of Dorothea, by
Bell ; and -Whittington, by Cracow. In the committee-
FOOM, adjoining the Council chamber, were placed a bust of
her Majesty, and statues of the Princess Louisa and the
Princess Helena on either side, by Mr. and Mrs. Thorney-
croft. In a niche in the Council-chamber were displayed
the marble bust of the Queen, by Durham, presented to
the Corporation by Sir Francis G. Moon, on retiring from
his mayoralty in 1855 ; also a picture of the late Lord
Mayor, Mr. David Salomons, by Hart. A complete range
of mirrors was also fixed at the west end of the banquet.
ing hall, reflecting the entire hall and banquet, and numer-
ous banners, mirrors, and choice plants, were also taste-
fully arranged in the various lobbies and passages. Danc-
ing commenced in the Council-chamber after the banquet,
and was continued for some time under the disadvantages
of confined space and a great crowd.

THE MINISTER OP PUBLIC WORKS AND THE
METROP OLITAN BOARD:

THE DEPUTATION ON THE SOUTHWARK
IMPROVEMENTS.
Yesterday the deputation appointed by the Metro-
politan Board of Works to carry up the plan for the
new street through Southwark, to relieve the traffic
through the City, waited upon the Right Hon. Sir Ben.
jarnin Hall at his office in Whitehall-place, to present
the plan for his sanction under the provisions of the
act of parliament.
The deputation consisted of Mr. John Thwaites, the
president; Mr. Alexander Wright, Mr. Charles Harris,
Mr. Bazalgette, engineer in chief ; Mr. E. H. Woolrych,
secretary; and Mr. Marrable, the superintending archi•
tech of the board. There were two other deputations of
inhabitants -who claimed to be heard before the chief
commissioner, objecting to the plan of the metropolitan
board.
Mr. THWAITES having introduced the deputation,
Sir 13. BALL called attention to the discrepancy which
had taken place between the statement of Mr. Bazalgette
and that of the Erith deputation on the subject of the
main drainage as to the distance of the outfall marked B
from the metropolitan boundary.
Mr. BAZALGETTE said when there the other day he
stated the distance of the proposed outfall to be one mile
and a quarter from the metropolitan boundary on the
south side, and not two miles and a half.
Sir B. HALL—I certainly understood Mr. Bazalgette
to say the distance was two miles and a half.
Mr. BAZALGETTE—Two mite's and a half below Wool.
with but one and a quarter from the metropolitanboun-
dary.
Sir B. HALL measured it on the plan, and said it ap-
peared to him to be just a mile. There was oneimportant
point, however, upon which he wanted information, wed
that 'was, had the Metropolitan Board any calculation as
to the amount of se wage discharged into the Thames from
each side of the river I
Mr. BAZALGETTH—Yes. There is about 7 million ttnd
a quarter cubic feet of sewage discharged into the
Thames per day— 6 millions on the north side and one
million and a quarter on the south.
Sir B. HALL said they would now take the Southwark
improvemerits, beginning at London-bridge.
Mr. THWAITES said, before entering upon the plan, he
would ju-t observe that the act which.appropriates one
of the 30,0001. in the hands of Government for this
purpose, distinctly pointed to an opening from London-
bridge to Stamford-street. 'Believing, therefore, that
to be the intention of Parliament, the Metropolitan
Board had constructed their line in accardance with
it. The line, it would be observed, began slightly
below the obelisk in Wellington-street, at the south
corner of York-street, without interfering with St.
Saviour's Church, continuing on the north side
across Red Lien street and Counter-street, avoiding
the Borough-market, which being corporate property
wouldbe very expensive. It then avoids a clump
of almshouses called the College Almshouses, having a
butial-ground and a church in the centre, passing close
to Messrs. Barclay and Perkins's brewery, which occu-
pied 11 acres, and which was not touched ; as, if it
were, the outlay would exceed the cost of the entire
thoroughfare. It then passed on to the Southwark-
bridge-road, taking, off a small part of Messrs. Pott's
extensive vinegar works, thence to the north of Messrs.
Eeston and Arnos's iroefoundry, continuing its course to
the south-west angle of some o her almshouses, and on
to a point marked on the plan B in the Blackfriars-road,
exactly oppomite Stamford street. Mr. Thwaites con-
tinued to say that although upon the plan the street ap-
peared to present a considerable curve, still upon the
large scale of its construction it would be scarcely per-
ceptible, but it was absolutely necessary in order to avoid
the enormous expense of trenching upon the valuable
properties he bad r-ferred to. The proposed width of
the street was 70 feet from front to front, with 12 feet
footpath on either side.
Sir B. HALL could assure them that he had had a
great many people coming to him upon the subject. He
had been thinking very deeply upon it, and now he had
got the plan agreed to by the board, he would set to
work at it that afternoon and endeavour to give his an-
swer by Thursday, which would only be three days in
the whole for him to go into the subject. It would be
as well that the Metropolitan Board should have its
Parliamentary notieee prepared for the newspapers and
advertised. If he (Sir B. Halt) could not assent, the
only expense would be that of the notices.
Mr. WOOLRYCH observed that the notices must be
sent to the Surrey papers on Wednesday, as they were
published ou Thursday.
Mr. THWAITES thought, with a little judicious action
on both the part of the Chief Commissioner and the
board, they might save this session.
Sir B. Henn was most anxieus to prevent so important
a matter going over to another session, and would do all
he could to prevent it.
Mr. THWAITES knew the whole district so well, that
he was quite sure the more it was inquired into, the
more those who did so would approve of it. It was so
arranged, that whenever there might be a new bridge
erected between Westminster and London, this line of
street would be available. .
Sir B. HALL observed, that as to Westminster Bridge,
it would uo doubt be before Parliament the next session.
As he had no other deputations, it might be advisable
that they should inform him what objections they knew
likely to be urged against this plan of the board.
Mr. Tiawenressaid there was one plan which proposed
to pass between that of the Metropolitan Board's plan
and the river, which was objectionable, as it took down
a portion of the Barrtagh-market and of Messrs. Barclay.
and Perkins's brewery. It also passed where the levels
for the sewers were taken, and was 18 feet below the
surface of Southwark-bridge-road. There was another
proposal that the street should commence further down
the Borough, taking away the clump of houses and the
old Town-hall. Some had an idea also that it should
commence at Union-street, through the narrow streets
to the New-cut, and so on to the Waterloo-road. The
objection the board felt to these proposals was that they
would not be able to get a first-class street likely to let
for bnilding purposes, such as they proposed. The es-
timate for the street was 320,0001.
Mr. MARRABLE begged to add that Messrs. Barclay
and Perkins approved of the plau of the board.
Mr. THWAITES said that there was another reason for
making the opening of the street where they proposed,
and that was the probability of the entire site of St.
Thomas's Hospital being purchased by the railway com-
panies for an extension of their terminus.
The deputation from the Metropoltan Board then re-
tired.

The second deputation consisted of Mr. Newsom, Mr.
Tornkins, Mr. Myland, Mr. Monery, Mr. Bailey, and
\lr. Newman, on the part of the inhabitants of High-
street, Southwark, introduced by Mr. Harris, member
of the Metropolitan Board of Works for the district.
Mr. NEWSOM said the inhabitants of the Borough
were seriously affected by the stoppage of the thorough.
fare, which commenced at the narrow part, caused by
the projecting clump of houses, commencing with the
Town Hall. Instead of the opening for the new street
commencing at York-street, they desired that the open-
ing should be lower down to the south, including the
removal of the projecting clump of houses, as also the
Town Hall. This plan could be carried out at an esti•
mated cost of 41,0091. le-is than the plan proposed by the
Metropolitan Board. It was something like Mr. Penne-
thorne s plan, which was generally approved.
Sir B. HALL said all he could do was to approve of
the plans generally, if he felt it his duty to sanction them
at all, and then it would be left with the locality to use
its influence with the Metropolitan Board, who could
carry out the line at any point not beyond the lines of
deviation marked out on their plan.
The deputation thanked. Sir B. Hall for his courtesy
and withdrew.
The third deputation described itself as an "indepen-
dent" deputation, and consisted of Mr. Vicars, Mr.
Richardson, Mr. Slee, Mr. Benbow, Mr. Robinson, Mr.
Jordan, and Mr. Taylor, the projector of a plan for the
new .line refetred to by Mr. Thwaites, passing between
the plan of the Metropolitan Board of Works and the
River. •
The Spokesman said, as inhabitants of the district, all
they wanted was•the best plan, and as the plan proposed
by Mr. Taylor, which they presented, brought the line
closer to South.- ark, London, and 131ackfriars Bridges,
was more calculated to relieve the traffic of London
Bridge, and it was preferable.
In answer to questions from Sir B. Hall, although the
PlaCtWed that it was uropoaed to take down part of

plan