The Sun.
London, England, 1860-07-19 00:00:00

DINNER TO HER MAJESTY'S
MINISTERS.

Last night the Lord Mayor and the Lady
Mayoress entertained her Majesty's Ministers and
a distinguished company at the Mansion-house.
The Egyptian Hall presented a brilliant spectacle
on the occasion. Besides the leading members of
the Cabinet, the list of guests included the foreign
Ministers resident at our Court, and many of the
representatives of other States now attending the
International Statistical Congress assembled in this
metropolis.
Among those present were the Lord Chancellor,
Viscount Palmerston, First Lord of the Treasury,
and Viscountess Palmerston ; Lord J. Russell, Sir
G. C. Lewis and Lady Theresa Lewis, Sir C. Wood
and Lady Wood, the Duke of Somerset and the
Duchess of Somerset, Mr. Milner Gibson and Mrs.
Gibson, Mr. Cardwell and Mrs. Cardwell, Viscount
Castlerosse, Lord Wodehouse, Sir F. Currie and
Lady Currie, the Duke and Duchess Fiano, Sir J.
Burgoyne, G.C.8., their Excellencies M.Thorbende
Bille, the Danish Minister, and Lady, Hassan Ali
Khan, the Persian Ambassador, Count von Berns-
torff, the Prussian Minister and Countess, Count
Platen, the Swedish Minister, and Baron Platen,
the Moorish Ambassadors, accompanied by General
Kaid el Frag, Mahommed Ben Assooz, Capt. Lynch
and Mr. Drummond Hay, Sir Fitzroy Kelly, M.P.,
and Lady Kelly, Major-General Sir H. Vivian and
Lady, Sir Chas. Eastlake and Lady, the Earl and
Countess of Cardigan, Lieutenant-General Sir
F. Smith and lady, Col. and Mrs. Wood, Sir Chas.
Napier, M.P., Mr. Dobree, Governor of the Bank of
England, and Mrs. Dobree; Mr. Latham, Deputy-
Governor of the Bank, and Mrs. Latham ; Vice-
Admiral Sir G. Sartorius and lady, Mr. Wyld, M.P.,
and Mrs. Wyld, Mr. H. Cole and Miss Cole, Lieut.-
Gen. Cannon and lady, Lady Maclaine, Count Bap-
tiste Metaxa, Count Fredk. Metaxa, his Excellency
Count de Toresdiaz, Chevalier Jose Savander de
Zulueta, Madlle. de Zulueta, Commodore and Mrs.
Drummond, Sir Geo. Burdett L'Estrange, Captain
and Mrs. L'Estrange, Col. and Mrs. Tulloch, Col.
and Mrs, Cavan, the Solicitor-General and Lady
Atherton, Mr. S. Whitbread, M.P., Capt. Washing-
ton, R.N., Sir T. F. Fremantle and lady, Dr. Lush-
ington, Sir J. D. Harding and lady, Mr. C. S. But-
ler, M.P., and Mrs. Butler, Mr. Ayrton, M.P., Mr.
John. Locke, M.P., and lady, Mr. R. Mangles, Mr. D.
Dunbar and Miss Masson, Major-Gen. Cator, the
Mayor of Southampton, Dr. Farr, Alderman Sir
Peter and Miss Laurie, Alderman and Mrs. Sidney,
Alderman Salomons, M.P., and Mrs. Salomons ;
Alderman Sir It. Carden and lady, Mr. Russell
Gurney and Mrs. Russell Gurney, Alderman Cubitt,
M.P., and Mrs. Cubitt; Alderman Sir H. Mug-
geridge and lady, Alderman and Mrs. Mechi,Alder
man and Mrs. Finnis, Alderman and Mrs. Law.
rence, Alderman and Mrs. Hale, Alderman and
Mrs. Allen, Alderman and Mrs. Abbiss, the Com-
mon Sergeant and Mrs. Chambers, Mr. Scott,
Chamberlain of the City ; Sheriff and Mrs. Phillips,
Sheriff and Mrs. Gabriel, Deputy and Mrs. Fry,
Deputy and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Taylor, Mr. Shrewsbury, Mr. A. S. Waterlow, Mr.
Charles Gaimes, Mr. Hoppe, Mr. A. Birch, Mr. H.
W. Valiance, Mr. C, Fuller, Mr. George Bone, Mr.
John Wood, Mr. Edward Burkitt, Mr. Edward
Hartrigge, Deputy Lott, Mr. James Roberts, Mr.
Charles Young, Lieut. John Carter, Mr. Stanley
Carter, Mr. Charles Carter, and the Misses Carter ;
Mr. and Mrs. John Jones, Mr. A. W. and Miss
Rowland, Mr. Andrew and Mrs. Lusk, Mr. and
Mrs. Jonathan Thorpe, Mr. Commissioner Harvey,
Mr. Henry Pownall and Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Pow-
nall, and Mr. Edmund Stringer. •
The following official delegates to the Statistical
Congress now being held in the metropolis were
also invited : His Excellency Baron Czcernig, Aus-
tria ; M. M. Legoyt, France ; Dr. F. B. W. Her-
mann, Bavaria; M. A. Quetelet and M. A. Vis-
schers, Belgium ; his Excellency Senor de Carralho
Moreira, Brazil ; Dr. C. N. David, Denmark ; Dr.
C. W. Asher, Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen ; Pro-
fessor Wappaus, Hanover ; Dr. M. M. de Baum-
hauer and Dr. T. Ackersdyck, Holland; Baron
Maltzalen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin ; Dr. E. 'Engel,
Prussia ; Dr. T. B. Wernadski, Russia ; Count de
Ripaldi, Spain ; Dr. F. Berg, Sweden ; M. Vogt,
Switzerland; Mr. J. Macarthur, Mr, E. Hamilton,
and Mr. S. A. Donaldson, New South Wales : Mr.
Marsh, M.P., Queensland; Mr. W. Westgarth,
Victoria ; Mr. E. Stephen, South Australia ; Mr. J.
H. Youl, Tasmania ; Mr. J. E. Fitzgerald, New
Zealand ; and Mr. W. Field, Cape of Good Hope.
The loving cup having circulated, the usual loyal
toasts were given and enthusiastically received,
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Navy and
Army," which was drunk with much cordiality.
The Duke of SOMERSET, in returning thanks for
the navy, alluded to the visit of the Prince of Wales
to our Canadian fellow-subjects, who, he thought,
in the welcome they would accord to his Royal
Highness, would exhibit their loyalty and affection
to their Sovereign, and their attachment to the
mother country. The Prince of Wales, doubtless,
would also see those neighbouring States which,
though separated in point of Government, were yet
bound to us by the ties of kindred, language, and
interest. (Cheers.) Adverting to the service with
which he was officially connected, the noble duke
referred to the gallantry lately displayed in the cap-
ture of a native fortification in New Zealand. He
had no doubt, also, that if telegraphic communica-
tion existed with China, we should hear at this mo-
ment of fresh exhibitions of the prowess of British
seamen in those remote regions. He trusted that the
gallant admiral in command of the expedition would
succeed in his important enterprise, and that having,
with the co-operation of the military force, esta-
blished peace on a sure foundation, he would
speedily return to this country to receive the wel-
come and gratitude of the nation: (Hear.)
Sir J. BURGOYNE responded on behalf of the army
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing " The Healt

her Majesty's Ministers," referred to the arduous
nature of their duties, Parliamentary and official.
His own labours as chief magistrate of the city
were at times severe, but they bore no comparison
with those imposed on the Prime Minister and his
colleagues.
The toast was drunk amid loud applause.
Lord PALMERSTON,who was received with cheers,
said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, I
beg, on my own behalf and that of my colleagues,
to return you our most cordial and grateful thanks
for the kind manner in which the Lord Mayor has
proposed and you have received the toast of our
healths. My Lord Mayor, you have been pleased
to draw a comparison between the daily labours we
have to perform and those which fall to your own
lot. It would be difficult, I think, to say which of
the two, the Lord Mayor or her Majesty's Minis--
ters, during their respective mayoralties—(laugh-
ter)—lead the most laborious lives. But when the
Lord Mayor adverts to the noxious influences which
our avocations may have on our health, I beg leave
to say there might be a course of life suggested to
me by the entertainment now before us which might
be still more deleterious ; and that would be if
every day of the week, every week of the month,
and every month of the year, we were to indulge
in the same splendid and luxurious repasts as that
of which we have just partaken. (Laughter, and
" Hear.") It is the abstinence which we are com-
pelled to practise which enables us to get through
our work. (A laugh.) I can assure you, ladies and
gentlemen, it must always afford to those who are
charged with the responsible duty of conducting the
affairs of this country the greatest satisfaction to
-withdraw themselves from the labours, turmoil, and
contests of political life to enjoy the social and
splendid hospitality of the chief magistrate of this
great city. (Hear, hear.) It must always be
a pleasure to find ourselves in the greatest
commercial centre of the greatest commercial na-
tion in the world, and I trust that in addressing
this assembly we may taket
some credit for having
in the course of the present
session been able to de-
vise and execute several measures which we hope
will greatly contribute to
the commercial prospe-
rity of the country. (Cheers.)
It has sometimes
been the fashion to say that Commerce enervates
the mind of a nation ; that it destroys the manly
vigour to be found in nations not commercial. The
history of the world is full of examples
which de-
monstrate the fillacy of that opinion ; and if any
further proof to 4he contrary were wanting ; that

proof was supplied in the present year, when we
saw 130,000 of the youth of this nation, most of
them engaged in commercial pursuits, all of them
employed in the civil avocations of life, submitting
to privations and labours to which their' previous
habits had not accustomed them, and devoting all
the energies with which nature has endowed them
ito the defence of their native land. (Cheers) I
think, ladies'and gentlemen, that this is the noblest
I spectacle ever exhibited in any nation of the world.
(Hear.) Precedents are not wanting where na-
tions, when danger imminently threatens, when the
enemy is knocking at their gates, have risen like
one man, and, tearing themselves away from every-
thing that constitutes the pleasures, enjoyments,
and business of civil life, have prepared to
shed their blood in the defence of their
common country. But this is not an instance of
that kind. It is said that the lion of the forest
snuffs danger from afar, and prepares for resistance;
and so it has been with the youth of England. An
instinctive feeling has possessed them that circum-
stances might arise which would show that the
means of defence previously existing were perhaps
not equal to the emergency, and with a spirit almost
prophetic—though I trust the prophecy may not be
accomplished in an evil sense—they have proved
their manly energy by arraying themselves in the
numbers I have already stated, which, if there were
need, could be doubled, trebled, or even quadrupled.
(Cheers.) It is an old saying that to preserve
peace you should be prepared for war. Now, that
is both true and untrue. It is untrue if it be meant
that anation assuming an aggressive attitude should
create larger naval and military establishments
than are necessary for its defence, and which,being
evidently intended for encroachment on its neigh-
bours, excite suspicion, distrust, and alarm. In-
stead of affording a security for peace, they are more
likely to be a provocation to war. But far different
is it when a nation acts as we are doing, and con-
tents itself with possessing such an army and mak-
ing such preparations as are necessary for simple
defence, abjuring, not only by words, but by its
conduct, all aggressive designs on others. I say that
such preparations for a contest purely defensive
constitute the best guarantee for peace. I trust we
shall long continue to enjoy that security, and be
in a situation to declare that peace we will have ;
because he who attacks us will rue the day when
he made the attempt. (Loud cheers.) What I have
now said I hope will be taken in its proper sense,
and viewed as a compliment to that noble body of
volunteers, who, I maintain, may be regarded as
most active and valuable members of the Peace
Society. (Laughter and cheers.) The noble lord
concluded by again returning his acknowledgments
for the honour done to her Majesty's Ministers.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The health of the
Corps Diplomatique," which was received with much
cordiality.
His Excellency Count VON BERNSTORFF, the
Prussian Minister, returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The House of
Lords."
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in responding, said the
nation was indebted to the barons for Magna Charta
and other of its most cherished liberties. The House
of Lords was a rallying point for public opinion. If
at any time it forgot its duty to the community it
ought to be gently reminded of it. He was confi-
dent that it would ever listen to the deliberately
expressed voice of the nation, and be guided by the
dictates of political necessity. (Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave" The House of Com-
mons," coupling the toast with the name of Lord
John Russell. (Cheers.)
Lord J. RUSSELL, in responding, said that the
House of Commons was an ancient body which
had at all times defended the liberties of the
country. The corporation of the city of London
was also an ancient institution which had never
failed to defend those liberties. (Cheers.) There was,
therefore, great sympathy between these two bodies,
and he hoped that in nny measure which the House
of Commons adopted with regard to the corpora-
tion of the metropolis the services which it had ren-
dered in the past would not be overlooked. (Cheers.)
It had been his fate to be charged with the eonduct
of the foreign affairs of this country, and he trusted
that in no instance had he tarnished the honour or
impaired the interests of Great Britain in the course
he had pursued. (Hear, hear.) It was our duty in
the first place, no doubt, to maintain that honour
and promote those interests, but in doing so we were
bound also to remember our duty to others, and to
endeavour to bring about such an agreement and
sympathy between different nations as would ad-
vance the great cause of civil and religious liberty
throught the world. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The Foreign Dele-
gates to the International Statistical Congress,"
which was received with loud cheers.
M. MURSERE LEGOYT, the delegate from France,
expressed his own appreciation, and that of his col-
leagues, of the distinguished honour paid to them
by the Lord Mayor in inviting them to that magni-
ficent banquet. (Hear, hear.) They rejoiced to have
that opportunity of testifying their lively senti-
ments of gratitude for the warm and cordial hospi-
tality of which during their sojourn in this country,
they had been the object. (Cheers.) He should
carry back with him to France a delightful souvenir
of the happy days he had spent in this metropolis.
It would be both his duty and his privilege to report
to the Government which had done him the honour
of delegating him to that congress the profound
sympathy which had been evinced towards him and
his associates in that great city. It afforded a fresh
proof of the cordial esteem with which France was
regarded in this country, an esteem which he ven-
tured to say France most sincerely reciprocated.
(Cheers.)
" The Health of the Lady Mayoress" was then
given by Lord PAL\rESRTON, and, after a few compli-
• mentary toasts, the company separated.
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