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London, England, 1867-07-12 00:00:00

hopeless to advance further with them this year, and the
whole of the orders were therefore discharged.
Progress was made in committee with the Poor-law
Board Bill.
The Local Government Supplemental (No. 5) Bill was
read a third time and passed.
The County Courts Acts Amendment Bill, the Office of
Judge in the Admiralty, Divorce and Probate Courts Bill,
and the Game Laws Amendment (Ireland) Bill were
severally read a second time.
Other bills were also forwarded a stage, and the house
adjourned.

THE VICEROY OF EGYPT AT THE
MANSION-HOUSE.

Last evening the Lord Mayor entertained the
Viceroy of Egypt at the Mansion-house upon a
scale of unusual splendour. The Viceroy and his
suite arrived a little before 7 o'clock, and his Royal
Highness the Prince of Wales followed immediately
afterwards. Both were received with royal honours.
The chair of the Lord Mayor was backed by a
gorgeous trophy of gold shields and plate, inter-
mingled with the flags of England and Egypt. The
Prince of Wales took his seat to the right of the
Lord Mayor, having on his right Miss Gabriel, his
Highness Prince Teck, the Duchess of Montrose,
and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lady
Mayoress sat on the, loft, having next to her the
Viceroy of Egypt, Lady Chelmsford, Prince Edward
of Saxe-Weimar, the Duchess and the Duke of
Sutherland. The bright and varied costumes of the
ladies, the uniforms of the nobility and gentry pre-
sent, and the admirable lighting of the hall, made
the scene a remarkable one.
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the first toast of
the evening—" Her Most Gracious Majesty the
Queen"—said it would be presumptuous in him, in
the presence of so many illustrious members of her
Royal family, to dwell upon her many virtues, or
to attempt to describe the claims she had upon the
affection and loyalty of her people. Far distant be
the day when the records of her Majesty's reign
would have to be written ; but they might rest as-
sured that when that was done, the record would
contain an unbroken narrative of acts done to pro-
mote the welfare and happiness of her subjects,
guided by a religious observance of the principles
of the British Constitution. Long might she reign
over the people she had loved so well ! Might her
future days be her brightest, and might she have
the desire of her heart in seeing her people loyal,
prosperous, and happy. (Loud cheers.)
The toast having been duly honoured,
The Loan MAvon. said—lt is my high privilege to
welcome here this evening a most distinguished com-
pany, who have assembled to do honour to our
visitor and guest the Viceroy of Egypt. (Cheers.)
Our national prejudices lead us to attach great
value to ancient lineage. We are proud of the long
line of monarchs through which our Queen traces
her illustrious descent. We cherish every relic of
the pp:st, and look with interest upon Stonehenge
and other monuments of the earliest history of our
country. But when we speak of Egypt associa-
tions belonging to a still more ancient period rise in
our minds. That country, with its dynasties, which
were in Fatence 4,000 years ago—with its pyra-
mids commenced almost at the same period, and
still perfppt monuments of the grandeur and power
of a
,na,ighty empire—Egypt was the earliest seat, if
not the birthplace of civilisation ; the land of corn,
and wine, and oil, to which the famine-stricken
nations of antiquity resorted for food when our
island was a desolate waste, inhabited only by a bar-
barous race. (Cheers.) The past of Egypt has,
indeed, been glorious, and if we may judge of the
future by the present we can only augur well.
(Loud cheers.) We find that country now
governed by an intelligent Viceroy, under whose
rule civilisation has greatly advanced. No less than
800 miles of railway have been constructed, and a
great canal is now forming, intended to facilitate
commercial and personal communication between
the Eastern and Western hemispheres. (Hear,
hear.) Under such a prince the polished civilisa-
tion of the West must rapidly make its way in
Egypt, and with it the great discoveries of modern
science must follow. It may be also that even iu
our time we may see the walls of the Pyramids sup-
porting telegraph wires and the murmuring of the
Sphinxes may be translated into the utterances of
political economy. (A laugh.) This country is
under special obligations to the Viceroy of Egypt.
(Hear, hear.) We do not forget the time when
we were surrounded by troubles in our Indian
Empire, and we are mindful of the facilities he
offered for the passage of our troops to their
destination. We welcome him most heartily to this
country and to this hall. (Cheers.) Most sincerely
do we trust that the cordial alliance which has now
existed for some years between this country and
Egypt may ever continue, and that the result may
be evidenced in substantial and increasing benefits
to both nations. It affords me the highest gratifi-
cation to ask you to drink " The Health of his
Highness the Viceroy of Egypt." His Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge has sanctioned my
giving the toast next to that of her Majesty.
The toast was honoured with great enthusiasm.
His Highness the VICEROY, who was received
with loud applause, replied in his native language,
and at his command Nubar Pacha translated it into
French as follows :—"Twenty-one years ago, in this
very hall, which bears the name of his country, the
father of his Highness found himself the object of
the sympathies of the English people. Twenty-one
years ago his Highness, then a young man, little
thought that he, in his turn, in the same hall, and
perhaps in the same seat, would himself receive a
similar kindly greeting. He is proud of the recep-
tion granted to his father then, and of the favour
shown to himself and to Egypt now. My Lord
Mayor, you have referred to what you have been
pleased to describe as the services rendered by Egypt
to this country in facilitating the passage of your
troops on their way to India. But we may thank
the railway for what Egypt has been able to do in
this respect ; and to whom are we indebted for the
railway ? To British energy. (Cheers.) Does not
Egypt owe her progress in a great degree to this
country, and to cotton, that source of her wealth, a
great proportion of which England consumes ? If
Egypt has been able to render some services to Eng-
land, she has only discharged a debt. Her material
progress and her moral progress are due to the
moral and material progress of this country. It
affords his Highness much pleasure to make these
statements ; and at the same time he is happy to
have it in his power, on such an occasion as the
present, to express his thanks personally to the
Government and the people of Great Britain."
(Applause.)
At the conclusion of the Viceroy's speech the
band played the Egyptian hymn.
The LORD MAYOR said he was now about to pro-
pose a toast which he was sure would be as popular
as any that couldi be given in that hall.
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proposing,
which he did, with the greateste sincerity, 4, The
health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales." (Loud cheers.) It was a
source of great gratification to the people at large
to find that during the last week the Princess, who
had so thoroughly won their affections
rztpidly recovering from her long and Serious illness.
Delighted would the people be to see her again
among them--(local cheers)- —and they looked for-
ward to the day when they might congratulate
themselves upon her Royal Highness being in the
same excellent state of health as she was six months
ago. With these remarks he asked them to drink
" The health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince
and Princess of Wales and the other members of the
Royal Family." (Cheers.)
The Prince of WALES, who was heartily cheered
on rising, said—My Lord Mayor, your Royal If h
nesses, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, —I beg to
thank you most warmly and sincerely for the kind
manner in which you, my Lord Afayor, have pro-
posed my health and that of the Princess of Wales
and the other members of the Royal Family, and I