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hopeless to advance further with them this yeffir, 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 Courfr 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 hOUSO
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

..ord Mayor, having on his right Miss Gabriel, his

Highness Prince Teck, the Duchess of Montrose,
and the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Lady

Alayoress sat on the left, 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 LORD MAYOR said—lt is my high privilege to
welcome here this evening a most distinguished com-

pang, 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. \\re cherish every relic of

the past, 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 existence 4,000 years ago—with its pyra-
mids commenced almost at the same period, and
still perfect monuments of the grandeur and power
of a mighty 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 in
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 VICEROT, 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 could be given in that hall. Were not
his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales present he
would take the liberty of enlarging upon that
urbanity of manner and that extreme condescension
ever showed to all about him —the time he devoted to
the public service of the country and the State and
the requirements of the people. his Royal High-
ness was, however, present, and he thought he
should best express his feelings and the position he
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Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales." (Loud cheers.) It was a
source of great gratification to thek people at large
week to find that during the last w the Princess, who
had so thoroughly won their
affections, had been
rapidly recovering from her long and serious illness.
Delighted would the people be to see her •
again
among them—(loud cheers)—and they looked for-
ward to the day when they might congratulate
themselves upon her Royal Highness being
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 P • rince
and Princess of '%Vales 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 High-
nesses, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, --I beg to
thank you most warmly and sincerely for the kind
manner in which you, my Lord Mayor, have pro-
posed my health and that of the Princess of Wales
and the other members of the Royal Family,
alld I

have also to thank the company present for the way
in which the toast has been received. I need not
assure you that my having been invited here this
evening has been a source of great pleasure to me.
Under any circumstances I always feel that it is a
great compliment to be invited to the hospitable board
'of the Lord Mayor and Corporation of London ;
but this is a special and peculiar occasion. We
have been invited to do honour to a distinguished
guest, and that guest is the Viceroy of Egypt.
(Cheers.) As the Lord Mayor has very truly re-
marked, England and Egypt are countries which,
although far distant from each other, and very dif-
ferent from each other in their religion and habits,
are at the same time countries which have been, and
will continue to be, closely allied. We have every
reason to be grateful to the Viceroy and his Go-
vernment for the means he has afforded us of visit-
ing that country, and for the great hospitality he
has shown to us on all occasions. On many occa-
sions, while I was visiting Egypt during the year
1862, when that country was under the rule of his
uncle, the late Viceroy, I received many dis-
tinguished marks of kindness and goodwill. (Hear,
hear.) Nothing could have exceeded the courtesy
and hospitality with which I was treated. (Hear,
hear.) I have also to acknowledge the facilities
which were afforded to me for visiting that most
interesting country. We are greatly indebted to
the Viceroy and the Egyptian Government for the
facilities that he afforded our troops in their transit
to India. As has been remarked, Egypt is a coun-
try which is largely improving in every way.
(Cheers.) Manufactories are rising on all sides,
especially cotton manufactories; and I myself
visited a very important sugar factory, and it was
interesting to find that there were English, French,
and German workmen employed in that factory.
1 will not take up further time, as there are many
more toasts to be given, but I beg to thank you all
most sincerely for the honour you have done me in
inviting me here this evening, and I desire also to
thank you most sincerely for the kind expressions
you have used towards the Princess of Wales.
(Cheers.) I know that lam only expressing her
feelings when I say that she has been deeply
touched by the good feeling and sympathy that
have been universally expressed towards her during
her long and painful illness. (Cheers.) By the
blessing of God, she is now nearly recovered ; and
I trust that in a month's time she will be able to
leave London and enjoy the benefits of fresh air.
(Hear, hear, and loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The Army,
Navy, and Volunteers," with which he associated
the name of the Duke of Cambridge as the Com-
mander-in-Chief of the army, and colonel of a me-
tropolitan regiment of volunteers, and the Right
Hon. Henry Corry, First Lord of the Admiralty.
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, who was received with
cheers, said—l feel flattered that the army and
volunteers should have been brought to the notice
of so distinguished a company, and I feel grateful to
the Lord Mayor for having given me an occasion to
express our great satisfaction on the part of the
army to see the illustrious guest who sits on my
right present in this country. The Viceroy of
Egypt, as has been observed, has availed himself of
many opportunities of conferring real benefit on the
British soldier ; and I am happy to say that, thanks
to his enlightened mind, and the enlarged views he
entertains, we shall be enabled, as regards the army,
to get rid of one of the most painful duties of the
soldier—a prolonged sea voyage. Thanks to the
arrangements which are now under consideration,
and which are nearly completed, I hope soon to see
the day when that cordiality and good feeling which
has already existed so long between this country
and Egypt will be still further extended and
deepened. lam sure everything that I have seen
and heard of our illustrious guest brings me to the
conclusion that in his hands that country is certain
to receive that amount of consideration and good
feeling which it is of so much advantage to cultivate.
In times like these cordiality and good feeling be-
tween nations are of the utmost importance. The
commercial liberality with which all countries now
deal with each other must tend to their mutual
benefit, and we find these views are becoming more
and more extended. The visits of the leading men
from the East to the western countries must still
further develop this tendency, and must necessarily
produce benefits to the world al large. It affords
me the greatest satisfaction, in common with every-
body in this hall, to see such distinguished men com-
ing from a neighbouring and friendly country to pay
us a visit in such a manner as to show that they come
not as friends to the country more than another, but
that they are desirous of cultivating friendly rela-
tions with Europe, and see for themselves the pro-
gress we are making, and judge of the advantages
to trade and commerce which would follow their
adoption. (Hear, hear.)
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pany. lie hoped and lielieved the navy was at pre-
sent in an efficient state, and he trusted that the
Viceroy would see for himself at the forthcoming
review what kind of a navy England thought it
necessary to keep up in time of peace. (Hear, hear.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave "The Two Houses
of the Legislature—the House of Lords and the
House of Commons." Each of them represented
the particular characteristics of this country. The
House of Lords, though a permanent body, still
drew to it the men who had shown the greatest
talent, the most gifted, in every walk of life, and
he was sure he said no more than the truth when
he said that none more enjoyed the confidence and
respect of the people. The House of Commons was
the house of the people, and they had been looking
with deep anxiety on what had been going on in
that house of late with reference to the alteration of
its own constituencies. They believed that the
Chancellor of the Exchequer would leave his mark
on the history of this country if he succeeded in
carrying a bill which would extend the liberties and
increase the securities for the freedom of the people.
The Duke of MONTROSE responded on behalf of
the House of Lords ; and referring to the Reform
Bill which was so soon to be sent up to that house,
said he was sure it would meet with an impartial
and dispassionate consideration, and that the claims
of the people to a larger share in the representation
would be fairly recognised ; that, in short, the bill
would very speedily pass through the Upper House.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was
received with cheers, said—l beg leave, on the part
of the House of Commons, to acknowledge the
honour you have done them—an honour which
they have received many times in the city of Lon-
don, but which has been only the more appreciated
each time the honour has been conferred upon them.
Such a mark of sympathy and respect from any
body of their fellow citizens is what they must at
all times highly prize ; but coming as it does from
an ancient body, whose relations with the House of
Commons are so memorable as those of the city of
London, I am sure that when I tell the members of
that house that they have been remembered to-day
in this hall I shall communicate to them a fact which
will be in every way most gratifying to them. My
lord, you have referred to a measure of great im-
portance which is now passing through Parliament,
and which, if passed, will greatly increase the popu-
lar rights of this country. Far be it from me, in
this or any assembly of a popular character, to
make any remark which may promote or provoke
controversy; but I think I may say this of that
measure, that it must be a matter of congratulation
to alt thoughtful minds, that a bill which will
greatly increase the popular rights of the people of
this country has been passed, though not without
severe scritiny, yet entirely without the acerbity
of party contention—(cheers)—so that it will be
accepted by those who will be invested with the
responsibility of political rights without any of
those perverted feelings that are the inevitable re-
sult of an embittered struggle. (Loud cheers.) It
is gratifying to me, my lord, this day, that I have
to refer to this probable change in the character of
our representative institutions in the presence of
an enlightened Prince, who has shown in the govern-
ment of his own country how much he appreciates
them. I cannot this moment forget that in that
ancient and illustrious land, the mother of many
arts—a land which has bees destined to exercise

so singular an influence over the faith and cha-
racter of the human race—a Prince now reigns,
who, in the teaming and inexhaustible lands
of the Pharaohs and the Ptortemies, has ap-
plied all the sources of -modern science,
and even laid the foundation of re: presentative insti-
tutions. (Cheers.) I have hea rd from a high
authority that his Highness, before quitting this
country, intends to pay a visit to the House of
Commons ; and I think I can presume, on the part
of that house, to promise his High ness, whenever he
makes that visit, a greeting of cordial respect.
(Cheers).
The Viceroy of EGYPT proposed" " The health of
the Lord Mayor," and the toast haying been drunk
with great cordiality,
The LORD MAYOR, in responding, stated, as a
fact which he had learned from his Highness that
evening, that his son was at present under the
tuition of an English governess, and surrounded by
English attendants. (Hear, hear.)
" The Health of the Lady Mayoress" having
been given, and acknowledged by the Lord Mayor,
the banquet closed.