The Sun.
London, England, 1867-05-16 00:00:00

sive preparations, that those
,Who were brothers

fact were often also brothers in arms, and finally
" life's fitfid fever o'er," slept side by side often i]
the same cemetery. Lord Viscount Lifford replie

in appropriate terms to the toast of " The House of
Lords," and Si; H. Bruce to that of " The House of
'Commons." The Lord Bishop of Oxford, in most
graceful terms, propcsed "The Health of the Mas-
ter," remarking, by the way, that those ancient

guilds still discharged great and important duties

the commonwealth of this country, especially
works of charity, though those were not the chiefest
of their ministrations. There was, he said, a time
when those guilds were essential to the trade of this
great city. He believed that, apart from purposes

of charity, the maintenance of a thousand different
instances of the high tone of British feeling,

the kindly interchange between man and man

and the exercise of the common humanities
were prompted by those ancient guilds, and he
trusted they might long flourish. The Master
proposed "The Visitors," connecting with the
toast the name of Professor Owen. After dinner a

selection of glee; and songs was sung by Mr. LW-
ler, Mr. Brent, Miss Austin, Miss Eyles, Mr. Field.
ing, Mr. Wiibye Cooper, and Mr. Carter. Mr,

Loveday acted as toastmaster on the occasion. The
The company separated shortly after 10 o'clock.

The Visit of Belgian Volunteers.

Yesterday an important meeting of the Central
Belgian Reception Committee took place at Wil-
lis's Rooms, for the purpose of receiving a report as
to the progress of the fund and the arrangements
which are proposed up to the present time. Colonel
Loyd-Lindsay,V.C., M.P., in the absence of Lord
Bury. the chairman of the reception committee, pre-
sided, and the room was completely filled with offi-
cers and gentlemen connected with the volunteer
movement. Amongst those present were the Duke
of Grafton, Lord Wharncliffe, Mr. Graves, M.P.,
Mr. Laird, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon.
Algernon Egerton, M.P., Lieutenant-Colonel the
lion. C. 11. Lindsay, M.P. (St. George's), Lieu-
tenant-Colonel IVarde (London Rifle Brigade),
Colonel Gregory and Colonel Manby (of the Rail-
way Engineers' Staff), Colonel M. Beresford (7th
Surrey Rifles), Lieutenant-Colonel Thomson (4th
Tower Hamlets), Lieutenant-Colonel Stedall (37th
Middlesex, Bloomsbury), Major Meek (Lord Mayor
of York), Major Barlow (Cambridge Volunteers),
Captains Scrivener and Styan (Queen's Westmin-
ster), Captain Waller, (St. George's), Captains
Dighton and Pinkney (London Brigade), Mr. J. J.
M.Swiney (late London Irish), Captaiii Burgess,
Major Woodall (4th Middlesex), Captain M'Kenzie,
(London Scottish)—honorary treasurer, Captain
Gray (29th North Middlesex), Captain Clark (3d
London), Captain Crossland (3d Middlesex Artil-
lery), Lieutenant Furley 29th Kent), Mr. Church-
ward (of Dover), Mr. E. Coekcraft, honorary
secretary, &c. •
The CHAIRMAN read a communication he had
received from Lord Bury, expressive of regret at his
inability to be present at that impqrtant meeting,
but intimating that he hoped in a few days to be
able to resume his position as chairman of the com-
mittee, and enclosing a cheque for 25 guineas. An
important fact he had to communicate was that his
Royal Highness the Prince of \Vales had consented
to become the honorary president of the committee.
They had also every reason to believe that they
would have the earnest support and co-operation of
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and
other members of the royal family. (Cheers.) He
(Colonel Lindsay) had also received a communica-
tion from the Lord Mayor informing him that the
council of the Corporation were about to meet to
determine what form of entertainment the City
should offer to our Belgian visitors. The great
difficulty they had to contend with was as to the
probable number of Belgians who were likely to
visit this country in July ; and that was a point
upon which the Belgians themselves could afford no
accurate information, but it was believed that the
number would be about 1,000. It was proposed to
invite the Belgians over about the Bth or 10th of
July, and to entertain them for at least a week or
10 days. With regard to their arrival in this coun-
try, ho was happy to say that, from a communica-
tion he had had with the Lords of the Admiralty,
he had reason to believe that some of her Majesty's
ships would be placed at the disposal of the Belgians
to bring them over direct from their own to this
country, and indeed to bring them up our river, so
that they have an opportunity of witnessing some
of our great commercial establishments on its banks.
(Applause.) As, however, these ships of war could