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But we shall not forget that those institutions
were not the creation of a day or the simultane-
ous production of a single generation ; that, on the
contrary, they have been formed by successive
additions and improvements ; that they possess a
flexibility which enables them to be adapted to the
growing intelligence and the growing wants and
requirements of each successive generation ; and,
though I may be unable to satisfy your Lordship's
very natural curiosity as to the precise nature of
the measures which we shall bring forward, I ven-
ture to assure you that they will be couched in a
spirit of not endeavouring to serve this or that sec-
tion of the community, but the whole people—not
to legislate for the high or for the low, for the rich
or for the poor, but for the well-understood benefit
and advantage of all classes. (Cheers.) As I have
said that those institutions under which we have
the happiness to live are only an aggregate of suc-
cessive improvements heaped up by successive
generations, so I trust that when the present
Government comes to a close it will not do so with-
out leaving something in the shape of a contribu-
tion to those improvements which it is our anxious
and earnest desire to make, consistently with the
maintenance of the great fundamental institutions
of the country. (Cheers.) I must apologise for
having detained you so long, yet I beg to assure
you that if the Government required any stimulus
to exertion—if any additional motives were wanted
to induce them to devote their best faculties of
mind and body to the duties in which they are en-
gaged—they would be found in the kind and cordial
reception which you have given tows this evening;
for, to deserve the esteem of such an assembly as
the present, and of our fellow countrymen generally,
is the highest aim of our ambition as it is the best
reward of our labours in the public service. (Cheers.)
The noble earl concluded by proposing "The Health
of the Lord Mayor."
The LORD MAYOR briefly acknowledged the com-
pliment, and proposed " The House of Lords," asso-
ciating with the toast the name of Lord Brougham.
The toast having been duly honoured,
Lord BROUGHAM rose to respond.—He ascribed
the honour which had been done him to the fact
that he had the privilege of beingh citizen of Lon-
don—a privilege which he highly esteemed. The
city of London had been well described as the
cradle of our liberties, and he believed it would
long remain true to its ancient traditions. The
purity of the judicial bench and the independence
of the bar were the best securities for rational free-
dom. In this country the bar had always upheld
its independence, and in France, too, the same hon-
ourable profession had displayed equal courage and
fearlessness. He believed that the bar of France
would, in the worst of times—in 'worse times even
than any yet seen in that country—continue to be
animated by the same noble spirit.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The health of the
Judges," which was cordially received and suitably
acknowledged by Lord Chief Baron Pollock.
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The Chancellor of
the Exchequer and the House of Commons," which
was received with great applause.
Mr. DISRAELI—I rise on behalf of the House of
Commons, which it is my high honour to represent
on this occasion, to thank you for the compliment
which nsw and for many gessrations has been offered
on this anniversary by the corporation of London
to that assembly—cordially offered, I believe, and
cordially accepted. Nor is it wonderful that there
should be this reciprocity of feeling between the
House of Commons and the corporation of this great
city, when we recollect that the history of our coun-
try contains a record of their united efforts on so
many memorable occasions to establish and to vin-
dicate the liberties of England. We cannot forget
that in more than one instance the House of Com-
mons has found, not only support, but security in
the city of London—that on more than one occa-
sion it has appealed to its love :of freedom
and its public spirit under circumstances of
great difficulty. (Hear, hear.) Believe me, my
lords and gentlemen, the recollection of those times,
trying and critical in the history of our constitution,
is still fresh in the memory of the House of Com-
mons. These things are not looked upon by that
assembly as musty legends, but the glorious tradi-
tion has at all influenced its opinions, and I
trust the day may never arrive when between the
Horse of Commons and thiscitizens of London there
may not be identity of sentiment and identity of
interest. (Cheers.) On their part I beg to return
you their thanks, and I hope the time is far distant
when their health will be proposed in this chamber
without being recognised as that of a body entitled
to the support and gratitude of Englishmen.
(Cheers.)
Among the remaining toasts were—" The Sheriffs
of London and Middlesex," " The Bishop of Lon-
don and the Clergy," " The Lady Mayoress,"" The
Bar of England and Sir R. &then," and " The
Members for the City and Lord J. Russell."
The musical arrangements, which were excellent,
were under the direction of Mr. Henry Ball, in the
vocal department, and Mr. Godfrey, jun., in the
instrumental department. The band of the Gre-
nadiers performed several admired operatic selec-
tions during the banquet.
The dinner was supplied by the Messrs. Staples,
whose arrangements were of the most satisfactory
order. The following was the generall bill of fare:-
250 tureens of real turtle, containing 5 pints
each ; 200 bottles of sherbet, 6 dishes of fish, 30
entres, 4 boiled turkeys and oysters, 60 roast pul-
lets, 60 dishes of fowls, 46 ditto of capons, 50
French pies, 60 pigeon pies ; 53 hams, ornamented ;
43 tongues, two quarters of house lamb, 2 barons
of beef, 3 rounds of beef, 2 stewed rumps of beef,
13 sirloins, rumps, and ribs of beef; 6 dishes of
asparagus, 60 dishes of mashed and other po-
tatoes ; 44 dishes of shell-fish, 4 dishes of prawns,
140 jellies, 50 blancmanges, 40 dishes of
tarts, creamed; 40 dishes of almond pastry, 30
dishes of orange and other tourtes, 20 Chantilly
baskets, 60 dishes of mince pies, and 56 salads.
The Removes.-80 roast turkeys, 6 leverets, 80
pheasants, 24 geese, 40 dishes of partridges, 15
dishes of wild fowl, and 2 pea fowls.
Dessert.-100 pineapples, from 21b. to 31b. each;
200 dishes of hothouse grapes ; 250 ice creams, 50
dishes of apples, 100 dishes of pears, 60 ornamented
Savoy cakes, 75 plates of walnuts, 80 plates of dried
fruits and preserves, 50 plates of preserved ginger,
60 plates of rout cakes and chips, 46 plates of
brandy cherries.
Mr. Harker acted with his usual efficiency as
toastmaster.

keep the navy in a state of vigorous efficiency, and
maintain with firm resolve the supremacy of Eng-
land upon the seas. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave " The Health of the
Foreign Ministers present," coupling with the toast
the name of his Excellency the French Ambassador.
(Drunk amid much applause.)
The Duke de MALAKHOFF, on rising to respond
was received with loud and prolonged cheering.
He said he had to return his cordial thanks to the
Lord Mayor and the company there assembled for
the high honour just done to the corps diplomatique
in general, and to himself in particular. The efforts
of the Foreign Ministers resident at this Court were
directed towards the maintenance of peace and
harmony between the dcfferent nations of Europe,
and thereby towards the promotion of their happi-
ness and prosperity. (Cheers.) He had the fullest
confidence in the profound wisdom of his Sovereign
and in his determination consistent with the dig-
nity of his Crown and the preservation of his hon-
our, to do all in his power to prevent those conflicts
which might trouble the tranquillity of the world.
It was the sincere and earnest desire ofthe Emperor to
strengthen the friendly alliance between France
and England—a work to the accomplishment of
which all his own personal exertions, as the repre-
sentative of his Majesty, were also strenuously
directed. (Cheers.) But, quitting the domain of
politics, he begged permission to propose a toast.
He asked them to join him in drinking " Prosperity
to the City of London and to England, and may
their commercial transactions he increased." (Loud
cheers, amid which his Excellency resumed his seat).
The LORD MAYOR then proposed, in highly eulo-
gistic terms, " The heal M-of his predecessor in
office, Sir Robert Carden, M.P.," which was re-
ceived with much cordiality, and duly acknowledgd.
The LORD MAYOR again rose, and proposed the
health of the Lord Chancellor. In doing so, he re-
marked that the elevation of his lordship to the
highest judicial post under the Crown had given
ardent satisfaction not only to every member of the
profession to which he belonged, but to his fellow
citizens at large. (Cheers.) It had been feared
that the state of political parties would have pre-
cluded his possession of the chiefrize, but one of
the first, and he (the Lord Mayor believed one of
the most popular acts of the present Ministry upon
coming into office, was to raise Lord Chelmsford to
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(Cheers.)
The LORD CHANCELLOR, in acknowledging the
toast, said he felt that the greater part of the com-
pliments
just paid to him by the Lord Mayor were
due to the high office he held rather than to him-
self, but upon this great occasion, when homage was
being paid to every part of the constitution, it was
not likely that the law would be overlooked, asithe
law, if properly administered, was the great secu-
rity for all popular power and principles. (Hear,
hear.) In preserving the privileges of the people
the law might be considered the outwork which
sheltered them from every assault. The amendment
and consolidation of the law must necessarily be a
work of time ; and speaking in the presence of
many veteran reformers, he was sure they would
agree with him that it would not be desirable to
attempt at one time more than they had power to
achieve. Some complained of the multiplicity of
our laws, and of the impossibility of simplifying
them. Now the object would be to remove that
which was obsolete, and consolidate that which
was scattered. He believed that at no period of
our history had the law been more impartially ad-
ministered than it was at the present moment,
when every man who entered a court of justice knew
that justice would be meted out to him. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then rose to propose the health
of the Earl of Derby. (Loud cheers.) • Since they
had last met in that hall, a change of Adminis-
tration had taken place, and the present Govern-
ment had had to carry out the measures propounded
by their predecessors, and place the Administration
of the country upon the best footing they could.
Having done so the session of Parliament came to
a close, but they were about eterning upc* a new
session, which he hoped would be characterised by
measures calling forth the gratitude of the country
and of posterity. A vide and brilliant clreer lay
before the present advisers of the Crown. They
had- an opportunity presented them of reforming
the institutions of the country in accordance with
the wishes of the people. (Hear, hear.) They
might inscribe on their banner " retrenchment,
economy, and reform,"' as regarded our expendi-
ture ; they had power to simplify and cheapen the
law ; they had power to introduce measures likely
to conduce to the material and moral wealth of th©
people ; and they had the power still further to
develop the vast resources of India, China, and the
other countries of the East. He had great pleasure
in giving the " Health of the Right Hon. the Earl
of Derby and her Majesty's Ministers." (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with much cordiality.
The Earl of DERBY, in rising to acknowledge the
toast, was received with loud cheers. He said—
My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentlemen, while I
feel it to be a high privilege to have the honour of
an invitation to attend an assembly of this nature,
I hold it to be not less a duty than a pleasure on
the part of any public man who has the opportunity
of profitting by it to avail himself of-this occasion,
and by his presence here to testify his respect for
that office which has this day been assumed by the
first magistrate of the first city in the world.
(Cheers.) Unfortunately these anniversaries occur
at a period of the year when most of those engaged
in the business of the nation are enjoying that re-
laxation from their Parliamentary labours, at a dis-
tance from the metropolis, which hardly enables
them to attend, and consequently comparatively few
of our public men are able to pay that tribute of
respect which is justly due to the chief magistrate
of London, in addition to those whose official duties
detain them in town, and at the same time procure
for them the gratification we are now enjoy-
ing. (Hear, hear.) My Lord Mayor, on such oc-
casions as the present there is nothing, in the
ordinary sense of the word, of a political character;
there is nothing, I mean, of a party character ; all
party considerations and all opinions upon political
questions arc here lost in a most useful and salutary
oblivion. These meetings are, as it were, the type
and evidence of that harmony which has always,
thank God, subsisted between the various classes of
those who, each in their separate departments, are
labouring for the public service. They give
an opportunity of testifying, on the one side and
on the other, that mutual respect which English-
men always feel for the persons and situations
of those who to the best of their ability are dis-
charging public duties in the service of their
country. (Hear, hear.) We, my Lord Mayor, on
these occasions accept the honour of an invitation
not only as a mark of our personal respect for the
individual who presides over the affairs of this

pearcd, but the amount of pauperism in the last
week of September just past was considerably be-
low that of the corresponding week of September
of the previous year. Such, my Lord Mayor, is
our situation at home. Now let us cast our eyes
abroad, and I rejoice to say—and I say it with most
entire confidence—that we have every reason to
feel entire reliance upon the preservation to the
world at large of the inestimable blessings of peace.
(Cheers.) Ido not say that complications may not
arise, or that differences may not present themselves
between different countries ; but this I do say—and
I say it with the confidence that I am speaking
nothing but the bare truth—that all the great
Powers of Europe are fully convinced, if not of the
sinfulness of war, at all events of the necessary
evils attendant upon a state of .war, and that the
valuable labours of diplomacy are directed—and
never were they employed with more success and
more zeal than at the present time—to smooth diffi-
culties, to remove obstacles, and to find in every
difference which may occur between various Powers
a peaceable rather than a hostile solution. (Cheers.)
Turning next to the great empire of India—if
cannot say that the hostilities, or rather the blood-
shed, which are going on there have altogether
ceased, I hope I may congratulate the country on
the fact that, in the main, the organised rebellion
is put down. For months—perhaps for years to
come—there will possibly be bands of marauders,
partly from desperation, partly from inclination,
harassing our troops, and disturbing the peace of
the country ; but, I repeat, the organised rebellion
is at an end, and after the season which has inter-
fered with oar military operations has terminated,
I doubt not that the energy and abilities of Lord
Clyde, supported as he has been by large reinforce-
ments from this country, aided by the discretion and
judgment of the Governor-General, and also—
I may, perhaps, venture to express a hope, by
the gracious message of peace and mercy which
her Majesty was advised to send out upon her
accession to her Indian Empire—a message to all
classes of those who returned to their allegiance—
I trust that all these combined will shortly restore
not only the titpremacy of our power, but tranquil-
lity and contentment to our extensive possessions
in Hindustan. If we go further eastward I rejoice
to think that the negotiations which have been car-
ried on, and the measures which have been taken,
by her Majesty in conjunction with her august
ally the Emperor of the French, have led to a con-
clusion of those somewhat anomalous hostilities, of
the commencement and the origin of which I will
say nothing, but of which I rejoice to be able to say
that, without further bloodshed, they have now
been terminated; and that by a peace not less hon-
ourable to this country than I am persuaded it will
be advantageous to the interests of commerce and
civilisation generally. I should do gross injustice
to one of the most deserving public servants I know
if I did not take this, the earliest public opportu-
nity I have had, of declaring that for the success of
these negotiations England is deeply indebted to
the ability, the tact. the determination, and the
perseverance of her Majesty's Plenipotentiary, the
Earl of Elgin. (Cheers.) By that distinguished
nobleman a further and most unexpected extension
-of our commercial relations has been negotiated
with the hitherto secluded, but not unimportant,
empire of Japan. (Cheers.) I believe that that
treaty, if properly made use of, will tend greatly to
extend the commercial interests of this country;
but I trust that, speaking in the midst of this great
commercial metropolis, I shall not be thought pre-
sumptuous or impertinent if I venture to say that
the advantages to be derived by this country will
greatly depend upon the good judgment, the peace-
able demeanour, and the orderly conduct of the
agents of those whose commercial enterprise may
lead them to embark in speculations in that distant
land. It is of the' first importance—and I trust you
will forgive me for saying so—that those who go
out there as the pioneers of British commerce,
should be more careful than I am afraid our coun

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THE LORD MAYOR'S DAY.

THE BANQUET.

The grand banquet given by the Lord Mayor
and the Sheriffs to celebrate their accession to office
took place at the Guildhall. The hall was deco-
rated for the occasion with all the splendour which
usually characterises this time-honoured civic fes-
tival. The principal ornaments consisted of a pro-
fusion of arms, trophies, banners, figures in full
'suits of armour, mounted and on foot, and flags of
all nations. The architectural details of the in-
terior were traced in outline by numerous gas-jets,
which cast a brilliant light upon the assembled
throng of guests•beneath. When the whole of the
company, including Ministers of State, comman-
ders in the army and navy, civic functionaries,
the corps diplomatique, the judges and members of
the episcopal bench, all in their official costumes
and accompanied by their wives and daughters en
grande toilette had assembled, the scene was alto-
gether a dazzling and animated one.
The principal guests began to arrive about 6
o'clock, and were received by the Lord Mayor and
the Lady Mayoress in the chamber devoted to the
deliberations •of the Common Council. The ap-
pearance of the French Ambassador, the Earl of
Derby, Mr. Disraeli, and the leading members of
the Government, was hailed with loud cheers.
Among those present were, the Earl of Derby,
the Lord Chancellor, the Earl of Malmesbury,Lord
Colchester, the Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Car-
narvon, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, General
Peel, Mr. Secretary Walpole, Mr. Henley, Lord
Stanley, Sir E. B. Lytton, Sir J. Pakington, Lord
J. Manners, Lord Lovaine, Mr. G. A. Hamilton,
M.P., Mr. Hardy, M.P., the Marquis of Salisbury,
Lord Brougham, Lord I. Russell, the Bishop of
London, Lord Chief Justice Campbell, Lord Chief
Baron Pollock, Baron Bramwell, Baron Watson,
Lord Justice Turner, Mr. Justice Crowder, Mr.
Justice Erle, Mr. Justice Byles, Vice-Chancellor
Kindersley, Sir R. Carden, M.P., the Duke de
Malakhoff, the Swedish Minister, the Danish Minis-
ter, the Venezuelan Minister, the Haytian Charge
d'Affaires, Toussoun Pasha, Viscount Raynham,
M.P., M. Roebuck, M.P., Sir R. Bethell, M.P., Mr.
S. Warren, M.P., Mr. Monckton Milnes, M.P.,
Messrs. Whitmore, M.P., White, M.P.,, Malins,
M.P., Tite, M.P., Headlam' M.P., Nicoll, M.P.,
Bass, M.P , Joseph Ewart, M.P., J. S. Wortley,
M.P., and Sir Culling Eardley. The entire num-
ber of guests present exceeded 1,000.
The loving cup having circulated,
The LORD MAYOR rose and proposed "the Health
of her Majesty the Queen," which was received
with loyal enthusiasm.
" The Prince Consort, the Prince of Wales, and
the rest of the Royal Family," were next given
from the chair, and duly honoured by the company.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The Army
and Navy," coupling with the former service the
name of Major-General Peel, and with the latter
the name of Sir J. Pakington.
General PEEL felt that it was onlyin consequence
of the position he held as Secretary of State for
War that he had been called upon to respond to the
toast on behalf of the army. He did not, however,
regard this compliment as one paid to an indivi-
dual. He attached a far higher value to it. He
looked upon it as a proof that the country was
satisfied with the services rendered by the army—
a satisfaction which extended to all grades of that
army, from the highest to the lowest. (Cheers.)
There was not an individual belonging to the army
who was not included in this tribute of approbation.
As he could not appropriate to himself any of the
praises which had been accorded to the army., he
could state the more freely that, in his opinion,
there never was a time when the army of this
country was more entitled to the admiration of their
fellow-citizens. (Cheers.) He need scarcely allude to
the deeds which had recently been performed by that
army in India, where he hoped and trusted it would
bring the mutiny to a speedy termination; and
rebellion he t h u g thought
mustn o
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might announce that the army had that day
received an addition which he was sure would be
hailed with gratification, not only by every officer
in the service, but by every Englishmen. In that
night's Gazette her Majesty, announced that she had
appointed the Prince of Wales a colonel in the ser-
vice. (Cheers.) They had now, therefore, another
Royal Prince in the army; and he must express
his deep regret at the unavoidable absence of H.R.H.
the Commander-in-Chief (the Duke of Cambridge),
for he might say, without flattery, that they were
indebted to his Royal Highness for the present dis-
cipline of the army, which had never been excelled
at any period. (Cheers.)
Sir J. PAKINGTON returned thanks for the com-
pliment paid to the navy, and observed that it was
satisfactory for him to feel, when he was called upon
to acknowledge the toast in the presence of distin-
guished officers of the naval service, that he was

trymen have sometimes shown themselves to .be
not to wound prejudices, to ridicule or trample
upon customs which appear strange to them, but
the violation of which cannot but produce unfa-
vourable impressions of foreigners upon the minds
of natives with whom they are only beginning to
trade. I have drawn a picture—not I am.sure an
exaggerated or a too flattering one—of the state of
our affairs both abroad and at home. Do I claim
credit on that account for her Majesty's present ad-
visers ? Ido no such thing. Much of what I have
said arises from causes wholly beyond their con-
trol. I speak not for the glorification of the Go-
vernment of which I am a member, but as an Eng-
lishman to an assembly of Englishmen to whom
the welfare and prosperity of their common country
cannot, to any one of them, be an object of indif-
ference. (Hear.) I have stated that I entertain the
most cordial and confident belief in the preserva-
tion of the peace of Europe, and in the presence of
some of those who worthily represent their respec-
tive Sovereigns in this country I trust I shall be
allowed to express the ground, and I may add the
policy, upon which, as far as this country is con-
cerned, I rest my confident hope that peace will
not be disturbed. My belief is that the policy on
the part of this country which is best calculated to
maintain the peace of the world is, in the first
place, a firm but temperate maintenance of•
our own rights ; in the next place, a stu-
dious and careful recognition of, and respect
for, the rights of othrs, together with an
anxious desire not to interfere unnecessarily
with the internal affairs of other States; and also
a determination not willingly to give or to take
offence; a determination, if offence unhappily arise,
to have reference to the principle which, to its
endless honour, was embodied in the protocols of
the Conference of Paris, viz., to resort in the first
instance not to hostilities but to the good offices
and the mediation of some friendly power. Last of
all, my Lord Mayor, I hold, as the cardinal point
of all our foreign policy, the firm aid unflinching
adherence, in spirit as well as in the letter, to every
treaty obligation into which this country may have
entered. These are the principles on which her
Majesty's present Government desire to act; and
these are the principles which I should be indeed
deeply grieved and mortified if, whenever we have
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to account to Parliament for any part of our con-
duct, we should not be able to show that we have

steadily adhered to and inflexibly maintained. The
result of these principles is this—that we are at
this moment upon the most friendly terms with all
the great Powers of the world,without exception; and
more especially, I venture to say—corroborating
that which has already fallen from my gallant and
illustrious friend the noble marshal who so worthily
represents the Emperor of the French—that al-
although it is absurd to suppose that between any
two countries there can be on all subjects perfect
and entire identity of feelings, yet that never was
there a moment in the history of the two nations
when their relations stood upon a more perfectly
friendly footing, or when on the one side and on
the other there was a more earnest desire, consis-
tently with the honour of both countries, to main-
tain that alliance which has so long subsisted for
their mutual happiness, or amore firni and thorough
conviction that its maintenance is an incalculable

metropolis, but as showing the veneration in
which we hold the high functions Which you
are now called upon to discharge. (Cheers.)
You honour us with an invitation to this banquet
and you confer upon us the compliment which I am
now acknowledging, not for any personal merits of
our own, but because, by the favour of our Sovereign
we are engaged in the performance of arduous duties
which require the devotion of every faculty of our
minds, and the service of emery hour of our time.
(Hear.) It may be permitted to me, holding the
situation which I do, and having the deep interest
which I must have in the welfare of that country
the administration of whose affairs is in great mea•
sure, confided to my charge, with feelings of thank-
filness and gratification to compare the state of the
kingdom at this moment with that which unfortu-
tunately prevailed lagt year when, my Lord Mayor,
your predecessor assumed the office which you now
so worthily fill. It is not necessary for me, in order
to heighten the picture, to draw a contrast between
the then situation and the present, or to remindyou
of that condition of gloom, distress, and difficulty
which extended over the whole commercial world,
of which some here no doubt had painful experience,
and from which few indeed of those extensively en-
gaged in mercantile affairs can have escaped alto-
gether unscathed. (Hear, hear.) Nor is it necessary
for me to remind you of the apprehensions, the
doubts, and the anxieties which existed with regard
to that formidable revolt by which our Indian em-
pire was at that time shaken to its foundation. But,
my Lord Mayor, a brighter picture is now before
us. I rejoice to think that there are all the indica-
tions in the country of returning prosperity. We
have been blessed by Almighty Providence with a
harvest of more than usual abundance, which, in
the south of the kingdom at least, has been col-
lected under circumstances of unparalleled success
and good fortune. We have a revenue which fully
equals the anticipations of my right hon. friend
the Chancellor of the Exchequer. Money is abun-
dant. Trade and commerce are slowly, but, I hope,
surely reviving from the panic and distress of the
past unhappy year. Labour is amply remunerated;
there is abundant employment for it, and as a
proof that the fact is so, I am able to state
that, whereas between September of last year
and March of the present year there was a fearful
augmentation in the rate and extent of pauperism,
not only ha that augmentation altogether disap-

ore at liberty than they would be to express his
conviction that the discipline and the high charac-
ter of the navy were never more conspicuous than
at the present moment. He was sure he expressed
the sentiments of every member of the naval pro-
fession when he said that the highest and best re-
ward they could receive for their services was to be
assured of the good opinion and gratitude of their
high fellow-countrymen. Referring to the statement
which had been made by his right hon. friend the
Secretary
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that profession. (Cheers.) For himself he might be
allowed to say that he felt deeply the responsibility
of the position he held, and might add that his col-
leagues concurred with him in the conviction that
one of the first duties of the Administration of this
country was to take care that the efficiency of the
navy Of England should be maintained. (Cheers.)
He believed if there was one point upon whiclang-
lishthen of all parties and of all stations were unani-
mous, it was that our naval strength was essential
to our national power. (Hear.) And nowhere, he
believed, was that feeling more strongly enter-
tained than in that great centre of our national com-
merce in which they were assembled. (Cheers.)
The merchant ships of England covered every sea.
Within the last few weeks fresh fields of enterprise
had been opened to their commerce, and he hoped
they would never forget that this
gigantic
world-
wide circulation ebbed and flowed from the little
heart of England. If anything were to arrest that
stream, no language could describe the ruin and
disaster that must result. England, if she was to be
prosperous, if she was to be peaceful, must main-
tain her naval strength ; and in these days, when
the steam engine was essential to every man-of-war,
and when the size of our ships and the power of
their armaments were constantly increasing, he
trusted the country would remember that our naval
efficiency could not be maintained without a large
expenditure. The public had a right to expect that
this great department should be managed with all
practicable economy but they must also expect, and
he hoped. they would demand, that, whatever might
be the necessary expense, the Government should

advantage not only to the two Powers them-
selves, but to the interests of the world at
large. In speaking of her Majesty's present
Government, my Lord Mayor, you have been
kind enough to give us a species of programme
for the coming session. That programme is
somewhat extensive, but you have omitted to show
us in what manner and by what assistance we may
be enabled to carry the whole of it into effect. (A
laugh.) I cannot help thinking that the advice so
kindly tendered to her Majesty's Government was
hardly intended so much in the spirit of advice, as
thrown out to elicit an expression of our opinions.
(Hear, hear.) You have baited the hook, no doubt,
with great skill and address—(a laugh)—but some
of us have lived many years in the world and have
learned to be somewhat cautious. We do not intend

to take the bait. (Laughter.) We prefer to be
judged by our actions rather than by our inten-
tions, by our performances rather than by thir pro-
mises, and, with whatever respect I may regard
this important assembly, I cannot persuade myself
that this is an occasion on which to anticipate the
speech to be delivered from the Throne at the com-
mencement of next session, or on which to takeout
of her Majesty's mouth, from which it would fall so
much more gracefully than, from mine, the announce-
ment of the intentions of her Government. But
this I venture to say, that, after enjoying that brief
period of partial repose which alone a Minister of
State can hope to obtain at any time of the year,
I am actively, daily, and assiduously engaged with
my colleagues in considering and maturing the
details of those measures of legal, social, financial,
and political improvement which I hope by the com-
mencement of the session to be able to submit to
the impartial judgment of Parliament. (Cheers.)
As a Conservative Government we took with
reverence and adhere with affection to the great
institutions of this country, under which I will
venture to say the people enjoy as great an am)unt
of civil and religious liberty, as perfect and
entire a freedom and independence of thonght,
word, and action as any nation on the face of
the earth now or at any former time. (Cheers.)

FISHMONGERS' COMPANY.

The Prime Warden and livery of this ancient
corporation entertained' a large and distinguished
company yesterday evening 'at their hall, including
the Earl of Shaftesbury, Lord Ebury, Sir C. Bright,
Mr. G. Moore, Mr. Cunliffe, and several of the
leading merchants of London.
Mr. Thomas Baddington, the Prime Warden,
presided. The usual toasts of the Queen, the Royal
family, and the military and naval services having
been honoured, the Prime Warden gave, " The
House of Lords and the House of Commons."
Lord EBURY, in returning thanks, remarked
that, although in his 25 years' experience in the
House of Commons, he might perhaps be better
able to speak as to the claims of that body upon
the respect of the country than to those of the
House of Lords, he could state that his shortexi-
perience in the ouse of Lords in no way diminished
the respect he had always entertained for that
assembly since his first entrance into public life ;
and he was sure it would be grathirltis had beengito the mem-
bers of it to know that their
drunk by a body that, while itie had never failed to
Commons of assert the independence of t.
ced their respect for
Eng-
land, had at the same timethe
theevlpnodwers that be."
" The Health of
The PRIME WARDEN propose
the Earl of Shaftesbury.
The toast was drunk with three times three.
The Earl of SHAFTESBURI, in returning thanks
for the honour which had been conferred upon him,
expressed
much
.ftil
gratification at having been in-
vited by the Worshipful Fishmongers' Company to
that magnificent hall, to partake on this occasion
of their generous hospitality; and he acknowledged,
moreover, the special tokens of approbation which
had just been conferred upon him for the course he
had thought it his duty to pursue. He hoped these
commendations would encourage others to go on in
the same course after him, and that their exertions
would be blessed by God with greater success. The
chairman had touched upon one matter of great in-
terest to this city, and the whole community—the
education of the masses of the people. Now, he
must say that at least for some time to come—
though he knew not what might be done hereafter
—no combined and national system could be esta-
blished. But we ought not to lose the present
time, or throw away the present opportunities,
and while some were deliberating about the system
of education to be adopted, it would be well to vs,
filch instraments and s work upon moll mitri.ils
as were already at hand. There were thousand
and millions of the population yet to be brought
within the sound of the Gospel, yet needing to be
instructed in all the branches of useful and secular

t

imper.. irninedely
• • •
available, and, wit_ all their imperfections, their
working had been attended with the best results.
He might refer to the state of things 20 years ago,
and ask any one to compare it with the present.
He might ask, what would now be the actual con-
dition of this great metropolis, and of the immense
population of other large cities, if the educational
efforts bad not been made which happily were made
--if the promoters of education had been disheart-
ened, and had said that because we could not have a
national sYsteni of education we should have no
education at all ? Why, our people would have been a
horde of savages ; instead of being the most loyal,
the most peaceful, and the most praiseworthy on
the face of the earth, they would have been a tur-
bulent mass, which not only we could not have
controlled by the police, but who could not have
been kept in order by our standing army multi-
plied fiftyfold. (Applause.) Lord Shaftesbury
then remarked that he had nothing to say with
reference to the House of Lords, to which body it
was his privilege to belong. At a great public
meeting not long ago he observed some very erro-
neous but very weighty words fell from the lips of
a very distinguished orator, who, speaking of the
House of Lords, said it was a proud, exclusive,
arrogant body, and that the inscription over the
doors of that house should be one which bore these
ominous words, "No dogs admitted here." (A laugh.)
Now he (Lord Shaftesbury) would take this oppor-
tunity of 'saying that neither himself nor any other
member of the House of Lords whom he knew
could be any party either to the use of such an ex-
pression, or to the adoption of such a principle as
that motto might be supposed to illustrate. He
believed, indeed, that every other member of the
House of Lords was as deeply convinced as he was
that the grand distinction between the peerage of
this country and the nobility of every other country
was that the British peerage had been, still was,
and by God's blessing would continue to be, re-
cruited from every class, rank, and order of her
Majesty's subjects. (Cheers.) In conclusion, tho
noble earl declared that the esteem of his fellow-
citizens, of which he had just received another
testimony, was the richest reward Which he, as a
public man, could obtain..,
The Earl of SHAFTESBURY then proposed "the
health of the Prime Warden," which was drunk
with honours ; and the PRIME WARDEN replied in
an appropriate address.
The PRIME WARDEN then proposed " The Health
of Sir C. Bright."
The toast having been drunk,
Sir C. BRIGHT, briefly acknowledged the sem-
pliment, observing that much of the merit of fie
great work to which the Prime Warden had re-
ferred was due to those with whom he had been
associated. They must not be astonished at the
partial failure of the first attempt to carry out the
telegraphic communication between England and
America, or suppose that there was any doubt of
the ultimate success of the experiment. The com-

pletion of the system of electric communication
throughout the world was but a question of time.
They should bear in mind that it was compara-
tively but yesterday that the first vessel propelled
by steam crossed the seas. Railways were of still
more modern growth. And what reason was there
for supposing that the electric system of communi-
cation would not be as successful as either of those
other two inventions, by which the world had been
so largely. benefitted ? He had no doubt that before

long we should be able to congratulate ourselves,
not only upon the success of the Atlantic Telegraph
project, but upon the universal application of the
system, which promised so much for the welfare of
mankind. (Cheers.)
The intervals between the toasts were enlivened
by a selection of vocal music, under the direction of
Mr. W. Dorrell, in which the talents of Mrs. Clara
Hepworth, Mr. W. H. Cummings, and the mem-
bers of the Orpheus Glee Union were brought into
requisition.