The Sun.
London, England, 1867-08-08 00:00:00

State Banquet at the Mansion House.

say it has been my anxious and constant endeavour
that the interests of the army should not be allowed
to suffer by that sudden and unexpected change in
the administration which I was called on in the

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Last evening a magnificent banquet was given
by the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress to the Earl
of Derby, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and the
other Ministers of State, when a distinguished com-
pany were invited to meet them.
The guests began to arrive shortly after 6 o'clock,
and were received by the Lord Mayor and pre-
sented to the Lady Mayoress in the Grand Corridor.
Nearly all the company had arrived before the
Earl of Derby was announced. The Premier was
received with loud cheers.
The entertainment took place in the Egyptian
Hal!.
Dinner was announced at 7 o'clock, when the
Lord Mayor conducted the Countess of Derby to
her seat on his loriship's right. The Earl of Derby
led the Lady Mayoress to her seat on his right, and
on the immediate left of the Lord Mayor. On the
right of Lady Derby sat the Russian Ambassador
and the Baronessßrunnow,! the Duke of Richmond,
Miss Gabriel, the Duke of Montrose, his Excellency
the Spanish Minister, his Excellency the Honduras
Minister, Mrs. Disraeli, the Right Hon. the Chan-
cellor of the Exchequer, and Lord Stanley. On the
left of Lord Derby sat the Duchess of Marlborough,
the Duke of Marlborough, Lady Anna Gore Lang-
ton, the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the
Countess of Bradford, the Earl of Bradford, his
Excellency the Greek Minister, Lady J. Manners,
and Lord J. Manners.
The tables presented a superb display of gold and
silver plate, interspersed with flowers and fruit.
Before the Lord Mayor was placed a gorgeous
golden plateau, filled with flowers, representing the
Arms of the City of London arranged with curious
and elaborate art.
Behind the principal guests stood a buffet of
gigantic dimensions, on which was ranged a costly
collection of corporation gold and silver gilt plate,
consisting of antique candelabra, flagons, salvers,
and goblets.
Grace was said by the Rev. Mr. STOCK, Chaplain
to the Lord Mayor.
The service at the principal table was entirely of
silver. The dinner, which was provided by Messrs.
Ring and Brymer, of Cornhill, embraced every
luxury and delicacy of the season.
After dinner, " For these and all Thy mercies
given" was sung by Messrs. Fielding, W. Coates,
E. Ball, and Mr. Chaplin Henry, under the direc-
tion of Mr. Edwin Hall.
The Loving Cup was given with great eclat, when
the names of the Earl of Derby and the Chancellor
of the Exchequer were specially cheered.
The band of the Coldstream Guards, under th
direction of Mr. F. Godfrey, performed during din-
e
ner a choice selection of music.
The LORD MAYOR, in rising to propose the first
toast, said—My lords, ladies, and gentlemen, the
first toast I have to propose needs no introduction
in this or in any assembly of Englishmen. Her
Majesty the Queen, daring a reign longer than that
of any other living Sovereign in Europe, has by the
genuineness of her character and by her devotion to
the best interests of her people secured for herself
the lasting sympathy and personal esteem of all
classes of the community, and that loyalty of feel-
ing which is now happily the characteristic of the
English people, which will be found the surest bar-
rier against any assaults of democracy. Her Ma-
jesty has had many happy days ; may many more
be granted to her ! Long may she live to enjoy
that respect and esteem she so well merits, and to
reign over a prosperous and happy people ! I give
you the "Health of Her Majesty the Queen."
The toast was drunk with all the honours, and
followed by the National Anthem.
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast,
said :—Loyalty and attachment to the Throne are
now happily a characteristic of this country and
extend to every member of Her Majesty's illustri-
ous family. The Prince of Wales, by his courteous
demeanour and urbanity of manner, is winning for
himself the respect of all classes of the people, and
leads us undoubtedly to believe that when he shall
be called on to occupy that place so ably filled by ~ Its roots run under every sea,
his Royal parent, he will be prepared to do so with it blooms on every shore ;'
credit to himself and honour to the country. (cheers)—and which, by its multitudinous and
The Princess of Wales, ever since she has been gigantic operations, imposes on us, their successors,
resident in this country, has excited the peculiar such heavy responsibilities. But, after all, how puny
interest and affection of the people, and nothing has are our responsibilities as citizens and merchants
given them greater delight than her perfect res.tora- when compared with those of her Majesty's Ministers,
tion to health. (Cheers.) Let us hope she will soon on whose judgment and decision depend the
be able able to mix again in reinvigorated health with ness or misery of millions—(cheers)—Miuisters who
the people of this country. I beg to give you " The hold in the
have under their ir hands the dsti
control and management
ny of countless popula-
Health of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and tons, and
Princess of Wales, and the other members of the dominions so widely spread;olour inhab and in creed,ted by tribesthat
and
Royal Family." (Loud cheers.) communities so
The Loup MAvon, in proposing the next toast, imagination can hardly grasp the idea or calculate
said,—My lords, ladies, and gentlemen It affords the consequences of a single blunder affecting them.
me sincere pleasure to see with us this evening the (Hear, hear.) Through good report and evil report,
representative of one of the largest empires in the through perils andadversity, English statesmen have
world—the empire of Russia ; and I beg to offer to patriotically pursued their course, until our country
his Excellency the Russian Ambassador a most has been brought to its present proud position and
hearty welcome. (Cheers.) Time was whendiplomacy power, to which we may say, in the language of Mr.
was considered one of the abstruse sciences, and he Everett, " Rome in the height of her glory cannot be
was thought the best diplomatist who could most compared to a Power which has dotted over the sur-
effectually deceive ; but fortunately those times and face of the whole globe with her possessions and her
notions have passed away ; language is no longer military posts—whose morning drum-beat, follow-
considered as given to conceal our thoughts ; and I ing the sun, and keeping company with the hours,
a
truth as well as honesty is
ed deemed to be the best i circles the earth in one continuous and unbroken
policy. He is now consider the best diplomatist strain with the martial airs of Englnd." (Cheers.)
who has established a character for integrity and My lords and gentlemen, to maintainthis the
unr, i-
inte-
honour, and who, by a manly and courteous bearing, grity, the independence, the liberty of
attaches to himseif the respect and esteem of the valled Power is the responsibility of England's
Court at which he represents his Sovereign. (Cheers.) , statesmen—(cheers) —and I am sure that every one
No one, I believe, more fully answers the description 1 in this company will admit that most faithfully has
I have given of a successful diplomatist than Baron 1 this responsibility been acknowledged and most
Brunnow, and most sincerely do we trust that he i ably discharged by the present Government—
may long be able to smooth away any difficulties (cheers)—and that with them, as indeed with every
that may arise to the preservation of peace and . party who may hold the reins, the first considera-
goodwill between England and Russia. I give you i tion is loyally to servo their Queen, and as far as
" His Excellency the Russian Minister and the ! possible to extend the influence, secure the peace,
Corps Diplomatique." 1 and consolidate the power of England. (Cheers.) I
The toast was drunk with loud cheers. beg, my lords and gentlemen, to give you "The
His Excellency Baron BRUNNOW said :—My Lord Health of the Earl of Derby and her Majesty's Mi-
Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—l beg on nisters."
my own behalf, and on behalf of my colleagues in the The toast was drunk with all the honours.
corps diplomatique, to return you our most sincere The Earl of DERBY, who was loudly cheered, said
thanks for the honour you have conferred upon us i
—My Lord Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gentle-
in the proposal of this toast, and the very kind
men, —I rise to express, however imperfectly, on my
manner in which it has been received. We are the
. own part and that of my colleagues, our grateful
more indebted to your lordship for the kind invite-
i thanks for th e honour you have done us in admitting
tion we received to be present on this occasion,
because of the opportUnity it gives us of meeting her i us this day to the splendid hospitality by which this
Majesty's Ministers in this hospitable hall. I am 1 city has ever been distinguished, in which it has
sure I shall have the unanimous approbation of my ! never failed, and for the cordial reception you have
colleagues here around me when I express full con- given to us, who are endeavouring to the best of our
fideuce in my noble friend at the head of her Ma- power to discharge the arduous duties that devolve
jesty's Government. (Loud cheers.) The preserva- I on the Ministers of the Crown. (Cheers.) My Lord
tion of peace is, I believe, the common object and j Mayor, at all times it is most gratifying to those
sincere wish of all the Powers who are represented I who are placed in that high and responsible position,
in this great country. (Cheers.) I am sure also my charged with cares and anxieties of which few can
colleagues will join with me cordially in expressing , have any idea except those who have practically ex-
our best wishes for the prosperity of this great city ;, per ienced them—(cheers)—it is most gratifying to
of London, whose welfare is so intimately connected find themselves sustained at any time in their ardu-
with the commercial interests of all the civilised I ous labours by manifestations of the good-will, the
nations in the world. (Cheers.) It remains for me I confidence, and the friendly regard of those of their
1
only, my lord, to say a few words in regard to the I countrymen
very flattering terms in which you have alluded to more! of all classes and of all denominations,
especially by those who compose such assem-
myself. It would be presumptuous on my part to I, blies as that I have now the honour of addressing.
I
accept them as paid to me purely in a personal sense,
1 (Cheers.) But if at any time such manifestations of
but at the same time it would be ungrateful on my I
I,
i good-will frratify the servants of the Crown, most of
p.trt if I did not acknowledge the friendly feeling
all must they be gratifying when they approach the
which you have manifested towards me in expressing 1 close of a protracted and more than usually eventful
in my favour far more than I deserve. (Cheers.) i session, in which their labours have been unceasing,
All I can say is that my utmost efforts will ever be 1
those
in which their anxieties have been far beyond
employed in endeavouring to promote a good under-
which ordinarily devolve on the Ministers of
1 -e
standing and friendly feeling between Great Britain the Crown upon which they cuter 1 with
1 that steady resolve which characterises thos., who
devote tbe n -1 .3 to,
and Russia. (Cheers.)
Tice LORD MAYOR next proposed "The Army, I having a great object in vicar,
Navy, and Volunteers," coupling the first with the the purpose, and offer themselvesfor theafo'brirnvehope
of executing a great object—(cheers)—
iutihneanexamount of
expectations
name of Sir.J.Pakington, the Secretary of State for
My lordsns
War ; the second with Mr. Corry, First Lord of the 1 the conclusion, find th3nrirutssetivsesargv
,Admiralty; and the third with Alderman Sir Alr. I success which their
hardly ventured to anticipate. (Cheers.)
Rose. (Cheers.)
Sir J. ParaNGToN— 1y Lord Mayor, my lords, and gentlemen, at the commencement of the present
11.
ladies, and gentlemen—On the part of the army I beg session, whether abroad or at home, the political
to return you my cordial thanks for the compliment barometer decidedly pointed to " storm." Abroad
which you have paid to that service; and lam there was every reason to apprehend that a war
certain I speak only the sentiments of every mem- might break out which would involve the whole of
ber of that noble service when I say that nothing Europe in a conflagration which, once commenced,
can be more gratifying to them than to be assured no one knew when it would be brought to a conclu-
sion. That danger was so imminent that statesmen
of the symrathy and the good feeling of your lord-
ship and the corporation and the citizens of London. quailed before the coming danger, and believed that
As you have done me the honour to associate my no effort, however well intended—no exertions of
name with this toast, perhaps I shall be allowed to . whatever description_ Would woia... succeed in averting

course of this Session to undertake. The discipline

of the army, I sincerely believe, was never in more
able or better hands than in those of the present
illustrious Commander-in-Chief. (Cheers.) The
bravery of the British army has never failed, and
requires no encomium from me; but the stronger,
therefore, is their right to expect that the civil de-
partments of the military service of England shall be
administered with a constant and anxious care to
promote their efficiency and improve their charac-
ter. It is to this branch of the service, so long as I
have the honour to hold my present office, that my
anxious care shall be directed. (Hear, hear.)
Mr. CORPS, responding to the toast of the Navy,
said the cordial respect which was uniformly paid
in the city of London to that toast whenever it was
drunk ought to be peculiarly gratifying, as he had
no doubt it was, to the whole of the service, and
the estimation in which the navy was held in that
the commercial metropolis of the world might be
accepted as a proof that their services had been
faithfully and zealously performed. He bore' em-
phatic testimony to the judgment, ability, and
determination with which the officers of the navy in
general discharged their duties, and he expressed
his great gratification at the cordiality with which
the toast had been received.
Alderman Sir W. ROSE, in his capacity of major
in the First City of London Rifles, replied on be-

half of the Volunteers.
The LORD MAYOR then rose and said—My lords,
ladies, and gentlemen,—One of the most valued pri-
vileges of the Lord Mayor of London is once, at
least, during his term of office, to entertain her
Majesty's Ministers. (Cheers.) By none of my
predecessors has this privilege been more highly
prized than by myself. By none of them has the
toast proposing their health been given with greater
cordiality than by me on the present occasion.
(Cheers.) In the first place let me, with heartfelt sin-
cerity, congratulate the nation, this assembly, and
the noble Premier personally on his restoration to
health and vigour—(cheers)—and on his being
able again to occupy his wonted position in that
august body of which he is at once the leader
and the most distinguished ornament. (Cheers.)
And 1 must be allowed to offer to his lordship, on
my own behalf, on behalf of the Sheriffs, and the
great Corporation of which I am so fortunate as to
be the head, our most sincere and grateful acknow-
ledgments for the honours conferred upon us—
(cheers)—on his recommendation, by our gracious
Sovereign, in commemoration of the visits to this
city of two illustrious potentates—(cheers) —honours
greatly enhanced in value by the prompt recogni-
tion of the occasion, and by the spontaneous and
cordial manner in which they have been bestowed.
(Cheers.) Whatever may be our several opinions as
to the merits of that important measure which
has absorbed so much of the time and occupied
so much of the attention of Parliament during
the session now drawing to a close, none
will fail to admire the courage and patriotism
of those statesmen—(cheers)—who, casting aside
all considerations of personal ease and comfort,
devote those mental powers and mental gifts
with which they have been so richly endowed to the
service of their country, and who, rising superior to
party prejudices—(cheers)—have set themselves the
Herculean task of settling, and I trust they will sa-
tisfactorily settle, that question whichfhas for many
years excited.intense interest and obstructed the
progress of legislation on other matters useful and
necessary to the well-being of the community.
(Cheers.) The chief magistrate of this city has fre-
quently occasion to refer with pride to the city ma-
gistrates of past ages—those merchant adventurers
who, while amassing large fortunes and founding
noble houses, were establishing the renown and add-
ing to the greatness of their countrymen, who, like
Gresham, were at once rulers of the city and states-
men enjoying the confidence of their Sovereign, and
creating that commerce of which it may now be
said—

and with which it is the interest of both the one and
the other that we should maintain the most un-
limited amount of friendship. (Cheers.) But we
have had a still more extraordinary visitor. We
have had a visit unprecedented in the course of
history, for from the first the Sultan of Turkey has
had such exclusive prejudices, which bound him and
his countrymen in an iron grasp, as compead them
to forbear mixing with the people of the West, and
becoming acquainted with the habits, manners, and
customs of more civilised nations. For the first
time the present Sultan has had the courage—and it
requires no small amount of courage —(cheers)—to
break through all the prejudices of religion and of
fanaticism. (Cheers.) He has had the courage to
come over to the West and see with his own eyes
and hear with his own ears—to observe for himself
—and he is a Prince of no little observation, char-
acter, and activity—(cheers)—to see in what re-
spects this country and other nations in Europe are
advanced in civilisation over that which he rules;
and I have the happiness of knowing he has re-
turned to his own empire deeply impressed not only
with the power but with the happiness of this coun-
try—(cheers)—deeplyhiohfiow impressed with beneficial
results from
our free institutions, and,
above all, impressed, as I know him to have been,
w'
with the spectacle he has seen here of the perfect
union and harmony among all the various classes
differing in religion and every other particular un-
der the influence of a beneficent and liberal Go-
vernment. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I feel as
confident as I can be of anything that the lesson will
not be lost on his Imperial Majesty; and 1 look for-
ward with the greatest confidence not only to his
acceleration of those improvements in the internal
administration of his own country, which he per-
sonally has long been anxious to promote, but to
the increased activity and vigilance in carrying out
the benevolent and friendly views I know he enter-
tains towards his subjects of all denominations,
which have hitherto been thwarted by subordinates
but I hope his Imperial Majesty will now see the
necessity of exercising a personal vigilance and su-
perintendence, and that the lessons of English civi-
lisation, harmony, and union among all classes will
not be lost, but will exercise a powerful influence in
a country intimately connected with us by various
ties. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, in all the various
occurrences to which I have adverted—in the visit
to the Great Exhibition in Paris, in which your
lordship nobly represented the honour of this coun-
try ; in the reception, the magnificent reception,
you gave here on the part of the city to the Belgian
Volunteers—in the hospitality you extended to the
Viceroy of Egypt, and in your reception, also un-
paralleled on the part of any of your predecessors,
of the Sultan—the first Sultan who ever visited the
Western shores—it has been your lordship's good
fortune to take no inconsiderable part. (Cheers.)
Your lordship has referred to the gratifying task
which was imposed on me by her Majesty of
recognising in your lordship's person her
Majesty's sense of the manner in which
you discharged the arduous duties that devolved
on you in your present office--(cheers)—and I will
say that I never discharged a duty which was more
gratifying to my own feelings than when I was
authorised by her Majesty's command to announce
to your lordship her sense of the manner in which
you have discharged your duty by the honours you
have received. Cloud cheers.) lam happy also
that it does so happen that the secondary honours
which her Majesty was pleased to confer on those
who have been associated with you in the govern-
ment of this city have fallen to no unworthy hands.
(Cheers.) The name of Waterloo itself is hardly
more known than the name of Alderman Waterlow.
(A. laugh.) If to the success of the former we trace
so many benefits conferred on the world at large, so
I believe to the latter, although on a proportionally
limited scale, may be referred some of the most
philanthropic practical efforts which have ever been
made to improve the dwellings and condition of the
labouring classes. (Cheers.) Although the name of
Lycett may notbe so generally known, yet as an in-
habitant of the county of Lancaster, I cannot but
recollect with deep gratitude that he was a distin-
guished member of that Mansion-house Committee
which showed such munificent liberality in reliev-
ing the distresses and administering to the wants of
the distressed in the manufacturing districts.
(Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, in my own name and
in the name of my colleagues, I beg again to return
you our grateful thanks for the honour you have
done us—to assure you that whether our tenure of
power be longer or shorter, our most anxious desire
will be, by the course we may adopt, at all events to
merit the goodwill and confidence of our country-
men, and more especially of this great city. (Cheers.)
Before sitting down I trust I may be permitted to
propose the health of the Right Hon. the Lord
Mayor, Sir Thomas Gabriel, Bart. (Loud and
continued cheering.)
The toast was drunk with loud cheers.
The LORD MAYOR, having briefly responded,
proceeded to say—The next toast I have to give is
" The House of Commons"—(cheers)—that House
which has done such good national service, and
will figure so nobly in the page of history—that
House, the present constitution of which is so well
understood, but the future position and constitution
of which form the engrossing problem of the day.
(Cheers.) The House of Commons, constituted as
at present, has been before us for 35 years; and
although it will soon have passed away, we shall
be able with pride to refer to it as the finest
legislative body in the world--(cheers)—the most
representative body, embracing the first talents in
the country—a body in which the voice and opinion
of the people have always been heard and attended
to, and through which the people of England have
attainel more fully to the position of governing
themselves than has been the good fortune of any
other nation. (Cheers.) No one can compare
the present state of this country with its condition
30 years ago without being astonished at the pro-
gress which has been made in civil and religious
liberty, in the social and moral improvement of the
people, and the enormous increase of the national
wealth and prosperity. (Cheers.) We cannot
suppose that any particular class has failed to par-
ticipate in this general advancement, but must
recognise as its consequence a decided improvement
in intelligence in all classes, and an increasing de-
sire to be represented in the Government of the
country. (Cheers.) By the patriotic conduct of
the present House of Commons this national ad-
vance and universal irnprovemeut has been brought
about, and we must regret that, in order to give
scope for that increasing desire on the part of the
people to participate more directly in political
power, it should be house to
necessary for that
immolate itself—(cheers and a laugh)—and give
place to one differently elected. (Cheers.) Ad-
mitting the necessity of the case, the difficulty has
been to find a high
priest to perform the
sacrifice—
(loud cheers and laughter)—one gifted with talents
of the highest order (cheers) ; with discernment
capable of rightly estimating the vast difficulties he
has to contend with, and the determination tp over-
come them (cheers) ; with shrewdness and tact,
with vigour and
grasp of mind, to draw together
the discordant elements which must be worked upon
and combined on such an occasion. (Cheers.) A
statesman willing to dedicate all these rare quali-
ties to the service of his country—regardless of the
loss of political associations, and possibly even of
private friendships—looking for his reward only in
the conviction of having saved his country, and the
reliance that posterity will class him among her
patriots—(cheers)—such an one has been found in
the right lion. the Chancellor of the Exchequer.
(Cheers.) \ I
-la,,nificcritly has he performed his task
—richly may he be rewarded. (Loud cheers.) 1
beg to give you " The House of COIIIIIIOIIS, coupled
with the name of the Right lion. the Chancellor of
the Exchequer."
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER on rising
was most cordially received. lie said-31y Lord
Mayor, I thank you very much on the part of the
House of Commons for the honour you have done
them in remembering them to-day. Our relations
—those, at least, between the House of Commons
and the City of London—are so ancient and so
numerous that i uced not remind you that this i,
not the first occasion on which you have drunk their
health in meetings like the present, And yoti may

that great calamity. Happily, my Lord Mayor, not
by interfering uncalled for in the affairs of other
countries, but by tendering when asked for judici-
ous and wise and disinterested advice, it has been
the good fortune of her Majesty's present Ministers
to contribute, with the assistance of other neutral
Powers of the Continent, to ward off that great mis-
fortune, and to preserve to Europe and to the world
the blessing of peace. (Loud cheers.) You may rely
upon it that so long as her Majesty's present ad-
visers have the power of holding their places there
is no object to which their exertions will be more
strenuously, more perseveringly, more unceasingly,
more disinteresteyly devoted than to the mainten-
ance of peace—(cheers)—and of friendly relations
with all the powers of Europe. (Cheers.) We
are not a country which has anything to gain from
extension of dominion or frorn increase of territory.
Our interests are the interests of the world at
large. They are the interests of friendly rela-
tions throughout the world. They are those of
peaceful commerce and of amicable relations ; and
these are the relations to the maintenance of
which, so long, at all events, as I have the
honour to hold office in her Majesty's Councils, my
attention will most strenuously be directed. My
Lord Mayor, I have had occasion to mention that
the barometer pointed at the beginning of the
Session to " Storm." I will not say that at present
there are no clouds in the political horizon, but I
think I may venture to say that if we have not
arrived at " Set Fair," at all events, the barometer
points more to "Fair" than to " Change." (Cheers.)
Returning from foreign to domestic affairs, I have
already stated the anxiety, the fear, I may almost
venture to say, with which we approached the
arduous task, presented to us, and as your lordship
has done me the honour to allude to me in connec-
tion with it, I may be permitted to say that
nothing but an imperative sense of duty,
nothing but an overwhelming sense of the
responsibility I felt to my Sovereign and country—
(cheers)—would have induced me at my age and
in my position to have again accepted the office of
First Minister. (Cheers.) But I felt that there
was a necessity laid on me. I felt there was a great
work to be done, and I felt that, however unworthy
I might be to be the instrument of doing that work,
there was no other person who possessed the means
of carrying to its successful issue that great work
which I saw to be necessary for the well-being of
the community. (Loud cheers.) My Lord Mayor,
this is not a time to discuss the merits of particular
measures, and yet, as your lordship. has all to
that great question which has occupied during the
whole Session of Parliament the greatest portion of
the attention of the House of Commons and
latterly of the House of Lords, I may be permitted
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bringing it to a successful result, we have been en-
couraged by the manner in which Parliament re-
ceived our overtures, by the manner in which those
who did not altogether agree with us in political
opinion generally, cordially joined with us in endea-
vouring to come to an arrangement, which bringing
adverse parties to unite in one course of action,
should once for all settle a question which while
unsettled tended to prevent any wholesome and
useful legislation in other respects, which it was of
the utmost importance to the country should be
settled. (Hear, hear.) My Lord Mayor, we have
made sacrifices, we have incurred taunts, we have
incurred obloquy, but I must honestly say that none
of these things move me—(cheers)—so long as 1
feel in my own conscience that I have in the
slightest degree contributed to effect a. great object
on which the heart of this nation was set. (Cheers.)
I will not, my Lord Mayor, enter into the details of
that great question. I will only express a hope,
which I am sure will be shared by all those who are
present, and all who wish well to the institutions of
the country, whatever their opinions, as to the
hazard of the step we have taken, whatever may be
their anticipations, whatever their apprehensions, I
am sure in the mind of every loyal Englishman
there is this predominant feeling—that the liberal
franchise we have extended to the people of this
country may find that people worthy of its exercise
—(cheers)—and that as we have extended the rights
and liberties of the people we may have extended
also the security and strength of the institutions of
the country. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, you
must not suppose that this session, much as its atten-
tion has been given to the great measure of the
representation of the people in Parliament, has been
wholly barren of fruits of a different character. We
have not allowed our attention to be exclusively de-
voted to that subject, however engrossing and im-
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given, I believe, additional strength to those pro-
vinces--we have given them additional security,
and promoted their loyalty and attachment to the
[ British throne ; and in extending to them the full
privilege of citizens, the enjoyment of the rights of
a united people, who have in the greatest possible
degree consolidated their power, and knit them to us
by the most enduring tie of mutual interest and
affection. (Cheers.) We have not neglected the
duties which we owe, more especially to the poorer
class of our fellow-subjects, and it is a great satis-
faction to me that even in the course of this session
we have been able to introduce and carry through
measures which will tend greatly to improve the
condition of those who most require our support and
assistance—namely, the poor population of the City
of London. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, I trust
that the question, the great and overwhelming ques-
tion of Parliamentary Reform, being put aside, and
having been the means of terminating for a very
considerable period of time any agitation for future
changes, Parliament will feel itself at liberty to de-
vote its attention—l answer for it that the Govern-
ment will devote its most sedulous-attention—to the
introduction of various social, moral, and industrial
reforms, from which its attention has been diverted
by other subjects of a more interesting and exciting
character. (Cheers.) Apart from the political
course in which the Government have been engaged
this has not been an uneventful year. In the first
place it has witnessed that great gathering of all the
Sovereigns, and I may almost say all the nations, of
the earth at the great International Exhibition of
Paris, and whatever may be said, and whatever may
have been the fallacy on former occasions of the
promise of general peace following on these exhibi-
tions, I cannot but believe that exhibitions of this
description are calculated to create mutual friendly
feeling and respect--to prevent the spirit of rivalry
between different countries degenerating into hosti-
lity, by tending to stimulate the exertions of all to
wholesome competition as the best guarantee of
future excellence. (Cheers.) The past year has
also been remarkable for the return visit of a some-
what numerous band of Belgian Volunteers.
(Cheers.) A powerful army practically invaded
this country and was received with open arms by
those whom they invaded. (Cheers and a laugh.)
We did honour by that reception to a nation free
and independent like ourselves, who enjoy the
benefits and blessings of free government, and whose
population, like ours, are all banded together for the
purpose of defence, not defiance—(cheers)—having
come forward in friendly rivalry to show each what
they could do in defending the homes and firesides
cf their country, should any enemy be daring
enough to make the attack.
(Cheers.) We have
further had the satisfaction to receive two most
illustrious potentatc.l—the one, though not a Sove-
reign, a country
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was the mother and nurse of the earliest civilisation
—a country blessed with almost unparalleled ferti-
lity, and only wanting the blessing of good govern-
ment to raise it to the highest position among the
nations of the world. (Cheers.) lVe have had the
ruler of that country—an intelligent and far-seeing
prince, who is well disposed to consider and make
the most of the natural advantages which belong to
his favoured country, and I think that it is of no
slight importance that he should himself in person
have become acquainted with the character, the
institutions, and habits of ,this country, connected,
as it is, with his own by so many ties—(cheers)—

remember that this is by no means the first time I
have bad the high distinction of representing their
gratitude, as Ido now. I can say freely of this
distinction that it is not a mere ceremony. (Cheers.)
I know it is cordially offered, and I am sure it is
cordially received, and if even ten times repeated it
still will please. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, you
have referred to circumstances which will, I hope,
soon operate a change in the constitution of the
House of Commons ; but it is a very remarkable
and, I think, a consoling circumstance that the
changes which I trust are impending, though their
destiny is not yet concluded, are not occasioned from
any want of confidence in the people of this country
in the House of Commons. Tlu desire for those
changes has originated not from any belief that the
House of Commons does not represent fully the '
people of this country, but from a desire in the
country to share the proud privileges which they
possess, and on the part of a great portion of the
population of this country in this age of progress
to make those who are in the possession of power
aware that there are others who are desirous of
sharing it, because they believe they are worthy of
participating in its exercise. (Cheers.) My Lord
Mayor, as you have alluded to this subject, we are
able now, in the month of August, to take a more
general view of what has occurred with reference to
this great question than some months ago any of us
were able to do. We may congratulate the coun-

try that not only in Parliament but in the commu•
nity generally there has been a great spirit o
candour and calmness in considering this question,
not, I believe, paralleled on any other occasion
under similar circumstances. No doubt there has
been during the struggle that has occurred some
acerbity of opposition. Some sharp things have
been said, and some sharp things have been done
(a laugh) ; but I think the general conclusion
arrived at is that the change which has been
brought about has been brought about because it
was approved by the calm conviction of the coun-
try. (Cheers.) Nor ought we to be surprised,
my Lord Mayor, that some expressions of disappro-
bation have been used. I think we must all know
that when you attempt to disturb a monopoly you
can hardly expect to accomplish your object with-
out creating some noise and some tumult. I have
seen in my time several monopolies terminated, and
recently I have seen the termination of the mono-
poly of Liberalism. (Cheers and a laugh.) Nor
are we to be surprised that when certain persons
believed that they had an hereditary right, when-
ever it was necessary to renovate the institutions of
their country, they should be somewhat displeased
that any other persons should presume to interfere
with those changes which I hope in the spirit of
true patriotism they believed the requirements of
the State rendered necessary. But lam sure that
when the hubbub has subsided—when the shrieks
and screams which were heard some time ago, and
which have already subsided into sobs and sighs,
shall be entirely appeased—nothing more terrible
will be discovered to have occurred than that the
Tory party has resumed its natural functions in the
government of the country. (Cheers.) For, my
Lord Mayor, what is the Tory party unless it re-
presents national feeling? (Renewed cheers.) If
it do not represent national feeling, Toryism is
nothing. It does not depend upon hereditary co-
teries of exclusive nobles ; it does not attempt
power by attracting to itself the spurious force
which may accidentally arise from advocating cos-
mopolitan principles or talking cosmopolitan jar-
gon. (A laugh.) The Tory party is nothing un-
less it represent and uphold the institutions of the
country. (Cheers.) For what are the institutions
of the country ? They are entirely in theory, and
ought to be entirely, as I am glad to see they are
likely tobe, in practice, the embodiment of the na-
tional necessities and the only security for popular
privileges. (Cheers.) Well, then, I cannot help
believing that because my Lord Derby and his col-
leagues have taken a happy opportunity to enlarge
the privileges of the people of England we have not
done anything but strengthen the institutions of this
country, the essence of whose force is that they re-
present the interests and guard the rights of the
people. (Cheers.) Therefore, my Lord Mayor, I
hope that on the part of the House of Commons,
when if it be my lot, as I trust it may, to return
thanks in this hall on the part of that institution--
not reformed, but renovatedby the legislation which
I trust is on the eve of passing—l hope that when it
devolves upon me to attempt to perform that high
duty your lordship will then agree with us in the con-
viction which now animates us, that the measure
which we have brought forward, and which I believe
by general concurrence of the country, as with the
general concurrence of Parliament, will be passed,
has been such as has added strength to the State and
spirit to the community. My Lord Mayor, on the
part of the House of Commons—not a condemned
House of Commons, but a House of Commons that
has frankly and generously offered to the people of
this country a share in the privileges of which they
are proud, and of which they have availed them-
selves for the general benefit—l thank you for the
honour you have conferred upon them. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then gave in succession " The
City Magistrates," associating with the toast the
names of Alderman Sidney, and the " Sheriffs of
London and Middlesex," a compliment which was
acknowledged by Sir Sydney Waterlow.
The Duke of MARLBOROUGH, in graceful terms,
then proposed the " Health of the Lady Mayoress,"
which was drunk with every mark of respect ;
afterwards the company retired from the banqueting
hall to the saloon and the state drawing-rooms,
where tea and coffee were served, aad then took
heir departure about 11 o'clock.

New Law Courts.

If the report which has just been spread should
prove true, with respect to the decision of the judges
upon the law courts, come to without any reference
whatever to competent professional advise upon the
question of art, our very worst fears will have been
realised. We were prepared to some extent for the
shelving of the highest art, but that work of this
importance should have been given into the hands
of an architect, perhaps the least competent to
grasp a large subject—the one of all others
trammelled by all the least amiable qualities of
medievalism we did not expect. We do not hesitate
to say that of all the possible successful candidates
the one said to be chosen is absolutely the very
worst for the purposes required. Allowing to him
indomitable energy and perseverance—a good deal
of originality—we cannot shut our eyes to the
almost entire want of Ane art displayed in his
works ; carving of the mast vulgar and crude
description ; rough rubble walls for the interior
of buildings in close connection with the richest
materials, like a swine with a jewel of fine gold
and precious stones in his snout ; sculpture applied,
as in the present instance, in the most ridiculous
fashion. So little, in the case of the Law Courts,
did this architect seem capable of realising his
design as a wlaolei:that there is evidence of the
most piecemeal construction—each storey being de-
signed without the slightest reference to what was
above or below it—queer little two-light windows
squeezed in one atop of the other wherever they
could go, much of the work being not a whit better
than the ordinary villa Gothic style we see around
.London.
If the present Government are unable to save us
from such a bathos, if they allow themselves to he
dictated to in this, the greatest of modern undertak-
ings of the kind, by Mr. Gladstone, with his High
Church tendencies, we think they will be much
to blame. It is a most unusual thing and quite
contrary to precedent, in choosing judges in such a
matter, that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Mr.
Gladstone, the Lord Chancellor, &c., with their
names attached, should have been appointed irre-
spective of any possible change in the Ministry.
When the Foreign Office competition was settled,
Lord Palmerston, coming in, upset all the plans,
and forced Mr. Scott to build them according
to his taste and fancy. We cannot help think-
ing that if the present Ministry allow so im-
portant a business as this to be settled without
any reference to them, and, in fact, without seeing
that simple justice is done by the appointment of
professional advisers upon the question of architec-
ture who will command the respect of the art world
and of the people of England, they cannot fail to
incur the greatest discredit. There is only one Con-
servative among the judges, and there is scarcely
one among them who professes any special know-
ledge of art. It is imperative upon the Ministers
to insist upon a voice in the matter, and not
to submit to the dictation of the late Govern-
ment. It may be said that this competition
differs from others, inasmuch as the funds will not
have to be provided by Parliament ; but this is only
partially true. If the buildings are to be carried
out as projected, if the present or even an enlarged
site is to be covered, a portion—probably no small
one—of the funds required will have to be granted
by the house. In any case, Parliament will have
to sanction the expenditure of the Suitors' Fund.
This being the case it is monstrous that the Govern-
ment and party now in power should have no voice
in so important an undertaking. If they will exert
their influence, it cannot be doubted that they will
prevent such a calamity as is threatened, such
a dead-lock or fool's mate as this. We can-
not imagine any possibility of the two gen-
tlemen said to be chosen working together
at all. Why, they are the very opposite of
each other. The one a practical, modern thinker,
butlittle imbued with any particular affection for the
style in which the courts are to be built ; who, in fact,
has been far more successful in other styles : the other,
apparently ignorant of all art, except that connected
with the middle ages, and whose tastes and sympa-
thie3 appear to run only with the most scthetie
and severe examples of those ages. Why, we should
like to know, do the judges propose choosing two
architects when their business was to choose one—
the one who had shown himself the best fitted to
it has
carry out the work—except, perhaps,
hap-
pened from sheer laziness and indecision, from ina-
bility possibly to appreciate the great excellence of
the art of Mr. Burges' design, which had not the
advantage of being illustrated by pretty picturesque
sketches, for which Mr. Street is so famous, and from
want of courage to decide the evenly-balanced
claims of Mr. Scott and Mr. Waterhouse ?-211orn-
jag Herald.

THE PUBLIC HEALTH.

(From the Registrar-General's Return.)

In the week that ended on Saturday, August 3,
the births registered in London and 12 other large
towns of the United Kingdom were 4,693 ; the
deaths registered, 2,804. The annual rate of mor-
tality was 21 per 1,000 persons living.
In London the births of 1,139 boys and 1,125
girls, in all 2,261 children, were registered in the
week. In the corresponding weeks of the ten years
1857-66 the average number, corrected for increase
of population, is 1,911.
The deaths registered in London during the week
were 1,291. It was the 31st week of the year, anu
the average number of deaths for that week is, with
a correction for increase of population, 1,417. The
deaths in the present return are less by 156 than
the estimated number.

Although the deaths registered are less by 56
than the number in the preceding week, and consi-
derably below the estimated amount, the mortality
from diarrhcel has slightly increased. Two hun-
dred and nine children and eight adults died from
diarrhoea last week ; in the week which ended July
27 the number was 196. Thirty-eight cases oc-
curred last week in the west, 48 in the north, 33 in
the central, 53 in the cast, and 45 in the south dis-
tricts. Five deaths from diarrhoea occurred in the
sub-district St. Mary, Paddington, 7 in St. John,
Westminster; 7 in Christchurch, Marylebone (out
of a total of 9 deaths) ; 5 in Regent's-park, Pancras,
6 in Somers-town, Pancras ; 5 in Islington West, 9
in Islington E tst, 5 in St. Giles South, 6 in City-
road, St. Lake ; 5 in Green, Bethnal-green ; 5 in
Whitechapel, North ; 5 in Poplar, 5 in St. James,
Bermondsey ; and 142 in other sub-districts, The
deaths of 17 children and two adults from cholera
or choleraic diarrhoea were recorded. In the cor-

responding week of last year (1866) the deaths from
diarrhoea were 354, and from cholera 1,053. 21
deaths from smallpox, 16 from measles, 22 from
scarlatina, 22 from whooping-cough, and 35 from
typhus occurred last week. (Chelsea► South).--•At
28, Church-street, on the 30th of July, the son
of a gentleman's servant, aged 7 months, cho-
leraic
diarrhaa. Marylebone (All Souls.—At 9,
Buckingham-place, on the 28th of July, the son of
a bootcloser, aged 4 months, choleraic diarrlical (4
days), exhaustion. Rectory.—At 35, North-street,
on the 2d of August, the son of a carman, aged six •
months, choleraic diarrhoea. St. John.—At 2,
Capland-street, North, on the 25th of July, a car-
penter, aged 59 years, choleraic diarrhoea. Pancras
(lientish-town).—At 15, llaverstock-street, on the
26th of
~July, the so►_r of an engine-smith, aged five
months, choleraic di.rrlic.u. (three days), convul-
sions, Aliogton (Wee),—At Ludo, Feyer 8.05-.

pital from Reformatory School, Mansell-street, THE HOME_
Whitechapel, on the 26th of July, a male, aged 12 In the beginning of this year we gave an account
years, cholera (three days). Hackney (Hackney)—
At 4, Jackson's-buildings, on the 23d of July, the o f the opening of the frigate Chichester as a train-
daughter of a wine-porter, aged 13 months, cho-
ing ship for the homeless boys of London. Soon
leraic diarrhcea (three days.) St. Giles (St. George, after that time all the necessary arrangements for
Bloomsbury.)—At 2, Wilmot, on the 27th of July,
the son of a whitesmith, aged one year, choleraic
diarrhoea (four days.) Shoreditch (Hoxton New-
town.)—At 42, Britannia-street, on the 27th of
July, the son of a carman, aged seven months,
choleraic diarrhcea (six hours.) (Iloxton Old-
town.)--At
25, Francis-street, on the 28th of July,
the daughter of a house-painter, aged 10 months, ,
choleraic diarrhoei. In same sub-district, at 26,
Britannia-gardens, on the 3d of August, the son of
a furrier, aged 10 months, choleraic diarrhcea.
Shoreditch (Haggerstone East.)—At 11, Edith-
street, on the 28th July, the daughter of a cabinet-
maker, aged 11 weeks, choleraic di trrhcea. White-
chapel (Church).—At 20, Plough-street, on the
30th of July, the son of a brushmaker's labourer,
aged 18 months, choleraic diarrhea a. St. George's-
in-the-East (St. John).—At 4, Broad-street, on
the 26th of July, the son of a labourer, aged 10
months, cholera infantum (36 hours). Mile-end
Old-town (Eastern).—At 1, Salisbury-street, on
the 31st of July, the son of a labourer, aged nine
months, choleraic diarrhcea (36 hours.) St. Sa-
viour (St. Saviour).—At 6, Essex-street, on the 2d
of August, the wife of a bricklayer, aged 57 years,
choleraic diarrhcea (six days), consecutive fever
(three days). Lambeth (Lambeth Church, Ist.)
—At 81, Lambeth-walk, on the 25th of July,
the daughter of a coachman, aged five
months, cholera infantum (14 days.) Lambeth (Lam-
beth Church, 2d).—At 13, Richmond-street, on the
Ist of August, the daughter of a printer (pressman),
aged three months, cholera infantum (five days.)
Wandsworth (Wandsworth).—At Toulsey-hill, on
the 29th July, the daughter of a carpenter, aged
two months, choleraic diarrhoah.
The deaths of three persons who were killed by
horses or carriages in the streets were registered.
The annual rate of mortality last week was 22 per
1,000 in London, 26 in Edinburgh, and 22 in Dub-
lin ; 23 in Bristol, 24 in Birmingham, 29 in
Liverpool, 28 in Manchester, 28 in Salford, 22 in
Sheffield, 26 in Leeds, 22 in Hull, 27 in Newcastle-
upon-Tyne, and 24 in Glasgow.
At the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, the mean
height of the barometer in the week was 29.882 in.
The barometrical reading decreased from 29.97 in.
on Sunday, July 28, to 29.82 in. on Thursday, Aug.
1. The mean temperature of the air in the week
was 55 deg., which is 7.3 deg. below the average
of the same week in 50 years (as determined by
Mr. Glaisher.) The highest day temperature was
70.2 deg. on Wednesday, July 31. The lowest
night temperature was 40.9 deg., on Saturday,
Aug. 3. The entire range of temperature in the
week was therefore 29.3 deg. The mean of the
highest temperatures of the water of the Thames
was 62.1 deg. ; that of the lowest was 60.3 deg.
The difference between the mean-dew point tem-
perature and air temperature was 6.9 deg. The
mean degree of humidity of the air was 78,
complete saturation being represented by 100.
The direction of the wind was variable. No
rain fell during the week. According to a return
furnished by the engineer of the Metropolitan Board
of Works, the average daily quantity of sewage
pumped into the river Thames at the Southern Out-
fall Works, Crossness, was 48,819,243 gallons, or
221,808 cubic metres, equivalent to about as many
tons by weight.

the accommodation of its future inmates were com-

pleted, and the shipsailed to her moorings at Green-
hithe with about 50 of the waifs and strays of the
London streets. On Tuesday morning the ma-

nagement of the system of refuges, of which the
Chichester is one of the most important branches,

gave an opportunity to those who desired to be made
acquainted with the progress of the training school
of inspecting the details of its wo►king. Unfortu-
nately, the weather was so unf tvourable that com-
paratively few were able to avail themselves of the
invitation offered, but those who braved the incle-
mency of the day were well repaid for their visit.
But six months have elapsed since the Chichester
was opened, and it now trains 121 homeless boys
for the navy and the merchant service. It is to be
regretted, however, that all the resources of the in-
stitution—for such it has now become—are not
capable of being utilised, for though it could accom-
modate 80 more, the necessary funds are wanting
for extending to the utmost the beneficial influences
of the charity. On Tuesday the steamer Petrel con-
veyed the invited party to Greenhithe, and on arriv-
ing on board the Chichester they proceeded to in-
spect the arrangements of the ship, which are so
complete and so admirable that the most exacting
could not find fault with the smallest particular.
Lunch having been served on deck and duly dis-
posed of, it was expected that the boys would per-
form some manoeuvres aloft, but the torrents of
rain which came down at the time prevented the
visitors from witnessing what would have been
doubtless a very interesting exhibition. Lord
Shaftesbury addressed those assembled, and dwelt
on the great advantages which such an institu-
tion as that in which he had the honour to address
them extended to the children of the destitute poor.
Mr. W. Williams, who may be truly called an inde-
fatigable secretary, also made a brief speech, and,
among other things, brought under the notice of
the visitors the case of a boy who had most gal-
lantly leaped into the water to rescue another who
had fallen overboard when the tide was running
with full force. The boys then sung some part
songs with great sweetness and accuracy in time•
When the visitors were about to depart the young
tars " manned" the rigging and gave three hearty
cheers, amid which the steamer which carried the
visitors to Greenhithe steamed away for town. It
is to be hoped that the results of Tuesday's inspec-
tion will be a large addition to the funds of the
Society for providing Refuges for Homeless and
Destitute Children. The total number of those who
have been rescued from the precarious life of what
are known as " Street Arabs" since the institution
of the society, 25 years ago, has been nearly 2,000.
If the public were fully aware of the advantage such
institutions as the Chichester training ship confer
on society at large they would establish other
schools, having a similar purpose, at every point
around the coast, for by such a course they would
gradually reduce the number of recruits to the ranks
of the criminal class. The boys on board the Chi-
chester bear evidence on their faces of the care be-
stowed upon them in every particular, and their
appearance in their pretty naval costume on Ttles"
day was as interesting as it was picturesque. Capt.
Alston, R.N., is in command of the ship, and judg-
ing from what has been done under his superinten-
dence, we believe no better officer could have been
chosen.