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LOINDO/c, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 6, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 24Tii lkissen, 1858.
THE COURT OF DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do lIEIIEBY GIVE NOTICE, that a
SPECIAL GENE AL COUR fof the said Company will be held at
their house in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY, the 7th April
next, at Eleven o cl ck in the forenoon, for the purpose of laying
before the Proprietors of East India Stock for their approbation an
unanimous resolution of the Court of Directors of this date, granting
to the eldest son of the late Major-General Sir Henry Lawrence,
K.C.11., an annuity of I,ot 01. upon the grounds therein stated, with
reversion to his younger brother in the event of the death of the
elder brother without heirs male.
he report required by the Byelaw, cap. 9, sec. 3, together with
the documents on which the said resolution has been formed, are
open for the inspection of the Proprietors at this house,
J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

EAST INDIA-HOUSE, 3151' 3likacu, 1858.
THE COURT of DIRECTORS of the EAST
INDIA COMPANY do HEREBY GIVE NOTICE, That
the SPECIAL GENERAL COUR of the said Company appointed
t” be held at their House, in Leadenhall-street, on WEDNESDAY,
the 7th April, at Eleven o'clock in the Forenoon, Is further made
ipeci for the purpose of laying before the Proprietors two Bills
now before Parliament, the one entitled "A Bill for the better Go-
vernment of India, ' and the other entitled " A Bill to transfer the
Government of India from the East India Company, to her Majesty
the Queen." J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary.

THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING THE
ADOP lON OF TIIE VOTE BY B ILLOT.
SOIREE to WILLIAM NICHOLSON, Esq., late Premier of Vic-
toria, Australia, and the Founder of the Ballot innthe British
Dominir.nQ, at the FREEMASON-' T OVA RN, Great Queen-street,
OU WEDNESDAY EVENING, April 14th, 1858.
Refreshments on the table at half-past Six o'cloCk. The Chair to
be take:, at hall-past Seven o'clock precisely.
The Hon. F. HENRY F. BERKELEY, M.P., will preside.
The following Gentleman, with others, are expected to attend and
take part in the proceedings of the evening:—
The Viscount ooderich, M.P.
Sir Arthur Hrh ain Elton, Bart., M.P.
Lieut.-General Sir De Lacy Evans, M.P., G.C.8.,
Major-General T. Perrunet hompson, M.P.
Colonel W. 11. Sykes, M.P.
• Frank Crossley, Esq,
Joseph Crook, Esq, M P.
A. S. Ayrton, Esq, M.P.
William Bullpen. Esq, M.P.
S M. Greer, E4q, M.P.
/lon. J. Leslie Foster, late Chief Secretary of Victoria
W. Westgarth, Esq, Historian of Victoria
Vincent Pyke, Est, late Member of the Victorian Parliament
GC). Staveley, Esq, of Victoria
Samuel Morley. Esq.
E. C. Whitehurst, Esq.
A Transparency of the Ballot-room used in Australia will be
exhibited during the Evening.
Double tickets to admit a Gentleman and Lady, price five shillings
(refreshments included) ' • single tickets, price three shillings (refresh-
ments included) to be had at the Freemasons' Tavern, and at the
Ballot Society's Offices, 5, Guildhall-chambers, Basinghall-street.

IN CHANCERY.—In the matter of the Joint-
Stock Comp titles Winding-up Acts, 1848 and 1849, and of the
Welsh Potosi Lead and Copper Mining Company:
The Vice-Chancellor Sir Richard Torin Kindersley, the Judge of
the High Court of Chancery, to whose Court the Winding-up of this
Company is attached, has this day appointed Mr. William Whit-
more, of No. '2, IS a,singhall-street, in the City of London, Official
Manager of this Company.—Dated this 9th day of March, 1858.
WICKE bIS, solicitor to the Official Manager,
4, Tokenhouse-yard, Bank, London.

NETTING, BIINTIN, and TIFFANY, for the
PROTECTION of FRUIT TREES and TENDER PLANT.
—These articles arc found o be the best protection against frost,
hail, nod wind ; also from wasps and insects, and good for outsah.
shades of greenhous, s, &C.
Patterns forwarded free en application to BENJAMIN EDGING-
TON, Mat qtp.e, Tent, and Rick Cloth Manufacturer, No. 2, Duke-
street, Southwark, S.E. ; West•end Establishment, 32, Charing-
cross.

;-,f R. HOWARD, burgeon-Dentist, 52, Flee,.
5 street, has ntrodueed an entirely now description of A ftTs -
I/ !I Al. 'l' k:ETH ,fllted without springs, wires, or ligatures. They s•
perfectly resemble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished froc
t original by the closest observer; they will never change colour o
t cay, and will be found very superior to any teeth ever before used
Phis toothed does not require the extraction of roots, or any nainfu
o.h.rotion, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
gulrantced to restore articulation and mastication; end that Mr.
tloward's improvement may be within the reach of the most econo•
weal, he has, fixed the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
,N.tyed teeth stopped and r•cidered sound and useful in mastics-
Pleet-street. At some from ten till live.

TUE LORD MAYOR'S EASTER BANQUET.

Last evening the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress,
according to time-honoured custom, entertained a
. brilliant and numerous company, including the
principal members of her Majesty's Ministry, in
the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house. On or-
dinary occasions the assemblage invited to partake
of the hospitality of the Chief Magistrate of the
metropolis. is a purely festive gathering, but the
banquet of last night possessed unusual interest
from the circumstance that it afforded the new Go-
vernment an opportunity of making their first
public appearance without the walls of Parliament.
Among the company, which comprised x o fewer
than 280 guests, were :
His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge,
Lord Burghersh (Aide-de-Camp to his Royal
Highness), the Marquis of Salisbury, the Earl
and Countess of Hard wicke, the Duke and Duchess
of Northumberland, the Earl and Countess of Derby
and Lady Emma Stanley, the L ,rd Chancellor,
Lady Chelmsford, and Miss Thesiger, the Earl of
Donoughmore, Lord Stinley, M.P., Lo-d John
Manners, M.P., the Bishop of Bath and Wells and
he Hon. Miss Eden, Lord Henry Gordon Lennox,
M.P., Lord Visceunt Chelsea, Lord and Lady Ame-
lius Beauclerk, the Chaupellor of the Exchequer
ind Mrs. Disraeli, the Hon. W. E. Gladstone,
M.P., the Hon. •Spencer and Mrs. Ponsonby, Sir
J. and Lady Easthope, Mr. Mowbray, M.P., Her
Majesty's Judge Advocate-General, Sir Fitzroy
Kelly, M.P., Attorney-General, Mr. H. Whitmore,
M.P., Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., the Hon. Cap-
tain Drummond, Mrs. Levinge Swift and Captain
Swift, Mr. and Mrs. Cargill, Lady Maclaine, the
Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
England, Mr. R Earle, Mr. Whitehead, Mrs. Au-
. drewey, Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., Alder-
man Wilson, Alderman and Mrs. Humphery,
Alderman Sir John Musgrove Mr. Alderman
Sidney, Alderman Sir F. G. MOOD, Mr. Alder-
man Salomons, the Recorder and Mrs. Russell
Gurney, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Wire, Mr. Alder-
man and Mrs. Carter, Mr. Alderman Cubitt,
Al.P.,.and Lady 011iffe, Alderman Sir Henry and
Lady Muggeridge, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Rose,
Mr. Alderm in and Sheriff Lawrence, Mrs. and the
NESS2S Lawrence, Mr. Alderman Hale, Mr. Alder•
man and Mrs. Phillips, Mr. Alderman and Mrs.
Gabriel, Mr. Alderman and Shelia' Allen, the
Chamberlain and Lady Key, the Common Sergeant
and Mrs. T. Chambers, Mr. Prendergast, Mr. Se-
condary Potter, Mr. Solicitor and Mrs. Pearson,
Mr. and Mrs. W. Hood, Rev. H. R. Sheppard,
Mr., Mrs., and Miss Platt, Rev. H. W. Sulivae,
Rev. C. R. Hutchiwon, Ray. T. G. Nicholas,
chaplain to the L rd M tyor, and Mrs. T. G.
Nicholas, Mr. and Mrs. Coventry, Mr. and Mrs.
Shaw, Mr. and Ales. C. Harrison, Mr. M. D. Long-
ion, Mr. J. J. Mcclii, Mr. and Mrs. G. Cubitt,
Mr. L. Cubitt, Miss E. Cubitt, Mr. Under-Sheriff
Millard, Mr..Under-Sheriff, Mrs., and Miss Parker,
Mr. Staidurd, Hun. Montague Murray, Mr.
Bailey Dawal, Mr. and Mrs. Gra am, the Rev.
G. Dickson, Mr. and Mrs. H. Stern, Mr.
J. B. Haig, the Tre 'surer of St. Barthelornew's
Hospital and Mrs. F. White, the Treasu er of
Christ's Hospital and Mrs. Gilpin, the Treasurer
of Bridewell, the Treasurer of St. Thomas's Hos-
pital and Mrs. Baggallay, Mr. J. Norbury, Mr.
L. Samson, Mr. and Mrs. C. Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
A. Trotter, Mt.. J. Shepherd, Mr. J. Buchanan,
Mr. Deputy and Mrs. Kebbell, Mr. G. Harker,
Mr. Kearns, Mr. Coleman, Mr. Truscott, Mr.
Deputy Dakin, Mr. Gresham, Mr. Perkins, Mr.
Deputy Christie, Mr. &midi, Mr. Burnell, Mr.
L. Houghton, Mr. C. Reed, Mr: W. Lister, Mr.
Deputy Lott, Mr. H. W. Valiance, Mr. Deputy
Bower, Mr. J. Wood, Mr. H. L. Taylor, Mr. J.
iatthew, Mr. F. Farrar, Mr. C. E. Butler, Mr.
P. H. Fry. Mr. L. Coppers, Mr. Ede, Capt. and
Mrs. Cargill, Mr. and Mrs. Nugee, Rev. W. and
Mrs. H. Cobden, and Miss L. Cobden, Mr. P. W.
Flower, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. and Misses Spelman,
Mr. Saltzer, Mr. Lucas, Mr. F. Chamberlain, Mr.
and Mrs. and Miss Thornton, Miss Sidney and Miss
Ward, the Misses Bailey, Mr. T. F. Moon,
Mr. F. G. Moon, Mr. J. Matthews, Mr. and Mrs
Pittman, Mr. and Mrs. J. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. and
Miss Fordham, Capt. and Mrs. W. Drake, Mrs W.
Lynch, Rev. R. Maine, Mr. S. Carter, Mr. and
Mrs. Wythes, Mr. J. Fleming, Mr. and Mrs. J.
Rose and. Miss Snow, Mr. and Mrs. and Miss
Chater, Mr. and Mrs. Welch, Mr. G. Phillips, Mr
Kotte, Mr. and Mrs. Myers, Mr. J. Cornell, Mr.
Stewart, Mr. Orridge, Mr. and Mrs. Parbay, Mr.
and Mrs. F. King, Mr. and Mrs. Woodthorpo,
Mr. and Mrs. Bcord, Mrs. and Miss Dawson, Mr.
W. Cooper, and Rev. T. Fuller.
The loving cup having been circulated round the
hall,

The LORD MAYOR gave " The health of the
Queen," which was received with the warmest

" The health of the Prince Consort, of the Prince
of Wales, and the rest of the Royal Family," was
next proposed, and elicited similar demonstrations
from the assembly.
"The Bishops and Clergy of the Established
Church" followed, and was briefly acknowledged by
he Bishop of Bath and Wells.
The LORD MAYOR, in introducing the toast of
" The Army and Navy," expressed kis gratification
at the presence that evening of his Royal Highness
the Commander-in-Chief. The illustrious duke was
well known, as the friend of the soldier, whose con-
dition he had endeavoured to ameliorate ; and there
was not a grievance in the army brought before
him into which he did not institute an immediate
inquiry. There could scarcely be a person in that
room who had not some relative or friend who had
either bled or fallen in the service of his country,
or achieved immortal fame in the ranks of the army;
and they all knew that neither branch of the service
cared how numerous or how powerful their ene-
mies were, but only longed for au opportunity of
displaying their prowess and intrepidity. (Cheers.)
The Duk© of CaasnitinuE, in returning thanks,
said—l assure your lordship and this company that
I conceive it to be a distinguished honour to have
one's name coupled with that of the British
Army. Without any disparagement to other armies,
I sincerely believe that there are no troops in the
world so willing and anxious to perform their duty
by their country as the British army. (Cheers.) I
have personally had a brief experience of what that
army can achieve ; and the accounts which we
almost daily receive from a distant land convince
us that at this moment the army of England is
nobly and efficiently discharging its duty. (Cheers.)
To be honoured by a great and influential society
like that which this great city represents must be
warmly felt by the army, as it would be felt by any
other portion of the community. And I can assure
you, - gentlemen, that in far-distant lauds it is
always a source of pride and gratification to our
gallant troops, especially when their services are
called into daily and almost hourly requisition, to
know that their exertions are appreciated by the
people of England. (Rear.) Believe me that
compliments such as these are ,not thrown away,
but are highly and dearly prized, and I am glad to
know that such is, as I trust it ever will be, the
sentiment of the British soldier. (Cheers.) It is
not long since we imagined that the services of the
army or the navy would not again be required. It
is not necessary to remind this company how
wofully that hope has been disappointed. When I
had an opportunity only a year ago of alluding in
this hall to that subject, I certainly little dreamt
of what was about to befall us within a few short
months. We had then come out of a great and most
important war, in which our army had greatly dis-
tinguished itself. Soon afterwards—when least ex •
pect,al, I believe, by any man here present, or in this
country, wefound ourselves surrounded by immense
difficulties, and in the midst of a vast catastrophe.
Thanks to the bravery and valour of our troops, as

also to the support received from the people of
England, I believe our army is now recovering a
great empire and securing it to our possession, I
trust, till the end of time. (Hear.) But let us not
lose sight of the great lessen and warning we have
received. Let us never imagine that a great Power
like that to which we belong can ever exist with-
out being liable, even in the midst of the greatest
seeming security, to serious danger ; but let us re-
member that it is at all times a,matter well worthy
of our best attention how our army and navy can
be constantly kept in a state of the highest effici-
ency. (Cheers.) Don't let us suppose that it is
necessary to be extravagant. Extravagance is not
desirable nor even advantageous ; but the efficiency
of its military and naval establishments is an im-
perative necessity for the safety of any great em-
pire. And as long as England wishes to remain
that proud, that glorious country which we now
rejoice to think it is, let us never forget., even
in moments of peace, that the united services
of the army and navy deserve to be main-
tained in the satisfactory cendition in which, I am
happy to say, they now are. (Cheers.) As
to myself, if there he any position of which
a man may feel justly proud, it is of having the
honour to be at the head of the English army, and
as far as my humble endeavours can carry me in
looking after the interests of that army, both in its
collective and its individual elements, it shall be
my earnest study to maintain it in the efficient
state in which I am proud to say I have found it,
knd in which I trust, when I lay down my staff of
office, I shall be able to hand it over to my suc-
cessor. (Cheers.)
The Duke of NORTHEMBERLAND, in returning
thanks on behalf of the navy, said that the branch
of the service which he represented looked with ad-
miration on the deeds of the army in India. This
country had enjoyed what was, comparatively
speaking, a naval peace for many years, and long
might that peace continue for the prosperity of
England and of the civilised world. But whenever
a war came, as come it would, we should reap the
advantage of having maintained our navy in i:s pre-
sent efficient condition. The navy was now inspired
with a noble sentiment of loyalty to their Sovereign
and a sense of duty to their country. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said, we were greatly indebted
to the governing power•of this country, and when
a Prime Minister was called at a moment's warning
to take the reins of Government, and did not hesi-
tate to take them, he was entitled to the thanks of
die public. (Cheers.) There might bo differences of
opinion as to the form of our governmen►t, but, f r
his own part, it had always been his prayer, as it
was now his pride, that when he became the head
of the city of London he might have the honour of
entertaining the Earl of Derby as Prime Minister of
England. (Cheers and a laugh.) He was thankful
that his prayer had been answered, for he most sin-
cerely believed that the Conservatives would save
the country. They were not the enemies but the
friends of well-considered progress; and if they were
only allowed to remain in office for a few ycais he
was satisfied the country, instead of losing anything,
would gain a great deal. The Lord Mayor con-
chided by proposing " The health of the Earl of
Derby and the rest of her Majesty's Ministers."
The toast was received with much cordiality.

The Earl of DERRY, who was greeted with loud
cheers, then rose and said,—My Lord Mayor, my
lords, ladies, and gentlemen,—l rise for the purpose
of returning to you, in my own name and in that
of my colleagues, our grateful and sincere acknow-
le Igments for the honour you have just conferred
up,,n us, for the too complimentary terms in which
your lordship has been pleased to propose the toast,
and for the very flattering manner in which it has
been received by this distinguished assembly. I am
well ae are, my Lord Mayor, that for the greatest
portion of that reception I and my colleagues are
not so much indebted to any personal merits of
our own as te the position which by the favour of
the Crown we at present occupy. I believe it is
inherent in the British character that every man
wuo for the time being is charged with the arduous
task of conducting the affairs of this great country
is certain to meet with respectful consideration in
any meeting of his fellow-countrymen, rend that
from no unworthy motive, from no unseemly defer-
ence to mere temporary authority or stetion, but
from more generous and more honourable feelings.
Those who have been at all connected with public
life know well that, although here and there cer-
tain political questions may cross the path of a
public man, and render his course somewhat differ-
ent from his predecessors' or his successors', yet with
regard to nine-tenths, I may even say 99-hundredths
of the business which comes before him, the duties
to be performed by the Minister are precisely the
same, whether be be Whig, or Tory, or Radical.
There are to be made the same sacrifices of time, ef
toil, of study, of domestic comfort, of private hap-
piness, too often of health, and sometimes even of
life itself. There are to be encountered all the ob-
loquy and misrepresentation of political opponents,
and sometimes the dissatisfaction of disappointed
friends. (A laugh.) And against this labour and
all these sufferings the emoluments or the advan-
tages of office would be a poor return indeed if they
were not sweetened and aided by the approbation
and esteem of our fellow-countrymen. (Cheers.)
My Lord Mayor, I know that upon occasions like
the present it would me most unseemly to enter
upon any subject of political controversy, er
to raise any question which would excite any poli-
tical feeling, and if I in the slightest degree deviate
from the wholesome rule and refer to one topic of
public interest, it is because that topic is, or, ai
least, ought to be removed beyond the pale of an-
tagonistic principles, and also is a question of the
deepest importance to this great centre of the com-
merce of the world: It is a subject towards which
public attention has recently been directed with
an intensity of interest which forms a striking con-
trast with the apathy with which it was regarded in
former times. I need hardly say my Lord Mayor,
that I allude to that great empire which has been
referred to by the illustrious duke who last ad-
dressed you, and to our social and political rela-
tions with that mighty dependency our Indian em-
pire. The formation of that empire is a history
unpara' leled in the annals of the world. It is a cir-
cumstance that reflects the highest credit upon the
energy, the ability, and the vigour of our country-
men that in the space of little more than a hundred
years a company of English merchants setting forth
upon the peaceful occupations of commerce,
should so far have extended their power as to have
established a permanent influence over a population
exceeding by tenfold that of their native country,
and over dominions bearing a still larger proportion
to the narrow circumference of these little islands.
That they should have so created such a power and
established such an empire speaks volumes for the
energy and the enterprise of those by whom during
that comparatively brief period the affairs of that
great 'empire have been conducted. (Cheers.) And
let me say here that, although undoubtedly in the
earlier portion of its history, and, perharo, even at
some later periods, there may have been acts com-
mitted with regard to India which will not bear
the strictest examination according to the severe
rules of political morality, yet upon the whole there
never was a Government which for so lengthened
a period displayed so much power, so much ability,
made so admirable choice of its servants—who, in
the'r turn exhibited such distinguished talents
—or which, upon the whole, conducted its affairs
with such p arity of motives and so studied
the interests of the people confided to
charge as the Government of India. my Lord
Go-
Mayor, I am bound to pay that tribute to the
the present
vernment of the East India Company at ' their
moment, when it appears to be
laughter.) It cer-
tainly its political
deathbed. (A cry of "No" and
general opinion of the pub-
lie appears to be the
arrived when the mission. of
lio that the time has