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LONDON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1866.

The stately hospitalities of the venerable Corpora-
tion of London were last night exhibited with more
than the usual amount of splendour in honour of the
Earl of DERBY and his colleagues. Almost all the
most conspicuous members of the Conservative
party in both 'louses were present. Not many
weeks ago the same brilliant festivities welcomed the
rival chiefs whose days of power were already num-
bered, so that the Lord Mayor has had the pleasure
of receiving two Prime Ministers within a
very brief space. The Earl of DERBY'S
speech was, of course, the event of the evening.
Though the addresses of his coadjutors were
listened to with interest, General PEEL and Sir JOIIN
PAKINGTON, speaking on behalf of their respective
departments, did not fail to express their
conviction that the best means of securing peace
was to be fully equipped for war. General PEEL,
referring to the great victories recently won on the
Continent, declared that he believed them to be en-
tirely due to the superior organisation and equipment
and the superior arms possessed by one of the belli-
gerents. This belief, he added, had only confirmed
the opinion which he had always entertained of the
importance of preserving the equipments of an army
in the greatest efficiency, When the British troops
were armed with the breech-loader now being pre-
pared, he believed, from what he knew of other
armies, that they will be equal in equipment and in
arms to any troops in the world. The First Lord
of the Admiralty, while promising to avoid
all unnecessary expenditure, boldly declared
that we must never forget that we had
to protect an extended empire and a vast
commerce. There is perhaps no department of the
public service which most Englishmen are more wil-
ling to support than the Navy—a fact which has
been taken full advantage of by successive Boards
of Admiralty. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON need not fear
that the country will begrudge him the necessary
expenditure. It is only when the money so readily
voted makes such a poor and unsatisfactory return
that public irritation is naturally expressed, and
when, after voting enormous estimates for several
years, we are told that England is behind other na-
tions instead of before them, there is no wonder
that the next demands are closely scrutinised.
Lord DERBY, whom the Lord MAYOR presented to
the company with a quotation from Homer, proved
his right to be associated with

" The smooth-tongued chief,
From whose persuasivedips
Sweeter than honey How'd
The stream of speech,"
by touching with all his customary eloquence on
the various topics that claimed his attention. The
language of party should, he said, on such occa-
sions, be silent, and he was well aware that the
cordial invitation of his host was not due to any
sympathy of political feeling; but he passed to those
subjects which, though in one sense political, were
beyond the reach or influence of party feeling. The
difficulties which encountered his Cabinet on their
accession to office were, he said, very great. It
was a time of great monetary pressure, the effects
of the cattle plague were still weighing down the
agricultural 'interest, the Continent was convulsed
by war, and a pestilence was threatening our people
at such a moment. The assumption of executive
functions involves no slight responsibility, even
although we are in the enjoyment of many blessings
which compensate in a great measure for the
dangers and the evils which threaten us ? Our
commerce is rapidly extending, our working classes
have plentiful employment, and get on the whole fair
remuneration. We have the prospect of an abun-
dant harvest, and, above all, we are in the enjoyment
of the blessings of peace. The primary object of any
English Ministry, said Lord DERRY, must be the
maintenance of that tranquillity which is essential
to the development of the extended trade of our
great commercial empire. The great event of the
week—the reception of messages from New York by
the submarine telegraph—could not, of course,
be passed over on such an occasion. To
the citizens of London the establishment of
such a means of communication is all important,
and Lord DERBY'S reference to those triumphs of
peace, which excelled the achievements of war, was
received with loud cheering. No greater triumph
could, he said, be possible than the union of the
two continents of Europe and America ; and the
closeness of that union he illustrated by stating that
he had received that day at half-past one o'clock a
telegram from New York, dated that morning,
informing him, among other things, of the arrival
of a British vessel at New York the evening before.
" I ask those," continued the noble earl, " who
are connected with the commerce of this country,
and with its great trading interests, whether looking
forward they can imagine or conceive the effect
which may be accomplished by this great under-
taking, when London and New York are thus
brought not within weeks, or days, or even hours,
but almost within minutes of each other. Is there
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aspiration that this fresh link maybifriends
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and peoples in the bond of harmony
Coming to domestic matters, Lot d DERBY dwelt
strongly upon the urgent necessity of enforcing
sanitary regulations. "I do not doubt," he said,
" that the Corporation of London will use all
the power intrusted to them for such a purpose.
But I do think it is important to impress upon all
the local authorities throughout this country how
greatly the mortality of the health. of the people
depends upon the active and vigil ant exercise by
them of the duties imposed upon the= :by the Legis-
lature." The danger is, as Lord DEB/3 Y justly ob-
served, most imminent. dela in Every day' unnecessary
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Lord DERBY'S appeal by prompt an ad united action.
The noble lord promised on belr his Admini-
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