The Sun.
London, England, 1866-11-10 00:00:00

THE SUN, WM. OWN, SAIUROAY ENING, NOVEMBER 10, 1866.

LO:iD 2iIAYOII,'S DAY.

THE BANQUET,

In the evening the usual inaugural banquet was
given in Guildhall, which was tastefully fitted up
for the occasion.

The following is a description of the decorations:
—The entrance lobbies leading into the Great Hall ,
were decorated with military trophies, figures in ar-
mour,
sculpture, mirrors, and flowering plants. The
Great Hall was used as the banqueting room. In
addition to the usual accommodation, a gallery, with
an open Gothic front, had been erectedatthe western
end, which afforded additional dining space, and
was also used as a music gallery. The windows on
the north and south sides of the hall, which about
the beginning of the present century were built up,
had been opened and restored. Three of these had
been filled with stained glass, the subject being his-
torically connected with the city of London.
In the lobbies in the Aldermen's. Court Room and
in the Council Chamber was placed various works
of art. The more distinguished of the company on
their arrival, soon after 6 o'clock, were presented to
the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoressin the Court
of Aldermen. One of the first Ministers to arrive
was General Peel. He was received with loud
cheers. Sir H. Cairns arrived soon after and was
cordially cheered. Mr. Disraeli was enthusiastically
received. The arrival of Earl Derby elicited shouts
of applause. The Lord Chancellor and Sir John
Pakington were -also most cordially greeted.
Dinner was announced at a quarter to 7 o'clock.
The following is a list of the principal guests : The
Lord Chancellor and Lady Chelmsford, Earl and
Countess of Malmesbury, the Right Hon. General
J. Peel, Earl of Bradford, Earl and Countess of
Derby, Hon. G. J. Noel, Sir G. Montgomery, Lord
Stanley, Earl of Devon, Right Hon. Sir S. H. North-
cote and Lady Nortbcote, Viscount and Viscountess
Cranborne, Right Hon. J. S. Pakington and Lady
Pakington, Vice-Admiral Sir A. Milne, K.C.8.,
Vice-Admiral Sir S. Colpoy Dacres, K.C.8.,
Admiral Sir J. C. Dalrymple Hay, Right Hon. B.
and Mrs. Disraeli, Right Hon. Lord J. Manners,
Earl of Carnarvon, Right Hon.. Stephen Cave and
Mrs. Cave, Lord Naas, Right Hon. Sir Hugh
Cairns, Right Hon. Sir William Page Wood, the
Portuguese Minister, the Salvador Minister, the
Peruvian Minister, the Brazilian Minister, the
Mexican Minister, the Columbian Minister, the
Spanish Minister, the Marquis of Salisbury, Col. T.
E.-Taylor, Mr. G. W. Hunt, Mr. G. A. Hamilton,
Earl of Longford,Earl and Countess ofßelmore,Right
Hon. C. B. Adderley, Sir J. Fergusson, the Hon.
G:Barrington, Mr. Montague Corry, Mr. Lancelot
Holland, Mr. J. Newman Hunt, Sir J. Rolt, Sir W.

Bovill, the Archdeacon of London, Mr. R. W.
Crawford, M.P., Right Hon. G. J. Goschen, M.P.,
Lord Robert Montagu M.P., Mr. W. M'Cullagh
Torrens, M.P., Mr. J. A. Roebuck, Q.C., M.P.,
Mr. A. Smee Ayrton, M.P., Mr. F. Doulton,
Mr. W. H. and Mrs. Twentyrnan, Mr. H. N. Nissen
and Mrs. Nissen, Mr. T. Cave, M.P., and Mrs. Cave,
Mr. G. J. Cockerell and Mrs. Cockerell, Mr. J.
Figgins and Mrs. Figgins, Me. 11. Jones and Mrs.
Jones, Mr. T. Cotterell and Mrs. Cotterell, Mr. R.
W. Kennard, M.P., Mr. W. F. White, Treasurer
of St. Bartholomew's Hospital, Mr. F. Hicks, Trea-
wirer of St. Thomas's, Sir J. Thwaites, Sirß. Mayne,
Sir T. Henry, Capt. Burstal, Capt. Baker, Mr. S.
Warren, Mr. J. Johnson, Mr. 11. Hawkins, Q.C.,
Mr. C. Freemantle, Mr. J. H. Sanderson, Mr. C.
S. Perceval, Hon. E. P. Thesiger, the Assistant-
Judge and Mrs. Bodkin, Admiral Sir F. W. Gray,
K.C.8., Mr. S. Hart, RA., Mr. C. Gilpin, M.P.,
Capt. Der:•iman, R.N., Major-Gen. Baker, Viscount
Tumour, Rev. W. Rogers, Mr. W. H. Barlow, Mr.
W. Vaughan, Mr. S. Bucker, Mr. D. Meinertzhagen,
Mr. P. N. Laurie, Col. lion. 11. Duncombe, Capt.
C. E. Mangles, Mr. It. M. Ebsworth, Lord Colville,
Mr. S. Clarke, Dr. Burge, Mr. J. D. Allcroft and
Mrs. .Allcroft, Sir J. Tyler, the Mayor of Notting-
ham and lady, Mr. C. Sherriff, M.P., and Mrs.
Sheriff, and Mr. W. Lord.
The distinguished guests in proceeding through
the hall to their seats at the principal table were
loudly cheered.
The Earl of Derby conducted the Lady Mayoress
to her seat on the left of the Lord Mayor ; and Mr.
Disraeli gave his arm to Mrs. Phillips, the late Lady
Mayoress.

The dinner was provided by Messrs. Staples, of
the Albion Tavern.

The Rev. Mr. Stock, of All Hollows, Upper
Thames-street, the Lord Mayor's chaplain, said

grace.

The LORD MAYOR, in rising to propose the first
toast, was received with loud cheers. He said—For
centuries past, on the 9th of November, the walls of
this ancient hall have reverberated with the expres-
sions of loyalty from the citizens of London, and on
no occasion have those expressions been more sin-
cere and hearty than on the present ; for never was
the throne occupied by a monarch who deserved and
enjoyed more of the esteem and love of her people.
(Loud cheers.) Long may her Majesty reign over a
loyal, free, and prosperous nation. 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—Loyalty and attachment to the
Throne naturally suggest our next toast. The nation
regard the whole Royal Family with faith and hope,
believing that they will iu every way prove
them-
selves worthy of their illustrious descent ; and so
far the country has not been disappointed. The
bearing of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and
Princess of Wales and of his Royal Highness the
Duke of Edinburgh has won for them the affec-
tionate regards of all classes of the people. (Cheers.)
The citizens especially recollect that in addition to
this being the inauguration of their Lord Mayor it
is also the anniversary of the birthday of their
noblest citizen, the Prince of Wales. It is with
much pleasure, therefore, that I propose the toast
of the health of " Their Royal Highnesses the
Prince and Princess of Wales and the other members
of the Royal Family."
The toast was drunk with all the honours.
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast,
said--The military and naval services of this coun-
try have always been held in special regard by the
people ; for while human nature remains as it is—
so long as the principle of aggression and the de-
sire to possess what belongs to another continues
a characteristic of mankind, armies and navies
must be maintained ; and the more efficient they
are the more likely will they be to prevent the
horrors of war. (Cheers.) Desirous as this coun-
try is of being at peace with all the world, we I
recognise the necessity of being at all times
prepared for the casualties of war, and with this
view incessant vigilance is required in the prompt
adoption of scientific inventions in the material of
war, otherwise the well armed and accoutred force
of to-day might to-morrow be found armed with
only obsolete weapons and totally unprepared to
meet the enemy. (Cheers.) It is therefore with
great satisfaction that the nation sees the care of
her army intrusted to one who from long ser-
Na'isceerkenneorvilsi
Peel
a soldier is, and what he requires,
is confided to el
(loud cheers)---and that the navy
a
First Lord so well tried and effi-
cient as Sir John aking ton . (Loud cheers.) Our
Volunteers have
in foreign service distinguished themselves
of
kind which we hope will
be the only service evelarftroeiquuired of them, that no
e u log i in is necessary
me in proposing their
health, which I shall leave toti
give
you <` Theeeretary of State
for War to respond to.
he Army,
the Navy, and the Volunteers."

The toast was drunk with loud cheers.
General PEEL When I was called 11). on by the
late Lord Mayor, on the occasion of one of those
magnificent banquets for which his mayoralty was
so distinguished, as well as by the great zeal and
ability with which he performed his duties—when I
was called upon to return thanks on the part of the
army, I predicted that before the conclusion of the
year armies would excite much greater attention
than was then accorded to them and I think that
my prediction has been verified, for I would venture
to say there is not a country that has got an army
whose attention is not now called to the necessity
of rearming and reorganising it. With regard to
organisation there is no regular army that can ex-
ceed our own in point of discipline, or requires less
re-organisation so far as the regimental system is

concerned ; but we have lessons to learn from the
past. Depend upon it that in future wars will be
so sudden, so sharp, and so short that there will be
no time for preparation. This was proved by the
rapidity of action in the late campaign. The report
of the Royal Commission will enable us, I hope, to
improve the condition of our soldiers ; but it is not
to the regular army merely that we must look for
the defence of the country. We have also the
Militia and the Volunteers to look to.
Sir JOHN PAKINGTON---My Lord Mayor, my
Lords, Ladies, and Gentlemen, I see in this splendid
assembly naval officers of high rank and great dis-
tinction who might well be called on to acknow-
ledge the toast which your Lordship ha!s just pro-
posed ; but custom prescribes that on account of
the office which I have the honour to hold I should
acknowledge that toast on behalf of the navy. I
know that I speak the sentiments of time gallant
officers whom I see near me when I say that they
highly appreciate the feeling which is expressed by
this toast—that they enjoy the confidence and good
opinion of their countrymen. The officers and
sailors of the British navy never deserved that con-
-fidence more than now, and I am sure that under
no circumstances would the assurance of that good
feeling be more acceptable to them than when ten-
dered by the Lord Mayor of London, and sanctioned
by the unanimous feeling of this great gathering of
the citizens of the metropolis. But I may be
allowed to regard this toast on this occasion in
another aspect. I cannot be unmindful of the rela-
latious between her Majesty's Government and the
navy of England, and I feel bound to say that we
are not insensible of how costly are those great
establishments by which the navy of England is main-
tained. I am afraid, and especially in these
days of advancing science, costly they must remain;
but it will be the duty of those who administer
the navy to take care that those great establishments
shall be managed with the most strict regard to
economy, and that there shall be no wasteful expen-
diture of the public Money. (Cheers.) It is not in-
consistent with this declaration that the Government
establishments must be managed with strict eco-
nomy to turn for a moment to another not less im-
portant branch of this great department. I speak
not in the sense of menace or in contemplation of
war, but I speak sincerely in the interests of peace
when I say that her Majesty's Government will deem
it to be one of their first and greatest duties to
maintain unimpaired the strength and efficiency of
the British navy, and take care that it is maintained
at that point which is imperatively required by the
extent of our empire, and the greatness of that com-
merce which stretches into every corner of the
world. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR—The interests of this great
city are so bound up in the maintenance of peace,
and the citizens so fully recognise the presence
of foreign Ambassadors as a guarantee for its
maintenance and the goodwill of other nations, that
they are at all times gratified to see foreign Mi-
nisters as their guests. (Cheers.)
The SPANISH MINISTER returned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The Health of
the Lord Chancellor," Which was drunk with great
cordiality.

The LORD CHANCELLOR—Notwithstanding the ex-
treme personal kindness which has been manifested
by you, my Lord Mayor, I cannot consider the pre-
sent toast, which I rise to acknowledge, as personal
to myself. I regard it as the expression of the an-
nual homage which on these great occasions is in-
variably paid to the law, through its representative
—the individual who happens at the time to be its
head. Whatever difference of opinion may exist with
respect to many other institutions there is a universal
feeling pervading the country that to our equal laws
and the impartial administration of them we owe the
security of all the rights and liberties of the people.
One circumstance which, perhaps, attaches the
people to these more than any other is the part
they are called on to perform in the administration
of the law. That is strikingly and continually
demonstrated within the precincts of this
great city. At one time the highest criminal court
of justice in the kingdom, presided over by the Lord
Mayor, holds its sittings, where the citizens, assem-
bled as jurymen, decide upon the rights and liber-
ties of their fellow-subjects. At another time the
Judges of the Superior Courts hold their sittings
here, and all the great commercial questions and all
the great questions which are interesting to a com-
mercial community are practically decided by mer-
chants and by persons interested in the trade and
commerce of the country. And these tribunals are
presided over by Judges of great learning, of per-
fect integrity, of entire independence, securing the
confidence of the people in their decisions, and never
more decidedly so than at the present moment. But
all human laws are necessarily imperfect ; laws which
at one time were adapted to the circumstances of
the community at another time fail to be appro-
priate. In the complicated relations of society
new interests spring up which require new adap-
tations of the law ; and, consequently, reforms
and amendments of our laws from time to time
become necessary. There is no more important
duty imposed on a Government than to observe
what is required for the amendment of the laws and
apply themselves to it. (Cheers.) Now I know there
is nothing more dry or uninteresting than anything
connected with the law, and I have not the least desire
to mar the gaieties of this festive scene by any de-
tails on those subjects. I can only say this, that my
noble friend who is at the head of the Government
has always shown himself to be an earnest legal re-
former. I believe that disposition to be shared by
1 all my colleagues, and I can only say in general
terms, without entering into particulars, that we are
all of us disposed to introduce such amendments
and reforms
of the law as have become absolutely
essential. (Cheers.) I would say one word only
to those who I think are over hasty and eager in
those matters. There can be no experimental legis-
lation. New laws, before they are made, ought to
be very carefully considered and to be so tho-
roughly matured that they may take their place as
a permanent part of the legal system ; for expe-
rience has shown us that it is much more easy to
make a bad law than repeal it when it is made.
With the disposition I have expressed, and so sin-
cerely entertained by every member of the Govern-
ment, I trust it may be in our power to introduce
such reforms into the law as may be acceptable to
I the people ; and when this anniversary comes round
lagain, and such a great and brilliant assemblage as
I that 1 see before me is again collected together in this
magnificent hall, I trust that all we have done for
the law will not diminish that respect and reverence
which have been entertained for it, which have been
expressed on the present occasion, and for which I
have endeavoured thus imperfectly to thank you.
(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR—During the last three cen-
turies that have elapsed since the Lord Mayor first
gave the inauguration banquet in this ancient and
noble hall, the citizens of London have been
honoured by the presence of Kings, Princes, nobles,
and distinguished statesmen of all nations, and every
shade of politics ; the occasion being recognised as
one on which all parties for the time are on perfect
equality—the history of the Guildhall oft city
and
yodf
London being, in fact, a history of the struggles
triumphs of the people in their efforts to secure their
civil and religious liberty, endangered by the en-
croachments of the Crown on the one hand, or tur-
bulence and disloyalty of the people on the other.
It would, therefore, be incorrect to sly that politics
are excluded from this hall. This, however, I may
say with perfect truth, that the citizens ever wel-
comed with sincere cordiality her Majesty's
Ministers, whatever be their poll tics —(1-1 ear,
hear)—and always rely upon them for the main-
tenance of all our civil and religious rights and
privileges, and, I will add, on no party with more
perfeetreliancethan the present Government. We
admire the patriotism which prompts men of the
highest standing
in the country, of the fairest powers
of mind, of refined tastes-and magnificent fortunes,
to forego ease,
itsth eservice.
present
Governmentaentie e r
sw.
(Loud h We are satisfied that
nseitryv.e thle;:cotuhnistr ill loyally and faithfully
Yc,onfidemntainatsasuinraintscehoinohravanedo.dreiga-t
pleasure in proposing as a toast " The health of 6 her
Majesty's Ministers."

The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
The Earl of DERBY, who was reqeived with.great,

enthusiasm, said—My Lord Mayor, my Lords,
Ladies, and Gentlemen, I rise for the purpose of
expressing, or at least endeavouring to express, on
the part of my colleagues and myself our grateful
sense of the high honour which you have done us on
the present occasion, of the kind and flattering
terms in which your lordship has been pleased to
speak of myself and colleagues, and the gratifying,
the cordial—may I say the more than cordial man-
ner in which our health has been accepted by this
great assembly. (Loud cheers.) And yet, my
Lord Mayor, my colleagues and myself do not so far
deceive ourselves as to attach to such demonstra-
tions of your goodwill any political significance.
We know, and we know well, that the manner in
which you have received us is the generous expres-
sion of English feeling, which always desires to
cheer and to encourage those who, in what they
believe to be the interest of the country, take upon
themselves onerous and laborious duties, and endea-
vour to fulfil those duties to the best of their ability.
(Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, we may have a claim
upon your sympathy from our common feelings and
from some similarity of our position. You and we
—I speak not individually of myself, but of the
Government collectively—you and we are entering
upon a new career of office. You and we feel alike
that in attempting to discharge the arduous duties
of that office our best support must be the confidence
and the goodwill of our fellow-countrymen. (Loud
cheers.) Our first and primal object must be to
deserve and win that goodwill. We both of us con-
sider that goodwill, that confidence, and that public
esteem to be the highest honour to which a public
man can look in any situation of life; and I think I
may add, my Lord Mayor, that we shall both of us
be equally discreet in abstaining from stating by
what particular measures we shall recommend our-
selves to the country. (Loud cheers.) My Lord
Mayor, it would be certainly out of place on the
present occasion and at the" present time if I were
to presume in the slightest degree to touch on any
question which could approach to party significance;
but, speaking in the midst of this great metropolis—
speaking in the presence of your lordship, the chief
magistrate of this great city, the heart and centre
of the commerce of these islands ; speaking in this
room, which has witnessed so many generations of
great and meritorious men, I think I may congratu-
late your lordship, the city, and the country on the
gratifying fact that, notwithstanding the monetary
pressure which we have endured, notwithstanding
the disasters and calamities which have brought dis-
tress on many and ruin on some, yet the public
credit stands unimpaired ; yet the revenue maintains
itself ; yet the commerce of this country never, to
my knowledge, was on a better, sounder, or healthier
foundation. (Cheers.) Again, my Lord Mayor, it
is a subject of gratification that we have had the
satisfaction of witnessing the close of two sangui-
nary wars--one of shorter, the other of longer dura-
tion; but both of them accompanied with an amount
of bloodshed and misery far beyond that which
attends ordinary war, and both of them, also, bear-
ing too closely the character of that most most de-
plorable of all wars—namely, civil war. We rejoice
to see the return of peace. With regard to that great
country, our natural friend, our relation, I may call
it—that great republic across the Atlantic—the
storm of war has indeed ceased there, but the surface,
nay, I may say the interior, of society is still ruffled
and agitated. Yet I cannot but believe that that
great and powerful nation, which has made such
glorious efforts for the purpose of keeping down the
burden of debt which that war has entailed on its
national finances—which is making such superhuman
efforts to recover its financial position—l cannot but
believe that a country so deeply interested in the
science of self-government will, and speedily, know
how to compose the agitation which at present pre-"
vails, and exhibit to the world at no distant period
again the gratifying prospect of, a great, a proud,
and a prosperous community. (Loud cheers.) And,
gentlemen, I may be permitted to say that if in the
course of that dreadful war which has so long de-
vastated that country any questions may have arisen
between that and our country which have produced
the slightest amount of unpleasant feeling, I have a
confident expectation that the two Governments
apprOaching these questions in a spirit of mutual for-
bearance and kind conciliation—(loud cheers) —will
arrive at such a solution of those questions as not
only to remove all remnants of bitterness, but place
on a better foundation than ever our relations with
this great country, to which we are bound by so
many ties of interest and regard. (Loud cheers.) Of
the war in Germany I will not pretend to speak. It
is not for us to pass an opinion on the merits of that
war, and it would be premature now to express any
opinion as to its ultimate results. But with regard
to two of the countries mainly interested in that
war—with regard to Austria and Italy—now that
by the transfer of Venetia a burden is taken off from
one and a long-desired province is acquired by the
other, I entertain, in the best interests of the world,
a confident hope that these countries will de-
rive mutual advantages in maintaining the most
friendly relations, and that Italy especially, released
from any apprehension of foreign invasion or war,
will devote its attention to its internal affairs and
the further development of its great interests and
resources. (Cheers.) It is quite true that we can
claim no part in any great military achievement ;
but we, thank God, have no sanguinary battle to
deplore. We have no military triumphs to boast ;
but peace has its triumphs as well as war, and in
the course of the past year we can point to a triumph
more advantageous to the human race, redounding
more to the credit of the country, than any which
could be acquired by any warlike operations, how-
ever skilfully conducted and however bravely car-
ried on. (Cheers.) I allude to that great triumph
which has been achieved by British science, by
British skill, by British perseverance, by British
energy, by which we have maintained our claim to
exercise dominion over the sea, and combined in in-
timate and enduring bonds the great continents of
Europe and America, between which we have suc-
ceeded in annihilating time and space. (Cheers.)
And yet, my Lord Mayor, although we have not
been engaged in any warlike operations, I can hardly
say that we have no military achievements to boast
of, because in the course of the present year we have
seen the capital of Belgium occupied by a military
force, comprised of the joint forces of France and
England. (Cheers and a laugh.) We have•seen
that invasion conducted with the most perfect suc-
cess, and prominent among the invaders are no less
a person than the late Lord Mayor of London. (A
laugh.) That invasion has been one of a very re-
markable character. Our riflemen—the Volunteers
—there have reaped laurels on a bloodless field, but
they have achieved a still greater conquest by their
good conduct and admirable behaviour, a conquest
not over the territory, but over the hearts and affec-
tions of the people whom they invaded. It is well
known that the appetite for foreign invasion grows
by that which it feeds on, and next year we contem-
plate a bolder step, and I may frankly state—it may
not be diplomatic, but I will state that it is the in-
tention of the Government next year to invade the
neighbouring country of France on a very exten-
sive scale. (Cheers.) I think that the city of Paris,
that great and beautiful city, is placed in very
serious danger of being in the occupation of the
hosts of Europe and the world, to such au extent
that our neighbours will find it a very serious diffi-
culty to billet and provide for them. (A laugh.)
But it is one gratifying fact in such an invasion—
it differs from all other invasions in this—that the
invaders, and not the invaded, are the parties most
likely to be laid under contribution. (Cheers.) It
is my earnest hope, and I am sure it will be the
earnest hope of all those whom I address, that such
conquests and invasions may be the only ones that
Europe is destined for many years to witness—
(cheers)—conquest and invasions which leave be-
hind them no sting of bitterness, no envenomed
feelings, but which, on the other hand, by exciting
through various countries mutual feelings of respect,
admiration, and esteem, are a better security than
anything which kings can offer or statesman devise
for the general peace of the world—so happily ex-
pressed in the words " Peace on earth, and goodwill
to men." (Cheers.) I have now, my Lord Mayor,
to thank you for the kindness which you have shown
in listening to me for so long a time. (Cheers.) I
desire, on the part of my colleagues and myself,
gratefully to express our sense of the honour you

have done us in drinking our healths. I hope I need
not assure you of the deep satisfaction which we feel
at having had the honour of being received here as
Ministers of the Crown in this noble and time-
honoured hall, with that princely magnificenee
which has long been characteristic of the city of
London. And here I might close the observations
I have to make, but that I have your permission to
offer a toast which does not require much comment
on my part. In the early part of my observations, my
Lord Mayor, I drew a parallelbetween your position
and ours. lam not about to continue that parallel.
I am not about Co say anything about our imme-
diate predecessors. (A laugh.) Perhaps we are not
exactly the persons to do that—(a laugh)—or the
best judges of their merits. But with regard to
your predecessor I have no such hesitation. I ven-
ture to say that, having had the honour of being
received by many Lord Mayors, I never had the
honCTur of meeting with any one who discharged the
social duties of his high office with more grace,
ability, and dignity than the late Lord Mayor.
(Loud cheers.) It is not for the purpose of any in-
vidious comparison—for, as Mrs. Malaprop says,
comparisons are odious—that I make this reference
to your lordship's immediate predecessor, but know-
ing your own qualifications, and the manner iu
which you have discharged the duties which have
devolved upon you, I entertain a confident hope
that you will not disappoint the expectations which
have been formed of you in attaining the high posi-
tion t 9 which your fellow-citizens have raised you,
and when the time comes when you must retire from
it—l don't mean to suggest any comparison between
the period of your tenure of office and our own—(a
laugh)—but when you have to say to your fellow-
citizens valete you may add with confidence et
plaudite. (Loud and continued cheering.) The
noble lord concluded by giving "The Elealth of the
Lord Mayor," w hich was drunk with all the honours.
The LORD MAYOR, having briefly acknowledged
the compliment, said—lt is at all times a pleasing
task to propose the health of one who, while filling
his office, has on every occasion received marked
testimony of the approval of his fellow-citizens as to
the manner in which he discharged his duties. My
predecessor the late Lord Mayor—(loud cheers)—
has received the most ample expressions of applause
for his dignified and admirable conduct as chief
magistrate of the city of London—(cheers)—and he
now retires into comparatively private life with en-
hanced claims to the respect and esteem of his fel-
low-citizens, founded on the honours of the chair
well sustained, and its duties faithfully performed.
(Loud cheers.) I have great pleasure in giving you
" The Health of the late Lord Mayor."
The toast was drunk with much cordiality.

The late LORD MAYOR (Mr. Alderman Phillips),
who was received with loud cheers, said—lt was
once said by a distinguished statesman that the two
happiest days of his life were, first, that on which he
accepted office, and, secondly, that on which he
quitted it. If this applied to a distinguished states-
man, how much more must it necessarily apply to a
Lord Mayor, whose tenure of office is one series of
anxiety, of responsibility, and of labour. (Cheers.)
I have had the good fortune to serve my fellow-
citizens during the past year. I know that I have
served them faithfully and conscientiously—l wish I
could hope that I had done so efficiently. (Cheers.)
I retire from this office with a deep sense of grati-
tude, with a hope that I have won the good feeling
and the confidence of my fellow -citizens, and that I
may have the still greater fortune to retain it.
(Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR—The next toast I have to pro-
pose is " The House of Peers." (Cheers.) The
House of Lords is one of the most cherished insti-
tutions of our noble Constitution, formed as it is of
the most distinguished members of all the profes-
sions. Not a few of these have sprung from eminent
citizens of London. (Cheers.) While the House
of Peers contains much of the wisdom, learning,
and dignity of the nation, it no doubt holds fast to
many of our national prejudices, but even in that
respect it may be said to reflect the feelings of the
British public. (Cheers.) _ _

The Earl of MALMESBURY returned thanks.

The next toast proposed by the Lord Mayor was
that of " The Judges," which was acknowledged by
the Lord Chief Baron.

The LORD MAYOR next proposed the " Health of
the House of Commons," which he said, notwith-
standing the sweeping changes with which it was
threatened, fairly represented the intelligence and
general interests of the people. He only hoped,
however it might be altered, its new constitution
would represent them. as efficiently, and would se-
cure for it as thoroughly the respect and attachment
of the people. (Cheers.) They were favoured to-
night with the presence of the able leader of the House
of Commons. (Loud cheers.) He was sure they
were all disposed to do Justice to the high motives
which actuated that right hon. gentleman, and that
they would be prepared fully to suport and sus-
tain him amid all trials, difficulties, and anxieties
with which he would have to contend. The right
hon. gentleman, be sincerely believed, had only the
welfare of the community at heart. He desired to
do his best for the commerce of the country, and he
earnestly hoped his measures would be successful.
(Loud and continued cheers.)
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, who was re-
pp—My
respond to
Lord Mayor,
wcehiveendlwlaitsht, gsroemate
faell
yaeuasres, saagiod,--1-1
the toast which has just been given from the chair
mine was comparatively an easy task, for I had only
to express on the part of the House of Commons our
sense of the distinction conferred upon us by the
city of London in drinking our health, and to offer
to the city of London our reciprocal regard and
consideration. The relations between the city of
London and the House of Commons are of so long a
date—they are so memorable in events, and are, I
doubt not, at this moment so deeply cherished that
any observations of mine would be mere surplusage.
But you, my Lord Mayor, have reminded us this
evening that some busy spirits have since that day
arisen who have challenged the claim of the House
of Commons to public respect and regard, and even
have denied its title to that noble appellation which
it has so long borne. But when we are told that the
Houk of Commons has only for generations perpe-
trated a system of misgovernment ; when we are
told that their claim to be a representation of the
various classes and interests of this country is a mere
imposition, I cannot prevail upon myself to believe
that such opinions will ever be favoured by the city
of London. (Loud cheers.) I cannot believe that the
city of London will forget that for generations they
have co-operated with the I-louse of Commons in
building up that great fabric of public right and popu-
lar liberty under which it is our boast and our bles-
sing to live—(renewed cheers)—I cannot believe that
the city of London will forget that to this reviled House
of Commons the triple blessings which above all others
contribute to form and establish private and pub-
lic happiness—personal liberty, the freedom of the
press, and the pure administration of justice, which
have been so happily
established in this country,
are certainly iu no slight degree owing. Nor can
I believe that an enlightened community like the
city of London will forget that for now half a cen-
tury the House of Commons, by gradual and by
continuous efforts, has adapted the commercial
system of this country to the requirements of the
age, and to the ever fluctuating circumstances
human affairs. (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor,
trust that great deeds like those will not only be
remembered, but repeated in this country. My
Lord Mayor, I maintain that they have been, and
they only can be, accomplished in a land which is
blessed by Parliamentary and by municipal insti-
tutions. (Cheers.) Individuals may form com-
munities, but it is institutions alone that can create
a nation. (Loud cheers.)
The following toasts were then given and duly
responded to The Aldermen of the City of Lon-
don," "The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex,"
" The Attorney-General and the Bar of England,"
" The Lady Mayoress," and " The Recorder."
After which the company separated.

Some months since it was mentioned that
Dr. W. Byrd Powell, a phrenological, enthusiast in
America, bequeathed his head to a widow lady who
had been a favourite pupil. A Kentucky court
ordered the bead to be severed and given to the lady, which
was done. The widow with this odd dowry was soon after
married to Professor A. T. Kickeler, who is now lecturing
in New York on physiological subjects, and illustrating his
subject with Dr. Powell's head.

MISCELLANEOI7S AMERICAN NEWS.

During the war which began with the fall of
Sumter and ended with the collapse of the Confe-
deracy the State of Illinois furnished 258,217 men.
Only the great States of New York, Pennsylvania,
and Ohio exceeded this amount. These men were
furnished under the following calls :

April 15, 1861, for 75,000 men 4,820
April 22, 1861, for 500,000 men 81,952
May and Tune, 1862, for three months' men 4,696
July 2, 1862, for 300,000 men
October 17, 1863, for 500,000 men
March 14, 1864, for 200,000 men 21,351
April 23, 1864, for 100 days' men 11,368
July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men 15,412
December 19, 1864, for 300,000 men