The Sun.
London, England, 1866-01-17 00:00:00

Entertainment at the Mansion-liouse.

Last evening the Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayoress
entertained the members of the Court of Aldermen and
many persons of distinction at a grand banquet, which was
served in the Egyptian-hall of the Mansion-house.'Among
the guests, 126 in number, were Mr. Goschen, M.P., Chan-
cellor of the Duchy of Lancaster; Mr. Justice Shee, Sir
Roderick Murchison, K.C.8., Sir William Fergusson,
General Sir William Codrington, G.C.8., Lieut.-General
Sir John Pennefather, K.C.8., Vice-Admiral Sir Sydney
Dacres, K.C.8., Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A., Sir John
Thwaites, Mr. R. W. Crawford, M.P., Mr. Harvey Lewis,
M.P. ; the Governor of the Bank of England and Mrs.
Holland; Mr. H. Pownall, chairman of the Middlesex ma-
gistrates ; the Primo Warden of the Goldsmiths' Company,
the Master of the Salters' Company, Mr. Foster White,

treasurer of St. Bartholomew's Hospital ; Mr. J. E. John-
son, treasurer of Bridewell Hospital ; Mr. F. Hicks, trea-
surer of St. Thomas's Hospital ; Mr. Charles Dickens, Mr.
J. M. Levy, Mr. Kemshead, and Professor Hart, R.A. ;
Aldermen Copeland, Sir J. Duke, Sidney, Salomons, M.P.,
Finnis, Sir R. W. Carden, Carte; Rose, Lawrence, M.P.,
Gabriel, Allen, Mechi, Abbiss, J. C. Lawrence, Dakin,
Besley, Gibbons (Sheriff), Waterlow, and Stone, with their
ladies ; Mr. Sheriff Figgins, and Under-Sheriffs Duffett and
Rawlins; Mr. Scott, Chamberlain ; Mr. Chambers, M.P.,
Deputy Recorder; Mr. Woodthorpe, the Town Clerk;
Mr. Secondary Potter ; Mr. Brand, Controller ; Mr. Collie,
the Remembrancer ; Mr. Nelson, the City Solicitor; and
Col. Fraser, the City Commissioner of Police. The dinner
was served with more than ordinary splendour. The Lord
Mayor and the Lady Mayoress having drunk to the com-
pany in the loving cup, the Lord Mayor gave " The
Queen," which was received with all the accustomed marks
of loyalty and respect, as were all the other loyal toasts.
To the toast of " The Army and Navy," General Co dring-
ton and Admiral Dacres respectively responded, and Alder-
man Major Rose answered for the "Volunteers." The
toast of "The Court of Aldermen," given from the chair,
was responded to by Alderman Sir James Duke, the senior
Alderman present.

Mr. Justice SHEA returning thanks for "Her Majesty's
Judges," said although he had often had the honour of re-
ceiving the hospitalities of the chief magistrate of the city
of London, and on more than one occasion of returning
thanks for the toast of "The Bar," he had never been
called on to return thanks for the judges. He had not been
a judge more than two years, and ho had spent nearly the
whole of his life in admiring the qualities of those among
whom he had now the honour to be enrolled. Although
from time to time, and very frequently of late, thrown
into the shade by the lustre of naval and military glory,
the profession of the law had always been a favourite with
the people of this country. They looked upon it as a pro-
fession that opened up to the community, whatever their
original condition, the access to exalted fortune, a high-
way along which all had a right to travel, and in which
there was no gate through which a certificate of learning,
honour, and ability would not insure a passage. (Hear,
hear.) They knew that it was by no backstairs influence,
no Court intrigue, and no mean submission of any kind
that their Mansfields, their Tenterdens, their Dolmans,
their Cockburns, end their Erles, to say say nothing
of the minor luminaries which in all periods of our
history had adorned the bench, had attained the hon-
ours of their profession, but by hard work, great
learning, undeviating honour, and the application of all
the faculties of their minds to the service of their country,
(Cheers.) Since he had had the honour of being a member
of the bench of the superior courts he had every reason to
admire the principles which regulated the conduct of those
with whom he associated. There was an earnest desire to
do their duty, regardless of personal inconvenience, to the
suitors whose cases were brought before them ; and it was
on account of that determination to do their duty that they
received on occasions like that the compliments for which
he had the honour to return thanks.

The LORD MAYOR then gave "The House of Commons."
The last time, he said, ho had tho honour to propose that
toast, he called the House of Commons an august assembly,
a term which was afterwards severely criticised. He had
still the boldness to call it not only an august assembly,
but a noble institution, of which the people of this country
were justly proud. (Cheers.) They hardly knew what
the new House of Commons was to be, but they had all a
great confidence in it from recollections of the past; they
knew the courage, the high principle, and the intellect of
the English House of Commons, and that, be they of what
party they might, its members would make it their study
faithfully to represent the liberties and protect the freedom
of the British people. Among the members of that assem-
bly present he was proud to recognise one of the represen-
tatives of this great city, the Right Hon. Geo. Goschen. It
was a source of gratification to him to be enabled to assure
the right hon. gentleman that the citizens of London had
watched with pride and anxiety the rapid promotion which
had awaited him in that distinguished assembly. He was
sure he had fairly won the proud position he occupied, and
that he would do honour to the House of Commons—
(hear)—but while it was his duty and his pleasure to speak
of him in the terms he had had the happiness to do, it
would ill becoine him to forget the able, efficient, and dis-
tinguished services of old and faithful friends. He need
scarcely remind the citizens of London what a faithful re-
presentative their honoured friend Sir James Duke had
been for 20 years—(heaf, hear)—and it would be ungrate-
ful in him to omit to recognise the faithful and unflinching
services of Mr. Crawford, and especially in upholding the
liberties and privileges of the city of London. (Cheers.)
He gave them the toast of " The House of Commons,"
associating with it the name of Mr. Goschen. (Cheers.)
Mr. GoscREN, in reply to the compliment, said he did
not wish to join issue with any one as to whether or not
the House of Commons might properly be called an august
assembly, but ho was obliged to take exception to his be-
ing selected to return thanks for an assembly of which he
was for the present no longer a member. (A laugh.)
The Lord Mayor had forgotten that he had placed
him in the delicate position of having to speak
for a body to whom ho hoped to belong, though from whom
he was for the time disassociated. How could he return
thanks without betraying matters that must come before
the citizens of London before many weeks elapsed ? Never-
theless, in the name of those with whom he worked in the
last Parliament, and with whom ho hoped to work in the
next, ho ventured to thank the Lord Mayor for the way in
which he had spoken of the House of Commons. Their
work was before them, and hard work it would be. It was
a very different thing to stand on the hustings and to
stand on the floor of the House of Commons. There were
many drawbacks as there were many pleasures in the life
of a member of the House of Commons. He had had to
make a decision which he could not make without some
perplexity: for, speaking there in the Mansion-house,
and in the company of the chief magistrate of the City
of London, it was no slight thing to say of himself
that ho had elected to give up the occupation in which
ho had been engaged for many years, to leave the fruit
on the boughs for others to gather, and to surrender
an interest in a firm which had taken half a century
to build up. (Hear, hear.) Ho had been called on to
make his election, and he had preferred the prospects of
political life. It remained for the citizens of London, who
first returned him to Parliament, to say whether they
would indorse his decision. As a merchant, he had com-
mitted suicide—he hoped under extenuatiw circum-
stances—(a laugh)—and if he was able to devote his un-
divided time and attention to the service of his constituents
and his country, whatever others might say and think, he
did not think his friends in the City would undervalue the
importance of a step which separated him, not from the
representation
of commerce or from those who were en-
gaged in it, but from the memories which clung round ten
years of active life spent in trade, and would separate his
name from actual business and sever him for ever from
Schedule C of the income-tax. (A laugh.) It remained
for him to say that he intended to devote himself to the
best services of the State, but not as an office-seeker or an
idler, and he thanked them in the name of the House of
Commons for the compliment they had been pleased to pay
them.

Some other toasts followed appropriate to the occasion;
and Mr. Charles Dickens having with characteristic grace
proposed " The Health of the Lady Mayoress," the com-
pany separated about half-past ten o'clock.

PRESENTATION BY MISS BATE3fAN TO MR. JOY.—
Miss Bateman presented to Mr. Joy, her esteemed
agent, prior to her departure for New York, a very
magnificent vase, executed to order by Hunt and Roskell,
with the following inscription :—" Presented to John Joy,
Esq., as a slight remembrance of three years' kind and
thoughtful attention to her comfort and interests, by his
attached friend, K. J. Bateman. London, Christmas,
1865."

THE NEW YORK HEAD CENTRESS OF FENIANISM.
—LIVERPOOL, Monday.—One of the last acts of the
executive body of the Irish Republic at New York was to
despatch "Head Centress" O'Mahony on a mission to Ire-
land, with unlimited powers to do what might seem best
in her eyes under existing circumstances. This may look
like an exaggeration, but it is nevertheless strictly true,
and within the last ten days this very " Head Centress"
arrived in Liverpool by ono of the mail boats from New
York. She travelled, of course, unaccompanied, and under
a different name from her own. She was remarkable on
the passage for her ladylike manners and superior intelli-
gence ; but no one knew who she was. Two neat trunks
and a glazed leather hand-bag constituted her luggage, and
it was remarked that she not only eschewed crinoline, but
rated its patrons soundly—(this may not be the worst
phase of female Fenianism). On landing at Liverpool she
proceeded to one of the first-class hotels, where she re-
mained for the rest of the day and that night, and left next
day for Dublin, by way of Holyhead. There is still a
Head Centre of the Brotherhood remaining in Liverpool,
and that gentleman (for he certainly comes within the
meaning of the term) had notice of her visit, called on her
at the hotel, and had an interview of about ten minutes
duration before she started for Dublin. She is now in the
Irish metropolis, where she may remain until the exca-
vator, " Old Time," reveals more of the movements
contemplated by her under the cognomen of "Head Cen-

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HER MAJESTY.

OSBORNE, Tuesday.
Her Majesty drove out yesterday afternoon in a
carriage and four, accompanied by Princess Helena,
Princess Leiningen, and Princess Hermann of
Hoheulohe.

Lord Alfred Paget attended on horseback.

The Prince of Wales.
SIX-MILE Borro3l, Tuesday.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, attended
by Major Grey, arrived last evening at 7.30 from
Sandringham to pay the promised visit to General
Hall, at his shooting-box, at which his Royal High-
ness the Duke of Cambridge frequently joins the
General for a few days' shooting. The Prince of
Wales was met at the station by General Hall, and
conducted to the cottage, which is situated very
contiguous to the railway station.
The following is a list of those who had the honour
of dining last evening with his royal highness :
General Hall, Major G. H. Grey, Lord Colville,
Lord Huntingfield, Lord Elcho, Lord George
Manners, the Marquis of Bowmont, Hon. T. de
Grey, M.P., and Major Hall.
This morning his Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, with Major Grey, Hon. T. de Grey, Lord
Colville, Lord Huntingfield, Lord Elcho, Lord
George Manners, and the Marquis of Bowmont,
with General Hall, drove to Larke's Hall, and,
notwithstanding the heavy rain, commenced
pheasant shooting in the preserves.

Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cambridge,
attended by Lady Geraldine Somerset and Colonel Home
Puri es, arrived at Sandringham House yesterday afternoon
on a, visit to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales.

His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge left
town yesterday evening on' a visit to General Hall at
Weston Colville, near Newmarket, where his royal high-
ness will meet the Prince of Wales and a select party for
shooting.

His Serene Highness Prince Christian of
Schleswig-Holsto in, attended by Count Rantzau, arrived
in England yesterday on a visit to her Majesty at Osborne,
where it is expected the prince will remain during the
present month.

The Duchess (Dowager) of Grafton has arrived
in town from Wakefield Lodge, Northamptonshire.
Earl Russell has arranged to leave Pembroke
Lodge, Richmond Park, to-morrow, accompanied by the
countess and family, for the family residence in Chesham-
place, for the season.

A Cabinet Council was held yesterday at the
official residence of the First Lord of the Treasury, iu
Downing-street. The Ministers present were—Earl Rus-
sell, the Lord Chancellor, Earl Granville, the Duke 'of
Argyll, Sir George Grey, the Earl of Clarendon, the Right
Hon. Edward Cardwell, Earl do Grey, the Chancellor "of
the Exchequer, the Duke of Somerset, the Right Hon. T.
Milner Gibson, Lord Stanley of Alderley, and the Right
Hon. C. P. Villiers.

Queen Victoria has presented the Princess
Royal's little boy with a gift like that she lately made to
Prince Albert Victor. A Berlin correspondent describes
the present as a silver statuette of the late Prince Concert,
three feet in height, the Prince being represented as "a
hero conquering sin," arrayed in golden coat of mail, and
carrying the Christian banner aloft in his right hand. On
the pedestal are engraved several legends in Biblical lan-
guage, said to have been composed by Mrs. Prothero, of
Whippingham, near Osborne.

Foundering of the Amalia Steam-ship.

LOSS OF UPWARDS OF £250,000.

The total loss of this large steamer, one of the
new line of steamers recently established in con-
nexion with an overland route to India from Liver-
pool, was made known yesterday in the City, and
from the very heavy amount of insurances effected
on her at Lloyd's and different marine offices—nearly
£2so,ooo—her wreck excited considerable interest.

The Amalia was a first-class built steamer 3,000
tons burthen, and was owned by Messrs. Pagavannt
and Co., of Liverpool. Lloyd's Register of shipping
describes her as having been constructed, under
special survey, at Glasgow, in 1860. She had six
bulkheads, was 277 ft. long, 37 ft. beam, 25 ft. 6 in.
depth of hold, and fitted with engines of 280-horse
power. She left Liverpool on Saturday, the 6th
inst., with a very heavy cargo for Malta and Alex-
andria, and the pilot left her at 3.30 that afternoon,
all well. Nothing further was heard until Monday,
when the Laconia steamer reached Liverpool, and
brought intelligence of the Amalia having foundered,
and was a total loss in the Bay of Biscay.
The particulars of her loss are thus detailed by her
commander, Capt. Perius :—On Sunday, 7th, noon,
fresh gale from W.N.W., with a cross sea, ship
plunging heavily, and taking great quantities of
water on deck. At 4.45 p.m. passed the. Smalls
Light. At midnight strong gale from W.N.W.,

unable to sound 'the pumps, owing to the quantity
of water on deck. Monday, Bth, strong gale, hard
squalls, rain and hail, and a high cross sea ; 4 a.m.
brought ship's head to the sea, and eased the en-
gines, for fear of the heavy seas coming on board
doing damage. Noon, same weather. Midnight,
less wind and sea ; kept on our course. Tuesday,
9th, gale increasing, with squalls of rain ; en-
gines eased and ship's head to the sea. Still
unable to sound the pumps. Towards night wind
hauled to N.W., and gale apparently decreasing.
Wednesday, 10th, wind W., strong. At 4 a.m.
put ship on her course, and turned ahead full
speed. Noon, fresh breeze from S.W., squally,
and heavy rain. Sounded pumps ; ship making no
water. Four p.m., gale increasing, with a high cross
sea ; engines eased again, and ship's head brought
to the sea. Six p.m., blowing a hurricane, sea mak-
ing a clean breach over the ship, carrying away port
bulwarks, rails, and gangways, two lifeboats and
starboard cutter ; mast compass blown away, and
steerage compass washed away. At eight p.m.
violent hurricane, seas doing much damage about
the decks ; bunker lids washed off, great quantities
of water got down to the boiler fires and extin-
guished them. At 9.45 p.m. engines stopped, and
ship became unmanageable, rolling and straining
heavily ; endeavoured to set canvas and repair
damage of decks. Thursday, Jan. 11, similar
weather, ship labouring heavily, and decks full of
water. At two a.m. got the deck pumps rigged, and
commenced to pump water from the engine room.
At nine a.m. got canvas on the ship; nine feet of
water in the engine-room ; unable to sound the
pumps, but apparently much deeper ; all hands at
the pumps. At 3.30 p.m. sighted the screw steamer
Laconia, and signalled her for assistance ; wished her
to tow us, but she could not, and darkness setting
in she signalled that she would remain by us for the
night; pumps at work, and the men baling out of
stokehole with buckets. Midnight, strong winds and
squally, with rain and a high sea ; ship still rolling
and straining heavily, and shipping much water ;
unable to sound the pumps. Friday, Jan. 12, at
two a.in. water gaining fast on both pumps and
buckets. At six a.m. 12 feet of water in the engine-
room ; signalled the Laconia that we were sinking.
At nine a.m. 14 feet of water in the engine-room,
and unable to sound the hold in consequence of the
sea breaking over. The Laconia's boat came along-
side and took off the passengers and crew ; lowered
our boats, all hopes of saving the ship being given
up. All safe on board the Laconia at one p.m., and
at 5.55 p.m. the Amalia foundered in lat. 46.31 N.,
long. 8.40 W.
The Amalia is reported to be insured for £50,000,
and her cargo to about £200,000. All the officers,
crew, and passengers lost their baggage and every-
thing belonging to them. The loss of the steamer
is attributable mainly to the bunkers not being fitted
with lid coverings.

" HISTORY OF JULIUS CESAR," BY NAPOLEON
lll.—Tho second volume of the Emperor Napoleon'e
" History of Julius Caesar," trail-slated into English, will,,
it is believed, soon be forthcoming from the press 0'
Messri. Cassell, Petter, and Galpin, who aro the published
of the work in England. Tho new volume treats of the
great General's campaigns and some of the most remark-
able features of his career as a statesman. It will contain
32 maps. The pecuniary results of the publication In
England of the first volume have allowed of a considerable
sum received above that stipulated for the English cell'
right being paid over to the representatives of the Emperor
by the publishers.