The Sun.
London, England, 1859-10-27 00:00:00

BANQUET TO LORD BROUGIIAIIt

EDINBURGH, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
The banquet by the citizens of Edinburgh to Lora
Brougham took place this evening. About 650 silt
down to dinner, and about 400 ladies and gentle'
men were present as spectators.
The LORD PROVOST having in appropriate ears,
guage proposed " the health" of the noble lord,
LORD BROUGHAM rose to reply am:el manifesto"
Lions of great enthusiasm and delight. He said Ile
considered this invitation and this reception as °,ll
of the two greatest honours that had crowne,ia
g
not very short and a very variegated life. Pik
being chosen to represent the great county of Yol.,
was the other. He referred to the instancf'
of gross bribery and corruption lately disclosed 11
England, and expressed his great gratification thi;:
in Scotland electoral corruption did not exist at sp
Until it was extirpated with a steady, unflinching'
and strong hand the constitution of this country
would be upon its trial. That it would survive Ile_
entertained no doubt, because he entertained nu
doubt that that corruption would yet be entirely_
extirpated. He adverted, in affecting terms, to th!
many changes that had taken place since his la"
appearance in Edinburgh, 25 years ago, and 0.,"
pressed his pain to think that he was the surviv°'
now of nearly all his private friends. One change!
however, he found of a more happy desciiption--;
he had survived those rancours and delusions °I"
party which then to some extent prevailed, those
delusions which allowed no merit in an adverssrl
miand admitted no fault in a friend. Referrin;
the affairs of Italy, he said that whatever iv:Alcor
had originated the late war a certain amount
good had come out of it—a very great step ho be,en
made towards the independence of the Raba_
people ; and his hope was to see them under VI
King of Sardinia, as the only practicable Diode, 42..
insuring their independence. Alluding to Franc;
he pictured the great tempter holding out befeko
that nation the laurel, the emblem of war eh
glory, and expressed his hope that the Friell:e
would not be deceived by it ; and he describe(' the
tempter as likewise -offering to this country
apple, the emblem of the fruits of the earth, Od,
trying to lull this country into a false security, lee ~
ing it to abandon its preparations for defellla
In this last he knew that the tempter sv°l2ot
fail. This country, he said, did not distrn,
its neighbours, but it trusted to itself. Their au,,,,
was to be prepared by sea and land in every 'eil
in which an attack was possible, so as to render a,
impossible not only that the attack should suec,e',,,i
but that it should be attempted. We did the I',
both for our neighbour and ourselves by being e°b 5t
pletely and absolutely prepared for whatever in'g_ut
happen. (His Lordship was received throughi,"bo
with great applause.) Among the toasts et
evening were—" The Education of the Pcor of
proposed by the Lord-Advocate ; " The Collegj z,
Justice," proposed by Lord Brougham ; " The }'the
lish Bar," by Professor Aytoun ; and among sor
other speakers were the Duke of Argyll, Proles
Pillans, Mr. Robert Chambers, and others.

„Tr; 0'
VISIT OF THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS OF Pi,- -5 0-
—Preparations are being made at Windsor Castle forth e rest;
ception of their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princ t
Frederick William of Prussia and suite, who will arrive
e at
Frederick
Windsor shortly before the 9th prox , for the perPtE!tly
being present at the grand banquet in *honour of the
the
day of his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales; the,
illustrious visitors will not return to Prussia bel°'” 0
end of November, in order to be present at the celebratio%.
the birthday of the Princess Royal on the 21st of that woo'

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