The Sun.
London, England, 1861-05-02 00:00:00

'T TO THE EARL OF DERBY.
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Last evening the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor
and the Lady Mayoress entertained the Earl of
Derby and a distinguished circle of his political
friends at a banquet at the Mansion House.
Amongst the distinguished personages present we
noticed the Earl and Countess of Derby, Duke of
Rutland, Duke of Cleveland, Marquis and Mar-
chioness of Salisbury, Marquis of Bath, Marquis of
Abercorn, Marquis and Marchioness of Exeter,
Earl of Shrewsbury, Earl and Countess of Warwick,
Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Malmesbury, Earl of
Lucan, Earl of Longford, Earl of Powis, Earl and
Countess of Stradbroke, Earl and Countess Vane,
Lord Burghley, M.P., Right Hon. Lord J. Manners,
M.P. Lord R. Montagu, M.P., Viscount Hood,
M.P., Viscount Ingestre, M.P., Right Hon. Lord
Stanley, M.P., Lord Lovaine, M.P., Lord Robert
Cecil, M.P., and Lady Cecil, Lord and Lady
Colville, Lord Dynevor, Lord and Lady Begot,
Lord Redesdale and the Hon, Miss Mitford,
Lord and Lady Colchester, Lord and Lady Temple-
more, Lord and Lady Ashburton, Lord Raglan,
Lord and Lady Chelmsford, Lord and Lady Claud
Hamilton, Gen. Hon. James and Lady Sarah Lind-
say, Hon. W. and Lady Emma Talbot, Col.
the Hon.
G. C. and Mrs. Scott, Hon. Gerard Noel, Vi•P"H"'
H. Egerton, M.P., Hon. H. Butler Johnstone, M.P.,
Hon. C. Forester, Hon. Robert and Mrs. Curzon,
Hon. F. Stewart and Mrs. WortleY,Right lion. B.
and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir John and LadiLPaadking2loiene,
Sir W. H. and Lady Satliffe,rGen:
and Mrs. Lady Alice
Peel, Right Hon. Speliceiir.p
Right Hon. T. S. Estcourt,_oL. H.
and Lady Harriett Corry, Rig
Miss ht Hon. J. a.n
Henlel, Right lion. J. and Mrs. Napier,
Right lion. C. B. Adderley, M.P., Right Hon. J.
Whiteside, Right Hon. R. A. and Miss Mowbray,
mnsurus Bey, Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., Sir
George Bowyer, M.P., Sir Minto Farquhar, M.P.,
and Lady Farquhar, Sir J. Elphinstone, M.P., Sir
F. and Lady Heygate, Sir Hugh and Lady Cairns,
the Queen's Advocate and Lady Harding, Major-
Gen. and Mrs. Wood, Col. Taylor, M.P., Mr. B.
Cochrane, M.P., and Mrs. Cochrane, Mr. T. Baring,
M.P., Mr. Deedes, M.P., Mr. R. W. Kinnaird, M.P.,
and Mrs. Kinnaird, Mr. W. S. Fitzgerald, M.P.,
Mr. T. Collins, M.P., Mr. W. Stirling, M.P., Mr.
Matins, M.P., and Mrs. Matins, Mr. Whitmore,
M.P., Mr. Peaeocke, M.P., Mr. Horsfall, M.P., Mr.
Abel Smith, M.P., and Lady Susan Smith, Mr. G.
Hardy, M.P., and Mrs. Hardy, Mr. Bovill, M.P.,
and Mrs. Bovill, Mr. 11. Paull, M.P., Mr. Sclater
Booth, M.P., Mr. W. W. Beach, M.P., and Mrs.
Beach, Capt. Darner, M.P,, and Hon. Mrs. Darner,
Mr. G. Lyall, M.P., Mr. Kekewich, M.P., and Mrs.
Kekewich, Mr. S. G. Smith, M.P., Mr. Watlington,
M.P., and Mrs. Watlington, Mr. S. Cave, M.P.,
Mr. George, M.P., Mr. G. Cubitt, M.P., and Mrs.
Cubitt, Mr. W. Heygate, M.P., and Mrs. Heygate,
Mr. Melville and Lady Charlotte Portal, Mr. Lewis
and Miss Cubitt, Mr. Ralph Earle,Mr.Bosall,R.A.,
Mr. J. D. Samuda, Col. Meyrick, Mr. J. G. Elsey,
Capt. Fremantle, Mr. F. and Hon. Mrs. Goulburn,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Humphery, Mr. and Mrs:
J. Humphery, Mr. and Mrs. G. Humphery, Miss
011iffe, Mr. and Mrs. S. Bethell, Mr. B. Carroll,
Mr. J. Carroll, Mr. and Mrs. A. Wood, Mr. and
Mrs. C. Sumner, Rev. A. Cazenove, Mr. and Mrs.
P. Rose, Mr. and Mrs. C. Ross, Major Fraser, Mr.
and Miss Farrar, Mr. and Mrs. Buckley, Mr.
Tudor, Mr. and Mrs. Parkin, Mr. Beamish, Mr.
and Mrs. Curwen, Mr. and Mrs. Cutbill, Mr. and
Mrs. Fowler, Mr. and Miss Pressley, Mr. and Mrs.
Mure, Dr. and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, Master of
Merchant Taylors, Mr. S. Pigeon, Mr. B. Master-
man,
Mr. Alderman Copeland, M.P., and Mrs.
Capper, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Wilson, Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Humphery, Sir J. and Lady
Musgrove, Mr. Alderman Salomons, M.P., Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Finnis, Sir R. W. and Lady
Carden, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Carter, the Re-
corder, Sir H. and Lady Muggeridge, Mr. Alder-
man and Mrs. Rose, Mr. Alderman and Miss
Lawrence, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Phillips, Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Gabriel, Mr. Alderman Allen,
Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Mechi, Mr. Alderman and
Sheriff Abbiss, and Mrs. Downing, Mr, Alderman J.
C. Lawrence and Miss Lawrence, Mr. Alder-
man and Mrs. Dakin, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Lusk,
Mr. and Mrs. Banning, Mr. Deputy Farrer and
other Corporation Chairmen.
Grace—" For these and all Thy mercies given"
—having been chanted by the vocalists, namely,
Miss Poole, Master Lee, Mr. Young, and Mr. I. L.
Hatton, who directed on the occasion, and the lov-
ing cup having been sent round,
The LORD MANOR rose and said that, in offering
the first toast of the evening to their consideration,
it was unnecessary to commend it for their accept-
ance. They, as Englishmen, might be proud of
the position which her Majesty enjoyed as one of
the first—if not the first—potentates of the earth.
But they might rejoice especially at the position
which she occupied in the affection of her people,
and in the example which she set as a Sovereign to
the world. He begged to give " The Queen."
• The toast was drunk with enthusiasm.
The LORD MAvon then gave, " The Prince Con-
sort, Albert Prince of Wales, and the rest of the
Royal family," which was drunk with great cor-
diality.
The Loup MAYOR then proposed the toast of
"The Army, Navy, and Volunteers ;" and, in doing
so, said that amongst the guests was Sir John
Pakington, who, as a member of Lord Derby's Go-
vernment, first drew the attention of the country to
the great necessity of making efforts to increase and
improve that important branch of our defence, the
navy. (Cheers.)
The Earl of Lucy expressed his acknowledg-
ments for the honour done to the army.
Sir Join; PAKINGTON said he could only attri-
bute his being called upon to return thanks on
behalf
of the navy to the belief that the Government of Lord
Derby, of which he had been a humble member, had
done their utmost to increase the strength of that
great service, which was the best protection of British
power and the best security for British safety. (Hear.)
Ile was bound to acknowledge that the present Go-
vernment had not relaxed those exertions. God grant
that the present threatening appearance of affairs
might pass away and that the peace of the world might
be maintained, but if unhappily the public tranquility
should be disturbed, he trusted that whether in wood
or in iron, or in those brave hearts—without which
neither wood nor iron would be availing—the navy
of England would be found as competent as ever to
maintain its glorious character in its future achieve-
ments. (Cheers.)
Lord COLVILLE in acknowledging the toast of the
volunteers, observed that he had the honour to com-
mand the most ancient volunteer regiment in the
country—the Royal
ad Artexisted forillery Compmore than any of the
three
City
of London, which h
centuries. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said lie had now to propose the
health of their highly honoured guest, the distin-
guished head of the Conservative party—(loud
cheers)—Gr. which that numerous important and
influential body might be justly proud. (Loud
cheers.)
esteem and admiration of
He' was not only entitled to the
ywho gladly
acknowledged him tvi thei the
part" all who
excellent
head, but of \
desired to see our
pre-
served in all its integrity
constitution
(Cheers.) The noble earl,
whose and efficiency.
brilliant
quence they had often listened to
breath-
less attention, had frequently inculcated. those prin-
ciples
upon which the greatness and security of
empire depended, and the same principles anima-
ted his supporters and followers, who he was con-
vinced would lend a willing and ready ear to his
counsels, emanating as those counsels did from an
enlightened and pure mind, and based as they
were on the purest patriotism--not seeking office
for any selfish= purpose, but always ready to perform
their duty, and prepared and ready on an emer-
gency to attend to the call of their Sovereign
whenever she might require them, lie begged, in
,conclusion, to give " The Earl of Derby."
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
The Earl of DEBBY in rising. to return thanks
/vas warmly and enthusiastically cheered. His
lordship said,—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentle-
well, I should indeed be dead to every sentiment of
gratitude if I were not deeply moved by the high
compliment which your lordship has been pleased
to pay me this day by the flattering terms in which
I,avc, nersonally spoken of myself, and by the