The Sun.
London, England, 1861-11-01 00:00:00

THE ARNE,

The Adjutant-Gen., Sir James Yolks Scarktt,
has addressed the annexed circular memorandum
to the army at home and abroad :
" Some doubts appearing to exist as to the manner in
which the minor offences of non-commissioned officers
should be recorded, or whether any such record should be
kept, his Royal Highness the General Commanding-in-
Chief directs that in future ono uniform method be adopted,
and all offences bo recorded in the company defaulter book,
from which such only as are brought to trial should be
transferred to the regimental defaulter book."
The Secretary of State for War has, on the re-
commendation of his Royal H ighness the General
Commanding•in-Chief, consented to grant to sol-
diers while acting in place of ,non-commissioned
officers attached to the riding establishment at
Maidstone, to be trained as riding masters, an
allowance making up their pay to that of the non-
commissioned officers whose duties they perform.

A general order has been issued, wherein officers
of the army are informed that the examination in
July, 1802, of cadidateN for admission to the Staff

- "JAMES YOIIKE, SCARLET; Adjt.-Gen."
A diicei received at tl ,e headquarters of the Royal
Engineer establishment c, Chatham, from St. Helena,
state that the 32d co• mpany of Royal Engineers,
under, the command of Cal:it. D. A. Frazer, is em-
ployed in the repair •af the existing fortifications,
as well as in the erection of additional de-
fences for the better pvotection of that island. A
portion of the Royal .I,ngineers are also engaged in
the erection of a ranße of hats for the married non-
commissioned officers and men. The 32d company
will be stationed at St. Helena for several years,
during the whole of which time the sappers and
miners will be employed on the fortifications.

The 34th (Capt. Gordon's) company of Royal
Engineers, which has been placed under orders to
embark for Bermuda to relieve the 26th company,
has been completed t o its full strength of 100 men
of all ranks from tl le depot companies at head-
quarters. The cletaci men ts selected from the depot
companies at Bromp ton Barracks to join the 7th
company, at Halifax, will also embark with the
34th company. The 7th company is greatly in
want of masons, bri .lklayers, and carpenters, to
assist in carrying out the Government works in pro-
gress in Nova Scotia, and the men who proceed from
Chatham to join that, company have been selected
from those trades. T.he 34th company, which goes
to Bermuda under the command of Lieut. R. H.
Vetch, will leave Chatham and embark at Ports-
mouth next week.

Yesterday Major-Gen. H. Eyre, commanding the
Chatham district, inspected the sth, 17th, and 34th
companies of Royal Engineers, together with the
reinforcements for the 7th company at Halifax.
The companies, each numbering about 100 men of
all ranks, were paraded in marching order on the
general parade ground at Brompton Barracks to
await the arrival of Major-Gen. Eyre, who was ac-
companied by Col. H. D. Harness, C. 8., Director
of the Royal Engineer establishment, Lieut.-Col.
Gorgon, and Major Congreve. After making an in-
dividual inspection of each company, Major-Gen.
Eyre examined the kits, clothing, and accoutrements
of the men. The 17th company arrived at Brompton
a few days since from Malta, after an absence of 11
years; and the sth company from Woolwich, where
it has been doing duty nearly six years.
Yesterday a further discharge of 60 non-com-
missioned officers and men of various regiments
took place from tte invalid establishent, St. Mary's
Barracks, Chatham, the whole of that number hay-
ing been found unfit for further service.

THE EARL OF SHREWSBURY AND SIR
J. PiIKINGTON A 7 WORCESTER.

WORCESTER, THURSDAY.

The annual dinner of the Worcester Conservative
Association was held here last night. Between 600
and 700 persons dined together at the Shirehall,
under the presidency of Sir E. A. H. Lechmere,
Bart. Among the guests at the principal table
were the Earl of Shrewsbury and Talbot, Viscount
Elmley, M.P.; Right Hon. Sir T. Pakington, Bart.,
M.P. ; Hon. F. Lygon, M.P., Sir H. Lambert, &c.
After the customary loyal toasts, " The House of
Lords" having been proposed by Captain Candler,
_ _

The Earl of SIIREWSBIIRY and TALBOT respon-
ded. The House of Lords, he said, was an institu-
tion highly valued, and if he might be allowed to
say so, deservedly esteemed by the nation. It had
often been said by noisy Democrats and clamorous
Republicans that the House of Lords was of no use.
True, they were not at liberty to tax the people,
but they were in their places to protect their rights
and to preserve the institutions of the country, and
ho would remind them that the Barons of England
were the first to grant liberties to the people. Him-
self boasting of no powers of oratory, he thought
the House of Lords might safely challenge the
House of Commons for talent in debate. They had
their Lyndhurst, their Derby, their Ellenborough,
and many other persons as orators; and he thought
he might assert that these had in no way forfeited
its acquired reputation, either for talent or integ-
rity. (Hear, hear.) Their privileges had not been
given to them for their own personal benefit, bat
for the sake of maintaining those institutions which
their forefathers had handed down to them. Refer-
ence had been made by previous speakers to the un-
happy contention that was going on on the other
side of the Atlantic. (Hear, hear.) In America,
they saw Democracy on its trial; and they saw
how it had failed. (Hear, hear.) He was afraid
the result would show that the separation
of the two great sections of that country
was inevitable, and those who lived long enough
would, in his opinion, see an aristocracy established
in America; he would not say an aristocracy of
dukes and earls, but an aristocracy of some sort or
other, so great Ndas the necessity of having a
middle state between democracy and despotism.
(Hear, hear.) With regard to the present Govern-
ment, he said they had kept themselves in power
by advocating one set of principles and practising
another. Lord Palmerston had been connected
with every party that had been in office in his
time, and he likened him to a successful political
Blondin—(laughter)—who, from his political tight-
rope, looked down from the grandest heights, only,
caring to keep himself where ho was.
T. G. CURTLER, Esq., proposed " The House of
Commons," coupling with the toast the name of Sir
John Pakington.

The Right Hon. Sir 3. S. PAKINGTON replied in
an able speech, observing that he was not sure that
there was not an actual majority of Conservatives
in the house at the present time, and this was the
great difficulty of the present moment. They had
many .men in the House of Commons who were so
bound by party ties and party connections that
they had not the moral courage to give expression
to their Conservative principles, by which in reality
they were influenced. (Hear. hear.) They (the
Conservative party) had been asked—Why did they
complain of the present state of affairs. Had they
not a Conservative statesman for Prime Minister P
In his (Sir J. Pakington's) opinion this was a very
damaging thing to trust to. Lord Palmerston, they
knew, had been long connected with Tory Govern-
ments and was the possessor of Tory principles, and
he believed he had not forgotten the lessons which,
during that period, he had imbibed, or the principles
which during that period he professed ; but he would
not now trust to Lord Palmerston's Conservative
opinions, and for.this excellent and simple reason,
that Lord Palmerston could not trust to his own
Conservative opinions. (Hear, hear.) If they would
look to the history of the last two sessions of Par-
liament they would find ample confirmation of this
opinion. Ho would ask them to carry their memo-
ries back no further than the year 1860, and to the
Reform Bill, to which Lord Palmerston was a re-
luctant party, very likely, but still he was a party
to it, and to that budget in which the finances of
England were most recklessly and ruinously dealt
with. (Hear, hear.) And if he wanted a proof of
the damaging state of political parties iu England ,

at this moment he would refer to the, r Lotorious
manner in which, rather than face the s. Name of
breaking up a coalition recently formed, sta tesmcn
were compelled to give their approval to mea Surer
in public which it wns no secret that they in pri-
vate entirely disapp,..oved of. (Hear, and cheei, 6.)
And what had they seen in the session of Parii4-
Tnent recently closed ? They had seen a v,ery
similar proceeding enacted. They had again seen
the finances of England ruinously and recklessly
dealt with, and he was sorry to say that they had
seen a statesman of high private character coming
down to the House of Commons week after week,
speaking against measures which his more demo-
cratic friends and allies had introduced, and then
walking into the lobby and voting for the very pro-
positions which he had condemned. (Hear, hear,
and cheers.) This was a very dangerous state of
things when men of Conservative feelings were so
bound and fettered by party connection with men of
different opinions from themselves that they were
no longer able to maintain that high character for
honesty, consistency, public principle which ought
to be the leading characteristic of the British states
man. (Loud cheers.) Ho (Sir John. Pakington)
wanted to see this state of things put an end to.
(Hear, hear.) It was unwholesome, unsafe, and he
wished to see a restoration of that honest line of
principle from which they would be able to know
when they saw on which side a gentleman ranked
himself, what were really the feelings and
principles by which he guided his political
action. Alluding next to the war in America,
the hon. baronet asked what were they fight-
ing for ? There was one great principle which
they might have had in antagonism. The North
might have said, " You Southern people are the
owners of slaves, and we do battle with you to put
an end to slavery." (Cheers.) But they had not
said so ; they could not say so, for though the
Northerners did not hold slaves they had sanc-
tioned slavery ; and they were not waging this
horrible war in order to put an end to the evils of
slavery. (Hear.) His belief was that, from Presi-
dent Lincoln downwards, there was not a man in
America would venture to tell them that he really
thought it possible that by the force of circum-
stances the North could hope to compel the South
to again join them in constituting the United
States. It was altogether hopeless, and it wax
shocking to see a war waged with so little cause,
for it was his sincere belief that the real instigation
for this terrible war was the shame they felt that
the world should witness the disruption of that
great experiment. (Hear, hear.) He earnestly
asked—and he was sure every man present there
that day would join in the wish—that that war
might be speedily put an end to. (Hear, hear.) He
could not refrain from expressing a wish that the
great Powers of Europe would remonstrate against
its continuance. He thought the Emperor of Russia
had afforded a good example to Europe by the
course which he had taken. They all knew that
America was very sensitive to European opinion,
and he (Sir J. Pakington) could not help thinking
that if the Powers of Europe were, without at-
tempting actual interference, to offer their remon•
strances to America, they might have a beneficial
effect. (Hear hear.) He must confess that he was
disappointed at the language held by Earl Russell
on this subject at the recent meeting at Newcastle.
He did not blame the policy which the Govern-
ment had adopted with regard to America. He
thought they were right in adopting the principle
of neutrality, but ho did wish that Earl Russell had
availed himself of the opportunity, at Newcastle,
of expressing himself in somewhat warmer and
more decided language as to the views of England
with regard to this war. He had heard it said that
they ought not to judge of American institutions by
the fact of this civil war—that civil war might occur
in any country, and that this was not to be consi-
dered as any result of democratic principle. But his
answer to this was, that the institutions of America
had broken down before that war had begun. Let
them ask any intelligent American citizen what
were his views on the subject. Had democracy
succeeded ? had extreme democracy contributed
to promote the happiness of mankind ? What had
been the work of American institutions ? Had the
administration of justice been pure ? Had the
Government been free from corruption ? Was
liberty of person secure for the minority ? Ask in-
telligent American citizens, and they would tell
them that which was within his (Sir John's)
knowledge, and which they had told again and
again to Englishmen in America and at home.
" Take warning from this country" they had said :
" beware of what you are doing in England. Beware
how you copy that democracy which unhappily we
have adopted." (Cheers.) Did not these facts speak
to them in terms which they as intelligent citi-
zens of a great State were not at liberty to disre-
gard ? Did it not say to them in words as plain
as the handwriting on the wall—" Happy Eng-
land; cherish the institutions you have; support
your monarchy ; guard your pure religion ; main-
tain your liberties." These were what he held to
be the true principles of Conservatism. These were
the principles which he believed they all enter-
tained. These were the principles on which they
wished to act. Not insensible to the necessity of
progress ; not insensible to the necessity of improve-
ment, but determined to guard those blessings
which they enjoyed under the constitution under
which they lived. (Cheers.) Those were the prin-
ciples of that Conservative party with which,
throughout his public life, he had acted.

The Earl of SHREWSBURY and TALBOT, in pro-
posing " Prosperity to the Worcester Conserva-
tive Association," said there had been for some
years there he might say four political parties
in the State Whigs, Radicals, Conservatives,
and lastly Peelites, u section of traitorous Conser-
vatives which had now almost become absorbed
by the others, and which, since the death of Lord
Herbert and Sir James Graham, might be said almost
to have become extinct. He regretted that when
the question of free trade was settled, the Peelite
section had not returned to the Conservative ranks.
On the contrary, however, they had for the most
part allied themselves to a party that was diame-
trically opposed in principles to those which they
had themselves all their lives professed. His
lordship, in conclusion, urged the Conservatives of
the country to combined efforts.

Sir E. A. U. LECIDIERE, Bart., responded to the
toast, and spoke hopefully of the prospects of the
Conservative party in Worcester.

The CHAIRMAN afterwards gave the health of the
proposed Conservative candidate for Worcester,
Mr. R. W. Johnson, who he said was in every re-
spect a fit and proper person to represent that
city in Parliament. (Cheers.)
Mr. JouNsort,in reply, stated that he had received
a requisition signed by 800 electors of Worcester,
and that he accepted the invitation to come forward
as a candidate to represent that city on Conser-
vative principles, (Loud cheers.) He had gone
through the register of electors, and had found
that in addition to the 800 who had signed the
requisition, there were 600 more on the register
who had not signed it, but who had always sup-
ported a Conservative candidate. (Cheers.) As to
his political principles he might strictly say that
on all the subjects on which Sir J. Pakington had
spoken so eloquently, his opinions were identical
with those of the right hon. baronet. (Cheers.)
He called on the Conservatives of Worcester not
to relax in their efforts.
Some few local toasts followed.

:THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTER RIFLE VOLUN-
TEEBS.—The 11th (Covent-garden) Company will assemble
on Tuesday, the sth of November next, at Wormwood
Scrubbs, to compete for the following prizes, viz. :—Five
handsome and valuable cups, a London Armoury rifle, a
double-barrelled sporting gun, &c., being the gifts of Capt
Carscaden, the Misses Finch, and several ladies and gentle-
lann r9Niciidig the pfulQ,

TO. THE EDITOR OP THE SUN.
Sir,—The annexed extract of a private letter, re-
ePived by ;the last China mail, may be interesting
to many of your readers.
The wril'er, from his official position, had many
opportuniti„,),s of gaining reliable information not
attainable b: van ordinary traveller.—l am, Sir,
Tour orbedient servant, H. R.
1.., Oct: 31.
,i.r.:--At b;ea, bet seen Shanghai and Hongkong, Sept. 8.
[
I left Bong .;kong on the 17th July in the * * *
A week's ligh t winds brought us to the beautiful
island of Fern Lusa and into the harbour of Keelung,
on the nerth-c ;Ist coast. Here we anchored for a
day, and ape nt a few hours very agreeably in
rambling eve r tLe mountains and visiting the coal
mineo in the neighbourhood. These we found to be
worked in a vet y rude way, without machinery or
any of the appliances of modern science. Wherever
coal is seen cro; )ping out on the side of the moun-
tain a small gal lery is run in, so that nothing but
surface coal ha:3 yet been obtained. This is light
and not fitted fir steam, but there can be A.....‘,
doubt that det. .per sinking would furnish a better
quality. Howqver, this could not be done without
capital, and .I dc rabt whether the Chinese Govern-
ment would allo, w an English company to work the
mines. From Formosa we made a stretch across to
Japan, running through the beautiful archipelago
formed by the Leo-ehoo islands and Cecilia group.
Eight days brol Ight us to the entrance of the Gulf
of Jeddo.
At Jeddo I sr ient three weeks between.the Lega.
tion in the city a ad Yokohama, the commercial port
open to foreign( !rs, distant from Jeddo about 18
miles lower down the gulf ; here I was put up by
the representati'ci e of the great firm of and Co.,
one of the first a: nd richest firms in the world, so I
had an opportunity of hearing both the diplo-
matic and commercial sides of the question. Here
I had the missartune to get a violent attack of
sore throat and, fever, which confined me to bed.
Fortunately, however, about a week afterwards the
French steam transport Confucius came in from
Shanghai, and M. Belcour, the French Minister,
knowing how anxious I was to get to Shanghai,
placed her at my disposal. As she went through
the inland sea and remained a few days at Nagasaki,
I saw a great dt qil, and reached Shanghai on the 2d
inst., in time fo..r the mail steamer for Hongkong.
Altogether I had. a most charming and interesting
trip. With Japan lam in raptures. It certainly
surpasses in bea ul'y and interest any country I have
ever seen. The climate is very fine. I was there
during the hottest three weeks of the year, and the
thermometer at noon probably ranged about 85
deg., but it is not the same enervating heat felt in
the south of Chinu.

I Iffed.,,to walk about Yokohama, shopping, all
day, under an un ibrella, without either discomfort
or bad effects. I fully expect that in a few years
Yokohama will I iecome a sea-bathing refuge and
sanitarium, to which the Europeans of the south of
China will resort during the hot months of June,
July, August, anti September.
The soil about .Jeddo is very rich, and appears
suited to every kind of crop. I used to take long
rides every afternoon into the country round both
Jeddo and Yokohama, and I never shall forget the
loveliness of the scenes we passed through. The
cultivation is mo st luxuriant and finished—not a
weed or a stone to be seen. The fields are not large,
but every available square yard is utilized and pro-
ducing an endless variety of crops—rye, rice, barley,
Indian corn, Guinea corn, millet, Irish potatoes,
sweet potatoes, melons, cucumbers, pumpkins,
guiingaw or egg plant, French beans, Lima beans,
carrots, and many other vegetables which I cannot
now recollect. Interspersed with these crops are
young plantations of cedar, fir, larch, juniper, and
bamboo, which gave the whole face of the country
the appearance of an enormous nursery garden.
The Japanese era excellent foresters, and prune,
manure, and thin their plantations in the same
way as other crops. The bamboo plantations
are lovely, more like young Areca palms, having
no branches, but single, bare stems, with a tuft
of the softest feathery-looking leaves at the top,
so that they reminded me of the palm groves of
Penang, except that more neatness and care was
shown about them. Indeed, neatness, order, and
cleanliness were the characteristics observable in
everything Japanese. The hedge-rows were clipped,
the roads were clean and good, the cottages of the
labourers all along the roadsides neatness itself.
The country about Jeddo is very undulating, which
adds much to the beauty of the scenery. Indeed,
altogether the rich and varied colouring of the dif-
ferent crops, mingled with the masses of woodland
here and there, give a mixture of bright colouring
with deep shadow which forms a picture such as I
imagine cannot be found anywhere in the world out
of Japan. Through such scenes you can ride for
miles in any direction you may select, along lanes,
with the trees meeting overhead and giving shade
and coolness to the path. The creepers and wild
flowers along the banks and the almost nude figures
we constantly met alone prevented imagining one-
self in some of the green lanes and bridle-paths of
Old England.
The people—that is, the lower orders—are much
to be liked. They are good-humoured, gentle, and
polished in their manners, and far saperior to the
Chinese in almost every respect. They have not
that ridiculous conceit which is the great bar to all
improvement in China, but are highly inquisitive
and most anxious to acquire information, and ready
to profit by and adopt all new inventions. When
you enter a shop, or a peasant's house in the coun-
try, after giving you a seat and offering tea, the in-
mates proceed deliberately to examine you all over
—take off your sun spectacles, ask the name,make
a note of it, look at your boots, hat, gloves, &c.,
examine the material of which your clothes arc
made, and, if you send an article of European manu-
facture to be repaired, they are sure to take a copy
of it, or send you back a copy, keeping the original
themselves as a copy. They can copy a Colt's
revolver or Chubb's lock so that you would not
detect it from the original.
A gentleman sent a despatch-box to a Japanese
cabinetmaker to be repaired ; it had a Chubb's
patent lock on it. After the box had been some
time back his attention was accidently drawn to the
lock ; he examined it, and found a facsimile of the
old lock had been put in, the man having retained
the old lock as a pattern.
position
China
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It is an exception to find a Japanese woman of the
lower orders who cannot both read and write. In
China the women are kept in strict seclusion, never
leaving the precincts of their houses. In Japan
woman mixes in public in all the occupations as
well as the amusements of daily life. She is the
partner and companion of man; not as in China,
the mere slave to his passions. The first thing that
strikes a foreigner on landing in Japan is the
almost total absence of dress or clothing in both
sexes. The men wear nothing but a narrow loin
cloth, and the women one robe only, open from the
top to the bottom, and tied round the waist ; when
the day becomes hot, or when working in the
fields, the upper half of the gown is slipped
over the shoulders, and they are naked to the
waist. The very young women are good-looking
and well made, but they lose their looks at a very
early age from early marriage, immoderate use of
the warm bath, and long nursing. They nurse their
children often for six years, generally for five; the
consequence is that at 25 they are old women, and
an old woman without raiment is not a picturesque
object. They are the cleanest people in the world
—bathe daily, frequently twice or thrice. Indeed,
the bath is to them what the cafe is to the French
the gossip of the place. Every village has:
91 r pthree,
—a place where they meet, chat, joke, ancysistuenbltioc
bath, And in the towns every street tw

snvenient place to
splash about in. No wonder, then, the poor frequent
the place instead of attempting the perforrnance in
,
their own neat little cottages.
Riding along the lanes at 5 o'clock of an after-
noon, the commonest sight )
is to see in front of the
cottages (in
public baths
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gaerielernao.
tions of both sexes, all
flat sponging trays sp quit nude, sitting in their
are new in those la
wholesliing
aafsa.rty Ifwfiolrlepigrobnean
parts the -
bly spring up and rush to the road side for a nearer
view, but otherwise they continue their occupation,
evidently without the slightest sensi
of
mpropsitsy
or feeling of shame. Dress after all is merely a
conventional arrangement ; brought np from child-
hood with the eye familiarised to nudity, the same
ideas and feelings it communicates to us are un-
known to them. It is odd how soon the European
eye becomes accustomed to it; it is only strange to •
new comers. Bishop Smith says the Japanese are
the most licentiouS people in the world; perhaps
they may be so, but every one I spoke to agreed
that we have no evidence upon which to make such
an assertion, and I very much question if they ore
not really less so than any other known Pagan
community. Polygamy is allowed and concubinage
legalised. Their moral code appears to be very much
that of the Old Testament. The married men keep
concubines, or if not rich enough for that, frequent
brothels; but the women are faithful to the mar-
riage vow, as also are the concubines to their lords,
and the Japanese gave me the idea of being fax less
sensual than the Turks, Indians, or Chinese ; at all- '
events, I know you can go through the country and
visit the towns, and see a certain amount of the
everyday inner life of the people, and not be shoCked
by anything one hundiedth part as bad as the streets
of London or Paris "at night, or the saloons of air,
theatres. The truth is, it is absurd to judge the
Japanese by our standard; but I question even
whether we, with our casinos and Cremornes
"pretty horse-breakers," and the revelations of Sir
C. Cresswell's court, can fling a stone at the morality
of Japan. Like everything else out in these parts,
if viewed according to European notions or stan-
dards, the Japanese appear a strange mixture of
civilisation and barbarism. They unite love and
respect for women, and a considerable amount of
high chivalrous feeling, and respect for the marriage
vow with legalised prostitution, and what with us in
the matter of dress would be considered public inde-
cency. The Bishop's book, therefore, must be read,
and his wholesale condemnation of the Japanese, ac-
cepted with caution. He appears to have looked upon,
everything Japanese as the London cabman did upon
China. One of our missionaries recently in London
was riding on the outside of a cab, and told the
driver that he had been in China. Cabby was much
interested, and promptly asked, Are they a
civilised-like people about there, sir ?Do they
take their gin of a morning ?'
I did:intend to have given you a short account of
the institutions of the country, our political posi-
tion, and the glorious scenery of the Inland sea, the
Servonada, and the city of Nagasaki, but I will
keep these for another letter by another mail.

OPFNING OF THE MIDDLE TEMPLE
LIBRARY BY TEE FRINGE OF WALES.

On the arrival of the Prince, the Royal standata
was hoisted on the staff over the turret of the
Library.

The following is a copy of the address presented
yesterday by the Treasurer and Benchers of the
Middle Temple to the Prince of Wales, on the occa-
sion of his opening the new library, and his Royal
Highness's answer thereto :

" Nay it please your Royal Highness,—We, the treasurcr
and masters of the bench, barristers, and other members of
the Society of the Middle Temple, gladly avail ourselves of
this opportunity to express our warmest thanks for the
honour conferred on this society, by your royal highness
having graciously consented to become one of our members,
and to preside at the opening of the new library.
" This ceremony cannot fail to interest all who duly ap-
preciate the importance of the study of judicial science and
the diffusion of a knowledge of the laws which govern alike
all ranks and orders of society, and who deem that the main-
tenance of the learning of the bar—no less than the preser-
vation of its independence—is essential to the efficient
administration of justice and the protection of the liberty
of the subject.

"The library in which we are assembled, built for the
purpose of providing the members of this Inn with improwd
opportunities cf study, may be regarded as an earnest that,
fiongenerous o the masters of the bench take a deep interest in the °set.-
f the students,rivalry
fora n and
haer eanxio
honoursus
whichto encouragehav have
baeenl spiritet
of
apart as rewards of merit.

It is not, we trust, presumptuous to hope that amongst
those who may pursue their studies in this room many will
be found not unworthy successors of those great lawyers
and statesmen whose names are enrolled on the books of
our society, and many of which grace these walls.

" We recognise in the honour which your royal highness
has this day conferred upon us a manifestation of the re-
spect for the laws for which your royal house has ever been
distinguished, and never more so than during the happy
reign of her most gracious Majesty—a reign specially
marked by many important improvements in our laws, and
we feel assured that the enrolment of your royal highness
as one of our body will animate us all with fresh zeal ever
to uphold the dignity of the profession, and to maintain the
high character of our ancient society."

The Prince of WALES, having taken the address
from the hands of the treasurer, replied as follows
with much distinction and emphasis :
" Gentlemen,—l thank you most cordially for this
address, and for the gratifying terms in which you refer to
my presence here to-day.

" I have gladly accepted your invitation, and esteem it a
high privilege to be enrolled on your list of benchers, and
permitted to inaugrale the opening of this beautiful
library, so worthy of your ancient and renowned society.
" Although but very imperfectly acquainted with the
noble science to the study of which this edifice is more
especially devoted, I am deeply sensible of its vast interest
and importance, and I value as they deserve the learning
and integrity for which the bench and bar of this country
are so justly celebrated.

4, Your Inn has contributed many to the long array of
illustrious names which adorn our legal annals ; and while
heartily congratulating you on the completion of this great
work, I venture to express a fervent hope that the students
within its walls may largely profit by the advantages so
wisely and liberally provided for them, and successfully
emulate the fame of their eminent predecessors."

This appropriate address was received with loud
applause, which his Royal Highness repeatedly
acknowledged by bowing.
At the dejeuner, which took place on his Royal
Highness leaving the church, after grace had been
sung by the choir,

the society,
The TREASURER rose and proposed "The Queen,"
but, in accordance with the custom of
by
the
sung
without making a speech.
The toast was drunk with enthusiasm, and was
cfohloloirw. ed by "God Save the Queen,"
_

The next toast was " The Prince Consort," which
was also warmly responded to:

The TREASURER then proposed " The Health of
the Prince of Wales," a toast which was drunk with
great and prolonged applause.
The Prince of WALES then rose and said—Gen-
tlemen, I wish your profession every prosperity,
and I beg to propose " Domus."
The usual practice is to give a toast without any
comment, and these few words were the signal for
loud applause, in the midst of which his royal
highness resumed his seat.
The band then struck up, much to the amm,c.
went of some of the company, " There's nao luck
aboot the house."

This terminated the proceedings; and the trea-
surer, accompanied by the Prince, the beechers, and
the principal guests of the evening, retired, passing
down the opposite side of the hall to that by which
they entered.
andse:te n t
auu. the
The Prince of Wales left the Temple soon kitcr
five o'clock. At six there was a converstnione in.
a, i inspect New Library, which was so largely attended
that it was difficult
clulNtrtoork rns ooNf•cscaiebuocuet to ,
rt
factures which were exhibited on the different
tables,
Among the distinguished visitors present we
noticed the Lord Chancellor, Lord Clyde and the
Duke of Cambridge.
Lord Brougham arrived too late to witness the
ceremony of opening the library, but he immedi-
ately proceeded to the church, where he remained
during the service. He
received an ovation from
the legal fraternity, who lined the way, and who
seemed delighted to see
ceuor
ag
OQQ4
ro. the veteran ex-Lord Chan.
tue4 to health.