The Sun.
London, England, 1861-02-28 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 28, 1861.

THE 11,11' TER I.ESTIIUONIAL

BANQUET.

Last evening the testimonial subscribed for by the Libe-
ral members and ex-members of the House of Commons on
the retirement of Sir W. G. Hayter, M.P., from his post
of political secretary to the Treasury, was presented to him
at Willis's Rooms, St. James's. The event was celebrated
by a magnificent banquet, supplied by Messrs. Willis.
Covers were laid for 150, but considerably more than that
number were present, as will be seen by the subjoined list
of names. The tables were elegantly decorated with silver
and gilt candelabra, groups, &c., furnished for the occasion
by Messrs. Smith and Nicholson, who manufactured the
testimonial, the branches supporting the choicest flowers of
the season, fruits, &c.

The testimonial, designed by Messrs. Smith and Nichol-
son, of Duke-street, Lincoln's-inn-fields, consists of a very
massive table ornament, surmounted by a large group of
five emblematical figures. The design is in the pure Louis
XIV. period, enriched with foliated scrolls and flowers.
The shape is quadrangular, and upon each angle of the
base is supported a vase for flowers and fruits. The figure
represents Britannia in the centre with the lion, and at the
four angles of the plinth, Fidelity, Justin, Industry, and
Loyalty. Weight, 1,100 ounces. The inscription is as
follows :

" This testimonial was presented on the 27th day of Feb-
ruary, 1861, to the Right Hon. William Goodenough
Hayter, Bart., M.P., by Viscount Palmerston, M.P., on
behalf of 365 members of the House of Commons, in remem-
brance of the courtesy, fairness, and efficiency with which
he performed the duties of Political Secretary to the Trea-
sury between the years 1850 and 1859."
The subscription list was confined, with but one excep-
tion, to the members of the Liberal party. Many hon.
members and ex-members belonging to the Conservative
party were anxious to testify their esteem and regard to
Sir W. Hayter, both politically and privately, by becoming
subscribers to the fund ; but the committee considered it
better to confine it to a demonstration of feeling on the part
of the Liberal party, the exception above alluded to being
in the case of the late Mr. Robert Stephenson. Lord Pal-
merston, M.P., presided, and was supported by the follow-
ing noblemen and gentlemen :—Lord John Russell, Sir C.
Wood, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-General, Mr.
M. Gibson, Mr. P. Peel, Sir George Grey, the Lord Advo.
cate (Mr. Moncrieff), Col. A. S. Adair; Messrs. W. B.
Beaumont, John H. H. Foley, H. A. Bruce, F. Dundas,
A. S. Finlay, John J. Briscoe, Edward Baines, Charles
Forster; Lord Llanover ; Messrs. E. Buller, J. Gurdon
Rebow ; Sir S. M. Peto, the Right Hon. W. F. Cowper,
Messrs. T. A. Mitchell, C. C. Clifford, T. W. Evans, W.
Jackson, H. W. Wickham, G. P. Scropp, W. Tite, Bramp-
ton Gurdon, D. C. Marjoribanks, H. B. Sheridan, Samuel
Beale, Guildford Onslow, Charles Paget, C. W. Pullen,
Right Hon. E. P. Bouverie, Mr. E. T. Bass, Robert Han-
bury, H. W. Gore Langton, Thomas G. Baring ; Sir W.
Dunbar, Alderman Salomons, Col. Davie, Mr. George C.
Glyn, 1:11r.,, ‘4. H. Langston, Sir E. Perry, Messrs. Thomas
Westenm,James Brown, A. W. Young, Wm. Kirk, H. M.
Marsh, .lOlin St. Aubyn, G. F. Heneage, W. Buchanan ;
Sir ,T.,Fa2tton,; Messrs. Edwin James, R. M. Milnes, John
Locke, K. D.,Hodgson, J. Bonham Carter, Hastings Rus-
Sell, W. Miller, E. W. Schenley, George Trail ; Col. Hig-
gins, Sir G. C. Lewis, Col. H. M. Clifford, Messrs. Robert
Dalglish, C. W. Martin, Henry Woods, J. A. Turner ;
Right Hon. T. E. Headlam, Lord Dunkellin ; Messrs.
Samuel Whitbread, Geo. H. Packe, Jas. Clay, Knatchbull
Hugessen ; Sir W. G. Craig, Mr. F.W. Russell, Mr. Arthur
J. 0 tway, Right Hon. A. Herbert; Messrs. W. B. Wright-
son, W. Roupell, Kinglake, H. Hussey Vivian, John
Foster, Colonel Ferguson, J. B. P. Westhead, W. S.
Lysley ; Sir J. Arnott, 'Messrs. C. For tescue, R. M. Bellew,
E. H. J. Craufnrd, Thomas Luce, J. E. Wemyss, George
Moffat, James Wyld-; Sir M. Cholmeley, Colonel Biddulph,
Right Hon. E. Ellice ; Messrs. Edward Ellice, jun., J. A.
Hardcastle ; Captain Hon. J. C. Vivian, Alderman Sidney,
Sir T. E. Winnington, Viscount Castlerosse, Viscount
Raynham ; Messrs. W. 0. Foster, 0. Ricardo, R. F. Craw-
ford, Hayter, J. G. Dodson, John Ball; Sir H. Rawlinson,
Messrs. R. J. Roy Campbell, John Steel, Richard Davey,
John Bagwell ; Sir M. Berkeley; Messrs. William Wells,
J. Dent Dent, George Hadfield; Sir James Duke, Mr.
Alfred Bristow, Mr. Donald Nichol ; Lord H. Vane ;
Messrs. F. B. Beamish, M. Wyvill, jun., Thomas Phinn,
Hon. C. W. Fitzwilliam, Mark Philips, F. J. S. Foljambe ;
Lord Ashley, Mr. W. N. Massey, Mr. W. Angerstein,
Lord Proby, Mr. Alexander Matheson, Right Hon. R.
Lowe, Messrs. David Robertson, Grenville Berkeley,
Thomson Hankey, Hon. H. Brand, George Ridley, Samuel
Gregson, James Heywood, Sir H. F. Davie, Messrs. C.
Fremantle, H. 11. Heathcote, George Clive, Collier ;
Lord Sandys, Mr. James Merry, Sir John Johnstone, Mr.
Portman.

On the removal of the cloth,
The noble CHAIRMAN said the first toast thought of, and
the first toast drank in the company of English gentlemen,
was 'The Queen." (Cheers.) It was most peculiarly
acceptable to a company consisting of members of the
House of Commons, because when he was proposing the
health of the Queen all felt that they were doing homage
and honour to the most constitutional Sovereign that ever
sat on this throne or on that of any other country. (Cheers.)
The toast was drunk with loud cheers.

The noble CHAIRMAN—I have now to propose to you
the toast of the evening—the toast directly con-
nected with the purpose for which we are assembled—
namely, the health of our common friend, Sir William
Hayter. The occasion on which we are met may be con-
sidered highly honourable to those who have assembled and
to him in whose honour we have met. (Cheers.) It often
happens in human life that men who have been thrown
together entertain the most friendly feelings towards each
other while they act together, but that when the occasion
for mutual co-operation has passed they separate into
different ways, and the memory of their co-operation fades
away in their minds, and when they meet again they meet
more like strangers than old acquaintances and friends; but
there are instances in which the contrary takes place—in
which men who have at one period of their lives co-operated
with each other, who have been animated by mutual good
feeling, and who have interchanged offices of friendship,
find when they meet again that the remembrance of their
former co-operation and friendship is as fresh as it was at
the very time when they used to have daily intercourse with
each other. (Cheers.) Well, gentlemen, that I believe is
the case between us and Sir William Hayter. (Cheers.)
For nine years, I believe, Sir William performed a most im-
portant duty in the House of Commons—a most important
duty, I may call it, because he was the organ of communica-
tion between the Government and the members of the house
upon every possible variety of matter connected with the
vocation of Government and the functions of the members
of the House of Commons. (Hear, hear.) That duty
required rare and distinguished qualities for its efficient
discharge —great courtesy of manner, great soundness of
judgment, great discrimination in dealing with men, great
fidelity in executing the instructions he might receive.
(Cheers.) On many occasions the discharge of his duty
required peculiar tact and judgment. We all of us carry
about with us an inward monitor which regulates our
conscience. (A laugh.) That conscience sometimes silently,
but pointedly reminds us when we are tempted to consult
our pleasure rather than our duties, when we are tempted
by momentary inducements to fall off from the performance
of duties less agreeable, but more important. Sir William
was the external monitor of our consciences. It was his duty
in a friendly manner to remind members of the House of
Commons of important questions coming on, of divisions
expected, and of other matters of an important character.
That task required great discrimination of judgment on his
part, and my right hon. friend performed it with great suc-
cess, and without giving offence to those to whom his en-
treaties were addressed. (Cheers.) My right hon. friend's
duties were of a most complicated and varied kind, and in
the performance of those duties he was frequently and ne-
cessarily brought into conflict with the feelings of the in-
dividuals he was addressing ; but in the whole course of his
career he never made one enemy and never forfeited his
consistency. (Cheers.) I feel peculiar gratification in having
been permitted to propose this toast, because it has been my
lot for many years to be in constant daily communication
with Sir W. Hayter upon every possible matter concerning
the business of the Government, both in and out of the
house. I can say with satisfaction that I am glad to have
an opportunity of stating that I have found him a most
useful and faithful adviser, with knowledge upoß every sub-
ject upon which it has been necessary to consult him—in
fact, a perfect encyclopaedia of information connected with
the administration of affairs in every part of the country.
His advice was sound and to be relied on, and his informa-
tion most accurate and correct. (Cheers.) I must say
we must all feel the liveliest satisfaction at having this
opportunity, after an interval of considerable length since
his functions ceased, of proving that the memory of times
gone by is still fresh in the minds of those who are glad
of an occasion to render honour where honour is due, and
do an act of homage to the signal qualities possessed by my
right hon. friend. I have still a further duty to perform,
both on my own behalf and on yours—that of tendering to
Sir Wm. Hayter, in the joint names of the contributors,
both present and absent, this substantial testimony of your
esteem and regard towards him, and to request its accept-
ance by him. This testimonial of our esteem, regard, and
affection is the gift of 365 members of the House of Com-
mons; and if my right hon. friend has their names en-
graved on its tablets, he will have an opportunity, every
day throughout the year, of Reading the name of some true
and valued friend. (Hear.) Referring to the design of
the testimonial, Lord Palmerston said that the floral deco-
rations represented the eloquence of those members of the
House of Commons on whose behalf it was tendered. (Hear
and laughter.) The figures which stand upon its summit
are apt emblems of those qualities which we have reve-
renced and respected in the individual to whom they are
offered—namely, Fidelity, Industry, Loyalty, and Truth

—(cheers)—qualities for which my right hon. friend is,
eminently distinguished, and I am happy to be the organ
of those by whom that testimonial is presented in request-
ing that you, Sir W. Hayter, will be pleased to accept it in
their names. Thus it may be said that while, on the one
hand, the services of my right hon. friend have been
acknowledged by the Crown by the dignity which has been
conferred on him, so also those services now receive a last-
ing recognition from the Liberal members of. the house of
Commons.

The toast was drunk with loud cheers.
Sir W. HAYTER, who on rising was loudly cheered,
said,—l am unable adequately to thank you for the honour
you have done rue, and the noble lord for the magnificent
manner in which he has introduced me to your notice on
this occasion. When I first entered this room I felt the
flattering distinction of being the invited guest of the
evening, but I did not anticipate that the noble lord
would have so eulogised my past conduct, nor could I
have foreseen that you would have given me so hearty, so
generous, and so warm a reception. (Cheers.) In endea-
vouring, therefore, to express to you my thanks for the high
compliment you have paid me through our noble chairman,
I must throw myself upon yourindulgence and kindness,and
ask you to accept the will for the deed, entreating you to be-
lieve in the sincerity of those sentiments of respect and gra-
titude which I sincerely and deeply feel, though I cannot
adequately express them, in thanking you for this distin-
guished mark of your esteem and respect. (Hear, hear.)
The noble lord has been pleased to advert in terms far too
favourable to those services which I have been enabled to
render to the great party to which I belong during the
lengthened period I had the honour of discharging the
duties of the position I then held ; and I can only say that if
those services have been of any value I heartily rejoice at it.
(Hear, hear.) If there is any mesa to be attributed. to them,
it does not belong to me, but to others. I owe it to that frank
and generous conduct that was uniformly reposed in me by
those noble chiefs under whom I had the happinees to serve.
(Cheers.) To the noble lord the member for, the city of
London I am indebted for my first introduction into public
life, and for the great many kindnesses I have since received
from him—to the noble chairman, under whom it was my
happiness for a lengthened period to serve, for the support
and encouragement I have always received from him—and,
more than all, to the co-operation, the courteous sympathy,
and the unselfish forbearance which I have always met
from every member of the Liberal party. (Cheers.) What-
ever, therefore, these services might have been, I assure you
they have been more than amply rewarded by this public
acknowledgment, joined in and presided over by one who is
admitted by all to be the foremost statesman in Europe
(loud cheers)—as well as countenanced by the noble lord the
member for the city of London, who from early youth to ma-
ture age has been the enlightened, the Unflinching, and the
successful champion of civil and religiouri liberty. When in
a.dditiOn to that, I see myself surrounded by others equally
distinguished for their private worth and public eminence
—when I recognise so many -with wheat it has been my
happiness for so many years of my life to live on terms of
friendly and familiar intercourse, and When I stand here
the invited guest at this magnificent banquet, I feel indeed
that any serviceiof mine have been more than aniply • re-
paid. But when I turn from those around nix- to
,that
splendid ornament,- and reflect that it haS been presented
to me by the noble lord on his and your behalf, as well as
on behalf of my absent and valued friends, as an enduring
memorial of the approbation which you have been pleased
to extend to my public conduct, I feel altogether unable to
express to you my acknovvledgments in'adequate language.
Believe me that I attribute but little comparative value' to
the costly material of which that ornament is composed, or
to those most chaste and choice decorations which add to
its beauty and enhance its value. Tho, priceless worth- is
in the assured conviction that it is the, reward of honest
services, and a further testimony of that personal esteem
and friendship which have brightened nigny a past day, and
which, I hope, will continue to brighten those thtware to
come, and endure as long as life is given to me. (Cheers.)
Permit me to offer to you in return my humble and hearty
thanks. Believe me, the events of this, evening will be
ever present to my recollection, and form one of those bright
and sunny spots in the career of life on which memory will
ever love to dwell. (Loud cheers.) .

Lord HARRY VANE proposed " The Health of the noble
Chairman." After referring to his lordship's eminent
social qualities, of which they had an illustration that
evening, he proceeded to say that it was not alone in that
capacity of the noble 13rd that he had the honour to propose
his health. During the many years of his political life,
Lord Palmerston had prominently appeared before the pub-
lic in the capacity of a Liberal Minister, and had assisted
in carrying through Parliament the many Liberal mea-
sures that had of late years found a place in our statute-
book, in accordance with the advanced spirit of the age.
During the period in which he was at the Foreign-offise he
administered with signal success the affairs of that depart-
ment. (Cheers.) There always would be in every great po-
litical party differences of opinion upon particular questions
of domestic policy, and especially upon some matters of fo-
reign policy; but Lord Palmerston had evinced a compre-
hensive knowledge of all the details he had to administer,
and by his ability and firmness of will had been the means
of producing signal benefits, not only to England, but to
foreign countries also. There were then present many gen-
tlemen connected with mercantile affairs, and if they cast a
glance upon the last twenty-five years they would be able to
recall to their minds many occasions on which the promp-
titude and energy of Lord Palmerston had been of the great-
est service in maintaining the mercantile interests of this
kingdom, as well as the dignity and honour of the Crown
and the nation at large. The foreign policy of Lord Pal-
merston had gained for him a European celebrity. (Cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON, in returning thanks, was received
with loud cheers. He said,—To receive such a compliment
from an assembly of English gentlemen must be at all
times a source of deep gratification, but when the assembly
by whom that expression has been made consists of the cho-
sen representatives of the people, and when the individual to
whom that compliment is offered is one who has for years
acted with them, it is beyond a mere compliment, it is highly
honourable. You have been pleased to speak of the course
of my public conduct. It has been my study, in whatever
situation I have been called upon to act, to endeavour so
to guide my course as to pursue what appeared to me to be
the true and best interests of the country. It has been a
subject of gratification and pride when I have found
that the views which I have taken of the duty which
I thought it incumbent on me to pursue have
bean confirmed by the approval and sanction of
Parliament and the country. It is true that the
course of public men in the performance of official duty
is frequently difficult and hazardous. There are, and
there must be, occasions in which those who agree with
him in main principles may differ as to the particular modes
of carrying those principles into effect; however painful
this must be it is a consolation for him to know that he has
acted according to the best of his judgment, and according
to the dictates of his conscience. (Hear, hear.) The con-
duct of the foreign relations of this great country is a matter

of great difficulty and doubt, but I have always been sup-
ported in the discharge of those duties by a confidence on
the part of the people of this country, and have always re-
ceived a generous support from the Liberal members of the
house. (Cheers.) My noble friend who now fills that de-
partment also receives the same support from Parliament,
and the people of this country. (Cheers.) He also has
made, and is making, the great interests of this country the
pole star to guide him in his difficult task. (Cheers.) Al-
though the matters he has to guide are as difficult as those
which ever fell to the lot of any of his predecessors to deal
with, I am convinced that with the continuance of your
generous support and good will, he will be able to carry to a
successful result those arduous labours which for the mo-
ment he has in charge. In returning my most sincere and
hearty thanks for the honour you have done me, I may be
permitted to propose the health of those who, though pre-
sent, have ceased to be members of the house. Though
they may now be said to be among the spirits of the de-
parted, I hope that at no distant day we may hail them
again as inhabitants of our active and busy world. (Cheers.)
Lord SANDYS acknowledged the toast, and the company
shortly afterwards separated.

TILE FIRE AND Loss OF Two LIVES IN SHORE-
DlTcH.—Yesterday Mr. John Humphreys, the coroner for
East Middlusex, resumed at the Black Horse Tavern,
Kingsland .road, the adjourned inquest on the bodies of
Emma and William Bemus, who perished in a fire that
took place in the house of their parents, No. 210, High-
street, Shoreditch, on the 14th of February. The coroner
said it appeared quite evident from the evidence that had
been adduced, and also from what some of the jurors had
seen, that the police and escape men had done all they
possibly could upon the occasion. The jury returned a
verdict " that the two children met their deaths from
suffocation and burning, but how the fire occurred there
was not sufficient evidence to show. The jury also re-
turned a vote of thanks to the escapemen and police for
the manner in which they had exerted themselves in trying
to save life and extinguish the fire.

[AVDERTISEMENT.]—HoIIoway's Ointment and Pills,
Children's Complaints.—While the weekly return of mor-
tality shows a decrease of deaths from the small-pox, it dis-
plays an alarming increase in fatal cases of [measles and
scarlatina. Such unfortunate issues would not result were
mothers and nurses to rub Holloway's Ointment upon the
glands of the neck and upper part of the chest, when symp-
toms of scarlet-fever or measles first appear, or even after
the eruptions have come out. The ointment, penetrating
through the skin to the glands, always stimulates them to
throw out a full eruption, which is the safety-valve of both
diseases. Holloway's Pills also should be given to lessen
the fever, to reduce the irritation of the throat, and to
quieten the cough, which are most distressing to all suffer-
ing from these complaints,

CONVOCATION OF Till? PROVINCT OF

CAIV TERBUR y.

Yesterday morning both Houses of Convocation resumed
business at Westminster, the Upper House in Queen Anne's
Bounty-office, and the Lower House in the Jerusalem
Chamber, adjoining the Abbey.