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

ÜBT 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 anikMarchioness of Exeter,
Earl of Shrewsbury, EarTand Countess of Warwick,
Earl of Carnarvon, Earl of Malmesbnry, 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 Bagot,
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. Hdn. James and Lady Sarah Lind-
say, Hon. W. and Lady Emma Talbot, Col. the Non.
G. C. and Mrs. Scott, Hon. Gerard Noel, N1.P.,11°11.
H. Egerton, M.P., Hon. H.Butler Johnstone, -MX"
Hon. C. Forester, Hon. Robert and Mrs•
Hon. F. Stewart and Mrs. Wortley,
and Mrs. Disraeli, Sir John and itight on. B.
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Sir W. H. and Lady Jolliffe,
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Right Honk T. S. Esteourt,
Hon. J. W. .and.
and Lady Harriett Corry, Right
Miss Henley, Bight lion. J. and Mrs. Napier,
Right Hon. C. B. Adderley, ALP., Right Hon. J.
Whiteside, Bight lion. It. A. and Miss Mowbray,
Sir Stafford Northcote, M.P., Sir
Musurus Bey,
George Bowyer, MX., 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., Al r. 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.
Malins, M.P., and Mrs. Malins, Mr. Whitmore,
M.P., Mr. Peacocke, 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. H. 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. -Wallington, 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.Boxall,R.A.,
Mr. J. D. Samuda, Col. Meyrick, Mr. S. 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.
Mare, Dr. and Mrs. O'Shaughnessy, Master of
Merchant Taylors, Mr. S. Pigeon, Mr. S. 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. Bunning, 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. J. L.
Hatton, who directed on the occasion, and the lov-
ing cup having been sent round,
The LORD Mal/ on 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 MAYOR 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 LORD 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 LUCAN expressed his acknowledg-
ments for the honour done to the army.
Sir Scam 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.)
-He 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 ofthe 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 Artillery Company of the City
of London, which had existed for more than three
centuries. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said he had now to propose the
health of their highly honcured guest, the distin-
guished head of the Conservative party—(loud
cheers)—of
influential which that numerous important and
hal body might be
cheers.) Re justly proud. (Loud
esteem and was not only entitled to the
e.dmirationof the party who gladly
acknowledged him
as their head, but of all who
desired to see our excellentiut constitution pre-
served in all its
(Cheers.) The noble earl, and efficiency.
brilliant elo-
quence they had often listened
to
with breath-
less attention, had frequently inculcated
uou
ciples upon which the greatness and securli°ty se
of the
ith prin-
empire depended, and the same principles
ted his supporters and followers, who he was :loan--
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 uny 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. He begged, in
conclusion, to give " The Earl of Derby."
The toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
The Earl of DERBY in rising to return thanks
Was warmly and enthusiastically cheered. His
lordship said,—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and gentle-
men, 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
you have personally spoken of myself, and by the