The Sun.
London, England, 1850-11-07 00:00:00

Covers were laid for 170, and amongst the number
present we observed the American Minister, Mr. C.
Lawrence, the Hon. Captain Carnegie, Mr. John
Ellis, M.P., Sir Charles Douglas, Sir Harry Verney,
the Hon. P. S. Pierrepont, Colonel Sir Frederick
Smith, Mr. James M'Gregor, Mr. Samuel Beale,
the Hon. J. Byng, the High Sheriff of Surrey, M.
S. M: Peto, M.P., Captain Simmons, Mr. G. C.
Glyn, jun., Mr. James Renshawe, Mr. Wm. Ro-
therham, Mr. J. F. Ledsom, Mr. Tootall, Mr. J.
Hornby, Captain Huish, Mr. John Huish, jun., Mr.
T. Booth, Mr. H. Booth, Mr. Charles Stewart, Mr.
Ex- Sheriff Nicoll, Mr. G. H. Lawrence, Mr. A.
Fletcher, Mr. Rixon, Mr. H. Earle, Mr. Miller, Mr.
G. Grant, Mr. D. H. Stone, Mr. E. Cropper, Mr. Jo-
seph Langton, Mr. _R.. Barrow, Mr. T. W. Rathbone,
Mr. R. Creed, Mr.- J. L. Prevost, Mr. Dockeray,
Mr. John Bradshaw, Capt. Warren, Mr. M. Lyon,
Mr. J. Paxton, Mr. W. Lees, Mr. Peyton, Sir J.
Morley, Mr. Delane, Mr. H. Humphreys, Mr. Ro-
bert Browne,' Mr. A. Watkin, Mr. Brookman, Mr.
Edward Watkin, Mr. Joseph Laurence, Mr. Paxton
Jonas, Mr. Coles Child, Mr. C..Geach, Mr. Small,
Mr. G. B. Pagett, Mr. J. Jack, Mr. E. H. Barwell,
' Mr. Ironside, Mr. W. L. Newton, Mr. Peter Barlow,
Mr. James Taylor, Mr. G. S. Herbert, Mr. W.
Smith,. Captain Barlow, Mr. F. Parker, Mt. M4Con-
nell, Mr. Lindon, Mr. Barlow, Mr. Treviihick, Mr.
Bull, Mr. Woodhouse, Mr. W. E. Hutchinson, Mr.
D A. Freeman, Mr. G. R. Chappell, Mr. J. F. Bell,
Mr. Hardinge, Mr. W. Clarke, Mr. J. Mercer, Mr.
J. Lswi,, the Rev. Mr. Pugh, Mr. Joseph Brooke,
Mr. Makins, Mr. W. Beverley, Mr. Carter, Mr. H.
Pershause, Mr, Kirtley, Mr. Mills, Mr. Ebborall, Mr.
Poole, Mr. Salt, Mr. Joseph Wright, Mr. R. Saville,
Mr. J. B. Brooks, Mr. W. Rawson, Mr. Bruyers,
Mr. Norris, Mr. Ramsbottom, Mr. Goulon, Mr. G.
Palmer, Mr. J. Thorpe, Mr. Peter Rolf, Mr. W. D.
Starling, Mr. T. B. Cox, Captain Sandeman, Mr.
Jowett, Mr. Wagstaff, Mr. Williamson, Mr.
M'Cauley, Mr. Charles Mason, Mr. John owler,
Mr. Phillips, Mr. Holmes, Mr. Kerr, Mr. Nairn, Mr.
Hoy, Mr. Morgan, Mr. W. H. Sparrow, Mr. Gilmer,
Mr. Tilleard, Mr. J. Thorpe, the Rev. Charles Mar-
shall, the Lord Mayor's Chaplain, &c.
The dinner, which was of a most sumptuous charac-
ter, was prepared, by Messrs. Ring and Brymer ; and,
as usual, the "loving cup" was passed round.
After the usual loyal toasts, the LORD MAYOR pro-
posed " The Army and Navy," to which Colonel Sir
FREDERICK SMITH and the Hon. Captain CARNEGIE
respond'd.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " The health of
his Excellency the. American Minister and the other
Ambassadors from Foreign Courts." His Lordship
highly complimented Mr. Lawrence upon the manner
in which he had fulfilled his mission at this Court,
and expressed great gratification at his presence upon
this occasion.

The toast was most warmly applauded.
Mr. ABBOT LAWRENCE, the American Minister,
who was received with cheers, said,—l thank you for
the courtesy and very kind manner in which you have
received the toast, and on the part of my colleagues
whose health has also been drunk, I beg, with myself,
to offer you, my Lord Mayor and Gentlemen, our
united thanks. lam here to-day by your invitation,
my Lord; and although I am proud to be here, because
I feel it to be a great distinction and a sincere com-
pliment to my country that my health has been drunk,
I confess, my Lord, that there es a tinge of melancholy
mixed with the feeling. This is the last time, my
Lord, that I shall have the honour of attending your
hospitable board as Lord Mayor—(Hear, bear)—
and I should be doing injustice to the sentiments of
my country, and to my own feelings, if I were not
now to make known to you, gentlemen, from every
part of England, as I understand you are, the uni-
form kindness I have, on the part of the United States,
received during the last year from the chief magis-
trate of the city of London.—(Cheers.) His more
than princely hospitality I have constantly partaken
of during his year of office, and I consider it as a
compliment to the citizens of the United States.—
(Hear.) I feel myself constrained to say, further,
that I am proud of now being by circumstances
brought into contact with a great body of men, re-
nowned, both at home and abroad, for their enterprise
and their power—with men who are great donors to
their country and to mankind.—(Cheers.) I meet
you, gentlemen, with feelings of respect and pride. I
meet you with feelings of respect, because I sympa-
thise with you in the great objects you are prosecut-
ing, having been myself for some time engaged in the
same pursuits. I have likewise pride in meeting
you because you hove achieved great and glorious
things for your country, and because your example
has not only reached my country, but extended to
every part, or almost to every part, of the civilized
world.—(Cheers.) Yes, gentlemen, I look upon the
establishment of railways as one . of the greatest
agents in the civilization of mankind.—(Cheers.)
It has been said, and truthfully said, that he
who causes two blades of grass to grow where
only one grew before is a national and a universal
benefactor. In the same spirit I hold that you,
gentlemen, who have made travelling so cheap that
the poorest creature upon earth cannot afford to walk,
that you who are rapidly bringing together the people
of every country in the world, are great public bene-
factors.—(Hear, hear.) And when I regard my own
country, which stretches from the tropics to the
Frozen Ocean, and see the extent of steam commu-
nication through it, either by railways or steamboats ;
when I contemplate the magnitude of the territory
either already covered or about to be covered by
electric telegraphs, extending, in fact from one end of
the continent to the other, and when I see those
great highways of intellect and thought enabling us
to communicate with each other at the distance of two
or three thousand miles in thirty or forty minutes, I
confess I am amazed, and not only amazed, but
delighted to see that men are brought so near each
other.—(Hear, hear.) I am delighted, too, to see
here, I will not say two hundred railway kings,
because that is a phrase which is not perhaps popular
—(A laugh)—but railway managers who represent a
capital equal to one-third of the whole National
Debt of England. You, gentlemen, have the
destinies of the nation in your hands.
Under all these circumstances, I confess I feel
most deeply the compliment which the Lord Mayor
has paid to my country in inviting me to
this entertainment. We cannot at present, gentlemen,
realize the full benefits of the railway system ; but I
may observe that in every country where railways
have hitherto been established they have been proved
to be the greatest labour saving machines yet in-
vented.—(Hear, hear.) Recollect, gentlemen, that
you are only commencing the application of steam,
both to the navigation of ships and to travelling upon
land.—(Hear, hear.) Forty years ago not a steamer
was to be found upon the .Thames, and but twenty-
two years ago, or thereabouts, not a solitary steaen-
carriage was to be seen driving its way along the
surface of the land.—(Hear, hear.) I say, then, that
the resources, not only of this country, but of all
countries, so far as the appliances of art and science
are concerned, are increased by the application of
steam. What was the art of printing forty years
after its discovery ?—(Hear, hear.) What is steam
now, forty years after its first application to locomo-
tion ? The first was improved and extended, and I
have no fear in that respect for the second.—(Cheers.)
His Excellency concluded by again complimenting
the Lord Mayor upon his hospitality, and by a warm
expressions of the interest he felt in meeting the re-
presentatives of the great railways of the country—
institutions which he regarded as among the greatest
conservators of intelligence, power, peace, and secu-
rity.— (Cheers.)
The next toast proposed by the LORD MAYOR was
"The House of Commons."
Sir H. VERNEY, M.P., returned thanks in a brief
speech, in the course of which he referred with feel-
ings of pride to the connexion which his ancestors had
with the city of London. The Hon. Baronet men-
tioned that one of his family filled the office of Sheriff
in 1458, of Lord Mayor in 1460, and of Member for
the City in 1462. It was one of the most honourable
characteristics of the City, that the humblest indivi-
dual might, by the exercise of integrity, prudence, and
honour, obtain its highest honours.—(Cheers.)
Foreigners who came to the Great Exhibition next
ye,r would see here the spectacle of a peaceful and
well-governed people. He desired that they should,
at the same time, see that our free institutions in civil
matters, and our Protestant institutions in religious
matters, could, under the blessing of Divine Provi-
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from railway communications.—(Hear.)
The LORD MAYOR proposed " The City of London
and its Trade," coupling the name of Mr. ex-Sheriff
Nicoll with the toast.

Mr. NICOLL, in returning thanks, said—My Lord
Mayor, permit me to tender a very brief, though a
very sincere expression of my thanks for the kind
compliment you have been pleased to bestow upon
me. Let me assure you that it has afforded me much
pleasure once more to partake of your Lordship's

hospitality in this the time-honoured scene of festivity
and loyalty, where all the great azd noble in the land
are accustomed freely to commingle with the repre-
sentatives of its commerce.—(Cheers.) Let me take
the advantage of this opportunity to congra-
tulate your Lordship upon having availed your-
self of so many occasions for sustaining the an-
cient character for hospitality of the great city over
which your Lordship has so ably presided in the
capacity of its chief magistrate.—(Cheers.) And
here let me say that the intimate connexion, the bond
of mutual good understanding that has existed for
centuries between the officers of the mayoralty and
the shrievalty of the City, has not only remained
during our time simply unimpaired, but the efficacy
of such an arrangement has been further illustrated
and established.—(Cheers.) With regard to the com-
plimentary allusion that your Lordship has so kindly
made to the ancient and honourable offices I have so
recently had the honour to fill, I do trust that in my
endeavour faithfully to disTharge the duties of my
office, I shall have deserved not only the good opinion
of my fellow-citizens, but also that of the, public in
general.—(Loud cheers.)
The AMERICAN MINISTER proposed " The health
of the Lord Mayor," to whose splendid hospitality he
again bore testimony. Allusion had been made to
the Great Industrial Exhibition of 1851. He felt
profound interest in the success of that undertaking ;
and on the part of the United States be returned his
thanks to the Lord Mayor for the part he had taken
in promoting its objects. Not only was it fraught
with prospects of the highest benefit to this country,
but its effeote would be diffused all over the world.
It would lie's benefit to mankind.—(Hear, hear.)
Great Britain need fear nothing from the comparison
to which she would be exposed. In all the substan-
tial arts it was futile to say that, with the advantages
of cheap capital and cheap labour, our skill and en-
ergy would be last in the race. To tell him that
the lusty, broad-shouldered, energetic old Saxon
would be last in the race was simply utopian ; and
he was of opinion with the late Sir Robert Peel,
upon the last occasion when he had the pleasure of
hearing him in public, when he stated that this
country had nothing to apprehend from any foreign
nation whatever.—(Hear, bear.)
The LORD MAYOR briefly returned thanks, ob-
serving in the course of his address that his merits
had been described in too brilliant terms. If be
could have fulfilled all that bad been said of him he
should have been the greatest man upon record ; but
he had done what lay in his power, and they must
take the will for the deed.—(Cheers.) From the
time he accepted office it had been his earnest wish to
discharge his duties faithfully and correctly ; and
though much had been omitted he had done his best,
and for what he had done be was amply rewarded by
the approbation of that assembly and of his fellow-
citizens.—(Cheers.) His Lordship then proposed
" The Directors of the London and North-Western
Railway Company," a toast that was most heartily
applauded.
Mr. SMITH said it fell to his lot, in the absence of
Mr. Glyn, the deputy-chairman of the London and
North-Western Company, to return the acknowledg-
ments of the directors of that company for the honour
conferred upon them, and in doing so he could not
but regret the absence of Mr. Glyn, who would more
adequately express their sense of the Lord Mayor's
kindness. He (Mr. Smith) was sure he should only
utter the feelings of his colleagues when he said that
they felt the compliment to be,the greater, associated
as they were at his Lordship's table with so many
gentlemen engaged in large and varied, and many
of them in kindred, enterprises, because they
could best appreciate the difficulties which beset
untertakings of magnitude and importance.—(Hear.)
His Excellency the American Minister had adverted
to the benefits which mankind would derive from the
introduction of railways, and he (Mr. Smith) doubted
not that not only this country, but the whole world
would derive all the benefit thus anticipated from, the
vast undertakings which, in their financial, political,
and social results, surpassed any object which had yet
engaged the genius and energy of man.—(Cheers.)
The directors were duly sensible of the moral respon-
sibilities imposed upon them in the management of
those important works, and their ambition would be
to perform worthily the duties they had undertaken.
The LORD MAYOR next gave—" The Deputy-
Chairman and Directors of the Midland Railway
Company."
Mr. BEALE said he regretted the absence of the
chairman of the Midland Company, who would in
his own earnest mamer have heartily acknowledged
the compliment paid to the directors of that railway.—
(Hear.) He (Mr. Beale) would observe that, in
carrying out so vast a system of intercommunication
no doubt great mistakes had been made, not only by
railway directors, but by others, and many railways
had been made which would have borne delay ; but
the history of railways must ire measured by the life
of the country rather than by the life of men, and if
so regarded, the shareholders of most lines would still
participate in the public satisfaction at so great a
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- Mr. MACGREGOR said he felt proud to have the
honour of returning thanks for the South-Eastern
Company. If other railways might have large expec-
tations in connexion with the Great Exhibition, to
which reference had been made, and which the Lord
Mayor had taken an honourable part in promoting,
surely not least must be a railway which had one ter-
minus in St. Saviour's, in Southwark, and the other
at St. Sophia's, in Constantinople.—(Hear, hear.) The
directors of that railway felt proud in being enabled
to take part in the work of shortening the period of
communication between London and Paris from 36 to
12 hours—(Hear)—and in erecting wires which
brought to the press—the mighty press—two hours
after midnight, intelligence of what had passed in
Paris the day before.—(Hear, hear.) It would be
the study of the company to do everything that could
be done to make communication between the Conti-
nent of Europe and the South-Eastern ports easy for
all who desired to come to the Great Exhibition.
The next toast was "'The Chairman and Directors
of the York and North Midland Railway Company."
Mr. TnomPson, chairman of the co.npany, briefly
acknowledged the compliment, but in so low a tone
that we could not hear his remarks.
The LORD MAYOR, after a few complimentary re-
marks, proposed " The health of Mr. Paxton,as a
toast
gentleman to whom the success of the Great Indus-
trial Exhibition would be mainly owing. The
was received with cheers.

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which I have had the honour to play rather a con-
spicuous part. Ido not think this a proper oppor-
tunity to en ter into a lengthened description of the
great building I have had the honour to design ; but
perhaps you will be kind enough to allow me to ob-
serve, that
dertaking I was not actuated by any selfish motive,
o r by any conceited opinion as to my ability to carry
it out, but that the success of the exhibition was the
only object I had in view.—(Cheers.) I saw that
there was great jeopardy connected with the whole
undertaking, and seeing the forcible arguments
put forward against the proposed plan of a brick
building, I set vigorously to work to endea-
vour to rescue it, and I never relaxed. or rested
an instant until I had succeeded in effecting the
object I had in view.—(Cheers.) I know that the
experiment
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which I have not myself carried out at Chatsworth
and other places.—(Hear, hear.) I feel perfectly
certain as to the result.—(Hear, hear.) I claim no
merit whatever for the plan which I have proposed,
for in submitting it I did no more than any other
Englishman in similar circumstances would have
done.—(Hear, hear.) I saw there was a difficulty,
and I merely came forward to assist in removing it as
far as lay in my power. I believe, my Lord Mayor,
that the Exhibition will tend more to the benefit of
mankind than any other circumstance that has yet oc.
curred in the history of this country, or perhaps in
the history
of the world. My friend. (Sir Frederick
Smith) has referred to the utility- of railways as a
means of carrying troops from one place. to anothr ;
but I hope, at least as long as ram a railway direec-
tor, that we shall rather have to carry the banners of
peace than the horrid missiles of war. I feel that in
connexion with the Exhibitim.i they will assist in
exhibiting our arts, our msnufactures, and our ma-
terial progress.—(Hear, hear.). I believe, then, that
this country has done itself the greatest possible
great people like ourselves,
honour in proposing this great undertaking ; and,
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I hope it will not be the last.—(Hear, hear.) I believe
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will, in consequence of it, cross the broad ocean in
great numbers to see the mother country ; and I am
stout-
hearted—still isfultlhevyigdoor,ouths,eylikwelllthefinodldusEns
though branches are continually shooting off from us,
—still happy and contented with our institutions.—