The Sun.
London, England, 1844-05-17 00:00:00

Wednesday the Lord Mayor entertained her Majesty!s Mi-
nisters and other olistinguished guests at the Mansion-house.
The dinner took place in. the _Egyptian Hall. There Were
present—Sir Robert and Ladyfeel; Colonel and Lady Alice
Peel, Mr. Peel, Mr. William Peel; the Lord Chancellor and
Lady Lyndhurst, Lord Wharnehffe,- the%Duke and Duchess
of P;ucciench. the Right Hon. Henry Goulburn (the Chan.
collor of tbe Exchequer), Lady Emily Hardinge, Sir James
and Lady Graham, Sir Edward Knaichbull, the Right Hon.
W. E. Gladstone; the Earl of Lincoln, the Earl and Countess
l)elawarr, the Earl and Countess of Jersey, the Earl and
Countess Dalhousie, Lord and Lady Granville Somerset, Sir
G. Murray, the Lords of the Treasury, Mr. Gaskell, Mr.
Pringle, and Mr. Young; Rear-Admiral Sir G. and Lady .
Seymour, the lion. Captain William Gordon, the Right lion.
Henry Thomas and Lady Harriet Corry, the Lord Bishop of
Llandafl; Sir Thomas and Lady Fremantle, Sir George and
Lady Clerk, &c. The company consisted of between 170
and 180 persons
The Lord Mayor occupied the chair ; and on his left was
the Lady Mayoress. Sir Robert Peel sat on.the left of the
Lady Mayoress, and Lady Lyndhurst sat next to Sir Robert
Peef.
.The cloth, having been removed, the "loving cup" was
sent round according to custom, and the benedichts was sung
by the vocalists. - _

The LORD MAYOR, then gave "The Queen," which was drunk
with three times three. The other loyal toasts were also
given and responded to. . .
The next toast was "The Army and Nevy." • It was ac-
knowledged on behalf of the army by Sir George Murray, and
for the navy by Admiral Seymour. . .
The Lynn Maron then gave, in an appropriate address,
"The Lord High Chancellor of England."
Lord LYNDHURST rose to acknowledge the honour they
had done him and the profession to which be belonged by
drinking his health. In the office he held he had to discharge
two different branches of duty, that which related to the im-
provement of the laW, and that which related to the admi-
nistration of the law. He hoped with regard to the first
that he bad always evinced a readiness to suggest or to sup-
port those improvements in our laws which in the progress
of time might have become necessary, Wall regard to
the administration of the law, he had taken his earliest and
best lessons in the City of London. There the great Lord
Chief Justiee Mansfield had sat, and, with the aid of the ju-
ries furnished by the merchants of London, he formed and •
completed our system of commerciatjurisprudence. He (Lord
Lyndhurst) early in life laboured in the same field, and he
could not help calling to mind a conversation with reference
to the subject, which he had once with a distinguished fo-
reigner, who stated that at the time the English underwriters
did the greater part of the business of the merchants of Eu-
rope. The reason he assigned for it was, not so much that
the foreign merchants had a greater opinion of the stability of
our underwriters, but that they had so high an opinion of
the justice and impartiality of the tribunals of the City of
London, in the event of any disputes arising.—(Hear, hear.)
His Lordship then proposed the health of the Lord Mayor.
The toast having been responded to,
The Lonn MAYOR, in acknowledging it, said it was a source
of the highest gratification to him to see around him so many
distinguished . guests on this occasion. It was a source of
pride to him that they had received the toast as they had
done, accompanied by the remarks which the Lord Chancel-
lor had thought proper to make. He hoped that when his
year of office expired, he should be able to show that he had
deserved so much kindness.—(Cheers.)
The Lonn MAron then rose to propose the health of " Sir
Robert Peel and her Majesty's Ministers." The Right Hon.
Baronet had been called to the councils of the nation at a
time of great difficulty, and the result of his interference,
aided by his great character, talents, and perseverance, was
that we were now iu a state of comparative case and affluence.
—(Hear, hear.) Ile was sure they would agree that. the
City was indebted -to her Majesty's-11Iinisters for their ser-
vices, and that they would join heartily with him in drinking
their health.—(Cheers.)
The toast having been drunk,
Sir R. Parr, rose to respond to it. He was received with
loud cheers. On his own behalf, and on that of his col-
leagues, he begged to return thanks for the honour that had
been conferred on them. Those of his colleagues who were
present had seen the cordiality with which their health had
been received. To those who were absent, and particularly
to that illustrious man whose connexion with the Govern-
ment formed one of its chief claims on the public support—
he meant the Duke of Wellington—(Cheers)—he should take
care to -communicate the honour which bad been conferred'
on them all. His Noble and Learned Friend the Lord Chan-
cellor had, in the course of his observations, defrauded himself
of much of the merit which was justly due to himself, on ac-
count of any of those improvements in the jurisprudence
of the country which was made under his (Sir IL Peel's)
general superintendence. Without the advantage of pro-
fessional knowledge on the subject, it was impossible that
he '(Sir IL Peel) could have succeeded, bad it not been for
the cordial co-operation of 'one who had raised himself to
the highest rank of his profession by his legal attainments,
and who, rising superior to all professional interests and
prejudices, had zealously co-operated in the great work of
legal reform.—(Cheers.) It was the wish of her Majesty's
Government cordially to co-operate with the municipal
authorities of the City of London. Among the Court of
Aldermen -there were very few with whom in the course
of his long official life he had not been brought into some.
relations, and he could bear testimony to the zeal and
fidelity with which they had discharged • their duties..
They had co-operated for the public service with the Go-
vernment with an entire oblivion of all political differences.
No man Could be more opposed to the Government in the
House of Commons than was Alderman Humphern the late
Lord Mayor, yet there never was a period during which a
more cordial co-operation took place between the City and
the Government than during his mayoralty.—(Cheers.) He
hoped that this cordial concert would long continue, and that
conflicting political opinions would never prevent the due
performance of executive duties.—(Hear.) As Ministers of
the Crown, her Majesty's Government were proud of the
'confidence of tilt citizens of London. They had endea-
voured to use the influence they possessed for the mainte-
nance of general peace, and to avoid all causes of jealousy
and animosity with other Powers. They had endeavoured to
do this without compromising the honour or the interests of
the country. If peace had been interrupted, he trusted the
lustre of the British arms had been maintained unimpaired.
At home they had endeavoured to maintain the authority of
the law without any undue exercise of power, and still more
without seeking any new or unconstitutional addition to that
power. They had attempted to equalise the public revenue
with the expenditure, and to avert the evil of incurring debt
in time of peace. They had striven to maintain the public
credit, and to show to other nations the truth of that maxim,,
that honesty is the best policy, believing, as they did, that a
country which scrupulously maintained the public honour
was also acting on the most consistent and tree principles of
economy.—(Hear, hear.) In effecting all these things then
had been supported by their gracious Sovereign, *whose whore,
heart and mind were intent on th 6 welfare of her subjects.
They had received the undeviating support of an enlightened
Legislature, and if they were adde to these sources of satis-
faction. and confidence of the City of London—the organ and
fitting representative of enlightened public opinion, they
would have all that. was required to insure them the conti-
nuance of a power to'effect those measures which they sin-
cerely hoped would be for the happiness and welfare of the
country over whose destinies they were called on to preside.
—(Cheers.) Sir R. Peel then proposed the " Health of the
Lady Mayoress."
The toast having been received with due honours,

The LORD MAYOR acknowledged it, and then proposed,
" Lord Ashley, and the Members of the House of Commons."
Lord ASHLEY acknowledged the toast.
" The Solicitor-General," " The Aldermen," and other
toasts were afterwards given, and the company separated soon
after eleven o'clock.

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Mr. Toole, jun., emulated his father in his style of giving
out the toasts. The vocal arrangements were under the di-
rection of Mr. Jolly, assisted by Messrs. Horn, Robertson,
Shoubridge, Simmons, Force, Henderson, Miss ncombe, and
Miss Porter.