The Sun. — 1863-08-04 (London, England)

LONDON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 4, 1863.  The assembly that took place on board the Adriatic on Friday was of a very auspicious character. It was the inauguration of the New Atlantic Mail Steam Packet Company. The directors entertained the Lord-Lieutenant, the Lord Mayor of Dublin, and numerous other persons of note and distinction. Nothing could have been more successful than the affair on the whole. The weather was also most favourable. Lord CARLISLE'S name was received in a very enthusiastic manner. The noble lord made one of his appropriate speeches on the occasion. He frankly stated that no credit due to the setting on foot of this undertaking accrued to himself and his colleagues. But, he added, it was not advisable to refer to the troubles of the past, and he was happy in adopting the philosophy of the old motto, " All's well that ends well." His lordship's prognostications for the future were of the brightest sort. He said, " I yield to no one in the heartiness of my wishes for the complete success of the undertaking; and I am sure that the proceedings of the company could not have been better inaugurated than on board the magnificent vessel in which we are now assembled —this sumptuous ocean-palace in which I am only too proud to discharge the functions assigned of old to the Doges of Venice—of wedding the State to our new Adriatic." T6lO idea nag receiy•3 with loud applause. Nothing gains more in a public assembly or attracts more notice on a festive occasio❑ than the introduction of a happy quotation or the skilful adaptation of a proverb or well_know❑ occurrence. On one occasion Sir WALTER SCOTT excited great amusement by proposing the health of MACADAM, at some banquet, as the modern " Colossus of Rhodes." Lord CARLISLE'S remarks were exactly suitable for the occasion, free from I stiffness and restraint, and replete with good humour and good wishes. The noble lord thus eloquently concluded his brief address :—" May all happy influences flow from this auspicious connexion; safe be your voyages, propitious your winds, large your cargoes, skilful your captain, active and healthy your crews, and remunerative your returns; and if 1 may express any further wish distinct from the internal affairs and functions of the company itself, it would be that when this noble vessel has sped its useful and civilising errand across the broad Atlantic, may it bring back to us the joyful tidings that the blood of our brethren had ceased to flow in murderous conflict, and that the nations and races once more repose in peace."  The Lord Mayor, in the course of his remarks, spoke strongly in favour of the company, and hoped that the " wealth and commerce between the old world and the new would flow through the centre of Ireland." He also congratulated Irishmen on having put aside political and polemical discussions in order to achieve their end, and he was grad they had succeeded. They had gained also that respect Which always belongs to a united nation. Lord CLA "ART Y congratulated the shareholders on the auspicious event. He said that brighter times seemed in store for them, and they were " apparently emerging from a series of bad seasons, after they had been under a cloud of difficulties and distress, arising from Alderman over which they had no control." number of :elan REYNOLDS remarked that the was 1,600, and he thareholders in that county said took in all the .popuiat.e friends of the company ocould be given of this assertion No better proof Irish representatives in the R" than that of " 105 were in favour of the Galway of Commcriso 103 alderman excited great amusement The worthy yon Lord