is so
enormous, that to meet the deficiency that exists as much as
L1500 has been sold out of their funds; and I feel that in order
to make that deficiency good, I shall not call upon you this
evening in vain. There are points which I might bring before
your notice, but I think that on this occasion brevity is best,
for you all know what a good institution it is, and I am sure
you will drink with me 'Prosperity to the Institution,' and try
to make it still more prosperous for the future. I beg to couple
with the toast the health of the treasurer, the directors, the
hon. secretaries, and medical officers of the institution."

The subscriptions announced during the evening amounted to upwards of
L2400.

BANQUET TO SIR GARNET WOLSELEY.

_March 31st, 1874._

The Lord Mayor of London, as chief magistrate of the City, has always
been ready to honour men distinguished for naval and military service
rendered to the country. A grand State Banquet was given on the 31st of
March, 1874, to Lord Wolseley, then Major-General Sir Garnet Wolseley,
on his return to England after the triumphant Ashantee Expedition. The
dinner was served in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion House. Covers were
laid for 260 guests, among whom were His Royal Highness the Prince of
Wales, Prince Arthur, and the Duke of Cambridge. All the officers of the
Staff, and others who had taken part in the Expedition, with many
eminent persons in civic or official life, were present.

The Lord Mayor, having given the usual loyal toasts, the Prince of Wales
rose to respond to that of the Royal Family, saying:--

"My Lord Mayor, your Royal Highness, my Lords, Ladies, and
Gentlemen,--I beg to tender you my very warmest thanks for the
kind way in which the Lord Mayor proposed this toast, and for
the cordial manner in which the company now assembled have
received it. This is not the first time I have had the honour of
an invitation to be present at the Mansion House and receive the
hospitality of the Lord Mayor of the City of London. But I can
assure him that however much pleased I may have been to be
present on former occasions, on no occasion did it afford me
greater pleasure to be here than on this evening, when he has
given a banquet to welcome back those gallant officers who have
so lately returned from the Gold Coast to England. The gallant
officers and men of t