The Express.
London, England, 1852-12-01 00:00:00

THE UNITED SERVICE CLUB.

A grand dinner was given at the United . Service I,
Club on Monday, the Duke of Cambridge in the chair, to
the uishoguished twigs officers who had attended the fuue-
mil of the late Duke of Wellington. Upon the Emperor
of Russia's health being drunk, Prince Gortehakoff re-
plied the following terms : " Messieurs,—Venilles reee-
suit lows remereiements pour la sante quo eons ayes porte..
Monseigneur, agrees mes actions de grim. Permette:
&mai que je sous semi reie pour la cordials hospitaliti avec
Isquelle nous aeons Ete focus en Angletcrre. Et maintenant
souffus, Messieurs, que je eons entretienne quelques in-
stants de l'illustre Capitaine quip volts ave. perdu. Le Due
do Welling;on keit un grand homage de guerre et uu grand
eitoree. L'Lmpereur nebulas, ee digae imule do Pierre
le Grand, await pour lul une estime partieuliere. Ma
presence ici en est la preuve. Sollicitude constante pour
le bien etre du audit; prudence extreme dans la con-
duits de la guerre; induce et vigueur pour !rapper
Ire coups decorifs—tels &talent les priecipes do Due do
Wellington. J'en appelle a noire temoignage, Messieurs, a
mon digne collegue, Ic Comte Noetitz, qui a vaillamment
combattu avec le Marlobal Blucher, a tete du Due de Wel-
lington. Le systems do piens du Due est celui qui convlent
is walla a notre epoque. 11 a ete adopte et justifie par lee
tspittines lts plus it du temps present—en Runic,
par le Prince de Varsovie ; en Autriche, par le Comte
Endetaky ; en Angleterre, par le Vicomte Har-
ding,. Que je eons remercie encore use fobs, Messieurs,
pour Is eenfraternite quo eons sees snontre, et qua ja ions
dire di. plus preload demon ame, Vivo la lteine et la
mission Royale d'Augleterre; vivo l'srrofe Angl.ise; wive
la marine Anglaise, et son di use representant, le Duo de
Northumberland! Eight Messieurs, vine a jamaisIs
pisilikeigiudes," AA/4*am 1" •
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THE SCOTTISH HOSPITAL DINNER.

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The mai ihrilltalKOlLUTO hodrol of Go
Seottish U4lOlllll , 'Nib h teareltabla, Nom
other thin., kr ag the m diem: rand " at the
Loads% "Mmes. was held yestmeary (St. Andrew's Day).
The wet siausttally anameess; the stewards were
an prosodast ; asi the aanounmmeut that
=ha would sedate as (Minoan and that
the Led Admeete (lir loplia) would sat as ski-chairman,
was mosidosed as affisataalse that there mould be a eery
W U brilliant Inteniele. ne of the Lashio Tavern
was hada the stomata MIMING to assorassias
the kegs atennimane meil UM theimmetied emegany,
the serefid agenameate of seam, ht mom of bowlers,
shields, end tartans, sail Ihe pYaasdlnaey attendame of
ladies, who, in glittering inesise edema, filled the two
galleries, one of them gailmise to the exclusion of
W bask, who to sarsquaoso bad to be indistinctly
amileal lee resale mks, Mr. Bathe's suite of rooms
aismael so asp* iiir a very gratifying and very
proemial. aborroar. Lord John Rumen varied the
Meet list by istairEmbir, after the toast of " The lloyal,
Family," ' The Mama of thie Duke of Wellingtoa.'
The neat bambini' boast proposed by his lordship
was "The Pre/ids/at of the United States." this toestbeing
maimected with the name of the new American
'minister to this (*instep, Mr. Ingersoll. The
health was nesived with enthusiasm, end Mr. Ingersoll
obtained a meet tattering welcome on hie first appearance
. escasiem in England. After the toast of the
...11=pital," to which Lord reamers, as one of the
lasatoory Mars, replied, came the tout of the " Roue
of Inds," to which Lord linking responded. Other rou-
this tows followed, and the subwriptions tendered, we ho-
liest*, amounted to 7001.