The Express.
London, England, 1862-04-29 00:00:00

BANQUET AT THE MANSION HOUSE.

Yesterday evening • banquet was given by the
Lord Mayor and the Lady Mayorga', at the Mansion•honee,
to hie Moyal Highness the Duke of Cambridge and her
Majooty'soenuniesioners for the International Fahibitioa,

and ant 900 guests.
A guard of honour, consisting of 100 members of the
London Rifle Brigade, under the command of Captain
Finn, Lieutenant Frodsham, and Ensign Barton, received
his Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge, E.G., honorary
colonel of the brigade, co his arrival
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing "The Queen," observed
that her Majesty's deep solicitude for the mucous of the
Great International Exhibition had been continuously and
ustively demonstrated, notwithstanding the grief which
premed so heavily upon her on account of her great bereave-
ment. Her Majesty's reign had hitherto been highly
!wearable to the cause of human progress, and they must
ell unite in fervently hoping that she might long continue
-to soupy ths suited position in which she was placed.
After proposing "The Health of the Prince of Wales,"
His Lonnonn, observed that they were honoured that
evening by the wenn°e of ministers from various foreign
countries. It was a proud thing for the occupant of the
Mansion-house to have such distinguished personages at his
board. They might be hailed as the ministers of pews,
and such was the advance of the art of diplomacy that it
alight reasonably be hoped that through their agency man.
kind would before long escape those terrible ravages which
was occasioned by war. He had to associate with the
Meet a gentleman who had long in this country represented
au ancient empire—the Turkish Ambassador, M. Mu-
llane. (Cheers.)
H. Musters said—Milord Make, mesdames, et mes.
anus, j'ai l'bonneur de vow exprimer les remereimente
de mete colligues et lea miens pour le sante que le Lord
Haire vient de proposer, et que vow avez accueilli d'une
manure si bienveillaute pour nous. Hien n'est plus 'gra.
ale au corps diplomatique qua d'essister u cette splendide
reunion, qui ass le prelude do grand concourse international
dont row allons celebrer hientOt l'ouverture. En diet, a
s'y a rien de plus conforme aux veoux du corps diploma-
tine que de voir remulation qui a de tout temps exist&
*etre ks nations, et qui a souvent cause de grand/ moue,
dine. aujourd'hui cur one wane oil l'on ne pent coin.
parastre quo sous les auspices et par lee travaux de la pair,
et oil lee peoples apprennent d s estimer mutuellement, ase
recorder comma des trine, a se perfectionnu par riahange
des lilies dons rinds's-Vie, les sciences. et le• arta. et a an-
crostre ainsi leer bienetre commun. (Cheers.) C'est a
l'Ancleterre qu'appartient la globe d'avoir ate la premiere
convoquer les nations ii ow nouveaux jour Olympiques, oil
le prix est (tavern(' floe pas au plus robuste, car an plus
agile, maim an plus industriew et an plus utile a l'hu.
manila; et cette grand° metropole pout itre fire d'offrir
pour la seconds fois l'hoepitalite aux reprieentants de
I'ioduetrie et du genie des Lanes nations. (Hear, hear.)
' Hail, belu! no voile de tristesse est jete mar as,
fetes par renew» • *mai, regrettable de rauguste Prince
qui, entre sutra institutions humanitaires dont il a He le
promoteur, a concu Ia grande idea de rExposition Heaver-
sae, • au le thinner, et est a jute titre le fondeteur d'une
eaves a Isquelle les mitres etata me soot associan wee am-
t. Ann a-t-il aquis par des droits inmate-
=w Is reconnaissance de touts* les nations, qui cower-
vomit pour sa mamoire la mimes sentiments d estirne et
d'admiration qua le people Anglin. (Hear, bear.) Ainsi,
door, plus nous desirous honorer la mamoire de oe grande et
Mastro Prince, plus noes devons nous conformer a see nes
genirsuses, en vouant nos wins au ounces de eon mune, et
en tachant Wen rendre les effete de plus en plus prof tables
an genre humane. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR, in proposing the next toast, said until
that happy day arrived when the science of diplomacy
should supersede the necessity for war, it would behove
every country to be prepared for ite own defence. With-
out, therefore, intending any offence to the distinguished
foreigners present, be begged to propose "The Army, the
Navy, and the Volunteers." (Cheer.)
His Royal Highness the Duke of CAYBRIDOI said—Yon
lordship has conferred a great honour upon the army,
Over which I have at this moment the bonen
to preside, in bringing it under the notke
of this distinguished company. You have taken occasion to
allude to the fact that our assembling hero to-night has in
fact little to do with the 'service with which I am connected,
but the compliment which you have paid to the soldiers
and sailors of the country will not be the less acceptable

to them because kite common is a peculiarly pacifio one; and
I think that, wit out the slightest offence or indiscretion,
it may be shown to our foreign friends that those great ser.
vices, the army and navy, are esteemed in that great corn.
mercial City, where the area of peace and not the arta of
war reign triumphaat, and that it is the desire of the
country that they should be preserved in a state of
edlcieecy ; not for any aggressive purpose, or from any
desire on our part to triumph over our neighboun ; but
solely to protect the interests of this vast empire, and to
make the power of England felt wherever it caa
be legitimately exercised. (Cheers.) Having said
tame few words in reference to the tout. per-
I niit me, my lord, to remark that I think nothing could
have been more appropriate than for the chief magistratel
this great metropolis to take the earliest opportunity of
anembling the distinguished party of fort green present,
' with the view of gang them that welcome which I am are
every Englishman is desirous that they should receive.
(Loud cheers) Although our meeting this evade" has
festive character, we cannot akepties from ourselves the hut
that our feeliap of Of sad tberaulness of the Istenallasel
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