The Express.
London, England, 1852-02-03 00:00:00

POLITICAL BANQUETS.

The Marquis of Lansdowne, u President of the
Council, gave a grand ministerial banquet last evening at
Lansdowne-house, to a distinguished circle of peers, sup.
Porters of the present government. Covers were laid fur
forty in the state dining-room. The guests were the Duke
of Norfolk, the Duke of Bedford, the Lord Chang/110r, the
Marquis of Anglesey, the Marquis of Breailalbane, the
Marquis of Weetininster, the Marquis of Normanby,
the Marquis of Clanricarde, the Earl of Carlisle, the
Earl Craven, the Earl Grey, the Earl of Yarborough,
the Earl of Albemarle, the Earl of Bemboroegh, the
Earl of Strafford. the Earl of Zetland. the Earl of
Minor, the Earl Granville, the Earl Fitshardinge, the
Earl Bruce, the Earl Waldegrave, Lord Camoys, Lord
Elphinstone, Lord listherton, Lord Monteagle, Lord
Foley, Lord De Manley, Lord Colborne, Lord Carington,
Lord Beaumont, Lord Portman, Lord Lilford, Lord
Erskine, Lord flays and Bele, Lord Cremorne, Lord Wode-
house, and Lord Leigh. The noble marquis was assisted in
the honours of the table by his son, the Earl of Shelburne,
and his sea-is-law, the lion. .1. K. Howard. After dinner
her Majeety'e gracious speech on the opening of the ses-
sion of parliament was read by the noble president to his
assembled guests. We are sorry to say that Lord Lane-
dowse was safari ag severely during the evening from an
attack of gout, which eons on a day or two Maw, and
which prevented the noble marquis from attending the
Privy Council at Buckingham Palace yesterday.

Lord John Russell gave a full dewparliamentary
dinner pally loot evening, at his racial reaidenes ia Down-
ing-street, to the following distbuyniihed circle :—The
Right Hon. the Speaker, Sir IL Williams Bulkeley, sod
Mr. Bonham Carter (the mover and seconder of the ad-
dress), Lord Seymour, Lord Alfred Paget, Lord C. Paget,
Lord Mamas Hill, Lord Edward Iluward, the Right lion.
Sir G. Grey, the Right Bon. W. G. Hayter, the Right
Hoe. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Henry Labor-
then, the Right Hon. Sir FISACIS Baring, the Right Hon.
'f. Baines, the Right Hoe. Sir William Somerville, the
Right lion. Sir David Dundes, Hon. E. Bouverie, lion.
Wm. Casper, lion. (len. Anson, Lieut.-Colonel lion.
Robert Boyle, the Attorney-Ueneral, the Lord Advocate
of Scotland, the Nolicitor.Cleneral, the Attorney-General
for Ireland, Admiral Berkeley, Sir W. Gibson Craig, Mr.
Frederick Peel, Mr. Bellew, Mr. Rich, Mr. G. Cornwall
Lewis, Mr. J. Elliot, Mr. James Wilson, Mr. Parker, and
Mr. R. W. Urey.

The Earl of Derby entertained a distinguished party
of peen teat evening at his mansion in St Jamea's-square.
The guests were confined to opposition members of the
Upper home; end among those present were the Duke of
Richmond, the Duke of Beaufort, the Duke of Montrose
the Duke of Northumberland,. the Duke of Cleveland, dm;

Marquie of Hector, the Manville of Salisbury, the Earl of
Eglintaa, the Earl of Cardigan, the Hari of Lansdale, the
Earl of ilalinesbury, the Earl of Loma, the Earl of Sand-
wich, the Earl of Wilton, the Earl Talbot, the Earl of
Strailbroke, the Earl of Winching*, the Earl of Olen all, the
Earl of Enniskillen, the Earl Delaware, the Earl of Hard-
wieke, Viscount Comberssere, Viscount Strang ford, Lord De
Itos, Lord ILedesdale, Lord Southampton, Lord Colchester
and Lord Saltoun. Lord Lyndhurst, the Earl of Ih-eart, and
two or three other peen, were prevented attending by in-
disposition. The noble earl's table presented a magniheent
display of gold and *deer plate. In the middle was a
superb gold centre piece, pretested to his lordship'. father,
as lord-lieutenant of Lancashire, by the deputy•lieutenant
of that county; and upon the table were three beautiful
pkags of racing plate, won at Goodwood and Doncaster b
the galling Cussesa. A deepen a Twice of the most superb
deembplllll4MMOgissturevl by Messrs. Daniell, of New Bond-
streets sal pardiond out of the Great I:shanties by Lord
Derby, was used M this occasion for the first time, sad
way greatly adaasel. There was to be a great iambi 4l
immumesw—ambsts of the noble earl's party—at Ms IMF
ska ammkg (Tuesday).