The Express.
London, England, 1856-05-08 00:00:00

Yeeterdsy evening the Right Hon. the Lord
Meyer satertalasd Lard Pastorate* sad her Majesty's

Miiistere at Um

The etlaws was el ate

most costly and insuring slearester, sad mere thaa anal
pains had been takes to reader the assersticias worthy of
the amnion. The walls were hug with the flap of
venous sallow, sad immediately above the dais was se
immense trophy, seaweed of the lap of the sllies, the
Unclose sad Vine Jab bong pra•emloatly sou-
apiesoes. The disploy of Vat* was gorgeous sad
profuse, and a pa:alias charm was gine to the
apposeaus of the tables by the aboadence of nal
Enron with which they won teetotally decorated,
the whole relating high credit on the Mean. Staples, to '1
whom all then hospitable arrangsmeen bad as anal ben I
distrusted. The company was remarkable both kr the
ambers and reek of the gust, and es a pollard donna-
amities the bemuse was of the highest importnne. The
glitter of the rich sad varied uniforms, the ungallant
toilette sod jewels of the ladies, the Murat attached tattle
individuality of so may of the gents, sad the importance
of the political aids la whisk this laminas to piasit
gene to it a dopes of interest seek as is seldom wineries',
use la the Egyptian Hall, celebrated though it be as the
Nees of great histories and political festivals. Amongst
the guests the groat point of cariosity sad sandlots was
the Earl of Clanadoe, who. overrun was anginas
to sea sad resegnise, and the chain with which the
proposal of his lordship's health was remand left so doebt
as to the estimate public opiates had farmed of tee vales of
his mast diplomat's !elbows.

Oa the resioval of the cloth the health' at her Majesty
mad the rest of ths royal family were appropriately proposed
mad dal, hoissued, alter which
The LORD hieoroa proceeded to give the health' of the
Emperor sad Empress of the French, with • high eulogises
os the character of our imperial ally. Napoleon 111. bed
takes foe his motto L'Empire c'esi Is pad; mad now that
=tad been .seared by the united efforts of Frame and
it was to be hoped that the ampere's Debts senti-
ment would meet with a hearty response throughout the
Maimed world. (Chess.)
Cheat PRISIONT Meta return thanks Mad was nosived
with bed applause. His Excellency, addressing the rase-
lag. is French, said—Merit un, les einem= que Milord
Made rant d'exprimer rep indict fidilestent a don de
l'Empereur et de la Fusee ii l'igurd de l'Aogleterre. (Hear,
hear.) Aids tette geese qui dais le Doss espies de deux
assess a resole Pone des piss grandee gateau' de moors
suede ; spas tette guess qui • 6 4 soble eat,. tones les
gimes, par le bat gu eil. est propose, par lea precast
d'humanit6 deer. a Moen pratips et pax la moderation
qai en a flni le terms; aped tette purrs en us mot qui
***** dans l'histoire Fun des plies glove.: episodes de la
civilisation : ea vie la Franco desire avast toot c'est de cos-
, seder doss la path l'aihuto qui dans la mine a
prodait do si etudes thous. (Cheers) Cs You
cle la France qui est epitomes, yea sole eon-
. vases, alai de l'Angleters, es vs. sera Econed. Car,
messieurs, en point de l'histolre oh sons seams parvenu,
II n'ssists plus Sea qai poises nosedives. (Cheers.) Noe
socials reassatiments, nose lee atoms imitate Jesus d-as
la confratersiti de champ de bataille ; sues nous autos
fait plea eaure pest-e:re pour sotto seise is restudied les
ans et lee adds ess fatness doctrines eettsomiques de pease
qui (caddis' la proeperiti d'aa pays ear la raise de see
teethe. (Chum) Dieu nisei, nose souse tole seller-
pte le priseipe de Is riches.. des puede teed le
travail ; quo le seethassie is s'itablit qua de productions
pederasts; ot pie, pa condign's', l'aetivite de see
vibes id suet easseralle qui la dire au developputest
de nee» presperitd. (Chun.) gas piteous. as sheets
duo I neat divisor, car periods. a', strain. Mae qui
l'aniea !moraine de l'Angleterre et de Is Frames se tea-
tines dans Fades puerile de l'Earope ; et Wells aide de
base solids et Ind:sellable pour mites les alliances qui
aeries sidesaddles ea vu l'agrandireemest die relations
istereatteasles, le bosh.., Cede dee peplos. (Lend
• obeen.
Tb. )Lone MAYOR ant gave "The Army sad Navy,"
MANN to aujaaetion with the army mad navy of Fume
sail the army of Seedlida, had whined as mash maims,
sad situ 'saran in the tear which had new happily bit-
Masted. The bravery of our army sad navy was ',tabloid
of enthusiastic admirathia to the people of this tiouotry, who
rasp heard with the deepest Late/est the story of their
schtsomunte by land Radom. He had hoped for the tom-
p•ay of his noble triad the Cramandula-Chief to Masa
thetas for this tout, bet regretted to say that the indispo-
sition of his adble friend would deprive boa of that pleased.
Is the absence of Lod Harding. he would couple with the
'cwt of the army and navy the names of General Fox cad
Sir C. Wood. (Chum)
Sir C. WOOD rose to eldest on behead the noble pro-
tasis)* with which the Lord Mayor had done him the
hoaour to connect his nose, to exposes his grateful thus
for the manner is which the toast had been proposed by the
Lord Mayor, and the 'samara' with which it had bees
suited by the ocespaay.
Gourd Fox briefly returned tbaaka fer the army.
The LOZD MAYOR again Klee, and gave " The Health. of
be Majesty's Ministers," end the tout was suited with
seamless demonstretions of welcome.
Lord PALMERSTON—My lord, ladies, sad pat rte's, It
is at all than agreeable to those who have the honour to be
eatrusted with the administration of tke notional affair" tO
receive the splendid hospitality of the worthy chief magis-
trate who presides in this noble mtssioe end who repre-
sents the woad% the intelligence, sad rho pablie opinion of
the great coats of the estamereial world ; but if ever there
was a musts when it was peculiarly grateful to those who
stand is our positioe to be present at this board, it must be
the moment in which we hays now the hums of appearisg
before you. (Hear.) For what eassaion could bested Stasi
upon which to receive the hospitality of the representative
of this peat commercial metropolis than the moment when,
at the dose of a greet sad seeassefel war, we have just esa-
pitted en advantegeous acd honourable treaty of pines t
I (Hear.) We have jest concluded a peace by which fresh
sops has bun gives to commercial enterprise, and upon
which I trait and hope fresh seearity will be mated for
the tranqaillity and happiness of Bares. My Lord Mayor
has bean pleased to remark that the task of these who oar
dent the adds of this country is is. of peculiar difficulty.
They stand, as it were, la a doable Matiou, sad must st once
suer. the good will of the crows, sad aural the goddess
of the people. Bat there sever wee • pas is the history of
England when that task was more easy than at the punt
time, for sever was there a period when the wasp ethy be-
tween the Brows and the people was more intimate than it
sow is, treaded happily oar the segregates of the beet
feelings that could adorn or elevete haus Later.. (Load
Grate.) The Lord Mayor has also adverted to the difficulty
of conducting • war with viper, aid bringing it to a sue-
useful termisatiout ; bet in that doped also, oar task has
beta compuatively easy, for the peepe d' thk mussy ex-
hibited all through a maely spirit, an indomitable energy.
sustained sathosiess, that made the task of thypostrameat
as regarded the war comparatively fade. (Hint, hear.)
We had oily to direst sad apply those mesas sad ',-
which the geasseity sad astern of the matry had
placed in oar heeds. (Hear, hut) It wail sot amour,
to stimulate courage which wee elrudy boiling over is the
hears of the people—we had Daly to keep it tempered with
diuretics ; and we should have bees sairorthy of the posi-
tion we cuspid if we wise sot septhie of applying the
means so abundantly furnished us to the proneetion of •
succesfal result. Bet the war Is now happily cur, and the
treaty of pease has bus dried ; and we trust that although
that peas may aot be accompanied by a brilliant list of
ectecoared territories, or by the ustribetiose levied on a vas-
q seri ed *limy, it yet may be doomed a good and satisfactory
peals. We believe that the more the auditions of that
peas are !coked late, the more the 'don comprehends the
denies that beet Ear pit when the war begin, and the
sad *edition is which the mussy was placed for whose
protection we took ep arms, the eon they will be satisfied
with the treaty and with the diplomatic labours of my noble
friend who stands beside me (Lord Clareedon). (Loud
cheers.) The treaty which my noble friend with sues die
disguised ability and sub analogs ears tusked over, and
I. which he provided far every dame seder seaside/ado.,
has aow happily bees stifled, sad the man it is simpered
wiih tinier treaties the mere will the people of this
destry hen duos to think that the sauna et they
have mole have sot been in vain, that their noble efforts
bate set bees without deviate result ; sad while, se the
one bud, they will be able to look back with dud sate.
faction, oar the other they will look forward, armed with
this peace, to • period of pose a and prosperity is the fated.
(Hear' hest.) My lord and 'sedum's. you have beard the
noble and ulightinted sentsments of the ambassador of
Fraser, diPeased sot omly oa his owl part but os
behalf of that gnat itoordiga whom he so werthily
presets is this mussy, sad the knoelodp that such ses-
smuts peters. the emilect of our prat ally mast
lupin se with the son mediae as to the re
oilts of that pones wkish ha. mow best co hap-
pily esitehded. Weed, ft is • eiterastemes t gratify.
ha to this sosatey, • oirmastasee most sussed
to Ecorse, that those two Crest nation", who bays shed
their blood in • claims field of haul., who here sat
together at the table of raference, are to matinee In pees
tint iris alarms ups. which se such of the %femininity
sadseepseity of We woad depth& (Cheers.) I Steak
y sr lordship foe batiste amemb'ed at your hospitable hoard
the representatives of se may of the pottcrest Bercpi. We
berm bete the representsave of tee King cf Sardinia—(load
• throes)—whe has preserved • level with the post power' of
amps, us primp is sant of lechery, bad by the