The Express.
London, England, 1849-08-24 00:00:00

VISIT OF THE COUNT AND COUNTESS DE

NRUILLY TO THE LORD MAYOR.

Yestirday the Right Hoc. the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress were honoured erit.b a visit from the Count
and Countess de !tinnily, at the Mansion-house.
In order to give the late King and Queen of the French
some idea of the magnificent room in which the hospitality of
the Lord Mayor of London is principally displayed, hie lord-
ship caused the Exeptian-hall to be decorated, the Massion-
hewn plate to be exhibited, and the tables to be laid out in
the style of splendour to which they have been accustomed
daring the present mayoralty. The drawing-room and the
lofty corridor were prepared for the reception of the illus-
trious guests with equal ears, and in the long puller a
dejeuner dla Mocha,* was laid. His loroship invited the
following disunguished persons to meet their late tasked.,
The governor and deputy-governor of the Bank of England,
the chairman of the East India Comp +ny, the deputy-chair-
man of the East India Company, the L3rd Provost of Edin-
burgh, Mr. Masterman, M.P., !Le.
At the appointed hour the Count and Countess de Neuilly.
accompanied by La Duchess. d'Orlesits, Le Conn. de Paris,
and Le Comte de Chartres, and attended by La Duchene
de Marisier, La Marquise de Vine, General le Comte de
Chabannes;General le Comte de Dumas' and Col. le Comte
de Ilontguyon, arrived at the private door of the Maicion
House, where they were received by the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoress, amidst the cheers of a multitude who bad
'resembled in Charlotte-row.
The Count and Countess de Neuilly, after havin4 visited
the justice-room in which the magisterial duties of the
mayoralty are performed, entered the Egyptian Hll, and
they expressed the highest admiration of the magnificent
ornaments of the home of the Mayor of London.
At 3 o'clock it was announced that the d,jetoter was
ready, and the Lord Mayor conducted the Comteiee de
Neuilly (preceded by the sword-bearer and the mace-bearer)
into the long parlour, followed by the Comte de Neuilly,
who conducted the Lady Mayoress, and the Lord Provost of
Edinburgh, who conducted the Duchene d'Orleans.
The LORD MAYOR proposed the health of her Ma-
jesty the Queen and his lintel Highness Prince Albert,
which was drunk with the car omary honours.
Hi. LORDSHIP then proposed the health of the Comte
and Countess de Neuilly, the Duchene of Odeon', the
Comte de Paris, and the Duke de Chartres, with had
honoured him by visiting the Mansion-house. He regretted
that he was prevented, by the rt queit of his ptionpal guest,
from more strongly i..dicating the high respect be enter-
tained for so Ottani rus a man—for a man who could not but
be illustrious under any circumstances, adverse or pros-
perous' by which he might be surrounded. (Cheers.)
The Courts de NEUILLY said he felt deeply grateful for
the honeur done him by the Lord Mayor and the company
by whom he was surrounded, and it was with the greatest
pleasure he revised the health of his lordship, and pros-
perity to the City of London. (Cheers.)
Soon after four o'clock the C. anti Comtesoe de
Neuilly, the Duchene d'Orleans, the Comte de Parie, and
the Duke de Chartres took leave of the Lord Mayor and
the Lady Mayoress. evidently delighted with their reception.
The moment they entered their canines, the crowd, which
0 completely filled the wide space of Charlotte-row, burst into
lead applause. See. ral gentleuren shook hands with the
I lath King of the French, when he was seated in his carriage,
id all exhibited towards him profound respect.