The Express.
London, England, 1862-07-07 00:00:00

BANQUET TO HIS HIGHNESS :Bs VICEROY

OF ZO YPT.

On Saturday evening his Highness the Viceroy
of Egypt was present as the gust of the Lord Mayor at •
grand torsquet in the Egyptian Hall at the Mansion-louse,
which was elaborately and teetetally decorated for the cos-
Ilion, baskets of flowers being suspended from the saline is
the open spaces between the columns. The oompany M-
elted to meet the Pacha was numerous and brilliant, Weld-
ing members both of the present and of the weeding
gevernmeet, • large number of andante/shed forams:B,
noisy of the leading merchant, and ambers of the city, and
almost as many ladies as gentleman. A guard of homier
from the London Biala Brigade, under the command of
Major Bose, was OR duty at the entrance and in the vesti-
bule, and when his Highness arrived received him with arms
presented ; while at the same time the Lord Mayor and the
Lady Mayoras advanced to bid him welcome.
The company preset 'eluded he Highness the Viceroy
of Egypt, his Berne Highness Prince Frederica of
Schleswig.Hokaia, his Highness Mustapha Yeah; Earl
and Countess of Leven and Melville, Lord and Lady John
Manners, Viscount and Viscounts. Doueraile, Lord sad
Lady Colville of Cukor, Lord Colchester, Lord Ernest
Bruce, ILP., Viscount Pavan/say, M.P., Sir G. C. and
Lady Lewis ; M. Rouher, French Minister of Interior ; Mr.
Milner and Mrs. Gibsoo, Mr. and Mr. Livadi, air John
PUS'S°, IL.P., Bight Hon. W. and Mrs. Cowper, de.
After the names of the guests had been announced with
heraldic solemnity by Mr. Harker, the toastmaster, the
"loving cup" commenced it, circuit, and his Highness the
Viceroy took part in this ancient ceremony with a cordiality
which drew forth cheers from all part, of the room.
The usual loyal and patriot's touts having been disposed
of,
The Loan MAYOR said—l have now to offer a tout which
cannot fail to meet with a beauty reception. I am about
to propose, " The Health of his Highness the Viceroy of
Egypt." (Loud cheers.) Our illustrious guest is well en-
titled to an emphatic expression of our unqualified admire-
tion of the unceasing efforts so successfully made by him for
the development of the resources, end for the general ad-
vancement, of that ancient and most interesting country
over which his highness bears sway. (Cheers.) Those efforts
have out only resulted in benefits to kis own country and
to bin own people, but have contributed largely to
international communication and to commercial inter-
comae between the different countries of Europe and the
eastern hemisphere. (Cheers.) I greatly rejoice in the good
fortune which enables mg, surrounded as 1 am by many of
my distinguished countrymen in this Mansion-house of the
old corporation of London, in the centre of the great me-
tropolis of the widely extended British empire, to demon-
strate to his loyal highness the estimation in which his
name and chemeter are genendly held by the British people.
—(cheers)—and the great sense they entertain of the gene-
rous aid he rendered to us in the cntiail hour of our need.
(Continued cheers.) Let ns hope that the Great Disposer of
Events may long continue to preserve a life so valuable,
that the energies he has hitherto employed for the good of
mankind may fors long penod gaffer no deterioration, and
that the general cans of a:initiation and commercial inter-
course may still enjoy the advantages of that enlightened
career which it has been the glory of his royal highness to
pursue. (Loud cheers,)
The toast having been enthusiastically drunk,
His H' miss the Vs:nor, in ackeowledging the compli-
ment, spoke in French to the following effect—l beg to thank
your lordship and this distinguished company for the manors
in which my health has been given and received. lam sure
that these expressions are more than I really deserve, but
they are an encouragement to me to deserve them her after.
(Cheers.) Sims I came to this country I have had canes to
be grateful for the hospitality and kindness which I have
received from all classes of the English people, and espe-
cially from the great personage who is its chief. Before I
sit down allow me to propose •' The Health of the Lord
Mayor."
The health of his lordship, as proposed by his highness,
was drunk with great cordiality.
The Loan MAYOR said it was a proud thing for the
City of London to have the honour, through its Lord Mayor,
of entertaining the Viceroy of Egypt under the roof of the
Mansion-house, and it was particularly fortunate for him
(the Lord Mayor) that it had fallen to his lot to entertain
his royal hiatuses and the distinguished company by which
he was surrounded. (Cheers.)
The Loan IL&TOR next gave the tout of " The House of
Lords," which was acknowledged by Viscount Dotoratum
His LORDSHIP next gave " The House of Commute," as-
sociating with it the name of Mr. Disraeli.

Mr. ITIBRAELI (who on rasing was loudly and universally
cheered) said :—My Lord Mayor,—On the part of the
Howe of Commons I beg to acknowledge the honour you
have done theinhy proposing their health upon this occa-
sion. This is not by any means the first time that I
have performed this gratifying duty ; and I am well
aware, from the kindness with which this toast is always
proposed from the municipal chair, and from the cordiality
with which it is always received by this company, that
this is not, and that it never will be, an idle cerve
many. (Cheers.) Nor is this in any way wonderful, when
we remember the value and the duration of the relations
which subsist between the municipality of this city and the
House of Commons. Those relations are of oo modern
date ; they have been been consecrated by age and by sharp
experience ; they form au imp°. taut element in the history
of this country ; and they will long, I truscoontinue to be
i cherished and respected by every mess in the community. It
is with peculiar pleasure and with peculiar pride that, on
the part of the House of Commons, I this day acknowledge
the compliment which you have paid us ; and I am happy
to inform your illustrious guest that nowhere is his govern-
ment viewed with more interest than in the House of
Commons - (cheers)—and that it is with adm'ing satisfac-
tion they have seen that under his rule the energies of his
country have been developed, the elements of its prosperity
have been increased, and on many occasions there have
been exhibited the happy results of a wise and tempe-
rate administration. (Cheers.) Above all I may say it
Is with peculiar pleasure we have witnessed under his
sway that admission of the rights of labour which
forms, I believe, the best and securest foundation of the
wealth of nations. My Lord Mayor, I may congratulate
you, I hope, before 1 sit down, on the great felicity which
has attended you this day in welcoming to your hospitable
board the ruler of Egypt, and receiving him in a hall which
derives its come from the country over which be presides.
(Hear, hear.) I look upon this circumstance as one of those
happy impromptus which are the characteristics of our
manners, as one of those graceful apropos which are the
finest ornaments of our social happiness. Ii former days,
when Egyptian halls were visited and investigated with the
energy of a Belzoni or the genius of a Bunsen, great trea-
sures were discovered which have astonished and perplexed
Europe ; but I think I may say, my Lord Mayor, that when
your illustrious guest quits this room to-night he will bear
from this Egyptian hall treasures which even Egypt will
not despise—treasures not less valuable than those die-
' covered by • Belzoni or a Bunsen, for he will carry away
from this hall the sympathies of an enlightened community
and the respect of • free topple. (Loud cheers.)
His Serene Highness PEIRCE FREDERICK of Schleswig
Holstein proposed "The health of the Lady Beyond's."
His LORDKEIP then proposed the health of gentleman
who had been brought together to the metropolis, not only
from different parts of this country, but from distant places
on the continent to do good service as jurors and commis-
sional* in the Greet International Exhibition. They were
niuch indebted to the foreign commissioners, to whom, with
the jurors, much of the success of that vast undertaking
was to be attributed, and lie rejoiced to see several
of them among his gnarls. (Cheers.) He should not
enumerate them, but brief as he was in proposing
their health he desired to be emphatic in recognising
the valuable services they had rendered, and he had great
pleasure in associating with the toast a awn* of world-wide
celebrity, that of H. Chevalier, who did honour, not only to
the great empire to which he belonged, but to the whole of
Europe. Cheers.)
Cmirozzaxn, on rising to return thanks, was 10.4
cheered. Speaking at drat in English, be said that although
had by surprise in being called spot' to return thanks, •
bad no hesitation la expressing his gratitude fur the wel-
come which be and his brother commissioners and jurors
had received, end which be felt was natural, true, and eh-
one. (Clieme.) He then begged to be allowed to speak is
his native tongue, and moss& d at some length to point
out the advantages which iedu. try and commerce would
derive from the holding et ibtruational exhibithzew He
also alluded to the treaty of commerce which bad nese*
been entered hits between England said Ensue, and
augured Iran it the lent melte for the 1114111111111 1111 the two
countries. Tip peeseet Exhibition, mad, effordnirrtpat
gratifying *Aare* of the progress which had beak 'Midi •
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