The Express.
London, England, 1849-06-28 00:00:00

Vbe Court.

The Queen will hold s privy clown to-mcarow
(Febeey), the 2901 inst.' at Buckingham Palms.
His Royal Highness Prince Albert, attenled b; Colonel
Booverie and Limit -Colossi the Has. Alezander Gordon,
west yeeterdey morning to the review of the 11th Muses
at Wimbledon Comma. _
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Their R-yal Mihail' • the Duchess of Kent, the Duchess
Canaluidtte, and the Hereditary Grand Duch. es of Meek-
Malting Strelits, visited her Maj. sty the Queen of the Bel-
giant yesterday at lltekinglinen Palace.
Her Majesty the Queen, her Majesty the Quinn of the
Belgium, and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, honoured
the Marquis and Marchioness of Westminster with their
company at dinner yesterday evening, at their resitltneo.
Grosvenor House, Upper Grosvenor-street. The Queen was
attended by the Countess of Mount Edgecumbe, Lady•in-
Waiting; Lmd Waterperk, Lord-in-Waiting; at d eut.-
Culttual 11-en. C. U. Phipps. Equerry-in-Waiting. The
Quota of the &Limns was attended by la Commas* van der
Straten, Dame du Palcas, and blij tie bl.terkerke. The
Priam wee at ended by Lord George Ltnntn,
Wa Cite, and Culunel Bouveris, Equerry-in•Wmtinr.
The Countess of Mount Editecumhe has succeeded the
Countess t.f D4sut es tie Lady-in. Waiting to the Quem, and
Lord Waterparn has Meted Lord Camoys in the duties of
Lord-In-Waiting to her Majesty.

S:r Francis Baring, Earl Grey, anti Lord John Hay
had as interview wub the lkiht lion. H. billow:her yes-
terday a• the oft ss of the Board of Trade.
The Duke of Buccleach had a large dinner party
yesterdas at Montagu Howe, Whitehall.
The Juiicial C.namittee of the Privy Canna' tat
Yesterday and con.meneed a case front Bengal, hludhoo
Bsondun Sundial r. Surrolichunder Si,kar Chowery (two
appeals.) The caw wae adjourned for further hearisg.

PRINCE ALBERT and the Prince of Wales intend
v:si•ing Winchester on the 12th of neat month. The Prince
Censers is anxious that his visit eball be attende t with as
little ceremony as postale. His object is to we the cathedral.
mill." and the numerous and interesting antiquitice with
which the mints' of the ancient Bas •a kingdom abounds.
TM Prince will take the opportunity_ of Ws vi,it to Win-
chester to present sew odours to the 23rd Regiment.

Tne Dueness or ORLEANS, travtll ng under the
name of the Comtewa de Villiers, is expected to arrive in
E• gland to-ily from the contin-at, aid the Lids of the
Tremory have directed the authorities at the pima of die-
emharkoti m in Low! on and at Dover to show Per Royol
Rightism' the rtsko3 due to her mit on her arrival in this
untg.

ROYAL VISIT TO GROSVENOR HOUSE.

Lest evening her NI sjes'y and the Prince Consort
honoured the Marquis and fslarebiontas of Westminster with
their compahy to a grand banquet and concert at Grosvenor
Hoare.
In the courtyard was stationed the full band of the R 441
Hose Guards and the only other at ruction that could p-at.
*Orly afford the public any gratificition was the illumination
of the valor of the mansius. TLe gardens m the rear of
the r.sidence were tastefully illuminated at dusk by thou.
rands of variegated lamps.
The Duke and Dreher of Norfolk, the Earl Sneneer, the
Arehtibtop of Canterbury, arrived shortly before 8, by which
hour toe whole of the guests to the banquet had assembled.
Shortly 'titer 8 the Queen and Prince Albert, acianuptnied
by the Queen of the D.:liens. and attended by the personnel
t' the inert In waiting, arrived. The Mai quis and
.rehien. a. of Westminster MOM list Wart to welcome their
engine vidtors as they alighted from the carriage. The
Queen, vesting on the arm of the noble marque, followed
by the Queen of the 11.1frisas, Prince Albert and retinae,
proceeded at once to the saloon.
Immediately afterwards dime r was announced as being
windy, when tee lord party was ushered to the grand di-
e:legroom. Her Majesty sat on the right side of the noble
hose, the Queen of its Delgians and Prince Albert sitting
riaa-ria, the Mucbioseas beirg on the left of the Prima-
l:assort. In additon to these august personages, the fol.
couldfuted the diorer ciree : the Duke sad Duchess
of Norfolk, the Arebbishop of Canterbury, the Marquis of
Lansdowne, the Earl Spencer,Viasount Herdirge, the lion
B. and Lady 111:xsheth the lion. W. 11. and Lady
Carolee L igh, the Earl thawvenue,
Lord Robert rinse'.
' nor, and the f dewing penons attached to the per on of the
Q 11,411 and Press awl the (a men of the Belgians
C enter of M eat Edgetumbe, L.rd Waterpark, Colonel
Douro* laird Ocoee Lennox, the lion. Cul. Phipps, and
the Ciente.' of reader Stratus, and Major de Mnerkerko.
were laid for 21 Fero:ins. The military band per-
formed during the entertainment. Her Majesty's health
was the only toast drank.
At half put nine o'clock the whiten invite.' to the con-
rut beg .es to esegr,gate, the court-yard thing by that time
fully illsiainved by varb gated lamps arranrad along the '
anbitactsual outline of the surrounding buildings, and also
in theca need the columns of the portico.
The Quet s and the company at dinner entered the gallery
from the sekron about 10 o'nloalr. The illustrious vi-icon
wore e .nducted to ottomius appointed for their exclusive se-
oomeelation at the er.d or the t.a:lery, in which magnificent
room tee concert was to oak- place.
The Quinn and royal party having taken their seats, and
the majority of the company loving assembled, the cone rt
commenced, Mr. Costa presiding at the pianoforte. Toe
vocal or/isles ceganed were Madame Peririuti, Madile.
Marie, and signors Mario, Tamburini, and Lablache ; and
the selection was made from the favourite operas of
Marcella, Donistetti, Ittarini, Monoclinic, Haydn, and
CIMMOM. During the interval between the second and first
part of the concert the company adj wool to the dining-
room, where the most choice delicacies of the confectionary
art were supplied.
' The Qu-ea and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
the Queen of the Belgians retained until half past 12 Yelock.
, The hbrquis and Marchioness escorted the illustrious party
to the royal carriage when her Maiesty took leave.

GRAND ENTERTAINMENT AT THE
MANSION HOUSE TO SIR R. PEEL.

The sixth of what may be termed the state dinners
given by the Lord Mayor during his year of office, and the
third of the political reunion., wok place last evening at the
Mansion.house. The party to whose kosour the present
haoqut was devoted was that of which Sir R. Peel is the
Dada, the two political parties previously entertained by his
lordship being the rainisterialists and the protectionists—the
liber do, supposing civic hospitaii y recognise this fourth
party, yet remain to be feted. The dinner was served as
usual in the Egyptian flail, where covers were laid for
about 200.
The dinner ended, and the loving cup—which was sent
round with cue effect by the stentorian voice of Mr. Harker.
the toast- master—passed
The LORD MAYOR gave " The Health of her Majesty
the Qu. en," which was drunk wiih the usual loyal honoun,l
as were the touts of the " Queen Dowager, ' " Priam
Albert," " Tbe Prince of Waits, and the other branches of
the royal family."
The LORD MAYOR nest proposed the "Army and
Navy," and begged to couple with the toast the noble
marquis (Londonderry), and en old captain of his own,
Rest-Admiral Sir H. Hart.
The al wools of LONDONDEItUT and Sir H. HART see*.
rally returned thanks.
Ise LORD MAYOR then gave " Her Majesty's Minie
ten," which having been duly honoured,
His LORDSHIP again rose to propose the health of " Sir
R. Peel." He assured the right tor,. baronet that often as
be had come to that ball, he had neva entered it with •
more cordial welt sap than on the present occasion. (Hear.)
When he (the Lord Mayor) entered public life as the Sherdr
of London, it wee during the time that L wet John Reseal
was Secretary of State for the Home Department, and
though he hail from that time swerved from hie
attachment to the noble lord, no man could pm.
sibly entertain a higher sense of the public ser-
vices of the right honourable baronet than he did;
though he had not had the adnntage of official or public
interccurse with him, he was well aware how much the City
of London was iodated to him on many occasions d
the long time he had been connected with the government al
the country, for the interest he had always taken is Its
affairs. To speak of the merits of the right hen. kraut
wunid be to detain the company with a history of the
last forty years, for what tarot measure was theme
daring the whole of that period in which he had net
taken an active and a prominent pan? Hoping that the,
right honourable baronet might long live to enjoy
the respect of al parties in the country, and assuring him
on all occasions, whether in or out of office, a hearty welcome
in the City of Lsndou, he begged to propose the health of
Sir H. Peel.
The toast having been drunk,
Sir R. PEEL nee to return thanks. He said, "My Lord
Mayor, I thank you most cordially, and most sincerely, for
the very marked and especial compliment you have been
pleased to pay me on this day, and with equal cordiality,
and with equal sincerity, I return my thanks to this company
for the friendly feeling and good will which they have mani-
fested towards me. My Lord Mayor, your kindness, and the
kindness of the company, have. I assure you, made
a deep impression on me, and have excited feelings to which
I do more justice by the simple expression of my heartfelt
gratitude than if I sought to give vent to them by espy,
mons however ingenious and eloquent. Such expres.iote
could amount to nothing more than the cordial enunciatii.
of my thanks, which, in the simplest and sincerest form,
now tender to you ; I feel considerable difficulty in addressing
this company—apart from the kindness shown me I recognise
the justico of the rule which excludes from a convivial meet-
ing of this kind any reference whatever to topics that are
eskulated to excite party differences. I have stood in this
ball on former occasions as the organ of a powerful govern-
ment : on other occasions as the organ of an opposition but
little lees powerful, trying to subvert the government which
then held the reins of Dower, and even then I carefully
adhered to the rule the justice of which I admit, and now
when I stand in a different position, when I am altogether
aloof from party and political conflict—so far at least as any
abject of personal ambition or any consideration of party
intmest is concerned, I should be inexcusable indeed if I did
not respect the neutrality of this board—if I did throw any
impediment in the way of your indulging In that magnifi-
cent and unbounded hospitality by which you have been able
to cod :et torthermen of all shades of politics, who, abju-
ring all party considerations, meet together on these
occasions to do honour to the first corporation in the world
in the parson of its chief magistrate. I shall, therefore, care-
fully observe that excellent rule ; and yet, my lord, you can
hardly expect me, after the referencs you have made to the
public acts of the administration with which I have been