The Express.
London, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

THE DUKE OP CAMBRIDGE AT THE GROCERS'

0011PANTE BANQUET.

A grand banquet was given by the Grocers'
Company Irk night, at the bell of the company, to his
Royal WSW= the Duke of Cambridge. Among those
premed west Lard Cheimalord, the Btehop of Oxford,
Captain Sir F. L. M'Clintoek, General Peel. Nolor-Geosrol
Seestritt, the Attorney-General, Sir J. Nike, end liar.
Hankay. The lbetee of the company occupied the char.
The Duke of CAMBIUMS, in reply to thalami, el "
Arnie 'speared • hope that the country wee entering en •
long coarse of peace, but they mud not forget thet it wan
sot so lug ego that people had begun to entertain the
Utopian ideas that war could not happen again. Fran that
dream they bad bean rudely awakened by the outbreak of
the Crimean contest. Scarcely had we mierepd from that
when the mutiny in India had broken set, and they were
day now beginning to breathe freely. He thought on
those occasiont the services had pro that they were still
worthy of the confidence of Englishmen. But the country
must not suppose that the possibility of war was out of ex-
istence. From • period of profound peace they had entered
as • tremendous contest, and nobody who knew how the
Nrellie bad been cut down was surprised that there had been
ineignianey and a great deal of unneosesary disappointment
sad sudiering. Hoek wine the inevitable effects of starving
the fiervioes. The mischief was dons in time of pare, bat
.the evil was not felt till seer mime and they were involved
difileUties which required extmonlinary exertions to
I remedy: teach•• course mu met mimeldee. The most

Mks alway. b die stelitery tone in such a pi..
tion, withoat extravagence, that when &great ey arose
it could be expended with earl firoility, and with so little
inesavenience, that they could safely entrust the honour of
the country to its keeping. That such was the feeling of the
country now he thought the volunteer movement proved.
That movement, if wisely and judiciously conducted, would
prove of the utmost value. He trusted that that movement
would not he an evanescent one; but that it would be kept
up, so that the great exertions and great expense to the
of this country would not be thrown away. He had
DPeocro:ibt that if the services of the volunteer, were ever re-
quired, they would prove moat valuable auxiliaries to the re-
solar fora). He trusted, however, that their service* never
would be required. In respect to his observations on the
conduct of military drain, he hoped they would sink into
the minds not only of those who heard him, but that
they might find an echo in every part of this great
empire. (Hear.)
Sir F. L. 11.utrlivoct, in replying to the toast of "The
Navy," remarked that, although there had not been
much opportunity for the mikes of Eaglaud to distinguish
themselves of late years, yet his observations of their be-
haviour during the blockade in the Baltic, in the trenches
before Sebastopol, and in the solitary darkness of the
Arctic regions, convinced him that if ever their country
had need of them they would be found worthy of their
forefathers and of the confidence which the country reposed
in them.
The musical arrangements were under the direction of
Mr. Henry Blagrove, assisted by Madame Seinton-Dolby,
Mdlle. Yampa, Mies Emily Spiller Miss Clara Mackenzie,
Mr. Wilbye Cooper, Mr. Allen Irving, and Mr. Weis.
Mis Emily Spiller's rendering of the solo part of the Nati.
coal Anthem elicited marked sad deserved commendation.

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