The Express.
London, England, 1861-04-02 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1861.

never professed to be more honest than their fel-
lows. We dare say this is why Mr. Roxsucx
could not enjoy the hospitalities of the Austrian
Governor, Vox TonaIENBURG, at Venice, or bask
in the smiles of Archduchesses at Vienna, in com-
pany with the Tory member for the Galway line
of steamers, without its being said that his Shef-
field liberalism had lost the fineness of its edge.
We shall not notice the greaser charges levelled
against a lean who at least has always had a morbid
predilection for falling causes and for losing sides.
Far be it from is to believe that an Austrian con-
caution to Louis NAPOLEON'S most redoubtable
enemy in the British Parliament was, after all,
nothing more nor less than that secret article of the
Treaty of Villafranca, upon which so much indig-
nant and imaginative gossip was lavished in the
House of Commons last year. An undertaking that
Mr. Reset should, from a scat on the Tory
benches, make Austrian speeches on the Italian
question, could scarcely be a lucrative con-
tract for Mr. Ronan K, as Ms reception yesterday
by his constituents abundantly proved. If any-
thing can reconcile the Austrian Member for Shef-
field to his English constituents it will be the im-
passibility of his obtaining a hearing for his ex-
planations and apologies. A reaction of pity may
set in for a representative of Austria, who
is obliged to face an English constituency without
the protection of Austrian bayonets. We trust,
therefore, that Sheffield will give patient audience
to Mr. llocsucx on Thursday next, and enable
him to give a plain English reason for his newly
imported opinions, from which the heart, tho
reason, and the conscience of England recoil with
indignation and disgust. The people of Sheffield
want to know what or whom Mr. Roznrex
actually represents in Parliament. Mr. ROEBUCK
replies that ho is poor and honest, and on Thura-
dayhe will probably add that he is au ENGLIBUMAN.

ITN Court.

WINDSOR CASTLE, APE= 1.

The Prince of Leiningen arrived yesterday. His
Serene Ifighneai kft the Castle th 6 forenoon for the
Continent.
Major-General Seymour and Major l)u Plat have suc-
ceeded Lieaten.int.Geoeral the Hon. C. Grey and Colonel
the lion. A. Ilanhuge as Equerries in Waiting to the
Queen and Prince Consort.

Despatches were received yesterday at the Colonial-office
Iron the I;overnors of the West India Islands. Dtspatches
were sent yesterday to the Governor of British Columbia.

The Earl of Derby left St. Jamos's-aquare yeattr-
clay for Althorn Hall, Northamptonshire, un a visit to the
Earl and Countess Spencer during the race* at \orthamp•
too. The noble earl on leaving Althorp will go to Burghley
on a visit to the Marquis Lod March iOOllllll of Exeter.

Their Serene Highnesses Prince and Princess of
Raze-Weimar, the Earl and Counter at Tanicarrille, Lord
Robert Montagu, M.P., awl a select party have been
among the questa at the Duke and Duchess of Manchester,
at KimboltonCratle, daring the pact week.

- - •
His Excellency the Ainbaxaatlor of France and
Use Counted, do Plahault eotert•ined • select circle at
dinner Lit evening at Coventry House.

The Duchess Dowager of 112aufort and the Ladies
:Somerset have arrived at their miasma in Hill-street from
Badminton.

The Duchess of Richmond lia.4 arrived at the
Pavilion Hotel, Folkestone, from Loodon.
The Duke and Duchess of Athol' have left the
St. Uenrga's Hotel for Elnakekt, N.B.

The Marquis of Lansdowne will leave town to-
morrow for Bowood, where the Earl and Oosntam of Shel-
burne are pulsing the ream.
The Earl and Counter of Clarendon aro enter-
taining a family circle at The Grove, near Watford.

Mitjor-fleneral the Hon. .1. Lindsay, ➢i.P., and
Lady Sarah Lindsay have left town for the Easter rectal.
Mn.s W. E. Gladstone has issued invitations for
an evening party on Wedneelay, the 10th inst., and a dance
on the following night, at the family maiden*, in Carlton
House-ten:lm

THE EASTER BANQUET AT THE MANSION.

HOUSE.

Yesterday evening, according to ancient custom,
the Lora Mayor and Lady Mayoress entertained a numerous
party at dinner at the Mansion-house.
Covers were laid in the Egyptian Hall for about 250,
amongst whom were, the Maiquis of Clanricanle, Earl
and Countess of Warwick, Right Rev. the Lord Bishop of
Ripon and Mrs. Bickersteth, sfajor.General Lord F. Paulet,
Mr. W. A. Arbuthnot, Member of Council for India ;
General:Air F. Burgoyne, Bart., Lieutenaut-General and
Mrs. Fiddee, Vice-Admiral Collier, Major-General Dupuis,
R.A., Colonel Ripon, Assistant Adjutant-General; Colonel
Lyons, Inspector of Infantry ; Colonel Corks, Sir R. and
Lady Mayne, Colonel French, M.P., Mr. W. W. Hume,
M.P., Mr. S. Butler, M.P., and Mrs. Butler, Mr. Charles
Dickens and Miss Dickens, Miss Hogarth, Major Snell,
Major Paget White, Captain and Mrs. Mosley, Rev. Wyatt,
and Hon. Mrs. Wyatt Edgell, Mr. Leo Schuster and Lady
Isabella Schuster, Rev. B. Drury, Mr. Lewis Cubitt, Miss I
A. Cubitt, Mr. and Mrs. E. Modernise, Mr. T. and Mies
011iffe, Mr. and Mrs. John Humpliery, Mr. end Mn. W.
Humphery, the Governor and Deputy-Governor of the
Bank of England, Captain Pattison Captain, Mrs. and
Miss Schailey, Mr. and Mrs. Kendal, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Chaplin, Mr. and Mrs. H. Weep, Major and Mrs. Gage,
Mr. H. Dunphy, the Chaplain to the Lord Mayor
Mr. and M. P. Graham, Mr. and Mrs. G. Hogg, Captain
H. Ward, Mr. T. Fraser, Mr. W. Wvld, Mr. and Mrs. C.
Collins, Mr. and Mrs. Wythe+, Mr. Wythes, jun., Captain
and Miss Bulkeley, Mr. and M. L. brown' Mr. G. and
Miss Laurie, Mr. Wood, 56th Regiment ; Mr. T. C. Copper,
Mr. A. sod B. Copeland, Mr. and Mrs. Rose, Mr. and Mrs!
Leaf, Mr. and Mrs. Few, Dr. and Mrs. Maclean Mr. and
Mrs. Burnett, Mr. and Mrs. Spinklev, Mr. and Sirs. Childs,
Mr. and Mrs. F. Powell, Mr. Baird: Mr. Durham, Mr. and
Mrs. James. Mr. Basin, Mr. Silver. Mr. Chapman, Mr.
C. White, Mr. Eldon, Mr. R. A. Marsden, Mr. T. A. Gibb
and Mr. T. J. Gibb, Mr. and Mrs. Ellis, Mr. and Miss Hale,
Mr. and Madame Garles, Mr. T. and Miss Gabriel, Mr. J.
Downing, Miss Manuering, Mr. Alexander Mr. Rock, Mr.
and Mrs. Eadv, Mr. S. Smith, Mr. J. Wasp, Mr. and Mrs.
Stewart, Mr. and Mrs. Naiad, &c. ; Mr. Alderman and
Md. Humphery, Sir Jas. Duke, Bart. Mr. Alderman and
Mrs. Challis Mr. Alderman Sidney, M.P., and Mrs. Sidney,
fkr F. G. and Lady Moon, Mr. Alderman Salmons, 3L P.,
and Mrs. Salomon', Mr. Milano in and Mrs. }lnnis, Sir
Robert and Lady Carden, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Carter,
the Recorder and Mies Gurney, Sir Henry and Lady Mug-
geridge, Mr. Alderman and Miss Lawrence, Mr. Alderman
and Mrs. Hale, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Gabriel, Mr. Alder-
man and Min Allen, Mr. Alderman and Mrs. Mechi, Mr.
Alderman and Sheriff Abbiss and •Mrs. Downing, Mr.
Alderman and Mrs. Dakio, Mr. Sheriff and Mrs. Lusk, the
officers of the Corporation and their ladies, the treasurers
of the Royal Hospital and their ladies, chairmen of corpo-
ration committees, Ac.
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After the usual loyal toasts had been disposed of,
The Loan MAYOR proposed " The Church," coupling with
the toast the name of the Lord Bishop of Ripon.
The Bishop of lirroN, in acknowledging the oast, referred
to the difficulties which he mid the church had to encounter
from enemies to the right and the left, and conlo of whom
were within her own bosom ; but added that there was,
nevertheless, no period in which her general aspect pre-
sented stronger ground for congratulation and thanksgiving
than at present.
In proposing "The Army, the Navy, and the Volun-
teers," the Loan MAYOR spoke of the brilliant services
which the sister seniors had performed is maintaining the
honour and dignity of the country, and with respect to the
volunteers expressed his hope that, should unhappily any
emergency arise to call for their :waistlines, they would
prove themselves worthy of the confidence they had inspired
in the public mind.
General Sir J. &iv:onm, in returning thanks on behalf
of the army, observed that these ware not times when we
should allow our armour to get rusty, or our powder to
grow damp. (Hear, hear.) We were to all appearances,
surrounded by friendly nations ; at the same time, when
we found them arming to the teeth, it behoved us to pre-
pare for eventualities, and not to allow ourselves to be in
such a position as to owe our existence as a great nation to
the forbearance of others, or to expose our vast commercial
and colonial interests to danger from foreign assault. (Hear,
hear.) It was, he thought, a subject for congratulation
that the army was in a state of great efficiency. The volun-
tears, too, of which he had the honour to be one, would, in
case of war, prove of immense importance in preserving the
independence of the country, and he could only hope that
should the matrices of the army, navy, and volunteers be
ali!sq (Hear, uired, they would be found as efficient in quantity as in
quty. hear.)
Vice-Admiral Cucuta briefly returned thanks for the
Navy ; and Mr. Alderman Roax for the Volunteers.
The LORD MAYOR next gave " The House of Lords,"
associating with the toast the name of the Marquis of Clan-
ricards.

The Marquis of CLANRICARDP observed that the HOMO of
Lords understood too well the weight of public opi-
nion in this country not to pay deference to it. It was true
that their deliberations were marked by caution and pru-
dence in considering the measures brought before them, but
he was poratnutill that there was no institution in the
country which was • more roosistent friend or sincere sup-
porter of liberty than the House of Lords, or one which
was more anxious to promote civil and religious liberty and
the best interests of the country. (Hear, bear.) The noble
mar " quis in conclusion proposed "The health of the Lord
Maior.
The, I.OID MAYOII returned thanks, and proposed " The
House of Commons and Colonel French."

Colonel FRVICH, M.P., Acknowledged theoompliment.
The next toast was " The Health of, the Governor of the
Bank of England."
Mr. BONANY Domes, Governor of the Bank of England,
returned thanks.

Mr. Cluitt.ms name proposed " The Health of the
Lady Mayoress." (Lady Olive, eldest daughter of the Lord
Mayor.) He observed that, having been honoured with the
permission of their host to propose a tout, be would ven-
ture to remark that since he had been seated at the table
he had found it pleasant to consider (referring as men na-
turally did to their own 'pursuits), how ill English literature
could afford to part with its Lord Mayors of London. The
literature of English history losing its lord mayors would
lose some of its most noted characters among the eturdy,
brave, adventurous, and high-minded of its good old
citizens east of Temple-bar. The literature of English ro-
mance would lose its weathiest London merchant, its most
beautiful merchant's daughter, its crossest cook, its beat
known foreign adventure, the most profitable investment on
record, and its most wonderful cat. (Laughter.) In like
warner English biography losing its lord mayors would lose
some of its most notable examples of the reward of parse-
valance and integrity, and the nobility of nal-made men.
(Hear.) Even the great English satirist, of whom it was
well said his pictures required to be read like works, could
no more have dispensed with his lord mayor than any of the
rest, for without him he could not have committed his idle
apprentice, under circumstances of very touching and
powerful contrast, nor could he have rewarded his indus-
trious one by presenting him at court at the height of his
grandeur and fame. In Lis mind—and he was sure in the
minds of all who heard him—the Lord Mayor el London
never was and could not be complete without a Lady
Mayoress—(hmar, hear)—and the Lady Mayoress was the
theme of the very few words which he had to add. Within
the walls of the Mansion-house the English custom of sepa-
rating the lords of the creation from the ladies was happily
not known ; and he believed that if the sterner sex were
polled on the question, they would anive at the unanimous
conclusion that they were never so wearisome to themselves
or uninteresting to one another as when they were conven-
tionally supposed to be left quite at their ease. (Laughter.)
In venturing to propose the health of the Lady Mayoress,
if he were to depart from state and ceremony, arid to say
that he had the privilege of long and intimate personal
friendship with her when widely diffusing Ler influence in
another capital, it would be merely for the purpose of say-
ing that as the liberality and princely hospitality of the
chief magistrate of Loudon could find no fitter female
representative in the Mansion-house, so the most whole-
some influence of an English lady could find no better repre-
sentative in the capital to which he referred. He begged
to propies "The Health of the Lady Mayoress."
The la ORD MAYOR having replied, pro "The
Magistrates of the City of London, and Mr. Alderman
Sidney. M.P."
Mr. Alderman SIDNEY returned thanks.
Other complinieutary touts followed, including "The
Sheriffs," "Thee Court of Aldermen," " The City Trea-
surers," Sic., and the company separated at a late hour.
The musical arrangements were under the direction of
Mr. J. L. Hatton, assisted by Mier l'uole, Master Lee, and
Mr. Bamford.
The band of the Coldstream Guards also attended.
The banquet was furnished in the usual tasteful manner
by Messrs. Ring and Firmer.
Mr. Harker officiated as toastmaster.

The examination of candidates for direct com-
missions by the rice-president and members of the Council
of Military Education owumeneed yesterday, with the
medical examination, at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea. Ge-
neral Enollys, the successor of Major-General Rumley, now
inspector.general of infantry, assumed his duties as vice-
president. Major-General Portlock and Colonel Elwyn were
the members of the council present. There were close upon
100 candidates on this occasion.

ACTION TOIL COSIPENSATION AGAINST THE LONDON
AND NORTH WF.STERN RAILWAY.—At the Liverpool assizes
yesterday (before Mr. Justice Keating), William Crowther,
at Mers. Wolstonholme and Royd's engineering
manager ss
establishment at Oldham, sued the London and North
Western for compensation for injuries received in con-
sequence of the alleged negligence of the defendants.
Plaintiff we. proceeding front Oldham to Staleybridge, on
the 2sith February, last veer, and when the train reached
Greenfield station the carriage' ran into a wall, the speed
not having been 'sufficiently reduced. The plaintiff was
severely bruised, his nervous system sustained a severe
shock, the spine was injured, hernia induced, and he had
dace been unable to attend properly to his business. A
medical man, indeed, had informed him that complete re-
covery was not to be expected. The defendants had paid
2tlof. into court, and when the plaintiff's case bad been
dosed, it WU stated on their behalf that they were not
aware the injurieswere so severe. A venlict, therefore, by
cement, was taken fur a further sum of 3501., making 554 M.
in all.