The Sun.
London, England, 1863-02-05 00:00:00

Parliamentary Entertainments.

Viscount Palmerston gave a full-dress banquet, last
evening, at Cambridge House, Piccadilly, to the Right
Hon. the Speaker, the mover of the Address, the Hon. F.
H. NV. G. Calthorpe, and the seconder Mr. Thos. Bazley.
Covers were laid for 30, and the Premier's guests included
the Right Hon. Viscount Castlerosse, Lord Bury, Lord
Proby, Lord Clarence Paget, the Right Hon. Sir R. Peel,
the Right Hon. Sir Charles Wood, the Right Hon. Edward
Cardwell, the Right Honourable Mr. Brand, Mr.
Layard, the Right Hon. T. M. Gibson, the Right Hon.
William F. Cowper, the Right Hon. Robert Lowe, Mr.
Gilpin, Mr. Bruce, the Attorney-General, the Solicitor-
General, Mr. Headlam, Mr. George Baring, Col. Kingscote,
Mr. Knatchbull Hugessen, Mr. Barrington, and the Hon.
Evelyn Ashley.

The Right Hon, Sir George Grey was prevented by a
domestic bereavement from joining the oircle,and the Chan-
callor of the Exchequer, by the illness of a near relative,was
also absent.

After dinner Viscount Palmerston read, as customary,
she Queen's Speech to be delivered to-day by commission.
Earl Granville, Lord President, gave a full dress dinner
as Ministerial leader of the House of Lords last evening, at
his residence in Bruton-street, to a party of 30 peers. The
company consisted of his Royal Highness the Duke of Cam-
bridge, the Earl of Dudley, the mover, and the Earl of
Granard, the seconder of the Address in the Upper House ;
the 'Dukes or nomerset and Newcastle, Marquises of Bris-
tol and Ailesbury, Earls of St. Germans, Russell, Cow Per,
Caithness, Fitzwilliam, Albemarle, De Grey, Strafford, and
Cork, Vi,counts Sydney, Eversley, and Torrington; Lords
Monteagle, Stanley of Alderley, Harris, Camoys, Crary
worth, Foley, De Tabley, Methuen, Llanover, Taunton,and
Cremorne.

The Earl of Derby had a dinner party last evening, as
customary o‘i the eve of the meeting of Parliament, at his
house in St. James's-square. There were present the Duke
of Richmond, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of hut-
land, the Duke of Montrose, the Duke of Manchester, the
Duke of Buckingham, the Marquis of Salisbury, the Mar-
qms of Bath, the m arquis of Abercorn, the Earl of Shrews-
bury, the Earl of Sandwich, the Earl of Carnarvon, the
Earl of Hardwicke, the Earl of Cardigan, the Earl of Lone-
dale, the Earl of Malmesbury, Earl "Vane, the Earl of
Lucan, the Earl of Wilton, Earl Powis, the Earl of Strad-
broke, the Earl of Beauchamp, Lord Colchester, Lord
Redesdale, Lord Chelmsford, and Lord liinghdown. The
Queen's Speech was submitted to the ciunpany; for, as
many of our readers may be aware, the Royal Speech is
always forwarded to the leader of the Opp ,sition in both
Houses of the Legislature.

The Right Hon. B. Disraeli entertained ye,terday at
dinner, at his residence, Grosvenor-gate, a party of mem-
bers of the House of Commons. There were present—Lord
John Manners, Lord Galway, Lord Stanley, Lord Lovable,
Lord Robert Cecil, the Hon. Henry Wyndham, General
Peel, the Right Hon. Spencer Walpole, the Right Hon.
Sir John Pakington, the Right Hon. Sir John Trollop°,
Sir Stafford Northcote, Sir Matthew White Ridley, Sir
Lawrence Palk, Sir William Codrington, Mr. Low ther,
Mr. Ormsby Gore, and Col. Taylor.