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D Coloured covers/ Couverture de co'jieur r~| Covers damaged/ Couverture endommag-d.i\-, and who has crossed the .\tlaiitic thirt}--onc times in the service ■)f this Company, havinj,' celebrated it ills table yesterday the anniver- sary of the tenth year of the day when he first left Boston in the service of the Company. (Hear, hear; C'ollected round his table last night was a company of distinguished men — Members of Tarlianient, great capitalists, distinguished merchants and manufacturers, enginee'-s and men ot science— such as is rarely found together even in tiie highest house in this great metropolis. It was \ery agreeable to see an American citizen so surrounded. To me it was so, personally, as it would ha\e been to you ; ,ind it was still more gratifying, inasmucii as we were there tf) celebrate the approaching accomplishment of the .Atlantic FelegrapIC d.oud cheers.) EUROPE .\M) AMERICA. iUpoii of tlir ^JrorccBings / .\' .V rOUR A TIO N B A X Q U E T Mr. CYRUS W Fl Kl.l), OF NEW YORK, Ai the Palace llotci Biukimr/Miii iiak\ London. 0:i IKIDAY. tlh- \ith APRIL. r804. IN CUM M i; M () K A T I O N < ) !• T II K K K N i; W A I. / T LA M I C T IL L E G R A P H C O M PAX V (AFIKK \ lAI'SK OK >IX YI-.ARS) or THI-IR KFF(JRTS TO UNITE IRELAND & NEWFOUNUI.AND. BV MKANS nK A SUBMARINE ELECTRIC TELECiRAl'H CABLE. riii\iED lOK rRii'AiK t. iKcri.AiioN o.\ri \Mi -.111 I I'.W \kK >■! Kl-Kl. ^.K I \sirllh >l . i- INAUGUK.VnoX lUNOUKT TO O.MMIMOIIAIK rHE RENEWAL OF THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH ENTERPRISE, FRIDAY. APRIL \-^th. 1S64. „M^v P YP^US W' f 1 ELD IN THE Ph Al R. Tlu fo//i^;i'iiii; lluists TiVir /i>rsi-n/ : rlii; H..11 LIIARI.KS KRANl 1> AI>AM> I jplaiii WM I. Al.DHAM, C.l!., UN C.KOKliK ANHia KNKK. K«|. WIM.IAM IIAKIIKK, K-q HKNKY K(iKI> liAK(. I.AV. K..| Cipuin A I! IIKI lll-.K. K N CKOKCK 1>. lllIihlK. L K, K-i sAMfKl. 1'. illDhKK. l-.Mi I HARI.KS S !■ I'OWI.KS, Kv, IHDMAS liKASSKV. Km|. JOHN HRH'.Hr. K-..I . Ml' ellARI.KS III "1. |:^|. Al.KX HKXRV CAMI'IIKI.I,. Kv| SAMIKI. CANNlNd. Km| JOHN CASSKI.I.. K>q JOHN IHAITKRION, K-q I.AllMKk n.ARK. Kmi HKNRV I I.IKKORD, hSq KKWARU CKOri'KR, Kxi KKKDKRRK M KUCK. K»q CHARl.KS KUWARliS, 1 m] liKORl.K ll.l.lor. ¥■*[ RAI.I'll K.I.I. II il. Kxi Wll.l.l AM l;VANS. K«| II, in Wll. 1.1AM M KVAKr> WII.I.IAM KA1KHAIKN. K.sq . I- k> JAMKS NllOI. H.K.MIN(^ Kv, Sir CHARl.KS KOX C-;il.t;iin I)()Li;l.AS tlAl.TON. K.R.S. KICH..KI1 .VlAVOOIl GLASS, K-q 1>AMKI, GOOLH, E>q IHH .\MKUt(..\N MlMMI'K Hon ROllKRT OR I MS ION SAMl KI, (;IRNKV. K^i . M I' l...rd JOHN HAY L.,pt.,in AlC.lSIXS r HAMll li>S W.M r HKNI.KY. Kmi M. J. JONASSOHN, Esq C. M I.AMI'SON. K>q WM .MACKINNON. Ksq CHARl.KS MANin. Ks.| . I R s J S MORGAN. K>.l H,.n KRKKMAN H. .MoKsK Capl.iin C r A NODDAI.I.. R N Cnpuin SHKRARII OSliORN. I 11 , C.iptain HKNRY C OllKR. R N JOHN PKNliKR, Kmj , M.l' JAMKS RKAKMAN. K»q Jll.Il s RKl TKR, Km| , K R G s W G ROMAINK. Ksq . I II PHIl.l.ll' ROSK. Ksq GKilRGK S.WVARP. K-q Wll MAM K SCHol.KIKl.il. K«| Wll.l.lA.M SHI TKR. Km, JOHN SMIIH, Km| HKNRY SIKVKNS. K».( C K VARI KV, K.Mi RICHARD WARRKN WKslON. I.> I'p.f C WHKAlsroNK. K R S WII.I.IAM WilKKI.WRlC.Hr. K»q. K J WIl.l.lA.Ms, Ksq H..n JOHN YOLNG. R N. THE BANQUET. Tlio cloth having' been rciiiDVcil, the several toasts of " llu Oium," " '1 he Priiicc and Priiiass of U'alis, and llic rest of the Royal iamily'.' .mil " The President of the I'nited States." \v<;ro proix.-^cil by the- Cli.iirnuin, and ciitluisias- ticalK' rcccivcil "with all the honours." Mr. Cnri's \\. I'll! II then said ; -Cientlcmcn. wt arc honoured on lliis. orcasion by the prcscMK i- of one to whom both Knj,'land and Anicrii a arc gri.iily indebted for his ( (intiniied, earnest, and sincere excrlions .hiring' the List three years to maintain peace and good imilerst.mdin^; between these two great kindred lOimtries. (Hear, hear.) that gentleman descends from a line of ^t.itesnien. His grandfather v. as loiisidered worthy to be the simessor to the Tresidential (hair of (leorge U a^hington ; his father was the sixth President of the I nited States; and he him>eh' is tiic honoured representa- tive of niv country in (Ireat Uritain. Without another word. I gi\e >ou •• i'he heiltli of His K\( ellency CiiaricN hranci.'^ Adams, the American .Minister." THK lOAsI WAS INIHl >l \-lllAl.lA KHEIVKI'. His Kxcellen<> the .\\ii.R!ia\ Minisiki: : — Mr. Cvrus Field, after the very kind noti( e you have lieen pleased to take of my humble laiioiir-,, 1 sujipose I must feel myself as being what is ( ailed •• in for a few remarks." Since I have had tiie honour of holdmg the |H»t I at iire--ent o( ( upy, I have had the )jleasure also of rei>eatedly seeing m> friend on the left, who ha-, lome to visit us in pursuit of the great objet t of his life—the revival of a s( heme whii h, if fmally sU(( essful. will be anvmg the most memorable events in the hisiorv of the world : in connection with whi( h the n.une of our friend, I think, has about as "ood a ( h.mi e of innnort.dity as th.it of an\liod) 1 know at present li\'ng. (Cheers.) He has mentioned with approbation the slight efforts I ni:i) ha\e made in the course ot mv mission here, tow.irds keeping in h.irinony two n.ilioiis of the same r.n e. when there was a good deal of danger th;it they might differ; but. at'ter all, I believe that the best ;md most perm.nient pl.in for unicing them is to establish this Atlantic 'relegr„ph, for that and e\erv other thing wliii 1. tends to bring thosC two nations (loser together will liaxe the effei t. I am sure, of inc reasing their knowledge of eadi other, and thereby perjietu ating a good underst.mding between them, from the observations I hive been enabh.i to make since I came to Knglaiid. one thing has striK k ine with iireat force, and that is. ii! !i S l,uv,-rnnUio„ Ihiminct giiru by Mr. Cyms W. I'idd. ,hc ex,st.n.o olprcimln o. on l>o,h s„lcs oi ,he Allan,,.-, win, h rc,|u,re t. be removal by ;!U.e nu.i.iJan.l personal in,er..„r. be.ween ..u-n, (Hear, hea.) . luvc seen statements ma.le ,n the publie prints l,cre in re.anl to , y .:ountryn,en. whu , I kno. he FnMish people wonhl never have believe.l if they h.ul ha,i any opportunuy of kno«,ng the; bv loLr per>onal e.penenee : wh,le. a.ain. on the other si.le of the Atlant.e. there „,, „,..,.,p.J.vh,.h have n,ade statements «ith reganl to C.reat Bntam. whu h won not have been believe.l if the .Vmeri. an pubi..- ha.l been reasonably well nUormed . o .h, the .-.ruish peoHe really are. an>l what are their true feelings. I do not w,sh to enter further into this .natter, an.l 1 will, therefore, run. hule with one remark persotul to .n.self n, ...nne. t,on with mv frtend's projeet. Although enti.ely fnen.Uy to h.s scheme. I must confess I am not very anxious it .houhl be ha)l wish success to he Submarine Telegraph between Kurope an.l America, but that ,t may hap,.en with iust about a:, 'ntle -lelay as ntay bring it t.. the n,on,ent when I hope to be back in my nati\e . ountry. Mr l-lKl h It uneves me vcrv mu. h to .litier Irom a gentleman s.. esteemed for his sound ju.lgment as >!r. A.lam> ; but 1 .U. so with the greatest respect, and in two pa.ti.ulars- Kir>,lv. I >ubmit that in>tea.l of saying •• if ■' the Table be a suc.ess, h.> expression sh.nd.lhaxe been " i.lu-n" it i^ a >u.rcss. for of its mw . ess I .loubt no more than of the realitv of our existen. e here this evening ; an.l, se. on.lly. I submit that. a> ,e.'ar.is the -lailv .lespat.hes. Mr. A.lam, .loes not take his usually . lear Me« oi the .leei, nnere^t he has \,. the imn,e.liate su. . e>s of ..ur Cable. When 1 have had .... asion to -all on him at Ipi.er l'..rtlan.l IMa. c. I have been often informe.l that, by the tedums pro.ess of ordinarv pen an.l ,nk, it fropuntly occupies him all day to . ..mpose and write the elaborate .'lespat. he. in. identalt,. that form .3f . ..mmuni.ati.M, ; but .1 we o^,l^ ha.l ihc tele.'raph in con>,aut uork b.lueen Knglan.l and .\mcri. a. he w,.ul.l re. e.ve a sh..rt ine.'sage instea.l of a long .Icspat. h. an.l w.nd.l reply to it «ith e.|ual brevity: and. m that , ase. instea.l ol i.eing hampercl with buMuess all .lay l..ng. he w.nil.l have plenty ..f tune to bestow upon hi, nuinerou> frien.ls. ( lenlleinen. I next desire t.. give expression to the pe. iiliir pleasur.- whi. h 1 feel in meaing roun.l this table so many gentlemen who have been ..f servi. e to the .Vtlanti. Teleuraph ( ompany an.l the great un.lertaking whu h it has ,n hand ; and at this m.iment I desire ope. iaily t.. refer to tlu.se otti, ers .,f the Itntish Navv who were engai.ed m agisting, on the fir.t an.l se. .)n.l o. . asi.,n. in submerging the Atlantic Cable. Ihere are here Captain Al.lham. wh.i ren.lere.l su. h ai.l in H.M.S V,th,v„.<, in iSvS; Master ( oiniiunder N.i.l.lall. »ho >o ably . ..mmande.l the .l.;amannon, v,. \%y. : Caotain Otter. .>f IIM S. IWn,p,n., un uhom we were so Iiiaii^riiratwH llaitqncl iiivcii by Mr. Cyrus W. I'icld. anxiously on the look out on the evening of the 4th of August, as we were entering Trinity Hay. and who so successfully steered our course to the head of that bay. It is with regret that 1 have to notice the absence from this table of Captains Wain. vright. Prcedy, and Dayman, who, unfortunately, are prevented from being present. We have derived great benefit from the ciieerful, ready, and intelligent services of the officers of the Royal Navy, who have ever shown themselves most anxious and willing to do all in their power for this enterprise. When I saw the ships of both countries going out to lay the Cable ii was with great pride 1 witnessed the generous rivalry between the officers of the two Navies. It was a rivalry to see which would do most towards the success of the work. I hope the same rivalry may always exist as to v,hich may be the most earnest and suc< essful in carrying the blessings of religion, of civilisation, and of ham: — (ientlenie'i. I am an old tar : 1 have been forty years at sea; but during all that time I was never so much taken aback as upon this evening, when I am < ailed Ujjon to return thanks for the Service. I < an only say, in the name of the Navy, that I return you our most sincere thanks, and 1 regret that we are not all here. As I never before in nu life-time made a public speech, I would merely s.ay that 1 was one- of tho-e wiio hail the honour to be appointed by the .\dmiralty to superintend the laying of the .\tlantii' Cable, ami with our friends we did our best. The Cable was laid, and it was, I think, a great success. 1 have two gold medals. i:i\en me res])ectively by the Citv and the Chamber of Commen e of New Yoik. and 1 h.i\^ been a good deal among the ofticers of the .Xnierican Navy in the (iulf of .Mexico; I have seen a good deal of them, and always found them willing to view every '.ntter in a reasonable manner, and to act in concert with oursehes. 1 received the greatest attention from all ranks in the .Ameiiian Naval .Service. In the Jiame of the Navv I sincerelv thank vou. Mr. KlKl,l>: — C.entlemen. we are honoured to-night by the presence of a distinguished niinnber of the Hritish House of Commons who never rises to sjieak, whether in or out of the House, but his wonls are listened to with the profoundest attention, and whose speeches are e:igerly r ad on the other side of the .Atlantic -as eagerly as they are here b\ millions of i)eo|)le. 1 lia\e tried hard to persuade him to visit the I'nited States, bul without any present sukcss. If he would go there he would receive an ovation su< h as no other m.m li\ing has ever recei\ed. There is, houe\er, ;niotlu'i side to this jiicture. There are a great man\ nnde children annually born in the liiitc^d St.ites, and were he to go there, instead of being John Smiths, and Thomas lirowns. and Kdward Joneses, there would lie so m.iiiv ihous.inds of lolin Bright Smiths, John liright lirouns, and John liright Joneses, as possiblv to create inconvenience. (Laughter.) I really do not know what the ertec t would be, and 1 begin to think after all it would be \ery wrong for me to induce lO luw.K'iimtun, B.iiKjurl .i^iv.'i by Mr. Cyrus W. FiM. him to go there, even if anything I might say .oul.l prevail on him to do so. 1 «.ll only a.1.1. therefore, that if he will go he shall re.eive a hearty wel. ome from all those who know how a. tively he has striven to maintain frien.lly relations between the two .oimtr.es. .-.entlemen. 1 give you "Long life an.l happiness to Mr. John Knght." iLheers., Thk TOASt HAVlNc; IlKIN KNTHL SI AS 1 K All V HUN( )LKKI >, Mr Bru;ht said :-Gentlemen, I might very easily rob Mr. Field of the originality of the statement he has made, of what might happen were I to pay a visit to the L nited States I have in th.,- course of time re< eived many letters from gentlemen in his country, and oneof Ihem saul there were several penalties 1 shouUl have to pay as the conse.iuence ..f my visit to Ameri.a, and one of them was, he thought, that nearly all the children horn there in that year would he called after me. (Hear, hear, cn>l laughter. If this and a grea, many other oreadful things whirl, he tli.niL .uld follow my visit be true, I an I think, verv prudent in staving in this countrv. . hear.) I have never been in \merica : but for thirty vears. whi.h is a long time to 1o,.k back to, 1 have had a strong wish to go there ; but most of us Knglishmen find so much to do in the .onduct and management of our regular business, that a six months al.sen. e is not a thing easy to iccomplish. Enulishmen are, 1 think, I will not say more attached, but certainly much more tied to their homes than Americans are. However, when Mr. field is able to tell us that the war is over-(liear, hear)-that the Union is restored- (hear, hear)- that there are none but free men on his Continent- (hear, hear, and cheers)-if I could say I mi-'ht be a few vears vounger than I am likely to be when that happens. 1 might, perhaps, be'nduced to promise to pav a visit to .\men. a. I do not know how many ol tho.se in this room are Kn-lishmen, or how many are Ar.iericans. nor is it at all necessary to dis criminate between them, but it is. I think, worthy of noti. e that we cannot tell one tn.m 'lie othe,-. (Hear, hear.) That is n,.t an unreasonable thing, seeing that Knglishmen and \mencans may sav to each other -•• ( )ur an. estors were your ancestors." ( Hear. hear. ) Hut it is a very provoking thing, if this be so, that there are people who would make us foreigners and stran^'ers to each other. (I.oud -heers.l I am .convinced that it would be possible to go through the United .States, through every part of them, an.l through every part of Knglan.l, and to sele- 1 fifty or sixty men from the two . ountries. and to put ihcin to-ether as we are assemble.l to-night. ,md we should tin' them jus. as ".ell .hspuse.l towar.ls each other as .ve are, and just as able to enj.,y together the good things provi.le.l tor them. (Cheers.) There would n.n be among ilu-m the slightest .lisj.osition to quarrel one with inolher. (Hear, hear.) On the .:ontrary, they w.nil.l begin to think that .dl that has been sai.l to . reate a hostile feeling between them is false, an.l then the lies an.l triuhtfui .aUnrmies whi.h a great newspaper in this .ountrv-ihear. hear) - and another ureat newspaper in New Vork-(hear. near) -treat b..tli hemispheres to, would no longer be regar.le.1. (Cheers.) There are some persons in Knglan.l very jealous of \meri. a. rhev think it is t..o big to govern itself t- be un.l.T one C.overnment. They the Inaiigiir'itioii lianqiict i^iven by Mr. Cyrus // . I-uld II subjects of a State which governs an empire of 150 millions of people of a different race, some thousands of miles away — they, 1 say, have a profound conviction, that thirty millions of people, of the same race, language, and religion, are really too large a popula- tion to uL governed by 'heniselves and to constitute one State. (Hear, hear, and cheers.) This national jealousy is very stu]nd, to say the least of it. (Loud cheers.) When the grandfather of the distinguished guest beside me was here in the same capacity which he now occupies, he was here in times of great animosity, in times of great disturbance of old feelings, and in times of great national irritation — (hear, hear) — for the .American I olonies had just then eman< ipated themselves. After the war of 1812 his fluher came here in the same capacity ; and lie. curiously enough, also came in for a portion of that kind of national irritation, the result of the war not having been very flattering either to the j)olicy or the forces of Kngland : and now our friend is here at a time wlien, although we are not at war, yet when civil war in his country is producing very unfortunate results here, esjieciall) in regard to one important branch of commerce, and is stirring u|) memories which had better been burieil forever, (l.oud (beers.) From all this thee comes— there come.s, in the minds of some men, some jiartly ignorant, some suspicious, men of contracted intellect, totally ignorant of what makes the gr -at and true glory of nations — a jealousy of the L'nited States. (Hear, hear.) In ancient times it was considered the glory of nations to plant powerful colonies, and they did not glory the less m them because they became independent. (Cheers.) The United States have ceased to be our colonial l)Ossessions, and are now truly an independent nation, but still they aio our colonies. (Cheers.) What, then, can be more ( ontemptibie, and more opposed to all that is great and glorious, and all we are taught in history to value, than that we should feel jealous of the great nation on the other side of the .\tlantic, jilanted there by ourselves? (Cheers.) We have achieved whatever glor> we are entitled tc, it is said, because we have been able to carry everything good in thir> country to a higher point of e.\cellence than anv other country of which we are told in history ever did. (Hear, hear.) We ha\e lately heard a great ileal about the advantages of a universal language, and I know nothing more irritating and irremediable than the story we are told of what took pla are becoming great .md populou.-.. I find that there the III I HtXH^iti-atioit Baiiqitct i^iViii by Mr. Cvnis (('. I-uhi. % Kiiglish kmguagf is spokLii, as it is spokt-n in the I'nite.l States : and again, if I come to ..ur vast (lepcnden.ics in imlia, l.ihahited Uy 150 millions of people, among v horn the Knglish language is daily extending its inHiienc e. 1 find that by means of the growth of >(hools and a good educational system, we shall have the eduiated i)eople of Hindo-tan. t'lfty years hence, should the connection i ontinue so long, sjieaking the English language. (Cheers.) Finally, 1 come to South Afric a ; and there the Knglisii language is mrk'ng its way also among extensive colonies and various tribes ; so that we see that this language of ours, in which some of the greater', men who ever lived have written and spoken, is universally extending itself by the aid of commerce and civilisation, until it promises to belt the world. (Cheers.) I want, then, to know why there should be any persons iiK lined to excite jealous passions and a hostile mind between two nations ^pe.^klng this language. (Cheers.) I cannot conceive any man more an enemy, not only to his ( ountry and the cause of freedom, but also to humanity itself, than he who lends himself to ( reate iml foster jealousy and animosity between the United .States and this more ancient English nation. (Cl-eers.) I thoroughly agree with what Mr. .\dams has said, with regard to the political impcrtam e of that great undertaking, in the cause of which we are this evening assembled ; and just before 1 came here I was si)eaking to a gentleman, a member of her Majesty's (;overnment- one of the present Cabinet^and I told him, as I was coming out of the House, that I wa-, going to dine with some friends of the .\tlantu- Telegraph. His lountename at once bright .ned up. and he said to me, - I look upon that as the most glorious thing that man ever attemiJted ; there is nothing eKe which so e\( ites my sjmpathies." (Cheers.) When he said that, he spoke only the feelings of everv intelligent and moral man in the whole world. (I.oud , of pei>ple to the ::5o millions who inhabit this Continent of Europe ; and passing from the days of Ciilumlius. 1 know of no .-vent in history 1 omparable in grandeur and sublimity (if we look at its results) to that magnifiient enterprise to which Mr. Fie'd has devoted his labours and his life. (Cheers.) I thank you for your kindness in listening to me so far. and I hope, that some short time after this great event shall be aci om|)lished. we may have the satisfaction of .seeing .Mr. Field amongst us again, to conuratulate him on the result to which we all look forward with so hopeful and so intense an interi>l. (I.inid cheers. ,1 The hon. L;entleman ihcn resumed hi^ ^eat. lnangiii\Hum liaiiqut given by Mr. Lyius W. I'icUK «3 Mr. FiKl.h: — (lentlemen, more thnn sixty years .i^o there was in ( olle;,'e with my lather the father of a gentlem;in now present. In these trouhlesome times that gentleman has left his home, and his (ountry, and his em|)l()ynients in the legal jirofession, to do whit he can to keej) u|) and restore kindly feelings between the two nations. Of him it may be fairly said, " Blessed are the peace makers." I am now going to propose to you a sentiment, and I shall mention his name with it. It is " .Suc( ess to the .Atlantic Teleg'-aph, and may it bf as enduring as the elite's of Old, and the granite of New. Kngland," and I couple with that the name of the Hon. Wm. M. Kvarts, of New \ Ork. Thk roAsT WAS HI I.N H()Nill was interrupted by thi. sad misfortune of the break of c(jntinuit\, and vou now propose, under surer protections, the restoration of this ( onnei tion between the two worlds. Mr Bright, by his allusion to Cohinibus. suggests to me a con-.pari.son. whi< h nviv not seem inapt, between that illustrious navigator and our friend .Mr. Field. 15ut a few weeks ago, in the native town of the grea; (lenoese, I reat visit to Krrgl.ind. a year ago, what it was that struck itic most, as a stranger, -n the people of Kngland ? Cnprepared for the (|uestion. I answered, with entire candour, it was this: ■'That tliere wa> so little diti'erence between the people of the two countries, that they seemed so like ea( h other, that it was difficult to lontrol the feelin- that lliev were of <'///• countrv." <>ive us in ( ommon. race, language, religion, free goveniinent. education, and independence, and tho-c who wish may count the diti"eren(es between us on the fingers of one hand. (Cheers.) Why is it that so much is ittein|)ted and desired, and >o much is .k ( oni]ilished in the way of estrangement between our nati.-ns. wh.n no man on rilhcr >•,!,■ of ihr Xtlantu (an compare for .i moment those 14 liian^niatwii iMiiu/int j^ticii fy Mr. Cyrus //". [•'icU. tics ;inil those relations wlin li l)in(l lis to each other witli those which either of us can estabhsh with any other i.ation on the face of the eartl) ? Why is it that we chiefly rejoiie in tile laying' of the Atlantic I'ahle? Is it not ' eiaiise it is to be tl.j great instrument in the removal of misunilListandings anil |jrejii(li< es between these great nations? They will (ease to lie dangerous when they can be immei'iiately met and explained, for the danger lies in the delay and in the ( ontinued ignorance of those who ( reate or entertain them. Again, we have a guaranty of truth in the necessary brevity of telegrajihy, for superfluous filsehcMxl is exiieiisive. Next, we have the essential condition that whatever message or intelligence is transmitted is made public in the same sense, in the same words, and in the same breath all over each country, and cannot be made to assume the various fo.ms which the le'ter writers of particular newspapers may, from interest or under dictation, put upon it. Another condition is. that if a mistake should occur, we cannot long be deceived ; no"- does the false impression which it creates become inveterate, anL-fore there is a jiossibility of ex])lanation. For. once let false information ( ome to operate on the minds of those who have received and given < redcnce to it. they become indifterent to it:; correction : they commit themselves to the fact as they first heard it, they s! ape their own reasonings, and commit themselves to others u|ion it. and become, at last, advocates against truth. But in this rapid and continuous communication from day to day you have the source of all this danger removed. It is greatly to be lamented that the two countries, without being engaged in any open hostilities lietween themselves, without having any occasion for ]iassion or ([uarrel. one towards the other, should have been so muih estranged in feeling, and should, on both sides of the water, be so ])rone to give grounds of solicitude and alarm to one another. 1-et us hope and believe 'hat for the future there will be more reflection on this side of the Atlantic, and more consideration on the other ; and if you have jierceived that we have faults, and. on the other hand, laults also we ma) have Ibund in you. let us mutually pardon them, as natural traits of the family of which we are both members. Let us, I .say. adopt thi.^ idea, and keep it ever before us. If the daughter has these inherited failings, let not the mother (omplain. even although, in the descent, thev may have become exaggerated. Truth is thu great interest of nations. The press and the telegraph are both useful servants only so long as they are the serxants of truth. (Cheers.) So long as they so minister to u> they shall hawf a title to, and shall receive, our praise ; but when they c ease to be messengers of truth they become the just objects of our hatred and I ijiitempt. Let me. then, in proposing " The success of the .Atlantic Telegraph," add this >entiment. " .May truth preside at either magnet, and may fidsehood be lor ever buried in the intermediate ocean." (Cheers.) Mr. I'li.i.h : Uiieii 1 visited Creat lintain in 1856, the first gentleman connected vMtli the Kngll^h ( iiAeniiueiit who ic.cik nie by the hand, and said an encouraging word to me. «.i^ the Karl ot Clarendon. \\ hen I had the honour of an interview with him at that liiauf;uratton Hanqitct given by Mr. Cyrus W Field. tunc he recjucsted me to put in writing the substance of my scheme, which he iiromised he would hring lielbre ihe attention of the Caijinet. 1 complied with that request, and the result was the agreement that when the table vas in working order we should have a subsidy (roni the British (lovernment of ^'14,000 per annum for 25 years. I have a note from Lord Clarendon regretting that he is not able to be here this evening. He is away on an important mission to Paris, but we are honoured by the jjresence of his l)rother-in- law, who is the chairman of t!ie largest Teiegrapli Comjiany in this country, and in asking y ON Mk. I'.llllHK, Mr. BiDDKK said : - (lendemen. 1 do not know why 1 sho-ild be called upon to supi)lemeiit the remarks of my friend and colleague. 1 am a very voung member of the Board. I came upon it to represent the interests of a more an( ient so( iety. and I am boimd to say I entirely agree with the remarks of my diief with respe< I to the value of the ( iovernment guarantee. He will recoUeit. 1 think, that from the verv first 1 protested against it as something unwortlu the diaracter of the scheme. (Hear, hear.) It is a guarantee not worth the paiier i is written upon. .\s regards the layiuL; of the I'able. it will either be successful or unsuccessful. (Hear, hear.) My firm belief is that it will be successful. (Cheer.-,.) I have had abundant op].ortimities of makin,' myself ac i|uainted with the 'onditions under whic h it can be siicc essfuUy laid, and witli the late Robert Stephenson, in the ver\ eady da\s of the Atlantic Telegrajjh Company . 1 carefully disc ussed those conditions, and we both came to the clear c on- c hision that the f:rst attempt woidd be a failure. 1 \\:;s at Cherbourg when we weie astounded with the intelligence that the Cable had bevii laid, and we were delighted when we heard that the continuity was complete. .A few da>s afterwards. hc»ve\er. when we ascertained that the c ontinuity was broken, our delight subsided. i)iu we were not at all surprised. 1 will not go into our reascjns for coming to that opinion. .Soji-.e of them wen. ol a personal character, very jiainful to recall, but all those reasons have now been put an end to. and 1 feel sure, as I am addressing you, that the .\tlantic Cable, under the conditic-ns on which it is lo be now laid, will be a great and a inumphaiit sue c ess. (Chcers.i ( )f this. 1 give you the fullest amcjunt of assurance. \\h\. then, should we cue umber cjiii selves with a (Iovernment guarantee? I object to it entirely. I kncnv that Inawjitration Daiujitit givcii by Mr. Cyrus 11'. l-'uU. »7 thi- Atlantic Cal)le will be now laid under such conditions of science as will enable us to facilitate the transmission of messages to a degree that ex( eeds all power of description. The importance of this to commercial men will be admitted by all ; and 1 think it will also be universally admitted that those who have gone to all the expense, and incurred ill the responsibility (onnected with the enterprise, are entitleil lo the fullest return they can command. (Cheers.) Mr. Field : — Clentlemen, 1 dare say you would feel di.sapjwinted if the .'Vtlantic enter]>rise did not |)ut something into your pot kets, when laid, by the facility given to business ; and therefore I do hope that when the Cable is laid neither you nor the ])ublic will curtail the ( omjjany's jirofits by abbreviating their messages. When I arrived in this country, in January last, the Atlantic Telegrajjh Com|)any trembled in the balan< e. We were in want of funds and were in negociations wi^h the (iovemment, and making great exertions to raise the money. At this jun( ture I was introd\iced to a gentleman of great integrity and enterpri.se. who is well known, not only for his wealth but for his foresight, and in attem])ting to enlist him in our cause he put me through such a cross-e.\amina*ion as I had never before experienced. I thought I was in the witness-box. He emiuired of me the practicability of the scheme- what it would pay, and everything else connected with it : but before I left him I had the pleasure of hearing him say that it was a great national enter])rise that ought to be carried out ; and, he added, I will be one of ten to find the money reiiuired for it. From that day to this he has never hesitated about it. and when I mention his name you will know him as a man whose word is as good as his boml, and as for his bond, there is no better in FJiglantl. 1 give you " The health of Thomas liras.sey." (Cheers.) Mr. Brasskv : — .Sir, I feel very much embarrassed by the kind remarks you have made with respect to me. I may say 1 kn w very little of telegraphy — not more than gentlemen onlinarily do ; l)Ut it (xcurred to me, only twenty-four hours befort I was intro- liuced to Mr. F'ield, that something ought to be done to renew the communication between the two C"ontinents. 1 then met him and one or two other gentlemen with the puqwse of reviving this business, and to see if we could make a combination to < arry out the result in view, and I then felt so convinced of the jiracticability of carrying out the enterprise to a successful issue that 1 did not hesitate to ])ut myself down for one tenth of the exjiense. (Cheers.) 1 felt, and I still feel that 1 undertake a task and an engagement whicn will be benefit ial to myself individually, and especially benefit iai to the whole of the human race. (Cheers.) The more I hear the more I am convinced that I am notde(ei\eil in believing that the matter will be larrieil out. .Vt all e\ents the risk is not more than one-tenth the expense : so that, looking at the magnificent results of the tlrsl espcriment. and the small ( hant e there now is of failure, no one could. 1 think, hesitate, taking it purely as a t itnnnert ial (juestion. to jiut mimey in the enterprise ; but abo\e that — far above that — we I I 18 Iitangnration Inviqtut given by Mr. Cyrus W. Futd. \ look forward to great international advantage.i-great benefits to the human family- to follow an cnttTiirisc whi< h t-xceeds all precedent. Mr. FiKLi.:--'rhe words spoken by Mr. Brasscy in the latter lari of January, " l.ct the Klettric Telegraph be laid between Kngland and Ameri. a," t^nt ouragc.l us all. and n.adc us believe wc should succeed in raising the necessary capital, and 1 then went to work to find nine other Thomas Hrasseys (I did not know v hether he was an Knglishman. a .Scotchman, or an Irishman, but I made up my mind that he . ombines all the good qualities of ever>- one .,f them), and after consideral>le sear, b 1 met with a rich Inen.l Irom Manchester, and I asked him if he would secomi Mr. Hrassey, and walked with him Irom 28, Pall Mall, to the House of Commons, of whi.h he is a member. Before we rea. he/ eminent , apitalists in the United Kingdom pledged to carry out that enterprise in the very best manner. ! tlierefore feel we are deeply indebted to Mr. Brassey and Mr. I'ender, for the energetic way in which this m.ntter has been taken up by them, and I am truly gla.l to see the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company established with the object and the power of carrying forward the extension of telegraphic .-ommunication in all parts of the world. 1 give you. then, as a toast. " Ihe prosj.erity of that Company, and the health of Mr. Pe- "•-•r, its .ible and energetic Chairman." (Cheers.) Mr. PtM.ER in reply said:- If anything could enhance the .c.mpliment that had' eeii paid to hin-, or increase his gratification at rec eiving it. it would be the circumstance ol its being originated by one so well (|ualified as Mr. Field to ap|.re. iate the full extent of the great work in which they had now embarked ; no living man kn.w better than Mr. Field the years of toil and anxiety it had taken to bring this great international undertaking to its present stage, and no man could estimate better than he the advantages whic h the combination now formed would confer, not alone ujion this country and America, bu' upon every nation in the world whom it is desirable to bring into intimate and friendly alliance. The importance of the present project was not to be measured I.,, the mere stamlar;! ')f capital or prospect of ccmim. ial gain, great as each of these is, but by the tact which must be borne in mind that, when carried to their legitimate bounds, the scope and objects of the new organization were calculated to bring the whole of the civilised world within their influence. Tlie prospec t of being usefully instrumental in .ac hieving .,o great a result was in itself the highest reward to whi. h he (Mr. I'ender) could aspire, and his ambition to attain this would l;e the most powerful stimulant to exertion. With such men as were as.sociated with him cm the I'oard of this t'omp.niy. he had no fear of the result. In litde CN-. Inaugural ion Banquet given by Mr. Cyrus \V. Field. 19 more than fourteen ( the lapital required had been subsiribetl. I therefore feel the responsibility of my ])o>.ition, but am encouraged by the import.-tm :e of the work to be done, and hope to merit by future exertions the compHment which Mr. Field has, by anticipation, conferred upon me. Mr. BiuuER (addressing Mr. Field):— I have been re(iuested, Sir, to undertake a duty whirh I will endc.-ivour to fulfd to the best of my ability, and that is. Sir, to proj.ose your health. (Loud cheers.) Encouraged by the manner in tthi(h the company has fee eived the simple announcement of my intention, I see that it reipiires very little elo(|uence to secure for that toast the re( e|ition which it so well merits. I reiollect well. Sir, when you came to this country on the first occasion in 1854. I know the zeal which you brought to bear in support of the statements which you made, ,ill which went to show the faith which you had in the enterjirise. 1 know, too, the high ojiinion whic h the late Mr. Robert Steiihenson entertained of your zeal and talents, and a careful consideration of the whole enter])rise satisfies me that the opinion which you have formed of it will be ratified by its results. I have lately been brought muc h into contact with you. and there is one fixed opinion which 1 have fomied of your c haracter. and it i.; this, that when you make up your mind to effect a great objec t you will never alwndon it. (Cheers.) If life and health be s])arecl to you, you will live to see the Atlantic Cable successfully laid ; and it is, I assure vou, the wi?h of all here that you may live to realise the glory of the enter])rise. (Cheers.) Thi: roAsr was Mosr knthvsiasmcai.i.v honoured. .Mk. I'liLlK — (Icntlenien, words cannot exi>rcss to you my feelings on this occasion. One month ago to-night, on the evening of the 15th March, some gentlemen, who are now present, honoured me with their company at dinner in this hc)ii>,e. and it is an extraordinary coincidenc e that that evening was the tenth anniversary of the day on whic h I sailed frcni Hoston for Newfcjundland, for the punwse of attempting to cjbtain the charter of the New \'ork, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph t:onipany. \\\mw the privileges and exc lusive rights of whii h the .\tlantic Telegraph Company was founded and exists : and that to-night is the te.nh anniversary of that evening of the iSth \\m\ on v.hich the Cove.-nor of New- foundland atfixed his s' nature to the ch.irter conceding to this Company, for fifty years, ihe exclusive right to land cables on the coast of Labrador, Newfoundland, and the adjacent islands. 'I'hat privilege has been much criticised. It has been called an odious monopoly. Now 1 speak in the hearing of the great advocate of free trade and the opjionent of all monopoly, and contend that the .Atlantic Telegrajih is entitled to the enjoyment of a monopoly, limited as this has l)een, to a moder.-ite term of continuance. 1 can say. as manj of you know, that it was only by very hard work years ago that we succeeded, even with the aid of that monopoly, in raising the funds necessary for the laying of the Cable in 1858. and it is only within the last few days that the necessary funds have iO liiaiiguniltoii limqiut giviti by Mr. Cynu W. I'uU. l.cin si-( iircl with «hiih to lay its successor in 1865 ; ami I ask you, as men of business, if we coulil have got a single farthing for that i)uri)ose if we had not had the monopoly of which I s[)eak ? Wo.ilil any one. do you suppose, invest his capital in such an enterprise if. the moment it was ,u<< essfully completed, any one else was to be at •;:)erty to «ome in and reap the benefit of it. (Hear. Iiear.) There are some things in which a numoi-oly is absolutely ne( essary. and the Atlantic' Cable is one of them, for mu( h is due to those who originate and i.e.ir all the expense of su. h an undertaking. If it had not been for the monoj-oly. d" vdu think that the Company would have sustained its existence during the five year- ii has been m abeyant e. and do you suppose we could ever again have plai ed it in the proud i.osition in which we find it this day? It is absolutely necessary that a man should have a monopoly in his own domestic c ire le. (Laughter. ) Then we have patent rights, copyrights, the po^t otiu e, and I might go on enumerating a great many other things in whic h a monopoly is right and proper. My stay in Kiigland is now drawing to a dose, and never before, when about to embark for .\merica, did 1 feel more satisfied and rejc.ic ed at the position of our great undertaking : but. with all this, a feeling of sadness at times steals over me. It seems to me in those moments very doubtful whether many of us will ever meet again. What little 1 could do has been dene, and the enterprise is now in the hands of the contractors, who, I am sure, will carry it out to a triumphant sue c ess. It will do much to bind together Kngland and .America ; and base, indeed, will be that man, to whatever country he may belong, that may dare, with an unhallowed tongue or \en..mous pen. to sow discord among those who speak the same language and profe>s the same religion, and who ought to be on terms of the ccmipletest friendship. (Cheers.) ! shall leave in a few days for my native land, for 1 think it wrong on the part of any .\meri.an to be away in the hour of peril to his ccjuntry ; unless it be on a mission of peac c. his place is at home at sue h a moment. I will say, however, that if any one- here jiresent should come to see us in America, he will receive a hearty welcome from me, at ail events, tlentlemen, i thank you very much for the manner in which you ha\e responded to the toast of my health. Ik-fore 1 sit clown I wish to say that those of you wi„) last honoured me witi. your company at dinner in this house will recollect that on that occasion I lire .posed the health of Mr. (Icorge IVabody an.l his «orthy partner. Mr. Morgan. ,d the latter replied to the sentiment. 1 had stated, in the course of my rem.irks pre- liminary to the toast, that v.!, en I called ujion him in 1856. he gave the name of his house as subscribers foi /:io.ooo of the Company's stoc k. In reply to the toast. Mr Morgan spoke of that ^: 1 0.000 a.^ lost money, but promised a further subscription, nevertheless, towards c arrying out a new Cable, and 1 am happy to ^ay that yesterday he redeemed his jiromise. (Clieers). That statement th.it he lo>t hi^ money is not strictly ac curate. It is not lost. Me knows where the Cable is ami can go and get it. The money has been sown, and the plant is already out of the ground, .nid is now growing up vlenelidly. It will soon be in flower 1 n.ean at ;. ;.remiuin: l\n^ then there will be. in the ottie e of .Messrs. C.eorge IVabodv and Company, more rejoieing onci th.ii ^^10.000 which was los. and is fe.uml Iiiangnraliim liitin/iid jivm by Mr. Cyrus W. Field. i\ than over any /[99,ooo of their profits that were nevtr in danger. When I invited Mr. MorKan here this evening, he < onsented to lonie uji'in the express ronditii;n that he should not have to reply to any toast or make a speerh. I wiM, therefore, give you a sentiment ; whi«h, remember, he is on no account tany." M;. MokUAN :— There are many things to be said in regard to what Mr. Field has just stateued their int|uiry, thoroughly investigatet man.agement shall ncjt be diminisheil so long as I may have anything to do ivith them. Mr. Fil I.I) : — Allusion has been already made to the Great Eastern. The (ireat r.astern Steam Ship Company have acted in the most liberal manner towards us, inasmuch as at present they are truly engaged in a labour of love. From this day to the 31st of December. 1S65. we are to have the use of that magnificent \essel : and, if the Cable be not successfully laid, we shall not have to pay a single shilling for the use of her. Should it be successful, we are then to hand to the Directors of the ( Ireat Kastern .Steam Ship Comiiany /50.000 in shares. In all my business exiierieme 1 have ne\er known any 24 Inauguration Banquet given by Mr. Cyrus W. Iteld. ..tier niDrc honourable, and I am now going to propose to you tbc iH-altli of the Dire, tors of that fompany. three of whom are present, namely, Mr. C.oo.h. Mr. barber, and Mr lirassey. (Cheers.) Mr. (locKH .—As one of the Directors of the Creat Kastern Steam Ship Company, I am exceedingly delighted to see her lake part in such a great scheme which. 1 fee! sure, will be perfectly successful. We are, as you have been told, to receive £^r,,-^oa in hares when the vessel has successfully laid the Cable. 1 believe she is the only vessel afloat that coul.l successfully lay it, and they seem to me to have been made for each other. Mr. KiKi.i) :— There is another toast which I intend to proi)ose to you in connectior. with the Atlantic enterprise of 1857 and 1S58. and I regr.-t that Mr. Woodhouse is prevented by illness from being amongst us. Mr. Kverett is in .\merica. Sir Charles Mright has not yet retu ned from the Persian C.ulf. and Mr. Canning and Mr Clifford have left the room, so that there is no person here to respond to the toa' • :— " lo the engineers that laid the Cable in 1858." 1 can, however, without any such drawba.k, give 'ou ■•The health of Mr. Saward, the Secretary of the Company," who has served us faithfully ami well during a period of more than seven years, having started with ls at the hrst establishment of tiie Company, and zealously held on with us through all the troul)les and anxieties which ha\e attended the progress of its car.'er. (Cheers.) Mr. SAW.\Ki.:-.\fter what you have heard from sO man\ eminent individuals who have this evening addressed you, it will be nl\ Aniei:. an 1 )liv< l..r .if die New N.)rk. Newfoundland, an.l I-on.l.in. an.l Atlanti.' Telegrai'.h C-ompames here, 1 thank y.,u f.ir the km.l manner with whi.h vou have re. eived that toast. I have been fr.,n, the . ..mmen. emeiU a Director of b..th C..mp,uiies. I haxc. however, while a member of the ii.ur.l ol the New- loun.llan.l C.,mpanv. often felt myself pla. e.l in a very .leluate |.ositu,n, a positi.m «h,.h 1 .li.l n..t bv anv means . .3vet : for. haxing been entruste.l by my . olle.agues with lull p.)»er to treat with the Atlanti. C..mpan>. in whi.h 1 have so large an interest, 1 telt ih.it I was at one and the same tune both Inner an.l sdler : but it is satisfa. tory t.. me t., k.w« tluil Dii c;i< li oicisioii of my rclurn Ikiiir' all my arraiuemcnt-. with llic Atlanti< CJoni pany were i unfiniied l)y my < olleagiies. and I was honoured with their thanks for having made them. The Newfoimdland and Atlanti< I'eie^'raph (^'ompanies are peiuhar and diflferent from any other Companies that 1 know of in the world. I'he hook ot subscription of the fomier was opened ten years ago at six o'elof k in the morning, and in less than one half hour e\ery share was sul)s( rilied for. and not a single original share- holder has ever solhu ramifications of (ireat Hritiiin. the Continents ot I'.urope. .Vfrii a. and .\sia. At present there are betw eeii thirty and forty wires connecting Kngland with Kuiope. and these are for the most part full of tratVu . If. then, so r.-;,n wires be rec|uired for the business between Kngland and the rest of Kurope. how many will be rec|uired to connec t the one hall of the world to the other? Certainly more than one cable. If. then, your rates be so low that you have more work than your wire will transmit, great delay will be the conseiiuenc e. and I am ]>erfectly certain, that unless you charge \ery much more than the niaxunum fixed by the C.over.iMient. your C"able will be so deluged with work that your telegraph will be slower than the mail packet. 'I'he only remecU for this is to c harge so nuu h mone\ that the number of messa,'es received within the twent\foiir hours shall be suffic icntly limited to be transmitted within tha' time, otherwise you would get more and more behind everv day. A telegraph is of no iwe unless it does its work with certainty and despatch. If you take the stei)s I rec omn.end. the commercial success of the undertaking i> guaranteed. Vour earnings will be vastly greater than what you have hitherto calcul.ited. Whv. the telei;r,iph from New York to Californi.i has paid cent, per cent, per annum. If 2h Iiiniignratioii Banquet given by Mr. Cynis \V. Field. one wire be barely sufficient to transact the Inisiness between lalifornia and tlio rest ol the I'nited States, how is it j.ossible that one wire shall be sutti< lent between I'.urope and Anieri.a? 1 teel great .ontiden.e that when once a Cable is su.cessfully laid across the Atlantic, the demands ujion it will be so great that you will have to lay one or two i)er annum Ibr the next twenty years, or even more. With regard to the science of the ,|uestion. I claim to be a i>ra cal. ulated to .lo universal good, not only pecuniarily, but m..rallv. Kn^lan.l will be .oon now conne. ted with India. China, an.l from then.t with Australia. ,m,l I hope, lor ihe m.c. ess of >our Cable, that the ...nnection with th..se . ountries mav b.- iKo extended t., .he Ameri.an Continent ; ,n..l I may add. after examining with . lo.e attentu.n the plan, that are n..w being adopied. that I have the fullest confi.len.e in it. . .)ni|>lcte -u. le... (Cheers.) .Mr. Fiiin: -I regret niu. h that that :,ic.,l .uai,. l'r..i;..or Karaday. i. unable on .mount of his h -alth to be VMth u. thi.. evening When I came to this . ..untry in 1854, I waited .m him an.l re.|ue.te.l him 1., make ...me experiments for r-e. telling him thai whatever might be hi. .harge. I «..nl.l »illnv.dy | a> it. lli. reply wa>. - I .hall base great plea.ure in makuig th.- expeiim.nl . f.vihr .ake ..I the enterprise, a.ul .hall m.t .harge vou anything." I will n.nv pr,.p...e t.. >..a •■ The health ..f I'rofes.or Michael Karadav." Captain Cm.ion. m the ab.en. e .'f l'r.)le.sor Wheal.l.>ne «h.) I....1 jUst left. brielK leturned thanks, and the feslivitie. of the evening came to a .l.>.e. It I AN N I \' K KSA m' I5AXQU F. T, TUESDAY, lot/i MARCH. iS68. Mp^ (ZyP^US Y^ flELD IN THE pHAlR The folh'a'iii,!^ Guests were pre sait : — Captain Sir JAMES AM>KK-miN Colonel FINI.EY ANliKKSuN r. E. ANSTIE, E»q.. M l> Wll.I.IAM IIARHEK. K-i SAMLEI, 1' IIIDDI.K. K~i I MOM AS IlK AsSEV, Ks.| Sir CHAKI.KS 1 HRII.H I M I' CHARLES nURT. E-,| J \V nCSHliV, E»>|. >ir SAMI.El. CANNIXi;. JOHN CHAIIERION. Km| E. W tHE.SSON. E..|. LATIMER CLARK, E,.| HESRV CLIFKOKD. Ks<| RICHARD C0LLE:TT. Es,| ROllERT CRAWFORII. L-| ROHERI IUDLKV. F-i I HARLES EDWARDS. E-.j . M f C,F:OROE ELLIOT. E*.| Sir CHARLES FOX V.iplain DolCLAS I,AL1«JN. C II H F s.r DANIEL (iOOCll, l!an , Ml' SAMfEL OURNEV. E-|.. \\ V Rev. NEWMAN HALL. Li r. C.iptain A I. HAMII roN FREI '■•RICK HAUFOKD. E-,| WILLIAM r HENLEV. Ev| JOHN HORAFIO I I.OVD. Em| Cip«.iin MACKINNON K N . M V T .M. MAC KAY. E^, J AS. Ml LEAN. Em) J R .liI.EAN. Ev| IIENJAMIN MORAN. K».| H II FKELMAN H .MoKSF Cluiiel D D MIIEK JOSHUA NL'NN. Evi C.ipuin SHERARD OSBOkN k N i L J (. "VRKINSON. E-.| \VM I'A )N. Es.| HoWXRD POTIER, In,, Cipt.iin C. H. RICHARDS. K -N.. l W \V <; (iOMAIXE. Emi . C II W.M H RUSSELL. E-.|.. I 1. D CEORl.E S.\WARD. E-q W.M. F. SCHoI.FIFLD. Fs,| \V SHUTER, E,.|. <;. W SM ALLEY, E>c| JOHN SMITH. E-,| WILLOUGHI'.Y SMIFH. E-.,| JOSEPH flERIlERI FRITFON. E-: F WALKER. Flsq. JOHN WALLER. K.sq.. F.S.S Pn.re th.it room, S\- which lie could conimunic.ite direct with An'erica. and til, It lie v> as about to send tele^jr.inis to the President of tlu Inited States, to the Hon. Mr. Sew.ird, and ti) other ^cnth-men m .\merica, to the Governor-(ieneral of Cuba, and the (iovernor of Newfoundland. He doubted not that before tlie>' left the table replies would be received from some of their friends on the other siile i>f the .\tlantic. .Vt the first interval of the dinner, Mr. l-"ield announced that he had a few minutes befor.- sent a telej^raphic messajje Hom the room N) Newfoundland, as follows : — •• PaI Al K Hoi 11,. I.OXDUN. Mttiih \r>t/i. ;s° /'■'"■ To t/u Staff of the AniiloAiiicihiiii ivid .Xn.'foiinillaiiil Coiiif<(iiiifi ,}l Utitrfs Content. ( )iir lie^l wishes. (■^Kl^ \\. I'll.ll'." Mr. Fli;!,!) said th,it in six minutes from the time the messa},'e had left the room the foUowinj,' reply was received hy him : — '■ J/iiirfs Contiiit. March lot/i. ;..?: /'.in. ( Giaii7<.-i> OK im KIl'IA li.WI. MUM >AMMACnoN. A message was sent at 26 minutes jiasl 7 to His Excellency the Governor of Newfoundland. It is a'^ follows:- ■• Taiaci. Hoi I- 1 . London. 7.26 /.///.. 10/// Mareh. iSf)S. HiN Kxt 1 1 i.iNt \ nil: (Iovi.rnou m \i widi ni.i.anu. We rejoiie that the province of Newfoiindland. which wa> the tirst to emourane the .Vtlantir Telegraph 1>\ an Act ol its Legislature, is now in telegrajihic .oinmunication with the Old World.- Miss Jeanie, Miss .\liy ■'/' ^.'""•f "' /"''"'• nn arrival at St. Johns, the mfssaKO hail to be sent some distance by messenger to the lio.emmcnt House, yet at four minutes past eit;ht we received his reply. beinK thirty-ciKht minutes in ,• ' from the time it left the room. Tl'e roll..win'„' is the telejiram we have received from that gentleman :— "St. John's, Xeii^foundhmi, mUIi Jliin/i. 4.10 /».///. ?;< CvRr> W. Ill 1 1), Ksrk. Tiie gentlemen now sitting aruund this table rejoice with you and the other Directors of the New Vork. Newfoundland, and London Telegrai-h fompany, ill the complete success of telegraphic communication between Kurojie and .\merica, whiili was inaugurated fourteen years ago this day, and i)r:;y th;'.t it may long continue to be a blessing to thusc two great kindred nations living on opposite si.les of the ,\tlantic. ^.^^^^ ^^. ^.^^^^^., I know not in what part of New \ork our friend \va> at the tinu> we tclet,'raphed, AHiii:irsiiry lUviqiul giviit b) Mr. Cyrus \V lifU. 35 or ho\/ far the message had to be sent to reach iMm, hut \vc received his reply i 1 this room in one hour ami ci^jht minutes, as follows : — •• Nkw VoKk, TiiisJir:. JJS/"' CvRUs W. I'ln 1), Ksi]., ,// ///<• /iiini/iiel, Pj/iIi. //oil, Hiuknu^luim Gate, LonJim. Yours received J»7 p.m. The iJirectors of the New York, Newlounil land, and London IViegrai.li Coi pany desire to join in the general joy produce. I hy the harnioni.jiis action of the AUanlii and .VngloAmeru an Comijanief, which promises so nun h benefit not only I.) the .Shareholders, hut to the world at large. The cooperation of the Newfoundland Company can he confidently counted on in the measures which are now possible and hence certain for the extension and cheapening of telegraphic facilities, whereby the ( nmrnerce of the worl.l will De enlarg -il, and the bonds of peace between nations be streu'thened and confirmed. pK.rKK I'ooFl-R. Loud appiause koi.iowkd nit KKAiUNd ok iiiis mkss\i;i.. L.VUIKS .-.M) GKNTl.r.MKN:— You will pardon me I am sure for reading the next tek-iram. I should have read it alone with my dauirhters. but as they are now here with me at this table, and as we are all friends to<,'cther. I will "^d it to > .-u I tcle'jraphLd to my wife, after we .sat down at this table, as follows - '• I'ALACK HoTKi., London, 6.57 /.»/.. j'lii-siiiiv fiviiiiiii;, n CvKls W. Imki.o, Ks(1.. /'irA„y Hotel, I.oh./oii. Yours received. -Ml well. Love to my daughters, and all of your party. Tlunk Miss .Sullivan fur me. for acting as hostess. Tell your guests that we shall be too glad to join you in entertaining them, and that if they will ( ross the Atlantic, we «ill give them a weh ome. as he.irty, if possible, as our Knglisli friends have always given to you. This .MEss.\(it was kkceivkd wuh .uli.amaiion. .Mauv S. 1mi.i,i> I 36 Aiiiiivnsn.y lhiii>;ii,i jiiviH I'V ''/'■ 0*'"'' " ^''''^'^■ 1 .i^kcd my friend Colonel Sanfonl. President of the Central American Tele- graph Company- of New York, an hour a-o. what he was doinij about the Submarine Tele-raph from Cuba to tiic Mhmu. of I'anama. He replies as loll." After tlic cloth had been removed the u>,ual loyal toast-, of " The Qiucur •■ /■//<■ rriuaaud I'linuss of Wales, and the Roval Family: -..wA one to " The rresi.lent of the fnited States.- were -Ivcn and honoured with hearty cheers. Mr. CVRl's I'lKl.n then -poke as follows; — L.M.n:> .\Nl. Ciaiiimkn: I had hol'ed. we should have been honoured by the pre-.'nre to night of the Cnite.l States Minister. I have received two notes Irom him expressing- great regret that he . ould not. on account of prior eng;igenients. be with us. I pronosew vou.' - Ihe health ..f His Kx.ellen.v the Hon..ural.le Ch:.rles franris \,i,ms. th.- .\meriran Minister who, inu. h to the regret of every one who li:is heen l.rought into otiki.d or friendly intercourse with him. is about to leave this country, after long, faithful, and d.istinguished servi.es - (i.oud an.l |.rolongcd .heenng.) As Mr. Adams Is ,d)sent 1 sl,,,ll . ;dl upon a gentleman, to speak to this tna.st. who has re. ently travelle.l in Ameri.a. ;ind who has ha.l an opportunity ..f knowing the great servi.es whi.h Mr \da.ns has ren.lered to the worl.l by niaint;.ining pea. e between Kngli.n.i an. I Anu-ri.a .lurnig a >n..-t trying pen.Kl of their lii^orx. 1 sliall ask Mr. W.iher t.. resr.,n.l. Mr. W M.IKK tlii:n said :-— I M„i > .\M, C.i Ml IMI N : I >m sure that there is not ..ne h.-re present wl,„ docs not , leei.lv share tile regret whi.h has been so well expresse.l bv -nir worthy lioM. that diis ,plen.'li,! and auspi.ious han.|uet is not gra. e.l by the presence .,f His Kxcelleiu v th. Uneri. ...1 Minister. I am also sure that if there he .me , ircuntstan.e that woul.l liaxe .ippearcl. t.vo vears ago, more inipn.bahle ih.m another, both t.. lh.it .lislingui^hed personage an.l t.. the l.a.nble indivi.lu.d who now ad.lres.ses you. it is that I sh.ul.l he .alle.l ui.on l.v Mr. Cvrus Idel.l, in this room, t.. return thanks for the t.Msi w'n.h has heen pn.pose.l t,'. the hc.dth of the .\mcn.-an Minister. (He;ir.) It is .miy within a verv short perio,l that I have had the privilege ..f hcmiing personally a.-iuamtcl with His Kx-elien.v. an.l I ..«e dwt privilege to the same .ircunistance to wlmh 1 am Aiiiiiviisaiy Utiiiquil ^iiuu l>y Mr. Lvriis W ■ iuUl. 37 al»u iiulebtcil for the jilci^iirL- of Mr. Cyrus Field's ;ii ■ni.iiiit.iiicc. luiimly that to whii li he has advi-rlcil, a rt< cnt. sliort. but most iiitcresti:ig tour \\hi( h 1 made in the autumn ol iS60, in the United States. (Hear.) Tliat visit made a very d.ee)) impression on my mind. It convinced me that there was no ol)ject so worthy of the attention of any i;n,ulislinian. so truly ini|M)rtaiU to tlie future wcU'are and civilisation of our race, as that e\c.v citi/eii of the two countries sliould strive by all tlie means in his (lOwer to ijromote i^ood-wiU and sincere friends]iii> between tiiese two countries. (Hear.) Judging from my own experience, and 1 am sure in so speaking 1 am but exjiressing the >entiments of every one who has visited that < ountry, I can safely assert, that unless the United States be lier>onally visited, it is utterly imjiossible to form a just idea of the condition, ot the pro>pects. and of the destinies of that vast and imiiortant country. W e in Europe have been too long accustomed to think of < ivilised countries like our own. We are ( ohm ious of the greatness to which all European coimtrie- have attained : but we are not suffit ienlly conscious of the vast strides whi( h are now being made in that va>t region beyond the .\tlantic. We have yet to learn or realise the fact, that before the end of the <\.'ntury .\merica will [irobably have a population of one hundred millions of peo|jle.^ people as intelligent as ourselves, more energetic, perhaps, in their character and habits, and impressed with the strongest ideas of their future destiny. Much as I love and venerate mv own ( ountry, and thoroughly as I am impressed with the belief that still better ilestinies mav await her, 1 cannot help feeling that the greatest ads \\hi< h have yet to be performed in this worUl's history will be performed on that vast continent. I think it is impossible for the mind to foresee the \ast stride of civilisation and commerce whun must take place «hen the C.re.at .Vtlantic and I'.uific Railway is opened to .-san Irancisco. That will bnng us into closer connection «ith those great masses of barbarism upon which we have yet scan ely m.ule any impression. .\iiy (.erson who is accpiainted with that great enterprise, must feel that, when that line has been opened, .|uite a new and unprec (.dented a. t will t ommence in the great drama of this wor.d's history. I'.ut my thoughts, ladies and gentlemen, are leading me away from the immediate subje. t of this toast. Every one who has had the pleasure of Mr. Adams's jiersonal aopiaintance. is well auarc that no citi'en of the Inited States, who might have the honour to represent his .ountry in ( '.real I'.ritain. could h.ive been more safely or wiseh entrusted with the representation of that country thin Mr. .\dams. (t'heers.) He is the representative ol families the best and ol.lest in the States with whi.h we are ac- ,|uainted. I have had the pleasure of seeing the ijortrails of his father and grindfather in one of the public halK of Boston, ,'n.l I was pleased, when I returned to England, and made his ac,|uain!ance. to see the strong hist..ri. ,il. and family likeness whi.h Mr. \d.ims bears to his ancestors. I belicNe no one is a.lmire.l more for his natuKu ev.ellen.es, his calmness, urb.ii.ity. an.l ta. t. These elements . ..mbine-l have enable.l Mr. .\.lams to preserve peace, harmony, an.l go.xl will between the two ...untries. (Hear, hear.) NWiitin^,; the termination .>f the lonj; an.l yet un. on-hule.l corresp.mdcii. e I 3« Ainikrrsary Banquit ghcii by Mr. Cyrus \V. b'idd. rtith reference to the Alabama (luestion. I must add, ladie> and gentlemen, that when I see the good feeling whu h has sjjrung ui) on that i)oint. when I see the anxious desire that is evinced by the leading statesmen, and the leading members of the i)ress in these two I ountries, I cannot but think that if two such men as Mr. Adams and Lord Stank, .>ere closeted in a room, they woukl make short work of the Alabama ijuestion. (Hca,, ht \r.) 1 can only say that I trust whoevei may be called by the United .States to succeed Mr. .\dams. he will still impress upon that, and upon all other (|uestions, the same dignity, the same forbearance, anil the same courteous spirit of conciliation which distinguished that minister. 1 will now ( onclude by expressing my regret, and the regret that every one in this country who has the pleasure of knowing Mr, Adams must feel, that he will so soon i|uit these shores. (Loud cheers.) Mr. CvRis FiEi.Dth-n said :— We have present a gentleman who for seven years has been brought into official communication with Mr. .\. and I know the sadness he teeb that soon this link of friendship will be severed. I allude to Mr. .Moran. the Se< retary of the Legation. .Mr. H. M.ikAN : — Ladies and Centlemen, 1 regret exceedingly Mr. Adams is not here to-night to respond to the terms in whi< h you have so kirdly expressed your good feeling towards him It is rather awkward to reply to a toast for another ; but I do not hesitate on this occasion. I liave had the good fortune for nearly seven years to be doselv associated with Mr. .\dams in his trying official career in London, and I can bear testimony, as all men i an, to his excellence, his courtesy, and his remarkable .djility. He has, as we all know, displayed great skill as a statesman, and will leave amongst you a name tli.it will not soon be forgotten. iC'heers. i He has won gooil opinion- on both sides of the .Vtlantic, and is one of those men who will leave the world, when he does leave it. better than he found it, (Loud (heers.) I might greatly extend these rem. irks, but under the cin innst.im es I must ask you not to press me to make further comments, but to a( cept my hearty thanks for the manner in whi( h you .lave been pleased to receive the name of my most honoured and excellent (liej. (Loud cheers.) .\ir. j. II. l.i.ovi):— Ladies and Centlemen, 1 ask permission to propose ,i toast ; and although 1 feel great difiidence in doing so, bet ause 1 ,,ee many present more worthy to ijropose it than 1 am. yet there may be personal reasons whi< h render it not altogether inapi)ropriate that I should have the pleasure of introducing the honoured name whu h I an iiout to bring before your notice. The toast. whiropriate that 1 should be the organ of this communication ; and one of them Aiinivirsar}' BanijHct i[iiiii by Mr. Cjriis IV. luU. 39 is ;i fcelinK of personal ro-anl ami dfl'ei tion, and a >cnsc of obligation \vlii( h words arc inadciiuatc to er.press. For the kindness which some of my family have experienced at his i'ands, I shall remain grateful as long as life continues. (Theers.) But there are other reasons whi< h may warrant my being the spokesman on this occasion. 1 was one of the first subscribers to the great work which has been so triumphantly accom- plished. (Cheers.) 1 was one of the few who decided, having no interest- no commercial interest, I mean— to invest my thousand pounds, simply in the hope that a great work might be accomplisiied for the world's good. The resalt of that first venture is known to all. My thousand pounds, with many other thousands, went to the bottom of the .\tlanlic ocean, but not with it my hopes and confidence. 1 subscribed another thousand, and through good report and evil report, ami under all circ umstances, in spite of failure and disaster, 1 never lost heart or courage. I had la.th in the ultimate ■uhievement of tnat great work, and 1 have reai-ed my reward pecuniarilv as well as personally. (Laughter.) liut, ifthis be true of myself, what shall be .said .if the man whose name I have the honour to bring before you ? l-'ourteen years ago, he originated the grand idea of the .\tlantic Cable, and for these long years he has struggled on with untir' „ energy and unfaltering determination : hoping against hope, l)elie\ing almost against conviction, never disheartened by failure, never daunted by diffic ulties. Confi- dent, from the spirit or instinct. I suj.pose. which Cod had gi\en him. that he was one of His appointed instruments for this end, he has, with the aid and co-operation o- other illustrious men who are now round ;.l)out me, and who have received their meed of well-earned honour, succeeded in completing a work such as the world never before witnessed, and which is the crowning glory and triumph of our century. (Loud c heers.) We have li.ul heroes and conquerors, ;^ncl ihev have their laurels and statues: but. to my mind, the true hero and concpieror is the nipn who, steadfast in his resolve to work out a -real end by great means, stands firm and erec t in the mulst of disaster and disappoirnnent. whocon(|uers the forces of nature and overcomes all obstacles, moral and physical, that beset his path, by setting against them his own determined will. (Cheers.) The man in whom these .|ualities are combined, is he whom we are i-roud to ha\e among us to-cla\ : and when to this we add that he is a courteous gentleman, a kind, earnest, and staimc h friend, a man of amiable disposition, and of a temper of a sweetness rarely to be found, and. last, not le. .. a very .\mphytrion of hosts. I am sure we shall do honour to tiK loasl. ..ml drink with enthusiasm the health of Mr. Cvkl - Lli l.n. L..M. vM' CMINltn M'l'l AlsK Kc.i.l.OWKI . IHK IC.^M. 1111 .aK.-l> KlsINC, AM. I HH KIM. \l.\IN AN;i ACAIN. Mr. '■vKls LiEl..), who on using was met with re.loubled ac. lam.ation. said;- Mr. Lloyd. 1 thank you most sincerely fi)r the kind w.irds you have spoken, and you, laclie> and gentlemen, for the manner ni whi, h vou have receix.'d them Fourteen years ago. this I !fe 40 AiintitTSiiry rxviqiiit girai h Mr. Cyrus //'. fiiU. m I very night, nfter partaking o'^a goo.l dinner -{laugl- f>, and after .. i.rcliminary discussion on the three iireceding evenings, t^ve gentlemen- I'eter Coo|; -. Moses -l-aylor. Marshall (). Roberts. Chandler White, an 1 nn ..-If—signed an agreement in my own dining room in Ne«- York, that we woidd establish telegrai.hic communication between London and New York. Cod knows that none of us were then aware of what we ha ever pos>e-si.-d a more tlu( mating investment, I shouM bke to hear of it. (Laughter.) liut, gentlemen, I lonfess to you it is a satisfaction to me. alter these fourteen years of struggle, on thi^ annivi.-rsar\ of that night, m the presence of some member-, of my family, to meet, around this festive board, witii so many who have ..mtributed in a variety of way> to the su. < ess of this enterprise. Cod knows that, while my he.irt be its, I shall remember them wilii aftection ; and I t'eel truly thankful that, of the five gentlemen who signed the origin d agreement, all are now Ining and in go oil health except one. Mr. Chandler While, who >lied in 1856, and who>e place was at once filled by my esteemed friend Mr. Wilson C. Hunt. I could, ladies anpen.l the whole evening in idling ymi what ^ome of the gentlemen around thi-. table have done to conned Kurope and .\meri( a by a Submarine Cible. but 1 nvj>t not linger on the-.e rei olleclio i- now. 1 tru>t th.'t history will do them justice. i'he ijueen has remeinberec collection that sliouM gi some and velOl;lll^e il their >ev\ices It. tl le paramount re th< nleiiien above and bevond a 11 i> th: ^atistaction that the enterprise we have completed bin-ls together tw. uions that are absolutelv Aiiuiva-sarj Baiiqiicl ^ivai by Mr. Cyrus \V. Fidd. 41 brothers Sour lathers were my fathers. My venerable father, at seventy years of a^e. rune to England, an.l spent six months in tracing out the genealogy of our tamih. (Jentlcmen, I say ac.ursed be the man-I care not whether he be an Knghshn,an or an \meri,an -that woukl sonv t seNcn this e^ening I sent the following telegram :-- •' P.\L.\Ci: Htt'FI., l.DNUiiN, 7.2/.;//., Tuesday, \otli March. iHl l'RK>II)KNl OF TllK I'MIKO SiATF.S. Wasluil^^tov. The .niests assembled at the Telegraph lianquet send their cordial greetings ,0 the President of the L'nited States, and trust that the telegraphic un.on between Kn„„nd and Ameri.a may never be interrupted, nor the frien.lship between rhen> broken. CvKis \V. 1 iKia' To this message 1 have had the honour of receivmg the following reply :- '• \\A>niNi;roN. 3.30 />.'"■. ^°"' March To Mr. t;viu-. W. liKM). Palace I fohl. I.oii,/,ui. Kxpress my congratulation, to the Telegraph Festi^al assembly. I w,sh .hen, all po>sii,le success ; that the.r wires may be muU.phed through many ^eas. and their stakes extemled around the world. ANHRKW bllIN-"V. (l..>I|i CllFI-R-.) 42 Antihrrsarj Iniuqnd given by Mr. Cyrus W . lucid. Mr. CvRls FiKl.l) :— 'I'Ik' next to.f o<(a'>ion, and the Company I am addressing, may excuse me from dilating upon, i Laughter. I It is very fortunate for me that it is so, because, as I have for so long now been engaged in the ])eaceable part of the ])rofession, I really do not feel e(|ual to talking to you about iron-dads, or turrets, or broadsides, or guns, or su( h trifling matters. If you desire to be en- lightened on such subjects, my friend Captain Sherard ( )sborn is well able, and I am sure will be happy to do so. Kor my-.elf. addressing, as I am sure I am. an extreniel\ peaceable and well-disposed congregation-daughter! — I should be ciuite i)re])ared to recommend, ?x\t\ I think it would be, if not a wise. < ertainly nn ec onomii al measure, to take all the turrets and the iron plates, all the guns and other engines of destruction, and cast them into telegraph wires. ((Ireat laughter.) I thank you for the honom- \ou have done the navy; and, seriously, before I sit down. I should like to say one word on the i)art of the navy present, and thit is. tiiat we most (o..lially congratu- late our friend Mr. I'ielil on his return to England, and on his success, and to tell him--and I know it will be gratifying to him to he.ar- that his name is not onl\ well known l)iit highly respected by all naval men with whom 1 am ai i|uainted. (Cheers.) Mr. CvRts FlKi.n : — Ladies and Cientlemen. the next toast. \ am sure, will be well received. espe( iailv bv some of us who are interested in the pe< uniary success of the Telegraph. 'I'hat to.ist. which I now propose, is '• The .Vtlantit Telegraph Cables! Ma\ they alw.r. ., continue to bj as useful as they are at jiresenl, politic ally, (omniercially. ■>ocI.'lly ;■'— and I willcall upon my esteemed friend The Right Honourable James .Stuart Worllev. .vho has for many years been the able Chairman of the .\tlantic Telegraiih Compan\. to repl>. The Right Honourable JaMKs Siivki WoKTM v : Mr. Field. L.ulies and ( lentle men. it is ahva\s a diffii ult task to a<'kno" ledge a |ier-.onal com])liment. in becoming terni'^. before an assembly of this nature, and especially graced as it is by the presence ot the ladies who have just honoured u- by joining your < cmipany. \ feel it to be still more .l/i/in\rs,i,j' liiiiKjiul given l>y Mr. Cyrus W. iidd. 43 emharrassing, when I m-c around your tabk' >o many nicr jt'uniiring ciicryy, of .li>tin. Hon in M-icn.x'. an.l of > silted gonius. to whom the great enteri.riNe, with win. h you have a^so.■iated mv name. i. ^o murh more deeply indeoted than • the fortunate Chairman of theoltandoriginalCompany. Although not unaccustomed to addressing public assemblies. 1 fee! a ililtkultv in expressing to you my sense of the honour you hive done me. I am proud, however,' in sliaring that honour with a gentleman of great distinction in this ...untrv. whom 1 am happy t., re.ognise here to-night, and it is my duty, in obedience t.) vou, to acknowledge the compliment you have just paid to us ; but you, Mr. Held, are the person to whom the congratulations are, on this occasion, first due. For you have concentrated and assembled round you men who are meeting here for mutual congratulation upon the accomplishment of one of the wonders of the world. (Cheers.) Truly do you say Sir. that there have been different stages of time when men ridiculed this great idea- when we have all, personallv, in our own circles, had to bear the ridicule thrown upon us for supporting so extravagant a proje. t. Now. Sir. we are met to < elebrate it.s t-iumph. .,nd we mav shake each other's hands, rejoicing heartily .it its ac comphshment. (Cheers, i have been a shareholder from the first, and I am so. -what proud of my original ^'i.ooo sh.res- and :.f those shares to whic h you have alluded, which I truly bought at £:,o each. 1 am anxious, ho.vever, that those gentlemen who heard that statement should understand that I have not vet made a fortune out of the Cable. Laughter.) '1 he Nic issitiides we \^^^c gone through have pre\ented us from doing mu. h financially, and. indeed we have had ditticultv at times in keeping the enterprise alloat. lly perseverance, however, we have been able to live through all these years, and as Chairman of the Com,, mv I have onlv done my best to . arry the aftair out. I have tried to keep things stnu.du and smooth, .mcl the event. 1 hope, shows that 1 ha-.e done so with some success. Thepeople to whom vou are really indebted are the elec tricians^like my Iriend Sir Charles Whetstone, who nts next to me-to our engineers, to our mechanic lans, and not least to the gdlant scunen who have laid and resuscitated our beneficent Cables. (Cheers.) 1 hey have at last accomplished the great work. 1 am, on this occasion, proud ot the mention vou have made of niv name, but 1 should be abusing the c ompl.ment if I were to detain vou en that head. With regird to the absence of Mr. Adams. I may say, that as 1 have had the honour of meeting him at your table before, and often in general society it would have been a p'easant thing indeed to have had him with us to-night. No one who knows Mr \dains. or the feehng of Knglish society towards him, can but regret that on such an occasion as this he should not be present. To hear that he was going ,„ leave us caused regret to every intelligent Knglishman who could appreciate his character, and we shall all deeply regret his deinirture. (Hear.) Hut although we miss his presence, we mav at this moment congratulate ourselves upon having estiblished a marvellous connection between his country and ours. b> wh.ic n whosoever represents .\merica here may find his task lac ilitated in maintaining haraiiony between the two nations. We mav take to oiiisehe, some part of the honour of that 'l I 44 Aiii/i:irsi. by his sending the con. iliatory .lebate of the House of Commons on the Alabama . l.ums to Amen< a. (Hear, hear.) I am very gla. and yet the most painful part we have .'one through has been the sort of ai-parent diUiculty or controversy with «hi
  • tal.li>l- mI harmony, we shall base contribute.! to the good feeling between the two countries, an.l generally to the benefit of all the n.ition-> of the world. (I.oud iheers.) Mr. CvKf^ l-lKi.o :— I hope we shall hear from my worthy fnen.l Sir Daniel Coo. li. who hol.ls not only the position of Direc )r of the .\nglo-.\merican Telegraph Company, but is Chairman of the I'elegraph Constru.ti.)n and Maintenance Company, and aho Chairman of the C.reat Kastern Steam Ship Company. (.\ voi. e : '• He is als.. Chairman ol the C.reat Western Railway Comj.any.") Ves. but th.il has nothing to do with telegraphy. (Laughter and .heers.) He is one of that band «ho met together in the trying hours of the .Ctlanti. Telegraph enterprise, and put his name .lown for a large sum )• Mr. Cyrus //'. /•"/(/ been dlowed to exist : but I have alwavs been anxious and willing to meet the Atlant, ■ Company. 1 .an only, on behalf of 'the .\nglo-.\merican directors, express my deep th.anks for the kin.l way m which you have receive.l the menti..n of the Cables, which I am sure we must all wsh may be only a beginning of su. h works, and that they may increase to an extent far beyond what is at present known (Cheers.) Mr. CvRi-s FiKi.i.:— I hope we shall hear something from Mr. Saward, who has been the .Se.retary of the Atlantic 'telegraph C..,n,.any from its very cmmencement. and unremitting in his attention to tlie interests of tlic Company. Mr. Sawakii :— Mr. Chairman, you have done me an unexpected honour in calling me from mv seat; but the subject of the Atlantic Telegraph is so expansi^e that it may affor.l an o'pportunity for a few «ords even from me. 1 haxe had great pleasvire in being conne.led with this un.lertaking since 1856, and still greater in ....sc ing from time to time with our worthy host in much of his labour .luring his most intense appli. ation to this ■Teat work. I have' also ha.l very great pleasure in many odicr happy asso.iations forme.l 'm . onnection with the hard and laborious work whi.h has been devoted in assoc i..ti..n with mv .lire, tors to this great enterprise, \\ith regar.l to differen that have originated i,i the i'.ast between the Anglo an.l the .\llanti.- Companies, 1 can onl> say that 1 believe, t.) a great extern, each has been .loing what was thought to be their riKLi. said: -La.lies ami Cfntlcnun. «c- li.uc re five.l more tele(irKI.. l.oNhuN. •/;, The Hop. WiinvM II. .-mwvk... Wn/.rry ,;/ S/.'/.: /r,/v///>cA'". The prm.ipal gentlemen n> Kn,ulan,l «ho have l.een eonne. te.l ^vnh nveen this . oiniir\ and Amerua. now establishing telegraphic < omniuiiK .iiion l>e scml.led roimd this table, send their kind regar.ls to the Se.ret.uy ot .Mate. 1 remember, with plea,t,re. the interest he has always taken >n teleuraph,. tommnnieation aiross the Atlantic. assc ani tVRls W. llll I' I'o this telegram 1 have re( eived the foUouini; reply : - •• \V\-liiNuT(iN. v.iOA'"' 'o''' ■'^'"■"''' '''^''*- CvKLs W. 1-11 I I.. Ks.|.. r,,/.nr /A'.'./, l.onM»i. I congnuulate the Tele. raph buiKiers tlu.t. instea.l of buihling a bridge for the tramp of hostile armies .u n.ss the Atlantic, they have streUhed n w,re beneath >t which effe. tually ex.hanges friendly sentiment^, .>mpathy. and atlectmns. W . 11. Si \v\ki>." ([.Ml II Cm I Rs.) Perhaps 1 .ho.l.l menti.,n that Mr. Seward look great interest in thi- enterprise many years ago, and drew the P.ill. which was passed by the (.m^^ress of the I n.ted States, t- i-rant a sid.sidv f. the .\tlantic Telegraph. (Hear.) At .o iiu,uite> pa-t ; there «a> despauhed a telegram to the IMvsident of tne largot Telegraph ( 'ompanv n. the world. It possesses more than a hundred Ihou^and mile, of « ire. eMending Irom lh> Atlanti. to the Pa. ific. an,l from the IJritish Proxin.es of North .\mcri. a into Texa^. and soon w,P e\tend its < (iinmuni( atioii to Mesico. - I'MAv 1. ilolH. I, ONI. ON. 7. io /.///., '/'iiis,/,iy. \olli Miinli. Hon. \V\l. ORION, rrcn: Ihere are now a^.cmbled .iround thi; board many of the prin< ipal telegraph nun of Kngland, and thev pre-ent their .oinplinu-nts to you and to the r:rrsi,//u/ j;i::ii fy •'/'• O''" "'■ ^^''''^•'^ 47 tlK. Ucurn l-..,..u Iclcyrapl. ( ..n,,.u,y. an.l .rusi that the tclograph-c un.on Lctwccn the ( M ami the New World may never bo l.roken, an.l tlut the cor.l.a rch- tions now existing between .1 Telegr.; 1. Co,n,.anie. on l.oth si.les of the Atlantu may never he iiiterru|ileti. CVRUS W. IKI.K.' (Chi Kk-. ) I'h It lieiitleman reiih.--- is lollows ;— •• IXKCI ..M DllU .. WlslKKN iNlnS; TkiK.KMMI C.MIWNN. 14;. llKnM.WW. \|W YnKK. -lAf'v// lO///. l8<'>8. CvKls W. riKl.P. Ks(i.. /'■r/.nr //,'/rd for centuries to come. \V\I. OUToN." (Ill \K. HI \K. \M' ClIKl Xs.l Tl, . „,., i~ from our Superintendent in Neuh.uiulland. .Xs 1 did n. know where he was. I tck-raphe.l ,.• as. eitain his » hereabouts. This is his telegram :- " Sr. John's, J/."'/' 1"/^'. 3- '7 A'"- C\Kt s W. I'm I is Ks'i.. London. Mnvcl from llearfsCoiitent last night. Ik-st reganls to you and your friends. M,. Ma, Wav sen,ls . omplimen.s t.- Miss .Mi. e an.l Miss Fanny. Lines workmg well. A. ^t. .M \cKA\."' At ;..o p..n. a telegraphi. -lespatch was sent t.. (General Smiti. I'r.si.-.n of the Inter- n,,l,„nal(».can Telegraph Company. New \..rk. '■ l>\l Ai I lloll I . I.ON.^ON. V.i.j/.w., Tiiisd A\ M'irch 10, iSf.S. 7: ...ueral Smiih. /' !.« of tlu NUn.t.on.l O, IW.^r.,;, Company, X. );./■. What is the weather ,0 .lay n, Havannah f What have you done sin.x- leU S... o about the extension ..f the Telegraph line Oom CMba to the Isthmus on-m a^ ^-e mv kin.les, reganls to C.,l..ne. San.brd and all your ot er :2nate. in :his nnportan, enterprise, an.l sav Uiat we wish them an entile suc.ess. CvRUs W . ITvLO. 4« Aiiniixrsar}' HtDiqiut jfiviii l>r -^fr- Cyrus /)'. /•/ii. I leave to morrow lor Kn^'lanil to lontrai t tor a scionil Cable from Klori.la to Cuba. I'hc Central Ameri. an [•elegrai)!! Company is organiseil, and I Central Sanford to siieak for himself, as also ka\e Present the eomi (ClIKKRS.) 'l"he following was our Vic e-l'resident in Havannah. iliments of this Company to th. i.- telegraph brethren in Kngland. \Vm. I'. Smiih. Presiihiit." sent I. .is evening to the Captain (ieneral of Cuba, Havannah : — •' 1'a!,\(.k Hon I, I.iiN'MiN. J/(fn// 10///, 7.2J /./« To I.IKIT.-Cll-NIKM l-KANllsro I.KkSlNIM, Ct/'tinilGflUTitl ,>/ Clllhl. We rejoice with you that Cuba has been brought into telegraphi. (om- muniialion with the Old World, and trust that your beautiful island will be soon conneited with the Isthmus of Panama. CvRUs \\ . tin li ,\nd we have received the following :— , „,o •' Havann.mi, Miinh \ol/i, 1868. CvKLs W. Fiii.D, Ksl IHtsK, TKI.KCiKAMS, \VH ICH IIAI> KXllim MUXH SLRl'RISr., AMI Wl Rl. KlLl 1\ I \< Willi 1 ol I) C111.1.RS. .Mr. CvKis Kill 1) resumed :- '1 he toast of the Houses of Lords and Coinnujns whidi 1 have next to proiio-,e to you is one to wlii' h 1 had hojied for a re-ponse from the ki'ht Hon William K. (Hailstone. I had also expected the presence of several other Members, who promised to be here this evening, but who are detained by the Irish debate. Pefore I give you the toast I will, with you I'trmis^i.ni. read a note ju^t received from Mr. ("dadsione. Mr. 1*'ii;lii IHKN rf.akihi ioi.iciwim; iiniu ircim Mr. (li austom; ; — " Hi)i~K III' Commons, March \otli. i86.S, 'p.m. My Dear .Sir,- I have cherished to the last the hope of coming to see you. but unhappily it is now arranged that Lord Mayo will not sjieak until after dinner, and 1 therefore fear that my presence, at the only time of the evening when it would have been of U'. •. will be imiiossible. Aimhirsitn- PiViqud ,t;hcn h J/'. Cyrus W. iu'.tU 49 I hIiouM have imu h enjovc.l. an.l I h.ul Krcitly . ovctcl. il..- opportunity your kia.lness ..ffcre.l- speaking a wor.l of no-.-l-will to your rountry, but I am dfta.ne.i i.crc by a vet higher .bitv ; for there is, it. my ju.lnmcnt, no duty for publir men in K..Kl.>n.l whi. h at this jun.ture is so high, so sacred, as that of .ludy.t.g the < asc of Irelan.l a',.1 applvin.u the reiiie.b.'s whii h I odieve it admits. We shall be here until pa>t midnii;.n. lull not without thoughts of your festival and of the greatness of the rountry «uh «hi.h it is , onneeted. You are railed upon t.. enrounter ditti.ulties. and t.. sustain struggles. «hirh s'me years ago I should have sai.I were bevon.l human strength. Hut I have learned to be more ...uiiious in taking the measure of Ameriran possibilities; and, ,■ king to your pa^t. tiuT.' is nothing whi.h we may not hope of your future. I remain. My Dear Sir, Most fai'hful! \V -•urs, E. til.AIiSIONK. tVRl> W. llKLM. Km|. T,n ANN.UNeKMKNl n, IHK IKITKR W VS RKCKIVKl, WITH CHKKRS, WHICH W.KK KKM.WM) AT THK TKRMINAllON <>K THK RKAl.lN.l. Mr. l-.i l.M :-l now give you "-rhe House of Lord, and Hou>e of Commons." m^.\ will (all iii)on my friend I'aiiiain MacWinnon. Cpt MuKiNNos- K.N., M.l'.:-Mr. Ch.iirman, l..^dies and C.entlemen, 1 am ralle.l upon, undeservedly, to return . .inks for ,he H..use of Lords and the House o. Commons in the ph. e of Mr. Cla.Mone. I see many honour.d.le Member, here .V. .crionlv ivpre>ent -nore numeron, ronstituenries than I do: bu; when I think that 1 have been ronnerted with the In.ted Sla.es of .-\merira for a r.msiderable tnne. that i,er- ,aps artbrdssomeju^ti.ka.ion.^.Mny returning thanks for the Hou>e of Commons. (Hear^) (len.lemen. I have known Anurua and the Meld family for a great many ye.irs. 1 think it is nearlv twentv veais ago -vhen 1 first went to .Mnerir,. : then I found that nobody m this nmnm knew :,'nvlhing about America and in that rountiy th.y were very ignorant about Knuiand, and there was ., hostile feelmg between them. lUit since then, ,t has been nulot to'move ainon.,l society in .Vmerica ami I.oiulon, and I have seen dail.N tor the last fifteen vears .ertainlv the greatest feeling of friendlin- s between the two nations. 1 was verv mu.h interested in the Al.d.ama .klMtes in the Ib.use of Commons, and everv one here will agree with me. that everj allusion to friemliy e. ling between this country and \meri.a w.is re. eived with loud .ippl.ui.e, and great satisfaction indeed-{cheers).-an,i 1 ,m quite satisfied, in mv ov n min.l. that the two n.ition. are approxiinUing r.:.w t.. great . f ili! ■ a. . &. :i:' III i 50 Aunivcrs.uy Ba>HUCt ^iirn by Mr. .rus W. /•/h>i. and Ir.cn.lHncs. W uh rc.ar.l In n.> „wu eM-ricncc, 1 have h.cn all over V.,.crKa!aml I -an tell ^,>u 1 hav. n.et wth the greatest kindne,. a,ul attenfon there. I have never re.eive.l a Mngle u,u ivil .or.l .luring my stay in that .ountry. and llwt .> ,avin.' a good deal : v..u .annot m> that with regard to this country. 1 may say 1 h.ue . large and agreeable aoiu.nnt.uu e n, .X.nerica when it justifies me to •■ s.,uat 'l"«n here between .Vme.i.an lad.es. (Capt. Ma.kinnon ha.i his seat beside the M.sses Held.) 1 hat gives me a right to sa; that 1 a> well known in America. 1 retur,> you my thank^ .or the V.ousc of C'omnmns. (Cheers.) Mr Ca XKL. . I^..^^ .vKi.s, M , W rose also to respcmd, and said :^ 1 am c ailed upon some- wl-.a unexi-ectedlv. .Vs a .rother member has re.urne.l thanks for the House o. ( om- mons, I reallv thu'.k a ' nu.r ntember nnght have escape.l without makmg a reply . and I have not the excuse that my uorthy friend had in being connected wth .\rnenca 1 h >ve however, been for son>e vcars of my life c onne. ted w,th telegraphv. Dunng the number of vears that 1 have been interested in this science it has achieved one of the greatest „i,„,phs that this countrv or .\meri. a wil, ever see-that is. the union between two. we nviy siv kindred nations, whuh must tend to the well-being and the prosperity ol the „ ■ rid ' h has been said that as long as England and France were united they were and .ould be the poli.emen of the world. 1 say, on the contrary, that by the ur.,-on ol ..rg- Knd and Vmerua. thcv uill. as kindred nations, as brolhe.s and sisters, be the arbiters of power and strength to the uorld. (Cheers.) Perhaps 1 may have travelled out ot my ,phere in going .so far m returning thanks for the House of Conmions. but depend ui^on it Mr Chairman. Ladies. aiuKlentlemen. that nobo.ly in the world uould be more desirous „r more anvious than thes . if things were put n. a straightforward way, to see that the -aiblu money should be aiplied an.l expended in the development of such enterprises as tele«raphv. Manv mistakes are luade. anxieties and troubles have occurred, but relv upon U there is no science in the vw.rld. no enterprise, no large undertaking tha, has such a sphere -,iich . /euith of prosperity before it. as telegraphv. Compare it with our railwavs. The interest in railway enterprise is nearly as large ns our National Deb.. Much work iu these can onlv be attained by a very large expenditure ol .-apital to obtain .ralfu ; whie vou have m telegraphy a much larger sphere for the development of enterprise than vou have in railways. In railw ,v matters you are obliged to spend a l,r.,,. .urn to maim.dn ,1 line. ^bu. in telegraphy you may double, qua Iruple, or . entuple vonr tra.fic bv a suiall charge for working expenses. In the science ol t.h-raphy. gentle- men we have done veiv !i-llc : while railways have gone over the worl.l. Knglan.l is a ,K.,w..rk of raibv.ivs. .Xmerica is also a netwcnk .,f lailwavs ; but submarine telegraphy is ,n Us infancy, as has been pr.,perlv observe.l in this room to-night. People have asked. h..w -an you invest monev in telegraphv ? surely it will all go to the bott.mt of the sc a ! (Laughter.) \ C.ble was lai.l bv tlie Knulish (i.Kernmenl. when 1 was a i.aitncr m the tnni ... ( dass. Kllio, .V C.,..be.»een Malta and .Mexan.lria, about ...00 mdcs l,.ng I n.orun.atelv AiiiiivirMry Baiiqint ^nvai by Mr. Cyrus II'. l-icM. f„r those who reallv unacrstoo,! the in.ut.r, tliosc who .lid not .nHkTslan.l >t thought th.v were wiser in prelerring to l.iy H.c Cable in three sections wsely or unw,.ely. It proved it w.s unwisely. Thev thought it was better to lay the « 'able in shallow water : but it has been found that the only portion oi the Cable «hi. h has never , ost any money, never been seen or heard of, and never been out of repair, is the Cable latd >n deep water, between Malta and Tripoli; thus proving by analogy that the Cables lau n, deep sea >f ,,roperly and honestly laid, and in integrity, are almost indestru.fble. I th.nk >t ,> more than seven years ago'sin.e that Cable was laid ; the only portion of that Cable that has not been out of repair is the port.on laid in r the time in any .)ther tv but that o. a tele- ZX - ^^ ^^ ---'"^ ---"" "^ '" ^""'^- "^'"'^ ■";" """"" ^'Tin ' vi ,s between us in this .ountry an.l that great nation wh,. h ,s uppermost ,n "'^" ^ r • 1 we l"ve also l.anl something ab.,ut the poss,bi.ities ..r . ..n- '" ■"'■ f ff^m"s b^ween us. U'ell. 1 A.r one .lon't think that there is any hkeh- r"^^:;;:' : . ^ ''" un,Viendlyposit,on towar.,s e,u h other wh.le su. h a .-.Hnmumcation as that «hi.h «L na\e Willi ,„.,r I n.'ird it is the , ,, . ,he electri. tek-raph is a most .lea.lly instnnnent ,n times .,t war. I ngar.l t V ^ ZL dvi statesmen can have n, their han.K U,r maintaining pea.e between '""" " ' I K ,0 — s .hi. h an earlier nnent.n of the telegraph w.,ul.. haie :;:r;;:::;:::t::;;::':r': ,„«...». ».™™»... >-i AimiviTsaiy Haiiquct ^ivai by Mi: Cyrus W. Field. So too at the end of many wars, it has happened that thousands of Hves have been sacrit^ced through the tafduiessof communicatior ; as. for itistance. the battle of Toulouse, after peace had been settled between France and England, which would have ha.l no place in history if electricity had then been trained to our service. That the story- of our sup- pression of the .Sepoy Revolt in India, in 1857, would have been a much longer one but for the telegraph is fully recognised ; and, in connection with this, 1 remember a < .rcum- st.-ince .U a much earlier date which was at the time almost prophetic, ^\hen the telegrai.h between London and Southamj-ton was opened in .843. the meeting of the Bnt.sh \ssociation was being held at the latter place, l.or.l PalmerMon. «ho was a landowner m the neighbourhood, took an active interest in the proceedings, an.l m reternng to the teleL'raph. he said that the time might come when, supposing a mutuiy broke out m Ind.a. the Government would telegraph instructions to the C.overPor-tiener.d in CaU utta. as to the steps to be taken to suppress it. .\nd this reminds me. gentlemen, that ulule we are celebrating the beginning and completion of the .\tlantic Telegraph, there remams yet a ■rood deal for us to do-Kngland must have a more perfe. t .omnumicafon wuh her Kastern Colonies-we must have an indepen.lent line of our o«n to In.lia. ar..l on«anl to Australia, and China. (Cheers.) There are men at this table who have done great tlungs. but there is ample work in the future, and 1 hope that we may all meet together, at no very clistant time, to congratul.te ourselves up.m the success of further labours. «hen the seas shall .over wires cotmnunicating l,ke nerves between every great centre of thought and .action in the worM. I should get too enthusiastic, and make a long story of it, were 1 to attempt to describe the extent to which 1 espec t submarine telegraphy will be carried in the t,me even of this generation, and I will therefore resume my seal, thankmg y.n. again tor your kin.tness in .oupling my name with a toast at su.h a triiunph.nu b..n.|uet as this. (Cheers. 1 \'r SvMlKi. Gl UNKV. .Ml', being cdlcd upon, said :-I thank you for the ( omph- a,c,n pai.l in calling upon me. Sin.e the commeiuement of this undertaking. 1 have taken the deepest interest in it, and 1 orter Mr. Tield my warmest congratulations upon the success which we have met with, and for die messages received througii the Atlantic Ocean It has reminded me of a soiree 1 gave at my house some years ago. «lien I had the honour of seeing manv piesent who are Ik re this evening. .Messages .Ncre sent tron. my house to St. Petersburg),. M.idrid. and other parts of the Continent, and answers receive., in the same way as we Iunc been sending ..n.l receiving messages from .\meri.a to night : ami I am gl.ul to see the great progress which has been ma.le in telegraphy smce that ))eriod. (Cheers.) Mr Cnkis iMiii, ■.-Gentlemen, oil Friday evening 1 had great pleasure in hearing tlie debate in the House of Comin.ms .m the .\labama c laims. llef.ire that. 1 cnfess to you I felt exceedingly anxious about the rel.itions i.etween F.ngl.in.l an.l the L nited States ; and on Thurs.lay last, in sending . i^rivate telegram to mv brother m W aslungton A>i>iiiYrs<,u .cc the Prcsiacnt. M.. Scw.r.l. an.l Mr. Sumner please say to them that I an, perfectly convm.ed that tl>e Knglish (u.vernment and people are very desirous of settling all questions in dispute between the In.ted States ' n.l this country : and that, with a little conciliation on both sales, th.s des.rable object ;.,„ be accomplished." Centlemen. we are honoured here to-night with the presence of several distinguished persons connected with the press in England and A:--a and I an, going to give vou. as a toast. "The Press" of tl,ose countnes ; and I . hall ask them,who^o well know public opinion, to tell us frankly whether I was jusfhed n, sending such a message to Washington. The ro.vsf h.winc. bkkn uli.v husolked, Mr WM.KER. of the " Daily News." said :_l,adiesand (ientlem.u I am very sensible that I owe this call to personal kindness. 1 cannot admit that we who concern ourse les !:,: publication o/ newspapers are on that account ent.tled to ^^^ ^^^^ peculiar nualifications for passing judgn,ent in the n,atter you have -^^^t be.o.c u . The oues ion vou have put. Sir. is one which n,ay be answered hon, that kn,. o. obser^ 1 w^ (. open to L all. There is not „ man or woman in th,s country who cannot :^ r stantlv and eM-licitly what is the dominant feeling of Kngland towards . mer.a U 1^ P ^ nt tm,e. Un, uestionably we desire-most warmly des.re-to enterta,n tvendlv d ., ^ " tions witl, V..U. as f,r as we are permitted to do so cons.stently wuh the :^'^ onour. (Hear, hear.) When a question is ra,sed as to Enghsh opm.o,,. we must r ' nd the ci .le of special syn,path,cs and peculiar predilect.ons, and ask wha ,s now 1 uld said bv that large port.on of the publ.c who .luring your great^war were d^..^ to the n ,ture of'the points at issue, and miscalculated the result. On those I w,ll sa> ha, :: c'^not of vour suc.:ess. but of the quahties you developed ,n ach.ev.ng tt^ !rvo^elf reliance, vour patience, your .anh. and. above all. vour moderation tn thet^e o , " r ha. n,ade a'deep in,pression. (Cheers.) There are certan, .nn,ds so const.tuted : : and habu as to be pec ul.arK- susceptd-le of enthusiasm lor a cause; ut t^,^.nass n,ank.nd w.U always be more easily a ft e. ted by the man,.estat,on ^^^J^ ,« Uitie, and of scu h vou have not been sparing. The emn,ent ctu.en (Mr. Adams) v^ho rl t I leave us has won our esteem and reganl. and in another more consp.ct^s llir 1 onlv nam. (General c;rant. (Hear, hear.) Perhaps, also, t -re ,s anoO,e ' . , • ' fe,.linLr The experience of the last few years has been pamfullv ;-;;;v :'r ir :>':;;iot^\n,,cs m whi., we mu. have been very insens.b.e not : : .ir c^il man! lessons. We in England, as well as y-u in Ameru-a, h.tve been :r > L' ,h,U the' freest .Wn.s of ( lovernment, and the most equ,tab.e nUent.ons^ h . rt o the ( .overnors, are not an absolute security .ga.nst do.nesf. trouble. 1 hese hm rlie ts .,rbeanng.-they make us ready to ..take allowances .or one another^ :; n ; his is the spi,; n, whi.:h we ,hall abvavs c onduct our n,ter. ourse. U e should i^ 54 Amhasarj' Banqtut gn-cn by Mr. Cyms \V. Field. t .n. h endeavour to look at our differences as far as possible, from the point of v.ewo. the other, so that we may come to an understanding. As to this matter of the Alabama . laims, at present dividing the two countries, 1 think we are approxnnatn,g to an under- standing. One after another, misapprehensions have been removed, and I cannot but thn k that, wi^ the prevailing good disposition on both sides of the Atlant.c, the matter w.ll be more easily settled than we in Kngland have been inclined to miagme. (l-oud cheers.) Mr CvKUs F.Fi.o -.-Ladies and C.entlemen, I hope we shall hear from our ex.ellent friend Dr. Ruslell, who was with us on board the Great E.sUrn in the telegraphic ex,^ aition of .865. Dr. Russell is a man whon, I respect for the manly way ,n whu h he spok of our struggle, and I hope he will live long to tell the truth about the ann.es he n,ay vs.t in any jwrt of the world. Dr RussK,.,. (who was received with loud cheers) :-I.adies and C.entlemen. the gentleman who has ju>t .at down represented the press in such an able manner that I m.ght tell be excused replying to the toast. Regarding the sentiments o. the people of England now with re.pcct to former and present relations between the two countncs. I shall adc nothing to what he ha. said ; but as to those fun. tu.ns of the press wh.ch are discharged on both sides of the .Xtlantic, 1 may remark that now and then they resemble n, some degree those of the delicate monster described ',. Caliban, whu h had two vo.ces - .. H.s forward vol. e is to utter sweet praises of h.s frien.l ; his hn.ler vo.ce >s to t. ter foul spee. hes and to detra. ■.•• .\t the present moment, however, it appears we are both ,n a peaceable and klndlv mood, and C.o.i grant it may so continue, (theers.) Speaknng of the telegraph, I must ob'serve that after all the praises bestowed on that agency so usefu ni peace, it should be re„.nbere.l it is al.o terribly useful in war. You. S,r. have founded one of the most beautiful fonn> of telegraphy in this Atlant,.- Cable; but as an ol.l factionarv of the pr- >, who ha. almost laid aside his weapons. 1 may remark when you. .cntlemJn. who have develo,.ed this new engine, .all on us to j.-in in y.M,r pra.ses ..f -ts "ervi.es an.l to eul..gi>e its nurits. y.)u are very like the invent..rs of gunpowder, saymg to the knights .,f ohl agent, an.l a.lnnre, a power with which we shall annihilate you in y.,ur ...at .,f proof The pros .Iocs n.,t go too fist The telegraph .s certainly not t.,o sl.,w. P.y it ta.t. are taken ,n thcr nalce.l outline, an.l transmit.e.l so rapi.lly that y..u Ikuc no .in,e t., ci.nhe thenv 1 he skeleton .-omes to us in its .Irv b.)nes. We scar, ely re. ..gni>e the f..rm of the f.gure ere ,t v.uushes : and what the press k.s t., .1.. is t., labour week after week ... pu, gannents ,m the. skeleton .n.l to show in what . ..n.liti..n the figure ..ugh. really ... s.cp upon the stage. (Hear, hear.) Y.,u w ,11 ex.use me iC being .ailed on .., speak ... .hi, t..as,. - refer ... an e,nl.an.>Mng. as well as a remarkable instance of my .onne. t,..,. w.th the pre.s; mhI ,f I allu.le ... the . ourse 1 took nt .nv humble capa. ity, as a representative ..f .he press on .he ... . as.on of n.y visit to America. A. the time v.,ur great struggle. S,r. w.,> g-nng on. 1 we.U .0 the A niiiviisary Banquet };ivcn by Mr. Cyrtis W. Field. 55 united States, and U was nw n,is..tune to witness your first d.sast^. I ^^ ^ in the rout of Bull Run. 1 tric.l to describe it. and I «- -erwhe ..ed ^k e believe I am familiarlv known, to any people who know of me at a 1 on the othr_.de th . Vthntic as -'Bu 1-Run Russell." (Laughter.) It had Keen my fortune previously a rl'tl;. .0 have seen battles, repulses, and ^^^^'^^^X::^ m.sfortune to have to describe the tag end of a rout, enveloped as I was n ,r^ cr of strauulers Had 1 measured, at that tune, the greatness of the p..^^ er of 'hcpeop e o say there was ..n gUt o P- Ph-> ' ^^ ^^.^.^^ ^.^^ ,,^y f^^,.,^,, ,, an L n,ted State. '- ^J^^' ^,,^,„,, ;, .^e pariour. is answered by the ma.d colonel A«t,..so.. of the •• New York Herald .-Ladies and ^-^i;--; >^;;;^^ .ertainlv be ,11-advised of me. so young a man. .n the presence of so many stm^u hed nr.. s With reference to the telegraph Anniversary Banquet given by Mr. Cyrus \V. Field. Amcriai like wc have been doing from this room this evening. About the message whirh Mr. Field sent to .\merica the other day, I may say that some months ago I sent a similar one. for I had found that, among a large .lass of people in England, there was a disposition to settle all disputes «ith the United States. (Hear, hear.) 1 am please.l to see. in the press of both countries. eviden< e of a kindly disposition, and I hope that nothmg will ever occur to disturb the friendly relations now existing. I believe that 1 had the honour of sending the first message for the i.ress through the .Ulanti.: Cable, after it was open for business. Tlu-c was a message of peace, announcing the end of the war n. (lermanv. I may have to use the telegraph in Engla.id Sr many years, but 1 sui.erely trust tha't no angry word will ever pass through the .\tlantic (able. (Cheers.) Mr C. W. .Sm u.I.KV, of the -New York Tribune." said:- Having been away so long from home. I have, perhaps, no right to say what they think there : though the i.erseveran. e .nd enterprise of our friend Mr. I'ield have brought England so near to .\men. a. that we ought to be able to know what is going on at home as if we were living in New \ ork. - Hear ) Indeuemlentlv of thu >oune. I think one is entitled to say that the teeling in \meru I respon.is to the feeling of (Ireat I'.ritain in a degree «hich it has not lor the last .even vears. 1 heard with pleasure from Mr. I'ield, that he had sent the .\labama debate to New York, an instan.e of |,ublic spirit for whi. h the two countries owe him a debt of -ralitu.le ; for through it, there is. 1 ^ui.pose. this morning, in every journal ill .\merua. .ertainly in every large journal on the eastern coast, full tidings ot the debate. It is. i.erliaps. such a message as was never before sent from one . ..untry to another. (Cheers.) It was my fortune to listen to that .iebale. No newspaper report can give such a notion of die tone an.l temper of the House as hearing it ...lueve.l to me. It was not onlv the sin.ere purpose, it was n.jt only the enthusiasm and earnestness, th.- -ood-wiU 'to America win. h every speaker sh.iwcd. but there «as a certain electric svinpathv whi.h seemed t.. perva.le die H.nise. It manifested itself in . heers for every liberal sentiment, an.l eveiv kin.lly espression that fell fr..m the speakers- lip,. .Several members of tlie House n whi.h English lip. may utter, is sure to tin.l a ronlial echo from the |iress on the otlu'r si.le of the .Vtl.int..-. (Cheers.) AHuh'cTs>iiy Batiqiiet £iveu fy Mr Cyrus W. Field. 3/ Mr 1 H Li ovD rose ami said :- All pleasures must come to an en.l. an.l. Gentlemen, this should resolve itself nuo a committee in the other chamber ; but will you allow me to propose a toast ? I have seen something of the ladies of Amenca, and I am sure w. are gr atly honoured by the presence of these American lad.es th.s evenmg-one of t m (addressing Mr. K.eld, your daughter. Another of your .laughters .s unhapp.h angu.sh , on a bed of sickness, and to her we will convey our sympathy and our w.shes o e spenlv recovery. We wish. also, every good to Miss I.eld. the daughter ... M . Dudley Fiehl'a brother of Mr. Field, than whom a more accomplished junst does m.tex.st. o who has done more service to the cause of junsprudence and e.„uty. Ue are honoure.l .Uhow. as tar as 1 possibly ..n wuh truth^ ,h u the be,t part of America is friendly to this , ountry ; but there are people, both here an.l ,n Kmeri. a,wh.. >e.n surprise.l that I shouUl say thi. There is.il i, true, a party hostile to us ,.>,t I maintain .hat the best oi the people .,f .Vmerica are in amity with u>. ( .oud .beer. X. to the Mabama.laims.they are .inious to have that .|ue.tion settle.l. be.ause they know that, when this len,porary . ause of .liM.u.el ,s removed, we are sure o. peace between the two . ountries. f..r the best part of Ameri.a. thoroughlv lovmg Knglaml. will be more than a mat. h .or that so , ion n, Ameri- a which really hates us. (Cheers.) Now .or the tcKis, , h ,ve the honour of proposing. M.my >ea,. ago a ^ .ry interesting sigh, was wUnesse.l m one of the rur.il . emetenes of Ameri. a. There was a • uneral. Six men. whose countenan.es „,.h,.ate,l intelle. tual an.l moral «orth. were carrviiu, a . orp.e not .arrying U as servants. ,,,, ....rrving it as L.ving sous -they were . arrying .heir mother to her last resting pla.e , ,n. of diet men was a ju.lg.. o- the Supreme Com- of d,e UnUe.l Slate, another a most ,U,tinguishe.l lawver.anolheradis,inga,she.l clergyman an.led.t.>rofaninfluentu. religious n^ws'iper. an.,ther I'reM.lent of the M .ssa. husetts Senate, an.l another a late memb.i o. ,he Anaiversar}' Banquet gha> by Mr. Cyrus iV. Inld. Senate of Massachusetts and an enunent engineer. With reference U, U.e -«J- ' J^h^ L. on the last corning . w.s at New VorU. I was l.reaUn.st.ng .n •'^.^ '^-; "^ ^ - those sons • and then I had the honour and privilege of meetmg h>s am.ab e and la ge-hcar ed lif hrhluuiful and aaon,.lished daughters. On that very tahle at whuh we hreak asted rt'mwas fourteen years ago written, and signal by five .en toget er. tn.lud.ng ; ^ :^h Ither. They tLught. •' We .an lay down a telegraph w.re un. er t e ... What will it do? It will faalitate < ommer.e ; it wll promote < .v.hsat.on ; , wdl U a pro I'er o ov.- and hannonv ; it will -onvey expressions of at^e.t.on between hose : "r^ s^arated; it will do n,uch to bind together in peace two g.at nat.on. a is wortJ sacrifinng all .e posse, in order to ...... sh such a d^ H ^ possible to be done; U ought to be done; .t skall be don. nd th^> gned he document on tha' verv table, this night fourteen years ago. \ea. after year ,«sse chkkk.n.. r,u.owk.. thk kkvkrkni. .^kntlkman's s,.ekch. AM. THE TUASr OF "ThK F.KLI. FaMU-V WAS ..KINK W.TH .^RKA. KNTHt:s.ASM. Mr Cyrus F.eld (who spoke with great emotion) said :-Lad.es and (-.entlemen ,„y heart is too full to speak, you wHl excuse me. I thank you all most Mncerely. I wd change the subject. I had d.e honour of bearing with me from -Kmenca, and o delivering this dav to Mr. John Bright, a letter signed by some of the most d.st.ngu.s ed citizens of New York. I had hoped that Mr. Bright would have been w.th us th.s Anniversary Banquet given by Mr. Cyrus W. Field. 59 country. 1 regret more- than 1 can cxprcs >o ^^^^^^^^ l,imsclf. 1 begged him th.. n.orn.ng to let me telegraph to Amcrua accept this invitation. "New Yokk. Ft'/>- i7- bear .Sir,-Your friends in America are so an.xious to see you that we beg leave to renew at this time the invitation which you have so often rece.ved t. make a visit to this country. You w.ll receive a hearty welcome from thousands to whom your name .. already famtUar, hut who desire to hear your vo.ce, and to take you D the hand. Your presence at this time would tend to strengthen the ties between your ....„:::] ours, and we beg leave to -..- y^-^-'"^^;;—- ^i;;^- if voucan then be indulged in a short respUe from your dut.cs ,n Parlument. Hoping that you may find this possible and convenient. We are most cordially your friends, Cyrus W. Fiki.u. Pk.tkr Cooper, \Vm. C. Bryant, David Dldlev Field. Isaac H. Haii.ev. Wll.I.IAM F. Bl.ODC.KTT. Will. 1AM Adams, D.D.. .Vlkxandi i< VV. K. DoD and C.tntlcn.cn. ii w..ul.l he unkind of me at this late h..ur ..f the evening, after it ha. l.cen ,.r,.,.oscn|.t to hol.l you here mu. h longer. I «ell know su. h an attempt on m^ ,.art woul.l he um1,>.. an.l I will therefore .ay hut a few wor.ls m response to I'ae .all ot vour thairman. It wouhi he .ui.ertluous if not oth. .ous m me. a foreigner, to pronounce in smh a presence any eulogium on John Itnght ; his acts are known dn.l his intluenee felt all over the llrilish lanpire. for i>c has heen a part of U.s ,■i^ il hislorv for the last twenty vears. liut so far as the feeling in .\men. a towards hnn is .on. erne.l.' I may he permitte.l to say. Mr. Chairman. shouUl he ever v .Mt tl,at n e.l home of ours his re.eption by our e.)untrymen will he cr.lial. hearty, an.l warm-pe .ups I am justif.e.l m saving-without .loing injustice to the many other true Ir.ends .Vmer,. a has m these islan.ls.i,evon.l that ofany other living man. (Cheers.) .\meriea kn.>«sand rememhers her frien.ls. an.rw..ul.l t..ke great pleasure in seeing an.l wel. omi.ig tlum all. ,.n.l sh..uUl „u go there who were n..t ^o friendly t.. us in times when e\ en han.le.l-justu e an.l tair de.dmg. t.,'say nothing of fr,endli..ess. were of s.m.e importance to her die w..rl.l .,• .r. my ...untry- men wHl show how gener.n.s ami nohle it ,s to f.,rgive and hur;, the past an.l all ,t. untat.ons „, their gran.l march t.,war.ls a great future. (Hear, hear.) Nearly every gentlen.an who has heen calle.l up this exening has .Iwelt «ilh mu, h emphasis ..n the great nnport.nM e .,f cultivating, not onlv ami.ahle relations, hut frien.lship with An.eri.a. It .s grat.lymg to t^nd this sentiment has now hecome s., univers.d. an.l I h.,pe it w,ll he as lastmg as .t appears to he wi.le sprea.l ; for n.. two nati..ns ever ha.l m..re .,r ^.n.nger reasons for forming a. l.,se an.l unbr.,ken allian.eth.m Kngland an.l .\meri.a. The perpetuat,o,> of friendly relations hetween free g..vernments .lepen.ls .n.unly ..n tlK- sincerity, goo.l-will. „„1 indn i.lual efforts ,.f their . iti/.ens. The . ..n. entr.ui.m of in.livi.lual sentiment int.. the popular will .■omrolsnali..nalp.,li.ies. and when m..ved hy justice, sweeps away narrow an.l stubborn .lipU.ma. v an.l vicious legislation. Ka.h nieiiiher of these great tree states then, shoul.l bear in min.l that he has. t.. the e.vtent .,f his inHueii.c. their frien.lly relations in his ..wn kee,,ing. an.l it is t.. be li.ye.l that all will pr.ne faithful to so great an.l sa.re.l a trust. (Cheers.) lUu. Sir. tiiis l..pic has heen s.. mu. h .luelt ui.on this evening, that 1 forbear further alhiM.m to ,1, ex. ept to .say that, when gentlemen put forth the -Mabama . laini. as the only harrier t.. the most perfect li.rmony hetwee,. the two countiies. they forget thai there are .[..est,..!., .„n. erning e.xpa- triation an.l .Iti.enship to be settle.l. .Sin. e that m...t satisfact..ry .lehate in the House of C..mm..ns a W^^ evenings sin. e. all must see that a great stride has heen ina.ie towar.ls a settlement .)f the Alabama controversy and with a h.xe.l iniri..,se on each si.le tliat n.. positi..n shall he tak.M -..l a.lhere.l to that is not hase.l on justice, and sustaine.1 bv law. that .ause of irritation will S0..11 be removed. The .[uestions ot expatriation. naturalisati..n. and the effe. t of naturalisation on the nationality of the in.li- vi.lual, it w.Hil.l seem, .an be easily a.ljuste.l. and n.> serious controversy nee.l be Aunn'iTsorj' Ihvuiiut givai by ■'/''• O''"^ "' '■'''^''^ Ci if is nmninii all in one .iirfcti.m, an.l ihat is aKum-t "i^ I'""' >' •^"" ' ""'- " of o "Zing a .an .-> . h.-os. .1. - ountry of his rcMdcn. e ; an.l . la.nung h.m a. a lo> . 1^ " ;!^^n Iter he has. fron. ■ l,..i. c .o l.t.cr Ins c.n.lition. ,ivcn up lus allc^an.c .o l,«rn i. .1.0 ..ry of hi. ...bp.l.m 11.. r.^L.- .....1 '.l;*.- '^ ■"- . ^^,_^ ^„; K,,,„.„„ ......r.i.....K. ..' vi.i... :...! •"■•":» v"'v.:''':,:;,vc f„< i ... rz::;:^!.,^.";:.- ..' ,..i........... ""--"-xrr::: the earlv an.l nn.l.llc age an.l tnt j^riau... v,,,,.,;, ., «.• < anni.l show fr,,.,ess an,l strength ..I y..uthA.l en.Tgy a na,...n a^t .n t. mo^ r ^ 1 ^ ^ --' . all the natntal ^^^..-es ..^ ^r^ L': ^ir^r^irylgothe. was ,.o,le w.,r,hv ,...., h a , .nnu^ . h^- ^^^^^ ^_^^ ^ ,,^, ,.^^,^^^,^ ,,^ ^„,,. „oregiilarlmc..t..>ninnnu.at,.>nl.a«ein the A. „,a.le the transit tra..e..with the.r nnU ate vi.tin. to ntan s '>-;-';;;•,,,,,,,,,,,, ,._ ,,e Atlan... .Uh as nu.-h .e. a,.y as ^>-;y ^^^^ ^ ^^^ ,,, _ ,,,, ,,„,,„ ,,, .nd slavery t^. h . U ^ ^^^^_^^^^^^ ^ ^^^.^ ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^„,^^,^, ..^^ ,„, ocean is .overe.l nuh tlie sails i e, „reitest triumph ot ihi- or „,„.„ rr„.„ ,.,.1 .ie,.....i... ...--.;•; » ;:: ■, ; 1;:,::. ;.». .i..- «- an.i stattling results, (l.ou.l .heers.) Mr C-VHt-s FiK. n :--l.aaies an.l (ientlenun. „ t.u.k us iVairteen ...nse.utn. days and Mr. iNRlsriKM ...onlan.e with the suggestion of Mr. „i,|„. „. I..y .1.. A.l...... .-..*. »- r V „ vl" «a.,,t ,W.„ ,..»rc .„ .1.. ,« ■ l-- ■ "^^ '*** NU. T..o^,^. l.o...s : My ..-.1 fricn.l. Mr. 1.01.1. 1 reall> Kvl .icc,,ly Uoured I, tl.c .nanncr in which you have l-cn ,.lca,c.l to couple n.y nanK- . .th tho.c ol .he . .,...al..s ^n^ grit cntcn-rii. After «ha. we have hear., Tr.-n Sir Charlo Hr.,ht a,,., other, we lys. wehaveUu reason to l.e prou.l ; a!tluu.,h, at the tu,K the K.-K^^h «l tah.t. :i^L this t.n.,enaU.n.. the ,.0,..., were „..t so ..right as they are now ; .. w . . s.. a chief as our .rie.ul Mr, I'.eUl. i..piri..«. .^ he .H.l h. "- a.ul .ny -"'— '"'^" -' " ..ertaUing. we ha.l no thought of K Ul,.g out. hut went forwar.i to the successful e „h..h - . ,„eet this evening to celebrate. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, we have been ver> lortu- ■^ ve; n^^ ate in^lee^ in hav.ng ha.l .o.rhae.uc in c hief; an.. n> those gentl.nen 2. Jitting around tins ta..le. a.r a sa.. eon.lu. t of the en.erpr.se. I t.nnU a n,a„ oM Unowleu..- anc. reasonab.e re.ian.e coul.l no. he>i.a.e ,0 ve.m.re ... carry.ng out s.uh an W uS .. as ,. has ,.en o..r gooU .or...ne .0 jo.n ,n. Sir, 1 .hank y... .or the a. e.U.on ^^ :i.. to the . apitali.s, of wh...n I a.n a very hu.n.-.e in.hu.lual, a though ...ve alwavs .aUen a great in.e.est in the .Vt.anti. Te.egrapl, ; an., wherever you hang our .b S.r.;n,, wherever y.n. ask us .0 go .n investing our ,„oney .., Sul.n.anne C ah, . I w ,„„..« von with p,easure. an., I am sure others can .lo so w.th sa.e.y ; assured o. con- irilm.ing to some great. p.oh.able, an., usefu, enterprise. . l.oiul . heers. 1 Mr fVRls Vnvu: . have, (lentle.uen. n..w .0 pr..i..-e - Su. . e» lo the Kx.ens.on of Subnur,ne ■.•e,egraphy to lu,,ia. to Cinna. .0 Au.r.du.. .0 South Ame.. ,, .nu. Progress ..„., P„.pcr,.v ,., ■.■e,e.n>phi. iaUerpri^e a., over the Wor,.. ; am ^^ ■>";■'» ':>;" ,VKnaCapt.unSir Jan>es Am,er>on. who so su.cessful.y . ..nuuandecl the 0;v.,/ yw,.>Ar« during the l.'.ymg am. pi. king u). of the At.antic Cab.e. ((•lu-r>.) r.,puin Sir I.VVM.S AN„KK.os: ->.r. .Meld, n, .he .l.sen.e of Cap.au. Sl,erar., ,„h,„-n . -an h.ue no d,lh. uhy ,>r he.i..uion m responding to su.:h a t.usl a> that you ,,,ve given -"Succe.^ to '.Vlegraphy al, over the Uor.d"- ml m..re part.eular^ fron, the fu t t,vu iv would benelU .dl .,f ..s engaged inthat kin.l of enterprise. (I.m.ghter.) ihe.e ,s. be^ides. an agreeable sen.in.en,. I take u. m d,e pleasure of . cntributrng m any way U. an ..,uerpri,e whlh will un.le the whole wor,d i.. a very .ew .nnu.te (.en.,emen. Mr. ImC.I ,„,a Le the ..her day th.t there was ,ent a te,egram ^^^^^ '-^'^''^.;;''^^^-^'^^X ,.ramis.o u> Ca,i^rm.u and repea.e.l ba. k again withu, .uo m.nutes. 1 us . s..rcl> . u, k enough A.r any one. (Hear, hear.) The sune rate .>f M-'l -ul-l. .fa telegraph was but. t.ke; ...esuge roun.l the globe in ^.ur minute. To have a share n, lay.ng C ab.cs ,,„,„,! ,he w..-.,. is s..mednng .0 be prou.l ...-. Kh....) I a.n very g ... n.K.d Mr .-iel.. i^ lure to ,M:.ht. I hope .0 f.nd. .n M,n,e way ..r ...her. .he whole world «,11. ,„ ;, .cry few years.' be en< ..m,.a-..e.l by that intercourse of thought an.l sentunent .vhiih the telegraph i.rimiote.v (( heer>.) Mr. (VK.^ .■.H.,.: In res,,„n>e ... the same t..a>.. I .all up.m S.r Charles Vu.. who w,.s one ...f ihe e..rhe.-,t iVien.ls of telegraphy in Knglan.l. .^ Hunrrsitn' /i,vi,/n,( . !,'"■'■" l>y •'''■• Ci'-'"- "' '^''^''^• 63 Sir I-HKRI KS Fox : Mr. Cyn.s P-M ami (i«n.lcn,cn :- No one ha. I .h-nk. I--.1 :;::;,:■, .„in. ^ ^•^■^ r...™,,,., ..,,.1 . ■';»•«;!;;„::„:: C.h.irlL>. iiKn ,:m,.nt were m.iik-. iimkr mv < hargf, ;.l the ,„c..ages throu,!> : .n, ■■..re. 1 hoe -1' ""^"'^ "" ; ^^ ^,^ ^^^,\ ,he„ :T..re..or Huston Station, an.l in Sei-teml.er. ..S.57, 1 wrote a letter to .Mr. Coo VVlicatstones |.artner. of whi. 1. the foliowmg is a ropy •.- •• 1.0MM)N ANI. l!lkMINf.H\M KvUAVAV. Kn,,.NFKK.N.; DirXKlMlNT. (.AMI.KN SlAlloN. Stftiiiihir \^l/i. iS,^7- Mv Denr Sir - I have great ,.leasure n, .ul.hn, my lest.mony .0 .ha, ..f nuuu . hTv i.cen untift.l l.y wtnesMn, the ^ery l.eautiful experiments transmitting signals l.y means of ele. tro-n.agnet,. thu.l. Nothing . a,i have been n,or- .uisfa.-.ory than these expenmen.s. .huh a.e ,,ae«^tey^.l a doubt that the , ,>lc nuy he appHe.l u„h unerr.n, ■ ertamt. 1 am. Dear Sir. Yours very truly, (Signed) ( H\Kit-.s l-'ox. A'lsii/eni E>i:^iiHir. W 1- (■ ">KK. Ksi>." (l.Oll' IIII.IK..) ••'/i3»j. ■"^.- 64 .■liiith'ii-sdry Hanqiicl ,. /))' Mr. Cyn II . huUi. ctU- r to the London :.ni I North-Wc^lun Cuni] 1 « IS .( Villi I wrote :ilso a simil... .-"- - ...... ,,,,, ,.u..lic.l at bv almost cvcrv one, in > :.n>cMU.n.c. who -aia >t was a -vM.man ul.a and ..;;du ran.' ana in.tcul of being penniuc.l to lay the ele.tn.- tele.ra,,,. be-.cen Ku>ton Statu-n ana Camaen Toun. lor -he purpose of starting an.l stopping the slat>.,nar> eng.ne ;„' the latter point. 1 luul to lay aoun a pneun.atie apparatus. «iu.h was ,n u.- svry many vears The Dieetor- of the Railway C-on,pan> wouM have nollnng to ao «,th tl,e telegraph be.au,e. as thev saia. it was too viMonar>. In. I think, the A^louing year. I wa. iske. hv a .entlenran: ...nne.tea with the Kainbnrgh and (Ua.gow Ra way C on>p.nn . o te ,,;,„ ;,„,u I .on.iaerol wouM be the be^l uu.le of .annnnu.uatn.g Irom the (da.go^ Statu.n to the Cowlair, Station : al.o .0, the purpose of starting ana stopping the -.tatu,n.m engine there. - Xon." saia 1. " U >ou .ouU take mv aauee. yot. wouhl n-. the e . telegraph." ami 1 thereupon, .uh hi, ...a.nt. pu> up a telegraph between tho-e > at,on. Th:c ',n,panv-s servant, christen.! it. a. luul been the ease on the London .nu Ibu-nnng- ,,,,„ Line.- wit. h, raft." Thev did no, -.,v "work the MgnaW but -uork the «n.h. ..rm,- and ,u the (da. gou Station you uill I believe. Und that a, the present n-.Mnen thcv nuke u>e of the wora •■ «it. In raft." instead of the «or.l "telegraph. (Langlner.) , linnk i, wouia be ^erv wrong tbr ,„ to go a.ay without ,,aying a trdaUe to the l.nllian, talent o> l>role.>or S,r Charle> \Vhea,.aone. «ho ua> ,l>e real n.Nen.or o, tele- ;;raphv nt I-nglnul. 1 ^hall . all lor three ■ heer. ,or Lrofe.M.r Sir t harle. W hea.>tone. This bcin- roitblv responded to, three eliccrs were ininiediately after\Nards .riven, at the stf-esiion of Mr. lield. for Professor S. F. 1^. Morse, I.L.D.. ubo. ^t ibout lite sa-.ne tinu-, '^as .>lal.H.hino tdeorapbi. o.mnuniuatunts ui .\„,erica, and who.e in.trnnienls are now ti^ed in all part> of the ciNilised uorld. Mr ( Nki-s W Fin ik I now propose a to.iU. «hi.h «e will drink in sil lu e. " The meniorv of Rieh.ir.l Cobde.. who i.opo.e.l ,0 the late I'rinee ( on-ort di. t the proO,. ot the Lxhibition of ,85. -hnuld be devo.ed to the e>l d.lishinent of t.le.raphu ..innuinua- tion between Kn^land and .Xnuriva. and uho. later, desired titat the I'.nghsh (;oxer„n,ent ,hould .upplv one-half of d,e ea,,it.a ne.ess.uy to e>.,bli,h telegraph!.- .0 ninunn ati.m „.r.,..lhe \tl'a„lir.- Mr. Cob.len". argument ua-thi, •• 1 am oppo>ed to the Covernmenl ,.iving an un. onditional .uaraiUee. be. ,u.>e it i> a bargain all on one sule. It >.>u l\u then (Wnernment p.n . die lo.s ; if you mm . ee.l. >.m reap all the benem ; but I will •.dv.K-.-.te «ith all nn p..uer. d>at ihe Cov.tnmen, .sliali ,uppl> one half .lu' nKme^ ne.es- snrvto e>tabli.h telegraphi. . ommuni. alion betueen Lngland and .\men. a. an.l. in the even, of sm.e.-,. that thev should have half llie profit.- Ui.ar, hea,-.) If the t i.nern.nent had, folloued hi. a.lvi. e. lluv vsoul 1 t.-.lay be re. eivin, h.ih the .luid.mb .u, the .Vnglo- Xm ri.an .md Atl.mti. Tele.r.ipl, S,o. ks. 1 hope ,1h, . ..n>i.Kra,i.m may lead ,hcm ,.. pur-.uealil..r.dp..li.> in regard ,0 the eMenM.>n. ..f ,he telegraph to India. Clnna. an.l ,\iistrali,i. (l'lieer>.) Tills IMAM \\\- I.UtNK IN sin Net. Ml lUtMM kIMN... lit- Aiiiti: r.u,rv Ihxmput .^hcn by Mr. Cyrus W. Fidd. .1, . •■ II.mIiIi of ibf persons wlio su(' Mr. C.i.,ord : Mr. W,„ou,.d, S.ah. t . --;'-'; _^ ' ,,^ ^'i',;, .,,a Mr. I.atnner ...rintendcd d. n.auuUuture ot the ore d. C ata ^^^ ^^_^_ ^^^^ ^^^^^^ C-,ark. uho rcnuin.d at \ alentu .r. l-^^ ^ l"^ ^ , ^,,^ ^Iso renrend.er nrany others „,- ProfesM-r Sir W . Thomson and Mr. C. . ■ ■ ^ ^^^^^^ ^^ ^,^^._^^ , ^^^^ .,. have ...ded in vari.n.s .av, m t . w. . .J ^ J ^^_^ _^^^ ,..u_,eheer,_ you. genlle.ncM. to niention tin-, to tlK n. ;„d we shall be glad to hear fron> any ot t... .. prese-.t. .. 1 Ivne alread- s,.oken on.e. 1 rerollcct having Captain S,r Jxmks .Vslkk^on . 1 h-- •^' ^ ' ^^ ,„a the - -^-- "- -' ■' -^" \ 'T W;r;a l;::;;:.rnow wouU l. hke the children then made U ,,lay one ttu e. ■^•>>"> -' . ^_,i^, ,,,,,,,, „tat 1 am gla.i ;:;r:it;'r,r:-:;:,:r:;*s^:':;.:.;..--.- ■ ^— upon the -Vllanti. Cal.le. (eneer.s.) ,-, wvr.K M 1' -M.-. rl>-"r"i^'" and friends, .t .s now rather late M,. CMVK, ts ... .WAK... ^ -l- ^, aimini.hing party one .annot .eel ,„a, ,,s S,r J.uncs .\nderson ^^'^•\'^^'"'''^^''- .;'',.,,., ;„ ,.,u,rnin^ you .ineere thank< ..,, .nthnsiastie . hut I an, enthu.ast. "-- ^ '^ ^^^ ^aid th.^ no .Vt.antu- e-ahie n,rnufrie,ulSirRi.h„rdc;U.s. ^'•^^ '>^-■^ ' "''^,; l^ Vield : hut I -an assert that would have heen laid without the Zealous nd oi M . ^^ ^ ^ .^^^,,^,.^ „, ,;, „„ l.ar.l U,e.Vtt.nUieenter,a-.elusl.eenmuehauled .y ,euM> ut ,. e ^_^^^ ^ ^^^^^^ ,;,,.,. 1 ao ^el. dtough an humhle '";>'-'"-'' ^ ^i:^'; : a,. t.d,,e. that 1 m.ght .i.U ,t was in the presence ofeverv one who was -^^-^;;^^^^^ , ,,^ ^,,„ ,,,,.. have an opportunity of saying to then., a,M j ''^\^^ ^^:,,i„a l„n, d.,y hy da> when atror.led to tl-.- ■•a-dcnaking by Su- K. lurd ( das>. • ^^^^^^^^^ ,^^^^^ ,.ning. with tide or again, tide : he ,u.er - ^ ^ ^ ' ^ ,,^^, ,,.^, , „,,., ,,„ ,„ ,.a,d. I tlunk, with reg..d to the Atl.uuu 1 ek^.a • • ^^^^ ^^^ ^^. ^^^^^^^ ^.^^^^^^ ___,^, ^ t,,e r,ght pla. e -o . arry out this gre.U ->'-i;'- ^^ ,^ ^^^ ,,,^,^. „„,„a U,at nty worthy ;;:lm.h:.:.^^.nw,ueh he has won stteh great s..,eess. .Cneers.) 66 Atiiihrrsan Biiiiqu: ■t ,i;iir)i by Mr. Cyn U: Fidd. Mr. C-YRVs F,ki,D;-1 have m oive.l ick^-rams frun. Cuba. «hich 1 «.ll read. The first is as follows :— ••CnMlK.,\>. lo/// .)/-?/•<■//. uS68. 4.8 A'"- Cmen ! shall reeeive fr.>m you the announcement that this ;,la. c is also unite.l by telegraph w,th the res, .., the Ameriean Cont.nent. by 1-anama. as it «>" be another .mp.l^c towards the prosperitv v\li, 1.S68. CsKV- W. FiKl 1., Ks.|., ]\^hM Hot'!, fomhw. HO-.U- to the s, ientifu event that telegrai^hy has just ,,erformed. Honour tothetnen.... bv their perseverance have obtaine.l su- h an m.portant m,ra. le. Mav the instantaneous intcreou-s, , arried on b; nu.ins of the wonderful synthes.s of 'eivil a. tion. ele. ,ri. i.y. be an indissoluble bond of union a.td tratcrntty between both Continents. FK.ANilsro 1,1 Ksi \m. Captain-Ceueral o'. C uba. Mu 1 nou .,dl vour attention for a moment to a pi. ture opposUe u. me. whi. h has !,..;, ...mpiele.! this .lav bv Mr. R..bert l.u.lley. ..f ..ne of the m..st mtcresting s. enes ,h,u 1 cverwnnessol a's.ene .ha, , ertainly pro.Uu e,l a grea, in,press,.>n ,.n my mnul „ «.,s .he ,n,.n,e.U uhen, a.ier .he Cable ha.l been ,e. overe.l .... the (Vnv,/ l:.nf,rn. >t had ,,,,„ Wrought nuo ,he Kle. tr- ian's ro.m, and the test was apphed ... see whether n was dive .,r .lea.l. Never sl,all 1 forget that eventful mon.ent when, in .ms.er to ...n .piestion ;., N ,den,u whether .he ( able „f .So... ulu.h we ha.l a lew weeks p.ev -msly laul, was m g..o,l workn,g ..nler. an.l .he < able a, ross the Culf ... St, l.awten, c ha.l been re pa, re. 1. ;,n ms.m, .,.nel.a.kth.,se.,.. .nemor..ble letters ••l;.„h. ...K. (Huers.) Met. ,,„„„, , .,m... n,y , abm : 1 1,„ k. ,, the .i,... : l-ouhl n,. i.,,H er restr..u. -ny K-ars .rymu hke a , Inl.l. an.l .ull .,f gr,.t,t...le ... (io.l .hat 1 ha.l beenpcn-tte., ,. hve ... witness the re-. .very of .he Cable we l.,..l lost .r.,.n .he i.r.U h.sUru just thirteen m.;nths previous, il.ou.l a.i.l p.-ol..n.ue.l ■ heermg) ■l,U I.^KIN .■..-■OKI 11 V. V \.KV ..Ml 'l'^"< i\i Aiiiiivrrsary BiVi'juct giv." in Mr Cxnis W- l-"ul..d,c lian„u.t ti. ,on,.un„ Ictc. wa. rc.xivc.l fn.n, Captain ShcraM .„.>orn, R.N.. ( .1'.. :— ••,,,,. Gl.nlVKMI-R IKKRUK. Hvl-K I'AKK. W., M.inh will. 1H6.S. M, ,,,, M. IkU. 1 vou an a,.ol,.gy for hasn.g tailed to wait until th. -•-r:::::j:^!-::~:r;/r;:;;::;:::. :!;::;"• ?;;:,; :':u- :.^^^ .->>. a. « ... ...n ,ou,. 1... ...^ ^. ■' ' •■ , ;„ „ . (.1.1 C-ountrv ; but it «as tlu- /c-al an.l rotlos phuk o, ,U. >no^. l-avt lound u> tl,. (M Count ^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ .1- N- ^^■-'''- <'""r^^"^;' ';V" r. " n;' tlK ,,a. ^.a; l,c.n onlv too .,...u,.tl.A.nt.^ „..,,K ,n,,rc... ..1 1-u ^^ ^^^^^^ ^.__^_^^^_ ^^^ ^,^^ .vtlanti. Cables- .rton, to extend --'-' ' ' \^.,„ ,;^ ,ve need tor the Ka.t an apostle of ''^^^^''^V''^'^\''''';';: :'t . Ve.en,wo,.M. Uei.netanen,ntonUs: ,n ,',e,r l.aud. the '^'^^" " ,,■ , ^,„, Stanley, and S>r SlaKord S,.,., ..e .a. ,. ^o ^-;- ^;^__^ ^^ ^^^ „,„,,„^^_ ,,^„„, ,. .„, ,,„,,. Cable. '•■"■" '"^ ''^'^---"^ •" ,■ ,„ ,,,n ,, avK from the (;o^.rnor4leneral ol ,, _,,.,Uer.o..,^e .,.^.ta^^^^^ '" ^ ' Hindoslan tor at lea>l a wclk ho^jiitabli- board. -" ■^:-v:;::i:;!:!:::;:t;';■J:,:r:::« „„ ,„.. uK. ,...,,.„ ,,. .J Kll. >». o ^^ _^ ^ ,^^^ „,„„„„„ 68 A>nn:rrs,r,y Ihv.jnct :^nvcn by Mr. Cyrus W. luUi. , • ■ ■ ,„ K... from - M-n to Sue/; i. onh ,K.>1. lb. l,n.,l clc.tru tou.b revolul.on.MMg Hk- 1..>M. Horn x\ a. ^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^,__^^^^^^^^ ,„uion when all shall 1.C of one n,mily and. please C.0.1 on. lauh. IVlicvc nic. Hear Sm'. Yours vcrv sincerely. Cyri-s \V. Firi.i', Km... l\ihn:- Ifotcir S. O^llDUN. "— -r:::r:-:r;r:;x:r:":;^^ T.i Whom Stilt. Mr,. ivi;i s 111 I n 1,1,, PKi-n.iM"i- Mil V --"i Sr\rK> ■■ ■• l.l nil -;vilil TM!V '".■ "^1 M'" I', ,KK lo.ilMK. K~'|- (li-M i;\i SMUii I ilIoMl SWl'iRll Wll 1 IWl OKMN. I'-'l- ■ |)r villi. ltl< -11. Niw V.iiU \V;i--huii;li>i. \V,i-liii.j;i"i. New Viirk New Vnrk ; New V...k .: Nl'w \'>iU Timi.' "f |Y,i,,,l^.■lu.■■■llt^^■S•■lll^i^la"f^l<-"»l="•' K.iiil'l .„nl Kiiuil'ff Xi'-"". ,.M;,,.Iy I'.M. I'-^l -.11) ■!. Kl ,.,nKKN..u.(;iMKM " '-"'^ Il.n......^.l. 7.22 C.iMUM.I: ■•!■ Nl.vvi.'i Mil \M 1 SI. J..lll.'> .,,,,..1 nn..\N.a..-.\NiH» fomiiUni.il S.2- c Hu- l"'Ui -V i«Aiiiy-~i^ niiiiuto ,, ,_j r».>l.'..n-v \ umUo iiiimil.~ ,,. ;„ |«,,li..ur-M»ii.l>-l'^' "''""'^■'■ S. iS 1. 1.1 li""r \ ciiO.i ..limine r»c. iic.iii, S. ;^ 1 In.' lii'iii .\ -i^ Miimil.- „. ,(, l«.. hniiiv \ M\U.n niiliun- -f""fi"i"""-'^ S .J Ihiriy iii;l.t miiiuU-i- ". ;() Si^ i.iinwi. "• „ ,1, (111, ii..uiM". ii>-il.r.-niimif a; 1 ,11... I,, iIk rtM.l.nc- ..f lln- varioui. larliis to „.::::'r''::.:;=':;:t;;:-.:"::i;r:::::- .*« - -- ™ ^ rtli-!;r.il>li < •fiici" f'"' lrall^ml•^H<>l ^ \ ^ «