The Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1860-05-30 00:00:00

SPEECH BY A PARSEE PRINCE.

We learn from the Bombay Ga.tette that his Highness
Meer Jaffer Ali Khan Bahadur entertained the Parsee
Community of that place at dinner in honour of the
late iiiaffidge of his daughter. He made a speech to them
in which he said that ne reckoned the Parsees as his
brothers---:"as, indeed, the W'hole hiimart rate is one com-
mon brOtherhood." Of the impressions Ai& England
had produced upon him, his highness flans spoke :—"i was
anxious that an occasion should arise whenitould give an
account of my sojourn in England to my fellow-country-
Mei ; and by the graCe of God an opportunity has
presented itself to ,us this evening. I wish I could
describe to you the remarkable intelligence of the
Englishmen as displayed by them in their Various
dealings—social, political, commercial. So vast arid
varied is their knowledge in everything, that they have
rightly earned the .title of being ranked amongst the
first. and foremost of nations on the face of the globe.
On the first occasion when I visited England in 1844, I
staypd there for about five months. The gentry and
nobility of that delightful country treated me with all the
kindness and consideration for which they are so remark-
s:lite. In 1853 I paid a second visit to England, and
bad occasion to prolOng nip stay there for five years.
Daring that long period I had every opportunity of
making myself acquainted with theii manners and
customs, their social and political laws, their judicial
'system, &c.,. &c. I moved amongst the leading men of
the realm ; and my association with Englishmen in
general has impressed me with a very high opinion of
their transcendent intelligence in every branch of
!adman knowledge. To appreciate their several vir-
tues, to admire their mechanical ingenuity,
and to
become .adqtiaiifted with all that exalts our mind and
enlarges our heart, we must be there on the spot. No
description, however full and glowing, Could adequately
convey the idea I have received from personal visit of
the magnificence arid grandeur of England and her
people. One of the most remarkable things that struck
me was the system of their legislation and government.
Their form of government is the best I have yet ee,en.
To the people of the East, it strikes us as very strange
that the people should have so much control over the
acts of the Queen ; in point of fact, the people
govern the country ; and to my mind it should be
s 6. If we go deeper into the subject, we will see that
the people of. a country should be the ruling body.
I was also stflick With the mode in which justice is
administered. I would go no further than myself—you
of the particulars of my
case
ylowuelsleaewharoe; geqelluititeambleyn'they have disposed of the
matter. let us all pray for the permanent establishment
of British power in India, and for the welfare and pro-
sperity of their nation wherever they go, and wherever

they are."
The youngest brother of the present Parsee barmet
has, we learn from the Bombay Oa:ate, commemorated
the anniversary of the death of his father, Sir Jamestiee,
by paying the debts of all the small cause court pri-
soners, who were thirty-six in number, and whose debts
amounted to 5,000 rupees.

Although the list of passengers by the Great Eastern,
for Nov York, is not yet fllled, a fair number of berths
have been engaged, and the ship is enacted to sail on