The Express.
London, England, 1865-09-15 00:00:00

INTERNATIONAL BANQUET AT POOLE. 1

On Wednesday last, according to invitation, the
Mayor bed Corporetion of Cherbourg wen materletned et a
splendid banqaet by the Mayes and municipal anthoritles
of Poole. A short time limo the Cherbourg corporation In.
cited their Poole neighbours to a banquet at Cherbourg, on
the amnion of the opening op of steam communisation be.
weea the two t woe, mid in return the municipality of
Podia gays the premed entertainment, which proved in
every respect eneoessfaL The banquet wee given at the
Town-hall, Poole, which wen admirably prepared for
Vas occasion. Mr. F. &moo, Mayor of Poole, omit-
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Pied the chair ; aad in addition to the municipal
body of that town, there were present Monsieur Liaia,
a. (Mayor of Cherbourg), the majority of the Oluirrholug
asrporation, and other gantlarnau of influence la that tows,
Mr. H. D. Dormer, M.P. for Poole ; Mr. J. Player, Y.P.
ter the comity of Dorset ; Sir E. B. Baker, Bet, &a The
gusts from Cherbourg, on their arrival by the stoner
Albion, were moat cordially sad eathinisateally weloomed.

After the dieser,
Ni. F. Sinus° (Mayor of Paola proposed "The Heath
of their Majesties the Emperor Napoloos, the Sopron and
the Prins Imperial of France." Be amid—lon dentin,
before lA4llOll=ll the first ken, of explaining the pleasure
I feel is seeing sr large a somber of guests from Cherbourg,
an the only regret I exponents is that I moot express my
thoughts sad oratimeets is the French language. I ens sea-
ably impressed win the importance of such ineetisp ea
/Mss, the proper use of whieh is calculated to noreese the
goodwill and firmly to cement together in happy ooscord
two of the most imfirtential nations of the world. (Olsen.)
It dors seem to me impoirtuit that the expression attend
elsould be each se lam be understood by the whole a the
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geed* invited. My hops is that those French gentlemen
who understood Enlists and are present will succeed in
Gonveying loyal the warmth of helium moving in my minds '
sod which I am enrols shared by every Englishman present:
(Chaffs) Geutleame of Cherbourg—the calibrated nevi(
pest of France—l bid you a hearty welcome to the shores of
"YEETie Reiland," and to the ancient thereof Poole. A short
time ego we celebrated the opening of steam communi-
cation between the two ports, so long looked forward to
and so anxiously dared by many of my fellow tower
Num and the names and merchants of Cherbourg and
Its neighbourhood. We now naturally rejoice at the
consummation of oar hopes, and feel this a happy day foe
as in biting able to web:mate you to our town u frauds and
neighbours. We also bid our friends the dizeotors of the
Somerset and Dorset Railway a hearty welcome to our town,
sad thank them sincerely for establishing a communise.
the, ',Ahern which we should not have had the present
opportunity of thus meeting together in this pleasant
manner. We wish them every success and prosperity.
I congratulate them on the marked improvement in
their receipts, which we treat and feel confident will
steadily ominous to increase. I cannot but think the
present time, this year being the jubilee of peace, is
very opportune for our rejoicing, and while the navies
of the two great empires are emulation each other in the
extent of their welcome sad in the magnificent receptions
each has lately given, we have determined La a MOM
humble way, DUE with feelings and wishes as Masers
and hearty, to entertain our friends sod neighbours.
Long may our friendship thus continue. Let us lay
ourselves out by each trying, with God's help, to do our
bumble pert in cementing these bonds of union between the
two nation& The corporation of Poole will not soon forget
the kind reception and munificent entertainment so re-
tenthly given us by the corporation of Cherbourg, the re-
membrance of which *olives' our sympathy with the town
and its inhabitants. Allow me to say again, sentience°' we
in return bid you a hearty welcome to mu old town and
county. I feel proud to have the oppqrtunity is your pre-
neuos of giving a toast, which we all shall unite in drinking
with enthusiasm. I give youth* " Health of the Emperor,
the Empress, and Prices Imperial ;" may the Emperor, one
of the greatest men of the age, long live, sod coetioue to
guide the affairs of France. (Loud cheering.)
M. Lin% see., mayor of L'herboure, proposed, in French,
in the followiog terms, the "Health of her Majesty
the Queen :"—Gentlemen,—The town of Cherbourg ban
been deeply sensible of the gracious invitation with which
it has been honoured. We have accepted that invitation
with the most lively satisfaction, in the first plate, because
it procures us the happiness of finding ourselves again with
gentlemen whose great courtesy we have already bed the
opportunity of appreciating ; and secondly, because it most •
soil closer unite those ties of friendship which exist be-
twee,' the two towns of Pool and Cherbourg. A few days !
ago, gentlemen. our two great nations, in the
midst of splendid fetes given in the ports of
Macleod sod France, gave a pledge of mutual har-
mony which ought ever to reign between the two countries.
To-day, in this cordial and fraternal re-union, the were ire-
meeting the alliance between two tows. which are already
ea the best terms with each other, and to whom the line
Of steamers established by the Somerset sad Dorset Rail-
way must open up • new road to prosperity. Permit, me,
gentlemen, is the name of myself and the entire municipal
council of the town of Cherbourg, to thank you for the bril-
liant rew-piion you have given us—a reception which we
skill always remember with the greatest gratification.
Allow me also ti propose the health of your gracious sove-
reign, whom on two different occasions our town has had
the honour to receive within its walls. (Loud cheers.)
The Mayor of Pools seat gave "The Health of the
Prince and Princess of Wales, sod the net of the royal
family. (Cheers.)
Sir EDWARD BAKER Barn, Bart., then proposed' The
Health of the Allied Armies and Navies of France and
England."
This toast was acknowledged by M. De Garde, Conseil
General de Department de la Menthe; Bourgeois
(Lie utensil t.Coloeel) : Mr. Mont ices Guest, Collard-home ;
sad Lieutenant Burgess, R.N.
M. DE Genic in the course of his remarks, which were in
French, spoke of the recent fees at Cherbourg, Brest, and
Portsmouth. The union which now existed between men
who, for the most part, did not belong to the armies of the
two nations, was also a pledge of the duration of the aliases
between these armies. (Herr, bear.) Fifty years of peace
end good understanding had taught teem to understand sad
to love the people on both sides of the channel. He spoke
of the victories which bad been ecuieved by the united
armies of England and Fruits ; but it was not only in war
that the glorious race of people is Great Britain had per-
formed such brilliant exploita. England hal peopled oess.
tinents ; she had does more than any other race to
cabins ite nature to man—to render steam and electricity
her powerful yet docile instrument& He begged in the
same of the inhabitants of Cherbourg generally to joie is
the wish that the two armies of England and France, like
the two nations, might remain eternally united, 'erasable
both on land and sea, and possessieg uo other object them
to assert the triumph of justice, of civilisatiou, sad of

liberty.
Alderman Wasierm, then proposed " The Health of H.
Lies, see.. Mayor of Cherbourg, sod the Municipality of
that town." He could wore them that every individual
is the tows of Poole had felt the greatest plower ie wed-
eocnieg to it the mayor and municipality otCherbourg. The
eoeporetion of Plods would lever forget the splendid manner
is which they were entertained by the authorities at Cher-
bourg. This banquet wasoneof those blessed fruitewhich had
sprung from the eltered state of feeling between the two
•'entries, the most powerful notions on the face of the earth.
Having satisfied the world that they were not only able to
cope with each other, bat with the world at large, they now
meet in friendship and concord. (Cheers.) Enmity at one
time unfortunately filled the breasts of both nations, but
they were now joined together by tne ties of good will and
hearty friendship. (Cheers.) That that good feeling may
long motions was not only the fervent wish of every man hi
this country, hut of every man in France also, and indeed
of every individual in the civilised world. (Hear, hem.)
They might depend upon it that the friendship now
cemented between the two great western nations was the
means of keeping the world at peens. Mr. Weida
alluded to the recent friendly meetings of the English sad
French fleets, and he expressed • hope that this would not
be the last of the social reunions between the representative
Wee of Cherbourg and Poole. (Cheers.)
M. DeRGRIMARD, in responding, said—My colleague in
the Municipal Council have desired that I should express to
yen their gratitude for your gracious reception. (Cheers.)
I Dave accepted the duty of responding for them with lb*
greatest pleasure, because helves me an opportunity for the
first time of expressing to to important a body of gentlemen
(who I consider to-day as the representatives of the peat
English people) the feelings of affection sod respectful ad-
miration which I have for many years cultivated in my
heart. (Cheers.) I have had the opportunity, se is well
known to my colleagues, to live in close friendship sod in
active co-operatioe in greet and important nubile works
with sone of your most distinguished countrymen, and
puticularly with those to whom the tows. of Pod* and
Cherbourg are most greatly indebted teethe formation of the
Perim and Cherbourg Railway—a great public work—
the importance of which to them towns I am sure cannot
be over.estimated, uniting, as it does, two peat public
centres of industry and commoner. (Cheers.) From this
intercourse I have learned fully to respect and admire the
great qualities of year countrymen. I have thus myself
verified the sincerity and stability which so greatly distin-
guish them, and for which they are oelebrated throughout
the world. (Cheers.) This is • faithful illustratioa of
which I am sutborieed by env mileages to state to you, sad
I beg to close these observatious, by wishing prosperity to
the munic:pal council of the town cf Poole. %Cheers.)
Mr. H. Lenny SEYMOUR. M.P., then said—With the per-
saielon of his worship the mayor, I.bay, a toast to propose,
which I am sure you will drink with the utmeeteetbusimin.
The toest I have to propose is that of the " Presi-
dent and Members of the Chamber of Commerce." (Cheers.)
This is a toast in which I em sure yea s° all join, bemuse
men of all political opinions are imposed with the value of
commerce, which sheds its benefits upon rich aid
the poor alike. (Hear, hear.) We hail with pleasure the
=I not, I sorry to say, of the president of the
ars
r. of Commerce of Cherbourg, but of many members,
Ihelieve, of that &Anguished body. We hail them here
at &return visit, in acknowledgment of the munificent hoe
O&M, we eejeyed at Cherbourg about two soothe ego.