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LONDON, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 6, 1863.

The brilliant festivities at Portsmouth being over,
it is interesting to learn what our continental friends
and allies think of their reception. There was no
doubt on our side of the sincerity and cordiality of
our greetings ; we displayed our feelings in all the
most approved fashions, we subscribed large sums,
we organised banquets, and we cheered and shouted
in true British style. Still as these exhibitions were
not familiar to the Frenchmen, it was not certain
that they would give them their full meaning, and
accordingly it is gratifying to find that they are de-
lighted with the warmth and cordiality of their
reception. They seem, indeed, to have been
somewhat surprised to find the grave phleg-
matic Englishman so transformed, and their
ideas of insular coldness, awkwardness, and
bad cooking are considerably modified by their
recent experience. The change is not entirely due
to the removal of national prejudice ; but the fact is
that the Englishman at home, in the midst of his
own associations, and doing the honours of 'his own
country to a welcome guest, is very different from
the stray traveller or pleasure seeker, who finds
himself suddenly in a world which is strange to
him, among manners and customs different from
his own, and who tries to hide his awkwardness and
embarrassment under a covering of stiffness and
reserve. • In this attempt he is successful enough to
present a gruff and rigid contrast to French courtesy
and gaiety, so that the typical Englishman among the
middle or lower classes is anything but an attrac-
tive mortal. The higher ranks of society who have
travelled more and mixed freely with foreigners
understand each other better ; but there is no ques-
tion that the long antagonism of England and
France was partly due to mutual misunderstanding
of the national character. The wonderful improve-
ment in .the means of communication has done very
much to clear away the mists that overclouded our
intercourse, and it is worthy of notice that Eng-
lishmen who have lived long in France or French-
men who have lived long in England always speak
warmly of their adopted country. Recent
political events have combined to chain
England and France nearer together, and
the civilisation of both is sufficiently
advanced to induce them to make common came
against the aggressive and selfish spirit that charac-
terises the policy of some other nations. Such inci-
dents asthemeeting of the fleets do great good. They
show to the world that the alliance of England and
France is not merely a political expedient of the Go-
vernments, but is founded on an identity of interests
and convictions. The two great Western nations are
the pioneers of progress, they are the guardians of
civilisation, and the open enemies of that theory of
divine right which is upheld in other parts of
Europe. As long as they are cordially united, it
will need a bold adversary to provoke
them to extremities. Either would separately
be a formidable opponent, but conjointly they can
keep the boldest 'and most unscrupulous in check.
The correspondents of the Paris journals express
these feelings very warmly, and speak in glowing
terms of the enthusiasm of their hosts at Portsmouth.
No single incident occurred to mar the festivities of
the occasion. Gaiety and rejoicing were the order
of the day, and •
even our fickle English skies con-
sented to smile on „ auspicious an occasion.
" There is no sort of courtesy and attention," says
a correspondent of the Opinion Nationale, "which
has not been shown to our officer,. All houses were
spontaneously opened to them, and the people
shout, applaud, and manifest their
joy with an
expansiveness and a fury which have nothing
British." Thoroughly British, however, was the
heartiness with which the welcome was given, and
the energy with which the details were carried out.
The real goodwill shown on the occasion could not
obligatory
be mistaken, nor could it be set down to
courtesy. Our continental friends will have learned
by their visit that enthusiasm is not impossible even
in the colder English climate, and the pleasant•
exchange of mutual courtesies and hospitalities
show's that, in some important particulars, both
French and English have made a considerable ad-
vance on former generations.

Yesterday a special meeting of the Court of Com-
mon Council was held at Guildhall, the chair being
taken by the Lord Mayor. The object was to con-
sider the advisability of voting the sum of a thou-
sand pounds to compensate the owners of such
cattle as may be taken off by the plague in the
metropolis, and also for the establishment of sani-
toriums for the separation and cure of the cattle
that are affected. These are very desirable objects,
and it is not surprising that there should have been