The Sun.
London, England, 1856-07-07 00:00:00

LOIN DON, MON DA's' EVENING, ci ULY 7. 1856.

THE ALLEGED POISONING AT BOLTON.

In The Sun of Friday was reported a case at Bolton,
in which a woman named Betsy ➢i'niullen was charged
with poisoning her husband with a medicine composed
of tartarised antimony and sold by drlggists, under the
name of "quietness," to women who have drunken hus•

bands.
On Friday evening an inquest was held on the body
of James WMullen (who was a flour dealer in Belton)
by Mr. Taylor, coroner.
Mary Ann Huttcn, deceased's servant for the last nine
months, deposed that both her mistress and late master
were of intemperate habits. Deceased's wife,- indeed,
scarcely ever went to bed sober. Her master had drink-
ing bouts, which lasted in each case, three or four days.
Three weeks ago Mrs. M`Mullen was very drunk, and
followed her husband to the Archduke public house, in
Blackburn strew, and witness accompanied her. At the
house they bad a fight, and Mrs. M`Mullen threw a
carving-knife and a rolling-pin at the deceased, and the
knife cut his wrist. Deceased used to be unwell a City
or two after drinking. His last drinking bout began on
the 7th Jane, and he got well and attended to his busi-
ness until the 21st June, when he was so ill that he lay
down on the sofa during the day, and went to bed at
half-past nine at night. The next day (Sunday, the 22d
June) Mr. Dorrian, surgeon, was called in in the after-
noon. Deceased had occasionally vomited his meals all
the time witness was there, but much oftener than usual
within the last three months. He was sick when he had
not been ,irinking. Occasionally he got a bottle of physic
from Mr. Dorrian to regulate his stomach, hut it del
him no g{lo,l. Witness had on several occasions seen
her mistress pit a white powder into deceased's food,
and her mistress often sent her out the kitchen while
she was preparing the dinner. On Thursday, June 26,
witnese saw her mistress mix some white powder with
water, and put it into the physic bottle of the de-
ceased, which Mr. Dorrian had sent hie.. The deceased
finished the physic, and be was very sick. On Friday
last Mr.. M`Mullen put some white powder in some
tea, and she then sent witness with it to. the deceased.
The witness gave him part of it, and the remainder she
put into a bottle and sent to Mr. D•xrian. On the same
day she saw a glass of medicine in the; pantry, and she
geve a portion of it to Mr. Dorrian. On the night when
they were at the Archduke public-houße the witness had
to undress her mietress and put her to bed, w;ien she
found in her pocket a paper containing white powder,
some of which she afterwar is gave to Mr. Dorrian's

man.
Mr. J. Dorrian, sturgeon, stated that he had known the
deceased several years, and during that time had octt-
sienally prescribed for him. In April lest, and again
in May, deceased complained of being sick after eating,
and of a burning pain in his stomach. On Sunday, the
22d June, ,about six o'clock in the evening, the witness
was sent for to the house of the deceased, and he found
him sitting in the kitchen. He appeare i very weak,
and seemed to be suffering from indigestion. He com-
plained of being sick after eating ; and the witness pre-
scribed for him, and afterwards attended lion until Wed-
nesday morning last, when he died. The medicine the
witness prescribed had not the effect he intended. Every
morning the deceased complained of having been sick
during the night, but he never saw him when he was
sick. He appeared to be wasting away. The witness
then deposed to the appearances presented at the post
mortela, examination, and added that there was no ap-
pearance of natural disease to account for death. The
symptoms and appearances were similar to those which
would be caused by the excessive and improper use of
tartarised antimony.
Mr. H. Watson, analytical chemist, stated that he
received two bottles containing medicine and tea, and
bath were found to contain traces of antimony. On the
Ist of July' he received three bottles from Mr. Dorrian,
containing urine, in which he found decided traces of
antimony. On the 2d of July he received from Mr.
Harris seven bottles and five jars. One of the bottles
was labelled " Urine," and in that he found strong
traces of antimony. The jars contained a portion of
the liver and kidney, and in each he found traces of
antimony—but the strongest in the liver.
Mr. James Rowland Simpson, druggist and grocer,
Deansgate, stated that he was in the habit of selling
emetic powders, composed of tartarised antimony
and cream of tartar. The powders contained four
or five grains of antimony. He kept them ready
made up, and without any written or printed direc-
tions for use. When he sold any he usually told
the purchaser to be very careful of it, and to divide
each powder into four or five doses. The powthrs
were sold at ld. sac% He (witness) knew Mrs.
M'Mullen from being a customer at his shop. She pur-
chased groceries, but he did not remember that he ever
served her himself. The emetic powders were called
"quietness." Women always came for the powders,
and they usually said that their husbands had been
drinking. He did not remember ever selling one of these
powders to a man.
Mr. John Thornton, local agent for the Prince of
Wales Life Insurance Company, stated that in January,
1855, the deceased insured the joint lives of himself and
wife in that office, for 1001., to be payable to thrrvir-i
vivor on the death of either of them.
The Coroner then summed up the case to the jury,
pointing out the various bearings of the evidence.
.Adnwiriofadituiter:hdi,
delivered
ryhi gas ei of i:inintifhooi
sernotQc2tfrchosenaldsiminutes, they returned into court
that
obtwnyhieendghdiosevreeerwaadcisifcceedet,:e—DßraailtrliesiNdeVelybeyi‘,Naiiratituuiumiuiliaeatenniriys-;
and we also express our di•approbation of the indiscri•
inmate dispensing of sueli medicines." Mrs. M‘Mullen
was then committed, upon the coroner's warrant, for trial
at the assizes.

Naval and Military Intelligence.

Her Majesty's sailing troop-frigate Apollo, Second
Master Burnet in charge, towed by her Majesty's steam-
sloop Medusa, Captain S. Osborn, C. 8., errived at Spit-
head on Saturday morning with the let battalion of the
Rifle brigade, from the East, cemprising 920 non-com-
missioned officers aed men, and the following officers :
Major Lord A. G. Russell ; Captains H. Walker, C.
V. Oxenden, the Hon. G. Elliott, the lion. J. Stewart,
W. .T. M. Cunniughame, and W. Norris ; Lieutenants
G. R. Saunders, C. E. Musgrave, C. B. Dashwood, J.
P. C. Glyn, J. Ashton, A. L. Tottenham, W. T.
Rooper, W. J. H. Ruthven, R. E. S. Harrington, H.
S. Vandeleur. C. T. Danbury, and C. T. Murdoch ;
Ensigns H. L. Wickham and W. C. Pardon ; Lieut.
and Adjutant J. Brett ; Surgeon R. Cowen, Assistant-
Surgeons Williams and de Chaumont ; Paymaster J. E.
Large ; Quartermaster H. Peacock. The Apollo was
towed into Portsmouth harbour on Saturday noon, and
her gallant troops transshipped to the three-decker float-
ing depot Britannia until this morning, when they will
land at the Royal Clarence-yard, Gosport, about 4 o'clock,
and proceed thence by special 'train to Aldershot.
The steare-transport Oneida, No. 222, with the Lon-
don, No. 34, Failing-transport in tow, from the East,
arrived at Spithead yesterday morning. Her dates are
Scutari, June 14 ; Malta, 20. The Oneida has brought
273 men, 200 horses, and the folio wirig officers of the
6th (Enniskillens) Di agoone :—Lieat.-Colonel H. Dal-
rymple White, C.B. ; PireveaMajer R. G. Manley, Cap-
tams Fiizwlgrain and Slade ; Lieutenants Tiruson. Raw.
linson, and Dawson ; Paymaster Marshall ; Quarter-
master Mountain ; Air-jot-int -Ivloute ; Surgeon Baxter,
; Assistant-Surgerin Grylls Veterinary-Surgeon
Collins ; also Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals
Macdonald ; Captain Shute ; Ist Class Staff Surge,on
Langley , M.D. ; the Rev. Dr. Blackwood, Lady Alicia
Blackwood, and the Alissee Ailworth. Tee London
brought 127 men of the Royal Artillery, 51 horses,
'sieve of the Reye' Horse Artillery ; Staff Ae-
eistant-Soreeim Stiles, Lieutenants Little, Hill, Gould,
D twee, Proctor, and Sheive ; and Ensigns Annesley
and Parker, of the 97th Regiment ; and Lieutenants
Knight and Barwell, of the 90th.
The steam-transport Thames, No, 92, arrived at Spit-
head on Saturday nielos faint the East, with Lieut.
Jaelee Lamb, of the 50,b. Regiment; Staff Surgeon D.
J. Doherty, Assistant-Surgeons T. Wheeler and T. H.
liellingsworth, and Hospital Dresser W. John, of the
Medical Staff, in charge of invalids ; seven lady nurses,
16 secsial class nurses, and two hospital staff of Miss
Nielitiegals's establishment; one Medical Staff steward,
15 orderlies of the Medical Staff C :rye, 239 invalids, 58
non-cominiadoeed officers and privates of sundry regi-
mente, 71 women, and 20 children—total, 434, and a
cargo of 250 barrels of gunpowder. She left Gibraltar
on tee 30th ult., at which time the Golden Fleece and
Ackliar transports were at the Rock, and the Prince
Arthur and Queen Victoria sailed the same day. She
passed her Majesty's ship Belleisle, towed by her Ma-
jesty's steamer Firebrand, on the 28th ult. At Malta
on the 24th were her Majesty's ships Terrible, Queen,
and Transit, ant the Chanticleer transport.
The sailieg-transport Arabia, No. 83, arrived at Spit-
head yesterday noon from the East, with Major Penny-
cuick, Captain Broughton, and Dr. Woodward, of the
Royal Artillery ; Lieutenants Crowther and Brown, and
Ensign Gordon, 63d Regiment ; Assistant-Commissa-
riat-General Hadley, lady, and family ; 150 men of the
Royal Artillery, 63 horses, 39 gun andamieunition car-
riages, and about 40 tons of Ru-sian shot; she parted
company with the steam-transport Queen of the South,
off Cape de Gatte, delayed by light, contrary winds, and
put into Queenstown for aater, &c. Tue Arabia has
proceeded direct to Woolwich to land her troops and
cargo.
Her Majesty's state yacht Victoria and Albert, Cap-
tain the Bon. Joseph Denman, receives her crew this
day at Portsmouth, and is expected to be ready for the
royal service by the end of the week. A visit to Os-
tend, c,i rents to Prussia, is rumoured. The 14th inst.
is the day named fur her Majesty's visit to Osborne.
A letter from her Majesty's screw-frigate Imperieuse,
51, Captain R. B. Watson, C. 8., dated Funchal Roads,
June 24, says— " We arrived here on Sunday morning
with our three despatch gun-vessels ; found the Cossack,
21, Capt. Fanshawe, at anchor in the bay, with two
American men-of-war, the Jamestown and St. Louis.
The Tartar, 21, Capt. Dunlop, arrived about an hour
after us, and on the next morning the Virago, 6, steam-
sloop, Commander Ileggard, came in, followed in the
afternoon by the Orlon, 91, Capt. Erskine, from Ply-
mouth. We sail as soon as we shall have completed
coal, and no doubt will be off at daylight of the 25th.
We are all well. Squadron bra thy."
The Monarchy and Progress, transports No. 60 and
208, left Portsmouth for Deptford to discharge stores
on Saturday.
..Her Majesty's steam-sloop Bulldog, 6, Commander A.
C. Gordon, lett Spithead on Friday night.
eeHer Majesty's ship Princess Royal, 91, Capt. L. T.
Jones, C 8., went into Portsmouth harbiur on Saturday
to be paid off and re-commissioned immediately.
The steam-transport Britannia embarked the Armagh
Militia at Porteineuta on Saturday, and left with them
for Dublin yesterday morning.
The steam-transport Bahiana left Portsmouth for
Liverpool on Saturday, and the steam-transports Ade-
laide and Victoria left yesterday for the eastward.
Her Majesty's ship Duke of Wellington, 131, Capt.
Caldwell, C. 8., flag of Real-Admiral the Hon. Sir R. S.
Dundas, .C. 8., is expected to leave Spithead to-day on
a cruise to the Tagus.
His Norwegian Majesty'ssailing corvette Ellida, Capt.
Falcen, from Horten, in Norway, brought up at Spit-
head on Friday night.' Ou Saturday morning, at eight
o'clock, she saluted the national flag and that of the Cam-
mender-in-chief of the port, which cempiiments were duly
acknowledged by the garrison battery and the flag-ship
Victory. Cape„ Falcen was on landing introduced to the
naval and military authnrities by Chevalier Vandenbergh,
Swedish and Norwegian Vice-Consul. The corvette,
being an instruction ship, mounts 10 guns, has on board
20 midshipmen, and, besides her own officers, two lieute-
nants, instructors for the midshipmen. She remains
at Spithead for eight days to enable her young
officers to inspect the various departments of the
arsenal of Portsmouth. They are a remarkably intelligent-
looking, smart, and well-uniformed school, and attract
much attention by their sailor-like bearing and gentle-
manly appearance.
Her Majesty's steam-sloop Hecate, Commander A. C.
Gordon, arrived at Spithead yesterday evening from the
West Coast of Africa station. She brought no news.
The Peninsular and Oriental Company's screw steamer
Simla, transport No. 118, sailed from Southampton yes-
terday morning for Constantinople, for the purpose of
conveying to England horses and troops. The steam-
transport Candia arrived at Southampton from Woolwich
on Saturday evening. This vessel is discharged from the
transport service, and, after refitting, will be made avail-
able on one of the various lines occupied by the Penin-
sular and Oriental Company.
The screw steam-ship Sc. Jean d'Acre, 101, Capt. G.
St. V. King, will be taken into the basin dock to-day to
have her copper examined and repaired. Her crew have
been granted 10 days' leave.
The screw steam-transport Queen of the South, from
Queenstown, with 230 men and horses of the 11th Hus-
eve, undercornmand of Capt. Foster, arrived at Plymotith
on Saturday. They will proceed to Exeter to-day.
The screw steam-ship Sarnia arrived at Plymouth on
Friday, from Constantinople June 7; Malta, 14 ; Gibral-
tar, 23. Passengers—Brigadier-General Evans, Captains
Fen wick, Mackenzie, and Robinson ; Drs. M‘Pheison,
Marshall, and Lister, of the Turkish Contingent ; Capt.
Garetin, sth ; Sir Edward Graham, Bart., and Mr.
Wright, from Constantinople. Major Minor and Capt.
\Vennett, Turkish Contingent, from Malta.
His Prussian Majesty's steam-corvette Danzig, 12,
Captain-Commander Prince William of Hesse, having on
board the Lord High-Admiral of Prussia, Prince Adal-
bert, put into Plymouth Sound on Friday evening to
repair her engines and coal, preparatory to a cruise with
the squadron now at Valmouth. On Saturday morning
she saluted the flag, of Port-Admiral Sir W. Parker, G.C.8.,
and the Plymouth Citadel, which was duly acknowledged.
The Lord IlignAdmirill, the Captain, and officers of the
Danzig, accempaeied by Rear-Admiral Superintendent
Sir J. PI. Pluniridge, K.O 8., and the principal officers
of Devonport dockyard, inspected the snips building at
that port on Saturday.
A. committee has been formed at Chatham garrison, of
which Capt. F. Somerset, Royal Es gineers, is the hon.
secretary, for the purpose of raising a fund, to be called
"The Powys Meinotal Fund," in order to present Major
the Hon. H. L. pokey,. with a suitable testimonial for
the services rendered by him in connection with the Cen-
tral Association fur aiding the Wives and Children of
Soldiers in the Crimea. The committee have issued cir-
culars to the various local committees throughoUt the
country, inviting their co-operation in obtaining sub-
scriptions. The committee suggest that the wives of sol-
diers who have EO largely benefitted by the exertions of
Major Powys, as well as their husbands, be invited to
subscribe, their subscriptions to be limited to 6d. each.
On Saturday four detachments of troops belonging to
the following belie!' depots at the Provisional Battalion
Chatham, viz,,-35th Regiment, 52d Light Infantry, 53d
Regina nt, and 60..11 no) al Mee, to the number of 198
non-ceminissioned
c,___CerS and me,,, left Chatham Bar-
rack. for Gravesend, under the command of Capt. H. E.
H. Burnside, 614 Regiment, who was ordered to em-
bark in charge of the troops, instead of Lieut.-Colonel
R. G. Hughes, 52d Light Infantry. In addition to the
officers already mentioeed, the following also embarked
for India with the detachments, viz.:—Lieut. W. H.
Ballingall, Lieut. W. W. Sherlock, and Lieut. R. Tri-
men. On reaching Gravesend the troops embarked from
the Custom-home quay on board the Octavio. for Bengal
and Calcutta.
The announcement of General Williams's appointment
as Commandant of Wool wadi having been promulgated
in the gerrison orders of Friday last, the General as-
sumed the duties of the office on that day. On the fol-
lowing morning the command of the garrison was given
over to the next senior officer, Colenel Hardinge, K.H.,
Superintendeut of the Royal Military Repository at
Woolwich, in consequence of Gen. Williams having ob-
tained six months' leave of absence for the purpose of

being enabled to revisit his native country, Nova Scotia.
Gen ral nacres arrived at Woolwich garrison ou Sa-
turday from Portsmouth. where he landed from the
steam transport Candia, Capt. Parfitt, from the East.
In order to make room for quartering the siege train
companies, daily expected at Woolwich, ad the dispos-
able companies in the artillery barracks ara being de-
spatched to Sheerness and other home stations so as to
accommodate the newly arrived troops at heal quarters,
where, immediately after their arrival, it is the intention
of her Majesty to hold an inspection.
The purchase of the site for the new marine hospital
at Woolwich has been completed, and the plans for the
building are to be arranged without delay.
The Osprey, 4, screw steam gun-vessel, has taken in
a portion of her guns from Woolwich Arsenal, awl is to
be supplied with her ammunition and provision for sea
forthwith..
The Roebuck, in Woolwich dock, is shipping her
boilers and machinery, after which she will be removed
and replaced by the newly arrived hulk, which, after
being docked, is to supply the place of the Sailors' Home
—the Dreadnought.
The transport Jura, Capt. Moodie, having landed about
300 horses at Woolwich, steamed up to Deptford on Sa-
turday, and is to return to Woolwich on Thursday to
embark cavalry horses for Dublin.
The following appointments were made on Saturday
at the Admiralty :—Commander J. P. Palme, to the
Coastguard service ; Lieut. W. H. Blake, to the Excel-
lent ; James Drysdale, master, retired as Commander ;
A. H. Markham, naval cadet to the St. Jean d'Acre ;
W. H. Childers, midshipman, to the Tribune; C. P.
Grant, additional paymaster, to the St. Jean d'Acre.

ANNIVERSAY OF T lIE DECLARATION

OF INDI:PhLVD6NCE.

On Friday last a sumptuous dinner was given by Mr.
Peabody, at the Star and Garter, Richmond, t) upwards
of 100 American and a few English gentlemen, in com-
memoration of the 80th anniversary of the declaration
of the independence of the United States. The grand
dining ball was fitted up for the occasion with busts of
the Queen and of Washington, the A.nericen eagle, the
standards of England and of the United States, and
other appropriate decorations. Mr. Peabody took the
chair shortly after 7 o'clock, supported on the right by
the American Minister Mr. alias, and on the left by
Mr. W. Brown, M.P. Mr.-Stell, of Manchester ; Mr.
Morgan, of London ; Mr. Somerby, of B iston, United
States ; Mr. P. N. Dallas, Secretary of Legation ; and
Mr. Croskey, United States' C msul at Southampton,
acted as vice-presidents. Mr. John Macgregor, M.P.,
Mr. S. C. Hall, and Mr. J. E. Jones, the scu!ptor, were
among the English guests.
After the removal of the cloth,
Mr. PEABODY rose and said—Your Excellency and
Gentlemen,--I am now about to pass, in the common
acceptation of the phrase, " the loving cup." But I
have before we two cups, the one of British fabric, the
other of my native oak, presented to me several years
since by my esteemed friend M. Francis Pet4.sody, who
is now present. Before passing these cups anew me to
-ay a word or two with respect to the 'ley in connection
with myself. The first dinner I gave in c imtneemretion
f the 4th of July, 1776, was in this hall in 1850, and
I was then, as now, honoured by the preesuee of the
American Minister, of a large party of :ny own country-
men, and of several English friends, s one of wit en it is
my happiness to see around nee to-day. That experi-
ment proved successful, and in 1851, in consequence of
the large number of my countrymen who Caine over to
visit the Great Exhibition, I determined en substitutive
for the dinner a concert and ball. A few of my e un-
trymen endeavoured to dissuade me freer the attempt
to bring Englishmen anti American's together such an
occasion ; but the acceptance of the Duke of Welling-
ton put an end to my doubts, and a thousand happy
faces, at Almack'e, on the 4th of July, 1851, sealed
my success—(cheers)—and, I trust, broke down the
assumed barrier to the union of Englishmen and Ameri-
cans in celebrating this glorious anniversary, never again
to be erected. (Cheers.) This is the seventh year that
I have had the honour of presiding on these occasions
over an assembly of English gentlemen residing at home
and abroad, and my own countrymen from almost every
State in the Union, and I ant happy to say I have never
heard, and I trust and confidently believe I never shall
hear, a word uttered by any speaker calculated to dis-
turb in the slightest decree the harmonious feelings of
my guests. (Cheers.) For 20 years, gentlemen, I have
not been out of this kingdom, but during that titse I
have closely watched the progress of toy country and
my countrymen ;,and, following the fashion a; home, I
have erected in a very humble way nay" platferm" here
—a platform of peace and good-will tea•arae all men,
which I feel assured will be supported by my guests
to-day... (Loud cheers.) I know no party—no North,'
no South—but teat which includes our whole country.
(Cheers ) But to return, gentlemen, to the cups ;
these cups of love and peace, the one of British fashion,
the other of our American oak, filled from the same
fountain of gond cheer, I send one to the East and the
other to the West, and when they meet in the circling
bound may they pass with the touch of friendship.
(Cheers.)
The two cups were then passed round, Mr. Peabody
drinking to the guests from each State of the Union
separately, and afterwards to those from " Old England
and her Colonies."
Mr. PEABODY, in proposing the first toast, "The day
we celebrate,"called r ot only upon his own countrymen,
but upon all who were friendly to the sacred cause of
liberty and civilisation, to do honour t s the memories of
those great men who had pledged their fortunes, their
honour, and their lives to support that cause.
The toast was received with loud acclamations.
Mr. PEABODY claimed a bumper for the next toast,
which, he was sure, needed no speech from him to re-
commend it. The toa-t he had just proposed was the
only one to which he would have given precedence over
the present. • He had never yet known an American
who would not drink the toast of "Her Majesty the
Queen" with as much enthusiasm as the most loyal of
her subjects.
The toast was drunk with enthusiastic cheering.
Mr. PEABODY said he should next have the pleasure
of proposing a toast in honour of the chief magistrate
of the land of his birth, which he was sure would be
received both with the respect eto that gentleman's
high position and with the feelings of eethusiasm that
all Americans must feel f, et the country over which he
had been called to preside. (Cheers.) He gave "The
President of the United States," which was received
with great applause.
Captain MeoseseeroN, R.N., in proposing the next
toast, thanked their host, the merchant prince, who had
entertained them in so princely a manner—(cheers)—for
the efforts he had made to cultivate relations of friend-
ship between John Bull and Brother Jona( ban. (Cheers.)
Every right feeling Englishman must be proud and
happy to assist at the celebration of the tuitional festival
of the United States. They all, too, reverenced the •
memory of the illustrious Washington, who had been
selected by the great Disposer of events as an instru-
ment for carrying out a great purpose, (Cheers.) One
proof of that great man's wonderful prevision was his
assertion that, within 50 years, more than 500 persons
I per diem would leave the Old World to seek prosperity
in the New. (Hear.) He had stood on the wharf at
New York, and seen 10,000 people from the Old World
land there in one day. (Cheers.) Four years ago he
had travelled on horseback from Michigan to the Mis-
sissippi without meeting with a living soul. Three years
afterwards he had traversed the same country along
goon roads, and had seen golden harvests waving in the
fields. (Hear.) In the course of that three years a
country as large as England had been occupied and cul-
tivated. Captain Mackiunon concluded by proposing
"The Memory of Washington," which was drunk stand-
ing at a. in silence.
Mr. W. BROWN, M P.. said—Before proposing the
toast which has been placed in my hands, permit ins
to congratulate you on meeting you to cele-
brate a day which will ever be remembered in the
history of the world—a day from which we, the
subjects of her Majesty, have derived as much
advantage as you, the citizens of the United States.
(Cheers.) We are not answerable for the sins of states-
manship, for the grievous errors of our forefathers; and
your illustrious Washington—wise in the Senate, skilful
in the field—who must for ever live in your hearts, is
also remembered with profound respect by England as
well as by the whole of the civilised world. (Cheers )
How rejoiced would he be, were he living at this
moment, to see the prosperity of the country which he
may be said to have brought into existence, to see the
enterprising spirit of his countrymen leading them, now
to make a communication between two great oceans—the
Pacific and the Atlantic— now to bridge over lofty rocks,
and now to explore the perilous Arctic seas. (Cheers.) I
deny that England feels any jealousy towards the United
States ; we rejoice in your prosperity, we have wisdom
enough to know that by the prosperity of other nations,
particularly as regards the United States, we are as much
beuefitted as they are. (Cheers.) The notion that the
fortunes of one country arise from the misfortunes of
arm' her is, I trust, by this time exploded. True, some
slight differences exist now between us, but when we find
gentlemen like his Excellence, for whom we all feel the
deepest respect, and the Minister with reborn he has
to negotiate, anxious to get rid of those differences, there
can be little doubt that they will soon be amicably ad-
justed. (Cheers.) I beg to propose "The health of his
Excellency the American Minister," whose character
stands so pre-eminently high both in his own and in this
country.
The toast was drunk with loud cheers.
Mr. DALLAS—It is extremely difficult, amid expres-
sions of so much personal kindness, not to lose sight for
a moment of the great national demonstration on ac-
count of which we are assembled, amid I return you my
most hearty thanks for the personal compliment you
have paid to me. I r,-j ice to find in this ant so many
ardent and patriotic Americans met to celebrate the an-
niversary of our independence. (Loud cheers.) We are,
las a country, but 80 years of age ; we are at this moment