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coming to you, but unhappily it is now arranged that Lord
Mayo will not speak until after dinqer, and I therefore
fear that my presence at the only time of the evening when

could have been of use will be impossible.

" I should have much enjoyed, and I had greatly
coveted, the opportunity your kindness offered for speak-
ing a word of good will to your country. But I am detained
here by a yet higher duty; for there is, in my judgment,
no duty for public men in England which at this juncture
is so high, so sacred, as that of studying the case of Ire-
land, and applying the remedies which I believe it admits.
" We shall be here till past midnight, but not without
thoughts of your festival and cf the greatness of the coun-
try with which it is connected. You are called to encoun-
ter difficulties, and to sustain struggles which some years
ago I should have said were beyond human strength. But
I have learnt to be more cautious in taking the measure of
American possibilities, and, looking to your past, there is
nothing which we may not hope of your future.—l
" W. E. GLADSTONE."

am, &c.,

Mr. Bright was detained for the same reason. A
letter entrusted to Mr. Field by one of the principal
citizens of New York was read. It was addressed to
Mr. John Bright, whom Mr. Field had hoped to
have had the pleasure of seeing that evening. He
could say, without fear of contradiction, that there
was no man living who would meet a better recep-
tion in America than Mr. John Bright. The letter
was as follows : _ _

"New York, Feb. 17, 1868.

"Dear Sir,—Your friends in America are so anxious to
see you that we beg leave to renew at this time the invi-
tation which you have so often received to make a visit to
this country.

" You will receive a hearty welcome from thousands to
whom your name is already familiar, but who desire to
hear your voice, and to take you by the hand.
" Your presence at this time would tend to strengthen
the ties between your country and ours, and we beg leave
to suggest a visit during the ensuing spring, if you can
thou be indulged in a short respite from your duties in
Parliamtnt. Hoping that you may find this possible and
convenient,—We are, &c.,
" To John Bright, Esq." _ .

" • "
lhe American Minister was also unavoid,ibly ab-
sent, though both the Secretary of Legation and the
Consul were present. Among the guests were Sir
Chas. Wheatstone, the lion. Mr. Morse, Mr. Moran,
Mr. Childers, M.P., Sir Chas. Fox, Mr. W. E. Fors-
ter, Mr. S. Gurney, M.P., Mr. Scholefield, Sir
Charles Bright, M.P., Mr. E swards, M.P., Mr.
Brassey, M.P., Sir Samuel Canning, Capt. Sherard
Osborn, the Rev. Newman Hall, Captain Douglas
Galton, Mr. Romaine, Dr. Anstie, Mr. J. L!oyd,
Mr. Walter, Dr. Russell, LL.D., Mr. Walker, Col.
Anderson, Mr. Smalley, Captain Mackinnon, M.P.,
Mr. Latimer Clark, Mr. S. P. Bidder, Captain
Richards, Mr. M'Lean, Mr. Elliott, Mr. Chatter-
ton, Colonel Muter, Mr. Mackay, Mr. Dudley,
Mr. Saward, Captain Moriarty, &c. The party
broke up at a late hour.

THE DESPATCHES OF MR. C. E ADAMS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The debate in the House on the 6th instant is
indicative of a marked change in English feeling
towards America. The earnest desire expressed by

British statesmen of all shades of opinion, is fairly

and amicably to settle the differences outstanding
between the nations, and earnestly to endeavour to

draw as closely as possible the bonds of friendship
which should exist between the wings of the Eng-

fish speaking peoples. 'This was the burden of Mr.
Lefevre's remarks and of Lord Stanley's reply. It
was the note on which the members on both sides of
the House dwelt; and it must have been satisfactory
to Mr. Adams, the American Minister, who attentively

Listened to the debate. That gentleman during his

term of office could recal many discussions on Ameri-

can subjects in that House, but he never had heard
one calculated to give him the same pleasure as the last
at which he will perhaps ever be present in his
capacity •of American Minister. On February 9,
1865, he thus wrote to Mr. Seward :—" The only
event of the past week was the assembling of Par-
liament on Tuesday. I have the honour to trans-
mit a copy of the Queen's Speech. The debates on
the Address were languid in both houses. I send a
copy of the Tones of the Bth instant containing a
report of them. The only speeches of interest to
us were those of Lord Derby and Lord Russell. The
former unhappily betrays the loose manner in which
he keeps himself informed of the facts occurring in
America. That of the latter is in a better spirit,
and les3 hampered with qualifications than
heretofore. You will not fail to note the
impression of large impending claims for damages
betrayed by him. I have reason to believe that
this idea prevails rather generally. This uneasiness

is increased by the notices understood to be about
to be given of the termination of various l xis tin g
treaty engagements. They even go so far as to
affirm that they, if forced back into the Union,
will be the first to advocate the policy. The motive
of this is apparent enough. A general conscious-
ness that there has been some good ground for com-
plaint is easily worked upon to stimulate suspicion.
I have at no time since the happening of the Treat
case perceived a more general restlessness and dis-
trust. I feel it my duty to dwell ou this subject a
little, in order that the Government may be in a
better position to adapt itself to tnis new game
of tactics. In the peculiar condition of Parlia-
ment, where members are anxious not to commit
themselves hastily to any sentiments that may em-
barrass them in their elections, it is not probable
that this feeling will find very free vent. Yet I
know that it exists, and would be brought out by
any extraordinary event to encourage it." There
was a great debate on the 13th March, 1865, on the
Defences of Canada, which Mr. Adams reported the
next day to his Government with the following re-
marks :--" I think both countries have some occa-
sion for congratulation in the fact that at last Bri-
tish statesmen begin to open their eyes to the per-
ception of the magnitude of the questions which
have been involved in the present contest, and of
the importance of recognising the validity of the
policy adopted by our Government. This is the
best guarantee yet given of the preservation of
friendly resolutions. The tone of the debate, as
well as the unequivocal manner in which it was sus-
tained by the sentiment of the assembly, cannot fail
to produce a great effect over Europe as well as in
America. I congratulate the President as well as
yourself, as being his chief adviser in his foreign
policy, upon the testimony incidentally, but not the
less decidedly, borne to the firm and dignified man-
ner in which that policy has thus far been directed."
➢lr. Disraeli, the present Prime Minister of Eng-
land, then leader of the Opposition, made a speech
which he can now recall with satisfaction. He
said—" I have never imputed anything against the
conduct of the Government of the United States
throughout this great struggle; but, on the contrary,
I am ❑ow prepared, after further experience, to re-
peat what I said two years ago, that, under circum-
stances of almost unprecedented difficulty, that Go-
vernment has conducted itself with great energy
and discretion." The right. hon. gentleman pro-
ceeded to dispel the fear that on the termination of
the American war England would be brought into
collision with the United States. He believed the
people to be eminently sagacious, and even if co►n-
pletely victorious in the civil war, they were not
likely to enter on a second struggle with a nation
inferior neither in power nor determination to the
Southern States. Though uot insensible to the
glory of great dominion and extended empire, they
were influenced by the same passions as other na-
tions which enjoy freedom, and it was not a mo-
ment of exhaustion they would select for prosecut-
ing an enterprise requiring great resources and ex-
ertions. There were other reasons which induced
him to dispute the opinion that the United States
would, on the conclusion of their civil contest, en-
gage in a war with England. " I have not," Mr.
Disraeli said, " been influenced in forming my
judgment upon points of such vast importance by
that sort of rowdy rhetoric which has been ex-
pressed at public meetings and by certain journals
in America, and upon which people in this country
found their conclusions as to the public character
and opinions of the American people. I look upon
these expressions of opinion as I should look upon
those strange and fantastic drinks of which we hear
so much, and which are such favourites on the
other side of the Atlantic; and I should as soon
suppose this rowdy rhetoric was the expression of
the real feeling of the American people, as that
these potations formed the aliment an I nutrimen'
of their bodies. There is another reason why this
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