The Sun.
London, England, 1868-07-02 00:00:00

he has, as you know, with an energy which appear
to me almost without example, with a courage
nothing could daunt, with a faith nothing could
make to falter, and by sacrifices beyond estimation,
for they were sacrifices tbat if I was not in his pre'
sence I might relate to this meeting, aided by dis'
covery, and by science and by capital, I believe
he bas accomplished the greatest triumph which
the science and the intelligence of man has
ever achieved. (Cheers.) Soon after the laying
of the cable I had an opportunity of making 3
reference to that in a speech which I delivered in
the north of England, when I took the liberty Of
describing Mr. Cyrus Field as the Columbus Of
the 19th century—(cheers)—and may I not ask
when this cable was laid,wben the iron hand grasped
in the almost fathomless recesses of the ocean the
lost and broken cable—if it be given to the spirits
of great men in the eternal world, in their eternal
life, to behold the great actions of our lives—boj
much the spirit of the grand old Genoese must heral
rejoiced at the triumph, and at the new ties which
bound the world he had discovered to the world to
which but for him it might have been for ages to
come unknown. (Cheers.) I believe no man--
not Cyrus Field hitnself--has ever been able to
comprehend the magnitude of the great discovery
which has been given to mankind, and which
through him and his friends and scientific men
has been happily accomplished. I say with the
greatest sincerity, my heart is too full to permit
me to spak of it in the manner in which I feel
that I should. We all know that there are i 3
our lives joys and there are sometimes sorrows
that are too deep for utterance, and there are
manifestations of the goodness and the wisdom, and
the greatness of the Supreme which all our modes of
speech are utterly unable to describe. We can onlY
stand and look on to wonder and adore. (Cheers.)
But of the agency—the human agency—concerned,
we may more freely speak. I honour the great in'
venzors. In their lifetime they seldom receive all
the considerations to which they are entitled. All
old and valued friend of mine is one of them, and
that not the least--I speak of Mr. W. Fothergill
Cooke. Ido not see him here, and he may not b°
present. (A Voice : He is here.) I hope he is, and
about to take consolation for his long days of patient
investigation in the feelings which he has seen eg'
Whited here to-night, and for the service which has
been rendered to the world by the invention of which
he certainly was one of the chief discoverers. (AP"
plau3e.) I honour, too, Professor Wheatstone and
Professor Norse. I honour all those men of science
who have made this great fact possible, and I honotr
the gallant captain of that great ship—(enthn'
siastic cheering)—whose precious cargo was 13°t
landed in any port,• but, sunk in the ocean
depths, has brought measureless blessings to
mankind ; and I honour our distinguished,
may I not say illustrious, guest of tn.
night ; for after all that can be said of invention,
and of science, and of capital, it required the
unmatched zeal and patience of Mr. Cyrus Field to
bring to one grand completion the mightiest achieve'
meat of human intelligence which the world, in Eni
opinion, has ever accomplished. (Loud cheers.)
The toast of " Literature and Press of the Tiff°
Countries" was proposed by Lord Stratford de Red'
cliffe, and responded to by Mr. Park Grosvenor,
" 'The Extension of Telegraphy throughout the
World" was given by the Earl of Morley, and ac-
knowledged by M. Ferdinand de Lesseps; Mr. John
Horatio Lloyd proposed "The Ladies," and Lord
W. Hay "The Chairman."

The dinner was magnificently served by Messrs•
Willis. The plate used on the occasion was lent by
Messrs. Hancock.

MISCELLANEOUS NEWS.

(From the Anglo-American Times.)
The death of James Buchanan has called forth
strong contrasts in obituary comments. By some of the
American papers ho has been highly landed, by others 119
has been denounced as if still in the White House instoaa
of in the grave. The Round Table alludes to a circunY
stance that occurred at a 'Washington hotel at the time of
his inauguration as perhaps accounting for the extraordl-
nary change in Mr. Buchanan before 1857, when he suc-
ceeded to the Presidency and after, to 1861, when he 103
the chair covered with contmnpt. Mr. Buchanan's WO'
lest had been impaired by the effects of the notorious case of
well-poisoning at the hotel, leaving him more an object of
sympathy than of contempt, and it considers that this m3l
at some future day be shown by unimpassioned historians
to account for the difference between his early and lalo
career.

Guneral Samuel B. Cushing, formerly Atto"nel'
General of New York, while in Taylor's saloon at Nevi
York was taken suddenly ill, and died while being takes
to the hospital.

Good authority at Washington says that the
President has offered William G. Groesbeck, one of
counsel, the position of Secretary of the Treasury.
W. M. Harrison and James R. Barre, of Arkar'
sas, have been relieved by Congress from political disabi-
lities.

General Sheridan has sent 1,500 stand of arnls9
with ammunition, for distribution among the settlers,
where the Indians abound, to protect themselves against
the Indian savages.

Frederick ferally, of Philadelphia, was elected
President of the National Board of Trade, which has ad"
journed its session at Philadelphia till December, when it
is to meet at Cincinnati.

John Goulding, the New York pedestrian, corn-
pleted his thousand miles in a thousand hours on Satur'
day, 6th June, but he was so much used up that it is not
likely be will try a similar feat for some time to come. TV
ground was exceedingly unfavourable—saw dust on tt
flagged floor round four billiard tables. As he had W
ascend a flight of stairs after each mile it is calculated b_e°,
walked 1,200. When fairly asleep on the last day it N'18:
found almost impossible to wake him. His feet and leg'
were in a shocking state, and ha had severe pains in 00
groins, through the spine, and dizziness in the bead'
Although a light man he has lost 37 pounds in his Sls
weeks walk. Young Miles, who was backed at the sato°
time to accomplish this feat, injured his ankle after Per'
forming 608 miles. His trainer, Mr. Ross, occupying tli°
same room, fell asleep while Young Miles was reposing.'
Awakening suddenly, and seeing his trainer asleep, 311109
endeavoured to arouse him by shouting •, but, failing, 11°
drew a pistol, intending to startle him with the explosion,
but unfortunately lodged the ball in his trainer's neck, an
it is considered doubtful whether Mr. Ross will recover.
Mr. Reed, a Washington clerk, has ,4 come t°
to grief" from an attempt to collect $5 a head from tllO
office-holders, under the pretence of securing funds for th°
Republican campaign. This is another of those infamoua
means of spoliation to which the civil servants Of 06
United States are subjected by the politicianq, mulcted Wit
a contest in which they ought to have no interest, and
their very bread banging on the result of a Republican
or Democratic victory. How is it possible for men OM
treated and with a tenure so insecure to ba honest and
efficient employds ?
George C. Gorham commenced his official dutieo
as Secretary of the Senate vice Colonel Forney on the 6113
June. The Senate on that day, besides rejecting. 00
nomination of General M'Clellan to be Minister to Eng;
land, rejected also that of Josiah Dunham as assessor 0;
internal revenue in the Third Massachusetts district, an
Charles R. Hall, as collector of customs for the district 0'
Stonington, Connecticut.
Mr. John Hendrick, of Connecticut, and Edwari
Burke, of New Hampshire, are striving hard and hopefully
for that glorious office still dangled by the President und't
the noses of hungry office-seekers- -the CommissionersniP
of Patents.

General Grant has been at West Point to deliver
the diplomas to the graduating class, which numbers 58.

Births.

CUMING—On the 30th ult., at 145, Adelaide-road, the wife
of Sam. Owning, jun., of a son.
MAYNARD—On the 30th ult., at 8, Oberstein-road, Noir
Wandsworth, the wife of F. W. Maynrad, Esq., of a
daughter.•

THYNNE—On the 29th ult.., at Berrylands, Sarbiton, Mrs•
E. L. Thynne, of a son.

Marriages.

BLAKELY—WALT= —On the let inst., at All Soul's, Lang'
hara-place, London, Edward T. Blakely, Esq., to ErnnA
sec Ind daughter of John W. Walker, Esq., of Sevenoalas
Kent.

HOLLAND TANNER —Ou the Ist lust., at St. Thomas'St
Portman-square, Richard D. Holland, Esq., of Sprier
grove, Heston, to Frances, fourth daughter of the WI
Thomas Tanner, Esq., Secretary to the Army Medici'.
Board.