The Liverpool Standard and General Commercial Advertiser.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1838-07-24 00:00:00

THE BANQUET.

The dinner, which was served in the Grand Dining-room,
was provided by Mr. Lynn, of the Waterloo Hotel. The
mention of this fact is sufficient to satisfy the public, that it
was sumptuous and elegant. In short, on this occasion, Mr.
Lynn outdid himself as well in the delicacy of the viands as
in the taste of the devices and decorations. The ornamental
emblems very generally expressed the union and concord ex-
isting, not only between England and France, but amongst
all other nations.
About seventy gentlemen sat down to table. Marshal
Soult sat on the right of the Mayor, and his son, the Marquis
of Dalmatia, on the left. The remainder of the distinguished
visitors occupied seats on each side of his worship. Amongst
the other guests we observed Sir John Stuart Monteith, one
of the oldest and best reformers of England, and who was
honoured with his title at the coronation; the Hon. Colonel
Molyneux, son of the Earl of Sefton ; Colonel Campbell,

the Commander of the District; Captain Chappell, the
Conductor of the Post-office Packets; Randal Wilbr..bam,
Esq., M.P.; the Mayor of Chester; the Boroughreeve of
Manchester; Henry Lawrence, Esq , C. H. Jones, Esq.,
John Woolwright, Esq., Joseph Ewart, Esq., Christopher
Rawson. Esq., William Earle, Esq., Joshua Walmsley,
Esq., William Wallace Currie, Esq. T. Blackburne, Esq.,
Hugh" Hornby, Esq., Charles Horstall, Esq., Thomas Bolton,
Esq., Enoch Harvey, Esq., 'F. J. Hall, Esq., Pascoe Gren-
fell, Esq , Heywood Jones, Esq., Joseph Hornby, Esq.,
Joseph Langton, Esq., Henry Romilly, Esq., R. H. Gregg,
Esq., of Manchester, Theodore Rathbone, Esq., the Rev.
Jonathan Brooks, the Rev. Dr. Shepherd, and many of the
most influential gentry and merchants of the town.
The cloth having been withdrawn, and a most sumptuous
dessert placed upon the table,
The MAYOR arose and said Our distinguished guests
will, lam sure, if from no other reason, from the known
gallantry of their nation, excuse our rendering our homage
first where the homage of all Englishmen is especially due,
to our youthful Queen ; and permit me to propose, ' The
health of her Majesty the Queen, Duchess of Lancaster.'"
The toast was received with loud cheers, and it was drunk
with the most marked enthusiasm.

The MA rots again arose and said :—" It is with much
pleasure that I have now the honour to propose the health of
the head of a great nation with which, we hope, we may per-
manently continue in cordial alliance, to the benefit of each
country and the advantage of the rest of the world, the only
rivalry between us being, in future, in the career of im-
provement, and in promoting those objects which are most
calculated to increase the real happiness of nations. • His
Majesty, the King of the French."'—(Loud applause fol-
lowed the toast.)
The Duke of DALMATIA, after a short pause, arose and
addressed the assembly in French. He expressed his sense
of the honour which had been conferred on his nation by the
remarks of the Mayor, and said he should report the same to
the King on his return. He should'also tell his Majesty of
the intelligence of the people of Liverpool, with whose li-
berality and kindly feeling he expressed himself highly gra-
tified. He had often heard the Xing speak of Liverpool in
terms of admiration; and all that he had, therefore, been

led to expect bad been more than realized. Accepting, as
he had done, a mission of peace, he should feel proud and
happy if he could assist in conducing to feelings of concord
and unanimity between two of the greatest nations in Europe.
His feeling was, that there should be no more war between
them, but that they should be united in the same cause—the
cause of universal freedom and good-will to all mankind.
His excellency concluded by reciprocating the kind feelings
expressed by the Mayor, and drinking the town of Liverpool
and the health of his worship. (Cheers.)
The MAYOR said, that it would be the greatest affectation
in him to deny, that he felt the highest gratification in hav-
ing his health drunk by so great and distinguished an indi-
vidual as Marshal Soult. "It is our privilege," continued.
his worship, " to have as our guest an illustrious individual
whom the King of the French has honoured as his representa-
tive. That distinguished warrior is now entering, may Ibe
permitted to say, a yet more glorious career, 'and is proving
how his presence may draw nations more closely together iu.
the bonds of amity and peace. I speak, I am sure, the
unanimous voice of my fellow-townsmen, when I express our
high sense of the honour conferred on us by our distinguished.
guest in coming amongst us. I cannot look upon it as a mere
passing event, but as the augury of that closer alliance be-
tween the two great nations, by which the prosperity of each.
may be increased, and which must prove a blessing to alt
mankind at large. Allow me to propose, The health of his
Excellency Marshal Soult.' "—The Mayor had resumed his
seat, but he again arose and said, he shouli be gratified if
they would give the toast in the true English style, with three
times three.

Immediately the whole company arose, and gave three
times three hearty cheers. 'I he French suite seemed not
only amused, but highly gratified at this display of feeling,
and it appeared to us that they caught some of the enthu-
siasm.

The Duke of DA LMATIA said, that the sentiments which
the Mayor had done him the honour to express he hoped he
would allow him in the fullest extent to reciprocate, and he
wished the same to be understood with respect to the whole
town of Liverpool. The reception and the hospitality which
he had met excited a proud feeling in his heart, and be should
feel gratified to bequeath to his children a memorial of the
honours which they had conferred upon him. He hoped the
commercial prosperity of this port and the commercial inter-
course of this country with his own would be increased to the
greatest extent. (Applause.)
The MAYOR said— • I have learned, that his Excellency
has yet other claims to respect. In that smaller, yet deeply
interesting, circle, the bosom of his own family, he has the
gratification of seeing the statesmen and the philanthropist.
We shall, therefore, I should hope, not be doing what is un-
welcome to Marshal Soult, while we only do justice to our
own feelings, in drinking the health of the Marquis of Dal-
matia and the Marquis de Mornev."—(Cheers.)
The Marquis of DALMATIA said, some years had elapsed
since he had last been in this town, but the courteous recep-
tion which he then met with had not, nor ever would be,
effaced from his memory. He had, during his present brief
sojourn, been gratified to look upon the many changes and
upon the great improvements that had taken place. This he
must refer, wherever he had seen it, not only to the spirit of
the nation, but to the love of freedom, which was the most
powerfut and, indeed, the only beacon which led to great
achievements,—the only power which led to the accomplish-
ment of great things —(Much applause.) It was by the bless-
ing of splendid exertions that great rewards came. This
country had obtained an unparalle led fame: " that it may
gather and increase," said the noble marquis," is my most
sincere hope."—(Applause.)
After a pause of afew moments, _ _ _

The Marquis de MoarsiET arose, and was loudly cheered.
The noble marquis is one of the most popular speakers in the
French senate, and he spoke with so much vivacity and ani-
mation, and rapidity, that it was with difficulty we could catch
more than the import of what he uttered. He is the great
advocate of the free trade systetia in the tribune of his coun-
try, and his opinions have great weight; and therefore, they
are held in respect in this country. The marquis commenced
by saying, that he thanked the company for the kind manner
in which they had drank his health, and he should always
remember his reception in Liverpool-and amongst them with

feelings of pride and gratification It had alWays been his
object, in the tribune of his own country, to advocate a free
trade system; and what he had seen, since he came to Eng-
land, had determined him still more strenuously to advocate
it.—(Applause.)
The M A ?nit proposed, as the next toast," Prosperity to
the French nation, and the healths of the noblemen and gen-
tlemen around us, representatives of names enrolled in the
pages of history."—(Cheers.)
The Count de PnAstiti briefly returned thanks.

The MA Yon alluded briefly to`the sentiments that had been
expressed by the Marquis de Morney. We should not (he
said) he considered sincere, in this commercial place, if we
did not express our conviction of the value of a better under-
standing of the true principles of commercial intercourse.
He ventured, therefore, to propose, as a sentiment, "The
free and unrestricted interchange of the productions of our
respective countries."—( Applause.) _ _ _

The Marquis of DAtr;tAii.st proposed the Lady Mayoress
and the ladies of Liverpool.
The MAYOR, in return, drank the ladies of France, who,
he believed, were the great inducements to their guests to
leave them, for they were hurrying away on the following
morning.
The toast was then drunk with applause, and
The MAYOR said, as the ladies were the subject of that,
their last toast, they would now join them.
The company were about rising to depart, when,
The Margins de MORNEY, in a brief speech, returned
thanks on behalf of the French ladies; and proposed all the
English ladies.—(Applause.)
1 he company then retired to join the ladies and gentlemen
whii had been invited to the soiree.