Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1836-05-23
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DINNER TO Mr.. FOX,
In celebrations of thu Mediation of thtaf Bn
foiu J,treen the United States and France.

foiu btfnetn the United .>fates ana f'a"''.
A number Of gentlemen OF Baltimore having ne-
,ermined 10 express then appreciation oil INC "'e-
raj course pursued towards the United States by
an. coy.runrn, of Great Britain in the affair OF
the Mediation. took an early opportunity after the
.rr;val If HrSRy S. Fox, Esq. his Britannia Ma
;c.,x,x Minister, 10 invite him To u dinner, To be
.,;vcn at Mr.. Pages in that city, on the 1th INST.
Mr. Fox promptly accepted the invitation, ana
suitable preparations were accordingly mace 10
xipualize the event which the dinner wan intended
10 celebrate. Tie Chief Justice OF the United
States. the Wee President and the Heads OF De-
uarlmcnt, the diplomatic representatives OF loreirn
mowers. Gncluding the Secretary oil the BRUSH
LEGATION and the British Consul At this city, the
C,nn;ssionef, of the Navy, the MARYLAND Scna-
Tors in the lluited States Senate, the Representa-
,;ycs in Congress from the City OF Baltimore, the
District Judge OF this District, and tho Mayor OF
the CITY, were invited as guests.
On Saturday, the 1th inst. the company sat
down to dinner u, h1lf past SIX o'clock. lle Ia
Bile was most sumptuously supplied with every thing
TO crafty the palate, served up with an elegance
certainly never surpassed, if ever eqnallcd at any
public dinner in thi, city. Thu liheralliy and the
taste ofthe host, Nj. Page, were conspicaous'y dis
played in the abundance as well as in the match
les, cookery OF lis siands, III the dellcaclcs
which his research had provided, IN the cosIliness,
excellence and variety oil his wines, and IN the
rich embellishments with which the board was a.
durned. The room was decorated with portraits
of,bc President oll4a United States and of H.
liam the Fourth, surrounded each with the nag OF
his country. For the taste exhibited IN these and
other arrangements olthe feast, We are indebted to
Col. JonN Thomas.
Nj. Gu.noR presided, assisted by }. MEREDITH,
Up. KENNEDY, Dr.. MAeArLIy, and }. ). Memo
LAS, a, Wee Presidents.
During the evening the company drunk the fol-
lowing toasts;
| The President of the United States.
?. His Britannia Majesty, William the / ourth-
We recognizes IN his late mediation, un ono hand,
the chivalrous ooufiesH OF a gallant nation 10 an an-
Gent and brave Toe, aud, Oh the other, an honora-
BILE acknowledgment OF the ties Of kindred 10 a
people who have inherited with English law and
liberty, claim to share IN the early irinmpIs OF
Eneiand's arts and arnis.-Alas tins sentiment b,
the sure foundation OF perpetual friendship be-
tween us and our tatlielland
This sentiment WAS received with a lively man
Hesitation of good feeling by the company, and
was responded TO by Mr.. foA IN tho following lam
guage
GrNr1rMrN-l thank you, most cordially, II
the name OF my Government and OF my Country
for the manner IN which YOU have drunk the lealri
Vt the Sovereign of Great Britain, and Tor the
handsome terms ia which YOU have spoken OF the
late offer OF mediation. That ofeI has been no.
Div responded to h1 the Government aud by til,
People Of America. We know that thu Office o.
pcace-maker is blessed throughout all lands but
how supremacy eritil, ine, when the occasion is
found Tor exercising that Office towards a friendly
and a kindred nation Towards i people who feel
and acknuN ledge the kindness of the act, and who
well know the value OF its results -Gcn,lcmcn,
NAV uuly say that il IS for the interest Of the
whole human race dial America should continue
TO enjo, the blessing. of peace,-tor America
knows ow 10 turn those blessings 10 a noble use.
When | behold the amazing, the unesampled pro-
trcss which this country is making, is daily and
hourly making, in all the paths OF peaceful eivlliAa-
ton, in arts and in literature, and in every noble
enterprise OF industry and commerce when |
behold these things, and when | reflect, or the 9th
CT hand, upon how nice a balance the event SEEM
ed lately 10 hang, whether all these happy pursuits,
whether all these fair hopes, were not to he sud-
denly crossed aud interrupted by thu rude hand of
war-l feel that it is a Just cause Tor exulta''on to
an E.n~glishman, that the mediation OF his Govern
meut has been in some degree instrumental in a.
verting 50 cruel a calamity. | firmly believe that
50 long as friendship subsists between England, A.
mrriea and France, they may command peace over
the globe. | am as firmly persuaded, that a war
now waged, between any two OF these three great
liberal Powers, would retard, and perhaps for gen-
CREATIONS 10 come, the general Improvement Of man
Kind.
Gentlemen, in thanking YOU for the toast you
have drunk 10 the health OF my beloved Sovereign,
will add that if fever there Wa a Ming IN the world
whose name may be hailed with pride and satisfac-
ton in an assembly of troemcn-in an assembly Of
American citizens,-il is King William the Fourth
of England. For already. during the few years
that he has %reigned, aud under his generous auspi-
ces, a greater progress has been made in England,
in strengthening and securing our free aud popular
institutions, than during long ages that preceded.
As Americans, you are partakers, YOU are inlleri-
tors, together will, ourselves, of the glorious birth
right Of British Liberty, and | am sure YOU be-
hold with interest and affection the present course
of public affairs in England. You there behold a
King AMI his subjects, no, madly struggling against
eacl, other for vain supremacy, but a Patriot King
leading on a willing people in the grea, march of
intellect and Improvement IA government and a
nation laboring cordially together, not to extend
the dominions of their country by war, but to render
its social and political institutions more free and
more popular. This is the great work in which
your brethren in England are now employed, and
! am sure that they have the good wishes Of the
people of America for their success.
Gentlemen, my sincere and ardent hope is. tina,
the friendship which now unites our two coun,rir,
the two great nations of kindred race that neo-
Pile America and England that our friendship
may be as lasting as it is l. honorable and preciou, 10
both. We will all strive and study to cultivate ard
10 perpeiuate il. We owe this to our common Ian.
puaoR- VI. owe If IN thu n,amarr .f 49,.