New-York daily tribune., 1843-04-04
go, or Mr.. g,.re.. ia England.

.nniyersary of the British Geological oocie'y' d.
Sonerse, Hou,e, in London, was Mr.. Everett 1ne
American Minister, who occupied seat at the lett
nc ,becbar. IA. Warburton presiding, the French
Ambassador occupying the right. iae se'uent
took the proper occasion TO com nPi'ne''. oar ..@-
presepratiye. and remarked that " there is no Ma
ton as Geolosists we are bound more to honor 10
the person of its Minister, than the United States
oe North America. For no steps Continued he,)
more calculated TO pranote Geological search, and
TO lead 10 important results In our science have
ever beea taken By the Government OF any country
than have been taken by many OF the States OF lha
great Confederation" lie could expatia,e on the
subject. but would deyolvc on his distinguished
friend, Me. Lyeil, who just returned from
profes yisi, to America, the agreeable dut.
OF proposing Mr.. Everett's hsalth,-knowing that
ont Of The abundance of the heaIt the mouth speak
eth
Mr. LYELL responded TO the call of the Presi-
dent as follows
Genaemen-I feel grateful to the President for
having called upon nae TO propose The next toast
the health Of our distinguished guest, the Min
ister for the United States, Mr.. Everett, as 1t at
fords me opportunity OF expressing the tsel-
ings Of satisfaction and pleasure with which look
back 70 my late visit 10 his country.-"ere L to
give vent to the warmth Of my feelings, some OF
my hearers might perhaps, suspect me OF undue
partality, caused by the hsttering reception which
[ met with in the United States. But am pre-
pared, TO deny that can have been blinded by
any unusual share Of courtesy and attention. be-
cause | have, gentlemen, experienced no more
than had been often paid to me, and TO many OF
nd hen have "A
France, Germany, and ether European countries,
where we were known to be zeaiously engaged III
the pursuit of our tayoiite study. The treemasenIv
of science has procured US everywhere teilow.la-
oorers and friends, and | cannot ascfoe the pecu
1iar qualification and pleasure which l enjoyed,
during my w1nderlngs through sixteen States OF
zhe UAion, 70 gratitude tor hospitality or per
soual kindness. Whether it arose from that pow
erful bond of sympathy, community OF language
ard origin or from The general regard and respect
which found entertained tor my country, what
ever be- the cause felt in riie GATED States for
the first time, that | could be for months in
foreign land and forged that | was stranger
Were ever SO untoEGnate to quit my native
land and reside permanently elsewhere, should
without hesitation, choose the United States for
uy second country, especially New-Eng land, o
which Mr.. Everett is o native, where c population
of more than TWO millions enjoy higher average
standard of prosperity and intellectual advance
snent, than any other population Of equal amount
on the globe. 1t is to Massachusetts, the most
prominent of the New-England States, that we
are indebted, gentlemen, tor the publication of the
4irs. of those State Surveys, by which the pro-
Sress Of Geology has been much forwarded in
North America, and it fortunately during the
four wears when Mr.. Everett was Governor of that
State, that Professor Hitchcock with whose ex-
celent work you are well acquainted, applied TO
she Legislature for permission to renew and re-
wise the Survey, with which he had been entrusted
AIr. Everett well aware of the rapid progress
which the science had made in few years, warmly
prompecd Prof. Hitchcock views, and under these
auspices more enlarged and perfect edition, in
two volumes, of the State Report was produced,
which you will find dedicated TO distinguished
guest, Mr.. Eyerett.-Eg hieen STATES of the Union
have followed the example Of Massachusetts and
appointed Geological Surveyors, by which they
have afforded more efficient patronage, and given
gpeater impulse TO the progress Of our science in
the last ten years, than 1t ever received in an
equal period OF time from any one Government III
Europe. The American State Surveys not
exclusively confined to the practical bearing oi
Geology On economical improvements, although
this was professedly their chief end, but the Sur
veyors unfcttered by narrow utiiitaraa restrictions
were literally encouraged to collect facts and pub
lish speculations, which they deemed likely TO illus
the general principles of the science and lead
TO sound theore,ica conclusions.
| owe it chiefly to these surveys that, wherever
1 went, was welcomed by able and practical OBJ
servers, especially in the great States OF New
York, Pennsylvania and Virginia, each OF them
equal to or exceeding England in their territorial
extent, aud of which elaborate maps and sections
have been already made, all of which l was freely
permitted to peruse, and the accuracy OF which
had often opportunities of testing in the field
The final Reports of New York have begun to
make their appearance, and viii soon be
pleted; but it may be some years before Professor
w. Rogers and his brother will be enabled to lay
before you the result of their elaborate inyestga-
eions in Virginia and Pennsylvania, respecting
which curiosity has been excited by their ad-
mirablo memoir the structure of the Apsfn-
chan chain. But found gco!ogists, gentlemen
beyond the limits OF the State Surveys, and when
! reached Cincinnati, the western limit of my
tour, was kindly invited to proceed farther west
by letter from stranger, Mr.. Dale Owen, of In
diana, whose account of his adopted country you
have lately heard read with pleasure; and when
arrived, in the course of my ssuthern travels, at
Savannah, ia Georgia, an equally urgent request
was sent ne TO extend my tour in that direction,
by Mr.. Hamilton Couper, of Darien, whose inter
esting paper on thet district was discussed at our
last meeting.
But must conclude with cengratuatipg
you on the new end magnificent field of inquiry
laid open to US by the lsbors of transatlantic
brethren, and shall now propose that drink the
health of that highly gifted aud eloquent states.
man, who has this day come among US their
representative.
Mr. Ey9kKrr made his acknowledgements for
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