Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-12-13

tors ia Losld1tt, IL was iitifilHvuitsy ~
tended, ulnong The gsaests the lsigh
Honorabls tile Earl OF Granville, t.is Tx
oelleiiey Tho American Minister, Ills Isx
cellsney VIII Henry Lytton 13uiwer
minister 10 the United Stuses) Hon
Robert ]. Walkef (late Secretary Of tlls
Treasury oftlleU ~ sir Joseph Paxton
(lhe Architect " Tho Grystal pallaee) wert
particularly no.ieed.
After several 'tonsts Hon r. j. Walker
offered the following sentiment: IIei
Muiestys eloquent and distinguished
Envoy 10 tho United States, Sir Henry
Lytton Dnlwer, may he long live 10 wit
ness lile results of lils neblo efforts III ~.
uniting tlls hsarts alid hands of Engiand
md Anaefloa.
Tbs soast was received with much
cheering, which was renewed when sir
II. Dnlwef rose 10 reply, md continued
fof some time. Silence being restored
sif TIrnaY 1.YrroN Bubwna mid MIR.
Chaifman and gentlemen, quite agree
with my noble friend, Lord Granville. who
lately addressed yoii, thntlhis III not An oe.
cassion on which Il Il necessary 10 make
yor long aud formal speech; and. indeed,
II I had boom lIaat way Inclined, after
oil That has been said by my honorable
friend (Mr. Walkcr) who has just sst
down. should be afraid 10 hitter more
than i very few words, Lost I slloaiA ell-
dnnger his character for vefacily, and lose
that which he has given mo
for sloquonce. IChoera. but this 1
must any, tatniliarly, that ] could siot help
being struck ---nrst, IL the turtle soup went
round, then ~ tile loving cup passsd honl
mouth to mouth, aud finally as i listened
to the excellent aud eloquent speeches
that were subsequently dolivered--nt the
singular practical ignorance that wns dis.
played by nn houorable friend Of mine.
when, during the sitting ofthe diplomatic
oomurittoe lust sersion. he asked my noble
ffistid, Tho Secretary Of State for Foreign
Affairs, whether Id saw any possible con.
nexion between diplomacy md dinning.
Laughter aud oheurs.l cnhnoi help
that. n my honorable friend were
now here. we should be able to give him
what the Yankees would call correct
,l0fs0,as ~ sothls inntser, LANCASTER and
chcers.l But sineo he IL not here. I will
elfhndeFtaketo nasnre you. Mr.. Chair-
man, that BY shisanl similar acts ofhospi.4
talssy you have HI no slight degree iseca.
tile road which my honorable
friend, Mr. Lawrence, Il going alsead
ltpon, 10 much TO his own credit, and also
70 much 70 the advantage of this country.
For f1iyself, cir, [ ana particularly indebted
10 you; for you hnge given me this eve-
lilMg tho opfofsunity Of greeting your
eounlfymen on this sido of tho Atlantic
with the satno heartielt cordiality. tho
same never-to.bo.fofgotten kindness, with
which they received me Oh the other.---
Welcome ngain TO tllis lalla, which II dear
10 me as my home, md which possesses
i sort u kindred right 70 gem, affection as
tho home Of your fathers. Hero you will
have found those ancient edifices which,
whether as monuments Of power ot as
works of arl. are noble records Of onr
common race; here repose the aslles Of
those great writer's of tlse past, iii whose
falne we hnve joint iailerltancc hero
rrow up, Ill Wisdom and tcnown, those
learned aud inst Legislators, those profound