The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-04-04

At the dinner given to MAcREADY, in Lon
don, on the I'D ultimo, Sir f.. BULwEa LrT-
TON, the chairman, after many complimentary
remarks upon the actor, said:
ssBut these recollections belong to the past-the
actor, the manager. are no more. near, ncal.l
der than actor or manager To-day we have with
Us the man. Tremendous cncerlng.l Gentle
men, to speak Of those virtues which adorn home,
and arc only known in secret. has always appeared
10 be out Of place ON public occasions; but there
some virtues which cannot be called private
which accompany men everywhere-which form
this n bscoss us 10 speak. for it is to this we are
met e do homage. ! mean integrity, devotion to
pure ends. high ambition, mental Independence.
and honor that never knew STAIN" lap
plauss.1
In proposing the health of the chairman, Mr..
Charles Dickens said:
sGentlemen, a. it seems to me, there are three
great requisites essential to the perfect realisation
Of . scene 20 unusual and 20 splendid az that In
which we are now assembled. Tho nrst, and
ing The stron ehold in the general remembrance,
the indisputabIe claim Of the general regard and
esteem, which IL possessed by my dear and much
valued sad our suss body sutel
tainers-a great multitude of hosts cheerful and
good HUNDRED (under, ! am sorry TO say, some
psrsonal inconvenience,) 20 warm hearted, and 90
nobly In earnest. ~ those whom have the privi-
lege Of addressing. IHear, hearl The third, and
certainly not the least Of these requisites is presi
dent who. less by his social position, which he may
claim by Inheritance or by his fortune. which may
have been adventitiously won. and may be again
accidentally lost, than by his comprehensive &C.
MUS shall ftly represent the best part Of him TO
whom honor done. and the best Of those who unite
"Afssr abiding 10 the farewell benefit of We'd
neoday, Mr. Dickens continued: Gentlemen, 1t 10
this night, and what have seen and known in the
bygone times Of Mr.. Macready's management, Of
the strong friendship Of Eir Bulwer Lytton for him,
of the association Of his pen with his earliest sue
services; bat it may be permitted me TO say what,
in any public mention Of him can never repress,
that In the path we both tread have uniformly
found him, from the first, the most generous Of
(oheers1 anxious to assert the order OF which
he IL 90 great an ornament; never condcscending
to shuttle It of, and leave It outside ~
MuMulman might leave his slippers outside .
mosque. loud cheers and laughter. There is
popular prejudice, kind Of superstition, to the
effect that authors are not . particularly united
body-that they are not invariably and inseparably
I. .tached to each other. GCheers and laughter.] l
am fraid must concede half grain or DO OF truth
10 that superstition; but this know. that there
smony The fo,.awers of literature of moro
h;rh stsndng or further above these little grudg.
ing jsalousies, which do sometimes disparage its
brightness, than Sir Edward Bulwer Lytton:
TC6eers.l And havo the strongest reason just at
erst;cr a. those evis which are sometimes unfor-
tunatsly attendant upon It, though not on MIN.
"Tor. in conjunc ton with some other gentlemen
now present, I have just embarked in design
with Sir Lytton Bulwer to smooth the rugged way
OF young laborers, both in literature and sne nno
arts and TO soften by no cleenosynary means the
declining years Of meritorious age: Loud cheers.
And if that project prosper, as hope It will, and
as know II ought. Il will DO one day an honor to
ating in biz sympathies being brought into opera
ton BY his activity, and endowed from it, very
cradle BY his generosity: There are many among
drinking our chairman's health, resting his claim
probably upon some ono of his diversified sue
cesses According to the nature Of your reading,
some Of you win connect him with prose. others
vill connect him with poetry ono will connect him
with comedy, and another with the romantic pas
sions Of the stage; and his assertion OF worthy am
bition and earnest struggles against those twin
1ortune [Chsers.l Again, another's taste will
lead him 10 the contemplation Of Rienzi and Rome;
another's to the rebuilt and repeopIed streets of
firsside where tho Caxton family learned how to
discipline their natures and tame their wild hopes
down. loud cheers.l But, however various their
feeling. and may ~ am sure ,d hat with
70 y 70 sIbs heath Il our chairman, Sir Edward
Rulwer Lytton.'" Loud and ilong- continued
nhssring.l
The following pleasant speech was made by
the author of sVanity Fair, "Pendennis," &c.
Mr.. Thackeray said:
ssThs toast committed to me IL one that propose
With the utmost respect and cordially, and to
which am sure you will all reciprocate. Tho
toss Y believe ne most popular IN ne I'm mind Of
ing. shall nevertheless propose il, though under
circumstances of particular difficulty, for happen
cd to read in newspaper before came down here
that every single speech made upon this occasion.
the names, weights, and colors of the speakers
would be published, and correct list Of them dis
tributed BY hundreds Of thousands over the coun-
to drink will iniallibly be in ono Of these
papers, have some little hesitation in giving her
name such publicity. she will NO doubt sesk for
those papers immsdiately ON their publication, .aa
said In praise of her husband. Hear, hear.
She will read every name OF every distinguished
man here met to honor him; yet feel certain
that when she comes to that part whore her
own most honored and respected nanne shall be
brought forward she will wish most sincerely that
it had never appeared; and It would be, no doubt,
It was not mentioned hero. mean TO propose the
health of our friends best friend--his wife, and
that Of his children. loud cheers.l Tho hero
and friends; but the hero's wife, though, perhaps,
not less proud and happy, il sitting at home and
alone. What triumph it 10 to her to SEQ him thus
treated at this magnificent assembly. But there is
still something wanting 70 complete his happiness
here--the presence Of his wife and his children,
who are, no doubt, anxiousy looking for his re-
turn. All triumphs must have an cnd--this tri-
umph must end. These festivities cannot 60 on
till morning-all must die out in time-we must
20 home. TCheers and laughter.1
"Our entertainment is nearly over. wish, how
ever, that il would como often again. The dinner
was partly cold--it il now quite cold-it has gone
the way Of all Dinners. The champagne that has
been sparkling about in the early part Of the OVEN
ing is now to be seen no longer Tho bottles have
been removed by the Messrs. Battle; the last toast
has beon said and the last song has been sung; the
lights will soon be put out, and when the lighp are
out the man who has put them out will go out him
self afterwards. [Crcat laughter.1 The point
wish 10 como to IL this wish to think Of friend
Macrcady, who, like Claude Melnotte,' 10 signing
for his Pauline, and shall not. therefore, deain
you longer, but propose to you the health Of Mrs.
Macready and her family" loud cheers.l
The next toast was s'The Ladies'" after