Weekly national intelligencer., 1851-11-15
AMERICANS IN LONDON.

On the evening of the 9th ulimo the American
exhibitors at the late Worlds Fair in London were
handsomely entertained by q parting dinner given
topthem by GEoReE PEABODY, Esq, their fellow
citizen, who, for many years aresident Of London.
permits no opportunity to pass of doing honor to
his native country. His banquet was attended by
many distinguished gentlemen, as will be seen by
the following description of il, communicated to the
New York Commercial Advertiser by its London
correspondent Ef9a 80 sHMf VA
Mr. PEABoDrs parting dinner to the American exhibitors
took place last evening The company which amounted
than hundred consisted with about dozen excep-
ons, Of parties from the United States either connected with
the Exhibition who had come over to vs it. Mr. Borr
LAWRENCE, Earl GRAsvILLs, Sir HEsRr BuLwsR, Mr..
WALKxn, Sir CHARLEs Fox Sir JpsErH PAxTos and the
Governor of the Bank Of England were among the guests
The place the London Coffee House, the room was
effectively decorated with portraits Of WAsHISsros the
QUEEN and Prince ALBERT, and various American and
British enblems Six the hour Of assembling, and the
yor of the occasion proacted the proceedings until one in
the morning. t IS e m stgnoa ff,a sis rss' !
All the demonstrations of the evening marked with
degree Of life rarely attained in affairs Of the sort and the
cspdon of Sir HEsRr BuLwrH remarkable. Mr.. Law
proposed the health Of Lord Granville, and thanked
him and the Royal Commissioners generally in the name Of
the people Of the United States for their labor and interest
all that could aid the Of the exhibitors Lord GaAs-
VILE thought England had reason 10 thank
rica this than America had thank England and be
believed that in addition to the she had achieved
there would have been many Others but for the fact that
merous things whchare used in Amercs and known
here supposed to be and well known and had
therefore not been sent In conclusion, he referred the
satisfaction be felt in seeing Mr. LAwaEscs and Sir HssRr
BsIwER side BY side such an OCCASION, to the effect
which the acknowledgement made by Mr. Srxvxxs
at the recent dinner given to him at New York in connexion
with the yacht America calculated to produce and
also the fine part to which Mr. PEABoDr had devoted him
self in promoting by every the acquaintance Of the
people Of both countries sys8. ~ eta ste 81 I
Mr.. WALKER proposed the health Of Sir HERI BULwER,
who replied in his characteristic manner, rejoicing at the
portuny of welcoming Americans upon his SOIL
acknowledgement of the warmth with
which they had welcomed him upon theirs Touching upon
all the iumphs Of the Exhibition, he alluded emphatcay TO
the lesson given by the yacht Americas but said that the
lesson not all sides for if Americans had taught
how to win race had also taught them how to bear
the loss Of With regard bis personal in
the United Saes he happy to belong to school Of
diplomacy the chief object of which, instead Of writing long
dispatches about every grievance that might arise
tie such things rapidly and quietly, and to employ the time
thus saved in the better purpose of making known the
proccal advantages which each country conferred upon the
other II in this that he took pride, and instance
he pointed with heartfelt satisfaction that treaty to which
he had the honor Of axng his name, which guaranteed
the faith Of the two nations the neutrality of the proposed
communication from the Atlantic to the Pacific for the advan-
tage of the whole world and which he regarded the foun
daton Of solemn and equitable alliance not such those
formed Of old for the purpose Of wrongng and spong but
for conserving and extending the interests Of mankind At
the present times with what passing before eyes else
where it was especially momentous that such union
should exist to moderate and direct opinion 1t would
than aught else tend peace but it should
fail to do so and should come he would say let in
such war still stand together.
This speech followed by unanimous shout Of appro
baton and sympathy, which only exceeded by the sub
sequen demonstration 10 Mr. PEABODY in the few
simple and unaffected words in which he explained the feel
ings that prompted him in all the relations that affected the
two countries. There probably many of his guests
whom hc would never again in England, but he hoped
that he should nevertheless them once more if not in
this country in his owp.
The remaining speakers Mr.. DAVIS, Mr. RIDDLE,
Mr.. STAEsBuRY, sir JosEPH PAXTON, Sir CHARLES Fox
and Mr. HAsKEr, the governor Of the Bank Of England