Meigs County telegraph. [volume] (Pomeroy [Ohio]) 1848-1859, 1851-08-05

OF The following is an English descrip.
lion Of Mr.. Peabody's 4lh Of July banquet.
|, is from the London Morning Post.
Mr.. George Peabody, the eminent and
wealthy American merchant and banker,
land one OF the earliest and most muni6-
cen, subscribers 10 The fund for erecting the
Crystal Palace, invited numerous and dis
lingushed party last evening 10 meet his
Excellency the American minister and Mrs.
Lawrence, al aiconceri, a ball and supper,
given on a. scale Of unsurpassed elegance
and magnitude al Willis's Rooms.
This entertainment is remarkable, mol
merely for The manner in which il was CIV
en-, bul more especially from the fac. that II
was given on the anniversary of the decla'
ration Of American Independence; day
on which. from feelings Of delicacy, all
public assemblages Of Americans in Eng
land have scrupulously been avoided. But
Mr.. Peabody has assumed that The time for
any feeling and irriialion, in regard TO the
day, or TO the event which i, commemorate es
is long past; and ,ha, Englishmen and
Americans may meet upon that day, in as
much harmony and good fellowship as upon
any o,her Of The three hundred and sixty
five. a
And il cerlainly would appear that his
feelings on The subject has the concurrence
Of both our counlrymen and his own; fol
the abundance on this occasion was numer'
Gus and fashionable, ard worthy of the un-
SUI passed elegance which characterized the
arrangements throughout.
And il may be observed, ,ha,n thus bold
ly breaking through the prejudice attached
TO this particular anniversary, Mr.. Peabod.
has only followed oul the principle enuncia
ted by his late Majesty, George the Third
on his reception Of the first American Min
istel who ever presented his credentials q
the British court; TO whom the king declares
,ha, having been the last man in his king
dom 10 acknowledge American indepen
dence so long as there was a hope of de
leaiing il, he would be the foremost to rec
ognize and sustain il now that it had bee
formally acknowledged.
! The enterlanmn commenced with
concert, including The performance Of vc
calis,s no less distinguished than Cruvell
Calharine Hays, Lablanche, and Carbon
all Of whom acquitted themselves with re
S markablc spirit. and received enthusiast
, applause. The performance Of CruvelIi, j
, the aria mel dolce incanto,' and that Of Mis
Hays, An mon fliS,' was received with p'
cuiar enthusiasm.
y The company included many distinguish
ed Americans. some of whom have been a
r sembed by the Exhibition, and many ha'
G como over from the provincial towns 10 q
lend this festival.
A very singular combination was forme
by the accidental grouping under The Por'ra
/. of Washington, and in from, Of the Amer
can Minister, Of the Duke of Welingto
MIR Golden, Mr.. Chrisholm Ansley, al
Mr.. J. Hume. living parallel TO the grou
:, ing Of The English and American foI
!" around The portraits Of our beloved Quet
j. and ever illusirious Washington,
e The rooms we're most ,asiefully decor
ted with the flags Of England and Amerl'
skilllnlly blended. Indeed. Almack's Use
/. has rarely looked so brilliant; and noshi'
v could exceed The perfection Of the entire q
rangements connected with the occasion.