Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1853-07-23

In the presence Oh the high functonaries to whom the
pledge for the maintenance Of the ;endv
to which have alluded and as new err for The evten
sion and increase OF commercial intercourse between he
United States and Germany. s,
Sir CHAnLEs LrELL, Of the British comm;ss;or.r.
responded to the fourth toast We copy bis spseob a.
reported in the New York papers,:
1t is my duty on this OCCASION IN nv own nams srs
that OF my colleagues to return you our thanks sr
honor which you have done in drinking our hestb.
After the manner in which the President of the Exhbitio
and the President of the United States have SO kndv
pressed their regret for the absence of the Earl Of s
mere It is almost unnecessary that should though Be
commissioned me to do so apologize to you for hs nm
ayodabe absence Not only did he in spite Of indsnosi
on press his journey from Canada in the hope of ben
present at the inauguration ceremony yesterday but
requested me to say that he would have been here to-day
had ne not been confined by illness to his bed He also
commissioned me to say how graed he had been during
his late tour through parts Of this country with the
kind reception which he had met WITH and to his
words, the cordial but unobtrusve hospitality that at
every quarter attended him. TCheers. @ n
The President has alluded to the observation which one
Of my colleagues Mr. Wentworth made after his return
from seeing the factories ofLowe also bear testimony
from what have seen in my travels in every part Of tie
wonderful inventions and machinery Of this country that
to it, far than its soil any other cause Is to BE-
dated the origin of the great wealth which it has already
accumulated And hope this Exhibition will be Tia
of making counymen initiate their inyenons
and that machinery which 1t is SO desirable they should
emulate. [Cheers.] So
This gentlemen IS the fourth visit which have paid to
this country and it is only by repeating such visits after
short intervals that It possible to appreciate the won
derful progress which this people making in cvza
ton, and in knowledge, and in general prosperity.
[Cheers] 1t is indeed most cheering sight for any
foreigner to witness at the present moment never be-
fore visited the United States without finding the press OF
the country, and sometimes the Congress- engaged in
discussions respecting questions hat seemed likely
danger the amicabe relations Of it Ind Great Britain In
1S4l there the Mcleod case in Which violently ir
ritang feeling was excited, connected Win the New York
borders That storm blew over. But when. in 1916,
returned found discussionupon the Oregon boundary
and the walls of the cities in the West plaearded
every where with "54o 4O fight" That cooled EseR
away. But when came again last year found what
they would call on the African coast "palaverI
about the fisheries going on. Hear, and laugh
When started from Liverpool was warned by o
my mid friends not to the risk of geologzing neal
the Bay of Fundy lest some cannon shot from the hos
fleets might put an end to my researches A laugh
But at this time began to have faith in the AMIGA
bic termination Of the negotiations between America
Great Britain. And now when visit this country, I
fnd myself one Of gathering at great peace assembly
lCheers. Whether we do do not entertain any sa1
gune IDEAS any Utopian notions about the future cessa
ton Of war, met here to celebrate festival which
is calculated insure the continuance Of that peace which
hos been so often in danger Of being broken.
And, speaking of the possibility of nterrupting
such gatherings this may be allowed TO remind ysu
that it the custom Of the greatest nation of antiquity
to give passes not only to the commissioners who
sented the different independent States but also to ALI
the people that attended their games such the Oym
pic SO that for the space Of month"; every person hat
went there remained in safety at the festivities. Sur
prise has sometimes been expressed in reading the his
tory of Greece at the Importance that attached at the
time to those games but the historian Grous has solved
the problem explaining that it great political prin
cple of one Of the greatest nations Of antiquity who were
anxious by awarding distinctions to every citizen that
gained prizes at the Olympic games to perpetuate hos
institutions which lasted for than eleven centuriesI
They were not merely for amusement not merely for
lec exercises and chariot races &c., but there wer@
prizes for new musical inventions and the Of (
games were likewise places where money transactions
managed in Wall street in this city and ID
the Change of London; they made the medium too
of commercial advertisements OF time when the civilized
world had no newspapers whereby to make such
ncatons known They found too to be necessayyi
in country which consisted of several separate Sate
and cities united together each oAlouo Of the other, ~
for the interchange of mutual kindness and hosp
taty and to the words Of Grote the formation Of
Pan-heenic unity An example imitatory Of this has
been set in modern times by the ustrious Prince whose
health you have just drank with much enthusiasm
circumstance which is grateful to every Englishman for
experiment, Of which the example was set in 1851
and which devised not for the bae purposes of the
ancient festivals and not intended mercy for consolidate
ing those who speak the Language oreeonr to the
great branches Of the AngoSaxon race but r the ben
eft Of all the nations Of the world however different their
language, their emes, their forms Of Governments
and holding them together in friendly relation s,ch
principles yesterday engrafted in the proceeding
in this city Cheers Let us hope, therefore, that
objects in this enterprise being much greater and
extended than those of the ancient festivals they
may endure not merely eleven centuries but many times
eleven. lCheers.