St. Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1845-1863, 1861-06-06

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A Dinner Speech By 'Dos."
Than Charles Dickens there is pr,ha.
bly, no man living who can turn 81 !,
nsster 1inn~s speech = We give hn q
! delivered at the residence Of the I,orf
Mayor OF London, as reported in the Ian.
don Star.
"Mr c. Dickens proposed the healtl
Of the Lady Mayoress. He said that
, being hon"red with the permission Of hi.
hardship. h. would venture TO remark
that since he had been seated at that table
he had found it pleasant to consider, revert.
ing as men naturally did to their own .pur.
snits--how i'll glish literature could
afford to part with its Lord Mayors oi
London. [Chcers. The literature Of
English history. losing its Lord Mayors,
would lose some of its most notable in
stances Of the public spirit, the muni6-
cence. the personal bravery and powers Of
the good old citizens on that side Tenn
pie Bar. The literature Of English ro-
nance losing its Lord Mayors of London,
would lose Ut one blow its wealthiest Lon
don merchant, its most beautiful mer-
chants daughter. its erosscst cook, its
best known foreign advcnturer. its naost
profitable Investment on record. and its
most wonderful cat. daughter and
cheers. Similarly, En- glish biography
losing its Lord Mayors would lose some
Of its most notable examples of rewarded
perseverance AMI integrity and some OF
its highest illustrations of the nobility Of
self-nade men. Loud cheers.
Even the great English satirist, of
whom it was well said that his pictures
required to be read like books-cvcn he
could no more dispense with his Lori
Mayor Of London than any Of the rest.
for without him he could neither commit
his idie apprentice for trial under cir
cumstances Of very touching aud power
ful contrast. nor reward his industrious
apprentice by presenting him ut the
height of bis fame at court. The consid-
erations suggested to hiau and to all ,nrc-
sent that the Lord Mayor was not, never
had been. ard never could be considered
complete without a Lady Mayorsss.
!heers. Among other respects in
which the city Of London had set highly
civilized aud mos: admired example, was
this. that it steadily dissociatcd from &C.
casi"ns like the present the absured Eng
Iish custom of separating the lords of the
creation from the ladies. Laughter and
cheers
''He thought that If the male sex were
fairly polled they would arrive at the al
most unanimous conclusion that they nev-
er were so exceedingly wearisome to them
selves and never 50 extraordinarily unin-
Interesting to one another as when they
were said. c'nventionally speaking. to b.
left quite ut their ease. Laughter That
abrogatiOn OF bad usage on the part Of
the city. though it undoubtedly had its
roots in the ssundest gal!antry aud good
sense, was attended with this inconyeni-
ence. that it necessitated the proposin. Of
the Lady Mayoress's health in the Lady
Mayoress's presence, and thus rendered
exceedingly difficult task which, from
its very acceptable and obvious nature.
would almost be easy. On the other
hand, according to the great law of com
Pensation which pervarled the universe.
it was to be observed that the silent pre-
sence WAS in itself the most eloquent
speech that could be made in Offering
teast. and wns the best illustration that
could possibly be given Of the virtues
and graces Of its subject. fCheers.l
IF he might venture 90 far to depart
from mere state and ceremony as to say on
such an occasion as the present that he had
long had the honor of au intimate personal
friendship wali ave Lady Mxyoress, and
that i had been bis privilege to see her
widely diffusing her excellent influence
in another cspital-if he sentured on that
remark It was to suggest that as the lil,er-
atty and princeiy hospitality of the chief
Of London could assuredly find
no better feisaale representative here, SO |
The most Wholesome influence Of an Eng
ish lady could certainly 6nd no better
there. With the peru,is-
sion Of his lordship. be begged to propose
Q the distinguished guest The health Of
he Lady Mayoress Loud cheers.r'