The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1868-11-21
EUROPE.
IMPORTANT ADvICEs BY STEAMER.

An arrival at the port Of New York yester-
day brings as European advices to the lOsh
instant.
ENGLAND.
Annual banquet of the Ford Mayor of
LOndOn-Addresses by ReVerdy john
son and Benjamin DisraeIi.
On the oh inst. the Lord Mayor of London
gave his annual banquet in the great metropolis
There was O large number Of distinguished par
ticpants.
ADDRESS BY MINISTER JOHNSON.
Mr.. Johnson, in reply to the toast of "The
Health OF their Excelleucies the Foreign Miu-
isters," said:-We rejoice at the wealth aad
Iutions are founded on those principles OF free
dom which are essential to the happiness and
prosperity OF man, (CheerS) without attempt
Ing in the slightest degree TO disparage the
Governments OF other countries, my colleagues,
l am sure, will not be offended with me for
which we enjoy are the best calculated to pro.
mote our prosperity and Increase our power.
If these should prove defective in their opera
ton we will cure the defect; we Will refer to the
people, the fountain of true power, and
as they ere becoming more Intelligent tnan ia
former times, that appeal can never be made in
vain. (Cheers.) Great as is The interest which
the prosperity OF London excttes in other ma
tions Of the worlS 1t il greater, II possible, be-
cause more direct, in the country which l have
the honor To represent. THIS eau be accounted
for on various grounds, to which, however, the
srrei ent occasion does not permit me 10 refer,
except In general terms, Ole OF them rs, that in
our origin we were One-(cheefS)-a -aDOLher Is
that when we became separated 1t was because
the men of America behaved as the men OF
England at the present day acknowledge that
the principles of English freedom not only
justified but demanded the separation. And
though some may have thought that this step
would be Injurious to your country, the world
reJOIced, and no portion of the world re1OlceS
more than the people of the United States, 10
ind that, so iar frOu lnJurlng, that separation
has served only to increase the power and
prosperity of England During the late struggle
through which we have passed, struggle
which has filled our land with monuments OF
the dead-we found that th ere existed with US
and that there existed here, differences Oi
opinion as 10 the causes and the justification
or that conflict. But these, thank Cod nc
| longer exist We at home are one. And from
| the moment landed on your shores l became
satisfied that The public opinion of Eng
land in relation to the institutions OF
the United States was also one, l have
been somewhat criticised here and al
returned the civilities with which have been
honored; bnt when the critics find that the
civilities exhibited towards me, and the return
which have made 10 them, have not In jurously
AFFECTED the negotiations which have been con-
Quoted between your noble Secretary for
fed that the one was as sincerely offered as l
know that the other was sincerely leciprocated.
cloud cheers.) / speak within the hearing OF
my noble friend your Foreign Secretary, and
hope he will not consider me as oversteppiug
the bounds of q iplomatic prOpriety when / say
may be, they viii soon find that there is no
ground for dissatisfaction, (ReneWed cheering }
Ispeak as he knows, from knowledge, when
say that the difficulties which for some time
have threatened the peace of the two countries
are noW-what shall l say, Mr.. Secretary 2-I