The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-01
BY THE CABLE.
BY Telegraph to the Register

LONDON, Aug. 3l.-Thc Lou&on rowing
club gave a banquet to the Harvards
last evening. The party numbered
about one hundred. The prominent
toast was by Chas. Dickens, who COM
plimented both the Harvard and Oxford
crews Mr.. Simmons responded for the
Harvards, and Mr.. Willis for the Ok
fords. The banquet closed with fire.
works.
PARIS, August 3l.-Tho capture of
Hokadadi by the Mikado is confirmed.
The newspapers of this city assert
that Burlingame received dispatch
from the Chinese Government, express
ing cordial recognition of the treaties.
He concluded with America and the diff
ferent Europeon States.
LoDoN, August Silt is said that the
quarrel between Austria and Prussia is
likely to be amicably settled. Ven
Beust has made friendly overtures 20
the Prussian Government.
LONDON, August 3l.-The story of
conspiracy, followed by execution on
board the United States frigate Sabine,
at Cherbourg, which was telegraphed
from Paris the same day, is absolutely
contradlcted.
LONDON, August 3l.-A grand fete
was given at Crystal Palace last even
ing in honor of the Harvards and Ok
fords, by the London Rowing Club. MIR.
Layton, President of the club, occupied
the chair. All the members of the Har'
ward crew were present except Loring,
but Crillans alone represented the Ok.
hundred and twenty invited guests, in
GLIDING Charles Dickens, Thos. Hughes,
Edmund Yates, Captain Anderson, and
many other nOtables. Messrs. Motley
and Moran were invited, bat were I'M
able to attend. The rooms were taste
fully decorated with American aud
British flags, as we II as with those Of the
different clubs. After the diuner toasts
were given to the Queen of England
and the President of the United States,
which were drank with enthusiastic
and prolonged cheers. Charles Dickens
was received with repeated rounds of
applause. 1t was some minutes before
he could speak. He playfully alluded
to the fact of the chairmau's deputing
him to propose the toast of the evening,
theOxford and Harvard crews. (Cheers.)
He said a remarkable and affecting vol
ume was Published at the time of his
last visit to America. That volume
contained biographies of nlnety-ive of
the Harvard students who Mt one time
or another bore arms in the service of
their country. Nothisg was more re-
markable in these descendants of our
forefather than the invincible determi-
nation with which they fought against
odds in the late war, and the dauntless
spirit with which they sustained the
defeat. Who would say, after the con-
test of Friday, that the Harvard was
less true TO herself in peace than in war;
Who could fail to recognize in the crew
the bearing of her soldiers, aud not feel
she has now greater right than ever to
be proud of her sons and take them 10
her breast when they return with re.
sounded reclamation.
The Duke of Wellington said it WAS
only one thing worse than great viz
tory-a great defeat-but it was in an.
other sense, in the use of the term q
great defeat, such as was the defeat Of
handful of daring fellows, who made
dash of thousands of miles
in order to meet their conquer.
ors in their own domain,
(cheers), a defeat such as that which
the Harvards had sustained. (Cheers.)
lie regretted the absence OF the Oxford
men, He would not say much of them
good or bad. If anything was to be
SAID to their Encouragement it was that
they won SO often he thought they could
afford to lose in the event of another