New-York tribune., 1874-11-30
RECEPTION AT THE CENTURY CLUB.
A WELCOME TO THREE DISTINGUISHED
ENGLISHMEN.

THE RIGHT HON. wM. E. FORSTER, SIR POWELL BUX-
TON, AND PROF BONAMY PRICE AT TIE CENTURY
SPEECH BIZ WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT-THE EN-
GLIsH RESPONSES.
The Right Hon. WIN. f. Forster, Sir Fowell Bux-
ton, aud Prof Bonamy Price received by the
Century Club ON Saturday evening. About o'clock
q distinguished company of members of the Cen
tury, including prominent representatives, OF all the
professions and many of the names best known in
the city, gathered in the large assembly room of e
Club. Mr.. William Cullen Bryant, the venerable
President, took the chair, and in few graceful re-
marks babe their guests welcome. He said
It's pleasant occasion, my friends, that brings us
together, assembled as are to do honor to three
English gentlemen lately arrived on our shores, who
besides their personal merits have claim TO our graft
tude as the firm friends of country during Of the
darkest periods Of our history. Ole Of these, Mr.
Forster, member of the British House Of Commons
raised his eloquent voice as our champion In Paria
ment. On him had fallen the mantle OF that eminent
friend of the human his father who coming to
country on an errdnd Of philanthrophy, found
in the soil Of Tennessee. Another OF these gentle
men, Sir Fowell Buxton though in less public sphere
was no less zcaously and constantly friend. was
reading the other day. in the BiO0rIpe UaiUersec
of his grandfather, Thomas Fowe Buxton, in
which, after enumerang his various abors for the good
OF mankind the French writer added that he left behind
him several sons who the heirs OF their fathers
yrtues We have tonight with Of the SUCCESSORS
to this glorious nhertance-he fame OF benefactor OF
mankind third gentleman is the Professor of Pot-
cal Economy in the University OF oxford, who has
already ably and ucdy set forth the principles Of that
science large audiences in this country. Him too
claim the friend Of this country In the late civil
Let me turn to our distinguished guests
We welcome you gentlemen to that country which
you SO nobly defended when the governing class OF
Great Britain threw the weight OF their influence on the
side Of the enemies OF our Ulon aud when 1t seemed
that the genius OF the Old World represented by its
governments frowned upon those who striving to
save Republic from ACKNOWLEDGMENT. It's frowns
dismayed Us not nor you either but 1t Is only just TO say
thatwe were encouraged by yonr sympathy. We vel
eome you 10 country and people who will long remem.
hearth fires lighted in places which yesterday were
solitude and the story OF oar great struggle and your
the places of cur continent. We welcome you TO
a country which your father Mr.. Forster. and your
cestOr Sir Foweil, had they lived To TINS day. would
have rejoiced with exceeding Joy TO delivered
from the blight and shame OF Slavery.
Mr.. Forster replied briefly, expressing his regret
that be had not been awaIe Of the nature OF
the signal honor 20 be done him. that he
might have made preparations for becoming re-
sponse. He referred to the remarks concerning his
attitude during our war said that he believed there
were fewer Engishmen who really desired the sue
cess of the CoRfederacy than had been generally
supposed at the North alluded to the belief OF En-
glish friends of America that the recognition of
bellIgerent rights was not andNNas not intended to
be hostile measure spoke of the undoubted in
fuence exertcd by England to discourage
the Emperor Of the French from espous-
ing tue cause OF the Confederacy, and
paid warm aud generous tribute to the conduct of
the South since the and to the general DISPOSE
ton to reconciliation and cordial reunion which he
found pervading the masses of both sections. Mr..
Forster obviously spoke entirely without prepaIa-
ton. lie was interrupted by frequent applause. aud
made "a most favorable impression.
Sir Fowell Buxton and I'of. Beunmy Price fol-
lowed in brlrt speeches Of acknOwleug g1ncnt eA-
pressing th"lr qualification nj what they had seen III
the United States, ald t.eir sense OF the hospitality
with which they had bccu received.
IDe proceedings were entirely lDiOTnal, and no
other speeches were made, Dut uuilug the evening
mos: al Lac nemUe.s OF the Cub III at.nuancs were
pTeseLteC 10 TIE guests.