, 1879-03-12
ENGLAND'S RUSSIAN ENVOY.

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Nnaslh Without Alarm.
The English mails bring us full reports OF The
banouct offered 10 Lord UuIIcrE, by tie En-
rr1,,, rIbrrota .hor,lv nftcr M, rrturn from Can-
20" 49,, 'ps's .r na as "s'' ,,na' as ~, ,a os nf
February, being tho cyc Of Ills Departure Tor
ls,lssIa as the british Ambassador 10 that En-
pIro, Earl {;rnoytlio prcsh1cd, au,l was sup
..s,., a. n.y.. L.. ,o .r,,oa. -, w.. avo,,r,
poI.e" ",l u" 5sn. ~ w suse1 .. ~ use s'eu"s+
anh on tic lett ny thu Marquis ol AnrllhRtoh'
The company, numbering In all about 100, conf
prtsed tnauy distinguished members Of botl,
tlou.c. of 1arlatncnt nuI othcr gentlemen.
eiousss ~ .aalanens ~ ~ e.', ~ ,a.',ns w..
sEecehcs havils beef nahe oy hAe. FofslcF' Wv
Marquis Of ls!pon, mud other leading Lib
erals, Lort1 GRANVILLE proposed tho health
OF ,he guest OF Tic evening in bricl antl
iclle!sous address The Earl 81 Duf1eFln' ~ RS
'n 10 respond, was received Win loud Ailu long
continued cheers. 1Io said:
Mir LORDS AND tfESrhEMsy; I mn sire It
vtl be renlir nnlrr,ino.i i,y cvcry ont nrc.cnt
rxnrcs. nv tlrrn ernsr h; I'm. hnnor WbIcI IA he.
lrg douo ins by tiIis noble Entertainment. unti by
tlic generous WELCOME which In. been extended
tU mi. Gy tIose whu,,l / sec uroumu me-
| nm afraid / must utiyp!t thNt il nv adtnfnis-
tratIun In Canada lIa. been tu nnY degree sae-
rcssfl. Tint rrtt Is K, be attributed n much
to INV singular ood furtunc ne 10 a,,T uthcr cir
c,lmstunce that j can mention When arrived
IN iii country Tho crrat nn,, difficult !hsk OF
confederation Ind l,ecn st,cccsgfujly completed
by NV two ablc nrcdecssors. i foiInd tic neo.
plc ihsplred with pride a,,,l admiration for
t1lpir new country. md with loltlcr asptra.
tip1ls than Hny in which t1ry had ltttierto
dared 10 tn1ttlyc "a q ,ncrn FROM of tliscon-
ucclctt couuics, filpnr, iIear,f II was I,oth n
ttentant un,l nj, casy talk for Inc to cxprcss nv
sympatl.y Will, thuac nublc n,ul patr!otle scnti-
rers,.ycd that tl,pIc t.cvotiuu To ,s.eir ucwly-
created country had oi,ly st[mulairtI mil IN.
ha,cp,l Their patriotic luyalty towards Great
KflaIu md t,tcir ,r,,lc u,nl SonteD.Incnt Will
80 ranidy prosucred. 1'lir same a1,spiri,nl. III.
fueDces wrra nctis,g In IN counllY nowcrful
manucr upon the ujda ut tho Frencl, keriion
Of the nopulaton und materially con,rhu, etl 10
clustou Of The great Civil War In America, and,
above MI ,rsa, rs nv noble friend l,ys most
Justly observed, the attitude Of fyl4sraee mud
III reference to tho sgltlet,o,lt of t,.e Alabama
Claims, had created such d profound inprcsltup
unon lie pcopic al Tic United States, Ind III.
sflircl 80 friendly fcelnl: towards Great l}sit~
air, frotn ono end Of the Republic 10 the other,
10 rs 10 piucc the relations OF the Canadian
Government, and OF the representative ul the
Qucen personally, upon The most agreeable font-
lug with orr igt,htr. nrross thu linz frIlecrs
anu wns never permitted to tnyale tt,clr b,r-
der without RECEIVING ut the hu,,s!s Of that noble
u1l1 Ecnrrots ucopl,: lie most marked und lat-
fcrl,i. uttentiou.--,le ktulcst u,ul 1he most
generous im.pita,ly. iChecrz.l but. gentle
men, Notwithstanding what has been said by our
nolle Tbnfr,uou, | Mn afraid t}m,, bcyot,d t,w
discharge Of tl,rsr very eo,,cenial md arrccabIe m
functions tIuse arc few nchieyxt,cnta to wh!.,ll
can really point o. distinguishing inv a.,nt,lis-
tratton OF Canadian niralrs. II anything else
satisfactory 10 this country has OCCURRED during
al,
tsibutel to 1l,e patriotism, to the elevated tplr-
II, md to the lnyulty OF Tie Canadian puoplu
themselves fcccrs], aid my Lords and gentle
men, freely confess tllMt should not tontuicr
It rot,;,,to,cut TO The head Ut a,,y scf-eoyern-
ing community II he we're credited with Inc cx-
hl6ifiun Of uyly ACKNOWLEDGEMENT policy or
my independent Initiative Of lis uwn. fcnters.l
Although 4. must be admitted tk.t ihr tuue-
Executive do not cntircly cuiucltlc with
tllr attributes of tho Crown III this conn.
try.-alt.,uugh It IL true that It is occas1on.
nlty desirable tl,at lie should mukn his in,ue.lre
elt;,,mt even control the rurren. Of evcnts,--
Ills tur,rh should lie sp light md go flupalNahr
as to rsca,u general observation, u.td exetnut
nm fr,,n nll suspicion OF desire to nlcdtlIu cr
tumuer with fhr privileges OF self.goycrning
Iut, NV Lor,s n,lil gentlemen, whatever mis-
riyn"s nny cnter,a aiI, ~ to thr iuitIce aud u1,-
roprjntr,,tss vi ts exhibition Of YOUR approval
and fyUr, there ID one respect ut ul events III
WltlE} regard Tic al t0litruE
with unmit[cateI eattstactit;,1, Maxim. every
atIuwnuru for the kindly feeling cyiurcd toward
mysrif. rnn,,ot but ,cet Tint Il, wonll bo lid
extreme OF cgotlsnl II / saw In it nothlu. but \
compliment 10 d mere Individual, M, my
I.urt}, md gentlemen: your prcscncr hrrc TO-
nIrEt las n far more pregnant u,ul ttnuorta,t
Significance tha,l lhnt 1t is nrooi. md ns s,,r,
il will bu tukcn in Canada, o[ the Interest, OF
the niTrctiot,. uf thu 1t,u-y,ll felt by some Of
tlu, mosi, dtstuGu,silcd u,ui Influential publiu
men In Eurlulld FOR thc future sIcstics, not
pnly OF Cana(ia. but of every other cololy uf
ijrrut 1,ritun: n,r. bouuu as | AM 10 i|lu peouie
OF Canada bY cyury tiu Of gratitude anil alice
ton. Il is NJ, ,nspcakablr tcas,,sc 10 inc to have
Dccun,c tu uny NAY tho uccastuu Of thts 1er,ul,-
stratinn IN their hehaIt / believe ll,at 1he
culunirs l,ayo uuwhrre ir..cr fr!cmla tham those
WHOM an, now addressing. illcar, hear.1
Of calirse. from tilr ycry nuture oi llrir DrIr,-
ctnicss il fnliows lint thr nionsrrs Of I.ticral
onitnn must ,n,uIec more unrrstruincdjy tI,an
thosa who Gelunc l., mn o,Imsitr scilool Of lolf-
tir. In s,mruIn,iya ,ilsusiturs ms 10 the fut,,rr.
a,ul ti,r1c nru ,,,nny nublirists anong ,ls WHO
hayo un,icrtnl;en 10 fororaet ,hE eventual nut.
ru,ric ri ,i,n coipnja, system, mud in i}otur 81
inv h,vn ,,n,ionhtrtity rnrarrh in n yrry useful
niul jlunt,runIc task, It Is only by rsatpinin.
Every p,.sihlu contingency That wc arc likely Is
iscvrr ,t ,r,,c lin. ninnt. ,v),teh va n,,1hi n