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in the struggle, and acknowledged that England's 

 cause was the cause of right and civilization. But 

 here, in a few months, owing to the indomitable 

 courage of Great Britain's sons — I say Great 

 Britain — English, Scotch, Irish and Welsh — years 

 collapsed into days, and this evening we receive the 

 news of the fall and capture of Lucknow. Retribu- 

 tion has fallen upon the rebels and England's might 

 and England's honor stand clear and bright before 

 the civilized world." 



In response to the toast of " Her Majesty's Min- 

 isters and Representatives in this Country," Lord 

 Napier, after thanking the meeting for the oppor- 

 tunity given him of meeting so large an assemblage 

 of his fellow countrymen, said : 



" It is a mutual satisfaction for us, I trust, to draw 

 closer the ties of nationality and good fellowship. 

 I feel the pleasure, I experience the benefit, of es- 

 caping from the engrossing political concerns of 

 Washington and mingling with the industrial move- 

 ment and practical intelligence of this great metro- 

 polis," and then, after alluding to the Crimean war, 

 he said, " We have passed through the fires of a 

 great affliction. It has been said that a country is 

 happy whose history is dull ; but, gentlemen, we 

 have little experience with that sort of felicity which 

 is connected with stagnation. We repudiate the 

 sordid safety of an isolated and idle Power. It is 

 the boast of Enorland to be embarked in a course of 



