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 Legislature, and I would in return assure you that any such 

 efforts would meet with the earnest and hearty co-operation 

 of those over whom the Providence of God has placed me. 



In conclusion, I would only pray that the spirit of har- 

 monj" and peace may ever exist between Britain and the 

 United States, and with the continuance of such peace I would 

 anticipate a bright and blessed spread of the Gospel of Peace 

 among the nations of the earth." 



With the last sentence, uttered in the excellent prelate's 

 most impressive manner, all eyes turned upon the statesman 

 of New York. His first words of response startled the ex- 

 pectant circle. 



'' Bishop," he said, " two hundred years ago there was an 

 irrepressible conflict in England. One party contended for a 

 Church without a Bishop and a State without a King ; anoth- 

 er party was certain that there could be no Church without a 

 Bishop, and no well ordered State without a King." 



A pause. The Bishop of Rupert's Land was not comfort- 

 able. An uneasy suspense of breath ran around the room. 

 So did the grey eye of the speaker. He was evidently in the 

 humor which His Grace of ^Newcastle afterwards failed so sig- 

 nally to appreciate. We were soon relieved, however. The 

 Senator resumed : 



" This conflict of opinion, with its immediate issues of civil 

 war, largely contributed to the emigration of Englishmen to 

 this continent, and the organization of diverse communities. 

 With successive generations, the bitterness of the seventeenth 

 century has been succeeded by new relations, by peace and 

 good will, until we have, on this occasion, an interesting proof 

 that the remote settlements of Selkirk and Rupert's Land res- 

 pond to the ' spirit of harmony ' which is alike the cause and 

 effect of modern civilization." 



His Lordships muscles relaxed. A half smile succeeded 

 among the auditors, the speaker alone retaining an imperturb- 

 able expression of gravity. In a few words, fitly chosen but 

 unluckily not preservpd by a reporter, the Senator cordially 

 reciprocated the sentiments of Dr. Anderson, closing the for- 



