Feb. 13, 1858.] 
LIVINGSTONE FESTIVAL. 
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Sir R. Murchison. — On no former occasion did I ever propose the 
toast of the Navy and Army with a higher satisfaction than at the 
present moment; for never at any period of my life was I more 
proud of the heroism of my countrymen, whose noble bearing in 
India not only excites the heartfelt applause of every Englishman, 
but is, I know, extolled by foreign nations as a prowess scarcely if 
ever paralleled in the annals of war. ( Loud cheers .) 
And though the men of my old profession, the soldiers, have 
necessarily had to bear the brunt of this great spasmodic and unex- 
ampled Indian outburst, we all know how an intrepid band of 
blue jackets under William Peel have mainly contributed to the 
winning of victories a thousand miles distant from that element in 
which they are supreme, and will I trust for ever remain so. ( Loud 
cheering .) 
Gentlemen, in alluding to the Army let me say, that I cannot now 
wear a Peninsular medal, and recollect that I am one of those still 
surviving who had the honour to accompany our great Duke when 
he first set his foot on the shore of Portugal, without expressing to 
you the sincere gratification it gives me to see here, and sitting by 
the side of Livingstone, the son of that illustrious man (great cheering ). 
My regard for the present Duke has indeed been recently raised 
into high respect, by knowing that it is the anxious study of 
my noble friend to search out and publish documents which, but for 
the devotedness of the son, might have lain long in obscurity— docu- 
ments which now issuing from the press demonstrate, that the young 
Wellesley, the rising soldier of India, possessed even then much 
of the thoughtfulness, prescience, and wisdom which characterized 
the future Wellington. (Loud cheers.') 
It would naturally be my wish to call upon the son of my revered 
commander to answer for the Army ; but I have not forgotten mili- 
tary duty, and a senior officer is present — one, fortunately, who is 
directly and honourably connected with this festival ; for it was 
General Murray Hay, who, commanding in the Mauritius, received 
Livingstone when he emerged from the east coast of Africa, and 
was the first of our countrymen who hospitably sheltered the house- 
less traveller. (Loud cheers.) 
In like manner it gives me real pleasure to perceive that the Navy 
is represented by my gallant and good friend Admiral Trotter, whose 
name and exploits are interwoven with the cause of the civilization 
of Africa (cheers), and who, when recently on duty at the Cape Sta- 
tion, was most serviceable in enabling us to keep up our intercourse 
with the great traveller in the interior of Africa. ( Cheers.) 
I give you then the Navy and Army, and call on you to drink to 
