BANQUET TO THE FOX EXPEDITION. 57 toast, and was much cheered on rising. He said :—I esteem my- self to be peculiarly fortunate in arriving here when you are met to inaugurate the commencement of a new effort to unite by the electric wire two countries separated by the ocean, but nearly con- nected to each other by kindred, and allied by sentiment and interest (cheers). It is but a short time since when we on the other side of the Atlantic were electrified by the supposed success of the first effort, but on which our hopes were afterwards doomed to disappointment. But in the lexicons of England and America there is no such word as “fail ” (hear, hear); and while we must naturally sympathise with the original company, we are ready to welcome any company which may bring about the accomplishment of such a great event (loud cheers). From the year 1838, when the little Sirius arrived at New York, and gave the unmistakeable contradiction to Dr. Lardner’s theories as to the impossibility of steaming across the Atlantic, such repeated strides have been made that it is now become little more than a daily ferry. And now the electric telegraph is a living fact, and will soon unite the two worlds (applause). I see in England monuments everywhere to the brave—monuments commemorative of the heroes of the Nile and of Waterloo. It is a happy thing for us, gentlemen, that this is an age of peace (hear). We need no longer to immortalise only the heroes of war, but we may immortalise those noble men who, without wading through seas of human blood, reach the pinnacle of glory and of fame (immense cheering). I feel truly happy in being privileged to unite in celebrating that combination of English pluck and Yankee enterprise which is so well calculated to accomplish the uniting of the hemispheres by an electric telegraph (loud and prolonged applause). The Mayor :—I have next to propose for your acceptance the health of a distinguished Monarch, who presides over a brave and distinguished people—-a people historically brave, historically free, not only in their institutions, but in everything that constitutes the greatness of nations (cheers). The King of Denmark has granted liberal concessions to this enterprise, and I am glad that he is represented here to-night by two gentlemen whom his Majesty has selected to accompany this expedition—one a Dane, the other an Icelander (applause). I am proud to have them here as my guests. Gentlemen, pray join with me in drinking “ Long life to the King of Denmark, and success to all connected with this enterprise.” (Drunk with enthusiastic cheering.) Lieutenant Yon Zeilatj rose to respond to the toast amid loud applause. He said:—Gentlemen, it gives me great pleasure to respond to the toast which has been proposed, but let me appeal to the indulgence which is never denied in a company like this to a

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