BANQUET TO WM. ROWE, ESQ., M.H.R.

Thames Advertiser, Volume IX, Issue 2466, 9 November 1876, Page 3

BANQUET TO WM. ROWE, ESQ., M.H.R.

The banquet to Wm. Bowe, Esq., M.H.B. for the Thames, which took place last niglit at the Governor Bowen Hotel, was ia every respect a most unqualified success. ' The large diningroom ot the hotel was literally crammed, and although, it is calculated to seat 100 without inconvenience, many were barely able to find room at, the tables. The viands and drinks were provided on a scale of munificence which did credit to the hospitality of the host and hostess, and not only was the supplv liberal, but tho quality was excellent, and there was not one present who was not well pleased and gratified with the.manner in which Mr Symington had carried out his part of the programme. His Worship the.Mayor presided. He was supported on his right by the guest of the evening, Mr Eowo, and'on the other hand by Mr Hoani Nahe, M.H.B. for the Western Maori District; and Mr W. Sims occupied the vice-chair. Amongst those present we noticed: Ex-Mayor Wm. Davies, John Brown and L.J. Bagnall,, ex-M.P.C.s; Councillors Louis Ehrenfried, John Gibbons,'.Jcfhn Butt, Duncan Macnab, John' Bead; Capt. Wm. Souter, Licensing Commissioner ; W. J. Constant, Alexander Brodie, Chairman, and Albert Butler, Waiotahi Highway District Board ; Wm., Murdoch and Nikorima Poutatari, Para-; wai Highway District.Board; G. Black, Chairman, Tarar'u District' School Committee; T. W. Gudgeon, Secretary Waiotahi District School Committee; E. C. Dean, Town. Clerk; T. L.. Murray, ■Manager Bank of New Zealand; Major Cooper, Officer Commanding Thames District; Messrs William Wilkinson, William McCullough,. J. W. Walker, G. McYey, H, Mcllhone, H. Crump, J. Endean, J. Pearce,. W. Payne, T. B Hicks, J. Craig, T. Eawden, E. Farrell, D. B, Gellion, J. Watson, G. Price, W Bowe (jun.), 8. Bowe, J. Jones, T. Manning, C. Quint, G. Wilkinson, E, McDonald Scott, G. Ginn, P. Northy, J. ; Lowe, L. Lessong, J. McNiece, E. Morgan, C. Morgan, W. Catran, W. Sims (jun,), J. Angove, £. Coulson, J. D. Wickham, A. Aitkcn, J. Eoo, E. Aubery, 0. Griffiths, E. Skeen, T. Badford, J. Quinlivan, P. Trainor, Eaika Whakarongatai, J. Smith, G. McCaul, E, M. Mitchell, T. Mills, H. Eawden, W. Comer, W.;Laurie, E. N. Smith, F. Daykin, P. Donnelly, J. Goldsmith, E. Wiseman, W. 0. Wright, D. Cloonan, A. Hogg, J. Bullock, 0. Butterwortb, J. Casley, E. Ivey, E. Artha,.B. Comer, 0. Creagh, James Brown, W. Eeece, W. Potts, J. L. Whitford. After ample justice had been done to the substantial and dessert, theCHAiBiUN called on the meeting to charge their glasses. He asked them to fill them full while ho proposed, without comment, the toast of the" Health of Her Majesty tho Queen." > The toast was loyally drunk, amidst cries of " God Bless Her."

: The Yice-Chaihiian then proposed the toast of the " Prince of W&hs an^ rest of the Boyal Family," which was also heartily drunk, as was also that ;of " His Excellency the Governor, the Marquis of Nprmanby," which was proposed:from 1 the Chaib.

The Vice-Ohaibman said that the next toast which he had to propose was an important one.' It was the "Army, Navy, and Colonial Forces.'.'. They would all admit that the present greatness of England depended on her army and navy, and in the crisis which was now taking place in Europe, if England w«s called on to lake a part, it would be no unimportant part. thought _ also if a: crisis was to occur _in this colony calling on the colonial forces they would come out with equal honour. (Cheers.) He did not know what the colonial forces were in other parts of the colony, but if those on the Thames were a specimen the colony had reason to be proud of them. (Cheers.) The toast was enthusiastically drunk,

Major Ooopeb, who was received with cheers, said that he had often had the honour to respond to this toast, but on no former occasion had it been more warmly responded to. iChoers.) He was proud to be present on this occasion, when such a largo number turned out to welcome their member. Mr Howe and himself had long worked together in the Provincial Council, and he was glad to be present to welcome him back from Wellington at the close of the session. (Cheers.) With regard to the army and navy of England, tbey all knew what they could do, and with regard to the volunteers, they were now part of the regular army in England. They should look at the present state of Europe as an inducement for them to join tho volunteers, and in no place was this required more than in the colonies, where there were no organised regular forces. They saw, what happened in Europe, ivhero through want of organisation a small force of savage Turks. was_ enabled to perpetrate unheard of atrocities without check. It was the duty, of all to maintain and support the volunteer movement. (Cheers.) Ho believed that no working men in any part of the colony liad given so much time and attention to volunteer matters as the Thames, and he had also to congratulate them on tho support which thoy had invariably received from the Thames public. He thanked those present for tho hearty and cordial manner in which they had responded to tho toast. j Captain Mubbay, T.S.Y., on rising in response to repeated calls, was received with cheers. Ho said it was somewhat irregular to call on hitn to speak after his superior officer, but it afforded him. much pleaauro to thank them for

the manner in which' thoy had responded to the toast. Ho believed tliat the Thames Yoluntoers; as. volunteers, considering tho disadvantages under which they laboured and the shifting character of the Jpopulation, would ..compare favourably with thoso of any other district, and ho considered the success of volunteering at tho Thames .was not so much due to the attention bestowed on it by the' members as to the general support which it received from tho citizens;; If the citizens continued to exhibit the same interest, the Volunteers were bound to keep up tceir efficiency for the credit of tho Thames and the credit of those who supported tho movement. (Chccrß) Lieutenant Baika. Whakarongotat, of tho Native Corps, whoso speech Mr G. T. Wilkinson kindly interpreted, said that he thanked them very muoh for the way in which they had drunk tho toast, arid he hoped God would preservo them all. He was also glad to see that natives were allowed to'come in and mix with them and make all one body-(cheers - that was, the natives were engrafted on tho European branch, and now they all grew together on one tree. (Cheers) The Chaibman said I must again ask you to charge your and. fill bumpers, and while you are doing that I will take tho opportunity of informing you that Mr Horsbrugh has through ill health been prevented from attending. Mr Weston is also absont, but he telegraphed to say that he was sorry he was unable to attend on account of there being no. boat from Auokland,. The Hon. Mr Whitaker also telegraphed to say : hc would have much pleasure in attending, butthat publicbusiness prevented him. I must again ask you to fill your glasses, and this time let them bo bumpers, " and no mistake." I have great pleasure in proposing to you the " Health of Mr W. Eowe," as one of our representatives in the Legislature of this colony. I do not pretend that at the time of Mr Eowe's election I was ono of his enthusiastic supporters. But however lukewarm I might then have been, I can assure Mr Eowe that if he were to-morrow to ask my support I should accord it to him, and that right heartily. Now, having told him that fact, I will tell you, gentlemen, why it is a fact that my feelings have so warmed, because I think Mr Eowe has in the past session served this, constituency conscientiously, industriously, and sensibly, and I feel more satisfied having, for my sins, I suppose, had for three weeks the opportunity, and ~ I may say been under the necessity of observing him olosely in the course of his duties, ; .,You. all know 1 I had entrusted to me a brief for a case at Wellington, there to manage two' bills—the one the Watef*; works Bill, to be pushed, through the Assembly, the other tho Banker's Bill, tp ; -'be got rid of. Each of these objects was of such importance to this borough that to succeed in either would have been a feather in the cap of our representatives. Now Mr Eowo knew this, and he knew why I was coming down, and ho knew why Mr Brodie was coming down, and so knowing, ho might have said, "These fellows will take the praise of all that's done, and leave me tho blame of all that's not done." " I'll none of them;" but instead of saying this, instead of jealously keeping aloof from us, Mr liowe cordially accepted our co-operation, and willingly lent his aid and advice. For this reason, among many others, I say that Mr Eowe acted in a conscientious manner. Again, there lodged in the same place as myself several members of tho House, and night after night I heard those gentlemen taking their weary way to bed, knowing that Mr Howe was no better off, and knowing that he had an appointment to keep, or some other early work to attend to the next, or rather that, morning; and I can assure you, gentlemen, that when he worked he did work. JPcr this reason I say that ho served tho constituency in an industriousmanner. Lastly, 1 had opportunities both in the House, and out of the House of gleaning the opinions of members, and those opinions satisfied mo, apart from my own observation and judgment, that Mr Bowe's views had weight as being those of a shrewd and practical man. I can testify that in the House ho was listened to with attention, and out of it was spoken of as I have mentioned, and therefore : I say he served this _ constituency in a sensible manner. It is not to be pretended that Mr Bowe's views are the views Of all his constituents, but I believe them to bo views conceived in the interests of the district, aadbeing so conceived were conscientiously, industriously, and sensibly carried out. For these reasons I ask you with one accord to join me in drinking the" Health of Mr Eowe," as: one of our representatives in the Legislature. ' (Frequent cheers interrupted the Chairman during the delivery of his speech) The toast was drunk with the utmost enthusiasm and amidst loud cheering and musical honours, which were renewed when the guest of tho evening roso to respond. After order ,had been restored, Mr Eowe said: Mr Chairman, Vicechairman, and Gentlemen,—lt is not my intention to make a long political speech to-night. I shall endeavour to maintain the character given me by the chairman of acting with good sense, and I do not think it would bo a sensible things to detain you to-night with a political speech: but it is my duty to express my hearty thanks to you for your recognition of any small services which I have had the power of rendering, and particularly I thank you most sincerely for thus meeting mo and showing that, aftor all that had been said and done, a feeling of friendship and good fellowship is still left on the Thames. (Cheers.) I dare say an opportunity may occur—nay I intend to shortly call a public meeting and make a political speech,, as it is not right by making a speech on an occasion like this to shirk tho duty of meeting my constituents in a proper place and at a proper time, and talking to them in a proper manner. But it may not be amiss for mo to refer to the principles which guided my conduct while entrusted with the performance of thoso important duties which devolved on mo as your representative. My object when I contested the election was not to secure any object of my own, not to promote my own interest, but tho interests of the constituency as a whole. (Cheers.) It might bo conceit on my part—perhaps it was—but that I shall leave you to judge; but I considered I had an intimate acquaintance with the wants of the community and its circumstances. I had been connectcd with it from tho first, aud had been concerned in all that affected the Thames, and I had thought that during past sessions »those interests had not been attended to as they ought to have been; that, many measures for tho interest of this community, which might have been advocated, had not been attended to, I knew that a time of great difficulty _was coming on, that great constitutional changes were about to tako place, and as I had taken part in political affairs (it

be conceit on my'part), but I thought I did possess the necessary i qualifications to represent you. (Cheers.) l?or many years I had been ambitious in that direction—(cheers)—and I determined, therefore, to try to secure that; ond, and although I had to make considerable sacrifices to go to .Wellington,, to Wellington I went, and afc Wellington I remained, ' I sat and , listened, and witnessed what had been said, and what had been done, and on all occasions, after; seeing and hearing and judging of the circumstances, I was in every decision guided by my own 'conscience and judgment, with a view to your interests. (Cheers.) I believe I did do my duty faithfully. I know of no instance m •looking back on my conduct, in which I did'riot do so, and I would not reverse a single vote, which I have given. In going to Parliament one mustnot suppose that ho can do what he likes. Ho would soon find liis mistake, and if he attempted to. got ■ H m his he would fail. He bad first to become acquainted with the men and then with the circumstances, and .then, he imist know what means the Ministry have, and theh try to find how to acquire the object lie had at heart. This, has been impressed on my* tdind by what has occurred here when a gentleman belonging 1 to a certain district said that heliad read Hansard and could nol_ find in it what I had done for the district. At Wellington the less seen in Hansard the better. Any member wanting (£20,000 fori his district who bad gone into the House with a notice of motion asking the Government to send down an address to place on, the estimates the sum ho required would find it' could 1 not be got in that,way. No, nor 20,000 farthings. Iwill give you su instance* No such direct vote was carried, except one for works in the northern part of -Auckland, in which the natives were interested, and when the Ministry proposed a direct vote for the road.-between Christehurcli ; and Westland, for Westland. being without a land fund, the: Ministry . thought it entitled to a vote, but although the Ministers themselves proposed that vote, it was at once struck off the estimates. If I had gone doyn and proposed a vote for the Kauwaeifanga bridge, and a vote for the Tairua' "road, .every particle of interest which your representative possessed would be lost, and we would not get a shilling. (Cheers'.) I. know it has been said (and I have been found fault with for doing it) that whatever was wanted should be proposed in the House, ' not outside of it, and that ,'I should not go' to the' Government; but if this was 'not done outside the House it would have very little effect inside. After going to Wellington and forming the acquaintance of the members (and I tell you they are a good-tempered, jolly lot of, fellows), and after judging the' position of affairs,! came to the conclusion that what was to be got must be got indirectly by scheming, planning, and arranging, and I adopted that course. If I had made speeches by! the hour, or by the week—if I- had the eloquence of Gladstone— I would not have acquired half as much for the Thames as L have done by these means. (Cheers.) In the votes which I have given I have been consistent with the promises which I made to the constituency when I stood for election. I believed, and had believed for a long time, that Abolition of the provinces was necessary, that when the House assented to the large borrowing powers the doom of the provinces was sealed. It was absolutely necessary that there-should be. a united colony; and I saw no reason, from all I heard, and many able speeches were made, but they only confirmed my opinion that Abolition was the right policy, and I saw no reason for reversing it, and I resisted overy step for the re-establishment' of Provincialism 1 (Cheers.) An argument was often used that the question had not been fairly put before the constituencies; but I could reply that, so far as the Thames wan concorned, it was very fairly put before them. The opinions I expressed were clear and uninistakeable, and no argument could induce me to swerve from what was right, and I voted in that direction. (Cheers.) I was threatened with a different reception to that which I got even in Auckland, aud especially that which I have received here._ I feel pleased and happy at this reception. It is ; the greatest reward I can have after the labours and anxietios • of Parliament, to'come baek and find you unchanged. No matter what has been said to the contrary, none of your liberties have been taken away; none of,your powers are gone. Nay, you have larger powers of self-government than ever you had. One thing is wanting which was also wauting during the Provincial Government. Money was not plentiful. I have heard in Wellington that if y.ou spoke of money they would have nothing to do with you, and I have heard Ministers reviled when they introduced money questions; but I say the soul of government is money. (Hear, hear.) They might givo you all the powers of self;government which you desired, but without money you cannot make roads you cannot build bridges, and you 'cannot form culverts, and what good, then, is self-government without money to do these things? I am sorry to have to say that a great amount of the money which has been borrowed by the colony has been misspent, and I said so in Wellington. It was borrowed in too largo sums, and people clamoured for the money, and the Ministry yielded to the clamour, and works were undertaken which could not bo reproductive for a long time._ If the Ministry had resisted this, and said " No; here is a work or a railway which must be made first, it will pay and givo a returnthen they could have felt their way, and the public works policy would be a success. But they yielded to the popular clamour, and trusted to the provincial parties for support. They mado railway lines which do not-pay, and will not pay for many a year, and the consequence is that the public works policy had to a certain extent failed. It was not, however, a failure, for in the South it was a success, and if prudence and economy guided their future efforts, it would lie still a great blessing to New Zealand. (Cheers.) A good deal had been spent on unproductive works, In Wellington the first thing that struck a visitor was a huge wooden building, containing I do not know how many offices. It is a monument of folly to those who planned it, to thoso who voted the money for it, and to thoso who built it, and is an evidence of the extravagance of the Government. That was not a reproductive work. Any prudent government would have expended the money in reproductive works, and left works of this class untilreturns were obtained; but here were works from which no money will ever come, aud the cost of which has been ; wasted. But you will say, naturally, , what did you do for the Thames P Ho;v i has the Thames been benefited by this I ohange P Is the Thames in a better i position than it was? These are practical i questions. What I say is, tho Thames

has-more money this year than it i ever possessed before. We have greater means- to promote its prosperity, and if the Thames district will unitedly work • - togothor wo will have tho means for doing a vast amount of good. In the first place you; will have the gold duty yourselves. I am not going to defend the gold duly to-night, but whateverthe amount of the gold duty is, it will be your own, whether £3,000 or £5,000, or whatever tho amount maybe. The Government will undertake all the departmental work, pay your Warden, your Magistrate, and your clerks, and you get the gold duty: to expend on yourselves. You will also get your own license fees, probably amounting ito £3,000 more, and then your rates, I : j don't know; how much,. £2,000/ or £3,000 I suppose, and the subsidy of pound for pound. Then you will have no deb.t on the pump next year, and ifc is a ; good thing that even a pump should work • freely. l (Laughter.) That property, on 'which £50,000 had .been i borrowed*will be handed over. It had cost a great amount of anxiety ito get- that, dono. I don't know- whether; I ,shall ;encourage the Mayor or not, but I may sayjit hasbeen done, and-tho bal'ahccnn' J Mr Murray's books might 1 be 'wiped out* onejof those days.. .That's enough on that subject. (Cheers.) will" be awEfto believe that with gooefsense it can be turned to, good account. They had that and 1 the pump free from debt, the gold'duty, the grates, and thej subsidy, and unless they mismanaged: they would have a revenue of £20,000.' (Cheers.) , That's , the. : test,, ..If , ,a, man brings quartz to' me and tells' trie Ithafc ifc contains gold; and I find after 'treating it that there is none, I am disappointed, but if I.fiad, the gold .in.it, l cannot be persuaded that it is' worthless. I say that this change, thia Abolition legislation, has given us : what,we ;never had before. . We have nonethe less! powers .of self-government, and it will give an impetus to tlie;district.' If we fail; well, then, we' : aM;'not''itjor selfgovernment. I don't wish to detain you longer. I tender you.my heartfelt thanks for ithe kindly spirited' manner in which' you have welcomed me., I felt it my .duty to .persistently, urge'.your interests.; I was never absent.from a single sitting, of tho House, and never, _ except while ; members were talking against time, was I absent for more than six- hours. When I went to Wellington I was 'told by- ani enemy that I would do no credit to the district* ■: My. reply was that if I ; could do it no credit I would bring .no disgrace on it. I felt it my duty, to maintain the.: honour.of the. constituency,-and;l, am' glad to have met your approval.: I feel that I have' done my duty, and'l thank; you for being hero to welcomo 'me in this< hearty manner. Mr liowe sat down amidst uproarious applause. ! Mr' L.'J". Baoxam' proposed the.toast of "The Colonial' Parliament," coupled with the nanies of ; tyfr Whitaker. and Mr Hoani Nahe. He said it had often been • boasted that the Parliament of New Zealand was second to none h the . Australian colonies, and if the.'speech;:made. bylMr Eowo was a fair specimen, the | present Parliament would compare favourably with its; predecessors., There were, and had been in it, men of great abiliiy, scolastic attainments, and statesman-like: qualities, and these characteristics: were: still maintained, and the new blood which had been added last election was of such; a character as to raise its prestige. He alluded to the cxcellont figure of speech . used by Eaifai and said that those natives who'were iu Parliament, especially Hoani Nahe, discharged their duties creditably, ; and that they had no cause to regret extending to them the privilege of sitting in Parliament was shown by the fact that Hoani's name was coupled in the toast, with that of Mr Whitaker, one of the ablest statesmen in the colony. (Cheers).;

The toast was heartily drunk. Hoani JSahe, M.H.H. (for wliom Mr Wilkinson interpreted), said that he thanked them very heartily for the manner in which they, had drunk the toast in which Mr Whitaker's name was coupled with his. Mr Whitakor wasnot present to return thanks for himself, but he would say a few words, and do the best he could.. (Cheers,) .He thought they were quite- right to" praise' Mr Whitaker. He took his euo frotn Mr' Whitaker before he entered the Ministry,, and during the time he brought forward his motions on the land (question he sidod with him, and he could not have# better leader; and he especially'followed him on account of romarks which had fallen; from him respecting the native race. He thought, now that' Mr Whitaker had joined the Miuistry, there was. more need to praise him, for, through him,something might be; done for the Ihames and for the north part of the island/' He ; thanked them for the invitation to meet Mr Howe in this assembly. .He and Mr Eowe had voted together on all questions affecting, this place; (cheers); ; but on some questions be had sided with' Sir George Grey. During the: timO of'the debate on the Piako .swamp ;ho took neither side, but his remarks referred to the native racfe'albne.- Most likely, '>what: ho then said had been seen by them in ' print. He was glad to see the unanimous way in which they had met Mr .Rowe, and himsef.as a fellow worker with Mr Eo(pe. At first they started on two different tracks, but as the session went on they merged into one track, and kept together since. (Cheers.) He did not enter Parliament for the good of himself, but to see what could be dono for the native race. He wished to thank Mr Eowe for the kind manner in which he had enlightened him at Wellington on questions concerning the Hauraki district. He had other European friends, but he could get no information from them, and Mi Eowe was the only one who made up to huh, and therefore he always went to Mr Eowe for information. (Cheers) He would' not say any inoro, but thank them very much for the kind way they had men* tioned his, name'. ' Mj Eowe then spoke of thc 'inombers of Parliament, in which he. paid a high tribute to the intelligence and earnestness, of the members, aud the fearless manner in which they expressed their views. Ho referred.particularly to Mr Stout and Mr Donald'Eeid in terms of admiration as ! well as to Mr Ballance and other members, and concluded by alluding'to. Mr Eees, whowas, : he said, a good spoaker, and if he only went, into the. wool-press and got shorn of the redundancy of words he would make a useful' member. If he did. not, it was not for want of ability. Mr Eowe theu, proposed the toast of " The Mayor, Borough Council, aud local governing bodies," in highly com-; plimeutary terms. The Chairman, iu replying, said 'that during his year of office, \yhich had now almost expired, he had enjoyed an uninterrupted flow of good- willfrom his colleagues in tho Council and. from the, public, except on one occasion, when the: political horizon was clouded, and it was thought advisable to make the gentleman who occupied tho position

of Mayor. His first pleasitig duty when taking over' the duties ofiVrayof^as'to" - "" receive, the Jegqcy o£ .an. overdraft,-and; mj- ? : f6rcibly impressed on h'is'min'd ff tlmt he had never;forgotten it,-nor was he likely to until it. ceased to exist. His; next dtttyj/sfelf promote a feeling of unanimity between . the ;06uncil 1 and tlie Highway ißoardi & That was no >t ea?y; Js4i<}7.not know if it was yet fully accomplished, but (atall events .ho.had- ; mitigated,.,the r evil,v: ,• Gheerav); Ifc was not for,.ihini; to reeqguiaey ; (j s . : all the good things', which hadbeen I said; of him by. Mr Kowfy ;.bufc ;so; far. lmew;ho had never intentionally dono any ! > r • oue a bad- turn, and as Mayor ho had never--- C(: 1 done a man a good turuV Ho gratefully acknowledged the assistance received from Mr Bo we during his trip to' Wellington, and concluded by "sayitig that he could not say whether - lim was pleased or not that I his term of office was so nearly over, but

■when his .term ; was expir,ed i a. municipal ...... tear wMd bo' shed over'his memory, Mlj he would go down respected'and honoured 4 to his municipal graYe..r(phecrs.) , OiMessrs Danes,' Ehrerifriod,'Gibbons, Bead, Macnab, Brodie, I 'Miirdocb, and

'Bagiiall'alsorbsponded,

Brow'd proposed the' l&ast;ofttlio,««m' " Thames;»' : ,!Gounty''-' and'-;,the" -Mming' and' Agricultueal • Interests', "'to 1 ' 1 ' ' 1 - which Mr Brodie ,'responded,Mr Wilkinson proposed' the "'Local Industries of the Thames," aijd'Mr. Ehrenfried

responded.—Mir 1 McDiillough projjoeod the:" Shipping and Commercial Interost,"

and Captain .tiouter. .responded.—Mr K> McDonald Scott, 1 in'happy terms,'pro- - v -\ posed tho .toast of the Ladies," and ( Mr ,'jClbonan 'Chairman,' ii'" eulogistic terms,'' proposed" the'" ii ealtli of the Host and,. Hostess," stating that no host' or Hostess'could,' : phibit'j|rcatcr'. f hospitality or i)eSter s deseVyed] thanksVp-'' ! ; i; _ Mr " Health the Chairman,'' wiii'cb was re'sponded„t'oj" f ,with. .cheers,.,and.,..an?" extra,i.tqasfc,',tllo,j...,,. " Health of Mrs'MacdonaldjjJ.vWiis pro-, 'posed by Mr Brodie, .and as cheerfully accorded.—The (jChajrman, bmefly ponded to both, and left'the chair.' . Those present then''enjoyed' themselves convivially with songs, &c,, for several hoars, jmdu finajly,-.separated,; .mutually, j. %. pleased with tllo banquet," themselves,' v j and the proceedings,;t