which　appeared　in　London　had　more　than　doubled；　while　the　increase
  in　the　number　of　people　among　whom　they　were　disseminated　was
  probably　beyond　calculation。
  Ladies　and　gentlemen；　I　have　stated　the　newsman's　simple　case。　　I
  leave　it　in　your　hands。　　Within　the　last　year　the　institution　has
  had　the　good　fortune　to　attract　the　sympathy　and　gain　the　support
  of　the　eminent　man　of　letters　I　am　proud　to　call　my　friend；　who　now
  represents　the　great　Republic　of　America　at　the　British　Court。
  Also　it　has　the　honour　of　enrolling　upon　its　list　of　donors　and
  vice…presidents　the　great　name　of　Longfellow。　　I　beg　to　propose　to
  you　to　drink　〃Prosperity　to　the　Newsvendors'　Benevolent　and
  Provident　Institution。〃
  SPEECH：　　MACREADY。　　LONDON；　MARCH　1；　1851。
  ＇On　the　evening　of　the　above　day　the　friends　and　admirers　of　Mr。
  Macready　entertained　him　at　a　public　dinner。　　Upwards　of　six
  hundred　gentlemen　assembled　to　do　honour　to　the　great　actor　on　his
  retirement　from　the　stage。　　Sir　E。　B。　Lytton　took　the　chair。　　Among
  the　other　speakers　were　Baron　Bunsen；　Sir　Charles　Eastlake；　Mr。
  Thackeray；　Mr。　John　Forster；　Mr。　W。　J。　Fox；　and　Mr。　Charles
  Dickens；　who　proposed　〃The　Health　of　the　Chairman〃　in　the　following
  words：…＇
  GENTLEMEN；　…　After　all　you　have　already　heard；　and　so　rapturously
  received；　I　assure　you　that　not　even　the　warmth　of　your　kind
  welcome　would　embolden　me　to　hope　to　interest　you　if　I　had　not　full
  confidence　in　the　subject　I　have　to　offer　to　your　notice。　　But　my
  reliance　on　the　strength　of　this　appeal　to　you　is　so　strong　that　I
  am　rather　encouraged　than　daunted　by　the　brightness　of　the　track　on
  which　I　have　to　throw　my　little　shadow。
  Gentlemen；　as　it　seems　to　me；　there　are　three　great　requisites
  essential　to　the　perfect　realisation　of　a　scene　so　unusual　and　so
  splendid　as　that　in　which　we　are　now　assembled。　　The　first；　and　I
  must　say　very　difficult　requisite；　is　a　man　possessing　the
  stronghold　in　the　general　remembrance；　the　indisputable　claim　on
  the　general　regard　and　esteem；　which　is　possessed　by　my　dear　and
  much　valued　friend　our　guest。　　The　second　requisite　is　the　presence
  of　a　body　of　entertainers；　…　a　great　multitude　of　hosts　so　cheerful
  and　good…humoured　（under；　I　am　sorry　to　say；　some　personal
  inconvenience）；　…　so　warm…hearted　and　so　nobly　in　earnest；　as　those
  whom　I　have　the　privilege　of　addressing。　　The　third；　and　certainly
  not　the　least　of　these　requisites；　is　a　president　who；　less　by　his
  social　position；　which　he　may　claim　by　inheritance；　or　by　fortune；
  which　may　have　been　adventitiously　won；　and　may　be　again
  accidentally　lost；　than　by　his　comprehensive　genius；　shall　fitly
  represent　the　best　part　of　him　to　whom　honour　is　done；　and　the　best
  part　of　those　who　unite　in　the　doing　of　it。　　Such　a　president　I
  think　we　have　found　in　our　chairman　of　to…night；　and　I　need
  scarcely　add　that　our　chairman's　health　is　the　toast　I　have　to
  propose　to　you。
  Many　of　those　who　now　hear　me　were　present；　I　daresay；　at　that
  memorable　scene　on　Wednesday　night　last；　when　the　great　vision
  which　had　been　a　delight　and　a　lesson；　…　very　often；　I　daresay；　a
  support　and　a　comfort　to　you；　which　had　for　many　years　improved　and
  charmed　us；　and　to　which　we　had　looked　for　an　elevated　relief　from
  the　labours　of　our　lives；　faded　from　our　sight　for　ever。　　I　will
  not　stop　to　inquire　whether　our　guest　may　or　may　not　have　looked
  backward；　through　rather　too　long　a　period　for　us；　to　some　remote
  and　distant　time　when　he　might　possibly　bear　some　far…off　likeness
  to　a　certain　Spanish　archbishop　whom　Gil　Blas　once　served。　　Nor
  will　I　stop　to　inquire　whether　it　was　a　reasonable　disposition　in
  the　audience　of　Wednesday　to　seize　upon　the　words　…
  〃And　I　have　brought；
  Golden　opinions　from　all　sorts　of　people；
  Which　would　be　worn　now　in　their　newest　gloss；
  Not　cast　aside　so　soon　…　〃
  but　I　will　venture　to　intimate　to　those　whom　I　am　addressing　how　in
  my　mind　I　mainly　connect　that　occasion　with　the　present。　　When　I
  looked　round　on　the　vast　assemblage；　and　observed　the　huge　pit
  hushed　into　stillness　on　the　rising　of　the　curtain；　and　that　mighty
  surging　gallery；　where　men　in　their　shirt…sleeves　had　been　striking
  out　their　arms　like　strong　swimmers　…　when　I　saw　that。　boisterous
  human　flood　become　still　water　in　a　moment；　and　remain　so　from　the
  opening　to　the　end　of　the　play；　it　suggested　to　me　something
  besides　the　trustworthiness　of　an　English　crowd；　and　the　delusion
  under　which　those　labour　who　are　apt　to　disparage　and　malign　it：
  it　suggested　to　me　that　in　meeting　here　to…night　we　undertook　to
  represent　something　of　the　all…pervading　feeling　of　that　crowd；
  through　all　its　intermediate　degrees；　from　the　full…dressed　lady；
  with　her　diamonds　sparkling　upon　her　breast　in　the　proscenium…box；
  to　the　half…undressed　gentleman；　who　bides　his　time　to　take　some
  refreshment　in　the　back　row　of　the　gallery。　　And　I　consider；
  gentlemen；　that　no　one　who　could　possibly　be　placed　in　this　chair
  could　so　well　head　that　comprehensive　representation；　and　could　so
  well　give　the　crowning　grace　to　our　festivities；　as　one　whose
  comprehensive　genius　has　in　his　various　works　embraced　them　all；
  and　who　has；　in　his　dramatic　genius；　enchanted　and　enthralled　them
  all　at　once。
  Gentlemen；　it　is　not　for　me　here　to　recall；　after　what　you　have
  heard　this　night；　what　I　have　seen　and　known　in　the　bygone　times　of
  Mr。　Macready's　management；　of　the　strong　friendship　of　Sir　Bulwer
  Lytton　for　him；　of　the　association　of　his　pen　with　his　earliest
  successes；　or　of　Mr。　Macready's　zealous　and　untiring　services；　but
  it　may　be　permitted　me　to　say　what；　in　any　public　mention　of　him　I
  can　never　repress；　that　in　the　path　we　both　tread　I　have　uniformly
  found　him　from　the　first　the　most　generous　of　men；　quick　to
  encourage；　slow　to　disparage；　ever　anxious　to　assert　the　order　of
  which　he　is　so　great　an　ornament；　never　condescending　to　shuffle　it
  off；　and　leave　it　outside　state　rooms；　as　a　Mussulman　might　leave
  his　slippers　outside　a　mosque。
  There　is　a　popular　prejudice；　a　kind　of　superstition　to　the　effect
  that　authors　are　not　a　particularly　united　body；　that　they　are　not
  invariably　and　inseparably　attached　to　each　other。　　I　am　afraid　I
  must　concede　half…a…grain　or　so　of　truth　I　to　that　superstition；
  but　this　I　know；　that　there　can　hardly　be　…　that　there　hardly　can
  have　been　…　among　the　followers　of　literature；　a　man　of　more　high
  standing　farther　above　these　little　grudging　jealousies；　which　do
  sometimes　disparage　its　brightness；　than　Sir　Edward　Bulwer　Lytton。
  And　I　have　the　strongest　reason　just　at　present　to　bear　my
  testimony　to　his　great　consideration　for　those　evils　which　are
  sometimes　unfortunately　attendant　upon　it；　though　not　on　him。　　For；
  in　conjunction　with　some　other　gentlemen　now　present；　I　have　just
  embarked　in　a　design　with　Sir　Bulwer　Lytton；　to　smoothe　the　rugged
  way　of　young　labourers；　both　in　literature　and　the　fine　arts；　and
  to　soften；　but　by　no　eleemosynary　means；　the　declining　years　of
  meritorious　age。　　And　if　that　project　prosper　as　I　hope　it　will；
  and　as　I　know　it　ought；　it　will　one　day　be　an　honour　to　England
  where　there　is　now　a　reproach；　originating　in　his　sympathies；　being
  brought　into　operation　by　his　activity；　and　endowed　from　its　very
  cradle　by　his　generosity。　　There　are　many　among　you　who　will　have
  each　his　own　favourite　reason　for　drinking　our　chairman's　health；
  resting　his　claim　probably　upon　some　of　his　diversified　successes。
  According　to　the　nature　of　your　reading；　some　of　you　will　connect
  him　with　prose；　others　will　connect　him　with　poetry。　　One　will
  connect　him　with　comedy；　and　another　with　the　romantic　passions　of
  the　stage；　and　his　assertion　of　worthy　ambition　and　earnest
  struggle　against　those
  〃twin　gaolers　of　the　human　heart；
  Low　birth　and　iron　fortune。〃
  Again；　another's　taste　will　lead　him　to　the　contemplation　of　Rienzi
  and　the　streets　of　Rome；　another's　to　the　rebuilt　and　repeopled
  streets　of　Pompeii；　another's　to　the　touching　history　of　the
  fireside　where　the　Caxton　family　learned　how　to　discipline　their
  natures　and　tame　their　wild　hopes　down。　　But；　however　various　their
  feelings　and　reasons　may　be；　I　am　sure　that　with　one　accord　each
  will　help　the　other；　and　all　will　swell　the　greeting；　with　which　I
  shall　now　propose　to　you　〃The　Health　of　our　Chairman；　Sir　Edward
  Bulwer　Lytton。〃
  SPEECH：　　SANITARY　REFORM。　　LONDON；　MAY　10；　1851。
  ＇The　members　and　friends　of　the　Metropolitan　Sanitary　Association
  dined　together　on　the　above　evening　at　Gore　House；　Kensington。　　The
  Earl　of　Carlisle　occupied　the　chair。　　Mr。　Charles　Dickens　was
  present；　and　in　proposing　〃The　Board　of　Health；〃　made　the　following
  speech：…＇
  THERE　are　very　few　words　for　me　to　say　upon　the　needfulness　of
  sanitary　reform；　or　the　consequent　usefulness　of　the　Board　of
  Health。　　That　no　man　can　estimate　the　amount　of　mischief　grown　i