The Express.
London, England, 1852-11-12 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS.

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The Lord CHANCELLOR read a copy of the speech
fro. the throat.. ',loth having bees also read by a dark at
the table,

The Earl of DON01:011MORE nee le propose that a
humble address be presented to her Mejnity in reply to the
speech rust the theses. Ti. .able neieseis 'pale ire a low
bone of yaw, end tee veep he
ntrujosed in the
=. He woe nadneental le rap he the home
salmis ems ihelneorse basic We while he alb
iltemsi be dem • her eleueudiene erhishleteingannidithr
the 'mart 'swam enniletini id* the inpasrnu wad en.
subjects refund to b beir lidenly. the lot
of par etaisat a met topeetted omen boa
posed, amely the NINO Let. It bed bees
that Yet pile of this reallty &odd be plated
ra=tiaa M rein Mete Ovoids, eat that midi a
calamity was to be symbolled, but it was thought that
this gnat country should bele a position to keep ferders
from oar shore*. That reeeete bad bees attatied with
considerable surer; the of the Waft segitaise
deserved peat relit for the roar Is ebb& they had
coos forward sad need their ''isms' hi the ergenration
of this fore. The population hedge* la alone sal cars rea-
dily joined the rake of militia. god ia very few instances
would it, therefere, be reessery te bar recourse to the
ballot. The easeditksa of broke amiss wee very satis-
factory. Her Majesty said that she motioned to
receive asearanses of kindly f Ina all foreign
power. He staid not quit this porter the subject without
eapreniere ►his opinion that the lempeepe eta pennon of th.
proms of this ornatry ea
_sultkilie Mr alldipt= was not
ugly ieroes bet taisellene. The • with.
hearing astir had beau erlierail to rimerited abuse by a
large portion of the pees of this 'sentry. It was net Who
ernes' of say teasible part of Os people of this mew
try to eater as a seams of palled peepapadises. The
simnel* of F NMI tie snlinive- whisk she sedernd
at the close of the warm Met ea Imes attesee et
Prri• hog POW *ernes Amid be • weenie. et es.
H. believed them eras or heti elite ed the borne, aad In
.11 parts of the away • deep Itabig of ateehmern to our
eenetitatioa, and • hitteppresistien of the Maeda which
we derive from it; gm& was eel • wars) why we
should mideav 111 Own ear who it
most oa foreign noises. Ti. newts ptepfi had
judged it wise, for tessont beet Minn he thawed's',
to organise their government or a dlibeent Fabler, mod he
trrhod that the unmerited shine of the ruler of the French
nation would cease. (Hear. hoar.) The question of the
fishery a on the North Americas toast had excited a great
rat of 'street, and, as much misconception prevailed on
the subject, he would detail the circumstances in as few
*order he could. Oa the 20th of October, 181 e, a con-
vention of commerce was sign. d between them Britain
and America, and one of the articles of that convention re-
gulated the rights of both parties to the fisheries on the
coeds of North America. It stated that, aie difference. had
arisen with regard to the right to take, dry, and cure Sob
on the coast, the inhabitants of the United States should
have the right of fishing on certain parts of E. 141 coast of
Newfoundland, Labrador, and Prince E lward's Island,
and they renounced for ever any liberty which they had
before enjoyed to take, dry, or cure Ash within three ma-
rine miles of the coast. It was nee awry to state
that the conditions of this convention were always
nurtaird more or Ire by the authorities of this country,
sad a fore, perhaps iaeMeient, but still quite sulkiest to
eapress a determination on the part of this country o'
en her rights, had been kept on the roast; awl boom
Jane, 1421, and October, 104511, thirty-Ave Aeolians Via-
orls were seised by British cruisers, fur inframirs of the
ilehing laws. When the present Secretary of State for the
Corsica came lath Ake, complaint, were made by Oaf
North American eoloocies, which appeared to be well
founded, that gross breaches of thii convention took place
daily. A modification was made of the system of marine
police fur the assertion of her Britannie Mej sty's rights;
ta former years the system had been to send a •niall aws-
burg large vemels, and this had been altered by sending
est a large number of email Creels, which had been found
more effectual in preventing contraband fishing. A discr-
eo then lint arra with the United States government
r to the messing of the treaty—whether three
miles from corm, bays, creek,, or harbours meant
a line draws parallel to the ineleatation of the coast, or from
the !maims., which were the promtn-nt ponds of the
red. It was ••••orwirt to no into the details of the die.
minion, but it turned out that the valuable part of the
Ishary was militia there miles of the line froon the indents.
tars of the coast ; and If her Majesty's stoveruesent had
ever been incliaed to surrender to the AIM rie rovernment
tier interpretation of the terry, they woo'. , cell not has.
ohlaird the really 'slushier part of the i.o.i (" Hear,
her," fru the Earl of Derby.) He was ;Amoy to say th ot
then ow yaw reams to hope that the American prima-

meat wouel entercurolially in.o negotiations on the subject,
sad that I .g,•and haven sot c -•amercial advantages might I
he obtained :or OM North Am ricers colonies by the settle.
gnat of this question. (Hear, hear.) It might ho in
the re .ellee,im of their I,rilships that dining the
past Melton of prima, ut • noble earl opposite
mail a ni-dion with r, fen nee to the opening of the
great rivers of South Atm:tics. lie was now happy to he
able to congratulate the house and the country on the
melting of those rivers to the commerce of the world. Her
Idoj.sty bad congratulated their lordships and the country
en
the prosperous state of the revenue. He fully 'immured
uthat at oreinent, and with pleasure he acknowledged that
the eoudeohni of the manufacturing population, the indus-
triers clues,, of the cauntry,was must satisfactory. (.. lieu,
hear," from the opposiion bench's.) Differences of opinion
might exist as to the policy to which that prosperity was to
be attributed. Ile cos disposed to admit that it was in a
mermen to be attributed to the elleniening of the food of
the people--C' hear, hear," from the opposition benches)—
also, perhaps, to the great iufux of gold, which had consi-
derably eased the motley market, and had to some extent
increased the resources of the people. After referring
aeriottos to the other prneipal WI ice in tee royal speech,
the noble earl went on to say he had thought if
better to reserve the most prominent paragraph of the
speech for the subject of hie last observations. He believed I
I their lordship, in common with the whole nation, felt as
one mm with respect to the illustrious soldier and states.
man ri ow deceased—that great man who in youth had
fought our battles, and who in age had guided our councils.
(Cheers.) That chair (said the noble earl, pointing to one
at the table) was now vacant, in which they had been
accustomed to see the venerable presence of the Duke of
Wellington, who had so long fought against the
increasing weaknesses of age, and had still con-
tutu, d at more than foar-score years to perform
his public duties. (Cheers.) There was one point
which had not been sufficiently dwelt on in the many and
able rewires which toad been tu ode upon the noble duke
by public writers. The Duke of Wellington was not so
much a loss to this eountry as to the whole world. (Cheers.)
Asa *oldie r he had restored the equilibrium of Europe, and
had made ceder rise out of chaos; and in after years, as a
civilian, he had preserved, by his moderation end good
couusel, the peace which he had won. (Cheers.) When
that great man's ashes should be laid in the cathedral of
St. Paul's they would not be followed thither only by
Englishmen, bra: there would be deputations from must of
the great nations of Europe. (Hear, hear.) He bed left
behind him a memorial of his worth which would lire as
long as the literature of the country. The despatches of
the Doke of Wellington were not remarkable for eloquence
or tine writing, but the character of the man was stamped
upon them in a manner unmistakeable ; and the PIP* of
that book would he read with interest, end with advantage,
se long as the nation itself should last. (Cheers.) He bad
referred to the public comments which had been made
upon the noble duke, but there was one that bad appeared
in some English and foreign newspaper', from which he
mutt beg to dissent. It was said that if there should again
be an European war, now that the duke was gone, there
woad be no general to lead our troops, and no one to
direct the council* of the nation. That he (the noble earl)
could not believe. The Duke of Wellington had lived in
vain if his example had not had an effect upon his comrades.
Ho (the noble earl) believed that there were many living
who had drunk at the same fount, and who burned to
emulate, as far as possible, his great deeds. He believed
that, should the time come when the country should want •
general to fight her battles, one worthy of the emergency
would be found; and that if internal strife or foreign ag-
gres.ion should ever threaten our shores, we should find a
new Wellington to command our armies, and • new Wel-
lington to guide our councils. (Loud cheers) The noble
earl concluded by moving the address, which was, of course,
• repetition of the speech.
The Marquis of BATH, in seconding the motion, be-
spoke the indulgence of their lordship. while he sd-
dressed them for the first time. Ho was ours that
the seutiments which her Majesty had expressed with
reference to the death of the Duke of Wellington would
find an echo fro individual of every elan, and from
none more than from Their lordships. The character of the
Duke of Welliogtun was the very type of the two national
virtins—devution to bG sovereign and attachment to hie
country. (Loud cheers.) The noble marquis then al-
luded to some other of the topics contained in the royal
speech, lut his remarks did not reach the gallery. There
could he no question that the manufacturing interests had
received fresh streogth and vigour from the recent legislation,
but the agricultural classes had not been equally benefited.
These agricultural interests had, in fact, suffered much,
and yet they had thrown so obstruction or impediment in
the way of the free working of the new system. On the
contrary, they were ready to assist, in every way, in
carrying it out. Though the great bulk of the industrious
claws were enjoying great prosperity, their lordships sboald
not forget that there were other Englishmen not less indue-
Inoue, and not less loyal, who were suffering from the
measures which had proved so beneficial to the rest of the
community. He trusted, therefore, that it might be possible
to devise some means of alleviating the distress of the landed
interests that would not be prejudicial to a system ander
which the rest of the country bad been so prosperous.
(Cheers.) He would not trouble their lordships with any
remarks upon law reform or the university commission,
bat he would simply beg to second the address. (Cheers.)
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE would not have
presumed to say a word after the smash they had
heard from the apse, sod the remarks of the noble
lords who had moved and ereemied the Weer.,
were it sot that the subject whimit toremed dm meet promi-
nent feature of the royal speech, sod he wash the noble
earl had adverted before he sat doom Will an to which he
(sit it his duty not to cell the attention et their lerdships, for
that was slready feed upon it, en whit* he mobs a few
remarks. Although he did sot feel Ymesr eudhorked
either upon this or upon any °thereon's' rk the sen-
timents and feelings of any elm of poem= their lord.
=owe, he bat perhaps same claim se es iedividual to
them es this seerisiso. ass ism* because of
the greet pews rupee le had Sr the noble duke,
who was lest he his sod t e this house--sot merely
because without WC seenctio• with him whatever,
the seas duke hed den hie go sneer at all times to con-
ies:Ms es his Moeda ma ea ibis very last occasion on
wild" be addressed thin IT& ed him in those terms, bat
• sere geebsge sir eider members of their lord-
ble
Obi BMW MlNiquis) remembered the time
rdlit wheteefthsasbledsrdsmilitary and parliamentary
MOM iCketers.) It had sew& him (the noble marquis)
that he steed is a senewhat peculiar position in
fiellelliehle this upon thti "abject, for it might not
11111 MOUS UP may et their lordships for there
woes fel meg Nelms who maid recollect the circumstance—
bit Ibetralet at Ihripseven years ago—then a
.young men in
rsYmil pallemeterr lif•—he wee permitted and au-
litelesd trylb ISsee et that time, to call open the
elher Item le de le Ike nieessy, and to provide Sr
SW On* st oft et Ameduat hirers that ever lived, sad
olllk tam thee la gmi eellastriZzref this country,
Ibe mite Dam maple be lespered. ObeettO as . It w
la Mt that, at a immeast agent teed et • great
ends lo the military alias errA aelles—dhe etrestry was
endemeed by the strike edit te bee dheeenisse of the
greatest admiral that everdiregtd.bedthsilntry. Any
men might feel proud, to hem lived with sash seaters-
perariea to selecting these greet emu as the steep M our
age and of our time, he ea set mom to emboli St• fact,
that during the sore petted ewe had arisen gnaw ef an-
ether kind—thee *" sets sod sismess had yob bera dor-
mant, but that min signet empasity. iefikaray, sod
▪ had smatielly esetribeted le the preoperlty and
wealth of the esaatry. Bat let Ora recollect when
they were called upon to do boom to the head
et the military
_ptelhesies, that than prosperity
sod that wealth mesh' mem le be snore rem II was pro
tected. (Lead them.) for, he it remeraberek that to
whatever pitch we height the seemedweadog tad lellalaor-
cud industry of this errantry might be web* and whatever
accumulation of capitol might lad Ne way eer ahem.
that capital and that ithereep would disappear et ease,
"ad, instead of attrestfog the eye, well agrees the
city of the world, if it we he • mwessoil eaggersd to be de-
ft tittle's. (Loud sheers.) lot *eat be weaned that, in
the present state of the world. orod Is that state
in which it meat low continue le remain, it
was not merely to isslastry, sus and art, or
to any thing of • peens Character, that they could
long hook fur the glory awl eighty of the crows and of the
realm, unless they ask up their minds to protect it effi-
Meetly, sod to show the we were not only the most indus-
trious but one of the meet powerful nations in the world.
(Chest.) He had thought it right to say so much, and he
'ilsamiated these observations with the names of men who,
he his °Munn, had done more than any men
list had done to bring forth and to strengthen the
getter and efficacy of our resources. (Cheers.) He was not
Milliard to enter upon the various topics which had been
enearefully in•rodneed into the royal speech, that he did
set suppose the house would have to pronounce any dis-
Suet opinion upon them. Ile certainly could have wished
there had been • less faltering declaration of the views of her
Majesty's government with respect to those great questions
of commercial policy which had been alluded to. After
the tins which had elapsed, &naafi the experience they
bed had, and after all the (seta and the arithmetic whisk
had been brought forward since the question had first acme
before tho ria, he should have thought that not only the
gauntry, but her Majesty's government, might have hiss
able to form an opinion on the subject. (Cheers.) Aiding
himself in the Construction of the speech by t remarks of
Vie noble marquis, he thought that her Naivety's govern-
ment had at length been satisfied that what they now called
the " recent legislation " had had its fair share in producing
the prosperity of the country. (Cheers.) Perhaps they did
not wish, as the °liken ofthe ship, to he the first to Khan-
' don her ; and they had the gallant feeling that when the
ship was sinking, they ought to be the last seen upon the
deck. (Chet re.) He did not see any desire to keep the
ship seat; he did not see say desire, either in that house
or the country, to encourage them to stand by what was
called the good old cause. He was ready to take *amis.
iliollll in any way, direct or indirect admissions, admissions by
insinuation or admissions by hint; they were all 'Tully valu-
able, coin ng sa they did in differoot shapes and in different
dear.,..., from most, if not all, of theleading person. in and
out of that house, who had for years advocated protection.
He hoped be was not mistaken, in supposing that
her Majesty's ministers entertained the view not ant
that the free trade legislation had he, !mended wit',
the happiest s fleets, but that it was necessary to pur-
sue that legislation in the same spirit and no the same
principle, end then they wild be entitled to the
support of every mac in the •
country who hal advocated
free trade.

Lord 111110U0HAII was Ansi ,tl4 to hear his testimony to
the troui,; adapt merit. of the Duke of Welliasonn, which
h..; ; .u• d for his 5n,..:,,ry on unit- r.al tribute of protie
fr .lo arms boils at house and abroad. His public •irtue
an•.l cotwout abnegation of *elf were even more admirable
than kir private vines sad taarvelloge fortase. Gad forbid