The Express.
London, England, 1860-10-27 00:00:00

(Stamped, ld. Additional.)

the pithiest orsanisation of the country which
was ellsehed by the parliamentary reform of lead.
(Cheers.) Well, gentlemen, all these changes were
the result of long discussion, of conflict of opini ,on
and of conflict of interest; sad if it were not so, if it bad
been accomplished by sonie sudden stroke of the pen, they
would not have resulted in the good which has been effected
by them, being the result of discussion, and coming upon a
country prepared to receive them, and sensible of the ad-
vantages they brought with them. (Hoar, hear.) Gentle-
men, this address which has been read Ims udverted in
terms forwhich I beg toimproes env heartfelt gratitude—hr
adverted to the general system of 'administration, and "spa-
ngly to our foreign relations. If, gentlemen, the govern-
ment of which I have had the honour to be a leading
member has been anoosedul in its conduct of affair, the
merit is due, first of all, to the generous support which it
had received from the people of this country, to the un-
bounded confidence of the crown, lied to the distinguished
ability of thews colleagues of whom the administrataon
has been composed. (Hear.) We have indeed been suc•
cessful in and gas sting to spread political liberty in
other omuitries °vet oar own—(hear, hear)—not by dicta-
tion, not by arm interference, not by imposing on nations
unwilling or unprepared innovations even calculated for
their good, but by moieties those who were helping them-
selves, and by tiding the development in other countries
of those prieuiples of political freedom which we have
the happiness to enjoy in our own. (Loud cheers.)
I It is this, gentlemen, that in Belgium we have contributed
to the establishineut of the system of government which
has rendered that country as nappy and prosperous as any
other country on the face of the earth. (Hear, hear.) It 1
L thus that we einisted She Spenbude and Portugtiese in ,
obtaining constitution modelled on the general Oomph.' 1
of our own, and we have contributed greatly to the happi.
nem and prosperity of these nations. We are now seeing
in soother part of madame Europe changes in progress
'which I trust may lead to the eatablisluneht of a system in
i=is conducive to the happiness and prosperity of the 1
sa, unfortunately, some of the governments Which
have existed in that country have contributed to their ma-
happier' and their misery. (Hear.) Brie gentlemen; our ,
action is the action of opinion sloes. (Hear.) We leave 1
the Italians to deal with their own affairs, mil all we hope
and wish is that other countries should follow our example
—(hear)--end that the people of those regions, favoured I
by many of the gifts of nature, should be allowed to erring,
their internal affairs in a manner which may seem to them
beet adapted for their happinom and wakare. (Cootinued
V4ir.) You have been pleased to say in the address,
the attention paid by the goverment of this
country to our fellow-subjoin trarlinig and residing in
foreign parts they have been clothed with the protection of
England wherever they may harmlessly and innocently be.
Why, gentlemen, that moat be so, bemire a country great
aid powerful like Enghiod, whose inhabitants are educated
in Oral:rumple. of peat for the laws, and whose people,
when they travel' abroad, go for the purpose of corn.
menial enterprise or for individual instruction or recreation
—who never indulge in plots and conspiracies, however
they may differ in opinion r to the merits of the in.
stitutioes in the loads they visit—(hear, hear)—l say
that the inhabitants of such a country as this must be res.
pected wherever they go, because they are sure that their
countrymen at home will not look with indifference upon
iambs and injuries which may be undeservedly visited
upon their fellow-men. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, you have I
alluded to the maintenance of good order in this country.
No doubt it is the desire and the duty of the executive
government to watch over the maintenance of order in the
kingdom wham destinies are committed to their charge;
but happily in this country that duty on the pert of the
governmeat it easy, sad reduced almost to nothing. The
peculiar characterF of the English nation, and that which
strike. foreigners most when they visit our shores. is the
manner in width the people of these realms govern them-
selves and maintain order among each other. (Cheese.) It
is that spirit of order, that obedience to rule, which not
' only affords the best security for internal peer,
bat which, applicable and applied as it is to
all the concerns of public and private life, is the elemen-
tary principle on which the wealth and increasing
_prove-
hefty of the country is founded, not only in it. public res.
rcbut even in its commercial and induttriel avocations.
.:1;, then, that fur this the government of the der can
take but little credit. It is the people of the United
Kingdom to whom the merit is mainly due and no doubt
it is to the daily and yearly increase hi the diffurioe of
instruction and eduestioa rams the people, the de-
cline of which it is hopossible to contemplate, that this
spirit of ceder is mainly attributable. You are pleased
ale in the address to refer to the loyalty of the people of
this country. Well, Mr. Mayor, that loyalty is innate in the
tided of every British subject (loud cheers)
for if there is one peculiarity,
.perhaos, more
thsa another which belongs to the British character, it
is • sentiment of gradations of rank. Every rank
r knows its own position. Neither is it jealous of those
above, nor does it treat without respect those who may
liappen to be below. There is a general oonerourinem that
hamen society there must be degrees, and that the pre-
servation of that gradation is essential to the welfare of the
community, and that feeling.-and that sentiment—u di-
rected with increased intensity towards the sovereign who
sits on the throne. (Hear, hear.) But if at all times that
abstract feeling would lead the people of this country to
sentiments of fervid and devoted loyalty, it is yet our hap-
treeto be ruled over by a sovereign who possesses in a
never surpansed all those qualities of head lied
bout which are calculated to seems to her the deep-pooled
affeetioo of every one of the subjects whom she govern&
(Her, hear.) It is true, as you have observed,
that our sovereign is deeply Imbued with the
' of the constitution of which she is
head, and little indeed is the merit of those who are
!appointed by her to administer in her name, if they follow
that track which she pointa out to them to pursue,
aid if they in the administration of those powers which she
wrfides to their hands are sedulously and strictly obese-
vast of the limit" which the constitution of the country
bee imposed on the executive authority. But there is
another point in which our sovereign peculiarly deserves
the admiration and the gratitude of the oonntry—for not
only are her cares directed to the time present, but with a
far-seeing foresight she bus trained up and educated her
royal children. (Cheers.) She has imbued them
so deeply with all those sentiments and feelings which
fit them to be members e 1 that royal family whom
we have the happiness to look up to, that even after that
day—long we hope to be deferred—when her reign may
amen, she will bequeath to her people the legacy of a family
write to reeeW her and sure to obtain the confiders
and affection of the country. (Loud cheers.) And thus,
gentlemen, though of late years we have seen in other
countries sovereigns who have been so unfortunate as to
Ices the confidence of their subjects and to entail both on
themeless and their people all those 'calamities which arise
from such a forfeiture on the part of the ruling authority,
we have the satisfaction of seeing in this country that
eery day rivets more closely those bonds of affectionate
attachment which now exist, and which I trust never will
be diminished between the sovereign and the subjects
of the realm (Hear.) My Lind Mayor and gentlemen, I
beg again I. return you my wariest thanks, and to assure
you that expressions like these of confidence and good will,
ea the part of such an important portico of the community,
sue the greatest encouragements which public men can
receive In the discharge of their duty, and the amplest
relined by which the honest and conscientious performance
of those duties can hope to be followed. (Hear, hear.)
The MAYOR then called for "Three times three" for
Laid Pahristoo, which was heartily given, the loud bass
of t=a being used as an accompaniment, and adding
o.o::y to the effect of this demonstration.
The=inge concluded with a round of cheers for
D.
Ills, the presentation of the oldies' the Major enter-
treed the noels lord and a select party in the state-rooms
to baseltsee. The "Health of Lord Palmerston" magiven
by the mayor in complimentary terms ; and the noble lord,
in replying, apologised for the necessary brevity of his re-
marks, and stated that he had arranged to visit during the
afteraoon lionswof the great manufacturing erablishments,
which had contributed so largely to the prosperity and the
ha*neas of the inhabitants, and at the same time to the
welfare and greatness of the country. His lordship ocia-
chided by Prosperity to the town of Leeds."
ThetoaaM was responded to by Mr. WY. Bxcxxrr.
Lord PALSIZIIIVIVN next proposed "The health of the

Hla Wonsan. having responded, gave " The Represen•
tether far the Wert Riding," ompled with the name of Sir
John Ilamaism—who briefly returned thanks.
The noble Vi count then departed from the hall, amidst
loud chars from the gnats as well as from the crowds col.
looted outride.

Tn RatessurrcY AND INOOLTINCY LAM DErVTATION.
—At a meeting held yesterday, peeliminary to the reception
dthe deputation by Load l'estoo, attended by the
delagetes of the venoms Chambered of Commerce and trade
Protection Societies of the West Riding, Samuel Morley,
Esq., of London, and Mr. J. Russell, secretary of the Mer-
cantile Law Amendment Society, it was unanimously re-
solved :—" That this meeting is of opinion that it is moat
desirable to urge upon the government to adhere to the
principle of the payment of the official assignees embodied
is clause 101 of the bill of last session, providing also that
the further payment of the official antigens beyond the
Axed salary should Iss subject to the consent oi SIM midi-
tors' mimes."

MLIICIIBSTIZ CRAMMER Or COMMON AND THI
Isms T•sisr. —AL • roosting 01 tits directors of this
body, held yesterday (Thursday), it was resolved to seek an
botorview se soon as powdbk with Mr. Samuel Laing,
just appointed ilminekil masher of the Indian Conned,
previous to his departure for Caleistts. The following
gastlanen were selected to ecenpess the deputation :
Mr. Messed Potter. Vat ; Mr. Murray Oladrione,
Yr. Jobs Sender, Mr. Cassias, Mr. Thomas Ashton.
The deputation will se••• . Wag is Loudon—Morsaterfer
Examiner.