The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1856-11-08 00:00:00

The Mayor then intradiced -Mr. Charles H4lland, presi-
dent of the Chamber of Commerce.

-''lllr. Holland said: 'My Lord Palmerston, as President of
the Liverpool Chamber.of Commerce, I have the honour of
being deputed by that body, as. well as by various associa-
tions of this great commercial community, to communicate to
your lordship the very high gratification which they exoeri-
once in seeing your lordship among them upon the
peesent occasion. Their only regret. my lord, is that the
suddenness of your lordship's visit, and the.brief stay which
your lordship, as we urderstand, intends making, prevents
them from making that formal recognition of the esteem in'
which yeur lordship's distinguished services are heldby this
great commercial community, which they would otherwise
have been so willing to do. (Hear, hear.) My lord:on-the
part of the Chamber, allow me to say that, in the carious
communications which they have had the honour of making
with her Majesty's Government on important commercial
questions, they have uniformly been met—and I am sure I
shall be supported in this remark by the'voices of all my
brother members present—with the greatest disliesition to
meet their requirements, and to afford every facility which,
it was possibletonfford to the commercial community of
this town—{leud cheers)--ein the removing of all obstruc-
tions, and in every way aiding the growth of trade and
commerce, and by lending an ear to every suggestion which
has been Made by the Chamber of Commerce. Allow me
further to add, that, in all important ameliorations for
amending the commercial laws of the country, it is highly
gratifying to find teat her Majesty's Government have uni•
forrnly endeavoured to consult the wants and' wishes of
the commercial community, through the medium or the
-Chamber 'of Commerce ; and have manifested the utmost
desire to have the opinion of that body neon every question
which affected commercial matters. (Heat-, hear.) Thu
unexpec;ml nature of your lordship's visit prevents me
from entering; in the shape of a formal address, into these
large questions of foreign policy for which your lordship's
government was particularly remarkable. But, my lord,
there is one question to which I think I should.not be doing
justice to the feelings of all thevntl,±men present, and to
th' commercial community of this vast town, if I did not
advert to it for one moment. I refer, my lord, ---to that
question which most derply affected the Vterestsi-Of the
commercial community of Liverpool,' more, perhaps, than
those-Of any other community of England—l allude to the
question of the late differences—the threatened differe;
between this cmntry and the United, States of i

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(Hear, hear.) My ford, I believe there would be oAy one
expression of feeling among all'wesent, and in this great
community, that in the mariner in which your lordship and
her Majesty's advisers disposed of what thr,:atened, at the
time,-to be a question which might involve a displue with the
United States of A-nerica, while it fully consulted
the the-country exhibited at the same time a.
aid satisfied the views •of all upon
hear.) "Afy• .1ofd;• Mr" that we are
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to convey to you the great p'easure they entertain to day it
seeing you in this town and port, and while they r- gret
exeeeoingly that the sudden and unexpected nature of your
lordship's visit precludes the possibility of their expressing
their feeling; in the mann6c which would have been most
gratifying to them, they trust that you will see sufficient to
day to induce you to give them an opportunity of 4,,,ing Si
4 some not distant period. (gear, hear.). •
Lord Palmerston said: Mr. Mayor and gentlemen, I beg
to'return you, not merely for myself, but also permit me to
return, in the-names of my colleagues, our. most grateful
thinks, for the cordial spanner in which yen hg,ve been
pleased to receive ma. Yon have been pleased to say
tbat,;ifeircumstances had given you more time to prepare a
formal reception, that that reception would have been
accompanied by some more formal demonstration of your good
will: It is an established eayint,r, "that Second thoughts
are best ;" but, it is also true, that first_ impulses are best,—
(hear, hear)—and, having received the expression:of'yotir
first impulse, I am quite sure that nothing could have added
to the gratifaation of my reception—even if you had had
the time you ray wev.bil have enabled you to add more
form to the cordiality witii which you have now received
me. (Rear, hear.) It must, 'gentlemen', be • particularly
gratifying- to those who are charged wi:h the so4dAat of
affairs, to receive expressions of thaapPiolril'of their Po;i•PY
in times of such' inimense imortanee as those to which
your observations have referred, from a community' stash as
that in which, I haVe now the honour to be ; because, if
there is any #onaixtunity; whose interests are more particu-
larly affected by the itircumstances of peace . and war,
it must be that great commercial body, 'whose transactions
flourish in peace, and whose transactions aro.' likely to
be troubled by war. (hear, hear?) ft_Was, therefore, most
satisfactory to the Government to have foinad, daring the
.continuance of the war in which we were unfortunately-.•en—
ra7e.Al, that a sense of the justice of the cause—that a sense
of the necessity of the exertions which we called upon the
country to make--,.overpoweredin the minds orthe commer-
cial community of this euuntry all considerations of private
interests, and called forth from them that di,play of ener-
getic patriotism which contributed so greatly to the success
of the contest, _and which 'reflected such honour upon the

( Applause.) I may say to those whom
I now have the honour of addressing, that•the means which
the commercial.maritie of this country placed at the disposal
Of the OoPerninent, contributed essentially to the successful
operations in which we were engaged. The vast means of
transport which the commercial marine hn.d placed in the
hands-of Government, had this effects that: our armies--if
speak of armies; Imean the Fi-ench and Englip armies, for
they were one on that oaoasien—(hear, hear) —hut the
armies of the allies, though more than o,opo miles iat least
the English army were 3,000 miles) froni,the head-,quarters
of their resources were, in truth, nearer to those resources in
point of time and facilities, than was the enemy, was
fighting on his own territory. .(Cheers.) Well, gentlemen,
it was not only satisfactory to ns to find ourselves thus sup-
ported, hilt, I am bound to say, that all?the energy and the
zeal of her Msjesty's Government (Ind that -energy and zeal
was, uniform throughout the whole body, and. it was to the
manner in which every -member of the Administration col.
operated in the common cause, that that energy was felt
thrOughout every department),—but all that energy and•
zeal, the confidence with which we were honoured by our
Sovereign, the bravery of our army and navy, and the
cordial co-operation of oar allies,would have been unavailing,
if it bad not been for that glorious spirit which was dis-
played by the people of this country--(hear' bear, and
cheers) —which, not only backed up the Government
in all those efforts which were necessary for the
war, but whichceniinced other nations, and more especially
the power with which we were contending, that our resources
were growing with the duration of the contest—(applause)
—that instead of being exhausted by the first year of war
we were, in truth, only beginning to put forth our st ength
—that the indomitable spirit of England, instead of quailing
under difficulties, was only aroused to additional exeition 'by
occasional impediments, and that their chances of success
against us diminished instead of increasing, in proportion to
the duration of the conflict. (Hear, hear, and, applause.)
Gentlemen, we were not inattentive to other interests 1-

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those connected with the active prosecution of the war. 'lt
has 'been the subject of great satisfaction to us to reflect
t4at, at the commencement of that conflict. we, the govern •