The Sun.
London, England, 1855-02-10 00:00:00

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LORD LONDONDERRY AND HIS TENANZAN

The Marquis of Londonderry, more popularly known
as "Lord Cast!ereagh," entertained his tenantry at
Mountstewar;, his lordship's residence, in the county of
Down. About 3io sat down. to dinner, and it is men-
tioned that "none of the claw gentry or clergy were in-
cluded in the invitations." After the banquet the noble-
Marquis rose to propose " the Health of the Queen,"
and in the course sf his addistss thus referred to the great
event of the day For the .first time now something
of salness, something of gloom, has been cast around
our Sovereign's crown. My friends, the. present gather-
ing, the gathering of this evening, is well suited to
throw a sun-ray across that shadow. Her Majesty need
not fear, her councillors need not fear, so long as they
are true to her Majesty—(loud cheers)—for the free
country which she rules will be true to her. My friends,
it is not alone upon the snowy and ice-clad bills of Bala-
klava that we have Nicholas to meet. Mismanagement
may hare existed, fats° calculations may have been
made, but it is the elastic and indomitable spirit of the
people of this country that will destroy and neutralise
the terrors of that cold and inhospitable shore. Casu-
alties and misfortunes may arise, the hopes of the nation
may for a time be wrecked, the deeds of the great men
who existed years ago may be gone and past, but the
trophies of a Nelson and a Wellington still remain ; the
army and the navy are the same that they then were,
their sons have beau born in the same native earth, and
their spirit is the same. Of England I will not speak, nor
of Scotland, but to Ireland I will refer, for Ireland is my
own land, that I love best, dearest, and I say that, though
the great Czar of Russia may look upon our shivering
ranks, and upon the melancholy exhibitions in the Crimea,
yet would I like to show him au assemblage such as
that which I have now the honour to be in the midst-of
—(cheers)—and to tell him that all his nobles, and lords,
and, princes, his dukes, his potentates, and his Menschi-
kofts, are not worth 300 such good and true men, who
aro not serfs, or vassals, or slaves, but who can come
thus beneath their landlord's roof, and say, We live
with you, you live with us ; your lot is cast with as, our
lot is cast with you.' (Loud cheering.) You, and all of
you, should hold it as a Christian duty, as well as a mat-
ter of political necessity, to merge all. difficulties and dif-
ferences, and to say that Great Botain must be main-
tained, and her might for the future strongly and power-
fully preserved. (Hear.) Thus you can best show your
loyalty to the Crown, and I think that a meeting like
this can show to the Crown what it can best rely on—not
the sympathetic howl which across the Atlantic comes
and goes in the national prosperity, but that which is
prepared to stand by her Majesty, whether hei path be
rough or smooth, and to Maintain against all foes the
honour, security, integrity, and moral ability of the
Crown."

Later in the evening the noble Marquis, speaking to
.be mast of " the Land we Live in," remarked :

" There is no single thing in the world so bard as for a
man to do his duty. (Cheers.) You are expected by men
to do it, but recollect how much higher a call is upon
you. God expects you to do your duty, and when you
measure it by that great standard how very short do you.
Come of that perfection which is required I For myself
and my dear wife, I need not remind you that we are
a family party ; here we know no strangers. And
whm I think of that I cannot but think of Sir Celia
Campbell, when he led the Highland Brigade upon the
heights of the Alma. (Cheers.) Sir Cohn Campbell
said, We'll hae vane but Heelan' bonnets here'—(re-
newed applause)—se, my friends, when we were to be
here I thought I would have you, and be in the midst of
you with my `ain wifey,' and that I would have `nano
here but just our ain folk.' (Great applause.) Here is
security for your farms and improvements, as I know
the fall is at your doors. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, if I fail it
is with you. It is for no object lam saying so ; lam
not discussing art,y new opinion or fresh conviction on
that subject—the much-mooted subject of tenant-right.
My impression is that a change has come over all 'of us
since this question was mooted —not that it is less valu-
able—not that it does not remain as an ore in the earth,
to be worked out ; but I do think that during the pro.
sent state of things, it is our duty to sink all questions in
the common consideration of the country's welfare—the
necessity of forming a strong and efficient Government,
and obeying one common object—that of supporting tho
Queen. (Cheers.) I had but one object in supporting
the tenant-right question, which was marked by my
votes in Parliament, and which lost me my position in
this country ; but from these principles I will not depart.
(Cheers) I am afraid you may be flattered without
reason, and that you may imagine I have taken such a
great interest in your welfare that I do not think of my
own ; hut I would not have been as I always was, for
affording security to the farmer to lay' ont his money on
the land if I was not sure it was the best thing for me—
(cheers)—therefore' you have not mere seeking for popu-
larity on my part, but I have indicated a motive which
all have in view, as I am fully convinced the landlord has
the greatest interest in the outlay of money in the soil.
You are all sharp, clever, and shrewd men. I know I
am not talking to men who are unable to weigh every
word I speak—who will allow their hearts alone, and
not their understanding, to be addressed, but I am
speaking to your understanding when I say that if the
farmer has good times now, there may be a time of re-
verse. (Hear.) War has come, and it has brought its
consequences with it. Every interest, or very nearly
every interest, in the country is suffering. The farniers
falone ars doing any good, and may God bless the
armer (Cheers.)"