The Sun.
London, England, 1855-04-10 00:00:00

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in returning thanks, said—
It i 3 at all times to me a source of the greatest pleasure
and satisfaction to have the honour of paying my respects
to the chief magistrate of this great City in his splendid
and hospitable hall, but upon no occasion has that plea-
sure been greater than the present, when, under God's
protection, I am enabled again after a lapse of some time
to address so distinguished a company as that now as-
sembled together. The enthusiastic manner in which I
have been received, as well during the time when his
lordship was proposing my health as out of doors while
on my way to this building, produces in me feelings of
the deepest gratitude. (Cheers.) Since I last had the
honour of addressing, the citizens of London I have wit-
nessed many varicescenes, some of them of great excite-
ment, of great satisfaction, and of great applause ; ethers
of a more painful and heartrending character. I can as-
sure you that after all these feelings, agreeable, honour.
able, and distressing, there is nothing which can be a
greater reward to myself, and to those who have been
engagel with me in these great undertakings, than upon
our return to receive the hearty welcome and kind con-
sideration of the citizens of London and of the general
population of this great country. (Cheers.) If we hare
obtained that kind of feeling which I venture to think,
from the kind manner in which I have ben received, I
have obtained, I can assure you that it is a satisfactory
reward for all we Dave gone through. (Cheers.) But
when I find myself placed ht this honourable, and I
may truly say proud position, I ask myself the question,
" What have I done to obtain this proud position I" As
for myself, I bare dose nothing more than my duty.
(Cheers.) But I feel this, that I have had the honour
and satisfaction of being placed at the head of troops
who have nobly and gallantly performed their duty.
(Cheers.) A general placed in high command hag, 'in-
deed, an easy task when he is supported, as I have been,
by officers and soldiers such as those of the first division
and the other divisions of the British army with which
I have been connected. So long as that intrepid feel-
ing, that indomitable courage exists in our army, which,
thank God, I am happy to say does exist from the
highest to the lo‘vest, so long may we rest assured that
the honour of this country u ill be safely kept. (Cheers.)
I have also had the satisfaction of being associated with
allies with whom I am proud to have acted. I have great,
pleasure in seeing present a gallant admiral of the
French navy, and of assuring this company in his pre-
sence that it bas been to me a source of the highest satis-
faction to have been associated with the French army in
the East. That great allirnce which has now, thank
God, been cemented, and which, I trust, will increase in
firmness from day to day, will, I believe, receive a new
strength from the speedy arrival in this country of that
great and illustrious man, the Emperor, who now rules
over the French nation. (Loud cheers.) May our alli-
ance with France long continue, may the presence of his
Imperial Majesty give a fresh impulse to it, and may
it cause its influence to be felt all over the world.
(Cheers.) lam sure that lam speaking the senti•
ments of your lordship and of the company when I say
that we shall welcome the Emperor of the French on
his arrival with that cordiality and warmth which will
at,fy him, and produce the best results all over
the world. (Cheers.) In conclusion, I beg to express
to your lordship, as well on my own behalf as' for those
brave and gallant men whom I have had the honour to
lead, with whom I feel completely identified, my kind
expressions of esteem and regard for the manner in
which the toast has been proposed and received. (Con-
tinued cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed the toast of " The
United Fleets and Armies of Great Britain and France"
coupling with the toast the names of Lieut.-General Sir
G. Pollock, Admiral Ryder Burton, and Admiral Vis-
count de Chabannes; of the French ngvy.

Admiral DE CHABANNES, who replied to the toast in
English, said—l beg leave, my lord, to return you my
most hearty thanks for the toast which has been proposed
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navy. (Cheers.) These feelings of brotherhood
had been produced by common action, by common dan-
gers, by mutual assistance, by mutual esteem, and by
great hardships shared together. (Cheers.) These
feelings had laid, he trusted, a solid foundation for an
enduring •inion between the two countries. He believed
it would be a solid foundation, for it had been cemented
in our blood, and, like Roman cement, would endure for
ever. (Loud cheers.) His Royal Highness had inti-
mated that great evils and calamities had been connected
with the war ; but one of its greatest results had been
the placing side by side the flags of France and Eng-
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eta(CerhaeleSrisr.)G. POLLOCK briefly returned thanks
for the army.
Admiral RYDER BURTON, in returning thanks for the
navy, expressed his regret that in the month of August
last year the British fleet in the Black Sea had not had
an opportunity of meeting with the Russian navy, for he
felt convinced that, had they met, six hours Would not
have elapsed before the enemy's fleet had been either de-
stroyed or the greater part of it in pus session of the Brutish
navy. Had such a result been achieved there would
have been no necessity for the Congress of Vienna to be
now discussing the question of the preponderance of the
Russian power in the Black Sea. (Cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed "The hea'th of her
Majesty's Ministers."

thein returning
had remarks
The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, in
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upon the support which a general at the head of a wenlarged
derived from the confidence of the troops under hlisacromY
mand. A similar support, though different in sonic re-
spects, was derived by her Majesty's Ministers from the
consciousness that they enjoyed the confidence of the
great community of the country, such as that which was
then represented in that hall—a community celebrated
for their antiquity and wealth and power, and thus con-
ferring upon those on whom the responsibility of public
affairs is thrown the means of conducting those affairs to
a successful termination. It was only by well-earned
confidence that it was possible for her Majesty's Minis-
ters to succeed in the difficult task which was imposed
upon them. With respect to himself, he might state
that, in the office which he bad the honour to hold, be
by an exicota;neta:at:indA.
felt that, addressing as he did that portion of the metro-
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trade and its monetary affairs, that confidence could only
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