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THE VISIT OF THE EMPEROR

AND

EMPRESS OF FRANCE.

WINDSOR, TUESI3-AT.
Memorable as will be the' day on which the Eniperor
and Empress of the French arrived in England and pro-
ceeded to the Royal palace, the beauty of this day has
far eclipsed it in splendour. Dy the earliest trains
crowds of visitors of all classes arrived from the metro-
polis, and before 11 o'clock the High-street and the ap-
proaghes to the Castle were densely thronqd with spec-
tators. -It was 'generally expected that ,the Emperor
and Empress, accompanied by her Majesty the Queen
and his Royal Highness Prince Albert, wO:11,4 have been
present at the meet, and this idea was apparentlyvcon-
firmed by the fact of _the Que,m's gtagh4unds paiaing;
through the town. Instead, however, of proceeding
to Salt,hill, the Emperor and the Empress, in company
with her Majesty and.the Prince Consort,-walked upon
the Slopes. • the Emperor then visited the Dairy and
Model Farms, upon which new buildings, 'on a most
extensive scale, have recently been erected.
Shortly before 3 o'clock the Mayor and Town Council
of Winesor proceeded to the Castle, in their official
robes, to present an address of congratulation to the
Emperor. They were conveyed in nine earriages, the
first of which was a very splendid vehicle, and was oc-
cupied by the Mayor (Mr. John Clode) and by the Re-
corder (Mr. A. M. Skinner). Then followed the State
carriage of the Lord Mayor • of London, with those of
the Sheriffs and members of the Court of Lieutenancy.

On the arrival of the Windsor Corporation at the Cas-
tle the following address was read by the Recorder :
To His IMPERIAL MAJESTY NAPOLEON 111., EMPEROR

OF THE FRENCH.

"The humble address of the Mayor, Aldermen, and Bur-
gesses of the baroUgh of New Windsor, in the county of
Barks, in council assembled.
" May it please your Imperial Majesty,—We, Her
Britannic Majesty's loyal and dutiful subjects, the mayor,
aldermen, and burgesses of the borough of New Windsor,
most respectfully beg' leave to approach your Imperial
Majesty with our sincere and hearty congratulations on the
arrival of your Majesty and your Imperial Consort in our
country, and on your visit to our gracious Monarch at the
long-favoured seat of the Sovereigns of this country. •
" We avail ourselves of this auspicious occasion to assure
your Imperial Majesty that we have witnessed with the
highest satisfaction the alliance which has been formed
between your Majesty and our beloved Queen in defence of
the sovereign rights of an independent State which have
been unjustly violated. We feel that the war in which
your Majesty has exhibited so much judgment, ability, and
disinterested getierosity is just in principle, that it was not
rashly or hastily commenced, and is now wily pursued in
defence of an oppressed people, and for the establishment
and maintenance of a safe and durable peace.
" We have not failed to observe with sentiments of re-
spect and sympathy the admirable skill, indomitable
courage, and • extraordinary endurance' which have been
manifested by the yeti:at soldiers of France in the present
struggle, whereby they have more than maintained that
glorious renown which their forefathers reaped in a hundred
battles; nor have we baen indifferent spectators of the kind-
ness and cordiality which so happily exist between the
armies of France and England, now fighting together in
one common cause; and we earnestly hope that the war-
riors of both nations may henceforth be found contending
aide by side for the honour, safety, and advancement of
France and England, and the peace and happiness of the
world. We trust that now, under the guidance of your
Imperial Majesty and our illustrious Sovereign, a union
will be formed which will bind the two countries in an
indissoluble bond of cordial and lasting friendship.
" We are sensible, Sire, that to the wisdom and vigour
of your Imperial Majesty's councils, and to your unceasing
endeavours to promote the truest interests of the powerful
and generous nation which Providence has committed to
your care, may be attributed the prosperity and happiness
which your country now so fully enjoys, and we venture to
augur that by encouraging a friendly and personal inter-
course between your Imperial Majesty and the Sovereign
of Great Britain, your Majesty adopts the surest means,
not only of strengthening a happy and stable alliance be-
tween the two countries, but of sustaining the liberties
and civilisation of Europe.
"May your Imperial Majesty and your illustrious Con-
sort long live to enjoy every domestic and personal bless-
ing and the loyalty and attachment of an admiring and
grateful people !
" Given under the common seal of the said mayor, al-
dermen, and burgesses at the Guildhall, in the said bo-
rough, on the 9th day of April, in the 18th year of the
reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the grace of
God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
Queen, Defender of the Faith, and in the year of our
Lord, 1855."
To this his Imperial Majesty was graciously pleased
to reply :
" Mr. Mayor,—l am very much pleased with the senti-
ments contained in your address ; and I trust that the
alliance so happily formed will last for many, many years.
I thank you for the hearty reception I have met with in
your town, but I am sure I cannot take it to myself so
much as to the circumstance of my being the guest of your
Queen. I was much gratified by what I witnessed last
night in your town ; and I beg that you will express to the
inhabitants of Windsor how highly pleased I was with
their kindness and attention."

The horses upon which the Emperor and his suite
were mounted attracted universal admiration. It is not
generally known, but is nevertheless a fact, that his Im-
perial Majesty possesses the finest stud of any of the po-
tentates of Europe ; and it is worthy of remark that the
whole of the horses are English bred. The charger
which his Majesty rode to-day he had purchased from
Mr. Phillips, of Knightsbridge, whose name it bears. It
is invariably ridden by his Majesty on the occasion of a
review, and is a great favourite by reason of the ease
and grace of its action. It was elegantly caparisoned,
the saddle-cloth being of crimson velvet, richly embroi-
dered with laurel, oak-leaves, and acorns, manufactured
by M. Brun, of Paris. The hit and trappings were of
chased gold.
Colonel Fleury rode the Emperor's ch esnut horse Ajax,
which had been frequently used by his Majesty as a
charger, but is now almost exclusively devoted to hunt-
ing purposes at Fontainebleau and Compeigne. The
Due de Montebello was mounted on Chesterfield, a
splendid brown horse, purchased by the Emperor from
the Earl of Chesterfield ; Colonel Edgar Ney on Oxo-
nian, a fine bay horse; and the Marquis de Tuulongeon
on Cromwell, a magnificent charger. Marshal Vaillant
rode his own favourite grey. '
This morning her Majesty was pleased to express her
extreme satisfaction at the arrangements made for the
reception of the Emperor and Empress on the part of
the inhabitants, and commissioned one of the officers of
the household to wait upon the Mayor (to whom all
praise is due) with a message to that effect.

(Front the Court Circular.)
WINDSOR, TUESDAY.

His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of the Yrench re-
ceived deputations and addresses this afternoon at the
Castle. The different deputations arrived at 3 o'clock.
The Sheriffs of London and Middlesex, Mr. Alder-
man i►nd Sheriff Muggeridge, and Mr. Sheriff Crosley,
accompanied by the City Remembrancer, had an au-
dience to know his Majesty's pleasure as to the receli-
trien of an address from the Corporation-of—the City,of
London, when the Emperor was pleased to appoint
Thursday next at Guildhall.
The Lord Mayor, the Recorder, the Sheriffs, and the
Remembrancer were introduced, and requested the
honour of the presence of their Imperial Majesties the
Emperor and Empress at an entertainment at,Guildhall
on Thursday next, on the occasion of presenting the ad-
dress to the Emperor.
His Imperial Majesty was graciously pleased to accept
the invitation for the Empress and himself.
The Commissioners of Lieutenantcy7fer the city of
London were introduced to the Emperor in the Recep-
tion Room, and presented the following address, which
was read by the Lord Mayor:—
" May it please your Majesty,—We, the Lord Mayor,
the Aldermen, and the rest of her Majesty's Commissioners
of Lieutenantcy for the city of London, humbly crave per-
mission to approach your Majesty, to tender our heartfelt
congratulations upon the happy arrival of your Majesty
and your illustrious Consort within these realms.
"tire hail the auspicious visit of your Majesty and the
Empress to our beloved Sovereign as the surest pledge of
the cordial union subsisting between the two roost powerful
nations of Europe, united in arms for no selfish purpose of
ambition or aggrandisement, but to preserve the liberty
and independence of their allies from the hostile encroach-
ments of an aggressive Power.
" Your Majesty may be assured that the vigorous prose-
cution of so holy and just a cause will receive the unani-
mous support of the people of England, by whom every
effort will be made and every sacrifice be cheerfully en-
dured, until, in conjunction with their bravo allies, the
contest under the blessing of Divine Providence, be brought
to a triumphal issue, terminating in a durable and honour-
able peace.
"We pray that your Majesty may be spared to reign
over an enlightened and chivalrous nation, in the enjoy-
ment, with her Imperial Majqsty the Empress, of a long
and happy life, rendered illustrious by the cultivation of
the arts, and cheered by the blessings of a grateful and
prosperous people."

- His Imperial Majesty returned a most gracious answer.
The mover of the Address, Colonel Wilson, and the
seconders, Mr. Moon and Sir Moses Montefiore, were
presented to the Emperor.
The Commissioners present were—Sir George Carroll,
Mr. William Gladstone, Sir James Duke, Mr.
J. B. Heath, Mr. Peter Northall Laurie, Mr. Alexander
Matheson, M.P., Mr. Donald Nicoll, H. T. Prinsep,
Mr. W. Chicheley Plowden, Mr: R. N. Philipps, Mr.
David Salmons, Mr. Philip J. Salomons, Mr. E. Tyrrell,
Mr. H. Alexander, Mr. J. Anderson, Mr. J. Anderson,
jun., Mr. F. Bennoch, Mr. H. W. Blake, Mr. H. J.
Bushby, Mr. D. Button, Mr. H. H. Berens, Mr. H.
Butterworth, Mr. C. Baker, Mr. R. Crawford, Mr. W.
Dent, Mr. B. Dobree, jun., Mr. R. Ellis, Mr. B. B.
Green, Mr. T. Gabriel, Mr. T. J. Holt, Mr. W. Hughes
Hughes, Mr. J. Helbert Helbert, Mr. C. Hill, Mr. J. K.
Hooper, Mr. J. Humphery, Mr. E. Hunter, Mr. A.
Henry, Mr. Henry Kebbel, Mr. J. M. Key, Alderman
Kennedy, Mr. A. Latham, Mr. W. Lawrence, Mr. Al-
derman Muggeridge, Mr. J. Malcolmeon, Mr. Ambrose
Moore, Mr. E. Macnaghten, Mr. C. Manning, Mr. G.
Magnay, Mr. R. Obbard, Major Oliphant, Mr. W. An-
derson Rose, Mr. W. Rathbone, Mr. G. Rickards, Col.
Sykes, Mr. H. Stone, Mr. W. D. Starling, Mr. T. Tooke,
jun., Mr. P. C. Toker, Mr. A. Wilson, Mr. R. Lea Wil-
son, and Mr. C. F. Whiting, accompanied by Mr. Hen-
ley Smith, clerk and treasurer.
A deputation of the merchants, bankers, -and traders
of London was then introduced and presented an address
of congratulation top his Imperial Majesty, which was
read by Mr. T. M. Weguelin, the Governor of the Bank
of England, as follows :
" Sire,—We, the undersigned merchants, bankers, and
traders of the city of London, desire, on the occasion of the
auspicious visit of your Majesty and of your Imperial Con-
sort to our august Sovereign, humbly to express to your
Majesty the cordial satisfaction with which we regard this
and every demonstration of friendship and alliance now
happily subsisting no less between the Courts than the
people of the two nations.
" We fervently rejoice in the advancing prosperity of
France in the consolidation of order, in the establishment
of confidence so eminently manifested under your Majes-
ty's reign.
" We desire that these blessings may continue, that a
growing and a mutually advantageous commercial inter-
course may be maintained between the two countries ; and,
above all, that the inhabitants of both may be so con-
nected by the ties of reciprocal esteem and good-will that
their present amicable position may endure for this and
succeeding generations, to their common welfare, and the
advancement of the interests of civilisation throughout the
world." •

In the afternoon a review of the 2d Life Guards, the
Royal Horse Guards (Blue), the Carabineers, and two
troops of Horse Artillery, came off in the Great Park in
the presence of the Queen and Prince Albert and their
illustrious visitors. The Empress and the Queen arrived
on the ground in an open barouche, on the right of
which rode the Emperor, mounted on his favourite
English charger " Phillips," and on the left his Royal
Highness Prince Albert. The Royal cortege drove up
under an escort of Life Guards, and was received with
the usual salute, the bands playing " God save the
Queen." Au immense assemblage of the lieges lined
the field, and gave their Majesties an enthusiastic recep-
tion. A company from each of the regiments of Grena-
dier and Coldstream Guards were present as a guard of
honour, and the ground was kept by the 94th Regi-
ment of Foot, and a detachment from the A division
of the metropolitan police. The troops were under
the command in chief of the Earl of Cardigan, who
was mounted on the chestnut horse which had carried
him so successfully through the famous charge at Balak-
lava. His lordship was frequently and loudly cheered by
the people. Colonel Williams was the officer in com-
mand of the Life Guards, and Colonel Forester of the
Blues. His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge
was with the staff, but did not take part in the evolu-
tions in the field.
The review commenced by the cavalry forming in
line, the Carabineers in the 'entre, the Life Guards on
the right, the Blues on the left, and the Horse Artillery
on the right flank. In this position the troops received
their General ; and the Emperor and Prince Albert, ac-
companied by a numerous and brilliant staff, inspected
t h e m pb ay s st ihn downeg
Empress the front
andtthe
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Queen
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carriage
r rr
iankge,
andfol-
lowed
four. They then broke up and marched past in open
squadrons, resumed position, marched past in threes
formed in squadrons, wheeled to the left, formed close
column squadrons, and again took up position. They
next trotted past in column of troops, took up position,
changed front, gallopped past by troops, again took up
position, formed in column of troops, and reformed in
line as before. The enemy was now supposed to have
commenced an attack, and the Carabineers sent out a
andinline,their
into
thecolumn
troops,again
rtheteirleft
ed.
ar-
tillery on each flank. The artillery now took up posi.
tion on the left flank, and the Blues advanced to make a
reconnaissance. The whole line then broke into column
of troops, reformed, took up a fresh position, with change
of front, and the artillery in advance before them. They
next went threes about and retired ; again fronted about
in threes, formed line with a change of front, and with
gv
eh mt
and again retired and formed in line. ,
t e then
up
the artillery in the rear, advanced at a trot, which was
speedily increased to a splendid charge that carried
them close up to that part of the field where their Ma-
jestiesoroen, thethe brigaderight
flank took
protectingground
hteh emroi
and the Court were assembled. Breaking
once
artilleryn
The Emperor, accompanied by Prince Albert and
staff, here rode up to Lord Cardigan and the officers in
command of the different regiments, and expressed his
approbation of the brilliant movements of the troops,
and the accuracy and precision with whichthey had
been executed.
Once more the artillery opened fire from the ni •
ght,

The Emperor returned a gracious answer.
The deputation consisted of Mr. Henry Ford Bar-
clay, Mr. Henry Barnett, Mr. James Blyth, Mr. R. W.
Crawford, Mr. J. P. Gassiot, Mr. Samuel Gregeon,
M.P., Mr. Wm. Gladstone, Mr. George G. Glyn, Mr.
Samuel Gurney, Mr. James Hutchinson, Mr. Stsphen
P. Kennard, Mr. W. S. Lindsay, M.P. Mr. Edward
Mojeribanks, Mr. Thomas A. Mitchell, :M.P., Mr. G.
Moffatt, M.P., Mr. Sheffield Neave, Mr. J. D. Powles,
Mr. H. C. Robarts, Baron Lionel de Rothschild, Sir
Anthony de Rothschild, Mr. 0. Augustus Smith, and
Mr. J. Ingram Travers, accompanied by Mr. Samuel
Brown, Secretary to the Committee.
The Emperor was attended at the reception of the
addresses by the following officers of his suite :—Mar-
shal Count Vaillant, the Duke de Bassano, Count do
Montebello, Colonel Le Comte Ney, Colonel Fleury,
Marquis de Toulongeon, and Le Comte Tascher de la
Pagerie. His Imperial Majesty was also attended by
Earl Somers, Lord Alfred Paget, and Lieut.-General
Sir Frederick Stovin.

The Emperor wore the uniform of a French General,
with the Grand Cordon and Star of the Order of the
Legion of Honour.

At four o'clock the Queen and Prince Albert, the Em-
peror and Empress of the French, and the whole of the
Court left the Castle to witness a review in the Great
Park of the 2d Life Guards, the Royal Horse Guards,
and the Carbineers, under the command of the Earl of
Cardigan.
The Emperor rode on horseback between Prince Albert
and the Duke of Cambridge.

The Queen and the Ear-press were in an open carriage
and four.

The Prince of Wales, the Princess Royal, Prince Al-
fred, Prince Arthur, Princess Alice, Princess Helena,
and also the Princess d'Essling, the Duchess of Wel-
lington, and the other ladies, and some of the gentlemen
of the household were in open Royal carriages and four.
The officers in attendance on the Emperor and the
Equerries in Waiting to the Queen and the Prince rode
on horseback on duty with the illustrious party.
The Queen gave a grand dinner in St. George's Hall.
The company included their Imperial Majesties the
Emperor and Empress of the French, her Royal High-
ness the Duchess of Bent, their Royal Highnesses the
Duchess of Cambridge and the Princess Mary, his Royal
Highness the Duke of Cambridge, his Serene Highness
the Prince of Leiningen, the Duchess of Wellington
(acting Mistress of the Robes), the Princess d'Essling,
the Countess de Montebello, the Bareness de Malaret,
the Marchioness of Ely, and the Hon. Mary Seymour
(in attendance on the Empress), the French Ambassador
and the Countess Walewski, the Duke of Wellington,
Earl Spencer, the Marquis of Breadalbane, the Marquis
of Abercorn, Lady Anna Maria Dawson, Lady Fanny
Howard, the Lady in Waiting to the Duchess of Cam-
bridge, Lady Caroline Barrington, Baroness de Spaeth,
the Earl of Cardigan (General commanding at the re-
view), the Earl and Countess of Clarendon, Viscount and
Viscountess Palmerston, ViscountHardinge, Lady Emily
Seymour, Captain Seymour, R.N., Lord Cowley, Lord
Panmure, the Right Hon. Sir C. Wood, Lieutenant-
General Sir John Burgoyne, General the Hon. Charles
and Mrs. Grey, Colonel the Hon. C. B. and Mrs.
Phipps, M. Baudin, Colonel Williams (Commanding
Officer 2d Life Guards), Colonel Dennis (Commanding
Officer 94th Regiment), Lieutenant-Colonel Conway
(Commanding Officer detachment of Footß Gieueards),
Brigade),
Cap-
tain Brewster (Commanding Officerizo
the Commanding Officer of the y
sano, Count de
Marshal Count Valliant, Duke dee t
N auolonel Fleury,
Royal ArtilleY,
Montebello, Colonel to Comte 5:
Count Tasc i .
General
Marquis de Toulongeon,
et, and Lieut.-
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to the Emperor) ; .
Sir Frederick Stovinwaiting
1 Tyrwhitt; Lieut.-Colonel
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Waiting to the
or-General Wylde,
Duchess of Cambridge, Lord George
and Mr. Glover.
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and the entire line charged isu beautiful order. The Life
Guards and Carabineers retired in column of squadrons
from the right, and the Blues, going threes about, also
retired, protected from the enemy by the fire of the
artillery. The left squadron of the Blues then executed
a charge, whilst the artillery retired, and after the charge
retired by threes, The whole brigade now formed in
line, advanced in review order, and halted ; the bands
struck up the National Anthem, colours were dropped,
and the troops saluted.
The review ended, the Queen and Prince Albert, with
their Imperial visitors and the Cote, quitted the Geld,

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///7 ~..- - he (Sir B. Hall) was afflicted with blindness,
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za '-'4'au. ` e-. illf• *- /5.
"''':. '` .t: :3 h" ''' + upon Lord Dudley Stuart. Directly he recovered,
blindness fell upon the noble lord, and then he (Sir B.
i Hall) bad to discharge all the duties. That was a sin-
gular circumstance in their lives, and the noble lord had
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dispensaryo
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for the relief of those who suffered
from blindness. He looked forward to the time when
he should be able to found a new institution, or to add a
wing to one at present in existence; but that object he
was never able to carry out. The right hon. baronet
coheluded by saying that as the noble lord was known
not only to that borough, but to Great Britain, and in
deed to the whole of Europe. he trusted that large num-
bers of persons who admired him would come forward
and assist in carrying out those wishes which in his life
he so ardently expressed (Loud cheers.)
Mr. FARRER, churchwarden of St. Pancrae, moved tko ,
first resolution, which was as follows :_« That the in-
habitants of the borough of Atarylebone in this public
nieetang assembled are desirous of recording their deep
froegr rnel tfo rh o
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duties Stuart,
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presentative for this borough in Parliament with the
utmost assiduity, independence, and fidelity." It would
not be necessary, he said, for him to dwell upon-the
manner in which the noble lord performed his duties, for
that was a subject with which all present were well ac-
quainted. In other countries it had been more the habit
than in this to raise monuments to public men. He
trusted that now a fitting memorial would be raised in
London to a man who would never be forgotten.
Mr. JOSEPHS, in seconding the resolution, remarked
that in 1847, on the occasion of the election, he moved a
resolution which called forth Lord Dudley Stuart as a
candidate for their suffrages. The noble lord was quite
up
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sot
Loos aware
of the
exphanescaivemegeinntoe.
the cause of suffering, oppression, or distress wherever
he found it. . It had been said of Wilberforce that he
loved a negro whom he had not seen much better than
many selfish persons loved anything on the face of the
earth. And so it was with Lord Dudley Stuart. He
made sacrifices for persons whom he did not know, '
heavier than many would make for those who were
nearest and dearest to them. (Loud cheers.) He was-
a thoroughly disinterested man, and that came from cons
stiffing his duty rather than his interests, as the guide of
his conduct. (Hear. hear.) --- ~,f,
M. ZADA, a Pole, supported the resolution. The -','"l---
noble lord's whole life was a tissue of anxiety and exer-
tion to promote the progress of improvement and to re-
lieve the sufferings of the distressed. (Hear, hear.) gin
loss was not merely local, but concerned the wide range
of humanity itself. For upwards of 20 years he inces-
santly
defended the rights of the oppressed ; but the
csunsels of man seemed to turn a deaf ear to his plead-
ings, and at this time, when he was most wanted, an
over-ruling Providence had called him to a higher
sphere of light, as if to indicate that the purity of his
life and sentiments disqualified him for a longer struggle
with the selfishness of the world. (Loud cheers.)
The resolution was put to the meeting, and unani- s
mously adopted.
Mr. MITCHELL proposed the next resolution, which
was as follows :—" That the courageous and- unflinch-
ing advocacy of Lord Dudley Stuart, ever extended to
the feeble and oppressed, whether victims of domestic
injustice or of foreign tyranny, as well as the incessant
labours and judicious liberality which he constantly
employed in ameliorating the condition of the poorer
classes, have not merely endeared his recollection to
our memory, hit have contributed to raise the character
of the order to which he belonged, to strengthen the
faith of the people in public men, and to maintain the
institutions of this country." He dwelt at some length
on the noble lord's private worth and unrestricted libe-
rality, and characterised him as an enlightened statesman
and an unswerving ratriot.
Mr. NICOLAY, in seconding the resolution, said he had
been for many years associated with the noble lord, and
had been the constant witness of his generosity, kindness,
arid many virtues. He was no common lord. Born an
aristocrat, lie left his order and associated himself with
the people. The working classes found him a friend,
and the poor a generous patron.
M. KOSSUTH rose to support the resolution, and was
greeted with loud applause. He said that the patriotism
of Lord Dudley Stuart and the benefits he had conferred
speakersupon thish
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countryad
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notb a
proper on his part to persue that subject. But there was
one part of the resolution which bad a close reference
to himself, and to that he would briefly address
himself. They had seen that an animal, by natural in-
stinct, very often perceived a physical danger which no
human philosophy could see. Just so mankind was en-
dowed by the Creator with natural instinct of a higher
order, and some men marked out from the rest saw the
results of oppression and dangerous Governments more
clearly and more wisely than all the wisdom of wily poli-
ticians and all the secrecy of cunning diplomatists enabled
them to detect. This latter class were sometimes dis-
posed to think that events directly affecting the freedom
and national existence of a particular people did not ne-
cessarily influence the condition of other nations, and
when they saw Poland struck out from the list of the
living, Hungary prostrate by a lawless combination of
despots and by the bottle-holders of despots, fair Italy re-
duced to a mere geographical name, or Germany in the
Herodian condition of ministering to princesses—they
thought that these and similar matters did not affect the
condition and the security either of England, France, or
the rest. These miserable votaries of a miserable expediency
shrugged their shoulders with indifference, being under
the influence of a self-conceited conscience, exclaiming
" What are these thiega to -his ? We are not our brother's .
keeper." (Hear.) There was a community in nations -
and liberty was the common good of the great human
family. Whenever that received any detriment, a shock
was given to every member of that family, and the liberty
of every one became less in amount, or deficient in
security. (Hear, hear.) However isolated nations might
appear, there were always two principles struggling in
every political storm—namely, freedom and oppression
—and what was gained by one principle was lost by
the other. Hence they saw that whenever a gallant
people had fallen down victims to oppression, the agony
of their falling brethren struck like a thunderbolt at .
the heart of good men. Directly a nation fell, a shout
of indignation arose from the best part of humanity, a
yell of horror from the noblest of human hearts, be-
cause a sense of the imminent danger was brought
home to the instinct of self-preservation. There was a
universal cry of sympathy and horror at the tidings of
the fall of Poland and Hungary ; for the danger resulting
therefrom was not one of ordinary dimensions. There
was an agglomeration of slumbering lava in the womb
of that volcano—(hear, hear)—and the cry that had
been raised at the fall of those nations was a cry attested
by inspired prophecy. How slow was the progress of
the logic of events ? The steps of history completely
baffled the expectations of the measurers by the yard.
Poland and Hungary fell, and because the heavens
did not break down instantly because the stars
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cause the earth continued to go round, the horror sub-
sided and universal sympathy went away. He did not
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who fell under the weight of great national misfortunes
were pitied for a while, then were looked upon with
indifference and forgotten soon ; sometimes more
than forgotten, shunned like a burden and avoided as
a nuisance. (Cheers.) But whilst such au experience
attested the general weakness of human nature, a boun-
tiful Providence chose some special instruments, and the
men so selected were raised above the ordinary level of
man's nobility. In those few exalted characters we saw
our nature redeemed—our nature consolidated with the
noblest principles. In such men there would be no
weariness from watching, no relaxation on account of
disappointments, no exhaustion in consequence of &us- -
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other for robbers set over them in purple—one punish •
ment for a briber at a borough election, and another for
a royal robber who might obtain the sympathy of a na-
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paying a tribute of praise and admiration to the memory
of the man when he was dead were found united with
him in the glorious objects which, when living, he pur-
sued. (Hear, hear.) If all those who desired to pay a
tribute of respect and admiration to the memory of L lord
Dudley Stuart had supported him in his exertions,
and bad assisted him in his efforts to throw the weight of
England into the scale of national justice, how different
the condition of Europe would have been now—how
different the condition of England itself would have
been at this moment ! (Cheers.) Those events which .: ..
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evidence
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during dinner. Her Majesty bad afterwards an evening
porky, to "which the following had the honour of receiv-
ing i, avitat ions :—The Right Hon. Sir G. C. and Lady
Then ,sa L excis, Earl and Countess Granville, Viscount
Canni, ag, Viscountess Hardinge, le Contre-Amiral Vi-
comte de Chabannes, the Earl and Countess of Bess-
boroug b, Lord and Lady Errest Bruce, Lord and Lady
Foley, th 43 Hon. Adelaide Foley, Lady Adeliza Howard,
Mr. Gil abs, Lady Alfred Paget, Miss Phipps, the Earl
and Cot uitess of Desert, the Marquis and :Marchioness
of Ely, Lord and Lady Churchill, Miss Barrington,
CountesFs Somers, Lord and Lady Camoys and two Hon.
Misses= S' onor, Lady Rivers, Lady Bo water, Mr. and
Lady Ef ally Cavendish, Miss Clive, Lady Charles
Fitzroy, the Marchioness of Abercorn and Lady
Louis a Hiimilton, Captain the Hon. Dudley and Lady
ElizaL'eth le RO9, Captain Du Plat, Lady George Len-
nox, Sit George, Lady, and Miss Couper, Mr. Barring-
ton, tb e Dnke and Duchess of Beaufort, Earl and Coun-
tess B ruc4,, the Lieutenant-Colonel the lion. R. and
Mrs. E ruts', Lord and Lady Berriedale, Lord Bingham,
Lord at td Lady Burghley, Lord and Lady Colville, the
Hon. and Rev. H. and Lady A. M. Cuat and Miss
Oust, the Earl of Dalkeith, the Earl and Countess of
Derby and Lady Emma Stanley, Lord Du nkellin, Vis-
count and Viscountess Emlyn, Viscount and Viscountess
Enfield and the Hon. Agnes Byng, the Earl of Euston,
Lord Frederick Fitzroy, Baroness Keith and No.irne,
Hon. IViiss Elphinstone de Flahault, the Earl of Gifford,
Sir James, Lady, and two Misses Graham ; the Marquis
of Granby, Lord and Lady Francis Gordon and Miss
Gordon, Viscount Grey de Wilton, Earl and Lady Con-
stance Grosvenor, Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon. Arthur
Hardinge, Viscount and Viscountess Mandeville, Sir
Henry and Lady St. John Mildmay, Lord Seymour and
the Hon. Ulrica St. Maur, Admiral Sir George and
Lady Seymour and two Misses Seymour, and the Earl
and Countess of Shelburne.
For the accommodation of the Queen's visitors, a
special train on the Great Western Railway wag pro-
vided, which left Paddington at half-past 8 eclock, and
was in readiness at 12 o'clock to convey her Majesty's
guests back to town.

THE PROCEEDINGS AFLOAT-TFIE AUSTER

LITZ ASHORE.
DOVER ROADS, TUESDAY.

It is impossible to conceive the disappointment of the
thousands who were afloat to welcome to the shores of
England the illustrious personages for whom. every pre-
paration had been made on land and sea. Al daylight
yesterday the weather looked hazy and thick, and as the
morning broke a dense fog set in, the like of which has
not been witnessed on this side of the Channel for many
a long year. A most imposing spectacle would have
been presented to an anxious multitude, but the inauspi-
cious state of the weather on this side ths.Channel baffled
all human calculation, and set judgment at defiance.
At an early hour the officers and crews were on the
alert. Everything was in right trim on board, and at
eight a.m. the gay bunting wm displayed from stem to
stern. All lived in hope that the fog would break away
by ten o'clock, but it became more dense, and although
the ships were moored in two lines, and within three
cables' length of each other, they were quite invisible.
All now was anxious listening and suspense, when the
hour of eleven was struck on board the respective ships,
and this anxiety was increased by the report of several
guns fired to leeward—first by single guns raid then in
salvos. We regret that no notice was taken of this, as it
struck us forcibly something was amiss. Twelve and one
told upon the ear, but there was no arrival of the vessel
conveying the Royal visitors. At lengtirthe Vivid hove
in sight through the mist, and hailed that the vessel with
the French Emperor was some three miles to leeward,
and steaming up along shore. This proved to be the
case, for soon after one a royal salute from the shore an-
nounced the landing. As soon as this was heard the
royal salute commenced from the whole of the squadron;
and although it could not be seen, yet the booming of
the guns, and the reverberation from the shore, pro-
duced a thrilling sensation upon the countless multitude.
At 2.30 the fog dispersed, and then broke upon the
sight a scene never to be forgotten by those afloat. The
fog lifted as a veil, disclosing a picture of grandeur
scarcely to be conceived ; so sudden was it that the
effect was magical. The excitement, however, bad passed
away, and the attention of the squadron was directed to
a more serious matter.

Reports reached us that the Austerlitz, French line-
of-battle ship, was ashore off the South Foreland, and
instant orders were issued for the Orion, Pylades,
Cruiser, Odin, Falcon, Harrier, Centaur, and Phcenix
to proceed to the assistance of the ship in distress. They
instantly got up steam and were quickly under weigh.
On reaching her she was found to bp high on a ledge,
near St. Margaret's Bay, about three-quarters of a mile
from a place known as the " Old Stairs," and about five
miles to the north-east of Dover Castle, and under the
cliff north-east of the South Foreland.

.-
The Sprightly, paddle-tender, was ordered to take a
24-inch hemp cable from the Neptune, whilst the com-
mander-in-chief, Sir Thomas Cochrane, went himself to
the scene of disaster in the Fire Queen. The Sprightly
got alongside soon after 8 o'clock, and found the Auster-
litz was fast in 16 feet water, with a list to starboard
in shore, and with only about 10 feet water around her.
The French corvettes were busily engaged in laying out
warps and hawsers, so that on the rise of the tide, at
half-past 11 p.m., they should all heave with a will. We
feel muoh pleasure in stating that she came off easily,
and anchored in safety about a mile from the shore. The
gallcre o
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and b ; topmasts;
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topgallants
the ship was again ready for sea.
At 8 o'clock this morning a French frigate, which bad
arrived in the night, fired a salute of 15 guns, which was
instantly returned from the flag-ship.
Our attention was drawn to the high state of efficiency
observable on board the Austerlitz. They are not a
whit behind our own gallant tars in activity aloft. The
French sailor of the present day is not the sailor of 30
years since—a rigid state of discipline has been enforced,
and, but for the knowledge we had of their being French,
we should have supposed one of our own highly-disci-
plined ships to have been only equal to the task.
The commander-in-chief went off in the Fire Queen
soon after five this morning, and, on returning, ordered
Sprightly to proceed to Sheerness, where she arrived at
6 p.m. with supernumeraries belonging ';o the Trafalgar,
Poictiers, and Hawke.

ADDRESSES TO THE EMPEROR OF THE
FRENCH.
LIVERPOOL.

A special meeting of the Liverpool town-council was
held in the town-hall yesterday afternoon, for the purpose
of considering the desirability of adopting a congratula•
tory address to his Majesty Napoleon 111. There was
a full attendance, and the feeling which prompted the
Mayor (14 .1. A. Tobin) to convene the meeting was
cordially and unanimously- reciprocated.
The form of the congratulatory address having been
unanimously agreed to, it was resolved that the mayor
and the mover and seconder of the address (11r. Horn
by and Mr. C. Turner) be a deputation to convey it to
his Imperial Majesty, and that the members for the
borough, Mr. T. B. llorsfall and Mr. J. C. Ewart, be
requested to attend the deputation.