The Sun.
London, England, 1852-11-11 00:00:00

REPUBLIC OF PERU.

The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER brough
up a report of the treaty with the Republic of Peru.
THE ADDRESS.

The SPEAKER then read the Queen's Speech, (for
which see Lord's report of to•day), after which,
Lord LOVAINE said, in moving that an humble
Address be presented to her Majesty, in reply to her
most gracious Speech from the Throne, he con-
fessed he wished the task had fallen into the
haads of some more able, experienced, and
talented member, who would have been enabled to give
due weight to the important topics which it contained
Ho felt more embarrassed when he saw that the
first subject mentioned in that Speech must call
forth the affections, regard, and regret of every
man who called himself a native of Great
Britain. (Hear.) He alluded, of course, to that portion
of the speech in which her Majesty with her usual kind
and affectionate regard for the wishes and feelings of
her people, invited their representatives to join in
a provision for the funeral obsequies of the late
Duke of Wellington. (Hear, hear.) The House
would excuse him if he approached with awe
an event which had cast a shadow of grief and dismay
over this mighty empire—the passing away of that
lite which for nearly half a century had been a bea-
con to guide every Englishman in the path of
honour and duty. (Cheers.) No obsequies they might
give, no funeral pomp they might bestow, would be ade-
quate to the respect, love, and admiration which the
House and the country bore for that immortal mare
(Cheers.) Their love was not fuunded on mere evanescent
vulgar admiration of twittery glory. It was not that he
had given to England the supremacy of the vast empire
of India; it was not that he bad raised England by his
victories to the highest rank among the nations of the world;
it was not that ho finally became the conqueror of
the conqueror of the world, that this country loved
him so well, but because be was not so dazzled
and blinded by the effulgence of the glory he bad
earned and rendered deaf by the voice of victory
as to be unable to discern that the true end and
object of all war was an honourable and lasting peace.
(Cheers.) When he had brought the most tremendous
struggle in which any country ever engaged to a
close, ho devoted himself to the establishment of peace
by every means of conciliation and moderation that was
consistent with the honour and safety of England. How
he had succeeded, the history of the last 37 years could

tell. Thy loved him because be had always proved him,

s‘,ll a most faithful servant of the Crown. and been ever
ready to defend the rights and promote the welfare of
his fellow-citizens. He (Lord Lorraine) believed that
his political opponents would bear witness that his coun-
sel was ever ready iu the darkest hour of dan-
-oer and difficulty, and that they might always rely on his
honour, sincerity, and sagacity to point out the path of
afety which seemed to be hidden from less gifted eyes.
His Ls ate would be handed down to posterity as an ex-
ample, not only of a great statesman, and of tho greatest
warrior, tut as a colossal example of unswerving
obedience to the call of duty, truth, fidelity, and
honour. (Cheers.) He trusted that the country
who loved him would be warned by his advice,
not to be intoxicated by a feeling of security
and by the peace which had so long subsisted, to
allow the country to be exposed to danger. The Noble
Lord then alluded to the success which had attended the
enrolment of the Militia, notwithstanding the evil augu-
ries respecting it. After a brief reference to the differ-
ences on the American Fishery question, the Noble
Lord went on to observe, that her Majesty entertained
sanguine hopes of the fiaal extinction of the slave
trade, Cuba being the only spat in the world where it
now flourished. He next adverted to the gratifying in-
telligence that transportation to Van Dieman's Land
would soon cease, expressing a hope that some other
means would he found for disposing of the criminals of
the country. Ile readily admitted that the commercial
policy which had been adopted for the last three years
had contributed to the very great prosperity which
existed in the country. (Loud cheers from the Opposi-
tion benches.) He said so as the representative of
an agricultural county. But he drew a very great
distinction between what was called Free trade
and the abolition of the duties upon turn. Ho believed
that the abolition of prohibitory duties on articles of liv-

ing baying due regard to the revenue to be raised was
judicious and unexceptionable. But the abolition of the
duty upon corn stood upon another footing. There
could be no doubt that the repeal of the corn laws had
occasioned suffering among a large and important class,
and he was confident that the recommendation in the
Royal Speech would no: be overlooked by the House.
After expressing a hope that all party differences would
be laid aside, the Noble Lord concluded with moving an
Address, which was, as usual, an echo of the Address.
Mr. EGERTON rose to second the Address. The
Hon. Member commenced by stating that, on the
oubject of that paragraph in the Royal Speech
which alluded to the death of the late lamented
Duke of Wellington he felt quite assured that the
greatest unanimity would prevail. He would direct the
attention of the House in the first instance to that para-
gr4ph in the Speech which alluded to the establishment
of schools for the purpose of instruction in mechanical
art. It had been a matter of observation which the ex-
perience derive d from last year's Exhibition had fully
confirmed, that enterprising and energetic as our menu-
fecturers were, in some branches of art they required a
greater mechanical skill and more taste. The English had
been excelled by the artizans of other cJuntries where
greater facilities had been given for the purpose of in-
struction. He maintained that her Majesty's Govern-
ment were entitled to the highest praise for legislation
on this subject. As it had been the privilege of two
Ministries to confer great boons on the country—the
one by giving it cheap food, the other by giving the bless-
ings of increased light ant better drainage—so he hoped
that it would be the privilege of the present Government
to confer on the working population of the country the
advantages of social education, by means of which the
manufactures of the country would be promoted, and its
trade extended. He had tocongratulate the country on its
great prosperity, and on the fact of the greatest activity
existing in every branch of commerce, and that, in spite
of the large reductions of taxation, there was no falling
This he justly considered a source
of the greatest satisfaction to all. (Loud cries of " Hear,
hear.")
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