The Sun.
London, England, 1852-05-27 00:00:00

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which I rejoice to think is still in progresse-s(ffeata
hear.) For that, however, I cannot claim any of the
credit which has beea given tome by the Peinie'War-
den. I endcaveured to do my duty—(Heur, hear)--by
upholding the lerr, told by making the administration of
justLo a reality,. without reference to sect or parry,. or
Creed.—(Cheers.) I endeavoured, as fer.na personal or
official Mitten= went, to stimulate exertion end a =spirit
of self-reliance--(Dear, hekr)—and toaid in developing_
the very greanthough comparatively -neglected, rostrums •'
of the countrye--(Hcar, hear.) If I did not altiagether. •
fail in the performance of those autireneif my efforts .
were attended with any seccees---(Heate, heer)'--I can
assure you that, as great Irish proprietors and as a greet
English corporation, you have conferred upon me a high
reward by this day. electing me a member of your com-
pany.--(Cheers.)...Geetlemen,_ permit me 'to take this,
Opportunity, now that I am addressing men of .business,
men daily ocouipied in the =cumulation and distribution_
of wealth, to ..express my sesprise that Engliebcepittit
does not flour somewhat snore freely into IrelviiefsAft: i 4!%,
moment, when- free • 614101 s fsbirs rig alrnest alirthe prey s _
'hector 8 of its eppenents—(Ceeer.)--ear d v0nn.,70. • Sind._"
that that nondescript thing 'whieb; in PrOteNer4s.t
larte,s, is usuallycalled " the selfish and untaxed iereignet
—(Laughter)—is content to take something else from
us than our specie in eeturnefor the large quantity of
food which our people have always been able to Con-'
some, but never till nosy wero permitted to bay—(Near,
hsar)—when wo find that we are suffering ratherfriau a
repletion of our bullion, I must say it is a wonder to roe
that a portion .of our superfluity does not seek that re-
tura which it would tied in Ireland.—(hear, bear.).
You have some of the best land of the country in the
market; the most minute information can be obtained
respecting it; it is to be had at a price whioh could not
be displeasing to the purchaser, however it might to the
owner or incumbrancer—(A laugh)—you' acquire a tide
with a cheapness and facility that to us, accustomed to
our old English mode of proceeding, seems absolutely fa-'
bulous.--(Hear, hear.) There are—l speak with some
knowledge upon the subject—there are as good " dig-
• gings" CO Esi-X-Fid incireland as there are- übroari—(Hear,
car)—and- with fat' greater security to li'f'e and pro- r
party, not withstanding all that you'may
We are ,now hear.—(Hest.) nea,.
in:the fourth circuit of judges congratulat-
ing grand juries upon improvements in moral habits and
immunity from crime; and I can assure you from my
own -knoW/i3dge thatt English emigrents are always
welcome in Irelandi
and al prosperous. cannot
sit down without alluding wt
a:sh great ikindneas
with 044 staYselgetion so sitar° h"rybes referred toe -
Ivoatatr inin'3B,taatisTghly tklue- ancreateeMn 0.0
gtjeligOter,
the illustrieus men h bag 2/4""Wift** • I.' "
who aye been freamen ot s' ti
cient and renowned corporation--e(yeer, hsar)—re-
nowned for its steady adherence to viola an 4 religious liberty, to the t°°se Principles of
aemppinlieenattropoti3it right understanding and
otiownbwtsieh ichAve•are mainls zn&ehted for the pre-
w"ccuPY aino;)g -the _nail:ins of _
the world.--(Cheers.)--(Cheers.)ers.)
I think, whenashen
we review the
events of the last twenty
years;
have
beer, we reflect upon
upon
W .the many useful' Measures that ha
for their object the public ,good; when vnl'athia of -the
greater amount of comfort and happiness enjoyed by the . e
people, bringing with them their never-failing coer:raj-
tents—peace and loyalty, and respect for the Lass--
(Hear, hear)—no one can long be ashamed of the ban-
ners of that policy which has produced such desirable re-
sults.—(Cheers.)
The PRIME WARDEN then gave " The Health of Lord •
Palmerston," an honorary member, whom the company
was always gratified to welcome. The Noble Lord had
preserved peace in periods of difficulty, protected our
foreign commerce, and maintained the honour of the
country.—(Cheers.)
The toast was drunk amid great applause.
Lord PALMERSTON, who was received with loud and
repeated cheers, spoke as follows:—Mr. Prime Warden
and Gentlemen, I beg you to accept my most sincere
and heart-felt thanks for the honour you have done me.
—(Hear, hoar.) I can assure you that lam proud of
having my health proposed as a member of this aneient
and excellent corporation—(Hear, hear)—and, as the
Prime Warden has been pleased to say that this ie not
the first time I have had the honour of appearing among
you, I hope I may infer from the kind manner in which
you have received this toast that it will, also, not be the
last time that I shall have the pleasure of meeting you.
—(hear, hear.) The Prime Warden has been pleased
to allude in terms of flattering commendation to the ser-
vices which it fell to my lot to perform in the office
which I had for several years the honour to hold. If I
have succeeded, by the performance of the duties at-
tached to that office, in acquiring the good opinion
and esteem of my fellow-countrymen, I have .
obtained the highest reward which any public .
servant in this country can hope to be the recom-
pense of his labours—(Cheers)—end I can assure you,
gentlemen, that there is no portion of the vople of this
country whose approbation I should be more proud to
receive than the approbation of this company, so well
known, and so eminently distinguished for those liberal,
enlightened, and constitutional principles which I have
Myself admired, and humbly endeavoured to carry into
effect, as far as my public conduct has-been-conenrned.
—(Hear.) Gentlemen, it has been any object, as the
Prime Warden has stated, as the organ of the Govern-
ment of which I was a member, to preserve the peace of
the country without any derogation from its honour—
(Hear, hear)—and I trust, that, while on the one hand
.we have enjoyed for a great length of time an almost
previously unexampled continuance of the blessing of
peace—l do trust, and I think I may say, on the other
hand, that the honour of the country has beenjinvariably
maintained—(Hear, hear)—and that the name of Eng-
lishmen stands as proudly now as it ever did in the
mind's and the opinions of the people of the other nations
of the world.—(Cheers.) Gentlemen, one of the main
objects and first duties of the Government of this coun-
try in regard to our relations with foreign states must
undsubtedly be the extension of that commercial inter-
course, upon which is founded the wealth and the pros-
perity of nations.—(Hear, hear.) To receive from the
body which I have the honour to address an expression
of opinion that the Government of which I was a humble
member succeeded in their endeavours to promote com-
mercial intercourse between this country and others, is
high and great gratification to me.—(Bear.) You hive,
indeed, gentlemen, on the present occasion given us an
emblem of the success with which this country has la-
boured in that course. You have given us at your
festive board an example of the manner in which the
links of commerce draw together the moat distant nations
of the world; for you have, as it were, shortened the
diameter of the earth into the narrow span of two
places at year table--(Cheers)—and we see here the
representatives of one of the most distant of our friendly
connexions in the east sitting side by side with the re-
presentative of our cousins in the west.—(Cheers.) You
see Persia and the United States seated in Juxtaposition
—(Renewed cheers)—an emblem, a happy and fortunate
emblem, of the manner in which the commercial inter-
course of nations acts, and approximates those whom
great distances appear to have separsited.—(Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, I cannot refrain from remarking, also, that
we have heard with great pleasure and delight the mime
net in which the representative of the United States has
expressed himself-in regard to the people of this country
—(Rear, hear)—and thisi mach' may, I think, be per-
mitted to say, that when that distinguished representa-
tiveearth
shall return to his home after the
bpbeeerhlfaoiansretdmignahagnit.remce:
of one of the greatest and mightiest nations of
the
of his duties in this country, he will lewaielle
as I ean assure you, friendships which
life.....(chearo_seended on that patriseodnuasl
tkonowle-dgaes
which his residence among us has en
that distinguished public qualities may be combined with
the most endng and
itee,--(Cheerseari .) Gentlemenestimeble qualities o, I trust
f private
that those prin-
ciples of liberal and enlightened commercial intercourse
which are deeply engraven
on the minds
of those whom
I have now the honour to addresh—(Rear,
h
at last triumphed in a manner that may
leadearui—toblaevest that there is no danger of a reversal—(Cheers)—and
that for tho benefit of this country as well as of the
other commercial countries
of the civilized world 'We
shall continue to progress
which has now been, I in that system, adherenCe,to
of the country—(Cheers)—and may say, rendered the fixed prin-
cipleY—(Cheers)—and that in that milneler
peace, as well as wealth
un a—Hnd( prosperity, will be based
upon a durable fo d •ation.agedere
08ear, hear)—
bellSe there
is no better security for peace than
the
depen-
dence of nations upon each other—(Hem,other—(Hem,mu.tuesalo—and
that reciprocal intercourse, which bYatilung the inter-
ests of all in one common tie of concord is afreservative
against the calamities of war.—(Cheers.) beg again to return you my
done me. best thanks for the honour you have
(The Noble Lord was much cheered on re-
suming his seat.)
" The Health of the Vice-Chancellors," " The Go-
vernor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank," and one or
two other toasts followed, and the party then broke up.

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morning, it being the birthday of her
COURT CIRCULAR.
OSBORNE, WEDNESDAY.
hoTusheeyßeastnedrdoafythe Royal Marines played in front of the
Royal Highness the Princess Helena.
Her Majesty. his Royal Highness Prince Albert, and
Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent took leave
her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent, drove out in
the grounds in the afternoon.
this morning at 10 o'clock, and embarked
0 f Ihleerr
Majestyil o
at Cowes in the royal yacht Fairy, commanded by CaPt-
for Southampton. Her Royal 'Highness was
attended
by Lady F. Howard, Sir George CouPer, and
LCireiuspti-nC. 010 n e 1 F. Seymour.

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Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Kent returned to
her residence, Clarence house, St. James's, shortly be-
fore three o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Osborne,
Isle of Wight. Her Royal Highness travelled from
Southampton by the London and South-Western Rail-
way to the W aterloo terminus, and was attended by
the Duchess of Kent,
Lady Fanny Howard and Sir George Couper. In the
evening
accompanied by their
Royal Highnesses the Duchess of Cambridge and the
Princess Mary, honoured the performance of the French
Plays with her presence.
Governor Gregory, from the Thhamai, had an inter-
view with Sir Joan Pakington yesterday at the Colonial
ffi Oee.
Secretary
E. B.
ulpole,De at th
Denison,
irePII" had an interview with Mr.
serehome Office Yesterday. Mr.
Rooker had also an interview with the Right Honour-
able Secretary.

GRAIN FROM FRANCE.--From a rarlianimtary
paper just published, it I
appears
that the quantity of corn,
grain, meal, and flur imported, into the United Kingdom. ill
the year 1851, from France, Was 1,591,377 quarters, being
the largest
quantity from_ any country. The next quantity
in number was I,:dflß I
)--a quarters fromthe United States of
_
America.

SOUTHAMPTON,
MAY 2G The Royal Mail Corn-
pang's steam-ship Medway, commanded by Captain Wel-
w
ler, left this afternoon for the West Indies, as an extra
boat to relieve the Thames, shortly expected home. The
little cargo. ay took neither mails nor passengers, and but very