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and on the very last oocasion on which he addressed
them to speak of him in those terms, but because. as
one perhaps of the older members of their Lordships'
House, he (the Noble Marquis) remembered the time
of the whole of the Noble Duke's military and Parlia-
mentary career. (Cheers.) It had struck him ((he
Noble Marquis) that he stood in a somewhat peculiar
position in addressing them upon this subject, for it
might not be known to many of their Lordships—for
there were not many living who could recollect the cir-
cumstance—but forty-six or forty-s.ven years ago—then
parliamentary life—he was
a young man in official and
pefmitted and authoriz=d by his colleagues of that time,
to call upon the other Howe to do justice to the me-
mory, and to provide for the family of one of the
greatest heroes that ever lived, and with whom alone in
the military history of this country, the Noble Duke
was to be compared. (Cheers.) It was in 1807 that,
at a moment of great difficulty, and at a great crisis in
the military affairs of this nation—the country was
condemned by the stroke of fate to lose the services of
the greatest admiral that ever distinguished this country
and who had fallen—

--From his high estate,
And welt'ring in his blood."
(Cheers,) There was then, as now, but one unanimous
foaling on the subject; but when ho (the Noble Marquis)
addressed the Rinse of C enmoni both he and those
whom he addressed were bat imperfecly aware that at
the very moment when that great man who had raised
the naval power of this courrry to It 3 highest pinnacle
of perfection and glory was lying dead, there was rising
in the east another man who was destined to perform the
same great service to the army of England, and whose
unremitting energy and great practiced skill were after-
wards to assert the dignity of this country, and to esta-
blish that character which the British army—as well
under his peaceful command as under his military
career—had never since forfeited. (Loud cheers.) Such
were these two great men. Differing undoubtedly from
each other in various details of their characters, they
resembled each other in all that was excellent and noble.
Both directed their attention to one great object—neither
of them was indifferent (as who was ?) to the praise of
others, but neither ever allowed that praise to divert
him for a moment from the service of his country, the
honour of the crown, and the safety of the people.
(Lead cheers.). He (the Noble Marquis) felt proud,
and any man might feel proud, to have lived with such
contemporaries. (Cheers.) Ho had been reminded of
that expression which was to be found in one of the
most English poets we had, when he adverted to the
great inland his own time.. Speaking of the character
of Eng and of Englishmen, he aid that it was
enough for him
.g That Chatham's language was his mother tongue,
And Wolfe's great name compatriot with his own."

(Loud cheers.) He (the Noble Marquis) felt proud, and
he thought an Englishman ought to feel proud of his
times and of his country, when he had lived to see in the
same age such men and such actions directed to the
public good. (Great cheering.) In selecting these
great men as the glory of our age and of our time, he
did not mean to overlook the fact, that daring the
sums period there had arisen genius of another
kind—that the arts and scienc-s had not been dormant,
but that men of great capacity, industry, and intelli-
gence, had essentially contributed to the prosperity and
wealth of the country. But let them recollect when they
were called upon to do honour to the head of the mili-
tary profession. that that prosperity and that wealth
would cease to be secure unless it was protected. (Loud
cheers.) For, be it remembered, that to whatever pitch
or height the manufacturing and commercial industry
of this country might be raised, and whatever accumula-
tion of capital might find its way to our shores, that
capital and that industry would disappear at once, and
instead of attracting the eye, would attract the rapacity
of the world. if it was for a moment supposed to be de-
fenceless. (Loud cheers.) Let them be assured that,
in the present state of the world, and in that state in
which it must long continue to remain, it was not merely
to industry, science, and art, or to anything of a pacific
character, that they could long look for the glory and
safety of the Crown and of the realm, unless they made
up their minds to protect it efficiently, and to show that
we were not only the most industrious but one of the
most powerful nations in the world. (Cheers.) He had
thought it right to say so much, and be associated these
observations with the names of men who, in his opinion,
had done more than any men ever had done to bring
forth and to strengthen the power and efficacy of our
resources. (Loud cheers.) He did not think himself
called upon to dilate more particularly upon the actions
of the illustrious man whom we bad lost. If that were
requisite he should wish to leave the task to noble lords
of greater eloquence and ability; but he did not conceive
that it was at all necessary, for these actions had taken
their places in the history of the world—they were pre-
sent in all our minds—they were familiar to all recollec-
tions, and they were engraven upon all men's hearts.
(Loud cheers.) He (the Noble Marquis) was not inclined
to enter upon the various topics which had been so care-
folly introduced into the royal speech, that lee did not sup-
pose the house would have t pronounce any distinct opi-
nion upon them. He certainly could have wished there
had been a less faltering declaration of the views of her Ma-
jesty's Government with respect to those great questions
of commercial policy which had been alluded to. After
the time which had elapsed, after all the experience they
had had, and after all the facts and the arithmetic whirh
had been brought forward since the question had first
come before them, ke should have thought that not only
the country, but her Majesty's Government, might have
been able to form an opinion on the suajeot. (Cheers.)
Aiding himself in the construction of the speech by the
remarks of the noble Marquis. he thought that her Ma-
jesty'e Government had at length been satisfied that
what they now called the " recent legislation," had had
its fair share in producing the prosperity of the country.
(Cheers.) Perhaps they did n t wish, as the officers of
the ship, to be the first to abandon her; and they had
the gallant feeling that when the ship was sinking, they
ought to be the last seen on deck. (Cheers-) He did
not see any desire to keep the ship afloat: he did not see
any desire, either in that House or the country, to en•
courage them to stand by what was called the good old
cause. He sties ready to take admissions in any way,
direct or indirect admissions, admissions by insinuation
or admission by hint; they were all equally valuable,
coming as they did in different shapes and in different
degrees, from most, if not all, of the leading persons in
and out of that House, who had for years advocated
protection. He hoped ho was not mistaken in supposing
that her Majesty's Ministers entertained the view not
only that the Free-trade legislation had been attended
with the happiest eff-cts, but that it was necessary to
pursue that legislation in the same spirit end on the
same principle. and then they would be entitled to the
support of every man in the country who had advocated
free trade. He did not wish to enter into discussion
as to the details of the question. Other opportunities
would arise. He bad heard with great satisfaction of
the-support which had been given for the last two or
three years byethe Government of Brazil to the efforts
for the suppression of the slave trade, and that in conse-
quence our Government had been enabled to suspend
their restrictive measures. There was no amendment so
great as that which sprung from a Government itself be-
coming convinced of the duty it owed to the cause of
humanity. That was one of the objects to which he
attached great importance, and one which he knew would
give great satisfaction to the country.
Lord BROUGHAM said upon the subject of the
slave trade, and the other subjects to which his noble
friend had adverted, he entirely agreed with him that
they could better discuss them on a future occasion. It
might be misconstrued if he were not to say a word on
that at once glorious and painful topic to which the
Noble Lord had adverted. There would have been no
risk in foretelling that when this day unhappily should
come, when he whose loss they all deplored was no more,
every whisper of detraction would be hushed, and one
voice would reverberate throughout the kingdom to ac-
knowledge his transcendent merits. The result had sur-
passed expectation. All classes of his fellow citizens, all
descriptions of persons, without distinction of rank, or of
sect, or of party, at home and abroad, the countries he
served, the allies he saved, the adversaries he encoun-
tered, partly on a just recollection of benefits, partly on
a generous oblivion of differences, had all joined in one
unbroken, uninterrupted accord to acknowledge his
transcendent merits, not the merit of genius merely,—
not that which deezn d men—his extraordinary and
almost marvellous fortune ; but, what he placed first and
foremost in this great character, and that which was
worthy to be ever held up for the attention as well as the
admiration of mankind, his great public virtue, the con-
stant self-denial, the constant abnegation of all selfish
feeling, that distinguished his whole career, and which
never for one instant interfered with that strict, rigor-
ous, and constant discharge of his duty, whatever station
he might be called upon to fulfil. (Cheers) He had a
right to say that this public virtue was even more to be
revered than his genius and good fortune were to be art-
Zorered. Deeply. as they now felt his loss, they wield yet
sensibly feel it. He entirely agreed with the noble
'll;rastrthaenci the noble seconder of the address in
interfere Y said as to our having no right whatever to
We had il:tith the internal affairs of other countries.
lion which right to complain of any institu-
ruler ettiontaett' might have adopted, or to disparage any
them, but uobte7 had chosen to set in authority over
that we lay,undeerds would forgive him also for adding
words rather no obligation whatever to regard the
our own Government" sets of any Government, be it
help thinking that he: any other. And he could not
frotire elsewhere, where there was
a rational desire for
Ile leasing, by
vided for that nnspeck,Z,b4 mighty security was pro-
being allowed among the
trot "entity
free discussion
he was bound to admit, that °tgle °n all subjects. Now,
by whatever prevented free Bias was impaired
upon whatever subject a . or an • cussion,
and whate Y
measures to a certain degree inepeiredva way. Those
rity of freeel,)m. They might be perfeent great secu-
, s they mi
ht be right Or they might es wren itY just, they
Dug ' ceseary to prevent ght
be absolutely be
mischief, or the
might be absolutely impotent to prevent it. with, Y
have Co possible concern ; that
we had and could
s wholly and entirely it :as no
business of ours ; it
wsab bystanders, as spectators, to
us. We are bound,
BY but to lament, that m 94,110111
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interfere, not even to object,
.the policy of any foreign statge
should have happened in
which in any way lessened that protection. He did not
fear the revival of war. hopedete
further, and even and trusted that all
such days were far distant ; be went
said he believed there would be none. Nevertheless, it
was our right, it was our bounden duty,
to take all such
should fully and
measures, and all such precautions, .t
-
effectually serve for our defence against ' should it on
we
happily occur. (Hear hear.) And not only should
discharge our duty
to by so doing, but we should render a
very proper tribute that great man whose loss we now
deplo re—that tribute which be himself would ,
praised—if we promptly and strenuously set about fol-
lowing the advice which he so often and so urgently