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

THE ADDRESS.

The LORD CHANCELLOR having read her Ma-
jesty's Speech,
Tao Earl of DONOUGHMORE rose to move that an
humble address bo presented to her Majesty, which, as
usual was e.n echo of the Royal Speech. The first topic
to which it would be his duty to allude, was an Act
which had been passed in the course of the last session,
t;,ie enrolment of the Militia. It had been
judged necessary that the people of this country
should be placed in a position to resist foreign ievesion,
alit because foreign invasion was considered itero;nent,
but became it was thought right that this great country
should be prepared to meet an invader upon her own
covets. That measuto he was happy to say had been
moat SUCC:.biltii. The effieers of the Militia deserved
pelt credit for the mauner in which they had come
foereard—(hear, hear, tram Lo-d Derby)--to use their
icituence in the organization of this force. The popu-
lation of the country at large had also come forward in
the most aatisfactory manner, and he might state that in
very few instances would it be necessary to have re•
course to the ballot. The condition of foreign efnirs was
most Satisfactory. They were assured by her Majesty
that she continued to receive assurances of kindly feel-
ing from all foreign Powers. The Noble Earl then pro-
ceeded to allude to the present position of France, and
animadverted in strong terms on the freedom with which
the President had been attacked in the public prints.
The ruler of a neighbouring- country, he said.
hat
,been subjected to most unmerited abuse. It
was, not at this day the feeling of the British
nation to, enter upon any propagandism of their politi-
cal principles. The sufferings of the French nation,
which bad resulted from a feeling of this
nPare, which they had shown at the close of the last
century, was of itself a Eufficieut warning egainet this.
Ho believed there was on both sides of the House, and
in all parts of the country, a deep appreciation of
the benefits we derived from cur constitution
but that was no reason why we should endea-
vour to force our system upon any other nation.
The French nation had fur reasons best known to
themselves, thought fit to change their system of Go-
vernment, but that was no affair of ours, and he regretted
that the chosen ruler of France as he might call him,
should have undergone such undeserved attacks from a
portion of the press of this country. This 'cleat topic
in the Royal Speech, relates to negocietions lately car-
ried on with the United States, and that wee a subject
en which there had been so much misapprch ensien, that
he should feel justified in going mere into details
an it. In 1818 a convention of commerce had been
signed, on the 20th of October, between England
and the United States, in which there was one
article regulating the rights of both countries to the
coasts of Labra'ior and Newfoundland. The United
States there renounced all liberty of taking or drying
fish within three marine miles of these coaata. The con-
ditions of this treaty had been rigidly maintained by the
authorities ref this country, and between the years 1821
and 1851 ees American vessels had been seized for in•
fraction of it. A discu,sion subs* quently arose whether
the three marine miles meant a line drawn at that
distance hem the detentations or from the pro-
te.haent heaellands of the coast, It turned out
711,,twards, that the valuable part of the fisheri,s yea
within the distance of two mil, s from the coast, even
u;e3oie
rledi:ig to the Ami
rican interpretation, so that had
Ptei that interpretation, the Americas Gov ern-
meet would not haveenjeyedthe cod-bank fisher' ,es—
the most valueblewa portion.
He was happy, flowerier, to otate that there
nowreason to hope that thee Acr,erioan Gevernmeht
advantages
that very
the subject, and 110
bebli gun to negotiate 'cords ally on
large and impor-
tant commercial
North American colonies ite2ta would ba
ained, to our
With re spec; to the re by
cmat
,ypesueittleme-ut of the question,
cat rivers, he bet eyed it wee hh" of. the South Ameri-
. t advantages which must bePir aible to describe the
great ',red to •
MV,TOO from this opening. The 1, :1_ British corn-
aliuded to in the Royal Sp.
mezhl subject which was
Brazilian slave trade , (Criaess with regard
to the
10 the year 1850 the importati
.or , of Hear.")
r 1851, it via.; r educed slaves"s 23'"c'
while in the y eato 3 000.
the duty Gil wince the present G with
regard to oven-it:neat
h 8 trel •••47 with
vo entered in a the Oporto
14.7ine C esparsy, which wor ,id tend to abolish mono_
J
pots in that important ;ranch of commerce. The
war which was now
eoinr ' on in our Eastern /30 ,7session
rendered enquiries1.1
•with viov to legislation. e dad
e
tY of the country could
no doubt that the genet- AI. prosper;
:itiributrei to the gee 1
.raj eheaperin of food. With
g
d
regard to the tinhapp• state of Ire,ece. a mild Govern-
meat
_os
of im.
on a sound basis was the only Leans
rrt'vigg it in its c' audition ; unfortunately there still
-misting in Ireland a spirit of insubordination and resist-
ance to legal authc
sits, and until thisis removed very
little could be don e• The national Church like all other
ancient instiitrioi
is, required reform administered with
.
a temperate had. The question of her reform is one o`
the setae character. In the case of University reform,
str: aidorable ate. ?s had already been made in the proper
direotion. The moist important measure of the last Seg.-
eion we those C f l w reform, and those measures were