The Sun.
London, England, 1863-04-02 00:00:00

LORD PALMERSTON IN SCOTLAND. !

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GLASGOW, Wednesday Morning.
After the conclusion of the proceedings at the
entertainment given last night by the operative
classes in the City Hall to Viscount Palmerston his
Lordship, accompanied by the Lord Provost, Mr.
alglish, M.P., Mr. Buchanan, M.P., Mr. Cowper,
M.P., Mr. Crum-Ewing, M.P., Mr. Evelyn Ashley,
Mr. Kinnaird, Admiral Hope, Mr. Sheriff
Bill, and others, attended a ball given in his
honour at the Corporation Galleries, where the re-
ception accorded to his Lordship by a brilliant as-
semblage was most enthusiastic.

This morning, Lord Palmerston, attended by
the Lord Provost, the Right Hon. William Cowper,
and the Hen. Evelyn Ashley, was present
at a breakfast given to Admiral Sir James Hope,
by the President of the Gaiter Club, Mr. John
Burns, of the eminent firm of Messrs. George and J.
Burns, at his residence in Park-gardens. Among the
members of the Club present were Sir James
Hope, the Hon. Arthur Kinnaird, Re'v•
Dr. M'Lcoti, Chaplain of the Club, General
Mecdowell, Mr. George Burns, Colonel Bayley,
lt.E., Captain Ceimmo, R.N., Air. Edward
J,rees, Mr. Cleland Burns, Major nay, the Rev.
J. Honey, Mr. D. Macnee, Mr. S. Stewart. Among
the guests, besides Viscount Palmerston, the Right
Hon. W. Cowper, M.P., the Hon. E. Ashley, and
the Lord Provost of Glasgow, were Capt. Farquhar,
R.N., Col. Farrington, Capt. Stewart, R.N., Rev.
Dr. M.Duff, Rev. Dr. Buchanan, Rev. A. M'Ewen,
the Rev. Dr. Robertson, Sir E. Colebrooko, M.P.,
Mr. Pender, M.P., Mr. Crum Ewing, M.P., Mr.
Crum-Ewing, jug., Col. Kiuloch, and a number of
ladies. Fifty gentlemen sat down to a most ele-
gant del euner, at which Mrs. Burns presided. A
guard of honour, composed of the seamen of her
Majesty's ship Hogue, lined the entrance to the
mansion. After breakfast, on the motion of the
President, Lord Palmerston was elected an hono-
rary member of the Gaiter Club.
Viscount PALMERSTON, having added his name
to the list of members, said—
I am very proud and flattered to be associated with such
a distinguished body. (A laugh.) lam informed, though
gaiters have an intimate connection with legs—(a laugh)—
that no gaiterman is allowed to speak upon his legs. (A
laugh.) He may speak about his legs, but not upon his legs.
(Continued laughter.) Now, as we in these days never
show our legs, inasmuch as trousers would conceal even the
gaiter if we wore it, you will excuse me if I am very short
in my thanks. I can only assure you that, whether I wear
long gaiters or short gaiters, my memory of 3 our kindness
will be long, and not short. (Loud cheers and laughter.)
The noble Viscount then left with Mr. Cowper in
the Lord Provost's carriage, and was followed by
the Hon. Mr. Kinnaird, M.P., and the Hon. E.
Ashley to the Edinburgh and Glasgow Railway.
On the platform his lordship was received by Mr.
Dalglish, M.P., Mr. Merry, M.P., Dr. Strang, the
City Chamberlain, Mr. Latham, and Mr. J. B.
Thomson, superintendent, and proceeded by the ex-
press train at 10 30 to Edinburgh. The train reached
Edinburgh at 11 50, and his lordship was received
on the platform of the Waverley Station by the
Lord Provost. At one o'clock the freedom of the
city was presented to Lord Palmerston, in the
Queen-street-hall, which was filled by ladies and
gentlemen. Among those present were the
Marquis of Dalhousie, Lord Deas, Lord Aedmillan,
Lord Curriohill, Sir David Baxter, the Lord Advo-
cate, 31. P., Mr. Black, M.P., Principal Candlish,
Sir W. Gibson Craig, Sir H. Moncrieff, Sir J.
Douglas, the Hon. B. Primrose, Mr. Chas. Cowan,
and Mr. Wm. Chambers.
The entrance of Lord Palmerston was hailed by
repeated shouts of hearty acclamation.
The LORD PROVOST, in presenting the burgess
tieket to the noble Premier, said;—
My Lord Palmerston,—Anxious to mark your lordship's
visit to this metropolis by the most honourable tribute of
respect which it is in our power to bestow, we have invited
your presence here to-day for the purpose of presenting to
you the freedom of this ancient city. When we revert to the
bone; and distinguished career through which your lordship
Las passed, we account it no small privilege to have the op-
portunity of testifying on this occasion our acknowledgment
of the manner in which your lordship has for the last 57
years unceasingly devoted your whole energies and great
powers of mind to the prosperity and welfare of your country.
But, as the corporation of a city which saw and fostered the
dawn of those talents which have since raised your lordship to
such wide-world distinction, we have a peculiar gratification
in asking your acceptance to-day of a compliment which we
think you will not esteem the less that it is paid, not b the
leader of a great political party, but to a statesman whose
one object throughout a long lifetime has been the security
and honour of this great empire. Since your lordship left
the roof and guardianship of our distinguished Scottish phi •
losopher, Dugald Stewart, more than 60 years ago, your
life has been one of toil and tumult from which you may
be said never to have rested, but which has now led you to
the first place and the highest honours. In almost all the
conflicts of that eventful and often stormy period you have
borne a foremost part; but we see you here again to-day,
verging on four-score, in the full possession of bodily health
and strength, with intellect not enfeebled and, better than
all, with heart not embittered. It is sometimes a matter of
apparent regre:; that the asperities of political life rage so
high that the power which union is said to afford appears
to be endangered ; but it is no less a fact—and I believe
your lordship will bear me out when I say it—that one of
the great causes of the prosperity of this country is the very
existence of party. Liberty of speech and freedom of thought
—those grand watchwords of our Constitution—would be-
come but dead letters were they to be continually employed
in the servile echo of one opinion or of one course of policy,
and the interests of the nation are never more successfully
consulted than when they have undergone the refining pro-
cess which Parliamentary discussion is so eminently calcu-
lated to bring to bear upon them. The abCities required for
the careful guidance of political party are of the most dis-
tinguished order. Upon them hang the result of this ne-
cessary disunion, whether it shall be for good to the
country or for evil, and fortunate indeed is that man, and
rare are his abilities, who even in the foremost ranks of
party can so rise above its prejudices and influences as (be-
sides preserving the attachments of his friends) to attract
also to himself the goodwill and admiration of his oppo-
nente. It is this position, my Lord Palmerston, that wo
congratulate you upon holding—a position rendered illus-
rious from the fact that it has been attained by uniform
integrity of purpose, and loyalty of heart, which through-
out your long and brilliant Parliamentary career have never
once faltered, nor yielded for a moment to private or even
party impulses. It is your great privilege, if your life has
been one of unremitting toil in the service of your country,
if the periods of freedom from care and anxiety have been
to-you but few and short—it is yet, I say, your privilege to
know that the country you have served so faithfully in
youth, in manhood, and in advanced years has not been un-
orthy of this lifelong devotion—that it stands higher than
it has ever done before in all that can add to dignity and
power, and that it rewards its great men with the most
honourable of human prizes—a name distinguished on the
pages of its history, which will five for ever. The list of
honorary burgesses of this city on which we now desire to
record your lordship is no mean one, and we
think that in
the companionship of men illustrious in science, in litera-
ture, and in art, of men who have won their laurels on the
battle-field, and of men who like yourself have raised for
themselves lasting monuments of political fame, we think
that by the side of Hampden, Johnson, Peel,
and Napier,
you will not hesitate to have your own name inscribed, and
on our part we are proud to perform an act this day which
imparts an aiditional lustre to that list which we seek by
every entry to render more valuable and more honourable.
The reading of the address was followed by lou d
applause.
Lord PALIVIERSTON, who was greeted with the
most enthusiastic cheers, said :
My Lord Provost,—l can assure you that I attach the
greatest possible value to the gift which you have just be-
stowed upon me, not only for that which is its intrinsic
value, but more especially for the kind, and, I must intruth
say, the far too flattering manner in which you have couched
those expressions that have accompanied the gift you have
bestowed. There cannot be anything more gratifying to a
public man ; there cannot be a greater reward for any exer-
tions which he may have made in the discharge of his public
duties to his country than to receive, as I am doing upon
the present occasion, testimonies of approval and of good
will from large, influential, and highly respected portions of
h,s fellow countrymen. (Cheers.) It is the greatest incen-
tive to those who are beginning their career, it is the most
highly prized toward for those whose career has nearly run
its course, and you are therefore not only conferring a great
favour upon an individual, but you are, if I may be allowed
to say so, performing, though not, perhaps, with all discri-
mination upon this occasion—(cheers)—a public duty in
bestowing these encouragements and rewards upon those
who are engaged in the public service of the country.
There are circumstances, both personal and general,
which make this gift peculiarly acceptable to
Imse.ehltt
three
happy as you have observed, within citythis
Universitpy of Edin-
happy years of life, receivingtfhreom
burgh part, and, I will say, most valuable part, of the
instruction which I have received—(cheers)—and, therefore,
from recollections of " auld lang syne," I value the gift
which you have conferred upon me. (Cheers.) I can't
but remember, also, that the city of which T have now the
honour to be a member enrolled amend the list of eminent
and distinguished men is a city one of the most famous in
the history of the world for its traditional glories and
achievements. " (Cheers.) Local pride and local tradi•