The Sun.
London, England, 1838-07-23 00:00:00

His Excellency Mershal SOULT then rose and was received
with the greatest enthusiasm. He addressed the company in
French, apologizing for not being able to express his feelings
in their language. The Marshal spoke as follows :—J'acceptc
au nom du Roi dca Francais le toast qui vient d'etre porte pour
lui, j'accepte -aussi pour la France cnnere les voeux qui ont
ete exprimes a son egard. Oui, sans dente le Rol et le France
partagcnt les nobles sentimens quo M. le President de cette
assemblec a si hien exprimes; et pour men compte je les
partage aussi. Charge d'un mission solemnelle au sujet
au couronnernent de la Rein° d'Angleterre j'ai cu plu-
sieurs fois occasion de maeifester mss pensees, gifts Pave-
nir et a porpetuite it y sit Parnitie sincere entre la France
et l'Augletarre ; que le meilleur accord refine dans !cur
repports mutuela qui desormais ne peuvent etif que pacifiques.
Pius d'autre rivalite entre les deux pays que cello des
arts et de l'industrie, et plus de causes d'inimitie. Tact one
nos deux pays resteront unis la paix de monde sera assuree.
Puissant cleric nos communs efforts tendre sans cesse a cemen-
ter et a etendreles communs rapports qui se sont etablis. Ce
quo j'ai vu depute quo je suit au milieu de Pinterressant et in-
dustrieux population de Manchester et les manifestations dont
j'ai ete l'object me persuadent, .me garantissect memo qu'elle
approve cette pensee. Je scrai heureux, de retour dans coon
pays, de pouvoir rendre compte dc ce j'ai vu et entendu et les
sentiments qui rn'ont ete exprimes; et a mon tour je suis
heureui de repeter a l'asscmblee que ces sentiments sent com-
muns ala Fra..co entiere. Je remercie M. le President de
m'evoir fourni Poccasieu de les exprirner comme je les sans.
The Marshal resumed his seat amid loud cheers.
The following is a translation of what the Marshal said :
" I answer, in the name of the King of the French, the toast
which has been given for him, and I answer also for all France
the wishes which have been expressed in regard to it. Un-
doubtedly his Majesty and all France share the noble senti-
ments that the Chairman of this meeting has so well expressed,
and I can say for myself that I share them also. Sent on a solemn
embassy cennected with the Coronation of the Queen of
England, I have had several opportunities of expressing my
desires, that in future, and perpetually, there may be sincere
friendship between France and England, that the best under-
standing may pervade their mutual relations which henceforward
cannot be other than poeceful. May there be no more rivalry be-
tweet these two countries than that of the arts and industry,
and no more causes of enmity. As long as our teso countries
remain united, the peace of the world will be assured. May our
common efforts, therefore, tend uninterruptedly to cement and
extend those mutualrelations which are now e-nablished. The
things which I have seen since I have been in the midst of the in-
teresting and industrious population of Manchester, and the
manifestations of which I have been the object convince me,
and are-even a guarantee to me, that they echo my wishes. I
shall be happy, on my return to my country, to be able to
give an account of what I have seen and heard, and of the sen-
timents which have been expressed to me ; and my turn, I
am happy to repeat to this meeting that these sentiments arc
common to France. Mr. Chairman I thank you for having
given me an opportunity to express them as I feel them."
The CHAIRLIAN-Gentlemen, I hope on the present occa-
sion that ail will fill to the brim. • It is easier to conceive than
to express the gratification we all feel at the honour conferred
udari us by the illustrious individual who has this day visited
our town—( Loud cheers)---an individual whose name and
whose brilliant achievements-will long live in the pages of his-
tory, and who has bzen selected by his Sovereign to represent
the Court of France, and by his presence add honour to the
Coronation of our youthful Queen.—( Applause.) I hope and
trust that the reception his Excellency has met with from
people of every mole in the British Empire will be accepted
by him as an earnest of our appreciation of the honour done us
by the King of the French, and that it will tend to the promo-
tion of that friendly intercourse. between the two countries
which must be advantageous to both.—( Hear; and cheers.)
The name of our illustrious guest has long been familiar to
British ears, but this is the firer occasion on which we have
hod the honour to r •teeive him within the walls of our town.
In discharging his duty to his country, our distinguished and
gallant guest was for many years cur determined and formi-
dable foe, but now we have the gratification of receiving, and
hailing him as a visitor and friend, and of offering to him all
we can tender—a hearty British welcome.—( Loud and con-
tinued cheering ) His Excellency, during his shun visit to
this country, has manifested a most anxious desire to view and
become acquainted with the nature of our various public esta-
blishments and institutions, and he has now come to see the
manufacturing and mechanical industry of these districts. It
must be regretted by all that the fleeting nature of his visit
renders the number of the institutions he can examine neces-
sarily small. But notwithstanding this, let us indulge the hope
that the impressions made on his Excellency's mind during his
short visit to these two great sources ofour national wealth will be
such as to induce him, in dieliargir;g the functions of his high
station, to exert himself most strenuously for the removal of
those restrictions upon trade and commerce which have
hitherto kept us asunder.—( Vehement cheering.) Iris Ex-
cellency by his exertions can do much to counteract these
obnoxious restrictions, and the result cannot fail to be to benefit
and promote the prosperity of both countries and the happi-
ness of the people at large.—(Great applause.) With all
the respect that is due to the rank; the character, and the
talents of our illustrious guest, I will give you, gentlemen,
" The health of his Excellency Marshal Sault, Duke of Dal-
matia—may his life be long, and the remainder of his days
happy." (Tilt: toast' was drank with loud and reiterated cheer-
ing, all the company standing.)
His EXCELLENCY then rose, evidently much affected by the
manner in which the announcement of his name had been re-

ccived. The recollection of the honour they had that day
conferred upon him was deeply engraven on his heart. Ile
would accept the challenge of their President to do all in his
power to advocate the prosperity of commerce and the esta-
blishment of those principles by which the commercial and
trading interests of both countries might be best promoted.—
(Great cheering.) He admired their industry—he admired
their perseverance—the vast resources which they had called
forth, and the powerful effects which they had produced. He
would return to his own country deeply impressed with their
commercial greatness, and confirmed in his convictions that
the establishment of friendly relations was the best means of
ensuring the happiness and prosperity of both countries.—
( Cheers.) In conclusion he would beg leave to drink " Health
to the English people—success to commerce and prosperity to
Manchester."—( Vehement applause. )
The CHAIRMAN said they had been honoured by the Com-
pany of several other distinguished individuals who had been
in attendance at 4he coronation of her Majesty. Among these
were two illustrious personages, nearly and dearly connected
with his Excellency—be meant the Marquis of Dalmatia and
the Marquisde Mornay, and he begged to give their healths,
with feelings of the highest respect. and with a due sense of
the
and the other distinguished strangers had
h enetrthey
conferred upon by being present on that occasion.
The Marquis of DALMATIA returned thanks for the honour
conferred upon him in drinking his health, and spoke as fol-
lows : _ _

" Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen-_I must return you my
best thanks for the kind manner in which you have received us,
and more particularly for the honour you have conferred upon
me in drinking my health. At the same time, I cannot but
recollect that I have already been in this highly interesting
country, and bad the honour to be acquainted with some of
you. I came then as a young man, to complete my knowledge,
and to take a view of the wealth and power of this great na-
tion. Since that time, Gentlemen, I have seen many coun-
tries and many things ; I have witnessed many important
events—l am become-a Member of the Legislature in my own
country, and I come now attain into this country to ascertain
how many changes, how many improvements the genius of
men and the spirit of an enlightened people can effect. I
Mlle to ascertain what the principles of sound political and
commercial liberty can produce,—( Much cheering.) All
this I have found in this country, and I hope you will
allow me once more to tender you my most sincere
thanks for this new proof you have given me that those
principles I am alluding to, that are mine and that are yours.
—( Cheers.) Gentlemen, these are not merely words, but that
they are true, that they are the principles of the soundest
policy, and that they will last as long as societies and mankind
will endure. I beg to drink all your healtbs."—( Applause.)
The Noble Marquis delivered his address with an case and
fluency which delighted all parties.
The Marquis Ds NIORNAY returned thanks in French.
The rapidity with which he spoke rendered it impossible for
us to catch more than a few isolated passages. We under-
stood him to express how deeply he had been affected by the
cordial and hospitable welcome he and his friends had received
in England, and his desire to promote by every means in his
power the good feeling which at present existed between the
two nations. The Marquis concluded by proposing the health
of the Chairman, which was received with much cheering. ,
Tint CHAIRMAN briefly returned thanks; and then observed
that one of the strongest feelings implanted in the human
mind was the love of country. Whatever place man claimed
as his birth- place was always uppermost in his mind. In the

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present instance they had assembled around that table indi-
viduals of many nations, and he would therefore propose in
that comprehensive sense that it might be acceptable to every
individual as applicable to himself, the toast of " Our
country."—( Cheers.) -
Shortly afterwards Marshal SCULT rose, and addressed the
company as it was subsequently repeated in English by the
Marquis de Dalmatia, that the stste of his health and his many
other engagements compelled him reluctantly to retire. He
begged once more, before he left the room, to express his deep
sense of the kind and cordial reception he had met with.
The distinguished visitors then withdrew, but before going
to their hotel they visited the warehouse of Messrs. Townend
and Hickson, Market-street, for the purpose of seeing the ef-
fect of gas-light in a large establishment. After viewing the
several ware-rooms, attended by the proprietors, the Marshal
and his friends about eleven o'clock proceeded to their hotel.
His Excellency left Manchester on Saturday morning about
half-past six o'clock, in a special train provided by the Direct-
ors, and reached Liverpool at a few minutes past seven. The
Marshal arrived much earlier than was anticipated, and with
the exception of the Mayor, Wrn. Rathbone, Esq„ and some
of the Members of the Corporation, there were comparatively
few persons at the station. The Marshal declined the use of
the Mayor's carriage, and walked to the Hotel, which he
rcachedalmost unobserved. It was proposed to place a guard
of honour at his Hotel, hut this his Excellency begged to de-
cline the offer. After breakfasting at the Adelphi Hotel, the
Marshal, accompanied by the Mayor, and followed by his suite,
proceeded on foot to St. John's Market, which appeared to
call forth the warm admiration of the visitors, from its great
extent and the neatness and cleanliness observable throughout.
Crossing out by Great Charlotte-street, the visitors then pro-
.ceedad through the Fish Market, which exhibited a plentiful
supply of that article. The Marshal then returned to his
bOici, and the news of his having rapidly spread, several
thousand persons were asr:emtiled en his return, who greeted
hint with loud and hearty cheers. The Military, Naval, and
Municipal authorities, and many of the influential and respect-
able inhabitants of the town then waited upon the Marshal,
and were presented in due form by Mr. Manby, At ten