The Sun.
London, England, 1847-07-12 00:00:00

said—l am happy to have this opportunity of coming
here, in the first place to pay my respects to the leaders
and governors of an empire, which, as it has been truly
said by my excellent friend the Minister of the Court
of Prussia, is, I belive, unparalleled in the history of the
world—an empire of which the first beginnings are
most extraordinary and appear like heroic or fabulous
times—an empire which has been cemented by wisdom
and justice in later times; and which we have the hap-
piness to know, from a very recent experience, should
it be attacked by unprovoked, sudden, and for-
midable aggression, will be defended by as much
intelligence in command and as much bravery in the
soldier as ever it was the happiness of any empire
to command.—(Loud cheers.) I cannot fail to say this
—seeing on my right hand one of the most distinguished
of those warriors who have lately proved to India and to
the world that however ancient empires may have dege-
nerated from the luxury and effeminacy of the conquerors
themselves, our conquests are still maintained by the
same valour, the same stedfast determination, which won
the first miles of territory in India.—(Cheers.) I come,
likewise, Sir, to pay my tribute of respect and honour to
that illustrious Prince who sits on your right hand,
whose object it has been not to make a holiday tour,
not to sati-fy himself with the shows and amusements of
Italy, or the vestiges of ancient power; but who has
visited in India a living dominion—(Cheers)—who has
searched the records of literature and science, and, when
the trumpet of war sounded in his ears hastened to the
camp, and showed himself among the first and most !rel-
iant of those who stood on those bloody fields.—(Cheers.)
You, Sir, have done honour to my colleagues and my-
selfi in saying words of praise and encouragement with
respect to the part we have to bear in the gover
this great empire; and I am happy to have
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creates, we have been allowed freely and fairly to apply
to these calamities such remedies as we considered the
most fitting for the emergency.—(Loud cheers.) This
is not the place to argue or contend— far would I be
from arguing on such a subject—that those remedies
were the best that could be devised ; but I must add
another tribute—l must say, during a very high price
of food, during the difficulties to which the labouring
people of this country have been subjected, that both in
England and Scotland, and likewise in that part of the
United Kingdom which the calamity afflicted the most,
the patience, the resignation, the fortitude, the sub-
mission to the will of Divine Providence, on the part of
the great mass of the people, have been admirable indeed.
—(Cheers.) Therefore, while I accept the statement of
the chairman, that we have had great difficulties to
contend with, I must always admit, in the fullest manner,
that those difficulties have been much lightened by the
manner in which our measures have been received, and
by the manner in which the sufferings of the peopleie
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empire, that portion of our dominions over s whichyoul,
Sir, the chairman, and the Court of Director , preside,
trust that the fortitude and energy d liardnge
has saved India from immediate and perilous assaults fur
years to come, and that
awhoever may succeed that dis-
tingnshed man may be ble,amidst the arts of peace