The Sun.
London, England, 1851-04-10 00:00:00

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foreign affairs, whom we not only feel to be the most labo-
rious, painstaking, obliging, business man in the kingdom
(Laughter and cheers)—but one always ready to extend
hospitality to us, not only in the town buyout of the town=
.(Hear)—not only.in season, but out of season.-_(A laugh.)
My Lord Mayor, I know where I am, and I know I have
but two or three minutes, and I shall not take up more;
but you have alluded to a subject of great importance. not
only to this nation, but to all the world—the Great Exhl-
bition that is to take place in a few days. lam one of
those who believe that it was conceived in wisdom, that it
has been carried out with energy and judgment, and that
those men who conceived it, and who have had the manage-
ment. of it, will have done great honour to themselves, and
when it shall have been finished, brought great glory to
England.—( Cheers.) I believe it to be a beneficent, a peaceful
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deep interest in its success—(Hear, hear)—and I have not a
doubt that peace, and quiet, and goodwill will reign in your
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quite sure that nothing can exceed the great
the Royal Commission, the Executive Committee, and every,
body connected with the Exhibition to make it acceptable to
all .the world.—(Hear, hear.) I cannot, sit down without
saying that having' had myself, as I believe every foreign
Minister has, often to make application not only to the Go-
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when it shall all lave been done, I am quite tore there Pill
be,no man in England who will regret its having taken place,
as there will be no foreigner Who shall come here that pill
not carry away kinder feelings than when he came.—( Hear,
hear.) I will not take up more of yourtime than, to thank
you for giving me the opportunity of being present at this
banquet to her Majesty's Ministers.—(Cheers.)
The LORD Kazoo then gave ." The House of Lords,"
and associated with the toast the name of the Marquijk of
Abercorn.
The Marquis of ABERCORN, in acknowledging the ecimpli-
ment, made a reference, which was much cheered, to the cir-
cumstance that the peerage had the privilege of continually
recruiting its ranks from the princely merchants and other
classes of the people.
Lord J. RUSSELL proposed the health of the Lord Mayor,
observing that he belieVed there had been no Lord Mayor
who had discharged the duties of his high office more to the
satisfaction of his fellow-citizens.—(Cheers.) The right !Ma-
charge of those duties was of great importance to the metro-
polis; and it was of the utmost consequence to the Govern-
ment to have a Lord Mayor upon whose cordial co-opera- .
tion they could at all times rely, and to whose judgrnent
they could look for assistance in any emergeney that might
arise.—(Hear, hear.)
The company rose to drink the toast, and followed it by a.
hearty cheer.
The Loan MAYOR acknowledged ;the toast, and said it
was his most earnest desire to discharge aright the duties of
his office to promote the good of his fellow-citizens and earn
their approbation.—(Cheers.) His Lordship then gave
" The House of Commons and Lord Palmerston," to whom,
he observed, the country was most deeply indebted for ser-
vices, not only in the Senate, but, he might say, througllout
the world.—(Cheers.)
Lord PALMERSTON said—My Lord Mayor, ladies, and
gentlemen, in the name of the House of Commons, I beg to
return you our 'grateful thanks for the compliment rou have
just* paid to that great and noble assembly. For myself, I
most cordially and sincerely thank you for having done me
the great honour of coupling my name with the Commons'
House of Parliament ; and I am still more indebted, my
Lord Mayor, to your kindness for the flattering, and I am
sorry to say undeservedly flattering, terms in which you
have been pleased to introduce this toast.—(Hear, hear.)
It is indeed natural that. on an occasion when you have
assembled at your hospitable beard so many of the most
distinguished men of the country—distinguished by
services of every kind, both civil and military—at a
time when you have also the presence of that most distin-
guished representative,' as he has described himself, of the
world—of the foreign world, but whom, from the sentiments
he.expresses, and from the cordial interea the tastes in every-
thing which concerns the welfare of this ceintry, alkwell as
his own, we can hardly call the repreienfative of foreign
Ministers, for we may claim him almost as one of ourselves—
(Cheers)—it is natural that on such an occasion your Lord-
ship should call to the remembrance of the assembled com-
pany that branch of our Legislature—the House of Commons.
(Hear.) For, my Lord, you who are at the head of this
great metropolis of the world you who at this moment re-
present to us the commercial princes of England, must feel
the value of that legislation of which the House of Commons
has been the instrument.—(Cheers.) In vain would a coun-
try be possessed of inexhaustible resources— in vain would a
nation boast of the intelligence of its people—of the enter-
prise, of the skill, and of the capital of its merchants,
if its laws did not give freedom at home, and security
for the enjoyment of the fruits of industry.—(Hear, hear.)
It is the dispensation of Providence that mankind should be
divided into rich and poor—that the rich should be conk ara-
tively few, and that the poor should be cortiptiratively ;
but, though no hnman legislation can alter that arranges-"
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meat, it is in the power of our lawgivers so to legislate
that the poor shall be protected from oppression by
the rich, and that the rich sisal' be defended against
violence fre.m the poor.—(Cheers.) That duty the Parlia-
ment of England has amply and successfully performed, and
hence it is that, while we have seen all the nations in Europe
convulsed with disorder—while we have seen industry sus-
pended, commerce paralyzed, institutions civil and political
overthrown—while we have seen fields that ought to be
trod only by the peaceful husbandman beat down by the
trampling of the iron heel of armed legions—while we have
se-n them bathed with the blood of kindred though con-
flicting armies—the people of this country have exhit ited
an example cf tranquillity, of order, and obedience to
the laws, which, so long as the history of these times shall
endure, will command the admiration ot mankind.—(Cheers.)
My Lord Mayor, having thus performed my duty in thank-
ing you for the toast which you have proposed, end for the
honour which you have done me, perhaps you will permit
me to travel somewhat further, but still I trust not depart-
ing from the character in which you have called upon me to
stand. For though the House of Commons is intent upon
sterner duties, that House is not insensible to the respect
which is due to the fairer portion of creation—(Laughter and
cheers)-4-and I hold myself, therefore, to be not a less faith-
ful representative of the House of Commons, when I invite
this assembled company to drink " Health and happiness to
my Lady Mayoress."
The toast, which was very much applauded, was acknow-
ledged by the Lord Mayor."
The next toast was " The English Bar."
The ATTORNEY-GENERAL, in returning thanks, regretted
that the task had not devolved upon his Learned Friend the
Solicitor-General (Mr. Page Wood), who had an hereditary
distinction there—(Cheers)—whose value as a colleague he
cordially appreciated—(Hear, hear)--and whese advance-
ment to his present position must be a great satisfaction to
the citizens of London.—(Hear, hear.) He would add, that
to have their approbation must always be matter of pride and
gratification to the bar.—( Hear, hear.)
The toasts of " The Members for the City," " The Magis-
trates of the City," " The Recorder," and " The Sheriffs,"
followed. The company then broke up."