The Sun.
London, England, 1858-11-08 00:00:00

MR. BRIGHT'S PEACE PRINCIPLES.

Lord Panmure, while connected with the late
Government, presented to the citizens of York two
of the guns which had been captured on the fall of
Sebastopol. These guns were inaugurated on Fri-
day afternoon last, and they were carried in pro-
cession through the principal streets of the city,
prior to their being deposited in their final resting-
place, which is within a few hundred yards of the
Castle. The military would have joined the pro-
cession had not a countermanding order been re-
ceived from the Duke of Cambridge, who gave as
his reason for making the order that if the soldiers
were allowed to take part in the procession, it
might be looked upon as an unfriendly act towards
a now friendly Power. This order had also the
effect of preventing the officers belonging to the
Bth Hussars from attending the grand banquet in
the Guildhall in the evening, at which there were
present among the guests—the Earl of Carlisle, the
Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of York, the Hon.
and Rev. S. W. Lawley, -the Hon. W. E. Dun-
combe, and the city members, Mr. Westhead and
Colonel Smyth. The Lord Mayor presided.
After several toasts had been drunk,
The LORD MAYOR proposed the " Health of the
Earl of Carlisle," which was received with enthu-
siastic cheering.
The Earl of CARLISLE rose, and after the cheer-

ing had subsided, he said,—My Lord Mayor and
Gentlemen, —I return you my very best thanks
for the manner in which, after my, health has
been so obligingly proposed, it has been re-
ceived by yourselves. (Applause.) I feel I am
greatly indebted to the Lord Mayor and corpora-
tion of this ancient city for having given me the
opportunity of being present on an occasion so truly
interesting. (Cheers.) You have this day, my lord,
with your fellow-citizens, planted in a conspicuous
position, within this venerable town, some of those
cannon which formerly frowned—aye, and spoke,
too, in most destructive accents from the walls of
Sebastopol. (Cheers.) If they were merely to serve
as the memorials of national strife and continued
ill-will--(hear)---I could scarcely have congratu-
lated you upon the grant you had obtained.
(Cheers.) We only know the Russians as those
whom we found brave and skilful foes, and whom
we are now • glad to look upon as friends. Nay,
more, we trace with anxious interest and sympathy
the course of the young Emperor—(hear, hear)—
who did not begin, but who ended the war with us
—(cheers)---and who seems now intent on develop-
ing the'pacific resources of his mighty empire, and
striking off the yoke and fetters of the serf. (Cheers.)
I wish we may have reason to say quite as much of
all our allies in the late war. (Cheers.) But those
guns, however, may be justly considered as the mo-
nument of deeds nobly done by all classes of our
fellow-subjects—of the brightest achievement and
no less heroic endurance-of the officers and soldiers
of the United Kingdom—of the just renown of that
army which seemed to come out of its sharp and
fiery ordeal with more freshness, and glow,. and
vigour even than marked them at its opening.
(Cheers.) No doubt the pluck was at all times the
same ; but, in point of health, of equipment, and of
general efficiency, they kept advancing with every
strain of the conflict, and the greater the wear and
tear grew the toughness of their fibre, and the
brightness of their polish. (Much cheering.) Most
suitablY,then, Will these old Russian gu us,transferred
from their past. theatre of strife, and bloodshed, be-
come the -spot where you, my lord, this day have
placed them, close 'to the circuit of these • ancient
walls whose mounds formed the encampment of old
Roman.EmperOrs which witnessed many an embat-
tled array of feudal England, and looked down on the
widest plain of a peaceful land, and where, I trust,
their ministry of death and destruction being now
accomplished, they will have found their undisturbed
and final resting place. (Cheers.) My lord and gen-
tlemen, our military friends have not been able to
join us on this occasion from a feeling, if not an ex-
cesss, of delicacy, which we must respect, although
we must still regret. But they will know that,
whether present or absent, all our hearts bound to
our brave defenders—(cheers.)—to whom we owe it
that we can meet together in splendid civic halls
and quaff the peaceful and friendly goblet. (Cheers.)
And, as an expression of our feelings towards the
military service generally, and an especial recogni-
tion of the memories of this heroic anniversary,
henceforth only to be happily associated with the
glories of an united patriotism, I beg to give to you
—" The brave men who perilled their lives in the
Crimea in defence of the liberty of nations."
Captain MARSHALL, of the 2d Life Guards, re.

turned thanks.
The LORD MAYOR then proposed " Our City

Members, with the honours to which they are en.

, • .
titled." (Three times three cheers.)
Mr. J. P. B. WESTHEAD, M.P., rose amid loud
cheering. 'He said—My Lord Mayor and gentle-
men, I assure you I feel extremely grateful for the
honour which you have been pleased to do to your
city members, and although it does not become me
to appropriate to myself an undue share of that
honour, yet, if you will allow me to speak, simply,
on my own behalf, I cannot but deem it a source of
high gratification to myself that, after going
through two eventful sessions and endeavouring to
perform my duty as your representative, I am on
the present occasion greeted with so much kindness.
(Applause.) I have felt it my duty to appear among
you to-day in answer to the invitation of the cor-
poration, and I cannot but confess, notwithstanding
the strange views which at this day, and in certain
influential quarters, are expressed on the subject of
peace, that there are times when war seems a positive
duty. And for my own part, in regard to all that re-
lates to the cause of the Crimean war, I consider that
there was an unavoidable necessity for our country-
men to place themselves in battle array, and to step
forward in defence of the liberty of nations.
(Cheers.) I have therefore felt pleasure in coming
to-day to assist in the ceremony which has been in-
augurated, and I trust the city, of York, Which has
manifested its' enthuSiasm anti its sympathy, with
our brave army and navy, will continue to give its
support to its representatives in every effort fairly
to maintain the honour of the country and to sup-
port a force adequate to the exigencies-of the times.
(Cheers.) For my part, and in my observation of men,
I have not found that the amen who were-the most
courageouS, and on great oceasious the most deter-
mined to support their rights, have been the most
meddlesome and. the most -quarrelsome. On the
ether hand, I
,have generally found that the men
who have b:'en conscious of their power have been
indisposed to littleness and meanness—(applause)—
and I trust that our country, which aught.to hold
its own on all occasions, and ought to be able to
look the world in the faceand to maintain its rights
—(cheers)—will never, 'from any paltry 'considera-
tions of economy, descend. froni that high position.
(Applause.) I should be .sorry for one moment to
appear to attack on this occasion any person who
may differ from me in regard to this question of
war and peace, but I think that that talented man,
Mr. Bright, the other day at Birmingham, admitted
quite as much as it is necessary for. me or any other
Englishman to contend for upon this question. I
took an extract from the speech of Mr. Bright,
which,.with your permission, I will now read. He
said—
"
I have not, as you have observed, pleaded that this
country should remain without adequate and scientific
means of defence. I acknowledge it to be the duty of your
statesmen, at all times, with all possible moderation, but
with all possible efficiency, to take steps which shall pre-
serve order within and on the confines of your kingdom."
Well, I shall be content with that, and there
will be no
_difference between myself and Mr.
Bright on that subject, except on the question of
degree; tHear.) ..,I assure you 'I cannot :IKit
feel a sympathy for 'those brave men who Went
forth and perilled their lives in the Crimea, main-
taining, as they did most gallantly, the honour and'
fame of our country. An orator, to whom I alluded,
said that he supposed many of those brave men
who fell were forgotten by all but their mothers.
Not so. (Hear, and cheers.) It is,. indeed, but natu-
ral that mothers should weep aver their sons,
though they cannot but feel the glory that attaches
to their name, 'falling as they did 'in. the 'cause of
their country. Only yesterday I came down in the
railway train with a lady, of whom I have no per=.
sonal knowledge, but in the course of conversation,
as she was travelling to this part of the country, I
referred to the fact that I was coming to this place
and' on this occasion. In speaking of the Crimea and
of some.occurrenCes there, she said, " I have never
dared to read :those accounts, for I lost a darling
son in one of those actions before Sebastopol." A.
little further inquiry led me to the name of the
lady, but of course I pressed' my questions no
further. To-day I had an opportunity of speak-
ing to my son (Major Westhead) of that officer
whose mother so lamented him, and he said, " On
the night I received:my wound with him and four
others of his regiMent I Shook hands . before the
received
(continued
attack, and soon after he entered the Quarries he
ifra.tlalv
elvst6ltuenadacmy Isoanp,
whopily got severely
mysel
wounded, has survived,and b
he regrets he has not
had the pleasure of meeting you who have done so
much honour to those
(chwh o fought in the Crimea
on that occasion.
forgotten those
But you have not
understand are heroes,andreconicd in•
their names, which .I
ceremony of the day,. arc placed connexion with the
the pedestal on the site which you On
the stones of
these monuments of British fameyou have selected for
; and
par-
ticipate in the view of the noble lord, I quite •
wh
eloquently discoursed to you that I seem
o has so
but
a dis-
cord on this occasion after the full harmony of strain: - (Cheers.) I thank you for all the
evidence of your zeal in connexion with our army
and navy, and I trust that in my humble capa-
city I shall haN our support in endeavouring not
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