The Sun.
London, England, 1844-10-12 00:00:00

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I lively congratulation, as tending more firmly to cement
in the bonds of friendship the justly popular monarchs
of two of the most powerful nations on the face of the.
globe. But wo have now so recently witnessed the
splendid and hospitable reception awarded to the Queen
of England by your Majesty and all the members of
your illustrious family, and the joyous enthusiasm which
pervaded the entire French people on the occasion of
her Majesty's visit at your Palace on the shores of Nor-
mandy, that we are especially delighted your Majesty
should now be inclined to experience amongst us the
renewal of that cordial and affectionate welcome, the
echoes of those fervent greetings, and the universal ex-
pression of loyal devotion and attachment with which
her Majesty was invariably cheered during her sojourn
at the Chateau, and in the beautiful environs of Eu.
" We are sensible, Sire, that to the wisdom and vigour
of your Majesty's councils, and to your increasing en-
deavours to promote the truest interest of the powerful
and generous nation which Providence has committed to
your care, may be greatly attributed the reigning tran-
quillity of Europe, and we venture to augur, that by en-
couraging a friendly and personal intercourse been een
your Majesty and the Sovereign of Great Britain, your
Majesty adopts the surest means, not only of strengthen-
ing the happy and stable alliance between the two coun-
tries, but of encouraging the Governments of surroundii g
kingdoms in the maintenance of their present amicable
relations with each other.

" May your Majesty be long spared, in unison wilt
our Gracious Sovereign, to cultivate the arts of peace .
May your Majesty'3 constant and zealous exertions to
a,,lvarme the general welfare of mankind be crowned by
the dutiful and loyal attachment of all classes of the gal-
lant and enlightened people whose destinies are placed
under the wise and paternal government of your Ma-
jesty ; and may the two mighty empires of Great Bri-
tain and France be so indissolubly connected by the re-
lations of amity and concord, as to ensure and perpetuate
to both, and the world at large, the blessings of un-
interrupted peace and repose.
Given under the common seal of the said Mayor,
Aldermen, and Burgesses, at the Guildhall, in the said
borough, on the Bth day of October, in the eighth year
of the reign of our Sovereign Lady Victoria, by the
grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight-hundred and forty-four."
The Town Clerk, having read the address, returned
it to the mayor, who placed it in the hands of the King
of the French, by whom it was most graciously received.
His Majesty having handed the document to M. Guizot,
who stood immediately upon the King's right, advanced
somewhat nearer to the Corporation than the position he
had previously occupied, and addressing himself to that
body, spoke as follows :
" Mr. Mayor, Aldermen; and Burg. eases of the bo•
rough of Windsor,—l feel most grateful to her Majesty
Queen Victoria for having permitted you to present this
address to me. I receive it with the most cordial thanks,
impressed with the kind reception I have met with from
all classes of her Majesty's subjects since my arrival in
this country. I was most happy last year to perceive the
sentiments of the French people, when her Majesty fa-
voured: me with a visit at Eu. I was most happy to
entertain her Majesty under my own roof on that occe-
sion, and rejoiced at the interchange of social feelings
which then took place. The union of France and Eng-
land is of great importance to both nations, not from
any wish of aggrandisement, however. Our view should
be peace, while we leave every other country in the pos-
session of those blessings which it has pleased Divine
Providence to bestow on them. Happy I am that you
appreciate my constant endeavours, assisted by a wise
Government at home, to promote the most friendly and
peaceful relations between the two countries. France
has nothing to ask of England, and England has nothing
to ask of France, but cordial union. I thank you for
this very kind address, and I consider it a privilege that
I have had the good fortune to express before you the
sentiments with which my heart is filled."
The above excellent reply was spoken by his Majesty
with marked emphasis and feeling. In alluding to the
desirableness of maintaining peace between the two
countries, his Majesty spoke with considerable energy
and fluency, and, at the close of his remarks, bowed
courteously to each of the deputation, all of whom imme-
diately retired from the royal presence.