The Sun.
London, England, 1842-10-15 00:00:00

VICINITY.

" GENTLEMEN,—The Address with which you
have been pleased to honour me, on my return to my
native country, and to the bosom of my family, con-
tains congratulations and assurances of respect and
attachment, which I receive with feelings of the
warmest gratitude ; they are such, indeed, es I know
not well how to receive, nor in what terms to
acknowledge. Permit me, however, to say, that I
am deeply sensible of your kind recollection of me
during my absence, and of the convincing proof of
regard you have shown in thus assembling yourselves
together to do honour to my return. For if it is
true, as a generul rule, that a public matt is
seldom honoured in his own country, your kind
and considerate conduct on this occasion leads
to the certain conclusion that my case is a
very flattering exception to that rule. It is
most gratifying for me to know that you have
rejoiced in the reception with which I have been
honoured at. the Court of our beloved Sovereign, and
the courtesies I have met with from all classes of
the great and good of our Fatherland—honours and
courtesies *bleb have left an impression of gratitude
and pleasure on my mind, which no lapse of time
can ever weaken or efface. Far away from the be=
loved circle that surrounded my domestic hearth, and
the friends of my youth and manhood, these more
than friendly attentions have cheered and sustained
me through many an anxious hour, and enabled
me to overcome -difficultie§, and eftbet objects,
which must otherwise have proved insurnioittiteble:
You have most truly expressed my own sentiments
in stating, that in the marks of respect I have re-
ceived, a high compliment has been conferred upon
the whole of the brave and loyal inhabitants of this
noble province, since, as I have elsewhere had the honour
to observe, I have never been so presumptuous as to
suppose, hat any services rendered by me, either to
the colony from which I came, or the empire of which
it forms a part, could possibly entitle me to such
honourable Maths of regard: During the Nvhole
period of my stay in England, thy ititest serious and
earnest attention has been given to many subjectS
deep importance to the future prosperity of this
country. If they should hereafter prove advan-
tageous to its welfare, that circumstance, with
your approbation of my conduct, will.be my greatest
and best reward: One great object of improvement in
this country t have eitef felt td be tilt Completion
of the navigation from the shores of Lakes Huron
and Erie, through the entire course of the St. Law-
rence, to the ocean; the paramount importance of which
is so well understood, both in a military and commer-
cial point of title) that MI doubt exists of the inten-
tion of the Government to cartY eeution.
The financial condition of the Province, some time
since, would have interposed an insuperable obstacle
to the accomplishment of this great national under-
but I have apeertained from the highest au-
thority, that her Majesty/s 66vefritttel1t have deter-
mined upon affording the guarantee of the Imperial.
Treasury to the loan applied for by the Provincial
Legislature, during its last session, ,which will enable
us to proceed with all the public
works and improve-
meilt ebnSiclered essential to the promotion of our
agricultural and commercial prosperity. It affords
me the highest gratification to state that, in my
opinion, the greatest desire exists in the mind of her
Majesty, and every membtx if her Government, to
promote the prosperity of Canada—and that her Ma-
jesty has deelared her determination that her North
American possessions shall be maintained at all
hazards,. and that she is graciously pleased
to consider
this province an integral portion of the British empire.
Personal observations and intercourse have convinced
me that the people of England take the deepest in-
terest in everything relating to our civil and political
relations, and it is most unquestionably true, that by
putting aside the bad feelings engendered by the
spirit of party—by ceasing to agitate the
mere ab-
stract principles of new and untried forms of go-
vernment, and by maintaining the strictest honour
and integrity in our commercial transactions, we shall
invite the 'confidence of British capitalists, afford a
feeling of security to British people in seeking our
shores, and thus give an impetus to the improvement
of the Colony which, in a few years, will far exceed
our highest hopes and expectations. You do me no
more than justice in supposing that,
as a loyal colo-
nist, I could not contemplate, for the first time, with-
out the deepest emotion, the colossal grandeur of
Great Britain ; and permit me to add in your own
words " the land of my brave ancestors"—my heart
palpitated, and my pulse bounded to the thought,
that I was one of the subjects of that great and
mighty empire, ruled over by a Queen who lives in
the hearts and affections of her
whose meteor flag, as you have truly and beauti-
fully said, " wherever it floats on the breeze, is the
emblem of Christian ,hope, and of all the blessings of
well-regulated freedom." This is that "liberty within
the laws" which consists in an equal right to all theoy in
citizens of a free State to enj • people—an empire
peace and security
whatever the Constitution admits to be consistent
with the public good. In these blessings of wise
and good government we participate, with all our fel-
low-subjects in every country and clime; they are
such as are not enjoyed by any
other nation or people
in the world ; andfor the use we make of them we
shall be highly responsible to Providence, to mankind
in general, and to our on .
posterity in particular.
For the expressions of personal respect and esteem,
with which you have so kindly honoured me on this
occasion, as well as your good wishes for my family,
and my domestic happiness, I again request you will
accept my coral acknowledgments, and that you
may collectively and individually enjoy the choicest
blessings that Heaven can bestovv, is the fervent
prayer of, Gentlemen, your faithful friend and devoted
servant, who has now the honour of addressing you."

HOTEL AND TAVEIs
N-KEEPERS'
PROVIDENT INSTITUTION.
nevolent institution held their fourth anniversary at
the London Coffee-house, Ludgate-hill. Charles'
On Thursday the friends and s
Barclay, Esq., in the Chair. . About 170 gentlemen
supporters of this
sat down to dinner, which was well served up, and
accompanied by abundance of excellent wine.. After
the usual loyal toasts,
be-
higho f. TthheceoClnipiviimaelvN
Institution,
and chiefly to
the father of her present Majesty and
the Duke of
Sussex, for the willingness with which in their earlier
days they promoted every charitable institution. He
init t o the Duke"
ieto 9clyal FaulilY' the health of the patron
of Cambridge, and paid a
regretted to say that only one was left that could take
an active part in such duty, and he was therefore sure
all would join with him in drinking, " Health and
long life to the Duke of Cambridge,' --(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then stated that he rose to propose
the next toast of the evening—"
Success to the Hotel
and Tavern-keepers' Society." It was usual, he said,
to allow the Secretary to read the Report,
but he de-
parted from the usual rule, and would state the main
facts. The ann b
ual suscriptions amounted to 4001.,
and he trusted before that assenibi—
j separated, an
equally large amount would be
..contributed. The
parties on whose behalf the Society;,was instituted had
many claims on the public. They .were often brought
to distress from no fault of their own, and were
obliged to, look for support to their brethren who
were more successful. In a great commercial coun-
try like England, many persons were borne down tha
stream of poverty without being . able, by any act of
their own, to resist the torrent Which carried them
away.—(Hear.) They all knew, that within the last
twenty years, a great change had taken place in the
hotel and tavern business of that metropolis. The
club-houses, or rather palaces, that were es:.ablished at
the west end of the town, had materially contributed
to lessen. the- income of the hotel-keepers ; and the
railroads had completed what the club •houses be-
gan, for now the facility of getting froth one point
to another made stopping at hotels in the metropolis
an unnecessary act.—(Hear.) Looking, then, at all
these circumstances, was it not right and proper that
they should, by every means in their power, combine
to protect the industrious trader, and the widows and
children of those who might die without being able to

I contribute to their-.supp-Ort They had a
noble example before them in the Lice.need Victuallers
of the metropolis, with which body/he was more im-
mediately connected. ,That hOdy -of tradesmen had,
by their spirit, their,ekertiOn, and -their Philanthropy,
raised two establishments—the School and the Asylum
establishments- the ,
—and he trusted that the. suppoqerk-Of the present
Institution would display: the same. generosity, and
not cease their exertions until .ow* secured for
the subscribers to it, such an ainount. of comfort as
would cheer them in. their old age.—(ll'ear.) It was
the duty of the hotel and taverm-keeperi to sustain
and support those wbo were their servants, and they
could only do so ley .carrying out the Objects of this
Institution. In conclusion, he begged to propose
" Prosperity to the Hotel and Taverq-keppers Pro-;
vident Institution:H(Applause..)
Mr. C. BLEAD4l.,proxos.ed, in a heat speech, the
health of the Chairman, vvhich'ivas drank with great
cordiality.
The CHAIRMAN; returning thanks, said that
having for nearly forty years -taken ~.an active part in
public life, he was, anxious. to retire_ &mil it. He
trusted, however, that he had. those in connection with
him who would take his place; and "by,their efforts
give satisfaction in • every, department- of life or occu-
pation in which they may engage. He. thanked the
company for their attendance that day, and he trusted
that the result of their efforts-would be beneficial to
the Institution which they had that day met to support.
The Honorary Secretary, -Mr. NEWBON, read a list
of the subscriptions, amongst which, were, the Chair-
man, 10 guineas; Messrs. rßarcltly; Perkins, and C 0.,.
211.; A. Barclay, Esq., JO/.; the Chairman and Di-
rectors of the Licensed:Victuallers' Life and Fire In-
surance Company, 10. guineas ; the Auxiliary Com-
mittee of the same Companyv-10 guineas ; M. Young,
ksq. Proprietor of ' The,Sun newspaper, 10 guineas ;
the Lord Mayor, 101uirteaS;.Truman, hanbury, and
Co., 5 guineas • ‘Vm.,Macready, Esq., of the Theatre
Royal Drury-lane, t2O/. • Vintners' Company, 211.;
Corporation of Cooks, 211.; Mr. Chapman, of Drury-
lane Saloon, 211. The various subscriptions amounted
to nearly 4001.
The CHAIRMAN proposed," The healtkof the Chair-
man and Directors of the. LicensodNictuallers' Fire
and Life Insurance Gompan,"

Mr. Ch ARLES the Chairman, of the Com-
pany, returned thanks.
In the course of tha eyening,Mev4,srs. Ritzwilliam,
Crouch, Jollay, Atkin,s, and, Hatton,And Masters
Sutch and Ball, entertained the company, with some
excellent songs and glee=.