The Sun.
London, England, 1842-02-04 00:00:00

THE ADDRESS.

The Marquis of ABERCORN rose for the purpose
of moving an humble Address in answer to the Speech.
In doing so, he must beg of their Lordships for no
ordinary share of indulgence. He must ask for more
indulgence than was usually granted on such occasions,.
because, in addition to, the important topics contained
in the Speech, he could not but feel that this was the
first time he had had the honour of addressing their
Lordships. He was fully sensible of the important duty
he had to perform -and he was anxious that nothing he
might state,shonld interfere with a good understanding
among their Lordships. Tie would occupy their Lord-
ships as shortly as possible, consistently with the im-
portant subjects contained in her Majesty's Speech, and
the unusual interest taken in the topics it contained by
the_people generally. He considered the first topic was
paramount to Ireirtht:
trleiset.ThTr he announcement of the
Throne of England had been
the. a:abject of congratulation in all part. of the coun-
t tri, and among all classes of her Majesty's subjects. The
I most lively demonstrations had taken place in all parts
of the country, -and if such was the national joy on
such an auspicious occasion, he was sure that their Lord-
shipi Would most gratefully participate with her Majesty
-in the prayers that she offered up to the Almighty for his
goodness. He was sure also that their Lordships would
join with her Majest,y in the satisfaction she had expressed
at the presencein.tius country of her brother and ally the
King of Prussia, in order that he might stand sponsor
to her Majesty's- son, the Prince of - Wales. Nothing, he
was sure, had been wanting- by the people to ex-
press the high gratification they felt at the presence of
the illustrious stranger on the present auspicious occasion.
His Majesty the King of Prussia had not only, seen the
tribute of respect paid to her Majesty by her devoted
subjects, but also witnessed the affection of the
people of England towards her Majesty displayed
at a season when the happiness of the Queen
was at its height.—(Elear, hear.) No other period of
our history was so full of good promise for_ the future
as was the present. It would not be becoming in him
(the Marquis of Abercorn) to enter more into that
subject at present ; but he must say, that this moment,
pregnant with domestic happiness to the Sovereign,
was also important to the welfare and happiness of
the country. He would congratulate their Lordships on
that portion of her Majesty's Speech, in which was
mentioned the earnest desire of the great eraetiates Powerswi
with
Europe to maintain the friendly state of
this country. Looking at the unsettled state of affairs
in the East, and considering the disastrous results that
must arise from a dismemberment of the Ottoman
empire, they had reason to congratulate themselves on
the conclusion of the treaty which referred to that sub-
ject. With respect to the Slave-trade, the announce-
ment of the successful result of the treaty which this
country had concluded lately with the Powers of Europe
on that question, would be received by their Lordships
with all satisfaction. After the sacrifices which this coun-
try had made to effect the destruction of that detestable
trade, it must be most gratifing to find that this treaty
had completely efrected all those desirable objects which
it had in view. The Powers of Europe were enlisted
in the cause of humanity, and there could be no doubt
that the extinction of that nefarious traffic would be ac-
complished. In the re-establishment of our friendly rela-
tions with the Court of Persia, their Lordships would see
a guarantee of the extension of trade, and the mainte-
nance of tranquillity in that quarter of the globe.
There were other matters respecting the exten-
sion of trade and commerce in foreign coun-
tries, which should be laid before Parliament in
due time, and to which, therefore, it was not necessary
for him to allude. As to the subject of China, it was a
matter of regret that it was not in the power of her Ma-
jesty's Government to re-establish our peaceful intercourse
with that empire; but that subject had been already dis..
cussed in Parliament, and he would say no more upon it
than that the justice of our claims upon that country
had been recognised, and the success of our arms, there
was every reason to belie% would lead to a satisfactory
settlement of matters in such a way as would place our
commerce with that empire in a most advantageous posi-
tion. He had now brought before their Lordships' atten-
tion all the principal matters connected with our foreign

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should be taken to remedy this evil. It had been thought
practicable, by a former Government, to provide
for this deficiency by continued reduction, and re-
trenchment had accordingly been carried out to
the utmost limit which was consistent with the
proper maintenance of the State.—(Hear, hear.) Not-
withstanding those reductions the expenditure had
still continued to exceed the revenue to an alarming
extent ; and experience having proved that no such re-
duction could be made as would bring them to the neces-
sary level, it was expedient for the public safety that
the revenue itself should be raised to such an ex-
tent as would meet the exigencies of the case. He
had no doubt that measures would be proposed
which would meet with the concurrence of their Lord-
ships. There was another paragraph in her Majesty's
Speech which would be regarded with deep interest by
their Lordships, and by a great part of the country, he
meant that which alluded to the law for regulating
the importation of foreign corn.—(Cries of " Hear,
hear.") It was most desirable that a- question of
such serious importance—a question not only interest-
ing to the agricultural portion of the empire, but bearing
such immediate relation to the commerce and manufac-
tures of the country—should be considered with the
utmost caution ; and that no experiment should be
hazarded which had not received the fullest and most
serious attention.—(Hear, from the Duke of Wellington.)
It was one of those questions which, from obvious causes,
could only be brought forward, with advantage, by the
Government of the country, and he was glad to see that
it was likely to receive from her Majesty's Government
that mature and profound consideration which the im-
portance of the interests affected by it and the
present state of the country demanded.—(Hear, hear.)
He (the Marquis of Abercorn) confidently anticipated,
notwithstanding -the difficulty which surrounded the
question, that some satisfactory settlement would be
made, that something would be don& to prevent too
great a fluctuation 'in the price of corn, while
the interests of the grower and consumer were equally
protected and advanced. He must be allowed to express
his sense of the great error which those persons had
fallen into, who had thought fit, on this question,
to set the manufacturing and agricultural portion
of the community at variance. Nothing could be
more.untrue than the supposition that a due protection of
the landed interest was incompatible with the success and
acivancement of the manufacturer ; on the contrary, the
pro.sperity and success of the manufacturer depended in a
great degree on the success of the agriculturist.
This interest then being thus closely connected, any long
continued depression upon the one, or ill-advised with-
drawal of protection from the other would operate in the
end with equal disadvantage to both parties.—(Hear,
hear.) The distress which had prevailed to so
alarming an extent in many parts of the coun-
try, and especially in the manufacturing districts,
must be a subject of sincere regret to their Lordships, as
it had been of feeling allusion inner Majesty's Speech.
The occasional recurrence of distress in a country like
this was one of those evils ,which the Government
could not entirely prevent. He would not attempt
to enter into the causes of the distress, or the proper
measures of relief, but he was confident that whatever
alleviations could be proposed consistent with the general
interest of the country would not be withheld. There
were just grounds for hoping that the negotiations
by which our commercial relations with foreign countries
had been extended, and the measures to be brought for-
ward, would have the effect of restoring the mann-
fly:tures of this country to that state of prosperity
froin which they had fallen.—(Cheers.) If anything
were required to enhance the desire for alleviating the
sufferlngs of the people, -it would be found in
the exemplary patience with which those suffer-
ings had been borne, and the total absence of
disturbance throughout the country.—(Hear, hear.)
Whatever might be the worth of the measures now
about to be submitted to the consideration of Parlia-
ment—whatever might be the degree of beneficial change
that might arise, he would venture to remind their
Lordships that all ill-considered changes, that all rash and
hazardous experiments, bearing, indeed, a semblance
of expediency, but full of unsoundness within, were much
to be avoided in the settlement of this important question,
and that though a transitory appearance of relief might
be obtained from such sources, yet in the end they might
be found to aggravate the evils they were intended to
remedy.—(Hear, hear.) He would not now detain
their Lordships longer, but should conclude by
thanking them for the attention and patience
with which they had heard him.—(Hear, hear.) He
begged to move that a humble address be presented to
her Majesty, thanking her Majesty for her most
gracious speech. His Lordship then proceeeded to
head the Address, which was, as usual, an echo of the
Speech from the Throne.
Earl DALHOITSIE said that he felt great pleasure
in rising to second the Address in answer to her Ma-
jesty's most gracious Speech from the Throne. Its various
topics had been already so fully alluded to, and the
ground before him had been traversed by his
Noble Friend with so much more skill and ability than
he could pretend to, that he felt himself relieved
from the necessity of occupying very much of their
i Lords.hips' time upon that occasion. It was perhaps the
less net,:essary that he should enter at any length into
the„topics alluded to in the Address, because he
flattered..himself with the belief that there was nothing
contained in it which could necessarily cause that
division of opinion which it was always held as desirable.
should be absent on an occasion of the kind. He hoped
the Address would carry with it to the throne the ad-
ditional recommendation of having been adopted with the
unanimous approval and the entire concurrence of their
Lordships' house. But if he should be mistaken in
that opinion, he would nevertheless enter with the most
pee& 3t confidence and tranquillity upon the considera-
tion of the first topic which presented itself in the Ad-
drew—a topic upon which there could be but one opi-
nio, I—upon which there was but one unanimous feel-
ing in the House and the country.—(Loud cheer-
ing.) Their Lordships would anticipate that he
alit led to the congratulations to her Majesty upon the
birtl a of a Prince of Wales.--(Cheers.) It was very true
that; the time had long since passed by when the
birth of an heir to the Throne was a subject of. anxiety
as 1)312 ch as of congratulation to the country. inasmuch
as the n depended upon the event the future destinies of the
Cro w n, and the happiness and tranquillity of the people.
The. birth of the present Prince was a most conspicuous
ever sty, and worthy of all congratulation, inasmuch as it
sect wed the continuance of the regal power in a direct
and xembroken line in the hands of that illustrious family
who . had so long and so prosperously swayed the sceptre
of th ese realms. Their Lordships would find matter
for shill farther congratulation, in seeing that the Royal
PHI m e was sprung-from parents who, in their public and
priv ti ;e life, had hitherto earned the respect and attach-
men t of the people of this country.—(Hear.) One of
those Illustrious personages, though placed upon the
Thron e in early life, had discharged the duties of a high
station i with an integrity and impartiality, and
an a .0:11 ierence to this strict line, which must have entitled
he to. the gratitude and approval of all.—(Cheers.) The
other • was a Prince who, during the time he had lived
among : us had displayed such unspotted purity of cha-
racter. , and such consummate judgment, that no breath
of sla .nder, subtle and penetrating as it was, had
ventir red to tarnish his name even with a sin-
gle v ihisper.—(Cheers.) He (Earl Dalhousie) was
well :aware that any man who ventured to pay a compli-
men Lt to persons of such exalted station was open to un-
favo unable suspicions. He knew that many would be
read .1: to say that conpliments paid to persons in such a
posi 20 n meant little or nothing, or that they were in
a gr. 3a.i ter or lesser degree intended as flatteries. He,
how 4. net •r, had no intention of the kind. In adverting to the
birth of ' the Prince of Wales he had ventured to allude to
the cl in meter and conduct of his Royal parents ; and he
did s o because he sincerely believed that their example
would 1 lave an influence upon the youthful Prince, which
would render his life a blessing _to those ON er

whom. he reigned, instead of a subject of regret.
He ww so confident of the circumstances that had made
an in qn :ession on his mind, that he looked with the utmost
confi, ie ace to their Lordships' hailing with the highest

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s7tiisl 114 ;don the birth of tlig Prince Of Wales as a-sub-
ject alf the highest importance to the country in every
point ,a f view.—(Hear.) He knew that their Lordships
looked upon the Sovereign not as a mere machine for
the put pose of carrying on the Government, but as a per-
son .14.4 whose domestic comfort they felt the greatest
anxiety` , and such being the case he was sure the( their
,I4Ord. tih ips would have heard, with the greatest pleasure,
.thest ;a1 Letnent of her Majesty, that the birth of a son had
filled ul ) her domestic happiness.—(Hear, hear.) If any-
.tliieg. cw -ere wanting to convince ,their Lordships of the
please r 4 ! her Majesty felt in the auspicious event that
had t 1.14 en place, it would be found in the statement
of her:-Al _ajesty herself. The presence of the King of Prussia
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Prince; when he arrived at manhood, would provei
blessir4 to the empire.—(Hear.) He was sure their
Lordsli ps would receive with satisfaction the
assuratt yes her Majesty stated she had received from
all Foam sign Powers of their desire to maintain the most
frier ii relations with this country; and he thought their
:r o; .4.s in the ensuing paragraphs in the Address,
:had pi Tetical evidence of the surety of the maintenance
of t:'io se friendly relations, because he there found that
her -.1 Anjesty stated she had entered into seve-
ral I It portant treaties with Foreign Powers, especially
the t reaty with respect to the slave-trade, the
obje et of which was to effect its abolition.—(Hear.)
It was on these principles that a treatl had been con-
cinch ,d between the Great Powers of Europe, which, it
was 113)1 red, would have the effect of repressing that traffic
whie:D. :., England had made such great exertions and
sa'.:rifiet. 'a to destroy. Their Lordships would
-tecogni ie as a result of the friendly feeling
I between these Great Powers, a treaty, which had for its
fobjet i ..he placing the command of the Black Sea
in th& .14 ands of its natural guardian, the Sultan, by
whi eh inea:isthe Powers had settled a question which,
at , one per. 'od, threatened the peace of Europe.
Thei." Lortl.illiPs would be gratified to hear
that there would be laid on their Lord-
ships' . table, 0, commercial treaty between this
coon try :and the ,Seitah of Persia, and with regard to the
gum ral sotte of •affairs between the two countries, there