The Marquis of Lome in Canada.

Thames Star, Volume X, Issue 3122, 19 February 1879, Page 2

The Marquis of Lome in Canada.

The Ottawa Corporation presented an address to His Excellency the Marquis of Lome, to which he replied as follows :—

"It is with the greatest satisfaction that I accept your loyal address and I hear in it those expressions of devotion to the Queen which indicate the feelings that rise so truly in the hearts of every man, woman, and child in Canada, and demonstrate the convictions of the people who, in the knowledge they have acquired of the political institutions of the world, cling with a tenacity and firmness never to be shaken to the Constitution which their fathers moulded, and under which they now experience the blessings of freedom, tranquillity, and order beneath the sceptre of a gracious ruler, whose throne is revered as a symbol of constitutional anthority, and whose person is honored as representative of benignity and virtue. The attachment which binds the provinces of British North America to the English flag has never been more striking than during ' the past year, and we know that the readiness they displayed to share in the dangers and to par take of the triumphs of the Mother Country is no fleeting incident, but a sure sign that the people of the Empire are determined to show that they value as a common herifage the strength of the union, and that the honour of the Sovereign will be upheld with equal loyalty by her subjects in every part of the globe. We. have now traversed, in coming here, a part of some important provinces of the Dominion. In all the places we have visited —end I regret it is not in our power at this season of the year to visit more—we have met with equal kindness and hearty cordiality. We are deeply sensible of all that is conveyed in such a reception, and it has been, as it will be, a pleasant duty to convey to our Sovereign, a just description of the manner in which you have received her daughter and her representative. It is with a peculiar feeling of pride in the grandeur of the Dominion, that I accept on the part of "the Queen the welcome given to us at Ottawa, the capital of the greatest of the colonies of thejQiown. It is here that we shall take up our abode among you, and the cordiality of your words assure me of that which I have felt since we landed, that it is to no foreign country we are come, but that we have only crossed the sea to find ourselves among our own people, and to be greeted by friends on arriving at a home. In entering the house which you have assigned to the Governor-General I shall personally regret the absence of the distinguished nobleman whom I have the honour to call my friend, and whose departure must hnve raised among you sad feelings not to be repressed on parting with one whose career here was one long triumph. A thousand memories throughout the length and breadth of the land speak of Lord Dufferin. (Lou^ applause, j It needs with you no titular memorial, such as names of streets and bridges, to commemorate the name of him who not only adorned all he touched, but by his eloquence and his wisdom proved of what' incalculable advantage to a State it is to have in the representative of the Sovereign one in whose nature judiciousness, impartiality, kindness, and grace were so blended that his approbation was a prize to be coveted, and the words that came from his silver tongue, which always charmed and never hurt, treasures to be cherished. lam confident (hat the land he served so well will know how to value his presence, and that you will always look upon his departure with regret proportionate to the pleasure Ottawa experienced from his sojourn among you. I am confident that we shall find with you a generous and kindly desire to judge well of our efforts to fulfil your expectations, and although you speak of the recent growth of your city and contrast it with the places which h >ye become famoua in the world, I need not remind you that there is a special interest and significance in casting in our lot with those whose fortune it is not to inherit history but to make it."—The Times.