ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN FROM THE FRENCH NATION.

Globe, Volume III, Issue 217, 18 February 1875, Page 3

ADDRESS TO THE QUEEN FROM THE FRENCH NATION.

At Windsor Castle on December 3rd, M. d’Agiout and the Comte Serrurier presented an address of thanks to the Queen from the French nation. The deputation was introduced by the Earl of Derby, and was presented to her Majesty by the French Ambassador. M. d’Agiout and the Comte Serrurier, as representatives of a committee, presented to the Queen four volumes of addresses from towns in France and various communities, expressive of gratitude to the English nation for services i-endered to the sick and wounded during the war of 187071. Having accepted the volumes, her Majesty made a reply to the deputation in French, of which the following is a translation : volumes which you have presented, and which will be carefully preserved by me as records of the interesting historical events which they commemorate. They are beautiful as works of art; but their chief value in my eyes is that they form a permanent memorial of the gratitude of the French people for services freely and spontaneouslyrendered to them by Englishmen acting under a simple impulse of humanity. Your recognition of those services cannot fail to be appreciated by my subjects, and it will increase the friendly and cordial feeling which I am happy to believe exists between the two nations.” The depntation then retired. Her Majesty was attended during the ceremony by the Earl of Derby and the ladies and gentlemen in waiting. The French Ambassador and the Comtesse de Jarnac and the Countess of Derby were also present.