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GENTLEMEN:

l í is one of tlic prouclest momenfcs oí' my life vhen Inow arisc, owing to the unavoidable absence of our Minister, to endeavour to state, in the most cordial terms whicii language can convey, the hearty sentirnents whicli England entertains regarding everything eonneerning the weifare of Spain. The ceremony, witii Avhich the Britisli Navy is now having the honor to assist, is one wcll calculated to recall to all our memories some of the Spanish Nation. Shebond of unión between the two Nations has, for many centu


ríes, been increasingly cemented by social and dynastíc relations. Gentlemen, it is the earnest desire and endeavour of every Englishman to further tighten these bonds of unión and, if Jenay be presumptuous enough to speak as the representative of the British Nation, I would say, and not only say, but say with allmy heart, that, this day will be a lasting remémbranos to all Englishmen as one adding a further link to the chain of freindship between England and Spain which has steadily been growing for centuries . Gentlemen , the héroes , whose , remains we are now seeing interred in consecrated ground, represent to us the type of the Glorious Spanish Nation, to us endeared through history, by a history whose annals teem wth glorious exploits, whose history has been bound up with ours, whose future we hope to be allied with. Gentlemen, it is my misforfcune that I cannot address you in Spanish, but I trust that those who can, will transíate the sentiments of the British Nation, which I have the honour to represent; and, therefore, in the ñame of Her Majest'ys Queen Victoria and the British Nation; in .the ñame of Her Majesty's Navy and Army-in the ñame of every British Subject, I congratúlate the Spanish Nation on the event of to day and pray that every enterprise which they in future embark upon may be a success.

### Language ###
English

### Assessment ###
Finding out who the speech is paying respect to on behalf of (which monarch)

### Query ###
Tell me the name of the British monarch during the Spanish memorial ceremony.
Tell me the name of the British monarch during the Spanish memorial ceremony.