The Express.
London, England, 1863-11-14 00:00:00

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LONDON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 14.

THERE will be but one opinion amongst English-,1
men in every quarter of the globe as to the pro-
priety of erecting • fitting Memorial to comme-
morate the great services of Lord CLYDE. If ever I
• soldier was entitled to the sincere and generous
homage of his countrymen, the deliverer of our
Eastern Empire, at • moment when deliverance .
seemed almost impossible, is preeminently entitled
to that honour. The character and achievements
of Lord CLYDE, his military virtues and signal ler-
vices, alike demand to be held in grateful and
lasting remembrance by all chases of his country-
men. Other great generals have no doubt dis- I
played more brilliant qualities and gained more I
distinguished victories than he ever did. But in
his rare combination of high military qualities—
his
patience, fortitude, and sagacity—his coolness,
judgment, and promptitude—his readiness to
meet, if necessary, the gravest responsibilities, and
the steadiness and fertility of resource he uni•
formly displayed in the execution of every duty
entrusted to him, as well as in the emcees
that attended all his greatest enterprises, he has I
had few equals and perhaps no superiors. Great
as he was, however, the peculiar secret of his 1
greatness, the distinguishing feature of his long
esseer, appeals to the widest sympathies, and
touches • kindred feeling in the very humblest
of his fellow-countrymen. Everything Lord CLYDE :
gained he owed entirely to his own efforts, miss-
rioted by wealthy patrons or powerful friends.
He worked his way by sheer industry and genius
from the lowest rank in the army to • peerage and
• tomb in Westminster Abbey. His distinctions
were slowly extorted from indifferent or un-
friendly superiors by the mere force of obstinate
and persevering merit. Before he was twenty-
five be had seen an amount of active service, and
gained distinction in the field, that would have
made not only the reputation but the fortune of
an officer more fortunately connected. But not-
withstanding his bravery in the Peninsular war, and
the glory he gained in leading a storming party at
the memorable assault of San Sebastian, he was
still, at the end of forty-five years' service,
obscure and comparatively unknown. In the
long interval he had served in almost every part
of the world—in America, in the West Indies,
in China, and in India—wherever, in fact, bard
blows were to be struck and bard work was to be
done. But not a murmur or complaint ever es-
caped him, nor did he relax for • moment
in his unfaltering devotion to every de-
tail of duty connected with his profession;
When war once more broke out, and the occa-
sion for active service at length arrived, it found
him prepared, and ready for the gravest duties
at a moment's notice. The opportunity he bad
patiently waited for so long came in a national
crisis of unexampled magnitude, and the great
soldier had his reward. His career and triumphs
thus embody and reflect the Fgher British genius
of devotion to work—of the love of duty for its
own sake. These noble qualities are not peculiar
to any class of Englishmen, but are widely dif-
fused amongst every rank, and equally excite the
respect and admiration of all. Apais therefore,
from his splendid achievements, the character and
career of Lord CLYDE conspicuously illustrate the
very virtues which Englishmen at large instinc-
tively reverence and love to honour. A public
Memorial to such a man is, as Lord ELLEN-
BOROUGH justly said, not only an act of justice to
him, but an enormous benefit to ourselves. The
life and actions of a great soldier who has served
his country with such pure and unfaltering devo-
tion are a national heritage which iW are inte-
rested in preserving, and handing down through
appropriate memorials to succeeding generations.
Any failure in this respect would be an incalcu-
lable loss to ourselves. Nothing is so persuasive
with the young and the gifted as example, and
the career of Lord CLYDE is an example and a
stimulus of the most inspiring kind. A public
Memorial to him will thus be in the highest and
truest sense a permanent national service.

The Monument ought to be on a scale some-
what proportioned to the hero's merits and the
national appreciation of them, sod if so it will be
in every respect a noble one. The meeting at
Willis's Rooms yesterday worthily inaugurated the
national movement, and was specially interesting
in several respects. It brought out, to an extent
which may possibly surprise some, the strong feel-
ings of affection and respect cherished towards Lord
CLYDE by his friends, as well as the unbounded
admiration of his many noble qualities which all
who knew him, however slightly, appear to have
felt. Now, Lord CLYDE was certainly not in any
degree a demonstrative man ; nor was it very
likely, from his reserved temperament, that he
would form many friendships. But he must have
bad beaeath that rugged exterior genial qualities as
well as sterling ones ; and those who were brought
into personal relation with him were in the end,
almost insensibly perhaps, but still profoundly,
impressed with both. There was no lack of
heartiness, enthusiasm, or thorough acquaintance
with the main subject amongst the different
speakers at the meeting. Indeed, the various
addresses almost exhausted every available in-
cident in the hero's long career. But no