The Express.
London, England, 1856-08-04 00:00:00

(Stamped ld. Additional.) [TWOPENCE.

CRIMEAN BANQUET AT NORWICH.

NORWICH, AUQCS 2.

The demonstration km* in honour of Major-
Geseral Windham was coaeladed by • grand banquet lest
eis St. Andrew's Hell. The saws panes. ed is the
awe
bnilitiog was amesifieent. Sena ing tables wen
Clod by 600 smote, no large orchestra was occupied by a
mambas of wall-dressed ladies, sad another party was
assommodated os a dais behind tee chairman. Mrs.
Windham sad *moral of the gesaral's more immediate
friends were 'wag the lotto,. Toe grillers supporting the
roof were bung with banners and other claviers, and the
words "Alma," "Balaklava," Inkermaas," "Sober
topol," de., recalled the glorious scones throogb which the
presto! the ening bad so trissophently mead.
Tbe Berl of Albemarle presided, and was supported by
Lord Stafford, Lord Hastings, Lord Suffield, the Hoe. W.
B. Hoak the Hoe. II T. Waldman, B. N., Sir W Foam,
Bart., Sir H. Bedingfield, Bart., Sir B. Bastes, Bart., Sir
8..1. &nosy, M.P., Mr. Berrombes, Id P., Mr. Gantry,
M.P., Sir 8. Bignold, M.P , the Hugh Sheriff of Norfolk
(Mr. B. H. Loop), the Mayor of Norwich (Kr. J. G.
Johnson), and • large numb.. of the peiseipal inhabit-
ants attar city end county. There was also a fair sprinkling
of red coats, and 'AMID Crimson heroes connected with the
dietriet. Awing the letter mar be mentioned Carmel
filsdp;_4th Light Dragoons; Major Pellowes, 110 s Mus
oerm; Major Cesar, 68th • Major Bellaire ; the Hon. R.
Marbord, 71st ; Major 'Hate, B.A. ; Moja Strange,
ffi.A., Mu., de.
After the steal proliatiesty toasts, the CHAIRMAN w-
onted to General Windham two handsome sword., sub-
mitred far by the inhabitants of the county, to mark their
admiral= ter bit lonian. The one was a fighting and
the other a holiday sword, and the noble lord rammed
his bops that for Menke of civilisations and humanity, the
gallant relay "sight hereafter wield only the dandy weapon.
At the seen tune be expreend hia coofidenes that if her
Maj sty should again regain the merino of her army,
Orebro!, Windham would net draw the fighting sword in
vas, bet woad give fresh aims for pride to toe Inhabitants
of the meaty. (Loud chem.)
The health of the gallant enamel was then drunk amid
enthusiastic sheering
filsjorarnersl WINDHAM, who wee received with froth
bunts of applause' ironwood thanks. Atter alluding o his
ammiattoss with Ski eataty and his twig friendship wttb
many then pant, he observed, I well remember an in-
cident ea the 18th of Jane, 1856, when the first stack on
the Rahn took pleas, whisk shave strongly the Maar-
meat of Norfolk one to their Scanty. I was not what you
would call employod in the attack, I was merely put there
in reserve, and I did not run a bit more danger than any
of my Mande whom I see erased se. I was mat at one
tin. by Sir H BemUnck to fled out what wee going on, and
two or three yards ahead of me I saw a man walking in the
treselt. A round shot ease and scattered ths east all over
dim. I thought it bad killed him, bet when the dust subai-
dM salsa ladintlusl fabling it the treaoh,with a mai-
-1 Masao* prosesi lug • *tains edwhture of fright and joy.
Seratekieg by head be said to sae, " Well, dash my battens
but that was most arena' nigh !" (Laughter.) I said
to him "Ayo, ayer,my boy,we had better be diggiog 'reaches
at ate-pesos • rod, is Norfolk, than fishing here."
The only reply was en separation of astoolehment that
II should have discovered his waive corny. " What du
yew •-os being to Nortak ?" (The necessful manaor in
which the galleon general mimicked the Norfolk patois m-
end borate of laughter.) Lord Albemarle hoe b- ea ploamd
to pay me mom very great complimeats as chief of the
staff. I honestly tell you, as I told the inhabitants of Las-
•Uilltue. that that. Moe we. not meanly no difficult=
would he 'Gaited to think. I bad, both at howl
end also is the divisions et the army, e remarks* OW
le yeas/ damn to wry oat say ardor whist Ile Caw
minder la-Chief issued ; sad though I loom It Is the
habit, not et the prose bet et ilMivideals who are is
the albite writing in the papers to enstestly insinuate
that every British staff . Son is something neat door to a
fool, I beg have to tell you that in my bumble opialoa,
after a few months' practise, whit& at the conueses-
sent of the war they usdoshordly required, they wire just
as efficient and just as good es the oMen of the Preset
eseviee. I will Mp.al in support of this remark to the ap.
peanut* of tb• two amiss at the B°Bc:sties of the last
winter. The negation' appeareses of the army, pent*
mem, bee nothing to do with me. I bet the generals of
unison elesa,sai it is • remarkably good 'Meg la any
young soldier to know that you had better by Ist .at • man
de his daty without oonstaatly isterforing with him.
(01essna) It I damns my radii en all, is is Mes
itty as, I
crowed shies who sought to Es their dto
do it without laterfereace. (Chong.) I hope then is
no ether on the st.ff who as. ever say that I either gave
myself airs, genii hint a cold shoulder, or refused to bass to
what ha had to say, end that I did not Immediately do all
la my power to man whet he wanted go smooth and easy.
The natant I law be wee ieeliaed to do his duty properly, it
did hot matter smell to me whether he took his own method
of doing (tee WA!, presided it was wall doss. (Clears.) I
believe I should say toe muck for human amine if I taro to
en her, was no kind of jealousy at my promotion;
bet 1 mast honestly say that many of thew over
whose hoods I ban pose In the Crimea showed
de normally no jealousy. Oars of tat best as:
well as one of the oldest soldiers connected with the
arm there, Mejor-General Garrett, who Naiad in the
Pe whoa I was la my cruller, and winkles bees twits
weeded, same up to as. after my premed's had bass ea.
sesseed, threw his arms not like • Freedoms mad my
meek, bat like ea Englishman round my daeW,,sad;
patting so ea the ban, said, " Well, old fellow, I mseamed at it ; they seat you though • devil of a fire. hat
=id It well,mad lambi be unworthy of myself if I Salt
." (Chan.) That Sae old solder has not yet been
parroted, but most maciasly do I hope that both he sad
essay others will be, for I am not one of tome who with
=only le get on myself. I win te dose, of rooter, bat I
wish ala that earn who have done—barring the lash—
jam ea math serves as I have, should, at the sad of this
great war. meet with some reward. (Cheers.)
Tb. CRAIHMAN gays the other Crimean Home anuested
with Norfolk. Tee noble lord, in calling on Cul. Hodes to
attars thanks, referred to hie brilliant seniors at Ealaklava.
Colonel HODOZ responded to the mast, wish* was drank

with load cheers.
Major Cheers! WltroeAte, is proposing Our Allies,"
said they bad slws meted with the greatest eordiabty sad
geed feeling. The salient general ineatioeed laceideetilly
'that a wok before the swank oa the Rods. there was no fa-
unities on the pan of either Froneh or English to nate
t►e attack. When the Preset, however. dosidod ca
salriag the attack, the English Cosesuinder-in-Chlef maid
not do otherwise Mae allow tit* British army io pariahs is
it Be (O.astel Windham) had sever heard say Preach
Wiser reproach the British with the malts of their shack,
mad be sight fairly say that the Presets had never eshibitod
say disvopeet towards an
The Camutoir, i• giving the esessery of the brave who
had fallen in the war, referred to the eselanebely deaths of
Lieutenant Boileau, and Lin anent Brake, both umbers