The Express.
London, England, 1856-01-29 00:00:00

ADMIRAL SIR EDMUND LYONS Al BIS

NATIVE TOWN.

Tbs tows at Christchurch, Hstapshiro, presented
as intersatisi spectacle yesterday, wiles aa address of cos-
gratulatiost was publialy prementad by the laltabitasts le
Admiral 8k lidunad Lyeas, who was been at Christchurch,
la 1790. ♦ platform was yesterday crested in the entre of
ths town ; th. day was 8s ; the asighbourtng pstry for
mike round wen attracted to the scams, sad the town pre-
sented ea alma* embus aeries of beams sad kisapbal
arches.

The address was presented tv Sir Edmund by Admiral
Willett, sad the eseemblegs wee also &sickened by the Esel
of Maleasebary. The gallant admiral, we seed sot my,
wee mass sathselsesioally received. His words were few,
for hie unarms wee nee than ease stifled with mottos.
The seaway then sepalred to the Kiss's Arms Hotel.
where hessian was prepared, sad at whist Lord Maltese-
buy 'presided. The sloth keeling bee. removed, sod the
wad level Meets drub.
The CILUZIWI gave " The health of Athairal 81, Ed-
mund Lyons sad the heroes of the Celina& sod the Sleek

The toast wee thumb with sodamatien.
Admiral Ilk Nantes Lewes seed,—My look,lsdies, sad
==wire haw dare me the heltest of amosiatiar
illoonmeird them dialed* dblisigoldise
themselves la the edam Mainly,. I °sly wish that I
ffilmfroU detentar el, the probe that yes haw so kindly
beethered upon me. But all I pretend to is as basest sad
seam" desire to do say deity to my Sovereign end my wan-
try Se the beet of my humble ability. (Cheers.) The mature
MEM yommout war bomb as to WNW but few opportunities
M NNW we huge ship to take any preauseat or diode
gobbed law HMI* Seethe Burka Beet has been
self- listed, sod me bed the assetilisatioa ol meth( their
Alpe of war wok beam& Ile waves by their own heads
theteed of by ear tomehlim. Is the NaMe, again, the
eatur. diet hes Nast ashy amen dada thy Wiriew of
their ewa grealte waft sad Mapesielm ballsoba, The
eommealerohoshlef la the Nettie have hies overt mew
daring sad saimeefel mobile performed bp tie elms
ad mu seder thek meamaad. sad I, is my pert. have
had the Midribs of isfuellio what has Saintliest-is the
Ilea of Am., whore, I gilt I may say, witheatemy feu
of sentradledms, end Mal perfect safety, ties the eon
Wee el theopmeseadsevla shied have bus esseaded by es
gelleat a boast of yew, eaters as ever west forth is the
service of thole country. (Chan) And here, perhaps, it
may not he irralsesat to say that. in the eellree of ear
upeditisa there, a letter was ietereepted frau the Enures
la whisk his Impala Majesty emphatically declared the;
he sushi shout u mon see the Anise is his pelmet at St.
Petersburg es is the See of Auff. I should be ungrate-
ful U I did not ea this amoeba acknowledge the good
service of the ,Bern sad aces audio my winmsad, witted
chewed itself in wads, men them is a hearty ise operative
with the army. They conveyed the trcops to the shares of
the Crimea ; they lauded *ea thus; they supplied them
with food and ',satirist to earry is the siege for eleven
months; au was their sympathy ever waatin la the bow
of sickness sad suffer's' ; and thus was festered that
kiedly Menai between the two aerobes which lam from
time to time brought forth sack good fruits daring this
memorable maspolga. (Cheers.) We saw from the decks
ef
oar ships the Nob of the Alms. Gess& Baguet, with
the Format divides', passed alma* irithia WI of the
Agsseesenoe and anything law than his attack ea the
enemy's lbw: weld soaresty be soaceived. We sow the
British army feed the Alms, and form on the opposite
bank, seder Meer of the artillery, which, on that
ecomitto, as on an ethers, peculiarly distiagoished them-
selves throughout the Crimean eassmiga. We saw them
eke emplani to position of tbh enemy, which the Rasalsos
thought impomible to be carried by say troops in the world.
We saw them Muses to the attack, and as 'leakier was
that meeemset that Gemmed Canwhert, at that time second
banoM of the Preach army, told me afterwards
that he amid may compare it to as Barba red brick well
espereatorally lifted up from the growl sod propelled
Ilieward—so steady, re weaver's', sad so irresistible was
that sttack. (Clews.) I saw likewise the shame at Bela.
kitty+, sad, however that may he criticised la a stratqiisal
petit of view, I believe that it will go down to history as
sae of the lust and most brilliant cavalry charges that
was out made slue the world began. (Cheese.) Ne sea
mead have sus that Weakens wain, es I dad, without
hallogicat of hie mmatry lad epalefel le the pliant
hmed is it. As the IMO of Bahamans
nliaditiVeleser view oh ibis megibeellierwalliet.
e day most sad berets deeds were peekneed. Nub
man la the French tad Battikh army fought as if the fate
et the bode cad the honour of the Athos depeaded is his
ems individual curliest. (Choirs.) Aid gnat sad glori-
es, were the results, and I Audi think of it to the end of
toy aye with she greatest pities» sad satbfection' did
there mot amt with it the alley egthe battloileld ; but that
is the salmi sod latepsnble essetwitant altar. We saw,
too, from the desks of oar shies the float attack on Sebes-
*opal, Is whisk_bloreeer, a Molest gale of wind prevented
as taking part. We esw all the alternations of the struggle of
thou hours which baresthated se triamphandy to the
Allies. We saw the !nub rush out from their beaches
lap the Malakboff. We saw also their attack on
the Little Reda., when, after performing prodi-
gies of valour, they were usable to maiataia a
position. The attack en the Great Roden was
to some retest sounded him our view by the latervenkg
hills, bat lam well acqualated with Gm position sad the
eirownstamees of the sneer ; bad here I may perhaps be
permitted to say is reference to it. that while oar brave
Allies, the Preach, favoured by the astute of the ground
sad protected by the Are of the Eaglbb batteries, were
snahled to .any their sap withia thirty or forty yards et the
htelakhoff, it was net so with oar troops. Every step they
took was enfiladed by the enemy's batteries, sad they were
usable to approach ewer the from 220 to 240 yards of the
Great Rads,. Nevertheless, err trump whoa sailed
rushed out of the treatises to the atsek.sad ellbsegh de-
cimated, sad more than decialated, at their jump emus
the istervesiag ground, they accorded is Olson* a bag-
meat at the battery, and would :pr'bsbly ban reheated it,
bat they found that, solthe the Malekhoff, whisk was a.-
elmed all round, the Reda. was epee in the veer, and thus
the enemy was saabled to pour Is an overwhelraiar body
of troops, and so to recover the patinae as Otos as it was
wrenched from them. Thera Is soother eircuestaises else.
which is aet reeerally knows, bet of the truth of which I
essated myself General Niel the other day la
Paris. WW2 thFeuds made their isassesessfal attack
so the lath of June, it was discerned afterwards
that Shag hod sly spiked the enemy's peas Lev
windy, which la their retreat were unavoidably toned
sue ear Allies. A more positive order es this
'object wee sabsequestly awed, and ea the Bth of Sip
Masher ell the s is the Ream were toe effectually spiked
by the NuglW nand thus readeved useless to repel the
Muses of the sway's hordes from the rear It was utterly
impossible to withstand the overpowering suntans that
rushed at. Bat I glory at beige able to say that never was
BMA warep more eansplomensly displayed than as that
day. (Lead sheen.) The sample of the gallaat Web-
ford, who MI gloriously in the wiles, and of the brave
Headecok, who we killed at the bead of his corps, will
sever be foresaw; still lees that of Gaunt Windham',
who, said a shower of ballets, sad as if he had a charmed
life, stood ussestbed a to ramparts, urging es his men
to the musk. (Cheese) It may be said of them, se Lord
Be. Theses said to Loyd Nelsen aft", his temporary want
of meow in his meek with smaabools en Beedopme a-0 It
is amt I. mortals to essaniaad resew, bat haw dose
men es have deserved it.' Tho -4if sit thee.
keret* deeds is that the Allies steed is weatege ground
Oa to eve of meeetiatiess. If these megetiallens tenabare
is a safe and hoomirsble peace, sad eampelee effectual
goareatees for leser its peemeamme, thew ell theebjects
of the wet will be tseed. Bat we meet out fagot the
proverb—" Si vie peons pave &ilium." nen win be no
role:sties as our puts is preparing for a esatimieses of the
war, so that, if the enemy .111 not listen to reason and shall
Weenie piece heist made, we may look couldently through
the bleeder of God sad a righteous cease, to another glo.
rifts earapeigs. (Chem.) My Lords and gentlemen, I
haw spoken hitherto of the horrors sad glories of war. I
would sow vesture to mestioa an imbeds la the last elm.
wage et • Wasecter that will ease home to the hearts of
all pilules residing is Hampshire and this immediate
seighboorhood with peculiar interest,—l speak of the boas.
wino seta of Miss Niebtlegale and of the ladles with whom
she has been associated in her work of mercy le the Boat.
(Cheers.) I speak with knowledge of the forte whoa I tell
yams that it kw fallen le the lot of bat few yeses to do the
good that
ite have done. To dilate on those sets
would be so wins • so Wane eta do Nodes to them;
bet I crust ere asistered la Heaves, ea I kaew they
are regrew/ la the beaus of shames& of thole austry-
mew (Lead theose.) I hope you will do me the jostle" to
hulk's that it Is Intheedble for say mast to feel more sea.
OM than I deof the Meow which bee bees paid tome, set
ay is this ream MO sat of end I shall Mere In my
commend with an hameeed desire, if that be posits* to do
my duty. (Chum)
leveed atisse twee seem Break Gad mpooded to, and,
ee elee sepaestlea of fie esaspeay, Admiral Lyons returae4
to the at kb Wades, Admiral Waken.

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