The Sun.
London, England, 1848-11-21 00:00:00

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which he wrote to a near re 11104... • - Aid= at ng •
one of his greatest victories, alol-Ittetafile .sure
you that I never read a more feeling or ttWirekitristian
epistle in the course of my life.—(Cheers.) liiThst let-
ter Sir Charles lamented his having been compelled to
engage in those wars—that he could not however help it,:
and that the loss of life which had taken place was most '
horrifying to his feelings.—(Cheers.) On this account
his victories must stand much higher in the estimation oft
every right-minded person. For my own part, I have
known bim from his youth,, and can testify that he is tra.
man who would always discharge his duty to his coun-
try, and that he would perform it with firmness and feel-
ing.—(Hear, boar;) During the- late Irish famine he:
had not forgot ,the country of his birth in the heft old
her distress, tor be transmitted a sum of 2001. to bas ex-
pended in sending practical instructors in husbera6,.'
throughout the country, with a view to assist
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rating the condition of his countrymen.—(e
beg to propose the health of Sir Charles Napier.--kuotfd
and long-continued applause.) , $1 lui
The toast having been drunk with:. the most thdrked"
enthusiasm, . ,e , a,
Sir CHARLES NAPIER rose to return thanks for, the "t
honour conferred upon him. He said—My Lords tirid4
Gentlemen, the praise which has been bes:owee! upetimel
by Prince George of Cambridge and by the 2-enli'e of -s
Leinster, and the very di,tinguished aid flattering man- 1
ner in which you have received that praise, •in,,10., Imp
ask myself what I have done to deserve damui• .-,s thee.
hands of my countrymen ? And the answie is' [ylne—il
have had the good fortune to command a brave armyel
which won for me in the field the honours-which I aciii 4
have received from you as its general and ifa-repreSchll
tative.—(Applause.) Elide was conqueeteP by -
iiis d th,4%,
bravery and chivalry of that army, antVlVviiniefcl-5
to our possessions in the East IndiesAylertl."'Elleii7"
borough. The courage of our army ,itits'ereit'ifi kliat
conquest—and necessarily so ; for the Aittitelref 'Slekie,
exulting in the massacre of our artiffitelifiViincstan,
resolved also to massacre the tastitSpit" M"'Sinde.
But
,they were overthrown in two pietherNbitfice, and
their kingdom passed away from thettOilLoFti Ellenbo-
rough's genius then .seizad the opporteubitYW annex-
ing Sinde to our dominions, with thef tteciekii, prompt-
ness, and prescience which chstingthefie d his :Lordship's'
rule ha India.—(Cheers.) When. Lcitd. Ellenborough
seized it he did an action of decision'and forethought as '.
a statesman, and one of justice besides.—(Hear, hear.)
Gentlemen, Flay snore force on this than I do on an) -
thing—namely, that it was an set of justice. He snatched
Sinde from the Ameers, and4iovVas one of those actions
which must be always attended with success.—(Hear,
hiesr.) Twice has success attended that act of LOrd ,
Ellenborough. The first-time was when Lord Hardinge -
and Lord Gough warred on the banks of the Sutlej.— i
(Hear, hear.) An army advanced from Sinde to their 1
assistance, uud held in check the powerful chief of Moul-
tan;
and that chief sent to the commander of the forces ' -
a deputation, proposing to submit himself to the orders- — 4".
'of Lord Hardingee The second time .in which .Lord -
Ellenborough's wise policye succeeded, is in reference to
hose events which at •present continue to occur, laud of
which we have. as yet, but little linowlfdge. Agr.in
gentlemen, Sinde marches ten thousand men to the as: sistaice of General Whish, before the town of Aoult%
and if aught of disaster—which, God forbid—Should a ;
happen to General Whish, Sinde still open its ems to
receive him—to succour his wounded, and receive him-
self and his army, if needs be.—(Cheers.) T.hese are the
advantages that haive resulted from the conquest of
Sinde; and now, my Lords and Gentlereen, let us re-
verse this picture. I have pointed out, the advantages
of Lord Ellenborough's policy, but let us reverse it. Had
that nobleman been guided by weak and foolish men,
who wanted to place the traitorous Ameers of Sinde—
men who had broken faith over and over again with the
British—upon a throne, the sovereign of which they had
murdered—(Hear, hear)—had he left these men ou the
throne, at this moment they would have marched at the
head of 100,000 Belooch warriors, equipped with spear,
sword, and matchlock, and fallen on General Whish's de-
voted army and destroyed it.—(Hear, hear.) That is
the reverse of the picture, gentlemen. Now, as I have
mentioned General Whish's army, and the check which
he received before Moultan, I wish particularly to say
here that I think it would be highly ungenerous, end
what is still more odious, very unjust, to General Whish,
to pronounce any opinion on his operations and conduct
before Moultan. There are not many people who have
a knowledge of that country, and how to make war in it, '
more than I have—(hear, hear.) It has fallen to my lot
to make war in that country. I know it well; and I
know that General Whish had to deal with numerous
difficulties, which et this distance of time prevent us '
judging of his conduct without first obtaining more spe-
cific information than we have yet received.—(Hear,)
We must wait, in justice to General Whish, until his
own dispatches arrive, and give us a correct eeccunt of
his operations. But, my Lords and Gentlemen, there is
one point which I think is matter for congratulation to us
all.—(Hear, hear.) A mist has been cast over the bril-
liant arms of England for, a moment, but through that
mist we see the fiery valour of our soldiers, both S,-pays
and Europeans, shining ivi!h unabated lustre(Cheers)
—resolved to hold themselves in readiness and to fall
upon the—what shall I call him—the valiant assassin of
the Moultan.—(Lond -cheers.) Efforts may check, but
nothing in the world can resist the glory and prowesi of
the British army.—(Renewed applause.) And now, my
Lords and Gentlemen, let me once more thank 'you for
the honour you have done me. You have made me ex-
perience
what were the feelings of the Roman Consuls
of old in their triumphs and their ovations; and all I can
say is, that I wish, like them; I had my companion in
arms id safety around me in Dublin, or that I was at
their head once more, sharing their danger at Moultan.
Ti, Gall:Ant General Q.t. 4., awn_fErniii _ostaryn .f..1t....,...
which was again and again revived for a considerable
time.

The following ode, commemorative of the achieve-
meets of the illustrious hero of Sinde, and composed
expressly for the occasion, was then sungwith remarkably
good taste by Messrs. Smith, Geary, and Yosldey, the
music being the composition of Professor Smith:—
" Loud brays the shrill trumpet in Beloochistan,
And the Ameers have mustered their hosts to a man;
See their proud-crested pennons flout widely the sun,
As the flood-tide of- battle rolls menacing on.
Like the stream of the Indus the torrent proceeds,
As majestic, as dark, but more deadly its deeds;
Long years, mystic river, thou'st rushed to the sea,
Bearing with thee the victims their blades have set free.
"Lo! he comes—with a handful of Britons behin.7.
And he leads them like flame in the teeth of the wind;
For there the proud Ameers their myriads lead on,
And range them for conflict 'gainst 'Liberty's Son ;
Nor, tho' wanting.the valour that virtue would give,
Lack they daring—as reckless to die as to live;
But on rush the Britons, their brave Napier leads,
And confidence nerves them for valorous deeds.
"All—all have done nobly, but foremost be prest—
In the front of the battle see Napier's proud crest!
Long strove they, and boldly each Belooche bled—
Hark! 'Charge, 22d! '—who'll number the dead?
As the mist OR the mountain, 'neath llithra's proud ray,
So 'neath Napier's keen falcbions their boasts melt away.
Thus, planting his conquering standard, like Clive—
Unlike, he bade Sindians be freemen and live."
Sir CHARLES NAPIER—I rise to propose the health
of a nobleman who is so well known to all here that very
few words will be sufficient in prefacing his health. Ile
is a nobleman who executes his duty with calmness, !with
fearlessness, with incessant activity and zeal towards his
country. He is a nobleman who has the fine patriotic
feeling that always seeks to cast oil upon the troubled
waters; he seeks not to agitate nor irritate the sufferings
of his country; he is devoted to that country,. and pose
sesses a cool head, which is directed by the impulses of
a noble and generous heart—that heart is Ireland's own.
—(Cheers.) I will now give you the health, not of en
absentee, but of a nobleman who never leaves Ireland
except to serve her in the sister kingdom—his Grace
the Duke of Leiuster.—(Cheers.)
The Duke of LEINSTER said, in returning thanks, he
could assure the assembly he felt very deeply the kind
manner in which his relative had introduced his health,
and the very kind way in which they had received it.
He felt he did not merit all that he bad said, but it was
his most anxious wish to do all the gth_d he could. If he
failed in doing that, it arose from the weakness of man,
and not from any wart o' desire or activity upon his
part to do all he could to usbist his Leave country.
Shortly afterwards
The Noble CHAIRMAN rose,' and said that he had
great pleasure in proposingl
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He would only say, that from his long-continued con- - -
flexion wi h the army in Ireland, and the manner in- 7.
which be had conducted himself in the command of .:..
that army, he bad entitled himself to the honour .tirat - .
night intended for him. He begged to proposo his - -
health and that of the army under his command, with--; ..
three times three.—(Cheers.)
Sir EDWARD BLARENEY said he thanked . the fee"
the high honour which had been conferred upon him`
that night. He was obliged for the good feeling eiiiinbect
towards himself, and he hoped all the company would
accept his warmest thanks for the honour which • had
:been paid him. He could assure them that the army
1 in Ireland, from the manner in which it had conducted . •
itself, required little assistance from him, for..it was
every day doing its duty faithfully and fully, and•be *as`
convinced that.it would continue to do its duty in eeilaat---,
ever country it was called upon to do so., ''Having
said thus much—in reference to himself; he couldenotialhew '
the opportunity to pass without addressingelsimeelf td
the chief topic of that evening—the gallanteguest )eiliose .
achievements they had met to celebrate.e.—(Cheere.)
From what he had said that evening, and ,firontithe rdajl
ner in which it was said, he could imag-inThtti4m,ltading
his troops to the conflict, and could tea 'his tcagle"eye
penetrating the ranks of the enemy, and diseerning how
victory could be best obtained. He couldpimagine tic-
thing less than victory following his footsteps; but hav-
ing defeated the foe; and dispersed the bat ,of eeobbers
that were scouring the country, he found:him. conduct-
ing those affairs in which his civic authogq was brought
into action with that mildness, wisdom, eganagement, and
attention to finance that almost enableil3hico to make
the country pay the expense of the war.-,(Loud cheers.)
He injured no one; on the contrary, he attached every
one to the country for which he flight, and made him-
self the popular idol of even tho,se.,whoua he had van-
quished.— (C h t. ere.)
The Duke ()I LEINSTER then gap that, although the
other branch of the service—thjer.nary—had not been of
late years so much engaged ap tee army had been, they
should not neglect to do it that honour to which it was
entitled, and to drink iiti'llealth with the enthusiasm
that became those wbo appreciated its high merits.v
He, therefore, begged give to repose i' 1.0119
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thanks,till tohattstt''
and to cult uppoAnNlCEaLptaitainip,
Captain if
there could be one thing more gratifying than another,
ainnieriettourrieduPgri
it was that the toast had been given in the presence of
that most" distinguished member of the sister service
whom they had all met that night to honour, and wl.o
w....s so well worthy of the compliment paid him. There
was in Ireland but a small nuttilialr of the.neyelfelee,
whiclr arecaititect fOr tlin cliciunstance that but few of its
members were present upon that occasion ; but ho could