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(Cheers.) to at present,
hoped there was anoiter country in
of Europe to whose army the same rcm
might hereafter be applied. (Cheers.) In this coun-
try the soldier was a citizen. The army was more
properly under the command of the Sovereign, but
its efficiency depended on the annual vote of the
representatives of the people—(eheers)--a vote
which would always be ample while our troops were
handled by able commanders like their gallant and
noble guest. (Cheers.) Such commanders who had
been honoured by their Sovereign conferring on
them the dignity of the Peerage thought their
triumph incomplete if they received riot also the
vute of thanks of the order to which they had been
introduced, and yet more of the House of Commons,
as representing their fellow-citizens. (Loud cheers.)
Balhtd by Mr. T. Young, "The anchor's weighed."
The vext toast proposed by the MASTER was
"the House of Commons," which was responded to
by Sir JAMES DUKE.

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For a period of 53
years has Lord Clyde been a
is Lord ...Clyde. (Loud cheers.) His Lordship's
important public services are matter of history..
soldier. (Cheers.) He has served his Queen and
country in the Peninsula, in America, in Demerara,
China, the Punjaub, the Crimea, at Alma, Balak-
lava, and Sebastopol ; and lastly, but not least, in
India—(loud cheers)—,where by his valour, judg-
ment, and wisdom he hag justly earned the title of
the Pacificator of India. (Loud cheers.) He was
wounded at the second relief of Lucknow, and on
three former occasions during his professional owner
(Cheers.) It could not therefore be surprising under
such circumstances that all classes of the citizens of
London vied with each other in doing him honour.
It might be novel for his lordship to learn that the
Corporation of the Skinners consisted of a sister-
hood—(cheers)—to which belonged Queen Elizabeth
of famous memory and many other noble ladies.
They possessed among their archives a pleasing
likeness of that celebrated Monarch, to which, by
the by, he might call the attention of his friends.
(Cheers.) To their brotherhood now belonged Lord
Clyde, whom they had the happiness of seeing face
t.. face—their youngest but most distinguished
brother. (Cheers.) He trusted his lordship would
often: visit Skinners'-hall—his own hall—(cheers)—
and in co;lelusion he would only express his earnest
hope, hearaelt desire,
and sincere prayer, that
Heaven might long continue to his lordship health
and its choicest blessings. (Loud cheers.) He begged
to propose "The health of General Lord Clyde,
Citizen Skinner."
The toast was drunk with much enthusiasm.
Lord CLYDE, who was received with much
applause, said—Allow me to thank you most
heartily for the handsome. manner in which my
name has been presented to you and my health re-
ceived by this distinguished assembly. (Cheers.) It
is with no slight pleasure, I assure you, that an old
soldier feels himself kindly received and welcomed
by important public bodies on his return to his
native country. (Cheers.) I feel a great pride in
finding myself enrolled on the books of this ancient
and honourable society in company with the names
of many of England's sons who have performed
distinguished services to their country. '(Cheers.)
It is also a gratification to me that this body, of
which I am a humble member, is distinguished as
one of the most liberal and enlightened administra-
tors of its large and valuable possessions in Ireland.
(Cheers.) I see around me so many distinguished
persons to whom it will be a pleasure to you to
listen that I will not further intrude on your time,
but will only again beg to thank you for the great
kindness I have received at your hands. (Loud and

" The Magistrates of the City of London" was
nest given, and acknowledged by Alderman ..MEoHi.
'Me MASTER then proposed " the health of the
Governor of the Bank of England," who returned
thanks in a few appropriate sentences.

The next toast was " the Worshipful Company
Blasters
of
Skinners," which was followed by the
the City Companies."
Mr. WOOD returned thanks.
Lord CLYDE, as junior member of the Company,
proposed " the health of the Master of the ancient,
honourable, and distinguished Company whose
guests they had been, and thanks for the magnifi-
cent hospitality of • which they had partaken."
(Cheers.)
The MASTER returned thanks, and gave " the
Visitors," coupled with the name of Sir Thomas
Fremantle.
Sir THOMAS FREMANTLE Said they were all must
desirous to do honour to the noble lord the principal
guest of the evening, and he could not help refer-
ring to an incident which had occurred at a dinner
given by the Skinners' Company last summer,
\viten Lord Clyde was present. He had only done
justice to his own feelings in attributing to the
noblg, lord the merit due to him for the public
spirit ,he had displayed in going to India at
48 hours' notice, suppressing the mutiny, and sav-
ing the empire; but on that occasion Lord Clyde,
though unwilling to address public assemblies, rose
from his seat, and after thanking him for his com-
pliments assured the company that the whole merit
of the success was due to Lord Canning, the Go-
vernor-General—(cheers)—whoLse orders he had
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T,,TIE BRITISLI LEGION.

(FRom A MEMBER OF THE LEGION.)
CASERTA, MoNDAY, Nov. 26.
After considerable delay and uncertainty as to
the course which would be finally taken by the
Sardinian Government with regard to the disposal
of the brigade, it is at length arranged that the
disbandment is to take place immediately, and
orders were received last evening from Naples for
the discharges to be made out without further
delay. Each man will receive six, months' pay,
including rations, and a free passage home. A great
portion of the commissariat stores and baggage goes
to Naples to-day, And in all probability we shall
arrive there to-morrow or the next day, and start
for England shortly afterwards. A proposition was
made to us by Major Styles to join the Sardinian
army, but as it wasnecessary to sign an agreement'
binding ourselves to serve for two years, very few
were found -willing to accept it, and the idea was
accordingly abandoned. By order of Col. Peard,
Major Styles was placed under Arrest, on the pre-
tence of seducing the men front their allegiance,
and he is now waiting to take his trial upon this
mad other charges. The arbitrary mor)sures adopted
by Col. Peard and the general want f., f system dis-
played in the management of the ba"igade from
the -very commencement, have given rise to a
wide-spread feeling of dissatisfaction aivengst the
men, and so strong has this become latterly that in
some instances it has resulted in open mutiny . The
causes of difference between the men and their oom-
mander are various; but the principal grievance is
the harsh tone of manner adopted both by himself
and several of the superior officers towards them,.
and the utter indifference generally displayed is
matters affecting their health and comfort. The
medical department has also been conducted in a
singularly inefficient manner, it having been neces-
sary in many cases that have come under my own
observation to make repeated applications before
attention was paid, and even then in many instances
the medical stores were so insufficiently provided
that the :proper remedies were not on the spot.
The day before yesterday a report was prevalent
that Captain De Burgh, the quartermas:er, had
gone to Naples, bearing with him a petition .to the
King, purporting' to be signed by the men of the
English Legion, praying that the regiment migi,"o:
not be disbanded, but continue on the roll of tho
army for two years, and asking also that the same
stringent regulations as to discipline might be
enforced as those put in force in the regular army.
This report created great exeitment, and a general
meeting of the men was held in the barrack-room, at
g (
which it was determined that a deamtation should.
wait on the commandin officer Maj ur Smelt), with
the view of inquiring into the truth of the report.
The deputation waited in the first instance upon
Major Hoskins, who is understood to halLe, said
that the men were about to be sent Lome
in disgrace, in consequence of their officers'
behaviour with reference to the memorial against:"
Colonel Peard. This reply created general dissatis-'
faction, and considerable uproar and confusion
ensu;d. Shortly afterwards Major Diamond came
down and requested that a certain number of non-
commissiOned officers from each company would
step forward and state the causewhich had induced.
them to assea'able in such an irregular manner,.
Sergeant Ryland was then appointed spokesman
on the part of the men, and stated the grounds of
complaint, referring to the document already men-
tioned, which, he said, had been drawn UP
entire.ly
without their knowledge or sanctiov- or Dia-
mond, in reply, denied all know vetition,leas
in question, and stated that if such a
hadge of the paper
in existence, and it had been laid before the lung
by Captain de Burgh, he (Captain de Brrg11)
ris .ha
edd?
taken a step in which he WAS quite unautho
and for which he would be held personally respon-
sible. The major's statement was received with
much applause, and for the time the matter dropped..
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The next morning. Captain de Bureaglnhalipomnrmesneeacinvitaientdeg
who demanodfetdrhe
himself, and h
number of the men,
take with
i . Legion as a
him a ,-,:, . •
hexepeleartiinory.
did
for its object the continuance
permanent force, but that it was only intended for
those men who wished to remain.
Sergeant Sparkhall, who Throughout In reply to,
..the affair took
a prominent part in sifting It
petitionto theb
hetto elmh,Cd naip-
tain de Burgh stated that the
to Naples for theh
his hand was the same as that he took with him.
purpose of presentation to the
King, but he not done so, and he now
wished toaskweidthdaraw it altogether. Sergeant
Sparkhall
of the Garibaldian
Captain de fora copy of the petition, but
Burgh refused to give it, and left the'
room amid groans and la• greater portion
disbanded, and
which is composed principally of
only a few • forcesishseasv.e been The
regiments remain. The Naval Brigade,
Englishmen' will
probably be disembodied i
n the course of this week.
The Zouaves, which also comprised a great number
of Englishmen, including several members of the
British Legion, have also been disbanded. It iro
probable that a medal will be given to each mem-
ber of the British Legion for the part they have
taken in the campaign, their claim to this distinc-
tion resting on, as specified in their discharges,
" Presence with the army before Ca
; presence
in the action of the 19th, and the passage of the
Volturno."

continued cheering.)
Song by Miss Ransford, " Peace inviting."
The MASTER next proposed " The City of London
and the trade thereof," coupled with the health.of
the Right Hon. the Lord Mayor. (Cheers.) They
were assembled in the first city of the first empire
in the world, and they were all more or less iden-
tified with its trade and commerce. They were
honoured, moreover, with the presence of the chief
magistrate of the city of London, a gentleman long
and honourably connected with the trade and com-
merce of the country, and who possessed the in-
valuable privilege of enjoying the unlimited confi-
dence of all classes of his fellow-citizens. (Cheers.)
They could not, therefore, do better than drink
" Prosperity to the City of London and the trade
thereof," coupled with the health of the Right Hon.
the Lord Mayor. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR said he felt much honoured in
being the guest of the Skinners' Company, to meet
that distinguished company, and in having his
name coupled with the trade and commerce of the
city of London. Looking back to a remote period,
he had every reason to believe that the great
country to which they belonged owed its position
in the world to the trade and commerce of the city
of London. (Cheers.) In the days in which they
lived there were many great ports and towns which
competed for the benefit of the country, competed
successfully, with the city of London ; but at an
early period they would find that the trade and
commerce of the country, confined to a very limited
sphere, had its origin and seat on the spot on which
they were assembled. (Cheers.) It was to the
enterprise of British merchants who then lived in
the city of London that our great empire was in-
debted for its birth, development, and growth. To
take a single instance, whence came our empire in
India ? It was owing to the enterprise of British
merchants who must then have lived ix the city of
London, a small body of gentlemen who sent out
some ships to establish stations and trade in India.
Their object was peaceful commerce. Aggression
would after a while necessarily lead to self-defence,
and from self-defence to conquest. We saw in our
colonisation, indeed, All over the world, that the
results were attributable to the enterprise of our
citizens. (Cheers.) He rejoiced to have his name
identified with that great city ; and although the
city and the corporation might i' said to be small,
they were not to be repeoached og that account. It
so happened that in the course of events', from the
force of circumstances, the corporation of the city
of London only covered one square mile, while the
population of this great metropolis extended Over
150 square miles. But it must be remembered that
the city was still the very heart of the whole popu-
lation, and that although their numbers in the city
did not during the night exceed 130,000, by day
the population was not less than 500,000. (Cheers.)
His fellow-citizens had placed him in the highest
post, and he esteemed it as not one of his least pri-
vileges to be honoured as the guest of the different
companies, to be present on such occasions as the
present, when honour was to be done to distin-
guished men. Ho felt much gratification in being
present when a worthy compliment was paid to
Lord Clyde—a distinguished warrior who had done
so much not only to vindicate the honour of our
country but to save the lives of our countrymen
and countrywomen. (Loud cheers.) He begged
to return the company his best thanks for the
honour they had done him. (Cheers.)
The MASTER next proposed " The Health of the
Judges." (Cheers.)
Vice-Chancellor KINDERSLEY had great gratifi-
cation in being present on that interesting occasion,
when the citizens of a free country, and especially
those of such a city as London, vied with each
other in offering the tribute of their respect and
gratitude to so distinguished a soldier as Lord
Clyde. (Cheers.) He hoped the day was far dis-
tant when any mistaken notions of economy and
reform, so cane'', would have the effect of prevent-
ing the great civic institutions of this country from
paying such a tribute to distinguished men,
On whetochcea-
r
soldiers, sailors, or statesmen. (Cheers.)
sions of this kind the citizens of London were
enabled to express their gratitude in person to the
most eminent benefactors of the community—those
who had shed their blood and were ready to sacri-
fice their lives for their defence and security. He
hoped therefore they would not only be prized as
they deserved, but continued. (Cheers.) He must
not forget, however, that he was a lawyer
well-known
saying in presence of a soldier. There was
saying inter arma silent leges, or, as it was some-
times translated, " among the soldiers the less
lawyers say the better." (A laugh.) He begged
to thank the company for proposing his health in
connection with the judges. (Cheers.)
Vice-Chancellor Sir W. PAGE WOOD said that
the command of the Master alone induced him to
rise, for he felt the justice of his colleague's observa-
tion, and free translation of the apophthegm ho had
cited—namely, that in the presence of such a
soldier as Lord Clyde the lawyers had better be
silent. Happily none but a free translation of that
saying inter arma jura silent could be applicable
to the position of our country. Here alone for
200 years past at least the army was employeto
d
not to enslave and keep down the people, but
defend our liberties both at home and abroad.

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