The Sun.
London, England, 1860-01-20 00:00:00

the field is wide enough for every labourer, and that
the harvest wil .1a justify and repay the severest toil.
Lord Stanhope .bias shrunk from no labour, and the
great character a f his writings is the painstaking
and perfect accuri toy which is impressed upon them.
And I cannot pay this compliment to the greatest
of living historians without recalling to mind him
whom we have lost —the legislator, the brilliant
essayist, the Parlian.tentary orator, the late Lord
Macaulay, who reca.i'ved that title, the highest
honour a grateful country could bestow, for his
literary ability. It is, perhaps, a singular instance
of a man who by his pen has won nobility ; and
while we justly lament his loss, let us equally
honour the man who happily is still among us, who
by his pen has added fresh distinction to a family
already illustrious. (Cheers.) We have to thank
all the members of the committee for erecting a
memorial to the great conqueror of India, and for
setting before us a bright example of that singular
union of indomitable courage and intuitive sagacity
which we possess in the rare instances of Clive and
Wellington, and enabling us to celebrate that re-
markable example of successful audacity of which
the victor of Plassy affords the most extraordinary
instance recorded in modern history. I beg to pro-
pose that you drink the health of Lord Stanhope
and the members of the London committee, as well
as those in Shrewsbury, who have equally contri-
buted to this most successful monument.
(Applause.)
Earl STANHOPE replied,—ln the name of the
committee whom I have the honour to represent, I
beg to return thanks, and to thank also my hon.
friend who proposed the toast,for the very kind man-
ner in which he was pleased to speak of me. I can
assure you that in coming down to the interesting
ceremony of this day I undertook a task which has
been most agreeable to me, and which will never
cease to be remembered by me with feelings
of cordial satisfaction. (Cheers.) It is not often that
the great distinction acquired by the founder of a
family is so worthily supported and maintained by
the private virtues of his descendants, and the
general respect in which they are held. (Applause.)
For myself, in bidding you farewell on this occasion
—since the railway train will not stay, even for
such agreeable moments as these—l hope I may be
allowed respectfully to thank you for the kindness
with which I have been received, and to express a
hope that several acquaintances which I have had
the privilege of making this day may not cease with
the occasion, but that I may continue to retain
them, as well as some place in the good opinion of
those whom I now address. Once more I thank you
in the name of the committee and my own, and I
now very respectfully, and with every feeling of
gratitude, bid you farewell. (Applause.)
Sir B. LEIGHTON,M.P., who was veryindistinctly
heard, was understood to speak to the following ef-
feet :—lt is but seldom that we have an opportunity
of distinguishing ourselves upon the battlefield, as
did Clive and Wellington and Hill, but a great dis-
tinguishing mark between our own and foreign
countries is, that noblemen and men of fortune par-
take actively in the conduct of the business of the
country, and even if they do not serve the nation in
a political capacity, there are other opportunities
by embracing which they may yet be useful mem-
bers of society. Any one who knows the present
noble head of the house of Clive is aware that he
still gives his services to his country, though not on
the field of battle. In his native county he gives
his time and talents, and most liberally of his for-
tune, to every charity and object worthy of support.
It is a thing most worthy of remark that in England
we find many of our nobility and country squires,
not acting as foreigners do, spending their time in
foolish amusements, but working in various ways
for the benefit of others. But another member of
that noble house has served his country and at-
tained high rank at a young age; and in future years,
should his services be required, I do not doubt that
we may have him as a talented young general, full
of vigour of body and mind. Let us now pass to one
of the former members for South Shropshire, re-
markable for his courtesy and urbanity of manner.
He has passed from us, leaving a son to succeed him,
who had before him as happy a future as could fall
to the lot of any:man. The inscrutable ways of Pro-
vidence have taken him away, but let us hope that
there is a younger scion of that house following in
his steps, who signalised himself in the perils of
India, and who is now among us. I beg to give you
the ..Health of the Earl Powis." (Cheers.)
Earl Powis then rose and said,—l thank you, on
the part of the members of the Clive family, for the
cordial reception with which you have honoured
them this day, upon the occasion when we are met
to commemorate the name of their ancestor. I also
thank the Mayor for the munificent hospitality with
which he has received and entertained the assem-
bled company, and for the hearty zeal with which
he has done everything in his power to add to the
brilliancy end importance of this occasion. (Cheers.)
The members of Lord Clive's family must feel highly
gratified at the memorial which has been erected a
century after the great battle which commenced. his
career in Irldia. Many events are greeted with mo-
mentary applause, but after the lapse of a century
deeds and lives are judged by their results and may
be said to have passed into the scene of history ;
and in this instance there could be no more fit ex-
ponent of the occasion and of the work which has
been completed to-day than the noble and accom-
plished historian who has shown so much zeal and
had so much trouble at the head of the committee.
We are also very sensible of the tribute that has
been paid to the memory and actions of Lord Clive
by the right hon. gentleman who presides over the
Government of Inia at home, and others among
us, and at seeing the army an service of India re-
presented by a gallant general who stands foremost
in reputation among the living officers of the In-
dian army, and the gallant officer who is himself a
native of this county, and who is now enjoying a
short respite from the labours and anxieties of the
last two eventful years, and whose former return
was greeted with well-merited honour. (Cheers.)
I will not attempt to go through the history of
India from the days of Plassy, or the various
phases through which that great empire passed
under the control of that great company, the great-
est private association that ever exited in the
world, presided over by such men as the Marquis
Wellesley, Warren Hastings, and Lord Corn wallis,
who, by their actions and the prosperity which
their Government produced, justified the esteem of
the Sovereigns who committed to them its manage-
ment and control. I will only express a hope that
under the new Government to which Sir Charles
Wood has adverted, under the great constitutional
change which during the last few years has taken
place in the Indian Government, when another
century shall have elapsed, and the battle of Plassy
shall be commemorated as having occurred 200
years before, the countless millions, the varied
races, the numberless creeds of which the population
of India is composed, may be found
.to be enjoying
peace, prosperity, happiness, and contentment, aus-
pleio regis et senatus Anglice. (Applause.)
Viscount HILL—We have been so well enter-
tained at this sumptuous banquet that I am quite
sure we shall all unite in returning our most cor-
dial thanks to the mayor, who has not enly liberally
provided for our physical wants, but has. given us
the opportunity of hearing the history of one of
whom his country is justly proud. I give you
" The health of the Right Worshipful the Mayor."
(Great cheering.)
The Mavoit suitably responded.
Sir W. YARDLEY said—The assembly has already
expressed its warm appreciation of the exertions of
the committee appointed to bring to an issue the
erection of a noble memorial to Lord Clive, which
you have inaugurated io-day ; and I am sure you
will all agree that in no respect has that committee
exhibited greater discrimination and liberality than
in their selection of an artist. The position of Baron
Marochetti is'as cosmopolitan as his reputation—
Italian by extraction, French by birth, English by
adoption, and each of these countries is illustrated by
works of his creative genius. He has erected a fine
statue at Turin, a colossal statue of Wellington at
Glasgow, a noble statue of Richard of the Lion Heart
in the city of Westminister, and now he has added
a no less noble statue of the no less lion-hearted
Robert Lord Clive at Shrewsbury. (Cheers.) No
artist possesses more strikingly the creative genius
of imparting the real expression of character to his
works. A just and eloquent tribute has already
been paid to him by the noble lord who did the
corporation of this town the honour of presenting
the statue to them, and therefore but little remains
for me to say. But I trust I shall not be considered
to be encroaching upon that wholesome rule which
excludes politics and party sentiments from happy
meetings like this when I express my hope and be-
lief that Baron Marochetti, whose health I propose,
may be called upon to illustrate by his genius a
glorious era in the history of his own country—
Italy, when it shall be a nation united, free, and
happy. (Applause.)
Sir C. R. BoucirroN having in a witty and
graceful manner proposed the health of " the Ladies,"
for whom the Hon. R. C. HILL, M P., appropriately
responded, the brilliant assemblage broke up with
the interchange of mutual felicitations upon the
successful issue of the in' erecting demonstration.

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