The Sun.
London, England, 1860-12-21 00:00:00

THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 21, 1860.

qualities which constitute a British officer—
(cheers)—that, moreover, you were conspicuous iti
advocating moderation and clemency in the hour of
victory, and active in repressing vindictive and
cruel treatment of the misguided and unoffending
who fell into Sour power, in all which, to his
honour be it spoken, you received the cordial sup-
port and approval of the noble and gallant lord.
But I cannot allow myself to pass unnoticed the
truly generous conduct, so characteristic of all your
proceedings, displayed towards the beloved and
deeply-deplored General Havelock—(hear, hear)—
when in a spirit worthy of the best age of chivalry,
and, may we not say, in a spirit dictated by prac-
tical Christianity, you assumed a subordinate posi-
tion rather than deprive that dauntless hero of the
honour and gratification of completing the work he
had so nobly begun. (Loud and prolonged cheer-
ing.) The bones of that illustrious General and
truly good and great man repose in India, but his
epitaph is engraven on every British heart—(re-
newed cheers)—and be assured, sir, that so long as
Havelock shall be remembered and beloved that act
of generosity which even more than your bravery
endears your name to the British people will not be
forgotten. (Cheers.) " Perhaps," said the mover
of the resolution of this hon. court, " no record of
secular history exhibits a rarer proof of true mag-
nanimity than this noble resolve of Gen. Outram."
It is but one of the many incidents which illustrate
how exceedingly happy was the allusion of the late
gallant Sir Charles Napier, when he proposed
honour to the sentiment—" The Bayard' of British
India, Major James Outram, of the Bombay Army."
(Cheers.) I now tender to you, sir, the right hand
of fellowship as a citizen of London, and beg your
acceptance of a sword on behalf of this corporation,
expressing a fervent hope in the name of his Lord-
ship the Mayor, and of every member of this hon.
Court, that you may be long spared to aid the
councils of the Indian Government by your varied
and vast experience, and, if I may add the wish,
that you may in your retirement from active service
End leisure to gratify the world with a record of
the varied, romantic, and deeply interesting inci-
dents of an eventful and useful life. (Loud cheers.)
General OUTRAN' said,—My lord and gentlemen,
in my present infirm state state of health I am
(Tait() unable to express as fully or as well as I
otherwise might do the extreme gratification with
which I receive this testimony of your approval of
my services in India. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I feel
the high honour thus conferred on me in the same
degree which has been so well acknowledged by
my noble Lord, and I shall ever esteem it as the
glory of my life. (Cheers.) The highest distinc-
tion that could be conferred by this great corpora-
tion on a soldier—the gift of a sword—has been
enhanced in my estimation—if, indeed, anything
could enhance so proud a compliment—by being
associated on this occasion with my beloved and
revered late commander—(cheers)—to whom I feel
all the devotion of a Highlander of the olden time
towards the chief of his clan. (Cheers.)
With this the ceremony, which lasted about
three-quarters of an hour, terminated; the Lord
Mayor vacated the chair, and the distinguished
military chiefs were cheered again and again as
they left the hall, the plaudits being renewed by the
crowd outside as they took their departure.

far from constituting any ground of uneasiness to
any other country, ought, on the contrary, rather
to produce general confidence. (Cheers.) The
elements of discord are rife. I trust no serious re-
sults may arise from what is going on in various
tarts of Europe,—indeed, f may nay of the world
at large; but of this I feel confident, that, as far as
we are concerned, never, in my time certainly, and
I believe never in the recollection of most of those
whom I address, have we had reason to feel more
confidence in our power and strength than at the
present moment. (Cheers.) We are justified, I
repeat, in coming to that conclusion, not only from
the state in which I believe the army is, but from
the general feeling of the country, the determina-
tion evinced by the nation at large to maintain in-
violate the high position we have held for so many
years. (Cheers.) That conviction is particularly
impressed on our minds by the history of that
great movement which has recently been going on
—I mean the Volunteer movement in this country.
(Cheers.) This country is not a military nation ; in
spite of this, however, it has a large army, but that
large army is not at home. It is scattered broad-
cast over the face of the world, and a very large
portion of it is necessarily engaged in countries
that are remote and difficult of access. What, then,
have we to look to at home but to the spirit of the
people, which has displayed itself so admirably and
effectually in the Volunteer movement? (Loud
cheers.) We are, therefore, in a position to say to
our neighbours, "We wish you no harm. We
hope that you are as anxious as ourselves to live on
good and friendly terms with one another, but at
the same time you see by the firmness and de-
votion our fellow citizens have evinced in this
matter that we are perfectly determined to hold
our own—(loud cheers)—and that no other country
shall interfere with those principles and those views
with which this country has so long been identified,
and by which she is resolved to stand." (Cheers.)
These principles are distinct and decided ones, and
it is only by decided principles that a great empire
ought to be or can be governed. My noble friend,
Lord Etch°, who will afterwards address you, has
deserved well of the country for the prominent part
he has taken in this movement. (Cheers.) There
is but one hope I would express before sitting down,
and that is that the Volunteer movement, which
has become so universal throughout the country,
will not in any way be taken as the indication of
a desire to put the army on one side. (Cheers.) I
am sure that is the last thing the country would
wish. (Cheers,) It would be the most unfortunate
thing that could take place. (Cheers.) I think the
Volunteers are in their natural position as the con-
stitutional and proper auxiliaries of the army, and
in this way they cannot but form an important
element in the national stability and power.
(Cheers.) The•city of London has at all times been
ready, whenever occasion offered, to express its
sense of high military, naval, or civil merits, and I
am sure no juster compliment could be paid than
that which you have this day awarded to my noble
and gallant friend Lord Clyde. (Cheers.) You
could not do honour to a better soldier—(cheers)—
or one more deserving the approbation of the coun-
try. (Loud cheers.)
Sir L. M'CLINTOCK briefly returned thanks for
the Navy ; but we regret to state that not a word
of what fell from the gallant officer reached our
ears. Indeed, from the position assigned to the
press it was with the utmost difficulty that we
could ever collect the general purport of a speech.

Lord ELCHO, who was much cheered, thanked
the Lord Mayor for having associated his name wih
the Volunteer service. Nowhere in the kingdom,
and from no person could the Volunteer service be
more appropriately toasted than by the Lord
Mayor in the city of London. His Royal High-
ness, as Commander-in-Chief, in the admirable
speech he had just delivered, referred to the noble
regiment of Volunteers belonging to the city of
London, of which he is the honorary colonel, and
of which Lieutenant-Colonel Hicks is the acting
colonel. That regiment was second to no other
in efficiency and martial bearing, and it would ever
be to him a source of satisfaction that he had the
honour of assisting at the meeting in Guildhall to
form it; but there was another regiment in Lon-
don, the oldest in the service, he meant the Hon.
Artillery Company, who recently celebrated their
250th anniversary. (Cheers.) That regiment was
the representative of the famous old trainbands of
London, and it had kept alive the Volunteer spirit
which had sprung up and borne such fruits in our
own times. The Lord Mayor and His Royal
Highness the Commander-in-Chief had spoken of
the Volunteer service in such complimentary terms
that it was not for him, a Volunteer, to dwell on
the subject. He must be permitted to say that the
danger of the Volunteer service was lest it should
he spoilt by the favour with which it was received.
Since it had sprung into existence it had been
specially honoured by her Majesty, associated, as a
standing toast with the army and navy, both sexes
vieing with each other—the prettiest speechfs
being made by the prettiest lips—who should pay
it most honour. (Cheers.) He only hoped Volun-
teers would persevere, not thinking themselves
such fine fellows that they had nothing to do or to
acquire. He confidently believed the movement
would progress, and that it would be found of the
utmost value to the country. It was not for him
as a Volunteer to descant on the value of that force.
That was a matter for the Ministers and persons
I in high places to judge of. It was for them to
say whether it had not been the means of com-
bining all classes in the defence of the country,
and almost extinguishing the trade of agita-
tors who went about setting class against class
—(cheers)—it was for the Ministers to say whether
the movement had not given them such an exhibi-
tion of the spirit of the English nation as enabled
them to deal with those critical questions of foreign
policy which lately agitated the country. (Cheers.)
There was one representative of the Cabinet pre-
sent, and he hoped, as Parliament was about to
meet, nothing would be
.wanting on the part of
Ministers to render the Volunteer force efficient
and permanent. (Cheers.) They did not want to be
anything but a Volunteer force, but there were
many things in which the Government might and
he hoped would assist them ; and he felt confident,
looking to the spirit the country had shown with
reference to the Volunteer force, that whatever the
Government would do the people through their
representatives would liberallyprovide for. (Cheers.)
His Royal Highness had said he hoped the people
of this country would not rely on the Volunteer
force alone, but look still to the army for its chief
and main defence. It was not for him to put him-
self forward as speaking for the Volunteer force,
but speaking as an individual, and he thought he
spoke the sentiments of most Volunteers, he would
say they looked upon themselves as the humble
auxiliaries of the regular army—(cheers)--and he
hoped and trusted that, whatever the strength and.
efficiency of the Volunteer force, it would be always
looked upon only as secondary and auxiliary ; but'
he should like it to be efficient, so that, if need be,
the regulars being sent against the foreign enemy,
the Volunteers might be the home army. (Cheers,)
It would indeed be strange if the most cordial feel-
ing did not exist between the army and the Volun-
teers, all parties connected with the army, from his
Royal Highness the Commander-in-Chief down to
the drummer boy, having done what they could to
teaeh them their drill and promote their efficiency.
(Cheers.) In conclusion, he could not help observ-
ing that their distinguished guest, Lord Clyde, was
hon. colonel of the London Scottish Volunteers, and
therefore it was not only a pleasure, but a duty on his
part to attend on that occasion upon his own com-
manding officer. (Loud cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR then called for a bumper in
honour of their most distinguished guest, Lord
Clyde. (Loud cheers.) He was sure that every
British heart would rejoice in the honours that had
that day been conferred on Lord Clyde and Sir
James Outram. He deeply regretted that the ill
health of Sir James Outram did not permit him to
be present on that occasion. (Loud cheers.) He
had, however, written a letter in which he expressed
some of the sentiments he would have given utter-
ance to had he been permitted to be present. It
was 52 years since their noble guest embarked for
the Peninsula. He went with Sir Arthur Welles-
ley, and commenced a series of services which put

down that great overpowering despotic influence
that was spreading itself over the world. He also
performed distinguished services in America, in the
West Indies, and in other parts of the world. His
services in the Crimea Would not soon be forgotten
by a grateful country. But it *EIS in India that
hi. great experience, skill, and indomitable energy
had been exhibited most illustriously. All the
high qualities of his mind culminated in that great
and happy event—the relief of Lucknow. (Loud
cheers.) It was impossible for any British heart
to read the stirring- account of that memorable day
without the highest admiration and gratitude. The
Corporation of London, he rejoiced to think, had
never been backward in acknowledging the merits
of distinguished men, and he was confident no honour
could have been more deservedly conferred than the
freedom which had that day been given to their
noble and gallant guest. He had great pleasure in
proposing " The Health of Lord Clyde."

The toast was drunk with all the honours.

Lord CLYDE, on rising to respond to the toast,
was received with great cheering. He said—My
Lord Mayor, my lords, ladies, and gentlemen, I
thank you most sincerely for the honour you have
done me. (Cheers.) On such occasions as this
you will perhaps pardon me if I venture to say a
few words concerning myself. Many here are aware
that I was suddenly called upon in this country to
proceed to India after the breaking out of the great
rebellion, and when the death of General Anson
had left the post of Commander-in-Chief unfilled.
(Cheers.) I arrived in India in August, 1857, and
found Delhi in the hands of the rebels—Agra was
surrounded ; our troops and fellow-countrymen and
countrywomen were besieged in Lucknow, and the
whole of the Upper Provinces in the possession of
the enemy. (Cheers.) India, horror-stricken at
the massacre of Cawnpore, was looking to Have-
lock, who had just begun his heroic march for the
rescue of Lucknow. (Cheers.) It was an anxious
time to arrive. Fortunately for England, the
destiny of •our empire in India was confided to a
Governor-General who had a mind and a heart equal
to the emergency. (Cheers.) I knew that the army
I was called on to command contained officers and
men whom any one might be proud to lead, and I felt
the strongest reliance that the restoration of the
British sway was only a work of time. (Cheers.) It is
not for me, in this place, to praise the gallant men
whose names have become household words at home;
but I can never forget the singleness of heart and
devotion which animated every soldier, from the
highest to the lowest. (Cheers.) Nor may I for-
get to render a tribute of hearty admiration for
the fearless behaviour shown in so many desperate
instances by the civil servants of India. (Cheers.)
The planters and other private individuals who
found themselves thrown upon their own resources,
and in the midst of savage enemies, showed a
courage and determination worthy of the highest
praise. (Cheers.) England may point with pride
to the conduct of her sons in that distant country.
(Cheers.) By the blessing of a kind Providence on
our united exertions, I was enabled to leave India
in the enjoyment of peace and tranquillity, and we
may fairly hope that a new era of prosperity and
development is in store for that great empire under
the direct sway of our august Sovereign. (Loud
cheers.)
The LORD MAYOR next proposed " The health
of her Majesty's Ministers," one of whom was pre-
sent on that occasion, and who, from the situation
he filled, would, no doubt, be anxious to bear his
testimony to the distinguished merits of Lord
Clyde. He referred to Sir Charles Wood, the Sec-
retary of State for India. (Loud cheers.)
The toast was drunk with much cordiality.
Sir C. WOOD rose with much pleasure to return
thanks on the part of his colleagues for the compli-
ment paid to them by that great assembly. He felt
it a privilege to be present on that occasion, when
they had met to do honour to distinguished men
who deserved well of their country. He entirely
agreed with what had been said relative to the
manner is which the Governor-General of India
had carried out the Royal proclamation, and vin-
dicated the equality of all classes of her Majesty's
subjects in India. He also sympathized with all
that had been said in honour of those gallant offi-
cers who had, under the Governor-General, done
so much to accomplish the tranquillity of India.
They had amply merited the rewards they
had received in the city of London. It was a great
privilege in this free country that the honours
conferred by the Sovereign could in all cases
be followed by the approbation of the citizens of
great communities, and this privilege had been exer-
cised most worthily by the city of London on the
present occasion. With reference to what Lord
Elcho had said of the Volunteer force, her Majesty's
Ministers were prepared to give them all the sup-
port they so richly deEerved—(cheers)----and in
every way to increase the efficiency of that great
domestic force, which made us safe at home what-
ever the necessity might be for sending the army
abroad. He did not remember who had used the
expression, but he entirely approved it—that of all
presents ever made to the Sovereign, the proudest
was the Volunteer army of this country. (Loud
cheers.) The example of such a force was not with-
out its value even in India. He only wished such
a force had •existed there before the mutiny.
(Cheers.)
The Lord MAYOR then proposed " The House of
Lords," coupling with it the name of Lord Strat-
ford de Radcliffe. (Cheers).

Lord STRATFORD DE REDCLIFFE returned thanks

The Duke of CAMBRIDGE gave " The flealth of
the Lord Mayor,' which his Lordship briefly
acknowledged.
•The following toasts were then given :—" The
House of Commons and the Members for the City of
London," acknowledged by Mr. CRAWFORD ; " The
Governor and Deputy-Governor of the Bank of
England," " The City Companies," " The Sheriffs,"
&c.