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the road was kept clear of rebels by small moveable
columns of infantry and artillery, who marched
along it at irregular intervals. I believe military or-
' ganisation never was carried further than in this in-
stance, where 200 men a-day were .'.regularly for-
warded, along 500 miles-of road, through a country
intersected on all sides with rebel bands, without a
, single detachment being ever cut off. In such cease-
' less cares and anxieties was the time spent at Cal-
cutta by Sir Colin Campbell passed, andnpon the
system theu established wereall our future successes
based. (Cheers.) At length, by the middle of Sep-
tember, which at one time had ter en reduced by
sickness and the sword to 800 effective bayonets, had
been raised by the arrival of all the reinforcements
under Outrana to nearly 3,000 men, with about 20
guns, and he set forth upon th it . heart-stirring
march to Lucknow, the events of which ,are still
fresh in the memories of you all. Ineed hardly re-
call to you gentlemen, that glorious episode when
the 78th Highlanders-and Sikh Regiment of Feroze-
pore threw themselves into that long and fatal
street, which—with musketry flashing from .every
window—lay la.sfote them, gaping like a verymouth
of hell, and ceased not from their headlong chargé,
till Havelock's exhausted soldiers threw therneele es
into the arms of Inglis's heroic band. But, gentle-
men, glorious as was that feat of arms, its first effect
was most unsatisfactory. Instead of the Residency
being relieved and its garrison withdrawn, the re-
lieving force became itself besieged, and was, as it
were, engulfed in the arms of the great city int,
1 which it bad entered. All our disposable men had
been sent forward, and they were all swallowed up.
A new army had to be drawn together, another
effort to be made, and this was done by Sir Colin
in person. The China regiraeute weranuiv arriving,
and nialit and day they were hurried rip to the
front. By an almost proleidentid coidaidense, the
capture of Delhi had nitro rendered'dispiAatV a'
small but highly organised force, which was etrong
exactly in the points whore we wore weak —namely,
in cavalry and field artillery. This column, forcing
its triumphant way, under Greathed, right 00 we
through the Doab, united at Cawnpore with the
reinforcements from Calcutta, and formed the nu-
cleus of the new relieving army. (Cheers.) To
that great and difficult operation, the relief of the
Residency- and withdrawal of its garrison, full jus-
tice has been done in this country ; but 1 do not
think it is generally known how very small was the.
force at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief to
effect it with. Gentlemen, when Sir Cahn Camp-
bell set out on the morning of the 14th November
from Alumbagh, to force his way into the Resi-
dency, not 4,000 bayonets were grouped round his
standard, while 60,000 men in arms held the great
city in his front, and the Gwalior Contingent,
10,000 strong, were moving to intercept his
sole line of retreat and communication at Cawn-
pore. So nicely tinted, so exactly calculated
was that operation, that when, on our march
back from Lucknow, the roar of a heavy but dis-
tant cannonade came wafted to us by the lazy
breeze of evening across the spreading plains of
Oude, we all knew the cause. (Cheers.) It was
Windham struggling in the grasp of the Gwalior
Contingent ; and when, after a forced march of 30
miles, we arrived at night on the banks of the
Ganges, it was to see the balls from an enemy's
battery falling on the bridge, and the sky red with
the flames 'of our burning magazine. Th nit was,
gentlemen, that Sir Colin Campbell galloped with
a few of the staff over the bridge and up to the en-
trenchment. At this time the firing was heavy on
both sides, but no sooner was the old man with his
gray hairs recognized, than the whole garrison,
springing upon the ramparts, sent forth a cheer so
loud and long that the enemy even ceased tbeir
fire, and for some minutes not a sound was heard,
stye when a rifleman, stepping from the ranks, ex-
pressed in simple but touching language the tetl-
ings of all,—" Tharik you for coming, sir ; thank
you for coming." (Cheers.) Simple, gentlemen,
were the words, but they expressed much, for they
showed the confidence of an army in a man. At the
time they were uttered it was not known he had
brought a single soldier with him e and, gentlemen,
let me tell you that that confidence is one not
lightly accorded by the soldier—not easily won by
the commander. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, it was
long said of Sir Colin Campbell that he was too
rash to be intrusted with the command of au army
—that he would squander too recklessly the lives
of his men. Never, perhaps, was a greater mistake
made, a more unfounded judgment uttered. Cau-
tion in conception, rigour in execution, are the great
characteristics of his mind. A very miner of his
soldiers' Mood, he is a spendthrift only of his own.
(Cheers.) The conduct of the 78th and the Sikhs
' under Havelock I have already adverted to, and it
is a mark-worthy circumstance, the friendship
w h ich has sprung up between the Highlanders and the
Sikhs, similar to that which existed in the Crimea
. between them and the Zouaves. The Duke do Mala-
koff issaid to have chosen a Zouava aud a Highland, r
for his supporters, and I am mere that when Sir C.
Campbell is elevated to the peerage he could not
select better supporters than those who have e'er-
ried him through '
many a hard-fought field—a
Highlander and a Sikh. Gentlemen, wherever -on
the plains of Hindosten the waving plumes of the
Highlanders have been seen the slate-coloured
turbans of the Sikhs have been- alongside of them.
Brothers in arms they have been, indeed. (Cheers.)
Gentlemen, it has been my fate to gaze on some
heart-stirring scenes in war. I have seen the stout
Russian soldiery borne backwards at the Teller-
naya, I have seen the French win the.Malakoff,
hut I never saw a finer sight than when' the 934 and
Sikhs rushed upon the Secunderbagh on the 16th of
November at. LuCknOw. Between these gallant
rivals it was a race, neck and neck, which should
first win the breach ; and well they were received,
for no men could have fought more desperately
than the Sepoy garrison did there that day. Bay-
onet to bayonet,' and breast to breast, the struggle
went on in the heart of the building. And when,
three hours after we had first forced an entrance, I
had occasion to return to the point, the musketry
was still rattling in the interior, which yet re-
echoed with the cries of fighting men. I myself
counted in one corner the dead lying piled six deep
upon one another ; and the next morning more
than 2,000 bodies were carried out of a space not
100 yards square. It was a very charnel house.
But, gentlemen, that was not all the 93d had to do
that day. Towards evening the enemy's fire, espe-
cially from the Shah Najjeef, had become so severe
that even Peel's stout gunners could not keep it
down. It became impossible to remain under it as
we were. Then Sir Colin again threw the 93d
'into the scale, and with them turned the beam 0
victory when it was trembling on the balance.
Placing himself at their head, he led them on to
the charge, and well did they acquit themselves of
their mission. You may indeed be proud of them,
maintain the ancient reputation of
dgei,nitletnihee for nobly in that trying hour
they
the Highland regiments, the old honour of the
Scottish name. (Cheers.) Gentlemen,' it were
idle in me to do more than allude to the noble
conduct of the 60th Rifles before Delhi, whore
valour in the field, whose discipline in the camp,
were a constant theme of aimiration to the whole
army—(cheers)—to the stubborn courage of that
G-hoorka corps, which, literally living for weeks
under fire, refused to be relieved, and held to the
last the advanced post they had so bravely won ; to
the stern endurance of those Bengal Artillerymen,
who for four days and nights, served without relief
I in the breaching batteries, and, when on the fifth
day, the storming columns swept by, sank down,
, overpowered with sleep, beside the pieces they had
worked so well ; to the self-devo ion of Middle-
ton's battery of Royal Artillery at Lucknow, who,
to cover the formation and advance of the 931,
galloped down with cheers which re-echoed over
the field to within pistol-shot of the Shah Najjeef,
and there, beneath a withering fire of musketry
from its walls, before which horse and man went
down like grass before the scythe, continued to pour
in round after round of grape until the Highlanders
Passed on ; to the constancy of those two bat-
talions of the Rifle Brigade at Cawnpore who,
when disaster had fallen upon Windhane's
nobly maintained, against overwhelming numbenrs.
t•ght,
on the left, the superiority of England's arms and
the reputation of the British flag. (Cheers.) Gentle-
men,solonl,)..havAelltoowamponlougnisnee faograhinaving
to offerin my3o own
moat creep and heartfelt thanks—not chrdarn,eduymouy
name of those to whom I owe thisu grant in
tiuguished honour. I thank you, gentlemen,
name—that I do not presume to do—bauntdin
dtilse_
army in
the name.lonfdiSai.r C(oLlninudecahnlenebri3.ol4.a)nd in that of the
er being called upon for
SIT ARCIIISA.LD ALISO ,
the next toast, said—This festive meeting has
whole country,
the been
inhabitants assembled
o f
ht oi s express
which, in common with thegreat thecommunity gratifica-
tion
feel at the fulfilment of their hopes—the realisation
of their anticipations, mingled, I am proud to say,
with the kindly regard they entertain towards one
bred and educated among themselves, and con-
nected with them by the closest ties of affection—
who has borne a part, however inconsiderable, in
these glorious achievements. (Cheers.) We, my
lord, may feel proud that not only has Scotland

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given birth to the hero whose exploits , re
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especial man connected with his rAp,,.,.! cf.
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the firSt to bring it Progtinently ,boctrp_.:(44-e
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wide-spread has sinc,erbeeom4 the.p.ffulgalcOf .”1- ie,
fame which was -then only iu its dawn' "Meat'. : sa
hear.) We hailed then the hero of St. S- bastian,-, . r
the conqueror df the Almay_the indomitable chief,,„ =.
of the Highittrut Brigado ;
,we 'now have I o record .-.1.7 ' I •
our gratitude
,to the chiliverer of .Lucknow, the,
conqueror of Cawnpere, the saviQui of India.: ' 7-`,l,
(Cheers.) Sr Archibald,:after ref rt-ing in an ani- '.l
mated strain to the exploits of Sir Cohn Campbell,
said—Come what may; die' great work has be&n
done. .Scaland has taken her. place in, the ti iutn-
virate of the national glory ; for, if England Can
record-the-deed.; cdher_Alarlhorough; and Iteland'
point exultation to Wellington's name, Scotland
can now place by:their side that of Campbell. And
if the first reSrained the. ambition of LouisX.lNT.,_
and the second rescued Europe from the gtasp of
Napoleon, the last has done a still greater service
to humanity, for he has delivered India from the
tyranny of Nana Sahib. I beg to PropOse "The
health of Sir Colin Campbell, and that of the OM-
cers acrd
,Soldi,rs under his command, as well in -
the QuEen's as in the 6empan,'s.stivice. and a
speedy and decisive triumph to their aimi." (The
learned Sheriff sat down amid great cheering.)
The •toast was drunk with great enthusiasm.
Several othr appropriale toasts were then given
and dtily aciiiioWledgd. __

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IRELAND.

DU BLIN 'fnuasDAY
• - THE COLLEGE RIOTS. .
The trials of Cololit-1 Bcowne 'and tha policemen - • '
implicated in. the rioti . of. tint 12tli of March will
positively come. Off at the Commitsion of Oyer and 7
TerMiner, which opens on tho 17th of June.ii:ixt.-
It is stated, that 'either the Attorney or Solicitor
General will conduct the prosecution of tho
in person. The judgak) on tr. 4 rota are Justice.
Christian and.Jostice•O'Brien, ,but it :is said-that
stienuons ends are InAde- to induce the •
venerable Baron Peninifatl4l• tO act iu place of •
,Jiidge al.„tlie-.ltitt,•i: - is Wlievbd to-sliaVe
exl)ressoci`-aii- uriwillingno•s to preside.. on - the --
ocea ion.

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