The Sun.
London, England, 1858-03-05 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a court, which was most numerously
attended, was held fox the despatch of public busi-
ness. •

THE LATE SIR HENRY HAVELOCK,
Alderman HALE moved—" That a bust of the
late Major-General Sir Henry Havelock be executed
and placed within the Guildhall, in memory and
commemoration of the skill and bravery displayed
by him in relieving Cawnpore and Lucknow, and
for his heroic conduct as commander of the brave

troops placed under him in the East Indies." He
said—My Lord Mayor, I can assure the court that
I do not make this motion from any vain desire on
my part to obtrude myself before them. lam
prompted to do so solely by a sense of duty, which
I think I, in common with those gentlemen by
whom I am surrounded, owe to the memory of so
great and good a man as the late General Have-
lock. (Hear, hear.) We have been reading for
some time past of the glorious deeds and achieve-
ments of that great man. With his history I
imagine you are ail acquainted. He was originally
brought up to the law, and he changed his profes-
son to that of arms when he was 18 or 19 years of
age. He remained in this country about 18 years
in the army. He was at Waterloo. In 1823 he
went to India, where, with the exception of two
years, he remained from that year to the time of his
death. When we recollect his long servitude in
India, the many battles in which he was engaged,
and his many hair breadth escapes, we are the more
grieved at the loss which this country has sustained
in his death. (Hear, bear) When he first went
out he was engaged in the Burmese War ; he there
showed himself not only to be a scholar, but like-
wise a linguist—he acted asinterpreter to the army,
and he was one of the party who draw up the treaty
of peace between Bermah and this country. He
was appointed adjutant in 1838, and was promoted
to the staff of the Commander-in-Chief during the
ktiglian War. He endured the hardships and
Privations of that campaign, and escaped unhurt,
for tho good of his country. After being suc-
ceeded, he, in 1842, published an account of
that campaign. At a subsequent period he
was appointed to a command in the force seat
to Pcrsi-, and had hardly landed there before
he was called b.tck to Calcutta, when lie arrived
jest in time to be ordered up to awnpore, to take
the coin wand of the small army there. It is use-
less for me to recapitulate the very in iny daring
and glorious deeds which he performed, and the
rnuuner in which he exercised the ability of which
he Air as pod leased—tho SLICJeSC3 which attend, d
him, frequently beating thousands of the enemy
with a ultra handful of men. (Cheers.) The re-
sult of his noble and heroic efforts was the relief of
Cawtipore. (Renewed cheers.) Under all these
circuins' ante, I think we cannot do otherwise than

place the bust of that hero in this chamber. We
have a Wellington and a Nelson, whOse deeds will
live in the history of their country for ever, and I
have no doubt that such will be the case with
Havelock, .who was a scholar, a linguist, and a
Christian gentleman. (Cheers.)
Mz.. Lowe seconded the motion, and Mr. AER
mlm supported it,.
The resolution was carried unanimously amid
acclamations, and it was referred to the general
purposes. committee to carry it into effect.
VOTE OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO SIR JOHN
44ITRENCE.

Ag

Alderman SALOMONS moved :—That the free
dom of the City be voted to Sir John Lawrence,
the Chief Commissioner of the Puujaub, for the
energy manifested by him in crushing the mutinous
spirit of the Bengal regiments in the Punjaub, and
for his prompt exertions in maturing the prepara-
tions weich
saiwy of our positions in the north-west of India."
He said--My led to the capture of Delhi, and the
y Lord Mayor, I can assure you that
I come forward with the greatest diffidence, and I
feel that I must solicit the indulgence of the court,
because the individual to whom I am about to call
attention is not a military man. I cannot detail
to you, therefore, those scenes of gallantry and
greatness which take such hold of tee mind, and
which in all ages and in all times have taken pos-
session of the hearts of mankind, for there
can be nothing more noble than the fact of men
going out to a distant clinic, hazarding their lives
and fortunes, and falling a sacrifice for the honour of
their Sovereign and the welfare of their native
laud: (Cheers.) My Lord Mayor, Sir John
Lawrence is a very peculiar man, and probably I
may say without any. disparagement is one of the
greatest men that the British people have seen in
the government of our possessions in India. His
father was au officer in the Eest India Company's
service ; he was lucky enough to have three sous,
al distinguished men and devoted to the service of
their country. The eldest, Sir Henry Lawrence,
the man above all others known in India as pro-
, bably one, of . the .Best 4adininistostors, ono of its:,
most gallant reer—..;a man who shed his -blood for
his eountry,—a matt who wag the first defender of
Luoknow—a man to whose arrangements and fore-
sight probably we owe it that Lucknow was able to
hold out, and that we were able at length to sea
many capiive men, wouten and children restored to
their families, their homes, and their native land.
Sir Henry Lawrence need nut alone appeal to his
countrymen at home—he has erected to himself in
the East Indies an imperishable monument at
Kussowlee, to which he himself subscribed with a
most liberal hand. (Hear, hear.) Fancy an officer
of the East India Company's service, with no large
private fortune, devoting 1,0001. a-year to maintain
a military asylum, out of pure regard for the service
with which lie had associated ! (Hear, hear.) Of
the deeds of Havelock we have just heard by. the
motion of my h
Lawrence in the same way—
on. friend,
hearts nd
bled
,when
Aldermanhensve Hale.
heard
We all
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examples of fine soldiers and of
dherroL.iloiraft
Sir
rr
Henry
he was a chivalrous and heroic man. These men
NCVlelrreisteiamningeennttlemen combined. (Hear.) Those two
men now lie iu the cold ground, almost side by side,
in a laud where their graves will probably still be
bathed with blood. Sir John Lawrence still lives.
individual worthy of it. We hey°
The court may now confer a high and great distinc-
itliiognmuy
pporienzand and greatly valued the power of be-
ycluapssonmviwn ghuoisies
greatest benefits
won great distinctions for himself, and has con-
ferredpsteorwsoinngs. theafreereediosmaufmthidisdcleit
upon his country.
Divine Providence, he my have the
the
I trust the decision of this court will be such that,
on this platform to receive
t
at your hands the honourable end inestimable tes-
timonial ..
which I on his behalf now seek at your
hands—a testimonial which has ever been coveted
iofesips opportunity i byty of standing
by the purest, the greatest, and the best of men.
(Much cheering.)
Deputy DAKIN seconded the motion. He said—
What a bead-roll of heroes has the last nine months
called forth amongst the British force on the plains
of Hindustan, equalling, if not rivalling, the glories
of the first conquerors and statesmen, and Have-
lock, and Campbell, and Colvin, and Lawrence, are
i ngs n
associates!esl ey IC of
CI
i(Ye and Wellington, of as-
the e rs. ) And what a glo-
rious heritage have they preserved ! India, with its
160;000,000 of people, rich and fert.le isi material
wealth, and presenting a noble opportunity to open
out to its inhabitants the advantages of commerce,
the humanising influences of civilisation, and the
higher blessings of Divine truth. (Cheers.) On
these grounds 1 submit to you that we shell cheer-
fully render our tribute of honour to Sir John
Lawrenee—apethaps the greatest man which the
exigencies of the time have called forth, and as we
add his name to the long list of worthies connected
with our ancient gelid, we emphatically exclaim,
"May England in her due of stirring action always
find a Sir John Lawrence." (Loud ceeers.)
The RECORDER put the motion, which was carried
unanimously amid acclamations.
DISABILITIES OF THE JEWS.
Mr. ANDERTON moved, " That this court has
heard with much
pleasure that the Right Hun.
Lord Julio Ruesell, one of the members for this
city, has in the House of Ceramons renewed his
notice to move,
'that the house do resolve its f
r her Majesty's Jewish subjecte.'
into a committee to consider the oaths of allegiance,
el
supremacy, and abjuration, and also to consider the
disabilit:es A Metiv
Tile motion was carried and the Sheriffs were
ordered to pment a petition, which was adopted
in conformity therewith.—nedjourucd.

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