The Sun.
London, England, 1858-10-08 00:00:00

COURT OF COMMON COUNCIL.

Yesterday a Court was held for the despatch of
public business.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO

BARON CLYDE.

Mr. CHARLES REED moved

"That the freedom of the City, with a sword of the
value of 100 guineas, be presented to the Right Hon.
Baron Clyde_ Commander-in-Chief of her Majesty's
Forces in the East Indies, in testimony of the distinguished
services he has rendered to his country; and particularly
for his decisive operations in Lucknow, which have
resulted in the reduction and occupation of that im-
portant position, the dispersion of the rebel force from their
great rallying point, and the undoubted confirmation of the
ascendancy of the British arms."
Mr. REED said,—My Lord Mayor,—l have to
ask this Court to allow me the opportunity, of
stating that the delay which has arisen in bringing
before their notice the resolution placed upon the
paper of business some months since is not attribut-
able to any other cause than an anxious desire to
have the fullest means of forming a judgment upon
the affairs of British India before considering the
question involved in my motion. (Hear, hear.) It
has been my duty upon two separate occasions, in
deference to what seemed to be the general opinion
of the Court, to postpone the introduction of the
motion. It is presented to you to-day with the full
conviction that you are prepared to discharge one
of the highest and most noble functions of your cor-
porate body, I mean the right of conferring upon such
men as you may consider entitled to this mark of your
distinction the freedom of this ancient city. (Hear,
hear.) It is not in your power to decorate the breast
with stars, nor is it yours to buckle the garter on
the knee. You cannot ennoble by title, or make a
plain soldier into a peer of the realm, but you can
give that which the sons of Royalty are honoured
by receiving, that which none but the truly great
can wear. I ask you to-day to add to that roll
of fame upon which stand inscribed the names
of Clive, Abercrombie, Sidney Smith, Nelson, and
Wellington, the names of two men to whom we
owe very mainly, under God, the safety of our
Indian Empire. (Cheers.) Very recently we voted
the freedom of this city to a Lawrence, and, though
called to twine the cypress with the laurel, we have
not forgotten to weave our civic wreath to the
memory of the. noble Havelock. (Cheers.) The
two other generals most distinguished in the his-
tory of the Indian mutiny are Campbell and Out-
ram, and to them I now ask you to award the
highest honour which it is in your power to confer.
(Cheers.) Colin Campbell, sprung from an ancient
family of Scotland, entered the army in 1808, con-
sequently he has served his country for more than
half a century. His earlier career is not a matter
so much of memory in :this assembly as of history.
We first hear of him in 1808 at Vimiera. He then
follows the fortunes of Sir John Moore, and is with
him at Corunna. He distinguishes himself at the
surrender of Flushing, is mentioned at Barossa,
Tarragona, and Tarifa, and is actively engaged
under 'Wellington at Vittoria. He leads the memor-
able forlorn hope at San Sebastian, and leaves
behind him in the record of that eventful campaign
repeated proofs of his courage, judgment, and skill.
(Cheers.) In 1814 he is engaged in America, and
only leaves that country to quell a formidable
revolt in Demerara. Achieving a signal success,
he holds an important command in China, which
he retains till 1848, when he is ordered to the
Punjab, under Lord Gough. At Ramnuggur and
Chillian wallah he evinces the cool intrepidity for
which he is so eminently distinguished. In 1849
he is a Brigadier-Generai in Affghanistan, and the
record of his services there is too fresh in our
memory to need even a passing reference. When
the Russian war commenced, and everything
assumed the state of inextricable confusion, there
was one man whose presence in the Crimea gave
the British people confidence and hope. Why
Campbell did not hold a different position in that
campaign it is only for us to surmise. Of this we
are assured, that no man deserved a higher post,
and no man earned more real glory than he
did. (Cheers.) The victory of Alma belongs
to those intrepid men who followed the leadership
of him, who, when his horse fell under him,
headed his regiment crying out, " We'll hae nave
but Highland bonnets here." He it was who turned
the fortunes of the day at Balaklava, and, if not
conspicuous at Sebastopol, he was there prepared
to do his duty. (Cheers.) When the mutiny broke
out in India, all eyes were turned to General Camp-
bell, and, on the news of the lamented fall of
Anson, the public learnt, with the highest satisfac-
tion, of the nomination of his successor. Prompt
and decisive in all his movements, he received his
command and instantly left to assume it. Within
24 hours of his appointment, with scarcely time to
communicate with his nearest relations, he was not
only ready, but had actually quitted our shores.
His arrival. at Calcutta had a most tranquillizing
effect, confirming constancy and devotion, and sti-
mulating. hope and fortitude. (Hear, hear.) Aware
of the critical position of our interests in India and
resolved to strike his first blow at Lucknow, he
gathered his forces for the rescue of those patriot
warriors, Havelock and Outram, shut up within
that important fortress. It is needless to describe
to you the wonderful skill with which Sir Colin
Campbell effected his approach and gained his vic-
tory at the very gates of the city. The meeting of
those generals the artist and the poet maydepict
to future generations, I will not attempt to describe
it. The men and their achievements have gathered
around them the highest renown. To strengthen
the position, to make good an evacuation, to escort
in safety that gallant band of our fellow-country-
men wita women and tender children, to bear them
safely through the heart of a cruel and bloodthirsty
host, and to house them in security in Cawnpore,
were achievements of the profoundest skill and
bravery, and though the planning of this is gene-
rously ascribed to Outram, it was effected by Camp-
bell. (Hear, hear.) Retrieving the false step of
b
Windham, gaining the bridge of boats, his object
at Cawnpore being secured, Sir Colin Campell
hastens to join Outram at the Alumbagh, and
by a combined attack to repossess themselves
of Lucknow. . We know how that work was
accomplished—how, throwing off the officialism
of the general, the commander of the noble
army became a personal leader—how, exposing
his own life, he covered the position of his men,
sparing life everywhere. We know how he effected
a complete and, speaking by comparison, bloodless
victory, gaining possession of one of the largest
cities in India, and turning the retreat of the muti-

neers into a tumultuous flight. We know how he
chased them in confusion to Rohilcund and Bareilly,
and scattered them far up into the wild recesses of
the Himalayas. (Cheers.) Gentlemen, I ask you,
as a man of peace, as an earnest patriot, as a citizen
of London, to do honour to a man who, in the
terms of my resolution, has accomplished that
which has resulted in the undoubted confirmation
of the ascendancy of the British arms in India.
(Loud cheering.)
Sheriff CONDER—My Lord Mayor, I beg leave
to second that motion. _ _

Mr. BARKLEY moved, as an amendment, that
the consideration of the question be postponed till
the return of Lord Clyde to this country.
Mr. DAVIES seconded the amendment.
The amendment was put and lost by an over-
whelming majority.
The motion was then carried unanimously, amid
loud and prolonged cheering.

PRESENTATION OF THE FREEDOM OF THE CITY TO
SIR JAMES OUTRAM.

Mr. C. REED—My Lord Mayor, the public are
less informed regarding the services of Sir James
Outram than of the services of Lord Clyde, but I
am convinced that his commanding talents and
superior virtue are known and appreciated by this
Court. (Hear, hear.) In the first instance I coupled
his name with that of Sir Colin Campbell, but
adopting the suggestion of a distinguished officer of
the Indian army, I have felt it right to place them
before you now in a separate form, and the resolu-
tion I have now to move is as follows : _ _ _

" That the freedom of the city, with a sword of the
value of one hundred guineas, be presented to Lieut.-Gen.
Sir James Outram, K.C.8., in testimony of the signal ser-
vices rendered by him in suppressing mutiny and rebellion
in the East Indies, and in admiration of his high personal
and public character, exemplified through a long period of
military service in the East, as a brave, skilful, and patriotic
soldier."

(Cheers.) Sir James Outram has been in active
service 40 years in civil and military capacities.
He entered the East India Company's service in
1819, and. was sent out in that year to Candeish.
Full of youthful ardour he headed a storming party
at Kittoor, and in 1825 was engaged in suppres-
sing an insurrection in Moolain. In 1826 he
entered upon a work as perilous as it was impor-
tant. The tribe of the Bheels were a wild band of
robbers, infesting a district of which it had been
resolved to dispossess them. Their system of
plunder was so harassing that the doctrine of ex-
termination had been openly preached, and Outram
was selected to perform this service. The doctrine
was as hateful to him as the means proposed to ac-
complish it were cruel, and he resolved to abandon
both. He went in among them, and by his valour
and kindness subdued these marauders, and won
them over to his confidence. In less than 11 months
he had formed them into a corps, and the very men
who lived to rob and kill were enrolled to protect
and defend the territory which had been the scene
of depredation. So powerful a force did this Bheel
Corps become that Outram led them, at the out-
break of the rebellion, into the jungle of the Daung
to quell that revolt, and there, upon the testimony
of Sir J. Malcolm, he accomplished a work not less I
wonderful. Sir S. Malcolm publicly recorded his
thanks "for the zeal, ability, and judgment Lieut.
Outram had displayed, to which is to be attributed
the fortunate conclusion of the harassing service he
has had to encounter ;" and in a subsequent general
order he observes that Outram had to encounter
many difficulties which his local influence and per-
sonal character could alone have overcome, and he
directed the attention of the army to him as one of
those officers " who add to knowledge of their duty
as soldiers acquaintance with the habits, preju-
dices, and languages of the natives, and who, by
conciliatory conduct to all ranks, secures their
confidence and effects objects which by military
force alone they never could accomplish." His
unparalleled activity and energy in preparing
for the expedition to Affghamstan was highly
eulogised. A late member of this court, distin-
guished for services rendered as a professional man
in India, and whose absence from our council we
all sincerely deplore, testifies to this fact in the
highest terms. He refers to the skill of Outram in
quelling a mutiny, and narrates the history of this
campaign, eulogizing the many virtues and pro-
found knowledge of this remarkable soldier.
(Hear, hear.) In 1839 the Shah Shoojah, exposed
to peril from a lawless banditti, finds a generous
protector in Outram ; and the Ameer of Scinde
shortly after experiences in an English officer a
generous conqueror. Sir John Keane had threatened
to storm and sack the capital of the Ameer, unless
terms of capitulation were instantly submitted to.
Outram took charge of the expedition, and so suc-
cessfully employed his opportunity that the Ameer
was won over to confide in the British power, and,
dying, committed his sons to the care of Outram,
saying, in words stamped with the sincerity of
death, " You are to me as my. brother ; from the
days of Adam no one has found so great truth and
friendship as I have found in you." (Cheers.) His
services in Upper Scinde were so highly appreciated
that Lord Auckland testified in the House of Lords
in 1842 that "to no man in a public office was the
public under greater obligations than to Major
Outram; a more distinguished servant of the
Government did not exist, nor one more eminent in
a long career." And Sir Charles Napier, at a
banquet given to Major Outram,when leaving for
Bombay, used these words :—" n the 14th century
there was in the French army a knight renowned
for his gallantry in war and wisdom in council.
That knight was the Chevalier Bayard. Gentlemen,
I give you the Bayard of India, Major James
Outram, of the Bombay army." (Cheers.) Few
men have been entitled to or have received such a
tribute of praise. Returning to Egypt for health
Outram pursued his career of incessant activity till
called to return to India to assume the highest posi-
tion the Indian Government could give him at
Baroda. He only releases himself from this arduous
service to take the command of the expedition to
Persia, where he nominated the noble Havelock
as his companion. (Cheers.) No one here will
regret the brief nature of that campaign, and these
two men, though prepared. for duty, triumphed
rather in peace, though it brought a cessation to
their occupation. Havelock having preceded him,
Outram was sent out to command the Indian army.
He landed. there, without doubt, the fittest man for
such a responsible charge. He knew every inch of
ground—he knew the resources of the people—he
knew the people themselves, and they knew well
the courage and clemency of the Sahib Outram.
(Cheers.) Knowing the perilous position of Have-
lock—how with a small band he was breasting the
full and swelling tide of mutiny in his attempt to
reach Lucknow, he pressed forward to his friend.
Perhaps no record in history exhibits a rarer proof
of true magnanimity than the noble resolve of
Outram to yield up the command of that column of
relief to Havelock. " No," said he, " Havelock is
entitled to all the glory. He shall lead to Luck-
now, and not till then shall I assume the com-
mand." (Cheers.) He volunteered his services under
Havelock. They passed the Ganges together, and
the rolling tide of rebellion closed in behind them.
There was nothing before them but Lucknow or
death, and their brave hearts were prepared to
abide the issue. (Loud cheers.) You know how
gloriously they achieved the rescue of Inglis and
our imprisoned countrymen, and how in turn they
were shut in for seven weeks, amid great privation,
till the arrival of Sir Colin Campbell. That evacua-
tion was the work of Outram, and in the dead of
that November night, by a most skilful ruse, every
one of the long-imprisoned garrison found safety in
a retreat that will be long remembered in the an-
nals of British history. Holding the Alumbagh,
Outram was ready to join in the general attack
upon the fortress of •Lucknow. (Cheers.) You know
who headed. the storming party, who gained the
bridge, who made the breach in those walls, and
who was the first to scale the heights and. plant
the British banner within the, residency—Outram
was the leader. Though second he was every-
where the first, and his daring secured for us the
repossession of that stronghold, temporarily wrested
from our hands. Si James Outram has received a
baronetcy and a pension. May we not hope that the
Victoria Cross will yet be his ? We cannot do more
than confer our freedom—an ornament greatly
coveted. Grant it this day to General Outram as
a man of consummate skill and daring bravery—a
man of true generosity, clemency, and humanity—
a man worthy of the old chivalry of Europe—the
true Bayard of India, sans peur et sans reproche.
(Loud cheers.)
Mr. DOLLOND seconded the motion, which was
carried unanimously amid loud cheers.

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