The Sun.
London, England, 1858-05-28 00:00:00

LONDON,_ FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 28, 1858.

EAST INDIA HOUSE, 26Th MAT, 1858.
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN, That the
next Examination of Candidates for the appointment of As-
sistant-Surgeon in the service of the East India Company wid be
held at this House on MONDAY, the 12th July, and fucceeding
days, and that Vie probable number of Vacancies in the Me deal
Establishment to be then filled up will be Forty.

-J. D. DICKINSON, Secretary

G"
.AT WESTERN RAILWAY.-
PANDSOR and BACK for 2s. 6d., from Paddington. Week
Days at 8.45 and 10.30 a.m., returning at 6.35 and 8.5 p.m. On
Sund,.ls, from Paddington at 9 a m., returning at 7 p.m.
11—,MLET or TAPLOW and back, on Sundays, for 2s. ed., from
PP Jdington at 9 a.m., returning from lleuley at 8.55 p.m., and Tap-
-I.er, at 6.57 p.m.

I ASCOT RACES.—LONDON and SOUTH-
WESTERN RAILWAY.—From Waterioa-bridge Station to
Ascot, within 405 yards of the Grand Stand.
Horses and Carriages—On Monday, May 31, a Special Train, with
carriages and horses, will leave Waterloo for Ascot Station, at 3.50
pm- The 4.40 p.m. ordinary train on that day will not convey
horses and carriages.
Arrangement of Trains on Ist. 2d, 31, and 4th June.—On Tues-
day the let, and on Thursday, the 3d June, a train, with seated
covered carriages, will run from London to Ascot at 8.15 a.m., and
will return from Ascot to London at 7.30 p.m.
Fares there and back, or either way, es ; or fares there and back,
with the privilege of returninz by any train to which covered car-
riages are attached, up to Saturday, 7s. ed.
Special Trains will ran from London to Ascot. each day, from
10 a.m. till 12.45 p.m., and will return from Ascot to London from
4 till 7 p.m.
Fares there and back, or either way.—On Tuesday, Ist, and
Thursday 3d—first-class, 12s. 6d.; second-class, 10s. On Wednes-
day 2d, and Friday, 4th—first-class, 10x.; second-class, 7s. Double
journey tickets, available for the four d ays—first- c' ass, 425.; second-
class, 325. Sufficient first-class accommodation cannot be guaran-
teed by every train.
Tickets, at the above-mentioned fares, can be obtained on and after
Monday, the 31st May, at Messrs. Tattersall's, Hyde-park corner ;
and at the Universal Office, Regent-Orcus ; Swan-with-two • Necks,
Gresham-street; Spread Eagle, Gracechurch•street ; 53, King Wil-
liam-street, City ; Bolt-in-Tun, Fleet-street ; Green man and Still,
Oxford-street; George and Blue Boar, Holborn; Golden-cross,
Charing-cross; Blossoms Inn, Lawrence-lane, Cheapside ;or 90,
High-street, Borough. By order.
Waterloo-bridge Station, May, 1858.

LONDON and NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
IVAY.—IIETUIZN TICKETS, Firat, Oa. 215., .11 C1,,c,1
Carriages 12s. 6d., available for seven days ; and First Class 375.,
and Closed Carriages 175., available for 2s days. are issued until
further notice, by all trains, according to class, between London
(Eustort Station) and Liverpool, Birkenhead, Chester, Warrington,
Wigan, Preston, Manchester, Stockport, Staleybridge, Greenfield,
Oldham, Huddersfield, Dewsbury, Batley, 131. stal, and Bolton.
Care should be taken at the London-road Station, Manchester, to
ask for tickets by the London and North-Western route.—By Order.
London, Euston Station, April 9, 185$.

LONDON ds NORTH-WESTERN RAILWAY
COMPANY. NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN, that a
SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING of the Proprietors of the London
and North-Western Railway Company will be held at the EUSTON
STATION, London, on 'FRIDAY, the 11th day of June, 1858, at
Twelve o'clock at Noon, for the purposa of submitting to the Pro-
prietors for their consideration, and, if thought tit, for their approval,
the following bills affecting this Company now pending in Parlia-
ment; that is to say—
" A Bill to ena'-,le the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to construct works and to acquire additional lands in the
counties of Salop, Middlesex, Hertford, Buckingham, Warwick,
Chester, Stafford, Northampton, and Leicester ; for authorising
arrannments in reference to The Improved Postal and Passenger
communication between England and Ireland Act, 1855,' and with
the Midland Italic ay Company; and for other purposes."
"A Bill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to make extensions of their Railway from Longsight to. Hyde
and Staleybridge, and for other purposes."
"A Bill to authorise arrangements between the Chester and Holy-
bead Railwoy Company and London and North-Western ltsilway
Company, and to authorise the Chester and Holyhead Railway C. m-
pany to raise a further sum of money, and for other purposes."
"A Bill to enable the Mersey Docks and Harb.mr Board to con-
struct works at Birkenhead, in substitution fir', and in addition to,
those already authorised, and to construct a sea wall and other works
ate he north end of the Liverpool (locks, and for other purposes."
A Bill for enabling the Shrewsbury and Welchpool Railway C .m-
-pany to make a deviation and a short line of railway near Shrews-
bury, and to extend the powers of the said Company for purchasing
lands and completing their Railway, and for other purposes."
"A bill for the amalgamation of the Hertford and Welwyn Junc-
tion Railway Company and the Luton, Dunstable, and Welwyn
Junction Railway Company into one Company, to be called ' The
Hertford, Luton, and Dunstable Railway Company,' and for regu-
lating the capital of the Company formed by the amalgamation, and
for ot-er purposes."

"A Bill for making better provision with respect to the manage-
ment of the Manchester, South Junction, and Altrincham Railway
Company, and for other purpo,os."
Easton Station, London, 27th day of May, 1858.
CH ANDOS, Chairman.
C. R. MOORSOM, Deputy Chairman.
HENRY BOOTH.
CHARLES E. STEWART, 1 Secretaries.

By order,

SALE OF PROVISIONS, Etc., AT GOSPORT.
ADMIRALTY, SOMERSET-PLACE, 25th Way, 1858.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, do Hereby Give Notice, that on FRIDAY, the 18th
Juno next, at 11 'o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superm-
tendent will put up to sale, In the Royal Clarence Victualling Yard,
at Gosport, several Lots of

NAVY PROVISIONS, VICTUALLING and TRANSPORT
STORES;

consisting of Tongues, Rice, Biscuit, Biscuit Dast, Salt Beef and
Pork, Staves, Paym sters' Implements, Seatnens' Clothing, and
Transport Bedding, &c., &c., &c., all lying in the said Yud.
Persons wishing to view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
for notes of admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at
the Yard.

SALE OF PROVISIONS, &c. AT DEPTFORD.
AMUR-ALM SOMERSET-PLACE, 2/th May, 1858.
THE Commissioners for Executing the Office of
Lord High Admiral of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland do hereby give notice, that on WEDNESDAY, the :16th
June next, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon, the Captain Superintendent
will put up to Sale. in her Majesty's Victualling Yard at Deptford,
Several Lots of Army 'Stores, Seamen's Clothing, and Transport
and Medical Stores; consisting of Compressed Vegetables, Coffee,
Shoes, Jackets, and Trousers, Bedding,. Ike., &c., &c., all lying in
the said Tard.
Persons wishing to 'view the Lots must apply to the Superintendent
ter notes of admission for that purpose.
Catalogues and Conditions of Sale may be had here and at the
Tard.

EORGE HOBSON begs to ;nvite the attention
'Or of Gentlemen to his new Stock ofTrowscrings for the pre-
sent season, price 21s. to 255.
O. H. submits for inspection his new Overcoats, in all the new ap-
proved and various strides of colour for string wear. Excellence
With Economy. A suit of clothes made in I few hours' notice.
GEORGE HOBSON, 57 Lomoard-street.
ESTABLISHED 1716.

P. HANCOCK, of Bruton-street and New
.C • Bond-street, Jeweler am! Silversnith to the Principal
Sovereigns and Courts of Europe, begs leaveto remove an erronecas
impression which exists amongst some of hit customers, that he has
retired, or it about to retire, from business. This impression (which
is entirely unfounded) has probably ari,sn ii consequence of the re-
tirement and selling off ~f a jeweller of the tame name, also of New
Bond-street, but with whom C. F. Hancock is not, and never hat
been, in any way connected, either in baslnes or by relationship.

R. HOWARD, 6urgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-
street, has ntroduced an entirely nev description of ARTI-
eICIAL TEETH Axed without springs, wires or ligatures. They so
;erfectly resemble the nataral teeth as not tobe distinguished from
the original by the closest observer; they will sever change colour or
lecay, and will be found very superior to any steth ever before used.
Phis method does not require the extraction o:roots, or any painful
o,seration, and will support and preserve teeth that are loose, and is
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication; and that Mr.
Howard's improvement may be within the result of the most econo-
mical, he has fired the charges at the lowest scale possible. De-
cayed teeth stopped and rendered sound ani useful in mastica-
tion.—s 9, Fleet-street. At home fkom ten til Ave.

SIR A. H. _ELTON, M.P., ON MR. CARD.
WELL'S MOTION.

On Wednesday evening a public meeting was held in
the Guildhall, Bath, for the purpose of hearing from Sir
A. H. Elton an explanation of the course adopted by
him on the recent motion of Mr. Cardwell, and also an
expression f his opinion on the leading questions of the
day. The Banqueting-hall of the Guildhall was com-
pletely fi led, and a great many Conservative electors
were present; Mr. Alderman Hunt presided, in the ab-
sence of Felconer.
Sir A. '4lil'oN veal rec,ived with loud cheers. He
Cbairman and gentlemen, it hag been one
endeavour to act openly and honestly, and I hope I
have acted fairly during the short period which has
elapsed since you did me the honour of electing me at
the head of the poll as one of the representatives of this
city. Since that time many great and important events
have passed, and the state of political parties in the
House of Commons at this moment is one of a very com-
plicated nature. I wish to address you upon those sub-
jects, and to explain the course which I have felt it
my duty to take during the last few wonthe. The sub-
ject, matter, gentlemen, upon which I wish particularly
to address you relates to the proclamation of Lord Can-
ning to the people of Oude, to the despatch written and
published by Lcrd Ellenborough coin'etnntng, and to a
certain extent abrogating, that proclamation, and to the
motion for a vote of censure upon the Government,
which Mr. Cardwell unsuccessfully endeavoured to carry
through the House of Commons. The people of Oude
were certainly placed in a peculiar situation with regard
to us. They had only recently been brought in contact
with us ; they had not sworn fidelity to us, and when
the great mutiny broke out they naturary caught the
infection and flew to arms for the purpose of asserting,
however mistakenly, their independence. Well, Lord
Ellenborough having sent out inetruetiont to this effect,
we can understand their amazement when the news of
the proclamation of Lord Canning actually reached them.
Of this proclamation I shall read a couple of paragraphs,
becauee they contain the prominent features of the docu-
ment, and because they will enable you to understand
its spirit. The Governor-General declares that, " with
the above-mentioned exceptions, the proprietary right in
the soil of the province is confiscated to the British Go-
vernment, which will dispose of that right in such man•
nor as to it may seem fitting. To those talookdars,
chiefs, and lardholeers, with their followere, who shall
make immediate submission to the Chief Commissioner
of Oude, surrendering their arms and obeying his
orders, the Right Honourable the Governor General pro-
mises that their lives and honour shall be safe, provided
that their hands are not stained with English blood mule
derously shed. But as regards any further indulgence
which may be extended to them and the condition they
may hereafter be placed in, they must throw themselves
upon the justice and mercy of the British Government."
Now, lam not going into a discussion of the meaning of
the words "confiscation," " proprietary rights," or
" talookdars." These matters have been settled, though
at first they afforded the materials for considerable dis-
cussion ; but as to the extent of confiscation of proprie-
tary rights, I think it is settled by Lord Conning in a
letter from his secretary, Mr. Edmonstone, in which he
says that, while those talookdars who surrendered their
arms should be allowed to return to their homes, this
condition was express'y inserted :—" The permission to
return to their homes must not be considered as a reh -
statement of them in the possession of their lands, for
the deliberate disposal of which the Government will
preserve itself unfettered." Now, this is addressed to
the whole people of Oude, and I ask any man here to
picture to himself, if he can, the condition of a landholder
after an absence-from home, undergoing perils and hard-
ships, returning and perctiving the f miner landscape,
seeing the distant outline of the hills he knew so well and
the trees whose shape dwelt in his heart, thinking of em-
bracing his wife and children, and just consider what
would be his feeliegs when one reflects that he finds that
this home and 411 that he'ongs to him are gone from him
for ever, and he may say, "I am liable to be sent forth
into the world with all I love, friendless, helpless beg-
gars." (Cheers.) Consider this, gentlemen ; the onus
was placed on the shoulders of every man to prove his
innocence. In the case of other conquests this has been
he exception al d not the rul Those conspicuous in
their oppos Con to us have been puns, he I by the confisca •
tion of their property; hut in this case every single man
is deprived of his property without evidence, simply be-
cause he is one of the people of Oude. Now, the people
of Oude knew nothing of the discretion given to Sir J.
Outran), the English Commissioner ; they could see
nothing but the proclamation posted on the walls of the
city. (Hear.) But it has been said that the talookdars
and chiefs of Oude are a lawless and rapacious sot of
men. I admit tbat we see in Colonel Sleenian's
and other works ample proofs that they aro for
the most part a wild, di iorderly set of c'iiefteina
something like the feudal barons of old. It is said also
that these lawless chieftains are in the habit of plun-
dering their weaker neighbour?. Then, why, I a-k,
are these weaker men subjected to the same atrocious
punishment which the tinete powerful are to have in-
flicted upon them ? (Hear, hear.) Tuus we have the
tyrant and victim equally subjected to the same sweep-
ing punishment. Now, I adnet that lend Ellenborough's
despatch was harsh, severe, stringent, and wanting in
conciliatory tone, and that it contained very indiscreet
ant un wise allusions to the family of Oude, and more
picu'arly so as tliat despatch was published. I do not
acquit the present Ministry of blame in that matter ;
but, eeverthelesse I agree with a man whom I think
some of you are acquainted with—John Arthur Roebuck.
(Loud cheers.) I agree with that brave and honest man
that the despatch was an honest one. (Applause.) It
may have been indiscreet, but it certainty was honest.
And as regards whatever offence may have been com-
mitted, I say it was amply satisfied and atone :f for by
the resignation of that nobleman (Lord Ellenborough),
and by the proposed amendment of Mr. Lellwye. Well,
this question has been largely discussed in the house,
and on the last day of that discussion Gen. Outram's
letter arrived. It fe'l, I ensure you, like a thunderbolt
on the House of Commons. Why t Because in almost
identical language it breathed the same sentiments as
Lord Elleuborough himself in that despatch. (Cheers )
Well, that letter of Gen. Outrares produced such an
effect upon many members of the House of Commons
that when the debate was on the eve of commencing,
member after member rose up—and I shall never Forget
it as long as I live—many of them going to different
parts of the house to make it appear that they were more
in number, and so anxious were they to stop the debate
that they appealed to Mr. Cardwell to withdraw his mo-
tion, and lip was obliged to do so. If he bad gone to a
division he would have bad a majority_a large
majority
(f will not say how many)—against him. (Applause.)
But now I come to another consideration—that is, the
character and antecedents of those hon,
members who
wished to walk cc les the house and resume their places
on the Treasury benches. Now, let me not be mistaken.
I have a respect for many of the members of the late
Administration of Lord Palmerston. There are some
among them who ought not to be absent from Liberal
Administration, and I will allude, among others, to Sir
G. Grey, Mr. J.
Wilson, your neighbour, and Sir R.
Bothell ; but I do say that the Administration was a
censured Administration. It had been censured for
neglecting the honour of their country within the laid
two months, and, therefore, I say that it would have
been preposterous to have condoned that offence,
and to have allowed them upon such a question as
this to resume their places on the Treasury benches.
(Applause.) Let me briefly call to your
minds the at-
tempted assassination of Louis napoleon, for this is one
of those questions on which I wish to explain the course
I took on the occasion. I wish here publicly to state my
conviction that a more brutal and barbarous attempt at
assassination was rarely in the' annals of history made
upon any Sovereign, and I am sure there is not an Eng-
lishman in this room who does not respond to that sen-
timent, We one and all loathe and abominate assassina-
tion ; we are not worthy of the name of Englishmen if
we do not. But I did feel, and I ant proud that I was
one of the 99 who voted against the introduction of the
Conspiracy Bill, I did feel tbat after the insults lavished
upon us by French colonels and French Ministers in
high positions, which insults of themselves were not,
perhaps, worth a straw, but being embodied in the
Moniteur, the official journal of the Emperor, they were
stamped with an importance and an authority which did
not rightly belong to them, and after that I considered
that to reply to those insults, reply to the despatch of
Count Walewski—which I will say, deliberately libelled
our country—to reply to these provocations by a bill,
however, repeonet le in itself, Iv acting with more sirin
genoy towards refugees, was a dereliction of duty -on the ,
part of an English Ministry which the English House of
Commons ought not to pass over. Therefore I held at
the time, and I hold now, that the vote of censure on
Lord Palmeretonhe Administration was a just and righte-
ous judgment. (Applause.) I DOW wish to touch upon
some of the questions of the day. I will take first of all,
the India Bill, which was amply discussed in the House
of Commons. I to explain to you some of the feel.

ings in my mind respecting that bill, respecting the in-
tended step to destroy the double government, aad place
the Indian empire under the direct authority of the
Crown. I think that •in the first place tb:re was one
good feature(and there were not many goad features in
the India Bill of Lord Derby's Administration), and
that was the naming of a certain number of memhers of
the intended India Council. I thick it would be a great
guarantee for the character, the qualifications, and the
competency of the Council that in whatever bill is passed
the names of the intended council should be inserted.
Then another important question is the distribution of
the immense patronage which will be at the disposal of
that council when it is formed ; and I am heart and soul
in favour of introducing boldly and extensively the prin-
ciple .
of competitive examination. (Caeers ) Coming to
the question of the Reform Bill, I must say that when I
look back upon it it puts me in mind cf the launch of the
Leviathan steamship—(lan4hter)—whlch moved two
inches in a month. But the Leviathan was launched at
la 4, and we hope the Reform 8.11 will be launched at
some time also. ([sear ) I desire to see a large and com-
prehensive measure—not a bit-by-bit measure, introduced
and carried in the house. (A. Voice, "Locke King's
motion.") I should have voted for Locke King's motion
if the Derby. Administration had gone to a division,
which they knew better than to do ; but I do not know
that I should have voted fora 10/, franchise, taking the
measure by itself. I should like to see a certain altera
tion in the electoral districts in the first instance. I claim
the ballot, not as any wonderful machine, not as one of
those things that will entirely prevent wrongdoing, but
as a great check upon bribery and as an extinguisher ci
intimidation. There is another subject which I must
touch upon briefly again—namely, the question of COIL.
petition. I want to see introduced honestly a system el
competitive examination for appointments in the civil
eervioe in this country. (Hear.) When I entered Par-
liament I felt that there ought to be a substantial pecu.
fiery compensation granted to the church if church.
rates were abolished. (Hissea and applause.) Bet when
I came to feel and underatind the temper and opinion of
the House of Commons upon this subject, and when
over tile t dc:,,ates upo'n it za Hansard, and
found that the very proposition I bad at heart had been
over and over again discussed and discarded by the
house, when I felt that it was impossible to carry any
such propdgition, I turned my attention to the fact whe

teer it; any bill for the abolitiOn of church-rates we might
(discarding all notions of pecuniary equivalent) pro-
vide some machinery by which a sufficient maintenance
for the fabric of the church could be collected without
' infringing upon the consciences of the Nonconformists,
without compelling any man against his will to give any
share towards that contribution. All I have asked for
churchmen is that which I am willing to concede to my
Dissenting brethren ; and I have stated it in the House of
Commons, and I hope to state it again, that I think that
in the management of these funds, which have been
raised by churchmen for the purpose of sustaining the
church fabric, only churchmen ought to have a band. I
have found many gentlemen connected with the Dissent-
ing interest who frankly admit this proposition to be
honest and fair. Now, gentlemen, the present Ministry
may fall in three different ways ; first, by inherent
weakness and incapacity ; secondly, through some
blunder or delinquency which cannot be passed over ;
and, thirdly, in consequence of resisting some wise and
well-considered measure for the benefit of the country
, which has been introduced by the Liberal party. But,
I for one, unless they commit that delinquency, or show
evidence of that total incapacity, or resist a measure of
well considered reform, do not feel it my duty to join in
a plan for evicting them from power, at a time when the
whole vast interests of the British empire are at stake
—(loud cheers)—and when the country has only recently
recovered from a great commercial crisis. (Renewed
cheers.)

Mr. JOLLY (Liberal), town councillor, moved, and
Mr. HAYwAnD (Conservative) seconded, a vote of thanks
to Sir Arthur Elton, which was carried by acclamation
and du!y acknowledged by the hon. baronet; and after
some further remarks by Mr. Archard, and explanatioz
by the chairman as to the absence of Mr. Tite, the
thanks of the meeting were awarded to Mr. Hunt for
presiding, and the proceedings terminated.

PUBLIC BANQUET TO LIEUTENANT.

COLONEL ALISON.

GLASGOW, WEDNESDAY EVENING.
This evening a splendid banquet was given in
the corporation hall in honour of Lieut.-Colonel
Alison, a native of the city, and son of the historian
of Europe, who has recently returned from India
in consequence of severe wounds received before
Lucknow. The banquet was given alike to wel-
come the gallant officer and to honour in his per-
son Sir Cohn Campbell (also a native of Glasgow),
and the heroic army at present serving in the East.
Upwards of 100 of the most distinguished citizees
sat down to dinner. The Lord Provost of the city
filled the chair, supported right and left by the
guest of the evening and his father, Sir Archibald
Alison, Sir John Maxwell of Pollok, Mr. Stirling
of Kerr, M.P., dec. The croupiers were Sir James
Campbell and Mr. Hugh Tennent, of Well-park.
After the accustomed toasts to the Queen and
the Royal Family, the Army and Navy, &c.,
The CHAIRMAN proposed in a special bumper
" The health of Lieut.-Colonel Alison," and in so
(king gave a brief sketch of the gallant Colonel's
career.
The toast was received very enthusiastically.
Lieut.-Colonel ALIsoN (who, upon rising, was
received with cheers) slid—My Lord Provost and
gentlemen, it is with no common feelings that I rise
to thank you for the mare than kind way in which
you have drunk my health, and the far too flatter-
ing mention which has been made of my name.
Gentlemen, to such an honour as this I have no
claim. A soldier, I have striven to discharge a
soldier's duty in the position in which I was placed;
but that can give mo no right to such a distinction
as this, for others there are connected with this
place who have done far more than I have. I need
but mention the names of Kerr, Bennatyne, Drys-
dale, and Hamilton. Gentlemen, there are two
circumstances to which, and to which alone, I owe
it. The one, that it has been my misfortune to be
one of the first who has been compelled by wounds
to return to this country from the army of India ;
the other, that while serving in the ranks of
that army I had the privilege of being employed
upon the staff of Sir Cohn Campbell. To these,
gentlemen, will you permit me to add a third of
a more personal and private nature—your kindly
sympathy with a father who, from having two sons
engaged in this war, has been c tiled on to suffer
much, and a mother who has had to endure long ?
Gentlemen, there is one part of Sir C. Cemphell's
career to which I trust you will pardon me if I for
a few minutes advert—because I think in this coun-
it has been misunderstood—and that is the delay
which occurred between his arrival at Calcutta on
Aug. 13, and his taking the field in the end of Oc-
tober. I know, gentlemen, he has been blamed for
this ; but yet that was precisely the period when his
marvellous activity, his ceaseless energy, were most
displayed, and when he laid the foundations sure
and strong upon which all his subsequent suc-
cesses have been built. Gentlemen, when
he first set foot on the Indian soil nothing
could well bs more disastrous than the
news which awaitad bira—Oude in arms, Robilcund
revolted, the Doab in the hands of the enemy, all
Central India in confusion, one great magazine
captured at Delhi, our gun carriage manufactory
lost at Futtyghur, all communication with the
Punjab cut off—a small British force struggling to
hold a position of observation, not of siege, before
Delhi—Lucknow and Agra, rocks rising out of
the surrounding surge of rebellion, which threat-
ened every moment to iugulf them—Havelock,
with matchless skill and courage, maintaining him-
self in the neighbourhood of Cawnpore against
overpowering numbers and the ravages of a deadly
epidemic—Allahabad our only sure point of foot-
ing in the Doab--in Calcutta itself anxiety and
dread, a small European garrison overpowering the
loose native population,- and watchieg three dis-
armed Sepoy regiments in the vicinity. In other
words, gentlemen, the mutinous army of Bengal,
100,000 strong, and the revolted population of
Oude and the north-western provinces to contend
against, and what to meet them 1 In Bengal, and
subject to the direct orders of the Commander-in-
Chief, a force numbering not 7,000 English
bayonets, with about 2,000 tiative troops who
could be relied upon. And this, gentlemen, not
one body united on a single field, but scattered
over that vast extent of country which lies between
Calcutta and Cawnpore—having to hold the river
line of communication to Allababad, 800 miles in
length—to keep open the land route to the same
point, 500 miles of road—to maintain a threaten-
ing head under Havelock 130 miles further in ad-
vance at Cawnpore—and to hold down with an
iron hand the great cities of Renares, Patna, and
Calcutta in the roar. Gentlemen, the odds at first
seemed to unequal, and one almost listened to hear
the crash of a falling empire. (Cheers.) The fall
in the Ganges had rendered the river route to
Allahabad both tedious and uncertain, and it be-
came necessary to organise another and surer
method of forwarding the reinforcements to the
~oat. A-1.4 do4o elta‘.li-2.lling almnz, the
Great Trunk Road a mode of transport by wbioh
200 men a day were regularly forwarded Cr.
covered carts drawn by bullocks, which were
relieved at regular stages ; and to such perfection
did this system attain that when the troops
arrived at their halting places they found
their meals regularly prepared for them, as you
would cit) at a railway station in this country,while

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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
i or-
ganisation never was carried further than in this n-
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 detachhaent being ever cut off. In such cease-
less cares and anxieties was the time spent at Cal-
cutta by Sir Co!in Campbell passed, and upon the
system then established wereall ourfuture successes
based. (Cheers.) At length, by the middle of Sepe
te. tuber, which at one time had been reduced by
sickness and the sword to 80J effective bayonets, had
been raised by the arrival of all the reinforcements
under Outram to nearly 3,000 men, .with about.2o
gulls, and he set forth upon th h ing
march to Lucknow, the events of which are still
fresh in the memories of you all. I need hardly re-
call to you, gentlemen, that glorious episode when
the 78th Highlandersand Sikh Regiment of Feroze-
pore threw themselves into that long and fatal
street, which—with musketry flashing from every
window--lay before them, gaping like a verymouth
of hell, and ceased not from their headlong chare
till Havelock'a exhausted soldiers threw themselv 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 into
which it had entered. All our disposable men,bad
been sent forward, and they were all swallowed up.
A new -army bad to be drawn together, another
effort to be made, and this was done by Sir Colin
in person. The China regiments were now arriving,
and night- and day they were hurried up,to the
front By au &must providenti.l,:roincidence;Thie--
capture of Delhi had now rendered disposable a
small but oronised f,ic ;V:1 was strong
exactly in the points where we were weak—namely,
in cavalry and field artillery. This column; forcing
its triumphant way, under Greathed, right down
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 j
Residency and withdrawal of its garrison, full us 7
tice has been done in this country ; but I do not
think itis generally known how very small was the
force at the disposal of the Commander-in-Chief to
effect it with. Gentlemen, when Sir Colin Camp-
bell set out on the morning of the 14th November
from Alumbaah, 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 timed, 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 failing on,the bridge, and the sky,red with
the flames of our burning magazine. Th,n it 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 their
fire, and for some minutes not a sound was heard,
save when a rifleman, stepping from the ranks, ex-
pressed in simple but touching language the feel-
ings of all,—" Thank 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 ; 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 an army
—that ho would squander too recklessly the lives
of his men. Never, perhaps, was a greater mistake
made, a more unfounded judgment uttered. Cau-
' r ion in conception, rigour in execution, are the great
characteristics of his mind. A very miser of his
soldiers' blood, 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
which hes sprung up between the Highlanders and the
Sikhs, similar to that which existed in the Crimea
between them and the Zouaves. The Duke de 14Iala-
koff is said tohave chosen a Zouaveand a Highlaud, r
for his supporters, and lam sure that when Sir C.
Campbell is elevated to the peerage he could not
ee lea better supporters than those who have car-
ried him through many a hard-fought field—a
Highlander and a Sikh. Gentlemen, wherever on
the plains of Hindustan the waving plumes of the
Highlanders have been seen the slat&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,
but I never saWa finer sight than when the 93.1 and
Sikhs rushed upon the Secunderbagh on tho 16th of
November at Lucknow. Between those 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 ono, another; and the next morning more
than 2,ooo,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
nas
we were. _ Then Sir Colin again threw the 93d
into the scale, and with them turned the beam of
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,
gentlemen, for nobly in that trying • hour
did they maintain the ancient reputation of
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, whose
valour in the field, whose discipline iu the camp,
were a constant theme of admiration to the whole
army—(cheers)—to the stubborn courage of that
Ghoorka 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
in the broaching 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 93d,
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 Windham's r ght,
nobly maintained, against overwhelming numbersii
on the left, the superiority of England's arms
the reputation of the British flag. (Cheers.) G
men, I have to apologise for having detained
o e nyo tyi
so long. Allow me once again to offert.lnay own u m
most deep and heartfelt thanks
name—that Ido not presume thanks—not
do—but in the
name of those to whom I owe this great and dis-
tinguished honour.. I thank you,
in that of the
y
gentlemen,
in
the name of Sir Colin Campbell,
army in India. (Loud cheering.
Sir ARCHIBALD)
ALIsoN, being called upon for
the next toast, said—This fes'ive meetinghas
been assembled mainly to express the gratifica-
tion which, in common with the whole country,
the inliabit‘nts of flies great community
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, nay
lord, may feel proud that not only has Scotlanpd

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given birth to the hero wiro3e expi?litt
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assembled to celebrate, but we inAitcl,#,,i! t:.-a-i
especial manner, connected with Itipfarriii'ol.a-',2 -‘• ' '.-:'s,i"
the first to bring it prominently kefbitaPiii. " ' '''• ;;7)4
But how much . stronger .now is ifatrOOtt.,
M.' ' 'S.''
bell's claim to the. gratitude of bk-44ititifr _ ,
when he stood before u 4 in' 00 'o4y 110 f Irdtt-c,
1
. wide-spread has since become the effulgWee otathe b 44
fame which was then only in its dawn ! (Hear,
hear.) We hailed then the hero of St. Sebastian, '
the conqueror of the Alma, the indomitable chief
of the Highland. Brigade ; we now have to record
our gratitude to the deliverer of' Lucknaw, the
conqueror of Cawnpare, the saviour of India.
(Cheers.) Sir Archibald, after ref, rring iu an ani-
mated strain to the eaploits of Sir Colin Ca:nphell,
taken her place in the trium-
virate great work has been ,
said—Come what repy,
glory ; for, if England can
done... Scotland has
of the national
record the deeds of her Marlborough, and Leland
point exultation to Wellington's napae.,' Sootrand
can now place by their side. that of Campbell. And
if the first r, s'rained the. ambition of Louis XIV
and the second rescued Europe from the grasp of
Napoleon, the last has d aie a still groator service
to humanity, for he has delivered India from the
tyranny of Nana Sahib. I beg to. propose "The
health of Sir °Au Gunpbell and that of the O'Ti-
cers and Qoldi,r3 under his -command, as wyll in
the Qncen's as in the Company's service, and a
speedy and decisive trumph to their arm,.” (rile •
learned Sheriff sat down amid great chez ring.)
'he toast, was drunk with, great enthusiasm.
._::veral other appropriate toasts were thou given
an' .7 aly acknowledged.

IRELAND.

DUBLIN, THURSDAY MORNING.
THE COLLEGE RIOTS. •
The lials of Colonel 'Browne and the policemen
implicated in the riots of the 12th of March will
positively come off at the. Commission of Oyer and
Terminer, which opens on the 17th of June next.
It is stated that either the Attorney or Solicitor
General will conduct the prosecution of the police
in person. The judges o❑ the rota are Justice
Christian and Justice O'Brien, but it is said that
strenuous, efforts are being naide to induce the
venerable Baron Pennefather to act- in place of
Judge O'Brien, as the latter is believed to-have
expressed an unwillingness to preside on -the
ccca i n.

THE CLERKSHIP OF HAN-ATER,
It is said that the list of candidates for the office
vacated by the lamen red death of Mr. John O'Con-
nell has already swelled to the enormous /lumbar
of 180. Two gentlemen have been started as the
probable winners, hut, as it is well-known that
Lord Eglinton will not announce the successful
candidate till the close of the week, it is.needless to
mention the parties indicated. It is painful to
reflect that the favourite son of "the Liberator"
has died in very straitened circumstances, and has
left a laroe and youthful family almost wholly un-
provideffor. Ile held the Office of Clerk of Hanaper
for two or three years only—too short a period to
enAble him to make any provision.for the future.