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adknowlagments-whiepersonally I owe for the toast;
and now for the House of Common. Within the last
forty-eight hours I have been called upon to return
thanks for the House of Commons under tiie auspices
of the chief magistrate of the city of London, ou an
,Occasion solely connected with the cultivetion of the
arts of peace. I am new called upon to return thinks
for the House of Commons on an occasion when we
are met to commemorate splendid military exploits, and
do honour to a commander who has had a long career
of victory; but, as it has been justly said by the Noble
Lord the First Minister of the CI.) an, there is noincon-
sistency and no incon:patibi lire between these objects.
lVhatever may be our ad,,, truth in of theartsofpetee, and
however we may desire to cultivate its bl-selales—
however a sense c- duty may faebid us to provoke
war for the purpesee ef it is not the less in-
cumbent en us to in k with our gratitude all those
who have rendered eenneet services to the country.
As the Noble Lord 1165 justly Laid, those who show
valour in war and meoeretion in victory are laying
the fiundations of peace.—(Cheers.) Therefore the
objects of these two meetings, held in this city within
short distasice of each other, and separated only by
a period of forty-eight hours, the objects of these two
meetings, the oi.e to cultivate the arts of peace, the
other to commemorate the splendid victories of an
army, are perfectly recoticileable with each other,
Lord Gough will shortly, in all probability, return to
that part of the empire of which he is a native, Me
will present himself to his gallant and admiring
countrymen—(Loud cheers)—and I hope they will
see in him a proof that the widest •scope of Irish
valour and the exhibition of Irish ?Aleut lies in their
incorporation with this country—(Great cheering)—
and their identity of feelieg with our disasters, if we
should incur disasters, and in the identify of their
rejoicing with our victories—in the common fate of
our common country—in the union of two great
nations.—(Loud cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then rose to propose "The health of
Lady Gough," one of the most excellent of her sex.—
(Loud cheers.) They were all aware that Lady
Gough was the faithful companion of her gallant hus-
band in every quarter of the world. When the hour
of peril came, where was she to be found ? Ask
those whose hearts were on the field of battle—ask:the
high and low, the wife of the private soldier, and the
distinguished general—ask them and they would say
that it was she who taught men to look to the God of
Battles, because it was He alone who would strengthen
their arm, and shield the brave ; while, if the fortune
of the day was against them, it was He who would be
the father of the fatherless, and the husband of the
widow.—(Loud cheers.) Ask those who were per-
mitted to reside under her hospitable roof—esk those
who were wonted to partake of her graceful hospita-
lity, and all would tell them the admiration they had
long felt for thst noble lady, as the soldier's wife and
the soldier's friend.—(C ;errs.)
Lord GOUGH said :—lf I were unable to express my
feelings when my own health was proposed, how shall
I be able to do justice to those which now overpower
me.—(Cheers.) I feel that I am utterly unable to
reply. It is impossible to say how deeply I feel this
compliment paid to the companion of my toils and the
cheerer of my many nights and days of sorrow.,
I can only assure you on the part of Lady Gough and
myself, that no words can convey the sentiments of
gratitude we feel fur the kind reception which has
everywhere been given us.—(Cheers.)
Tne CHAIRMAN then proposed "The health of the
Lord Mayor."
His Lordship returned thanks.
Sir H. PEEL then rose and said, that, if he was not
anticipating the intentions of any other person; he
would be most anxious to submit a toast to the meet-
ing, and he was satisfied the company would not pro-
ceed further without drinking the health of their
Honourable and Gallant Chairman, and marking their
respect fur the station he held, and their admiration of
the manner in which he had discharged his duties as
the representative of the great company of which he
was the head. The Right Honourable Baronet then
gave " The health of Sir Archibald 'Galloway, the
Chairman of the East India Company."
The CHAIRMAN shortly returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN again rose, and said that he was
confident what he was about to propose would meet
with their entire approbation. It was the health of
Lord Hardinge, late Governor-General of India, the
soldier as well as the statesman—(Loud cheers)—the
gallant comrade of Lord Gough, in one of the
greatest battles which had ever been fought in India.
He could never speak of the names of those great chiefs
without bringing to his recollection the field of Feroze-
shah.—(Cheers.) He there saw the Governor-Gene-
ral of India laying aside his supreme power, and
petitioning to serve as second in command in his own
army—affording one of the most illustrious examples
of subordination which was due to the discipline of
the army, and that devotion, which had never been
surpassed, to the interests and welfare of the country.
(Cheers.) The service was nobly offered, and was
as generously accepted. In war, as in peace, Lord
llardinge has ever applied his most intelligent mind
with the greatest ztal and energy in the service of
the country. Lord Hardinge, too, bad been a most
faithful servant of the E'iat India Company. They
esteemed and honoured him much, and he was sure
there was not an individual in that great assembly
ho would not heartily join him in drinking the
health of Lord Viscount Hardinge.—(Applause.)
Lord HARDINGE than rose and said—My Lords
and gentlemen, I very much thank you for the
honour you have dune me, in drinking my health on
an occasion when we are met to do honour to Lord
Gough for his glorious achievements in I.:dia. Under
ordinary circumstances, I should have been content
to have parsed over in silence any military operations
of mine, or the merits of my superior general
efficer ; but I think I am justified in making ;some
comments on my Noble Friend's campaigns, be-
cause I was myself an eye-witness of his conduct.
—(hear, hear.) I had frequent opportunities of
observing the conduct of my Noble Friend, his
ardent devotion to the service, in ail those dif-
ferent actions into which he led the army, and out of
which he brought them with the greatest credit and
honour. My Lords and gentlemen, I must say that
my Noble Friend had to encounter difficulties of no
ordinary character, and no common enemy, for the
enemy he was opposed to was the bravest and the
most warlike the- British army had ever encountered
in India.—(Loud and continued cheers.) It was not
a band of military adventurers, drawn together for the
sake of pay, but a military nation—an army bound
and knit together by the strongest feelings of na-
tionality and animated by religious enthusiasm—an
army that was composed of a large number of
disciplined soldiers, brought to a high state of per
fection by foreign offi:ers, and with a field of artillery
more powerful than that possessed by any European
nation, not only in the number of the artillery, but
also in the calibre of the guns. I need not say that
in the course of that campaign the army commanded
by Lord Gough captured 2.50 guns, of which a large
proportion were nine pounders, and many eighteen.
pounders ; and we all know how bravely and skill-
fully these guns were served. My Noble Friend,
therefore, had to encounter not an ordinary army,
' but one of the bravest that India had ever seen; and
in the face of more difficulties, by the unconquerable
spirit and attachment of his army, and by the confi-
dence he inspired in that army, he achieved a most
glorious conquest, and my Noble Friend is now this day
in the proud position of receiving his just reward.—
(Great cheering.) lam in the presence of a great
number of officers of the East Indian army, and I
never can, either on the present or any other occa-
sion, fail to express the admiration which I feel for
that army. Whether I epeuk of the common soldiers,
their bravery, discipline and fidelity, or whether I
speak of their officers—that army has won for itself
a European reputation; its daring deeds have been
the admiration of this country; and no. ortion of the
European army can boast of more distinguished
officers than the East Indian army. Let me state the
names of those who have recently distinguished them-
selves—the names of Pollock, Knott, Gilbert, Littler,
Broadfoot, and Lawrence; or, coming to those who
were connected with her Majesty's service, I may
refer to the names of Gough, Napier, Sale, and Smith.

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(Cheers.) But there is one name which I have not
yet mentioned, And to which I must take the liberty of
drawing your attention this evening—I allude to my
gallant and youthful friend Major Edwardes.—
(Loud cheers.) During the recent operations at
Moultan, where he served with credit and dis-
tinction, when his Seikh troops mutinied and de-
serted him' he, with the readiness of a gallant soldier,
collected a band of other troops, natives of the country,
thus showing what a determined resolution could
effect, and that a gallant officer, wherever he was
placed, would always be in a position to do the State
some service.—(Cheers.) Five years ago I had the
satisfaction of appointing him to a political depart-
ment, when he was Aide-de-camp to Lord Gough;
but, knowing my young friend well, I am slue be
would rather I should descant on the me:its of others
then on his own. There were other subalterns—
Nkholson, Pollock, T.tylor, Laiie—all officer; of the

most proturstn reputation. After tne culogiurns
which ANT have heard pused upon my N6ble Friend
by the Fiat Minister of the Crown and by Sir Ro•
bert Peel, I feel that it would be unbecoming in me
to say :more than this—that my Noble Friend has
fought more battles and won mow victories in. India
thin any of his predecessor„.—(Cheers.) As for any -
belf, I beg to return to the Cnairman my most grate-
ful thanks for the honour he has done me, and I. hope
that Lord Dalhousie,. who to now at the bead of the
Government in India. will be able to consolidate the
British power by a wise administration of the affairs
of the Punjaub, and by measures calculated by peace-
ful means to ensure prosperity and tranquillity.
The CHAIRHAIq then proposed "The health of the
Marquis of Dalhousie and the Civil Service of India."
Sir STEPHEN LUSHUNGTON returned thanks.

Lord GOUtitt then rose, and said that he bad a
toast to propose which he was sure would be received
with the same cordiality as that which he felt in pro.