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the merits of the Governor-General, lest by so doing he should weaken the observations of the Prime be Minister ', h e u b t .. the strongest confirmation that could servations would be found in a s i ng l e sentenc e to those nvtene had not thecwhich he would read from a letter from Lord Clyde. He authority of Lord Clyde to read that sentence, -but the - whole letter was so honourable to the writer, that he felt h e should not be guilty of any indiscretion if he quoted t he passage he referred to. The noble lord said—" England will re ceive with acclamation the great statesman who never faltered in the moment of direct peril ; whose moment of triumph has been so rapid ; and who has proved him self so merciful, that history can hardly equal it." Loud cheers.) The noble earlahaddeed, nothing wellstated had the great services iere of Lord Elphinsnme. striking in the whole of the campaignthan the unselfish con duct of the civil authorities, who had never hesitat e d t o t a k e the responsibility of denuding themselves of f orces th ey so much required if they thought there were part s o f th e country which needed those forces still m ore . (H ear, hear.) he noble earl had next referred to Sir J - ehn Lawrence, of w hom the praise was uttered in still stronger accents than those of the noble earl, by the manner in which his name was mentioned in the conversation of all classes. (Hear, hear.) Speaking of the civil servants generally, he did not think that the noble earl had in any degree overrated the claims of any one of the distinguished men whom he had mentioned. With regard to the military men, it would not be becoming in him (Lord Granville) to enter into any de tails, but it was imp oss ibl e f or any one I o speak a t all on this subject without in some way acknowledging the immense services of that most distinguished soldier, Lord Clyde. (Cheers.) He thought that such an acknowledgment was peculiarly fitting in that house, which had derived so much new lustre from the addition to it of the noble lord. (Hear, hear.) He only regretted that they could no longer use that other designation, "Sir Colin Campbell," as the name of one of the most honest and most successful soldiers ever employed by this country. (Cheers.) It was in fact one of the most remarkable instances that could be given of the present diffusion of information, that names like Campbell, Mansfied, Outram, Wilson, Franks, Lawrence, and Napier, were not known merely i n se l ect circles, but had become household names is the cottages of the poor. (Cheers.) There was one point in common with the second resolution to which he would call the attention of the noble earl. It seemed to him somewhat inconsistent (though no doubt there was a sufficient explanation of the circumstance) that a vote of thanks, which was the highest honour that could be paid to an officer, should be given to two gallant gentle men who had not received even the lowest military honour of the Bath. Again, there was in the vote of last year the name of Sir John Inglis; and there seemed he should be om it ted in the present one no reason why. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE made an observation which did not reach the gallery. Earl GRANVILLE—That explanation removed the ano maly which had suggested itself to his (Earl Granvilr s) mind. The noble earl had paid an affecting tribute to the memory of Sir W. Peel and Sir H. Lawrence ; and he (Lord Gran ville) could not help expressing his regret that their lord ships were precluded by the precedents of the house from making mention in the resolution of such names as Law rence, Peel, Havelock, Nicholson, Neill, Hope, and others, whose untimely loss had filled the country with grief. (Cheers.) The events of the past year had shown how idle all human calculation had been, and how ridiculous it would be for any set of men to claim for themselves any sagacity for their predictions. At the same time the results which had accrued must be satisfactory to those who from the be ginning had been taunted with being over sanguine, but who had never in the time of the greatest danger for one moment doubted of ultimate success. (Cheers.) That sanguine feeling was to be attributed partly to our recollec tion of the past history of India, and to our conquest of that enormous empire in a short space of time, and to the con sciousness pore in if that empire had been lost to ns for a time, we were in a position to regain it. But it was mainly to be attributed to our consciousness of our moral and intel lectual superiority over our fellow subjects in that country. But however great the confidence might have been, he said without hesitation that the conduct both of the army and of the civilians in that country had far surpassed any reason able expectation that could be expected from their services. Without going into detail he might say that anything more noble than the conduct of Mr. Frere, the commissioner of Scinde, could hardly be imagined. He, with 100 or 200 main Europeans, after d enu di ng hi mself of nearly all his troops, tained order in the province. He thought that the achievements of Sir H. Grant and Sir H. Rose were really more fit fornarration in historical novels than in the real prac tical history of ev en t s th at h a d occurred only a year ago. These achi evements had enabled us to maintai n our em pi re i n India, and he sincerely joined the noble earl in the hope that that Providence which enabled our fellow subjects to show those great qualities of endurance and of skill which had en abled us to maintain ourvast empire there would vouchsafe to e xtend both at home and there the ability to overcome the difficulties still to be contended with, and the ability which would enable us to conduct the government of that enor mous mass of mankind in a manner not selfish and only for our own interest, but in a manner which would lead to their social, moral, and intellectual improvement. (Cheers.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE (who spoke with his back to the reporters, and whose observations were in consequence occasionally inaudible) said the services of the officers whom it was proposed to thank had been so ably detailed that it was not possible for him, or for anybody, to add anything to what had been said. But it would be improper in him in his position to give a silent vote on the motion before their lordships. They might congratulate themselves on the pre sent state of India. When they recollected what our army had had to undergo in that vast empire within the last two years, it was ;indeed marvellous to him that his gallant friend Lord Clyde should havebeen able to write to him the letter which the noble earl had read, and in which he said that he did not recollect the time when India had beenmore quiet than it was at present. When he came to ask himself the question how these fearful events had been so rapidly brought to a successful issue, he could not but think that the chief cause of this happy state of things had been the cordisii - --ty and the good feeling which had existed between the civilians and the military. But for that it would have been impossible, whatever the gallantry of the troops, or the skill and admirable conduct of the commanders, to br ing affairs in India so rapidly to their present state. This observation applied not only to his noble friend Lord C an - Slin g) t he head of the Government in India, b u t a l so t o hi s noble friend Lord Elphi ns t one , who d enu d e d hi s own presi dency of troops in order to enable the Commander-in-Chief to carry on th e war in a proper manner. He had no doubt that the same energy and the same activity, though, perhaps, the circumstances were not so favourable for exhibiting them, were di splayed by the governor of Madras, i n which presi dency Sir Patrick Grant, a most distinguished officer, was at the head of the army. He had been asked to fill np the vacuum, to mention the names of the officers who had dis tinguished themselves other than those who were mentioned i n the resolution ; but he felt considerable difficulty in doing it beca use, where everybody had done so ably and so well, B ut it was al most invidious to m e n tion names. (H ear , h ear .) it had h a d did so happ en th a t i n thi s campa i gn many o f fi cers VPortunities of di s ti ngu i s hing themsel ves . A vas t number or given columns had been left to themselves, which had ,thi_em an o p portunity to distinguish themselves, and of wil'cli they had availed themselves. He might cite as instances of this the gallant conduct of Brigadier Jones and - V_ri o gadier Walpole before Lncknow, and that of Brigadier Troup, rsf, Brigadier Parker, of the Royal Artillery, Brigadier and many others with whose names he was less ac fluein ted, but which if he could remember he should bring be.vae their lordships, because he felt that one of the great !innd ntages that the country had had in these great opera ne•_sehad been the good feeling and the anxiety which the we lof the army had ' evinced to do the offi cers cers whose name occurred to h i m th eir was duty. Brigadier One Pas, who succeeded Sir Edward Lngard in the com ma min d of a division in Oude, and he believed it was as much vralg to hi m a , to portion of the Co to any one else that thepacification of that .I).raoridseele .Tdhie,e it ae w hi otd ev d be b ttrib ted. As regarded wa p s re t pe o steeraous for him to sing his man, and not onl ernents were known to every . English and breadth n .„ y were they known through the . ) length Eur o p e. Bu atms land, but throughout the continent of he never omitted ethought he should state of Lord Clyde that conduct of theofn Occasion to bring under notice the good had received the eers under his command. He said that he Mans field, and he co greatest assistance from Sir William Mans honour was „onstantly said that it was not to himself the paign w w as l l ' il t. e e ti but to Sir William Mansfield. The eate n had not been re markable in this respect, that latterly combination s , aj n he h a ii e-an e arign of fighting, but of so well conducted ii:-theaT believed there never w e d as id a n c o am t be t there was an i n n cam paign place and did notes e of a single column that had not had its was Alotted to it. CITY out that portion ef the duty that listened with special e now came to Central India. He friend the' Earl of t fntisfaction to wh a t f e ll f rom hi s no bl e Hugh Rose. c en t ail r'T as regarded hi s gallant friend Sir formed acts of the gre Y i if ever there was an officer who per- He was at the head of eat daring, it was Sir Hugh Rose. reason to believe, from t b°dY of raw troops, and he had these troops conducted themselves with equal valour and Gwalior he rushed forw ard ean tr oops. At the capture of himself at the head of his , and he risk of his life put lior by Sir Robert Inglis „,,tf i ls. 11e was followed at Gwa at the sieee of Leckie), 0 isplayed such great gallantry commancrof the Bombe'''. Gen. Michel succeeded to the mutineers had then benya ct?steingent in Central India. The services were not the less val me e xtent disper se d, b u t hi s amount of th e serv i ces of tharb le on that account, for the beyond belief. It would giee f C°lllnin had been somewhat - m abnlons if hundreds and thousands of miles he were to state the marched, and marched in au inerecrthat those troops had It was perfectly marvellous, and ther eily short space of time. troops that had done harder service, was no portion of the gadier Parker, a most enterprising offiene that column Briga and Brigadier Lockyer, of the 92d serv%Prigadier Smith, stood). All these officers had been named' (as was under- Their column was small, and their oppo in the ho were not great, but the duties perfo rmed wer . ti • therefore and constantly harassing. There was one re e considerable mark which he wished to make on these military operations that they should not lose sight of the services. rendered by the other branches of the service, without which the • • tary branch would have been very much ar I null- I ls eless. lie alluded to the commissariat. PTl:'..eysed, if not intercepted ; t he inhabitants certainly r°ads were to the extent that We m i ght , were ave ioyed i c i l ot assisting. us tooeeught it Wag wonderful that under these en cePected, and the ommissariat in Indishould have ircumstances as well as they had den a stance of the troops e.. He had never heard of any in _ plied. (Hear, heara n ot being fully and amply not overlook the ' ruedi z so thought that they should formed important and vain e Partment, which had per ' sary result of the climate and al theuties. As a nee" to undergo the number of sick fatigue the troops had larger than in ordinary 4 oirtninwars necessarily great, and Europe, but they had never heard circumstances they would be in site medical and surgical assistance, ari i i lack of the requi there was anything more that he, as a zn e u was not aware to add to the observations that he had L t 2...7 man, ought he cordially agreed with what had fan: t rg made ; but • noble friends that the future o f I n di a was ofcin both his eP in; importance, and now that th e military indad i•eea and ~. rto their their portion of the work the civilian work h ' ll rmed fairly begun. Of course ha was perfectly aware that Y end k e °f the first duties of the Sta te was to keep down the exp ean _ ewe to the amount of the revenue, but whil e every effort accomplish this object and to should be made to , keep down establishment, on t he other hand that should the military withthe caution which the exigencies of so vast an be done __ . has been made to Sir John Law 'fired. Allusion em pire req ed that that gentleman had done more than He believed Law rence. almost an ar ds the restoratio n o f our ru l e in y o ther man towards manner in which he moved masses of troops India. The b ' Delhi, and afterwards towards the from the Pnnjau of ° the most remarkable features of that south, was one John Lawrence had been greatly aided 2 . And Sir was quite sure that struggle. gie. Sir Sidney Cotton. He . frorts of eils— #.l th b t f in e reas o by the e of gratitude to these men that that was a feeling a feeling He was sue theiz breasts) every Englishman. 0 eradicated iroLa ' 3' 02 141 e ' which Wu sot •Ilk and he was sure, as long as history spoke of the great events that had recently happened in India, we should never for get the deeds of valour and of daring that had been performed by Havelock, and Neill, and Nicholson, and On am. The Earl of ELLENBOROUGH said he thonght that the Governor-General ought to be separated from the other civilians in this vote. At the comn:encemen.., of the last session, a resolution was Governor-General passed, in which a vote to the was mixed up with others. He thought that was a very bad precedent. That which was required of the Governor-General was different from that which was re quired of every other man in the country. The whole responsibility rested upon him, and it was just that he should be thanked individually. He thought that, seeing the enormous distance between the Governor-General, who was responsible for everything, and the position even of the generals, and still more of a gentleman whose name had been introduced, and who was the mere agent of the Go vernor-General, it was due to the Governor-General that his services should be acknowledged by a distinct vote. He thought also that there should have been a specific vote of thanks to Lord Clyde. He agreed with the noble duke, that the merit of the last campaign consisted in its being a cam paign of combinations. To whom were those combinations due but to the Commander-in-Chief, and why should the thanks to him and to the brigadier-generals be lumped to gether ? The merits of the general officers and of the civi lians named in the vote had been amply touched upon by the noble duke and those who had preceded him ; and he would claim their lordships' attention for a few short mo ments to those who were not named in the vote, but who, he was sure, were in their lordships' minds—he meant the troops by whom those great victories had been won. The Duke of Wellington once said to him that the British army in India came nearer, in his opinion, to what the Roman legions were than any troops he ever saw. That army had not degenerated. There had not been in ancient or modern history anything effected superior to what that army had effected in the last 18 months. He recollected most of the events of the wars of Napoleon. He recollected the battle of Austerlitz ; but, looking back to those wars, he could not find any in which there were so many circumstances com bined of historical, of military, and of social interest as there were in the war now under consideration. He knew of no action in which troops had shown such fortitude, such per severance, such endurance under suffering, such pertinacity of resistance to forces that so overwhelmed them in num bers, nor in which an army had shown such a de termination to conquer as soon as it was pos sible to obtain a chance of success. He knew nothing equal to the conduct of the British army at the commencement of this war. Thank God that we had such an army. When several of the military powers of Europe were bringing together their forces, he feared for the purpose of trying their strength on the field of battle, it was satisfactory for us to know that we had an army which could face any one of theirs with the absolute certainty of success. If any one of the armies we have in India were now encamped at Aldershott it would make the mind of the Commander-in-Chief quite easy. Ten thou sand of that army would give victory to either side. There was nothing like that army, there was nothing to be com pared to it ; there was nothing in ancient or modern his tory which came near to what that army had perfOrmed in Central India. It was given to them to use for the first time those improved fire-arms which had lately been dis covered, and to apply to improved science. They had been learning the new art of war. It was from them that Eu. rope had learned it. It was from them that Europe would have to feel the effects of it if they came into conflict with any European nation. When they read the accounts that had been received, in whish all that had passed in India had been related to us, almost as if we were present ; when we heard of the electric telegraph passed under the fire of the enemy through an unfordable river, and used for the purpose of giving commands during a general action, they saw that science was taken advantage of by a real genius. Nor was it to be seen merely in that particular battle. These troops had discovered these new appliances. They had been fighting the battle of giants, not as acting with brute force, but as if they had stolen the very fire from heaven. He would not say more, but recollecting what these troops, which he mice had the opportunity ofseeing, were—recollecting what they were, seeing what they are now, that they had realised all that ever was expected from them, that they surpassed all troops that could be produced from one end of Europe to another, that they were our countrymen, that men like them were the men on whom we were to depend for the safety of our country, he would not allow this opportunity to pass without expressing his feelings, and saying as he did it, that he knew that the feelings that he had expressed were generally the feelings of their lordships. (Cheers.) Lord GOUGH said he could not give a silent vote. He joined cordially in what had been said by the noble lord who had addressed them in support of this vote. The Earl of ALBEMARLE remarked that Lord Clyde had been more than 50 years in the service. He got his first commission in 1809, and he was present at the battles of Coruna, Barossa, Vimiera, and Vittoria. At the siege of St. Sebastian he led the forlorn hope, and received two severe wounds, and at the passage of the Bridge of Bidassoa, he was again severely wounded. Their lordships would re member his services in the Crimea. Since he had been in India he had conquered Oude and re-conquered India. In the conquest of Oude he had displayed the most brilliant strategy that had ever been exhibited with the exception of that displayed in the campaigns of Napoleon. Too often it had been the practice of his predecessors to rely too much on the physical powers of our countrymen, to oppose a handful of Europeans against myriads of Hindoos, and to lead small bodies against batteries in position. But Lord Clyde had not pursued that policy. He spread a net, as it were, over Oude, and he caught all the fish that were in it, with the exception of Feroze Shah, who escaped. He showed a tender anxiety to avoid the waste of the blood of his men. Lucknow had been taken twice, but there had been a less sacrifice of life than in any former action in India. Not only was he chary of the lives of his men, he was also chary of the lives of the enemy; and " there must be no hanging here" was the expression that was attributed to him, and he believed most truly so. The Earl of DERBY said he rose for the purpose of in serting a name which had been inadvertently omitted from the list of officers whose names were mentioned in the vote of thanks—he referred to Captain Sotheby, of the Royal Navy. (Hear.) With regard to the propriety of inserting the name of the Governor-General in a separate resolution, as had been suggested by his noble friend, the same thought occurred to himself so strongly that he proposed to amend the resolution in that sense ; but on looking to the course taken last year, he found that a precedent had been set for the course now adopted, and he therefore abandoned the one which had been recommended by his noble friend. He was glad his noble friend adverted to the services of the troops in India. If he had not done so himself it was be cause he had no wish to lengthen the address he made to their lordships. No one could suppose that there was any desire on the part of any of their lordships to depreciate the immense services which had been conferred on the country by the valour and brilliant efforts of the troops in India. The vote was then agreed to, the name of Capt. Sotheby being added to the list of names mentioned. APPROPRIATION BILL. The Appropriation Bill was read a first time. Their lordships adjourned shortly after eight o'clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YESTERDAY.) The SPEAKER took the chair at 4 o'clock. PRIVATE BUSINESS. The Maybole and Girvan Railway Bill, and the Wans beck Railway Bill were read a third time and passed. The amendments to the following bills were considered and the bills ordered for third reading :—East Kent Rail way Company; Herne Bay and Faversham Railway. (Margate Extension) ; Wear Navigation and Sunderland Docks. Mr. FITZROY moved that, in the case of all private bills originating in the House of Lords, the standing orders be suspended ; and that, on the bringing up of the reports from the committees on such bills, they be forthwith read the third time, or considered and read the third time, as the case may bo.—Agreed to. MR. CHISHOLM ANSTEY, &c. Mr.. E. JAMES moved for the , followinc , returns : .. .. . —'Address for copies of all correspondence, judges' notes, or other papers, on the following subjects, or any of them :- 1. The resignation of the justiceship of the peace for Hong Kong by Mr. T. Chisholm Anstey, sent in to the local government on the 13th day of May, 1858. 2. His suspension on the 7th day of August, 1858, from the At torney-Generalship of the colony of Hong Kong, and from the office of counsel to the superintendency of trade in China. 3. The case of the Queen v. Tarrant for libel, tried at the November Sessions (1858) of the Hong Kong Supreme Court (Criminal side). 4. The charge of alleged complicity of Mr. Caldwell, J.P. and Protector of Chinese at Hong Kong, with Hong Kong pirates. 5. The charges made against the acting Colonial Secretary (Dr. Bridges) with reference to the foregoing subject, and also the opiums farm monopoly. 6. The charges made against the Lieut.-Governor of Hong Kong (Colonel Caine) and his Chinese comprador, with re ference to extortion and bribe-taking, in the years 1846 and 1848. 7. The proceedings against Mr. May, superinten dent of police at Hong Kong, Mr. Tarrant, registrar of deeds there, and the police interpreter, Tong Aken, and the dismissal of the police-court interpreter, Assam, for having severally given evidence against the said parties, or any of them. 8. The imperial regulations (if any) by which the several suspensions or removals before mentioned were authorised. BILLS OF EXCHANGE AND PROMISSORY' NOTES. Mr. GLYN moved for a return, in a tabular form, of the gross produce of the revenue arising from the sale of stamps for bills of exchange and promissory notes in England and Wales, in Scotland and in Ireland, respectively, stating the same for each official quarter of each of the five years 1854 to 1858, both inclusive, and for the first quarter of 1859, dis tinguishing the entire amount of revenue arising under each denomination of stamp, and as regards the duties im posed by the change of the scale of duties under the Act 17 and 18 Vic. c. 83; distinguishing the revenue under each denomination of stamp employed for each of the purposes of inland bills, of foreign bills drawn in the United King dom, and of the duty credited by means of adhesive stamps on foreign bills drawn out of, but payable within, the United Kingdom (in continuation of Parliamentary paper, No. 474. of session 1854).—Agreed to. BONDING WAREHOUSES. Mr. HADFIELD moved for an address for copy of the report of the commissioners or other officers recently ap pointed by Government to inquire into the expediency of establishing bonding warehouses in large manufacturing and other towns for the convenience of the inhabitants of those towns ; and, at the same time, into the best mode of securing the revenues of the country by enforcing the due and regular payment of duties chargeable on merchandise and other articles bonded therein, and preventing frauds.— Agreed to. GOVERNMENT EMIGRATION (JAMAICA) BILL. Mr. GILPIN gave notice that to-morrow he would ask the Secretary of the Colonies whether the Government assent had been given to this bill, and also other questions. _ GOODS IMPORTED INTO INDIA. in reply to Lord DUNCAN and Mr. HADFIELD, Lord STANLEY said he would lay on the table a copy of the report of the tariff agreed on with reference to Eng lish goeds imported '-xto India. into .1......._ .. VOTE OF THANKS TO INDIAN OFFICERS. Colonel PREESTUN wished to S ecretary of St a t e f or I n di a , previousk the noble lord the to his moving the thank s o f this house to the army in India, would be pleased to include the name of Brigadier-General 4 Sir Thoma s Seat on , who had done such gallant ItR dilrin g the l a t e w ar, K.C.B.for that honour. He need only ention a few o f hi s s erv i ces . He was at the capture of —hull Pore ; served in Affghaniston in 1840, 1841, and 1842; the forcing of the Khoord, Cabul, ad Jullock . Pass t e% defence of Jellallabad, and action therein 1842 , inh actions under Gen. Pollock, which led to the reoccupation of Cabnl; at the siege oil Delhi, where he was severely brought wunded a' 2etinv3olllyYo.lvge•rsi7l,l,and resent at its capture, and camp, having beaten the tellPmiles s r taking their gu ns, when his . enemy, i t times t extenthis sfaefreeley, intoand molested. (Cheers.) Convoy was threatened to be Lord STANIay atelecl, is reply to his gallant friend) THE SUN, LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 15, 1859. that he would state the course he intended to pursue, in his statement. VOTE OF THANKS TO LORD CANNING AND THE INDIAN ARMY. Lord STANLEY—I believe, sir, that by the practice and courtesy of this house, on occasions like the present, a resolution such as I have to propose stands first on the paper. (Hear, hear.) There are some occasions, sir, on which all men, even those most gifted, must deeply lament the deficiency of those qualities necessary to bring before the house a subject such as that it is now my duty to lay before you. It is a subject not for argument, not for reason, not for logical controversy; it is a subject which appeals to the deepest and warmest feelings of all whom I address, and which appeals to the patriotism and public spirit of every man in this country. (Hear, hear.) I never rose, sir, to address you under a more discouraging sense of my own deficiency ; but, on the other hand, I never rose under a more firm conviction than I now enter tain, that whatever may be wanting in the statement I shall lay before you, however feebly and inefficiently I may perform my task, still all my deficiencies will be amply sup plied, and more than supplied, by the sympathy, cordiality, and unanimous expression of public feeling which votes of this kind never fail to command. (Hear, hear.) I believe I may now congratulate the house and the country, after two years of public peril and national alarm, on the com plete restoration of our military ascendancy in India, and the re-establishment of peace in that unhappy country. (Hear, hear.) There may still be some local disturbances— there may still be some unsettled districts—yet every mail and every telegram brings the news of the submission of some insurgent chief, under the terms of her Majesty's pro clamation, and the dispersion of some body of rebels lately in arms, and the restoration of order in some district. The struggle through which we have passed has cost the lives of many thousands of Englishmen—it has inflicted enor msus suffering on the people of the country, and has aug mented the debt and heavily burthened the resources of India : it has done more than that, it has for a time exas perated and embittered the rivalry of races. But against these great and serious evils there are some compensating advantages to set off. We have come through the struggle with our military reputation enhanced in the eyes of other nations and our own—(hear, hear)--enhanced by national efforts and strength put forth under great difficulties, and by individual heroism displayed when public success was hopeless. (Hear, hear.) Never before, not even when Mysore was conquered, not even when Tippoo Saib fell in the capture of Seringapatam, not even when the Pindarees were put down, not even when the loss of the English army in Affgbanistan was avenged and the English standard planted a second time on the walls of Cabul and Candahar, never at any former period of our historyhave we impressed so strongly on the Asiatic mind the conviction of our neces sary perseverance and of the unconquerable energy of the British race. (Hear, hear.) In that conviction it gives us cause to rejoice, not selfishly, not in vain glory, nor with an exclusive reference to the interests of this country; but we can rejoice for the sake of India itself, because the exis tence of that conviction will become a guarantee for the maintenance of peace in India, enable us to indulge the hope that in the long calm which will follow such a storm, India may be able to repair her losses, to recruit her energies, to readjust her finances, to improve her administration, and to develop, as they were never developed before, her almost incalculable material resources. (Hear, hear.) Sir, if lam right in the judgment I have formed, if military difficulties are at an end, and only difficulties of administra tion and finance remain, I am sure the house will feel it is not premature on our part to vote our thanks to those in civil and military employments under whose wise directions, and by whose skill and courage this state of things has been brought about. (Hear, hear.) With regard, sir, to Lord Canning, he has been Governor-Generalsince the beginning, and beforethe beginning, of the late insurrection; there has devolved on him an amount of labour, anxiety, and respon sibility such as has rarely fallen to the lot of any British statesman. (Cheers.) No one in India or in England can deny, that in the circumstances under which he wasplaced, he has exhibited the courage and humanity which belong to an English statesman. There may have been, as there always will be, a diversity of opinion as to isolated acts of his policy, but if I now refer to this diversity, I do so not only to impress on us that this is the time by a mark of honour and respect to show that though there may have been a diversity of opinion as to isolated acts of policy, there can be no dispute as to his prudent and temperate wisdom. Sir, he resisted the vindictive cry for blood at a time even when it met with too much sympathy in this country. He acted throughout in harmony with the military authorities. He remained at his post amidst every difficulty in the darkest hour of calamity. He did not despair, and I think the house will feel that both as the officer placed in the highest position, and personally on account of the labour and responsibility whch have devolved on him, Lord Can ning is entitled to the thanks of this house. (Cheers.) Sir, on Lord ;Elphinstone, as Governor of Bombay, there de volved a responsibility more limited in scope, but still most serious and important. To be satisfied of that fact we need only look to the position of the Presidency of Bombay, with Scinde on one extreme, a province recently acquired, sur rounded ontwooralmost three sides by natives like the war like Beeloochee tribes ; and if we look to the east we find a vast aggregation of native states inhabited by the Rajhpoot race, warlike, independent, free, and likely to sympathise with those in rebellion against us. If we look within the Presidency we find a vast variety of races, with a large Mahommedan element. It will be seen that the duty of Lord Elphinstone in protectinghis presidency alike against aggression from without and rebellion from within was one of no ordinary difficulty. In discharge of that duty he has been vigilant, sagacious, and indefatigable. He gave the troops every assistance, and did not hesitate, even in a time of great emergency, almost to denude the Boinbay Presi dency of European troops to send them to districts where they were needed. I believe I only express the iitiversal opinion in England and in India when I say that no gover nor ever returned to this country with a reputation more enhanced by his conduct in service than Lord Elphinstone. In the list of names in the vote the name of Lord Harris dOes not occur, and I am anxious to explain how it does not. The omission is nut intended as any reflection on Lord Harris. Until compelled from failing health to resign his post, he discharged his duty sedulously and well; but the vote I now propose is not intended as a vote of thanks for services in the way of ordinary administration, but it is a vote for services in the suppression of the disturbances in India. During the year 1858 there were not only no serious disturbances, but even no serious alarm of any apprehended disturbance in the Presi dency of Madras or in the district of Southern India; and therefore Lord Harris has not enjoyed the same opportu nities as were possessed by Lord Elphinstone and Lord Canning. That is the reason—l need hardly tell the house the only reason—why his name does not appear. There are still, sir, some other names to which I think the house will be willing to pay a mark of respect. The year 1858 was not like 1857. The great name and reputation of Sir John Lawrence can gain no accessories of honour by the events of the last fourteen months. (Hear.) Sir John Lawrence, notwithstanding failing health, in spite of medical advice, with a constitution shaken by thirty years' service in India, has, with an energy and decision nothing could shake, re mained at his post to organise and arm new levies, and de spatch them to their places, to watch over the once turbulent population under his control, and the even more dangerous races beyond the Affghan frontier, and he has turned a pro vince which was regarded as our greatest danger into a source of security and strength. (Hear, hear.) Sir John Lawrence refused to quit his government until assured by the position of affairs that his services were no longer required. (Hear, hear.) He has within the last few days arrived in this country, to take part in the home adminis tration of India, to adorn it by his presence and instruct it by his counsel. Ido hope that the reception given him by the people of this country will be such as is due to his splendid services. (Cheers.) I think nothing . could be more appropriate that that the first news he receives on his return shall be, that now, for the second time, the Parlia ment of England, speaking, as it always will, the senti ments of the Commons of England, recognises by an unani mous vote the value of his services. Sir It. Hamilton, by his diplomatic exertions, by his fine counsel, maintained the influence of England amongst those independent states to which I have just now adverted. No man, I venture to say, has rendered better service, by the information he commu cated in the most useful manner to the generals in the field. I need not point out to the house how seriously the diffi culties of last year would have been increased if the vast population under the native rulers, encouraged and aided by their Governments, had taken part against us ; with hardly an exception the chiefs remained loyal and faithful to the British rule. Though Ido not wish to deprive them of the credit, still some part of it must be reflected on the officer in whom the diplomatic affairs of that part of India centred, Sir Robert Hamilton. While on this part of the subject, it ie only just I should advert to another eminent officer whose name is not mentioned in the vote—Colonel Davison, the resident at Hyderabad. We all know how steadily and faithfully our ally the Nizam has adhered to the British cause, but we are bound to pay a mark of re spect to the officer who has done so much to maintain British influence at his court. (Hear.) Mr. Frere, whose name stands next in the vote, was at the head of an outly ing and comparatively recently acquired province—Scinde ; but he governed it by a very small display of physical force, and a very small amount of European aid, and at the same time he was indefatigable, in times of great difficulty, in sending all kinds of support to the places where operations were going on. He has ruled the pro vince of Scinde with firmness, with judgment, and with success, neither on the one hand unduly deferring to native prejudices, nor on the other hand harshly and in considerately going against native ideas. And he has had his reward ; for Scinde throughout this insurrection had been tranquil and loyal. I said that Mr. Frere was one of two men by whom that 'province has been kept in peace. The other of those two, unhappily, is not now where he can be rewarded by the thanks of this house, or by any expres sion of national gratitude. But it is not right that the name and memory of General Jacob should pass away from the public mind without some parting recognition of genius so remarkable, and of character so exalted. (Hear.) General Jacob was in almost every respect a pattern of what an officer commanding native troops ought to be. His men would have gone anywhere or done anything for him. With such an officer no difficulties of caste were likely to arise, because he trusted his men, and they trusted him. They well knew, too, that he never spared himself, and that if he gave an order which was disagreeable to their feelings, it was not given in wantonness or in ignorance, but because it was required for the good of the service. (Hear.) General Jacob preserved peace on the widest frontier of India, and created a flourishing settlement out of that frontier, and upon that settlement he laid out such private means as he had acquired. He died at the age of five-and-forty, worn out and exhausted by excessive labour, having given all that he had—even his life—to the service of his country. (Cheers.) During a great part of last year Mr. Mont gomery, having the advantage of a long previous training in the Punjaub, administered the civil affairs of that pro vince. He was left, and wisely left, with his large powers completely unfettered ; and I am only saying that which I have heard from every quarter, and which I believe to be strictly true, when I say that to his tact, to his temper, to his skill, to his good management, and to his indefatigable personal exertion, we owe it in a considerable degree that so many of the great landowners of Oude—those of them I mean who were compromised in the rebellion—were induced to make terms with the British Government. (Cheers.) Con sidering the great importance of the military operations in Oude, and considering how much the success of these ope rations is attributable to the conduct of the civil admini stration, I think the house will not be inclined to refuse an acknowledgement of the services of Mr. Montgomery. (Cheers.) Sir, I come now to the strictly military operations which have been carried on during the last 12 months. I wish first to say that in mentioning the services of officers who were engaged in those operations, I shall not attempt to give anything like a detailed or connected narrative of the military transactions in India. Ido not pretend to the requisite familiarity with military subjects ; and I ap prehend that even for those who do possess a familiar ac quaintance with military topics, so many and so various have been the operations which have taken place, many of them having occurred simultaneously in different parts of India, it would be hardly possible within a reasonable com- • Pass to bring the whole of them before the house in, a simple connected view. (Hear, hear.) It seems to me that the main operations of the war may be divided generally into j four parts. The campaign which ended in the siege and capture of Delhi was the first check gives to the insurgent power in the north-west. Secondly, we have that series of operations which began with the first, and led to the final relief of Lucknow, terminating with the assault and capture of that city ; thirdly, we have that entirely separate and distinct series of operations which was carried on under Sir Hugh Rose in the centre of India, and ended in the corns plete subjugation and tranquillisation of that part of the country ; and, lastly, we have before us that comparatively bloodless—but bloodless only on account of the consummate skill and judgment displayed—that comparatively bloodless campaign which has ended in the entire reduction of Oude. Now, having given this brief sketch, I shall proceed to mention the names of those officers whose duty it was to take a principal part in the operations of the war. The name of Lord Clyde is one which half a century of military service has rendered familiar alike to Asia and to Europe. (Loud cheers.) Whether we look to the remote period of the peninsular campaign or the earlier service in India itself, or to the operations in China twenty years ago, or to that great Crimean contest in which, on the English side, there was no braver or better officer than Sir Colin Camp bell, whether we look to the transactions of the last eighteen months, we find everywhere the same high personal bearing, the same cool and cautious policy, the same energy, the same promptitude, and the same decision in the public service. (Loud cheers.) Lord Clyde, as we know, left England liter ally at a day's notice to take part in the Indian war, and the rapidity of decision which he then evinced was an ear nest of that which he displayed in every subsequent trans action. No soldier in our army can complain of his share of fatigue or of exposure when he sees the Commander-in- Chief of India, nearly 70 years of age, sharing the fatigue, more than sharing the exposure, bearing, in addition, the undivided responsibility of that immense command, and when, as happened only a few months ago, struck down by an accident which would have disabled many younger men, refusing to be laid up, refusing to allow himself the neces sary time for rest and recovery, and continuing to follow the march of his troops although obliged to be carried on a litter. (Load cheers.) Sir, everything I hear, everything I read, of the personal bearing of Lord Clyde identifies him to my mind with that young Lieutenant Campbell who 40 years ago headed the storming party in the desperate and unsuccessful attack upon San Sebastian. (Cheers.) How cautious has been his military pclicy, how economical he has been of his soldiers' lives in all his campaigns, I leave the historian to relate. I cannot but remark, however, that my mind has been struck with this fact, that among all the criticisms which are necessarily passed upon military affairs in which men take a great interest, I have never heard a single mistake, a single error of judgment, attributed to Lord Clyde. The only adverse comment which I have heard upon his military policy is that he has a tendency to exces sive caution, and that he prefers employing a large force where a small one would suffice. That is a tendency which may perhaps be justified even cn the score of military policy, for we all know how many lives are spared by the general having at his command an overwhelming force. But in India such a tendency may be justified on special grounds. In a country where our power necessarily depends so much upon the opinion which is entertained of it by the natives, the moral effect of even a single reverse can hardly be cal culated, and certainly it is not to be measured by the im mediate danger which may ensue. (Hear, hear.) Sir, I believe I express the universal feeling when I say that the appointment of Lord Clyde to the chief command of the army in India is an honour to the Minister who selected him for that post—(hear, hear)—and I would refer to the career of that distinguisded officer, to point out that what ever may be the defects inherent in our system of military or civil administration those defects do not prevent a man of humble social position, if he have energy and talent, from rising, without interest or influence, to the most im portant command, or the highest position. (Loud cheers.) Sir, the name which stands next upon my list, and which, if such distinctions are not invidious, I may say yields in re nown only to that of Lord Clyde, is the name of Sir Hugh Rose. (Cheers.) Sir Hugh Rose commanded the force which was engaged in the campaign in Central India, the services of which have been so fitly and clearly described by himself that I think I cannot do better than read his own statement. Sir Hugh Rose says—l am now quoting his own words :—" The force marched 1,084 miles; took up wards of 150 pieces of cannon; took one entrenched camp, one fortified city, one partly entrenched town; fought 16 successful actions, captured 26 forts, and never sustained a check." (Cheers.) Sir, in that plain and unadorned—and almost matter-of-fact—description of the results achieved, there is an eloquence which Englishmen know how to ap preciate—the eloquence of simplicity and truth. (Cheers.) English troops can do such things as are here described ; but even English troops can only do such things if they have confidence in the general under whom they serve— (hear, hear)—if they know that their courage and discipline will not be wasted, and that their lives will not be thrown away by an error of judgment, by professional ignorance, or by a hasty impulse of undisciplined courage. (Hear, hear.) Sir, the campaign of Central India is in many respects one of the most memorable campaigns of late years. It was a campaign waged—as indeed most of those waged in India have been—against great numerical odds; it was a campaign carried on through the hottest and worst season of the year, at a time when. European troops have rarely been called upon to keep the field ; and it was a campaign involving an incessant and unintermitted series of marches and battles, none of them, perhaps, in themselves of first-rate military importance, but collectively, as I imagine, constituting a far superior trial of the courage, the discipline, and the endur ance of the troops engaged than could have been afforded by any single battle. (Cheers.) The quality of personal courage is happily one for which no one thinks of praising an English officer or an English soldier. But endurance is a quality which varies in degree even in the English army; and I think it impossible for any one to read without admi ration how Sir Hugh Rose, again and again struck down by that terrible sun, again and again suffering from disease, al ways rallied, and was found ready to place himself again at the head of his troops whenever and wherever his presence was needed, conquering physical weakness and physical suffering with the power which belongs to a determined man. (Cheers.) Sir, the services of Sir James Outram require, I imagine, no lengthened mention. (Loud cheers.) It is known how when Sir James had penetrated to Lucknow in the campaign of 1867, ho took command of the garrison, and kept it until the place was relieved in November, how he afterwardsheld the exposed and isolated post of Alum sagh—a post the po litical as well as military importance of which was extreme, because our continued occupation of it showed to all India that our temporary withdrawal from Lucknow was a with drawal effected merely for strategical reasons, and that it by no means involved the ultimate abandonment of that city. (Hear, hear.) Lord Clyde, in mentioning the name of Sir James Outram, speaks of " the brilliant and thoroughly complete manner in which he executed the duties entrusted to him." General Roberts commanded at Rajpootanah. Perhaps the most successful operation in which this officer was engaged was the assault of Cotah, on the 13th of March, by which a severe blow was struck at the enemy. But General Roberts was engaged throughout these operations, and gave most important and valuable assistance to Sir Hugh Rose. General Whitlock also rendered similar assistance to Sir Hugh Rose throughout the operations to which I am referring. The name of Sir Archdale Wilson has been rendered illustrious throughout this country by the opera tions which took place at the siege of Delhi. (Cheers.) I do not now propose to revert to the operations of 1857. But Sir Archdale Wilson was again employed in the succeeding year. (Hear, hear.) He commanded the artillery at the siege of Lucknow, and according to the testimony of Lord Clyde—and I venture to quote it, because on a subject of this kind professional eulogy naturally carries more weight than that of a person who is unskilled in military affairs—he bore a conspicuous part in the reduction of Lucknow. Lord Clyde says :—" The merits of Sir Archdale Wilson are too well known to gain anything but encomium from me ; but I may be permitted to express my satisfaction at having been able to avail myself of the assistance of this most dis tinguished officer. The effective fire of the artillery during the long operations, which d epended so much on the manage ment of that arm, elicited general admiration." Sir Hope Grant, whose name I next mention, has been perhaps more constantly and more actively employed than almost any other officer who has been engaged in the Indian war. He has been mentioned in despatches, I believe, more fre quently than any other officer holding a similar command, and a complete and detailed narrative of the various opera tions in which he has taken part would be in itself a his tory not very incomplete of the whole operations of the war. (Hear, hear.) Sir Hope Grant commanded the ca valry brigade at the siege of Delhi, and he led the column sent in puisuit of the rebels after the termination of that siege; he commanded a division at the relief of Lucknow in November, 1857 ; he took part in the last battle of Cawn pore ; he also commanded a division at the capture of Luck now in March, 1858, and for his services on that occasion he received the praise of the Commander-in-Chief; he was again sent in pursuit of the rebels after the capture of Lucknow, and rendered great service in the operations which ensued, the principal one being the battle of Ranee gunge, where 16,000 natives were defeated by a much in ferior force. Speaking of his conduct at the battle of the Gogra, Lord Clyde writes : "He gave effect to my instruc tions in his usual brilliant manner." In his last despatch, dated the 7th of Feb., " During the last six months I have been filled with admiration at the part taken by him during this war. I cannot say too much in his praise. He has the rare merit of uniting the greatest boldness in action ' with a correct judgment and the most scrupulous regard for his orders and instructions." I think the mention made of this officer by the Commander-in-Chief sufficiently justifies me in including his name in this vote of thanks. Sir Wm. Mansfield has filled an office which is compara tively new, I believe, in the military system of this coun try. He has acted as chief of the staff in India ; he has been, if I may use the phrase, the right-hand of the Com mander-in-Chief ; and the relations between those two dis tinguished men afford an instance, happily not rare in the profession of arms, of professional co-operation combined with personal friendship. (Hear, and cheers.) Lord Clyde, in his despatch of January, 1858, adverting to the opera tions at the relief of Lucknow, says :—" I cannot convey to your lordship in adequate terms my deep sense of the obli gations I am under to Major-General Mansfield for the very able and cordial assistance he has rendered me and the service ,during these operations, and how admirably the very many important duties belonging to his situation have been performed." (Hear, hear.) In December, 1857, Sir W. Mansfield commanded the division at Cawnpore, on which occasion he was highly praised ; and in May, 1858, referring to the capture of Lucknow, Lord Clyde writes : " I have now the pleasing task of communicating to your lordship the name of an office to whom, not only las com manding officer but the service at large are under great obligations—Major-General Mansfield, chief of the staff— whose labours have been unceasing, whose abilities are of the highest order, and have been of the greatest use to me during this campaign. It is impossible for me to praise this officer too highly, or to recommend him sufficiently to the protection of your lordships and the Government." Since that despatch was written, Sir Wm. Mansfield has taken part in all the last operations of the campaign of Oude. To what is said by Lord Clyde I will only add this, that all who have the good fortune to know Sir W. Mansfield, and all who have the slightest acquaintance with his career, must be well aware that the estimate formed of him by Lord Clyde is in no degree an exaggerated one. (Cheers.) Sir Thomas Franks crossed the Gogra in command of a division at the capture of Lucknow. Lord Clyde writes re reefing him as follows.—" The division was admirably commanded, but the most striking feat which was per formed by it was that series of rapid and successful ma noeuvres which ended in the defeat of several bodies of in surgents in three battles fought within four days." Sir Edward Lugard—(cheers)—also commanded a division at the capture of Lucknow, and in May was at.: the head of a force which captured a large fort which was in the hands of the insurgents. Lord Clyde speaks of the skill which Sir Edward Lugard displayed, and expressed his admiration of the manner in which the troops bore privation and fatigue. (Cheers.) Sir John Michel commanded the Mhow Field Force, and defeated the army under Tantia Topee, with a loss to the rebels of 27 guns and of their camp and baggage. (Hear.) Since that time he has been employed, I venture to say most signally and indefatigably employed in the very arduous and very disagreeable, but very necessary; duty of pursuing the detached and broken forces of the insur gents. (Cheers.) Brigadier Walpole received the praise of the Commander-in-Chief for his conduct at Cawnpore. He commanded a division at Lucknow, ;and Lord Clyde wrote of him there, that " hie division was admirably managed," Since that time he has been in command of the force in Ro hilcund. That force has been signally successful. I think the house will be of opinion that in the case of an officer who has; done good service, and who has steadily and faithfully discharged his duty, the mere accident of a single reverse—a reverse such as that which has repeatedly occurred to the ablest generals,. and such as the ablest generals have not been ashamed to acknowledge L-ii no reason why he should not share in_the thanks of this house. (Cheers.) I will' now comment on, with a little more particularity, the great and effective services rendered by Sir Robert Napier. Sir Robert Napier having marched to Lucknow at the head of part' of the relieving force, remained in a defensive position till the final relief of the place in November. Lord Clyde writes as follows The success of the troops has been in no small , degree promoted by the incessant and self-denying devotion' of • Colonel Napier, who has never been absent many hohrs by day or night from any one of the points of operation ; whose advice has, ever been readily tendered and gratefully accepted by the executive offietrl3, whose earnest ness and kind cordiality have stimulate& 'and encouraged all ranks and grades amidst their harassing difficulties and dangerous labours." .Again, on a later occasion, referring to the part which Sir Robert Napier took in the capture of Lucknow, the Commander-in-Chief says :—" It would be difficult to give an adequate idea of the zeal and activity which he displayed." Since that time Sir Robert Napier has commanded in the Gwalior district, and among many other achievements which he performed with signal eclat was that of defeating, with a very small force of cavalry, a large force of the enemy after the capture of Gwalior, and taking from them 24 guns. (Cheers.) Sir, I believe I have now gone through the list of those officers whose names are included in this vote ; and if I have done so with any unnecessary detail, or if I have gone into details which are to some extent unavoidably dry, being limited to a mere enumeration of the principal exploits performed, I hOpe the house will feel that, standing here in the position that I occupy, I had a duty to perform in relation to these officers which I could not neglect. (Cheers.) lam anxious now, before I sit down, to explain briefly what is the principle on which these votes have been framed. Happily, in stances'of gallantry, of devotion, and of military skill have not been rare. To recognise all these separately and individually even in the case of officers holding compa ratively high and responsible situations, would, from the very nature of the case, be impossible. To draw a line, and decide who should be included and who should not be in cluded, would in any case be a somewhat invidious task. But the course which is sanctioned by precedent, and the course which on the whole appears the least invidious one that can be followed, is to take as a test the military rank of the individual and the importance of the operations in which he has been engaged, including, as we have done here, those who have had the independent command of a division, and who have also been actively engaged in the field. (Hear, hear.) There is another rule which has been laid 'down by us in selecting names for this vote, and I wish to advert to it, because it will explain the omission of some names which some hon. gentlemen may think ought to have appeared. We have not thought it right to go back to the operations of 1857, that is, to some of those operations which were within the cognisance of the Government of the day at the time when the last vote was passed in this house, because it seemed to us that nothing could be more improper, nothing could be more unsound, than for any Government in a matter of this kind to attempt to revise, and so possibly to alter the decision of a previous Government. I mention this, because there are one or two names which, but for the necessity of a limitation of this kind, I should very gladly have included. Some of the ser vices performed in 1857 by Sir Patrick Grant were of a nature which may well excite the national pride. Sir Patrick Grant held the chief command in India previous to the arrival of Lord Clyde; but he was not actively engaged in the field during any part of last year; and therefore, though it was done with regret, his name was omitted. Neither was it possible, consistently with the rule I have noticed, to men tion the name of Sir John Jones, who commanded for a time in Rohilcund ; or the name of Brigadier Chain berlayne, than whom, I am told on the highest authority, no man did more to organise the Punjaub force—(hear hear)— or thename of Sir Sidney Cotton, who rendered modeffective and valuable service in some expeditions against certainwild tribes of India. Sir, when we are paying the tribute which is due to those who are living, it is not fitting, I think, that we should pass away from the contemplation of this matter without`recognising the services of the dead. (Hear, hear.) Operations like those of the last 18 months could not be con ducted without a great and lamentable loss of life. Unfor tunately the loss of the public service in this war is not one which you can measure by any numerical test that it is pos sible to apply, because it is always the best and bravest offi cers who go to the front, who at a period of extraordinary difficulty and danger doubly expose themselves, and who therefore undergo a more than ordinary amount of risk. Among the many brave men who have fallen in these cam paigns there are two whom, without exposing myself to the charge of invidiousness, I may, I think, be allowed espe cially to name. Major Hodson of the Guides—(cheers) — in a short but brilliant military career, displayed every quality which is manifested by a first-rate cavalry officer in the field. There is nothing more remarkable than the va riety of services in which he was employed, unless it be the energy and versatility with which he turned from one to another. Employed first against the desperate Sikh fana tics, then transferred to the civil service, and labouring there as if he had passed all his life in it ; then organising and commanding the corps of Guides ; and, lastly, in the ope rations before Delhi volunteering for every enterprise in which life could be hazarded or glory acquired, he crowded into twelve eventful years the services of a long life, and died with the warrior's crown. (Cheers) He attained what was no doubt to him the highest reward in the con sciousness of a duty nobly discharged, and the assurance of an enduring military renown. (Loud cheers.) Sir, the other deceased officer to whom I wish to advert bore a name in which we must all feel a special and peculiar interest. No word of mine can add to the glory of the short career of Sir William Peel. (Cheers.) Sir William bore a name which was inseparably connected with the parliamentary history of his country ; and it was ?iot,- I think, without feelings of personal pride and persofial pleasure that the members of this house heard the news of his achievements. (Cheers.) His career had an untimely end. (Hear, hear.) For his own reputation, indeed, ho had lived long enough— no future act could enhance that reputation ; it is England, it is his country that has cause to deplore his loss. (Hear, hear.) The last resolution which stands on the paper is one which I am sure requires no words of mine to recom mend it to the house—l refer to the acknowledgment of " the valour, self-devotion, and brilliant services of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers." • Never, before, I believe, was there courage more brilliant, never was there. greater energy or endurance. (Cheers.) I had intended to include in the vote—l imagined that the words as they stood would cover them—the services of the petty officers, seamen, non-commissioned officers, and marines employed with the naval force. (Cheers.) Sir, I think that if the people of this country pay, as I believe they do, one and all, high and low, rich and poor, honour and respect to the courage of the Engilsh troops, that honour and that respect are not paid merely in consideration L of the results which the courage of those troops has achieved—are not paid merely because we feel that to them we owe the restoration of our power in India, and the en hancement of our military reputation abroad—but are paid for other and deeper reasons, because we feel that those qualities of courage and endurance which have been so sig nally displayed in the operations of the war are qualities • which lie at the very root of our national character, and that if they ceased to form part of the national character, not only the military glory, not only the possessions abroad, i but the honour, the independence, the safety —nay, the very existence of this great and world-wide empire, could no longer be for a single day secure. (Cheers.) Sir, without further comment, and regretting that I should have de tained the house so long, I beg to move the resolutions which stand on the paper. (These resolutions will be found in our Lords' report.) Lord PALMERSTON—Sir, in rising to second the motion of the noble lord opposite, I do not hope, nor will I attempt, to add anything to those glowing and manifestly heart-felt commendations which the noble lord, in a speech which I am sure we all heard with the greatest sympathy and admiration pronounced on the conduct of those distinguished men, civil, military, and naval, who are the subjects of the vote which he has proposed. But I cannot refrain from ask ing the permission of the house to have the honour of coupling my name with the tribute of gratitude and respect which the noble lord has now proposed that we shall offer to the persons who are included in the vote. Sir, the occasion on which we are now assembled is connected with one of those bright memories which from time to time arise amid the hostile conflicts of party politics in this house. There are occasions on which this house is permitted to lay aside party contests, and to remember only that it is the repre sentative of the nation whi.:ll sent us here, when it unites in offering a tribute of honour and gratitude to those men who have had the good fortune to perform great services for ' their country. These occasions are not only gratifying to us and honourable to this house, but there are occasions upon which more than at any other time this house is the organ and expression of the feelings of the people of this country. Sir, there never was, perhaps, an occasion more deserving than the present of the expression of the thanks of Parliament ; for I may say, without fear of denial, that the great struggle which is brought to a termination in India was one of the most remarkable events, not only in the history of this country, but of any country which has ever existed in the world. There was never an occasion on which a danger of such immense and fearful import broke out so unexpectedly ; there was never an occasion in which a greater danger was met by more wonderful ability and resources:those by which this had been overcome with com plete success. The noble lord has so eloquently and so well offered to those persons who are mentioned in this vote the appropriate terms of p raise belonging to their vo l cation, that it would be almost impertinent for me to add to those praises ; indeed, by attempting to do so, I might, perhaps, be detracting from the well-merited praise which he has given. It is, however, impossible for me not to add a word of concurrence to the well-deserved praise which he has awarded to Lord Canning. He has well said that there is, perhaps, not a man who has been placed in a more diffi cult position. There is not a man who, placed in a like situation, has displayed greater temperance, greater courage, greater moderation, or greater firmness when the moment had arrived to act sternly and decisively. When we on this side reflect that it is we who thought right t• appoint Lord Canning to the Governor-Generalship of India, we must feel some gratification in finding the ad vice we tendered to the Sovereign has led to" the happy results which have now come about. With regard to Lord Elphinstone, whom also I had the honour of naming, the noble lord has bestowed a just tribute to the ability which that noble person has dis played. It is needless for me to attempt to add to the just praises which have been bestowed on that most eminent and distinguished public servant, Sir John Lawrence, or upon those other civilians to whom allusion has been made. But with regard to Lord Clyde and Sir H. Rose—two of the officers whose services have been so well sketched out—l certainly feel glad and thankful to the noble lord for the manner in which he has alluded to the circumstance of their having been appointed by the late Government; but this .I must say, in justice to the Commander-in-Chief, that in all those appointm ents his royal highness was consulted, and concurred with her Majesty's Government in the appointments which they made. (Hear, bear.) Undoubtedly it is not too much to say of Lord Clyde that he has shown all the great quali ties which combine to make a great commander. (Ilear, hear.) He has shown extraordinary skill, courage, and moderation, care in the management of his soldiers, and a power of combined movement. (Hear, hear.) There is, in fact, nothing which makes a good commander which Lord Clyde has not had the opportunity of showing, and, having that opportunity, has not shown. I trust that his health has not suffered by what he has undergone, but that when his period of service is over he may return in possession of his full vigour to receive from his countrymen that recep tion which he so well deserves. (Hear, hear.) With re gard to Sir H. Rose, I had many years ago the happiness to employ Sir H. Rose, and he then gave evidence of those abilities, the promise of which has been fulfilled in all places where he has been engaged, whether in Egypt, Syria, or the Crimea. Those abilities have had an opportunity of further development in India, and Sir H. Rose has justly attained, the distinction which entitles him to the thanks of this house. (Hear, hear.) With regard to Sir James Outran and the other officers to whom the noble lord has awarded a just tribute, I can add nothing to what has fallen from him. This, however, I may mention with regard to Six R. Groat, that trust we may on e d u see adorniu . g the walls of our National Gallery some record of the events in which he has been engaged from the pencil of the dis tinguiihed artist who is his relative in this country. (Hear, hear.) I will' not trespass upon the house by going into the details upon which the noble lord has so ably and with such good taste fully entered—a task which lam sure the noble lord entered upon with the greatest pleasure, and on which I am sure he would have dwelt still longer had he not thought that his duty to the house did not admit of it. It is needless to say of our English soldiers and sailors that, wherever they may be, they are sure to perform their duty to their country with all the zeal, courage, and per severance which so greatly distinguishes them. The noble lord Minded to certain officers not included in the vote which we proposed when we were in office, and whom, therefore, he seemed to think that he was debarred from including in this vote because the services occurred before the last vote of thanks was passed. I ought in justice to those officers to state that her Majesty's Government, in proposing the late vote of thanks, felt themselves bound by certain rules, and the practice of Parliament with regard to such occasions compelled us to limit ourselves to those officers who held a certain position. There is one class which lam aware it is impossible to include in a vote of thanks of this kind, but whose actions, nevertheless, are not undeserving of being mentioned here. I allude, sir, to the great number of civi lians scattered all over the country. (Hear.) I am reminded by an hOn. friend near me that some allusion was made to them in the last vote. But I speak now, sir, not only of men but of women—(hear) —exposed to perils and dangers, and whose conduct has been of the most heroic description. (Hear.) We have all seen accounts of large numbers who have gone forth to distant countries, who have been ex posed to all the hardship of privation and famine and the dangers of hostile tribes ; we have read of the sufferings of crews of vessels who have undergone hardships which we should have thought it almost impossible for human nature to endure; we have all read of great battles of distinguished commanders, in which the sufferings of armies have been intense ; but in all these eases it was either an individual effort of courage, or it was performed by men trained up in such services with all the means and appliances for meeting dangers. But we saw in India thousands of our country men and countrywomen scattered over an immense coun try, placed there for purposes of administration, commerce, and agriculture, unprepared for any difficulties in v o l v in g the necessity of fighting for their lives—we have seen them suddenly overwhelmed by a calamity which no human eye could see, but which found them, in the eloquent words of one of our writers on the subject, "every one fighting, every one resisting." It was a spectacle honourable in the highest degree to the national character, and one showing in the highest relief, those qualities of mind and determina tion which distinguish the nation to which we have the happiness and honour to belong. Those who had to defend themselves fought with the most heroic valour; those whose lot it was to be overwhelmed met their fate in a manner worthy of their country. The acts of both classes are such as we cannot forbear to keep in mind, for they redound to the honour of the country to which we belong, and they tend to raise us in the estimation and regard of all the nations of the earth. (Hear, hear.) I will not trouble the house further than by saying that I most cordially concur in the vote which the noble lord proposed. (Hear, hear.) Sir DE L. EVANS rose to offer hiss ncere thanks to the noble lord (Stanley) for the admirable manner in which he had spoken on this subject. (Hear, hear.) He did not look upon this as a mere ceremonial—it was a matter of great importance. He ventured to say that there was no honour which could be conferred upon the military and naval forces of this country, which they would more prize than the vote of thanks of that house. Lord J. RUSSELL might perhaps be permitted to add his voice to the vote now before the house. He had been delighted to hear the noble lord (Stanley) speaking of the merits of the Governor-General of India and of the officers who had acted with him in the recent rebellion. He did not intend to follow the noble lord through his speech, but he would say that he believed that there never was a greater service performed by civil and military officers than had been performed by these classes in India ; there never was a graver danger—never a more complete success. (Hear, hear.) It was in many respects more wonderful than their victories in former times there. In former times we had to meet tribes furnished only with their own arms, knowing only their own modes of warfare. But in this case we had to meet an army armed and disciplined by ourselves—the arrow had indeed been feathered from our own wing. (Hear.) Whether the house looked to the offensive or the defensive operations, it would find them characterised by the greatest ability •and success. He (Lord J. Russell) would hardly have risen, had he not thought there was one thing not to find fault with., but respecting which there seemed to be an omission which ought on that occasion to be made good. It was this, that while the great empire of India had been pre served to us by the abilities and devotion of those at the head of affairs there, and of their subordinates, we ought to be thankful that during the struggle we had had the assist ance of the most illustrious and distinguished natives of India. (Hear.) He mentioned this because, while we had every reason to rejoice in the triumph which had been ob tained, he remembered the noble lord in one of his speeches had pointed out the dangers which might yet happen here after. It had been said by Lord Macaulay that " our empire in India was neither an empire relying wholly on force nor wholly on opinion ; it was a mixed empire founded both on force and opinion." He (Lord J. Russell) trusted that the noble lord, who had shown himself so well able to perform the duties of the position which he held, would, now that these military triumphs were at an end, prove himself equally successful in gaining the good will of the natives of India, and so strengthen our empire in that great coun try. (Hear.) Mr. V. SMITH felt it would be presumptuous in him to add but a very few words to what had been said on the pre sent occasion. The house would, however, perhaps permit him for a few moments to dwell on the subject. He could assure the house that, during the eventful and anxious autumn of 1857, he felt no little consolation in thinking that those who had the management of affairs in India were men well qualified to sustain the fortunes of this country. There were some omissions in this vote which he certainly re gretted. He was sorry not to see there the name of Sir P. Grant. He regretted this the more because he had had the honour to appoint that distinguished officer. There was another officer, not so well known perhaps, Major- General Lawrence, whose name he should likewise have wished to see in the resolution. With regard to the noble lord the Governor-General of India, he must say that he thought this country had reason to be proud of Lord Canning. He recollected, and some hon. gentlemen would recollect, the dinner which was given to Lord Canning pre vious to his leaving this country for India. In his speech, Lord Canning expressed his hope that his reign in India might be a peaceful one, but if it were otherwise, he hoped that his Government would be able to show by their firmness and moderation in danger that they were not un prepare?' for war. He did not wish to refer to bygones, but he felt it only right to say that he thought that in his conduct under the outcry which at one time was raised against him, Lord Canning had shown the most praiseworthy firmness. In his conduct throughout the most trying situation in which he was placed Lord Canning's conduct had been such as to call for their unqualified admiration. (Hear, hear.) The noble lord (Stanley) had given a reason for not noticing Lord Harris in the present vote, and in that reason he (Mr. Smith) concurred. The noble lord had at the same time taken the occasion of speaking of Lord Harris in such hand , some terms that he thought he would be perfectly satisfied. From speaking of those who were still amongst them, he would pass to a distinguished public servant now unhappily no more—he alluded to Sir H. Lawrence. Death, which closed or ought to close the lips of all to aught which affected injuriously a man's memory, occasionally permitted one to state that which otherwise there might be reasons for not stating. Now that this able public servant was no more, he (Mr. Smith) might without any impropriety state a fact which, until this time, was known only to the family of Sir H. Lawrence. At the time when battle and disease were striking down the best and bravest officers, both military , and civilian, it became the duty of the Government to con sider the possibility of the death of the Governor •General. It was then his (Mr. Smith's) duty to look out for a person who should take his place. He fixed, with the concurrence of his noble friend at the head of the Government, and with the sanction of the Board of Directors, on Sir H. Lawrence. (Hear.) He thought it due to the memory of that distin guished man to state this—(hear, hear)—to show how highly his talents were appreciated both by his masters the East India Company, and by the Government. (Hear.) One diffi culty there was which necessarily connected itself with votes of thanks, and that was the almost impossibility of extend dinisgtrithcetisrnteeromustrsaogeass t t o o o a k p p p l l a y ee to . th T o h s us e offi in ce t r h s e u p - it r h es in en w t h ca os s e e the course of conduct by which General Jacob—(hear ' hear) unfortunately and up nomore, his preservation of men, was no e doubt India. n i Major . MTherson also, the agent a t th e court p of Scindia, had rendered important service by detaining the Gwalior Contingent, even after they had mutinied, for four months during the most critical period of the mutiny. His noble friend the memb er f or Ti ver t on h a d alluded to the omission of civilians from the vote, but he (Mr. Smith) believed the reason to have been th a t since the vote of 1858, in which they were included, no second opportunity had been given for distinction. To the general terms of the vote he begged to give his most cordial concurrence. Colonel NORTH, while concurring in everything that had been said in praise of Lords Canning and Clyde, re gretted that the name of Sir Patrick Grant had not been included in the vote. On the death of Earl Anson, Sir Patrick was called to Calcutta by telegraph to take the command, and he at once organised the column which, under Havelock, performed such glorious services. He (Colonel North) believed also that the naval brigade was first suggested by Sir Patrick Grant, and that his sugges tions were of the greatest use to Lord Clyde when he assumed the cowhand. Mr. A. KINNAIRD complained of the omission of the names of Sir Sidney Cotton and of Colonel Edward es from the vote. Both had rendered most important service on the frontiers, but yet the noble lord, by rigidly following prece dents, and excluding all services excepts those which had been performed in general action, had been obliged to ex clude them both. There were also two officers, the only survivors of Cawnpore, namely, Colonel Delafosse and Captain Thompson, now in England, and neither had re ceived the slightest mark of notice or approbation. Mr. VANSITTART thought that the Pacha of Egypt should receive some mark of distinction from the country for the services he had rendered in transporting our troops across the desert. On one occasion he transmitted two regiments of cavalry, having first royally entertained th em at Cairo, and at various times had facilitated the transit of large bodies of our troops. Sir E. CODRINGT ON called attention to the case of Major-General Johnstone, commanding at Jellundar. Neglect of duty had been charged against that gallant offi cer, but on reference being made to the Commander-in- Chief, Lord Clyde made the following r e p or t • " I t is evi dent that General an hdetherefore, acted anb Johnstone tes otaastands deu accused impressedeacedlsseti;roanfa hisn error rr unsullied,aobr il ni w t yj i with h dig a iadi s us, nt mili tary e o tn n ht g e.. utmost sense ocsht of a rodfauett whichye r, The Commander-in- Chief is of opinion that an atonement is due to him." Another case of hardship was that of Major-General Windham, whose name would have been included in the last vote of thanks but that the vote was passed on the Bth of February, while the Comman der-in .Chief's despatch rendering justice to him did not arrive in England until the 17th. General Windham was second in command to Lord Clyde. In the despatch of December 20th that noble lord acknowledged that General Windham had been laced in a position. of great difficulty, and called up on th e Governor-General to give his protec tion and good offices to that officer. Upon this the Gover nor-General issued an order to the effect that General Windham's reputation, a s a leader of conspicuous bravery and coolness, had lost n othing by the omission of his name from Lord Clyde's despatch —an omission which that noble lord regretted, and adding that the Governor- General would not fail to bring under notice the difficulties under which General -Windham had been placed. He (Sir W. Codrington) was of opinion that if these despatches had come home in time General Windham would not now be without his vote of thanks; and he could not but regret that that officer should suffer from what was merely an un fortunate accident. He concurred in every word which had been said in praise of the noble Commander-in-Chief in India. Colonel SYKES, as an old sepoy officer, a character of which he felt proud, deemed it his duty to call attention to t h e services and loyalty of the Bombay and Madras armies, Although mainly composed of Rajpoots, Bra hmins, and high-class Mussulmans, they had fought bray ely against their kinsman, and had resisted! every temptati, m and soli citation to desert. He hoped that this vote, col nprising as it did European and native tro ops, might be taken as an earnest of returning confidence ' • as without native troops it would be impossible to govern India without at the same time beggaring her finances. The votes were then unanimously agreed to. FOREIGN RELATIONS. _ _ The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER—During the discussion which has just terminated I received a com munication from the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, stating that it would be conducive to the public interests if the statement relating to our foreign relations were post poned until Monday next. My noble friend has made a similar announcement in another place. I beg therefore to postpone my statement on the subject until Monday next. EXCHEQUER BILLS (L 13,277,400) BILL. Bill read a third time and passed. CONSOLIDATED FUND (APPROPRIATION) BILL. On the order of the day for the third reading of this bill, Sir H. WILLOUHGBY took occasion to ask the Secre tary for the Treasury for information with reference to the expenditure of the votes of credit, amounting on. the whole for the years 1854, 1855, 1856, to £8,000,000, which had been granted during the Russian war. He wished to ascer tain whether the entire of that sum had been expended, and, if not, what the balance was which remained still un appropriated Sir S. NORTHCOTE said the actual state of the fund to which the hon. baronet referred was, that £6,400,000 had been actually laid out on account of the service of the war. With regard to the remaining £1,600,000, the power to draw one million of it out of the Exchequer had been surrendered last year, which left a sum'of only £600,000 to be accounted for. As soon as the army and navy accounts were wound up it was his intention to lay a statement of the manner in which the whole of the money had been expended on the table of the house. Only one account, he believed, involving a sum of any magnitude remained to be settled. It was connected with our arrangements with Fran ce, in reference to what took place during the Crimean war, and was in progress of settlement. It was possible, too, that there might be some charge on account of the German Legion; but as soon as those two items were arranged the balance of the votes would be transferred to the Exchequer, and the accounts laid before Parliament. The bill was then read a third time and passed. • CONVICT PRISONS ABROAD BILL. Bill read a third time and pa'ssed. MANSLAUGHTER BILL. The Lords' amendments to this bill were ft tither con sidered, and some were adopted, while others vvt )re rejected. RECREATION GROUNDS BILL The Lords' amendments were considered and agreed to. LUNATIC POOR (IRELAND) BILL. On the motion of Mr. WHITESIDE, the order of the day for the committal of this bill was read and discb, arged. SWEARING JEWISH MEMBER,S. Mr. WALPOLE called attention to the rep ort of the Select Committee on the Jews' Act, and moved the resolu tion recommended thereinnamely, that on the meeting of a new Parliament no resolution, in pursuance cal the Act, to admit Jews to take the oath, omitting the -words "on the true faith of a Christian," be taken into consideration till 12 o'clock on the fourth day of the house meeting for the purpose of taking the oaths appointed by la-vv. Mr. NEWDEGATE made a kind of protest ngainat•the decision of the committee. _ _ The motion, after a short discussion, was agreed to, and the resolution was ordered to be made a standing order of the house. OFFENCES AGAINST THE PERSON. The ATTORNEY-GENERAL moved for' leave to bring in certain bills to consolidate and amend the statute law of England and Ireland. He proposed to lay the bills on the table, he said, in order that during the interval be fore the meeting of the next Parliament they might be considered• After a few remarks by Mr. WHITESIDE and Mr. Isi'MAJioN, leave was given. The house adjourned at 10 minutes to 8 o'clock. COUNTRY MARKETS. BIRMINGHAM-APRIL 14. The supply of wheat at our market to-day was very fair, sales realising readily an improvement of is per -qr. on the currencies of last week. Barley was dull, and ra ther cheaper. Oats held for previous rates, but less in request. Beans and peas both rather higher. MANCHESTER-AntiL 14. The attendance was good, and English wheat met - a fair sale at an advance of is per qr. upon the rates of this day se'nnight. Little disposition to buy flour, and as holders did not press sales we merely repeat previous quotations in the business transacted. Beans, oats, and oatmeal ruled firm, with only a moderate demand. BOSTON-APRIL 13. The was a fair average quantity of wheat on offer, and owing to the prevalence of warlike rumours, very high prices were demanded by farmers, which checked business, and a slow retail trade resulted at an advance of is to 2$ per qr. Spring corn steady, at late rates. Wheat, white 448 to 46s Beans, Mazagan..—s to — 0 I red 36s to 42s Middle & small 39s to 44s Barley 26s to 38s White peas 37s to 46s I Oats l7s to 25s Grey.. —s to Averages for the week : Wheat 4,498 qrs., at 40s 6d 8ar1ey......... ~ — s —d Oats lO3 ~ 22s 4d Rye —7, —s --d Beans Peas .... 12 ~ 4os Od NEWAR. 1-APRIL 13. At this day's market the 81 and the trade ruled good at 1, descriptions of grain unaltered White wheat, new, 42s to 46s Red do. 37s to 42s Old white to 46s Red do.. 378 to 42s Barley, malting— . 388 to 42s how of wheat was moderate, Ls to 2s per qr higher. Other 1. Barley, grinding 28s to 303 Oats, old, . 24s to 30s New do 26s to 303 Beans. 40s to 46 5 Peas to LOUTH• APRIL 13 There was a poor supply of wheat and barley, and a small trade at market to-day. Wheat fully is above late rates. Other articles sold slowly without change in prices. Wheat ... 39s to 44s Oats.... 2ss to 29s White do .—s to —s Beans —s to --s Barley .35s to 39s Ditto, old ........42s to 46s EDINBURGH GRAIN—APRIL 13. Fair supplies of grain to-day, and sales were ready at rather better prices. Wheat on the top Os 6d down average 0511(1 up. Barley on the top is 6(1 down average Os 4d up. Oats on tho top Os 3d up. Beans on the top is 0(1 down.... —average Os 3d up. Averages per Imperial quarter. Wheat........... £2 3 2 7-12ths Barley . ................ 112 10 3-12ths Oats . 1 4 4 3-12ths Beans..... -12ths Total Supply and Sales. Wheat .1552 qrs Sold 1252 qrs 8ar1ey........1038 qrs Sold 896 qrs Oats .1863 qrs Sold 1382 qrs Beans 3lB qrs Sold 310 qrs GLASGOW—Apia', 13. We had a very dull market at our corn exchange to day, without any material alteration in the general current cies of last week. Scarcely anything doing in barley) 1311 Scotch 6d dearer. Beans and peas is higher. CORK—APRIL 13. The following were th e quo t a tio n s this morning :s ci --R wheat, 21s Od to 225; white, 23s 4d to 23s 6d; barley 1 3 s to 13s 6d; oats, 12s Od to 14s Od. DUBLIN—APRIL 12. At this corn market to-day there was a small supply of farmers' grain. Wheat advanced 6d per barrel ; oats 36 ; barley firm, and more inquiry. Indian corn as before. , s. d. s. d. s. d. S. (1. Wheat, white.. 23 oto 26 0 Do. , new ll 6to 13 0 Do., red 2l 6to 23 6 Bere Do., new .... 23 0t026 0 Rapeseed Barley Oats Do., black lO 6toll 0 Indian corn .. 28 oto 30 0 DERBY SMITHFIELD —APRIL 12. The supply of beasts to-day was large ; the demand was good, and sales effected at high prices. Calves plentiful, and in request. Sheep in average supply, pi gs nume rous, but a flat demand. Beef 7d to lid Veal Mutton . Bd to 9d Pork calf skins, 51d to 6d. Rough fat, 5s Od dto Sid Lambper stone. Hides, 4d to sd; [ADVERTISEMENT.3—HoIIoway's Pills.—Bilious Affe e " tions.—ln the spring and fall of the year nothing is more common, and few ailments more distressing than the class of diseases dependent on disordered liver. The sensation of neausea, headache, listlessness, and loss of appetite will at once be recognised as t h e symptoms of liver affections ; which can easily b e re li eve d b y reg ulating the action of that organ. 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