The Sun. — London, England, 1858-02-09 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT, HOUSE OF LORDS-(YurERDAL) VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY, NATY, AND CIVIL SERVICE IN INDIA. Lord PANMURE, having thanked his noble friend for giving way, proceeded to say that the motion of which he had given notice was one of those which properly belonged to the station which he had the honour to fill, and there waa none which it gave him greater pleasure to be called upon to discharge. The honour which was conferred by a vote of thanks from that house was one which every branch of her Majesty's service considered to be the highest they could receive. They remembered the anecdote of Sir John Moore, who, when dying on the battle-field, exclaimed, with almost his last breath, ''l hope they will do justice to ns at home." Yes, jus tice at home. What would be thought at home, was the feeling that pervaded the breast of every man who was serving his country 'on hard.fought fields and distant lands, and it was that which sustained them in their struggles, which consoled them in their hardships, which even comforted them in the last moments of their exist ence. It would now be his duty to call their lordships' attention to a train of circumstances which spread over a considerable space of time, and the actor in which had not as yet received any notice from Parliament. There were three classes of individuals to whom he should ask their lordships to tender the expression of their thanks ; the first being those persons who stood highest in the administration of India, and under whose direction in their different offices ail the operations for putting down the mutiny had been carried on ; the second, those brave men who had conferred so much additional lustre on their country's arms ; and the third—and this wag a resolution which he tendered in addition to the first two which had been placed on tLe paper, consisting of per/awe who, although beloaging neither to the military nor civil service, had nevertheless not hesitated to aid the forces fighting throughout ladle, either in putting down the mutiny in the field, or in bravely defending some post at which they happened to be present at the mo ment of attack. (Bear, hear.) The first individual to whom he wished to refer was the noble lord who, throughout the recent most trying circumstances, had administered the government of India. To Lord Canning, in his conviction, was the thanks not only of that house but of the country justly due, for the calm, courageous, and prudent manner in which he had con ducted himself in the midst of the greatest difficulties. There was no one who could eay that had even a Clive or a Wellesley administered India during the same period, they could have anticipated the widespread ruin which this mutiny had caused, or have made better preparations for meeting it than Lord Canning had done. This mutiny had burst upon India like an ava lanche or a torrent, and it found Lord Canning with little more than the resources of the moat ordinary times. Bat all the details which had come to hand only exhi. bited in a stronger light the readiness with which Lord Canning had applied all the resources within his reach, and had sent to ♦arious places for troops to reinforce those which were already in Bengal. In the first place he applied to Lord Elgin, to whom troops had been in trusted for another purpose. It was true that orders to the same effect had been sent out by the home Govern. rnent, but they had not reached, and yet instructions were sent to Point de Galle for the troops which should call there to be sent on to Calcutta, and the same to China, so that from both places troops were obtaiued for the reinforcement of the army in India. Lord Canning further sent to Sir H. Ward, in Ceylon, and to Sir G. Grey at the Cape, and from both he received the same support which he had already obtained from Lord Elgin, and in all cases was it tendered and given with such promptitude and alacrity that Lord E!gin, Sir G. Grey, and Sir H. Ward had already received the thanks of her Majesty's Government. Again, Lord Canning had not only called in all the help he could obtain from without, and had applied all the troops at his disposal in the best manner for the suppression of the mutiny, but ke also set himself to work to organise the means far forwarding the troops as they should arrive from Europe, and he (Lord Panmare) hal it in his power to say en authority that could not be contradicted, that in such endeavours Lord Canning had entirely succeeded. Since the mutiny had first broken out, although the ordinary channels of communication were interrupted, and although difficulties every day occurred tar greater than any that could have been expected, means of carriage had been found sufficient to move HMO men from Calcutta to the Central Provinces, most of these by land, as being the easiest conveyance, and all being brought in a state of perfect efficiency to the spot in which their services were required. (Hear.) A. system of bullock carts was organised, that system which Lord Canning had been censured for not esta blishing by force, that was, by seizing on all the convey ances in the coantry, and thus raising against us the prejndices of all the ryots and small landed proprietors. Bat by wise and temperate measures, by working on the feeling■ of these individuals, by firmness and decision, Lord Canning has not only avoided the necessity of for cible seizure, but had so effectually organised these very ryota that by the last accounts se abundant ware the resources of transport, that no less than 500 carts in excess were waiting on the railway train, and their drivers went away complaining because their convey ances had not bees employed. Therefore was he (Lord Panmure) justified in saying that Lord Canning had improved the means at his disposal, and bad doze every thing that was possible for man to do in the extraordinary emergency in which he was placed. But it was not fur that he chiefly admired Lord Canning, so much as for the tranquil and equal bearing of that noble lord, at a time when other men in Calcutta hardly knew what to do. Lord Canning remained calm and collected in the midst of all his difficulties, and he believed that no one in hie high station bad exhibited a greater degree of high moral courage, more determination, mere readiness to meet all emergencies than the noble lord, to whom he trusted that house was about to tender its thanks. (Par- tial cheers.) The neat individual, high in rank and eminent for ability, to whom he invited their lordships to tender thanks was the Governor of the Presidency of Madras. (Hear, hear.) To Lord Harris they owed that during all that had occurred in Bengal, tranquillity was maintained in the neighbouring presidency. In that presidency the soldiers remained faithful to their colours, and showed an example of loyalty and attachment to British rule which could not be too highly commended. (Hear.) Lord Harris was enabled by his excellent ar rangements not only to send such Queen's troops as were in his presidency to Bengal, but he also sent the gallant Neill ; and for these services he (Lord Panmure) trusted that Lord Harris would receive their lordships' thanks (Hear.) There was another noble lord who was well known to many of their lordships—he meant Lord El. phinstone, who with equal efficiency, administered the presidency of Bombay. In all that had occurred, no man could have shown greater decision of character, greater readiness of resource, greater desire to relieve his noble friend in the presidency of Bengal, than had Lord Elphinstone in his government of Bombay. (Hear.) It was at Lord Elphinstone's suggestion that application was ma le to the Mauritius ; where, as in other places, Governor Higginson promptly sent off every soldier at his command. There was another civil officer to whom he thought it was their lordships' duty most warmly to express their thanks, that officer was Sir John Lawrence. (Rear.) It was hardly possible to mention the name of Lawrence without raising in the breast of everyone who heard it a feeling of gratitude and admiration for the manner in which the office of chief commissioner had been filiedby the individual for whom he (Lord Panmure) then bespoke their lordshipa' thanks. At the time of the outbreak SirJ. Lawrence sent down tothe assistance of the army of Delhi all that he could spare of the Euro pean and native troops ; and not only did he do so, but be diligently set himself to work in order to get together fresh levies. So great was the assistance thus given, that it might be said without;offence to those who most gal lantly conducted the siege, that Delhi fell through the exertions of Sir J. Lawrence. There remained one more individual connected with the civil service of India to whom their lordshipa' attention must be invited, viz., Mr. Frere, Mr. Frere's name might not probably have been so much before the public as the name of those' to whom allusion had already been made, but there was in truth no man to whom India owed more. He had moulded the people of Soinde to British rule ; by his prudence he had greatly coatributed to the success of the Europeans, for he had been able to send aid where aid was required, and he had, by his wise government, preserved perfect tranquil. lity throughout the province with which he was charged. 'Ledthese members o f th e c i v il serv i ce h e (L or d P anm ur e ) theirienorth; first place, t o move th e i r l or d s hips to grant l thanks. (Hear. ) Passing these, he next came to th ose o ffi cers who had distinguished themselves in arms throughout the course of this mutiny. He was aware that in moving votes of thanks to the army it was often an invidious task to select those officers to whom the individual thanks of that house were to be given. On the present occasion he should select the names of four gallant generale— nand at their several stations, a n d were suprem w e h i e n n names were mentioned, wcule an a d t men who, these one command their lordshipa' applause. The fisrisrtetreli; c was the Corn- In:bell had only to mander-in-Cbief of India. tat their lord be mentioned to ensure a I,yal recep t ion ships' hands. (Hear,) It was needls' be saperfluotia, to refer to the former 'claveweoruld indeedc Campbell, It was in the minds of every person thro u g h o ut 11 . the country. (Hear.) Upon this occasion Sir u Colin Campbell accepted upon two (lays' notice the comm an d of the a rm y i n I n di a , an d within one d ay a f ter his ac ceptance he Ras on his road to India. (Hear.) g e reached Calcutta in a space of time unprecedented in the c,ee ( f any commander-in-chief who bad preceded He,. When Sir C. Campbell reached Calcutta be found the geld inviting him in every direction. He did not rush at once to take the command of an army : he was awa re that he sh ou ld b e f o ll owe d b y considerable reinforce. mints, and be found that these reinforcements would bare to be moved considerable distances. H e patiently waited at Calcutta for those necessary troops, and in the meantime was in communication—and he (Lord Panmure) would say in most harmonious communication—with the Governor-General. But the story of the sufferings at Lucknow reached Sir C. Campbell. He collected his men, and his first great action in India was the relief of Lucknow. The manner in which Sir C. Campbell performed that duty, his successful military operations justified him (Lord ?Immure) in saying that Sir Ce Campbell commanded the admiration of all. tilear, bear.) Sir C, Campbell, once in possession of the residency of Lucknow, found that it would not be expedient to remain there. He de termined to withdraw from Lucknow, and he accom plished that retirement—it could not be called a retreat —encumbered with his precious burden of women and children, in a manner to command the highest admira tion. Sir C. Campbell next attacked and put to rout the Gwalior contingent. This contingent was perhaps the most formidable body with which the troops in India "c.'derodveettehrmatintehde to copuursresuoef_mthilaittaroyf ........ ea..— oho. - . 'sin s g t b h e e f r o i r n e g h r e o u a n s d s a u h l i t m e d a D s e u l h ffi i had to contend ;it was better dieciplined, organised, and it was sa tisfactory supplied with ammunition than any other portion of the operatio ns . rebel force. Thus in its defeat Sir C. Campbell added waiting for a m s e i a e n g t e im nt er still at ire to the services whichka had performed for his and in the e the assault—was that which sty tcessful under the command of country. These were actions which entitled Sir C. cient forge to underta k ' '' Campbell to the thanks of their lordships house. (Hear.) eventually proved The newt commander was 3lajor.General Sir J. Outram, General Wilson. (H ear, hear.) He was convinced ( Hear, hear.) When General Outram went to take that his friend Genera .J Anson had in him all that co mmand of the post to which he had be e s a pp ointed he was required to make a good soldier. He believed that found already a gallant general advancing to the relief of he bad those talents for organisation, and that habit of Lucknow. With a gallantry equalled only by his communication with throne who were associated with abilities and courage General Outram forebore to take him, which would have ensured the successful perform out of Sir H. Havelock's hands the command of the ance of his duties, and he -grieved that he was not spared operation. Since then General Outram had in a most to establish hie military character, A few words with able and efficient manner carried out the duties which, regard to his successor, who, after a victory which was under Sir C. Campbell, have fallen to him, and he was most important In reference to the future capture of therefore one of those to whom the thanks of their lord- Delhi, succum'oed to disease. Sir H. Barnard proved ships' house ought justly to be awarded. (Hear, hear.) himself a pliant soldier in the Crimea ; he was He (Lord Panmure) now came to another name, which descended fro m a race of soldiers ; he died with victory helwas sure their lordships would acknowledge to be one on his breast e and there was no man whose death was which ought to be before them—it was the name of more lamentei Iby those who knew him and who were Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson. Hear, hear.) In associated wit h him in his labours. He might refer to this officer the balance of honour between the Company's the services of Willoughby, of Selkeld, and of Home ;of and the Queen's service was made even. General Willoughby in destroying resources which might other- Wilson commenced his service some years ago in the wise have fella t into the hands of the enemy—of Salkeld fitompany's service ; he was an officer in the Artillery, and of Horne in blowing up the gate of Delhi ; but he The time of the outbreak found him second in com. would not do more than mention their names, and with mead to Sir H. Barnard, and by the efficient their names he -would associate that of Sergeant Car manner in which he seconded that officer he grew ly pre. michael Smith and the bugler of one of the regiments. vented a prolongation of the siege of Delhi. After the There was one reso lotion which, as it was not on the nahappy death of Sir H. Barnard the command devolved notice paper, he would read before he satgdown. He had 'iron Gen. Wilson. Gen. Wilson, with coolness and felt it was a vast, area in some respects a difficult, under judgment, delayed the assault upon Delhi until he felt taking to bring before their lordships this wide field of himself with sufficient force. He knew perfectly well service. He trusted that he should not, by any omis the effect which would result throughout the whole of sion which he had made, create any unnecessary pain. Hindostan should a failure take place, and hence, until He did not wish to give pain to the mind of any gallant secure in his movement, he wisely withheld the attempt. soldier, but he proposed to thank the whole army for Upon the success which crowned that attempt then the services which bad been performed in India ; he made it was not necessary to dilate ; their lordship& in proposed to thank every non-commissioned officer and common with all other classes inthe cummunity, already every private, as well as every officer; and although ae:l know the Lets. Ire thought that they would he had mentioned some persons by name, generals who sympathise with Gen. Wilson in his present state, for were supreme in coneinand and others whose names that gallant officer had been obliged to retire from were in the mouths of the public, he entreated their military service through the state of his health. He lordships to give to all the mead of their thanks by (Lord Panmure) trusted that that health would soon adopting the resolutions which he, bad now the be restored, and that the gallant general would soon be honour to submit to them. The noble lord concluded enabled to serve his country, but, in the meanwhile, he by moving the resolutions—(for which see Commons felt sure that no better panacea could be offered to him debate)--with an additional one to the effect that the than those thanks which that house would gratefully house highly and cordially approved of the courage, self and unanimously give. (Hear, hear.) There was yet devotion, and exemplary conduct of those persons one other general officer which it was his duty to men. who, not holding military rank, had nevertheless per tion---an officer whose name would at once command formed valuable military services in India in defence of jthe approval of that house. It was the name of Major. various stations throughout the disturbed districts ; and General Inglis. (Hear, hear.) In all the history of that the Governor-General be requested to thank those military defences there was scarcely one in which a persons for their spirited and patriotic enertions. longer pericd of privation occurred, or greater hardships The Earl of DERBY said it had been his lot on more were endured, than in the case of that memorable siege than one occasion to support a proposition similar to that with which Gen. Inglis was indissolubly connected, which was now before their lordship!, and on all such (Hear, hear.) It was 87 days before Gen. Outranwas occasions he had addressed himself to the task with un enabled to bring relief to Lucknow. During that time mingled satisfaction. In reference to all motions of that a vigilant foe had to be kept at bay, with supplies fail. description it was very important that there should be ing, and even ammunition running short. And although unanimity; and therefore he regretted that on that occa- Gen. Inglis was especially thanked by the Crown, there sion he could not receive what was ',proposed with un was not one of hie gallant comrades to whom the house mixed satisfaction. The noble baron had observed that did not feel under obligation. Especially was that the the thanks of Parliament was the highest honour that case with regard to those native troops which under could be bestowed on any person ; and, concurring in severe temptation yetremained faithful to their standard that view, he regretted that the motion was not more and to their duty. (Hear, hear.) To those men who restricted in its terms. The value of Parliamentary had so gallantly signalised themselves in defence of thanks depended not only on their being conferred rarely their country the Commander-ineCdief had recommendeen and upon signal occasions, but also on their being con. and the Government had readily acquiesced in the ferred with proper discrimination as regarded the indivi recommendation, that they should be allowed to count duals on whom the honour was bestowed by name, on one year's service as a distinguishing mark of their their being conferred only on those who, according to valour. He (Lord Panmure) next came to a large list the unanimous opinion of the country, were justly en of officers to whom he asked their lordships to award titled to them. He believed it was an unusual course of the thanks of that house for their distinguished conduct proceeding to grant the thanks of Parliament to a person and bravery. This list comprised the great body of the filling the high situation of Governor. General of India offioers in the service of her Majesty, and of the officers, until the whole series of events fur which those thanks native as well as European, in the service of the East were to be given had been brought to a close. Had this India Company. Amongst these there were many, v er y war been brought to a successful termination, nothing many, whom he should like to name to the house, but it would have been more gratifying to him than to have would he impossible to refer to all. Of the names o f joined in a vote of thanks to the head of the Indian Ad some he would venture to remind their lerd s hipe. Th e y ministration; but, under the circum.tancee he felt himself could not forget such names as those of Chamberlayne, placed in a very painful position, especially as he could and Greathed—(hear)---and Colonel Baird, and Combe, not e*prees approval of the conduct of the Governor and Vincent Eyre. (Hear.) He held in his hand a General, with their present means of information. He list of men whose names he would wish to mention, but thought it would have been expedient to have waited he would not, so difficult was it to select where all was until the noble lord had had an opportunity of refuting excellence, add to those names which be had already charges which bad not unsparingly been brought against mentioned, They formed a body of which this country him. (Hearn They were asked to join in thanking might be proud ; a nucleus from which might in future Lord Canning for " the ability and energy" with which be drawn generals to lead our troops to victory. To he had applied the resources at his disposal for the these officers of the army therefore be asked the thanks suppression of the mutiny. Was such language justified of the house. To the officers of the navy and the by the facts which were before them I He gave Lord marines also he asked the thanks of the house. In Canning the utmost credit for the moral and personal connexion with this vote there was a name which he courage, the firmness, the calmness, and the temper would mention to their lordships. It was one which which he bad mehibited on all occasions. He thought was already well known throughout the country—he that his conduct in those respects was deserving of all alluded to Captain Peel. (Hear.) Captain Peel brought praise, and he was further of opinion injj a paper which the experience which service had given him and placed had just been published in the newspapewee his lordship himself at the disposal of Lord Canning. He was sent had to a great Went vindicated himself from the charges to Allahabad, but desiring to take the field he was per- of undue leniency and improper inteoference with the witted to go into action, and there none did better military authorities. When, however, the noble baron service than Captain Peel and his gallant blue jackets. (Lord Panmure) said that no person could have foreseen It now remained only for him to address himself to the the storm which had burst upon India, he must take last, but by no means the least impel taut, of the subjects leave to differ from him. Unless many things which be of the resolution before the house. He alluded to that had read were nothing but romances, there were not a portion of the resolutions calling upon the house to thank few persons in India who did foresee it, and who, before j those non-commissioned officers and men who fought it burst forth, gave warning after warning, which the the battles of their country, certainly not with less government of India disregarded. The eyes of the Go gallantry than the highest officers to which the attention vernor-General appear to have been blinded by persons of their lordships had been drawn. In no quarter had around him, who convinced him that the danger was not therebeen anything like a want of general success, and he in reality so imminent as it proved to be. When, thought that the army of England, both of the Corn- indeed, his eyes were opened to the full extent of the pany's and the Queen's service, had added to the repute, danger, be applied himself energetically to meet it, but tion and character of the British soldier. He knew that in the early period of the mutiny his conduct wasmarked, nothing was sought for by the army before the thanks of not by energy and resolution, but by imbecility and Parliament. The army regarded it as its highest honour vacillation. He (Earl of Derby) war hr from endorsing to hear read upon parade that they had deserved the all the allegations of the Calcutta petition; but when Lanka of that and the other house of Parliament. there was a petition to be considered in which a large (Hear, hear.) He had stow discharged the duty which proportion of the inhabitants of Oalieutta asked for Lord he had felt incumbent upon him with reference to those Canning'a recall, he must say the proposal to include his who had been spared to receive the thanks of that house, lordship in the vote of thanks looked like an attempt on Bat he thought he should ill perform the task which had the part of Government to shield him against the attacks been committed to him, were he to close his observations of the petitioners. He would advert to erre or two occasions without referring to those who had been gathered to their on which the Governor. General displayed what locked rest, whose ears were now dull to praise, and to whom like culpable vacillation. The first occasion was that on no thanks Gould be communicated. There war, he whichJungßahadoor offered toadvance vrithhisGhoorkas needed not to say, a long list of officers now no more, to the assistance of the English at Lucknow. The offer Among them were these who had gained for themselves was first declined, and the reftual was soon after wards re imperishable renown ; they had shown what a British called. Was that a display of energy and ability! Again, officer should be ; how a British officer should die, and the 84th Itegt. was summoned hastily from Rangoon ;it how he could die a Christian and a soldier. The first was then ordered back, in the disbelief that the mutiny of those to whom he would refer was Sir H. Havelock. had really broken out ; and then the order for sending (Hear, hear.) He could not refer to one who had seen it back was countermanded. Then, again, when the more work, or who had discharged more perfectly the European inhabitants of Calcutta volunteered to arm duties of his profession. -A. soldier almost from his cradle, themselves, and thereby to set at liberty a considerable at the least a soldier from the time when he left the portion of her Majesty's troops, the offer was in the first school at which he (Lord Panmure) had been his cora- instance rejected, if not scornfully, at all events as if it rade, he bad performed hie duty as a soldier should, were the result of a groundless panic. A very short There was no need at that time for him to go into Sir H. time sufficed to show that the panic was not groundless, Havelock's earlier career. He would only mention that and the Government were then glad to avail themselv e s after the gallant general had risen to considerable rank of the assistance which they bad refused. Now, 1e was he was selected to command a brigade in the expedition exceedingly loth to have the appearance even o f i being against Persia. He (Lord Panmnre) had heard that the accuser of Lord Canning, but he mu s t say that , with appointment very much commented upon as an ac t o f the imperfect informati on w hi c h th ey possessed, and feebleness on the part of the government, which it was having regard to the present feelings of the country, this said had appointed a man who was worn Gut, incapable, vote would not,eo far as the bead of the c i v il department and past work. This was a striking instance of the manner was concerned, carry with it that weight which it was in which the public sometimes undertook to p re j u d ge a d es i ra bl e s h ou ld a tt ac h to a ll votes of that description, man, and how that judgment would occasionally turn (Hear, hear.) The second person who was thanked by out to be wrong. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. Havelock ably name for his display of energy and ability was Lord discharged in Persia the duties confided to bine. He re- Harris, and he /must say that the circumstance of his turned to India, and when the outbreak occurred he re- lordship's province being in a state of tranquillity, and of sumed active duties. With a body consisting of two weak his having despatched all the troops he could spare to regiments, with one European and one native regiment, the scene of operations, did not appear to him to con he hereafter refer fought those nine actions which have signalised his stitute a sufficient reason for associating his s name with name and established his character. He even, through those of others to whom he shoud the courtesy of Gen. Outram, advanced to the reli e f o f (Hear.) As regar d e d th e di vers i on o f t h e troops . his friend Sir H. Lawrence at Lucknow. But before he tended for China to India, the noble baron (Lorcl i 't.Pan knew what the gratitude of his country and his Queen inure) seemed to claim credit for Lord Cannin g in that had awarded him, sickness had overcome him , and he matter ; whereas it really belonged to Lord Elgin. He was resting by the side of one whose loss to India was had not one word to say against Lord Elphinstone's equally great— one who was his greatest and dearest being included in the vote of thanks. The noble lord friend—Sir H. Lawrence. (Hear.) There was no one appeared to have been aware of the magnitude and 1 who did not feel what a loss had fallen upon India in importance of the crisis from the first, and he believed the death of Sir H. Lawrence. Lawrence was not only that the success which had attended our arms in India a great soldier, but also a great statesman ; he not only was owing in a great degree to the foresight and assist was a great statesman, but he was also a truly Christian ance of Lord Elphinstone. No one could object to the man. So surrounded was he with the rare quality of mention of Sir J. Lawrence. Indeed the services of the kindness of manner, that he never was engaged in a two Lawrences could not be too highly estimated. It quarrel—never made any man his enemy. He never was to their activity and energy, to their wise policy used force so long as other means w ou ld prevail, but be and conciliatory manners, that the count r y was never hesitated to use force when he felt that recourse mainly indebted for the freedom from disturbance to it was necessary. It was to Sir H. Lawrence's bens- of those newly-conquered provinces which had volent philanthropy, to his love of his profession, and been submitted to their care ; and it was owing to these especially of those members of it who were under his *gasses that Sir John Lawrence had been enabled not command, that they were indebted for the establishment only to maintain hie own authority there, but also to in India of those noble institutions for the reception of afford valuable assistance in the efforts made to restore the children of European non-commissioned officers and British authority elsewhere. (Hear.) He took it for privates which would go down to posterity as a legacy granted, from the statement of the noble lord, that a from that great man, and which would prove of the similar debt of gratitude was clue to Mr. Frere. What utmost advantage to the European Rohner who was des- he complained of was that there should have been any tined to serve in India, by protecting his children from names introduced with regard to which there could be the contamination of the barrack-yard and from those the shadow of a doubt as to whether such persons ought diseases which were so incident to the soldiers' children to have been included in what the noble lord bad justly in India, that he did not believe one in fifty of those stated to be the highest honour Parliament could confer. unhappy creatures ever came to maturity. He ought That Lord Canning did not stand in that position he was also to mention on that occasion the names of Neill and bound to express his conviction ; further than that he Wheeler, of Salkeld and of Home ; and to these he did not go ; and he trusted that neither Lord Canning must add the names of Nicholson and Willoughby. Of himself nor any of his friends would believe that he Neill he would say, that he was as distinguished and wished to censure or cast a slur upon him, because in gallant a soldier as he was ever acquainted with. He had the present state of affairs be said he doubted the pru the honour of knowing him from the time when, being deuce and expediency of the introduction of his name, on leave of absence in this country, he volunteered for together with those of the other governors of India, in a service in the Turkish Contingent. Neill joined that force, vote which applied especially to military services. He and he was convinced that had it gone into the field he did not think any one could have justly complained had would have exhioited before the enemy at that period the government selected only four names for special the same courage, the same p erse verance, and the same mention. The noble lord h ad, in his official capacity, ability th a t he di4played in India in conjunction with entered at length into the individual services of the the gallant Havelock. Wheeler was reported to have gallant officers to whom he referred. He would riot ~.h : , r , e in 1803, been a soldier of great distinction throughout a long attempt to follow the noble lord in what he had advanced c t a e re , e n r ,t in D, l u n ,i d i ia n . t,: f1:. , v 1 i d 7 , en te red re , d ,, a the military Hardinge, he distinguished himself under Lcrd Lake to whom be had not on a recent occasion contributed underahuil'. • 'distinguished 'limn- his meed of praise. Without wißbire., however, to (lig. Belt afterwards on thus occasions, latterly under Lord . pelage aLy of the services . rendered, he must say that (Lord Gough), established the char and the noble and gallant friend opposite even the successful siege of Delhi t neer Sir Harry Smith, and . he relief of Lucknow did not exceed . in interest area They must all re, ac t character of a great and gallant soldier , heroism the defence of the garrison of Lucknow. General Wheeler fell walls of Cawnpore, a enemy the r i e the circumstances under which , (Cheers.) With the most feeble means against over , n _co n o n pe b i l l up as he was within the i whelining odds, and under circumstances which might powers for d mili a tar e to demonstrate before an well have led to absolute despair, that garrison had eessed. (Hear, hear.) With y he might observe that during command which he pus- ' withstood a siege almost unparalleled in military respect to Gen. Nich,lson, history (Hear heir.) From the general who held that he took part before Delhi the operations in which i m .' d • to the humblestsoldier who portant command, own no one co entirely than he did the commanded more shared in the defence, including those native troops of wham he served. It was his approbation of ithose underwho se g a llant services the noble lord had spoken so for of victory, just as Delhi. is fate to be slain in the hour was captured, i cibly, there was not one person in that heroic garrison misfortune to lose the services of that excellent and it was our 1 who :lid not deserve, and who he hoped would not receive at a time when they were greatly needed, soldier \ individually somesignal mark of her Majesty's favour. the most prominent persons whose n . reeee were Tr w ernes occurred t ee ictorm Cross would not be thrown away if it were him ; but there ware others with respect towhom 0 bestowed en mane on those who had performed such could not Ihelp saying one word as a tribute of he I, services and who bad respect 1 li,so nobly succeeded in their defence. and esteem, They could not forget that almost th e saw an illustrious duke on the cross benches. He was first victim that fell after the mutiny broke out was the Sure that noble duke was aware that it was contrary to Commander.in Chief (General Anson). He thought that h e is principl es to adv ocate parbamentary interference ither with was a fitting occasion for him to do justice to the memory 'or with regard to the character of rewards in the army re of his hon. and gallant friend. (Hear, bear.) He was wards ; be e b e t f t ard to the individuele to be selected for quite certain that had it pleased Providence to spare attention could not help calling the noble duke's to some cacuu him he ?Nu ?Null hays preyed equal to the emergency ; and knowledge only thatietancee which came to his morning, In that 331 regiment, which suffered so severely and behaved so heroically, although a certain proportion of the officers obtained promotion by death, there were six lieutenants who had derived no advantage from their services, and who had, in fact, nothing to point to except the labours they had undergone and the wounds they had received. Of these six officers three had returned to this country ; one with a broken leg, another with a ball still unettracted from the back of his head, and another in a state of confirmed paralysis, arising from fever and cholera. Ho would not express any opinion as to the rewards which these officers should receive—he felt bound to state he knew nothing of them personally, and had only repeated what he had heard with regard to those gallant men. He would not follow the noble baron through the details into which he bad entered, but would only express his hearty and cordial concurrence in the thanks proposed to be voted to the officers and non-commissioned officers of the army and navy, nor would he repeat again the expressions he had before used in honour of the illustrious dead who had not survived to receive their thanks. He would turn to another which he was rejoiced to find had been at length though somewhat as an afterthought, by her introduced,subj,ct, Majesty's Government —he meant the proposed expres sion of the gratitude of the house and the country to those civilians who had so nobly come forward. He recol lected that in the speech from the throne were the words " Many civilians who were placed in circumstances of extreme difficulty and danger, displayed the highest qualities, many of them such as would have done honour to veteran soldiers." When commenting on the speech it happened that he inadvertently omitted 1• mention those services ; the omission did not escape the watchful eyes of his In tie friend the President of the Council, who in his reply spoke of the gallant services of those civilians, which he, nnlikethe noble earl opposite, could not omit. He (Earl Derby's) surprise was therefore so much the greater, when he read the vote of thanks, to find no acknowledgment of those services. He had de termined to supply the deficiency, and had prepared an which he hod interded to submit to the house, until he found that the noble baron bad antici pated him ; he intended to propose to add at the end of the third paragraph words borrowed from the Queen's Speech, extending the thanks to those who had dis played qualitiestlsat would have done honour to veteran soldiers ; he would, however, notiohject to the words proposed by the noble baron ; he did not know whether that noble lord considered it would have been injudicious to select any man from amongst the civilians ; he had gone through the names of the military officers, but when he came to the civilian he passed on abruptly, and although there were many of them whose names were fairly entitled to be mentioned with approval, he was sure any one who had studied the events would not think it too great an honour for such men as Yenablea the indigo planter, who, when the authorities had de serted the station at Aaimgur, almost alone, with only the assistance of his own ryote, maintained himself for six weeks. Again, there was the name of Gubbins, an undistinguiehed name, but borne by a distinguished man, who by his influence and character kept down the mutiny in his district. There was Boyle, the civil engi neer, who headed the little garrison of Arrah, and there imitated or set the example to the defenders of Luck eo cv—for what he did on a small scale was not unworthy to rank with the defence of Lucknow. Again, there was Mr. Moneas, who, by a splendid act of insubordi tion, disobeyed an order, and maintained himself at Gyot, and eveutually carried away with him a very large amount of treasure which had been abandoned. There might, perhaps, be more question about the next name, that of lir. Taylor, the commissioner at Patna ; but he at all events bad a just perception of the magnitude of the danger, and displayed more energy and ability than the Government. With regard to the military officers selected, no language he could use was too strong, no encomium was beyond the merits of those who had justly earned their thanks, whether of those who still survived, or of those who had gone beyond the reach of human praise or censure. Ho could not join so unhesi tatingly in the first part of the vote. He regretted it had been introduced, but he could not take on himself the responsibility of dividing or suggesting to the house not to pass it, at the same time he felt bound to enter his protest against it. If a vote of thanks was the high est honour Parliament could bestow it ought only to be bestowed on those whose merits were recognised by the uniform acceptance and voice of the country. He should be sorry to see the time when either the House of Lords or House of Commons should pass a vote of thanks as a mere personal matter in consequence of the position of the parties ; the honour ought to be restricted closely, nay severely, to those names and those services which the unanimous voice of the country had recognised. The Duke of ARGYLL thought it would be a subject for general regret that matters of difference had been introduced into a diccuseion of such a nature. However, he would venture to submit that the responsibility of raising those differences did not rest with the Govern ment. It would have been absolutely impossible to have thanked some of the civilians who bad aided in the suppression of the mutiny, and to have omitted all men tion of the heads of the presidencies, without indirectly casting a censure upon those functionaries. However, it was not upon any such negative ground that he meant to justify the thanks to Lord Canning. He had taken the grea4est pains to man:tine into the charges brought against the noble lord, and he would venture to affirm that every one of them— urged, be it remembered, chiefly through the instru mentality of the Indian press—had broken down. In the first place. it was stated that in the early period of the mutiny Lord Canning had done nothing to pacify the sepoys on the greased cartridge question. Now the blue-book placed it beyond all doubt that within forty. eight hours after the discontent had manifested itself, LordCanninghad anorderismed that thesepoys should be allowed to grease the cartridges with their own material. A second statement was, that no order had been issued to stop the use of the greased cartridges. Why, here again, upon the same authority, it was made manifest that within forty-eight hours after the discontent was shown, Lcrd Canning forwarded a telegraphic communi cation to every station in India, directing that the car tridges should no longer be used. True, capital punish. ment was not inflicted upon the mutineere at Barrotekpore, for capital punishment could not be inflicted upon two whole regiments, however the next highest penalty that could be inflicted upon them they received. Then it was said that it was only upon the instigation of Sir Henry Lawrence that the 34th Regiment had been disbanded. Now, the blue-book before them showed beyond all doubt that three or four days before the recommendation had been received the order for disbanding the regiment had been issued. As far the alleged refusal of Lord Canning to accept the services of the inhabitants of Cal cutta, his answer was, that the statement was not true and the parliamentary papers had shown it. Lord Canning's policy was to repress panic, and though, in answer to the address of the French residents, he might have spoken of a " kr curs 'less panic," yet in other parts of the papers before them it was made manifest that at that very date be was issuing telegraphic messages to all the governors throughout India, urging them to pre pare against the common danger. Undoubtedly, in the first instance Lord Canning did refuse the offer of the Sovereign of Nepaul to send a force of three thousand men into the province of Behar and Lower Ranee]. But it was the o pinion of the wisest men in India that Lord Canning was amply justified in refusing the offer of a foreign power made under such conditions. Subsequently, when the same Sovereign offered to send troops into the provinca of Oude, the offer was ac cepted, and he thought the thanks of the country wore due to Jung Bahadoor for the services which ho had recdercd us in a moment of teed. As to not disarming the Dinapoor garrison, the truth was Lord Canning was unable to spare a man for the purpose, and it would have been in the highest degree incautious to have directed troops from the relief of Lucknow for the purpose. Lord Cannitighs conduct had been disparagingly contrasted with that of Sir John Lawrence in the Puejaub. Now, the fact was, in the province of Lower Bengal there were no less than 29,000 native troops, and to meet these Lord Canning bad only 2,360 Europeans, whilst in the de 4 sire to to face 42,000 to disparage the ser vicesbut he felt b oun d t o make show th a t it was i mposs ible P nt ha l a t t n ti j y aeouftbrsoitorhp John statementro. n vit i n e Le r e ,a,hrw l adr 2 dee , rn 4 n 2 ctoo: for Lord Canning to have made the same energetic dis play in Lower Bengal as had been made in the Punjaub. He thought that much of the feeling against Lord Can ning was ascribable to a notion prevailing in this coun try that the outbreak had been long intended, and that it ought to have been foreseen. As for the credit of h av i n g directed the China expedition to India, he thought the credit of that might be shared between Lord Canning and Lord Elgin—the one had suggested it, and the other bad acted upon the suggestion. In conclusion, be would only say that it was his sincere belief that amongst those to whom they owed the salvation of India, Lord Can ning would deservedly holdthat place which was allotted to him in the vote of that evening. (Hear.) The Duke of CAMBRIDGE said that on such an occasion it was highly desirable that the house should be perfectly unanimo us , and he felt it to be incu mbent on him to express hi s con cnrrence i n the sense of the distinguished gallantry and gre at merits of our army. (Hear, hear.) He was enabled to assure them that the utmost cordiality existed between the Governor. General and the distinguished Commander-in-Chief in India, a cordiality of which every do-patch from the Commander-in-Chief repeated the strongest assurance. (Hear, hear.) H e t h oug ht it but justice to testify to the extraordi nary seal of t b a t di s ti ngu i s hed com mander, who did not take two days b u t on l y a f e w hours to decide upon accepting the command, and in less than 24 hours was ready to take his departure. In reference to the withdrawal from Lucknow, ho said it was almost unprecedented that such a force, encumbered with sick, wounded, and every sort of encumbrance, should retire without the l oss of a single man, the enemy actually tiling on th e p os i t i on our troops hail occup i e d , as if they were still the re. B ut the merits of Si r C o li n C e mphell were not ne w t o lei, they had been exhibited during a long career of distinction. In reference to Sir J. Out ram, he spoke in the highest terms of the manner in which that gallant officer feel conducted the operations under his command ; and, though senior officer of his grade, gave the credit to a junior officer, whom he con sidered entitled to that distinction. He lamented that the name of Sir 11. Havel. ck could not be joined to the list of those to whom their thanks were to be awarded, as he was now beyond their praises. (Hear.) It was but the other day that they had awarded to that distin guished officer their separate thanks, and little did they think that big life would so soon be sacrificed. (Hear.) It was impossible to appreciate too highly the g allantry and enduran ce o f those brave officers, any false move on ' whose part would have ruined our empire in the East. Great responsibility had also rested on some officers who, till then but little tried, had been placed in important posts ; and we had the satiifactien of seeing that they had conducted the operations committed to them to a satisfactory issue. He next referred ti Sir H. Inglis, who had so disti ngu i s h e d himself in that 87 day s' defence in which every offi cer a nd soldier, natise as well as Eu ropean, Lad actu a ll y b een on duty every day, actua'ly shouldering muskets under abrisk and fevers tiro, and the officers bad taken sentries' duty to enable the men to rest. (Hear ) Such circumstances were wholly unprece dented. Such was the prezimity of the native troops to the enemy that they were able to converse, and every inducement was offered to persuale them to desert ; but they had resisted all such inducements, and would now share the honour to be awarded to the Bri tish troops. He was glad to see in the British army many junior names springing up, amongst which he would mention the names of Beattie, of Hope, of Wal pole, and many younger names. (Applause). He a l so referred to the non-commissioned officers and colliers, who had in weather in which it was thought impossible for Europeans to do anything, marched for 20 hours, and then gone into action. More could not be expected from them in the mildest climate of Europe. There were others that were not included, as they were beyond their thanks ; amongst these the gallant Neill and others. If he loft out any names it was not wilfully, but because they were scattered over so large a space it was im possible to go through them all. Never had so many indiriduals had an opportunity of distinguishing them selves. Her Majesty's Government proposed to allow a year's service for officers on retirement and men on pension in garrison at Lucknow. That was an unu• seal honour, but was not without precedent. Lord FALKLAND referred to the observations of Lord Panmure as to the services of Mr. Frere. That gentleman, on arriving in Scinde, almost immediately heard of the mutiny having broken out at Meerut ; and, on his own responsibility, sent two regiments to that place, which not only punished the mutineers, but prevented their taking the ammunition. Shortly after wards, when the great Mahommedan festival arrived, he found it necessary to remove from Scinde nearly the whole, retaining only a skeleton of his forces. He also opened a new festival communication between Cal cutta and Bombay, but for which the Punjaub would have been cut off from the rest of India. lie could not help feeling that a man who had rendered such service, that to withhold the thanks front him would have been both ungenerous and unjust. The LORD CHANCELLOR then put the motion, which was agreed to. THE BISHOPS' TRUSTS SUBSTITUTION BILL. The BISHOP of LONDON introduced a bill to meet certain cases in which trusts had been left to the bishop of a diocese, and the property had passed into another diocese. There was at present no power to transfer such trusts, and much inconvenience had resulted. The pre sent bill would empower the Charitable Trusts' Commis sion to transfer such trusts to the bishop really intended by the legatee. Lord CAMPBELL supported the bill, which was read a first time. RELIGIOUS WORSHIP. The Earl of SHAFTESBURY said that after full consideratio❑ he much preferred the bill on this suhjeot which he himself had introduced, to that proposed ,by the most rev. primate (the Archbishop of Canterbury). It had the concurrence of the great mass of the country, but, he regretted to say, not of the clergy, a great, many of whom were strongly opposed, to it, and ocherg, he feared, secretly entertained a dislike which they did not think proper to express. Feeling, therefore, that it would be impo!,sible to carry it without much, and, perhaps, angry debate, he should withdraw it. The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in moving the second reading of the bill, expressed his regret that it had not the approval of tho noble earl, whose objections he thought were not well founded. It would enable the bishop on certain representations to give an authority for special services, but would not give any powers which would be oppressive. He regretted that the noble earl should think it valueless, as it was calculated to effect all the purposes sought by the noble earl in his bill. Lord DUNGANNON was glad the noble earl had withdrawn his bill by vet.ich our whole parochial system would be broken up. He should not oppose a bill sup ported by the unanimous voice of the bench of Lisbope. The Bisiop of LONDON supported the bill of the most reverend primate, which would effect all the objects of the noble earl without being open to the same objections. The Earl of DERBY thought it would be very satis ' factory to their lordships to hoar that the noble earl had postponed his bill, in order that the bill of the most,rev. prelate might be passed. Lord CAMPBELL gave his support to the bill, which he thought was sound in principle. The bill was read a second time, and the house ad journed at twenty minutes past nine. HOUSE OF COMMONS.—(YusTEttDAY.) REINFORCEMENTS FOR INDIA. Sir J. PAKINGTON gave notice that on Sir De L. Evans moving the appointment of his committee relative to the transport of troops to India, he should object to the proposed constitution of the committee, in point of numbers, zc., and that the committee should be selected on the same principle as the committee of inquiry in reference to Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.) TOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY IN INLIA. Mr. DISR A ELI rose to a point of order. When the noble lord (Palmerston) gave notice of his motion on Thursday, it was concluded in general terms in a vote of thanks to the army and navy, but on the notice appearing on Saturday in the votes he found it included a vote of thanks to the Governor-General. Ile urged that the noble lord had not given proper notice of his intention to do so. The noble lord if he intended to have proposed a vote of thanks to the Governor- General of India ought to have given notice of it, and have given the house an opportunity of discussing the whole of that noble lord's Indian policy, and it neces sary have a call of the house, that a fair verdict might be taken on the motion. (Hear, hear ) lie asked if the noble lord was justified in the course he now pro- poked to take. (Hear, hear.) The SPEAKER said the original motion was of a general character and not specific, the terms of which be then held in his hand. (Cries of "No army," and " Navy only.") The particulars of that notice had been plaeed in the votes, and he had no hesitaton in saying that ample notice Le,d been given of the terms of the motion to be submitted to the House. Sir J. PAKINGTON said that he understood the notice to have been specific and nut general. (Hear, hear.) No one had the least idea that whe❑ the noble lord gave notice of motion that he intended to include a ♦ote of thanks to the Governor-General of India. (Hear, hear ) Lord PALMERSTON said that the rules of the house did not require notices to be given. He might have provosed the vote without notice. (Hear. hear.) The SPEAK.ER ruled that the noble lord was in order. - • Lord PALMERSTON then proceeded to say—l rise to perform a duty at once painful and gratifying to the person who has to perform it, and which I am sure will excite in tke minds of all hon. gentlemen mingled .feeling of pain and gratification. The occasion on which we are assembled is one in which the house is called on to take into consi deration the great events which have taken place during the past year in India, events which in all parts of that county have called forth those distinguished qualities which characterise our race, and which never in the his tory of the world were more eminently displayed. The e7ent which have occurred, namely, the groat mutiny which extended to almost the whole of the Bengal army and to a small portion of the armies of tho other presiden cies, was wholly unexpected, and was foreseen by no one before it happened, although there have been many pro phet, after the fact who say that they could have foretold, but never did foretell it before it happened. Some of those who were acquainted with the Sepoys were aware that in certain localities and in certain regiments there were dis contents, but those who beat knew the Sepoys reposed the greatest confidence in their loyalty and fidelity. Sir C. Napier, who six years ago was at radiante head of the Bengal forces in a paper from which I described, in 1849, the native troops as proverbial for their fidelity. It is true, in that letter he says that Lord Har dinge, who was not so well able to judge by experience of the Indian soldiers, and who judged them more by the ordinary rules of hunian,nature, thought it was not expe dient that largo bodies ofnative troops should be collected together for military exercises, lest they should be tempted to enter into conspiracies, but Sir C. Napier distinctly said he had no such apprehension, and that ho could rely on any number of native troops who might be brought to gether in masses for purposes of military instruction. The groat mutiny, which begun by small degrees and extended itself to a largo range of country, and though an immense military force, took India by surprise. Some officers who were best acquainted with the character of the native troops had such a belief in their fidelity, that , up to the last moment they would not believe in their revolt, and fell victims to that belief. This great event coming unexpect edly, and taking the military and civil service of the crown in India by surprise, gave them greater opportunities than if they had received some warning of showing the energy, self-reliance, and perseverance which they have shown on so many occasions. Unfortunately though we have to rejoice in many triumphs and successes of our troops over superior numbers, it would be unworthy of this house, and contrary to the feeling of the country, if we did not on this occasion pay a tribute to the great men who have fallen. I will not go into the question of private feeling and sorrow, for we have only to look at great public service done to the country ; but in passing a vote of thanks to the living, we ought to pay a passing tribute to those their country has lost. We have lost many—some who had given proofs and promises of future distinction, and some who by their active achievements had shown themselves to be a credit and au honour to their country. (Hear.) The first I shall men tion was ono who was among the first to perish—the late Cm Anson. Immediately on the outbreak of the mutiny he assumed the command of all the troops ho could collect, and hastened towards Delhi. Gen. Anson has been repre sented by those who are little acquainted with the facts as having delayed the occupation of Delhi, by waiting for a siege train which was not required. So little were people informed with regard to In_l ice tire t Liners were wine persons who believed that Delhi was an open town, and that you had nothing to do but to walk into it ; and they did not know that it was surrounded by fortifications which re quired the use of a battering train. Gemmel Anson fell a victim to disease at an early p eriod of t h e operations, and was succeeded by Sir Henry Barnard in the command, who marched at once upon Delhi, and displayed during the time that his life was preserved high qualities as a General. He in the first instance gained a great advantage over the Sepoys outside the town, upon which some officers would have paused, having gained a great success after a long march ; but General Barnard saw that if he allowed the Sepoys to occupy a certain position before the town he would have to undertake two sieges, OHO against that advanced position and another against the town itself. General Barnard, therefore, pushed on, and gained pos session of that position, and so obtained favourable ground for his operations against Delhi. General Barnard in a shot I time fell a victim to his great exertions, and was succeeded by Gen. Wilson, who, more fortunate, was able to bring the siege to a close. The list of thoso o d f is p t u in b g li u c islii men who fell by disease or the sword in the operations that beenhave There e o n many yb whose too long t,la e f s m l . me mentionto mentionwh ose actions have been placed before the public view, but let it not be supposed that there are not others whose names I do not mention who are not equally . worthy gra titude and the thanks of this house. (Near, hear.) Sir Henry Lawrence was a man whose great services we all know. (Hear.) He held for many years distinguished positions in the civil and military service, and he was one whose loss every one must deplore. (Hear, hear ) General Nicholson—(hear)--was an officer of the greatest merit, whose services, if he had lived, would have been of the greatest value to his country. Sir Hugh Wheeler—(hear) —who in the midst of his arduous efforts to defend Cawn pore lost his life, was one of those who, if ho had been 'pre served, would been enabled to perform important services. Then I need only mention the name of General Havelock —(hear)--to remind the house of the loss which the country has sustained, and of the deep grief and lamentation with which his loss has been received by the country. (Hear, hear.) General Neill—(hear)—was an officer whose loss must be deeply felt. (Hear.) Lieutenant Willoughby — (hear)—was distinguished early in these events by the daring act of blowing up the magazine at Delhi, and who, having escaped from that danger, afterwards fell a victim either to disease or to the enemy. Lieut. Salkeld's—(hear) —name is prominently distinguished for heading the bold achievement of blowing open the gates of Delhi, in com pany with Lieutenant Howe, both of whom unfortunately fell. There are many others who fell whose names I could mention, but which I forbear from adding to the painful list ; but whilst referring to those who still live, we do not forget those who have perished in this war, and we associate their memory with the bitter recollection of what brilliant services they might have performed for t heir country if they had survived. There is one consolation io the matter, and that is that the display of manly qualities has been so great, and so universal, that we may hope that many of those who have hitherto had no opportunity of distinguishing themselves, if they have that opportunity, will so conduct themselves as to be equally entitled to the gratitude of their country. I now come to those who happily are still living. I will state the resolution which I propose for the acceptance of the house. In the first place, it contains thet which is usual on all great occasions, and that is to give the thanks of the house not only to the officers of-the military and naval services who are entitled to those thanks, but to those persons who are at the head of the civil government, and who by their arrangements and by the moans which they have provided for the mili tary service have contributed to our military successes. I propose that the thanks of this house shall bo given not only to the officers and men of the two services, but I propose to add another resolution of which I was not able to give notice, but with regard to which I am sure no point of order will be urged against me, although it is a departure from the general practice and has been proposed on a sud den. lam sure that every one will feel that when we are thanking the army and navy for their services we ought to acknowledge the services of those persons, of whom there are a great number, who were not in the military service, but who in the defence of posts co-operated with the mili tary and who are equally entitled to our thanks. (Hear.) An objection has been taken to the first resolution which includes Lord Canning, the Governor-General; Lord Elphinstone, the Governor of Bombay ; Lord Harris, the Governor of Madras ; and Sir John Lawrence, the Commissioner of the Punjaub. If these different officers had not performed the services which they did perform, and if they had not shown the greatest diligence in providing the means to enable the mili tary commanders to take the field, and to accom plish so much before a single man had arrived from Eng land, we should not now be able to point to Delhi taken, Cawnpore relieved, and the garrison of Lucknow saved. Lord Canning, when first the mutiny took a serious shape, and after it had assumed a formidable magnitu•le, knowing that a very long time must elapse before any large rein= forcements could arrive from England, set himself to see whence reinforcements were to come by means of which the revolt was to be suppressed. Lord Canning accord ingly wrote to Lord Elgin, strongly urging on him to per mit the force which had been placed at Lord Elgin's dis cretion for supporting his proceedings in China to be • i verted from that service, and sent on to India. Lord Elgin, with a promptitude and zeal which was highly honourable to him, consented, and sent the force on which he had de pended for currying out the duty on which he had been sent to the other end of the globe, and, feeling the import ance of putting down the rebellion in India, sent every man of that force thither, and postponed to an indefinite period his operations in China, and gave up the means he possessed of enforcing his negotiations in that country. Lord Canning also had resort to the governor of the Cape, and, although there were symptoms among the K ffir population which gave him some uneasiness, Sir G. Gr e y sent troops, horses, artillery, and money, and everything that he could send to assist the governor-general. The governor of the Mauritius did the same thing. Sir Henry Ward, the governor of Ceylon, pursued the same course. Sir H. Ward and the governor of th o M aur iti us s t r i ppe d their respective colonies of troops to an extent which nothing but such an emergency could have justified, and took on themselves a responsibility which did the highest honour to their public( spirit. (Hear, hear.) Lord Canning also took measures to send to Persia, the Mauritius, and Australia, for horses to mount the cavalry and equip the artillery which was expected from England. Lord Canning, knowing that when the troops from England arrived there would be a difficulty in sending them from Calcutta up the country, and knowing, from experience, that the bullock carts, the animals and vehicles of thepeaeantry, were taken, as was the custom, by conscription, and that the,peasantry, therefore, hid them and carried them away, and that it was difficult to obtain the means of transport—Lord Canning, I s say, wisely resolved to pay the peasantry for the use of these carriages, and the result was that so far from their teeing no means of transport, after the arrival of 20,000 troops a great number of bullock-carts were obliged to be sent away which had been brought to the railway station by the people in the hope that they would bo employed. I say, then, that Lord Canning is justly entitled to the thanks of this house. Lord Canning has been the object of many attacks, and I will give a specimen of the attacks to which he has been subjected. I have not seen the extract to which I allude, but I am told that there appeared in a Calcutta paper, when Lord Canning appointed a particular officer to the staff in the expedition to Persia, a statement to the effect that " Lord Canning had crowned all his former follies by appointing a worn out red-tapist to a post for the duties of which he was wholly unfit, and that he was only fit to sit at table with his dinner before him." I do not. remember the exact words, but it was something of this insulting description. Now who does the house think was the man represented ? Why no other than that distinguished man General Havelock. ("Hear," and cheers.) I hope therefore that the house will not bo led away by reports and paragraphs in the Calcutta papers. I entreat the house to look at the services which Lord Can ning has performed in providing the means by which our officers have obtained their successes, and I am sure that no right feeling man will refuse to include him in the vote of thanks whic - h lam about to propose. The same thing may be said, in a lesser degree of Lord Elphinstone, and of Lord Harris, who to the utmost of tLeir power gave assistance to the Governor-General, and who stripped their Presidencies of troops and sent every disposable man to the scene of action. As to bir John Lawrence's ser vice---(" hear," and loud cheers)--he has by his ability and judgment not only kept the Punjaub tranquil, but having organised a force of Sikhs, the very men who not long ago were so hostile to us, he sent every Euro. peon soldier that he could collect to Central India, by which means so much was enabled to be done. I hope the house is too sensible of such services to refuse to concur in the first resolution which I have to propose. I should have mentioned Mr. Frere, who is included in the vote, a man whose services are so well known that it is ?crawly neces sary to recur to them. Then the second resolution confers the thanks of the house on the different generals who are named therein. I think when I mention the name of Sir Cohn Campbell—(cheers)—that no man will say that any warmth of approbation which the house could express would be greater than his services. (Cheers.) Sir Colin Campbell has displayed the highest qualities of a soldier. The alacrity with which ho left England for India was characteristic of his country, of his extraction, and of his military capacity. Re was asked if he would take the com mand in India, and when he could start; and his reply was, " To-morrow morning." Ile waited for no prepara tion, no, for any military equipment, saying that he geoid gat all he wanted at Calcutta, acid he did not lose one hour before he departed. On his arrival at Calcutta, Sir Colin Campbell placed himself in the hones of the Governor- General, and whatever may have been reported to the contrary, the most perfeot harmony, esteem, and good-will prevailed between him and the Governor-General down to the latest hour; and I know that Sir Colin Campbell has written to the Governor-General, expressing his deep sense of the public services of Lord Canning in the course of this war. Sir Colin Campbell is a man of rare merit, combining with the greatest intrepedity and courage that caution and that power of adapting means to an end which are calcu lated to effect objects in war with the least effusion of blood and the least possible loss of his troops. It is a quality which his great predecessor the Duke of Wellington emi nently possessed, and which renders the exertions of an Rainy doubly powerful on the day of battle. Sir Colin Camp bell in his advance on Lucknow displayed the greatest stasitegy, and the manlier in which he extricated that crowd of women and children, and sick and wounded, from their perilous position, showed a military aiiility which has never been surpassed. (Cheers.) And when he came to Cawn- pore and attacked the Gwalior force, ieetead of rushing on without preparation, he waited until everything was duly prepared, and the result was such as completely to justify his foresight. It must be a great consolation to the country that we have so great an officer as Sir C. Campbell has shown himself to bee and I must say that we must all feel it to be a great satisfaction when we know that there are among us men who, when great actions are to be performed are found equal to the situation, and who by their deeds entitle themselves to the appleuse and gratitude of the country. Then there is General Wilson. (Hear, hoar.) He came accidentally into the command of the force before Delhi, in consequence of the unfortunate death of his two predecessors, and he showed that the offisers of the scien tific branch of the service are not less capable of command ing armies, and producing great and glorious results. The skill which he showed in variousengagements and the talent be exhibited in conducting the siege, and the judgment he displayed by not attempting the assault until the forces at his disposal were sufficient to command success, entitle Gen. Wilson tc the gratitude of the country and the thanks of this house. Gen. Outram is also mentioned by name i n the resolution. General Outram, after showing great abi lity in the Persian expedition, returned to India and . was appointed to a command which entitled him to supersede General Havelock, who had boon earning those laurels which now can only crown his monument; but General Outran), showing a spirit of chivalry—(hear, hear) —which was equal to his ability, declined to take the command from General Havelock before he had earned the highest distinction which ho sought, and he served under him as a Volunteer, telling him, " Until y ou h ave succeeded in re li ev i ng Lucknow, the object of your repeated endea vours, I will not step in and deprive you of the glory to which you are so eminently entitled. (Loud cheers.) It. is pleasant to find such distinguished commanders en dowed with such generosity as Gen. Outran so nobly dis played. Then there is Gen. Cotton, who has done such good service, and Gen. H. G ran t--(hear, hear)--and officer of great distinction and of great ' , realise, who haeTerforined already very brilliant achievements, and from whose time of life we may hope that he will long continue an orna ment to his profession, and confer glory on his country. (Hear, hear.) Then there is Gen. Chamberlain, who per formed good service at Delhi, and Col. Greathed. (Hear, hear.) I name these, because the names of all thews who have distinguished themselves cannot be put into a resolu tion, yet it would be a great suppression of feeling if most of them were not mentioned ; although I cannot mention thorn all. There is Col. Jones, of the 31st Foot, who was distinguished at Delhi ; Col. Campbell, of the 32d, at the same t lace ; Col. Jones, of the 60th, and Col. B. Smith— (hear, hear)—the engineer who had the merit of conduct ing the operations under Gen. Wilson at Delhi, and of placing a battery within 50 yards of a wall that was breached—an exploit worthy of all admiration. Then there are Lieut. Rayner and Lieut. Collis, who co-operated with Lieut. Willoughby in blowing up the magazine at Delhi. There is Gen. Woodburn, of the Bombay army. and Brigadier-General Stuart. Then there is General Y. Cortlandt—(hear, hear)—who has performed important services in the Ptiejaub. There is Gen. Burn and Col. V. Eyre--(loud cheers ) —who performed a most important service; and Gen. Inglis -(loud cheers)— a name for ever memorable in the gallant and enduring defence of Luck now. (Cheers.) Imay mention the name of another man, not indeed belonging to the army, but who is to be , found wherever fighting is going on and he can get into it, and that is Capt. Peel, who is distinguished for his courage equally on sea and on land. (Cheers) I beg to move— " That the thanks of this house be given to the Right Hon. Viscount Canning, Governor-General of the British Possessions in the East Indies , • the Right Hon. Lord Har ris, Governor of the Presidency of Madras ; the Right Hon. Lord Elphiustone, Gavel nor of the Preei , iency of Bombay ; Sir John Laird Mair Lawrence, G.C.8., Chief Com. misr-ioner of the Piinjaub ; and Henry Bartle Frere, General Commander of Scinde, for the energy and ability with which they have employed the resources at their com mand to suppress the widely-spread mutiny in her Majesty's Indian dominions. "That the thanks of this house be given to his Excel lency General Sir Colin Campbell, G.C.8., Commander-in- Chief in India ; Major-General Sir James Outram, G.C.B ; Major-General Sir Archdale Wilson, Bart., K.C.8.; and Major-General John Eardley Wilmot Inglis, K.C.B. ; for the eminent skill, courage, and perseverance displayed by them in the achievement of so many and such iml.ortent triumphs over numerous bodies of the mutineers. "That the thanks of this house be given to the other gallant officers of her Majesty's army, navy, and marines; and also of the Hon. East India Company's service, for the intrepidity, the patient endurance, and other high military qualities which have marked their discharge of those ardu ous duties which they have so successfully performed. " That this house doth highly approve and acknowledge the high courage, the devoted loyalty, and the brilliant services of the non-commissioned officers and men of her Majesty's military and naval forces • of the European troops in the service of the Honourable East India Com pany ; and of the great body of those native corps through out India who have remained faithful to their standards ; and that the same be signified to them by the commanders of the several corps, who are desired to thank them for their gallant behaviour." I am happy to say that many portions of the Bengal army have been faithful to its allegiance, and that in the town of Lucknow, where some of the troops were solicited to be faithless to their homes and to join the mutineers. they remained loyal to the last, and resolved to shed the last drop of their blood in defence of European lives. (Cheers.) In the Madras army there was hardly a defection, and in the Bombay army the defection was only alight. It is due to a large portion of the Indian troops that their fidelity should be acknowledged and rewarded with the thanks of this house. I would also move a vote of thanks of which I have not given notice, but which I trust the house will at - once accept, and that is, " That this house cloth highly ap. prove the courage, self-devotion, and exemplary conduct of the persons who, though not holding military rank, have nevertheless performed military services throughout the distlicts in which they were resident, and that these reso lutions be transmitted by Mr. Speaker to the Governor- General of India, and that his lordship be requested to communicate the same to the several officers referred to therein." (Cheers.) ,I think we should not be doing jus tice to the feelings of the country if wo did not include these individuals in our vote of thanks. (Cheers ) To name them would be impossible. There are many amongst them who have performed the most heroic actions, who have shown the greatest military capacity, who have not only resisted superior numbers with courage and pens. verauce, but also with the greatest possible skill. (Cheers.) I will only add, that all parties, whether brought up to are military or naval professions, or whether occupy ing civil positions, have always been found equal to the dre cumstances is which they were placed, have also risen with the occasion, have been adequate to all emergencies, and have always done honour to themselves and to the country which has given them birth. (Loud cheering.) The SPEAKER having put, the first resolution, convey ing the thanks of the house to the Governor-General and the other gentlemen therein named, Mr. DISRAELI said—Sir, in recording the unprece dented lustre which surrounds our gallant troops I must still express my regret that on the present occasion the noble lord should have unnecessarily introduced into the discussion elements of controversy. (Hear, hear.) I quite agree with the noble lord in his view of the conduct of the most distinguished individuals during the last year in India. Ido not think there is any one instance in which character has been so remarkably exhibited, and in which individual energy has shone with so much lustre. The in cidents of story are epical, the narrative reads like an Hos merit poem, and every scene produces a hero. In these remarkable events there are two incidents which in import ance, attract considerable attention, and it is curious that in these two instances our countrymen are placed in an exactly contrary position. In one they were besiegers and in the other they were the besieged, and in both cases they achieved complete success and gained immortal glory. ' (Cheers.) Between the siege of Delhi and the siege of Lucknow there is, however, a passage which ought never to be forgotten on an occasion like the present, and that is the connecting link between them—the march of Greathed —worthy I think of Caesar. (Cheers.) The noble lord has very properly reminded us that on an occasion like the present, when we are called upon to express the thanks of this house for the heroic services of our countrymen in India, wo should not forget those who have departed— those who have deserved, but unfortunately sannotreceive the expression of our approbation and gratitude. (Hear.) I was glad also to observe that the noble lord did justice to one who long sat in this house, and who, I believe, had the opportunity been afforded him, would have proved per fectly equal to the occasion—l mean the sagacious and gal lant Anson—(cheers)—who would, I have no doubt, have gained an illustrious reputation. The noble lord has re minded us of tho distinguished general who foil before Delhi, bat who, before he fell, had at least the satiefaotion of achieving great results on behalf of his sovereign a nd his country—General Barnard. (Cheers.) Thera are malar oho, having been unfortunately prematurely cut off, eau not be enumerated on that roll of heroes, such as Nichol son, Havelock, and Neill. (Cheers.) There are other die' tinguished names which are recorded in the vote. Sir J. Outran was not more distinguished by his chivalry than by the generous sentiment which placed him milder peso; liar circumstanc es i n a su b or di nate position. (Cheers.) There is one gallant officer whose name a pp ears is the last resolution whose gallant conduct in the defence of Luck' now has not only excited the feelings of all Englishmen. but has created, from peculiar circumstances, great interest in this house. lam sure, however strong may have been the general feeling of the country with respect to the un happy position in which the gallant Inglis waapleced, moor a heart which throbbed for his beleaguered fortress at Lucke now in this house will to-night erith peculiar pleasarejoili is the vote of approbation of his gallant services. (Cleve.) The noble lord has described with great happiness the cha racter of the commander-in-chief. Sir Colin Campbell ha, I believe, only one fault —a courage too reckless for his country. I believe that a union of personal valour, so ens' neat, so prudent, has seldom been equalled in the annals " the history of Groat Britain. (Cheers.) The noble lord bal, referred to th e con d uc t o f th e o th er b ranc h of her Majesty service, and although it would appear somewhat 'duel/Jill a war with Indi a th e serv i ces of her Majesty's navy would be needed, still by th a t h appy d estiny which seems to eor nect the glory anddanger of our country with the 'milieus* arui services of that eminently national and popular breech* even in this strange war with India the services of the nalf have been most oistinguished. Those who remember O. early career of Capt. W. Peel in the Crimea will not be et: tonished at his achievements in India, and at the manor , in which he brought u p th e h eavy artillery thoough , where there were no roads, and before the astonished sons ' teuances of enemies w h o counted upon the absence of sue"' means of attack. (Cheers,) These are subjects on which.* * can treat with complete satisfaction, and in which we Mss all most co r di a ll y agree. H owever awful was the courts a' events during the last year, however troubled and hovel glcomy our prosp ec t s ma y i n some degree b e at this memo), every on e mus t f ee l t h at the nation which produces suc h men as these is a nation not destined to be a deelisialg empire. (Cheers.) I wish the noble lord had permitted ga this evening t o g i ve a unan i mous vote with respect to the A actions of th e h eroes t o w h om we are under such great e' deep obligations. It is not merely the °floors of her lKr jesty's troops who have distinguished themselves, Thera has been a degree of energy on the part of the corouit soldiers which cannot be sufficiently praised and even "c e elevation o f sen ti men t an d purity of feelin g which t h e country will al wa y s a pp rec i a t e. I can conceive in t t . trying momenta of many of these illustrious men, WI; the highest general to the rank and file, why on On: occasions they exhibited such a sentiment and ea a ,7 conduct—l can concei ve , i n th e h our of trial and strudgl" that what animated them to snob determined value" 111 " .. energy was the possibility that they might obtain the O . probation of their sovereign and their country, We knelt from the confessions of many warriors that what hasi eats' tained them in the hour of battle was the hope ef theavola of their sov ere i gn an d th e vote of thanks ef this hest Who can tell what might have been the feelings of • 1 0 7, like General Ingli s w ith regar d t o thi s infuses*, 'We Wt. it was so in the case of General Havelook. Perhaps at darkest and most trying moment the vision of the seta y l) . the House of Com mons m i g ht have some over his festia"ip and sustained him to the hour of his triumph. This gul p how important it is th a t vo t es o f t hi s kind should 001 .6. degraded. (Cheers.) Wh en l am to l d, if I snake an serration on the manner in which votes are brought 1 7. ward, that it is the usual form and the usual weesci aai n e; thank certain persons 'whose acti ons h ave b een nseeits 7, 4 4 ,,, and some whose condu c t i n th e op i n i on of others has " e little meritorious, I think we oug ht t o t a k e ears hew n e make such a proposal a mere f orm , because you honour those who receive thanks if they are endellsr7 o but you will destroy, the distinction to those who halve their lives or at least perilled their lives, in ordrz to 0 1 ,, and obtain them. (Weer.) Let me express myself dulls tt; with regard to the first vote. There are amon gst t h e not., men and gentlemen whose names are mentioned sens e specting whose services there can be no question, lot in stance, Sir John Lawrence, who on every oeassios 1315 shown that he possesses th e hi g h es t qua li ties, and the s e has exercised them without any personal feelin. So far one can judge from the course of events the fongdue' of t m Governors -General of Bombay and Madras is detersist o d thanks. So far as lam able to obtain information, s ets Elphinstone is particularly entitled to our thanks, I believe that it is owing to him that troops were obier,,. from the C a p e . (H ear, h ear.) l am not desirous o f es ing into a c o ntr o v ers y w ith respect to the con d uc t of Canning. I think her Majesty's litovernment " * .jeg• fectly right in prop os i ng a vo t e of thanks to Lori Csot o k • if they think he deserve s it, b u t I a l so think that e5_1270041 subject due notice ou g ht t o h ave been given. It e s 10 not be considered a mere form—it should n o t have nok surprise. After all th a t h as occurred and all that W o e o li d said, I think the f r i en d s o f L ord Canning eight 'aid desire to see a v o t e o f t hi s ki nd surreptitiously ear l' have never brought any Charges against Lord Ce l t er But if the noble lord challenges us to-night, I eIS eo press my opini on , w hi c h i s not influenoed by Mit esa: factious moti ves . I thi n k t h ere are passages in ta ases duct of Lord C ann i ng w hi c h requ i re great etcpbsits7;ipir a vindi c ati on w hi c h we have not yet heard. I ettl ! t o o t pared to sa y th at exp l anat i ons eauuot h e given, foo b pd' triumphant v i n di cat i on may no t b o ma d e; but " o aks 6. pared to say thi s — we oug ht no t t o vo t e these des , Lord C a n ning , an d L or d C ann i ng oug ht no t : to for accept them, unless the house has arrived at thee; 0 010 viction that hi s E xce ll enc y meri t s a t es timony' :01; approbation. N o doubt the m uti n y i n Thais , t c 7t e ldr o body by surpr i se, an d o f course L or d C ann i n g ha iiise tir: noble lord so ' • but some more satisfactory et..?, ought to have been given than those which had or. dared by the noble lord. There are passages of p!or c ots!: part of the government of India which demaiia__!„, s e careful investigation before the house Gan be so ; 11 .f. ii * oo_, to commit itself to the approbation of oenduot W ll l, l O As wards they may consider it their duty toi inpulin• the 117,, some information as to the negotiations between vernor-General and the ruler of Nepaul . Thal d ie d entirely involved in mystery. Why were the Ol io f with the ruler of Nepaul to bring his troops Airs eou_ i discouraged? Why were they afterwards 0011`ba that Why were they afterwards renewed? It is Pa a r,, r eli " to Lord Canning may clear up these points, but conduct requires explanation, and we ought t feri our thank,. to him before we have ascertained tr:d e I should like to kn ow th e mo ti ves w hi c h is" ot ien Canning to order the troops f ro m R a ngoon, end terensta4 them, It is possible th a t par t of WS Pr"--- TILE SUN, ~..tiONDON; TUESDA I Y _EVENING, FTBRITARY 9, INB.