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fourtt SUN OFFICE, Seven o'clock. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. (THIS DAY.) SOUSE OF COMMONS. The SPEAKER took the Chair shortly after Twelve o'clock. Mr. J. MATHESON presented several petitions from gl u a n c e d s a vi Bill, and Scotland againstth m e a rri ßailway arye Tv A fan r i a ty e Travelling on Mr. BUSFEILD presented petitions from Bradford preying for an alteration of the present system of licens ing beer-houses. Mr. PLUMPTRE presented several petitions from East Kent complaining of ag ricultural distress, d praying for protectia against the unrestricted importa tion of foreign agricultural produce. Mr. A. HASTIE presented a petition from Paisley against the Lunatic Asylum Bill. Mr. FLOYER presented a petition from a place in D se tshir e for protection to agriculture. Mr. F. MA.CKEN ZIE presented petitions from various parts of Scotland against the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill, and also against the Marriage Bill. Mr. TOLLEMACHE presented petitions against the Alteration of Oaths Bill. Mr. DUNCAN presented several petitions from Dundee against the Railway Travelling on Sunday Bill. Mr. P. WOOD presented a petition from Liverpool in &your of the Affirmation Bill. Lord EBRINGTON presented petitions from Ply mouth and other places in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill. Mr. COWAN presented petitions from various parts of Scotland against the Sunday Railway Travelling Bill. Mr. BANKES presented a petition from the Arch deaconry of Dorset against the Parliamentary Oaths Bill, and the admission of Jews into Parliament. Mr. FOX MAULE presented several petitions from different parts of Scotland against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill. Sir D. DUNDAS presented petitions from Sather landshire to the same effect. Mr. REYNOLDS presented a petition from the Lord Mayor, aldermen; and burgesses of Dublin in favour of the Rate in Aid Bill. Sir G. GREY presented petitions from Berwick-upon- Tweed against the Sunday Travelling on Railways Bill. MARRIAGE WIT.II THE SISTER OF A DE CEASED WIFE. Mr. LANGSTON presented several petitions in flyour of an alteration of the present law. SUNDAY TRAVELLING. Mr. MAC3REGOR, Mr. LANGSTON, and several other Members presented petitions from Glasgow and several other places, against the Bill to allow travelling on rail ways on Sunday. FRAUDS IN THE SALE OF BREAD. Mr. BANKES gave notice that he should, on Wed nesday next, move that the House resolve itself into a Committee of the whole House, with a view to take the necessary means to prevent the frauds now practised in the sale of bread. ATTORNEYS AND SOLICITORS (IRELAND) BILL. . This Bill was read a second time without division or observation, and was ordered to be committed this day week. BRIBERY AT ELECTIONS BILL. On the motion that the House go into Committee on this Bill, Sir J. PAKINGTON said that the Bill had been so much eltered, and such great additions had been made to the Bill, that ho deeply regretted to hare to notice them in his motion for the Speaker to leave the chair. Colonel SIBTH.ORP, after an appeal to the Speaker respecting his competency to :address the House, and I having been answered in the affirmative, proceeded to hay that he was placed in the same unfortunate position us that which ho had lately occupied on this question, un 1 which he had been obliged to take up with respect to all these Bills. So far as the principle of these Bills was really concerned, he might say that it had in reality been, to use a vulgar phrase, completely " burked."— (Hear, hear.) No Member of that House could more truly assert than he could that his hands were perfectly cb-nr of the crime of bribery, but yet, notwithstanding all his desire to preserve the purity of that House, he did object to the impaiition of this oath, or rather these three oaths, upon tiny Member taking his seat in that House. Fcr those persons who attempted to be re turned as the representatives of places or districts in which they were perfectly unknown, who dropped, as it we-e, from the skies, such precautions might be necessary. They had no hold whatever upon the respect of their fellow-citizens, and might be compelled to resort to the practice of bribery. But he did not conceive that because there was this danger to be guarded against, that the Bill should be so framed as to interfere with the kindly offices between a landlord and his tenantry, or between a weeiehy man and his poorer neighbours.—(Hear, hear.) They all knew how adroitly agreements were made between a regular supporter of any Government who desired to obtain a baronetcy or any other honour. It was 1, rue. there was no bribery. Oh, no; but then there wee a journey to Greenwich or to Portsmouth, and the thing was easily arranged. What would Mr. Pitt or Mr. Fox have said about the principle of this Bill? Why, he did aot hesitate to say that they would altogether heve opposed it. Quite agreeing with them, he should feel it his duty to move that the }louse go into Committee this day six months, and b. fore sitting down he could not help expressing his utter detestation of the principle of this end all similar Bills. Sir G. GREY said, that after the set speech which the Hon. and Gallant Colonel had made on the motion for the second reading, he certainly had not himself ex p , tied to find him among the opponents of the Bill. Fer his own part, he had before stated his objec tien to the principle of the Bil!, and though ho was not now opposed to the Bill going into Committee, yet he reserved to himself the right of endeavouring either to alter or to throw it out in a future stage.—(Hear.) Sir J. PAKINGTON said, that though anxious to go into Committee ho could not refrain from remarking upon one observation which had fallen from the lion. and Gallant Member for Lincoln, viz , that in which he had spoken of the opinions of Pitt and Fox. Whatever the opinions of those great men might have been he could not say, but this was no new notion which he de sired to place upon the legislative records of the country. As early as 1809 Mr. Curwen had introduced a Bill pre cisely analogous in its principle to that which he now desired to carry. The oath introduced by Mr. Curwen was open to grave objections, but in the debate which ensued Mr. :Wilberforce, Mr. Canning, Mr. Tierney, and Mr. Spealur Abbot had taken part, and all had ap proved of the principle. Mr. V. SMITII said that it was strange that the Hon. Member who was the promoter of this Bill, in reply to his opponent, had cited the opinions of parties in oppo sition to those of Pitt and Fox, when both were dead. 'The Bill was entirely one of principle, and, therefore, t 1 e 17ouse was as able to pass an opinion upon it as the fifteen gehtlemen who formed the Committee to which it had been referred, and which bad taken great liberties with it. If the House went into Committee be ehouNl wove that all the clauses after the word herers" :,.hould be omitted. Colcre,l SIBTIIOIIP withdrew his amendment, and the Thus° went into Committee, Mr. Berual in the chair. Upon the first clause being proposed, Lord MAHON said he had given the Bill his best consideration, part:culerly with reference to the oaths which it was proposed to impose ucon mhers of Par liament; arid he felt bound to give it his decided op pwition. He was as aexious as any one to co-operate iu any attempts, to put a stop to corrupt practices at elec tions, but the present measure was so involved that he thought it would entirely fail in its object. Sir F. THESIGER said when his attenticn was first called to the par peed declaration to Le made by candi da.V:s at the hustings, and by Members before taking their seats in the House, very great . objections occurred to his mind, some of which had been stated by Honourable Members who had addressed the House, and he thought that if persons were disposed to violate the law, they would not hesitate to take the declaration; while, on the other hand, timid and scrupulous persons might refuse to do so from an apprehension only that it might afterwards involve them in circumstances of an unpleasant nature.— (lean) Having given great atten tion to the whale subject, and particularly to the form of the dechiration,he had brought himself to the convic tion that it was absolutely necessary that some experiment should be made to try and accomplish that object, which they all had in view.—(llear, hear.) They had ex pressed, in most sincere terms, a desire to suppress bribery and corruption ; but they had not pursued the right course in their legislative measures, and their acts 'had not corresponded with their profes sions. Committees had been armed with great power to investigate charges of bribery; but more regard had been shown to the det ection an punishment of the offence than to its cause.—(llear, hear.) All their attempts, however, to put down the evil had signally failed. It was worth while considering, he thought, whether the Bill might not be tried as an experiment. He did not think that there was anything in the declaration which would deter any conscientious man from taking it either at the hustings or at the table of the House' Sir GEORGE GREY sa id that the objections he had of the B s tated to the second readingremained un changed. and he would therefore give his opposition to the declaration that was propdsed. He believed that a declaration of this description would' noteffect the object it had in view , considering that the it would be that honest and timorous men might ff b e e ct d r e 'f de terred from making it, although they were pertectly fr ee from any act of bribery themselves. Sir JOHN PAKINGTON, at some length, de fended the declaration from the att ack that h ad been made against it by the Right Honourable Baronet the Secretary of State for the Home Department; and trusted that the House, notwithstanding that attack, would adopt it. He would put it to the House whether the time had not arrived to put an end to the dis graceful scenes that had taken place at many elections? Mr. HUME bad twenty two years ago, proposed a si milar declaration to the ono now proposed, and he had failed in carrying it. He now believed that all attempts at legislation on this subject would, as they had hitherto done, fail. He saw no mode of p eventing the evil but extending the suffrage, and giving te evil but ballot.—(Cries of " Hear ; hear.") That was his remedy, As regarded the Bill, he should oppose it as he had done all such measures on the subject. . , Mr. V. SMITEI opposed the declaration. Mr. NEWDEGATE also objected to the declaration upon the principle that it would have the effect of bring• j eg all declarations into contempt. Lord J. RUSSELL felt bound to vote against the clause, expressing his opinion that the Dill would not THE SUN, LONDON, WEDNESDAY EVENING, APRIL 25, 1049. even, if carried into stringent effect, be sufficient to prevent the practice of bribery under t he cloak of 1 giving a fair remuneration to a voter for the ' expenses which he incurred in going; to the poll. The Noble Lord then cited the case of Mr. Strutt, and stated his firm belief that no man could have been actuated by higher motives than that gentleman—(Loud cheers) — and yet he had been unseated by the decision of a Com mittee, and if this Bill bed been the law of the land, he could not possitilea—aveeeenee up to the table and make the declaration :which — it required.—(Loud cries of a Hear, hear.'-}-' On the whole he thought that the Bill would preiduce Mere of injury than benefit.—(Hear.) Sir ROBERT PEEL was induced to object to this Bill because he conceived that it was only leading the House to take delusive securities. The Right Hon. Baronet then went on in a very happy strain of humour, to show how the provisions of the Bill might be avoided by any clever solicitor in a small borough, where he was a man of influence, and who chose to take his reward in the shape of a Government office instead of a pecuniary re turn. He had merely made these observations with a view to show that the security, if taken, would be only a delusion, and that it would be simply giving the dishonest and unscrupulous an advantage over the sensitive and cemuientious man.—(Hear, hear.) Mr. BROTIIERTON said that although there was an evidently expressed desire for the suppression of bribery, yet:the question still remained—was,that really the case? He could conscientiously say that he had never been guilty of bribery—(Cries of " Hear, hear")—but yet his election had not cost him less than 4,0001; and he knew that the expense of such affairs must always be consider , able.—(Hear, hear.) If this Bill were not sufficient for its purpose, the measure of his Hon. Friend the Member for Montrose (Mr. Hume) was so. Members of a consti tuency generally supposed that they were doing a candi date a wonderfully great service by sending him to that House; but what he (Mr. Brotherton) wished to impress upon constituencies was, that Members wore sent to that House, not for a privilege, but to do their business.— (Hear, bear.) At any rate this was a move in the right direction, and he should support the proposition of the Hon. Baronet. After a few words from Mr. Sharman Crawford, from Mr. Hume (who said that if his proposition, with re spect to the ballot, was adopted the mischief would be avoided altogether), and from Mr. Aglionby, Sir J. PAKINGTON, in reply, said that after the opposition which had been offered to this clause of the Bill, he did not feel justified in putting the House to the trouble of a division, but still it was due to those lion. Members who had supported him to proceed in the way which they deemed to be most advisable.—(Loud cries of " Divide, divide.") He was satisfied with the testimony which had been borne to the singleness of his purpose in introducing the Bill.—(Cries of" Divide, divide.") The House then divided, when there appeared— In favour of the clause ... ... ... 54 Against it Majority against the clause . On re-entering the gallery we found Sir J. PAKINGTON speaking, and moving that the Chairman report progress and ask leave to sit again. This was agreed to. BANKRUPTCY (IRELAND) BILL. This Bill was read a second time, and ordered to be committed. SUNDAY TRAVELLING ON RAILWAYS. Several petitions were presented both in favour and against this Bill. After which Mr. LOCKE said that, in moving the second reading of this Bill, he should have thought that he might have relied on the good sense of the House to affirm its pro visions, especially when his only object was to attach a certain number of carriages to the trains which were already required to run under the authority of the law, and he should not have felt justified in occupying any considerable portion of its time. But after the nature of the opposition which had been developed, he did feel it necessary to say something to justify his determination to proceed. It might be necessary to premise that he did not propose to add a single additional train on the Sunday. By the Ist and 24 Victoria, chip. 98, all railway companies were compelled to provide carriages for the conveyance of the mails, on any thy, or at any time of the day, which the Post-office authorities might require. All he proposed to do was, to add some car riages to those trains which already ran ; and if Hon. Members were as well acquainted as he was with the numerous cases of great individual hardship, they would agree with him in the nscessity for some remedy. Among others he might ci:e that of the Duchess of Sutherland, who, in consequence of a notice of the immi nent danger of her father, had posted all through the north of Scotland to the terminus of the Caledonian Rail. way, having sent messengers before her to secure a place in the train; but, on her arrival, was refused a place, and as all knew, had arrived too late to find her parent alive.—(flear, I:ear.) The Hon. Gentleman then cited the case of a physician in Glasgow, who had re peatedly been presented either from attending his patients, or returning to his practice, on the Sunday. No later than last Sundry an Hon. lNlember of that House, who had posted from the Highlands of Perth, before parting with his postilion, but after the latter had received his fee, was told by him that he hoped he was going to London to vote against this Bill, and on being asked why, answered, because it was the only day on which he had any business.—(Hear, hear.) The Hon. Member then wenn on to show that the provi sions of the Bill could be carried out without employing any additionAl hands, with the exception of a clerk to take and give tickets to the passengers. Before railways were thought of, mail conches, ferries, and post horses had been employed in travelling on Sundays in Scotland, and he would ask the opponents of the Bill why the people of Scotland were to be deprived of those advantages which they possessed before railways existed? Not a single petition had been pre seated by the working :men, who would be most affected by the measure, against it, but, on the contrary, he believed meetings of their body had taken place in order to petition in favour of the measure. The Honourable Member then proceeded to contend that the greatest demoralization existed in Scot land, which he attributed to the strict stop put upon the innocent recreations of the people there, under the semblance of the observance of the Sabbath, and concluded by moving the second reading of the Bill. Mr. COWAN thought that a more obnoxious or tyrannical measure than the present could not be intro duced. More had been made of the Duchess of Suther land's case than it called for. He thought the case of the railway servants ought to be taken into con sideration, and that some thing ought to be done to give'' them rest on the Sabbath-clay. Be be lieved also that it was the wish of the Postmseter- General to lessen the labours of the officers of the Post- office on Sundays. He thought the House ought not to legislate on the question of travelling on railways on Sunday; but that the solution of the question should be left to public opinion, and entertaining those opinions ho would move that the Bill should be read a second time that day six months. Mr. MACGREGOR opposed the second reading of the Bill, as being directly opposed to the religious feel ings of the reonle of Scotland. Mr. LA BOUCHERE claimed for the House the full right to legislate oe :this question, and in anything he might state: he begged it to be under stood that he was speaking personally, and not as a Member of the Government. Believing that the Bill would give a great shock to the feelings of a large number of the people of Scotland, he should vote against the second reading of the measure. his impression was that they had better leave the mea- I sure to the progress of public opinion, and such being the u se, be should certainly vote against the second reading. Mr. PLTJMPTRE said that the lion. Gentleman (Mr. Locke) wished to introduce a new principle into legisla tion. Ho wished to make a human law to induce peo e le to break a divine law, when they had no ieclinntion to break it. When he and his late: friend, Sir A. Agnew, had brought in a Bill, to oblige a due observance of the Sabbath, they were accused of endeavouring to make people religious by Act of Parliamenr..—(Hear.) Such an absurd idea never entered their heads ; but he might observe that this was a Bill to snake people irreligious by Act of Parliament, and this, he trusted, would never be countenanced by that House.—(Hear.) Mr. HUME said that, as a representative of Scot land, be was bound to say that he had presented twelve petitions from the burghs which he represented against the Bill, and three in favour of it ; but in making this statement he was also bound to remember that he did not sit there as the representative of one particular place, but to consider the interests of the whole empire. —(Hear, hear.) No one was more desirous in this country than he was to preserve a due observance of the Sabbath day, but so far as he could observe no attempt had been made to grapple with the i real arguments of the case. At any rate they bad not been answered—(Hear, hear)—and he was, indeed, astonished to hear the decision of the Right Hon.i Gen tleman,:one of the Ministers of the Crown hael',come to, to oppose the second reading of,this Bill. He must protest against any such dogma as that which had been pro claimed, that railways were to be treated as private pro perties. The very grounds on which permission had been erased by the promoters of those railways was, that they were to be made for the public benefit.—(Hear, hear.) Such being the case, what became of the objections which had been made to the permission proposed to be given to the people of Scotland to avail themselves of the benefit of railway communication on the Sabbath day? Taking the matter only in its theological view, it was well worthy of the consideration of the House. They had it in the evidence of Mr. Hill and others that one of the great causes of crime was the prevention of ratioual amusement to the people. What was the reason that more the people of Glasgow and of Edinbur g h were deeplymanufacturing ditnowernie of mi Englandnalitythan ? t N ho o s t e hi e n v g e , n ac o! the large cording to the best authority, but the deficiency of op portunities for reasonable recreation. Again, it should be observed that by the enactment of this Bill they would be reducing the amount of labour employed on the Sab bath-day, for according to the Hon. Member who brought in the Bill, on l y ' ten persons m ore were required to give full y ult accommodati on t o t h e p u blic than those who were engaged in the transmission of the mails. All these reasons combined to induce him to give the Bill p A r L e s D s e r d e i h t e i s r a o t p e i d n ' t Al i 0 n r . P his most h ear t y support. th l a u t mP th tr e Q. t h c a t 3 v u l i in: t . g l e l i d e E x by the best intentions, concluded riariao ry g b e u y r mh° asserting andt 3 'b e hisanden 't E lie e ß' o i n t js i t n r. te u n i t l io i n of LLi a h - ot c in o g c a ll ga ß in AsN t Bid that the last speaker had contradicted himself. Mr. PETO said that_he would yield to no one; in that House in .his desire to secure a d ue the Sabbath day, but then he conceived observance o f that it ou ,, ht • order to be useful, to be an intelligent observance'' In and! he trusted the House would affirm the principle o, this til4 in .order to give to the people of Scotland thatf „yflagl'S ad Va)aine which the railway system was calculated tccoftfer,;- , ,i - Mr, li', etitTLE said that it was a singular circum- - 92 stance that patitious signed by upwards of 36,000 per sons had been presented against this Bill, and but very few in favour of it. The principle of the Bill was alto gether against the feelings of his countrymen, and he should giie it his decided opposition.—(Hear, hear, and cries of a few '' Di-vide, , ods m r divi f d r e o .") After Mr. C. BRUCE, The LORD-ADVOCATE briefly expressed his dis• approbation of the Bill.—(Loud cries of " Divide.") Mr. CHARTERIS arose, in the midst of repeated cries of " Divide," and said that he had but one word to say in reply to the remarks of the Hon. Member for Mon trose on the moral state of Glasgow by reminding him that " It is an ill bird that fouls its own nest."—(Hear, hear, and laughter.) It was evident that the system of rail way communication had superseded all other means of conveyance, and some means were evidently necessary to obviate the evil which such a monopoly was likely to occasion. Mr. MOORE said that the Right Hon. Gentleman at the head of the Board of Trade had justly stated that this Bill was a balance of tw•o evils. That Right Hon. Gentleman had come to one conclusion, but ho (Mr. Moore) had come to another, and should support the Bill. Mr. REYNOLDS said that he found by a return that there were sixteen railways in Scotland in active use, eight of which were worked on Sunday, and eight of which were not; so that it appeared after all that it was merely a geographical question, and the religious an•i the irreligious railways were set against each other. The Honourable Member was proceeding in a humorous strain to descant upon the assumed sanctity of those who opposed the measure, when the feeling of the House was so expressed: that he refrained, and con cluded by regretting that any theological consideration should be mixed up in a question which was purely com mercial in its character. After a few words from Mr. SCOTT, who expressed his opinion that the feeling of the whole of Scotland was against the Bill, the House divide', when there appeared— For the second reading ... 122 Against it Majority against the second reading... --9 The Bill is consequently lost. The other orders of the day were then disposed of and the House adjourned shortly before Six o'clock. EAST INDIA HOUSE.-(THIS DAY THE RAJA OF SATTARA. A special general Court of the Proprietors of the East India Company was held at their House in Leadenhall-street, this day, at twelve o'clock, at the desire of nine Proprietors of East India Stock, as expressed in the following letter : " London, April 9, 1849. To the khairman and Directors of the East India Company. " Honourable Sirs, We, the underSimed Proprietors of East India Stock, duly quali fied by law, request that you will convene a Special General Court of Proprietors, for the purpose of taking into consideration the Papers now before the Court, Alutive to the disposal of the Sattara State. " We . have the honour to be, " Honourable Sirs, " Tour obedient Servants, (Signed) " J. Sullivam. " Arthur J. Lewis. " Joseph llnme. J. Williams. " Alex. Raphael. " Chas. Forbes. " John Briggs. " Chas. Grant. " J. W. Graham." Sir ARCHIBALD GALLOWAY (the Chairman) said he had to announce that the Court had been made special to take into consideration the subject men tioned in the requisition. • • - Mr. J. C. MELVILL, the Secretary, having read the requisition, Mr. SULLIVAN rose to move the following resolu tion : " That this Court is of opinion that the treaty con chided by the British Government, in 1819, with Per• taub Singh, Reja of Sattara, and subs( Trendy renewed with his brother and successor, the late Appa Sahib, con ferred upon and guaranteed to those Princes the heri ditary sovereignty in the principality of Sattara; and this Court being farther of opinion that the heirs and successors to those Princes, whether by adoption or in right of blood, are entitled to the inheritance under the tenure and conditions of the said treaty, this Court consider it to be right and necessary to record its opinion that no case has been made out to justify the annexation of the said principality of Sattara to the British terri tory." In doing so,_ he said the question they had to discuss was one of the most important that had ever been propounded to that Court. They were not about to discuss merely the justice or expediency of annexing the Sattara territory to the British Government, but they were to discuss the question whether the East India Company had a right to seiza upon and to appropriate the territory of any native Sovereign Prince of India, whom the East India Company might determine to have died without heirs. On what foundation Was that most monstrous proposi- tion made to rest ? It was this, that the East India Company were the lords paramount of India, and stood in the place of the Mogul Emperors, whose right it was contended had devolved upon the Company to treat all the native Sovereign Princes of India as vassals. He strongly repudiated that doctrine, and concluded a speech of considerable length, and marked by great ability, in favour of the claims of the family of the deceased Baja, by moving the resolution which has been give above. Major General BRIGGS seconded the resolution. The CHAIRMAN addressed the Court at some length, and contended that the late Raja having died without male issue, an adopted son could not be looked upon as his heir, and that, in accordance with the ;terms of the treaty, the territory lapsed to the East India Company. The late CHAIRMAN of the Court followed, and contended that the late Raja had clearly violated his treaty. A Pnoratrroa suggested that the whole matter should be referred to a court of law in India or at home. Mr. BAINES sail the treaty mentioned the Raja's " heirs and successors," and therefore, like the sovereigns of England, the nearest of kin or the adopted heir ascended the throne. lie quoted Mr. Justice Blackstone and Puffendorf in support of this view, and was much applauded by the Proprietors. Mr. WEEDON said the only question that the Court had now to consider was the expediency of adopting the child whom the late Raja had adopted, and it was unnecessary to discuss any other matter. At the conclusion of this gentleman's speech, The CHAIRMAN proposed that at that late hour (nearly five o'clock) it would be advi-able to adjourn the debate until Friday next, as the Directors had to send off itnvotant dispatches by the mail to-night, respecing the vote of thank 3 passed by the Court to the army in India. The Court then adjourned until Friday, at eleven o'clock. AUSTRIA. Galicia is •in a state of indescribable ferment. SErious disturbances, the Vienna journals inform us, have broken out at Cracow, where the country people make common cauae with the insurgent citizens, and burn the barns in which the Imperial soldiers are quartered. An engagement between the insurgents and the soldiery took place at Chrzauow. The sol diers were routed. The Allgemeine Zeitung has letters from Walla chia, of the 7th instant, which positively contradict the late news of the entrance of another Russian corps into Transylvania. However this may be, letters from Bucharest, of the 9th instant, state that the Russian General Ltiders had gone to the Tranayl- _ vanian frontier by way of PESTII, Aram 17.—Yesterday afternoon a brisk ' cannonade was again heard, and the insurgents who had appeared at Palota yesterday were now seen in ' great numbers at Rakos, below Czinkcta. The Itaa= perial troops were drawn up in a long line- on the north-west of the capital. At half-past nine the insurgents commmenced a brisk cannonade on the Rakos bridge, and made a feint of attacking the Imperial right wing. The Imperialists, however, returned the fire with great energy, and compelled them to withdraw the artillery pad fall back upon Czinkota. The Imperialists, seeing this advantage, advanced their artillery, and opened a very destructive fire. The insurgents again bad to remove their field pieces, and withdrew the troops on the right wing, where they met with a very obstinate resistance to the mountain ridges lying to the left of Czinkota. The cannonade continued without intermission till half past five, when it suddenly caaied, and at this moment the Imperial troops are rallying to the right wing of Baron Jellachich.—Pesth Gazette. DENMARK AND THE DUCHIES. The Kolner Zeitung has advice's from Apenrade, of the 21st, stating that a brigade of Schleswig- Holstein troops entered Jutland on the morning of the 20th instant. The brigade consists of the lit Rifles and two battalions of foot, with the usual comple ment of horse and artillery. The statements of the Cologne Gazette are borne out by our Hamburgh correspondence, which is of the 22d instant. Our correspondent further informs us that the preparations for storming the Island of Alsen are still going on. Some heavy battery trains have been brought to Duppeln, and among them some 84 pounders. A postscript to our Hamburgh letter announces the taking of Kolding by the Schleswig troops, under General Bonin, on the 20th instant. Kolding lies about one mile and a half from the frontier cf Schleswig, and nearly five miles from the fortress of Fredericia. The Dowager Lady Carington died on Sunday night, at her residence in Bath. She was the widow of the Rev. Walter Trevelyan, born in 1770, and married the late Lord Caringten in the year 183 G, his Lordship being then iu his eighty- sixth year. 'We understand that a son of Mr. Reynolds, the Member for Dublin, has been appointed to a situation at the.Mtut of the value of 4001. per annum. STATE OF TRADE. (From the Manchester Guardian of this day.) MA NC HESTER, APRIL 24.—The market stl.it crops und?r the weight of a full production, upon which the irregular and most inadequate purchases now in pro gress do not tell with any effect. On the whole, the tendency of prices is to decline. This is the general characteristic of the state of things to-day, making al lowance for such exception as we shall point out. In yarns there is some increasl of operations on the part of the German houses, not, to any extent, for immediate shipment, but rather in the way of sfeculation, mani festly induced by the excessive lowness of prices. We have heard, however, of experimental shipments made by new channels of communication with the manu facturing States of Germany, by the Rhine, and through the northern ports of Holland. These, how• ever, are necessarily, as yet, to a very small extent. In certain kinds of yarn a little more steadiness is appa rent; in other kinds this can hardly be said to be the case. For India and China, the business is small, and on rather worse terms for the spinners. The same re mark applies to qualities for home manufacture. As regards goods, it cannot be said that there is any better demand at all. In domestics and fustians, the stag natbn is undimiinished, and prices can scarcely be quoted. Long cloths and Ts may be got at rather lower rates. The inquiry for fabrics adapted to the eastern markets is now trifling, and wide skirtings are again yielding in value, with the exceptioc of 60 and 64 reeds. ROCHDALE, APRIL 23. —There is no improvement in the flannel market today, either in prices or quantity sold. The wool market also continues much depressed; the manufacturers buy very sparingly, at prices a shade lower. HUDDERSFIELD, Aram 24.—The market to-day is not quite so brisk as fur some weeks past. Even the woollen trade, which for some time has teen good, seems to have received a slight check. Fancy goods for the spring trade have been bought very readily during the season, and few, if any, now remain on hand. HALIFAX, APRIL 21.—There has been but a slender attendance of merchants in our Piece Hall to-day, and Vie same causes continuing in operation, there is no improvement i❑ the inquiry for worsted goods. Yarns also remain pretty much the same. The wool market is exceedingly dull, and the quotations are somewhat lower. IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, April 24. The LORD CHANCELLOR took his seat upon the Woolsack at Five o'Clock. _ _ The Duke of RICHMOND and the Earl of HAnnowny presented several petitions for an alteration in the law regulating beer houses. The Bishop of NORWICH presented a petition in favour of the Prevention of Seduction Bill. _ ST. JOHN'S, NEWFOUNDLAND, BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. NEW SOUTH WALES LAND BILL. This Bill passed through Committee. SMOKE PROHIBITION BILL. Lord REDESDALE moved the second reading of this Bill. The Earl of CARLISLE would not oppose the motion The Bill was then read a second time. THANKS TO THE ARMY IN INDIA. The Marquis of LANSDOWNE moved that the thanks of the House be presented to the Governor- General of India, the Commander in-Chief in India, and to the officers and troops in India, for the serv i ces rendered to them. If he should labour under any deficiency in bringing forward this motion he was aware that he was speaking in the presence of those who could make up for that deficiency, who bad reaped their laurels in those scenes. He should briely narrate the history of the events which had led to the brilliant termination of the war. The war had arisen from the act of treachery which had been committed at Moultan. That city eves the strongest fortress in the East. That fortress Moolraj, a native chief, rule('; he resigned the command. Two gentle men, named Anderson and Agnew, had been sent to take the command in eons( quence. In consequence of the dissatisfaction of a number of persons vt ho had been guilty of malversation, an insurrection broke out to rein state Moolraj, and the two gentlemen to which ho had al luded were barbarously murdered, and horrible atrocities were committed. Moolraj became possessed of the town of Moultan and of the surrounding country, which he imme diately occupied, so that in a very short time this insurrec tion extended through the whole of the frontier, and from every point there sallied forth hordes of the most for midable character in arms against this country — hordes of every sect, united by their hatred of the attempts made by this country to put down the arbitrary despotism of those lawless chiefs who thought this an opportunity for seeking for re venge. No time was lost in preparing an army to put down this insurrection. During the wh ole of the sum • mer and autumn of last year these events gave rise to s desperate battle, in which the greatese valour, dis• cipline, and courage was displayed by the British army, and also by the opposing parties. Ile would, how for which he was sure their Lordshies wo uld unani ever, pass by these events and come to tho se o p erations mously vote their thanks. In the month of February Lord Gough felt himself in a situation to attack the united forces of the enemy, which brought into action and concert the Seikhs and Atlghans, the two most war -I,lce and disciplined races in India. Against that united army, consisting of 60,000 men and 59 pieces of can non, being the concentrate d force of the se Indian tribes, the Governor-General of India had sent a well appointed army of 29,000 men and 100 pieces of cannon. That army attacked the enemy, and the result had been the total destruction of that force which threatened, a few months ago, the safety of India. The British srmy were acing under difficulties imposed upon them by rapid marches and great hardships; and that portion w hich came from Bombay, under General Dundas, had arrived by forced marches without a halt at the scene of action, and immediately took a the magnitud e of the part in the action, and the next day, under General Gilbert, was engaged in the pursuit of the flying enemy. servicesa i n g stated performed,to their and Lordshipspoerfrmed und er c i rcums t ances of the greatest difficulty, which had been attended, he admitted, with great bloodshed, but with a result so glorious to the British arms, he would allude to the siege and taking of Moultan, which refl ec t e d suc h g l or y on all concerned. Not less than 26 , 00 0 shells were thrown into the place. He would th ere f ore move t h at their Lordships' Loe w d h sh o ip c s o ' m th m a a n n k de thanks commanded at presented t o Major•Genertel at the taki ng o f t h at strong fortress. The bodies of Anderson and Agnew were honoured with a Christian burial, and their remains were carried to their last resting place through the breach by which the British troops had entered to storm the city. Although they endeavoured to pay all the honour due to those concerned, it was not in their power to do so. It was impossible to contemplate the circumstances of In dian warfare without admiring the gallantry and the judgment exercised by the subalterns, who were fre quently called upon to exercise a discretion and judgment engaged m i p n ai i g t. n had N o which subalterns were not often called on to exercise. , been One of tho th c e o d nd istoientguoifshaedyofuelalgtnrinesan engg of this sooner had the Chief of Moultan endeavoured to gain possession of the country, than an officer—he alluded to a name already familiar to it eir Lordships, Major Edwardes—then Lieut. Edwardes, who only eight years since received his appointment as a boy, and who bad been wounded as aid-de-camp to Lord Gougfi in the fine Punjaub war—Lieutenant Edwardes finding himself with one native regiment, conceived the design of driving Moolraj back to Moultan, and he &Meted it. Ile raised a force of new levies—he "as enabled to pay them, he led them on, and, defeating Moolraj in two battles,and seizing his guns with his own hands, he olrove him back to his fortress—that was an example to be held out to others.—(Cheers.) So were the examples of Lieutenant Blake and Lieutenant Herb-rt—(Cheers)— ho for months maintained the fortress of Attock against a superior force. It was in justice to these fficers, and more espec iall y to they belonged—(Cheers) —that he the felt it service his d whi uty to call the attention of th e House to their services. to ch He had no more to say, but would conclude by moving the thanks of the House to the Earl of Dalhousie, Lord Gough, Generals Gilbert, Thackwell, and Whish, and the other officers, commissioned and non-commissioned, and soldiers who had taken part in the recant operations in India, for the distinguished acid eminent services they had rendered to their country, more particularly on the 21st Feb., 1649, in the battle of Goojerat, and that the the Lord Chancellor communicate the same to the Governor-General of India, who be requested to cone , municate the same to the respective officers and soldiers. Lord STANLEY seconded the motion. He could add aothing to the eulogium which the Noble Marquis had so justly bestowed on those officers ; nor would he have any pretention to speak on the subject in the presence of the highest mi litary authority (the Duke of Wellington), a few words from whom would be valued more highly than anything that could be said by any other authority, or in the presence of his Noble Friend the Noble Earl behind him, but because he wished it to seem that no party-spirit was felt on such occasions, but that all united to do honour to the gallant men who up hold the reputation and honour of this coon. try abroad. The results of these successes were likely to be of the most permanent character, and those victoties had, he believed, laid the founda tion of a permanent peace, which would be not only for the welfare of this country, but ho believed also for the advantage of those whom ee had conquered. The foundation of our In dian army rested rot only in the prestige of our power, but of power exercised for the benefit of those subjected to it. An officer had been recently sent out, to whom the eyes of all men had been turned as the one most likely to ensure success, and he was sure that that officer would feel gratified to find that his old companions in arms had successfully weathered the crisis without his assistance, had , shown that there was no cause for the alarm that had been felt, and had achieved this great victory. He was sure it would be a matter of re joicing to him to find that the Indian army had main tained its fame, and the Sinde Irregular Horse, the corps he himself had formed, had so distinguished itself. He could not refuse his tribute of admira tion at the manner in which that unrivalled artillery had performed its duty, and heed defeated those who might be considered as no mean enemy, and which was distinguished by its prowess in that particular arena. He was also rejoiced to find that our gallant regiments had had an opportunity of showing that it still was worthy it s p r i s tine fain-, and nobly vin dicated itself f rom th a t tem porary cloud which for a mo ment had lower e d over it. lie w ould move that, to the words of th e mo ti on , t h e worth Amine contradictnte be added,—(Loud cheers.) The Eerl of GALLOWAY felt diet, while as British e&ijects and Peers they were c xpr: ieing their obligations to the distinguished individuals who had exerted their power at the Council Board, and perilled their lives in the field in defence of British interests in India, it would be worthy of a Christian Legislature not to pass by that Almighty power who was the giver of all victory. Oh Goal thy arm was there, And not to us, but to thy arm alone, Ascribe we all," was the language of one of the greatest sovereigns in British history. These were the words, too, of one of our greatest warriors, after one of his moat celebrated victories. As a Christian man, addressing himself to a Christian Legislature, he called upon their Lordships, and particularly upon the Right Revere ml Bench, to second him in the appeal which he now made to the Government to take these things into consideration, and advise the Sovereign to appoint a day of general thanks giving for the mercies voirchsaled to this country, ac companied with a deep acknowledgment et the national unworthiness. The Duke of WELLINGTON (who addressed their Lordships with great energy and earnestness) said, — My Lords, I shall not oppose the proposition of the Noble Lord who has just addressed you; but I do not think it exactly a subject for your Lordships' conridera lion at the present moment. The Noble Lord, if he thinks proper, may make such a proposition, and I think the House will willingly take it into their consideration; but that which is the object of the motion before your Lordships this day is to take into consideration the propriety of voting your thanks to the army which has fought during the recent military operations in the run• jaub. My Lords, I entirely concur in the observations expressed by the Noble Marquis in making this motion, and by my Noble Friend (Lord Stanley) in seconding the motion made by the Noble Marquis. My Lords, it has fallen to my lot to know, and to have to consider, the great difficulties under which this war has been conducted.—(Hear, hear.) And, my Lords, I must say that in no case have I seen stronger instances of good conduct than in carrying on the operations of which it is now proposed to your Lordships to pronounce your approbation. My Lords, this war originated in the dis honour, perfidy, and faithlessness of the servants and officers of the native Government of Lahore. The Go vernor-General being, under the articles of a treaty, the guardian of the infant Maharaja of the Punjaub, was bound by the treaty to control the acts of his Govern ment, and to give his assistance in carrying on its ope rations. My Lords, all the servants of the Government betrayed their trust. As the Noble Lord has stated, Dewan Moolraj, the Governor of Moultan and the country under the subjection of that fortress, be trayed his trust, and refused to deliver the command to the officers sent to relieve him, and murdered the two gentlemen sent by the British Resident, in order to superintend the delivery of the fortress to the officers selected by the Maharaja, under the super intendence of the British Resident, to take the command. This act of treachery and insubordination was followed by the revolt of the whole country in the neighbourhood of Moultan; and, my Lords, it was followed by degrees, one after another, by the treacherous revolt and insur rection of all parts of that country, by the revolt of no less than three other fortresses, all of which refused to obey the orders of this Government, the troops being in a state of mutiny and insurrection, all of which had to be gut the better of at the same moment.—(Hear, hear.) And all this, my Lords, occurred at a season in the year dating which it was utterly impossible to put in the field any European troops. It was, indeed, scarcely possible to keep the native troops in the field, but the European officers and troops could not take the field at that season of the year. But, my Lords, by the care and attention of the Governor-General and the officers of the British Government, and of the Commander-in-Chief and offi cers of the army, a body of men was by degrees col. lected, and that force was attended and equipped by a body of artillery, and sent to Moultan, which place had teen previously invested. Another force was sent to the Purijaub, to aid and support the garrisoned places of Lahore, and the other places in the Sodas territory under the treaty. My Lords, the siege of Moultan could not be commenced until the month of September, notwith standing that the original atrocities of the murder of the two officers mentioned by the Noble Marquis occurred on the 19th of April. But the ground was broken on the 7th September. On the 14th of September, after a good deal of progress had been made in the siege, after a gallant attsele made in order to lodge the troops in a certain portion of the town which it was necessary for them to occupy in order to carry on the siege with advantage, it was found necessary to raise the siege and withdraw the army a certain distance until reinforcements could be received, because the Seikh army under the chief who has been since coin bating with the East Indian troops, had revolted and gone over to the enemy.—(Hear, hear.) It was the 14th of September when the siege was raised, but the care of the Governor-General and the generals and officers in command of the troops in different portions of the country had provided measures for bringing troops from all parts into the great undertaking of pacifying the country under these circumstances. A force was sent up from Bombay, and arrived at Moultau on the 26th of September. On the very next day the city of Moultan was attacked by General Whish and the troops who had arrived under the command of General Dun - das, and these Bombay troops carried some of the works that defended the city, and took possession of parts of that towr. I mention these circumstances in order that you may vote to General Dundas your thanks for the capture of Moultan, and to the troops under his command, who were brought into that attack and to that seige after such a march as it is frem the Indus to Moultan in the very worst reason of the year, and who arrived in time to be put in line, and make the attack on the following morning.— (Cheers.) I mention these circumstances to the credit of Gcneral Dendas.—(Hear, hear.) While this siege was going on the Governor-General and the Commander in Chief had termed a force to cover and protect the country in tranquillity, which was generally in a state of insurrection, 0,113 also to observe the movements of those large bodies of troops which were collected on the fron tier, and prevent them from disturbing the operations of the siege. The Commander-in.Chiet; my Lord Gough, put himself at the head of this covering army, and had to fight those actions to which the Noble Marquis has ad verted, and which he did with uniform success in each of them. But with regard to Moultan, when it is recollected that this strong place was provided with arms, and that without conditions it sur rendered on capitulation when the breaches were opened and the storming parties were preparing to at tack those breaches, and that this place fell into the hands of our army without loss, I think that it may be s't down that, on the whole, the service was effected with smaller loss than could have been expected under any circumstances. (Loud cheers.) My Lords, after the siege of Moultan the army that had be sieged and taken it was put in march to farm that part of the army under the command of my Lord Gongh, which was covering the operations of the siege. It made a forced march and joined Lord Gough's army at the very moment at which the junction became of most im portance.— (Hear, hear.) It joined on the very day previous to that on which the battle was to be fought, as it has been stated by the Noble Marquis, and on the very following morning the troops were again in a state to be able to take their station in lino against the enemy— (Cheers) —and to take their place in the battle which was fought on the 21st of January. My Lords, I can not tint think that General \Vhish and the officers of that army are deserving of your Lordships' commenda tion for these services. —(Cheers.) My Lords, I have already stated to you the course of the operations car ried on with a view to cover the siege and keep the country in a state of tranquillity during that great operation. Several actions were fought, and my Noble Friend has adverted to a circumstance which took place in one of these (the retreat of the 14th Dragoons). My Lords, it is impose sible to describe to you the variety of circumstances which may occasion mistake or disarrangement during an engagement in the operations of any particular force at any particular moment.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") An inquiry into these circumstances has been instituted and I have seen the report of that inquiry. It happens that these cavalry had to conduct their operations over a country much broken by ravines and by rough jungles, which rendered it impossible for the troops to move in their usual and regular order. It happened that the officer commanding the brigade of which this corps formed a part was wounded in the bead during the ad vance, and was obliged to quit the field. The officer next in command being at a distance from the spot, was not aware that his commanding officer was obliged to withdraw from the field. Under these circumstances, the word of command was given by some person not authorised, and of whom no trace can be found; and some confusion took place, which, from the crowd and the circumstances of the moment, could not easily be removed. But it was removed at last, and all were got in order, and the corps successfully performed its duty, as I and Noble Lents around me have seen them perform it on other occasions.—(Hear, hear.) My Lords, those things may happen to any troops; but we, whose fortune it has been to see similar engagements in the field, feel what must be felt by all your Lordships--that the character of a corps must not be taken from them from scraps in the newspapers, but the facts must be . sought in the re port of the Commander-in-Chief and in the inquiry made by the proper parties; an inquiry very different from that made kby the publishers of newspapers.—(Hear.) The order was made, and no one needs be informed that a movement in retreat is not a movement in advance ; but your Lordships must be convinced, as I myself am, that the movement in retreat was one of those acci dents which must happen occasionally, and that the corps to which it happened were as worthy of conti.- deuce then as they have been since, as they were before, and as I hope they will always be.—(Cheere.) I entirely concur in the approbation which the Noble Marquis has expressed of the conduct of Major Edwardes, and other officers, in the course of these tranenctions. My Lords, these officers were employed under the Resident at Lahore and his officers in the levying of certain inhabitants of the country, and certain disbanded soldiers of the late Seikh army, in order to aid in the defence of the Raja's government, and to prevent the tranquillity of the country from being disturbed. I am happy to say that these officers well performed that duty, and they have immortalised themselves by their conduct. It is impossible to speak too highly of Major Edwardes and the other gentlemen who have been en gaged in these services. —(Hear, hear.) My Lords, I also beg to draw your attention to that corps of Sinde Horse raised under the superintendence of my Gallant Friend who has been lately selected by the East India Company to command the army in that country. These corps had been raised not more than a few years, and yet in this great battle, in a conflict with an enemy by no Teens to be despised, they distinguished themselves My Lards, these are the circumstances under which the officers are placed in that country. They are under the necessity of training the natives to ar ms, to ebecipline them in the European mode, contrary to the manners, the, customs, and the practices of t he natives, and the y do this in such a manner as to Daftlie them feel :ugh OA' fierce in their effesere that they ere reedy to folluie them enrebere, even to the cannoe'e mouth, egainst these St ikh watriors. It is a rewsoleabls eirctinee erica that the Sinde Horse were form, d nut more than te oer three years since, under Sir C. Napier, and I was not aware of it until I saw it in the reports of these actions, that this body of horse could be put in line to meet the formidable cavalry of the Seikhs and Affehans. sly Lords, I am certain that this motion will be agreed to heartily, and that the unanimous vote of this llot3e will be moat gratefully felt by the army that has fought these actioee, and which I concur with the Noble Lord in thinking is highly deserving of your Lordships' rip p robe tion.— (Loud cheers.) The Duke of RICHMOND acquiesced to the ful!est extent in the vote of thanks proposed to the army in India, and expressed the greatest pos,ible gratification at the manlier in which he had heard their services spoken of by the Noble Marquis who proposed the motion, and the Noble Lord who seconded it, as well as by the other Neble Lords who took part in the debate. Mention having been made of the 14th Light Dragoons, he thought the period opportune for stating that he had the honour of the aequaintence of one of the gallant officers, Colonel Cureton, who, when commanding that, regiment, fell in the action. It was his flood fortune to have known him for many years as a private soldier in the Peninsular war, where, from being a non-com mitsioned officer of a troop, ho raise d himself by his zeal, intrepidity, and intelligence, to one of the highest staff positions in the Indian campaign. Colonel Have lock, Vo, who fell when gallantly making a charge, had shed lustre on his Dame. He hoped the result of this campaign would be, to prevent any future wars occurring in India. The prestige of their military exploits in that country would go far to achieve so desirable an event; but he trusted that the Govern ment never could reduce the army in that country, so as to prevent active operations if any etnergeaey again arose. Unless they had had at command the force to move up from the cut districts to Lord Geugh's head quarters, the war, in all probability, would nut be finished lor many years to come. He hoped and trusted that the war was at an end; but he felt satisfied that wher ever the British army was called on in the field of battle, they would do their duty as before. They cared no• thing for long marches or heavy fire, only give them geed officers to lead, take care that their discipline is correct, and the British nation reed fear not. Lord HARDINGE was anxious on this occasion to offer his hearty and most cordial gratulations to his Gal lant Friend Lord Gough and his companions of the Indian army, for their glorious, successful, and triumphant issue of the war, which ho never for one moment doubted. The result had been most complete, and Lord Gough, with that liberality which so justly characterised all his acts, stated in one of his dispatches that the artillery, by their skilful employment, principally achieved the success, with comparatively small loss of life. So effectively was this force employed, that although opposed to the Seikh artillery, which always fought bravely, it was only ne cessary for two or three infantry regiments to fire on the enemy. The conduct of the Indian artillery was highly creditable; and it certainly proved instrumental in obtaining one of the greatest and most splendid vic tories in the Indian empire. Having described the mode in which the artillery was brought into play, and shown that although harnessed by elephants, it never, in the slightest degree, impeded the advance of the in• fantry—a novelty never before witnessed in India —the Noble and Gallant General paid a marked tri bute to the conduct of Brigadier-General Campbell, who commanded the artillery, and then went on to observe, that the importance of this branch of our military force in modern warfare, and its signal advantage having been so clearly exemplified in India, he sincerely trusted that neither the Committee then sitting in an other place to investigate the efficiency of the Ordnance Department would recommend, nor the Government would sanction so useful and important a section of their military force to be diminished, or any reduction of that noble arm to be made. He had heard with great plea sure and infinite satisfaction the allusions made to Major Edwardes. He was a must sensible clever young man. During a portion of the period that he (Lord Ilardinge) served her Majesty in India, Major Edwardes was in command of 11,000 or 12,000 men, and most cleverly did he keep them together, displaying great tact, judg ment, prescience, and coolness. It was his wish to notice the exertions of other officers—Blake, Pollard, and Nicholson, also, in conjunction with Majer Ed wardes, bad rendered such signal services in that me morable action. With respect to the part taken by the 14th Light Dragoon at the Jhelum, he felt bound to state that frequent opportunities were afforded him of testing their efficiency, and he believed they justly enjoyed the highest reputation for dashing courage. Oa the occasion of the engagement with the Seikhs on the banks of the Jhelum, the 14th Light Dragoons were placed in difficult and embarrassing circumstances, but he felt satisfied that their well-earned reputation would not be in the slightest degree damaged when they ex plained the circumstances under which they retreated. Lord Gough, in one of his recent dispatches, stated that the corps under Major-General Gilbert bad orders to impede the operations of the Seikhs and drive them be yond the Khyber-pass. He had no doubt that they would be able to do so, aced he felt equally satisfied that the last action had broken the neck of the insurrection. One of the most remarkable circumstances connected with that action was the junction between the Affghans and the Sellths, who were not only of different religions and of races, but entertained towards each other the most inveterate hatred. The present was the fourth time Lord Gough had received the thanks of Parliament, as Commander in-Chief of the British Army in India, and he (Lord Hardinge) could only say that when that Noble and Gallant Officer had the satisfaction of learn- Mg that his services were thus again recognised, he would feel satisfied that by his lest and most brilliant victory he head ren lered invaluable service to the British empire.—(Cheers.) The Earl of ELLENBOROUG II expressed entire gratification at the unanimity of their Lordships' House in voting thanks to the gallant men engaged in the Indian war, and stated that it was with a good deal of pleasure lie had followed all the movements made by the different bodies employed in that campaign, which was not a campaign of ordinary duration or ordinary toil, but had extended over nine months, during six or seven months of which period a large portion of the army wits continually in the presence of the enemy, and freqiiently under fire. He confessed it was most satisfactory that a success so brilliant and decisive should have come to gild the concluding services of his Gallant and Noble Friend Lord Gough. It was not for him to say anything of the ability displayed by the Noble Commander-in Chief, or of those high military qualities which so eminently dis tinguished his career; bat he could not avoid allusion to the attention paid by him to the sick and wounded of the army under his command, and to the great care which at all times he manifested for the comfort and health of the soldiers. It was most just to associate in the vote of thanks Lord Dalhousie, the Governor-General of India. It was for the Commander-in-Chief to direct operations in the presence of the enemy, but it was for the Go vernor-General to prepare the means by which victory was to be achieved, and to provide the force in the field with all the munitions of war. That duty Lord Dal housie had most properly performed. Atter the expe rience they had had he thought it would be absurd to place trust in Seikh troops or Seikh treaties; and there fore they ought to have a considerable force in their In di ,n possessions. There was one consolation at least to the members of the families of those also had fallen in tho recent actions, that the blood of their relatives had not been shed in vain; and that they had fallen not only for their own or their country's glory, but for the con solidation of the British empire in India. 'Living eoha sellee7 the Government to prevent the re-construction of the Seikh army in India, the Noble Lord concluded by expressing his heartfelt approval of the vote of thanks. The Marquis of LA.NSDOWNE, in reference to the observations made by the Duke of Wellington respect ing the omission of General Dundas's name from the vote of thanks, said that it was not usual to . make special mention of officers holding the military rank of Colonel, in votes of thanks, and that was the only reason why the gallant officer's conduct had not been signalised. The motion was then put from the Chair, and carried unanimously. Their Lordships adjourned at half-past Seven o'Clock. HOUSE OF COMMONS, April 24. The SPEAKER took the Chair at Four o'clock. The report upon the Newcastle and Carlisle Railway (Branche,) Bill was read and agreed to. Mr. DRUMYEOND presented several petitions from Scotland, against the Marriage, &u., Registration Bill. Mr. GREENE presented several petitions from Lan cashire, in favour of superannuation allowances to poor law officers ; and also several petitions in favour of in ternational arbitration. Sergeant TALFOURD presented a petition from Reading in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill. Mr. W. PATTEN presented a petition agreed to at a public meeting at Manchester, praying for a system of religious education. Mr. DUNCAN presented several petitions from Scot land in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill, and also several petitions in favour of international arbitration. Sir J. Y. BULLER presented a petition in favour of the Clergy Relief Bill, and also against the alteration of the Parliamentary oaths. Mr. BROTHEItiON presented a petition praying that a limit might be put to the number of beer-shop licences. Mr. J. WILLIAMS presented a petition from London, praying that all offices connected with the Welch Church might be placed in the hands of those who were ac quainted with the Welch language. Mr. W. J. FOX presented several petitions in favour of international arbitration. Mr. LOCKE presented a petition from Leith in favour of Sunday travelling on railways. Mr. CHRISTOPHER presented several petitions from Lincolnshire praying for superannuation allowances to poor-law officers; also four petitions from Horncastle and its neighbourhood praying for the re imposition of protective duties, and that the House would take into its consideration the burdens which press upon the agricul tural interests. Sir It. H. INGLIS presented several petitions against the Marriage Bill, and alio several petitions against the endowment of the Roman Catholic clergy and Roman Catholic schools. Mr. I)EEDES presented a petition from Kent pray ing for the re-imposition of protective duties. C. BRUCE presented several petitions from Scotland against Sunday travelling; also several pea -1 Lions against the Registration (Scot land ) Bill. Mr. 'STANLEY presented four petitions from Lynn in favour of superannuation allowances to poor-law officers. COMMERCIAL -ROAD BILL. Mr. MOFFA IT moved, pursuent to no;ice, that it be an instruction to tho Select Committeee on the Com mercial-road Bill, to refer the accounts of the trustees to the Secretary of State for the Home Department, under the provisions of the Act 3 and 4 Will. 4, e. 80. Mr. W. PATTEN thought that the Hon. Member would not attaiu his object by weaua of his motion, The Houss had no tower to direct ;ho I-lotnn Sotvetar to autht the accounts, and he should th:refore op pus the :notion as tine , . cusf _ _ Sir U. GIZEY LgrZvd w'dh the ; - )bservati - ms that had fad , n from the Hon. 11u tuber opposite (Mr. W. Patten), hat the motion was useless and uncalled for. Mr. MOFFATT, after a few observations, withdrew :ho mann% Mr. MUNTZ presented petitions from several parts of Birmingham in favour of international disputes being stAthal by arbitration. Mr. CARD ELL presented a petition from Liver pool in favour of international arbitration. Sir W. CLAY presented a similar petition from St. George's. in• the Fields. Lord NUGENT presented a petition agreed to at a pubic meeting held in Westminster in favour of a national system of rating fur the poor. Mr. J. A. SMI PH presented a petition from Boston complaining of the increase in the county-rate expen diture. Mr. BOUVERIE presented five petitions in favour of the Clergy itctief 1;i U. Mr. SCLIOLEFIELD presented a petition from Bit rnngham in tay. ur of intkruatii , ntil at bitration. i‘fr. BUM E pre,ented a petition, agrrcd to at a large public meeting held in Glasgow, complaining that if trains were reAticted from running on Sundays, it would deprive the country of many of the advantages of the railway system, aid praying the House to pass a law to compel railway companies to run trains on Sundays. NAVIGATION LAWS. Mr. LABOUCHERE yresented a petition from the Mnyor and Curporation of Manchester in favour of the repeal of the navigivion-laws. THE BEV. MIL SHORE. Viscount JOCELYN presented a petition from King's Lynn, praying fcr the liberation of the Rev. James Shore. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION. An IIoN. 1111;:nui.in presented a petition from the eastern district of the county of Eitinhurgh, praying for. a refi•r:nce of national disputes to arbitration. Mr. HOWARD presented a petition from Buxton against Sunday travelling,. Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition, signed by upwards of 300 of the inhabitants of St. Pancras, complaining of the number of toll. gates within :hut parish. MAINTENANCE OF THE rOOR. Lord NUGENT gaye notice that on a future day he should bri❑g before the House the propriety of support ing the poor by a national rate. TILE PUNJAUB. Mr. G. THOMPSONpostponed his motion with re- . . spcct to the war in the Puojaub. IRISH CHURCH. Mr. HUME (for Mr. Osborne) postponed his motion on the Irish Church until the Bth of May. CANADA. Mr. GLADSTONE said, before Easter, he moved for returns showing the nature and extent of certain losses in Canada. When would they be laid on the table? Mr. HAWES replied that the papers would be placed in the hand 4 of licit. Members immediately. YOUGIIAL. In reply to Mr. ANSTEY, Sir W. SOMERVILLE intimated that the reports of the Commissioners with respect to the union of several utdons in connexion with Youghal were still under con sideration. WAR IN THE PUNJAUB.—VOTE OF THANKS TO THE INDIAN ARMY. Sir JOHN IIOBHOUSE rose to move that the thanks of the House he givtn to the Right Hon. the Earl of Dalhousie, Knight of the Mot lion. Order of the Thistle Governor• General of India, for the zeal and ability with which the resources of the British empire i❑ the But Indies have been applied to the suppert of the military operations in the Punjaub.. That the thanks of this fioule be given to General the Right lion. Lord Gough, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces in India, for the conspicuous intrepidity displayed by him during the la cent operations in the Punjaub, and especially for his conduct, ou the 21st of February, 1849, in the battle of Goojerat, when the British army ob tained a brilliant and decisive victory. That the thanks of this House be given to Major-General Sir J. Thackwell, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; to Major-General Sir Walter Ra leigh Gilbert, Knight Commander of the Most Honour able Military Order of the Bath; to Major-General Wil liam Samson ‘Vhish, Companion of the Most Hon. Mili tary Order of the Bath; and to Brigadier-Generals the Hon. Henry Dundas, Companion of the Most Hon. Mili tary Order of the Bath; Colin Campbell, Companion of the Most lien. Military Order of the Bath; Hugh Massey Wheeler, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath; and James Tennant; and to the several officers, European and Native, under their command, for the indefatigable z ?al and ex ertions exhibited by them throughout the recent campaign. That the thauks of this House be given to the non commit stoned officers and private soldiers, Euro pean and Native, for the service rendered to the British empire by the signal overthrow of the numerous enemies combined in arms against them; and that the opinion of this House be signified to them by the Com manders of the several corps. That the thanks of this house be given to Major-General William Samson 14 high, Companion of the Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath, for his eminent services in conducting to a successful issue the siege of the fort and city of Monlute. That the thanks of this House be given to the severs) officers, European and Native, under the com mand of Ma . ;or•General %Vhish, and to the officers of the Indian navy employed upon that oscacion, for their gallant conduct during the siege of M ou l t an . Th a t the thanks of this House he given to the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers and seamen, European and native, fur the bravery and fortitude manifested by them during the siege of Moultri). 'That these resolutions be transmitted by Mr. Speaker to the Governor-General of India, and that he be requested to communicate the safe to the several officers referred to therein." He said he was in hope when he had the honour of seconding the votes of thanks which were passed by the House in May, 1846, on the proposition of the Right Honourable Gentleman the Member for Tatnworth, thst it would be the last occasion on which he should have to take any part with respect to the disturbance of that peace in India of which they stood so much in need. But if his hopes had not been fulfilled, he thought he might fairly say that there was no occasion on which he felt greater reason for congratulation than the present. In the exploits of the campaign which had just, he hoped he might ray, closed or all but closed, be thought they would see some real reason for congratulating themselves. It would not bo necessary for him to make any of those preliminary remarks with which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam worth prefaced his speech in 1846. That Right Hon. Gentleman and those who followed him were on that occasion compelled to enter into several details with reference to the nation which had risen with arms against them, and they had been, since that day, unfor tunately so well acquainted with that singular and war- Mee people, that it would be unnecessary for him to repeat any of that which was staid by the Right Honourable Gentleman, or to enter into any preliminary discussion, with respect to the character of the people. It was a singular fact, and one with which he was not acquainted until the other day, that it had long been foreseen that the great struggle for dominion in India would take place whit that people. He found Robertson, the historian, in his "Eastern ludis," which was pub blished in '97, or at end of the last century, foretelling in very singular words that that struggle would take place. The Right Honourable Gentleman then real a passage from Dr. Robertson's work, stating that from the position of the Seikh territory to that of this country, and the ardour, acti vity, and ambition of those people it could hardly but be expected that the relationship between the two governments would sooner ' or later ter minate in hostilities. That prophecy had been fulfilled, but it was but justice to say that the Seikhs had contended with us with great energy, courage, and perseverance. The last papers which had been presented to the House stated that a treaty had been agreed to between the Governor-General and the Seikhs for the internal tranquillity of the country, and the consequence of that arrangement was that the country was fur some time in a state of peace, from which it had long been a stranger. Unfortunately, however, events occurred last year to which were to be traced all those conneotions which they all so much deplored: but they had obtained a great victory, which they had that day met to commemorate. The two agents of the Government who had so distinguished themselves, v a ne Agnew and Major Anderson, had been treacherously mur dered. When the Governor-General of India saw that all his hopes of an amicable arrangement of the commotion at Moultan were extinguished—when he saw all his hopes had vanished, he made every preparation for a general war. The late Governor-General of India had not, as it bad been said, left the frontier in a defenceless state: so far' from that, he had left the frontier of Lahore with a most effective force. lie had not diminished by one man either the artillery or infantry. Lord Dalhousie, making use of these preparations, and adding thereto such force as he thought fit to call upon from Bengal, had repaired to the frontier, and Lord Gough, the Commander in- Chief had also made every preparation.—(Hear, hear.) He thought that the House would agree with him that it would he fitting at the present moment that ho should for a short time call its atten tion to the circumstances that took place before Lord Gough took the field.—(Hear, hear.) The House was too well acquainted with the services of the gallant Major Eilwardes—(flcar, hear)—to render ic necessary for him to detail thew. It would be sufficient for him to say that such were the services of that gallant officer, that her Majesty, in her royal condescension, had thought it right to de part from the common forms, and had commanded that before the end of the campaign that gallant officer should received the reward due to him.—(Hear, hear.) That gallant o ffi cer b a d rece i ve d t h e appo i ntmen t Of Major, together with a Companionship of the Bath. Ile believed that there was not a single Member in that House who would question the right of the gallant offi cer to such honours, for it was to be remembered that in the great act that he had accomplished he had not been assisted by a single person of white cekur.—(Hear,' hear.) Ile w ent d own to th e I n d us an d gainr , a last June a d ec i s i ve v i ctor y.—(C r i es o f " H ear , bear. ') On the 2d of July he was joined by Lieutenant Lake be succeeded in another battle, and again completelY routed the troops of the rebels; and, although in the first instance the Governor-General and the Commander in-Chief did not consider the season admitted the march of English troops, it was thought necessary to di-Tafeh a force under Gt neral Whish to Moultan. The House was well acquainted with the result of the force march ing upon Moultan. A force was ordered from Bombay; that force a; poured before Meultau on the 26th la):: cember; on the 27th they made their first attack, n on the 2d of January they carried the fortified city o, ~