The Press.
London, England, 1858-02-13 00:00:00

CDNSPIRACY TO MURDER BILL.

1. Any person who shall, within the united kingdom of
Great Britain and Ireland, or the islands of Jersey, Guern •
sey, Alderney, Sark, and Man, conspire with any other
person or persons, being either within or without the said
united kingdom and said islands, to commit murder either
within or without the dominions of her Majesty, shall
be guilty of felony, and upon being convicted shall be
liable to be sentenced to penal servitude for life, or for
any term not less than five years, or to imprisonment, with
or without hard labour, for any term not exceeding three
years.

2. That any person within the said united kingdom, or
said islands of Jersey, Guernsey, Alderney, Sark, and
Man, who shall persuade, instigate, or solicit any other
person, being either within or without the said united
kingdom or the said islands, to commit mnrder, either
within or without her Majesty's dominions, shall be guilty
of felony, and shall be bible upon conviction to be sen-
tenced to penal servitude for life, or for any term not less
than See years, or to imprisonment, with or without bard
labour, for any term not exceeding three years.
3. Any person charged with felony under the provisions
of this act may be apprehended or punished, or otherwis(i
dealt with in all respects, in any county or place within
the united kingdom in which he may be found, in the
same manner as if the felony with which he is charged had
been committed in such county or place.
4. In any proceeding under this act in which the
murder shall be alleged to have been intended to be com-
mitted in any foreign country or countries, murder shall
be construed to mean the killing of any person, whether
a subject of her Majesty or not, under such circumstances
as would, if the person were so killed in the united king-
dom, make such killing murder by the laws of the saii.
united kingdom

Vrott6ings xnpriiatnent.

SATURDAY, Fmn..6.

Moth houses met this day for the purpose of pro-
ceeding to Buckingham Palace to present to her
Majesty the congratulatory address on the marriage
of the Princess Royal, agreed to on Friday evening.
Their Lordships and the Commons were most
graciously received by her Majesty at Buckingham
Palace. Lord Stratford de Redcliffe took the oaths
and his seat iu the Lards.

HOUSE OF LORDS-MONDAY.
VOTE OF THANKS TO THE ARMY AND NAVY, ETC.

Lord PANBUTRE, in moving that the thanks of their
lordships' house be presented to the Governor-
General and the civil authorities in India for the
energy and ability with which they had employed
the resources at their command to suppress the
mutinies in that country, and to the officers of her
Majesty's army and navy and marines for the eminent
skill and courage diplayed by them in the achieve-
ment of so many and such important triumphs over
numerous bodies of the mutineers, and for the other
high military qualities which had marked the dis-
charge of those arduous duties which they had so
successfully performed, recapitulated at length all
the brilliant services which the civil and military
departments in the East had rendered to this
country at this most trying crisis. Premising that
the reaellion precipitated itself upon India like " an
avalanche," Lord Panmure dwelt especially upon the
great exertions of the Governor-General, his coolness,
his foresight, and, above all, the spirit of organisa-
tion and self-command which, with the great aid of
such men as Lord Harris, Lord Elphinstone, Sir
John Lawrence, and Mr. Frere, had contributed so
much to the safety of our Indian empire. To such
men, and more especially to the noblemen whom he
had just named, was it due that resources had been
gathered to India from without, and those within
effectually employed. His lordship then proceeded
to advert to the great services of the military, to the
gailantry and judgment shown by Sir Colin Camp-
bell, Sir James 0 utram, Sir Archdale Wilson, General
Inglis, and Captain Peel, pointing out the signal
instances of fervid zeal and courage with which each
had served his country. His lordship also paid a
feeling tribute of respect to the memories of those
whom the vote of thanks of that house could now no
longer reach,—of those who, like the gallant Have-
lock, had left behind them bright examples to the
world of how a British officer should do in life, and
how in the discharge of his duty he was prepared to
die as a Christian and a soldier.

The Earl of DERBY deeply regretted that on this
occasion he could not accede to the proposition of
the Government with that sincere cordiality with
which he had been proud to co-operate in sup-
porting previous votes of thanks of a similar
kind. He objected to an indiscriminate vote of
thanks :

The noble baron, in his opening observation, made a
statement, and repeated it in the latter part of his speech,
to the effect that the thanks of Parliament constituted the
very highest honour which could be bestowed on any indi-
vidual, an honour most highly appreciated by those in the
pu'olic service, and which should be granted only on rare
occasions, when the expression of the views of Parliament
embodied the concentrated opinions of the public at large
concurring in those views. If, then, there is to be any
value in these parliamentary votes of thanks, that value
must depend on their being conveyed not only rarely, and
on great and signal occasions, but with discrimination with
respect to the indrviduals on whom the thanks are bestowed.
(Hear, hear.) They must not be bestowed on individuals
merely because they filled high situations at the time of great
events, but should be granted only to those persona who,
according to the unanimous opinion of the country, have
fully and entirely vindicated their claim to so high a
lEntour. ( Hear, hear.)
Lord Canning's name had been most unwisely and
unfairly associated with those of our naval and
military officers, and it was not his fault if he was
compelled to submit to them, not a condemnation of
his conduct, but such considerations as would make
it questionable whether it was right as yet to accede
to the award of such an honour for such an Admi-
nistration as that which Lord Canning had con.
ducted. The noble baron had said the rebellion
was an avalanche which overwhelmed the country
without a moment's warning :

Now, so far from that being the case, unless State papers,
Instead of being authentic documents, are tales and ro-
mances, there is no question that the Government had
warnings, and continually disregarded them—( cheers )
from quarter after quarter, of the greatness of the danger.
Hear, hear.) The noble baron opposite calls on me to
belir testimony to the Governor-General's energy and
ability ; but I must say that that energy was not displayed
so early and so effectively as I think it might have been.
( Hear, hear.) I think the warnings were disregarded.
I think that the Governor-Lieneral blindly and wilfully shut