The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-15 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, SATURDAY WiTENING, MAY 15, 1568.

towards Led Grin we shown byes artheica of that
begat* to whisk be erred hie lir. r wenn, the
nw el the t into eareiles, he shoethid& have
k seppert. dana.) ”s-
m (ffeer
id as ewer anew& to he ores la
tf
• lirff damn ham that of the dared el the Irk
ef lanai the of all the trodden ciOade, with
a very taw encoptiose, bag onsieraled to the
Grown. Me wadi an Wont whet the ear due (the
Dube r Iheritert)
Ways if parliament peeled ea an
erg
the WOWS ell de propentery
rights is re ed. (ber, bee.) He believed the people of
India, as wain ale prehredie, versed deem It -brio brio a
mem to all the parr -of Ode, high wad low, rich end poor,
that, with the- tow aperied norptlene, every awin
ego to be erred dthe had by wash be geld In• err
elder hr.) As to the poem wit were
e ea-
cosephol, he maid sot het Wok I* they woo
in • wry lodises awl • wry awls rake by then
algid ea as meow who bad bosa halal to the
=(liar bor.) It wen old dot It was sot ie.
aL ssie= diesedes of Wise Lab. Now let
Om see what was do pet sea Ws mat* la the
Isltso aimed to do sommiodoew. Is that let*
the dames el poems ware speed* se bad* dike*
doper gull alba* to *am, amil ems dem
tomistelef *so vhs bad soled *der malosise.
Posse beisegkg to this deo WIN to have w-
ields to case to doh hors; had the the
LON ye* ft to my that " prodesito to wane to
their home ow* sot be emelkeed me • Tehestommoat
them in dammed* of that ban, hr the delibeeste dis-
poni ef *Oh doe gesremaat wM peons sabt-
tend" New Nihon were soy Imo mod meoelag thee
hectrog boglied *et with eopod to the whels M the Lad
ef with to be at priest liberty to
disome ef relimodight Mak St. (Haar, bear.) It wee
Impale& he the presort le pat may ether istwpreta-
lima am h. They tome teat that they ought le bare waited
opiestimas km Led Canning. If -they hied hod tbe
✓ighter ilea thr fay explanatious vele minim though
they might set hare waited, they was certainly
hoe met e&4 mad* the language med. Lod Ceasing
hod me mew to suppose Moog wedge=
deep almost** mid II be mho*
dace gyve ma le them eat it wee Moly te ems. Bat •
prat aumemiestisa did adistirld eheme)—ead
it one at a yob* he he eelelemba to the
mod might Ms he 011ie Onset jorpoteam.
shyW ose b eel rid, be sleek Me to lat7ew
bed led denial diet *Wm that Lord Pelowatea
we was led by 16.11Mellk with aced le the regrew ri
mane teas getemerat as fizlisot him that private
Thiesprihn rem eat et net by the Ibilowisi rate-
Neer ir Kr. V haft le the Home of posses :—" I
nod as bear the arm* I received It to wr
aside k* the Make he Tim** te whoa
it Old eat ,an way owe than to swig that it
we reememy M emosieste it to the georeassat."
(Chaos.) The sib dossemes rime to that what moo*
Wove reset* misty* • moodsolis *mg% • eke*
thee ago he eactorded te hla Oho Berl ef Derby) • Ismer,
which be end bed beta ..rang has the wreck of the Ma,
ad whkit he tit k his der to orreumican so his. s Ids
ossessese ; and as be and that that hear err
reed simply a priers our the Mob* d Lod Ommig.
.) 2= It wee • tomenbiKe het *at, my to this thee, tlairatalig beid net elmmloimilliksie
IS the goverment ; he Wset Mom oar the cd hint
h N. way as le what wow kb Vim. (Hem.) the
theyam *-
mom of say vats baormadea they woo beg* le
to tlook
at the by aril; and after le
N. did sod It ahoy
there was est • romet le be het, ad that today say
Waage *old be em strong to ewer their appebtesko
of Its omen a* tire dlopperal of Its tone and tem-
bper. (Cheer.) ea dame fear of contradiodos, that
the teas mid limper of *at mamboed* wen
bdolivrest Boa sempeleat sotherloles ida=
Hs N. wore meassitemem sabot beyabilsellea,
and be kW* may ef tlr N. emir* ma Mak had
writer has espeembg N. deep word M the omen of
appeready wbolosebtailloodise whisk was aleded by the
Govarer-OenweL lir Geacop Cbelt, Om whams as
mesa was man assepome to
give ea shies sa mob
• skis* mid Idea la • pdste bees --ac be 111,1.•
as Om be had Mr Elemoge Clok's mehority ke his
moor—" I so aim the Mama el abeir Meg to year _
ship thee se Or se I blew teem toombise I *suit es
N. if the metimeate *kb kr IllieMety's gmenemet have
nesnied he Mewed Sprovelialliff Mahe
V a Mee* mum AM be ffs.
asst be melte* with eay ad masa* by mesas of
• the Bumps* Ire* that en sigh to sod."
(Beer, her That was the delkonsie aphis et • man
who lore whop loses use eimast ouroft the
ahem*** the owl the *bite of the =doe dladle ; se it wee • )amigotiou et the arrow
mem he haring at
wit t
moot protested NO* a
WNW 014:4WOONdlmi whisk *a:ruck would is* to the
moot ul , boar.) Whit was N.
libidos of Oerialklowy wee • add* ad
eves soldier ores • isadromer ma • emboef gosh* as
llowelea applied b east eyes* sig am mad
be skills, would weft bed * daws mob*
tasehthsomd homier war. (lisse, ham) The =Ka debt
Boa bud Misled la mshis keed's
der what he sell* Mak hobos." ad
Sidistkwas mid,* boa the am of seek erases
erthat it ire ileterlei for pit diode&
as Barl of Derby) deirdei that it wee wnttaa with •
new le periods. It was, however, designed to he a I
need of dm estbeesta of the government to /Areas, te
the mew node of dealing with lathe, lied brae sassed
the in a • reared despatch rather than that of a private
Ida. Am regarded the paragraphs relating to Oils, •
memo& woe seat to the liecraterr of the Board of Corral
la the Haw af Como* to mess them from being
laid on the labia, het initeleareli it arrived too late.
No an. held an,. tally Om Mail thecoriatitutiotial doctrine
that every nonher of a cermet wee resposaible to every am
of task el W adisegme, wieder he knew It or not, ao long
es they mole is Ihe Name cabinet (Her, beer.) So lour as
they remabei they wee under a retrapped,* responsibility,
whisk they cord sot attempt to shriek freer but he did
think cur might arise who • pervert, de it wen
es
with
having dose a certain act, deg my we 111 met
does without ear knowledge by oral an aelhogazad
emomopeost ef this act he km owed le he our
The rawer to this awls, however, was, 'giver
Tod, you en respeenbk, though you knew earldry
of it, and he awl to be your colleague whir
you did." TIM wpm* to hi. to be a gross
inemilliy. It eight he traritaliker law, bet it °snakily
we net Ilms endadral parkin sead net lo go very
he he* he • weld sem • asid that neer
selgie de ray wed 11, the meal* they ham etas dope*
they had him* the amble owl be en an
Isom
sedge
Whom ; hat ft was not until 48 lams ohs
who sedge of medsa het hose glom, that they of
the sem amide; Me net* seal wholly Ia
ihmt Mesa it wee eat the otoomment mused the resew
eibiley at the weakh* bs at *es bodt
lii, ;
and Issas a ge leek to two,
whamthe
amble deetamt the bile hard 4 the georearet we. prime
eibletr.ffier word the asks bed the member
he the bib et Looks befog the Celmial boratery, wen
NM IS • veer duke is Vienna la his aapdq as
=sr.% be dined ler ewer
ea rens, were nse of bp mi.
Mr; bat they did net hall am besidieleV raft
then; it wee set me *lke Ina Mos el • masa ia pair
art, rime* the ponoMmt with the nopmehilliy el Os
body, that (ff tbsy woe le bare somesits= • rammil
oak was *pod by the emetene el the he Mktg
N. Led Ma Rama sheer are to • owe. el the
opmeemeat. Tbo prommoset diesoomely blhou:sgilhey
=IDMir awe, esd Wow do
M"mr.) Theoppeolikm of *alley was somewhat sere
*ea the poem* a* amegames of the war
tematbiTifille elegle_momherfte brae swim wee witbdows
gl ( Orem) lie id en then • pooh* for me
• ray Oda ride se le kW eemposiblity ea a
ef 'whisk his esibegess woe mot lopmeees, sad whir
did eat diaworer an a melba was thooMmid dosing, the
what pronosat. Ke we ma*, If yea two% apps
this ails, why de as by N. pewrieet oesolles f—a veto of ,1
mem to • poomommt wee meow net by lie pries
=Mis answer wee, the deb* indeed, bed hale •
am* hat the oh wen sot • vent et armee to
thegoommeek bat • moose a se eat whisk the
am* iIIOPIPIPOL Whit MY doe posamemet to de risiTt
heat seselidisa Ilqeseesd the newt r the hones at the pre-
malue proillealba el the dopeolt ; the bey-
Egos met agabent of that mid thy re-
Vsionlatedly, the right pleas Lad
ht • pied poaion he herd keener, the ani
=twould IIIMIOV• it. That the perripiles would
o dies 4 encouraging then who wire is
arms egoket me be esterly a
nent r doh& He
nogramed pabliedlea 4 that per whisk semend int the
sonserket if Ode berme it wee hells le miereesslise
but be mil aid that ma tathodea sheahl p het la
the sod hot ham do memo wad the par
N. that limbo the spasm ea *di the el
kik wee le be amidst se sot le be • it good
ammiteadom. het a
tog* ef binds sad army. He hog*
thet moils* the
good Nis weshils wry kw.
H. moat ast =pd o the rooklione, boom be amsantmd
to the sopesdea d mad V be masa thole he weal
appear to somethe the ; Mese um member alter.
tads thee that by Ks mob Irked the Lod Memo
oellor,of mombotheprowiesegemiko. Items alsokostisatime
the our bed eat seMsbal bemoan to pass to • dahlia
It braked as ware ea Lod Omani* ; ft lashed an *-
pool al the deupatek ; ormaly destared the benne woreM
aiel poet* te peas a *say skies ea as impoloal seder
sat • Mg** whisk would be-delis M sirs
%Mei • tele epilog ae asgelek day
Todd be • popersoot that la Me disomodoe had
sealmiled kora einem, rad Isisseam. (Maw, her.)
If they asailemeed allow • aide to whisk it MI bre
• elemies betwase taboution and aellesedoo, whisk the
=Fieseemied he Ombra** if they man lea web
e *a geemomet weed be Mho la fade to be
sm shoptisa silks mail
_prairie to that eirtended
Ate tit gereener. Be *aid met Moil the
a the &rat* bet then woe
parts a lt waire hlse he tieing Wary, weld go forth as
• of pm* It *sea the..
Os groom* sideough be
ent lit th• Olibedea el
the,
by la AO blesetreated their Wash* toM,
by slosiog the smite ef the amide lad, whisk WWI
*My ewgaaed m • ode of am* to
pity
met is a artpiked emberosokg sad at the
wens doe la Lib es whir would led
to
waren sad eibeen.)
Mil at mac
theeharge *Mehl. maths
wee log* homed hem mg pdillesi mods. He had

listened with peer attention to the noble lord to the wool-
sack, 'MU wee Falafel to the prima goverment dar
giving we en addition le the heme--(beer, heer)—bat the
noble and Ipesed lord inmeed to MI the Ingham et hie
V
end wen &Mr rennin( ewer hent subject, whilst
be end league In Moreno, to Mee now tn arms against
the Queen whlel, hem anybody Me, would seem to trench
Bloody on treason.
The LORD CHANCELLOR had never said the rebels in
On& were engaged in legitimate war or defended their con-

Had GRANVILLE believed the noble and learned lord
bed wee further than he recollected. He would not, h0w-
..., go into the anaszation of Onde, or into the merits of
We preeleamatios. He admitted It was competent to the go-
wn...id Se make say remsrks they thought fit, but it was
wehecemiag times Is publish the later. With regard to the
previous geledes he meet my it was an unprecedented reads
diessclag a ivls el crane, and the home would stand In
a wry W paid. if it was corded. It would go out to
Imldia lb. ably supparted men who did not wish is reed
Lewd Ommig, hue et the mem time published a de•
mak& adsullatei Is Wore him in every possible way.
Tlide haddip then divided
Ossimb—Peeemt
Passim 65-158
Non-- Present ll6
Prudes 49-167
Majority for gemernment —9
The announcement ef the numbers was received with
chars from the adniskrial side of the home.
The other brimless was then disposed ot, and their lmd-
ship edjournedat ans o'dook.

HOUSE OF COMMONS.—F4IDAY, MAT 14.
The haw zed at a quoin. is four o'clock.
_ ~.... THE WHITSON HOLIDAY&

The CHANCELLOR Of ih; EXCHEQUER, In mom
that the order of the day be postponed until alter the debate
on Mr. Cardwall's modes, intimated that he would now oa
Friday, the 21st, that the house adjourn from that day to
Friday, 28th inst., fir the Whitsuntide rooms.
Mr. V. SMITH AND LORD CANNING'S LETTER.
Mr. LYGON—When I gave notice to call the attention of
the home to the information understood to have bees with-
held from the Board of Control, the right hon. member for
Northampton had not made the very atstmeent
which we heed from him last night. (" Hw, hear," and
" Oh.") As that statement must materially influence the
mum of the impending debate, ft will be, I think, better to
leave it and eke
hear
of the debate to be dip:rimed toge-
ther. (Hear, hear)
The notion for Um adjournment to Monday from the rising
of the haw was than agreed to.

stood and, end I am afraid sometimes lam much alone—
(hear, her)—who maintained his courses, his calmer,
ghost the pedal of tremendous muddy through which
we have been pamlug—the man who has obtained the sick-
ness of " Clemency Canning" on account of the policy he
displayed, se the proper representative of a sovereign—
Whose earthly power shows likest God,
When merey tempers justice."
What I. the commission of Bit James Outran worth, and
what is hiwposition inOude, if Lague' like this I. addressed
' to him ? What is to be its hearths on the army ? (Hear
hear.) Are they to be asked to shed their blood andi,d
their lives in a maw which has been ao described ?
is to be its operation on the great canes othumenity? Are you
to reverse your policy, and restore their territories to the
native rulers of Owls ? and if not, how sr* y7ou to put an end
to the strife which is going on by establishing the authority
of England? What is to be the effect on our friends in that
country who were in hazard and danger, end who in the
midst of danger sheltered our countrymen and oountry-
women ? Must it not airy dismay into their hearts when
they see that despatch What will be the effect on our
enemies ? Will it not encourage to resistance the many
thoumnds still in arms against us ? What has been already
the effect on our Mends on the continent of Europe P Has it
not Upped with gall every pen that loves to malign our policy
and undermine our rule in India P For these end many
other reasons I object to the writing sad publishing that
despatch. Bat here I shall be told that the ow stood well
when notice was given of my motion, but that en important
circumstance had occurred which has changed the situation
of things. The minister responsible for the despatch has
resigned. (Hew.) I deny that he is the respoodble minister.
(Haw, hew.) I know not what the feeling end opinion of
other gentleman may be, but I know I should have felt
aelmmed to have come down to the horse--(" oh, oh," and
cheers)—and declared that my motion warn levelled at an
• member of the cabinet, end that by the retirement of
that individual member the objects of the motion ceased
sad ought to be forgotten. (Hear.) The resignation of Lord
Ellenborough does affect the question, but not in the way in
which I wish to put my argument. In the first place, the
overt sets and the Legumes of the head of the government
which I have read relieve me from erecting the matter, for
the noble lord states that the act In question is not capable of
deface. In the second plate, it alters the question in an
Important constitutional reaped. When I gave my notice,
I felt that deo:educe of this kind was passed over, our go-
vernment in India was put in peril ; but I bed no spore-
Madras for the authority of the Belli& govern-
ment. But is there no danger now to the geurnment of
England? We have juat passed a resolution to commit
the government of India to a mapandble rairinteer. Is them
to be limited liability in the cabinet? (Hoer, beer.) L there
to be no solidarity in the cabinet to which the hawses of
that vast empire have been ccromitied by thebous. I regret
that In making the motion I have occupied so mud of the
lime of the bouse.aeLohear.) I have laid belay you
the fads of • cue I believe, has no parallel in the
history of British n, and I have regarded It as
a MN deeply affecting the most important interests of the
00tA.211.. I believe the government of distant dependencies
="fa its main elements on the question involved, and I
that it is a mass affecting the constitutional govern-
ment of this country. I conclude by asking, whether you,
the representatives of a generous and high-spirited people,
will permit a Govern-Guard, the author of the poky of
elenteney, to reside under the censure cast upon him, or
whetter you will, by the szpremion of your sentiments, show
that sympathy sad give that support which ought ever to
be Weeded to those public servants who with courage and
washoloy =hada in disbud dependencies the lawful rights
of the mown. (Loud cheers.)
Mr. Satissatt DEASY seconded the motion, and said that
if he rapid the proclamation of Lord Canning as an act
of °mimed= spinet the people of Oude, he would be the
' lestpureato emotion or support it ; but believing that the mo-
lkm mestully avoided pledging the house to the policy of Lord
eVbut left them at fullliberty hereafter to consider the
the proclamation he should support it.
SOLICITOR-GENERAL claimed the right of
viewing and considering in the first place the merits of the
of Lord Canning. That proclamation was
Ctreptese represented by the trite dflemme—it was either tight
or vying. If it was a richt proclamation, if the principles
eaddsed in it were prowiples of justice and policy, the
gentemaant had been wrong in censuring it, and still more
wearing that which was right. But if
the miateLed In the proclamation were not can-
alised juice amid good policy, then he challenged the
right horn gentlemen to show by what right he censured
them who condemn that which was contrary to justice and
SOMA policy. ((Her.) To whom was that proclamation in-
tended to be dice eel ? Not to the Sepoye of India. (Hear.)
They mare mutineers in the snidest sense of the word; they
led aim car toed end taken our pay ; they were our sworn
athiesto, to us by every tie of allegiance. They threw
off that Mud
illeginme and rebelled. In that rebellion they own-
edited mein, sod of cruelty, acts of treachery—cold-
bleseed, delibersta treachery. They were, or most of
them, mambas of the deepest dye, end, as each: their lives
and poperess unesemiacted. But the proclamation was to
be oddmend to the people of the kingdom of node. (Hear.)
Whet did Mr. Edinceistone say to the Chief Commissioner
of Ode? " The proclamation is addressed to the chiefs and
lobabitants of Onde' not to mutineers." (Cheers.) What
was the kingdom of Gude P Oode was a conquered **matey,
sod nothing mere than a conquered country. He did not
whit to enter tat. the merits of the question of the annexa-
tion of Gads. That question never bed been properly dis-
armed, and probably never would be disowned, so fully end
Lovely as it deserved to be; and he confessed, on rising Mon
the perusal of the Onde papers, the only feeling be had on
the subject was a strong feeling that history might be as
leaked to than as they had been to themselves. (" Hear,"
sad laughter.) He would take the facts as they Mood, end
about which there could be no dispute. In the year 1868 a
treaty was concluded which the East India Company con-
tended was a treaty governing our relations with Ode. The
ctricty granted to the viler and his ham and 1180014•097 a
of the territories which remained to hie aroallency
after the territorisl • together with the exercise of his
sad their authority th t sad within their domlniona.
In 1866 the East India Company considered Wet the
miegovernment of Oode gave them the right of sasexation.
How did they carry their views into effect P A commissioner
was mat to °ode, of troops were moved woes the
Genies, the Bine ot On& was informed of the determine-
tics of the Company, he remonstrated, refused M sign the
=l,, was overpowered, end his property was seized. He
Sir argument mks, arum all that to have been
prised right. Bathe would ask, was that • case of ulna-
d willing allegiance, or a case of conquest
legot en
oustheiletry allegiance P It was a case of conquest. All
that was done, was done under protest. The protest con-
tinued until the rebellion broke forth, and then Oode took
admit*, of the circumstance, and made war against Eng
land—war, bloody, barbarous, crime-stained war' but mill
war. By the valour of our troops, the skill of ths coin-
seander-in-chlef, by the *kill and energy of Lord Canning, by
the heroism almost unparalleled of email handful of men and
women, our position was maintained in the country
until the arrival of troops, and the result had been
a decisive, and he trusted, lastivg victory. (Cheers.) But
what was the policy which a victorious country ought to
panne P He put that on the broad and lasting paned of
judos ; but would first examine it on the narrower grounds
of policy and salt-interesO. How was Onde to be kept? Was
it to be kept by mamma of a ',tending army P If so the °co-
gnate would cost us dear. Did they desire the cheerful and
wllllse submission of the people of Gude P How would they
poem that submission ? Did they wish to gain the good
will ad assistance of the landowners of the country ? If so,
he would ask whether they were likely to provoke hostility,
or fadeout submission, by taking from them that
which they held dearer than life itself P (Hear, hear.)
Asd, let him go a step further. Did they dears to put down
the andiay al the Buoys? Of course they did; but did they
desire to prevent the Sepoys being supported in neighbour-
log states? Anti, 'Uremia It most likely they would get ,
=? La Oude. If the government had the people of
with them they would aid in peittin- g down the &pont,
but, on the other hand, If they alisiated the people of Onde,
what would be the monk ? The people at Oode would
combine, and they would have to Mal sad entlidas the
peppiest OvAe as well es the liepoys who took abater in that
provisos. Therefore he said, on the low ground of
end policy, the interest of the governmeat was to=
the people of Oude. But he desired to know on those Fin-
alples ofjoetios which this country ought to germ what
was the rale by which the property of a conquered territory
ought to he treated P They made war with kings sad go-
volutesate but not with the people. (Omen.) In the course
of war if en individual committed a arias he put himself
out of the bends of those rules, but swept In gist palmier
ens every individual was entitled 40_11•611Wel of life end
property. A conqueror might as will contisode the lives of
the pe*s as antacids their propeety. Bat it was said,
what -weld Lord Canning have- dine ? Could he say to roes
who were in arms, whether rebels or not, "You shall have
preserved to you, your right. sad your property r' He
easerered, " He should have said what Lord Dal-
housie rid, " If you submit, if you lay down your arms
and ham= peaceful subjects of those whom the God of
Battles has placed over you, it is not with you with whom
we will wive war." If the proclamation bed been of that
kind, he watered to say no government weld have objected
to it Bat the right hen gentleman who betroduced this
motion submitted a theory with regard to We prods-
sleeks which it would be nabbed to pass over and
the boa. and loomed raramber for Cork hai
poved a little upon that theory. That theory was,
Net it wee elite r a Wilde to supple that We
mid= seise the wide of i
Nat it was egg hotuchnetee with vim wee oelsd the righlre
ists=d-bot that it wee ammip a walinthe with some
or Wash ! eighth width bed lima a great
are to the eseentry. Weil, new, suppose it ware so, he
we te haw whit ofitht they had le thetheile Sendai or
bomb! rag ewe dm any other kind of Verna? But
the that ibie poolentationhu= with
eighth was emir* without
wee the pecheastiat addemeed? To the leisthilme or thief
leadewases? No ; but it added. " sad ee the leneleselers of
Oath." Moreover, le wiles Ai the theemeer-Ommeal pro-
claim 11 t To the Jamie d Ode. Werwite,
,wirt was it
thee owe to be ent Therafaiwziglit to the soil
bilk provisos. lint whet sum right to the
Mrprovince? Why it was tie • It
the right of the tenant, of the the
SI well le braid mod whole wee
amil as
Mamma, 'orleislrtiks=, am(d
VIM. bur
point out to him me sigthemilliee al laeopeonlithollea which
Spared to say. ms g. dun Tio4
sort of right co pawl. 11.110111114 L
hoe. mamma etherthei
upon this proclamatioes alleythee OW miaow to

acme at the osoolusion to which he wished without con-
sideriag the principles involved in the proclasstkm. Ha
LeilSolicitor-Clineral) the house would do no each
but that they ege pronounce an °pinks an that
wh lay at the foundation of the whole of the romantics,
and if the house agreed with him (the Solkitor-Geetirel) In
the Faint:4les that, be had enunciated, thin he said the assond
pert of the resolution was easily answered. Would they
pronounce • oenstue upon the government for orsademning
this proclamation? He was not speaking of the publication
of the despatch ; he was spooking of the question between
the government of this country sad Load Canning.
What were the foots? Lord Canning gent lams the
draft of • prociametica whichhs said he was shout to hems ;
he was tones it es soon sa the troops were ia pomossrlda of
Lucknow. It rime to this country without dot wad/0g
clause which he thought they would see vat in by
the hand of the Chief Commissioner of ()ode. It came besee
without explanation. (Loud cheers.) It was aracrapided,
as far as the Board of Control ware aware, with nothing but a
letter from the Secretary at Calcutta to the Chief Commis-
donee of °oda, which appearodi therefore, to be the whole
of the explanation which Lord Canning desired to give. Let
theca consider for a moment what were the functions of the
home government with regard to India. Was the home
government to remerintoe en opinion upon this proclamation
or not ? The right honourable gentleman said they
were not. It he wee right the modal= should be
carried ; but if, am the otthr hand, the home govern-
ment should exercise a control over the Governor-
General of India, then he, for one, should be
ashamed to belong to any government which allowed a
single mail to depart after such a proclamation had been re-
ceived without writing to the Governor-General and stating
explicitly their views with regard to the policy of such • pro-
clamation. (Cheers.) This was a ouis in which there was
not a mamma to be lost. (Hear, hear.) It was not a mile,
nor was then lime, in which there could be any sensitive
shrinkinversa-g wouriti.ag or heurindrtcpec feeling, of thechGo-a.
any man fa the home respected him. Lord Canning nsitinkue kind
and coosiderate nae, and upright and simple mind, were
such that no one who bad bad even the slightest opportunity
of observing him could regard him with any feelings but
those of profound rapect. But when the destinies of a
whole province in India were concerned—when the fete of
five millions of people was in question, all personal
considerations must give way. He now oame
to the last argument ridge right bon. —meanly,
that in which he censured the eteol Lord Ellen-
borough. The right hon. gentlemn argued that the noble
lord ought to have assumed that a proclamation of this im-
portance, if not actually accompanied by an explanatory de-
spatch, was certain to be followed by one. But surely it was not
expecting too much to have supposed that the draft procla-
mation would at least have bed a note sent with it,
that although circumdancee bad delayed the forwardlngitalia/
the explanation, it would shortly arrive? Hatch a stagnant
had come with the proclamation of Load Canning, not only
the publication, but the writing even of the despatch, might
lam been delayed. (Cheers.) I bete approach a pert of the
case (continued Sir H. Calms) which I confess has tilled me
with painful somas& We had the cirennistances to which I
am abort to allude stated to us yesterday by the right boo.
gentleman the member far Northampton (Mr. V. Smith);
and I think that if there is • man in this house of whom Lord
Canning has reason to oomplain it is the right hon. gentle-
roon—(loud and repeated cheers)—the colleague and friend
of the noble lord himself. The right hon. gamble= told us
that Lord Canning had sent him a letter in which be add :
" I am about to bins • proclamation to the landowners of
Clods, and I am very anxious to send with it • full exploita-
tion; but I have been go occupied to-day with a presume of
busing. that las really unable to do so." Of course, the
noble Ind implied that he would forward it by the next mall.
(Hew, ben.) Now, those words are very brief, but they
are very
,Mmat. (Hear, hem.) The meaning of them
is this : lam about to issue a proclamation, the draft of
which I have sent hems to you, the President of the Booed
of Control. It is a proclamation which requires exam*.
don. I have got en explanation to give ; and I wish I could
give it you by this mail, so that you might have
both the preobanation and the explanation along
with it. But I cannot now send it ; and I there-
fore ask you to put confident* In me, for the
explanation stall come by the next mail. In the meantime,
consider me es one who has an explanation to give." (Hear,
heir.) Bat what does the right hon. gentleman do? He
could not imagine—he dote not at this moment imagine—he
cannot believe that anybody could imagine—(a laugh)—that
by any possible ingenuity or artifice it could be supposed that
these words of Lord Canning wore of the slightest import-
ance--(loud cheers and laughter)—or that there was the
slightest need of making them known to the noble earl at the
head of the government of India in this country. (Cheers.)
But, sir, he did think them of sufficient importance to con-
suit upon them the noble lord the member for Tiverton.
(Load cheers.) The noble lord and the right hon. gentle-
man met in conclave on the letter of Lord Canning. Two
ex-cabinet ministers receive a despatch from the Governor-
General of India, addressed to the President of the Board of
Control, and stating that an explanation of the proclamation
was about to be sent, and they did not consider it of eufficitat
importance to communicate with her Majesty's government.
(Cheers.) The right hon. gentleman consulted the noble
Mr. VERNON VERNON SMITH—No, I did not.

The SOLICITOR-GENERAL—WeII, I am very sorry
If I miensdirebxwl the tight hon. gentleman. I certainly
thought he mid he bad consulted the noble lord about it.
(Several voices, " Communicated It.") At al stated if he
did not say hs consulted the noble lord, he that be
had communicated the letter, or showed the letter to him.
But why did he do that ? (Hear, hear.) It could not have
been on account of its importance,becauss he mid he thought
it was of no importance. (Cheers.) I hope the tight bon.
gentleman, who will perhaps speak *goblin the cones of this
debate, will state what was his motive for showing the letter
to the noble lord. (Chows.) At present we ban got at this
eignlficent fact, namely, that a letter—a prints letter, if you
will—was addressed Lord Canning to the eases person to
whom the praolemetloa was addremed ; end that a pain.
graph in It was ocineihned of anSolene importunes to be
shown to the Ws Prime Wail*. of England, and yet net of
enffickst im to be shown to the President of the
Board of Control. (Loud cheers.) In conclusion, the
Solicitor-General said—l appeal is the house on
behalf of the dearest interests of the country, in India and
at home. I appeal to you on belief of dm millions of people
—a Wks nelegulded, misgoverned, and send-barbarona, I
admit, but still men, with like feelings, with like
and with Eke prejudices to ourselves. (Loud chLinaaarl
app to the house in the canoe of humanity and judos.
(Chews.) I make that appeal to the British Hone of Cam-
mow, to which an appeal to justice and humanity has Dever
ban made in vain. (Chan.) Do not let this go keth as •
matter of doubt—do sot let this question be sinned over
by the boas of a captious and catching motion,
by a othal—(tremendous and long continued cheetinprerro
embarrass mad defeat a ministry. (Cheers.) Show the people
ef India by year vote, in a manner anther vague nor in •
distinct, that what you desire from them is submission, not
spoliation—(cheers)—that the wan we wage are the wars of
nation, and not the wars of fresbooters—(ottd oheen)—
that England knows not only how to make war and how to
conquer, but how to but those whom she has
(Cheers.) Show that she offers to those who ett=i.tohlt
arms that protection to life and pmperty which will be to
them the hest earnest of the mild's'es of the rule to
which the fate of battles has maligned them.
(Cheers.) If ever there was • time In which
it was necieseery that our policy with regard to India should
be clear and distinct, it is the present. (Hear, bear.) We
an upon the point of transfeevicg the gervernamet of that
country from the East India Compaq to the (loess; and in
the course of our disimmions upon the past government of
our Eastern empire some confessions have hem made
which, yon may rely upon it, have not escaped the attention
of the people of India. Then was one made by the
right hen, gentleman (Sir CI Lewis) which filled me with
amannsent. (Hear, beer.) The right hen. gentleman, then
Chancellor of the Exchequer, and • winker of the
crown, while advocating the bl/1 of the noble viscount,
spoke of our past government of India, It Is true that ha
was speaking of oar government prior to 1784, but still it
was of a period in which some, If not the most insignificant,
of our possenions way acquired ,• sad the right hon. gentle-
man said, " I do most confidently maintain that no civilised
government ever existed on the fine of this earth which was
more corropt, more perfidious, or more rapacious than the
government of the Post India Company from the year 1765
to the year 1784." (Hen, hear.) Sir, in this sentiment I
do not altogether concur ; but, at all events, Ist there to no
mistake ma to our future government. (Cheers.)
Let us tall the people of India that we an
not ashamed to confess our peat finite ; and
that we now offer them mercy and justice, sad net spolidkm.
That the war we make against them is • war an team-
assent with mercy and justice, and not • war ex plunder ;
and lastly, that neither faction nor Intrigue shall tempt the
Homo ot Commons to leave it, even tor ate nomad, span to
=lithat the dyneety we an stoat to insee into
me of eveNses, of Midas, and of indiscriminate
omfletedea. (The he.. and Mama gentleman renamed
his seat mutt vary lamed damensuntiona of ambrase.
The &sift Wad some sad several hon. 111111Mbili
011 the idel side came mad Owed him their eaugsatala-
tions.
/dr.) LOII2 said the issue they wise to try wet ne to the
tenor and awe of the desist* and the maim in which
the Oovemegarel kat bra toasted In M eel whether
her Majesty's mashers wine eethetively remeaulhje be the
despatch and for its publication. He undaunted thei the
government repudiated the act of Lord Blitabateembe but
the rat of law and of common POI wen that the Sot Mad&
be repudiated n soon as it was knew* which in parr
matt had not done. In miriade, the bagnage et the
despatch, to which he applied very awes tame it we-
hemeou, he cited the &striation glues* Of W. di of
the greet landholders of Oude. He urged thil
to &dare what wes to be their future pacy fer =lir-
Mar It Ma to be that enunciated in the despot& ; if not,
they wereims bound, he said, to make a public recantation of its
Megr.
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