The Express.
London, England, 1858-05-12 00:00:00

LORD CANNINO*-8 PROCLAMATION.

The liFritais of LANBDO WNk, who Wei; is ie low
lets se to be surly tomcats la the pat y, was torlertiool
le ask their leedshipit Welcome im akw ndeple2s
be Indies, it eletamotat lie Oa mara
ea
medic Whim he rams down' to the Mass les wee sot at
▪ aware that there was to be say eonversation os the
'abject el Lord Canning's proclamation, bat when
It did arise It occurred to him to communicate

hiVitoilertieni fact that Mr. V.
&midi led meshed a private letter from Lord Canning, in
white wee a pomp to the offset that be had an explanation
to oder respeedng the draft proclamation, bat woe too buy
to sited It by that miff. From a onivenation which he had
with Mr. V. Saab la the morning, he understood that •
letter had reached him, In which Lord Canning taproom'
great 11131/111ty to forward explanations of the on
which the proclamation was about to Was, he (Lord
Lansdowne) was certainly under the impression, resulting
from that mud *catenation, that the letter had only been
received at the same time as the cammanioation of the pro-
clamation and the CIRIBILIII to the House of Commons. Bums
them he had, however, found that his lint import=
bad bean inaccurate, bat he was led into the OM,
Bennis his right honourable friend (Mr. V. Smith) laying
the& 6sre Ina no nee showing the letter, se the=
madam and the CMPOIII had been published. (K
cheers.) He wished to add, in answer to any question that
might naturally be asked on the @object, that no communica-
tion whatever from Lord Canning bad been received by Mr.
Vernon Smith since that to which he bed already alluded.
That bettor waa almost wholly a private letter, and oontained
oily on. paragraph of public interim, expressing Lord
Coanintra annommes that the preseare of panto Wainer
promoted his giving a full explanation of his proclamation.
The Hari of DERBY said that of coarse he believed the
nohizawies statement implicitly, bat It certainly made.made.ens
difference in the statement of the ease, if the
explanatory note of Lord Canning had not been received
until after the presentation of the proclamation to the home.
The noble marquis hod not OAK the minas date of the
note.

- Tie Marquis of LLNSDOWNS mad* an °I/donation,
which wr taauctiblo.

The Earl of DERBY understood that the note warn re-
ceived the 19th Aptil, at which date, if communicated to his
noble Mend the Prudent of the Board of Control, there
was ample thee for any effect it might have produced on his
mind to Minim with the sending out' of the answer. For
although the anower wee dated the 19th, it was not sent out
until the 26th, ao that if Mr. V. Smith had told hie noble
Mend, on receipt of his note, sr • week after, that he had re-
ceived such a note from Lord Canning at the same time that
government had received the proolamation such note havi
been written to him under the impression that he was still
President of the Board of Control—(loud ministerial cheere)—
his noble friend might not have been led into sending out •
premature condemnation of the proclamation. (" No, no,"
from the opposition.) Yea, for that note mired him to send
explaintlerm by the next mail. (Cheers.) His noble friend
the Secretary for Foreign Alain had marked with gm*
truth that the noble earl his predecessor had oared • strong
contend in his mode of prooesdiag to the late President of
the Board of Control. The noble earl knew well that fa
all matters of rest importance private letters were mat
to the ormfldential servants of the crown aloe; with the
public despatches, and that such letters were of the utmost
importance in understanding the bootlegs of a
question. His noble friend (the Earl of Claren-
don) had received many such letters, and he (Lord Derby)
believed that there woo not meet these letters connected in any
way with the public business which he did not communions
laths frankest manner to his suromeor. (Cheers.) He did not
impute anything worse to Mr. Vernon Smith than ignorant*
of the ordinary mode of proceeding In such cases; but he
must say that a tome such ea he had stlopt.Nl was not fair
either to the government at home or the Governor-General
&breed. (Hear, bear.) He asserted that it was the bounden
door of Mr. V. Smith, if ha received • private letter on the
supposition that he wee still at the head of the Board of Con-
trol, and containing expressions of regret that the writer was
unable, from pressure of public business, to send an °titian*.
tim of his theft proolemation, ft ass his bounden duty not to
his moonier to remain in ignoranoe of the circumstance.
Hear, Mar.) He said also that if be had communicated it,
one week maid have been given to government to decide
what effect that tale would harem the gnawer to the procla-
mation. (Hear. hoer.)
Earl GRANVILLE did net deny for a moment that •
minister holding of should give his successor every possible
information, and that such had been done by his noble friend
the late Secretary for Foreign Affairs there we. ample teed-
messy from noble lords opposite. He (Earl Ursa-
vine) wee bound to add that no one could Item
send more fairly in that respect then the noble
earl the present bead of the Bleed of Control, who bed
lon his retirement given up information and copies of
letters which were of the greatest use to the oncosedieg
government He (Earl Granville) had been quite pre-
pared to follow that course, for the noble esti
(Ellenboroughl did remember that about the time
that Mr. V. Smith had received hie latter I.
(Lord Granville) received another alluding to three or
four subjects of public importance, and which be attempted
to communicate to the noble earl by reading the letter in the
lobby. But be woe bored to mese that the noble earl in-
terrupted him with so long and so interesting as exposition
of hie views relative to the government of Indus, that after
one or two ineffectual attempts to get a hearing he (Lord
Granville) broke away, having put the letter into his pocket
in despair. (Laughter.) The letter to Mr. V. Smith wee a
private one, but in the middle of it was this
"The proclamation has not been issued, but I mean to
and to send home • full explanation of my reasons for doing
so, but at present every hour of the day le so fully occupied
that lam quite notable to do it by this mail." Now Mr. V.
Smith could never have imagined that the proclamation, within
one boor of ate reception, would have been replied to by one
of the strongest oensuree ever sent out to India. (Opp
Hon cheers.) What he (Lead Granville) iossained had hap-
pened was that Lord Conning. not having time to send an
explanation with his draft proclamation which bed not been
lasted, wetted until the fees. of the a:Allied proolaroation,
which the noble earl would, no doubt, in doe time receive.

THE EARL OF ELLENBOROUGH'S
RESIGNATION.

The Bari of ELLENBOItOUGH —The letter inclosing
the proclamation was received on the 12th of April, and the
answer was not written until the 18th. It was dated the
19th, and not sect out man the 26th. There was, therefore,
ample thee for considentica m to what the letter enclosing
the proclamation contained. All the consideration I hare
been able to give the matter only further convinces me that I
was right in seeding out the reply. But what lam focused
of is not the writing of that letter—l hear nobody fled fault
with me for weilag that letter, or deindlng the condom-
Ike of the whale property of Otis, The only question
is dispute respestig my oasis* is, wee it right or not to
palish the litter. (Nom, brae.) As I uadsretand, the re-
sadism of Friday real. to that, sad that cal,. Now, my
lards, the pabliostion of that letter was en act as wholly
miss as the writing of it ; I take upon royeelf the whole
resperibility, and I tea tell your lordships how it happened
that the palliation to plea. My lords, some Use before
I lad intim the Mier whisk was subsequently laid upon
the lath, a morel letter woo written in contemplation of the
emplane el Lac now, in while I directed the Indian govern-
monit,havig exhibited their strength, and being in possession
ef the pies, to tamper justice with mercy, to eMablish
en
smaraty. sad, whammy sa amnesty yes established, to
nitre re omit as possible the gmlbsory einkhdratiss of lie
law. poda same obstrestioa ir the gevissamat
from Its wideseisals silloses. I desired the gerrsrment to
Wt
is ides what 'bay thought right, ail I amid them
that in min is then "hit they dwelt haul tho =qualm
=Aef girraemnimit st bares (Nem% bear.) My
mes des alst bra been done I reeiveg this prelim.
Item, of while the est, Impsetemt poet, that lalliselag male-
sad" was is
essissa direst tusteuvandss at my isteutelass. Ties
OW* ing the wide pmpely rights el •
people is net simessey, it is ast ansomy, is is presondes
air deist. (Hem, ham.) It Is usury M aemy pris-
ed* WI Arm Is my Ant lite& viedceatresblie
the seisiskraps lake I lesi detormisil te sot.
I poi pesimiss. 1 swami mg lows matimsem,
widsh mere slopasi by my soils kiwi. Amid be so-
Tom, s sad Is Mis bon if I imd vii siliourier bat I
it
wee ties emu tines SW if that prodessuiss
it wee quite hissmals OM my Idler Mai be I