The Express.
London, England, 1857-12-09 00:00:00

NEW WRIT FOR
.MAYO.

Colonel FRENCH Sissker do lose
his warn= to the Clerk of the Crown Is Wand to makeent
• sew writ for the electing • knight of the skirt to earn in
thwact =Hamra% for the county of Mayo, in the roots
of Henry Urea Esq., whose election has been de-
tobe void.'
Colonel NORTH, se • member of the canmitees which sat
during the last =mon, opposed the motion, on the
that the writ aught not to true until the mutt of the
:rr.i
which had been directed by the hot= should be made
known.
Colossi FRENCH said the resolution to which the house
W asses we that the writ should be suspended during the
Yet musks; end he =led upon the noble lord at the head
col...ltllzonsosat to
tME ON put a stop to the attempt now made to
Lord P —4 -dr'.
chat when the question we
Tat =dm the consideration of the he= he agreed with other
hen. rastabrae that the trait should sot then lams, end that it
iteght to be suspended until Aar the trial had token piece,
the impeetation being that ti would tab place daring the
=ram. The !narration lorever, had been
a= It appeared to him *With! vied= II:FL
proper to continue to withhold the writ mied ve the
people of Mayo of their repreeentation. t the ob •
irate= which formerly ended was no longer tumble, sod
entertained no objection to the motion. (neer, bear.)
The motka we then agreed to.
SIR HENRY HAVELOCK.—THE QUEEN'S
MESSAGE.

On the motion of Lod PALMERSTON the house re-
solved ;nto committee for the purpose of considering
the following message from her Majesty:—" Victoria
Regina.—Her Mejwity being desirous of conferring a signal
mark of her favour mad spprobstion on Major-General Sir
Hoary Havelock, Bart., K.C.8., for the eminent and distin-
pruisbed services rendered by him in commend of • body of
British end native troops In India, and particularly In the
gallant end =easeful operations undertaken for the relief of
the garrison of Lucknow,notateesends it to the House of Com-
mons to enable bet Majesty to make provision for erreuring to
Major-General Sir Henry Havelock a pension of 1,0001. per
mum for the term of his natural life."
Lord PALMERSTON then rose to perform a duty most
agreeable to himself, and one the performance of which, he
was quite ewe, would be gratifying to the house, and that
wee to move • toolution in accordance with her Majesty's
recommendation. (Cheers.) It was almost unnecessary
for him to say a single word in recommendation of
the vote, which would afford every member of the
house the highest gratification. (Cheers.) It had
been raid that India was fertile in hermit India had also
been fertile in those events which had gives to British sub-
jects in that country opportunities of displaying those great
end heroic qualities which redounded so much to the homes
of the nation. Amongst those who had of late so diode.
guished themselves, few had been more fortunate or so Rests.
sate in that respect as Sir Henry Havelock. (Cheers.) Sir
Henry Havelock was an officer who had served with greet
distinction in almost all the operatioes which of late years
bad taken place in India—having gained great distinction in
the Burmese sad Affghanistan wan. Wherever, in short
British troops had been called upon to act for the mainte-
nance of the honour, dignity, and interests of the country
there Sir Henry Harelock had held a most prominent anti
distinguished position. (Cheers.) During the recent ope-
ration., to which the vote now before the house more Imme-
diately referred, Sir Henry Havelock had in toe short space
of about tarn months gained nine or ten victories by a very
inferior against a very superior nutnei ical force, and in
the metro of those briqient operations he not only
defeated nine or ten timers, but captured about
seventy pieces of cannon. (Hear, bear.) The two men
who had gained the greatest and most signal military sue.
asses during the recent military °pentium in India were
Sir Henry Havelock and General Wilson. (Cheers.) Sir
Henry Havelock belonged to the Queen's SOIViCS, and there-
fore her Majesty had recommended the grant now proposed.
General Wileon belonged to the East India Company's or-
vice, and the company claimed the right of granting to that
gallant officer, the captor of Delhi, that amount which her
Majesty now recomnientled the house to vote to Sir H.
Havelock. (Cheers.) Her Majesty had conferred on
there two gallant MANI. the dignity of baronet, and had also
conferred on them that other distinction which was greater
than any title—he meant that military order which WAS en
! object of the highest ambition, and the greatest Women' to
the exertions of every soldier. (Chem.) It was usual when
a military order was cool'. red for the Sovereign to invite par-
liament to partake in the moat agreeable of all duties—that
of acknowledging and rewarding the services of those who
had so distinguished themselves. (Cheers.) But in reward-
ing such services parliament ouot also to commemorate
the actions of others who hod not had the good
fortune to perform my such specific exploit.. (Cheers.)
They ought not to forget the chivalrous condom
of General Ontram—(cheers) —who having by superior rank
and position obtained the command of the troops, yet with
that delicacy of feeling which was the concomitant of true
' courage voluntarily abstained from taking the command
I from Sir Henry Havelock, and placed hinawlf es a volunteer
under the orders of that gallant oflicer—(cheers)—in order
that the man who had undergone mach fatigues, dangers, end
eaerthms in hie endeavours to relieve Lea-koow should not be
deprived by the velvet of a superior officer of the glory of
completing the duty which he had undertaken. (flacon.)
It wee imposeible to enumerate the names of all these who
had acquired distinction during the recent caleasitone events,
but he might particularly mention those of Oreathed, Byre,
Salkeld. sod Home—(eheere)—together with the names of
two gallant °Seem who had lived and did in the service of
the country—Neill and Nieholeue—whose loss the country
must very deeply deplore. (Hear, beer.) Then there was
Sir John Lawarese•—(cheers)—• most able administrator,
who bad la the mat admirable manner organised the mili-
tary and era renames if the province under hie control, and
thus rendered the greatest terriers to this empire. (Cheers.)
General Wheeler, who had been placed in the moat difficult and
dangerous position, had unfortunately fallen in the service of