Northern Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT.

HOUSE OF LORDS.—THURSDAY.
Their Lordships met at five o'clock.
The Earl of Malmesbury postponed, till Monday, his
promised statement respecting foreign affairs.
The Earl of Derby moved the vote of thanks to the
Governor-General, and the civilians, officers, and others
engaged in the pacification of India during the late
disasters. He passed in review the principal exploits of the
mutiny, showing the part which of those mentioned in the
vote of thanks had borne in it. After passing a warm
eulogism on each and all of those concerned in these
operations, and commenting on the completement of
the success they had achieved, he observed that
the more difficult task remained to subject the
affections of our subjects in India, and to impress them
with a sense of our justice and benevolence equal to those
which they entertained of our
.power. We had now to
establish in India the merits of good government.
Earl Granville seconded the motion. He referred, in
strong eulogistic terms, to the conduct of Lord Canning
and Lord Clyde, and upon the conduct of those engaged in
the late transactions.

The Duke of Cambridge observed, that the late successes
had been, in a great measure, due to the cordial co-operation
between the civil and military authorities. He had been
asked to snpply the unavoidaale omissions of the votes of
thanks, by mentioning the names of those other officers who
had chiefly distinguished themselves. He felt, however,
for several reasons, that this would be an invidious course.
The Earl of Ellenborough spoke in terms the warmest
of the conduct of the troops, of whom he would have wished
to have heard more especial mention in the speech of Lord
Derby.
After some observations from the Earl of Albemarle, the
vote was agreed to.
The House adjourned shortly after eight.

HOUSE OF COMIUONS.-THURSDAY.

The Speaker took the chair at four o'clock.
In reply to Colonel French,
The Attorney-General for Ireland said, that the Lunatic
Poor (Ireland) Bill, must follow the fate of the other bills,
and be withdrawn.

Lord Stanley moved a resolution as follows :-Ist. That
the thanks of this house be given to the Right Hon.
Charles John Viscount Canning, her Majesty's Viceroy and
Governor-General of India ; the Right Hon. John Lord
Elphinstone, Governor of the Presidency of Bombay; Sir
John Laird Mair Lawrence, late Lieut.-Governor of the
Punjanb ; Sir Robert North Colin Hamilton, agent
to the Governor-General in Central India ; Henry
Bartle Edward Frere, commissioner of Scinde ;
Robert Montgomery, late chief commissioner in
Oude, for the ability with which they have severally
employed the resources at their disposal, for the re-esta-
blishment of peace in her Majesty's Indian dominions.
2nd. That the thanks of this house be given to General the
Right Hon. Lord Clyde, Commander-in-chief in India,
Lieutenant-General Sir James Outram, Major-General Sir
Hugh Henry Rose, Major-General Henry Gee Roberts,
Major-General George Cornish Whitlock, Major-General
Sir Archdale Wilson, Major-General Sir Jas. Hope Grant,
Major-General Sir William Rose Mansfield, Major-General
Sir Thomas Harte Franks, Major-General Sir Edward
Lugard, Major-General Sir John Michel, Brigadier-General
Robert Walpole, Brigadier-General Sir Robert Napier, for
the eminent skill, courage, and perseverance displayed by
them during the military operations by which the late insur-
rection in India has been effectually suppressed. 3rd. That
the thanks of this house be given to the other gallant officers
of her Majesty's army and navy, and also of her Majesty's
Indian forces, for the intrepidity, zeal, and endurance evinced
by them in the arduous operations of the late Indian
campaign. 4th. That this house doth highly approve and
acknowledge the valour, self-devotion, and brilliant services
of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, both
European and native, who have taken part in the suppression
of the recent disturbances in India, and that the same be
signified to them by the commanders of their several corps,
who are desired to thank them for their gallant behaviour.
He eulogised the temperate and able conduct of Lord
Canning under trying circumstances. Referring to the
government of Bombay and the Punjaub, he declared that
no provincial government had ever returned to this. country
who had done more for it. They only wanted a large field
to have enabled them to perform services second to none in
Indian history. With 'regard to the several commis-
sioners, be praised their skill and dexterity in
obtaining the necessary information during the late troubles,
and in making the best use of it when obtained. In refer-
ence to the military commanders, he traced succinctly the
several difficulties and dangers which arose one after the
other, and which those commanders had successfully sur-
mounted. Lord Clyde, who had undertaken his perilous
duty at a moment's notice, had shown an unexampled
promptitude and decision, and had never shrunk from shar-
ing the fatigue of the meanest soldier. He remarked upon
the long career of Lord Clyde, to whom no single mistake
or error of judgment had been attributed. His appoint.
ment was an honour to the Ministry who selected him. He
recounted the immense number of actions in which Sir
James Outram had been engaged, in none of which he ever
received a check. Lord Stanley then enumerated the prin-
cipal actions of the other officers mentioned hi the vote of
thanks. He explained the grounds upon which
the names of those officers had been chosen,
that they should have had the indepeadent
command of a division, and should have been engaged in
some one important action. It had further been thought
best not to go back beyond 1848. He mentioned, how-
over, the names of many of those who had distinguigfied

themselves in 1847. The noble lord then proceeded to
comment upon the gallant action of the subordinate officers,
mentioning several of the most distinguished by name ;
lastly,. he eitolled the gallantry and energy of the non-
commissioned officers, and of the army in general. lie
measured that gallantry, not only by its results, but to the
evidence it pure of the high and noble qualities of the
national character.
Lord Palmerston, in seconding the motion, observed,
that the expression of thanks of the Parliament of England
had never been better deserved. The recent events in
India were without a parallel, not only in the history of
this country, but of the world ; never had
danger so suddenly arisen; never had they been
so widely extended, and so completely surmounted. He
added, with great warmth, his need of praise to the admi-
rable conduct of Lord Canning, taking credit to the late
Government for having selected a man who had shewn him-
self so fit for his difficult and dangerous position. Lord
Clyde had shewn all the abilities necessary for a great mili-
tary commander. He (Lord Palmerston) bore testimony to
the high merits of Sir H. Rose, whom he had personally
introduced into the public service. After alluding to the
gallantry of the army, he bore testimony to the endurance
and noble conduct shewn by the great body of civilians and
women scattered over the country.
Sir De Lacy Evans offered his sincere acknowledgment
to the noble lord for the manner in which he had performed
his duty. No minister charged with such a task had ever
shown a more just appreciation of those whose services he
was called upon to acknowledge. He suggested the propriety
of erecting national monuments to those officers who had
died in discharge of their duty.
Lord I. Russell declared that there never were, in the
aggregate, actions more deserving of praise than those per-
formed by our countrymen in India. Never were dangers
greater, or success more complete. Those actions were
more wonderful than ever those performed in the conquest
of the country. He praised the native princes who had
remained faithful to our cause, trusting that, after our mili-
tary and naval triumphs, we should wish to gain the affec-
tions of the people of India, and that the empire of opinion
should succeed to the empire of force.
Mr. Vernon Smith, after giving individual praise to
several persons not included in the vote, said that
the country had reason to be proud of that
statesman, Lord Canning, on whom he passed a
long eulogium. He observed that, in praising the living
we ought not to forget the dead; and on this subject in-
formed the house that Sir Henry Lawrence had been
selected by the late government, with the full consent of
the East India Company, to act as Provincial Governor-
General, in the case of any mischance happening to Lord
Canning.
Observations, chiefly in praise of particular individuals,
were made by Colonel North, Mr. Kinnaird, and Sir W.
Codrington.
Mr. Vansittart called attention to services rendered by
the Pacha of Egypt, in forwarding our troops across the
Isthmus of Suez, for which neither decoration or reward
had been given him.
Colonel Sykes called attention to the services performed
by the sepoys of the Bombay and Madras armies.
The motion was then unanimously agreed to.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer postponed his state-
ment respecting our foreign relations till Monday.
The Exchequer bills, £13,177,400 bill, was read a third

time and passed.
The Appropriation bill was read a third time and passed,
after some observations from Sir H. Willoughby, and Sir
S. North co te.

Mr. Walpole called the attention of the House to the
report of the select committee on the Jews act, and moved
the resolution therein recommended, viz., " That no resolu-
tion for admitting the Jews, founded on that act, should at
the meeting of the new Parliament, be taken into con-
sideration before twelve o'clock of the 4th day appointed
for taking the oaths."
Mr. Newdegate thought that the adoption of the resolu-
tion as it stood would lead to inconvenience. He thought
that twenty-four hours notice ought to be given.
Mr. E. James supported the resolution, in placing the
matter do the fairest grounds.
Mr. Hadfield protested against the exclusion, even for a
day, of any person on account of his religion.
Mr. Coningham hoped that the time would come when
all oaths taken by members of parliament would be
Abolished.

The resolution was then agreed to, and made a standing
order of the House.

The Attorney-General moved for leave to bring in a Bill
to consolidate and amend the Statute Law of England and
Ireland relating to offences against the person. He ex-
plained that he had purposed, with the assistance of the
Attorney-General for Ireland, to have been able to have
assimilated the laws of the two countries. He now wished
to lay the present Bill upon the table, hoping to introduce
a similar measure early in the new Parliament.
The Attorney' General for Ireland then explained the
principal points on which the laws of the two countries
were proposed to he assimilated. The principle of them
being that the punishment for conspiracy should in both
countries be in future according to the present law in
England.
Mr. McMahon approved of the perfect assimilation of the
laws of the two countries. ,
Leave was given, and seven bills were accordingly
introduced by the Attorney-General, and read a first
time.
The house then adjourned at ten minutes past eight.