The Sun.
London, England, 1849-04-24 00:00:00

THE REV. R. SIL )RE.
Viscount JOC'ELYN presented a petition from King's
Lynn, praying for the liberation of the Rev. Janes

Shore.
INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION.
An HON. MEND-ER presented a petitlou from ale
east, rn district of the county of Edinburgh, I raying for
a reference of national disputes to arbitration.
Mr. HOWARD presented a petition from Buxton
against Sunday travelling.
Lord DUDLEY STUART presented a petition,
signed by upwards of 300 of the inhabitants of St.
Par.cras, complaining of the number of toll• gates within
that pat ish. •
MAINTENANCE OF THE POOR.
Lord 'NUGENT gave notice that on a future day he
bh 0u1.3 bring before the House the propriety of support-
' ing the poor by a national rate.
THE PUNJAUB.
Mr. G. THOMPSON postponed his motion with re-
spect to the war in the Putjaub.
IRISH CHURCH.
Mr. lIUME (for Mr. Osborne) postponed his motion
on the Irish Church until the Bth of May.

CANADA.
Mr. GLADSTONE said, before Easter, he moved for
returns showing; the nature and extent of drain losses
in Canadft. Wien would they be laid on the table?
Mr. LIAWES replied that the papers would be placed
in the hands of Hon Metnb-rs imaiediately.
Y OUG HAL.

In reply to Mr. ANSTEY,
Sir W. SOMERVILLE intimated that the reports of
the Commissioners with respect to the union of several
u• ions in connexion with Youghal were still under con-

sideration.
WAR IN THE PUNJAUB.—VOTE OF TIIANKS

TO THE INDIAN ARMY.
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE rase to move that the thanks
of the House be given to the Right Hon. the Earl of
Dalhousie, Knight of the Mot Hon. Order of the Thistle•
Governor- General of India, for the zaal and ability with
which the resources of the British empire in the East
Indies have been applied to the support of the military
operations in the Punjaub. That the thanks of this
House be given to General the Right Hon. Lord Gough,
Knight Grand Cross of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath, Commander-in-Chief of the Forces
in India, for the conspicuous intrepidity displayed by
him during the recent operations in the Puejaub, and
especially for his conduct, on the 21st of February, 1849,
in the battle of Goojerat, when the British army ob
tained a brilliant and decisive victory. That the thanks of
this House be given to Major-General Sir J. Thackwell,
Knight Commander of the Moat Honourable Military
Order of the Bath; to Major-General Sir Walter Ra-
leigh Gilbert, Knight Commander of the Most Honour-
able Military Order of the Bath; to Major-General Wil-
ham Samson Whish, Companion of the Most Hon. Mili-
tary Order of the Bath; and to Brigadier-Generals the
Hon. Henry Dundas, Companion of the Most Hon. Mili-
tary Order of the Bath; Cohn Campbell, Companionof the
Most Hon. Military Order of the Bath; liugh Massey
Wheeler, Companion of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath; and James Tennant; and to
the several officers, European and Native, under
their command, for the indefatigable zeal and ex-
ertions exhibited by them throughout the recent
campaign. That the thanks of this House be given to
the non- commissioned officers and private soldiers, Euro-
pean and Native, fur the service rendered to the British
empire by the signal overthrow of the numerous
enemies combined in arms against them; and that the
opinion of this House be signified to them by the Com-
manders of the several corps. That the thanks of this
House be given to Major-General William Samson
41 hi-h, Companion of the Most Honourable Military
Order of the Bath, for his eminent services in conducting
to a successful issue the siege of the fort and city of
Moultan. That the thanks of this House be given to the
several officers, European and Native, under the com-
mand of Major-General Whish, and to the officers of the
Indian navy employed upon that occasion, for their
gallant conduct during the siege of Moultan. That the
thanks of this House be given to the non-commissioned
officers and private soldiers and seamen, European and
native, for the bravery and fortitude manifested by them
during the siege a Moultan. That these resolutions be
transmitted by Mr. Speaker to the Governor-General of
lathe, and that he be requested to communicate the same
to the several officers reterred to therein." He said he
was in hope when he had the honour of seconding the
votes of thanks which were passed by the House in
May, 1346, on the proposition of the Right Honourable
Gentleman the Member for Tamworth, that it would be
the last occasion on which he should have to take
any part with respect to the disturbance of that peace
in India of which they stood so much in need. But it
his hopes had not been fulfilled, he thought he might
fairly say that there was no occasion on which he
felt greater reason for congratulation than the present.
In the exploits of the campaign which had just, he
hoped he might say, closed or all but closed, he thought
they would see some real reason for congratulating
themselves. It would not be necessary for him to
make any of those preliminary remarks with
which the Right Hon. Baronet the Member for Tam-
worth prefaced his speech in 1846. That Right HUD.
Gentleman and those who followed him were on that
occasion compelled to enter into several details with
reference to the nation which had risen with arms
against them, and they had been, since that day, unfor-
tunately so well acquainted with that singular and war-
like people, that it would be unnecessary for him to repeat
any of that which was said by the Right Honourable
Gentleman, or to enter into any preliminary discussion,
with respect to the character of the Feople. It was a
singular fact, and one with which he was acquainted
until the other day, that it had long been foreseen that
the great struggle for dominion in India would
take place with India, He found Rebertscn's
the historian, tin his " Eastern India," which was pub-
blisteed in '97, or at the end of the last century, forteihng
in very singu!ar words that that struggle would take
place. The Right Honourable Gentleman then
read a passage from Dr. Robertson's work
stating that from the position of the Scikhs
territory to that of this country, and the ardour, Emu-
viiy, and ambition of those people it could hardly but
be exl,ected that the relationship between the
two governments would sooner or later ter-
minate in hostilities. That prophecy had been
fulfilled, but .it was but justice to say that the
Seikhs had contended with us with great energy,
courage, and perseverance. The last papers which had
been presented to the House stated that a treaty had
been agreed to between the Governor-General and the
Scikhs for the internal tranquillity of the country, and the
consequence of that arrangement was that the country
was for some time in a state of peace, from which it had
long been a stranger. Unfortunately, however, events
occurred last year, to which were to be traced all
those cemreoli ins which they all so much deplored;
but they had obtained a great v:ctory, which they had
that day met to commemorate. The two agents of the
Government who had so distinguished themselves, Vans
Agnew and Major Robert son,had been treacherously mur-
dered. When the Governor General of India saw that all
his hopes of an amicable arrangement of the commotion at
Moultan were extinguished—when he saw all his hopes
had vanished, he made every preparation fur a general War.
The late Governor-General of India had not, as it had
been said, !eft the frontier in a defenceless state: so far
from that, he had left the frontier of Lahore with a most
effective force. He had not diminished by one
man either the artillery or infantry. Lord Dalhousie
making use of these preparations, and adding thereto such
force as he thought fit to call upon from Bengal, had
repaired to the frontier, and Lord Gough, the Commander
in chief had also made every preparation.—(Hear, hear.)
Ho thought that the House would agree with him that
it would be fitting at the present moment that
he should for a short time call its atten-
tion to the circumstances that took place
before Lord Gough took the field.—(Hear, hear.) The
House was too well acquainted with the services of the
gallant Major Edwardes—(Hear, hear)—to render
it render it necessary for him to detail them.
It would be sufficient for him to say that such were the
services of that gallant officer, that her Majesty, in
her royal condescension, had thought it right to de-
part from the common forms, and had commanded
that before the end of the Campaign that gallant officer
had received the reward due to him. (Elesr, hear.)
That gallant officer had received the appointment of
Major, together with a Companionship;of the Bath. (Hear)
He believed that there was not a single Member in that
House who would question the right of the gallant offi-
cer to such honor, for it was to be remembered that in the
great act that he had accomplished he bad not been
assisted by a single person of white colour.—(Bear,
hear.) He went down to the Indus and gained
last June a decisive victory.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.")
On the 2d of July he was joined by Lieutenant Lake :
he succeeded in another battle, and again completely
routed the troops of the rebels; and, although, in the
first instance the Governor-Generala nd the Commander-
in-Chief did not consider the season admitted the march
of Er glish troops, it was thought necessary to dispatch
a force under General Whish to Moultan. The House
was well acquainted with the result of the force m arch-
ing upon Moultan. A force was ordered from Bombay;
that force appeared before Moultan on the 26th De-
cember; on the 27th they made their first attack, and
on the 2d of January they carried the fortified city of
Moultan. lie would now read, with the permission of
the House, some of the correspondence that
bad taken place upon that important subject.
The first letter was from Major Edwardes, and it con-
tained this sentence—" I take the liberty of informing
you that the city of Moultan, after a week's
storming has been taken, and I hope to raise the
flag of old England over the walla of the
citadel before three days aro over. In eight-
and-forty hours the citadel may be taken." Instead
however, of this anticipation being realised it took
three weeks to accomplish that end, and from a
letter addressed to the Governor-General by
General Whish, it appeared that the British
forces had to contend against an army of
36,000 men, and when the citadel was entered
3,000 were still among the ruins, who could may
be dislodged with difficulty. Now this affair, therefore,
was no trifling enterprise.—(Cheers.)
(LEFT SPEAKING.)

SOUTHAMPTON, TUESDAY MORNING. -By the
steam packet just arrived from Havre, we hear that the
cotton market was yesterday very animated. Sales to
two o'clock amounted to 1,060 bales, and, owing to the
favourably advices brought by the Canada. Prices ad-
vanced from 50c. to lf. on all ki❑ds. For the last two
days no particular arrivals excepting the George P.
Patten, Captain Stenson, from Moblie, with 2,678 bales
of cctton.
RAMSGATE, APRIL 23.—About two tons of zinc have
this day been landed here from a wreck on the Goodwin
Sands, supposz.d to be the Fortschritt, from Stettin to
Dublin, which sank there 22d December last.