The Sun.
London, England, 1848-04-06 00:00:00

No. 17,325.] LONDON, THURSDAY rifY 77P n
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THE Governer and Company of the Bank of Eng-
land do hereby give notice,
That on and after the Ist of May next, the business of the Bank
of England will CLOSE at Four o'clock in the Afternoon, instead of
at Five, as at present.
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JOHN KNIGHT, Secretary.

April 5, 1843

URSUANT to a DECRETAL ORDER of
the HIGH COURT of CHANCERY in England, made in
certain causes of " Baithe v. Jackson," " Battle v. Bill," " Baillie
v. Jackson," "Bathe v. Fobes," " Itailtie v. Dom ville," and " Baillie
v. Jackson," bearing date the 6th day of \larch, 1848, all that Plan-
tation called Rutland Vale, situate in the parish of St. Pancras, in the
Island of St. Vincent, in the West Indies, with the works and build-
ings thereupon, together with the appurtenances thereunto belong-
ing, including the plantation or estate formerly called or known as
Olirer's Estate, and also including certi,in mountain and other lands,
keld and enjoyed with the said plantations and estates, but .11 which
premises are now and for many years past have been known as the
Rutland Vale Estate, will be put up for SALE, by PUBLIC AUC-
TION, with the approbation of Sir WILLIAM lloaNc, one of the Mas-
ters of the said Court, at the Gray's Inn Coffee-house, Holbor,,, in
the eow,ty of Midllesex, on WEDNESDAY, the sth day of July, 1848.
Further particulars as to the times for payment of the purchase-
money aa•d otherwise w:11 be shortly printed, and may be had (gratis)
at t e said Master's Chambers, Southampton-buildings, Chancery.
lane, London ; of Messrs. Hale, Boys, and Austen, of 6, Ely-place,
London ; Thomas Smith, Esq., 15, FurnivaPs-inn, London , Messrs.
Le Blanc and Cook, 18, New Bridge-street, London ; J. T. Sanders,
Esq , 31, Ely-place, London ; and at the said place of sale.

DINNER. TO LORD HARDINGE.
Yesterday evening the directors of the East India
Company gave a dinner to the Right Hon. Viscount
Hardinge on his return home from the Government of
India. The large room of the London Tavern was filled
on the occasion by gentlemen of every rank and of all
distinctions in politics, to testify their admiration of the
civil and military qualities of tho Noble Lord. The
room was decorated with a gorgeous display of gold and
silver plate, among which a centre-piece of solid silver,
of a most spirited design, representing- Prince Maurice
of Orange leading on his forces at the battle of Nieu-
port, was especially admired. The whole appearance of
the room, as well as the recherche nature of the viands,
did ample credit to the well known reputation of Messrs.
Bathe and Breache, the spirited proprietors of the
tavern.
On the right of the Chairman (Henry St. George
Tucker, Esq.) sat Viscount Eiardinge, the Archbishop
of Canterbury, the Marquis of Lansdowne, the Duke of
Wellington, Marquis of Anglesey, Earl of Lincoln, Earl
Spencer, Mr. Wigram, Earl Delawarr, Earl of Clare,
Earl Grey, Earl of Ripon, Viscount Palmerston, Lord
Stanley, Mr. Masterman, Lord Ashley, Viscount Jocelyn,
Viscount Goderich, Lord ElpGraham,hinstone, Lord Denman,
Sir Robert Peel, Sir James
Right lion. H.
Goulburn, Right lion. S. R. Lushington, Sir John Cam
Hobhouse, Sir Frederick Adam, Right Hon. W. E.
Gladstone, Right Hon. T. B. Macaulay, the Lord Chief
Baron, Sir Charles Wood, Sir George Arthur, Sir J.
W. Hogg, Sir A. C. Grant, Sir George Pollock, Sir R.
Jenkins, Sir John Macdonald, and Sir G. Grey.
The bottom of the table was occupied by the Chief
Secretary to the East India Company. Mr.
On the Chairman's left as re the Chevalier Bunsen,
the Deputy-Chairman, the Marquis of Abercorn, Mar-
quis of Londonderry, Marquis of Clanricarde, Marquis
of Douro, Earl of Aberdeen; Mr. Loch, Earl of St.
Germans, Earl Granville, Lord George Bentinck, Mr.
Mills, Viscount Castlereagh, Viscount Norpeth, Vis-
count Mahon, Lord Heytesbury, Lord Glenelg, Lord
Campbell, Hon. C. S. Hardinge, Hon. Colonel Phipps,
Hon. Major West, Hon. G. R. Trevor, the Vice-Chan-
cellor of England, Right Bon. Stephen Lushington,
Right Hon. R. L. Sheil, Lord Chief Justice Wilde, Right
Hon. E. Strutt, Right Hon. C. Buller, Right Hon. W.
G. Hayter, Hon. A. E. Hardinge, Sir Walter James,
Sir R. H. Inglis, Sir John Croft, Sir J. H. Pelly, Sir E.
Macnaghten, Sir D. Dundas, Sir H. Willock, &c.
Iho following officers, who were present at the battles
on the Sutlej, received invitations to the banquet, viz.:—
Colonel Gowan, C. 8., Colonel Balders, C. 13., Colonel
Smyth, C. 8., Colonel Spence, C. 8., Colonel Petit, C. 8.,
Lieut.-Colonel Geddes, Lieut.-Colonel Carnegie, Colonel
Irvine, C.B, Lieut.-Colonel J. A. Thompson, C. 8.,
Lieut.-Colonel Wood, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel Osborn,
Lieut.- Colonel Bradford, Lieut.-Colonel H. I. Phillips,
C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel G. L. Davis, C. 8., Lieut.-Colonel
R. Innes, Major Bulkeley, and Major Waugh.
The gallery was graced by the presence of a party of
ladies, among whom we noticed Viscountess Hardinge
and the Hon. Miss Hardinge, the Marchioness of Douro
the Countess of Jersey and Lady Clementine Villiers,
the Countess Delawarr, Viscountess Jocelyn, Lady Peel,
Lady Vernon, Lady Weir Hogg, Lady James, Lady
Charles Hardirige, Lady Willock, Mrs. Tucker, Mrs.
Wigram, &c.
The cloth having been removed,
The CHAIRMAN proposed, in succession, the healths of
" The Queen," " The Queen Dowager," "Prince Albert,
and the other members of the Royal amily."
The CHAIRMAN then rose, and said they had met on
that auspicious occasion to welcome back to his
native country the Noble Lord on his right hand.—
(Loud cheers.) The Court of Directors had been
anxious on this occasion to assemble around him the
elite of the land, without reference to party poli-
tics.—(Cheers.) The Court of Directors were always
ready to appreciate talent and public virtue wherever it
was found, and therefore they were prepared cordially
to greet the Noble Lord who now appeared among them.
The early career of Lord Hardinge was well known to
them all. He had served under an illustrious commander
in an admirable school for extending the glories and the
triumphs of his country. But it was to his subsequent
not less glorious career that he wished especially to call
their attention. And here let him state that the war in
which they had lately been engaged in India was not a
war of aggression. It had sometimes been said that this
country was animated by the spirit of conquest and do-
mination, but no one could doubt that this was a war
purely of self defence. We had a ferocious enemy,
anxious to plunder and destroy, and vainly imagining
that they might imitate the example of the Persians,
their predecessors, in ravaging the plains of Hindostan,
and sacking the imperial city of Delhi; but he was
happy to say they were met by the indomitable courage
of British soldiers, with an army led on by able and ga-
lant officers, and where the men, both Sepoys and Euro-
peans, emulated each other in the paths of glory. The
audacious attempts of the enemy were repulsed, they were
defeated—were struck down—were driven in terror and
confusion across the blood-stained Sutlej, to take refuge
in their own country. But it is not my part to dilate
upon questions of war and victory. I would rather, as
a civilian, be disposed to congratulate this illustrious
company upon the establishment of peace. Our army,
proceeding with order and regularity through an enemy's
country, finally arrived at Lahore, where they met with
no resistance, in that territory, where prince after prince
and chief after chief had previously fallen under the
dagger of the assassin. The Noble Lorcl, in an incre-
dibly short space of time, succeeded in maintaining the
most profound peace, and in establishing, under our
auspices, an efficient native administration, while the
army, from a condition of mutiny and disorder, was
brought under discipline and military
rule.—(Great
cheering.) All this had taken place within a few
months. Was it by magic ? Did the Noble Lord
wield the wand of Prospero ? No, it was not the
effect of enchantment, it was the effect of a govern-
ment, wise, conciliatory, and just, that had esta-
blished peace, order, and tranquillity, and content-
ment throughout the Population. What could he say
more ? The services of the Noble Lord had met with
the high approbation of her Majesty the Queen. He bad
received the thanks of bath Houses of Parliament ; his
services had been acknowledged by the two bodies
which constituted the East India Company, and he had
no doubt that the plaudits with which he had been that
night received only echoed the sentiments of a grateful
country.—(Loud cheers.)
Lord HARDINGE was received with prolonged ap-
plause. When it subsided he said he begged to acknow-
ledged the honour which the Court of Directors had
done him, and he should certainly be the most un-
worthy of men if he did not appreciate the flattering
terms in which they had acknowledged his services. At
the same time he must state that, if he had been
of a
ad Directors,
aat hor it yainad a l
l thathis
actsonenabled in any measure to fulfil his duty, it
gavethe hCimour weightt
was because he felt he had the confidence of
government of that portion of the empire. He left
the country with the free concurrence of Sir
Robert Peel, with whom he had acted for more than
a quarter of a century, and with whom he felt it the
pride and honour of his life to have associated in habits
cffiodrenthcee
of intimacy and confidence.—(Cheers.) He had the
satisfaction of acting under the immediate instructions of
his old friend the Earl of Ripon, who was then Presi-
dent of the Board of Control, so that under these cir-
cumstances he must say that no Governor-General had
ever departed for India under more favourable auspices,
and since his return his services had been amplY acknow-
ledged by his most gracious Sovereign, by the Court of
Directors, and by the succeeding Governments to that
under which he had the honour to act, for he had had
the same confidence reposed in him by his Right Hon.
Friend Sir John Hobhouse, the present President of the
Board of Control, and he had obtained the same appro-
bation from the present head of the Government, Lord
John Russell, of which he was justly proud, entertaining,
as he did, the highest respect for that Noble Lord.—
(Cheers.) Above all, it was his good fortune to obtain
teat distinguished man under whom
the approbation of 1".
life
he had spent the early part of his .., • And he
would say that at all times, both in Ten and military
affairs, his approbation was most cheering to him. Thus
encouraged and supported, he couldt. e not fail to devote
his best energies to the support of the country, In this
place, four years before, he assure
out to d the Court of Direc-
tors that he was goinglndia without any pro-
pensity of a warlike nature. He had fulfilled that
pledge.---(Cheers.) When war was threatened against
the only nation in India with whom our arms had never
been tried—with the army trained under Runjeet Singh
—it was met without delay by the Noble Lord, his Gal-
lant Friend, Lord Gough, and the energy, intrepidity,
and gallant spirit which marked his character, animating
the soldiers, he rolled back the tide of invasion, and
within sixty days of the first shot being fired, the Bri-
tish flag was flying from the ramparts of Lahore.—
(Cheers.) Daring the two years since the war hail
been at an end, the army occupying Lahore had
been animated by the most excellent spirit of
discipline. He might also add that the army
d brave after victory as they
was
,s geneus n
were a
valiantro a and brave in achieving ; and to
the ability of Sir John Littler and the discipline of
the troops under his command they owed it, that they
were under no fear of occupying and successfully con-
trolling a great city.—(Loud cheers.) Since his return,
it was true, he had heard it said that there were indi-
viduals who still entertained fears of the tranquillity of
the Punjaub being disturbed, and they asked what had
become of the enthusiastic army who had engaged the
British troops. His answer to that was, that he was
under no apprehension of tranquillity being disturbed.
Of the 100,000 Seikh soldiers and the 350 pieces of can-
non that were employed against our forces, 30000 of
these forces were now employed by our Government,
and superintended by our officers ; and of the 350 pieces
of cannon, 250 had been conveyed to Calcutta—(Cheers)
where, through the kindness of the Government, they
were destined to form a triumphal monument to the
body who had captured them.—(Load cheers.) The
people of the country were satisfied and contented,
because they had been relieved from many
harassing and vexatious imposts. The chiefs
of the country had received their estates from
cur Government, and were to continue to hold them
only pending their good behaviour. These were his
reasons for thinking that the tranquillity of the coun'ry
would not be disturbed. But, if he doubted whether or
not tranquillity would last, still he was confident that
disturbance would not come from the Seikhs. This was