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

APRIL 6, 1848.

' proved in 1846, when Captain Lawrance, at the head of
80,000 Seikh soldiers, advanced to take possession of
Cashmere, and though that duty could not be an agree-
able one to them, still they fulfilled every article of the
treaty. Cashmere was surrendered to us, and the Seikhs
did not hesitate to go with us to render what was our
due. Therefore, it tranquillity was disturbed ho was
confident that the Seikh troops might be relied upon
to preserve the peace. And if they did not, we had
50,000 troops on the frontier, with 129 pieces of cannon,
who would be ready and able, at a moment's notice,
to meet the whole of the Seikh troops.—(Cheers.)
Therefore, whether they looked at the influence of
power, or the justice of the internal Government,
his friend Captain Lewrince would be equally sure
to maintain the British rule. If Honourable Gentle-
' men wished to know what were the advantages of
the East Indis military service, and what could be
daccomplished by the officers whom that service pro-
uced, they
Lawrenc, whe might behold an illustration in Captain
o had obtained power soly by his Owe
merits, and who fbr his merits alone htalle been selected
by him (Lord Herdinge) to be at the head of three mil-
lion of subjects, or to superintend an army of 30,000
men.—(Cheers.) After eulogising the efficiency both of
the civil and military services in India, he said the suc-
cesses of the army had not only secured the legitimate
objects of war, which were to secure an honourable and
a lasting peace, but they had enabled the Government to
remonstrate against the rites of infanticide and suttee;
and only two years ago a native state, with a population
of twenty millions, voluntarily renounced these horrid
practices.—(Cheers.) This was in a great measure
owing to the success with which the question was grap-
pled with twenty years ago by . the late Lord William
Bentinck, and it afforded him the assurance that the
East India Company rested the basis of its power, not
upon its strength alone, nor upon its army, but upon the
nobler objects of advancing the work of humanity and
civilisation.--(Cheers.) 'l'o the latest hour of his life he
should feel deeply interested in fhe welfare of the em
pire, which was now so ably presided over by his Noble
Friend Lord Dalhousie. He was confident that the
East India Company were desirous of setting
an example of a just and beneficent rule, and
that their subjects would appreciate their exer-
tions, and would resist every attraction that was
held out to them to withdraw from their rule. He
would not detain the assembly any longer with any az,
count of their magnificent empire, containing_ eas. did
last year 12,000 miles of frontier, and continga
population of 100,000 souls—he would only concludem by
again acknowledging the flattering honour they had
done him, and thanking them for the honour they had
conferred upon him.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Church and the
Archbishop of Canterbury."—(Cheers.)
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY returned thanks for
the honour which had been conferred upon him in in-
viting him to the meeting, and for the distinguished
manner in which they had received the toast proposed
by tho Chairman. He rejoiced in being allowed this
opportunity of bearing his testimony to the Christian
character of the distinguished nobleman whom they had
met to honour. lle did not merely allude to the fact
which his dispatches showed, that in the hour of
trial he knew where renown was to be obtained,
and that in the hour of victory he had ascribed
the success to the God of battles, for it was no new thing,
he was glad to say, that the same pious feeling should
be shown in the records of our victories, both by sea and
land ; but he alluded to the circumstances that the Noble
Viscount had shown what was the true object of war
when conducted by a Christian nation—the security of
the empire and the advancement of civilisation, and that,
these objects being gained, he preferred the solid honour
of an empire saved to the uncertain honour of an empire
gained.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Navy," for which
Earl SPENCER returned thanks.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Duke of Wel-
lington and the Army."
The Duke of WELLINGTON rose amidst loud cheers.
He said—l beg leave to return thanks for the honour you
have done me in drinking my health, and for coupling
the army with my name. I beg to return thanks on behalf
of the army, and I hope you will do us the justice to believe
that we feel the strongest interest in the honour of Lord
Hardinge. We are proud that a man who has performed
such services as to deserve the panegyrics which have
been pronounced upon him this evening, was educated
in our ranks.—(Cheers.) When I had the honour of
attending here some years ago on the day when my
Noble Friend was nominated to be Governor-General of
India, I thought, and I believe I stated, that in the
difficult circumstances which then surrounded India, a
more desirable choice could not be made than my Noble
Friend. The result has more than fulfilled the expecta-
tion I had formed.—(Cheers.) I have been connected
with my Foble Friend in the service of the country for
many years. I was fully sensible of his ability, his z,al,
his talents, his patience, his fortitude. I was not unac-
quainted with the difficulties of the station he was about
to fill—l was aware that there were great difficulties in
the war then impending over the country which he was
sent to govern, for I have had the honour to serve
in the East Indies myself.—(Cheers.) I had gone to
that country after I had some little experience
in warlike operations, and had, therefore, some means of
acquiring a knowledge of the difficulties attending all
operations of war in that country. But I had great
confidence that my Noble Friend would overcome
them all.—(Cheers.) And lie has overcome them all.
—(Continued cheering.) Ho had difficulties to contend
with—aggravated difficulties—in consequence of the
policy which he considered it his duty—a well. under-
stood and well considered duty—to adopt and to perse-
vere in. It was his policy and his duty to stand upon
the defensive till the last moment ; he persevered in
doing so, and he, therefore, felt all the disadvantages
which that policy entailed in impeding his military ope-
rations, and for which he, as Governor-General in
Council, had to make provision. These were the ag-
gravated difficulties over which my Noble Friend got the
better, and he brought into the field an army capable not
only of engaging in the contest, but of bringing the war
to a speedy and successful termination.—(Cheers.) Yet
I do not think I ought to limit my observations to this
part of the conduct of my Noble Friend. When my
Noble Friend, in his situation of Governor General, left
Bengal, and went up the country to superintend
the operations of the army, as it was his duty to
do, and to promote its efficacy by every means in his
power, he found the Noble Lord at the head of the army,
however able, however talented, however experienced,
still wanted the assistance of a second in command, to
enable him to carry on his operations with all the ad
vantages which an army ought to have. My Noble
Friend, though he was Governor-General, and though
the whole civil and military government of the country
was in his hands, laid aside his rank of Governor-Ge-
neral, and volunteered to serve in the rank of Lieu-
tenant-General of the army.—(Loud cheers.) I believe
my Noble Friend is a singular instance of such conduct;
but I hope we shall never want officers ready to follow
his example, and set aside their rank, if the same cir-
cumstances should ever again occur. I could not avoid
mentioning this circumstance on the present occasion,
which does my Noble Friend so much honour, in ad
dition to those which the Chairman has mentioned,
because it happened to come more immediately in my
province to notice this conduct on the part of my
Noble Friend. I say, then, the army may well be proud
that such a man was educated in their ranks, and there
is no part of my Noble Friend's conduct throughout his
service—of the whole of which I highly approve—there
is no part of it which is more highly to his honour than
that when he laid aside his rank and served in the army,
when circumstances rendered it necessary.— (Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Marquis of
Lansdowne and her Majesty's Ministers."
The Marquis of LANSDOWNE shortly returned thanks,
apologising for the absence of Lord John Russell.
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The President of the
Board of Control."
Sir JOHN HOBHOUSE shortly replied, and proposed
" The health of the Chairman."
The CHAIRMAN replied, and then proposed " The
health of Sir Robert Peel."
Sir ROBERT PEEL—I return you my cordial thanks
for the compliment which you have been pleased to pay
me—a compliment which I had no right to expect, seeing
that I occupy only a private station, and have not the
honour to stand in any official relation either to the
Crown or to the East India Company. I will not misap-
prehend the motives on which a compliment so peculiar
has been paid me. Ido not forget that four years since,
with the full approbation of all my colleagues then in
the Government-with the consent of my Noble Friend
particularly, who was then President of the Board of
Control, and:ofthe Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the
East India Company, I made an arrangement which se-
cured to India the inestimable advantage of the services
of my Noble Friend. We could give no deeper proof of
the interest we took in the welfare of India than to con-
sent to forego the services of my Noble Friend at home,
—(Loud cheers.) We felt warmly attached to him as
a personal friend—we knew the valuable services
which he had rendered, and which he could render,
at home, in the service of his country. But we felt
deeply convinced that a wider sphere was due to my
Noble Friend to enable him to develop his faculties, so
that they should redound more to his own honour and to
the advantages of his country than he had yet enjoyed.
It was not for the retrospective glories of his military
career, nor yet for the high estimation in which we held
his military character, that we consented to part with his
services at home, but because we believed that he pos-
sessed qualities which were suited to the circumstances
of India more than any other man that could have been
selected at that time, whether with reference to the mil-
lions he was called on to govern, to the importance of
the functions he was to discharge, or to the absence, or,
at least, the remoteness of all control. At the same
time, I do not undervalue the military qualities of my
Noble Friend. It was my gratifying duty to propose
the thanks of the House of Commons to him for the
glorious services he rendered; it was my fortunate lot to
describe his conduct at the battle of Sobraon—it was
my fortunate lot to describe his conduct on that eventful
and
night which intervened between the commencement_
the close of the battle of Ferczeshab, I had to describe
him as walking on that night from watch to watch, and
from tent to tent—
" And forth he goes and visits all the posts,
Bids them good morrow with a cheerful smile,
And calls them brothers, friends, and countrymen.
—(Loud cheers.) They felt the touch of Harry on that

night.—(Continued cheers.) But it was not his mili-
tary qualities which induced our selection. We knew
that he was calculated to leave the impression of his
mind on India, not merely in convincing them of the su-
perior power of his country, but in leaving behind him
a milder, bolder, and more amiable influence—a convic-
tion of the justice of the British rule, and that under no
form of Government could the rights and liberties and
welfare of India be better secured than by the rule of
Great Britain.—(Cheers.) I own that, considering the
ardent attachment which I entertain for my Noble
Friend, and the long, unrestrained, unabated, and uninter-
mitting cordiality with which I have acted wi:h him,
it is most gratifying to me to see him return from India,
and not only bearing may with him the affections, the
respect, the regret of India, but in his being welcomed
home by the confidence, the applause, and the admi-
ration of the country which gave him birth.—(Cheers.)
The CHAIRMAN then proposed " The Earl of Dal-
housie and the Government of India."

Lord lIARDINCE proposed " The health of Lord
Gough, and the Army in India."
The CHAIRIIAN thcn proposed " The health of the
Civil Service," and coupled with the toast the name of
Mr. Macaulay.
Mr. MACAULAY said—l am sincerely grateful for the
honour you have done me, though I fear I have scarcely
any claim to my name being associated with that service
with which you, Sir, have thought fit to connect me. I have
several times partaken of the splendid hospitality of the
East India Company, but never under circumstances so
gratifying to my own feelings. On other occasions I have
been your guest when we have been sending out men
whose success was yet matter of question, to govern dis-
tant end important colonies. We have sent them out
with our best wishes—often with high expectations—
but always with some degree of doubt. But on this
occasion we have met with unmixed satisfaction, for at
this meeting our Nol):,:! Friend has come among us,
having done his work, and done it well. He has gone
through his trials—trials as severe as a statesman and a
soldier can be subjected to, and he has not been found
wanting.—(Cheers.) I do not know that I can add
anything to the testimony which has been borne to his
merits by the first of living Generals, by the great Com-
pany which he has served, by bis Sovereign, by the
House of Commons, by the House of Lords, by the
gallant army which he led to victory, by the great pro-
vince which he protected from barbarian rapacity, and
by the country which has welcomed him back with one
unanimous voice.—(Loud cheers.) Of his military ex-
ploits I can say nothing which has not already been
better said and by other sources of much higher autho-
rity.pdourl
But this
I bel
would
lsay of his military exploits, that
wsaetrisefaction
employedif to have conveyed to me little
uiehvoeid that all this valour and skill
the interests of manPkind
ti a Government pernicious to
for rejoicing in these victories My chief reason
he;rtslat I am deeply con-
vinced our Government in Indiai e
E English
n gn a tom et. the
human race, and an honour tottils a
(Cheers.) I have some right to speak on this subject,
because I have been connected in two
P
that great country. I have been a membeceraaopafacctihitteiiee Bss owhairatdhs
for the office of Control, I have also been a servant of the
Company, and all I have seen in both
satisfied me that no Government could exist, under the
circumstances, purer—that no Government on the whole
could more extend the blessings of civilization, or pro-
mote the happiness of the people under its rule. As to
the particular service which the Chairman has coupled
with my name, I know something of it. I have had op-
portunities of observing it, and I will say that I do not
think there is any portion of the public service in this
country which I contemplate with more unmixed delight.
I institute no comparison between the civil and military
service—both I believe to be excellent, and on their ge-
nerous emulation depends the security of our Indian
empire, and the happiness of her people. But there is
no class of men containing a greater amount of ability,
of information, of rectitude, tried under strong tempta-
tions and never found wanting; and I believe that if
these services continue to discharge their functions as
they have done hitherto, the empire will be impregnable
from all attacks. After the experience we have had of
these splendid achievements, which add to the national
pride while they have done such good service to our
Indian empire, I hope none of us would be disposed to
hail our :political friends sent to India more cordially
than we should our political opponents. lam sure that
we are all knit in the firmest and closest union ou all
points where the national honour—the greatness and
prosperity of England—is concerned; and in that view I
firmly and proudly believe that, amidst the commotions
which everywhere surround us—amidst the crash of fo-
reign thrones—the constitution of England will remain
inarnoveable on its basis.—(Loud cheers.)
After one or two other general toasts, the meeting se
parated.

PARLIAMENTARY DIVISIONS.

From the Votes and Proceedings of the House of Commons.

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5.
OUTGOING TENANTS (IRELAND) BILL.
Order read for resuming Adjourned Debate on Amendment
proposed to be made to Question (22d March), "That the
Bill be now read a second time," and which Amendment
was to leave out the word " now," and at the end of the
Question to add the words " upon this day six months :"
Question again proposed," That the word now' stand part
of the Question." Debate resumed:—Question put. The
House divided:—

MINORITY—AYES, 22.
Alcock, Thomas Meagher, Thomas Scully Francis
Dawson, T. V. O'Connell, Joha Sullivan,iMlchael
Devereux, John T. O'Connor, Feargus Tenison, E. K.
Fagan, William Perfect, Robert Wawn, J T.
Fox, Richard M. Rawdon, Colonel
Fox, W. J. Reynolds, John TELLERS.
Greene, John Sadleir, Joint Crawford, W. S.
Hiudley Charles Scholefield, William Power, Dr.
Kershaw, James Scrope, G. I'.

Abdy, Thomas N.
Adair, Hugh E.
Adair, B. Shafto
Adare, Viscount
Adderley, C. B.
Alexander, N.
Archdall, Captaia
Arkwright, G.
Baldock, E. 11.
Bateson, Thomas
Benbow, John
Bennet, Philip
Berestord, William
Berkeley, Captain
Berkeley, 11. F.
Bernard, Viscount
Blackall, S. W.
Boldero, 11. G.
Bolling, William
Rourke, B. S.
Bowring Dr. ,

MAJORITY-NOES, 145.
Foley, John H. Morris, David
Forbes, William Mostyn, E.
Fordyce, A. D. Mulgrave, Earl
Forster, M. Newdegate, C. N.
Fortescue, Chichester Nugent, Sir Percy
Glyn, George Carr O'Brien, Sir Lucius
Gore, W. R. 0. Parker, John
Goulburn, Henry Patten, J. W.
Grace, 0. 1). J. Pattison, James
Graham, Sir J. Pilkington, James
Greene. Thomas Rendlesham, Lord
Grenfell, C. Pascoe Rich, Henry
Grenfell, Charles W. Richards, Richard
Grey, Sir George Russell, Lord J.
Grey, R. W. Rutherford, A.
Grogan, E. St. George, Chris.
Guest, Sir J. Saiwey, Colonel
G wyn, Howel Seyiner,:klenry Ker
Hall, Sir Benjamin Seymour, Lord
Hamilton, G. A. Shaito, R. D.
Hamilton, Lord C. Sidney, Alderman
Ilastie, Alexander Smyth, J. G.
Hastie, Archibald Somerville. Sir W.
Ilaytcr, W. G. Sotheron, T. H. S.
lleathcote, Sir W. Spearman, H. J.
lleywood, James Stanley, E. J.
Ilildyard, T.tß. T. Stansfleld, W. R. C.
Hope, Sir J. Strickland, Sir G.
Hume, Joseph Stuart, Lord D.
Ingestre, Visct. Stuart, H.
Jackson, William Thicknesse, R. A.
Jocelyn, Viscount Thompson, Colonel
Johnstone, Sir J. Thornely, T.
Jolliffe, Sir W. H. Tollemache, John
Jones, Sir W. TrellAwny, J. S.
Lennard, T. B. Trollope, Sir J.
Lewis, Sir T. Tyrrell, Sir J.
Lewi+, G. C. Verner, Sir W.
Littleton, E. R. Verney, Sir H.
Lockhart, W. Walsh, Sir J. B.
Lushington, C. Williamson, Sir II
3PNaghten,fSir E. Wood, Sir Charles
Marshall, William Wood, W. P.
Matheson, Colonel Wyvill, M.
Maxwell, lion. J. P. Young, Sir John
Melgund, Viscount
Meux, Sir Henry
Miles, W.
Mitchell, T. A.
Morpeth, Viscount

Brackle7, lrise:unt
Brotherton, J.
Buller, Charles
Banbury, 'William
Banbury, E. 11.
Campbell, W. F.
Carew, W. P.
Carter, J. B.

Chaplin,:W. J.
Charterls, Francis
Christy, Samuel
Clay, James
Clive, llenry B.
Cocks, Thomas S.
Corry, H.
Craig, W. G.
Deedes, W.
D'Eyncourt,
Douglas, Sir C. E.
Drummond, Henry
Drummond, Home
Duncombe, 0.

Duncuft, John
Dunne, F. P.
Egerton, W. T.
Ellice, Edward
Elliot, John E.

TELLERS.
MIL Lord M.

Ferguson, Sir R.
Fitzpatrick, J. W.

Tutiell, Henry

TERRIFIC CONFLAGRATION. Shortly after one
o'clock this morning, a fire, attended with a serious de-
struction of property, and which for the space of an
hour lighted up the whole of the metropolis and suburban
districts, broke out in an immense pile of premises be-
longing to Mr. Law, a feather manufacturer, situate on
the banks of the Royal Surrey Canal, near the Kent-
road- bridge. The premises in question occupied a con-
siderable space of ground, and at the time of the calamity
were well stored with goods of a costly character, the
whole of which, with little exception, have fallen a prey
to the flames. On the earliest information of the out-
break,"numerous engines of the London Brigade and West
of England Company started to the scene, when the fire-
men found the entire range of premises in one great
sheet of flame, the heat from which was so great that
the adjoining whiting factory and other buildings were
actually smoking and in several places were on fire.
The engines having been conveyed along the banks of
the canal, they were set to work, and although
efire
several
tons of water were momentarily discharged over the th
before
it continued to progress most fearfully, so that
h anu half-past two o'clock nearly the whole of th
tory waslin ruins. A rumour was currentte
flames, but
that
the night watchmen had perished in his rood ground
from inquiries made of the police, there
on
the works
daago done is very
to suppose that every person employed
manufac-
tory one of
effected a safe retreat. The
was insured or
extensive, and whether the proprietor
not could' not be learned during the excitement which
prevailed.
THE FORGERY OF A lI
QUE FOR 3,4501. 17s.—
At the Manchester BoroughCEourt, on Monday morning
last, John Pownall, the
young man who was remanded
from last Friday, on the charge of being concerned in the
late extensive forgeryt a
cheque, ofethheeqwas again brought lied signaturefora off
further
tehs
es rr s
remand,. A. an
as the d
S. Henry and Co., toup.
Mr. Beswick said that he app
others had not yet been taken, and the principal
witnesses against the prisoner were in Liverpool. He
should be able to prove that the prisoner was iu company
with them at his lodgings before the offence was com-
mitted, and also after it had been committed. After
some conversation, it x as agreed to r, mend the prisoner
till Wednesday..—Manchester Guardian.
We have heard it rumoured that there are a few
foreigners who are making themselves busy in respect to
the Chartist demonstration about to take place under
Mr. Feargus O'Connor. We Englishmen leave foreign
nations to settle their affairs without interference of any
kind on our part, and we feel assured if it should turn
out that there is any truth in the above. mentioned
rumour, that the police and special constables will know
how to deal with such gentlemen in cases where they
may be found meddling with unlawful proceedings in our