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There was no need at that time for him to go into Sir H.
Havelock's earlier career. He would only mention that
after the gallant general bad risen to considerable rank
he was selected to command a brigade in the expedition
against Persia. He (Lord Panmure) had heard that
appointment very much commented upon as an act of
feebleness on the part of the government, which it was
said had appointed a man who was worn out, incapable,
and past work. This was a striking instance of the manner
in which the public sometimes undertook to prejudge a
man, and how that judgment would occasionally turn
out to be wrong. (Hear, hear.) Sir H. Havelock ably
discharged in Persia the duties confided to him. He re-
turned to India, and when the outbreak occurred he re-
sumed active duties. With a body consisting of two weak
regiments, with one European and one native regiment,
he fought those pine actions which have signalised his
name and established his character. He even, through
the courtesy of Gen. Outram, advanced to the relief of
his friend Sir H. Lawrence at Lucknow. But before he
knew what the gratitude of his country and his Queen
had awarded him, sickness had overcome him, and he
was resting by the side of one whose loss to India was
equally great— one who was his greatest and dearest
friend—Sir H. Lawrence. (Hear.) There was no one
who did not feel what a loss had fallen upon India in
the death of Sir H. Lawrence. Lawrence was not only
a great soldier, but also a great statesman ; he not only '
was a great statesman, but he was also a truly Christian
man. So surrounded was he with the rare quality of
kindness of manner, that he never was engaged in a
quarrel—never made any man his enemy. He never
used force so long as other means would prevail, but he
never hesitated to use force when ho felt that recourse
to it was necessary. It was to Sir H. Lawrence's bene-
volent philanthropy, to his love of his profession, and
especially of those members of it who wore under his
command, that they were indebted for the establishment
in India of those noble institutions for the reception of
the children of European non-commissioned officers and
privates which woeld go down to posterity as a legacy
from that great man, and which would prove of the
' utmost advantage to the European soldier who was des-
' tined to serve in India, by protecting his children from
' the contamination of the barrack-yard and from those
diseases which were so incident to the soldiers' children
in India, that he did not believe one in fifty of those
unhappy creatures ever came to maturity. Ho ought
also to mention on that occasion the names of Neill and
Wheeler, of Salkeld and of Home ; and to these he
must add the names of Nicholson and Willoughby. Of
Neill he would say, that he was as distinguished and
gallant a soldier as he was ever acquainted with. He had
the honour of knowing him from the time when, being
on leave of absence in this country, he volunteered for
service in the Turkish Contingent. Neill joined that force,
and be was convinced that had it gone into the field he
would have exhibited before the enemy at that period
the same courage, the same perseverance, and the same
ability that he displayed in India in conjunction with
the gallant Havelock. Wheeler was reported to have
been a soldier of great distinction throughout a long
career in India. Having entered the military service
there in 1803, he distinguished himself,under Lord Lake
against Delhi in the olden time ; he distinguished him-
self afterwards on various occasions, latterly under Lord
Hardinge, under his noble and gallant friend opposite
(Lord Gough), and under Sir Harry Smith, and he
established the character of a great and gallant soldier.
They must all regret the circumstances under which
General Wheeler fell, cooped up as he was within the
walls of Cawnpore, and unable to demonstrate before an
enemy the powers for military command which he pos-
sessed. (Hear, hear.) With respect to Gen. Nicholson,
he might observe that during the operations in which
he took part before Delhi no one commanded more
entirely than he did the approbation of ;those under
whom he served. It was his fate to be slain in the hour
of victory, just as Delhi was captured, and it was our
misfortune to lose the services of that excellent soldier
at a time when they were greatly needed. These were
the most prominent persons whose names occurred to
him ; but there were others with respect to whom be
' could not ;help saying one word as a tribute of respect
' and esteem. They could not forget that almost the
first victim that fell after the mutiny broke out was the
1 Commander-in Chief (General Anson). He thought that
' was a fitting occasion for him to do justice to the memory
' of his hon. and gallant friend. (Hear, hear.) He was
quite certain that had it pleased Providence to spare
' him he woull have proved equal to the emergency ; and
it was satisfactory to know that the course of military
operations which he had determined to pursue—that of
waiting for a siege train before he assaulted Delhi,
and in the meantime gathering round him a suffi-
cient force to undertake the assault—was that which
eventually proved successful under the command of
General Wilson. (Hear, hear.) He was convinced
that his friend General Anson had in him all that
was required to make a good soldier. He believed that
he had those talents for organisation, and that habit of
communication with those who were associated with
+ him, which would have ensured the successful perform.
ance of his duties, and he grieved that he was not spared
to establish his military character, A few words with
regard to his successor, who, after a victory which was
most important in reference to the future capture of
Delhi, succumbed to disease. Sir H. Barnard proved
himself a gallant soldier in the Crimea ; he was
descended from a race of soldiers ; he died with victory
on his breast ; and there was no man whose death was
more lamented by those who knew hint and who were
associated with him in his labours. He might refer to
the services of Willoughby, of Salkeld, and of Home ; of
Willoughby in destroying resources which might other-
' wise have fallen into the hands of the enemy—of Salkeld
and of Home in blowing up the gate of Ihdhi ; but be
' would not do more than mention their names, and with
' their names he woeld associate that of Sergeant Car-
' michael Smith and the bugler of one of the regiments.
There was one resolution which, as it was not on the
notice paper, he would read before he satldown. Be had
felt it was a vast, and in some respects a diffieult, under-
taking to bring before their lordahips this wide field of
service. He trusted that he should not, by any omis-
sion which he had made, create any unnecessary pain.
He did not wish to give pain to the mind of any gallant
soldier, but he proposed to thank the whole army for
the services which had been performed in India ; he
proposed to thank every non-commissioned officer and
every private, as well as every officer ; and although
he had mentioned some persons by name, generals who
were supreme in command and others whose names
were in the months of the public, he entreated their
lordships to give to all the weed of their thanks by
adopting the resolutions which he had now the
honour to submit to them. The noble lord concluded
by moving the resolutions—(for which see Commons
debate)—with an additional one to the effect that the
house highly and cordially approved of the courage, self-
devotion, and exemplary conduct of those persons
who, not holding military rank, had nevertheless per-
formed valuable military services in India in defence of
: various stations throughout the disturbed districts ; and
that the Governor-General be requested to thank those
persons for their spirited and patriotic exertions.
' The Earl of DERBY said it had been his lot on more
' than one occasion to support a proposition similar to that
which was now before their lordships, and on all such
I occasions he had addressed himself to the ta.k with mi-
t mingled satisfaction. In reference to all motions of that
' description it was very important that there should be
unanimity; and tbere'ore he regretted that on that occa-
sion he could not receive what was ;proposed with un-
mixed satisfaction. The noble baron had observed that
the thanks of Parliament was the highest honour that
. e u.,1 ue 1)::-.t:),,v(..,_: el: At.l ;•:r,03 ; a:A, concurring in
that view, he regretted that the motion was not more
restricted in its term'. The value of Parliamentary
thanks depended not only on their being conferred rarely
and upon signal occasions, but also on their being con-
ferred with proper discrimination as regarded the indivi-
duals on whom the honour was bestowed by name, on
their being conferred only on those who, according to
the unanimous opinion of the country, were justly en-
titled to them. He believed it was an unusual course of
proceeding to grant the thanks of Parliament to a person
filling the high situation of Governor-General of India
until the whole series of events for which those thanks
were to be given had been brought to a close. Had this
war been brought to a successful termination, nothing
would have been more gratifying to him than to have
joined in a vote of thanks to the head of the Indian Ad-
ministration; but, under the circumstances be felt himself
placed in a very painful position, especially as he could
not express approval of the conduct of the Governor-
General, with their present means of information. Ile
thought it would have been expedient to have waited
until the noble lord had had an opportunity of refuting
charges which had not unsparingly been brought agatast
him. (Hear.) They were asked to join in thanking
Lord Canning for " the ability and energy" with which
he bad applied the resources at his disposal for the
suppression of the mutiny. Was such language justified
by the bets which were before them 4 He gave Lord
Canning the utmost credit for the moral and personal
courage, the firmness, the calmness, and the temper
which he bad exhibited on all occasions. He thought
that his conduct in those respects was deserving of all
praise, and he was farther of opinion in a paper which
bad just been published in the newspaper., his lordship
had to a great extent vindicated himself from the charges
of undue leniency and improper inteoference with the
military authorities. When, however, the noble baron
(Lord Panmure) said that no person could have foreseen
the storm which had buret upon India, he must take
leave to differ from him. Unless many things which he
had read were nothing but romances, there were not a
few peso:,, in India who did foresee it, and who, before
it burst forth, gave warning after warning, which the
government of India disregarded. The eyes of the Go-
vernor-General appear to have been blinded by persons
around him, who convinced him that the danger was not
in r •
eality so imminent as it. proved to be. When,
in eaelyaPp:rticoad
idnadnetleedr,,hhies eyesi were opened to the full extent of the
theo b energy a I
himself energetically to meet it, but
of the mutiny hie conduct was marked,
all the allegatioia,(
there was a petition to
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He la resolution, but by imbecility and
proportion of the inhab'ebCa'cutte petition ; but when
e considered in which a large
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meet
tants of Calcutta asked fur Lord
Canning's recall,
lordship in the vote of ttanlys thel proposal t; include his
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The offer
7ards to the assistance of the English at Luecek
was first declined, and the refusal was soon ° wait
re-
called. Was that a display of energy and abilietr
the 84th Regt. was summoned hastily from Rangoon Again'
was then ordered back, in the disbelief that thegmoountinit
had really broken out ; and then the order for sending
it back was countermanded. Then, again, when theg
European inhabitants of Calcutta volunteered to arm
themselves, aqd thereby to set at liberty a considerable
portion of her Majesty's trcops, the offer was in the first
instance rejected, if not scornfully, at all events as if it

we the result of a groundless panic. A very short
time eufficed to show that the panic was not groundless,
and the Government were then glad to avail themselves
of the assistance which they had refused. Now, he was
exceedingly loth to have the appearance even of being
the accuser of Lord Canning, but he must say that, with
the imperfect information which they possessed, and
having regard to the present feelings of the country, this
vote would not,so far as the head of the civil department
was concerned, carry with it that weight which it was
desirable should attach to.all votes of that description.
(Hear, hear.) The second person who was thanked by
name for his display of energy and ability was Lord
Harris, and he must say that the circumstance of his
lordship's province being in a state of tranquillity, and of
his having despatched all the troops he could spare to
the scene of operations, did not appear to him to con-
stitute a sufficient reason for associating his name with
those of others to whom he should hereafter refer.
(Hear.) As regarded the diversion of the troops in-
tended for China to India, the noble baron (Lord Pan-
mure) seemed to claim credit for Lord Canning in that
matter ; whereas it really belonged to Lord Elgin. He
had not one word to say against Lord Elphinstone's
being included in the vote of thanks. The noble lord
appeared to have been aware of the magnitude and
importance of the crisis from the first, and he believed
that the success which had attended our arms in India
was owing in a great degree to the foresight and assist-
ance of Lord Elpbinstone. No one could object to the
mention of Sir J. Lawrence. Indeed the services of the
two Lawrences could not be too highly estimated. It
was to their activity and energy, to their wise policy
and conciliatory manners, that the country was
mainly indebted for the freedom from disturbance
of those newly-conquered provinces which had
been submitted to their care ; and it was owing to these
senses that Sir John Lawrence had been enabled not
only to maintain his own authority there, but also to
afford valuable assistance in the efforts made to restore
British authority elsewhere. (Hear.) He took it for
granted, from the statement of the noble lord, that a
similar debt of gratitude was due to Mr. Frere. What
he complained of was that there should have been any
names introduced with regard to which there could be
the shadow of a doubt as to whether such persons ought
to have been included in what the noble lord had justly
stated to be the highest honour Parliament could confer.
That Lord Canning did not stand in that position he was
bound to express his conviction ; further than that be
did not go ; and he trusted that neither Lord Canning
himself nor any of his friends would believe that be
wished to censure or cast a slur upon him, because in
the present state of affairs he said he doubted the pru-
dence and expediency of the introduction of his name,
together with those of the other governors of India, in a
vote which applied especially to military services. He
did not think any one could have justly complained had
the government selected only four names for special
mention. The noble lord had, in his official capacity,
entered at length into the individual services of the
gallant officers to whom he referred. He would not
attempt to follow the noble lord in what he had advanced
especially as there was hardly one of the officers named
to whom he had not on a recent occasion contributed
his meed of praise. Without wishing, however, to dis-
parage any of the services rendered, ho must say that
even the successful siege of Delhi and the gallant
relief of Lucknow did not exceed in interest and
heroism the defence of the garrison of Lucknow.
(Cheers.) With the most feeble means against over
whelming odds, and under circumstances which might
well have led to absolute despair, that garrison had
withstood a siege almost unparalleled in military
history. (Hear, hear.) From the general who held that
important command, down to the humblest soldier who
shared in the defence, is eluding those native troops of
whose gallant services the noble lord had spoken so for-
cibly, there was not one person in that heroic garrison
who did not deserve, and who he hoped would not receive
individually some signal mark of her. Majesty's favour.
The Victoria Cross would not be thrown away if it were
bestowed en masse on those who had performed sech
services and who had so nobly succeeded in their defence.
He saw an illustrious duke on the cross benches. He was
sure that noble duke was aware that it was contrary to
his principles to advocate parliamentary interference
either with regard to the character of rewards in the army
or with regard to the individuals to be selected for re-
wards ; but he could not help calling the noble duke's
attention to some circumstances which came to his
knowledge only that morning. In that -32 d regiment,
which suffered so severely and behaved so heroically,
although a certain proportion of the officers obtained
promotion by death, there were six lieutenants who had
derived no advantage from their services, and who had,
in fact, nothing to point to except the labours they had
undergone and the wounds they had received. Of these
six officers three had returned to this country ; one with
a broken leg, another with a ball still unextracted from
the back of his head, and another in estate of confirmed
paralysis, arising from fever and cholera. He would not
express any opinion as to the rewards which these officers
should receive—he felt bound to state he knew nothing
of them personally, and had only repeated what he had
heard with regard to those gallant men. Ho would not
follow the noble baron through the details into which he
had entered, but would only express his hearty and cordial
concurrence in the thanks proposed to be voted to the
officers and non-commissioned officers of the army and
, navy, nor would he repeat again the expressions he bad
before used in honour of the illustrious dead who had not
survived to receive their thanks. He would tuna to another
subj -ct, which he was rejoiced to find hart been at length
introduced, though somewhat as an afterthought, by her
Majesty's Government—be meant the proposed expres-
sion of the gratitude of the house and the country to
those civilians who had so nobly come forward. He recol-
lected that in the speech from the throne were the words
"Many civilians who were placed in circumstances of
extreme difficulty and danger, displayed the highest
qualities, many of thorn such as would have done honour
to veteran soldiers." When commenting on the speech
it happened that he inadvertently omitted to mention
those services ; the omission did not escspe the watchful
eyes of his noble friend the President of the C.)uncil,
who in his reply spoke of the gallant services of those
civilians, which he, unlikethe noble earl opposite, could
not omit. He (Earl Derby's) surprise was therefore so
much the greater, when he read the vote of thanks, to
find no acknowledgment of those services. He had de-
termined to supply the deficiency, and had prepared an
amendment, which he had intended to submit to the
house, until he found that the noble baron had antici-
pated him ; he intended to propose to add at the end of
the third paragraph words borrowed from the Queen's
Speech, extending the thanks to those who had dis-
played qualities that would have done honour to veteran
soldiers; he would, however, not!object to the words
proposed by the noble baron ; he did not know whether
that noble lord considered it would have been injudicious
to select any man from amongst the civilians ; he had
gone through the names of the military officers, but
when he time to the civilian he passed on abruptly, and
although there were many of them whose names were
fairly entitled to be mentioned with approval, he was
sure any one who had studied the events would not
think it too great an honour for such men as Venables
the indigo planter, who, when the author ittes had de-
serted the station at Azirugur, almost alone, with only
the aseietance of his own ryots, maintained himself for
six weeks. Again, there was the name of Gnbbins, an
undietingui=hed name, but borne by a distinguished
man, who by his influence and character kept down the
mutiny in his dis'rict. There was Boyle, the civil engi-
neer, who headed the little garrison of Arrah, and there
imitated or set the example to the defenders of Dick-
eu w—fer a hat he did on a ,teallecats W. 45 not unwertey
to rank with the defence of Lucknow. Again, there
was Mr. Money, who, by a splendid act of in,ubordi-
tion, disobeyed an order, and maintained himself at
Gyot, and eventually carried away with him a very large
amount of treasure which had been abandoned. There
might, perhaps, be more question about the next name,
that of /dr. Taylor, the commissioner at Patna ; but he
at all events bad a just perception of the magnitude of
the danger, and displayed more energy and ability than
the Government. With regard to the military officers
selected, no language he could use was too strong, no
encomium was beyond the merits of those who had
justly earned their thanks, whether of those who still
survived, or of those who had gone beyond the reach of
human praise or censure. He could not join so unhesi-
tatingly in the first part of the vote. He regretted it
bad been introduced, but he could not take on himself
the responsibility of dividing or suggesting to the house
not to pass it, at the same time be felt bound to enter
his protest against it. If a vote of thanks was the higt..
eat honour Parliament could bestow it ought only to be
bestowed on those whose merits were recognised by the
uniform acceptance and voice of the country. He should
be sorry to see the time when either the House of Lords
or House of Commons should pass a vote of thanks as a
mere personal matter in consequence of the position of
the parties ; the honour ought to be restricted closely,
nay severely, to those names and those services which
the unanimous voice of the country had recognised.
The Duke of ARGYLL thought it would be a subject
for general regret that matters of difference had been
introduced into a discussion of such a nature. However,
he would venture to submit that the responsibility of
raising those differences dil not rest with the Govern-
ment. It would have been absolutely impossible to
have thanked come of the civilians who had aided in the
suppression of the mutiny, and to have omitted all men-
tion of the heads of the presidencies, without indirectly
Casting a censure upon those functionaries. However,
it was not upon any snob negative ground that be
meant to justify the thanks to Lord Canning. He
had taken the greatest pains to ()tensile° into the
charges brought against the noble lord, and he
would venture to affirm that every one of them—
urged, be it remembered, chiefly through the instru-
mentality of the Indian press—had broken down. In
the first plate e it was stated that in the early period of
the mutiny Lord Canning had done nothing to pacify
the sepoys on the greased cartridge question. Now the
blue-book placed it beyond all doubt that within f( rty-
eight hours after the discontent bail manifested
Lorri Canning ha I an orderii,ued that tLesepoys should be
allowed to gr.,a,,e the cartridges with their own material.
A second statement was, that no order had been issued
to stop the use of the greased cartridges. Why, here
again, upon the same authority, it was made manifest
that within forty-eight hours after the discontent was
shown, L rd Canning ferwardecl a ttlegrnphic communi-
cation to every station in India, directing that the car-
tridges should no longer be used. True, capital punish-
aodl.
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whole regiments, however the next highest penalty that
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and the parliamentary papers bad shown it. Lord
Canning's policy was to repress panic, and though, in
answer to the address of the French residents, he might
have spoken cf a " Lroundless panic," yet in other parts
of the papers before them it was made manifest that at
that very date he was issuing telegraphic messages to
all the governors throughout India, urging them to pre-
pare against the common danger. Undoubtedly, in the
first instance Lord Canning did refuse the offer of the
Sovereign of Nepaul to send a force of three thousand
men into the province of Behar and Lower Bengal.
But it was the opinion of the wisest men in India that
Lord Canning was amply justified in refusing the offer
Of a foreign power made under such conditions.
Subsequently, when the same Sovereign offered to
send troops into the province of Ouda, the offer was ac-
cepted, and he thought the thanks of the country were
due to Jung Bahadoor for the services which he had
rendered us in a moment of need. As to not disarming
the Dinapoor garrison, the truth was Lord Canning was
unable to spare a man for the purpose, and it would have
been in the highest degree incautious to have directed
troops from the relief of Lucknow for the purpose. Lord
Canning's conduct had been disparagingly contrasted
with that of Sir John Lawrence in the Punjaub. Now,
the fact was, in the province of Lower Bengal there
were no less than 29,000 native troop, and to meet these
Lord Canning had only 2,360 Europeans, whilst in the
Punjaub there:were 12,424 Europeans to face 42,000
native troops. He had no desire to disparage the ser-
vices of Sir John Lawrence, but he felt bound to make
that statement in order to show that it was impossible
for Lord Canning to have made the same energetic dis-
play in Lower Bengal as had been made iu the Punjaub.
He thought that much of the feeling against Lerd Can-
ning was ascribable to a notion prevailing in this coun-
try that the outbreak had been long intended, and that
it ought to have been foreseen. As for the credit of
having directed the China expedition t) India, he thought
the credit of that might be shared between Lord Canning
and Lord Elgin—the one had suggested it, and the other
had acted upon the suggestion. In conclusion, he would
only say that it was his sincere belief that amongst those
to whom they owed the salvation of India, Lord Can-
ning would deservedly hold that place which was allotted
to him in the vote of that evening. (Hear.)
The Duke of CANIBRIDGE said that on such an
occasion it was highly desirable that the house should be
perfectly unanimous, and he felt it to be incumbent on
him to express his concurrence in the sense of the
distinguished gallantry and great merits of our army.
(Hear, hear.) He was enabled to assure them that
the utmost cordiality existed between the Governor-
General and the distinguished Commander-in-Chief in
India, a cordiality of which every depatoh from the
Commander-in-Chief repeated the strongest assurance.
(Hear, hear.) He thought it but justice to testify
to the extraordinary zeal of that' distinguished com-
mander, who did not take two days but only a few hours
to decide upon accepting the command, and in less than
24 hours was ready to take his departure. In reference
to the withdrawal from Lucknow, he said it was almost
unprecedented that such a force, encumbered with sick,
wounded, and every sort of encumbrance, should retire
osuinrgtrleoompsan'the enemy actually
had occupied, as if they
tiwriitnlago uotn tthhee
position
a
were still there. But the merits of Sir Colin Campbell
were not new to us, they had been exhibited during a
long career of distinction. In reference to Sir J. Out-
ram, he spoke in the highest terms of the manner in
which that gallant officer bad conducted the operations
under his command ; and, though senior officer of his
grade, gave the credit to a junior officer, whom be con-
sidered entitled to that distinction. He lamented that
the name of Sir H. Havel, ck could not be joined to the
list of those to whom their thanks were to be awarded,
as he was now beyond their praises. (Hear.) It was
but the other day that they had awarded to that distin-
guished officer their separate thanks, and little did they
think that his life would so soon he sacrificed. (Hear.)
It was impossible to appreciate too highly the gallantry
and endurance of those bravo officers, any false move on
whose part would have ruined our empire in the East.
Great responsibility had also rested on some officers who,
till then but little tried, had been placed in importaut
posts ; and we had the satisfaction of seeing that they
had conducted the operations committed to them to a..
satisfactory issue. He next referred to Sir H. Inglis,
who had so distinguished himself in that 87 days' defence
in which every officer and soldier, native as well as Eu-
ropean, had actually been on duty every day, actually
shouldering muskets under a brisk and severe fire, and the
officers had taken sentries' duty to enable the men to
rest. (Hear.) Such circumstances were who'ly unprece-
dented. Such was the proximity of the native troops to
the enemy that they were able to converse, and every
inducement was offered to persuade them to desert ;
but they had resisted all such inducements, and would
now share the honour to be awarded to the Bri-
tish troops. He MU glad to see in the British army
many junior names springing up, amongst which he
would mention the names of Beattie, of Hope, of Wel-
pole, and many younger names. (Applause). lie also
referred to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, 11
who had in weather in which it was thougbt impossible
for Europeans to do anything, marched for 20 hours,
and then gone into action. More could not be expected
from them in the mildtst climate of Europe. There were
others that were not included, as they were beyond their
thanks ; amongst these the gallant Neill and others. If
he left out any names it was not wilfully, but because
they were scattered over so large a space it was im-
possible to go through them all. Never had so many
individuals had an opportunity of distinguishing them.
selves. Her Majesty's Government proposed to allow
a year's service for officers on retirement and men on
pension in garrison at Lucknow. That was an unu-
sual honour, but was not without precedent.
Lord FALKLAND referred to the observations of
Lord Panmure as to the services of Mr. Frere. Teat
gentleman, on arriving in Scinde, almost immediately
heard of the mutiny having broken out at Meerut ;
and, on his own responsibility, sent two regiments to
that place, which not only punished the mutineers, but
prevented their taking the ammunition. Shortly after
wards, when the great Mahommedan festival arrived,
he found it necessary to remove from Scinde nearly the
whole, retaining only a skeleton of his forces. He also
opened a new festival communication between Cal-
cutta and Bombay, but for which the Punjaub would
have been cut off from the rest of India. He could not
help feeling that a man who had rendered such service,
that to withhold the thanks from him would have been
both ungenerous and unjust.
Tne LORD CHANCELLOR then put the motion,
which was agreed to.

TUE BISHOPS' TRUSTS SUBSTITUTION BILL,
The BISHOP of LONDON introduced a bill to meet
certain cases in which trusts had been left to the bishop
of a diocese, and the property had passed into another
diocese. There was at present no power to transfer such
trust., and much inconvenience had resulted. Toe pre-
sent bill would empower the Charitable Trusts' C iinniis-
sion to transfer such trusts to the bishop really intended
by the legatee.
Lord CAMPBELL supported the bill, which was
read a first time.

RELIGIOUS WORSHIP,
The E rl of SHAFTESBURY said that after full
consideration he much preferred the bill on this subject
which ho himself had introduced, to that proposed jby
the meet rev. primate (the Archbishop of Canterbury).
It had the concurrence of the great mast of the country,
but, he regretted to say, not of the clergy, a great many
of whom were strongly opposed to it, and others, he
f, are!, scerr tly entertained a dislike which they did not
preptr expt ess. 1 cling, Line:eele, that it would
be impossible to carry it without much, and, perhaps,
auery debate, he should withdraw it.
founded, nobl e
It cart, whose objections
would enable the
he
Toe Archbishop of CANTERBURY, in moving the
Fecund reading of the bill, expressed his regret that it
had
thoughtnot t h w
e approval onvoetl
well
eI
f the
bishop on certain representations to give an authority
for special services, but would nut give any powers which
would be oppressive. He regretted that the noble earl
should think it valueless, as it was calculated to eff,ct
all the purposes sought by the noble earl in his bill.
Lord DUNGANNON was glad the noble earl had
withdrawn his bill by wi.ich our whole parochial system
would be broken up. He should not Oppose a bill sup-
ported by the unanimous voice of the bench of Lis'ior.
The Bis:,op of LONDON supported the bill of the
most reverend primate, which woul'l effect all the objects
of the noble earl without being open to the same
oLjecticus.
The Earl of DERBY thought it would be very satis•
factory to their lordships to hear that the noble tarl had
.postponed his bill, in order that the bill of the most,tev.
prelate might be passed.
Lord CAMPBELL gave his support to the bill, which
he thought was sound in principle.
The bill was read a second time, and the house ad-
jonrued at twenty minutes past nine.

HOUSE OF' COMMONS;—(YEsTEtt)AY.)
The SPEAKUR took the chair shortly before four
o'clock.

NEW MEMBERS.
Sir H. Rawlingou and Lord J. Browne, took the oaths
and their seats, the former for Reigate, the latter fur
Mayo.

STANDING ORDERS.
The following gentlemen were appointed a committee
on standing orders :—Colonel Wilson Patten, Mr.
Sotheron Estcourt, Mr. Henley, Sir Robert Ferguson,
Mr. Robert Palmer, Mr. Bramston, Mr. Thornley, Mr.
Elliott Lockhart, Mr. Bonham-Carter, Mr. Deedes, and
Mr. John Arthur Wynne.

THE MARRIAGE OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS
THE PRINCESS ROYAL.
The SPEAKER reported to the house her Mrjesty's
most gracious answer to the address presented to her
Majesty on Saturday, relative to the marriage of her Royal
Highness the Princess Royal. Iler Majesty received
with great satisfaction their dutiful and affectionate
address. her Majesty thanked them for their congra-
tulation 3, and assured them that it was most gratifying
to her to know that the auspicious event had called forth
expressions of the highest sympathy and attachment of
the people. (Hear, hear.)
IMPROVE`IENTS IN INDIA.

Mr. GREGSON gave notice that be ,houid movo on
an eally day for returns of the improvements in the
administration of India during the last 30 years.

REINFORCEMENT'S FOR INDIA.

Sir J. PAKINGION gave notice that on Sir Be
L. Evans Moving the appointment of his committee
relative to the transport of troops to India, he should
object to the proposed constitution of the committee, in
point of ollaitiorg, &c,, and that the committee should
be selected on the same principle as the committee of
inquiry in reference to Sebastopol. (Hear, hear.)

CAVALRY IN INDIA

In answer to a que:l7nfroM Capt. VIVIAN,
Sir J. RAIVISDEN said that arrangements had been
made for the reinforcement of cavalry for India the
same as for other corps intended to be maintained there,