The Sun.
London, England, 1859-04-15 00:00:00

the merits of the Governor-General, lest by so doing he
should weaken the observations of the Prime
be Minister
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the strongest confirmation that could
servations would be found in a single sentence
to those
nvtene had not thecwhich he
would read from a letter from Lord Clyde. He
authority of Lord Clyde to read that sentence, -but the-whole
letter was so honourable to the writer, that he felt he should
not be guilty of any indiscretion if he quoted the passage
he referred to. The noble lord said—" England will re-
ceive with acclamation the great statesman who never
faltered in the moment of direct peril ; whose moment
of triumph has been so rapid ; and who has proved him-
self so merciful, that history can hardly equal it." Loud
cheers.) The noble earlahaddeed, nothingwellstated
had the great services
iere
of Lord Elphinsnme.
striking in the whole of the campaignthan the unselfish con-
duct of the civil authorities, who had never hesitated to take
the responsibility of denuding themselves of forces they so
much required if they thought there were parts of the
country which needed those forces still more. (Hear, hear.)
he noble earl had next referred to Sir J-ehn Lawrence, of
whom the praise was uttered in still stronger accents than
those of the noble earl, by the manner in which his name
was mentioned in the conversation of all classes. (Hear,
hear.) Speaking of the civil servants generally, he did not
think that the noble earl had in any degree overrated the
claims of any one of the distinguished men whom he had
mentioned. With regard to the military men, it would not
be becoming in him (Lord Granville) to enter into any de-
tails, but it was impossible for any one I o speak at all on this
subject without in some way acknowledging the immense
services of that most distinguished soldier, Lord Clyde.
(Cheers.) He thought that such an acknowledgment was
peculiarly fitting in that house, which had derived so much
new lustre from the addition to it of the noble lord. (Hear,
hear.) He only regretted that they could no longer use that
other designation, "Sir Colin Campbell," as the name of
one of the most honest and most successful soldiers ever
employed by this country. (Cheers.) It was in fact one of
the most remarkable instances that could be given of the
present diffusion of information, that names like Campbell,
Mansfied, Outram, Wilson, Franks, Lawrence, and Napier,
were not known merely in select circles, but had become household names is the cottages of the poor. (Cheers.)
There was one point in common with the second resolution
to which he would call the attention of the noble earl. It
seemed to him somewhat inconsistent (though no doubt
there was a sufficient explanation of the circumstance) that
a vote of thanks, which was the highest honour that could
be paid to an officer, should be given to two gallant gentle-
men who had not received even the lowest military honour
of the Bath. Again, there was in the vote of last year the
name of Sir John Inglis; and there seemed he should be omitted in the present
one no reason why. The Duke of CAMBRIDGE made an observation which
did not reach the gallery.
Earl GRANVILLE—That explanation removed the ano-
maly which had suggested itself to his (Earl Granvilr s) mind.
The noble earl had paid an affecting tribute to the memory
of Sir W. Peel and Sir H. Lawrence ; and he (Lord Gran-
ville) could not help expressing his regret that their lord-
ships were precluded by the precedents of the house from
making mention in the resolution of such names as Law-
rence, Peel, Havelock, Nicholson, Neill, Hope, and others,
whose untimely loss had filled the country with grief.
(Cheers.) The events of the past year had shown how idle
all human calculation had been, and how ridiculous it would
be for any set of men to claim for themselves any sagacity
for their predictions. At the same time the results which
had accrued must be satisfactory to those who from the be-
ginning had been taunted with being over sanguine, but
who had never in the time of the greatest danger for one
moment doubted of ultimate success. (Cheers.) That
sanguine feeling was to be attributed partly to our recollec-
tion of the past history of India, and to our conquest of that
enormous empire in a short space of time, and to the con-
sciousness pore in
if that empire had been lost to ns for a
time, we were in a position to regain it. But it was mainly
to be attributed to our consciousness of our moral and intel-
lectual superiority over our fellow subjects in that country.
But however great the confidence might have been, he said
without hesitation that the conduct both of the army and of
the civilians in that country had far surpassed any reason-
able expectation that could be expected from their services.
Without going into detail he might say that anything more
noble than the conduct of Mr. Frere, the commissioner of
Scinde, could hardly be imagined. He, with 100 or 200
main
Europeans, after denuding himself of nearly all his troops,
tained order in the province. He thought that the
achievements of Sir H. Grant and Sir H. Rose were really
more fit fornarration in historical novels than in the real prac-
tical history of events that had occurred only a year ago.
These achievements had enabled us to maintain our empire in
India, and he sincerely joined the noble earl in the hope that
that Providence which enabled our fellow subjects to show
those great qualities of endurance and of skill which had en-
abled us to maintain ourvast empire there would vouchsafe to
extend both at home and there the ability to overcome the
difficulties still to be contended with, and the ability which
would enable us to conduct the government of that enor-
mous mass of mankind in a manner not selfish and only for
our own interest, but in a manner which would lead to their
social, moral, and intellectual improvement. (Cheers.)
The Duke of CAMBRIDGE (who spoke with his back
to the reporters, and whose observations were in consequence
occasionally inaudible) said the services of the officers whom
it was proposed to thank had been so ably detailed that it
was not possible for him, or for anybody, to add anything to
what had been said. But it would be improper in him in
his position to give a silent vote on the motion before their
lordships. They might congratulate themselves on the pre-
sent state of India. When they recollected what our army
had had to undergo in that vast empire within the last two
years, it was ;indeed marvellous to him that his gallant
friend Lord Clyde should havebeen able to write to him the
letter which the noble earl had read, and in which he said
that he did not recollect the time when India had beenmore
quiet than it was at present. When he came to ask himself
the question how these fearful events had been so rapidly
brought to a successful issue, he could not but think that
the chief cause of this happy state of things had been the
cordisii
---ty and the good feeling which had existed between
the civilians and the military. But for that it would have
been impossible, whatever the gallantry of the troops, or
the skill and admirable conduct of the commanders, to
bring affairs in India so rapidly to their present state. This
observation applied not only to his noble friend Lord Can-
Sling) the head of the Government in India, but also to his
noble friend Lord Elphinstone, who denuded his own presi-
dency of troops in order to enable the Commander-in-Chief to
carry on the war in a proper manner. He had no doubt that
the same energy and the same activity, though, perhaps, the
circumstances were not so favourable for exhibiting them,
were displayed by the governor of Madras, in which presi-
dency Sir Patrick Grant, a most distinguished officer, was at
the head of the army. He had been asked to fill np the
vacuum, to mention the names of the officers who had dis-
tinguished themselves other than those who were mentioned
in the resolution ; but he felt considerable difficulty in doing
it because, where everybody had done so ably and so well,
But
it was almost invidious to mention names. (Hear, hear.)
it had had
did so happen that in this campaign many officers
VPortunities of distinguishing themselves. A vast
number or
given columns had been left to themselves, which had
,thi_em an opportunity to distinguish themselves, and
of
wil'cli they had availed themselves. He might cite as
instances of this the gallant conduct of Brigadier Jones and
-V_rio gadier Walpole before Lncknow, and that of Brigadier
Troup, rsf, Brigadier Parker, of the Royal Artillery, Brigadier
and many others with whose names he was less ac-
fluein ted, but which if he could remember he should bring
be.vae their lordships, because he felt that one of the great
!innd ntages that the country had had in these great opera-
ne•_sehad been the good feeling and the anxiety which the
we lof the army had '
evinced to do
the officers cers whose name occurred to himtheir
was duty.
Brigadier One
Pas, who succeeded Sir Edward Lngard in the com-
ma mind of a division in Oude, and he believed it was as much
vralg to him a, to
portion of the Coto any one else that thepacification of that
.I).raoridseele
.Tdhie,e itaewhiotdevd be b ttrib ted. As regarded
wapsretpeo
steeraous
for
him
to
sing his
man, and not onl ernents were known to every.
English-
and breadth n.„ y were they known through the.) length
Europe. Buatms land, but throughout the continent of
he never omitted ethought he should state of Lord Clyde that
conduct of theofn Occasion to bring under notice the good
had received the eers under his command. He said that he
Mans-
field, and he co greatest assistance from Sir William Mans-
honour
was „onstantly said that it was not to himself the
paign wwasll'ilt.eeti but to Sir William Mansfield. The eate-
n had not been remarkable in this respect, that latterly
combinations, ajnhe ha iie-anearign of fighting, but of
so well conducted ii:-theaT
believed there never we
dasidancoamt
bet there was an inn campaign
place and did
notes
e of a single column that had not had its
was Alotted to it. CITY out that portion ef the duty that
listened with special e now came to Central India. He
friend the' Earl of tfntisfaction to what fell from his noble
Hugh Rose. centailr'T as regarded his gallant friend Sir
formed acts of the greYi if ever there was an officer who per-
He was at the head of eat daring, it was Sir Hugh Rose.
reason to believe, from tb°dY of
raw troops, and he had
these troops conducted themselves with equal valour and
Gwalior he rushed forward ean
troops. At the capture of
himself at the head of his , and he risk of his life put
lior by Sir Robert Inglis „,,tfils. 11e was followed at Gwa-
at the sieee of Leckie), 0 isplayed such great gallantry
commancrof the Bombe'''. Gen. Michel succeeded to the mutineers had then benya ct?steingent in Central India. The
services were not the less val me extent dispersed, but his
amount of the services of tharb le on that account, for the
beyond belief. It would giee f C°lllnin had been somewhat
- m abnlons if
hundreds and thousands of miles he were to state the
marched, and marched in au
inerecrthat those troops had
It was perfectly marvellous, and thereily short space of time.
troops that had done harder service, was no portion of the
gadier Parker, a most enterprising offiene that column Briga-
and Brigadier Lockyer, of the 92d serv%Prigadier Smith,
stood). All these officers had been named' (as was under-
Their column was small, and their oppo in the
ho
were not great, but the duties performed wer.ti • therefore
and constantly harassing. There was one re e considerable
mark which he
wished to make on these military operations
that they should not lose sight of the services. rendered by
the other branches of the service, without which the
• •
tary branch would have been very much ar I null-
Ilseless. lie alluded to the commissariat. PTl:'..eysed, if not
intercepted ; t
he inhabitants certainly r°ads were
to the extent that We might
, wereave ioyed icilot assisting. us
tooeeught it Wag wonderful that under theseen
cePected, and
the ommissariat in Indishould have ircumstances
as well as they had den a
stance of the troops e.. He had never heard of any in_
plied. (Hear, heara not being fully and amply
not overlook the '
ruediz so thought that they should
formed important and vainePartment, which had per-
' sary result of the climate and al
theuties. As
a nee"
to undergo the number of sick
fatigue the troops had
larger than in ordinary 4
oirtninwars necessarily great, and
Europe, but they had never heard circumstances they would be in
site medical and surgical assistance, ariii lack of the requi-
there was anything more that he, as a zneu was not aware
to add to the observations that he had Lt2...7 man, ought
he cordially agreed with what had fan:trg made ; but
•
noble friends that the future of India was ofcin both his
eP
in; importance, and now that the military indad i•eea and
~.
rto their-
their portion of the work the civilian work h '
llrmed
fairly begun. Of course ha was perfectly aware that Y end
k e °f
the first duties of the State was to keep down the expean_
ewe to the amount of the revenue, but while every effort
accomplish this object and to should be made to , keep down
establishment, on the other hand that should
the military
withthe caution which the exigencies of so vast an
be done
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has been made to Sir John Law-
'fired. Allusion
empire req
ed that that gentleman had done more than
He believed Law-
rence.
almost an ar ds the restoration of our rule in
y o ther man towards
manner in which he moved masses of troops
India. The
b 'Delhi, and afterwards towards the
from the Pnnjau
of°the most remarkable features of that
south, was one
John Lawrence had been greatly aided
2. And Sir was quite sure that
struggle.
gie. Sir Sidney Cotton. He .
frorts of
eils—
#.l th b t f
in e reas o
by
the
e of gratitude to these men
that that was a feeling
a feeling He was sue theiz breasts)
every Englishman. 0 eradicated iroLa
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