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 Minister ; but
the strongest confirmation that could be given to those oh-
nervations would be found in a single sentence which he
would read from a letter from Lord Clyde. He had not the
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 lo
rdsaid—" England will re-
ceive with acclamation the great statesman who never
faltered in the moment of
id ;
direct peril ; whose moment
of triumph has been so r P and who has proved him-
self so merciful, that
history can hardly equal it." Loud
cheers.) The nobleste earl had well stated the great services
of Lord Ph
Indeed, nothing had been more
El
striking in the inne.
whole of the campaign than 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.)
The noble earl had next referred to Sir John 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 to 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,
he;r.) He only regretted that they could no longer use that
other desienation, " 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 in 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 no reason why
he should be omitted in the present one.
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 Granvill'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 that even if that empire had been lost to us 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
Europeans, after denuding himself of nearly all his troops,
maintained order in the province. He thought that the
achievements of Sir H. Grant and Sir H. Rose were really
more fit fornarrationiia 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 greatqualities of endurance and of skill which had en-
abled us to maintain ourvast empire there wouldvouchsafe 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 have been 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
cordiality 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-
ning, the head of the Government in India, but also to his
noble friend Lord Elphinstone, who denuded his own pyesi-
deney 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 up the
vacuum, to mention the names of the officers who had dis-
tinguishedthemselves other than those who were mentioned
in the resolution; but he felt considerable difficulty in doing
B°' because/ where everybody had done so ably and so well,
it was almost invidious to mention names. (Hear, hear.)
Bad ut ih it did so happen that in this campaign many officers
had °PPortunities of distinguishing themselves. A vast
number of columns had been left to themselves, which had
given them
of
;e, an opportunity to distinguish themselves, and whin teey had availed themselves. He might cite as
instances of this the gallant conduct of Brigadier Jones and
yßrigadier Walpole before Lucknow• and that of Brigadier
orsford,,BrigadierParker, of the Royal Artillery, Brigadier
Troup, and many others with whose names he was less ac-
quainted, but which if he could remember he should bring
before their lordships because he felt that one of the great
adovantages that the country had had in these great opera-
ti 118 had been the good feeling and the anxiety which the
Wheole of the array had evinced to do their duty. One of
tts officers whose name occurred to him was Brigadier
D°uglasi who succeeded Sir Edward Lugard in the com-
mand of a division in Oude, and he believed it was as much
owing to him as to any one else that thepacification of that
portion of the country was to be attributed. As regarded
Loprarit CBl;ydheis, it would be preposterous for him to sing his
man, and not o 1. h-
evements were known to every Eng is
and b ead
r Butf this land,illY re they known through the length
EurePe. he but throughout the continent of
thought he should state of Lord Clyde that
he never omitted a occasion to bring under notice the good conduct of the offic'lers under his command. He said that he
had received the greatest assistancefrom Sir William Mans-
field, and be co
honour waa duell,ebuttautl
Y said that it was not to himself the
paign
was
chiefly r to Sir William Mansfield. The cam-
it had not beeliemarkable in this respect, that latterly
combinations, and he laa cam sign of fighting, but of
so well conducted in theat ere there never was a campaign
there was an instance espect as this. He did not believe
was all
did not of a single column that had not had its
was allotted to it. cans
-11 out that portion of the duty that
listened with seecialliee now
came to Central India. He
friend the Earl of Desarb
isfaction to what fell from his noble
Hugh Rose. Certainly,Yifre regarded his gallant friend Sir
formed acts of the greate t der there was an officer who per-
He was at the head of as boacrling, it was Sir Hugh Rose.
reason to believe, from let yof raw troops, and he had
letters he had had from him, that
these troops conducted themselves with equal valour and
bearing to that of European
Gwahor he nished for d troops. At the capture of
himself at the head of forward / and at the risk of his life put
lior by Sir Robert oftroops. He was followed at Gwe-
nt the siege of Luckno" whodisplayed such great gallantry
Gen. Michel succeeded to the
commadof the Bomb: co
mutineers had then been to
nstuigent in Central India. The
rribe extent dispersed, but his
services were not the less valu °
amount of the services of that on that account, for the
c I
beyond belief. It would seem fabenlunouln had been somewhat
miles
ii!.f he were to state the
hundreds and thousands of
those troops had
marched, and marched in an incredibly at
shortsn pace of time.
It was perfectly marvellous, and therewas portion of the
troops that had done harder service. In that('
/ B column
gadier Smith,Bri
A
Parker, a most enterprising officer and Brigadier Lockyer, of the 92d sery
despatches.
Zeas under-
stood)• All these officers had been namedin the
Their. column was small, and their opportunities
were not great, but the duties performed were cOnsidereerfaebilee
and constantly harassing. There was one remark which be
wished to make on these military operations, and that was
that they should not lose sight of the services rendered by
the other branches of the srvice, without which the mili-
tary branch would have been very much paralysed, if not
useless. He alluded the commissariat. The roads were
intercepted.; the halal)?
to the extent that w inhabitants were certainly not assisting us
he thought it was ,u Tilt have hoped and expected, and
the commissariat iii India wonderfulthat under these circumstances should have supplied the troops
as well as they had don:a
stance of the had
net "Re had never heard of any in-
plied. (Hear, hear.) Re
al 1 g fully and amply sup-
s° thought that they should
not overlook the medical d
formed important and easue.reincnt/ which had per-
sary result of the climate and of th -14ies' AS a neces-
fan tigue the troops had
eecessarily great band
to undergo the number of sick wtassene
larger than in ordinary circumstances
not aware
Europe, but they had never heard of any they
Weu,ld . site medical and surgical assistance. &ace of tnerequt-
atieought
there was anything more that he, as a ruilitlvas
to add to the observations that he had already
of deep and last-
he cordially agreed with what had fallen from both his noble friends that the future of India was
ing importance, and now that the military hadorm
their portion of the work the civilian work hadperf really and
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fairly begun.
Of course he was perfectly aware that one
of
the first duties of the State was to keep down the expendi-
ture ture to the amount t of the revenue, but while every effort
should be made to accomplish this object and to keep down
should
which the exigencies of so vast an
the military establishment, on the other hand that
All on has beensnede to Sir John Law-
he done with the caution
empire required' us"!that e•entleman had done more than
the restoration of our rule in
ren •
ce lie believed that ,
d masses of troo s
which he move ,
almost any other man towards
The manner in
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most remarkable and afterwards towards &
south, wasone of the
John Lawrence had .
te sure that
And Sir was qui
been greatly aided
bystru treleeff.
efforts
. Sidney Cotton. He .
of Sir
existed
in
to these men that was a feeling
the breast of
a feeling of gratitude
was
sal from their breasts,
every Englishman.
eradicated
i to be era
which was not likely
Ulm= He sure that .