The Sun.
London, England, 1842-03-12 00:00:00

VICTORIA PARK.

The Ear/ of LINCOLN gave notice that on Thursday
next he would move for leave to bring in a Bill for the
enclosure of a piece of mud, to be called Victoria Park.

gro
THE ROYAL NAVY.

Sir CHARLES NAPIER gave notice that on Tues-
day, the 22d inst., he would bring under their considera-
tion the state of the navy, with the view of improving it
—(Cheers and laughter)—and also that he would move
for particulars respecting the number and rank of the
civil officers in the service of the Navy at sea.
The Van Diemen's Land Bill was brought up from
the House of Lords, and the Speaker informed the
House that the Bill had passed their Lordships' House
without any amendment.
SOUTHAMPTON ELECTION.
Sir G. CLERK having moved that the seat for the
borough of Southampton, should be declared unseated,
in consequence of the elevation of Lord Bruce, the late
Member, to the Peerage, on the demise of his father, the

late Earl of Elgin,
Mr. C. WYNN said that he had no doubt as to the -
substance of the motion ; but he thought it right that
the House should have some authentic or efficient infor-
mation of the death of the Earl of Elgin and of the ele-
vation of Lord Bruce to the Peerage,
Lord STANLEY said, he thought he could give his
Right Hon. Friend the official information which he de-
sired, inasmuch as there had been an Order of Council
passed that day, directing him . to prepare a warrant of
instructions for Lord Bruce.
After a few words from MI% 0. W. WOOD, which
were inaudible,
Sir 0. GREY said he thought the House should be
cautious not to establish a precedent which might lead
to inconvenient results.
Mr. C. BRUCE said he had certified to the fact which
was then the subject of discussion, having attended the
funeral of the late Earl of Elgin.—(Hear, hear.)

THE LATE INTELLIGENCE FROM INDIA.
Mr. S. WORTLEY begged to put a question to the
Right Honourable Baronet upon a subject to which
it was impossible to allude without pain, and of
such importance that he believed it would account
for the question he was about to ask. The subject to
which he alluded, was the late melancholy disasters
they had met with in the west of India. Intelligence
had been received in. this country from Cabool, stating,
that the garrison of the place were in circum-
stances of the most imminent danger. Reports
had reached this.. country lately, that those circum-
stances had been &Mowed by others still more alarm-
ing—that the gai!rison of Cabool had been ut-
terly destroyed, Ind that the troops in Candahar
had been cut off fr om all communication on that side,
and that steps we-,:p also to ken against Jellalabad. What
he wished to (,btain fron the Right lion. Baronet,

India, was dated Calcutta, Jan. 22, giving only an ac-
count of the scandalous and perfidious act by
which Sir Wm. M‘Naghten had lost his life. No account
subsequent to the despatch of Feb. 1, from Bombay, had
been ,received. Another account, not of an official nature,
but of the correctness of which there could be little
doubt, had been received in a letter from Dr.
Reid, dated Peshwaar, 16th of January, and ad-
dressed to Captain Macgregor, by which it appeared
that , little doubt could be entertained that her
Majesty's 'troops had suffered several reverses.
A capitulation, as far as it could be judged from the ac-
counts, appeared to be signed with the Affghan forces,
and by an act, as it would appear, speaking, as he
said before from information not strictly official, but from
accounts of which the credibility could hardly be ques-
tiohed—by an act marked with a perfidy and treachery
almost as gross as that by which Sir W. M•Naghten
lost his life, the English troops were attacked three days
afterwards, and had certainly sustained great loss ;
but he trusted that there was nothing in the ac-
counts that had been received that ought to
create despondency.—(Cries of " Hear, hear.") " Her
Majesty's Government," said Sir Robert, " will
take every measure that it may be advisable to take to
repair this partial disaster.---(Hear.) Under the cir-
cumstances, I have no doubt but. Parliament will
give , her Majesty's Government its confidence
and support—(Hear, hear)--•-whatever may be the
demand which we . shall feel it our duty to make—
(Hear, hear)—in order to repair the disaster that has
occurred, and to satisfy the public in this country, in
India, and throughout the world, that we are determined
to spare no sacrifice in order to maintain our Indian
empre.—(Cheers.)

Sir J. C. HOi3HOUSE said in the whole course
of his life he had never been so much gra-
tified as by the statement just made by the Right
Hon. Gentleman. He had no doubt but that the
Queen's Government would do its duty, and the assu-
rance, just made must tranquillise all those unnecessary
alarms which had before existed, and for which there
would not now be a pretence for existing in the mind of
any right thinking man. The Right Honourable Gen-
tleman was right in saying that this House would
stands by her Majesty's Government on this occasion.
So far from party feeling prevailing, the House would see
that it had nothing to do but to exert itself to the utmost
to repair the Aisasters that had occurred, but which dis •
aster, he, at the time, thought had been much exagge-
rated.—(Hear, Hear.)