time, and passed. Upon its arrival in the Lords, Lord Derby, on the 7th of April, stated that the house must look upon the sum to be raised by it as a grant on account, which it was necessary to obtain before the dissolution of parliament; but that a further sum of £5,000,000 would be required. The bill passed the House of Lords, and received the royal assent on Friday, the 8th of April, 1859.

and to the non-commissioned officers and soldiers, both European and native, of the Indian army: and seldom had there been presented to the notice of parliament a finer theme for an orator capable of rising to the spirit of a great occasion. His lordship said, he rejoiced to inform the house that the rebellion was completely crushed; and that the time had now come to thank those who, under Providence, had contributed to A supplement to the London Gazette, of the gratifying result; and said, the first Tuesday, April 12th, contained the follow-person to whom he would propose a vote of ing notification of a day of thanksgiving thanks was the governor-general, Lord for the success of the British army in Canning. The noble lord then proceeded India :to address their lordships as follows:

"At the court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of April, 1859, present, the Queen's most excellent majesty in council. "It is this day ordered by her majesty in council, that his grace the Archbishop of Canterbury do prepare a form of prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the constant and signal success obtained by the troops of her majesty, and by the whole of the forces serving in India, whereby the late sanguinary mutiny and rebellion which had broken out in that country hath been effectually suppressed, and the blessings of tranquillity, order, and peace are restored to her majesty's subjects in the East; and it is ordered that such form of prayer and thanksgiving be used in all churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, upon Sunday, the 1st day of May next.

"In order to appreciate the services which have been rendered by her majesty's viceroy, the governor-general, Viscount Canning, it is only right that your lordships should bear in mind what were the circumstances under which that noble lord assumed his present onerous and arduous task. Immediately upon that noble lord's arrival in l India, disaffection began to manifest itself in that country. A spirit was breaking out which had for a considerable time been smouldering, and perhaps overlooked and neglected; and just at the period when the noble lord undertook the duties of his ardu ous office, he was encountered by a sudden explosion. That outbreak occurred at a time when he was necessarily unacquainted with many of the circumstances of the country which he was about to govern. That explosion took him by surprise, and he was obliged to seek for counsel from those who had had the greatest experience in India. It is not surprising, therefore, that Lord Canning, on his first arrival, did not fully appreciate the magnitude of the danger by which he was surrounded; but from the time-and it was not long-when he became alive to the perils with which our empire in India was threatened, he applied, in grappling with the difficulties which he foresaw, and the dangers which he At length, the period arrived when it encountered, all the powers of a powerful was felt no longer necessary to delay an mind, and all the faculties of an active and expression of the nation's gratitude, through energetic disposition. He applied himself parliament, to the great men by whose sedulously, diligently, and earnestly to the wisdom, energy, and valour, India had been encountering of the great dangers by which preserved to the British crown; and, in he found himself surrounded. It is true accordance with a notice previously given, that the noble viscount, from first to last, has the Earl of Derby, on Thursday, April 14th, pursued sagaciously, steadily, and resolutely, moved, in the House of Lords, that a vote a consistent course-that he has never perof thanks should be given to the governor- mitted his mind to be thrown off its balance general of India, the commander-in-chief, by representations of exaggerated fears and the other officers, civil and military, on the one hand, or by extravagant and

"And it is hereby further ordered, that her majesty's printer do forthwith print a competent number of copies of the said form of prayer and thanksgiving, in order that the same may be forthwith sent round and read in the several churches and chapels in England and Wales, and in the town of Berwick-upon-Tweed.

"WM. L. BATHURST." A similar order was also made extending to Scotland.

such atrocities as those that were committed lamented Sir William Peel. To a bravery before the siege of Delhi. We have not which almost verged on rashness, to a dehad to watch with that painful anxiety with termination which bordered on the heroic, which, day by day, during the progress of he joined those high qualities of frankness that memorable siege, we waited to see of disposition, openness of manner, cordiality whether it was possible that success could of feeling, and great private virtue, which crown efforts made with means so dispro- endeared him to his own friends and those portionate to the opposition which they had who immediately surrounded him, as much to encounter. Nor have I to relate to your as his public character entitled him to the lordships the painful interest with which we respect and admiration of his country. Two received, mail by mail, the accounts of that others there were of a somewhat different marvellous advance of the lamented Have- character, in whose premature death India, lock. We have not had to speculate in at all events, has sustained a most serious agonising suspense over the probable fate of loss. I allude to two men, both of them the garrison of Lucknow, or to thrill with models of chiefs of irregular forces, which satisfaction at their first and temporary they themselves had formed and disciplined relief to have our hopes again dashed by from among tribes and natives who had not the news that the garrison was still be-long before been our enemies, over whom leaguered; and, at length, to have them by their valour, their rigid discipline, and crowned with satisfaction by the announce- at the same time by their careful attention ment of the final and complete relief of to their real wants, comforts, desires, and that heroic garrison. From objects of such even prejudices, they had obtained an thrilling interest-from events occasioning influence which was all but marvellous, and such deep anxiety, the statement which I which enabled them to lead their troops, so have now to make to your lordships will be formed and disciplined, into any danger and altogether free. It will relate, indeed, to into any conflict with as much confidence occurrences with regard to which the public as if they had been British soldiers. One expectation has been aroused: but that ex- of these men has met a soldier's death; pectation can scarcely be said to have taken the other, unhappily, has succumbed under the form of anxiety; for since the earlier labours which were too great even for his days of the period to which I am about to vast powers; but it will be long before the refer, one unbroken chain of success has people of India, I am sure it will be long characterised our arms-success engender- before the Punjab and Scinde, will lose the ing confidence; and, to such an extent, that memory of Hodson's Guides and Jacob's the slightest check has been regarded rather Horse. With these exceptions, the list of as an unlooked-for disappointment by the those heroic men who have fallen in the public, than as what might be anticipated service of their country since last year, is from the nature of the struggle in which happily small. I turn with satisfaction to we have been engaged. Happily, also, the the more pleasing task of commemorating period to which I refer has not been marked and recording the services of those who are by that lamentable loss of distinguished still to receive the reward of their distinlives which characterised the early period guished valour. I need say nothing in this of this revolt. Doubtless, many have fallen house of the merits of Lord Clyde. His who have left a fearful gap in their own former services spoke trumpet-tongued for families and private circles-many who, if themselves; and his career in India, throughthey had been spared, might have risen to out, has thoroughly vindicated the high milithe greatest eminence, and have held the tary character with which, at a moment's highest stations in the public service; but notice, he went out to that country at the of those who have filled a place in the eye call of his sovereign. Cool and cautious in of the country, there are comparatively few coming to a determination, to such an extent who have been cut off during the present that superficial critics ventured to put upon year. Three there are, to whom your lord- him the charge of slowness-always eager ships will permit me to refer, by whose pre- and anxious to spare the lives and labour of mature death the country has sustained the his men-unsparing, even to recklessness, of deepest loss. Mention has been already his own energies-wary in forming his plans made in this house-but this is an occasion-sagacious in making his combinationson which that mention may well be repeated he was determined not to strike before the -of the distinguished services of the late time came for striking an effectual blow;

but, when that time came, the blow was struck, and it was with the full force of an entire campaign. He knew when to strike; and those whom he encountered found that he knew how to strike."

other gallant officers of her majesty's army and intrepidity, zeal, and endurance evinced by them in navy, and also of her majesty's Indian forces, for the the arduous operations of the late Indian campaign.— 4. That this house doth highly approve and acknowledge the valour, self-devotion, and brilliant services both European and native, who have taken part in of the non-commissioned officers and private soldiers, the suppression of the recent disturbances in India; and that the same be signified to them by the commanders of their several corps, who are desired to thank them for their gallant behaviour."

house be given to General the Right Hon. Lord Clyde, G.C.B., commander-in-chief in India; LieuMajor-general Sir Hugh Henry Rose, G.C.B.; Majortenant-general Sir James Outram, Bart., G.C.B.; general Henry Gee Roberts, Major-general George Cornish Whitlock, Major-general Sir Archdale WilThe noble lord then proceeded briefly to son, Bart., K.C.B.; Major-general Sir James Hope recapitulate the principal events of the cam- Mansfield, K.C.B.; Major-general Sir Thomas Harte Grant, K.C.B.; Major-general Sir William Rose paign; in the course of which he recounted, Franks, K.C.B.; Major-general Sir Edward Lugard, graphically and eulogistically, the services of K.C.B.; Major-general Sir John Michel, K.C.B.; Major-general Mansfield (the chief of the Brigadier-general Robert Walpole, C.B; Brigadierstaff), and of Sir James Outram, Sir T. H. general Sir Robert Napier, K.C.B.; for the eminent Franks, Sir Archdale Wilson, Sir R. Napier, during the military operations by which the late inskill, courage, and perseverance displayed by them Sir E. Lugard, Sir Hope Grant, Brigadier-surrection in India has been effectually suppressed. general Walpole, Sir Hugh Rose, Major--3. That the thanks of this house be given to the general Roberts, Major-general Whitlock, and Sir J. Michel; and he then called upon the house for a vote of thanks to the officers and men of the Indian army, as also to the men of the naval brigade, and their gallant commander, Captain Sotheby, and to such seamen and marines as had rendered important service in India. In conclusion, his lordship again congratulated the house on the restoration of tranquillity; and declared that, in Oude alone, 1,000 forts had been captured and destroyed, and 480 cannon, and a million stand of arms, had been taken. As far as military operations were concerned, he said he considered our task in India was accomplished; but a far more formidable one awaited us, seeing that it was now the duty of the British government to subjugate the hearts and affections, as well as the persons, of the people of India, by restoring to them the blessings of good government, by seeking their moral and social progress, by developing the resources of the country, by administering justice fairly and temperately; and, by such means, to satisfy the natives that it was not only their fate, but their interest, to remain true to their allegiance.

The noble earl concluded an eloquent and impressive speech, by moving the following resolution for the adoption of the House:

"1. That the thanks of this house be given to the Right Hon. Viscount Canning, G.C.B., her majesty's viceroy and governor-general of India; the Right Hon. Lord Elphinstone, G.C.B., governor of the presidency of Bombay; Sir John Laird Muir Lawrence, Bart., G.C.B., late lieutenant-governor of the Punjab; Sir Robert North Collie Hamilton, Bart., agent to the governor-general in Central India; Henry Bartle Edward Frere, Esq., commissioner of Scinde; Robert Montgomery, Esq., late chief commissioner in Oude; for the ability with which they have severally employed the resources at their disposal for the re-establishment of peace in her majesty's Indian dominions.-2. That the thanks of this

Lord Granville expressed the satisfaction which Lord Derby's full and accurate statement had afforded him. With singular pleasure he had heard the just and deserved compliment to the governor-general of India-a compliment which buried in oblivion all the former discussions on Lord Canning's conduct in the late terrible crisis. The conduct of the governor of Bombay, Lord Elphinstone, was beyond all praise, in the fearlessness with which he had assumed the heavy responsibility of denuding himself of troops, in order to supply the more pressing exigencies of other parts of India. After high praise of the commander-in-chief and his lieutenants, whose names had become household words in every cottage, he expressed his regret that it was impossible, from the precedents of the house, to include, in the present motion, the names of those whom death had removed. He of course alluded to such names as Havelock, Neill, Peel, and Henry Lawrence. He considered that the sanguine views which he had ever held as to the suppression of the rebellion, had been confirmed by the statement of Lord Derby as to the tranquillity of India.

And if such was the case, it was now our duty to look to the social improvement of the country which had been reconquered by our efforts. He cordially supported the motion of Lord Derby.-The Duke of Cambridge said, that though it would be almost invidious, where