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an officer to Constantinople, to solicit permission to pur- of Lord Ellenborough was distinctly approved, and deprecated { 
ehemet Ali the tone in which “his caution” had been treated by the Mar- 
ae pre an ne? a moet we last acc ped quess of Lansdowne: He then proceeded to show, by extracts 
een slightly indisposed, Np B from his orders and despatches, how erroneous were the various 
convalescent, and was expected to return to Alexandria, i i 
in order to dispose of his stock of cotton and corn. charge, especially with respect to the recovery of the prisoners, 
Wrst Inpres.—The mail-steamer Trident arrived at 
Falmouth on Wednesday, bringing Mexican, West India, 
and other mails, having sailed from St. Thomas’s on the 
, HOUSE OF COMMONS. 
Monday.—Sir R. Pret, in pursuance of his notice, moved the 
thanks of the House to the Governor-General of India, and to the 
officers and men, both British and native, for their services in the 
27th January, from Bermuda the 4th, and from Fayal the 
14th inst., with 52,000 dollars on freight and 13 passen- 
gers. The accounts from Jamaica are to the 17th Jan., 
and are, ou the whole, satisfactory, the only exception 
being that occasioned by a recent visitation of severe 
weather, experienced on the north side of the island, 
where the heavy rains had so swollen the rivers as in 
many places to cut up and carry away portions of land 
and live stock. St. Mary’s, Trelawney, Hanover, and St. 
James's, appear to have been the parishes more particu- 
larly visited by the floods, but in the former alone do they 
He joined heartily in the expression of approbation 
of SALIsBuURY guarded 
ti * . y Lord Brovanam with respect to the proclamation about th 
seem to have been so violent in their effects, and there, | cates of Somnauth. Should the subject of that proclamation be 
happily, not attended with any loss of human life. prought before their Lordships, he was sure it wo! con- 
= sidered by every one of them a most unhappy accompaniment to 
JParliament. these proceedings.—The Bishop of CurcmxsTer concurred with 
HOUSE OF LORDS. 
Wrtiineron brought forward the 
motion of which he had given Ronee ot aac iy the Governor. 
General of India, to the commanders, officers, and men employed i A i 
in the late military operations in Affghanistan. He entered ito clatter: Yaised about this proclamation, he was ready to prove 
struction.—The Earl of Minto rose to save himself from being 
supposed to express more than his satisfaction at the ability and 
judgment with which Lord Ellenborough had applied the re- 
sources of the empire, in aid of the operations begun by his pre- 
lecessor. This was, in his opinion, an_unprecedented motion, 
for he was not aware of the thanks of Parliament having been 
an and treachery 
that beset them, until, being reduced to a mere undisciplined 
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and to save the garrisons and troops in Jellalabad ond Gua Fee aa auteurs bebe Me SUED Cowan eee 
the garrison at Candabar, and by supplying the | appointment of a committee to examine the architect was agreed 
to.—The Archbishop of CANTERBURY, the Bishop of RocnxstEr, 
the Bishop of LincoLn, and the Bishop of BANeor presented 
etitions against the union of the sees of Bangor and St. Asaph. 
The Archbishop of CANTERBURY expressed himself opposed to the 
ascertain the time when it would be most expedient, in reference 
ly to a question by Lord CamrBett, Lord 
Wuarncurrre said there had lately been a decision of the Court 
of Session respecting what were called the guoad sacra parishes, 
Daeg aeideniieuei ew decision had been sent up to the 
the period most: convenient for their health to retire. The pub- 
lished correspondence showed that the opinions of the Generals 
were that it would have been inexpedient to withdraw the troops 
from Affghanistan until October, and it was on accouut of these 
opinions that the Governor-General, on the 4th July, “sent. in- 
structions of the handsomest kind” to General Nott at Candahar, ; 
«the handsomest that any officer ever received.” leneral Nott Government would feel disposed to originate some measure to 
had accepted that order in the most gallant spirit, and had exe- meet the inconvenience. avyibhe respect to the question of what 
impossible for her Majesty’s Government to determine whe 
or no they would propose 
ment, Should that decision be confirmed, Government were of 
opinion that inconveniences might arise with respect to church 
tension; and, therefore, should the decision be confirmed, 
Burnes; the preparation of a military force b 
of 30,000 animals. These circumstances were an ample justifi- 
cation of Lord Ellenborough’s first order of withdrawal. He 
Nott, and Sale. General Polloc! 
his duty, had visited the hospitals—had provided for the care of 
that Alexander had done, in those very regions, more than two 
thousand years ago, when discontent had crept in among the 
i es. Hi i 
Nott; and after paying a tribute to the services also of the 
Captains and Lieutenants, did justice to the high English spirit 
which breathed in General Nott’s letters. He eulogized the 
the late Lieut. Sturt, whose valour she has touchingly comme- 
ed. Itwas impossible, he said, to describe all these services 
proved that it was a name which the long interval of peace had 
not impaired. and they were an earnest that further efforts, when 
occasion should require, would continue to be made with glory 
J. RusseLt expressed his concurrence in ‘these senti- 
ments, and his sympathy with the brave men who were the sub- 
jects of this motion. He praised the letters of General Nott, 
i eparation and 
of Gen. Pollock and Sir KR, Sale, f 
proposal of thanks to Lord Ellenborough raised another class 
of considerations. Was that nobleman the general director of 
cuted his instructions in the most honourable and noble mann was generally called non-intrusion, her Majesty’s e 
Having placed himselfin correspondence with General Pollock, had lately laid down their views on the subject in a letter which 
the latter moved forw: i views it was their intention 
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September hoisted the English standard on its walls, 1 | Priend adhered strictly to the able, luminous, and learned argu- 
brother-General, who hadadvanced from Candahar on the ae ment of his right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for the 
day, destroyed Ghuznee, an were our calamities repai 4 af: ‘ i 
The Governor-General had given his first order on the aon the exception of one phrase, Nie the greatest satisfaction. ‘The 
March, and between that day and the 16th September, the mis. | Court of Session had frequently decided on this point, and 
fortunes that had occurred were remedied, But this was not all, their Lordships had repeatedly confirmed by a unanimous 
‘The prisoners who had been in the hands of the enemy had Tea, | vote the decision of the Scottish courts of law. The 
2 . th 
the 25th Sept. they were all restored. He would highest authority, and he must say that it was 
‘a}l he could to assist his successor. Tor t] al servic to adhere so per’ inst 
Had mentioned, the noble Duke called upon their erashirs te a Rverebonnd toidoy amexampleoreubinicsion-toithe laws. 
accord the vote of thanks of which he had given noti of their count! No ® tue ator te right of deciding 
Earl AvcKLAND, while he acknowledged with satisfaction that | Upon all spiritual matters ; but their intolerable claim was, that 
on every que! : 
believed was in accordance with precedent. 
Mr. BanKes thought, as theNoble Lord had shrunk from giving 
his vote, he should also have shrunk from the invidious observa- 
had made respecting Lord Ellenborough.—Sir 
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curred entirely in his military policy.—Mr, Hume concurred in 
the military yote ; but could not consent to the vote to the Gover- 
nor-General. He moved that the thanks to Lord Ellenborough 
be deferred.—Mr. Hoa thought the Hon. Member would act 
a t a spiritual matter. No country, no 
pS abeaant if a power greater than that of the law was to be 
Sested in any body put the Legislature. They had no chance, 
1 weveiror accomplishing their vain and extravagant claims ; 
and to give them new laws to brenls mew wePts Of Pariamentity 
ould be bootless, vain, and, in his opinion, an undigni- 
the noble Lo} tie d Wham, 
four f of the disaster r i ite sure that the answer Of a 
var months before the news of eached him. When | {elt GnGald give great satisfaction in Se 
nothing then remained for him to do but to give to him all tend to put an Pm itation i 
assistance he could. He had sent several regiments, amounting Keep OP ae ay the Chur 
7 S mands made by 
and had very properly been rejected by her 
ment. He (Lord Campbell) might, however, 
gs a hope that a reasonable view would still 
d that the calamity might yet be 
f a secession of nearly half the clergy from the 
etrate the Bolan 
@ measures that | warded off o 
it 
Success had been attained. The Noble Lord who succeeded him | church. Ss A i 
na esaan\nge aut cant m supine the wants of te | fret and #D9"SN00%0%, mpg eatattattney woud acquire would 
id more cordially join in every satisfaction | leaders in the ie t any serious i mcoriveniences, even ifth 
army. a 
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Bt the glorious results of the! military operations under the ad- | Secure them eetneir conn exion with the Church. But it would 
cure parts 0! 
The Marquess of LANSDOWNE, after considering the words of | be very a V 
¥ c the country, and it ma 
inwhich they would p 
i ight be aw: 
Lordships Mmi8-'ine ministers of the Church of Scotland, which 
returns respecting the 
na’ nd asked why there had been less ship-building last bes 
in hi an ‘ te! ELLINGTON doubte: 
rnor-Goneral in his dessatches was remarkable; but he did | than had been 0% ici ine ‘the information required.—The Par’ 
Not refer to it f urpose of cas! any censure on his | the propriety of i oe 
conduct, but of doing full justice to the services of the military | of Happinenl® explained, ane pee: Ree ee 
a sient igetcthne t ct y fo,show from. the } ship-buile’y cabs eecmical to keep vessels already ‘puilt in 
ocuments produced that the extreme caution imputed to Lord | Wm emed Me to build new ones. ‘The reduced estimates for 
Lord Fitz, i " : 
d Fitzgerald to the instructions issued on the 15th March. 
It did not appear that, Lord Ellenborough had made any stipula- 
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tion for the restoration of prisoners, as he o1 id it mi ‘0 the wht ‘ove mischievous to the 
y nly said it ‘mi; tl d which might pr ‘ischic S th 
come a question.’’—Lord BRovGHAM drew iv communicated, an i i io) 
Suet ‘ote tl ‘lusion that, Soe tea eoudaets country — Alter gome,debate Earl Minto withdrew his motion. 
isely in his motion. There never was atime when 
the native troops were more severely tried, and never did they 
conduct themselves with greater valour and perseverance. ie * 
such troops, under the officers we possessed, there was iit ae oe 
that we could successfully maintain our Indian ae reins 
MANGizs thought Lord Ellenborough was entitled eye ond wea 
of the House on the smallest possible cout seta willingness 
ir. 
0) the motion.—Captain BERNAL, 
i ded from it that 
having read the Blue-book attentively, conclu 
4 Ellenborough had fully earned for himself the thanks of 
an t 
districts. He complained that Lord Abinger ha 
unconstitutional, malignant, et ore taive manage towards the 
prisoners whom he tried; quoted the observations of the news~ 
papers on the subject; adduced precedents for his motion, par- 
ticularly the case of Baron Smith, in tl 
binger, when Sir James Scarlett, had taken part, and whose 
sentiments were cited by Mr. Duncombe; and contrasted the 
conduct and language of Lord Abinger ‘with those of Chief 
