§ MR. SPEAKERacquainted the House, that he had received from Major General Thackwell the following letter in return to the Thanks of this House, communicated to him in obedience to their commands of the 24th day of April last:—
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"Meerut, 27th Sept. 1849.
Sir—I have had the honour to receive from the Most Noble the Governor General of India, a printed Resolution of the House of Commons, of The 24th of April, 1849, conveying the Thanks of The House for the Victories in the Punjab; and, as a Major General therein named, I had the honour to offer my best acknowledgments to the Most Noble the Governor General for the same, and I now have the honour of expressing to the House of Commons my grateful thanks for such a distinguished mark of their approbation.—I have The honour to be, Sir, your most obedient, humble servant,
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"Jos. THACKWELL,
Major General, late Commanding the Cavalry of the Army of the Punjab.
The Right Honourable the Speaker of the House of Commons, London.