§ MR. SPEAKERacquainted the House that he had received two letters from Viscount Canning, Governor General of India, dated the 14th and 16th days of June last, enclosing copies of letters from the Hon. F. J. Halliday, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, and Major General Sir James Outrun, acknowledging the Thanks of this House for their services relative to operations in India, expressed in the Resolutions of the 16th day of March and the 8th day of February last.
Letters read, as follow:—
Allahabad, the 14th June, 1858.Sir—With reference to my Despatch dated the 11th ultimo, I have the honour to enclose for your information, the accompanying Copy of a letter from the Hon. F. J. Halliday, Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, expressing his gratitude for the testimony of approbation which his services have received from the House of Commons, in the Resolutions passed by the House on the 16th March last. I have the honour to be, Sir,Your most obedient, Servant,CANNING.To the Right Hon. John Evelyn Denison,Speaker of the House of Commons.(Copy.)Allipore, 27th May, 1858.My Lord,—I have had the honour to ceive your Lordship's letter of the 11th instant, forwarding to me the Copy of a Resolution of the House of Commons, dated 16th March, 1858, on the subject of my share in carrying into effect the measures directed by your Lordships, as Governor General of India, in Council, for the suppression of the mutiny in the Bengal Army.I am greatly honoured by the testimony of approbation which my very humble services have obtained from the House of Commons, and I desire to express my gratitude for it, and at the same time to thank your Lordship for the manner which the Resolution has been communicated to me in your Lordship's letter.—I have, &c.,(Sd.) FRED. JAS. HALLIDAY.The Right Hon. Viscount Canning,Governor General of India, &c., &c., &c.Allahabad, 16th June, 1858.Sir,—In continuation of my Despatch, dated the 14th instant, I have the honour to enclose for your information the accompanying Copy of a letter from Major General Sir James Outran, G.C.B., expressing his grateful sense of the honour 2273 conferred upon him by the approbation which his services have received from the House of Commons in the Resolution passed by the House on the 8th February last. I have the honour to be, Sir, your most obedient servant, "CANNINU.To the Right Hon. John Evelyn Denison, "Speaker of the House of Commons.(Copy.)Calcutta, 30th May, 1858.My Lord,—I have had the honour to receive your Lordship's letter of the 11th instant, forwarding to me a copy of the Resolution of the House of Commons, passed on the 8th February, 1858, relative to the performance of the duties which devolved on me while humbly contributing, I under the instructions of your Lordship and His Excellency the Commander in Chief, towards the suppression of the disturbances which originated in the mutiny of the Bengal Army.It will ever be esteemed by me the greatest of honours that my humble services should leave received the approbation of the House of Commons. And I trust your Lordship will do me the favour to acknowledge in my behalf, and in suitable terms, my profound and grateful sense of the high honour which has been conferred on me.For the very kind and flattering manner in which your Lordship has been pleased to communicate to me the Resolution of the House of Commons, I beg to tender my respectful and most grateful acknowledgments. I have, &c.,(Sd.) "J. OUTRAN, Major General.To the Right Hon. the Viscount Canning, Governor General of India.Mr. Speaker also acquainted the House, that it appeared from a private letter from Viscount Canning to himself, dated Allahabad, May 11th, 1858, that he had transmitted by that day's mail a letter conveying his own acknowledgments of the thanks of this House; but that the letter alluded to had not reached his hands.