The LORD CHANCELLORacquainted their Lordships that he had received two letters addressed to the Lord Chancellor from Viscount Hardinge, the one dated the 10th of May, and the other the 25th of May.
§ "Simla, 10th May, 1846.
§ "My Lord—I have had the honour to receive your Lordship's letter of the 9th March, conveying to me the Resolutions of the House of Lords, which I have communicated to the Commander in Chief, General Sir Hugh Gough, G.C.B., and to the several General Officers referred to therein.
§ "The Expression of the Approbation of the House of Lords is an Honour highly valued by the General Officers, Officers, and Soldiers, European and Native, of the Indian Army employed in the late Operations against the Sikh Nation.—With the utmost Esteem and Respect, I have the Honour to be, my Lord, your obedient Servant,
§ "H. HARDINGE.
§ "The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor."
§ "Simla, 25th May, 1846.
§ "My Lord—I have had the Honour to convey to the Commander in Chief Lord Gough, G.C.B., to Major General Sir Harry Smith, Bart., G.C.B., to the General Officers, Officers, and Troops of the Army of the Sutlej, the Thanks of the House of Lords, which have been unanimously voted to them for the Victories of Aliwall and Sobraon.
§ "During the same Session of Parliament this 1404 is the Second Occasion on which it has been my good Fortune to convey to the Army of the Sutlej the Thanks of the House of Lords.
§ "This Honour, so promptly and so unanimously voted, is a Reward highly valued by our Country men serving Her Majesty in India, as well as by our Fellow-subjects the Native Troops of the In dian Army, who recognize in the Vote the Proof that their Services are acknowledged and esteem ed by their Sovereign, the House of Lords, and their Fellow-subjects of Great Britain.—I have the Honour to be, my Lord, your Lordship's very obedient Servant, "HARDINGE.
§ "The Right Hon. the Lord Chancellor."
§ The same being read, was Ordered to lie on the Table; and to be entered on the Journals.
§ House adjourned.