The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-27 00:00:00

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LONDON, MONDAY, JrNE 27.

rat. Earl of Dully excited much sympathy at
()mord by alluding to Lord STANLEY asjitiux meus
biglimt,%—"nly most beloved boy." Unless we
suppose that 'the es-Premier was merely disburden-
ing himself of an oratorical flourish, graced by a
Latin superlative, we must conclude that Lord
intense expression of affection was occa-
sioned by something in the son's character or con-
duct which recommended itself particularly to the
pato nal feelings. Now, the Earl of DERBY has been,
all hi. life, noted for political dexterity, the quality
srhich enables its possessor to arrive at his ends
by means which appear intended to produce results
of a nature to:ally different from those which might
have h.en anticipated. Ile is, therefore, naturally
wei! pleased to see in his son a disposition to travel
in his footsteps. The motion of Lord STANLEY on
India has been a step after the father's own heart.
Nobody supposes that the son of the dexterous peer
did not know well enough the nature of the evils
under which India suffers. Nobody believed for a
stlienent that the mover of the amendment was
ao s*.eis lest premature legislation should have a
Lau.ftl influence on the future prospects of
lodia. Every one knows that the state of affairs
in India is so had that almost any change
lutist be for the better. Everybody, there-
fore, was asking what Lord STANLEY was at, know-
ing well enough that while India is in the noble lord's
suouth, the Treasury is in his thoughts. And the
evident answer is this, that he looked forward to a
tor; discussion upon India Reform as a means of
stavi.:g off Electoral Reform in England. This is
the t:11e explanation of the clever move of the wor-
thy son of the triekety politician of the House of
Peer.. Put off the present opportunity for
remedying the very few of the miseries of
India likely to be mitigated by the proposition
of the present Government, and then you may
next year be so busy with India that you may very
reasonably refuse to enter into the consideration of
English Reform. A lucky wind may drive Toryism
into the Treasury harbour, and once there Tories may
snap their fingers at Reformers, whether Indian or
English. Reformation may be put off to the Greek
Calends.

This is the true explanation of the Derbyite tactics.
This is the cause which induced the ex-Premier to
summon his followers to council on Wednesday, and
pledge them to support the amendment of
his son. It is characteristic of the moat
corrupt party that ever appeared in the
arena of English politics, that, beaten at
every point, they have at last taken shelter in the
most corrupt department of British polities. Lord
STANLr.A knows well enough that he is appealing to
• }base • large majority of the members of which
have a personal interest in maintaining the antra
cu.) in India. A large number of members of the
House of -Commons are, either for themselves
or for their friends, anxious to obtain some of
the good things the distribution of which is entrusted
to the East India Directors. Lord STANLEY was ad-
dressing a House prepared beforehand to recognise
the weight of his arguments. We cannot say that the
speaker made the most of his advantages. ?stelae-
choiy enough was the speech of Sir Cassias WOOD
on proposing the measure. Far more melancholy,
and more dreary, was the speech of his opponent.
The badness of the argument was only exceeded by
the mumbled and inaudible style of the delivery. It
was almost impossible to hear what the speaker said,
and still more difficult to follow the argument. The
point on which the greatest stress was laid at the
commencement of the speech was; as
many important measures that had been brought before
the House in times past had occupied the attention of
the House daring a very long period, therefore it
would be unfair not to allow a period equally long
or longer to the discussion of the India BilL There
might have been something in this reasoning, had
Sir CHARLES WOODS proposal been to renew the
lease of the East India Company for another twenty
years. If we were going to lock the door of India
Reform far a filth part of a century, every
proposal for • delay, during which the goes-
Coo might be investigated, ought to meet
with due reaped. Bat the Ministerial project, with
its many defects, does no such thing, and this is the
very viand of its unpopularity amongst the jobbers.
There can be no doubt that Sir CHARLES WOOD'S
scheme leaves untouched many of the most flagrant
abuses in the Indian Government, but it must be
remembered that this scheme is annually open to
revision. If the present Ministerial measure is taken
as the basis of a settlement, we have all future ses-
sions of Parliament open to us for the due considera-
tion of the grounds upon which the settlement is
founded, and may be re-arranged. The increasing
facility of communication between India and Eng-
land will enable us to become better ac-
quainted with the state of affairs in the
East, and there is no reason why its interests should
not become an annual subject of discussion in the
Imperial Parliament. Grant a new lease of power
to Leadenhall-street—ea the Tories would do—and
Parliament virtually abdicates its functions for a
quarter of a century. Lord &Lunar's argument
against hasty legtseitieu falls to glee's, dirootly we
reflect that the Ministerial scheme, however insuf-
ficient, is, so far as it goes, a reform and not a
settlement.

Lord STANLEY took his Mend upon three grounds
—the non-renewal of the Charter—the plan for the
disposal of patronage—and the future constitution of
the home government. The non-renewal of the
Charter we have already dealt with. The plan for
the disposal of the patronage may be open to very
mime objections, but no one can deny that it is a
vast improvement upon the old system. The pro-
posal to throw open the appointments in the civil
service to public competition is not only a step
likely to prove of the greatest possible benefit to
the service, but is most valuable as a Ministerial re- ,
cognition of a great pakairia Up to the prevent I
time no great department et the public service has
been open to those who diaphyed the greatest capa-
city for administration. Let it be once established
that Indian appointments an to be given only to
the most worthy, and we shall entertain a hope that
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sooner or later the same principle may be applied to
all branches of the public service. The remarks of
Lord STANLEY on the Ministerial plan for the home
government of India consisted of some wretchedly
common-place argument.. Reformers are fully jus-
tified in looking upon Sir Cntatas Woou's scheme
as a measure, which, falling far short of what
is r .11ired, in the present state of Indian affairs,
may yet be accepted as an instalment susceptible of
antral improvement and extension. The Tory oppo-
sitiou is evidently a manceurre to create a disturb-
ance, during which English Reforms may be
throat atilt. la asking us to pat off emery instal-

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went of India reform, Lonl STANLEY desires to gain
an opportunity for indefinite postponement of Re-
form in England. But his Lordship may safely
calculate upon being very satisfactorily beaten.

NEVER has a Libitish C.onantander-in Chief found
himself in so fatturable a position for bringini.
about a total reform of the abuses of the army as
Lord Mamma, and we are strongly inclined to
hope that seldom hes the opportunity occurred to one
more fitted to carry out such a change in a proper
spirit. During the earlier pert of his career he was
fur a long period attached to some of the continental
armies, where he learnt to divest himself of that
English prejudice which so generally prevails

amongst -tit; commanders, whilst, as Governor-
' General of India, he bad every means of be-
coming acquainted with the wants of our soldiery
in that extensive empire. No sooner bad his
Lordship become Master-General than extensive
improvements became visible in the Ordnance de-
' partment. The old, useless six-pounder field battery
was abolished, and for it was substituted the efficient
nine-pounder; represented at Chobham by the Sho n-
cliffe battery ; whilst the intelligence of our gun-
makers was called into action, in order to bring the
Minis rifle to a state of greater perfection,—to
which we owe the present beautiful musket which is
being manufactured at Enfield. It was, therefore,
with regret that the Ordnance corps saw themselves
deprived of so excellent an officer, although he
was called upon to a post where his re-
forms can be still more extensive, and thus
more beneficial to his country. We have for so
many years enjoyed perfect peace in this island, that
our soldiers almost began to think that the sole pur-
pose of their career was to live in barracks and mount
sentry in dockyards, or other public stores. Every
third or fourth night out of bed was getting to be a
nuisance, whilst mouldy bread or a piece of tainted
meat was not to be thought of for an instant. Offi-
cers thought little of anything beyond balls and din-
ners, swore at their drill, and voted duty a decided
bore. We are not speaking of that portion of our
troops who—stirred up by the excitement of an inroad
of Sikhs, or the prospect of obtaining fresh laurels
for their regiment,—do not mind putting themselves
out of the way for a month or two, but
of that portion serving at home ; and to
whom we must look in case of an emergency
arising in Europe. Chobham camp has. however,
proved that oar military material is of the best, and
that if the British soldier is encouraged, instead of
finding impediments thrown in his way, he will
be found most efficient. But before our soldiers can
compete, or rather can surpass the continental ones,
they must have hats which do not cut their foreheads,
coats which do not pinch in their arms, knapsacks
which require no assistance to put off and on, and
which none but a powerful man can carry
to a distance. The effect of dress on the
soldier was signally exemplified in a little
episode which occurred last week at the camp.
A marshy bog lay in the way of tho troops on their
march. A Highland regiment unburdened with
breeches boldly walked through it, whilst the Foot
Guards, resplendent in white trousers, preferred
marching round it. The subject created much mer-
riment at the expense of the Guards, but most un-
justly. Soldiers who he.d nothing to clean but
gaiters and shoes did, of course, think little of dirty.
ing them, but when it came to a question of hav-
ing to wash a pair of white troweers, and moreover
to have to put them on again damp the next morn-
ing, it was a matter to pause about. Nothing is clearer
than that troops should possess no article of regimen-
tal necessary which is cumbersome or useless on
service. A detachment clothed in cloth might any
day be sent off on a foreed march just as they stood,
bat if in white treeches, they must carry another
pair to change, and even then never have on a dry
pair. The unhealthiness of such a mode of dress has
been so fully tested by the French in Algeria, and by
ourselves in the West Indies, that the former wisely
now wear cloth, and in tho latter cloth is always

worn at sunset. Bo that it our Guards are ever to
go on service, they must as a mere matter of huma-
nity be spared the trouble of carrying their two pairs
of linen trousers in their knapsack. The plea for
the white trousers is that they "look nice;" but a
more solid article of clothing has even this advantage
also. Cloth trousers look better to the eye of everyone,
unless it be the nursery girls who frequent St. James's-
park. Then, again, the head-dress. How long are we to
denounce, in vide, that absurd monstrosity, the Gre-
nadier bear-skin ? What excuse can be alleged for
decorating a man's head in a manner which would
even excite the risibility of a savage? Were our
troops intended sometimes to walk on all-fours, and
imitate some of the Indian vagaries described by
COOPER, we might undertand the Grenadier cap
being retained; but, can anything be invented more
perfectly uncomfortable for a hot summer's day, or
marching with a steady rain blowing in the soldier's
face? The only use we can conceive for such mon-
strous bead-gear in a campaign is to serve as cradles
for any unfortunate child which may find its way
in the world where no better accommodation can be

easily found. Was it ever for a moment supposed
that the apparent additional height which the bear-
skin cap gave to the men would strike terror into
the enemy ? On the contrary, the very visible
long black line which it presents would enable skir-
mishers to take a very steady aim below. Unfortu-
nately the line shako is so hideous, that the officers
of the Guards, although ridiculing their own head-
dress, would not like to change it for a machine
which acts u a gutter to send the rain inside the
collar, or which, in the sun, attracts the sun's ran

on its patent leather top, turning it into a perfect
oven. The size of the kit, and the leather cross-belts
upon which hang the pouch and bayonet, also re-
quire revision. The English kit is far too heavy for
a man to carry on a march of 20 miles. True, many

can be found to do tt, but then, let it be remembered

that many of these get their health broken down by
the effort. A flannel shirt, a couple of woollen socks,
a greased pair of boots, a fatigue dress, a great-coat,
with an oilskin cape, and a hold-all, is everything
that a soldier need carry. It is ample for him if he
be sent away for a abort period; whilst at head-
quarters the Quarter-Master can always furnish him
with more trousers, coats, or shoes, when his own are
worn out. He should be spared the linen shirts,
the blacking and blacking brushes, the white trousers,
the second fatigue jacket, and third pair of boots,
which many men carry. Great attention is dis-
played in seeing that a man possesses his entire
kit, but very often he is allowed to carry a
Ipeat deal more. And what will be thought
of the fact, that to carry a bayonet and sixty rounds
of ammunition, the soldier is burdened with between
nine and ten feet of leather, about four inches wide,
when a waist-belt three feet long would do as well.
Who profits by this? Is it the leather contractor or
, I the troops ' It may. perhaps, be unnecessary to say
that the belts do not form part of the clothing sup-
plied by clothing colonels, or their spirit of economis-
I ing cloth by giving tail coats instead of frocks, would
I have been certainly extended to cropping the belt
t I leather.

Who the contractor is fur the Drury-lane style of
Seoto-Africo ostrich tartan bonnet which encum-
bers the Highlanders we cannot say, but we know
that, on looking at the 42nd and 93rd Regiments
with their forage cape on, and then with their full
dress—we don't know what to call it—the difference
was j aet that between a soldier and a comedian. And