The Express.
London, England, 1853-06-07 00:00:00

EAST LNDIA HOUSE.
Yesterday a special general coast of the East India
Company was held at their hoes. in Loadeshall-street, to

receive a communication regarding the arrangement pro-
posed by her Majesty's Ministen for the future government
of India, Mr. Ellice in the chair.

The minutes of former proceedings hawing been read, the
chairman said the directors had summoned the proprietors at
the earliest possible opportunity upon a subject which es-
pecially merited their attention at this moment. The pro-
endings before Parliament would doubtless have put them
in possession of the plan proposed by her Majesty's minis
ten for the future government of India, and the Board
would now lay before them the correspondence which had
Passed between the government and the directors. The
basis of the plan laid dowel by the President of the Bond of
Con'rol was the continuation of the government of India by
the East India Company, and this, he might observe, was
so far satisfactory, but it was to be regretted that
changes were proposed with regard to the constitution of
the Court of Directors. He thought it would have been
much better to maintain the present system in all its integ-
rity, as that system had been found to work effectually for
the internee of the nation. Thermal oonsiderations, In a
matter of this nature, were entirely beside the question ;
and if the proposed alterations should be found incompati-
ble with the independence of the directors, the court will
be prepared, if subject to the concurrence of the proprietors,
to give to India that form of government which would be
best adapted to secure to those vast possemions the bless-
ing of peaces and civilisation and • due development of its
resources. (Hear, hear.)
The eorrespondence between the President of the Board
of Control and the East India Company w,s then read by
the secretary. The first letter was dated from the East
India House, March 30,18.53, to Sir Charles Wood, saint
for information respecting the government plan, to which
a reply was received, to the effect that the earliest informa-
tion should be forwarded on the subject, the government
fully appreciating the desire expressed by the chairman and
deputy.chairman of the East India Company to co-operates
as far as possible, with her Majesty's misisten m securing the
Rood government of India. Another letter was also reed from
Sir Charles Wood, containing a memorandum of his proposed
plan. This memorandum was prefaced by a statement that
the g ivernment did not propose to fix any time fer the new
arrangement to be in force, it being the desire of govern-
ment as far as possible to have the question always under the
Control of parlismeat—that it was proposed to make a new
Presidency in India, to enlarge the powers of the legislative
council, and improve the constitution of the courts of judi-
eature Tho document then went on to describe the heads
of the proposal as set forth in the speech of the President of
the Board of Control. To the memorandum • reply had
been given, in which the court denied the necessity of alter-
ing the number of directors, and expressed their fear of the
consequences of introducing government nominees into the
board. With regard to the nomination of the pupils for
Hadeybary or Addiscombe, the court did not object to it,
it the government thought that a better, or as good a elan
of officers as heretofore would be thereby secured, though
they were not aware that any such system had ever been
adopted with regard to any class of government of cers ; and
they hoped that in the selection of the commander-in-chief
the services of distinguished officers in the East India Com-
pany's service might not be overlooked.