The Express.
London, England, 1858-01-15 00:00:00

LONDON, FRIDAY EVENING, lAN trARY 15, 1858.

LIEUTENANT-OOLONEL 818 S. EATYLINEON,
1.C.8., ON THE GOTEINNINT OP INDLL

REPRESENTATION OF REIGATE.
Among the numerous candidates for the repre-
sentation of the borough of Raga*, vaunt by the death of
Mr. W. Reokbiock, are Sir H. Rawliamm, the Hon. J. W.
Monson, Mr. Wath (the late member for Leatteth),
and Mr. Dutton (Molten and Watts, Lambeth). On Wed-
nesday events/LENT Henry Rawlinson addressed the electors
at the Mute Town-hall ; and, after discussing the various
topics incidental to the address of • liberal candidate, referred
to the all-ahmebing subject of India.
Sir HENur said that having gone through the various
pdblic questions in a brief manner, he now came to what be
considered to be the great topic of day. (Applause.) It
was such a vast and important question that he could not un-
dertake on that OCCIU,luit to examine it in detail. He could
not go into the question of the origin of the present mutiny,
or of the mesas which had been taken to suppress it. He
could not discus the present state or future prospects of the
coumtry. Ryas • far move serious question than any ourrulars
over disposed of. Hs had been fully impasse with that
opinion from the commencement, and had done every-
agog he could to induce others to adopt that opinion.
II was evident to him that the outbreak never
west what is celled a military mutiny; it deserved more the
name of • national movement. It must be remembered that
a military mutiny was a mutiny for military purposes; but
the Sepoys had been acting for others, and had been used as
instruments for carrying out the designs of those parties. the
object being no doubt to drive us from the country. That
was the real state of things. It was no mutiny of • few
soldiers, but a far graver question—that of the security of our
Indian empire. ?low the electors wen aware that • bill was
about to be brought into parliament with a view of pro-
viding for this ggnnaat difficulty which now stared as la the
face, b trnosterriog the government of India from
the East India Company to the crawls. The
But Indian government was carried en, as they
were aware, by what wee called a double government. No
ens could be more sensible than himself of the evils of the
amble government—(hrer bear)—although he was one of
the directs but placed there by government and not by
desHe assured the meeting that if any pee
posed ehan be shells- all ha.ae abs 4AIIIIMINIS at
India, not one of the directors weeld raise his vales against
it. (Cheers.) The object of the director' was to improve
India for the benefit of England, end if that object could be
better attained by the crown, then, in God's name, let the
crown have it. But be doubted very much if the people of
England had as yet began to realise the importance of
the step width was about to be proposed. He
doubted if the taxpayers of England were aware that In
taking that liability upon them they took upon themselves
the liability of 100 million, sterling. There would be a
difficulty, too, in transferring East Indian establishments
to the crown, because they were on • different system. But
the great danger was from the increase it would give to the
power of the crown—a point upon which Englishmen were
ever most jealous. When the bill was proposed in the tut
century it was proposed entirely on the consideration that it
was of the utmost danger to place an overwhelming in-
fluence in the hands of the crown. (Cheers.) He was quite
ready to admit that meow must be devised for pre-
venting that evil, and for throwing open
tronage to the country at large; and in that ease
he would go hand-thhand with the government in car-
rying through the measure. It had been said that it would
make no difference to the people at large whether the crown
or the company had the patronage. because the military ser-
vices would be recruited from the ranks of the middle claim,
an they were at present. That was the opinion stated in an
article of the Times —•• a article intended to support the go-
vernment measure, but it omitted a most important question.
The hard-working people would no doubt be of the middle
class ; but the sugar plums would be reserved for the upper
class. The great benefit of the present system was that,
alter • man entered the Indian service, he arrived
gradually to the top; but in the other system he might
work for twenty or twenty-five years, and then hare the
eugar-plum taken from has mouth and put into tbatof some
titled favourite of the Horse Guide. (Chars) That was
really an important consideration. Al he had before ob-
served, he was by no means an advocate for the present sys-
tem of double government. He knew all its evlls, end
wished to do everything in his power to simplify it. It was
only those who had been mixed up with the system who
could thoroughly appreciate the great evils which arose
from that system, by which even in an emergency, on the
receipt of • despatch, it took two months to get au answer to
send out to India. Such • system was destructive to
everything like vigour in administration, but that
was the system which parliament inaugurated
in the first Instance, and which had been kept op ever since
by the acquiescence and approval of parliament. Tit=
were at last opened, and he hoped they would in their
—the wisdom of parliament being, as the meeting wee aware,
omnipotent—he hoped they would devise some means of
making the government of India more efficient without
placing that power In the hand@ of the crown which would
be looked upon an so dangerous to the rights of Englishmen.
(Cheers.) There were many other points relating to
India, not merely in reference to the present mutiny
and the prospect of quelling it, but in reference to
the development of the resources of the country,
upon which he would not then dilate. He would refer, how-
ever, to the great question of introducing Christianity into
that country. It was a point of extreme difficulty, because
fueling was on one side, and what had been hitherto supposed
to be the lateral% of ngland on the other. No Englishman
could hesitate about making Christians of the Hindoos if pee-
Bible; but when it was found that a belief on their part that
such was our intention brought about the mutiny of the
army—becaues the gestalt which was othdo_pes of by. tha
Mahomtnedans to induce them to rise was, that' the Beath
government was endeavouring to subvert their religion—it
was evident how dangerous it must be for the government to
lay itself open to proeelytiso the Medea'. Anything that
could be done without the direct influence of government
should be done' and he had no doubt would be done, and
every one who had • voice in the direction of affairs in Eng-
land would promote it ; but he strongly condemned the et-
, auguration of any great memento for that object being sup-
ported by the state. (Cheers.)
The rest of S r Henry Rawlinson's address turned upon
general topic.

TES WRIIKLY INDIAN MAIL-THE SOUTH-
AYPTON PACKET STATION.

The weekly communication between Southampton
and India will commence on the 11th proximo. The packet@
will leave the former pLeoe on the 4th, again about the Ilth,
then on the 20th, and nabs about the 26th of the month.
Only the packeta which leave on the 4th and 20th will be for
the present under mail contract. When these arrangements
are in operation the Peninsular and Oriental Company's
packets will leaven(' 1,119,840 miles in the course of a year,
• distance the length of which is equal to 60 times the
circumference of the earth. The amalgamated Royal Mail
and European and Australian Company's packets travails
868,032 miles during the mum period. After next month there
will be 26 arrivals and departarmof foreign pastiest and from
Southampton in the worm of a month, or 312 during the
year. It is estimated that 800 tons of letters and newspapers
and nearly 20 millions sterling worth of the precious metals
are afloat in Southampton Docks daring the space of twelve
months. It is singular that the pilots who go out to meet
the homeward bound Southampton pockets have sot to wait
et
the pilot station more than an avenge of two days for
meek packet, although some of the ships run • distance of
8,030 miles, and call at twenty or thirty places before they
are heard of. Upwards of 80 large steamers run in eau-
basica with ohs packet port of Southempton ; and although
about a quarter of a million of persons, consisting of pas-
sengers and crews, live on board these steamers for different
periods of time dating the yea., the average annual number
of deaths on board of them all from maritime disasters dues
not amount to 100. Notwithstanding the large number of
snail steam packet., and the immense distance they travel
every yews., the average loss of steamers is very little
more daemons a year. The annual consumption of wale by the
Southampton packets is about half • million of tons. The
foreign oust depots are at St. Thomas, liarannah, Jamaica,
and Grenada, in the West Indies, and at Lisbon, Madeira,
St. Vincent, Caps de Verde, Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Yalta,
Calcutta, Madras, Point de Galley Aden, Bombay, Sues,
Penang, Singapore, Hoag Kong, King Georges Sound,
Sydney, Gibraltar, and New York. The English mill
packet system, notwithstanding room shortcomings, is a
tidy marvellotm development of human enterprise: Mad
packet statistics thus prove the vast extent of English com-
merce and the British empire. They also show the progress
of the arts and eriences connected with ship-building, the
improvement of the steam engine, and the navigation of the
great MY and Metal which are now traversed with almost
unerring regularity.

AN HErites TAMING THE VEIL.—It is our un-
plesaant duty to announce that Ulm Hales, the owner of the
Halos ante, Canterbury, took the red es a novice of the
order of Carmelite Nuns, on Wednesday, the 6th of January.
The ceremony was performed, with all the eiterrol pomp In
which the church el Rang delights, In the chapel of the
Carmelite Convent In Perin Apes Bala wee dressed In
white, and womanises blossoms in her hair. The Arohbishop
of Yarn Alerted, rested by many other dignitaries of the
church. Hies Holes, who has by this mot rat herself out
from the world at the age of Ti, toeh Ihe vow of " Poverty
Obedience, and Chastity," with the newer
ail
the persualone of her Mends to alter kr MI&
timber, latterly fruitier. A grer mei et bre Moil
were mend at the ceremony; awl has skelher, she was
assosset thee, was deeply affersd wide' vllarairig_ the
WOMB) which took hem her the oniy alit blot Wire.
hood. Kiss Hales intends making over the wide rifler
mates—gesoly e.leost at 160,0001.-4 e tbeelinedi er lase;
WcialY eatusebas • all essuiry in favour 'lbw ensues. She
from Mr bees completely under the teasesee of
the Baud&