The Express.
London, England, 1857-09-03 00:00:00

LONDON, THURSDAY EVENING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1867,

COMMITIVII 1141L1N4170N8 FOR
PU31.10 APPOINI7IZI2T.

In Section F of the Britich Association for the
Advancement of Bison, Mr. Edwin Chadwick read, last
Monday, a paper on the important subject of "oceopelitive
saaroinatioas -" Archbishop Whately in the chair. The
Lord Lieutenant was prestat during the greater part of the
sitting. There wan deo present the Lord Justice of Appeal,
the Chid Baron. Bieber of Cork, Baron Greens, Mr. Napier,
M.P., Mr. Whiteside, M.P., Mr. Lawson, Q.C., Rev. Dr.
Grave; F.T.C.D. W. Nathan Handoick, Mr. Kavanagh,
head•inspector of national schools, Professor JeSett,
11111, recorder of Birmingham, Henry Dix Hutton, Pollard-
Urquhart, J. K. Ingrain, Dr. Daubsney, Dr. String,
Richard Dowdier, Lad Madesale, Judge Crampton, James
Perry, itc.

War. 'Mk, is the min et his paper, rays sp-
Chim the meet d r Civil Service Commisdiems
the lola swam d mididatas for admission be the
ilia emir en whim emu Amy had adjudicated him the
Mt et lig, MI, le the 311 M Desambor, 1866, is 1,000.
0146 amine 1111 woe home le be set within the Oohs et
rye pierwilml eiledmilwr 18 wen net physical),
lent he the &dim ere* dismin; le inn to gi.:=
*Any Mara et**andmilew item In moped to chenille; 911
woe Moaned willinell reports hem Ink
'lawmen's'''. eel to; iline le mimeo the in*
iwiminellen se Widen wilbswe inneristin4 it. MU
emintatag 481111 vie VII. enamined se nj their
meemies
=1Milltalsi.1111311"8 trin. nr.t. arra 2a174.
d the provides eirpktee euminations, there VW* NUE
enhelie wait the Minh end inreseamtde
het mierreby
_the eimmininwe w
ind
rdadka. I a meshreatedme mid of the a
=nisei & et Ohm the Nedra Met esh hid
net wen these Anomalies emesielily. New, est et
the while araber of NO dlielido, no Ism het 416 Inn
been ?elided lir wain X wildi eirkebd dm*
with:mac ; hen bill• atiftwelli eine, le
with other =I. me* end hen him mss
jr..,ted imt with wr whhiet ether
ninon. se that, way Mr nom selorsa «ode II hen
sin,e tho ocimmosommet of our shako boss rionta it dell-
Mann not Involving spelling or arithmetic, or nth." In
their bet report the omenissioners ewe that during the pat
year, 34 competitive azaidnistiose of condidatee kr lioior
situations had mhos plan Ia them competitive 'nomi-
nations, however, Me emdidolso etemenhe for the w-
tin appointment' Imre In roost mass, not been simadanmesilt
lIIIMOVOIO to bring out all the ambled? results whelk nay
! lin "wetted to arias from o this system. t will be perceived
limn Takdo A, in We appendix, that, disregarding the com-
piled emir dose which took place in our office' and which
shell pied", notice, in the 33 competitions there have
Keen enty 282 cinepoitivce pivoted for 61 situation, end of
fir.ay 168 actually competed," that is to soy, thin were
=le avenge only three nominated completed for on
During the last year, it is to be obeyed that there
INN nominated and admitted to pennuimet donning,
want competition, 677 nominated, and 310 admitted. Now
to to be cUerved that the serumemeits am sot to the
mom of the recommendations of Sir Charlie Trovelyan, d

the Treseary, or nom el the late Mr. Joha Wood, the
chairmen /WM el Woad arrati* rod Mr. Brom-
ley, of the Admiralty, arm op dry firel Akar then
od.d.rat amez andnation, wMel item the teeneeentary
of Me Admiral Mr Antrim Cockbant were
the rem detriment and opprobrium ef Ma menden naiad
which Admiral ti 4 Belden Walker, min me men moral
tarmen, r, I apprehend do dray accord with the
Wen el MOMS in the uuy, ear mrethey la the
muse of the recommemnanme of Colossi lateen limt they

are in the Beard 81r George Lewis, the avemell army a
the principle, to whom its preedeel esiewilee Who—
Lllwo to quota coy own observatices taseepeetee sew&
&we:metal competitions I brier it be
assumed that the erperiation of the public wee la
sri,ll our reenromendstions. I believe that it may here
assumed that the understanding of the publio has 11111111
la, that the resolutions adopted in parliament bare leen ha
the sense ;imposed by tui, and not understood by the pall*
that the arminetions should be upon open and not
00mistatim, and that the principle of competitive aumlar
Lion should be gerraily applied to the whole field of Krim
In respect to the appointments without competition to the
310 places, a few exempla, may be given of the number of
appointment, to clerkships and higher offices made without
competiti uring the lar yrr in the larger depertmente elf
the slats.

Nominated. Admitted.
War dapextment 4l 25
Admiralzwa
Inland
Post.of6e• Callielts—Lesados,
Dublin, and Edinloeburgh 51 31 •
ConntabWary As, Ireland 211 113

Thu, there we. only eixty-one situation., and aav
thong, I
belie., at the instaame of the more conscientious heads et
department., given in nominated competitions ea against
Sill Rirm without any competition wheleoever. A
large proportion ot the civil administrative funetione baes
been exercised in India by young military Alm% In re-
spect to mere patronage appointments to direct commissions
for the Indian army an opinion may be formed of what they
commonly were from the remits of the mere pus examine-
HOW recently appointed. Thom in the years 1861 to lAA,
both inclusive, there were examined 437 candidate. for direct
comnindass in the Indian army. The candidate. were
generally the nee of gentlemen in high social position. Of
this number 234 failed to do common arithmetic, and 132
idled to spell their mother tongue. It Ina from the most
secompliebed deYarrant of the Earn India serrim, my
Mend Mr. John that I °Donned the recognition
' of the wine of the competitive examinations, whwb he
recommended in hie widen" and which he bee so
forcibly expressed in his paw laid before perlisenent, with
the other papers on the recombitction of the eidl service.
It was in India, the MOM 6111 of disePer, end as &civil
advent, that Sir Mobs Teledyne obserred the pest evils
of men patronage applatmente, and became mod anxious
the adoption of the netple of competitive nomination..
The paper proesaded at considerable length, end with
great aUlity. to refer to tarts and evidences proving
the importunes to the country of the principle of com-
petitive examination, and the necessity of extending
Its operation. Ile pointed out the adrantagee that would
grim to the state and the stimulus that would be given
to educetion end industry amongst the middle. e 1.... The
reading was several times interrupted by loud applause, and
et the does there was general applause.

b. o:addend the Cast a Clammy we the mated
burden on lead.

liKvowinx eiworwid dot God sever wet bodes on
Irokad. We ha wailed mon food dm would 'apply all
Om who died from west.

IMCCaaiaen MINATO COMMISSION.
la the sear wales, on Tuesday, Mr. Laced rind • paper
an this nahjeet dieing* the germ' lonesidal penults of that
Iserisdkeloa la thle emostrlhy, and applyingtra the courtesies' to
the imeetics of feelatiN g este andwler of all reel
seats, whether lammahered sr esdnemnsbered, nat only In
Ireland, lint in Great &Ma sad oar colonise ; in short of
epplying the prienplas el hes trade to laud, as far as them
als'sztle of being edspted to the circumstances of im-
Prollet•
Mr. CitanwiceY observed that be found on the Continent
of Europe that the improvements produced by the Incense
bared Mateo Court Act in England was a subject of great
Integer. He thought It would ham bean • great advantage
if Mr. Locke bad embniced Ito hie paper the effect of the
Improved applicssion of mph and cotton on the districts
ingrdlsicie—The increase in the wages of labour is ems
of the benelleial remits produced.
Lord lIIONTRAOLE raid that there WY One Overran=
ibich applied tertieulasly to Ireland, and another more
ly on tine subject of the ineumbered estates. Hs hadMer:lsteedy friend of the system from its introduction to
the present time. Mr. Locke had not adverted to the old eye-
tem of landed property in Ireland, above all its inequably,
which produced a state of things that could bare evinced in no
other country. He alluded to the enormous quantity of lend
which remained in the hands of particular owners, while there
were email tenancies extending to a degree that produced
mach mischief so regards the labouring and farming demo.
There was the greatest disproportion between the members
of the different claws, that almost extended in any
country, and the owners of land were not only subject to
the difficulty of being in many instances ateentees from
the country, but were the introducer* of a system of
which they somewhat illogically complained, because they
became by their own mete, or the acts of their ancestors, an-
animate on the land by letting it on long leases, and, come-
queen'', could not have the mew or knowledge to Improve
the condition of the estate for which they were responsible.
It was cadential that the ownership of land should be distri-
buted warmest the mars of our people. By means of the
encumbered estates they were now meeting • class of small
which would be really identified with the Improve-
seat the land, which became their fee simple estate, which
will have most beneficial result. as compared with the elate
of things which formerly existed. It wee quits tine that
leases were sustained at first, but let them consider what the
loin would be if thee had no incumbered musks art. The
observation which he intended to apply to the empire el large
was, that ha did not see why this principle of the inmins-
bered estates art, which gave a parliamentary title, should
sot be attended to estates that were sot incumtered.
Mr. PENNY said that among newest advsatage• of the hi-
cumbered states sct was the focility which it pre to person@
to sequin land.
Kr. humeri ai.o observed that CMS of the benallis W••
that ft did away with those Inhume places, the maser*
oaken. He thought that the Gnome coat., which • perms who
had paid a large sum for proving Ma title wee charged whet
he wit into the court deserved the senideration of the
lat,T4lwthiacit looked urea the dheinctien between
henembered end atmelseambseel NUYS SG a ridiculous
=O.

.7erit Illotrreaoaa mid that Wore the t of the
Harr d Lord*, Wadi was appointee to solider the bur•
dew as I_4, Mo. OWN wo teemberl, mg dated that