The Express.
London, England, 1850-05-07 00:00:00

THE EXPRESS, TUESDAY EVENING, MAY 7, 1850.

noted bishops, and five other pairs and public men.
Thus, practically, this commission is also in asclesise-
tied and irresponsible bands; though it would be
uneandid not to add, that its affairs have been much
better managed than those either of the Ecclesiastical
Oommissica or the Bounty Board; owing, perhaps,
to the slight infusion of lay idioms,.
Now what, not only the diocesan wants of the coun-
try, but an economical and improved system of manage-
ment of the vast amount of property in the hands of
these three commissions and its systematio and better
application to its specific objeots, require, is their con-
solidation under one small, paid, and responsible
board. The design of these three fneds Is identical—
the promotion of religion as inculcated by the church
of England. Queen ANNE'S Bounty aims at this, b
improving the value of small limp; the Church
Building toed, by the erection of more churches and
by the creation of new ecclesiastical benefices : and
the Ecclesiastical Commission was called into existence
to apply episcopal and capitelar superabundance
to both these ends ; or, in other word.,
to the general extension of the parochial
system of the church. Where the ends and objects of
Wass three fords are so completely identical, why
should not their management be in the same hands ?
Why should three establishments be maintained where
one would be amply sufficient ?
The interests of the church, the interests of the
funds themselves, and the real interests of the bishops,
all point at a consolidation of these boards and com-
missions; and that consolidation is, we presume, the
real end aimed at by Mr. HORSMAN'S first amendment
to the Ecclesiastical Commission Bill.

of the native community. To keep this army loyal,
to teach it to respect itself, and act like men imbued
with self-respect, the native soldiers must be treated
with uniform justice and deference. To curtail their
allowances without previous notice and explanation,
or in violation of express compact', is sure to alienate
their aft.ctioce. If they were to submit to such
treatment, they would become a degraded and reck-
less class. Deeply impressed with the importance of
keeping alive in the sepoy a becoming pride in hie
status and protrusion we regret the tone in which
some Indian journals have commented on the late
substitution of Gloorkali battalions for the disbanded
Bengal regiment. The mount' is declared to be a
triumph over the pride of the " high•caste sepoys" of
the Bengal army. It is mainly to the sense enter-
tained by the sepoys of that army that they are
" high caste" that we are indebted for their general
orderly bearing and exact discipline.

FRANCE.

PARIS, Ifonakv, 7 lex.
Nothing farther has transpired as to the provisions
of the new Electoral Bill. A statement of the motives
for passing a law on the reform of universal suffrage
is being drawn up by M. Baroche, and nor, as was
reported, by a member of the committee, arid will be
presented by that miniVer this evening to the com-
mittee.
The bill will probably be brought forward'
to-morrow.
The National entire into a discussion of the effeet,
which the reported intention of the authors of the bill
to confine the hardline to the classes paying the poll-
Tim rumours brought by two or three previous tax and chattel-tex (taxes persona le et snofeitiere)l
is likely to produce, and infers from the fact of none
India mails of disaffection in the ranks of the Bengal but the extremely indigent class, which does not army are peremptorily contradicted in the despatches
s to much more than a million in France,
received a few days ago. But a new en die has amount
being excluded from the list of contributors to the
started into life, which can only be looked upon as
mentioned, thee this condition would not effort
the old one in •r ow form. It is said that there is a
alma -
an important reduction in the number of votes.
'reject entertained of reducing the effective strength
M. Dupin has seized the moment when the new
of every native regiment in the Bengal army by some
Electoral Reform Bill is to be presented, to obtain
hundreds of men, and of adding two new European
regiments to it. leave of absence. The motive of the president of the
We have said that this is only the old rumour in a Assembly for abudoing his poet at this important
juncture is diversely represented. Some say that he
new form, aad the truth of this must be apparent to
wishes to evade the responsibility of putting to the
any one who reflec's on the nature of the tenure by
vets •• posaible violation of the constitution, in which
which we hold our Indian dominions. We bold India
by our army. That army is necessarily composed to acase, to act consistently, the presiaent would be
obliged to behave as he did, upon the proposition of
large extent of natives, officered by Europeans, with a
M.de Larochejacquelin, and put the previous question.
few European regiments in addition. The moral and
The Boorse Jell somewhat to-day on the report that
physical superiority of Europeans enables a compare-
there would be a formidable opposition in the Astern-
tively small force of them to overcome native armies
bly to the Electoral Reform Bel numerically much superior in the field. But to
It was settled lest night at the club of the Conseil
garrison and maintain order in dominions so eaten-
. d'Etat that the intention to demand urgency for the
rave as we pow,, in India requires numbers as well
as skill and bravery : hence the necessity for large Electorsl Bill should be maintained.
bodies of native soldiers. Without calling in goes- The council of Commerce and Agriculture passed
this morning, after • very animated debate, a resolu-
tion the fidelity of our native soldiers, we may sesame
Hon which recommends that political economy should that it cannot be so implicitly relied upon as the
fidelity of Englishmen : hence the necessity for be taught in the French schools, but not from a free-
European regiments. The European regiments are
trade point of view, but with a view to the legisla-
to the native Indian army what the marines were lion which protects French industry.
meant to be to the sailors on board a man-of-war :at The Preeident, arm-in-arm with 111. Rouher, Mi-
once" and
an addition to its strength and a bsidy-guard to nister of Justice, and followed by MM. Foul Dumas, Ministers of Finance and Commerce, circa-
the English officers in cases of emergency. If
in truth such a measure as an addition to the lated among the crowd at the fete on Saturday even-
ing, and returned at a late hour to the Elyske, full of
European regiments in the Bengal army be in con-
agreeable surprise and satisfaction at the faultless temptation, it does look very like a confession that
behaviour of the people.
circumstances call for a re-adjustment of the nume-
rical proportions of the " pale-faces " and the natives Yesterday an interesting spectacle presented itself
in our Indian ranks in relaion to the anniversary of Napoleon's death. A
.
hundred veterans of the imperial armies, some in civil
At any other time this inference would not, perhaps,
!lime, others dressed in the unilorms of their old
have been so obvious. Tree native army has of late years
been considerably increased while theEurnpean con tin- , were seen in the morning to arose the Place
gent has been lett much as it was. There have been also de Concorde, and proceed through the Tuileries
gardens to the Place Vendome, where they set crowns
more than the usual cumber of QUERN'S regiments in lndia, an arrangement *bleb can only be meant to be of everlasting at the foot of the column. The public
attention was awakened by the diversity of their cog-
temporary. It is possible that the proportion of
tame , and soon penetrating the mystery testified res.
English soldier, in the Indian army may at present
be teas than it ought to he. The efficiency of that pectful sympathy for 'hie venerable group. There
army depends upon the maintenance of • due were grenadiers of the old guard, and amongst the
admixture of English regiments is it. Brave rest a Mameluke.
and sus The commiesion which sits at the Luxembourg re-
ceptible of disci line though man y
commends the removal of the exportation duty on raw
castes and tribes of natives undoubtedly are, and silks, but the retention of that on, dyed silks,—advice
eminently serviceable when led by European officers, which will not render the commiesiou very popular at
the daring deeds, the steady endurance, which has k.oos.
imparted to the Anglo-li.di in army the prestlye which '
Leon Faucher inserts a long article in the 21Iessager
insures its superiority over any native force that can de lu Semaine, calling on the m ijority of the Aglaia-
be brought into the field against it, has been mainly bly and their supporters to organise clubs for the
acquired by the European regiments. Few years pass
propagation of conservative principles and the oppo-
away without the occurrence of repulses experienced ow= of the growth of socialism.
by the native troops, which have to be made good by The Legislative Assembly to-day, after adopting,
bringing the heavier metal of the English regiments
without debate, the last chapters of the budget of
to bear can the enemy. The English regiments are to marine, passed to that of public works. M. Nadaud
the rest what the Nlecedonien phalanx was to the
(a mason) read a long speech, complaining of the
remainder of ALPXANDER'S army. We hold India injudicious economies introduced into the budget of
by our English r, giments; we enforce the policy
' and commands of the Anglo-Indian adminis-
this department, and of the indifference shown by the
trative by the native troops. Our native government to the lot of the working classes. Grind-
soldiersing distress was occasioned by the shrinking of all
are invaluable auxiliaries, but the Eng-
capital from enterprise. It was the business of the
lieh soldiery are the soul of the Anglo-Indian
army. If, therefore, the proportion borne by government to lure forth from barren hoards the shy
wealth of moneyed men, by encouraging with edema-
our English regiments has been allowed to become
to eons conditions useful works, such as buildings.
lees than it was, in any circumstances it would be
Money employed in this way would be much
advisable to increase it. All this is plausible enough ;
better bestowed than lavished as it was
but still the fact remains upon record that one Bengal pon immense armaments. The state owed
regiment has been disbanded, and its number con- work ork to workmen, and the beet way to avoid barri-
ferred upon a new regiment composed of three local
cedes was to comply.with this obligation's religiously
Goorkale battalions.
There is but too much
as possible. He concluded by propceing that the
reason to apprehend that a
state should guarantee a minimum of interest to cap:-
spirit, not exactly of insubordination, mutiny, or dig.
affection, but yet a dangerous spirit rendering it talks whoconetructed buildings.
M. Benoit d'Azy replied to the speech of M.
advisable ;t0 strengthen the most reliable part of our Nadaud, and attempted to show that* al l possible mai-
soldiery, exists to an extent in the Anglo-Indian
fl would not avail to remedy the state of the work-
artrusthat makes this precaution no more than
ce requires. Mid to tell the truth, its exist- ing classes, until public security was established. The
eau is not to be wondered at The Commander- Assembly then paned to the discussion of the chap-
. tars,
iambic! has placed it upon record that in the cue of cide several of which were adopted without any in-
nt of interest.
tbe disbanded Bengal regiment, the commanding
eau had culpably neglected to make the soldiers In the beginning of the sitting a bill for granting
awes beforehand of the reduction in
letter, was adopted,
theirallowances, thirty thousand francs for the construction of the new
which was the occasion of the mutiny. Similar neg-
balloting-box, which has been explained in a former
sect has in the course of the Scinde campaigns more MM. Dais and Madier de lalontjaa the newly-
than once given occasion to commotion. in Bombiy
elected members for the department of Saone-et-Loire,and Madras regiments, very closely bordering on
made their appearancein the Assembly. Eugene Sue
mutiny, though these incidents have been little, if at has not yet shown himself. Yesterday it was reported
all, heard of in this country. We have been told of one
Madras regiment refusing to march into the Bombay that he was prevented from taking his seat by the
co uences of • fall. One of the Saone-et-Loire
presidency until it received a promise that the Madras re atatisee,
Collura, was the editor of the
allowances (which are on a slightly more liberal Pere Duchene.
scale), should be continued to it; a promise which
Fresh documents relative to the " Exhibition of all
was only given with coosiderable reluctance, and after a
rather disagreeable demonstration. Nations of 1851" have just been addressed by the
for
The fact is that the Anglo-Indian government ap-
Minister of Commerce to the Chamber of Commerce
pear to have intermittent Me of what cannot be dig- of Paris. They consist-1. Of a notice on the com-
tionthe medals, which is oto o all
relied with the name of economy, but of a stinginess
peti
e. countries 2. Of the decision of thpe en
committ artists
ee off the
in little matters contrasting strangely with its lavish- exhibition as to the rewards to be given ; and 3, An
nese in others. And the penny-wise and pound- amount of the banquet given by the Lord. Mayor to
foolish savings attempted in such fits have generally Prince Albert,
been at the expense of the native regiments. Not The following are the definitive returns fur the
only have their allowances been reduced after leper- election of the Seine-et-Loire :
feet previous warning, but sometimes, unless we are
Electra. inscribed. 161,015 I Voters 120,162
misinformed, in defiance of promises made to the ti.maakr.megitjau.. 73,119 &Bath 46,1,08
men at the time of their enrolment Such conduct Knauss 73,060 Daniel . ..
betrays an inadequate acquaintance with, and under- Caaramin
estimate of, the native soldier. Our Indian sepoya Dale
are not like our English private sediers. recruited ilLsaavelein . ..... ... 72,822 D'Esterno 46,233
.... 71,290 Benoist
...... .
from the lowest and least reflecting ranks of the coin- t'au
ratialtY. MM. Madier-Moutjaa, Esquires, Charassin, Dain,
shrewd yeomen there
be
anything analogous ta
ainan clot in Inds, among tlis' &ne a, and Colfavrn were therefore proclaimed
ye wmustseek itTll it
is am
They are extremely q
representatives, in the room of the six condemned
parsimonious and fond of accumnlating ; the y as
bytheHithi
the
Courtoi,inofJiztiposublique.
remarkable for the exactness of their memory respect- W e ree
ing all bargains they strike • and they are most tam- The anxiety ceased by the smainatlea ofifithelparalirene-
Clone of their rights. To ;Hord them anything like leg eztataaaaandahteelazzaamattnitioad
=rte.
as ttrie
good grounds for suspecting that faith is not exactly
elepeltse. Still the rein: tetra of the report have been flied on,
and literally kept with them, is to sow mutiny broad-
sad we have tOII,OII to believe that the following are lb'
t among them. It is difficult to determine whether
there is most danger in suppressing discontent thus mossy ja to „main ouch
resolutions of tbe siajontv of the commitem:—The caution-
suited ; but the senatof the
engendered with • high hand, or evading it by con- gar to which a journal may be cosehned Is to m
bea exacted
cessions made too late and with a bad grace. es pies as the condemnation following lb. verdict 3FI
shall be palmated, without a impassive effete being &newels'
The consideration is of vital importance to the main- .hall
antheardialcia.
raToujausiatiptyuaathisthadaisolpliationatilamaalianeefrad is =
tsnance of our Indian army. Had it not been so we
should have hesitated even to allude to so delicate a um, and that oossegutntly the caution money required*
subject But the disbanding of one Bengal regiment, the law isainhodete. etts/aaialtoang &sea user"
thisth- :yamsm
on account of a mutiny arising out of a gas
jsratai aad prevailed.
awithout
inibingpsptaggseg is.At isi,4„,
redaction of allowances not duly
intimated
and in a certain number of departments (oral Its haallase.
beforehand, and the obvious unmans= pews- ~,,,k es Beiae-Inferianre, six, the Behar
army Sibs t-Otis, the item ii to be centimes. The numbers
lent in Bengal respecting the temper of thes , &0., 1,.
vs
ed .
the
Peet-
that anus cress with or without grounds) calls "
ran.
"%argil will
be
gratuitously
conveyed
te "founded In
Pat-
notice. We believe that if this country do its duty, oraep,risaos
of
the
stanpripea of waviness will eon
The government will make a eon
the An;ilo-Indian government may be made the best canton of 1 ant. per number ea the number distributed in
that Hindostan has ever knew. We behet• that tow • thereby ream:dim the stamp for such numb:rig:oso.
wore the British authority in India subverted teteT For tbenewseapen of other departments than %bouts
as
ata..
ea.
row'
anarchy' with
all
its
eel*
would
be
theth!tae". above,
priel
ifiledtbeftpotte, seed no will be made
table result. We are therefore wet anxious oar
Bat
toe on t tit foe
it the Post-aloe, le IMO the se ee tax as
power in India should continue unassailable.
the social condition of India, the natural and neces- retards d... mail journals will only weigh on the num-
__ oetethuted
la
town.
Nary result of the events of centuries now beyond re- ,_ '`'''
call, renders its perpetuation impossible unless by
of doubtful m'eans and cheese-
t theentruaiaaaf on the frontier are redr,ubled against
arcane, of the army. The army is there the grea
gent of polio., the connecting lank between the few ten. I
_.
All
the authorities have the strictest orders on
this subject.
dominant Europeans and the healthiest portion