The Northern Daily Times.
Liverpool, Merseyside, England, 1857-03-07 00:00:00

THE STATE OF INDIA.

Yesterday morning a return to Parliamen.4.
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issued, of a copy of the circular of the Geyerltavof
General of India in Council, dated the 2841rt0
February, 1856, calling for opinions on the reF;,
of the Royal Commission on Judicial Estabiy
meats in India ; extracts from a minute e!, 30,
Lieutenant Governor of Bengal, dated APrP:co,
1856, on the administration of criminal just,.
and on the age and inexperience of the tpu,S,
trates ; and a copy of a memorial from the 7,,
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sionaries to the government of Bengal on the e—pt.
of that province, with the reply of the governs e jo
The latter memorialists, who are twenty fiveto
number, include representatives from of
Church Missionary Society, Free Chao' •
gles
Scotland Missionary Society, London ri
sionary Society, and the Baptist Mission:be
Society. They urge a searching enquiry into the
state of the police and the judicial system ;,,,rs,
power and influence of the zemindars and plan" ,700 g
and how those powers are used ; the res 01140•
and earnings of the labouring class, and the roe
portion which these hear to the rent that theY4a
compelled to pay ; the harrassing exactions Iv
oppressions to which the poor are subjected ; the
lauded tenures ; the extension of the sale of arde,o
spirits and intoxicating drugs among a Peltitil
once celebrated for their temperance ;the ee-tito
extent to which education is provided for the
masses, and the best means of alleviating le.
sufferings and elevating the condition of the Pe",'
The foliowing is the reply of the government;46,
Council Chamber, Nov. 11, I°`„ocil
Sir,—l am directed by the Governor General in °Led
to acknowledge the receipt of your letter, No. I,336,:risie
the 19th of September, forwarding a memorial from ,c`o3(
reverend Chri-tian missionaries residing in anu,"itill
Calcutta, in which it is prayed that the governmen-fthe
issue a commission to en(' tire into the condition o'
pew-de of India, and the means of improving it. rnitiot.
With this memorial yon have also submitted bag
by the Lieutenant Governor, in which his honooftla.
recorded his reasons fordeehning to support the proPnlth of
Your subsequent letter, No. 1,368. dated the tbe,
Beptvruber, forwards a petition from the committee ° rot
British Indian Association, n questing that the Praye
the memorial of the missionaries may he acceded to.,.ber.
The Governor General in coaned has' read and de ° do
ated upon these documents, with the care and attention the
to the importance of the subjects they treat of, and WI,
excellent and earnest men by whom the memorial hag, the
presented ; and he has arrived at the conclusion that roe
course recommended by the memorialists, while likely ters ill
rise to very serious evils, would fail to secure or fornball
any degree the end at which the government no le!Sai itte
the memorialists aim, namely, the moral and WI
provement of the people. h the
lam directed, therefore, to request that, with t-e the
mission of the Lieutenant-Governor, you will inforio.
reverend missionaries and the committee of the 13:10
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Indian Association that his lordship in council, oonc"„- sea'
in the views recorded in his honor's minute, cannot c'''oseS
to the appointment of a eommission for the Purr
indicated in the memorial. of the
The subject will be reported for the information
home authorities by the next have, &0,,
(Signed) C. BEADON., e
Secretary to the Government 01 ent o
From C. Beadon, Esq., secretary to the goverolneeen/
India, to W. Grey, Esq., secretary to the goer"
of Bengal.

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THE GREAT NORTHERN OF FRANCE RAILWAY --ing
A person named Edward David, charged with '''French
accomplice accomplice of Carpentier, Grelet, and Balot, in t." 13 brc
railway fraud, has been arrested in New York. t if"
been concealed for some months. It is believed tba crepOb
authorising the delivery of the prisoners to We
authorities will be granted in a few days.

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