The Sun.
London, England, 1852-10-20 00:00:00

INDIAN TERRITORIES.

The following is the report of the Committee of the
Commons, which wasf appointedthe A
t 3 a last
Ws e sms i. °Art::
lc. 85, for the better government of Her Majesty's Indian
territories:—
Your committee having deemed it to be advisable, for
the more complete investigation of the extensive subjeng.
referred to them, to divide it under the following
ssuEr
rate heads, viz.:-1. The authorities and agen,cilidwin
administering the Government of India, at 9
oifnCtoomthme
3. The
ments of India—character, extent, and Indian empire,
income and expenditure of the British
evenues, and of all
showing the produce of the territorial
os of assessing and
other sources of income ; and th
e ° and dis-
11.nqouuisree
levying each, in the respectiveede presidenciesnd navigation in India.
India respectively. 2. The military and.naavohael:eetablish-
tricts; also, the progress of tr
4. The judicial establishmentsodes of administering justice,
of British India, Euro-
pean and Native; the ra
the working of the system, as
civil and criminal, and appeals, aftd decisions. i.
adopted, and the institutions established
The measures
the promotion of education in India.
and endowed forl
improvement, executed, '
in progress,
6. Works of loee
consideration. 7. Ecclesiastical provision
and now undo!.
of
spiritual •
diffusion Christian instruction. e.
for the
Miscellaneous topics of inquiry. Have pursued their in-
'rios under the first of those heads—via., that whioh
itelates to " the authorities and agencies for administer-
Log the government of India at home and in India re-
spectively," and have taken the evidence thereupon,
which they now report to the house.
The labours of your committee being necessarily in-
terrupted by the approaching prorogation of Parliament,
exhibited by tables of trials,
they direct the attention of the House to the favotelable
tenor of the evidence with respect to the operation of the
act 3 Wm. 4, cap. 85, so far as it regards the adminis-
tration of the government of India by the East India
Company as trustees under the control of the Crown. .
Its apparent, however, that ono only of eight head!
of inquiry has hitherto occupied the attention of_ your
committee ; the inquiry under the remaining k_de a°
yroar. ur
liament.
i ch Committee,are v etroy
he
me p
po rutrasnute,d oil:1g the nu tehzet ospeiensloone
of
June 29.

tower, surmounted by
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ornamented with rolls of lead tapering
THE CLOCK TOWER AT THE GREAT NO
Gattention,ra isTRAILWAY:rwt Yesterday
heeren
fi Railway,
nishe
finished
the
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uhctlasoiycdeke .
attracted.a Tdh
et cwl
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or k a 0 t
muchlie
and surmounted by a large and
stands at the southern fag
of the.station, and its height
is 112 feet from the level of the rails, 22 feet across at its
base, and 16 feet across above the level of the roof from which
it springs. It is a square constznote4
from
handsome
ds'The clock tower
a slanted beaded roof,
ill fitted internally
with rooms and staircases leading to the clock room and
other compartments. The clock, the outside of which hal
just been completed, has four faces, which are composed or
slate, and is the one by Dent which stood in the centre of
the British avenue of the G. rest Exhibition, and excited so
much attention. There will be three bells attached to the
clock—s large one to strike the hours, and two smaller to
gedilgededuvPanw;
strike the
.quarters. It is also intended that the faees of the
clock at night shall be illuminated by electrical lights.