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London, England, 1855-03-06 00:00:00

THE SUN, LON DON, TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH 6, 1855.

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their, csndidateship in this country, be suggested that a
certain number of the 40 appointments in question should
be placed at the disposal of the 'Governer-General, and
that the examination for those appointments should take
place in India, so that the natives might have a chance
of deriving some benefit from a system which at present
amounted to a practical exclusion.
Lord WYNFORD said, when it came to be considered
that the natives of India had to come 10,000 miles for
examination before they could qualify for their appoint.
ments, it was to deceive them and to deceive ourselves
to say that there was fair competition as regarded them.
The energy of one man had certainly shown the capa-
bility of the natives of ludia, and. he (Lord Wynford)
hoped that gentleman would reap ail the rewards due
to his intelligence and determination ; but it was pre-
posterous to suppose that, as regarded the natives of
India generally, the examination could be considered a
fair one. To make it a fair examination it should
take place in India. He (Lord Wynford) should like t
know whether any of the distinguished men in this
country who had been connected with India were con-
sulted on the framing of the present system, or whether
the advice of the East India directors had been asked or
given ?

21ITTEE DAY.).

The inquiry was resumed this day at noon. A large
number of persons were present during the proceed-
.

ILOUSE OF LORDS---(YESTERDAY.)
ROYAL ASSENT.

The examination c•f Sir De Lacy Evans was reeumed,
and at the outset he corrected a mistake which lead ap-
peared in the report of his evidence yesterday, namely,
that he stated the Guards were encamped in a marsh.
This was not the case, and if he bad so stated it, it was
erroneously, for the Guards were encamped on very high
ground. NV ith regard to whether there was proper provision
made for the sick and wounded, he stated that the war
opened with, he presumed,- a belief on the part of the au-
thorities that there would be no wounded, but it was
always his opinion that proper provision ought to have
been made. There was sufficient ambulance means
whilst he was there fir the removal of the sick and
;wounded. He did not altogether approve of the French
means of conveying
.the wounded in swinging baskets.
They were all very well, and 'a few might
be desirable, but he would rather have light carts.
With regard to the bringing up of the tent,, he believed
they were all brought up by the 2d October, but a great
many of them were in a veryindifferent condition. There
were advantages and disadvantages connected with hos-
pital tents as far as sickness was concerned. Up to the
time be left the Crimea the hospital tents were but in-
differently supplied with beds ; but the men who were
without beds had generally something else un-
der them besides their blankets. Ho did not think
that in any case the men lay upon the ground.
He had visited Balaklava, which was in much
disorder. He never saw a town taken from the
enemy which was not in some degree of disorder. The
apportionment of residences to the principal officers of
the army in Balaklava generally devolved on the Adju-
tant-General, and some houses on the outskirts were
allotted to some officers. He had an opportunity of
seeing the water's edge at Balaklava. There were no
quays, or facilities for the landing of provisions or
stores ; and there was occasionally some confusion and
irregularity in the town in the conveyance of provisions,
but he was not aware of the troops suffering in consequence.
Supposirig the communication between the camp and
Balaklava had been cut off by the enemy, or the town
taken, the consequences would have been very calami-
tous, as he was not aware of any depot fur provisions
and clothing besides. If such an event had taken place,
however, it would have been necessary to shift the ves-
sels containing stores round to Kawiesh Bay. He had
some cavalry and artillery in his division, and the
horses were sent to fetch forage, and he was thereby
much crippled. He should have thought transport
waggons might have been in the meanwhile sent from
Varna ; but that was altogether a question of maritime
transport. On arriving first at Malta, where the troops
wets!, first sent to, be learned that the Commissary-
General had been sent before them to Constan-
tinople to provide for the army. On arriving
there, however, he found that that officer had made
no purchases of mules, while the whole of the
commissariat staff was wholly incompetent and inade-
quate to its duties. A number of deficiencies began
after their arrival to appear, and he sent word to the
Commissary General, and asked to see him, but the an-
swer he got was, that that official was unwell ; and
eventually, Lord Raglan insisted upon some change. In-
deed this was very necessary, for the soldiers were put
to many inconveniences, such as having to wait four or
five hours for rations, &c. During all this time no ade- '

The Royal assent was given this evening to the Con-
solidated Fund (3,000,0001.) Bill, and the Consolidated
Fund (20,000,0001.) Bill.

„ .
- The Royal commissioners were the Lord Chancellor,
the Duke of Argyll, and Lord S!anley of Alderley. .
HILL'S ESTATE BILL.
On the motion of Lord REDESDALE, Hill's Estate
Bill was read a second time.

PETITIONS.
The Duke of ARGYLL presented several petitions
from Scotland against the distillation of spirits from
grain.
Earl FITZ WILLIAM presented a petition from the
West Riding of Yorkshire, praying for a Fea rcb ng in-
quiry into the mismanagement of the war, by which
ouch a disastrous loss of life was sustained.
ROMAN CATI3.OLIC PROCESSIONS.
The Bishop of EXETER gave notice of his intention
to-morrow to move for copies of the opinion. given by her
Majesty's law officers in Ireland, in 1852, relative to the
construction of the statute prohibiting religions proces-
sions of Roman Catholic ecclesiastics; also for a copy of
the opinions given by her Majesty's Irish law officers re-
cently in respect to their construction of the said act ;
also for a copy of the proclamation of her Majesty,
published on. the 15th of June, 1852, warning Roman
Catholic ecclesiastics taking part in such processions.
Lord BROUGHAM presented -a petition from the
Leeds Chambers on the subject of the law relative to
accommodation. bills.

Earl GRANVILLE said the object of the Govern-
ment in the bill was to find the ablest men possible to
conduct the Government of India. The admission of
natives was a great advantage ; but, nevertheless, he
flouleted if the increase of men in the service who had not
sufficient energy of character to come to this country for
examination, would be of any advantage. His noble
friend had referred to Mr. Chuckerbutty, and he (Earl
Granville) could state that the feeling of the Govern-
ment was one of great gratification at the success of that
gentleman, because it showed, among other things, that
those who denied the quality of moral courage to the
natives of India had gone too far, Mr. Chuckerbutty
having fully proved that be, at least, possessed that
quality. In all the late references to the affairs of India,
the President of the Board of Control and the Governor-
General of India had acted in the manner they thought
best calculated to be of advantage to the natives of India
in this matter. Re (Earl G.) had no doubt that under
the 41st clause of the act it was competent to the
India Company to admit persons who had not passed
through Haileybury. In reply to the noble lord who
spoke last, he (Earl Granville) begged to state that one
of the best proofs of the intentions of the Government
were the names on the list, and he (Earl Granville)
asked whether Mr. Macaulay was a man likely to in-
tentionally prevent the natives from being admitted, or
whether that right hon. gentleman had not sufficient
sagacity to see all the bearings of the subject ? The
present, he (Earl Granville) assorted, was an honest at-
tempt made to devise the best possible echeme, and he
could state that next year one or more- natives of
India would compete for the highest prizes. Under
these circumstances he was understood to decline ac-
ceding to the motion.
Lord MONTEAGLE replied. He was perfectly sa-
tisfied with the explanations that had been made, and he
should not, therefore, press the motion.
THE ARMY IN THE CRIMEA.

The Earl of CARLISLE presented six petitions from
places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, praying for the
repeal of the law authorising the sale of spirituous
liquors.

The Earl of ALBEMARLE presented petitions from
Bristol against the sale of spirits on the Lord's-day.
EDUCATION IN INDIA.
Lord MONTEAGLE—who bad a notice on the paper
fer copies of Report of Jan. 13, 1855, on the examina-
tion of candidates for the appointment of assistant sur-
geons in the company's service ; copy of the report of
Nov., 1814, on the examination of candidates for the
civil service ; also, a copy of the letter respecting the
college of Haileybury, and of the regulations framed for
examination of candidates far appointments in the civil
service of the company—said that he ruse to call their
lordships' attention to the subject, and to two papers
respecting it recently laid before them. After referring
to the importance of the Renewal Act of the charter
passed in 1853, and to previous renewals, the noble lord
said that if they looked back they would...find that many
of the enactments of Parliament, espeeiziliy previous to
1813, on the subject of the Government of India, enact-
ments of the greatest importance, and on which the
greatest reliance had been placed, had been forgotten,
and allowed to remain inoperative. He might refer to
those arrangements made in 1813, for the purpose of
education—to the declaration made at the time Lord
Grey was in power, in 1833, to put an end once and for
ever to all distinction as respected caste, colour, and
birth, by opening up all employments in India to the
whole of her Majesty's subjects. In 1833 special provi-
sion was made regarding the admission of persons to
Haileybury as candidates for the civil service, and those
persons only were to be admitted who were recommended
by the directors, aid who had proved their competence
by competition with persons similarly recommended.
That provision had been entirely set aside by the com-
pany. He referred to these things for the purpose of
showing that it behoved Parliament, from time to time,
when it passed an important measure, which was left
to be carried out, not by the Government at home, but
by persons at a distance, to make inquiry in order to
ascertain whether its provisions had been complied
with. He wished to call their lordships' attention to
the minute, dated July 15, 1854, relating to the esta-
blishment of a system of education in India. The act
renewing the charter passed in 1853, but be did not com-
plain of the delay in issuing the minute, because the
question was a difficult one. He presumed that the
President of the Beard of Control had communicated
with the Government of India, and that tie despatch had
been issued with their concurrence. A more important
document, iu his opinion, never was laid before Parlia-
ment, for it was a noble design, and one worthy this
country to undertake to provide a system of education
for 150,000,000 of her Majesty's subjects in India. The
document related to the whole subject, from the village
schools to the universities in the presidencies, and dealt
with the question in a manner highly satisfactory. He
regarded it as the work of his right hon. friend the late
President of the Board of Control, and was putting an
end to what had been for some time a matter of doubt
—viz., whether the education of the people Of India was
a task this country ought to undertake. The document
in question, and the evidence on which it was founded,
at once settled that question ; for it was quite clear that
it was now beyond the power of those who had opposed
education to prevent it, aid that education in India was
advancing and extending itself among the people. His
right hon. friend had proposed a scheme of general vil-
lage education, a scheme of collegiate education, a
scheme of university education, and that scholars to a
considerable extent should be supported at the public
charge. The university scheme was the same as that
which had been adopted in the University of London,
recognising in religious matters a perfect neutrality.
If any one fact demonstrated more tkan, another
the impolicy of the Government interfering in re-
ligious mattere, it was the success which had at-
tended missionaries who had no connection with the
Government. No point had been better established
before the committee than the impropriety and irnpo-
Hey of the Government interfering with the religion of
the natives. There was another document to which he
must refer, and in which, though he found much to ad-
mire, he also found much from which he must withhold
his assent. By the act of the session before last, the
system of nomination by the company of candidates for
the civil service had been put an end to, and in lieu of it
an open examination had been proposed. The Board
of Control had been called on to form rnles for the ad-
mission of young persons to the civil service, and these
rules, drawn up by several able and eminent men, had
been made public. The paper with reference to the open
examination of candidates for the civil services was open
to objection. The question ho referred to was no less
than the free eligibility of the natives of India for politi-
cal office in the civil service of India. In the act it was
provided that no one by reason
precluded from holding office in the civil service. The
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tended to be done away with. But according to the
paper he referred to, the course
of examination was
framed, he would not say intentionally, but
practically,
to exclude the natives from the civil service, and to fa-
vour the European candidate almost exclusively. The
peculiar courses of study prescribed, demanded a
as the
wide study of European language, Were not calculated
to form a native -tax-collector or an opiate-duty ga-
therer. Certainly,
the natives would
not stand a fair
chance against the European in such a course of educa-
tion. He submitted to their lordships whether the
course of examination, such as was intended, would not
have the effect of excluding the natives ? And was
that fair to the people of India ? In short, the es stem
adopted -with respect to
_history, to la,ng,uageg, and to
composition, would practically prove an
exclusion to the
native scholar. He should be glad to receive a contra-
diction from some official quarter that the paper had
not been so prepared as to exclude the native subjects
of her Majesty in India. There was one other subject
so interesting and so important that it could not be
overlooked, and to which he would now draw attention.
In reference t• this he would remind the house that a
liindoo of high class, who had studied medicine, was re-
fused an appointment in the civil service on the ground
that he was a native of India. Thin was done under the
old
overturningld apt,un-I erth
the new act,hehad been admitted to the
post Owing to his perseverance
in
which he aspired. The noble lord here referred
to to
to the case of the 'ndo() gentleman Chuckerbutty,
whose interesting hi-t•iry appeared a few days ago in the
but
obstacles,
public press, who had acquired high honours at college,
who was refused an appointmentby the East India Com-
pany because he was a native, who, after passing further
honours in India, did, through the aid of the new bill,
which removed his previous disability, obtain the ap-
point:nent which had previously been refused.to bine
fie had a letter in his hand, written to Sir Edward
n
*,yan, in ' which Mr. Chuckerbutty said he would use his
last effort in the service of his country, that he would
find his way to England, in the hope of distinguishing
himself in his profession, and getting the appointment of
assistant surgeon, but he was in the dark with reference
to tile nature of the examination he was subjected to,
and with all his hopes it might be that he shouid fail in
going through that routine inquiry which was indispen-
sable before he could obtain the position of assistant
surgeon. lie had heard many of jections to the appoint.
reset of this gentleman, on the around
~ that such promo-
tions
of dominions.
Such would endanger the safety
our Inuian
Such arguments, however, could not weigh fen-a moment
in the mind of any liberal and reasonable man. u,
thanked their lordships for their attention. Ile trusted
that the interpretation of the act would be such as to
render the natives of India eligible to posts in the civil
service, and he trusted their lordships would enforce their
own generous intentions by eufm-cing the true operation
of their own measure. He would now move for any cor-
respondence received from India on the subject of these
appointments.
Lord ASHBURTON card it was a severe censure on
the report of the committee to say that any intention
existed to exclude the natives of India, or that such a
construction should be able to be put on the course of
examination prescribed. The opinion of Sir E. Rya,
was, that the examination
Lad been so framed as to give
due facilities to the natives of India, and the noble lord's
anxiety would be relieved when he learned, as no doubt
he would do, that the natives carried off a number of
prizes. There was a general anxiety that the doors
should not be shut on any one Viherbver he might come
from, and whatever might be the course of study he had
followed.
The Earl of ALBEMARLE expressed his concurrence
in the sentiments of the noble lord who had brought the
question forward. Ile thought, however, that while the
motion as regarded the first report was unobjectionable,
that which regarded the second, which was in contrast
with it, was not so. He hoped that the new Governor-
General of India and the new President of the Board of
Control would consult with the late president of that
board, ns no one was better acquainted
with the subject;
or had more at heart the interests,of the natives of India.
He would also suggest that the new President of the
Board of Control should take into his counsels in this
case the new secretary of that board, who had been the
• chairman of the Reform Association, and who was well
1
acquainted, therefore, with the wants of India. Seeing,
however, the virtual impossibility which existed of the
natives of India taking advantage of the act as regarded

Lord VIVIAN, in reference to certain returns re-
specting the number of men and horses sent to the light
cavalry regiments in the Crimea to complete those re-
giments, said that as he had been informed by the noble
lord late in command of the cavalry in the Crimea that
such returns would be inconvenient„ and as he had also
understood that a certain number of old soldiers were to
be incorporated with the batches of recruits, his object
in moving for the returns was attained, and he should
therefore not bring on his motion.
The house then adjourned.

quate provision of transport arrivals was made. He
did not attribute these shortcomings to the commis-
sariat department, but to the spirit of the Cabinet,
for he firmly believed that the Government had no idea
that what had taken place would have occurred when
they despatched the army, and when hostilities did com-
mence they were quite overpowered and paralysed.
During the whole time the allied armies were waiting
for some further instructions as to the result of some con-
ferences, whilst the Russians were gradually pushing
their movements forward. Returning to the
commissariat, he eventually applied to Lord
Raglan to appoint two voluntary officers for the army
to assist the commissariat department—and very great
advantage resulted; but these officers were so much at-
tached to their more regular duties of warfare that they
declined after a short period to remain in the depart-
ment, and he, of course, could net compel them. The
Commissary-General never came to the camp to his
knowledge, or to consu:t him as to the necessaries re-
quired in his &vision. He (Sir DJ Lacy Evans) thought
the Commissary-General` ought t) have done so.
Lord Raglan had supreme command in the army
in all its departments, and the commissary might have
been dismissed by his lordship. To do justice to the
commissary, the duties were very onerous and arduous,
and the officers sent out might have done very well iu
the office,, but they were quite incompetent in the field.
Up to the time of my departure no road had been con-
structed from l3alaklava to the heights. There was a
track, which was good enough in dry weather, but there
was no regular road. As he stated yesterday it would
have required 1,000 men to have made a proper road.
that number of men could not have been spared from
the camp ; but he thought the Turks might have been
employed advantageously. Up to the time he left there
was great difficulty in getting a good supply of forage.
There was some barley sent up to them, but
no continuous and regular supply, and the horses
consequently fell off in number--hard work con-
tributing to reduce them. He did not consider it
necessary that an officer should have been appointed
to look after the sanitary condition of the camp ;
the inspection of the camp in this sense devolved
on the staff department, and other officers under it. In
reply to a question as to the manner in which staff ap-
pointments were made, General Evans explained that the
officers selected from Ida personal staff were all officers of
merit, experience, and high standing. They were all re-
commended to him, and he had never seen one of them
before. With regard to the general staff he believed
when an army was first organised for the field he thought
the demands made upon such. officers were rather un-
reasonable.

HOUSE OF COMMONS—YESTERDAY.
The SPEAKER took the chair shortly before four
o'clock. •

PRIVATE BUSINESS.

The following bills were read a second time, and
ordered to be committed :—Fibre Company ; Fife and
Kinross Railway ; Furness Railway ; Medical Benevo-
lent College ; Mid Kent and North Kent Railway ;
Severn Valley Railway ; Stockport, Disley, and Whaley
Bridge Railway ; Went and Bronygarth Roads ; and
Woolwicb. Equitable Gas.
On the motion for the second reading of the Caledo-
donian Railway Bill, - -

Mr. HADFIELD moved that it be postponed until
Tuesday, the 2J April.
Mr. LOCKHART objected to the postponement.
Mr. COWAN advocated the expediency of putting an
end to the ruinous competition which at present subsists
between the Caledonian and the Edinburgh • and Glas-
gow Companies. He,had no wish to sae this bill thrown
out, but, at the same time, he thought no injury
would accrue to the company if this bill were
postponed for a fortnight, particularly as a meeting
of shareholders was about to be held at Liverpool, where
the whole question was to be discussed.

Mr. A. iiASTIE could see no necessity whatever for
a postponement.
Mr. BOUVERIE had heard no good reason assigned
yet for postponing the second reading for a month.
The motion for adjournment was then withdrawn, and
the bill was read a second time, and ordered to be com-
mitted ; as was abo the Edinburgh and Glasgow Rail-
way Bill.

Sir De Lacy Evans was under examination when we
went to press.

REPRESENTATION OF CAVAN.—Mr. Burrewes, of
Stradone, in whose favour the Hon. Captain Annesley
and the Hon. C. Butler have withdrawn, is a sound
Conservative. Mr. Henry Hughes, and some
time ago Solicitor-General, appears determined to go
to the poll. Several other Ministerialists say they will
—but they will not poll a man.

NORTHAMPTON.—The nomination took place yester-
day at Northampton. Mr. It. Vernon Smith, who bad
accepted the office of the Board of Trade, was re-elected
without opposition.
THE CRIMEA DECORATION.—The decorations for the
victories in the East will not be ready, we understand,
before the beginning of May. Applicants on the behalf
of deceased persons are to apply to the War Depart-
ment. •

THE LATE CAPTAIN NOLAN.—A neat tablet is about
to be erected in Maidstone Church to the memory of
Captain Ne'an, which bears the following appropriate
inscription :—" He fell at the head of the light cavalry
brigade, in the charge at Balaklava, on the 25th of
October, 1854, aged 36. General Sir George Berkeley,
K.C.8.; on whose staff he served in India, General
Airey, his brother officers and friends, have erected
this tablet as a slight tribute of their esteem and affec-
tionate regard for the memory of one of the most gallant,
intelligent, and energetic officers in her Majesty's ser-
vice." The tablet, in the form of a marble scroll, is exe-
cuted by T. Gaffin.
CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.—We have received Cape papers
of the 30th December inclusive. Considerable alarm
had been. caused on the Eastern borders by some re-
ported movements on the pait of the natives ; but it
does not appear that any serious apprehensions were en-
tertained respecting immediate hostilities. Sufficient,
however, was known to 'Warrant suspicion and vigilance,
which doubtless would go far to check, if not altogether
to prevent„any outbreak on the pait of the disaffected.

COMPULSORY PRE-PAYMENT OF LETTERS TO THE SEAT
OF WAR.—General Post-office, March, 1855.—As there
is reason to believe that the rule requiring the pre-
payment of the postage upon letters addressed to officers,
soldier, and seamen serving in the army and navy at the
seat of war, is not generally understood, the particular
attention of the public is called to this regulation, inas-
much as letters which are not pre-paid are detained at
this office for the purpose of being opened and returned
to the writers. The same regulation applies equally to
letters addressed to officers and seamen in the transport
service in Turkey and the Black Sea.—LOWLAND HILL,
Secretary.

AUSTRALIAN FREEHOLD GOLD COMPANT.—A general
meeting of this company was held yesterday at the
offices, Nicholas-lane, for the purpose of making a fur-
ther distribution of the a3sete. Mr. Renald was in the
chair. A vote was passed confirming an award of 50
guineas to each member of the committee of investiga-
tion, and 25 guineas to the directors, the latter only
after the strenuous opposition of Mr. Guadella, who in-
sisted that the old directors had received a large propor-
tion of shares wherewith to rig the market. It was
proposed to make a further distribution of 2s. per share,
in addition to the_6s. a'ready paid, and upon. that ar-
rangement wind up the company. For the purpose of
carrying out this plan, two rival committees were pro-
posed. A discussion disfigured by gross personalities
ensued, and many innuendoes were employed. At length
a poll was taken, and it was declared that 77,245 votes
had been recorded, a new source of difficulty, seeing that
only 72,000 shares had been issued. The meeting was
ultimately adjourned to this day (Tuesday), at 2 o'clock.
A MAD COW IN FLEET STRERT.--An extraordinary
degree of excitement was caused last evening, about
eight o'clock, in the immediate vicinities of New Bridge-
street, Blackfriars, Ludgate-hill, and the Blackfriars-
road, in consequence of the following occurrence. It ap-
pears that a cow which had been driven from Smithfield
Market to the Surrey side of the river, owing to the yel-
ling of some boys, became quite furious, and darted off
at a desperate rate towards Blackfriars-bridge, knocking
down, in rapid succession, three men and one boy,
who were severely injured. Tioe cow then passed over
the bridge, and made its way ieito New Bridge-street,
where it knocked down several other persons. People,
to avoid being knocked down, climbed up the railings
round the two obelisks in Bridge-street and Farringdon-
street, whilst several hundred persons of both sexes
crowded the foot of Ludgate-Lill and Farriugdon-street,
in order to escape coming into collision with the infuri-
ated animal. Fortunately, owing to the exertions of
some drovers and the police, the cow was ultirse.tely
secured at the bottom of Ludgate-hill, and a cart having
being procured from Snow-hill, it was placed therein,
and driven to some neighbouring stables. Who the
owner of the cow was could not be ascertained ; nei-
ther could. it be learned whether or not the parties
knocked down were fatally injured.