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London, England, 1853-06-21 00:00:00

LONDON, TUESDAY EVENING, JUNE 21, 1853.

CONDON and. NORTH-WESTERN RAIL-
-ILA W A V.—Notice is hereby given, that a Special General Meeting
Hof the Proprietors of the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany will be held at the Euston-station, Euston-square, London,
on Saturday, the 25th day of June, 1853, at Twelve o'clock at noon,
for One o'clock- in the afternoon, for the purpose of considering and
approving, or otherwise, certain Bills now before Parliament, pro-
rooted by- the London and North-Western Railway Company, or in
which tl:tey
are interested, rowectively entitled as follows:
" A. '3lll to enable the London and .North-Western Railway Com-
pany co make a railway to connect the Buckinghamshire Railway
with, the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, and to
conifer certain other powers with respect to the last-mentioned rail-
way,"
"A Rill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to construct a railway from near Tring to Oxford, with a
branch at Oxford, and for other purposes."
"A Bill to citable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to construct branch railways to Saint Alban's and to A mersham,
and for oiler purposes."
" A Bill to enable the London and North .Western Railway Com-
pany to c-oistruct a railway from Northampton to Market liar-
borough, with a branch therefrom, all in the County of Northampton,
and for other purposes."
"A Bill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to construct branches to Stoutbridge, and to form a Junction
with the Oxford, Worcester, and Wolverhampton Railway, in the
Township of (Toper Swinford, in the County of .Worcester, and for
other purposes."
" A Bill to enable the London and North-Western Railway Com-
pany to construct a Railway from near Wellin ;ton to Coalbrookdale
and Ironbridge, with a Branch to the Iladley Station of the Shrop-
shire Union Railway, all in the County of Salop, and for other pur-
pos

• A. Bill for enabling the London and North-Western Railway
Company to construct a Railway from Crewe to Shrewsbury, and
other works in connection with their undertaking, and for other pur-
poses relating thereto."
" A Bill for conferring additional powers on the London and North-
Western Railway Company with reference t s the construction of
their Oldham branch, and for making an alteration in such branch,
and for other purposes."
" A Bill for making a Railway from the London and North-West-
ern Railway, at Willesden, to the East and West India Docks and
Birnaineham Junction Railway, with a branch to the North and
South-Western Junction Railway, to be called The North and
South-Western, Hampstead, and City Junction Railway,' and for
other purposes."
" A Bill for making a Railway from Worcester to Hereford, with
certain Branches therefrom, for malting Arrangements with the Mid-
land and London and North-Western Railway Companies, and for
other purposes." - •
" A Bill for making a Railway from the London and North-West-
ern Railway, in the parish of NI ilverton, in the county of Warwick,
to Stratford-upon-Avon, in the same county, with Branches, to be
called the Leamington, Warwick, and Stratford-upon-Avon Rail•
way."

GEORGE ANSON, Chairman.
ROBERT BENSON, Deputy Chairman.
11. BOOTII, Secretaries.
CHAS. E. STEWART,
Euston Station, London, June 8, 1853.

FOREST of DEAN, Gloucestershire.—The ARTHUR and EDWARD
and MIERY STOCK COLLIERIES, near Lydbrook, celebrated
fur their excelicnt produce and the extent of their resources, with
the advantage of Railway Communication nearly to the Pit's
Mouth,
MR. ROBINS is instructed. to OFFER to
PUBLIC COMPETITION, at the Auction Mart, London,
on THURSDAY, July 21, at Twelve, in Two Lots.
THE IMPORTANT FREEHOLD COLLIERIES,
near Lydbrook, in the township of West Dean, Gloucestershire,
known as

THE ARTHUR AND EDWARD AND MIERT STOCK,
consisting of 530 acres, and computed by competent judges to con.
tain

3,833,280 TONS OF COAL,
of a quality fully equal, if not superior, to the best coals obtained
from this wonderful district, comprising " The Hill Delf Vein, or
Seam," which has gained a reputation of the highest character for
its hardy texture and bituminous qualities, being found most suitable
for household purposes, the manufacture of gas, iron, and conversion
to coke. The colliery has been opened, and two shafts or pits sunk
down to the coal, a distance of 85 yards. There are two • uperior
steam-engines erected for the use of the colliery, one a condensed
water-engine, with counteract, of 90-horse power, with 20-inch
pumps, for drawing the water, which per-orms the duty with half
her power. The working of the colliery, therefore, can be com-
menced immediately. The other, a winding engine of 14-horse
power, capable of drawing to the surface upwards of
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100 TONS OF COAL EVERY 24 HOURS. •
The buildings are most substantial, and fully adequate to contain a
winding engine of greater power, should the working of the colliery
extend, as it easily might, to

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300 TONS EVERY 24 HOURS.
The underground worktngs have been formed by strong arched roads
and headings; there is also a second sha;,. or pit, sunk about 60
yards, at the top of the Great Bourt's Hid. called Bennett's Pit,
which might rea.Ctily be worked to yield 100 tons per day. The im-
portance of railway communication almost to the pit's mouth, lead-
ing to every district of England, and the facility of shipping from the
Ports of Ballo Pill and Lydney, on the Severn, open a vast field for
supply, and is sufficient to authorise the certainty of
AN ENORMOUS SALE FOR THE COAL,
whie:n will be most importantly augmented by the contemplated
Pqrt at Brimspill, Government having purchased the Ilagloe Estate
with the intention of making that port, and a locomotive line
thereto, whilst the contiguity to the Lydbrook Iron and Tin Plate
Works, where many thousand tons are consumed annually, must
not be lost sight of. It is a well-known fact that the only collieries
working the Hill Deli Vein to any extent will very soon be worked
out ; and that no coals from this vein can therea.ter be obtained till
fresh pits fh 1.11 have been opened. Mr. Robins with confidence re-
commends this property to the notice of enterprising capitalists as
the means of leading to immense pecuniary gain.
rarticulars, containing much valuable information from experi-
enced surveyors, regarding the working of the Mine, may be had, 28
days prior to the sale, of Mr. Masterson, on the premises (where
samples of the coal and coke may be seen); and of Mr. H. Wi"iams,
Engineer, 61, Moorgate-street ; Mr. P. Robinson, Hill House, Little
Dean, Gloucestershire; of Messrs. Turner and Deane, solicitors,
Colchester ; Messrs. Humphrey and Marshall, solicitors, 12, Gray's-
inn, London ; at tho Auction Mart; and at Mr. Robins's offices,
Covent-garden.
N.B.—One third of the purchase money may remain on mot ,gage
of the colleries and plant for a term of years, if required, at five per
cent.
For information with reference to quantities, or to view plans of
the awards, apply to the Gaveller's Office in Coleford.

52, Fleet-street.
ANEW DISCOVERY IN TEETH.-
Mr. HOWARD, Surgeon-Dentist, 52, Fleet-street, has intro-
duced an entirely NEW DESCRIPTION of ARTIFICAL TEETH,
fixed without springs, wires, or ligatures. They so perfectly resem-
ble the natural teeth as not to be distinguished from the original by
the closest observer; they will never change colour or decay, and will
be found very superior to any teeth ever before used. This method
does not require the extraction of roots, or any painful operation,
and will give support and preserve teeth that are loose, and are
guaranteed to restore articulation and mastication ; and that Mr.
Howard's improvement may be within reach of the most economical,
he has fixed his charges at the lowest scale possible. Decayed teeth
rendered sound and useful in mastication.---52, Fleet-street. At
home from ten till five.

COLVERWELL'S NEW WORKS.
To be had of Sherwood, 23, Paternoster-row , Carvalho,
47, Fleet-street Mann, 39, Cornhill. Price One Shilling each; by
Is lid.

ENJOYMENT OF LIFE.
"Health, Recreation, and Rational Use of Time."
CONTENTS : —Early Rising—Spring and Summer Mornings—Ex-
cursions about the Environs of London—The Parks, Lanes, Hills
Forests, Fields, High-roads, And othor pleasant places —Country
Trips and Rambles—The Sea —London at Night—Evenings at Home
Music—The Drama—On Eating, Drinking, Sleeping, Bathing, Air,
Rest, Ease, Occupation, &c., &C.
II
FRAGMENTS FROM THE FOUNTAINS. Two Vols.
Vol. I.
VISIT TO THE LAKES:; SKETCH OF EDINBURGH, &C.
Vol . 11.
TAE LAKES OF KILLARNEY ; REMINISCENCES OF
DUBLIN, &c.

WHAT TO Et.T, DRINK, AND AVOID,
" That three score years and ten our course may run."
A popular review of almost every form (cause and cure) of ner-
vou.sly-debilitated health and enfeebled constitution that harasses
tile young, besets the man of pleasure, business or study, and em-
bitters old aga ; with tablas and rulesfor the diet and physical regu-
lation 01 every-day life.

THE PASSIONS.
" What passions hurt the body—what improve,
Truths as refined as Athens ever heard."
SUBJECT :—Life's pilgrimage, from infancy to old age. The ad-
vent of the passions. Chastity and its infringement. The casualties
oflieentiousness and dissipation, with illustrations, graphic, narra-
tive, and remediative. Advocacy of early marriages.
V.

ERN RAILWAY.
[TARP CAMP. _

GREAT WEST
GREAT MILI
Notice is hereby given, that t
DINGTON for A'INDSOR, fror
conveyances run to the Camp and
Down trains from Paddington.
At 6.50 a.m. 2.45 p.m.
7.40 „ 3.10 „
*8.15 „ 4. 0 „
10.15 „ 5. 0 „
*10.40 „ 5.30 „
11.30 „ 6.15 „
12.40 p•m. 7. 0 „
1.30 „ 8.30 „
2. 0 „ 8.55 „
• Open Carriages will be attached to these Tralne.
ON SUNDAYS.
DowN. UP.
8 0 a.m. .2 0 p.m. 7 0 p.m. II 9 0 a.m. 5 30 p.m. 9 15 p.m,
9 0 „ 3 0 „ 830 „ l4o p.m. 16 35 „ 10 0 „
100 „ 50 „ 855 „ II 345 „ 735 „ -
Fares -Paddington to Windsor and back-first class, 6s. 6d. ;
second class, 4s. 6d. ; open carriages. 2s. 6d.; (.nnilbus fare to the
Camp and back, 3s. ; carriage and pair of horses for s!x or seven
persons, 21s. ; ditto and single horse for four or five persons, 15s.
To prevent disappointment, application for carriages should be
previously made to Joseph Thumwood, Great Western Station,
Windsor. Return tickets for horses are issued from Paddington to
Windsor and back, at the following fares-single horse I Is.; pair of
horses, 17s. Bd.
Paddington, Juno 14, 1853.

.he following Trains leave PAD-
n which Station wel.-appointed
back :

Up Trains from Windsor.
At 8. 0 a.m. 2.50 p.m.
8.50 „ 4. 5 „
9.15 „ 5.30 „
10.10 „ 5.40 „
11.45 „ *7.25 „
12.20 p.m. *9. 0 „
1.30 „ 9.20 „
2.20 „

DUBLIN GREAT INDUSTRIAL
EXHIBITION.
TOURS IN IRELAND IN 1851
IRISH TOURIST TICKETS (availab`e for a month) are now
issued at the following stations :

Ist Cass. 2d Class.
London (Euston 5tati0n)......... ...... ... £6 10 0 £5 5 0
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Hull, Bristol, Carlisle, 6 6 0 5 5 0
Oxford, Worcester, Cheltenham, Gloucester 5 15 0 4 15 0
Birmingham, Rugby, Leamington, Coventry,
4 5 0

Wolverhampton, Huddersfield, Leeds, Shef-
field, Derby............ • • • • 5 9 0 4 5 0
Manchester, Warrington, Stoke, Macclesfield 4 4 0 3 10 0
Liverpool, Chester .... • • 4 4 0 3 5 0
They enable the holders to proceed to Chester, Bangor, Dublin,
Cork, and the Lakes of Killarney, and bads again to the station at
wh'ch the ticket wee taken.
The holder of each Irish Tourist Ticket is entitled to have issued
to him, at the office, 52, Westland-row, Dublin, at very reduced
rates, tictets for a tour in the county Wicklow, in Kenmore and
Glengariff, up the river Shannon—for the journey from Dublin to
Belfast, for the excursion to the Giant's Causeway, and from Dublin
to Galway for the tour through Connemara.
Every purchaser of a ticket is presented. grail., with a copy of the
" Illustrated Irish Tourist's Hand•Book,' compiled solely for these
Tours. _ _ . _

The fullest and most accurate informat'm afforded at the Chester
and Holyhead Company's Office, 52, Westland-row, Dublin. See
also " Bradshaw's Guide," page 123.

Office of Ordnance, 18th June, 1853.
THE Principal Officers of her Majesty's
Ordnance do haeby give notice, that they are ready to Dis-
pose of, to such persons as are willing to tender for the same, a
quantity of OLD IRON ORDNANCE, SHOT, and SHELLS, in store
at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich, which have been divided into
lots, and may be viewed upon application to the Storekeeper at that
place any day (Sunday excepted) previous to the day fixed for the
delivery of the 'fenders.
A Catalogue of the several Lots may be obtained by persons
willing to become purchasers at the Storekeeper's Office, Woolwich ;
the Principal Storekeeper's Office at the Tower; and at the Secre
tary's Office in Pail-mall, where the Tenders for the whole, or any
number of the said Lots, are to be delivered 10 or before the 28th
instant

By order of the Board.
G. BUTLER, Secretary.

Office of Ordnance, 16th June, 1853.
THE Principal Officers of her Majesty's
Ordnance do hereby give notice. thst a quantity of Old Her-
floss, Tools, Junk, Cock Metal, Lead Ashes, Artillery Clothing,
Boots, Old Serge, Leather Cuttings, Wadiniltilts, Canvas Cuttings,
Old Files, Spades, Smiths' Bellows, Old Tin, Zinc, Plank, Staves,
Wheels, Barrels, &c., Old Wood, Trees, Brushwood. &c., will be
SOLD, by Public Auction, in the Royal Arsenal, Woolwich, on
THURSDAY, the 230 instant, at 11 o'clock in the forenoon pre-
cisely.
May be viewed from 10 till 4 o'clock on the three days preV.ous to
the Sale. _M _

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Catalogues may be had at tho Ordnance Office, Pall-mall ; Tower
of London; and Royal Arsenal, Woolwich.
By order of the Board.
G. BUTLER, Secretary.

CONTRACTS for TEA, TOBACCO,MUSTARD,
PEPPER, a•►d SUGAR.
Department of the Comptroller for Victualling and Transport
Services, Somerset-place, 17 June, 1853.
The Commissioners for Executing the Office of Lord nigh Admiral
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, do hereby give
Notice, that on Thursday, the 7th July next, at One o'Clock, they
will be ready to treat with such persons as may be willing to Con-
tract for supplying and delivering into her Majesty's Victualling
Stores at Gosport and Plymouth, the tutdomumtioned Articles,
viz.:—

To be delivered at When to be dalvercl.
Gosport. Plymouth.
lbs. lbs.
Tea, Congon ...• 15,000 10,000 One-half of each in sic weeks,
Tons. Tons. and the remainder in four
T0bacc0........ 15 10 weeks a.terwards, or ea--
Mustard in Flow' 4 2 lier if preferred by the party
Pepper, whale Black— 2 tendering.
Sugar • • 40
The Tea, Tobacco, Pepper, and Sugar to be exempted from the
Customs Duties.
No Tender will be received for a less quantity of Tea than 2,000
lbs., of Tobacco than b Tens, of Mustard and Pepper than 1 Ton
each, and of Sugar than 10 Tons.
Samples of the Tea (not less than 2 lbs., fr,,rn the bonded ware-
house), and of the Tobacco, Mustarl, Pepper and Sugar (not less
than 2 lbs. of each), must be produced by the parties Tendering.
The samples produced by persons whose tenders are not accepted,
are requested to be taken away by them immediately after the con-
tracts have been decided.
The conditions of the revised contracts, to which particular atten-
tion is called, may be seen at the said office, at the Victualling Yards
at Gosport and Plymouth. at the office of Commander Bevis, at
Liverpool, and of the Collector of Customs at Bristol. No
Tender will be received after One o'clock on the day of treaty, nor
any noticed, unless the party attends, or an agent for him. duly
authorised in writing.
Every Tender must be addressed tithe Secretary of the Admiralty,
and bear in the left-hand corner the words " Tender for
and must also be delivered at Somerset•place, and those for Tea and
Sugar must be accompanied by a letter signed by a responsible
person, engaging to become bound with the person tendering, in
the sum of 20/. .per cent. on the value, for the due performance of
each of the Contracts.

IMPORTANT MEDICAL AND SURGICAL WORK
Just published, by H. Bailliere, 219, Regent-street, London
No I.
vo., in cloth, price ss. by post free, Sc. fict,
ON TRUE & FALSE SPERMATORRH(EA,
with the View to the Correction of wide-spread Errors
In relation to the Treatment and Cure of Sufferers from Debility of the
,enerative System, or Sexual Hypochondriasis.
Translated from the German of Dr. PICRFORD

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"Dr. Tickford is known to English readers by his frequent practi-
ed contributions to German medical literature. This is the first
t me, he informs as, that he has addressed himself to the non-medi-
cal reader. We trust this may not be the last, if he shall
detect any other equally flagrant evil which it may be in his
rower to correct."—London Medical Gazette, May 30, 1851.
"We Promised in a former number that we should recur to this
wor:t, in order to exhibit its aim more clearly. The author lashes
with great severity the impostors who make a livelihood by preying
on the credulity of the public. The tribe of ' Quiet Symathisers,'
and • Medical Friends,' arc mercilessly exposed; and if this hook
could find its way into the hands of those who stiffer from th com-
plaint of which it treats, we arc satisfied that many h indreds would
be saved much needless suffering of IscxlY and mind, and what is of
less importance, though it is that which the quacks most prize—
much money ...... This volume is well qualified to put an end to the
empirical system of treating Spermatorrhcea, and to place the treat-
ment upon a more rational and physiological basis. It is, therefore,
likely to do much good."—Modical Circular, Juno 16, 1852.

No. 11.
sive., In cloth, price 3s. 6d., by post free, 45.,
THE CURE OF STRICTURE OF THE URETHRA, on Princi-
ples at Once Simple, Safe, and Efficient, in even Its most Inveterate
and apparently Intractable Forms.

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BY F. B. COURTENAY,
Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England.
"In proot of his views ho (Mr. Courtenay) has given
the history of a great many cases successfully treated, as bad
as any which Mr. Syine adduced, and on which ho had operated.
'uch are cases ix., xi., ail., and xvlii. No. Ix. had res.sted, for a
period of twelve years, the treatment by dilitation, and was finally
re noved in as many weeks. But cases and /fix. appear, both
in duration, severity, and complication of symptoms, of a more ag-
gravated character than any detaged by Mr. Syme, and yet the
treatment adopted by Mr. Coartenay proved eminently successfhl."
—Professor Lizara on the Treatment of Stricture.

EAST INDIA ROUSE.

A special general court was held by this company yes-
terday, at their house in Leadenhall-street—Mr. Russell
Ellice in the chair.
The minutes of the last Court having been read,
The CHAIRMAN informed the Court that they had met
in pursuance of an adjournment from Monday fortnight,
to consider the bill then before Parliament to provide
for the future government of India. The opinion of
the directors had been expressed in the correspondence
which had been distributed among the proprietors, and
he hoped also that they were in possession of all the
evidence that had been given before the committees of
the two Houses of Parliament on the subject. Under
these circumstances, he had only to invite hon. gentle-
men on the other side of the bar to a discussion of the
bill, and he should be happy to hear their sentiments
upon it.
Mr. HUME said, that having an opportunity of express-
ing his opinions elsewhere, he would not long occupy
th attention of the Court ; but he could not.' help ob-
serving that there existed this anomaly—that while the
Court of Proprietors was in possession of the correspon-
dence between the Board of Directors and the Board of
Control, the House of Commons did not yet possess that
correspondence. The ignorance which prevailed on this
subject was extremely great. Petitions were presented
to the House of Commons evincing so much ignorance
of the real circumstances of India, that he considered it
would be rash to proceed to legislation without further
information. He could not better illustrate this than by
reading a few lines of a petition presented a few days
ago from Birmingham. Birmingham bad followed the
course of Manchester. The petitioners lamented the
general poverty and depression of the population of
India, that their industry should be undeveloped, that
little had been done to improve the means of internal
communication, that justice should be delayed, and that
enormous sums should be raised and immense sacri-
fices made to carry on wars in neighbouring
States. They also lamented that the Indian finances
were becoming more and more embarrassed ; they
therefore desired that there should be established
n home administration, to be appointed by the
Crown, and to be directly responsible to the Imperial
Parliament meaning thereby that India should be
placed in the same position as other colonies and depen-
dencies were now placed in. (Cheers.) He warned the
court on this point. Mr. Hume, in order to show how
greatly the truth of the case had been exaggerated in
the few lines of this petition, referred to the evidence of
persons well acquainted with India, who proved that
this representation was altogether false and unfounded.
Both imports and exports bad greatly increased—the
first from 6,000,0001. to 17,000,0001. in the period that
had elapsed since 1834, and the latter from 8,000,0001.
to 18,000,0001. With regard to the debt, it had been
asserted that the company had wasted the resources of
India ; but, so far from that being the case, he could
prove that the revenue'of India had every year increased,
and that, but for the enormous expenses of three
wars entered into, not by the company, bat by the
Government of this country, there would have been an
ample surplus. He should, in his place in Parliament,
call for papers to support this his opinion. The Aff-
ghan war c05t115,000,000/. ; the war in the Punjaub,
with the expense of what was now going on in Burmah,
cost 13,000,000/. more—thus making 28,000,0001. ex-
pended on wars over which the company had no pos-
sible control. The only security for their dividends
given by the act of 1833 was upon the surplus revenue
of India ; but if that revenue was exhausted by wars,
the proprietors had no legal resource from which to de-
rive their dividends. If, then, the power of govern-
ing India should be taken from the company, what
security would they have for receiving their dividends,
amounting to 633,000/. ? In the negotiation about the
renewal charter, in 1833, Sir Charles Grant (now Lord
Glenelg) stated, that the power of governing India was
not to be taken from the company—they were still to
conduct everything as heretofore, except in regard to a
few secret and private political matters. The real in-
tention, therefore, was, that the Court of Directors were
to have the management of everything connected with
the interest of India, and that the Board of Control
should have a veto over their proceedings. But, had the
company in reality the government of India ? Would
the Affghan war have been sanctioned by them ? But it
was a question whether that was not a European war,
with the expenses of which the natives of India ought
never to have been. saddled. (Hear, hear.) Instead,
therefore, of 15,000,0001. being added to the debt
of the company, it ought to have been defrayed
by the Imperial Government. He must say,l that
he did not think the Court of Directors had dis-
charged their duty in this matter. They were con-
sidered a popular body, intended to check the proceed-
ings of the Government, and they ought to have ex-
plained to the proprietors that these expenses were being
incurred, and that they had no means of preventing
them. If the directors had done that, the proprietors
would have given them power. Not only would their
dividends be endangered if the Government of India
were transferred to the Imperial Government, but all
the great undertakings that had been entered upon
would be stopped. The company had given guaran-
tees to the extent of 3,000,000/. or 4,000,000/. for
carrying on railway works in India. These guarantees
were all dependent on the dividends ; destroy them, and
the works were immediately suspended. After repeating
his observation on the objectionable feature in the
Government scheme of having directors nominated
by the Crown,— a system which had so signally failed at
the Cape of Good Hope, in Canada, and in other colo-
nies, the hon. proprietor urged upon the Court the
necessity of further information before legislating upon
the subject. The question, however, after all, was,
how far would this measure affect India? His own
honest opinion was, that it would put the empire of India
in great danger. The hon. member concluded by re-
commended further inquiry by which, so far from in-
curring blame, they would obtain credit from all who
had the welfare of India really at heart. Although he
might not live to see many further changes, yet he
could foresee that if a government with an army of
350,000 men, consisting chiefly of natives, was not esta-
blished upon the best possible basis, the greatest and
most serious changes must occur. Lut they had it in
evidence that both the civil and military service in India
were of a superior order. If, then, they had succeeded
in establishing such a government by the present system,
what further need be done ! These were briefly the
views he entertained on the present question. He did
not wish to exclude others from expressing their opinions,
as he should take the opportunity of explaining his own
more fully elsewhere. He did not deny that there were
errors in the present government of India, but, while
admitting them, he maintained that the system itself
was sound. In conclusion, he would recommend a
spirit of conciliation—that they should give up a por-
tion of their own opinions in order to carry out some
great measure that would be beneficial to all. If the
Court would adopt that principle, they would stand in
a very different position from what they did at present.
Mr. SuLuvAN, confining himself to the bill intro-
duced by the Government, could not but express his re-
gret that the President of the Board of Control did not
enter into a communication with the Court of Directors
upon the subject of the bill before it was brought into
Parliament. The reason alleged for introducing the
bill was, that there was an immense amount of effer-
vescence in India, which if not put down, injury must
ensue. And what was the proposed remedy ? Why, that
three Crown-selected directors were to take their position
behind the bar. That was the suecedaneum—that was
the patent fire-annihilator. (Laughter.) The moment
they appeared all agitation was to subside—the people
of India would retire satisfied to their homes, blessing
the English Government for the great care it took of
their interests. If he had not been accustomed to hear
cartloa,ds of nonsense about India he should have been
surprised to hear a man in the House of Commons assign
such a measure for the improvement of the government
of India. One reason given for this change was, that
fit men could not find their way into the direction, by
reason of the system of canvassing, and of the necessity
of improperly applying the patronage of the company.
But, supposing these allegations were true, was there
no other way of remedying the evil than that which
would destroy the whole governing power of India ?
Why the President of the Board of Control had in this
very bill proposed an effectual cure for it. By the
13th clause it was enacted that henceforth there should
be no further canvassing for a directorship. Sir C.
Wood had, therefore, cut the ground from under his
feet. Again, on a certain day, the Court of Directors
were to reduce their numbers to 15. For this they
had in a great measure to thank themselves ; for, in-
stead of following the example of their predecessors,
and manfully exposing the vices of the system under
which they were acting, and frankly confessing the
state of subordination and subjection under which it
placed them, they eulogised the system, and said that
they wanted no change, but that they were at pre-
sent practically the governors of India. They at-
tempted to show that all was harmony between them
and the Board of Control •, it was concord without,
but discord within. In another important point they
departed from the practice of their predecessors—
namely, in the publicity of their proceedings. (Hear,
hear.) In 1833 the Court of Directors expressed
their conviction that the only check that could be
opposed to the overwhelming power of the Board of
Control was, that whenever they came into conflict
with the President of the Board of Control the pro-
ceedings should be published, in order that Parlia-
ment and the public might judge between them. They
actually petitioned Parliament oft the subject, and tho
prayer of the petition was denied, which was one
of the reasons assigned by Mr. Wigram and Mr. Marjori-
banks for resigning the chair, stating that unless the
principle of publicity was established, it would be impos-
sible to conduct the business of the court with credit to
themselves and with advantage to the public. What I
had been the rule? Rigid secresy. On only one occa-
sion had the Court of Directors allowed the proprietors
to know what had been passing between them and the
Board of Control, and that was on the revocation of the ap-
pointment of Sir C.Metcalf. That interference on the part
of the Board of Control was the cause of all the calamities
under which India had since suffered. If the appointment
of Sir C. Metcalfe to be Governor-General had not been
rescinded they would not have had the Alighan war, there
would have been no Scinde aggression, no Sattara ag-
gression, no Burmese war. So long as the court excluded