The Sun.
London, England, 1853-02-26 00:00:00

THE SPIRIT OF THE TURF,

PASSENGER.—
BREACH or CONTRACT WITH A CA
yesterdaylt was the
Sheriffs' Court, before Mr. Russell Gurney.
case of Hill v. Roskell, and was an action to recover
family from Australia to London.
A very important case was triedßlN in the
laid at 501. From the evidence ad-
The damages were
duced, it appeared that in June
.last the defendant,
plaintiff, his
hfoisr
wife,
ibfer,eancnhdofcontract in the conveyance of
,pwlaasintt&enhliys iwngifea,t con-
tractedAandctel.afaidmeilytosupplying them with pro-
in consideration of a payment of 1301. He, however,
wvLihrs3inoodsnsn,vte&aosscs .ecc,lou'ondtfvdheYteylA -et hsiea
first q passengers,ua quality, medical comforts, &c.,
failed, inasmuch as there was a deficiency of water and
medical comforts, there was no milk, an insufficient
supply of bread and preserved tin meats, and other
comforts and luxuries to which first-class passengers
were entitled, the result being that plaintiff and his
family suffered severely, and one of the children, from
want of medical comforts, contracted scurvy, and was
not yet recovered. Captain Roskell and the cuddy ser-
vant gave testimony that the passengers were amply
supplied., except when interrupted by stormy weather ;
the pas sage had been very tempestuous, and the sheep,
pigs, a nd other stores provided for the passengers' use
were. •washed overboard, and could not be replenished
until. the vessel had reached Bahia. His Honour con-
- construction, M
er o. vSe ar nn
gu e
fl
rgs
000
mne ,s
todwfe
oeßp
ton b
than
three,u r y
con-
side se. 1 defendant had not fulfilled his contract. Verdict
digging. It is simple in
for plaintiff. Damages, 30/.
recentlyleas produced and patented a new machine for
the pl. )ugh by several inches,
times . its breadth, and reducing the land to a tilth equal
to sew rid ploughings and harrowings—in fact, to trench-
ing. It is equally effective for breaking up land for
railwa, y and other public works.

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LONDON, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1853,

The apprehensions entertained, when the ap-
pointment of Sir CHARLES WOOD as President of
the India Board was first gazetted, will speedily
be verified. Unequivocal indications were last
night afforded that the " do-nothing" policy
would be adopted with respect to the administra-
tion of the Government of our Eastern Empire.
So far as the Government is concerned, it would
appear as if the existing abuses were to be perpe-
tuated, or that the alterations will be of such an
infinitesimal character as to be worse than useless.
The malign influence of the Ministerial Marplot is
thus perceptible. In fact, there was no office
in the Cabinet (except that of Chancellor of the
Exchequer) to which his nomination would have
been so objectionable. The so-called Charter of
the East India Company was rapidly approaching
to its termination. It was essential that some
deCided amelioration should be introduced--an
amelioration calculated to remove the well-founded
complaints of those who have so long been smart-
ing under the maladministration and misgovern-
ment of the company's officers—who objected to
juvenile, judges, and boy collectors—parties, we
cannot call them " men"—who, fresh from Halley-
bury, and without a particle of experience—with-
out knowledge either of the vernacular or of the
primary principles of law—are pitchforked into situ-
ations for which they possess no single qualification.
Was Sir CHARLES WOOD, in whom, perhaps, the
vis inertice is more strongly developed than in any
other person that could be mentioned, the man to
be selected under such circumstances ? Could any
nomination have taken place more likely to dis-
gust and alienate the minds of our Hindu
fellow- subj ects, nearly 150,000,000 of hu-
man beings—one-sixth of the population
of the entire globe ? There will be no
difficulty in framing a suitable response to this in-
terrogatory. It requires but little argument to
sustain the opinion. There will be a general
concurrence on the point. The Right Honour-
able Baronet is however in. He forms a leading
feature in the Joint-Stock Administration.
It is, therefore, only the more essential
that the greater zeal and energy should
be exhibited in other quarters to stimulate the
Anglo-Indian, " King Loqt,into something like
action, or, at least, to provide a
.suitable substi-
tute to discharge the duties of the well-paid
official.

From what fell from the First Lord of the
Treasury last night, in answer to the temperate
and able statement with which Lord ELLEN-
BOROUGH introduced the important petition from
the members of the Madras Native Association
and other native inhabitants of Madras Presi-
dency, it is manifest that everything in the shape
of inquiry is to be' ignored, and that the ridicu-
lous farce now enacted is to be repe
indefinite period ated for an
change. The , with but little, if any,
Noble Earl declared that
it was the intention of Government, after
much consideration, to propose a measure on
the subject during the present Session, and that.
he would, " without the slightest reserve what-
ever, reject the proposal to have a continuing Act
for one or two years." This might have suffi-
ciently indicated the decision that had been ar-
rived at ; but, as if to make assurance doubly
sure, ho also stated that " the contemplated
measure, although embracing modifications of the
Indian Government both in this country and in
India, would be founded on the system now exist-
ing." It is, therefore, but too palpable that the
Honourable Board of Directors are to be con-
tinued in the exercise of their anomalous func-
tions ; that the patronage of the Eastern Empire
is still to be vested in the twenty-four elderly gen-
tlemen who nominally administer the government
of India, but who really are cyphers in the hands
of the real Autocrat of Hindostan—the President
of the Board of Control—who, although he allows
no real power to the body, is yet willing to use it
as a twenty-fourfold shield to cover his own pecca-
diloes whenever an occasion should arise' for such
cover.

But, as if -to remove any doubt or hesitation
that might exist after hearing L.
astute and veteran leader, his youthful and fiery
colleague, the Duke of ARGYLL, rushed to the
rescue. His Grace, who, with commendable
industry, had perused the lengthy statement of
existing grievances, commented on• the terms in