The Sun.
London, England, 1854-06-09 00:00:00

3i) CLASS.

Mr. Bonus (prize) Essays of hill ground.
After the prizes were distributed, the CHAIIIMLN
addressed the students. He said,—Although on several
previous occasions we have had a greater number of
cadets selected for the corps of Engineers, yet the
reports which have come from the public examiners, as
well as that made by the Lieutenant-Governor of the
College, are so satisfactory, that upon the whole I have
great pleasure, in the name of the directors of the East
India Company, in tendering to you my best thanks for
your conduct during this term. Your laudable exertions
to take advantage of the different studies pursued here
are highly satisfactory to us. To those gentlemen who
have been selected for the corps of Engineers I would say,
you are but at the beginning of your work. In fact, you
have everything to learn, because as yet the foundation
only is laid. But to all of you who may be qualifiedto serval
am happy to say there is no doubt your services will be
required in India. It is a service deserving of every
exertion to obtain. In India there is great roost for
engineers of talent, because now that peace has happily
commenced there has also commenced the greatest
amount of public works which were ever before under-
taken in that country. Therefore, talented engineers
are sure to find plenty of employment, and I hope that
those gentlemen who go to Chatham to complete their
studies will do their utmost to qualify themselves, not
only in military but in civil engineering, which is there
taught under Colonel Jones. I can speak from experi-
ence, for having been myself a cadet in this institution,
I found that the knowledge which I acquired here and
at Chatham served me in good stead through the whole
of my career. (Cheers.) We have lately heard by the
Government mail of a remarkable work of engineering
which has just been completed in India—the Ganges
Canal, upwards of 900 miles in length, for the purposes
of irrigation. I hope it will be the means of averting
those famines which have hitherto frequently visited
those parts of the country. The canal is a noble en-
gineering work, and I hope all the cadets appointed to
the Artillery who now hear me will remember that this
great work has been planned and carried out by an offi-
cer of the Royal Artillery. I mention this to show that,
though your lot has been cast in the military line, yet
that will not debar you from more purely scientific works,
if you are duly qualified. (Applause.) There is also the
electric telegraph, which has been erected in an incre-
dibly short space of time between Calcutta and Agra,
and in a few months more it will reach to Peshawur, to
Bombay, and to Madras, thus securing instantaneous
communication between all the presidencies of India. I
may also mention another thing to show that now, when
competition is the order of the day, you must exert your
talents to the very utmost, for the Engineers' College,
which was established by the late Mr. Thomson, and
which is called by his name, is now attended both by
natives and Europeans, who have evinced a talent and
industry and an application which it will require all
your exertions to keep up with. (Applause) I beg you
never to forget what an extraordinary thing it is that a
handful of Europeans should govern such a vast tern.
tory as India. I refer to this because I think the re-
flection will lead you to see how incumbent it is upon
each individual among you to uphold the character of
England among the natives, who, though inferior to us
in physical strength, are yet keen observers of character.
You will find everything in that country different from
this ; you will find yourself entirely abroad on your
arrival. Therefore, without their language, you will
not make yourself understood. I must warn you
against allowing your faculties to go to sleep. Idleness
is in all countries to be avoided ; in India it is pecu-
liarly so, because it alone is the cause of almost every
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in nine cases out of ten the man who puts his shoulder
to the wheel, and determines to be something, is sure
to succeed. (Applause.) I remember perfectly well
of what use the corporals were in this institu-
tion. I hope the Lieutenant-Governor still finds their
assistance of great utility to him in maintaining discip-
line. It ought to be, and I hope it is, the pride of the
corporals to receive the congratulations of the Lieu.
tenant-Governor, and if so, of the Court of Directors
also, for their assistance in this arduous task, because
without discipline you will never succeed, for he who
cannot obey will never command. The gallant officer
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concluded by returning his thanks to the public exa-
miner, •
miner, to the Lieutenant-Governor, and the professors
of the college, and expressed a hope that whAen tlhaeoys
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met the report would be as satisfactory. ( _
The proceedings of the day were terminated by a
Lgiievuentenbayntth.Ge directors to their guests
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