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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY.
ASCOT • RACES.
On THURSDAY, 9th • June, SPECIAL TRAINS
will. run between Paddington and Windspr. Omnibuses at inode-
rate and fixed fares, as Well as a large number of Carriar4es of
every description, ar3 proilded• tO, convey p assengers between the
Windsor ,Station and the Race Course. In addition to the Bohking
Offices at Paddiniton;"fickets may be procured at the Company's
Offices, 27, King-street. Cheapsidc, 269, Strand, ,2:5, Regent-iitreet
(corner of Jermyipstrect), Boar and Castle, Oxford-street, Peacock,
Islington, and at Mes rs. Tattemll's,.llyde-park•conter. Full par-
ticulars' of. the trains are giyen in separate band-bills, which
may be had on application at the Railway Stations, and at the above•
named placies.—Padd:agtori, June.
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INDIAN MISGOVERNMENT exposed in (the
-History of Sir C. Napier's Administration of Scinde. I vol.
Bvo., with Illustrations. Price 18s.
London : Chapman and Hall, 193, Piccadilly.

INSTALLATION OF THE CHANCELLOR
- AT .OXFORD.

that was in the absence of all consideration of self,! in
the determination to sacrifice everything,_ and to con-
sider it no .sacrifice, -at the simple call of
,duty. That
was the guiding principle of their late Chancellor—that
was the secret of the inestimable and incalculable power
which he obtained Over the affections and the minds of
Phis countrymen and •of the world—(heart hear)—and,
though he (the Earl'of Derby) could not hope to tread
in his steps, that was a, point of the noble duke's
characteenfion whioh he might venture steadily to fix
his eye, and to follow at an humble distance, if not his
conduct, at least the motives that inspired, it. (Hear,
,hear.),', With this utterly inadequate expression of his
feelings he might have closed his address, were it not
that he succeeded, not only to a most distinguished man,
but also at n. somewhat critical period in the history of
the University.. They would pardon him if, having thus
succeeded, and being constituted, in connection with their
Parliamentary. representatives, in some respects the guar-
dians of their rights and privileges, he added a few words
respecting the present position of the academic question.
At.that 'moment they stood, in common with the sister
University of Cambridge, arraigned at the bar of public
opinion. They. were on trial before their country upon
the merits of their systems ; and he must be permitted
to say ;that they were . put upon their trial 'under some
disadvantages, and not altogether upon equal terms. He
would not say anything with regard to the commission
which was issued for the purpose of inquiring into the
:discipline and management of the two universities, al-
though he at the time had certainly strong opinions with
regard to the legality of •the-issuing that commission.
But the doubts he entertained upon that subject, and
which were entertained by others, had certainly led'to
this unfortunate consequence, that with regard both' to
Vxford and --CanibridgEoralid aspeetaTt3r-Oxfoi:anhe 'in-
quiry which had taken place had been of a partial and
an 'insufficient character. He did not mean to impute
blame to the commissioners when he used the word par-
tial, but he meant to say that much evidence in favour
of the Universities had not been tendered which would
have been tendered had there been less doubt as to the
propriety of the original commission. And yet, although
he disapproved of the issue of that commission, he would
frankly and honestly say before them all that he rejoiced
that that commission had been issued. (Hear, hear.)
He rejoiced that inquiry had taken place—he rejoiced
more especially that inquiry had been invited, stimu-
lated, and excited within the University itself. (Cheers.)
This he might venture confidently to add, that what-
ever might be the opinions entertained by the University
with regard to the specific recommendations contained
in that commission, they were now impartially, de-
liberately, and industriously examining the whole sub-
ject matter of academic discipline and studies, considering
the recommendations and statements of the commis-
sioners, prepared to adopt that which in their honest
and conscientious judgment they believed to be for the
benefit of the University, anxious to meet public opinion
by such changes as their own honest convictions might
satisfy them would be beneficial, and equally prepared—
and he could not blame them for it, nay, he was ready
cordially to support them in doing it—to resist any al-
terations which might be pressed upon them, and which
they did not themselves believe to be for the permanent
interests of those who were committed to their charge.
(Loud cheers.) He knew not what course Parliament
might pursue in a future session upon the subject, but
he ventured to hope that, as far as possible, the inter-
ference of Parliament might be limited to a permissive
power to the universities, to the colleges themselves,
after deliberate and dispassionate inquiry, to introduce
such reforms as they might deem expedient, aided by
Parliament, so far as to do away with the restrictions
which bound many of the colleges by their ancient and
now impracticable statutes, and prevented them from
introducing the amendments which they themselves
might think desirable. One thing more he trusted would
not be desired by Parliament, nor be consented to by
the University. He hoped that, in all their reforms,
and in all their amendments, they would base their
repairs and improvements upon the old and tried foun-
dations—that they would not depart from the system of '
the University, from the corporate capacity of the uni-
versity and the colleges, its separate members—but, above
all, though he would say nothing of the peculiar man-
ner in which the connection was enforced, he trusted
that nothing would divorce this University from its per-
manent and invaluable connection, in discipline, govern-
ment, and practice, with the Established Church of the
country. (Cheers.) Much had been said upon the sub-
ject of possible changes and alterations in the character
of the studies of the University. Far be it from him to
depreciate the ancient studies of that University, or
those abstruser studies which were more peculiarly the
province of the sister University of Cambridge, which
even in their first elements formed the youthful mind to
habits of close practical reasoning, and to deductions of
effects from causes, and of consequences from their ante-
cedents—which give the mind strength, vigour, and
power of application to be imparted by no studies less
severe, and which, in their further and higher course,
carried human science beyond the reach almost of belief
or fancy, enabling her to penetrate not only the mighty
mysteries of this world, but to soar into the boundless
realms of the heavens, to measure and to weigh as it
were the stars of the firmament, to trace the course of
the heavenly bodies, to penetrate into the infinitude of
space above and around us, and to study until we become
more and more impressed with the magnitude and sim-
plicity of those unerring and invariable laws of nature,
or rather, he should say, of nature's God, which regulated
alike the smallest and the mightiest movements percep-
tible by our senses—movements, however, equally in-
significant and unimportant in the eye of an omniscient
Creator. Far be it from him to say a word in disparage.
ment of that ancient classic lore which must be the
charm of every youthful mind that gave itself up to
that enchanting study, and which, impressed upon the
mind in early days, would never be entirely forgotten,
or lose its influence, through long and toilsome years.
(Loud cheers.) They might depend upon it, that for
the character, for the formation, of the author, the
statesman, the gentleman, classic lore was of in-
estimable value. He had intended to make an apology,
but found he had been betrayed into a panegyric ; but
with all his respect and veneration for classical and
mathematical studies, he could not close his eyes to the
fact, that the . object of this great University was not
alone to educate authors, poets, or statesmen, but to
send forth her sons armed at all points to meet the
various discipline of the world, each in his own several
profession carrying with him some common resemblance
arising from a common stock, yet furnished with different
weapons to meet the exigencies of the future. (Hear,
hear.) In the present day the study of the modern
languages, of modern history, of the laws of this and
other countries, of the physical sciences, were obtaining
a great and growing influence, and becoming of great
and growing importance. They, therefore, deserved
more and more the attentive consideration of a Uni-
versity which desired to send forth her sons fully ac-
coutred for the conflict of life. He rejoiced to see new
•schools established in which those studies were made a
matter of competition, and the elements from which
academical honours might be obtained. He confessed
he spoke it with great humility, that in a University
especially devoted to the service of the Church of England,
he should himself have rejoiced to see a separate school
even for the younger members of the University, a
separate school of theology, in which those might study
who intended to devote themselves to the service of the
Church. (Hear, hear.) For although it was true that
ample provision had been made for the teaching of
divinity through the instrumentality of able and
eminent professors, yet he was afraid it would be found
that no study would be really and anxiously
,attended
to by an undergraduate desirous of distinction, un-
less that study directly, not indirectly, led to prac-
tical eminence and the recognition of university dis-
tinction at the period of examination. He was de-
sirous of impressing upon those he had the honour of
addressing, and especially upon those who were connected
with the government of that university, that if theywishd
to maintain, as ho did most fervently, their institutions
upon the ancient foundations and the original structure
'of this university unimpaired and untouched, it was of
importance that they should not linger behind the rea-
sonable requirements of the age ; and whilst they did not
yield to clamour, or consent to abandon their own real
and fixed opinions, that they should endeavour,as widely
as possible, to extend their discipline and teaching, so as
to make it more and more widely applicable to every
class and description of her Majesty'ki subjects, being
members of the Church of England. No one was more
anxious than himself for the prosperity and the perpetual
good and advantage of the university with which he was
connected ; and his earnest and ardent prayer was that
day by day, and year by year, she might go on increas-
ing in public usefulness, honour, and renown, and in
every branch of learning send forth those who would re-
flect credit upon her, do honour to their country, and be
Of service to mankind, in this and in future generations,
whether it were in the battle-field, the camp, the senate,
the forum, or in that most venerable of professions, the
service of that Church of which she was the nurse and
foster-mother—(cheers)—that she might be enabled to
fit for the sacred ministry men who would by the power
of their preaching, and their still more powerful example,
assist in promoting the end of all education, from what.
ever source it came—peace upon earth, goodwill to iuen,
and the glory of that God to whom all professions and
all classes were alike responsible. The noble earl re-
sumed his seat amidst enthusiastic applause.

.
baUd leader was Blagrove. The selection of m,
chiefly from the works of the great 'German ci
posers, was admirable, and Spohr's exquisite
" Liebe - ist , die zarte bliitlie ' from ,Faust
grand scena from- Gliick's Orpiteus, " Chi mai
Erebo ; the madrigal, " Who shall win my .
fair," by the Glee and Madrigal Union, with ot.
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wiorceaux, were received with rapturous appla e.
To-night a grand banquet is given in Ch ist
Church Hall to the Chancellor who is a member
of the college, and a number of distinguished
visitors. The 'second installation ball is given Eby
the members .of the University Lodge .of F e-
,,a
masons in the Town-hall. The arrangements re
,on a splendid scale, - and - the demand for tic is
unprecedented, so that the stewards' have limi ed
the number to 600. To-morrow a second cony -
tion will be held in the theatre at ten o'clock, w e.
the Installation Ode, written -by the Professor ,
.Poetry,:and set to music by Sir H. Bishop, will
performed,'honorary degrees conferred, and pr
essays and congratulatory odes recited. Blenhe
Palace and Woodstock-park, and the grounds
Newnliam, the 'seat of the Harcmirts, both situai
within easy distance cif Oxford, have attractec
numerous throng of pleasure-seekers from the to
throughout the day.

OXFORD
-The Earl of Derby Iv eldVEl Tas)NtEnsingAhYt
.at
a-grand dinner in the hall of Worcester. College, of
whichsDr. Cotton, the Vice-chancellor, is the pro-
vost. There were present his. Royal Highness the
Duke of Cambridge,- his Royal Highness the Duke
of-Mecklenburg-Strelitz, the Prussian•Atnba.ssador,
the American Minister (Mr. Ingersoll), the Farl
Of 'Malmesbury, the Marquis of Blandford, the
Marquis of Chaudos, the Marquis of Lothian, Lord
Colchester, Lord De la Warr, the Earl of Eglinton,
Lord .Valeutia, Lord Lincoln, Lord Fordwich,
Lord W. •Powlett, ,Lord 'Bathurst, Lord 'Dynevor,
the Earl of Hardwicke, Lord Justice Turner ; the
Bishops of Lendon, Oxford, Salisbury, Chichester,
St. Asaph, Sodor and Man, Ohio, Cape Town,
Nova Scotia, St. 'Andrew's, Guinea ; Sir R. H.
Inglis, Sir E. L. Bulwer Sir J. B. Y. Buller, Sir
F. Thesiger, Sir J. Pakington, the Right B. Dis-
raeli, the Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge, the Right
HOn. T. B. Macaulay, Sir A. Alison, Mr. H. Hal-
lam, Dr. Forbes Winslow, Mr. P. Pusey, Sir R.
Murchison," Mr. Napier, Mr. Spencer Walpole, the
Provost of Eton, Professor Aytoun, Mr. Warren,
Mr. Masterman, Mr. C. N. Newdeg,ate, General
Reeve, Sir E. •Cust, Col. Wilbraham, Major Wil-
lock, Mr. Sergeant Goulbure, Dr. Goulburn, Rev.
M, Walpole, Sir C. Eastlake, Mr. Waldegraire,
Dr. Bull, Dr. Ogilvie. Dr. Clerk, Dr, Jelf, Dr.
Ogle, _Dr. .Daubeny, Dr. Arland, Dr. Phillinlore,
Dr. Kenyon, Dr. Nelson, Dr. Jacob, Sir T. Glad-
stone, Dr. Jackson, the Vice-Chancellor, the Mas-
ter of the University, the Master of Balliol, the
Warden of Merton, the Provost of Oriel, the Pro-
vost of Queen's, the Warden of New College
the Rector of Lincoln, the Warden of All
Souls, the Principal of Brasenose, the President of
Corpus, the President of Trinity, the President of
St. John's, the Principal of Jesus, the Warden of
Wadham, the Master of Pembroke, 'the Principal
of St. Mary Hall, the Principal of Magdalen Hall,
the Principal of New Inn Hall, the Principal of
St. Alban Hall, the Principal of St. Edmund Hall,
the Senior and Junior Proctors, the Public Orator,
the Registrar of the University, the Professor of
Poetry, the Warden of Winchester College, Mr.
J. C. Davenport, the Vice-Provost of Worcester
College, the Bursar of Worcester College the Dean
of Worcester College, the Rev. R. Greswell, 8.D.,
&c.

As° O.T RACE S.—The Proprietors of the
PAbDINGTON ('ON V 1 ASSOCIATION beg tg in-
form tire Public, that they' have . arritnged for a plentiful supply of
well-appointed • OkU IBUSBS to .work irom the Windsor Station of.
the Great 'Western Railway on all the race days, which will bc
conveniently placed in the tqatioh-iard at Windsor on the arrival of
the several' trains:—Each omnibus will be conspicuously numbered,
so that gentlemen-mare:ooy recognise in the afternoon the vehic'e
that conveyed .thein in the morning. Fares from Windsor tt the
Course and, back
Thursday, June 9;.......81 • Friday, June 10.. •• 4s.
:‘ N.B:—Tickets, with the number of the omnibussesi on them, will
be delivered to each-passenger Ca paying hiti fare. These tickets will
also be marked " Inside' and "Outside," 'and passengers taking out-
side tickets cannot be allowed to change to the inside, nor inside
passengers to the ou'slde, unless by mutual cousent. Both inside
and ontsido tickets are the same price.—June, 1853.
•

ASCOT RACES.-JOSEPH THIJMWOOD,
Contractor to the Great Western Railway for Carriages, Post,
Horses, Flys, &c., -at the Windsor Station, begs to inform the No:
Witty and Gentry, that he has provided a large supply of superior
CARRIAGES and HORSES to be in attendance on the arrival of
the various trains on the race days ; but to prevent disappoint-
ment, he respectfully requests that an early application be Made.
Orders iihould be addresped Joseph I'humivood, Great Western
Station, Windsor, which will .bo "also' forwarded to him by tht
Sn
perinteurdent of the_Paddington Station, from illtom every infor-
=lion may be obtained. The charges will be as und, •:
-Carriage and Single Horst. - Carriage and Pair -Of Hanes
Thursday, June 9 .. 3 3 0 5 5 0
Friday, June 10 .... 1 1 0 3 3 0

After the usual loyal and constitutional toasts
had been duly honoured, the Vice-Chancellor pro-:
posed " The Health of their noble guest, the Earl
of Derby, Chancellor of the University," in a speech
highly eulogistic of his public services and private
character; but none of which was audible in the
position alloted to reporters.

The Earl of DEBBY rose to return thanks. He said,
words would fail him .were he to attempt, however
feebly, to depict the feelings which had been excited in
his breast by the wholly unexpected honour which that
great and time-honoured University had conferred upon
him, in unanimously electing him to the distinguished
post of their Chancellor—the more distinguished from
the recollection of his illustrious predecessor. (Cheers.)
He knew not whether he had been more painfully im-
pressed with his utter unworthiness to be the object of
their selection when he met that magnificent assem-
blage in the splendid theatre, on the morning of that
day, or when he had been so flatteringly received as he
had been on that evening by the company whom he had
the honour of now addressing. He had gratefully to
acknowledge the honour conferred upon him, in being
appointed head of a University whose early history
was lost in the obscurity of fable, but which, from the
earliest period at which it could be traced, had been in
the closest connection with the truest, the best, and the
holiest interests of this great empire—had been, in effect,
the bulwark of her laws, her liberties, and her religion,
a faithful adherent to the Crown, the munificent patron
of literature, the fruitful mother of science and of talent.
(Hear, hear.) He was not going to magnify his own
office by lauding the University, whose name was itself
above all eulogy that he could pass upon it. The time
would fail him, indeed, if he were to attempt to enume-
rate the long list of worthies who, in the camp or in the
field, in the senate or at the bar, in the Church or on
the bench, had reflected interminable honour through
countless generations upon the University that first
taught and matured their youthful intellect. (Cheers.)
He felt that he was being received in the most flattering
manner by an assembly comprising amongst it repre-
sentatives of all that was most distinguished for nobility
in birth, for science, for eloquenue, for ;wooer, and for
ability in the different walks and ranks of life that made
up the community of this great empire. He saw before
him members of that illustrious family which reigned
over us now, not more secured by the laws upon the
throne of this country than by the well-won and well-
deserved affection of the people over whom they ruled.
(Cheers.) He saw there the representatives of different
nations, and above all, the representatives of that great
republic whose citizens were our brothers in blood,
in laws, and in literature, with whom, though oceans
rolled between us—oceans now almost bridged over
by the power of science—we had links of relation-
ship and consanguinity, links of common freedom,
links of common language, links of common laws,
which must now and for ever bind together the
mother arid her glorious daughter in social friendship,
knitted by the ties of affection no less than by those of
interest. (Hear, hear.) He saw around him those who
were amongst the most distinguished ornaments of that
venerable Church of which he was an humble but at-
tached member, those who were most distinguished in
the senate, and he might be forgiven if he said that he
saw with peculiar pleasure some of those to whom he
owed a debt of obligation which he could never repay,
for having consented to co-operate with him in the ardu-
ous task which he ventured to undertake, of conducting
the Government of this great empire. (Cheers.) He
saw others equally distinguished with whom he had not
the same intimate connection, but whom he was not less
proud to see there, paying honour to a University upon
which their presence conferred equal honour. He saw
there the historian and the poet, the popular writer and
the man of profound science—he saw representatives of
every sort of distinction, and every branch of literature
and science, all combining to pay the same distinguished
tribute of regard and kindness to one who felt that he
had little claim indeed upon their kindness and affection.
He asked himself what title he had to the distinguished
honour conferred upon him by the University. Their
respected Vice-Chancellor had enumerated amongst his
claims that of descent from an ancient line of ancestors,
who in their time had done the State some service. On
this point he felt he was bound by every consideration
to echo the sentiment of the old poet—
" Sed genus et proavos, et quse non fecimus ipsi,
Vix ea mostra voco."

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themselves worthy of the origin from which they sprang.
(Cheers.) He had had ancestors who for their loyalty
to the throne and fidelity to their country had died upon
the field of battle, or, harder still, upon the scaffold.
Though ho would not presume to emulate the high
claims of some, yet this he hoped he might say, that if
loyalty to the Crown, or faithfulness to their country's
interest required it, he Would not disgrace their name
by refusing to purchase the safety of one and the other
by the sacrifice of his heart's best blood. (Loud cheers.)
In looking to the motives which might have influenced
their choice in the selection of a Chancellor, he thought
he perceived one—of a negative character, indeed—
which might have some weight—he meant, that, his no-
mination, as he was given to understand, was likely to
be the symbol of peace in the University, as he was not
believed to be attached warmly to either of those ex-
tremes in our venerated Church by which she had been
divided and weakened, and that those who might be at
variance with respect to other candidates would be con-
tent to waive their preference for either one or the other
by falling back upon one to whom they gave the credit
of being a sincerely attached member of the Church of
England. (Hear, hear.) This was a motive which, it
might be, was of no little potency, for. of all the objects
to which he looked as of the greatest unportance•at this
moment, when the Church was surrounded by foes from
without, this was the chief—that she should not be
weakened by dissensions within. (Cries of Hear, hear.)
He saw with grief—and glad indeed should he be if he
could see no more—men of equal. authority, equal emi-
nence, equal zeal, equal ardour the cause of true reli-
gion, yet by unhappy speculative differences led to look
upon each other with far different feelings from those
which ought to prevail between those who are not only
Christians, but Christians of the same ancient, vene-
rable, and holy Church. (Cries of Hear, hear.)
When he looked back from the present to the
past, how should he venture to compare himself with
that long list of worthies who, in times long past, and
down to our own days, had filled the chair which he
then unworthily occupied ? How could he but feel
humiliated beyond the power of expression, when he
remembered that be sat there, by their favour, in the
seat which of old was held amongst others by Dudley
Earl of Leicester, by Sir Christopher Hatton, by Arch-
bishop Laud, nay, in the days of the great usurpation,
by that great and able usurper Cromwell, afterwards by
Clarendon, and by others whose names lie need not
then recall ; but, coming down to later days. by Lord
North, by the Duke of Portland, by the highly-
honoured and venerated Grenville, and, last of all, by
him who bore a name that wanted but to be pro-
nounced to receive the universal panegyric of England,
of Europe, and of the world—their own inimitable and
lamented Wellington. (Cheers.) How could he hope
to emulate the fame of that great man who proved him-
self equal in every relation of life, in every state to
which his duty called him, to every emergency, and who,
as civilian, citizen, soldier, and statesman, and in every
other position, was alike unrivalled and unequalled ?
In one quality he might endeavour to imitate him, and

The only formal speech of the evening was that
of the noble Chancellor. The party broke up
shortly after eleven o'clock. A grand display of
fireworks was made in Worcester-close, under the
direction of Mr. Darby from Vauxhall, which at-
tracted a great crowd, and passed off in the most
brilliant style. The first installation ball was
given last night in the Town-hall, and was attended
by several hundred guests, including most of the
distinguished persons now in Oxford, and a large
number of members of the University.
This morning the anniversary sermon for the
benefit of the Radcliffe Infirmary was preached. at
St. Mary's Church by tho Rev. Dr. Goulharn,
head-master of Rugby School.
:A concert was given in the theatre at three
o'block to-day, which was numerously attended.
The principal vocalists were Staudigl, Pischek,
Gardoni, Miss Louisa Pyne, Miss Dolby, Mr.
Lookey, Mr. Hobbs, and Mr. H. Phillips. The

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:di ssion to-night, has been due, both in its ma-
nufacture -,:
t
and its production, to a strange miscon- 1
ception of facts and. opinion. Sir Chas. Wood seeing
never rightly to have comprehended either his,own
position or that of the question at issue. The first
point to be considered was that of postponing. legis-
lation, and here it is perfectly evident, from. the
arguments of the Ministerial statement, that the
case was not properly appreciated. Sir Charles ob-
served, that in the judgment of the best authorities
no further material intelligence was to be antici-
pated; that witnesses from India could add little to
our stock of knowledge; and that the reports of the
committees, taken in conjunction with privatd in-
formation, rendered us as competent to ,decide the -
questionight be as we
in the main,
wereeever lhikuetlyittoprbeev.es Allnothingis
in
for the Government bill. Delay was advisable for
the purpose, not of ascertaining whether or not the
existing machinery should be preserved—for on
that point there was no doubt even among Minis-
ters themselves—but of elaborating with greater
advanced
e 1
which: aa itn se:hweasf solicitude,far
rogovernment
be
enougha n dt oosuccessdlsubstitutedins:ei
for
Taotirh asett
hheneeoenow:lidauconstitutiontcotnieedu.
lbayr
tgiVeryie.
likely we had advanced quite far enough to appre-
ipnmeniotnwshwicehresnhootulsdo
well
eell
existing Court, under the control of the existing
Board, but the true question was whether we had
putm a
ti in r
ei
dt s a
sp
they
place. We
1 n i NgVhet
think the propositions now before the house contain
quite evidence enough that on this point Ministe-
rialhave been.
vem o
Common sense would suggest to any man; as it
did to Mr. Bright, that the government of a great
empire could never be reasonably intrusted to a
body of 24 individuals, elected, without any inilis-
pensable qualifications of competence, by an irre-
sponsible and uninterested constituency through a
tedious and humiliating process. Sir C. Wood saw
this too, and substantially confessed as much. It
has, said he " been shown beyond doubt that those
most competent to take a part in the government
of India—coming home from that country, and
able to take a part in the administration of affairs,
are deterred by the canvas from taking a seat in
the Court of Directors." Unquestionably, such
facts have been fully established, and, if Sir Charles
had but been pleased to remember the very last
election of a director which took place, he might
have extended his remarks to something more than
this negative censure of the system. But, having
been thus enlightened, what does he propose ? He
proposes to secure in six members out of the 18
that competence which, by his own explicit admis-
sion, is not to be expected in the others. He thus
deliberately retains a constituency and machinery
which he knows to be conducive at least tono good,
and on this machinery he permits two-thirds of the
governors of India to depend for their nomina-
tion. We do not think a stronger proof could be
desired of the incompleteness of those conclusions on
which the measure was based. Nothing can pos-
sibly be plainer than that all the members of the
Indian Council, and not one-third of them only,
ought to be presumptively competent to the -dis-
charge of their duties. There would have been
some consistency in maintaining that the system
was good altogether • ' but to confess that it was
bad, and then to apply a remedy affecting it over
only a third of its extent, is evidently absurd. Sir
Charles would reply, perhaps, that to confer tho
nomination of the whole body of directors on the
Crown might be a hazardous experiment. Very
possibly, and this is just where a little more time
might have been serviceably taken for deliberation.
As is is, Ministers have first admitted a principle,
and then, because they did not see their way to
carrying it out, have compromised it by half-mea-
sures, which satisfy neither the one doctrine nor
the other. Exactly the same thing occurs in
the suggestions about the patronage. The directors
are no longer to be intrusted with the nominations
to the civil or the scientific military services of
India. Then, why should they still nominate to
' commissions in the cavalry and infantry ! One
branch of the service deserves just as much con-
sideration as the other, but Ministers could not see
their way to the scheme of public competition in
its full dimensions.

In maintaining the expediency of immediate pro-
ceedings Sir Charles frankly quoted his best autho-
rities. " I have communicated," said he, " with
the directors, the great majority of whom are con-
nected. with India, and the opinion they express
is this :—.‘ Settle it as you will ; abolish or deal
with our court as you please, but legislate in
the course of the present session ; leave no un-
certainty in India.' " We have no doubt that
this opinion, -since • expressed by -Sir James tlio*-
in the house, was given with the most perfect
earnestness and sincerity ; but can anybody mis-
understand such views ? Sir Charles's advisors
well knew that the system which they were inte-
rested in perpetuating was sure to suffer by every
day's reflection ; that nothing was so fatal to them
as inquiry, and nothing so serviceable as precipita-
tion. The transaction had commenced in a torpor
of public opinion, and with a probability that
another twenty years' lease of power would be
granted without disturbance. As it happened, at-
tention was awakened ; dissatisfaction ensued, and,
at the rate matters were going, it was pretty plain
that a thorough consideration of the subject would
leave very little of the present Government of
India. The directors felt, therefore, that public
inquisitiveness had better be arrested at once by
" legislation during the present session," so that
something, at any rate, might be saved out of the
fire. The result shows the justice of their conclu-
sions. A principle fatal to their system has been
fairly admitted, and one-third of their privileges
has vanished. Had "legislation" been postponed
for a short time longer the other two-thirds would
have followed.

As to the danger of " leaving uncertainty.
in India," it is manifest from the present mea-
sure that such danger has been made to cover
apprehensions of a different description. The
" uncertainty " suffered to remain under the
Government bill is as great as it possibly could
be under any circumstances whatever, for it is
infinite. Not only is no permanency claimed for
the proposed arrangements, but scope is expressly
provided for change. Here are the words of the
Minister himself :—" The times change, and in
these days no one knows what necessity for altera-
tions may arise. We do not propose, therefore, to
fetter the power of Parliament for any period
whatever, but we propose that this Government
shall last until Parliament shall otherwise pro-
vide." Now, we really cannot discover what
kind of danger would have been created in
India by the mere suspense of legislation which
will not be equally contingent on such legis-
lation as this. Everything is left open by a mea-
sure which is thus made expressly provisional.
To such an argument Sir Charles might, perhaps,
reply by asserting that no statesman in the present
day would be likely to propose an unchangeable
charter for a fixed term of years. Possibly not ;
but, at any rate, the arrangements might be calcu-
lated for durability by being unhesitatingly ad-
justed to the best information of the age. Parlia-
ment might be left unfettered , but if every dis-
cernible abuse in the administration of India had
been removed as far as was practicable, and if the
best system of government which could be devised
had been adopted without compromise or reserve,
there would be very much less chance of Parlia-
ment's being called upon again. As it is, the blots
have been hit, but not obliterated ; defects have
been acknowledged, but only partially remedied ;
and a measure which is explicitly based on the ne-
cessity of decision leaves everything undecided,
with the road fairly open to change.

THE METROPOLITAN POLICE FORCE.—Yesterday a
wereagis-
ed
very interesting return (tohbetaminetobpyolLitaorndpDoulideleeyforScteu.aritt)
was printed respecting i
four years (from 1849 to 1852 inclusive) 22 officers were
sent for o
Of the ,
former beforei ms
trates, an
convicted, and of the latter 36. In the same period
dff2en62ces, by biyndi the commissioners,
3,151 officers, including the number engaged at the time
of the Great Exhibition and those sent to Australia,
resigned ; 970 were dismissed 1 524 were suspended ;
2,495 were fined ; and 64 reduced in rank. During the
four years, 46,331 robberies were committed within the
ob3y2/ .
the
force There
during Nvere
th2eB7f,olu4r7ypeaerrsznosf
metropolitan police districts. The value of the property
stolen was 153,4921., and the value of the property
rtaloevnereindto
wcuassto3d4;
which 145,982 were discharged by the magistrates ;
123,120 were summarily convicted or held to bail ;
18,045 were committed for trial ; 14,608 were convicted
and sentenced ; 2,714 were acquitted ; and in 723 the
bills were not found or not presented.
THE CITY OF LONDON POLlCE.—Yesterday a return
to Parliament showed that lait year six officers of the
City police were charged before the magistrates, who
are still retained. In 1852, the officers dismissed the
force numbered 23. There were 101 officers fined, 20
were suspended, 11 were reduced in rank of pay, and 74
had resigned. In the same year, 1,785 robberies were
committed in the City of London, and ths. waseprop ie
property
stolen was 10,098/. 10s., and
2,6891.4. d
'covered. The number in the takenyear
s into custody
was 4,439, of which 1,743 were discharged
by the ma-
gistrates.
RESIGNATIONS OF THE MANCHESTER POLICE.—About
250 constables in the Manchester police force had sent
to yesterday, with a view to
leaving their situations in their resignations up a
month hence, unless their
advanced. The salaries given 17s. and Hs.,
whilst those o
wages are
fLiverpool police are 20s. and 21s. per
week.